MBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Buzz]

sure hopin to Caves - just waitin till 10 to see how this all shakes out.

[BUBeaverFan]

Great for the HCAC both Defiance and Anderson make the field!

Defiance vs. UW-Whitewater at Wooster
Anderson vs. St. Thomas at Carthage

[altor]

And they're on opposite halves of the bracket too.

Might we see an all-HCAC championship?   

[dc_has_been]

DC and Anderson draw tough first round match ups.  Both are winnable games so hopefully both teams bring their A game and move forward.  It won't be to far of a drive for Anderson faithful to head to Kenosha, WI (roughly 4 1/2 hr drive) for their game and the same for DC to Wooster (little over 2 1/2 hour drive). 
Hopefully DC's fan base goes out their in full support.  That could benefit them b/c Whitewater has a lot farther to travel for the game. 

[zander]

Good luck to Anderson and Defiance.

[BUBeaverFan]

Anderson gets to try their hand at stopping the 10 man rotation of the Tommies.  The Tommies can get a little helter skelter in their attempts to wear opponents down but they are very, very good at what they do.  Defiance will be faced with a very physical team in Whitewater.  Patience and poise is needed to not overreact to the aggressive and physical approach that Whitewater brings to the game.  Go Ravens! Go Yellowjackets!  (Yes, go Yellowjackets from a Beaver fan).  Defiance vs. Guilford down the road would be an interesting matchup.

[Jackets Backer]

Anderson gets to try their hand at stopping the 10 man rotation of the Tommies.  The Tommies can get a little helter skelter in their attempts to wear opponents down but they are very, very good at what they do.  Defiance will be faced with a very physical team in Whitewater.  Patience and poise is needed to not overreact to the aggressive and physical approach that Whitewater brings to the game.  Go Ravens! Go Yellowjackets!  (Yes, go Yellowjackets from a Beaver fan).  Defiance vs. Guilford down the road would be an interesting matchup.

Early word I've heard on Whitewater too is they're really physical Not exactly easy first rounders for the HCAC pair. Jackets should have good following to Wooster since it's only 3 hours away. Looking ahead to the Palombo-DC matchup ... good catch for Beaver fan. I think a lot of DC folks noticed that when the brackets were released. The Jackets would have to pull off a couple of upsets to get there though.

The Anderson-Tommies game could be interesting. AU likes to run a bit as well, but aren't 10 deep. May we see a game in the 90s or 100s?

[BUBeaverFan]

The Tommies would probably love a game to get to the 90 plus range.  As their opponent, if you choose to go that route you have to be very confident in your perimeter shooting to try and match theirs.  If the DC-Whitewater game gets a quick early whistle is can potentially force the Warhawks to back off a little and give DC some breathing room to do what they do well. Go HCAC!


BTW:  I like the sound of Beaver Fan, maybe after AT's career is done at Wash U I can switch my username to that. Of course when the next nephew gets to college I'll have to root for that team, whoever it might be. 

[Jackets Backer]

The Ravens like to pitch it in from the perimeter. Riddle can really stroke it and their inside guys aren't afraid to hoist from behind the 3-line.

Curious if anyone else knows much about Whitewater or has seen them play? Isn't March Madness great? DC had a gathering this morning to watch the Selection Show on a big screen. It's going to be a fun week, can't wait till Friday.

[AUStudent]

we are going dancing

Go Ravens and go HCAC!

[Buzz]

wow, hard to understand the latest top-25 poll. i know it is of little importance at this point, but how did defiance not pass anderson in the poll? jackets have the better record, have 2 wins over the ravens in their last 2 meetings, higher regional ranking...again, not a big deal at this point, just a head scratcher to me and it sure woulda been nice to see DC in the top-25. no reason to focus on that though and spoil the postseason mood!

[Jackets Backer]

No doubt Buzz. I wonder if the coaches and people that vote were busy over the weekend with their minds on the Tournament. Hard to figure but aren't polls usually that way. I don't put much stock into them. I don't give a hoot, although it would've been nice to see DC get in the Top 25. Bigger things to worry about and that's a very good and physical Whitewater team on Friday in Wooster.

[tommiegun]

The Tommies would probably love a game to get to the 90 plus range. 

This is absolutely not true.  The Toms have always been a helter skelter defensive force and will run when they force turnovers.  However, most of the time they are fairly methodical on offense and look to work the clock.  (The reasoning is, "let's limit your positions because we know that a fair amount of them are going to end in a turnover")

My guess is a game in the mid 70's.  I'd put very good money on the first to 80 wins.

[Buzz]

off topic a bit...but HCAC awards announced today

Coach of the Year - Slyder, Anderson
Player of the Year - Sales, Defiance
Freshman of the Year - Meyer, Transylvania

Congrats to all. Personally, I would have voted Miller (HC), Sales (DC) and Nowicki (HC). I'm most surprised by Meyer...not to diss him at all, because he had a fine year on a good team but there were several good rookies and I would have thought Wolfrum and Nowicki would have netted more votes. Regardless, those three and Gunner Erwin of Franklin should all have very good collegiate careers and it will be fun watching them expand their roles next year.

[AUStudent]

Slyder has completely turned AU around and won the regular season title, easy choice IMO.