MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OxyBob]

CMS with a great win over San Diego Christian.

Claremont followed up its win over SDCC with a win over The Master's College. 2-0 vs. GSAC. Nice!

Tonight CMS is at Pacific and tomorrow night at Willamette, which so far has lost to Caltech and La Verne.

OxyBob

[WoostAr]

CMS with a great win over San Diego Christian.

Claremont followed up its win over SDCC with a win over The Master's College. 2-0 vs. GSAC. Nice!

Tonight CMS is at Pacific and tomorrow night at Willamette, which so far has lost to Caltech and La Verne.

OxyBob

Certainly impressive wins, but it's about time they play games that count toward the regional rankings.  If CMS is playing up to their usual standard (and it certainly appears they're there) I expect CMS to emerge victorious from both games in the North West.

[OxyBob]

Saturday's scores:

Oxy 79, St. Katherine College 69
Keystone 73, La Verne 64
Claremont 63, Willamette 61
Westmont 77, Pomona 69
Lewis & Clark 101, Redlands 70
Linfield 60, Caltech 54

OxyBob

[WoostAr]

Defining Caltech stat for the young season: 22.9% from 3 pt range...those shots need to fall for Caltech's post players to be able to work. 

[WoostAr]

http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/men/2013-14/week1

Ohio Wesleyan has votes for rankings and St Thomas is still pretty high on the list...both have lost to SCIAC teams. 

I missed the blowout win for Pacific over CMS...only 35 pts scored??...what happened there?!?

[WoostAr]

Caltech lost to Whitman tonight 87-73. They got off to a poor start trying to get through Whitmans press which put them in an 11-0 hole. Caltech bounced back to get as close as 3 but struggled with turnovers with 21 on the game. Fortunately they shot over 50% from the field and kept up a great intensity level. They were close in the rebounding battle 32-28. 3 players in double digits: Lango, Galliani, and Lee. KC Emezie had 9.

Whitman is a very good team. They played uptempo all game. They pressed every possession, even off missed shots and were generally feisty on d. They shot 50% from 3 which was the difference in the game. I am interested to see how they do against redlands.

[stag44]

Quick CMS early season observation

The Stags have had an up-and-down start to the year. They came out of the games blazing beating 2 GSAC schools (San Diego Christian, Masters) easily and scoring at will. Then they put up a historically low 35 points at Pacific where they shot 1-21 from 3s and nothing seemed to work. They bounced back with a uneven performance but a win @ Willamette. At the Wells Classic, they had another uneven game and this time came up short against Johns Hopkins as they were unable to make some plays down the stretch. They finished of the Wells Classic with an impressive win in their first home gain against a chippy UC Santa Cruz team.

Tyler Gaffaney is showing why he is a front runner for POY and has the chance to be a All-Region and potentially an All-American if he continues to put up the stat-lines he has so far. The bigs have also shown big steps from last year as Nick Lund and Shelby Lane are playing at a high level and finishing around the rim at at high %.

More to come later

[WoostAr]

SCIAC conference ball tips off tomorrow!!

Chapman at Redlands -- Redlands is a tough place to play for anyone

Cal Lu at Pomona Pitzer -- Pomona Pitzer has played some tough teams in the pre-season and has won a couple of them...Cal Lu undefeated in the pre-season playing some weaker competition.  Pomona Pitzer is my early choice for winning the SCIAC this year...I reserve the right to change my opinion often.

Oxy at Caltech -- Caltech is a young team as I've detailed for the last few weeks.  They just played Whitman, a team that presses the whole game, much like Oxy...they handled it pretty well.  Should be a competitive game.

[Hoops_lover]

Agree with WoostAr, Panthers will have a tough time at Redlands tonight, but I think they'll win in a close game.  Chapman was sleep walking vs. AZ Christian going down by 23 at halftime.  They woke up in the 2nd half outscoring AZ Christian by 11.  I also agree that Pomona-Pitzer is the favorite to win the conference and should defeat Cal Lu.  Cal Tech over Oxy tonight in an upset, if you can call a "home" game an upset.  Good luck to all.

[WoostAr]

Caltech with a tough loss at home.  The teams played very tightly for most of the game, the difference in the game was a 3 minute stretch that began with Nick Buoniconti technical foul...this was the impetus for Oxy's 14 point halftime lead.  Caltech got as close as 4 in the second half but lost by 8. 

Kris Montoya makes Oxy's offense go and Caltech had a lot of trouble with him.  He kept penetrating and dishing or scoring (no assists in the box score, but he set up almost everything Oxy did).  Oxy got all the 50/50 balls this game which lead to a huge rebounding margin in Oxy's favor. 

As a Caltech fan this was a frustrating game to watch:  Caltech kept getting in their own way.  Untimely turnovers and not getting to loose balls cost them greatly.  KC Emezie had 5 turnovers, Bryan Joel had a couple turnovers on fast breaks and rebounds slipped through every Caltech players' hands.  On the bright side, they fought back from a huge deficit and played a much better second half...they will be a tough match up for all SCIAC teams this year and I expect they will get a few league wins.

Neither team played particularly well and I doubt either is happy with their performance this evening.   Next up is Pomona Pitzer at Caltech on Sautrday.

Chapman with a big win at Redlands...I must admit this win surprises me, would love to hear about that game.

Looks like Pomona Pitzer beat Cal Lutheran rather handily.

Now for my stretch of the day...Ohio Wesleyan played Wooster (#3 in the nation on D3hoops) today.  Ohio Wesleyan stayed right with Wooster for most of the game, losing by 8.  OWU is the team that La Verne beat by 3 earlier this season...I think La Verne might have a great team this year, can't wait to see them in person. 

[dahlby]

WoostAR,

Close most of the way. Lots of missed easy short shots. Good defense.
Could tell it was an early season game.
Exciting to watch.
Nice write-up of the game on the Redlands' web site.

[OxyBob]

Caltech got as close as 4 in the second half but lost by 8.

Oxy led by 18 with 17 minutes to go, let CIT get to within 3 plus the ball with 1:15 left, but the Tigers narrowly escaped and avoided a very embarrassing loss.

Kris Montoya makes Oxy's offense go and Caltech had a lot of trouble with him. 

Montoya and Ty Cobb (11 pts and 8 rebs) did enough to make sure they weren't members of a team which lost to Caltech twice.

they will be a tough match up for all SCIAC teams this year and I expect they will get a few league wins.

Before getting a few, it'd probably be a good idea to first get one.

OxyBob

[Gregory Sager]

It's very confusing for me to follow a D3 basketball game that involves Ty Cobb and Nick Buoniconti. I keep wondering when Phil Esposito, Sam Snead, Norm Van Brocklin, and Ducky Medwick are going to check into the game.

[OxyBob]

It's very confusing for me to follow a D3 basketball game that involves Ty Cobb and Nick Buoniconti. I keep wondering when Phil Esposito, Sam Snead, Norm Van Brocklin, and Ducky Medwick are going to check into the game.

Good reply, but I am disappointed that in trying to be clever you let these slide past your sodden sensibilities:

Pomona Pitzer has played some tough teams in the pre-season and has won a couple of them...Cal Lu undefeated in the pre-season playing some weaker competition. 

OxyBob

[Gregory Sager]

I didn't mention them because I knew that you'd do my work for me in bringing them to everyone's attention by haranguing me for my negligence, Bob. In other words, you walked right into my trap.