MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[samiam]

La la la-la la la la la la
Do you know the way to Carbondale?
I've been away so long
I ended up on Wrongville Trail.

Burt and Hal would be proud.

[Gregory Sager]

Burt and Hal would be proud.

David must be keeping my kind of hours, because it looks as though he's had exposure to one too many late-night Dionne Warwick infomercials.

Still, it was a nice job, DC. You're quite ably filling that Weird Al Yankovic niche that Posting Up has had vacant for so long. This one ranks right up there with your flurry of rendered holiday carols from last year on CCIW Chat -- or was that two years ago?

I eagerly await your adaptation of some Leonard Cohen standard to musically address the do-Calvinites-whine fracas between Calvin and Hope fans on the MIAA board. 

[David Collinge]

David must be keeping my kind of hours, because it looks as though he's had exposure to one too many late-night Dionne Warwick infomercials.

Hmmmm.  And here I thought your night-shift job was to police Posting Up.  I didn't know you also monitored late night TV.  Tough job, but somebody's gotta do it!    I'm looking for work, maybe you can send me Ron Swanson's number?   

[Titan Q]

"I just didn't see the reason to post a chunk of the Illinois Wesleyan program guide while pointing it out."


I posted direct quotes from a player that had to do exactly with the topic at hand...recruiting, and specifically why players make the decisions they do. 

[Pat Coleman]

Does the Lombardi-Halas line run at the border or does it include the southern Wisconsin locales that tend to lean towards the Bears? (And before you dismiss that, I've seen it in person.)

[Sabretooth Tiger]

Oxy beat Chapman 65-60 on Saturday night, bringing the Tigers to a 6-1 record having their sole loss to top ranked NAIA Azusa Pacific.  Let's hope this bodes well for the Orange and Black.  The upcoming games against Whitworth (Jan. 2) and Amherst (Jan. 3) look even more exciting.

Go Oxy.

Io Triumphe!

[WestCoastWhiner]

Tigers have a chance to put the SCIAC back  on the map against Whitworth & Amherst.  I would say that would make them an automatic Top 20 but realize that for any great victory by either Oxy or Pomona that weekend to actually mean something, somebody in the SCIAC would actually have to type up a game summary and shoot it to someone.   Seeing how we are at the end of December and the SCIAC Website is still stuck on '04-05, I'm not holding my breath.  Maybe Amherst or Whitworth will send their SIDs to the games and we can piggyback off their competence. 

PC, are there any worse conferences than the SCIAC from a sports information perspective?

[The Roop]

Pat,

The Lombardi-Halas line isn't very specific because it has more to do with the State you work in rather than the State you reside in.

[diehardfan]

I was looking at the Massey Statistical ratings just now and I thought I'd share with you guys, because it made me sad, I I thought maybe you could all be sad with me...

Top Ten DIII Conferences

44 Wisconsin IAC
45 Ill & Wisc
48 UAA
60 NESCAC       
64 IIAC
65 OAC
67 HCAC
69 MWC
72 MIAA
73 CAC

Bottom Ten

CCC
SCIAC
UMAC
CUNYC
NEAC
PrAC
NAC
PAC
GNAC
SLIAC

Out of 41 conferences... that makes us... 33rd. Sigh...

[David Collinge]

I wonder how much of the SCIAC's rating is dragged down by the anchor that is CalTech? 

[Loggerville]

Maybe Amherst or Whitworth will send their SIDs to the games and we can piggyback off their competence.

The Whitworth SID does a great job, and also happens to be the NWC lead sports information person.  If he is not at the games himself, I am confident that either the Whitworth site, http://www.whitworth.edu/Athletics/Teams/Basketball_Men/Index.aspx  or the NWC site http://www.nwcsports.com/  will have stats and a game recap for the Oxy and PP games.

[Browneagle64]

I must agree with other posters that are excited about the upcoming holiday classic at Oxy. I know that the tigers will do well in these games. These games will be my first games to see the B-Ball team in action. So i do expect to see all those tall kids dunking on the shorter competition. I only hope that they can play defense though.



Sabertooth--will u be attending the games....

[Browneagle64]

Btw----Happy holidays. Hope to see most of you guys at the upcoming Oxy Classic. It should be great times to watch these schools play.......Hope everyone stays safe

[old_hooper]

browneagle have you seen the roster for Amherst?  They may have the tallest roster that either PP or Qxy will see this year.  They are a very big DIII team.

[castle]

Big Game tonight: #4 Amherst at OXY.

Oxy's only loss is to Azusa...who is a top 5 NAIA team.  Meanwhile, Amherst has rolled to 8-0 with an average margin of victory of almost 25 points.  It is not a regional game, but it would a huge boost to the SCIAC if Oxy can keep it close, or maybe even pull the upset.  It will be a tall task for the Tigers, considering that 5 of Oxy's 8 wins have come against Pacific Union, La Sierra and West Coast Baptist; and Amherst just held PP to 42 points on 28% shooting.

Good luck Tigers!