MBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Darryl Nester]

Ordinarily by this point, someone has posted the preseason poll (which was published a couple of weeks ago).  Since no one has done that yet, here it is, along with last year's results (hastily transcribed, so let me know if I made any mistakes):

	2013-14	2012-13
Team	Place / points (#1 votes)	Pick / Finish (record)
RHIT	1 / 87 (3)	2 / 1 (16-2)
Hanover	2 / 86 (4)	3 / 2 (14-4)
Defiance	3 / 78 (2)	4 / 4 (11-7)
MSJ	4 / 64	9 / 6 (8-10)
Transylvania	5 / 62 (1)	1 / 2 (14-4)
Franklin	6 / 43	5 / 5 (9-9)
Bluffton	7 / 48	6 / 7 (7-11)
Manchester	8 / 29	7 / 10 (1-17)
Anderson	9 / 23	8 / 7 (7-11)
Earlham	10 / 23	10 / 9 (3-15)

[sac]

checking scores, noticed the Wilmington/Transylvania game was suspended at halftime this past weekend.

http://d3hoops.com/teams/Transylvania/men/2013-14/index

Apparently the floor at Mt. St. Joseph became slippery and dangerous from condensation.  Both schools are looking to reschedule I guess.  Odd.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Looks like they've rescheduled it for Dec 1st

[dc_has_been]

Our preseason favorite unfortunately got beat by 20 last night.  I know WashU is a 20+ win team, but I am hoping it was a matter of them already having two games played and this being RHIT's first.  Just like in football for the HCAC, I want to see all our teams play very well in non conference action and then to suck it up in conference play when the play DC

[dc_has_been]

So far I am surprised that Hanover lost at home to Franklin the other night at Hanover and a little surprised with Transy's start.  Franklin always seems ready to play, but I was expecting Hanover could be a team that was not going to lose games where they are expected to win. 
I am happy with DC's start of course, but not liking their three close calls against teams that I thought were going to be bigger margins of defeat.  Maybe I am being too biased towards how good my Jackets are, but I guess we will really see as the league play gets going. 
MSJ looks like they are going to be a tough team to handle.  Their two losses are against some good teams and they score indicates that they were not blow outs.  Hopefully DC heads down their ready to battle!
Well, hopefully there will be more activity on this thread since league play has started or maybe I will be just posting to myself.  Either way, football is done in the HCAC and I need something to talk about HCAC sense.   

[7express]

According to an add promo I saw on Fox Sports Live this morning, the Manchester game vs. Butler this evening is on FOX Sports 1 at 8 PM Eastern for whoever gets that channel.

[dc_has_been]

According to an add promo I saw on Fox Sports Live this morning, the Manchester game vs. Butler this evening is on FOX Sports 1 at 8 PM Eastern for whoever gets that channel.

Thanks for the info!

[David Collinge]

Very cool to see Manchester featured on national TV, but I wish they could have been featured in uniforms that weren't quite so hideous.

[Ralph Turner]

Very cool to see Manchester featured on national TV, but I wish they could have been featured in uniforms that weren't quite so hideous.

Channel surfing... and then I saw the Manchester Butler game.


Who knows, maybe some kid will see Manchester and re-think D-3.  8 Butler points off turnovers.  Butler leads 20-12 with 11:21 in the first.

[dc_has_been]

It was cool to see Manchester on TV, but I don't know if seeing them lose that badly helped them with recruiting. 

[sac]

Play of the game was the kid from Butler trying a half court lob for a dunk that went in for 3.


Thought FOX did an ok job with the broadcast, didn't spend much time explaining D3 or Manchester's place in it though.  Would like to have heard some post-game comments from Manchester's coach or a player, just to hear their thoughts on playing at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

[dc_has_been]

DC drops their first game of the year to DI Oakland Griz.  They lost by 21, but still were able to play tough throughout the whole contest.  I was hoping that it was going to be closer, but still happy with how they played and did great on the boards. 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Hoopsville is back on the air tonight and starting the usual twice-a-week format. Tune in to hear from a number of coaches including Defiance's Kyle Brumett.

Show starts at 7 PM EST and Coach Brumett will be in the final thirty minutes of the program.

You can tune in here: www.d3hoopsville.com

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Thanks and enjoy the show!

[dc_has_been]

Well, if anyone passes by and is interested, the standings are:

Team                                          Conf. Losses for top four
Defiance                   8-2   13-4   RHIT at home, at Hanover
Rose-Hulman           8-2   13-4   at Transy, at Hanover
Mount St. Joseph   8-2   11-5   DC at home, at RHIT
Hanover                   7-3   11-6   Franklin at home, at MSJ, at DC
Franklin                   4-6   7-10
Transylvania           4-6   6-11
Anderson                   4-6   4-13
Manchester           3-7   4-13
Bluffton                   2-8   6-11
Earlham                   2-8   3-14

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It was a crazy week in basketball not only on the court, but off it as well. Pat Coleman joins me to talk about two interesting coaching moves and what the last two weeks of the regular season has in store for everyone.

We also will talk to Rose-Hulman MBB coach Jim Shaw along with the following guests:

- #25 Texas-Tyler WBB coach Kevin Baker
- Castleton State WBB coach Tim Barrett
- #7 Amherst MBB coach Dave Hixon
- Amherst super-fan Mike Wohl (we hope!)
- Baptist Bible MBB coach Mike Show
- #21 Randolph-Macon MBB coach Nathan Davis

Show starts at 7 PM EST and will run at least 2:30 tonight.

You can tune in here: www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2013-14/feb16

You can also follow us on social media
- Twitter (@d3hoopsville and #Hoopsville)
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Thanks and enjoy the show!