MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[fhsutiger]

It is very tough to follow up after something like that, but I will try! Here is a little recap of this weekends games for CMS.

The CMS Stags went 2-0 over the weekend defeating Westminster College on Saturday 62-40 and defeating Rivier College 54-49. The Stags go to 8-3 on the season.

The Titans led by as many as four points in the first half before the Stags tied the game for the fifth time at halftime with a 20-20 score. CMS then went on a 17-6 run to start the second half to take an 11-point, 37-26 lead with 14:13 remaining. Westminster cut the deficit to single digits just once after that as the Stags cruised to the victory by way of a 15-4 run between the 13:55 and 6:37 marks.

Chris Blees and Conner Faught led the Stags with 14 points apiece, while Patrick Lacey deposited 10 points. Jason Toney, one of six Stags with at least four rebounds, led CMS with six rebounds to go with nine points.

For Westminster, senior forward Ryne Murray led the Titans with a double-double. Murray tied a game-high with 14 points while grabbing a game-high 10 rebounds.

.Westminster shot 32.7 percent (16-49) from the floor, including 3-19 from 3-point range. CMS was 40.4 percent (21-52) from the field.

On Sunday, the Stags defeated the Rivier Raiders 54-49 at Caltech. The Stags controlled the majority of the game, and led 29-18 at the break. The Stags were led by Joey Anderson who had a breakout performance with 17 pts, and 9 rebounds. Conner Faught chipped in with 11pts, Shane Davis with 6pts and 3 steals, and Patrick Lacey had 6 pts and 6 rebounds. The Stags out-rebounded the Raiders 35-26.

The Stags are now 8-3 on the season, and winners of the last 3. The Stags will host Redlands University Saturday night at 7:30pm at Ducey gym at Claremont McKenna College. The Stags look to continue there winning ways as the SCIAC season begins.

Here is how I believe the SCIAC will finish:

1. CMS
2. Cal Lutheran
3. Pomona
4. Oxy
5. Whittier
6. Redlands
7. LaVerne
8. Cal Tech

SCIAC Tournament:
CMS defeats Pomona (AGAIN)


Here is the SCIAC Schedule for this Saturday:

Pomona-Pitzer @ La Verne   (PP by 15)
Redlands @ Claremont-Mudd-Scripps   (CMS by 12)
Caltech @ Cal Lutheran (Cal Lu by Who knows...30)
Whittier @ Occidental  (Oxy by 4) 

How does everyone else think the SCIAC will turn out!

[dahlby]

OXY BOB,

My wife gives you an "A", but I must give you a "C" (and only because the California State Education System recommends passing all students). I had to mark you down because of  the excessive use of the word "nerve".

When a team is 7-3 with five of those wins coming against La Sierra, Cal Baptist and American Sports University it does not reflect well when you consider Oxy cancelled its game against Chapman.

Unless of course, your Tigers wanted to rest up for SCIAC play to have a better chance of winning the conference and possibly meeting CU in the first round of the playoffs, if CU does win out for the rest of the year. I am not saying they will. If that is your strategy, it might work, if you get past Pomona, CMS and Cal Lu, with Whittier possibly following close behind.

PS Could we get some game film on WC Baptist and/or La Sierra to help prepare us for our tough Jan and Feb schedule? Our guys would probably appreciate it. Also, (no forget it, I want to be nice to you this year). Also, could you furnish the phone number, address and contact for American Sports University. Maybe we could play them next year.  I tried to find their record, but their web page did not show it.

Cheers! RBye

[stag44]

thanks for the update FHSUtiger!

glad the Stags took care of business going into conference play.

From the looks of it, there will be no easy games in conference (MAYBE home vs CalTech)
Look for some surprising outcomes and great games on Wednesdays and Saturdays:

Based on non-conference play heres my predictions for Conference:

1. CMS
2. CLU
3. P-P
4. Oxy
5. Whittier
6. Redlands
7. ULV
8. Cal Tech

As for this weekends games:

Pomona-Pitzer @ La Verne   (ULV - UPSET SPECIAL)
Redlands @ Claremont-Mudd-Scripps   (CMS)
Caltech @ Cal Lutheran (Cal Lu)
Whittier @ Occidental  (Oxy) 

[OxyBob]

My wife gives you an "A", but I must give you a "C" (and only because the California State Education System recommends passing all students). I had to mark you down because of  the excessive use of the word "nerve".

Insofar as the use of the word nerve, take it up with Harold Arlen and E.Y Harburg, who wrote the music and lyrics. If you only had a brain then you would have known that. Arlen and Harburg also wrote "Over The Rainbow," which the American Film Institute ranked as the greatest movie song of all time. You probably would have given that song a C- for overuse of the word rainbow.

Good luck to Chapman against Caltech.

OxyBob

[dahlby]

OXY BOB,

Great writers, great music,poor application of words. Don't blame them as you chose the  words. Next time choose a song without the word nerve.....but, with Oxy not having the nerve to play Chapman, I can see why you would not have understood the specific application.

Regarding "over the rainbow", I can see why it is one of your favorites, as it allows you to keep dreamin' while you are singin' and hopin' and prayin'.

Regarding Cal Tech, I think they could teach us all a few lessons, in more than one way. I have total respect for their athletes.

Good luck!

[Gray Fox]

Oxy Bob sometimes can be described as having a lot of nerve, but in this case he only used the word three times.

[OxyBob]

Oxy Bob sometimes can be described as having a lot of nerve, but in this case he only used the word three times.

Look, if the Scarecrow and his little Munchkin pal want to come in here and get their heads bashed in over and over and over then let 'em. They have nowhere else to go.

OxyBob

[dahlby]

OXY BOB,

There you go again! Don't you have the nerve to pick on the bigger characters?

Cheers,
Dahlby

[oldchap]

Based on non-conference play heres my predictions for Conference:

1. CMS
2. CLU
3. P-P
4. Oxy
5. Whittier
6. Redlands
7. ULV
8. Cal Tech

I have had the privilege to watch every single team in the SCIAC this season, except for Cal Tech which I will see on Wednesday and Oxy who, for some reason only known to OxyBob, decided to turn down Chapman's gracious invitation.

From what I have seen, I can only concur that CMS is the team to beat this season, and I'm not saying this because that's the only SCIAC team who beat Chapman (albeit by one point). I think they have a deep bench, I think they are relentless in defense and I think that it will be very hard to guard Conner Faught from the three point line. Their coach has them prepared and they give me the impression, looking at their record, that they'll be consistent.

I was less impressed by CLU, who has "immaturity" and "inconsistency"written all over. They can be capable of the best as well as the worst. And I can tell you that if frustrated, they have a hard time keeping their composure.

La Verne is a team which I would place higher. They will be inconsistent for sure (and consistency is the name of the game in Conference play), however they have some serious scorers on the team and if these guys are turned on, they're hard to stop.

Some comments about P-P: they live and die at the three point line, and on fast breaks, so you will see some big surprises coming from them (both good and bad). Again, if they can muster some consistency they will be dangerous. I personally like their chances better than CLU.

I also will say that Redlands is another of these teams which will create some surprises this season and I won't be surprised if they finish in the top 4.

Finally, Whittier is a little small and not quite athletic, except for one big man down low. They can light it up from three point range, but lack depth on the bench to make things happen.

We all know where Caltech will finish, although it appears it's one of their best teams in years. As for Oxy, we'll let OxyBob give you the scoop, unless he is too busy walking down the yellow brick road with his red slippers...

[fhsutiger]

I'm originally from Kansas and lived there for almost 25 years of my life...so enough with this Wizard of Oz crap!  Sooner or later a tornado is going to wisk you two away and then I won't have to hear the OZ crap anymore.  Get on with it...and lets start talking about the upcoming SCIAC seaon. I'm interested into thinking what the great OZ thinks (Sorry I had to do it), especially since he is a die hard OXY fan!

By the way, let's stop talking about Chapman....WHEN and IF they make the tournament, we can begin the talk again, until then...let's move on!

[OxyBob]

There you go again! Don't you have the nerve to pick on the bigger characters?

Get off your freakin' high horse. So far Chapman has played D-III teams with a combined record of 33-54, which is a .443 OWP. After Wednesday it'll be .402, which with any luck will only put Chapman in the bottom 3-4% in all of D-III. And with at least 5 games coming up against La Sierra and UCSC it'll get even worse.

God almighty I can't wait for the SCIAC season to start so we'll be done with you already.

I'm interested into thinking what the great OZ thinks (Sorry I had to do it), especially since he is a die hard OXY fan!

What, and have some wiseguy say, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"

Re SCIAC: CMS is the team to beat.

OxyBob

[John Gleich]

I'm originally from Kansas and lived there for almost 25 years of my life...so enough with this Wizard of Oz crap!  Sooner or later...

... I thought the Sooners were in Oklahoma, not Kansas...

[fhsutiger]

I'm originally from Kansas and lived there for almost 25 years of my life...so enough with this Wizard of Oz crap!  Sooner or later...

... I thought the Sooners were in Oklahoma, not Kansas...

Wow...I bet that took a lot of thinking to figure that line out! You can be so witty!

[oldchap]

So far Chapman has played D-III teams with a combined record of 33-54, which is a .443 OWP.

OxyBob

Is this Enron accounting?

So far, Chapman is first in Pool B contention, 6th in the West and 22nd in RPI. That's according to someone who actually knows something.

...And your OWP number (the one that actually counts) is way off.

Through games of Sunday 1/3/2010 -- includes results reported on d3hoops.com at 11:00 p.m. EST on Sunday night.

REG   #   WP      OWP     OOWP    RPI      NAT   Pool        REG     OVR   CONF     Team
                                    
                           
W   001   0.923   0.667   0.573   0.7073   003   A   C      12-1    12-1   WIAC     UW-Whitewater
W   002   0.909   0.651   0.616   0.7068   004   C   001    10-1    11-2   WIAC     UW-La Crosse
W   003   0.909   0.643   0.582   0.6942   006   C   002    10-1    11-1   WIAC     UW-Stevens Point
W   004   0.833   0.647   0.534   0.6653   011   A   C       5-1     8-1   MIAC     St. Thomas
W   005   0.857   0.603   0.560   0.6561   013   C   005     6-1     6-3   MIAC     Gustavus Adolphus
W   006   0.909   0.565   0.503   0.6355   022   B   001    10-1    11-2   IND      Chapman
W   007   0.778   0.591   0.578   0.6345   024   A   C       7-2     9-2   NWC      Whitworth
W   008   0.750   0.597   0.540   0.6210   032   C   013     6-2     6-2   MIAC     Augsburg
W   009   0.750   0.582   0.558   0.6179   038   C   017     6-2     8-4   WIAC     UW-Platteville
W   010   0.625   0.651   0.494   0.6051   046   A   C-2     5-3     7-5   IIAC     Buena Vista
W   011   0.714   0.590   0.499   0.5984   052   C   026     5-2     6-3   MIAC     St. Johns
W   012   0.333   0.762   0.505   0.5906   066   C   038     1-2     2-8   NWC      Lewis and Clark
                                    
      Pool:   A   Top ranked team in Pool A eligible conference                        
         B   Pool B eligible team                        
         C   At large candidate                        
         N/A   Not eligible for postseason participation                        
                                    
      B or C #      Rank in Pool (C or B)                        
                                    
      A Status:   C   Pool A candidate, would rank within top 19 of Pool C                         
         C-2   2nd tier Pool A candidate, would rank 20-29 of Pool C                         
         Blank   Ranks outside of the top 29 of Pool C                        

I promise I'll go away now, but I can't help it to open my mouth when I see blatant and biased inaccuracies.

[John Gleich]

I'm originally from Kansas and lived there for almost 25 years of my life...so enough with this Wizard of Oz crap!  Sooner or later...

... I thought the Sooners were in Oklahoma, not Kansas...

Wow...I bet that took a lot of thinking to figure that line out! You can be so witty!

No, it didn't... but it was a better quip than yours about the tornado...