MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OxyBob]

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.

What an ignorant thing to say about Row Dow. You don't know crap.

Who knows? Maybe they can push double-digit wins.

I'm not a CIT math wiz, but by my calculations doesn't Caltech have to win one SCIAC game before they win 10?

OxyBob

[connerfaught]

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.

Saying that Edwards will dominate Wright is insanely blasphemous. Edwards only shoots jumpers and is not a difficult cover. Wright has size and strength on him and a beard that will intimidate the crap out of Edwards. Good luck guarding the two beasts down low for PP, Wright and Okpalugo. No one in SCIAC can match up with those guys!!

What are any of your claims based off of breakfromcoaching? I can't wait until Saturday when I read that PP won by 25+.

[breakfromcoaching]

Elmquist, not Edwards.

Now that you bring it up though, Edwards will probably drop 20, too.

[Hugenerd]

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.

Saying that Edwards will dominate Wright is insanely blasphemous. Edwards only shoots jumpers and is not a difficult cover. Wright has size and strength on him and a beard that will intimidate the crap out of Edwards. Good luck guarding the two beasts down low for PP, Wright and Okpalugo. No one in SCIAC can match up with those guys!!

What are any of your claims based off of breakfromcoaching? I can't wait until Saturday when I read that PP won by 25+.

I dont really want to get in the middle of your heated debate, or name individual players on either squad, but I dont think Caltech gets blown out by 25 at home.  In terms of common opponents, PP and Caltech both beat American Sports University.  The only other common opponent is UCSC, who PP lost to, and Caltech has already beaten them once (they lost to them once also).  Therefore, I would say Caltech should be competitive in this game, although I will not go as far as making claims about any given matchups.

[stag44]

Kats will have his guys ready to compete and Caltech wont creep up on any SCIAC team this year.

I do think that Caltech will get a win in the SCIAC this year, but it will probably be agains Whittier or La Verne.

Game of the weekend will be Oxy @ CMS.

[Hoopsallthetime]

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

My Predictions:

CMS over Oxy by 4
CLU over Redlands by 6
PP over Caltech by 2
Laverne over Whittier by 8

[OxyBob]

Kats will have his guys ready to compete and Caltech wont creep up on any SCIAC team this year.

I think it's hilarious that we have someone in here talking smack about Caltech.

OxyBob

[Gray Fox]

With all the Cal Tech talk, please tell me why Chapman is afraid to schedule them.  It will obviously raise their SOS.

[Hoopsallthetime]

Kats will have his guys ready to compete and Caltech wont creep up on any SCIAC team this year.

I think it's hilarious that we have someone in here talking smack about Caltech.

OxyBob

Let's wait to talk about how good Caltech is going to do in the SCIAC until they finally win a game in the conference. Until then, we shouldn't really have any smack talk going on. Plus the humiliation of being on that nights sportscenter will probably be enough. You know it will hit the news when and if they finally do win a game in conference...god helps the team that allows that to happen

[Hugenerd]

Wow, smited twice for saying Coach Eslinger is doing a good job and Caltech has a chance to win. You guys must really not want them to win!.

[breakfromcoaching]

Kats will have his guys ready to compete and Caltech wont creep up on any SCIAC team this year.

I think it's hilarious that we have someone in here talking smack about Caltech.

OxyBob

Let's wait to talk about how good Caltech is going to do in the SCIAC until they finally win a game in the conference. Until then, we shouldn't really have any smack talk going on. Plus the humiliation of being on that nights sportscenter will probably be enough. You know it will hit the news when and if they finally do win a game in conference...god helps the team that allows that to happen

Completely agree, BUT...Caltech has guys who CAN play. 

IF they beat a SCIAC team it will be news, but only because of the streak.  Again, if they win it will be because they were the better team that night (or in general if they can actually sweep both league games).

I'm sure no one wants to lose to Caltech or anyone else for that matter.

[DIIIghetto]

Kats will have his guys ready to compete and Caltech wont creep up on any SCIAC team this year.

I think it's hilarious that we have someone in here talking smack about Caltech.

OxyBob

That is kind of funny.  But heck, with CMS losing our conference's best player to injury, Cal Tech became the best thing we have to talk about.  Nobody in our conference did squat after that CMS win against Azusa Pacific.  Since I think there are pretty good coaches in the SCIAC from everywhere from Cal Tech to Redlands, I take that poor pre-season performance to mean that nobody had a very successful recruiting year.  Or let me rephrase that for the defenders of current players, no SCIAC school succeeded in bringing in enough immediate impact players to get any quality wins outside of the SCIAC fishbowl in the near term.  For those of us who live outside of the southland, that is unfortunate. 

I for one am pulling in a huge way for Cal Tech to get some more national press this season by starting with one, and then racking up some real SCIAC wins. 

[(509)Rat]

CalTech could win the SCIAC...they just need to put their brains to good use and change the rest of the SCIAC player's grades so that they are all academically ineligible.

Outside of the WIAC, all of D3 has some major recruiting disadvantages but I feel for CalTech. Definitely at a disadvantage when it comes to recruiting given the limited academic programs, tiny undergrad enrollment and much higher admission standards than the rest of the conference. Bravo to them for winning a few games.

[Gray Fox]

CalTech could win the SCIAC...they just need to put their brains to good use and change the rest of the SCIAC player's grades so that they are all academically ineligible.

Get the SCIAC to grade on the curve.

[Hugenerd]

Who knows? Maybe they can push double-digit wins.

I'm not a CIT math wiz, but by my calculations doesn't Caltech have to win one SCIAC game before they win 10?

OxyBob

OxyBob, why dont you read the comment correctly.  I didnt say 10 conference wins, I said they could pick up some conference wins, which could push 10 total wins.  That doesnt seem that out of the question to me considering they already have 4, and I said pushing, meaning close to 10.  That means 3-5 conference wins (out of 14).  Further, the comment was said after "Who knows?", meaning I didnt say it would definitely happen, just that it wasnt out of the realm of possibility.  Its fine to criticize if justified, but make sure you read the post carefully first if you are going to, or else you come off sounding bitter and ignorant yourself.