Greetings all from the Gateway City! I've been a stranger on here lately but I had a question...I see that the Scots were not ranked in the last D-3 hoops Top 25 poll. Is there a chance that should they slip up tonight or tomorrow that they not make it in the tourney as an at-large? I sure hope not but I'm not as familiar with the selection process as I used to be. Based on record and being regular season conference champs I would think they'd get in regardless. Good luck Scots tonight! Keep playing for Corey! My thoughts and prayers continue to be with the Cline family. I wish I could've made the trip in to be there all this week.

--Moneyball

Any word yet on how the scrimmage between the 2009 Fighting Scots and the 2003/2007 Final Four Scots went? I know the alumni had a decent contingent present and I wanted to hear how the new batch looked. Sounds like Kenyon might break up the party of the "W" schools in the top 4 this year...gotta run, Nelly is calling. Late.

If any Wooster faithful are making the trip to Rock Island from SAINT LOUIE, let me know, possible carpool!!! GO SCOTS!!! I've also heard a lot about Wash U this year in the city and I'm not drinking the Red&Green Kool-Aid this time...

Word on the streetz at Dino's tonight is that the charter flights made it in without a hitch. Alumni players are rumored to be resting up before a early morning shootaround at "The Q". After getting word about the blackout  at the varsity game, there was some confusion as to why there couldnt be a blackout before, during, AND after the varsity contest...Anyway, I hope Coach Gaubatz can catch a few Z's tonight before tomorrow's title bout. One last inquiry, I hope Hugh Howard is printing up programs for tomorrow, I bet Jenine is free to distribute them and I'm sure the youngsters in the Wooster community would love to get some autographs tomorrow.

Word on the streetz at the local Mini Mart is Woo will be abuzz with many notable alumni this weekend as they take on the JV team.  Look for this squad to be filled with multiple inside/outside threats, high-risers, and ball-aholics. There has been no preliminary word on pre-sale for tickets to the contest, nor when the various player's charter planes arrive in Cleveland or Akron.  More updates to come...

BRING ON AMHERST!!!! FINALLY, REVENGE AGAINST THE NESCAC!!! IT'S NOT WILLIAMS, BUT AMHERST WILL DO!!! I'LL SEE Y'ALL IN SALEM.

WOOOOO!!!!! Bonus Basketball Baby!!! You can hear Doug Cline sounding PUMPED on the audio broadcast.

BIG RUN by the Scots!!! The Live Stats have apparently been broken. Let's hope the audio doesn't cut out.

I have to say after reading the 1st three sectional sites, I thought the NCAA really got it right with 3 of the most probable Final 4 contenders hosting, and then I read St. John Fisher hosting?? That has to be considered a "traveshamockery!" (For those of you who don't remember the classic quote that's a travesty, a sham, and a mockery, all rolled into one). The only explanation that the committee can give is that they are trying to amend for Fisher not hosting in past years where they actually WERE deserving. In which case, you should NEVER try to make up for past mistakes by MAKING another HUGE one!!! Not to mention the money they'll lose in attendance, they are basically saying that rankings don't mean a thing. Gym size doesn't mean a thing. Hotel prices don't mean a thing. And above all, THE FANS, don't mean a THING!! And, whoever thinks hotels are MORE expensive in Wooster, Ohio than Rochester, New York is smoking the same stuff that the Gonzaga players were this season. Come on. I mean, I'd rather see the games at an equidistant neutral site rather than this. Why not any of the large arenas in Pittsburgh??? Between a 3 and 4 hour drive for all the schools involved.) The Igloo is always looking for events and I think 15,000 seats are PLENTY for everyone to be able to attend. One of the many D3 schools in Pittsburgh could "host" just like Division 1 does and they could get some of the money. Anyway, I wish I could be there for the games, but I won't be able to get a ticket, oh well, I'll watch it on the Internet I guess...OH WAIT!! I can't do that either because there will be NO webcast of the game either. What a crock.

Just watched the live stats and text play-by-play and it seemed like the Scots couldn't buy a rebound off a free throw miss. It must've happened 4 times in the final 2 minutes. It's gotta be hard to box out 6'7" and 6'9" but it sounds like there HAD to be some over-the-back calls missed. Anyway, it's tough to win 'em all, and many of the Scot teams of the past few years have faltered once around X-mas time and still managed to rack up a lot of conference and NCAA hardware, let's hope this team does the same!! Happy holidays from Bob Wilcoxen!!

Just saw this weekend that Wooster opponent Georgetown out of Kentucky played Louisville tough. Yes, that's Rick Pitino's Louisville, I believe the final in an exhibition between the 2 teams was 96-92 in favor of the Cardinals. Let's hope the Scots don't take any early season matchups lightly because this could be the toughest non-conf. schedule the Scots have seen in the 2000's.

 Just thought I'd post my thoughts on the Division 1 games the past 2 nights. I can't remember the last time there were so many great finishes to games on consecutive nights and teams that were so evenly matched across the board.  Can't wait for the weekend games! BUT, I also can't remember an NCAA tourney weekend where the officiating has been any poorer. There's just bad call after bad call and despite what you may or may not think about what role officials play in basketball, any basketball fan that watched or commentated or analyzed these games has brought up the lack of quality by the officials. It really is disheartening to me to watch these college athletes leave it all on the floor for 37 or 38 minutes and the games usually be tied or 1 point either way, and then have the officials make GAME CHANGING calls in the last 2 minutes of the games that end their careers as student athletes. I feel some remorse for Duke, more for Gonzaga and even more for Washington. The only close game that was halfway decently officiated was WVU/Texas. I know from first-hand experience that officials can ruin basketball careers, so my hearts go out to the athletes that are experiencing the pain I went through last year. Let's hope the NCAA gets it right tomorrow and Sunday.

I think the Wooster statisticians may have fallen asleep a time or two....how do the Scots score 84 points and only have 6 assists??? Witucky with ZERO??? That can't be right. The kid makes produces more good dishes than the Lowry center dishwasher on a daily basis!

  Perhaps the "He's a Dealer" drug reference chant may not be that far off anyway...afterall it is the Witt fans themselves who refer to Mr. Russ as..... "The Doctor". lol. --MoneyBall's comedic 2 cents.

An easy way to track team's "tempo" if you will, or how much time they have the ball on each possession would be to sit in the stands with 2 stopwatches and start and stop one for one team when they have the ball and the same for the other team, then take the total time at the end of the game for each time and divide it by the # of possessions which is a stat kept by at least Wooster on their Offensive & Defensive efficiency charts. I dont know how many other teams keep track of possessions though.