MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Basically. Look at what MIT has been able to do with basically the same mentality.

And I've been told by MIT coaches there are athletes on their campus that would improve their teams even more, but they choose not to play. You are still going to run into that, but people are surprise by how many athletes are out there that also want to be micro-biologists or some other insanely high tech degree.

[OxyBob]

Schedule for Wednesday, February 5
Oxy (14-4, 6-3 SCIAC) @ Redlands (12-6, 5-4) 7:00 p.m.
Cal Lutheran (3-16, 1-9) @ Chapman (12-7, 4-6) 7:00 p.m.
Whittier (9-10, 4-6) @ La Verne (2-16, 2-8) 7:00 p.m.
SCIAC GAME OF THE WEEK: Pomona (15-4, 8-2) @ Claremont (16-3, 8-2) 6:30 p.m.

Caltech (8-11, 6-4) is idle.

Wednesday's SCIAC scores
Pomona 81 Claremont 76 -- Pomona: James Kelbert 20, Matthew Eberle 18, Micah Elan 16 and 10 rebs. CMS: Miles President 19, Mitchell Kirsch 17, Josh Angle 15, Jeremy Horn 10.

Redlands 85 Oxy 60 -- UR: Parker Landolf 16, Griffin Barker 14, Hass Berry and Jack Roggin 13 each. Oxy:  Caleb Yellin-Flaherty and Jacob Adler 17 each, Anthony Hollerich 10.

Chapman 63 Cal Lutheran 43 -- Hayden Moore 27 on nine 3-pointers. CLU: Cole Thomas 15.

Whittier 93 La Verne 74 -- WC: 5 players in double figures, led by Amad Young with 23. ULV: 4 players in double figures, led by Jarid Taylor with 15.

First place in the conference on the line at Claremont. If you haven't been to a Pomona vs. Claremont game, then I highly recommend you go. Always a great battle.

Pomona took the lead for good 45-42 at 14:50 of the second half, built the lead to 9, and fended off Claremont. The Sagehens won both conference games from the Stags.

SCIAC schedule for Saturday, February 8
Cal Lutheran (3-17, 1-10 SCIAC) @ Oxy (14-5, 6-4) 2:00 PM
Whittier (10-10, 5-6) @ Chapman (13-7, 5-6) 2:00 PM
Caltech (8-11, 6-4) @ Claremont (16-4, 8-3) 5:00 PM
Pomona (16-4, 9-2) @ Redlands (13-6, 6-4) 5:00 PM

Nonconference
UC Santa Cruz (9-13) @ La Verne (2-17, 2-9) 2:00 PM

Pomona in first place in SCIAC at 9-2, Claremont second at 8-3, then a 3-way tie between Redlands, Caltech and Oxy at 6-4. Top 4 make the conference tournament.

OxyBob

[greg21grimm]

1 NCAA Tournament in 20 years of Rider.
I am hoping White is more in line with his coach, Mike Dunlap.

He is......
https://lmulions.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2019-20

Now if youre referring to the CLU days, Coach White better start getting the Australian Institute of Sport to start sending and paying for their players to come over. Or getting 1.9/2.0 gpa transfers in.....like Dunlap did.

But if you graduated in 1999 from CLU, you never were part of the Dunlap era, nor did you go to school with Coach White, c/o '94.

[OxyBob]

Now if youre referring to the CLU days, Coach White better start getting the Australian Institute of Sport to start sending and paying for their players to come over. Or getting 1.9/2.0 gpa transfers in.....like Dunlap did.

Going to be awhile before we see a CLU team with Meier-Innis-Knudsen-Grimm again.

OxyBob

[AlltheKINGSmen99]

I grew up in Thousand Oaks. Played pickup all summer with those teams. Went away to college and my mom got sick so came home and graduated CLU in 99...but you're right since my screen name in a message board is the wrong year for you, I must not know what I am talking about.

Did Rider go to more than one NCAA tournament in 20 years or did I miss something?

[greg21grimm]

I grew up in Thousand Oaks. Played pickup all summer with those teams. Went away to college and my mom got sick so came home and graduated CLU in 99...but you're right since my screen name in a message board is the wrong year for you, I must not know what I am talking about.

Did Rider go to more than one NCAA tournament in 20 years or did I miss something?

First time poster.
Longtime lurker.
CLU grad of 99.

It amazes me that CMS and PP are able to compete and stay at the top of the league every year with their academic standards. Puzzles me why CLU and Redlands aren't better with much lower academic standards.

So playing pickup in the summer makes you an expert on the SCIAC and coaching in it? You didnt play in the league and you didnt coach in the league. Your last quote above sums up that you know very little about the league and how difficult it is to win consistently.

[OxyBob]

SCIAC schedule for Saturday, February 8
Cal Lutheran (3-17, 1-10 SCIAC) @ Oxy (14-5, 6-4) 2:00 PM
Whittier (10-10, 5-6) @ Chapman (13-7, 5-6) 2:00 PM
Caltech (8-11, 6-4) @ Claremont (16-4, 8-3) 5:00 PM
Pomona (16-4, 9-2) @ Redlands (13-6, 6-4) 5:00 PM

Nonconference
UC Santa Cruz (9-13) @ La Verne (2-17, 2-9) 2:00 PM

Saturday's SCIAC scores
Oxy 67 Cal Lutheran 61
Chapman 75 Whittier 56
Claremont 71 Caltech 49
Redlands 94 Pomona 77

Nonconference
UC Santa Cruz 76 La Verne 68

Schedule for Wednesday, February 12, all games 7:00 p.m.
Caltech (8-12, 6-5 SCIAC) @ Pomona (16-5, 9-3)
Claremont (17-4, 9-3) @ Oxy (15-5, 7-4)
Chapman (14-7, 6-6) @ Redlands (14-6, 7-4)
La Verne (2-18, 2-9) @ Cal Lutheran (3-18, 1-11)

Whittier (10-10, 5-6) is idle

Redlands is red hot. The Bulldogs won their 4th straight, blitzing Pomona with a 63-point 2nd half. With their loss, the Sagehens dropped into a tie with Claremont for first at 9-3. Redlands and Oxy are tied for third at 7-4. Then comes Caltech (6-5), Chapman (6-6), Whittier (5-6), La Verne (2-9) and CLU (1-11).

OxyBob

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

First Regional Rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/men-regional-rankings-first

[OxyBob]

Schedule for Wednesday, February 12, all games 7:00 p.m.
Caltech (8-12, 6-5 SCIAC) @ Pomona (16-5, 9-3)
Claremont (17-4, 9-3) @ Oxy (15-5, 7-4)
Chapman (14-7, 6-6) @ Redlands (14-6, 7-4)
La Verne (2-18, 2-9) @ Cal Lutheran (3-18, 1-11)

Wednesday's SCIAC scores
Pomona 70 Caltech 59
Oxy 58 Claremont 49
Redlands 87 Chapman 81
Cal Lutheran 76 La Verne 63

Saturday's SCIAC schedule
Oxy (16-5, 8-4 SCIAC) @ Whittier (10-11, 5-7) 2:00 PM
Chapman (14-8, 6-7) @ La Verne (2-19, 2-10) 2:00 PM
Cal Lutheran (4-18, 2-11) @ Pomona (17-5, 10-3) 5:00 PM
Redlands (15-6, 8-4) @ Caltech (8-13, 6-6) 5:00 PM

Claremont (17-5, 9-4) is idle

SCIAC standings: Pomona 10-3, Claremont 9-4, Redlands 8-4, Oxy 8-4, Caltech 6-6, Chapman 6-7, Whittier 5-7, La Verne 2-10, Cal Lutheran 2-11

OxyBob

[OxyBob]

Saturday's SCIAC schedule
Oxy (16-5, 8-4 SCIAC) @ Whittier (10-11, 5-7) 2:00 PM
Chapman (14-8, 6-7) @ La Verne (2-19, 2-10) 2:00 PM
Cal Lutheran (4-18, 2-11) @ Pomona (17-5, 10-3) 5:00 PM
Redlands (15-6, 8-4) @ Caltech (8-13, 6-6) 5:00 PM

Saturday's scores
Oxy 78 Whittier 69 -- Oxy: Jacob Adler 28, Caleb Yellin-Flaherty 19 and 16 rebounds. Whittier: Ahmad Young 22.
Chapman 64 La Verne 54 -- Chapman: Hayden Moore 26. ULV: Sinai Enoch 22.
Pomona 85 Cal Lutheran 66 -- Pomona: Micah Elan 28. CLU: Cole Thomas 13.
Redlands 92 Caltech 75 -- UR: David Menary 17 and 10 rebounds. CIT: Marcus Gee 29.

Redlands won its 6th straight. Huge loss for Caltech. The Beavers now need a miracle to get a SCIAC tournament playoff spot. CIT led 56-53 with 10 minutes to go, but UR went on a 20-5 run and that was that.

Oxy has won 3 straight and 5 of 6.

Chapman kept its tournament hopes barely alive with a win over La Verne.

Pomona had a 15-2 second half run to put away Cal Lutheran.

Schedule for Wednesday, February 19, all games 7:00 PM
Cal Lutheran (4-19, 2-12 SCIAC) @ Caltech (8-14, 6-7)
SCIAC Game of the Week: Redlands (16-6, 9-4) @ Claremont (17-5, 9-4)
Oxy (17-5, 9-4) @ La Verne (2-20, 2-11)
Pomona (18-5, 11-3) @ Whittier (10-12, 5-8)

Chapman (15-8, 7-7) is idle.

SCIAC standings: Pomona 11-3, Oxy 9-4, Claremont 9-4, Redlands 9-4, Chapman 7-7, Caltech 6-7, Whittier 5-8, La Verne 2-11, Cal Lutheran 2-12

Top 4 teams make the SCIAC conference tournament. Right now Pomona looks like a lock for the No. 1 seed. If Oxy and Claremont end up in a tie, the Tigers have a leg up on the Stags because Oxy beat Pomona while CMS was swept by the Sagehens. On the other hand, Redlands has a leg up on Oxy because the Bulldogs swept OC. It's all very complicated.

OxyBob

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Week 2's Regional Rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/men-regional-rankings-second

[greg21grimm]

It amazes me that CMS and PP are able to compete and stay at the top of the league every year with their academic standards. Puzzles me why CLU and Redlands aren't better with much lower academic standards.

You forgot Cal Tech (twice)
https://www.gocaltech.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/boxscores/20200219_nd26.xml?view=boxscore

[OxyBob]

Schedule for Wednesday, February 19, all games 7:00 PM
Cal Lutheran (4-19, 2-12 SCIAC) @ Caltech (8-14, 6-7)
SCIAC Game of the Week: Redlands (16-6, 9-4) @ Claremont (17-5, 9-4)
Oxy (17-5, 9-4) @ La Verne (2-20, 2-11)
Pomona (18-5, 11-3) @ Whittier (10-12, 5-8)

Wednesday's scores
Caltech 64 Cal Lutheran 61
Redlands 82 Claremont 80
Oxy 81 La Verne 71
Pomona 97 Whittier 75

Schedule for Saturday, February 22
Claremont (17-6, 9-5) @ La Verne (2-21, 2-12) 2:00 PM
Chapman (15-8, 7-7) @ Caltech (9-14, 7-7) 2:00 PM
Redlands (17-6, 10-4) @ Whittier (10-13, 5-9) 5:00 PM
Oxy (18-5, 10-4) @ Pomona (19-5, 12-3) 5:00 PM

Cal Lutheran (4-20, 2-13) is idle.

SCIAC standings: Pomona 12-3, Oxy 10-4, Redlands 10-4, Claremont 9-5, Chapman 7-7, Caltech 7-7, Whittier 5-9, La Verne 2-12, Cal Lutheran 2-13.

Top 4 teams make the SCIAC conference tournament. Pomona, Oxy and Redlands have clinched spots in the tournament. Claremont can clinch a spot with a win in one of its last two games against La Verne and Chapman.

OxyBob

[RFB]

Redlands basketball is actually decent. Hey, it happens once every 20 years or so. The shadow of Gary Smith mediocrity still looms large.

[OxyBob]

Redlands basketball is actually decent. Hey, it happens once every 20 years or so. The shadow of Gary Smith mediocrity still looms large.

The Bulldogs have won 7 straight and 8 of 9. They have a ton of talent and can go 10 deep.

Please don't remind me about The System. You'll give me nightmares about Amir Mazarei.

Who will be the tournament champ and get the automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs? Pomona, Redlands, Claremont or Oxy? Impossible to predict.

OxyBob