Quote from: fantastic50 on February 25, 2019, 02:46:02 PM
Augustana can't get to Marietta, as even there to Wooster is right at the 500-mile limit.  I think they will need to fly someone if Augustana & either Marietta or Oswego advance but Wooster does not.

Wasn't there a conversation (on another board) that Wooster to Augustana is 500 miles, but Augustana to Wooster was over 500?

Quote from: imderekpoe on February 21, 2019, 10:00:50 AM
Question for any Wabash fans... Who are you pulling for on Friday?  I assume that you'd rather not play Wooster (esp at home) if you make it to the finals, but would you ever root for DePauw?

My understanding is that it was Wooster's option and they chose to play the early game.

Question for any Wabash fans... Who are you pulling for on Friday?  I assume that you'd rather not play Wooster (esp at home) if you make it to the finals, but would you ever root for DePauw?

One man's quick tourney preview...

This really looks like its going to be another Witt - Woo final, with a possibility that the winner might get to host the first weekend of the NCAA tourney.


First round games:

Allegheny at Wooster – 7:00 PM
Previous results
12/5 Wooster 101 – 84 at Wooster
1/23 Wooster 81 – 72 at Allegheny

The Scots haven't lost a first-round game since and its hard to see it happening this year.


Ohio Wesleyan at Wittenberg – 6:00 PM
Previous results
1/16 Wittenberg 98 – 94 (OT) at OWU
2/6 Wittenberg 91 – 58 at Wittenberg

Witt has been the best team in the league the last month, and OWU is not the team that they've been the past few years.  Witt should take this one, but it feels like it might be close.


Hiram at Wabash – 7:00 PM
Previous Results
12/21 Wabash 102 – 61 at Wabash
2/2 Wabash 95 – 80 at Hiram

Which Wabash team will show up – the one that ran through the first half of the league schedule unscathed, or the one that played .500 the second half? Or does it matter? Tough draw for Hiram to have to go all the way to Wabash for a Tuesday night game.


Oberlin at DePauw – 6:00 PM
Previous Results
12/8 – Oberlin 66 – 58 at DePauw
1/26 – DePauw 68 – 57 at Oberlin

DePauw has been pretty good the second half of the season, beating Wabash and Witt in Greencastle, but they also lost to OWU and Hiram. They mostly stayed in the game with the Scots on Saturday and it could have been more interesting if they could have stayed out of file trouble. Oberlin hasn't won a tourney game since at least 1999 – and this might their best chance in all that time.

I can't remember the entire list of tiebreakers, but I was able to find these:

1) Head to head
2) Combined record against all teams above the tied teams
3) Record versus individual opponents examined in descending order of standings

For Witt and Wabash, if they both win on Saturday then Witt gets the #2 seed based on their sweep of Allegheny. If they both lose, I have no idea what would happen. They would still be tied, but now the first teams that they have a different record against would be Hiram or Oberlin, whichever is higher in the standings.  But Hiram and Oberlin would also be tied, and it would seem that their tiebreaker would be dependent on whether Witt or Wabash is #2. I'm not sure how that circular situation is resolved, but maybe it is addressed in other tiebreaker rules.

And its still possible for there to be a 3-way tie with DePauw, Hiram, and Oberlin for 4 - 6.

Anyway, we do know that Wooster will host Allegheny on Tuesday, and that OWU will be the #7 seed and play at Witt or Wabash.  Seems like the Scots have played the Gators frequently in the first round of the tourney and that those games are usually much closer than anticipated.

Quote from: URBAN4PREZ on February 07, 2019, 08:31:08 AM
Don't look now, but Wittenberg is quietly working it's way back into the conversation.  Four straight wins by double-digits, and two straight by more than twenty-five points.  The next two games (@ Wooster and vs. Wabash) will be season-determining.  A Pool C bid still seems like a very remote possibility, but I think they could make a run in the conference tournament if they stay hot.

I believe that Witt even still has a chance to be the #1 seed in the NCAC tourney, as I think they would hold the tie-breaker if they win out and the Scots lose out. Although it seems unlikely that the Scots will lose to Oberlin, but stranger things have happened!

Any update on the status of Dontae Williams for the Scots? It looked like he was being helped back to the locker room (favoring an ankle) after the OWU game, and he didn't play against the Big Red. It would be a big loss not to have him available against the Tigers (both of them) and in the post-season. I think we saw last night that the Scots don't have great depth inside and were struggling when Bulic was out with foul trouble.

Wooster's schedule has been posted.
http://www.woosterathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2018-19/schedule

Non-conference games this year:
Home: Muskingum, Mount St. Joseph, New Jersey City
Road: Hanover, Ohio Northern
Neutral: Whitman, Sul Ross State (at Phoenix)

Quote from: kiltedbryan on February 14, 2018, 10:02:59 PM

Quote from: fantastic50 on February 14, 2018, 03:13:44 PM

If Wooster wins tonight and Witt loses, then Saturday's game is for the top seed. 

<emerges from hibernation / lurking>

Kenyon 79
Wooster 81

Wittenberg 80
Ohio Wesleyan 85



Saturday's for all the marbles!

Wooster's victory tonight gives them 20+ wins again!  I believe that is the 22nd season in a row.

Quote from: ScotsFan on February 14, 2018, 03:00:23 PM
Does Witt have the NCAC locked up even if Wooster wins out?  I can never remember how the tie breaker works?!

If Wooster wins out and OWU finds a way to beat Witt tonight, both would sit at 15-3 with a season split between the two teams.  Does the tiebreaker go by best win or worst loss.  If it's best wins then Woo would win having swept OWU.  If it's worst loss, then Witt would win with Woo's loss to Wabash...

I'm pretty sure its best win.

Quote from: imderekpoe on August 10, 2017, 07:59:23 PM
Wooster has posted (most of) their schedule for 2017-18.

The Scots again open with Oberlin as part of the Al Van Wie/Wooster Rotary Classic.
The teams for the Mose Hole tournament Dec 29-30 are not yet listed.
There will be the usual December trip, this year to Orlando for the Mauro Panaggio Tournament. They will play St Joseph's (ME) then Brockport or Whittier.
Other non-conference games are Medaille, at St John Fisher, and Hanover.

http://www.woosterathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/schedule

The Scots will be playing WPI on Dec 29 as part of the Mose Hole/Wooster Kiwanis Classic. 
The Dec 30 game will be against either Alma or Emory & Henry.

Wooster has posted (most of) their schedule for 2017-18.

The Scots again open with Oberlin as part of the Al Van Wie/Wooster Rotary Classic.
The teams for the Mose Hole tournament Dec 29-30 are not yet listed.
There will be the usual December trip, this year to Orlando for the Mauro Panaggio Tournament. They will play St Joseph's (ME) then Brockport or Whittier.
Other non-conference games are Medaille, at St John Fisher, and Hanover.

http://www.woosterathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/schedule

Fanelly will in the starting lineup tonight according to this morning's preview in The Daily Record.

Per The Daily Record it was a coaches decision and his status for Friday isn't known.

This game certainly looked better on paper than its been so far. Either the Scots are incredibly good or Defiance is somewhat less than competitive. Or maybe some of both.