MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[stag44]

The next tiebreaker is the next best win in SCIAC. ie, if CMS and Redlands tie and La Verne finishes 3rd, then the Stags would win the tiebreaker because their record vs La Verne was 2-0, while Redlands can finish at best 1-1. This is the way it was in 08-09, and I believe this is how it still is. if they have identical records vs other opponents, then I think it goes to a coin toss. I believe this happened to Pomona and CLU in 08-09.

[cmsme]

I went to the Caltech/CMS game.  It was a lot closer for a lot longer than I expected.  But they had 3 people that played 40 minutes.  I was impressed.  They have a lot of freshmen, and they were able to shoot in the face of CMS defense.


On a non-basketball note, I just saw article on the CMS website that Claremont will be hosting the 2012 National D3 Track & Field championships.   
My hat is off to Coach Goldhammer, and Mike Sutton. 
FYI:The CMS men have been league champions for the last 19 years, and the women have almost as good a record.

http://www.cmsathletics.org/sports/track/2010-11/releases/2012_T-F_Championships

[breakfromcoaching]

Oxy vs Caltech Tues 2/22- It'll be interesting to see how both teams come out. 

Oxy has been eliminated from the SCIAC playoffs.   After expending so much energy the past couple weeks getting back in contention, how much will they have left in the tank?   On the other hand, this is Caltech's last chance this year to get that elusive conference win. 

Should be a great game to watch other than Whittier and Cal Lu's winner take all for the last playoff spot.

[OxyBob]

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

Oxy (12-12, 6-7 SCIAC) @ Caltech (4-20, 0-13)
Claremont (14-9, 10-3) @ Pomona (9-15, 4-9)
Whittier (12-12, 7-6) @ Cal Lutheran (13-11, 7-6)
Redlands (13-11, 10-3) @ La Verne (13-11, 8-5)

Game of the Night: Whittier @ CLU. Winner makes the conference tournament as the #4 seed. Even if La Verne loses to Redlands, ULV will be the #3 seed because it has the tiebreaker against both Cal Lutheran and Whittier; the Leopards swept CLU, and ULV split with Redlands while WC was swept by UR.

Redlands will be the #1 seed if the Bulldogs end up in a first place tie with Claremont.

Oxy came back from 0-4 to challenge for a spot in the SCIAC tournament, but was eliminated by CLU. Tonight the Tigers will try to not become the answer to a trivia question.

OxyBob

[(509)Rat]

Sounds like Oxy v Cal Tech is the game of the night...what means more, the Beavers' first SCIAC win in several hundred tries or 4th place in a conference that isn't that good anyway?

[OxyBob]

what means more, the Beavers' first SCIAC win in several hundred tries or 4th place in a conference that isn't that good anyway?

When you put it like that you're probably right.

OxyBob

[WoostAr]

Caltech wins!!!  Elmquist huge on senior night!!

[Gregory Sager]

I'm two time zones away, and yet I still heard OxyBob's head explode.

[CMSfan]

CMS 59, P-P 44

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

A great night!  Stags complete the season sweep and Caltech gets a win.

The game here in Claremont wasn't much to watch.  The Stags played a solid game.  The Sagehens were pretty awful, shooting 34% overall and 2-15 from 3pt range.  Not much more to say.  Looking forward to the SCIAC tournament!

[CMSfan]

Here's the story from Caltech's website, with video of the final shot and ensuing celebration: http://www.gocaltech.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/20110223mscsko

[3MAPS]

From a Caltech players parent:
Quick but meaningful thank you to the Oxy Team and Coaches for handling the moment with CLASS!

[playball]

Here's the story from Caltech's website, with video of the final shot and ensuing celebration: http://www.gocaltech.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/20110223mscsko

Good for them!  Talk about an ecstatic coach!  Looking at the box score though, only 12 made fgs and won, wow

[OxyBob]

Eyewitness report from Pasadena:

Caltech 46, Oxy 45

Well, I didn't want to see it, but I didn't want to miss it. Congratulations to Caltech on its long-awaited conference victory.

The Tigers have no one to blame but themselves. They led 45-37 at 4:30 but didn't score the rest of the way. Caltech only shot 24.5% from the floor, to 47.5% for Oxy. The Tigers held Mike Edwards (15.4 ppg) to 2 points. Ryan Elmquist was only 4-for-16 from the floor, but Oxy kept fouling him and Elmquist kept shooting FTs and making them, 15-for-19 in all (10-for-10 in the 1st half).

Game ball to Marcus Lucas, who came off the Caltech bench and grabbed 5 offensive rebs in 11 min and had a key put back to pull CIT within one at 10:30.

For CIT, Elmquist scored 23 and 9 rebs, and Todd Cramer had 10. For Oxy, Kris Montoya played a solid game with 15 pts, and Jake Copithorne had 16 rebs. Jack Hanley, coming off a 33-point game against CLU, was held to 4 pts on only 2-for-5.

Rick Greenwald can finally add an epilogue to Quantum Hoops.

Speaking of congratulations, great job by Cal Lutheran to win its last 4 and clinch the 4th spot in the conference tournament with its 84-76 win over Whittier. Congratulations also to Rich Reed, who coached La Verne to its first appearance in the SCIAC tournament. Congratulations to Jim Ducey and Redlands. The Bulldogs are SCIAC co-champs for the first time since '89-'90. And congratulations to Claremont, which lost all-star Chris Blees and still persevered to win a share of the conference championship.

SCIAC tournament: CLU @ Redlands in Currier Gym, and La Verne @ Claremont in the Temple of Doom. CLU's got a chance as long as they are not going to rely on Aaron Van Klaveren shooting FTs. ULV needs huge games from Trevor Woodland and Austin Napolitano to win at CMS.

OxyBob

[WoostAr]

espn article!

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=6149755

[WoostAr]

I agree with oxybob on game ball to Marcus Lucas...

How about a Caltech Beaver record 5 turnovers in the game....compared to oxy's 13...

Elmquist 23 points, 9 rebound and 4 blocks....15 of 19 from the line.