MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Fear the Poet]

went to my first Poet game last night and was underwhelmed. The box and one offense that they run was unimpressive. If your not shooting 65 percent from the field, your going to have a tough time winning games. Seems like they rely too much on long jumpers for my taste. I'm a football guy and prefer more work inside. No inside work to speak of. I didn't keep stats, but i think I could count the layups for the Poets on one hand. Archuleta does a good job of being pesky on defense, but overall not enough size it seems. CMS was tough on defense.

[LogShow]

Looks like there has been some shuffling going on down there in sunny So. Cal at the D1 level.  Former Puget Sound headcoach Eric Bridgeland got promoted to interim head coach at Pepperdine as Vance Walberg resigns.  This comes at the heels of a horrible blowout loss at home to Gonzaga.

here is the link:  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3201198

[Fear the Poet]

The Claremont-Whittier box score has now been declassified.

CMS: Craig Borengasser 13 pts and 10 rebs, Chris Blees 20, Dan Winterbottom 14, Austin Soldner 13
WC: Mike Archuletta 14, David Hayashi 10

Defense is what CMS does best. Claremont held Whittier to 36% shooting on 18-for-50. The Stags outrebounded the Poets 33-22. Claremont shot 63% on 26-for-41. The one stand-out negative for CMS: Only 52% FTs on 12-for-23.

OxyBob
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i guess that pretty much sums it up

thanks Bob!

[Gregory Sager]

Claremont 69, Whittier 54
[Box score classified for national security reasons]

Did Nixon play?  I thought his eligibility was all used up.

The records were lost.

There was an eighteen-minute gap in the play-by-play.

[David Collinge]

Claremont 69, Whittier 54
[Box score classified for national security reasons]

Did Nixon play?  I thought his eligibility was all used up.

The records were lost.

There was an eighteen-minute gap in the play-by-play.

Declassified photo of Whittier scorekeeper:

[tigersports]

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Declassified photo of Whittier scorekeeper:

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Is she the one at the Oxy game last year that, uh, "counted" the fouls?

[scandihoovian]

Thanks to you guys I am starting to understand how the Kingsmen fell victim to a Saturday Night Massacre...

[David Collinge]

Cal Lutheran 70, Caltech 57

...but sadly, it's not to be.  Cal Lu reports the score as 79-57, still closer than expected, but not the shocking near miss of Caltech against a conference foe recently in the national Top 25.  From a CalLu spin-spective, though, it's
Kingsmen Blast Beavers

[scandihoovian]

...but sadly, it's not to be.  Cal Lu reports the score as 79-57, still closer than expected, but not the shocking near miss of Caltech against a conference foe recently in the national Top 25.  From a CalLu spin-spective, though, it's
Kingsmen Blast Beavers

I agree that CLU's first year SID might have chosen a better headline - but a quick read of the article and a check of the box score shows that the game wasn't as close as the final score indicated.  The starters played about 2/3 of their usual minutes and the Kingsmen had a 34 point with five minutes left.

Looks likes Kats and the Hens are up to their usual tricks, a sleepy non-conference start (which always does wonders for the national rep of the SCIAC) followed by a strong start to conference play.  That's a big win for them in the Temple of Doom.

[David Collinge]

Do Pomona and Claremont have separate gyms, or do they share one? 

While I'm thinking of the Claremont Colleges, is there one school per grouping that tends to provide the athletes, or is it a good mix?  That is, are the Pomona-Pitzer players typically Pomonans, Pitzerites, or a mixture?  Same question for CMS.

[Browneagle64]

While the sagehens maybe on a small hot streak (and did manage to beat the stags), i still say that Oxy takes this one away by about 10 pts. From the looks of it, if the boys in orange and black pick-up their slack on defense and do not commit to much turnovers, the tigers will walk away with a W.   

btw, Bob, Take it easy on the science and math geeks. We science and math geeks do know when to have fun.

[OXY Oswald]

Are my eyes going or did some of the colors on the board change? 

[David Collinge]

Are my eyes going or did some of the colors on the board change? 

[*whew*]
I thought it was just me...

[nwhoops1903]

Most of the CMS men's athletes come from Claremont McKenna College. Harvey Mudd College students tend to be science/math/social reject geeks. Scripps College is an all-girls school, so the only way a Scrippsie could make the CMS squad is if it's a guy who studied his balls off.
OxyBob
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Hilarious.  Quit your day job.

[Sabretooth Tiger]

Most of the CMS men's athletes come from Claremont McKenna College. Harvey Mudd College students tend to be science/math/social reject geeks. Scripps College is an all-girls school, so the only way a Scrippsie could make the CMS squad is if it's a guy who studied his balls off.
OxyBob

Hilarious.  Quit your day job.
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This is his day job.