Top 25 talk

[Ralph Turner]

That's where the metric foot comes back to bite you. Or kick you.

Iamb truly sorry I made that error. 

  At least you didn't try to "Mae West" yourself out of that one.

(That one is so old, I may need to expalin it.  )

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[David Collinge]

That's where the metric foot comes back to bite you. Or kick you.

Iamb truly sorry I made that error. 

  At least you didn't try to "Mae West" yourself out of that one.

(That one is so old, I may need to expalin it.  )

http://www.flatfiverecords.com/live/maewest/

But, the Mae West joke doesn't work so well when you're talking about a man who is six feet five inches, does it?   

[Ralph Turner]

That's where the metric foot comes back to bite you. Or kick you.

Iamb truly sorry I made that error. 

  At least you didn't try to "Mae West" yourself out of that one.

(That one is so old, I may need to expalin it.  )

http://www.flatfiverecords.com/live/maewest/

But, the Mae West joke doesn't work so well when you're talking about a man who is six feet five inches, does it?   

8)

But we were talking about Wooster, weren't we?

[David Collinge]

Had to smite you for that one, Ralph.   

And no, I'm not glad to see you, that IS a roll of dimes in my pocket.

[Ralph Turner]

I apologize! 

[David Collinge]

 

In the meantime, and in spite of any anatomical deficiencies they may have, Wooster is not having much trouble with OWU.  The Scots are leading by 14 about 6 minutes into the 2nd.  The Scots are shooting well over 60% for the game.

[Ralph Turner]

Had to smite you for that one, Ralph.   

And no, I'm not glad to see you, that IS a roll of dimes in my pocket.

That was a strong smite!  I haven't been able to access the d3sports (Posting up) server  consistently since I posted that!

[ziggy]

Calvin takes down #3 Albion today

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  #2 Wooster 103  Ohio Wesleyan 94
Playing without Tom Port, Wooster still gets the win over the Bishops.  James Cooper picked up the slack with a career high 37 points for Wooster, Tim Vandervaart had 15 points and Kyle Witucky chipped in 11 points.

Wooster is now 16-1, 8-0 in NCAC. 

GO SCOTS!!

[augie_superfan]

#13 North Central     79
#9   Augustana         85

[titanhammer]

Wooscotsfan or other NCAC followers:  a few years ago, I was able to make it out to Ohio and witness Kenyon (coached by former teammate of mine, David Kunka) host Dennison.  Dennison won the game going away.  While I was impressed with the swimming banners at Kenyon, I can safely say that my high school team was better than the Kenyon team I watched.

My question is this, how is the overall talent level of the conference this year?  Will Wooster and Witt be challenged by anyone this year other than each other?  Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

[smedindy]

The talent is better, Kenyon, Denison, and Hiram are all improving, though the records may not show it the talent is better. Wabash, OWU and Earlham are all pretty tough teams to face. But no one is near Witt and Wooster, because they seem to get better as the rest get better.

[David Collinge]

My question is this, how is the overall talent level of the conference this year?  Will Wooster and Witt be challenged by anyone this year other than each other?  Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

If by "challenged" you mean "challenged for the conference title," then the answer is 'no.'  But both teams have already been "challenged;" Wooster had to go to OT to beat Earlham, and Allegheny gave Witt fits just this afternoon, losing by 5.  Last year Ohio Wesleyan took Wooster to OT, and Denison actually beat Witt in 2OT.  So the challenge is there, but over the long haul, teams like Wabash, Earlham, OWU, and Denison are playing for third place.

[titanhammer]

Smedindy, did you attend the IWU/Wabash game where IWU won by 12?  If so, how do you think Wabash played that game?

[wooscotsfan]

titanhammer - David's answer is a good one that Wooster and Wittenberg are still clearly at the top of the NCAC but usually being challenged a couple of games per year by other teams.

Still, the last time that Wooster lost to a NCAC opponent other than Wittenberg was in February 2002 against Wabash.

Having said that, Wooster still plays Earlham, Wabash and at Ohio Wesleyan once more before the end of this regular season, plus a very tough road game vs. Witt.  Wooster could very easily lose any of those four games particularly if Tom Port, Wooster's best player, misses all of them with his fractured nonshooting wrist and if Wooster's outside shooting is cold on a particular night.  Current prognosis is that Tom Port will hopefully return in 3 to 6 weeks.