MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[CrashDavisD3]

Chapman record goes to 10-1 with a win over Whittier. Chapman is now 7-0 vs SCIAC teams this season.  I am sure not too many teams are looking forward to Chapman joining the SCIAC IF they are voted in.

http://www.chapmanathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/1221

[etule]

Chapman looks good but why does their schedule have them playing the same teams twice? It makes it a little fuzzy on exactly how good they are.

SCIAC is down this year overall! I would like to see them play teams out of SCIAC in pre season. Maybe more NW Conference teams! They have been good the last couple of years for sure!

[dahlby]

etule,

Chapman schedules the games where they can get them. Some of the teams require a home and home contract. They play whatever SCIAC teams will play them twice whenever they can. Oxy isn't on the schedule, and for some reason did not schedule Cal Tech this year. I hope they aren't trying to avoid them, because of their 3 wins.

From what I can see, all of the SCIAC preseason (actually pre-conference) games are against non-conference opponents, unless a tournament is involved.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL POSTERS. May you and yours have a happy and healthy new year!

[Fan O SCIAC]

Does anyone have any idea why Hanley is not playing for Oxy?  Is he injured?

[Titan Q]

SCIAC fans, I am heading out your way tomorrow to watch Illinois Wesleyan play in the Cal Lutheran tournament Dec 29-30.  Travel question for you...

I get to LAX at 3:30pm tomorrow (12/28).  I hop in a rental car and start heading to Ventura, where the team is staying:

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/oxrvb-ventura-beach-marriott/

I know how brutal traffic will probably be at that time of day.  Any suggestions for my driving route from LAX up to Ventura?  I've done the Mapquest thing, but just wanted to get a little "local knowledge."

Thanks for your help!

[Gray Fox]

If we told you, it would no longer be "local knowledge".  Good luck.

[dahlby]

Titan Q,

An early welcome to Southern California. At least today that is. More rain forecasted for Wednesday.

If I were you I would just hop on the 405 Fwy North and it will eventually join the 101 Fwy North toward Ventura. Although LA traffic is always bad, maybe with the holidays and all, you will catch a break.

Good luck!

[cmsme]

CMS fans
Does anyone else get frustrated trying to follow the CMS games?  The schedule will say AUDIO and LIVE STATS, so I get all set up to follow the game--and invariably somthing does not work.  E.G. Chapman game tonight--no audio and no live stats. 
My daughter is down visiting her brother, so I know the score is 12-14, but she is not really into updating me so it is not very satisfying.

[cmsme]

cms chapman game:  my daughter says it is tied at the half (35-35).

[dahlby]

cmsme,

Please keep us posted if you hear anything. I also tried video and LS, but to no avail. It looks like they tried to set it up as it had CU's logo but the name next to it was Pomona...  with a final score of 57-53.

It is a shame, as it should be a good game.

I just saw your post.... plus K for you!

[CMSfan]

Chapman 69, Stags 65

Box Score: http://www.cmsathletics.org/sports/mbkb/2010-11/files/CU-CMS.HTM

Well, I thought the Stags might pull this one out, but Chapman managed to hold on.  Big game from Griffin Ramme, who made several tough shots en route to 24 points.  The game was back and forth the whole time.  My heavy pro-CMS bias makes me think CMS is the better team, but Chapman played well enough to win and has obviously proven themselves by running the table against SCIAC thus far.  They've earned their trip to the playoffs.

A few things to note:

• CMS starting guard Remy Pinson was stuck in New York because of weather and was not at the game.  His absence was a big blow to CMS.  Patrick Donnelly, who had only played 70 minutes in the previous 8 games, played 20 minutes in this one.
• Patrick Lacey abused Jon Consani all night.  Chapman's interior defense looked pretty weak.
• The Stags shot 8-18 from the line.  For that alone, they deserved to lose
• Unless I missed something, the referees/scorekeeper inexplicably missed a Chapman bucket and did not correct the score.  Chapman's coach was justifiably incensed at losing two points.
• The refs made up for it with some really poor calls against, especially on loose balls near the end of the game.  I won't say they cost CMS the game, but they sure managed to leave their mark at critical junctures.  Of course, I'm guessing it looked different from Chapman's perspective.
• Cody Mivshek is really good.

[oldchap]

CMS is always tough and tonight was no different. They are tough minded, aggressive, never give up and their defense is really hard to break. They played as good as they could possibly have and frankly the game could have gone either way. Conversely, I have seen the Panthers play much better this season, even against arguably better teams (Azusa Pacific comes to mind, despite the fact that they lost that game) but this could also be due in part to CMS's excellent defense.

Claremont got in foul trouble from the start of the game and finished with three players fouling out. Too much aggressivity, sometimes not well channeled, leading to not-so-smart fouls. That's what did it. That and shooting 44% from the charity stripe. Griffin Ramme also had one of his best games tonight.

Some may argue that it would have been a different game with Blees and Pinson in the Stags lineup. At this point, we can speculate all we want. The fact is, others in the CMS team stepped up big time. I can think of number 22 Patrick Lacey who was a real leader on the court and was really tough to guard tonight. So it's anybody's guess as to whether CMS would have won under different circumstances. At least, it's not obvious to me but of course CMS fans may see it differently.

The refs made bad calls both ways. The alleged controversial call they made at the end of the game didn't change much and that's assuming it was controversial. One could argue that Lin got flattened under the basket trying to rebound the ball. Had it not been called, it may have given CMS the chance to go into overtime, in the best of circumstances.

I briefly spoke with coach Scali at the end of the game and he praised this Chapman team, arguing that it is as good if not better than last year's. Some players like Brandon Lin have really stepped up this year and are making a huge difference.

[CrashDavisD3]

Chapman''s record goes to 11-1 with a win over CMS. Chapman is now 8-0 vs SCIAC teams this season with the last scheduled game vs SCIAC team on January 5th with Cal Lu.  Chapman's record vs D3 teams is now 10-0 this season.

[OxyBob]

Chapman is now 8-0 vs SCIAC teams this season

Big whoop. So far the SCIAC is 28-40 overall. Only La Verne (5-4) and Oxy (5-3) have winning records. Chapman beat 5-6 Puget Sound and 5-5 Oglethorpe, and has 3-7 George Fox next. As usual, Chapman scheduled no one, went nowhere, played no one, and beat no one. And now that the SCIAC conference season is coming up, the real no one part of Chapman's schedule will begin.

What can Chapman possibly look forward to from playing the weakest ass schedule in all of D-III? Another humiliating beat down from Whitworth.

OxyBob

[CrashDavisD3]

Chapman is now 8-0 vs SCIAC teams this season

Big whoop. So far the SCIAC is 28-40 overall. Only La Verne (5-4) and Oxy (5-3) have winning records. Chapman beat 5-6 Puget Sound and 5-5 Oglethorpe, and has 3-7 George Fox next. As usual, Chapman scheduled no one, went nowhere, played no one, and beat no one. And now that the SCIAC conference season is coming up, the real no one part of Chapman's schedule will begin.

What can Chapman possibly look forward to from playing the weakest ass schedule in all of D-III? Another humiliating beat down from Whitworth.

OxyBob

Unlike OXY...A DIII Playoff spot  A top 25 ranking
Only the jealous need to use put downs and talk trash when your not happy with your own failure to succeed.