MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Gray Fox]

Well the NWC thread has been hijacked...can we talk basketball here?

Last night Oxy lost 73-67 to something called Bristol University, which is located in Anaheim across the street from the Big A, and which used to be called Kensington College, which trained people to be paralegals and legal secretaries. Bristol is 2-5. Its other win was against CLU. Go SCIAC!

OxyBob

What are they?  Not NAIA.  They play some D1 schools.
Are they a club team?

[WoostAr]

I'm torn on Chapman....On the other hand their non-conference schedule is absolute crap and looks like a play to get an at-large/pool c spot in the tournament, in case CMS beats them in the conference tourney 

La Verne and Caltech have scheduled very well this year again...La Verne is even doing a little bit of winning while playing that schedule.  CMS has a better schedule this year, but for the most part the SCIAC just doesn't schedule well in general.  There is zero chance of an at large bid until the coaches stop scheduling la sierra, west coast baptist, the gsacs, and Bristol??


Looks like as Juwan Rice goes, so goes Occidental...he's cooled off the last couple games (only 1 steal and significantly lower shooting percentage).

[OxyBob]

Last night Oxy lost 73-67 to something called Bristol University

What are they?  Not NAIA.

USCAA D-II, which includes Valor Christian College fka World Harvest Bible College, Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte, and Central Maine Community College.

There is zero chance of an at large bid until the coaches stop scheduling la sierra, west coast baptist, the gsacs, and Bristol

Athletic budget dictates prevent this.

OxyBob

[WoostAr]

Athletic budget dictates prevent this.

OxyBob

....I think that is what team fund raising is for...

[OxyBob]

Scores:

Dec. 4   
North Central 79 Pomona 77 OT
Whittier 99 La Sierra 87
   
Dec. 5
Washington U 83 La Verne 48

Upcoming games:

Dec. 6   
La Verne vs. Emory in Lopata Classic, St. Louis   
North Central @ Redlands

Dec. 9   
Bethesda University @ Cal Lutheran

Dec. 10   
Bristol University @ Pomona

Dec. 12
UC Santa Cruz @ Cal Lutheran

Dec. 13
UC Santa Cruz @ Caltech
Claremont @ West Coast Baptist
Westmont @ Pomona

Nonconference Records: Claremont 5-1, Whittier 4-1, ULV 2-1, Oxy 3-3, Pomona 2-3, Redlands 2-3, CLU 1-2, Caltech 0-5

OxyBob

[OxyBob]

Upcoming games:

Dec. 6   
La Verne vs. Emory in Lopata Classic, St. Louis Emory 80 La Verne 59 Final
North Central @ Redlands North Central 64 Redlands 47 Final

Dec. 9   
Bethesda University @ Cal Lutheran CLU 65 Bethesda 55 Final

Dec. 10   
Bristol University @ Pomona Bristol 76 Pomona 70 Final

Dec. 12
UC Santa Cruz @ Cal Lutheran CLU 75 UCSC 61 Final

Dec. 13
UC Santa Cruz @ Caltech UCSC 60 Caltech 56 Final OT
Claremont @ West Coast Baptist CMS 80 WCB 57 Final
Westmont @ Pomona Westmont 68 Pomona 67 Final

This week's games:

Dec. 16   
Transylvania @ Caltech
Bristol @ Redlands

Dec. 17   
Mt. Aloysius @ La Verne
Whittier @ Pacific Union
   
Dec. 18   
Transylvania @ La Verne
Mt. Aloysius @ Caltech

Dec. 19   
St. Katherine @ Cal Lutheran
Whittier @ Cal Maritime
   
Dec. 20   
Westmont @ Claremont

OxyBob

[Gray Fox]

Transylvania will be out for blood. 

[OxyBob]

Transylvania will be out for blood. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZLPJuy9oyQ

OxyBob

[WoostAr]

Caltech has gone to OT and double OT in their last two games.  Their defensive scheme is problematic at the moment...they have too many breakdowns and are giving up 10-15 pts a game just on defensive miscues -- they have started trapping out of their half court defense, but they are trapping in the wrong spots and with the wrong personnel...they ended up with their 6'10 post player 6 feet above the three point line attempting to trap at least 3 times last night.  They are giving up another 6-10 pts a game on ball handling miscues -- all in all they are playing sloppy basketball -- there are only two players with any substantial minutes that have a Assist to TO ratio greater than 1.  Not a good way to win basketball games and yet they are close.  If they can clean up their act and return to the form they had in Oregon, they might be able to put a mark in the W column.

Next up Mt. Aloysius on Thursday -- Mt Aloysius will be coming off their game tonight against La Verne

[dahlby]

WoostAir, watched the stream feed and agree with your evaluation. But, they will become a team to contend with once they start to gel throughout the season.

[dahlby]

Congrads to Caltech (1-7) on a hard fought 72-68 win over Mount Aloysius (PA) (4-7) tonight. Caltech lost several leads, but came back each time. The first one is the hard one!
ULV (3-3) dropped a close one to Transylvania (KY) (3-5) 62-59.

[Gregory Sager]

Transylvania University is in Kentucky, dahlby, not Pennsylvania. You must have relatives in New Jersey, because Jerseyites like to refer to Pennsylvania as "Pennsyltucky." It's not a compliment.

[dahlby]

Thanks, I stand corrected.

No relatives in NJ. I am from the midwest orig.

[WoostAr]

Two quick notes from tonight's Caltech game:

1) their defense looked much better -- their defensive rotations were much better as they held Mt Aloysius to 33% shooting from the field.

2) Caltech must solve the turnover problem -- 28 turnovers tonight -- ball handling errors and Caltech's inability to pass to the post were the primary culprits.  I don't know how many times tonight they threw bounce passes at the knees to their 6'10" center.  Yet sillier, their 6'10" post is calling for the ball low -- simple fix -- hope to see that get shored up soon.

Reason Caltech won??-- REBOUNDING!!  52-40 rebound margin....lots of effort put into that particular task this evening...great to see.

Caltech goes on a break now...next up Oberlin who has victories over Wittenberg and Depauw this year....not sure the last time that happened, but looking forward to seeing them play.

[cmsme]

?? I have been watching CMS games.  They look really good--good team work, strong & stable.  I am just wondering what the basketball experts out there think?  Is there any chance a SCIAC team (e.g. CMS) does well in the ncaa playoffs? Dare I hope?
I went to Wisconsin when CMS played St. Thomas.  Ever since I have dislike Wisconsin.  So I will really be rooting for CMS when they play UW Stevens Point. Good Luck