MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[TeeDub]

I like the 4-team tourney, but it does present one more game of potential injury and/or fatigue leading into the NCAAs.

[bbaddict]

True, and there's always the risk that your Conference Champ doesn't make it because of one bad game.  On the other hand, if they've had a stellar season, it might mean they & another team get to go.

[OxyBob]

Wednesday's schedule, all games 7:30 p.m.:

Cal Lutheran (16-6, 8-3) @ Redlands (8-14, 4-7)
Whittier (14-8, 8-3) @ Pomona (12-10, 9-2)
Oxy (9-13, 5-6) @ Caltech (1-21, 0-11)
La Verne (6-16, 2-9) @ Claremont (16-6, 8-3)

The top 4 spots in the SCIAC are locked up, but not the order of finish, which will determine the seedings for the conference tournament. Pomona is 9-2, followed by Claremont, Cal Lutheran and Whittier, all 8-3. The team which is most desperate to finish no worse than second and get a home game in the SCIAC tournament has got to be Whittier. Since the '98-'99 season, the Poets are 1-30 when playing at Claremont, Cal Lutheran and Pomona. WC's last road win against those three was at Pomona, where the Poets have lost 5 straight.

OxyBob

[Olsen Road]

Does anyone know the score or the Whittier v PP game? 

OxyBob, I always look to you for the lastest...anything?

[Olsen Road]

Log jam with the top four...going to be an interesting two games.

Oxy, always enjoyed the in game updates.  What happened to them?

[Jack Parkman]

Olsen Road-  You get some welcome karma and some for the name. 

[OxyBob]

Eyewitness report from Pasadena:

Oxy 85, Caltech 49

Oxy: Sean Anderson 20, Jack Hanley 15, Justin Goltz 12
CIT: Han Bin Man 15, Ryan Elmquist 12, Matt Dellatorre 11
Halftime: Oxy 46-23
Rebounds: Oxy 39-22

Caltech only trailed 24-22 at 7:45, but Oxy outscored CIT 22-1 and led 46-23 at the break. Justin Goltz was 5-for-5 in the second half.

Whittier pulled the upset of the night. The Poets defeated Pomona 76-70 in OT at the Rains Center. David Hayashi led WC with 20 points, Travis Crow had 17, Jeff McLean scored 15, and Mike Archuletta had 14. For Pomona, Justin Sexton scored 25 and had 13 rebounds, David Liss scored 22 and Adam Chiamowitz had 10.

Cal Lutheran beat Redlands 58-43 in Currier Gym. Kyle Knudsen led the Kingsmen with 15 points, Aaron Fisher scored 14 and had 10 rebounds, and Aaron Van Klaveren scored 12 and had 11 rebounds. For UR, Patrick Coffey scored 12.

Claremont edged La Verne 64-61 in Ducey Gym. Chris Blees scored 15 and Jason Toney had 10 for the Stags. For the Leopards, Kyle Luhnow scored 14 and Matt Heyd had 10.

Two games to go and it's a four-way tie at the top of the SCIAC standings:

Cal Lutheran  9-3
Claremont  9-3
Whittier 9-3
Pomona  9-3
Oxy  6-6
Redlands  4-8
La Verne  2-10
Caltech  0-12

Saturday's schedule, all games 7:30 p.m.:

Cal Lutheran (17-6, 9-3) @ Pomona (12-11, 9-3)
Claremont (17-6, 9-3) @ Whittier (15-8, 9-3)
Redlands (8-15, 4-8) @ Caltech (1-22, 0-12)    
La Verne (6-17, 2-10) @ Oxy (10-13, 6-6)

Tuesday's schedule:

Whittier @ Cal Lutheran
Pomona @ La Verne
Oxy @ Redlands
Caltech @ Claremont

OxyBob

[sciac_is_fun]

It's all set up for two big showdowns on Saturday.  If CLU and Whittier want to have a chance at the regular season title, they'll have to win Saturday.  PP and CMS have LaVerne and Shirley, I mean Caltech, respectively, on the last night of the regular season.

What a fun end to the season!

My predictions:
CLU  L/W
Whittier W/L
CMS  L/W
PP  W/W

PP 11-3
3 teams @ 10-4

[Hoopsallthetime]

Log jam with the top four...going to be an interesting two games.

Oxy, always enjoyed the in game updates.  What happened to them?

I will tell you why! OXY isn't in the top four, so Bob isn't as animated or excited anymore. This usually happens when you have someone who is dedicated to his team as BoB is. I will say this though...there is no one in the SCIAC who appreciates what OXY BOB has done for our league. He brings excitement to this Blog. I just hope he continues to push the SCIAC in the following week with his expert analysis even though his team isn't playing for anything but for fun!
Big game Saturday night for my Stags! I heard they are trying to drum up excitement in Whittier to bring nastier fans to the gym. Good Luck with that! I know the stags will be ready Saturday Night.

[Pat Coleman]

I will say this though...there is no one in the SCIAC who appreciates what OXY BOB has done for our league.

I suspect you meant the opposite of what you said.

[bbaddict]

Yeah,  you gotta like OB -- even when you don't agree with him.  He's pretty funny!

[OxyBob]

I just hope he continues to push the SCIAC in the following week with his expert analysis even though his team isn't playing for anything but for fun!

I plan to be at the Whittier-CLU game next Tuesday, and look forward to the conference tournament.

That was a huge win last night for Whittier against Pomona.

Whitter 3-1 vs. Claremont (0-1), Cal Lutheran (1-0) and Pomona (2-0)
Pomona 2-3 vs. Claremont (1-1), Cal Lutheran (1-0) and Whittier (0-2)
Claremont 3-2 vs. Cal Lutheran (1-1), Whittier (1-0) and Pomona (1-1)
Cal Lutheran 1-3 vs. Claremont (1-1), Whittier (0-1) and Pomona (0-1)

The pressure's on Claremont and Cal Lutheran this Saturday!

Travis Haussler was dressed in a suit and limping around badly last night at Caltech. It's unlikely that he'll be ready to play for CIT against Redlands this Saturday, which is Senior Night for Haussler and 5 of his teammates.

OxyBob

[sciacguru]

Hey Pat?!?!?!

How bout some love on the D3hoops home page for the SCIAC?  4 teams tied for 1st, playing each other tonight for not only the SCIAC regular season championship, but also for that important higher seed in the SCIAC tourney.  I dont think there is a closer race in all the country.....is there??

[OxyBob]

How bout some love on the D3hoops home page for the SCIAC?  4 teams tied for 1st, playing each other tonight for not only the SCIAC regular season championship, but also for that important higher seed in the SCIAC tourney. 

Also on tap tonight...

Redlands @ Caltech: The Beavers' will try to end their 24-year, 285-game conference losing streak.

OxyBob

[Pat Coleman]

The SUNYAC has that beat with four teams finishing the regular season tied for first but still throwing "some love" at the SCIAC regardless.