MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[sciac_is_fun]

CLU takes Stevens Point to OT with a 3 by Inniss with under 20 seconds to go!

[sciac_is_fun]

72-70 Kingsmen win!

Inniss scores with 30 seconds left in OT with what turns out to be the winning basket.

note: quote from the Steven's Point radio guy: "a big crowd here tonight"

[Gray Fox]

Welcome back, April.

[Greek Tragedy]

The Pointers had a chance, but Wotachek's 3-pointer missed at the buzzer.

I think this is an oxymoron.  Pointers, chance, Wotachek, 3-pointer-don't belong in the same sentence  ...although he has it one this year! lol  ...nice write up.

[scandihoovian]

Welcome back, April!

I'll be at the Rose Bowl, and hopefully catch the tail end of the CLU-Stevens Point game.  Is it too much to ask for two big upsets on the same day?

Well I guess one out of two isn't bad    Not much fun to watch the Rose Bowl while sitting in the Illini section...

I did not make it back to T.O. in time for the Cal Lu game, but maybe that was for the best.  They're off to a great start and I have yet to see them play in person - not sure if there's a correlation there or not.  I'll credit the pro-SCIAC aura of OxyBob with helping the Kingsmen bring home a big win for the SCIAC.  Hopefully their win and Oxy's win over Plattsburgh will help us out in late February.

[scandihoovian]

Here's the game write up from the VC Star.  Nice interview with Oxy coach Brian Newhall at the end of the article.

[DIIIghetto]

What a great late Xmas gift from the Pointers.  Thanks to Oxy and Cal Lu now, the SCIAC is poised to get 2 teams in the top 20.  When is that vote, next week?  I would have said that Oxy's body of work here over the holidays had them knocking on the door.  Cal Lu definitely should march up the rankings.  Great, great work coaches.  Way to get your kids to look past the history and realize that they are good enough to play with anyone. 

I'm not sure how CLU got WSP out on the road for a single game on the west coast but thank you. 

Folks in the midwest should know better than to ever schedule a west coast team on new year's day.  There is something in the air on that day historically working against athletes (ala Big Ten) from the midwest. 

[April]

I cant believe I didnt go to the game last night. I decided to let sanity get the best of me, after I went back home for my cellphone (NOT safe to be a female alone in LA with a theoretically broken down car in the middle of the night without the ability to call for help), and I was going to end up being late. Four hours of driving Mon, five hours driving Tues and four hours driving today seemed a bit much when I still have jet lag and would want to be in bed before the second half started! Listening to the broadcast made me feel dumb...Those are the type of games Im always there for! I feel almost as stupid as when I missed Cal Tech win! (not really).

Ah, well.... big congrats to CLU.... you definitely have already exceeded my expectations for already! Congrats on thriving despite all the drama last year.

[April]

Incidentally, thanks for all the warm welcomes everyone.... of course, I cant respond to all the PMs though.

How many more posts do I need? (April sets mode: spam)

[LogShow]

Just wanted to say congrats to Cal Lu on their win over the Pointers.  That was a great win for them and for the west coast.  Point is a good team. they gave Puget Sound lots of trouble in the national tornament a few years ago, so its nice to finally see someone from the west coast beat them. Congrats again

[Greek Tragedy]

Wotachek was 6-for-8 shooting and had 7 rebounds and 2 assists. He misses a shot and gets dissed. Tough crowd.

OxyBob

Believe me, he's improved his play dramatically since last year and he has hit one big 3-pointer this year when the shot clock was winding down in a close game.  But, he's the last guy on the team you want to take a 3-pt. shot and that's no disrespect to him.  I'm pretty sure every Point fan would agree with me.  I'm definitely not blaming him for the loss because he missed the shot. 

I thought the radio guys said he was in the post, but your post had him missing a three.  If he was in the post, I have no problem with him shooting it.  From 3?  He shouldn't even have the ball in his hands.

[DIIIghetto]

OB, you braved it and went to the game?  Must have been by cab.  I know you wouldn't want to park in that parking lot.   Have they put a metal detector in at the front door for fans or is it just in front of the team lockerroom?

[John Gleich]

72-70 Kingsmen win!

Inniss scores with 30 seconds left in OT with what turns out to be the winning basket.

note: quote from the Steven's Point radio guy: "a big crowd here tonight"

I think they were saying it was a decent crowd for a game on new years day.  Point pulls in an average of 1400 fans per game, so they CAN recognize a truly big crown, but with it being a weekday game, and a holiday, with the Rose Bowl playing earlier in the evening, I don't think they were expecting much of a crowd at all.

[Mr. Ypsi]

72-70 Kingsmen win!

Inniss scores with 30 seconds left in OT with what turns out to be the winning basket.

note: quote from the Steven's Point radio guy: "a big crowd here tonight"

I think they were saying it was a decent crowd for a game on new years day.  Point pulls in an average of 1400 fans per game, so they CAN recognize a truly big crown, but with it being a weekday game, and a holiday, with the Rose Bowl playing earlier in the evening, I don't think they were expecting much of a crowd at all.

Yeah, they do have a couple of those truly big 'crowns', but I suppose they recognize attendance, too!

[sciac_is_fun]

72-70 Kingsmen win!

Inniss scores with 30 seconds left in OT with what turns out to be the winning basket.

note: quote from the Steven's Point radio guy: "a big crowd here tonight"

I think they were saying it was a decent crowd for a game on new years day.  Point pulls in an average of 1400 fans per game, so they CAN recognize a truly big crown, but with it being a weekday game, and a holiday, with the Rose Bowl playing earlier in the evening, I don't think they were expecting much of a crowd at all.

Neither was I, which is why I posted their observation.  We were recently lamenting the lack of good crowds over the holidays at SCIAC games, and particularly at CLU, so I was suprised to hear that.  OxyBob, how big was the crowd exactly?