Quote from: Hemingway13 on March 05, 2014, 07:37:02 PM
Also, if Arik Smith was a Newcomer, can anyone explain why this First-Teamer would miss out on the NOY Award to a Second-Teamer, Coltrane Powdrill?

Your guess is as good as mine.

Saw Arik play live in the semi's against CMS, which was one of the most impressive performances I have seen at the DIII level. Dictated the entire game, and had an answer for everything CMS threw at him defensively. Can't recall the last time anyone went for over 30 against CMS. Should be a great matchup next year with Gaffaney.

Quote from: Bigcat on March 04, 2014, 04:36:13 PM
As far as next year goes, barring injuries or a stud transfer, Chapman should roll through the SCIAC. 

Quote from: Bigcat on March 04, 2014, 04:36:13 PM
Cal Lu and PP lose some solid role players but return their big guns (minus Klewer) and should be second and third. Those are the only three teams that I believe have a shot to win the conference next year.

Settle down there Cat...maybe sit the next couple of plays out. Chapman ended the year on a solid run, but could barely beat freakin' La Verne this year, and lost to both Oxy and Redlands. Not exactly the '96 Bulls.

CMS loses one true contributor, albeit a big one in Pinson, but returns everyone else including the POY. Whittier returns 3 of it's top five, and will surely reload with talent as they always do. I expect the bottom half of the league to be horrendous next year, but the top 5 teams should be more competitive than ever.

For the lazy:
http://www.thesciac.org/sports/mbkb/2013-14/releases/20140304gyv8sk


Athlete of the Year          Tyler Gaffaney, Sr., Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Newcomer of the Year     Coltrane Powdrill, Jr., California Lutheran
Ted Ducey Award             Remy Pinson, Sr., Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

All-SCIAC First Team
Colin Zavrsnick, Jr.          Chapman
Tyree Landrum, Sr.         Whittier
Arik Smith, Jr.                  California Lutheran
Remy Pinson, Sr.             Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Ronn See, Sr.                  La Verne
Kyle McAndrews, Jr.         Pomona-Pitzer

All-SCIAC Second Team
Taylor Hamasaki, Jr.        Chapman
Aljosa Bjekovic, So.         Redlands
Nick Demusis, Jr.             Whittier
Coltrane Powdrill, Jr.       California Lutheran
Eric Radford, Sr.              Redlands
Jake Klewer, Sr.              Pomona-Pitzer

Congrats to all those who were honored. Specifically, it was great to see Gaffaney come back from his injury and lead a young CMS team to the league title. Should be even more fun to watch him next year.

Quote from: OxyBob on February 25, 2014, 02:07:26 PM

Traveling Freak Show, NBA style. Nothing to see here. Move on.

get off my lawn, oxybob style.

nothing to see in the games tonight either, at least in terms of seeding for this weekend.

redlands by 8 over oxy

cms by 3 over whittier

Good article on Nevada Smith, former coach of Keystone College (D-III), and the continued rise of analytics in basketball.

http://grantland.com/features/nba-dleague-rgv-vipers-houston-rockets-future-of-basketball/

Your Saturday slate of games for the SCIAC:
(all games at 5:00 PM)

CMS (10-0) @ Pomona-Pitzer (10-2)
Hands-down the game of the night, as CMS makes the trip down 6th Street to face the Sagehens. These teams last met before the winter break, with CMS prevailing 65-59 behind 19 from Gaffaney. I am sure stag44 will have much more to say about the specifics in this one, so I will keep my thoughts short: CMS wins 58-47 with their typical deliberate offense and quality team defense.

Cal Lutheran (8-4) @ La Verne (5-6)
Cal Lu has virtually locked up their spot in the conference tournament, and will look to maintain their third spot in the standings. La Verne managed to pull the upset the first time these two met, and I expect the same result here: La Verne by 3, with +250 odds the Kingsmen are unable to find the court within the circus tent.

Redlands (4-7) @ Occidental (4-7)
Two incredibly inconsistent teams looking to make a push for that 4th and final spot in the tournament. Redlands has endured a bit of a rebuilding year after their title in '13, but has played both CMS and PP well recently, losing to each by 6. Oxy has struggled mightily in 2014, with their only two conference wins this (calendar) year coming in close victories over Cal Tech and Chapman. I see Redlands winning 76-68, with 34 sarcastic comments to the refs from OxyBob.

Chapman (5-6) @ Whittier (4-6)
Absolutely critical game for Whittier, as they try to keep pace with the top of the conference. Truth be told, I have no seen much of either team this year (not much as in 2 games total), so I will leave all analysis to the experts, a term which I loosely apply to the fine folks on this board . If past experience and general program history are any indicator of a result in this one, I expect Chapman to prevail with a smart and controlled gameplan, taking advantage of Whittier's characteristic mishaps on the defensive end.

Cal Tech (0-12) is idle.

I will be in the house to take in the CMS-PP game and to provide an "eyewitness report," but mostly to dream of simpler times when the biggest concern of the night was which type of 40oz to buy.

Quote from: WoostAr on February 07, 2014, 06:37:48 PM

Quote from: CMSfan on February 07, 2014, 06:01:41 PM

Quote from: westcoastwilliam on February 07, 2014, 05:06:13 PM
Gaffney wins it regardless IMO.

No doubt.

Based on Gaffney's stats, I would agree.  The problem is that a player from the team that wins the conference tourney always wins player of the year.  He is probably guaranteed a spot on the all region squad but not guaranteed SCIAC POY. 

Not technically true. Conner Whitman won POY honors in '08, the first year the SCIAC instituted the current tournament format, despite PP winning the conference tournament. Every year since then, the regular season champion has also won the conference tournament, so it becomes somewhat of a moot point. I would be shocked if the SCIAC places two on the all region team; usually just the POY.

Quote from: Bigcat on February 07, 2014, 12:15:32 AM
My predictions for All-SCIAC teams:
POY-Tyler Gaffney-CMS
Newcomer of the Year-Coltrane Powdrill

1st Team
Taylor Hamasaki-Chapman
Coltrane Powdrill-CLU
Kyle McAndrews-PP
Colin Zavrsnick-Chapman
Jake Klewer-PP
Nick Demusis-Whittier

2nd Team
Arik Smith-CLU
Kris Montoya-Oxy
Alex Rudd-Redlands
Remy Pinson-CMS
Ron See-La Verne
Chris Barnes-William-Whittier

I think you have it just about right, except for the two PP players on first team. Pinson from CMS should be above Klewer IMO.

Quote from: WoostAr on February 07, 2014, 01:26:55 PM
Gaffney will only be player of the year if CMS wins the tourney at the end of the year.

Gaffney wins it regardless IMO. 20/5/4 on 63/49/81 shooting splits. 1st in ppg, 3rd in fg% being 2nd in attempts, 5th in assists...the guy is on a completely different level than everyone else offensively. Coupled with the fact that CMS has a legitimate shot to go undefeated in the "regular" season, I just don't see any way he's not the POY (barring injury, of course).