MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[steveflegel]

"Coach Eslinger will be coaching washington Capitals tonight against the Harlem Globetrotters.  Let's see if he can snap a 40 year losing streak while he's at it."

WoostAr - will that be hockey played on hardwood, or basketball played on ice?  I'm more likely to pay to watch the second one.   

[Gray Fox]

Coach Eslinger will be coaching washington Capitals tonight against the Harlem Globetrotters.  Let's see if he can snap a 40 year losing streak while he's at it.

A new approach.  Play the Globetrotters with a hockey team.   The coach is really a genius.  Now if he's really good, they'll let him coach the Washington Generals tomorrow night.

[OxyBob]

Now if he's really good, they'll let him coach the Washington Generals tomorrow night.

He got the Gatorade vat dumped on him after the victory over Oxy. If he's coaching the Generals then he better watch out for the pail of confetti.

OxyBob

[cmsme]

Congratulations to Caltech and Elmquist.  It was nice to see them win in such a movie story kind of way.  They shot well when they played CMS, so I am hoping that next year is good too.

I watched a CBS interview with Coach Newhall before the game.  He was very charming, laughing about how everyone was rooting for Caltech, even his daughter.  He seemed to handle the prospect of a loss with grace.  They also interviewed that Gregg Popovitch as the last coach to loose to Caltech, so I am sure that added to the joke.

People were saying that Tuesday's game was the first time that CMS had beat Pomona Pitzer at their gym.  How old is that gym?

OxyBob--I loved that picture of the Caltech coach that you posted.  We should all be that happy someday.

Looking forward to the tournament.  And I am going to go with that basketball wisdom that it is difficult to beat a good team 3 times in one season.

GO STAGS 

[CMSfan]

Looking forward to the tournament.  And I am going to go with that basketball wisdom that it is difficult to beat a good team 3 times in one season.

Let's hope La Verne doesn't qualify as a good team.   

[Gregory Sager]

OB,

+1,000 for not cutting and running after Oxy loss.  There have been a large number of posters that closed up shop for good after their team took a loss that are nowhere near the historic footnote that the Tigers are now a part of.  Good for you for taking it and to continue posting.

Yep. I'll say this for O-Bob: Love him or hate him, he shows up and faces the music, even in the wake of what can only be described as a humiliating loss of epic magnitude suffered by his Tigers. The number of fans who would do that, even those who are regular d3boards.com posters, is pretty small.

[playball]

I have to say I thought the Champan posters would come at Oxybob a lot harder than they did.

Oh, please, like I care what oldchump says. And nice to see a Linfield b-baller jumping on the Caltech bandwagon. 9-16. Wow. As wildcat11 once said:

We have a basketball team?  Only 239 days until Linfield opens up football fall camp!

OxyBob

Oh Bob, no need to get your feelings hurt!  I just think its funny when people say stuff on here and then revisit it later!  And has the SCIAC won up north in a while? Just curious...

[OxyBob]

Love him or hate him, he shows up and faces the music, even in the wake of what can only be described as a humiliating loss of epic magnitude suffered by his Tigers.

I love you, too, man.

I have received telephone calls, email, and Facebook wall postings from a whole bunch of rat bastards friends who I haven't heard from in a long time.

At least it was warm in CIT's gym. Speaking of humiliating losses of epic magnitude, I was on the sidelines for this:

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-03/sports/sp-12897_1_occidental-college

I wish it wasn't Oxy who Caltech beat to end the streak, but I would have been upset if I'd missed it.

OxyBob

[etule]

Oxy Bob's passion for OXY is awesome! It was going to happen sometime. As I told one of the players that's a hell of a way to get on Sports Center!

It's all in fun and the kids also realise it is just A GAME. PERHAPS ONE PEOPLE WILL NOT LET THEM FORGET. Keeps YOU HUMBLE!
Sports have a way teaching life lessons!

[CalCat]

Love him or hate him, he shows up and faces the music, even in the wake of what can only be described as a humiliating loss of epic magnitude suffered by his Tigers.

I love you, too, man.

I have received telephone calls, email, and Facebook wall postings from a whole bunch of rat bastards friends who I haven't heard from in a long time.

At least it was warm in CIT's gym. Speaking of humiliating losses of epic magnitude, I was on the sidelines for this:

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-12-03/sports/sp-12897_1_occidental-college

I wish it wasn't Oxy who Caltech beat to end the streak, but I would have been upset if I'd missed it.

OxyBob

Bob...just one question...are you going to attend the 30 year reunion game in 2041 ?

[Gray Fox]

I guess they are still friends.

http://media.caltech.edu/events/123115

[Sabretooth Tiger]

Like Bob said, happy as heck for the Beavers, just really didn't envision Oxy being the answer to the trivia question that will linger long after we're all gone. And in a surprising turn of events, this just in . . . life goes on!  Moreover, as another friend of mine put it, it is merely a sign of Oxy's continued growth in academic excellence!

[OxyBob]

Last night's scores:

Redlands 68 Cal Lutheran 58

UR: Sanvictores 16 pts and 8 rebs, Dietrich 12, Keating 10 assists
CLU: Grimm 18, Nettles 12, Van Klaveren 10 pts and 10 rebs, Sulker-Hall 10

CLU led 3-0. After that it was all Redlands. UR led by 8 at halftime, and blew the game open in the 2nd half.

Claremont 68, La Verne 62

CMS: Sullivan 16, Gaffaney 10
ULV: Napolitano 15 pts and 9 rebs, Woodland 13, Bastos and Wolpe 10 each

Claremont led 52-39 at 10:00. ULV got it down to 4 a couple of times but couldn't get over.

Tonight's SCIAC final:

Claremont (16-9) @ Redlands (15-11)

Redlands defeated CMS 65-55 on 1/29 and 77-69 on 2/16. Currier will be rocking.

OxyBob

[stag44]

People were saying that Tuesday's game was the first time that CMS had beat Pomona Pitzer at their gym.  How old is that gym?

GO STAGS 

The last win the Stags had @ PP was 05-06. Stags won a thriller there in the 2nd half of conference punctuated by a John Parsons dunk with under a minute to go to put the stags up by 4 and seal the win. They had lost 5 straight after that (4 conference and the 07-08 tournament final) before this year.


Eyewitness report from last night at Ducey:

A late arriving CMS crowd and boisterous La Verne section made for a quiet first 5 minutes of the game as the Stags controlled tempo and pace from the start. Tyler Gaffney set the pace early with 2 strong drives to the basket as the Stags were not content running their motion around the perimeter, taking advantage of La Verne's overly aggressive defense and slow rotations.

Things were very very physical from the get go and the Stags soon found themselves in serious foul trouble. Lacey was strapped with 2 fouls and say the last 8-9 minutes for the 1st half, while Sullivan, Smith, Pinson all picked up 2 fouls early in the 1st half as well. La Verne's game plan was VERY simple: get the ball inside to Wolpe and Napolitano and play off them. Once the ball got inside though, it was a black hole. My guess is that on 85% of their post touches they made a move to the basket to score. They were strictly going to their right and were drawing fouls galore. They ended up going to the line a combined 12 times in the 1st half as well as shooting 10-13 additional times. Woodland was also key in their plan, bombing 3s from deep.

a HUGE shoutout has to go to Sean Duncan. At the start of the season Duncan was saddled as the 3rd string big behind Lacey and Blue, but after Blue went down with his injury, he was asked to spot Scali 2 minutes a game in case of foul trouble. From all accounts, the guy is a warrior in practice and pushes the starters everyday, and it was good see him perform well last night. With Lacey saddled with 2 fouls, Duncan was put in a situation to guard Napolitano or Wolpe and readily responded to the challenge. He drew 2 charges as well as a block and made their lives considerably difficult. On the offensive end he got his first points of the season by banking in a free throw and going 4-4 from the line. In my mind, he was the unsung hero of the 1st half.

The Stags controlled the game through the half and ended up 11. In the second half, La Verne continued to pound the ball inside, but the Stags continued to dig down and make life difficult for the bigs. They gang rebounded and were able to strech the lead to 14 at one point. Then, in typical Stag fashion, they opened to door for La Verne. The Leos went on a quick 9-0 run, and from there the game remained in the 4-8 point range. With just over a minute to go and the Stags up 58-54, Sullivan came up with a huge driving layup to put the stags up 6, and after another stop, Joey Anderson put the stags up 8, and essentially sealed the win.

The player of the 2nd half has to be Kevin Sullivan. I was sitting with Faught Bagby and Toney at the game, and at the start of the half after Sullivan got a nice curl cut layup and saw the ball go through the hoop we all looked at each other and said he had that look in his eye. He proceeded to hit 2 3s and have come up with timely shots for the Stags and finished with 16 points.

As usual, the Stags scored and rebounded by committee. They did a great job on the boards considering they were undersized.

Onto Tonight:

It comes down to one thing: heart.

Both teams are playing their 3rd game in 5nights and a back-to-back. Most of the guys will be playing on adrenaline. Coaches will keep their game plans simple, and we'll probably see a haphazard game for a bit. Redlands has never been in this position, while CMS is doing this for the 4th straight year. The home team has won the previous 3 championships.

No prediction from me tonight. Should be a GREAT game and INTENSE atmosphere as the teams play in an elimination game for a coveted NCAA bid. See you at the game!

[dahlby]

Too bad tonight's game won't be video'd. It should be a tight game. I am pulling for the Stags because the CMS/CU games have been very close before. That is assuming that they will be matched in the first round. Last year's game at Chapman was one of the tightest and noisiest D3 games I have ever watched.

CMS is a class program, coming back this year time after time despite the injuries and all.
I had the priviledge to meet several of the players at the CMS/CU football game last fall. What a mature group of students. Very impressed!