MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OXY Oswald]

Great game, great atmosphere. 

A first half marked with missed oppotunities and tenacious defense by both teams made it interesting.  Claremont came on strong out of the break but just like everyone else has said Parsons couldn't do it by himself.  Great effort by the Tigers and Good Luck in Tacoma! Wish I could be there but I've got the same schedule as my pal Eye of da Tiger, so there's really no room for a 20 hour trip to watch our Tigers beat on some hippies.

Go Tigers!

[tigersports]

Yes, we will have the game at www.oxybroadcast.com.  Hopefully WCW and the others up there will come say hi.

Stag, I'm sorry bro, but that was just some sour grapes.  12 points in a half is a big hill to climb and CMS just pooped out after a great first 14 min to the second half.  I love Taylor and would probably like to have him as my own son (met his parents and they seem like great people) but even he was letting the Oxy crowd have it a bit, so go easy on Whitman.

[1992]

Good call on the Pacific hire WCW, glad to see a SCIAC assistant get a shot, word is he is on his way to doing for Pacific up there what Bridgeland has done for UPS.

Speaking of UPS, they will be ready to play, and they obviously hold the advantage tomorrow night at home and rested, tough task for Oxy.  Would be more fun to see these two on a nuetral court with equal rest and preparation time.

[castle]

Congrats to both Oxy and CMS for making the tourney; it is great to see 2 sciac teams get in! 

I wanted to mention that the broadcast of the game was great; and the tourney coverage on this site is better ever year.

On to UPS; the northwest has not been kind to sciac teams in the tourney in recent years.  CLU @ Linfield in '01. CMS @ LC in '02.  PP @ UPS in '04 all lost by good margins.  Hopefully Oxy can change the trend; but it will not be easy.  The style of play and crowd will try to force a fast pace; not Oxy's strenght.  Oxy will have a chance to win, if they can keep the score in 70's or low 80's.  Good luck to Tigers!

[OxyFan21]

I think that I was speaking more in terms of the Tigers being familiar with traveling out-of-state, staying overnight, etc.  Most teams in the SCIAC consider a 1 hour drive a "road trip", right?  This team, more than any other in the SCIAC should be ready for the rigors that come with traveling.  Now, having just played on Thursday night and then turning around and traveling the next day...that might be another issue.

I know it will be a tough environment with the 3,000 fans, but hey, it's March and we're still playing.

[OxyFan21]

With McBride, Whitman, Alexander, Mills, Kostic and Betty all coming back next year, this Tiger squad could be dangerous next season too. 

Getting into the tournament and being successful can do nothing but help Newhall and his staff in terms of at least getting some more kids to look into studying at Oxy.

[Loggerville]

Loggerville, do you really want it on our heads if one of the Oxy fans gets shot before the game? Of course it is a much truer representation of Tacompton...

great point, but when in Tacoma.....

[Loggerville]

Smart of Pacific to tap into a Kats protoge for their future.  Look for Pacific in the Sweet 16 within 4 years. 

Ok, up-front I will say that I know nothing of Pacific's new coach, so this is not aimed at him in any way.  But Cal Tech will win the SCIAC in the next four years before Pacific makes a NCAA sweet 16.  Just too much for that program to overcome from an institutional perspective regardless of who the coach is in that short of a window...not gonna happen.

[WestCoastWhiner]

Loggerfrontrunnerville, they said the same thing about Kats at Pomona.  Before he came on board the school had one only 1 SCIAC title in a century and wasn't that far removed from Cal tech.  Interesting to note that Popovich coached there a decade and won only 1 title and also that under Popovich, I'm pretty sure Pomona was the last varsity SCIAC team to lose to Cal Tech.  Would have been funny for Rick Reilly to note that this year in his article.  Might want to keep that in mind before you make a blanket statement about Pacific.  A great coach can do wonders.

[Pat Coleman]

Yes, Loggerville, only West Coast Whiner is allowed to make blanket statements about Pacific.

[1992]

Loggerville, you may know more about Pacific as an athletic institution than you do about their coach, and the same the other way around for WCW, yes- a Sweet 16 in 4 years is a short window, but saying Cal Tech will win the SCIAC before that will happen is a minor stretch. 

[Liger Hoops]

I keep reading posts about the system that UPS runs but how does it compare to Redlands. Obviously they run it better than Redlands but is it the same concept (press D all game and lots of shooting) or is it a more controlled up-tempo game?

Took a look at UPS BBall website; very impressive stats over the past 2 seasons. Oxy will need to control this game the way they did in the game against Amhearst. Obviously, the atmosphere at UPS will be the polar opposite of that game (not a home game, etc) but look for the Tigers to go to Betty early and often just like they did against Amhearst. If anyone can play with some of the best players/teams in D-III, it's Betty.

Great to see this board liven up over the season and everybody back the SCIAC, regardless of what team they are a fan of. Let's all hope Oxy can pull-off the victory in front of what seems to be a great crowd at UPS and get some more recognition for SCIAC basketball.

Just out of curiosity ... When was the last time a SCIAC school won conference titles in both football and basketball in the same year? I think some oxy fans, including myself, felt we had a legit shot this year but we'll take the trip to UPS over the title.

Game time tonight???

[OXY Oswald]

Game time is 7pm local time for all the games.

[Gregory Sager]

I keep reading posts about the system that UPS runs but how does it compare to Redlands. Obviously they run it better than Redlands but is it the same concept (press D all game and lots of shooting) or is it a more controlled up-tempo game?

UPS doesn't run the Grinnell system, a la Redlands. They play a more conventional pressing, run-and-gun game.

[WestCoastWhiner]

PC, always there to keep me in check.  Comforting to know you are there for me.