MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Gregory Sager]

Better a Techer than a putz or a schmuck.

That would be a great slogan to put on t-shirts for the Caltech student section (if Caltech has one)...

Caltech does have a student section, but their cheers during the game are somewhat confusing. An Oxy player tried a shot which missed everything, and the CIT students started chanting "N₂ + O₂ + traces of Ar, CO₂, Ne, He, CH₄, Kr and H₂" Ball!"

O₂xyBob

When a ref makes a bad call against Caltech, do the students chant, "The arbitrator assails his helpmeet! The arbitrator assails his helpmeet!"?

[Gray Fox]

Haussler hits a career fair in the morning and meets prospective employers [he wants to work on Wall Street as a trader]. He then does a spin move into the three homework sets he's got to finish by the next day. Each takes between 6-11 hours to complete; sometimes they take 20. Problem is, he has an away game he's got to leave for at 4 p.m. So he gets through as much studying as possible, plays in the game and gets back at 11:30 at night. He hits the books again, and works till 6 in the morning. Time for a three-hour nap, followed by more homework till 5 p.m. He then turns in his work and heads to practice.

These Cal Tech guys know how to travel at the speed of light in order to squeeze in more than 24 hours of activity  in a day. 8)

[sciacguru]

The D3hoops Top 25 Poll is out for Week 11:

Oxy (18-2) gains 52 poll points and moves up from No. 20 to No. 18.

Cal Lutheran (17-3) gains 5 poll points and moves up from No. 32 to No. 29.

As are the OWP and OOWP ranking/standing/pts/etc on the front page.

If the season were to end today, what chance would CLU have at Pool C bid??

Pat, Ralph, David, Greg, Ypsi, Titan??  Any insight would be helpful.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Cal Lu is (probably) #2 among pool C contenders in the West (assuming Oxy, St. Thomas, and one of the UW teams ahead of them all end up as pool A).  As long as they lose at most one more game, plus the conference tourney final, I would have to think they are in pretty good shape.

There is a Pool C board, where pabegg has attempted to recreate the selection committee's procedures and rank the pool C credentials of all teams.  In a recent post, he set out mock brackets, which included Cal Lu as a pool C team.

Of course, things could change a great deal in the final weeks, presumed pool A teams could get upset and 'steal' pool C slots, etc., but right now their chances look very good.

[Gray Fox]

The D3hoops Top 25 Poll is out for Week 11:

Oxy (18-2) gains 52 poll points and moves up from No. 20 to No. 18.

Cal Lutheran (17-3) gains 5 poll points and moves up from No. 32 to No. 29.

As are the OWP and OOWP ranking/standing/pts/etc on the front page.

If the season were to end today, what chance would CLU have at Pool C bid??

Pat, Ralph, David, Greg, Ypsi, Titan??  Any insight would be helpful.

Don't forget there is now a tournament in the SCIAC.  Just when the SCIAC might get two teams in, they will probably dribble the ball off their foot and only get the tourney winner in.  If CLU wins they are it, and OXY would be hoping for Pool C.

[Mr. Ypsi]

But Oxy is #1 in the West Region rankings - as long as they don't lose more than one other game before then, they'd be a lock for pool C if they missed the A

[Browneagle64]

Wow, the SCIAC finally made this offical and i thought that i would bring it up:

CIT:  Travis Haussler, Basketball was named SCIAC player of the week

This 6'-7" junior from Santa Cruz, CA (Santa Cruz HS) averaged 26 points per game and 10 rebounds per game this past week in SCIAC contests vs. the University of Redlands and Occidental College.  In an overtime loss to Redlands, he scored 35 points including 5/5 from the 3-point line, 11/18 from the field, 8/9 from the free throw line with 13 rebounds in 40 minutes.  Against first-place Occidental, he was 7/14 from the floor added two 3 pointers with 7 rebounds for 17 points in the contest.  Travis is an Applied Mathematics and Business double major at Caltech, with a 3.7 grade point average.

Btw, we never really gave Sean Anderson Props for being SCIAC player of the week before Mr. Haussler's nomination. So to Sean Anderson, congrats to his recognition. 

[Gray Fox]

But Oxy is #1 in the West Region rankings - as long as they don't lose more than one other game before then, they'd be a lock for pool C if they missed the A

I'm sure you are right this year.  I'm just trying to point out the downside of a tournament that will be in effect most years.

[Mr. Ypsi]

But Oxy is #1 in the West Region rankings - as long as they don't lose more than one other game before then, they'd be a lock for pool C if they missed the A

I'm sure you are right this year.  I'm just trying to point out the downside of a tournament that will be in effect most years.

Agreed, although that has been an upside for some conferences who would almost never otherwise get two teams in: have one dominant team (safe for pool C selection), then have them 'conveniently' lose the title game in the conference tourney!

[Gray Fox]

But Oxy is #1 in the West Region rankings - as long as they don't lose more than one other game before then, they'd be a lock for pool C if they missed the A

I'm sure you are right this year.  I'm just trying to point out the downside of a tournament that will be in effect most years.

Agreed, although that has been an upside for some conferences who would almost never otherwise get two teams in: have one dominant team (safe for pool C selection), then have them 'conveniently' lose the title game in the conference tourney!

Is there one of those London betting pools available for this?

[Mr. Ypsi]

If you look hard enough, I'd bet there is a London betting pool on anything.

[Pat Coleman]

Yep, that's what the NCAA provided. We'll see what they say about the regional record -- if I had to guess, like I did out on the blog, I'd say it's the La Sierra games they are not counting.

[sciacguru]

West Region
1. Occidental 18-3 11-1 .496 .535
2. St. Thomas 19-3 17-2 .487 .529
3. UW-Platteville 17-4 15-3 .510 .554
4. UW-Whitewater 18-3 16-3 .466 .545
5. Cal Lutheran 17-3 13-3 .504 .522
6. UW-Stevens Point 17-4 15-4 .566 .530
7. Buena Vista 18-4 14-2 .464 .543
8. Loras 17-5 14-3 .511 .547

There is one thing missing.....the NWC AQ.  Though they are not ranked, they would be thrown into the mix because of the AQ.  Who would that hurt in this situation the most? Obviously Loras...but any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[LogShow]

Did I read the front page right when it said that Cal Tech took Oxy to OT before Oxy escaped 83-80...wow.

[LogShow]

Okay I just read it again and I think I twas talking about Oxy and Redlands...wording is confusing.