MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[warriorfan]

I've got my fingers crossed that Otterbein used it all up playing Trinity.  Hendrix has looked great so far.......I guess we'll see what happens Monday evening.  Coach Priest and Coach McCracken are doing a great job with the team.  We will probably give them a run for the money.

[Herb]

Any more insight to the Trinity-Otterbein game?  Did Otterbein just shoot the ball very well or was the Trinity defense not there? 

Any Southwestern fans out there?  What's the word from Georgetown, TX?

Retired52,
It's good to hear you survived the hurricane.  You missed a hell of a party in Holdenville this summer. 

[Rose Basketball]

Saturday, Nov. 26th

[Rose-Hulman 57, Blackburn 52

Engineers (2-2)
Beavers (0-4)

http://www.rose-hulman.edu/sports/mbasket/06stats/06mbb04.htm

[Herb]

What is the story with Ross Burt?  His name was not in the box score against the California Institute of Technology. 

[Fan of the Game]

Herb,

In the Trinity vs Otterbein game, Trinity's perimeter defence was not tight enough.  On top of that, Otterbein, after shooting 54% from 3 pt range in the first half, came back in the second half and shot 71% on 3's.  For the game they went 12-20 on 3's.  The next night against Southwestern, they cooled down considerably shooting 6% (1-17) on 3's. 

Ross burt has a sprained right thumb.  He didn't play against Cal Tech but hopes to play in the Southwestern game this Thursday.  Also on the injured list is Brandon York, who rolled his ankle in the Cal Tech game.  My guess is that he will not play Thursday. 

[snowbird]

Let's recap the SCAC...we will start at the top:  SOUTHWESTERN- The Pirates have a lot of people back...so far they are 3-2. An interesting stat, their five opponents have combined for 5 wins so far as per d3hoops.  TRINITY-The Tigers are 4-1 & will be facing SW Pirates early on.  CENTRE-The Colonels have 3 wins and one quality loss.  DEPAUW-2 wins With 2 quality losses...the big surprise Who would have thought that the famous actor/producer Michael Moore could find happiness in th SCAC? But that freshman rotund wonder has turning in some impressine #'s. I'm talking box scores not box office...averagingover 15 pts & 7 assist the last three games.  OGLETHORPE- 2 wins/2 quality losses.  ROSE-HULMAN- two & two   HENDRIX-After going 5-19 last year they started out 3-0, but bumped into Otterbien tonight to pickup 1st loss. Otterbein isn't bad.  RHODES plays Rust tonight, they will lose I predict to get their 1st loss. They started out 5-0 (do not adjust your set/that is correct Rhodes 5-0) before my predicted loss tonight.  MILLSAP-The Majors have 4 wins (not a Principa or Messenger in the lot) and one quality loss.  SEWANEE- 3-1...the good news is that they are averging 96 pts per game...the bad news is their opponents are averaging 97 ppg. Sewanee has been absent 3rd year starter jr pg Chris Eddy who pulled a muscle before the season began.  O.K., so I took a few cheap shots. Pay me back in spades if you like, but fill in the missing spots. A smiley face for the 1st one to correctly guess which school I support.

[carlweathers]

Lets move the SCAC discussion back to the SCAC board.  Their aren't enough posters for one board, let alone two. 

Interesting post by Snowbird. 

Not sure if I am ready to call a home loss to Averett by Oglethorpe a quality loss.

The DePauw frosh is putting up some numbers.  They have a long history of good freshman point guards starting.  Mike Howland, Robert Davis, Joey Hanger.  Now, only one did it for four years. 

Interesting inside info on Eddy and the pulled muscle.  He is a really good player.  They will need him.

[Herb]

Fan of the Game,
Do you think Trinity just ran into a buzzsaw with Otterbein shooting the ball that well from the three point line?  Or was it a product of bad defense?  If it was bad defense, did Southwestern do a better job defending or did Otterbein just shoot poorly?

Since you have seen both teams play, can you provide some analysis/predictions for Thursday's game?

[Herb]

Carl,
Your knowledge of SCAC history amazes me.  It has got to be difficult to follow the SCAC from your present position just as it is for me.  We need more posters to help us old timers keep up with the current SCAC.

[Fan of the Game]

Herb,

I watched the first half of the Otterbein/Southwestern game.  Otterbein was getting open shots from 3 point range but they just were not going in the basket.  My conclusion is that they shot well above average against Trinity and way below against Southwestern.  All that said, Trinity needs to tighten up their perimeter defense.  Knowing Coach Cunningham, that should happen. 

[Herb]

In the past Trinity has been a pretty good defensive team.  Of course when you have an enforcer like Sean Devins behind you it is easier to get up and pressure the ball because you know if you get beat there is a pretty good second line of defense.  We will see if they can still apply that pressure without Devins.  Lets hope Coach Cunningham and the boys get the defensive pressure amped up for Thursday night. 

[Fan of the Game]

Herb,

Trinity vs Southwestern game predition:  it will be a great game as usual.  The rivalry between these two teams is fun to watch.  If Ross Burt plays and is close to 100%, I give Trinity a good chance to win at home.  If he doen't play, Andy Bates will need to shoot the basketball more that his usual 12 shots per game.  It doesn't sound like Brandon York will play and that will hurt Trinity in the off guard spot.  Brandon can really shoot the ball.  

[evacuee]

So does Trinity look pretty different this year?  My guess is that they have to move the ball around quite a bit more since they have no height advantage.  I did see that they have a 6-7 guy on the roster.  Is he playing much?

Are there any guys that are contributing this year that didn't get any minutes last year?

[frank_ezelle]

Your prediction on the Rhodes-Rust game was correct.  Rust won at home 78-72.  I've been to a couple of games on the Rust campus and they are tough at home, not because of one-sided officiating but because it is a small, intimate gym and they get a lot of student support.

Millsaps and Rhodes have had two common opponents for what it's worth.  Millsaps won at home against Rust by 1 and Rhodes lost at Rust by 6.  Millsaps beat Dallas on the road by 3 and Rhodes won at home over Dallas by 6.  It sound like Rhodes and Millsaps are fairly even at this point.  What are the other results against common opponents so far this year? 

As for your school, I hope you are from DePauw.  If not, then you are delving too deep into SCAC box scores with that stat about Michael Moore--I hear that all he can do is score from the left side of the court and that he is totally ineffective from the right--what else would you expect from a player named Michael Moore.

[Ron Boerger]

Great to see the SCAC talk so early in the season.  I went ahead and merged the two SCAC topics.  Should be a good game between Southwestern and TU on Thursday nite!