MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OxyBob]

Saturday's scores:

Chapman 74, Caltech 34
Claremont 78, La Sierra 45
Hope International 74, Pomona 68

OxyBob

[April]

I feel like Oxy's loss in Texas a few years back during the playoffs at Miss College really hurt people's view of how good the SCIAC is as a league... and unfairly too cause they were without their start big guy, Sam Betty. It's probably going to take another run like Oxy's long playoff run (now years and years ago) for people to take us seriously again.

With that said, I am planning on going to the Larry/CLU matchup this Friday. Will you be there OxyBob?

[OxyBob]

With that said, I am planning on going to the Larry/CLU matchup this Friday. Will you be there OxyBob?

I will be there sitting in my reserved seats.



OxyBob

[April]

With that said, I am planning on going to the Larry/CLU matchup this Friday. Will you be there OxyBob?

I will be there sitting in my reserved seats.



OxyBob

Are there really reserved seats? 

[OxyBob]

With that said, I am planning on going to the Larry/CLU matchup this Friday. Will you be there OxyBob?

I will be there sitting in my reserved seats.

Are there really reserved seats?

Yes, and for a small fee CLU AD Dan Kuntz will personally deliver a Coke and a freshly-popped bag of popcorn to you.

Tell you what, DHF, I'll save you a seat.

OxyBob

[April]

With that said, I am planning on going to the Larry/CLU matchup this Friday. Will you be there OxyBob?

I will be there sitting in my reserved seats.

Are there really reserved seats?

Yes, and for a small fee CLU AD Dan Kuntz will personally deliver a Coke and a freshly-popped bag of popcorn to you.

Tell you what, DHF, I'll save you a seat.

OxyBob

Who is this DHF that you speak of? 

Seriously though, I would have gotten that joke, but the picture wasn't there for me this morning. 

I think Hope may have reserved seats, but I'd be surprised if any other D3 team did, so I was a bit confused on why CLU decided to be so self important. 

[David Collinge]

I think Hope may have reserved seats, but I'd be surprised if any other D3 team did, so I was a bit confused on why CLU decided to be so self important. 

1/4 of Wooster's gym (~800 seats) is reserved seating.

[TeeDub]

It's probably going to take another run like Oxy's long playoff run (now years and years ago) for people to take us seriously again.

I just think it's cool that a Wheaton girl refers to the SCIAC as 'us'.

[OxyBob]

Monday's score:

Chapman 78, Whittier 70

CU: Kyle Wood 28, Griffin Ramme 22
WC: Mike Archuletta 15, Marcus Gibson 11

Halftime: Chapman 42-32
Rebounds: Whittier 34-31
Records: Whittier 2-5, Chapman 7-2

Both teams shot well. Chapman shot 62.5% in the first half, including 6-for-6 on 3-pointers, and 47.3% for the game. Whittier shot 49% FG for the game, but was only 16-for-26 FTs, which hurt. On Wednesday Whittier hosts Gwynedd-Mercy (7-1) out of the Colonial States Athletic Conference. Chapman plays at La Verne (3-4) on Thursday.

OxyBob

[oldchap]

Chapman 78, Whittier 70

CU: Kyle Wood 28, Griffin Ramme 22
WC: Mike Archuletta 15, Marcus Gibson 11

I was at the game. Whittier is a gritty team with very strong, athletic, aggressive and experienced post players and decent guards who can penetrate or shoot the 3. However, despite the fact that they trailed most of the game, they kept it within single digit the entire time and were still within striking distance less than a minute before the final buzzer. If it wasn't for Chapman's stellar shooting from 3-point land and the Poets marginal success at the cherry stripe, the game could have flipped the other way. The poets all but killed any attempt at any type of inside play. I predict they will have a good run in Conference play and have a good chance at a top 4 spot.

Chapman is a young team with a bright future ahead of them. They have excellent guard play and are getting stronger at the 4 and 5 position. They lack experience, understandable for a bunch of mostly sophomores and freshmen, but they make that up in athleticism, size, speed and good coaching.

I'm relatively new at this, so some of you guys, please help me out: Chapman has never made the playoffs, because as I understand, it's extremely difficult to qualify as an Independent. What are the criteria to actually make the playoffs as an Independent team and what are the odds?

[dahlby]

Chapman is a pool b team, all independents and conference teams that do not have an automatic bid.
Competition for these slots is very tough. Chapman's schedule does not allow it to have a very high opponents winning percentage (owp) nor a very high opponents opponents winning percentage (oowp).
They have had good records the past years, but the schedule needs to be beefed up. Their 2 losses to NWC teams really hurt their chances of a pool b bid this year. Hope this helps you to understand better.

Note: click on "strength of schedule" category on the cover page of the d3 hoops section to view the
ratings for teams. Also you can click on the schedule section that shows the conferences, then look under independents and click on Chapman to view this year and prior year's records and schedules. There is also
a place to click on for their home web page.

[Gregory Sager]

In addition, oldchap, I'd recommend that you follow the "Bumblin' B's" room in the Multi-Regional Topics section of Posting Up. There's several gurus of the national D3 scene (most notably Ralph Turner) who track all of the Pool B candidates on a daily basis. That room usually starts to heat up in January. It's a must-read if you follow a potential Pool B team such as Chapman.

[OxyBob]

Tonight's schedule:

Lawrence (5-2) @ Caltech (0-6)
Gwynedd-Mercy (7-1) @ Whittier (2-5)

Thursday night:

Chapman (7-2) @ La Verne (3-4)
Oxy (2-4) @ La Sierra (1-9)
Gwynedd-Mercy @ Caltech

Friday night:

Lawrence @ Cal Lutheran (4-1)

OxyBob

[OxyBob]

Wednesday night's scores:

Lawrence 96, Caltech 55
Whittier 95, Gwynedd-Mercy 83

Tonight:

La Verne has a rematch with Chapman in the Super Tents. Chapman won on Nov. 21, 63-47. In that game ULV got down 11-2 early and wasn't able to crawl out of the hole. So far the Leopards only have 2 wins against La Sierra and one against NAIA-2 Johnson & Wales, so this is a big test for them. Chapman has won 4 straight after losing a couple of games in the Lee Fulmer Tournament.

Oxy is at La Sierra. The Tigers beat the Golden Eagles 54-51 in the season opener. Oxy has lost 3 straight and hasn't played since Nov. 29, so this will be a good chance to knock off some rust. Justin Goltz, Oxy's outstanding QB and SCIAC Player of the Year, has joined the roster. The Tigers can use his muscle up front.

Score one for the SCIAC: Gwynedd-Mercy came to California and took its 7-1 record into the GAC last night but came away with a loss to Whittier. The Griffins will no doubt get well against Caltech, which was dismantled by Lawrence. After their tune-up against Caltech, the Vikings will do some sightseeing today in advance of their battle with Cal Lutheran on Friday night.

OxyBob

[OxyBob]

Thursday night's scores:

Oxy 67, La Sierra 56

Oxy: David Ostrow 15, Sam Kesten 12
LSU: Josh Crouch 12, Andrew Grooms 11

Halftime: Oxy 32-30
Rebounds: Oxy 35-23
Records: Oxy 3-4, La Sierra 1-10

Oxy led 54-49 with 5:05 to go and pulled away with an 8-2 run. Justin Goltz made his collegiate basketball debut as a senior, scored 6 and grabbed 7 rebounds (5 OFs). Oxy's next game is Dec. 22 at home against NAIA-2 Fisher College.

Chapman 84, La Verne 73

CU: Justin Riley 20 (9-for-11 FGs), Kyle Wood and Griffin Ramme 17 each, Dan Aguilar 12, Jared Kaiser 10
ULV: Kyle Luhnow and Billy Nicolini 16 each, Matt Heyd 12

Halftime: CU 45-34
Rebounds: ULV 36-32
Records: Chapman 8-2, La Verne 3-5

All 5 starters for Chapman were in double figures. The Panthers shot 63.6% from the field and a blistering 68% in the first half. Chapman was up 25-23 and opened it up with a 10-2 run. The Leopards didn't get closer than 6 the rest of the way. La Verne is at D-II Cal State LA this Saturday. Chapman is off until Dec. 30 when they'll be at Redlands.

Gwynedd-Mercy 93, Caltech 44

GMC: John Crabtree 12, Brandon Williams 10
CIT: Travis Haussler 16, Matt Dellatorre 10

Halftime: GMC 57-21
Rebounds: GMC 34-26
Records: Gwynedd-Mercy 8-2, Caltech 0-8

Another long night for Caltech. Gwynedd-Mercy's starters played only briefly as the Griffins' bench scored 63 points. Caltech led 2-0, but GMC outscored the Beavers 27-2 to lead 27-4, and led by 36 at the half. Caltech is off until Dec. 31 when they'll ring in the New Year with a game against No. 7 Amherst.

Tonight:

Lawrence (6-2) @ Cal Lutheran (4-1)

Lawrence has a win over No. 5 UW-Stevens Point. CLU knows that feeling; the Kingsmen beat the Pointers in overtime last New Year's Day. The Vikings tuned up for this one with a 95-55 thrashing of Caltech on Wednesday. Jon Mays came off the bench for LU and scored 22 on 11-for-11 FGs.  So far this season, Kyle Knudsen leads CLU scorers with 16.4 ppg, and Andy Meier has averaged 16.2 ppg and 10.6 rebs pg. Freshman forward Aaron Van Klaveren has played great for CLU with 11 pts and 7.2 rebs per game.

OxyBob