MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[cmsme]

Which is why I think the Claremont coach should get a lot of credit. He had some talented players (two two time POY)that had very little experience together and he has made them into a team.
And I am impressed with Mani who has been out of school for 4 years and is able to come back, finish his degree and be so good. Same with Chris Blees--he came back from a year off and is as strong as ever. I no longer cringe when i watch him play. et cetera for all the players!
So the coach had all these pieces and he was able to form a ball that bounces. 
Good Luck tonight against Whittier!                                                                         

[etule]

CMS Whitter could be a barn burner!

[stag44]

WOW!!! CMS wins by 1 65-64. Whittier missed a 4ft bunny to win it at the end of regulation. Great game.


CMS was flat to start down 8-0 and 21-10, battled back to go down 2 at half 35-33. CMS then took the lead in the middle of the 2nd half getting it to 56-50. After that though game was hotly contested as CMS escapes at home with a big win to give them some breathing room going into the last 5 games of conference!

PP beats Redlands

CLU beats ULV

Oxy beats Caltech

Standings, 5 games togo

CMS 8-1
PP 7-2
Whittier 6-3
Redlands 6-3
Oxy 4-5
CLU 3-6
ULV 2-7
Caltech 0-8

[WoostAr]

Well I haven't been to a game with this kind of electric atmosphere since Wooster/Wittenberg (disclaimer: haven't been to a pp/cms matchup)

Caltech had the stands packed to start this game (it was alumni night) it drew a large (and rowdy) crowd.  Caltech got off to a great start, held a 6 point lead and then the bus full of Oxy baseball and football players descended on Braun gymnasium.  There was no room in the stands for them, so they stood behind the Oxy bench which gave the whole crowd views of their signs reading "Never Again" and "Math Sucks".  The energy they brought into the building spurred oxy to a 20-4 run to close the half.  Clearly, this caught Caltech off-guard, but they regrouped at half and came clambering back into the game. 

Caltech had no answer for Liebowitz down low 13 points 8 rebounds, except to get him into foul trouble -- fouled out with 7 minutes to go.  Once he went out, the tigers tried to rely on Hanley, but he was not too effective tonight (2/9 from the field). Caltech cut the lead to 8 and had a few chances to get closer, but simply ran out of time.

Alex Runkle played with an intensity that I have never seen out of him...great game 16 points, 16 rebounds on 6/7 shooting. 

Caltech's also had a downright awful night from the charity stripe (11/22) and many of those were the front ends of 1 and 1s....lost opportunity for sure. 

One thing's for sure...this is turning out to be a fun rivalry to watch....I haven't had this much fun watching a basketball game in a long time.  The fans were all cordial with each other at the end and it was an all around fun evening. 

At the end of the game, Newhall called a time out with 10 seconds left and told his team to say thank you to the fans behind their bench.....guess he noticed the 20-4 run too.

All that said, would love to see a tape of that CMS game.

[OxyBob]

Oxy 62 Caltech 54

Well I haven't been to a game with this kind of electric atmosphere since Wooster/Wittenberg

The Caltech game recap didn't share your enthusiasm.

http://www.gocaltech.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120205szclg4

Alex Runkle Runkel played with an intensity that I have never seen out of him

For Oxy, Deshun McCoy scored 15 and 7 rebs for the Tigers, and Conrad Liebowitz had 13 pts and 8 rebs.

Oxy's very faint conference tournament hopes are on the line this Wednesday. The Tigers are home to La Verne and must win that game, and hope for a Redlands victory over Whittier to keep their chances alive.

Wednesday's games...

La Verne (5-15, 2-7 SCIAC) @ Oxy (8-11, 4-5)
Redlands (11-9, 6-3) @ Whittier (14-6, 6-3)
Caltech (5-15, 0-9) @ Claremont (19-1, 8-1)
Cal Lutheran (7-12, 3-6) @ Pomona (12-7, 7-2)

Getting ahead of myself, Claremont's in great shape to get the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. They have a gimme win this Wednesday. If things play out to form, Pomona or Whittier will finish 2nd. Right now Redlands looks like they'll be the 4th seed.

OxyBob

[Gregory Sager]

Caltech got off to a great start, held a 6 point lead and then the bus full of Oxy baseball and football players descended on Braun gymnasium.  There was no room in the stands for them, so they stood behind the Oxy bench which gave the whole crowd views of their signs reading "Never Again" and "Math Sucks".

That last one made me laugh out loud.

[Gray Fox]

Caltech got off to a great start, held a 6 point lead and then the bus full of Oxy baseball and football players descended on Braun gymnasium.  There was no room in the stands for them, so they stood behind the Oxy bench which gave the whole crowd views of their signs reading "Never Again" and "Math Sucks".

That last one made me laugh out loud.

Obviously an English major.

[Gregory Sager]

Caltech got off to a great start, held a 6 point lead and then the bus full of Oxy baseball and football players descended on Braun gymnasium.  There was no room in the stands for them, so they stood behind the Oxy bench which gave the whole crowd views of their signs reading "Never Again" and "Math Sucks".

That last one made me laugh out loud.

Obviously an English major.

Actually, I was. But I just love the simple, pungent, borderline-non-sequitur message, "Math Sucks", and the idea that some Oxy student had the idea of putting it on a sign and bringing it to a basketball game, of all places, as a very subtle putdown of Caltech students.

[Gray Fox]

Greg,
I was talking about the student and not you.  But an English major, such as yourself, would think like that.  College students have such fun at these games.

[dahlby]

And now, back to the CCIW.

Gray Fox: plus K to you.

First we have Big Poppa on the Baseball Boards, now Gregory.

I loved it when OXY brought their teams and drum group to Chapman last year for the Women's regional basketball tourney.
SCIAC student fan participation is growing each year.

[WoostAr]

oxybob,

I think you read the wrong release

http://www.oxyathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/2012020535ffnu

"The game ball goes to our baseball team," Occidental coach Brian Newhall said. "Their school spirit, enthusiasm and passion were the reasons we left with a win. No baseball team, no win. No doubt in my mind."

I do stand corrected, I thought there were football players as well.

[Gregory Sager]

And now, back to the CCIW.

Gray Fox: plus K to you.

First we have Big Poppa on the Baseball Boards, now Gregory.

Uh, dahlby, this isn't a members-only club. You don't need to follow a particular team within a league to post something on that league's board. As a Chapman fan, you, of all people, should know that.

[OxyBob]

Uh, dahlby, this isn't a members-only club. You don't need to follow a particular team within a league to post something on that league's board. As a Chapman fan, you, of all people, should know that.

Apparently you're not aware of dahlby's status on this message board.

dahlby, heartiest congratulations on your recent appointment as the SCIAC message board hall monitor!

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1891631385

Chapman? Is Chapman still around? Easily the most completely irrelevant team in all of D-III.

OxyBob

[dahlby]

Gregory, my comment was in reference to Gray Fox's posting responding to yours regarding the Oxy baseball team. I thought that it was great that Oxy's baseball team cheered on their basketball counterparts, hats off to their student athletes.
I wonder what OxyBob's comment would have been if the baseball team had not shown up and if CalTech had won. Maybe he would have gone into hiding again.

OxyBob: Are you still upset that CU is now a part of the SCIAC? I won't respond to your comment regarding irrelevance....I don't attack other teams....it is not good sportsmanship. Now, other team's posters.................

PS, we do have a few midwest posters that find it hard to acknowledge the strength of several SCIAC baseball programs....maybe a little homework is in order.

Cheers to one and all.

[OxyBob]

CalTech

I suggest you check out the Cal Tech web site.

P.S. It's Caltech, not Cal Tech.

It's Caltech not CalTech. Keep practicing, you'll get it eventually.

I wonder what OxyBob's comment would have been if the baseball team had not shown up and if CalTech had won. Maybe he would have gone into hiding again.

Yeah, I really went into hiding:

http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=1144.msg1301518#msg1301518

Wrong yet again.

OxyBob