MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Gray Fox]

I remember that Pomona played a game at Kansas because of his connections.  I forget the details.

[madzillagd]

I remember that Pomona played a game at Kansas because of his connections.  I forget the details.

Interesting.  Had to look this up because my brother's PLU team also played Kansas. 

12/1/1987 Kansas 94, Pomona 38
12/7/1988 Kansas 112, Pacific Lutheran 61

[elfinley]

Hope everyone is having a great start to their summer!

It is already June, October will be here before you know it. Any word on how recruiting went for any of the SCIAC teams?

[Hoya86]

D3bballrecruits.com. has a fair amount of SCIAC class info.  Added bonus...some cool d3 logos.

[Bigcat]

Thanks Hoya86, looks like some solid info. I noticed Chapman was bringing in 11 guys?!?! Didn't they only have two seniors? I don't think any other SCIAC team had over five recruits coming in. Wonder how that's going to work out.  Also does anyone know what the deal is with John Joyce? I heard he only has one semester of eligibility left, how does that work?

[stag44]

Happy 1st week of practice!! I'm excited to see how the season plays out for everyone - as always I think the Stags are top dogs in the conference and have a sour taste in their mouth after getting upset by CLU in the last game at Ducey. They'll be playing their games at Pomona this year which should be interesting. I think P-P, CLU and Chapman should also all be solid. I have no clue on Oxy, WC, ULV, Redlands or CIT, but assume they will all be historically in line with their recent past.

Would love to hear any early season previews!

[WoostAr]

Caltech students are finally back in session...haven't seen any practices, but it appears that the lot of Freshman (now sophomores) spent a lot of time in the weight room during the Summer.  Not typical of Caltech basketball players.

Also of note is the Caltech schedule http://gocaltech.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/schedule

Caltech is opening the season on 11/15 with a non-conference game against Oxy...looks like Oxy picked up a couple transfers...pretty excited about that game!

Also of note, every game Caltech scheduled is NCAA D3 with a large number of in-region non-conference games....kudos for good scheduling!

[stag44]

Great to see the CMS and Chapman getting some pre-season poll love - Stags at 26 and Chapman at 27. Let's hope both teams can keep the momentum through their non-conference.

[WoostAr]

Caltech's roster up  http://gocaltech.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/roster

Ty Ochse was an all-state honorable mention in Arizona and Southern Arizona all-star...great addition for Caltech.

Caltech playing an exhibition at Cal State Fullerton this Saturday.

[7express]

http://d3hoops.com/teams/Caltech/Men/2014-15/index

Is there any reason why Cal Tech is playing 3 games with Occidental or is that just a mistake by D-3 on the schedule??

[dahlby]

Oxy web site shows 2 conference games, and 1 pre-conference tilt with Cal- Tech.

[WoostAr]

I think it's an attempt to get a bit of a rivalry going -- the two teams don't really like each other and proximity makes for a bit of a natural rival.  Also, Oxy is probably looking to get off to an easy start and Caltech probably thinks they can get a win out of the gate.  From what I gather, this is going to be a yearly tip-off switching locations each year.

Tip off this Saturday 11/15 is at 7pm -- if you show up before hand there will be food outside.

5 more days until some real action!

[WoostAr]

Also, here's a write-up on Caltech's game against Cal State Fullerton.

http://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/m-baskbl/2014-15/releases/20141108nzas7v

[stag44]

D3Hoops Pre-Season All Americans out..

Congrats to Chapman and Colin Zaversnick as he made the 3rd team!

Very shocked/surprised that Tyler Gaffaney was not on the list though. I'm guessing that everyone thought he was graduated when in fact he back.

Great to see that the conference was represented. VERY Excited to see the season start on Friday!

[OxyBob]

Caltech is opening the season on 11/15 with a non-conference game against Oxy

Oxy 90 Caltech 81

In the first half the game was tied 25-25 at 9:10. Oxy went on a 9-0 run and led the rest of the way.

Oxy: Juwan Rice 20 pts, 9 rebs, 8 assists, 8 steals, Taylor Walton 16, Austin Hawk 14, Andrew Johnson 12, JJ Friedman 10

CIT: Kc Emezie 25, Andrew Hogue 17 pts and 16 rebs, Luke Lango 10

Oxy is @ NCAA D-II Azusa Pacific this Tuesday. Caltech is @ George Fox on 11/21.

OxyBob