MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

OxyFan21 · February 15, 2006, 11:29:36 PM

Just got word that there will be no broadcast tonight. Craig's son broke his leg in a scooter accident.

Any updates would be greatly appreciated.

samiam · February 16, 2006, 12:42:45 AM

Games so far:

Cal Lutheran 77, Whittier 67
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 75, Caltech 37 (sounds like a score from last year)

OXY Oswald · February 16, 2006, 12:49:01 AM

Score from the Rock

Oxy - 120
Redlands - 126

Tough loss for Oxy. Questionable calls at crucial times by the black and whites, but Redlands got hot towards the end of the second half and Oxy couldn't keep up. The Tigers missed crucial free throws down the stretch that would have pulled them within 4 or 5.

Amir Mazarei was absolutely lights out for Redlands.
He dropped 57 points on the Tigers and was 13 for 23 from 3pt range and 12 for 13 from the line.

Huge games for Oxy this weekend, the Tigers will have to win out.

Go Tigers!

Stags4Life · February 16, 2006, 12:50:28 AM

CMS defeated Caltech 75-37 at Ducey Gymnasium. Caltech hung tough in the first half similar to the first meeting, the score was 23-23 with a few min left in the first half. From then on out, CMS dominated. The score was 35-25 at halftime and shortly into the second half, the entire bench was unloaded.

John Parsons led the Stags with 17 points on 4-5 from 3pt land and 6 assists. Dan Winterbottom added 10 points on 2-4 from 3pt.

Saturday Night is the night and it should be freaking rocking at Ducey Gymnasium.

OXY Oswald · February 16, 2006, 12:51:30 AM

Quote from: Stags4Life on February 16, 2006, 12:50:28 AM
Saturday Night is the night and it should be freaking rocking at Ducey Gymnasium.

See you there!

Stags4Life · February 16, 2006, 01:04:45 AM

WOW, that's a shocker out of Eagle Rock. This means that a win on Saturday should just about wrap up the SCIAC for the Stags and Occi must win to force a playoff the next Saturday assuming the teams win out after that.

Regardless, Saturday is gonna be great. See you there, Oxy fans!

-- Stags4Life

K.C. · February 16, 2006, 01:24:59 AM

UNBELIEVABLE!

I have never seen a performance quite like the one Amir Mazarei put on tonight for Redlands. The guy was absolutely unstoppable. I wasn't there when Shivers dropped 63 on Whittier a couple of years ago, but even that was against an inferior team, in a game they won by 30. Oxy knew he was going to get the ball, they knew he was going to shoot it, but there was nothing they could do to stop him. His range knew no boundaries tonight.

I almost talked myself out of going to the game at Eagle Rock tonight, thinking it wouldn't even be competitive. I would have been kicking myself if I had.

mr_rayburn · February 16, 2006, 01:25:18 AM

I was just at the Oxy - Redlands game in Eagle Rock. It was a very tough loss for the Oxy squad. They were up 10 with about 7 minutes to go in the game. Then Amir Mazeiri really turned it on. He put on the best shooting performances I HAVE EVER SEEN! I played against him 2 years ago and he has been one of, if not the best player, at Redlands since stepping foot on the campus, but tonight he was unconscious. Oxy was doing whatever they could to stay in front of him. Give the game ball to Amir, he deserves it.

WestCoastWhiner · February 16, 2006, 02:31:10 AM

Sad day. Those at the game talk to me and tell me how the kid was lighting it up was driving, launching three's, doing anything he wanted. 57 against Oxy which has some young kids who can play D. Hard to believe. LV lights it up against them, now Redlands. Those kids at Oxy are going to be haunted by that for a long time. 57?!? I don't care if he was pulling from half court, get a stop. Fortunately for them they have 3 more opportunities to show that they can guard someone without them having a career night against them. This thing is ALL CMS. Oxy's kids need to accept that they can win out and still not get a bid (probably not mathematical but a reality they should accept). Too bad for them and the SCIAC. Those Oxy kids have had such a great season for their school and really all of the SCIAC. I hope they can realize the weight is off their shoulders and they can get back to playing like they have something to prove - like they did against Amherst and all of pre-league. Those kids deserve to finish with their heads held high.

Then Oxy and all of us can gear up for cheering for the Stags to shed the Big3-one and done-itis.

Gregory Sager · February 16, 2006, 03:04:52 AM

Quote from: WestCoastWhiner on February 16, 2006, 02:31:10 AMOxy's kids need to accept that they can win out and still not get a bid (probably not mathematical but a reality they should accept).

Not true, WCW. First of all, if they win out it means that they'll have swept CMS and will thus get the Pool A bid via their head-to-head sweep of the Stags. Head-to-head is the SCIAC's first tiebreaker, isn't it? It's everybody else's.

But even if Oxy loses to CMS on Saturday, I think they'll still be alright for a Pool C bid if they then close out the regular season with wins over Pomona-Pitzer and Caltech. Keep in mind that Oxy's currently #1 in the West Region as of Wednesday morning's second NCAA regional ranking. That gives the Tigers an awfully big cushion. And the cushion was enhanced even more this evening by the fact that Buena Vista, which is having an uncharacteristic losing season, rose to the occasion and beat #4 Wartburg.

It's going to take more than one bad night against Redlands to bring Oxy to the brink of the cliff.

Stags4Life · February 16, 2006, 03:16:35 AM

I was under the impression that tiebreakers did not matter in the SCIAC and if there was a tie, then there would be a one-game playoff on Saturday Night at a neutral location.

--Stags4Life

Liger Hoops · February 16, 2006, 03:19:35 AM

You can't do much when you shoot 74% and a single opposing player puts 57 down on your defense. I think there was one point in the game where Redlands hit 6 or 7 3's in a row with Mazarei hitting about 5 of them. Outstanding performance. Redlands as a team shot 64 3-pointers and hit 28 (43%). At one point in the first half, they were shooting 70% from behind the arc. The hardest part about this loss was the fact that Redlands actually shot far worse in the second half than the first (34% and 53%, respectively). The difference in this game were the free throws. Redlands hit 23-25 to Oxy's dismal 12-25 outing. Oxy's big men had huge games themselves as Betty and Phillips had 71 points and 18 boards between them and shot an astounding 34-40 (85%) from the floor and 3-6 from the line.

Here's hoping the Tigers become Road Warriors these next few games ... Still a ton of basketball to be played.

And a one-game playoff would be the sweetest thing ever to happen in SCIAC.

Gregory Sager · February 16, 2006, 03:31:04 AM

Even if there was a one-game tiebreaker, losing it wouldn't seriously damage Oxy's Pool C chances. They'd end the year 14-3 in the West Region, with a pretty decent QOWI, and they'd still be ranked somewhere in the middle of the region.

OxyFan21 · February 16, 2006, 09:26:59 AM

I hope Sager is right. It certainly would be great to get 2 SCIAC teams into the postseason. A tough road ahead.

scandihoovian · February 16, 2006, 11:33:31 AM

Redlands win over Oxy certainly makes things more interesting in the conference race, and I hope Sager's right about the possibilities for two SCIAC teams in the playoffs. Redlands big win, even though it seems to have been primarily the product of an amazing individual shooting performance, unfortunately provides further encouragement for Gary Smith to keep running the system.

Should a playoff be necessary, I would like to offer up Boston Garden West as a neutral site - wouldn't it be a great way to send the WWII aircraft hanger out in style?

Finally - it's good to see the Kingsmen keep hanging tough with a win at Whittier, it would be nice to win the last two home games in the old gym.