MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[bballfan2]

And OxyBob, I think you are correct that Finn Rebassssssoooooo was the last Freshman to be named 1st Team ALL-SCIAC

Pomona-Pitzter's Alex Lloyd was First Team All-SCIAC as a Freshman, when Rebasso was a jr.

[TeeDub]

bballfan2:

I forgot all about Alex Lloyd. Great player. Andy Meier plays a similar game.

OxyBob

Meier is a good player, but I have to disagree with you on this one Bob...He is no Alex Lloyd.  I hate to think how amazing Lloyd would have been if he had not struggled with injuries.

[scandihoovian]

Thanks for the good will gesture, Bob 

Jordis - I agree wholeheartedly that Lloyd was a great player.  I will respectfully suggest that if you only saw Meier play against Redlands you may not have been given the chance to fully appreciate his game.  CLU's answer to the system is so regimented (I believe Bob called it "workmanlike.") that players don't usually get the opportunity to showcase their whole skill set. 

While Meier may not yet demonstrate the explosive perimeter game Lloyd had, I do think he's a little stronger around the basket than Lloyd was as a freshmen.  Like Lloyd, Meier is very energetic and athletic.  That said, Lloyd had one of the great breakout freshman years in the 15 years I've been watching SCIAC basketball, and I'm not sure Meier had quite the same impact this year.

Regardless, it was a strong season and I'm excited about the future.

[RFB]

Congrats to Coach Ducey at Redlands. He is a very good coach with lots of experience. I am really glad that the Redlands administration gave the position to an alum. Can't wait to see what he does with the program next year.

[snoop dawg]

RFB.......Does he run "the system" or a more traditional style of bball?  In watching UR this year I personally felt if they had played a less tenacious press, moved it to the back court a bit more they would might have had more success.  When the other team was in a half court set, UR actually played decent defense.

Congrats to Coach D, just get rid of the tie!

[RFB]

http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/sports/ci_5386937

Here is an article on Coach Ducey. From what I know about him he likes to run a more traditional up tempo style of basketball. It is definitely not Gary Smiths system of basketball. I guess we will see in November.

[stag44]

interesting to see both wooster and wash u in the final four. P-P played them both and they werent very competitive, but it gives us a sort of measuring point as to where the sciac is in comparison with the rest of the nation. also seeing mississippi college lose by 20+ was surprising... congrats to Mani for his 1st team performance, but i felt he should have been MVP

[bballfan2]

Didn't Miles Taylor from CMS win POY last year?

[diehardfan]

Miles Talyor was definitely POY last year.... and for good reason!

[Titan Q]

stag44:

I listened to the Pomona-WashingtonU game. The Hens led by 3 at the half. WashingtonU had an incredible second half; I think they shot 75% from the floor. Even the Bears' announcers were amazed. Pomona did not play a bad road game.

On the other hand, I saw the Wooster-Pomona game. The Hens didn't have Nathan Porter, and Dave Knowles did not play well, but Wooster was far and away the better team, the best team I've seen all season. I'm glad they're still in the tournament, so I can at least say I picked one of the Final Four. (Of course, I picked Oxy to win the whole thing in an upset, but that didn't work out.)

I hope Wooster beats Amherst because in my opinion the brackets were engineered to get Amherst to the final. Fair brackets? Fair tournament? Bah, who cares, says the NCAA. Mississippi College should have gotten a bye and should have hosted a sectional, but that bracket was arranged to make it as difficult as possible so as to eliminate travel considerations, which are the NCAA's overriding concern.

As for Mani Maceira, he would have been a very worthy SCIAC Player of the Year. I thought Knowles was going to win it, but naturally I'm happy that Sam Betty won it for the second year in a row.

OxyBob

I was at the Wash U/Pomona game.  That first half was by far the worst Wash U played in the 5 times I saw the Bears play this year. 

[bballfan2]

I thought he was, man these oxy fan's are just filling the board with misinformation. First about Rebasso then Betty...they'd have us believe only oxy players win awards

stag44:

As for Mani Maceira, he would have been a very worthy SCIAC Player of the Year. I thought Knowles was going to win it, but naturally I'm happy that Sam Betty won it for the second year in a row.

OxyBob

[diehardfan]

I'm sure Oxy Bob was not intentionally misleading... come on.

With that said, there's no question in my mind that Taylor was significantly better than Betty last year... the reason Oxy won that playoff game was because it was 1) in their gym and 2) they were more balanced. CMS finished the conf season strong under Taylor's leadership, while Oxy dropped, what, like 5 straight? Obviously he got the award.

[diehardfan]

In fact, I'm pretty sure OxyBob has waxed poetic about how great Miles Taylor was, numerous times...

[bballfan2]

I was kidding, it was supposed to be a sarcastic remark, no harm meant.

[diehardfan]

Congrats to Amir Mazarei and Coach Smith, West Region Player and Coach of the Year! Congrats also to Sam Betty, first team all West Region.
It was an honor to watch these guys this year... the honor is very much deserved!

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