MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Hugenerd]

A winnable game for Caltech tomorrow, against a 2-win Wisconsin Lutheran team.

The win would give Caltech as many wins this season as the last 7 seasons combined.  Also, the win would give Coach Eslinger more wins in 2.5 seasons than the previous coach, Roy Dow, had in 6 seasons as head coach.

[CLUkingsmen12]

A winnable game for Caltech tomorrow, against a 2-win Wisconsin Lutheran team.

The win would give Caltech as many wins this season as the last 7 seasons combined.  Also, the win would give Coach Eslinger more wins in 2.5 seasons than the previous coach, Roy Dow, had in 6 seasons as head coach.

Very true... but isn't he doing it with Roy Dow's recruites?

[stag44]

A winnable game for Caltech tomorrow, against a 2-win Wisconsin Lutheran team.

The win would give Caltech as many wins this season as the last 7 seasons combined.  Also, the win would give Coach Eslinger more wins in 2.5 seasons than the previous coach, Roy Dow, had in 6 seasons as head coach.

Very true... but isn't he doing it with Roy Dow's recruites?

The only real player left from the Dow era contributing is Elmquist. He was a good player as a frosh, but has really come into his own under Eslinger. The rest of the contributers are all new guys the Elsinger brought in.

On another note, CMS got back in the W column with a convincing win agains Wisconsin Lutheran. They jumped out to a 24pt halftime lead and cruised from there. They get their final test before SCIAC starts today vs Eastern Conn St.

The Stags won't blow anyone out of the water in conference play, but they have played in alot of close games this year in tough environments, so I think, as usual, they will challenge in all conference games.

[Hoopsallthetime]

A winnable game for Caltech tomorrow, against a 2-win Wisconsin Lutheran team.

The win would give Caltech as many wins this season as the last 7 seasons combined.  Also, the win would give Coach Eslinger more wins in 2.5 seasons than the previous coach, Roy Dow, had in 6 seasons as head coach.

Very true... but isn't he doing it with Roy Dow's recruites?

The difference between Roy Dow and Cal Tech's Coach Eslinger is that he actually gives a you know what! He actually tries to improve his program, and goes out and recruits and scouts his butt off. I have been to a couple of Stag games this year, and every game I see Coach Eslinger there. He bleeds basketball, and I promise you that if any SCIAC jobs come open...that someone will be calling him!
Keep working hard Coach Eslinger!!

[cmsme]

During the audio of the cms eastern conneticut game, there was a terrible, terrible 20 minute silence after the announcer said that a Claremont player had been injured.  Then the guy comes back on and says it is not life threatening--THANK GOD.  But Grayson Blue is being taken to the hospital by ambulance with a leg injury.  I think i am going to go be sick. 

[CMSfan]

CMS 73, ECSU 57
Box Score: http://www.cmsathletics.org/sports/mbkb/2010-11/files/ECS-CMS.HTM

A nice CMS win, but it was hard to feel good about it after what happened to Greyson Blue.  He was playing a solid game and showing some nice aggressiveness down low.  I'm not sure exactly how the leg injury happened...it looked like he came down on somebody's foot or something.  What resulted was just plain awful.  I don't know the extent of the injury, but based on the snapping sound, the amount of pain he was in, and the way his leg looked, it was pretty serious.  So sad.  Greyson's a really great young man.  Let's all hope his pain isn't too bad and he heals as quickly as possible.

As for the game, it was nice to see CMS bounce back from Greyson's injury.  The long delay and the silence in the gym could have sucked some of the energy out of the team, but they handled it well.  Patrick Lacey had another good night.  He has really stepped up as a leader this year.  Without Blue, he's about all the Stags have in the post.  When he was out of the game after Greyson's injury, Scali went with a small lineup out of necessity.  It'll be interesting to see what he does once SCIAC starts.

It's been a tough year here in Claremont.  Hopefully CMS can stay injury free the rest of the way and find a way to pull out another SCIAC championship!

[Hoopsallthetime]

Grayson broke his Fibula and Tibula straight through. I was not there, but have talked to the coaching staff and they have informed me that he is in surgery this morning, where they are going to insert a rod into his leg. The doctors and trainers "say" he may be jumping around in six months or so. Grayson is very lucky that is was a good break, and bones were not shattered. We wish Grayson a healthy recovery, and want him to know the Stag family is behind him and thinking of him.

As for the game, good job Stags for keeping your minds on the game at hand even though we know your thoughts were with Grayson. Lacey has become a great leader on and off the floor,and they will need him even more starting this Saturday against OXY in the SCIAC season opener! Good luck guys!!!!

[cawcdad]

That's horrible. Here's praying for full recovery and and an injury free rest of the season for all SCIAC players.

[OxyBob]

Eyewitness report from Eagle Rock:

Wisconsin-Whitewater 63, Oxy 60

Finally got to see Oxy for the first time this season. Oxy led by as much as 5 in the first half, and led 34-30 at halftime. Whitewater had a terrible shooting half on only 11-for-41. The Warhawks also had 19 first half offensive rebounds to only 3 for the Tigers, but WW couldn't get anything to drop. In the second half, Whitewater made some adjustments, and their two stars Antone Byrd and Chris Davis took over. Oxy really hurt itself by going the first 7 minutes of the second half without scoring. Oxy was down 63-58 when Jack Hanley was fouled with 0.7 secs left. He made both FTs. Whitewater inbounded the ball and inexplicably threw it towards midcourt. Deshun McCoy intercepted the ball and launched a half court shot which hit the backboard.

For Oxy, Hanley scored 21 and McCoy had 18. Jake Copithorne had 12 rebs. For Whitewater, Davis had 28 points and 11 rebs, and Byrd scored 14.

Oxy is 6-5, Whitewater is 9-4.

Sorry to read about Greyson Blue's injury. I hope he recovers soon.

Oxy vs. CMS this Saturday in the Temple of Doom, plus CLU @ Redlands, Pomona @ Caltech, and Whittier @ La Verne.

OxyBob

[Hugenerd]

Agree with everything everyone said about Coach Eslinger, I know him personally from his time at MIT and even coached with him a year, and he truly loves the game and is passionate about coaching.  The guy has devoted his life to basketball.  He has a PhD in sports pychology, with his thesis on the mental imagery ability of highly succesful versus less successful collegiate basketball players, so he knows better than anyone the mental aspect of the game.  He also knows the formula for recruiting and coaching at place like Caltech from his experience at MIT.  Also, as a previous poster said, Caltech is playing all freshman and sophomores (who are Eslinger's recruits), except for Elmquist.  If he is doing this with underclassmen, imagine what he can do with four of his own recruiting classes!  (Look at the roster, http://gocaltech.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/roster, 1 senior, Elmquist, and 1 junior who doesnt play a whole lot, all the rest are freshman and sophomores).

In related news, Caltech picked up another DIII win last night, over Wisconsin Lutheran.  The game was close in the first and early second, but the Beavers pulled away late for a comfortable 15 point win.  Caltech was led by Edwards (sophomore) with 26 points and Cramer (freshman) with 19 points and 7 assists.

http://gocaltech.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/files/cit-wlc.htm

As I said in an earlier post, the win is Caltech's 4th, improving to 4-7 (winning 4 of their last 6), with some momentum going into conference play.  I really think they can pick up some conference wins this season.  Who knows? Maybe they can push double-digit wins.

[Hugenerd]

What do people think of Caltech's chances against PP on Saturday?  They have two common opponents, with both beating American Sports University (PP won by 20, Caltech won by 7) and PP losing to UCSC (by 2), while Caltech split with them (losing on the road by 15 and winning at home by 1).  The game on Saturday is at Caltech also.

[DIIIghetto]

hugenerd, I wish the Beavers could do it Saturday, but it is Kats.  The Beavers will get wins in the SCIAC, but this one against Kats will be difficult.  Kats has scouted that team so many times this year that someone asked him if he moved his family over the summer to Pasadena!

[breakfromcoaching]

Kat will not be able to pull this one out.  As many times as he scouted Caltech this year, it doesn't change the fact he doesn't have the horses to match up.  Caltech has more depth, especially at guard.  Elmquist will dominate Wright if he guards him if Okpalugo is not in the game.  Expect a ton of energy from a Saturday night home game, opening game of conference. 

Caltech has 4 of their first 5 at home, so don't be suprised if they're no worse than 3-2 after 5 games.

With all freshman and sophomores (with Elmquist the only SR) they will add depth with the next recruiting classes and probably win the SCIAC in the near future.

[OxyBob]

With all freshman and sophomores (with Elmquist the only SR) they will add depth with the next recruiting classes and probably win the SCIAC in the near future.

Glad to see you still have your sense of humor, Adam.

OxyBob

[breakfromcoaching]

What's your opinion of them and what would you think of they added one or two more impact players in the next year or two?