MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OxyBob]

Saturday's SCIAC scores:

Redlands 95, Oxy 87 -- Oxy blew a 16-point second half lead. UR: Alex Rudd 20, Brian Kuklok 19, Tristan Kirk 15 and 11 rebs, Josiah Brensdal 14, Eric Radford 10. OC: Kris Montoya 25, Ryan Chong 23, Ty Cobb 16 and 11 rebs, Eric Leider 12.

Cal Lutheran 59, Pomona 56 -- Horrible FT shooting (4-for-15) did in the Sagehens. CLU: Guy Lynott 19, Dan Wade 14. Pomona: John Weiss 13, Michael Coen 11, Kyle McAndrews 10.

Claremont 76, La Verne 68 -- 18-point second half by Cody Mivshek leads Stags to win. CMS: Mivshek 23 and 8 rebs, Kevin Sullivan 11, Remy Pinson 10. ULV: Jake Vieth 22, Alex Volpe 11 and 8 rebs.

Caltech (1-21, 0-13) was idle.

Nonconference:

Whittier 61, Chapman 58 OT -- Poets snapped a 2-game losing streak with OT win. WC: Jacob Porter 16, Tyree Landrum 13 and 12 rebs, Willie Mebane 12 and 8 rebs, Chris Barnes-Williams 10. CU: Colin Zavrsnick 22, Justin Young 16 and 12 rebs.

Monday's SCIAC game:

Oxy (7-15, 2-11 SCIAC) @ Whittier (11-11, 7-6)

Nonconference:

Chapman (11-11) @ Redlands (17-5)

OxyBob

[OxyBob]

On Feb. 10, Caltech's Mason Freedman got some ink in Bill Plaschke's column in the Los Angeles Times:

They were two Caltech games for the record books
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-plaschke-20130210,0,3848182,full.column

OxyBob

[OxyBob]

Monday's SCIAC score:

Whittier 96, Oxy 74 -- WC: Chris Barnes-Williams 27, Tyree Landrum 20 and 10 rebs, Willie Mebane 19 pts/5 rebs/6 assists, Aaron Fernandez 16. OC: Kris Montoya and Ryan Chong 19 each, David Yetenikyan 13 and 12 rebs.

Nonconference:

Redlands 75, Chapman 56 --  UR: Josiah Brensdal 16 and 8 rebs, Matt calhoun and Ricky Peetz 12 each, Tristan Kirk 11. CU: Justin Young 14, Taylor Hamasaki and Colin Zavrsnick 10 each.

Redlands has all but clinched the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. Unless Redlands tanks its last two games, it doesn't look like Claremont can catch UR. Whittier and Pomona are closing in on the other two spots in the SCIAC tournament.

Wednesday's games:

Claremont (16-6, 12-2 SCIAC) @ Pomona (13-8, 8-5)
La Verne (8-14, 6-7) @ Oxy (7-16, 2-12)
Redlands (18-5, 13-1) @ Cal Lutheran (10-12, 6-7)

Whittier (12-11, 8-6) is idle.

Nonconference:

Chapman (11-12) @ Caltech (1-21)

OxyBob

[WoostAr]

Big Game at Caltech tonight

Caltech takes on Chapman -- this is the best chance for Caltech's seniors to get one more before moving on to bigger and better things (they do still have La Verne at home, but they did not look good against la verne the first time through).  Not only has Chapman played twice in the last 5 days, the Beavers are well rested after having Saturday off.  Caltech was down 3 with 25 seconds to play at Chapman, which bodes well for their chances at home. 

[Gray Fox]

Big Game at Caltech tonight

Caltech takes on Chapman -- this is the best chance for Caltech's seniors to get one more before moving on to bigger and better things (they do still have La Verne at home, but they did not look good against la verne the first time through).  Not only has Chapman played twice in the last 5 days, the Beavers are well rested after having Saturday off.  Caltech was down 3 with 25 seconds to play at Chapman, which bodes well for their chances at home.

I will be there.     Will dahlby?

[dahlby]

Dahlby's neighbor is out of town and asked Dahlby to take his kid to the Adam Kennedy batting cages in Anaheim tonight.
So it looks like Dahby will be watching on the computer.

That is correct that Chapman has played 2 tough games (both losses) in the last few days, and add the Pomona loss and the Whittier loss it is 4 tough games in the last week. Yes, if I were a betting person, I would not bet on this game. Chapman is still young and makes mental mistakes. Our first half game is good, but in the last several games the Panthers have not been able to react to the half-time adjustments that the opposing coaches have made.

So, as it looks now, I will be watching and biting my nails and listening to Mrs. Dahlby telling me that it is just a game, and participation is all that matters.

GO PANTHERS>>>>>PLEASE!

[Gray Fox]

Has dahlby joined the Liberty League?
We will miss you.

[dahlby]

Liberty? Mrs. Dahlby doesn't give that out. She thinks that score should not be kept and that everyone should be awarded with a ribbon at the pizza party after each game. Advice?

Plus K Gray Fox....good line!

[WoostAr]

See you all there.

[OxyBob]

Eyewitness report from Pasadena:

Chapman 57 Caltech 48

Gray Fox in town. We carefully considered our options. CLU-Redlands was most geographically desirable. Oxy-La Verne would have been a good choice for two Oxy alums. But, we opted for the nonconference game between Caltech and Chapman. CIT got jobbed on Jan. 23 in a loss at Chapman, and we surmised that the Beavers would exact their revenge on Chapman, which was on a 5-game losing streak. After enjoying a delicious repast at Pie 'n Burger, we enjoyed an excellent, close game. Key play: Chapman up 50-46 with 2 minutes left. The Panthers spread the court, and Colin Zavrsnick drove from the top of the key for a layup and was fouled by Andrew Hogue. Zavrsnick made the FT for a 53-46 lead, and Caltech couldn't recover. CIT: Hogue 14, Brian Joel 11. CU: Justin Young 13, Jordan Young 11, Zavrsnick 11.

In Wednesday's SCIAC games:

La Verne 66 Oxy 64

Alex Volpe's layup with a second left gave the Leopards the win. ULV: Jake Vieth 19, Volpe 18 and 11 rebounds, Ronn See 10. Oxy: Kris Montoya 20, Sam Stapleton 12 and 8 assists. Oxy HC Brian Newhall channeled Dick Vermeil in his postgame comments about the Tigers' effort: "I could not be more proud of our effort. I love these guys."

Redlands 79 Cal Lutheran 56

UR: Josiah Brensdal 23 and 9 rebounds, Alex Rudd 15, Ricky Peetz 11. CLU: Dan Wade 17, Jayvaughn Nettles 10.

Claremont 65 Pomona 54

Pomona got off to a 16-1 lead to start the game, but the Stags came back for the win. Pomona: Kyle McAndrews 19. CMS: Jack Grodahl 17, Remy Pinson 13 and 10 rebounds, Jason Herrington 10.

A full SCIAC schedule this Saturday:

Caltech (1-22, 0-14 SCIAC) @ Whittier (12-11, 8-6)
Pomona (13-9, 8-6) @ Oxy (7-17, 2-13)
Redlands (19-5, 14-1) @ Claremont (17-6, 13-2)
Cal Lutheran (10-13, 6-8) @ La Verne (9-14, 7-7)

OxyBob

[Gray Fox]

Pie 'n Burger is now the official sponsor of Oxy Bob.

[WoostAr]

Some love for the SCIAC in the men's recap on d3hoops. http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2013/02/wrapup-men-feb13

New regional rankings:  http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2013/02/13/ncaa-regional-rankings-week-2-2/  -- do have to give credit to Redlands for playing a substantive non-conference (but in region) schedule...unfortunately they didn't win the games that would have got them into the regional rankings, but at least the SCIAC's (arguably) best team went and competed against the region.  CMS seems to have wasted their non-conference schedule the last couple years.  Why did they play schools in Maine??...that's slightly out of region no??

....Pie 'n' burger is pretty good.

[dahlby]

Regarding ties in conference rankings:

I was told that the first criteria is head to head, then start at first place team,
then work your way down the standings until one team has an advantage over the other.
If they are still tied after going thru the standiings, then I have no idea. I sure hope it would be a playoff,
instead of a coin flip or using points scored etc.

When I finally tuned in to the CIT/ CU game last night, I did hear the band...you gotta love it.

CIT sure has lost their fair share of close games this year. I hear they have 8 new players coming iin from Florida next year, and one is 6-8. Oh well, they gave me high blood pressure in their 2 games against CU this year,

[Gray Fox]

Eight from Florida?   Must be those guys who couldn't qualify for Miami.   

[WoostAr]

The true story is they're losing 6 seniors...and they only have 13 players.....so hopefully they get 8 players from somewhere.