MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[WoostAr]

Regional Rankings: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/02/10/first-2016-regional-rankings-released-today/

And (un-suprisingly), no SCIAC teams are included. 

[stag44]

After Saturday, Chapman has a 2 game lead with 3 to play over the rest of conference, so they are pretty comfortable in the 1 spot going in to the SCIAC tourney.

After that it is a complete log jam where there are scenarios where any of the 8 teams could fill the other 3 playoff spots and potential scenario with 7 teams finishing at 8-8 which would be absolutely crazy.

As it stands now, the Whittier, La Verne and Redlands have the inside track to the and control their own destiny if they win out.

My Stags have played well the last 5 games after starting conference at a terrible 1-6. They have gone back to old-school Scali ball predicated on tough defense, controlling tempo and full team contribution for scoring.

Lets see what happens over the next 10 days!

[WoostAr]

Coming out party for Brent Cahill last night -- and now the SCIAC gets interesting with 4 teams battling for 2 berths in the SCIAC tourney with only two games left

Caltech: Chapman, Pomona Pitzer
CMS: Redlands, Champan
Redlands: CMS, La Verne
LA Verne: PP, Redlands

Should be an exciting next week!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Final public regional rankings are out: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/02/24/third-ncaa-regional-ranking/

[stag44]

In a crazy finish to the conference slate, CMS snuck into the 4 seed alone. They actually had the spot locked up after the earlier games as Pomona beat Caltech and Redlands stunned ULV. La Verne was up 15 with under 8 minutes to go and up 5 with under 2 minutes to go and couldn't find a way to win at home on senior night. If ULV had won, they were in. CMS ended up not needing to worry about a 5-team tiebreaker by beating handing Chapman their first loss at home. This completes a pretty incredible turnaround for the Stags who were in dead last at 1-6 and finished conference 7-2 to hit .500 and make the top 4. 

SCIAC Tourney Set for Friday:

CMS @ Chapman
Redlands @ Whittier

Winners play at highest remaining seed for the one SCIAC bid this year to play @ Whitman in the NCAA 1st round.

Preview to come tomorrow

[(509)Rat]

Winners play at highest remaining seed for the one SCIAC bid this year to play @ Whitman in the NCAA 1st round.

How much did blackhawks4 pay you to say that?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Winners play at highest remaining seed for the one SCIAC bid this year to play @ Whitman in the NCAA 1st round.

How much did blackhawks4 pay you to say that?

Assuming Whitman gets an at-large bid, should they not win the AQ.

[(509)Rat]

Winners play at highest remaining seed for the one SCIAC bid this year to play @ Whitman in the NCAA 1st round.

How much did blackhawks4 pay you to say that?

Assuming Whitman gets an at-large bid, should they not win the AQ.

That's one of the assumptions it takes to get to his original conclusion

[stag44]

Winners play at highest remaining seed for the one SCIAC bid this year to play @ Whitman in the NCAA 1st round.

How much did blackhawks4 pay you to say that?

Assuming Whitman gets an at-large bid, should they not win the AQ.

That's one of the assumptions it takes to get to his original conclusion

I think that WW wins the NWC tourney and then Whitman gets in as an at-large. Given then 2 NWC teams, the SCIAC winner gets sent up. I guess in either case though, they SCIAC has to go through Eastern Washington.

[(509)Rat]

So what is there to know about Chapman?

Whitman played a handful of SCIAC teams early in the season, but those results obviously don't mean a whole lot at this point as every team evolves throughout the year to some extent. Whitman beat La Verne by 33, Caltech by 38, Cal Lu by 6, and Redlands by 46. Chapman beat up on Willamette twice early in the year (their only NWC opponent).

Hopefully the Panthers players and fans can stay an extra day after the game and tour some of the local wineries that I think will be a pleasant surprise for what I assume will be a bus load of aficionados. After all, if they can afford to go to Chapman...

[WoostAr]

All there is to know is as Cam Haslam goes, so goes Chapman -- they displayed some weakness on the road this year -- they actually lost to La Verne at La Verne. 

Expecting Whitman to come out on top with relative ease, but let's see how this goes.

[WoostAr]

Caltech has some exciting new recruits to add to their line-up this year

http://gocaltech.com/sports/mbkb/2016-17/releases/20160727oi1k49

And here's their schedule -- it will be interesting to see how this team does with all the seniors they have -- Caltech's notoriously hard curriculum typically eases up a bit senior year which could lend to more time spent on basketball and most of these guys have played substantial minutes all 3 years, replacing Emezie will be a challenge but this team is primed to make a run at the SCIAC tournament for the first time in forever.

http://gocaltech.com/sports/mbkb/2016-17/schedule

[Gray Fox]

Caltech lost 115-58.

[WoostAr]

...to Long Beach State a Division 1 team that arguably should have been in the NCAA D1 tourney last year and is the favorite to win their conference this year.

Up next -- Cal State Fullerton.

[Gray Fox]

...to Long Beach State a Division 1 team that arguably should have been in the NCAA D1 tourney last year and is the favorite to win their conference this year.

Up next -- Cal State Fullerton.

Correct.