MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

WoostAr · February 23, 2011, 03:21:41 AM

video of end of game sequence plus coach comments

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/02/22/finally-caltech-losing-streak-comes-to-an-end/

WoostAr · February 23, 2011, 03:24:00 AM

fox's video coverage

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/sports/caltech-wins-first-mens-basketball-conference-game-since-85-20110222

Ralph Turner · February 23, 2011, 08:20:54 AM

Thanks to the links for the video coverage.

Gray Fox · February 23, 2011, 09:51:48 AM

Break up the Beavers!

Hugenerd · February 23, 2011, 09:53:39 AM

Quote from: Gray Fox on February 23, 2011, 09:51:48 AM
Break up the Beavers!

Congrats to Caltech!

Ron Boerger · February 23, 2011, 09:56:45 AM

Wanted to add my congratulations to Caltech!

Nice crowd there, too - good to see that much support for the team.

Gregory Sager · February 23, 2011, 11:04:23 AM

Quote from: WoostAr on February 23, 2011, 03:06:50 AM
espn article!

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

A lot of national news sites and media outlets are carrying this story. It's a major "human interest" piece this morning.

deiscanton · February 23, 2011, 11:08:06 AM

Congrats to Caltech on finally getting a conference victory. Great job!

Pat Coleman · February 23, 2011, 11:30:28 AM

Quote from: WoostAr on February 23, 2011, 03:24:00 AM
fox's video coverage

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/sports/caltech-wins-first-mens-basketball-conference-game-since-85-20110222

This one is worth sitting through the pre-roll ad for. The CBSlocal one is the same video we have on our site and Caltech has on theirs and there is no ad.

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2011/02/caltech-ends-sciac-streak

OxyBob · February 23, 2011, 12:49:37 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 23, 2011, 11:30:28 AM
The CBSlocal one is the same video we have on our site and Caltech has on theirs and there is no ad.

QuoteForced to foul, Occidental put Elmquist back on the line, where he sunk the first shot and missed the second.

The game was tied. Oxy wasn't forced to foul Elmquist. They chose to keep fouling him.

OxyBob

Pat Coleman · February 23, 2011, 12:58:09 PM

Thanks. At the time we wrote this we had a box score and a three-paragraph story from Caltech that we were trying to draw from. Having seen the Fox video does clear that up.

Appreciate you chiming in.

sciacguru · February 23, 2011, 12:59:13 PM

Anyone else notice that there is something missing in the Oxy/CIT box score? No Deshun Mccoy?

Quote from: OxyBob on February 23, 2011, 02:54:56 AM
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

OxyBob · February 23, 2011, 01:13:53 PM

Quote from: sciacguru on February 23, 2011, 12:59:13 PM
Anyone else notice that there is something missing in the Oxy/CIT box score? No Deshun Mccoy?

He was dressed and warmed up. He looked happy and loose on the bench. Coaches told me he was injured.

Caltech made 12 baskets in 40 minutes. They shot 25% from the field. Oxy had an 8-point lead and went the last 4:30 without scoring. This is what you get when you play not to lose.

McCoy didn't play. Injuries happen. No excuses. Scoreboard to the Techers.

OxyBob

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 23, 2011, 03:59:46 PM

Final Regional Rankings are out before Selection Sunday: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/category/ncaa-stuff/regional-rankings/

WoostAr · February 23, 2011, 06:52:10 PM

There was a press conference today at Caltech...all major news outlets were there. I expect there will be lots of stories on the evening news.

Some of the info is here... http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/lopresti/2011-02-23-caltech-wins_N.htm