MBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

Shouldbeworking · January 25, 2018, 02:25:54 PM

Two interesting games last night!!
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Expected a duel between Rose's size and MSJ's speed, stats seem to bear that out. Any eyewitness reports?

Probably said and heard all I need to about Transy/Hanover on the long drive home.

Off to Terre Haute Saturday!

hotdawg · January 26, 2018, 08:40:52 AM

Hanover with 6 straight Ws... including blowing out MSJ on the road and whipping Transy at home Wednesday by almost 40. It's clear HC is playing their best ball of the season... dare I say they are playing better now than we even saw last year? It's gonna be an interesting race down the stretch in the HCAC!

Smitty Oom · January 27, 2018, 11:14:13 AM

Quote from: hotdawg on January 26, 2018, 08:40:52 AM
Hanover with 6 straight Ws... including blowing out MSJ on the road and whipping Transy at home Wednesday by almost 40. It's clear HC is playing their best ball of the season... dare I say they are playing better now than we even saw last year? It's gonna be an interesting race down the stretch in the HCAC!

Their have some great wins in their against the other top dogs in the HCAC. Too bad they stumbled right away, taking most chances of their Pool C bid away.

I was going to ask who everyone think has the best shot to take the regular season championship at this point in the season? I think I have to go Hanover, but don't feel great about. What do the elite HCAC minds have to say?

FCGrizzliesGrad · January 27, 2018, 11:39:38 AM

At this point I have no idea. Any of the top 4 is capable of beating one another. If you had asked a couple weeks ago I'd have said MSJ, Transy, Hanover, Rose in that order.
Rose: 3-1; Hanover 2-2; MSJ: 2-2; Transy: 1-3
12/6 Hanover @ Transy 95-81
12/6 MSJ @ Rose 84-68
12/9 Rose @ Transy 81-75
1/3 Rose @ Hanover 71-69
1/10 MSJ @ Transy 73-64
1/17 Hanover @ MSJ 64-41
1/24 Transy @ Hanover 93-56
1/24 Rose @ MSJ 66-61

The only loss not to each other
1/13 Bluffton @ Rose 73-70

Smitty Oom · January 27, 2018, 12:10:05 PM

Of course the team with the best record against the "Big Four," Rose, is the only team to take a loss from the lower tier of teams. Just seems to be that kind of a year. A step down from the IIAC and WIAC, but the HCAC will be a fun conference race to watch dow the stretch, as Hanover last year showed one of these tams can do some damage in the NCAA tourney!

hotdawg · January 27, 2018, 03:06:16 PM

1) Hanover, 2) MSJ, 3) Transy, 4) Rose

FCGrizzliesGrad · January 27, 2018, 05:26:09 PM

Day of exciting games in the HCAC...
Hanover with a last second basket to beat Bluffton by 1
MSJ hits a 3 with 10 seconds left to beat Manchester by 1
Rose holds on to beat Transy by 1
Earlham with a "blowout" of Anderson by 7
Franklin leads Defiance mid 2nd half by 8

Fifth and Putnam · January 27, 2018, 06:02:34 PM

Rose-Hulman has impressed me the most this season. They had a disastrous start to the year and here they are in the thick of the title race. They easily could have hung their heads early, but used the switch over to conference play as a blank slate and here they are.

FCGrizzliesGrad · January 31, 2018, 09:24:48 PM

Bluffton upsets MSJ 66-64
Rose completes the season sweep of Hanover 68-66 in OT and takes sole possession of 1st place
Manchester outlasts Franklin 98-96.
Transy and Anderson with blowouts of Earlham and Defiance

Rose is now 11-2 and has a 1 game lead over Hanover and MSJ, Transy is a further game back
Bluffton alone in 5th at 6-7 with Anderson and Franklin tied for the last tourney spot a game behind.
Earlham, Manchester, Defiance round out the list with 4, 3, and 2 wins.

Smitty Oom · February 06, 2018, 11:06:00 PM

http://www.d3hoops.com/columns/around-the-region/greatlakes/2017-18/hcac-rivals-alopecia

Fun article! Hoping they both have a great time before, during and after the game.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 07, 2018, 05:44:49 PM

Men's first regional rankings this season: http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/02/men-regional-rankings-first

FCGrizzliesGrad · February 07, 2018, 11:41:47 PM

Just when you think things are starting to sort themselves out... Franklin knocks off RHIT and we're back to a three way tie for first with Rose, Mount, and Hanover all 12-3 in conference play.
Franklin has really started to come together as the year has progressed. Lots of underclassmen that will be around for a while so they could be a threat in a year or two.

FCGrizzliesGrad · February 10, 2018, 06:26:08 PM

Two games left in the regular season and there's a 3 way tie for both 1st and 5th.

Rose-Hulman 2-0 Hanover
Mount St Joseph 1-1 Rose-Hulman
Hanover 1-0 Mount St Joseph (play Wed @ Hanover)

Transylvania most likely will get the 4 seed but not locked in yet.

Franklin 2-0 Anderson
Anderson 2-0 Bluffton
Bluffton 1-0 Franklin (play Sat @ Bluffton)

Earlham, Manchester and Defiance have been eliminated from top 6 contention.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 14, 2018, 02:04:22 PM

Week 2 Regional Rankings are out: http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/02/men-regional-rankings-second

FCGrizzliesGrad · February 14, 2018, 10:21:14 PM

MSJ beats Hanover by 2 coupled with Rose losing to Anderson gives Mount the simple scenario of win on Saturday @ Earlham and lock up the 1 seed.
Hanover and Rose-Hulman both 1 game back but the top 3 are facing the bottom 3 in the standings so in theory nothing should change at the top.

Anderson's upset of Rose coupled with losses by Bluffton and Franklin mean the Ravens will be in the conference tournament while Saturday's Franklin @ Bluffton game becomes a play-in game.