MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Gray Fox]

I saw MC in person a couple of weeks ago at UT Dallas. 

They are the real deal, but as dhf has stated, they are not unbeatable.  They are balanced.  They move the ball very well with great passing.  And, they play excellent defense.  Oxy will have their hands full, but they can win.  If CW can offset his bad three point game against Whittier with a good game against MC, they definitely will have a chance.

[TeeDub]

I saw MC in person a couple of weeks ago at UT Dallas. 

They are the real deal, but as dhf has stated, they are not unbeatable.  They are balanced.  They move the ball very well with great passing.  And, they play excellent defense.  Oxy will have their hands full, but they can win.  If CW can offset his bad three point game against Whittier with a good game against MC, they definitely will have a chance.

Anyone know the deal with Betty?  Is he able to play?

[Sabretooth Tiger]

From Oxy's website:

Tigers Play Choctaws in 1st Round

(February 23, 2007)

The Occidental men's basketball team will face the Mississippi College Choctaws in the first round of the NCAA Division III playoffs on the Choctaws' home court in Clinton, Miss. on Friday, March 2. Game time has not yet been announced.

The Choctaws, ranked No. 5 nationally by D3hoops.com, won their sixth American Southwest Conference Championship in 10 years with a 77-64 win over Hardin-Simmons University Feb. 24, capping a 25-2 season. Founded in 1826, Baptist-affiliated Mississippi has 3,800 students in undergraduate and graduate programs.

Oxy clinched the SCIAC championship and its third trip to the NCAA tourney in five years last Thursday with a thrilling, last-second double overtime victory at Whittier, 63-61. The No. 19-ranked Tigers finished conference play with a 12-2 record, 19-5 overall.

The winner of Friday's first round game will move on to play the winner of the contest between at-large selections Maryville College (Tenn.) and No. 25 Mary Hardin-Baylor, also scheduled to be played Friday.

The Tigers are going to have a little fun in Clinton . . . no dancing though, you know those Southern Baptists.

Who's making the road trip?

tooth

[Sabretooth Tiger]

I haven't heard Whitworth whining -- probably just too busy getting ready to play.

Oxy players and staff aren't whining . . . just posters . . .

I, for one, was looking forward to the basketball version of the 1st round of the football playoffs . . . Tigers v. Bucs once again, only this time in SoCal . . . oh well, **** happens.

Go Tigers, chomp the Choctaws . . . (I thought the NCAA banned native american mascots?)

tooth

[Sabretooth Tiger]

Wow, can't write **** anymore?  Why am I feeling the need to post the script from a certain "Southpark" episode right now?

[tigersports]

I plead inanity

[Sabretooth Tiger]

So OB . . . thanks for the education . . . I figured if any poster was heading to the old south it would be you . . . you headed out?

[Gray Fox]

tooth,
I am planning to drive over from Dallas.  It's always a problem to do these things on short notice, but I expect I can make it.

[TeeDub]

Any SCIAC players making the D3hoops All-America team?

[diehardfan]

Any SCIAC players making the D3hoops All-America team?

Good question. It won't be announced till the broadcasts from the Salem Civic Center on championship weekend.

[Pat Coleman]

In this league, it's a struggle just to be nominated.

[tigersports]

Sabretooth Tiger:

>>I thought the NCAA banned native american mascots?<<

The NCAA dropped its sanction against Mississippi College's use of the name Choctaws as its nickname because the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians passed a resolution supporting Mississippi College's use of the name. Apparently they don't mind being reduced to a cultural stereotype.

Interesting that a group such as the Choctaw would sanction a news page called "Smoke Signals"  http://www.mc.edu/athletics/smokesignals.htm
What, Chief Nocahoma declined an invitation?

[tigersports]

what on earth is "International."  Is that Naboo or Tattooine?

[Sabretooth Tiger]

what on earth is "International."  Is that Naboo or Tattooine?

"International" would be Bulgaria, Ceylon, Madagascar, etc.

Naboo and Tattooine would be "Intergalactic."

Query:  Would Mars be "Intrastellar?"  [edited per sound guidance from DHF, infra]

[diehardfan]

what on earth is "International."  Is that Naboo or Tattooine?

"International" would be Bulgaria, Ceylon, Madagascar, etc.

Naboo and Tattoine would be "Intergalactic."

Query:  Would Mars be "Interstellar?"

I believe Mars would be intrastellar, since Mars has the same star as us.