MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[diehardfan]

I checked and it still says "vs" instead of "at" on my mobile... I obviously use the features on this site... I'm probably one of the few people who notice when features temporarily disappear (and care enough to ask Pat about it) because I was probably one of the few people who knew they existed and used it to begin with. Trust me, there has been a steep learning curve between "Jr in college who has never seen a DIII basketball game before" and HOFer... at some point in there you learn the value of places on the site other than the message board.

I haven't had internet at home since October when I moved because it took that absurdly long for us to decide what we wanted (fiber optic cable is getting installed tomorrow though, woo!) And my work laptop that I take with me on business trips got toasted a few weeks ago (while I was following like four DIII games and updating the CCIW scoreboard) and our tech's mom is dying and not in town. So I didn't have a real comp after Tuesday to check anything.

Nonetheless, I had the rare privilage of being at three D3 gyms within an hour... how many people can say that?

[Greek Tragedy]

Nonetheless, I had the rare privilage of being at three D3 gyms within an hour... how many people can say that?

Did you watch any games?  Does that even count?  I mean, when I drive through Indiana to get to Ohio, I wouldn't count Indiana as a state I've "visited".  I know you're jealous because I did the 3 games in three different cities (and also involving three different conferences) in one day, so I know you're just trying to "one up" me.  At least I watched all the games in their entirety! lol 

[diehardfan]

Lol... like I said, I saw a half of a basketball game. Let me tell you, I'd rather do it your way... but I did it faster. And on the plus side, I've now "seen" all the SCIAC gyms but Cal Lu... which means I've seen as many SCIAC gyms as CCIW gyms... funny!

[diehardfan]

I definitely think driving through a state counts. I'm not about to cross Nebraska and Iowa off my list of states visited, sorry. If anything driving through lots and lots of cornfields IS seeing Nebraska, basically. Just let's not make any connections from that to the SCIAC teams...

[David Collinge]

I definitely think driving through a state counts.

In my family the rule always was that you had to set foot in a state in order to count it.  So, one time when my mother came to visit me in Memphis, she made me drive her over the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge and take the first exit; at the bottom of the exit she opened her door, touched her foot to the ground, and then we turned around and headed back to Tennessee.   

[Gregory Sager]

I definitely think driving through a state counts. I'm not about to cross Nebraska and Iowa off my list of states visited, sorry. If anything driving through lots and lots of cornfields IS seeing Nebraska, basically.

You haven't really visited Nebraska unless you're rolled up your pant legs and waded a half-mile out into the middle of the Platte River just to see if the water comes up to your knees or not.

Did you watch any games?  Does that even count?  I mean, when I drive through Indiana to get to Ohio, I wouldn't count Indiana as a state I've "visited".

Even people who stop in Indiana don't like to count it as a state that they've visited.

[Browneagle64]

Congrats to the Tigers on their hard fought victory. It was good to see a nice turn out on saturday at the Rock. Hope that their will be more people on hand to see the Oxy-Cal Lu game this week in Rush Gym.

Bob, it looks like your K+ has finally reached the light side instead of the dark side. I wonder if thats because our Boy from the town of Redlands no longer is with us.(just kidding)

[TeeDub]

According Mr. Coleman's "QOWI top 200 to follow, through Saturday:"

Rank   Points   In-region   Team   Region Win%   Overall
1   11.550   1   UW-Stevens Point   0.950 (19-1)   20-2
21   10.333   2   St. Thomas   0.875 (21-3)   21-3
23   10.300   3   St. John's   0.900 (18-2)   18-5
27   10.150   4   Whitworth   0.850 (17-3)   20-3
29   10.100   5   UW-Oshkosh   0.800 (16-4)   19-4
38   9.947   6   Loras   0.789 (15-4)   17-6
41   9.923   7   Occidental   0.769 (10-3)   15-5
53   9.684   8   UW-La Crosse   0.684 (13-6)   15-7
54   9.667   9   Coe   0.714 (15-6)   17-6
56   9.615   10   Redlands   0.769 (10-3)   14-6
68   9.389   11   Puget Sound   0.778 (14-4)   17-5
70   9.313   12   Lewis and Clark   0.750 (12-4)   16-6
71   9.250   13   Cal Lutheran   0.688 (11-5)   16-5
85   9.045   14   Bethel   0.727 (16-6)   17-6
91   8.957   15   UW-Whitewater   0.652 (15-8)   15-8
108   8.722   16   Buena Vista   0.667 (12-6)   15-7
113   8.667   17   Pomona-Pitzer   0.583 (7-5)   12-8
119   8.526   18   Simpson   0.579 (11-8)   15-8
128   8.444   19   UW-Platteville   0.611 (11-7)   13-9
150   8.182   20   Gustavus Adolphus   0.591 (13-9)   13-10
158   8.063   21   Chapman   0.688 (11-5)   16-5
159   8.063   22   Pacific   0.500 (8-8)   10-12
177   7.917   23   Claremont-Mudd-Scripps   0.500 (6-6)   12-9
178   7.895   24   Carleton   0.526 (10-9)   10-13
188   7.714   25   George Fox   0.500 (7-7)   12-11
194   7.588   26   Central   0.471 (8-9)   10-12
198   7.529   27   Willamette   0.412 (7-10)   10-13

[diehardfan]

In my family the rule always was that you had to set foot in a state in order to count it.  So, one time when my mother came to visit me in Memphis, she made me drive her over the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge and take the first exit; at the bottom of the exit she opened her door, touched her foot to the ground, and then we turned around and headed back to Tennessee.   

Works for me... I guess I haven't been to Iowa after all. Though I've driven through at least 20 miles worth of the eastern and western corners of the state.

You haven't really visited Nebraska unless you're rolled up your pant legs and waded a half-mile out into the middle of the Platte River just to see if the water comes up to your knees or not.

Does it count that I've crossed the Platte River dozens of times playing Oregon Trail on the computer as a child?

I hope she doesn't try to do this while driving four hours.  We don't want to lose her again.

Cough, no comment. 

[David Collinge]

I definitely think driving through a state counts. I'm not about to cross Nebraska and Iowa off my list of states visited, sorry. If anything driving through lots and lots of cornfields IS seeing Nebraska, basically.

You haven't really visited Nebraska unless you're rolled up your pant legs and waded a half-mile out into the middle of the Platte River just to see if the water comes up to your knees or not.

"Too thin to plow, too thick to drink."  I've always liked that description of the Platte. 

[diehardfan]

This room was in need of a poll.... have fun. 

[tigersports]

Diehard, you are a true HOFer, no matter how many states you've been to.

As for the website, Pat, I can tell you that on treos and the motorola Q, the scores part of each conference page does not come through as the browsers on those devices don't support it.  Is there anything that can be done so that we can have our SCIAC scores NOW! (i.e., even when not at home or on a laptop somehwere)?

[diehardfan]

Diehard, you are a true HOFer, no matter how many states you've been to.

Even by David's rules I've been to over 40, so I'm still feeling okay about myself.

edit: uh, not that how many states I've been to changes how I feel about myself as a person....

[tigersports]

My predictions:

Oxy 11-3
UofR 11-3
CLU 10-4
PP 10-4
CMS 7-7
ULV 4-10
WC 3-11
CT 0-14

We went through the whole tiebreaker thing last year and I still don't know if one exists or whether the tied teams play off.   If there was a tiebreaker based on head to head, UofR wins the league.  If not, well, who knows if UofR could take 3 from Oxy.  This tells me that this Sat's game is probably for the title.

[David Collinge]

Diehard, you are a true HOFer, no matter how many states you've been to.

Even by David's rules I've been to over 40, so I'm still feeling okay about myself.

edit: uh, not that how many states I've been to changes how I feel about myself as a person....

I've been to 49, but I don't feel good about myself.   Maybe you should quit while you're ahead.