MBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

Darryl Nester · February 05, 2011, 05:33:40 PM

Franklin beats AU in overtime, 94-91.

cave2bens · February 05, 2011, 05:52:33 PM

Well, I was almost ready to echo a familiar refrain from the NCAC lower division - thank goodness for the Quakers but I might not be quite so quick to rule them out vs DC on Wednesday night. Have to believe that when folks along US 24 were wishing a meltdown, it was aimed at excessive snows - not Yellow Jacket woes

zander · February 05, 2011, 06:37:30 PM

Looking at the remaining games for Anderson, Hanover, and Manchester (all with 3 losses currently) any predictions on who has the toughest road to winning out and taking 1st place in the conference?:
Anderson has to beat:
Bluffton, Rose Hulman, Transy, and Manchester on the road and finish up with Hanover at HOME.
Hanover has to beat Franklin (their rival) at Franklin, then two HOME games against Earlham and RH, and finish up with a big game against Anderson at Anderson-
Manchester has 3 HOME games against Bluffton, Anderson and Transy with a trip to Franklin thrown in there.

At a quick glance, it looks like Anderson has the toughest row to hoe but it's anyone's conference to win or lose. Should be an exciting February in the Heartland Conf.

BUBeaverFan · February 07, 2011, 09:29:04 PM

Beavers can't overcome a bad shooting night at lose to Anderson 86-78. Beavers trailed by 45-19 at the half and closed the gap to 6 but could get no closer.

dc_has_been · February 09, 2011, 11:03:07 AM

Quote from: zander on February 05, 2011, 06:37:30 PM
Looking at the remaining games for Anderson, Hanover, and Manchester (all with 3 losses currently) any predictions on who has the toughest road to winning out and taking 1st place in the conference?:
Anderson has to beat:
Bluffton, Rose Hulman, Transy, and Manchester on the road and finish up with Hanover at HOME.
Hanover has to beat Franklin (their rival) at Franklin, then two HOME games against Earlham and RH, and finish up with a big game against Anderson at Anderson-
Manchester has 3 HOME games against Bluffton, Anderson and Transy with a trip to Franklin thrown in there.

At a quick glance, it looks like Anderson has the toughest row to hoe but it's anyone's conference to win or lose. Should be an exciting February in the Heartland Conf.
The thing is, it is a bummer that the team who wins the conference is not a lock for the automatic bid. It will be who wins the HCAC tourny and I don't think that helps the host whether it's Andersson, Hanover or Manchester.

zander · February 09, 2011, 12:52:58 PM

Early in the season I thought it wouldn't matter who hosted the tourney, but after watching the Panthers crash and burn on a 3 game road stretch, it might REALLY benefit them to play the tourney in Hanover- It's going to be a hard fought battle no matter what-

Picks for tonight:

Hanover
Anderson
Bluffton
Defiance
Transy

cave2bens · February 10, 2011, 12:59:34 AM

Ah, the losing streak comes to an end and it's quarter drafts at Kistners' for the DC faithful. Congrats, YJs!

What an interesting ten days ahead and a total, jumbled rumble for the relished, "congeniality" slot - it's "fish or cut bait time" for DC if they want to lace'm up after the 19th. Then, the question of "hosting" somewhere along an eastern Indiana corridor (probably the "safest bet in the HCAC" at present).

"We're in the cast from week to week - hoping for the chance to speak..."

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/96/96pmono.phtml

BUBeaverFan · February 10, 2011, 06:43:33 AM

Beavers go 0-3 against the top 3 to leave themselves in precarious position for earning a conference tourney spot. With Anderson, Hanover, Manchester and Transylvania having clinched conference tourney spots it leaves, Bluffton, Defiance, Franklin and Rose-Hulman battling for the last 2 spots.

Bluffton @ Rose-Hulman, vs. Defiance, @ Earlham
Defiance @ MSJ, @ Bluffton, vs. Franklin
Franklin vs. Manchester, @ MSJ, @ Defiance
Rose-Hulman vs. Bluffton, @ Hanover, vs. MSJ

Should make for an exciting last few games. Go Beavers!

dc_has_been · February 10, 2011, 12:47:40 PM

Well, at least DC broke their losing streak with a dominant win with a lot of different players getting to participate. Hopefully they can win out and have a shot getting the 6 seed in the HCAC tournament. It won't be easy having to go to Bluffton and play IMO, an underated Franklin team. I'm not trying to overlook MSJ, but I find the last two as more of a challenge.
Bluffton will have a two tough ones as well playing at RHIT and then Defiance (depending which team shows).
Franklin and RHIT both have to play some tough competion as well. I 'm going with RHIT locking down the 5 and 6 up for grabs.....for now.

Darryl Nester · February 12, 2011, 04:43:54 PM

Beavers lose their fourth straight to RHIT. Rose has clinched a spot in the top 5, leaving Bluffton, Defiance, and Franklin fighting for #6.

Bluffton stands at 7-9 in the conference.

Defiance (having just lost to MSJ, 56-55) slipped to 6-10.

In the first half, Franklin -- currently 6-9 -- trails Manchester ~~(@MC)~~ 20-36.
(edit: Franklin is at home vs. MC; the score is 26-40 at the half.)

dc_has_been · February 12, 2011, 05:10:09 PM

Quote from: dc_has_been on February 10, 2011, 12:47:40 PM
Well, at least DC broke their losing streak with a dominant win with a lot of different players getting to participate. Hopefully they can win out and have a shot getting the 6 seed in the HCAC tournament. It won't be easy having to go to Bluffton and play IMO, an underated Franklin team. I'm not trying to overlook MSJ, but I find the last two as more of a challenge.
Bluffton will have a two tough ones as well playing at RHIT and then Defiance (depending which team shows).
Franklin and RHIT both have to play some tough competion as well. I 'm going with RHIT locking down the 5 and 6 up for grabs.....for now.

My bad!

BUBeaverFan · February 12, 2011, 05:44:48 PM

Bluffton (7-9) vs. Defiance, @ Earlham
Defiance (6-10) @Bluffton, vs. Franklin
Franklin (6-10) @ MSJ, @ Defiance

Big game at Founder's Hall on Wednesday night.

Darryl Nester · February 12, 2011, 06:23:21 PM

AU beat TU to round out today's action. Here are the complete standings, remaining games, and a table of final standings. (The percents represent the fraction of the 2¹⁰=1024 possible outcomes that lead to each team being in each position.)

Team	Overall	Home	Away	Remaining Games
Manchester	13-3	7-0	6-3	vs. AU, vs. TU
Hanover	13-3	8-0	5-3	vs. RHIT, @ AU
Anderson	12-4	7-1	5-3	@ MC, vs. HC
Transylvania	10-6	7-2	3-4	@ EC, @ MC
Rose-Hulman	10-6	7-1	3-5	@ HC, vs. MSJ
Bluffton	7-9	5-3	2-6	vs. DC, @ EC
Defiance	6-10	4-4	2-6	@ BU, vs. FC
Franklin	6-10	4-5	2-5	@ MSJ, @ DC
Mount St. Joseph	3-13	2-6	1-7	vs. FC, @ RHIT
Earlham	0-16	0-7	0-9	vs. TU, vs. BU

Team	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10
Hanover	40.62%	40.62%	18.75%	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Manchester	34.38%	34.38%	31.25%	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Anderson	25.00%	25.00%	46.88%	3.12%	--	--	--	--	--	--
Transylvania	--	--	--	38.67%	61.33%	--	--	--	--	--
Rose-Hulman	--	--	3.12%	58.20%	38.67%	--	--	--	--	--
Bluffton	--	--	--	--	--	73.93%	23.24%	2.83%	--	--
Defiance	--	--	--	--	--	17.24%	40.53%	42.24%	--	--
Franklin	--	--	--	--	--	8.84%	36.23%	54.93%	--	--
Mount St. Joseph	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	100.00%	--
Earlham	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	100.00%

zander · February 12, 2011, 10:52:55 PM

Congrats to Hanover on a good win today-

Would like to see Panthers finish strong at home against RH on Wed. and give Mitchell Myer a deserved tribute for being the lone senior on the squad this year. When he plays with energy, he sure is fun to watch.

Here's hoping the statistical breakdown posted above works out and Hanover gets to host!

zander · February 14, 2011, 09:15:59 AM

If there ends up a tie between 2 or more teams for first place- how is tournament location decided?