MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[DPU3619]

Pretty good soundbyte from Mac Petty at my station (WTHR, NBC affiliate- Indy) tonight.  He was asked what his fondest memory was in his career.  Said it was beating DePauw for program win #1,000. 

Good to see Indy media pick that up and actually send a photographer to cover it.  That's something I harp on a lot around here...

[wally_wabash]

Pretty good soundbyte from Mac Petty at my station (WTHR, NBC affiliate- Indy) tonight.  He was asked what his fondest memory was in his career.  Said it was beating DePauw for program win #1,000. 

I remember it well.  That was an awesome, awesome night at Chadwick.  Is that airing tonight, Wes?  I'd like to find a space on the dvr for that coverage. 

In other hoops news...OWU leads Wooster 28-27 at halftime.  OWU is the more aggressive side by far.  The Scots look like tight to me...but they are down just 1.  The Scots can definitely tidy up their game for the last 20 minutes and get this done. 

[smedindy]

That 4/5 game is going to be intense, no matter who draws Hiram.

[wooscotsfan]

Final: Wooster 81  Ohio Wesleyan 72

Congratulations to Wooster on winning its 7th Straight NCAC title!

Wooster's top scorers:  Ian Franks 25, Bryan Wickliffe 17, Justin Hallowell 15, Nathan Balch 12

Ohio Wesleyan's top scorers:  Andy Winters 24, Marshall Morris 13, Tim Brady 11, Greg White 11

Wooster is now 23-2, 14-2 NCAC  

[wally_wabash]

If DC's math is correct, Tuesday's quarters are set:

(8) Allegheny @ (1) Wooster 7:30 p.m.
(5) Hiram @ (4) OWU 6:00 p.m.

(7) Denison @ (2) Witt 7:30 p.m.
(6) Kenyon @ (3) Wabash 7:30 p.m.

[wally_wabash]

Very cool matchups for this Tuesday.  How about those lower seeds? 

- We know that Allegheny is capable of playing Wooster to the buzzer
- Denison is chilly right now, but they've drawn an equally frosty Wittenberg
- Hiram might be the hottest basketball team on the planet right now
- Kenyon has played Wabash well twice this season

No gimmes in round 1 for any of the host teams.  Tuesday night is going to be a blast. 

[David Collinge]

The one solace is that as a Witt fan I'd much rather face OWU in the semis (pending a first round victory) than Wabash.

Uh oh, I have some bad news for you, ghs.....

Final standings:
1.  Wooster 14-2 (23-2)
2.  Wittenberg 13-3 (17-7)
3t. Wabash 11-5 (19-5)
3t. OWU 11-5 (15-10)
5.  Hiram 8-8 (14-11)
6t. Kenyon 5-11 (9-15)
6t. Denison 5-11 (8-17)
8.  Allegheny 4-12 (7-18)
9.  Oberlin 1-15 (2-23)

Congratulations to Wooster on their seventh consecutive outright conference championship! 

OWU is the only school which earned the right to host a doubleheader on Tuesday.  Witt accomplished that feat every year of their conference membership until '08-'09, but the women have now finished 5th in two of the past three seasons (they were the regular season champions last season.)  Wooster's women's team finished 8th, and Wabash does not have a women's team.  The women's host schools will be Denison (who, in case you haven't noticed, finished the regular season with a 25-0 record), OWU, Allegheny, and Kenyon

[woosterbooster]

Very cool matchups for this Tuesday.  How about those lower seeds? 

- We know that Allegheny is capable of playing Wooster to the buzzer
- Denison is chilly right now, but they've drawn an equally frosty Wittenberg
- Hiram might be the hottest basketball team on the planet right now
- Kenyon has played Wabash well twice this season

No gimmes in round 1 for any of the host teams.  Tuesday night is going to be a blast. 

I respectfully disagree.  I see no problems for any of the home teams save OWU; I'd make that game a pick'em.  Now, once we get to the Final Four, at that point I see a crap-shoot.  Wooster, rolling the bones in their home alley, will bring the biggest bankroll, but anyone might walk off with the loot.

[WAlum]

Very cool matchups for this Tuesday.  How about those lower seeds? 

- We know that Allegheny is capable of playing Wooster to the buzzer
- Denison is chilly right now, but they've drawn an equally frosty Wittenberg
- Hiram might be the hottest basketball team on the planet right now
- Kenyon has played Wabash well twice this season

No gimmes in round 1 for any of the host teams.  Tuesday night is going to be a blast. 

I respectfully disagree.  I see no problems for any of the home teams save OWU; I'd make that game a pick'em.  Now, once we get to the Final Four, at that point I see a crap-shoot.  Wooster, rolling the bones in their home alley, will bring the biggest bankroll, but anyone might walk off with the loot.

I agree 100% WoosterBooster.  3 easy wins and the OWU/Hiram game is a toss-up.

[pennstghs]

Looks like we're headed for a Wittenberg/Wabash semifinal which essentially could be a play in game for the NCAA tournament in all likelihood. Also, Wooster vs I"m going to go out on a limb and say Hiram, which could be interesting.

Still disappointed in yesterday's loss to Hiram, but I feel bad for Denison on Tuesday as I can't imagine Witt will be in any mood to feel gracious at all

[ScotsFan]

Still disappointed in yesterday's loss to Hiram, but I feel bad for Denison on Tuesday as I can't imagine Witt will be in any mood to feel gracious at all

I imagined Witt would show up with that mood yesterday after losing to Wabash.  Obviously, Witt's mood was pretty gracious towards Hiram.      

IMO, Brown has some work to do to repair the psyche of his team before Tuesday.

[WAlum]

Still disappointed in yesterday's loss to Hiram, but I feel bad for Denison on Tuesday as I can't imagine Witt will be in any mood to feel gracious at all

I imagined Witt would show up with that mood yesterday after losing to Wabash.  Obviously, Witt's mood was pretty gracious towards Hiram.      

IMO, Brown has some work to do to repair the psyche of his team before Tuesday.

A witt fan told me last night "1 game lead with 2 games to go and you lose both and dont win the conference, CHOKE."   I dont understand witt not being ready to play yesterday.

[wally_wabash]

Very cool matchups for this Tuesday.  How about those lower seeds? 

- We know that Allegheny is capable of playing Wooster to the buzzer
- Denison is chilly right now, but they've drawn an equally frosty Wittenberg
- Hiram might be the hottest basketball team on the planet right now
- Kenyon has played Wabash well twice this season

No gimmes in round 1 for any of the host teams.  Tuesday night is going to be a blast. 

I respectfully disagree.  I see no problems for any of the home teams save OWU; I'd make that game a pick'em.  Now, once we get to the Final Four, at that point I see a crap-shoot.  Wooster, rolling the bones in their home alley, will bring the biggest bankroll, but anyone might walk off with the loot.

I agree 100% WoosterBooster.  3 easy wins and the OWU/Hiram game is a toss-up.

That's certainly a possibility.  I was just pointing out that all of the lower seeded teams have shown themselves to be capable of hanging around or even beating those teams that you'll assume have easy wins on Tuesday.  LIkely?  Maybe not...but I think we've seen enough surprising results out of the league this season to just assume anybody is going to win their game. 

[wooscotsfan]

Link to the Wooster Daily Record article on the 7th consecutive NCAC title for the Scots: http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/article/4984632

[smedindy]

Very cool matchups for this Tuesday.  How about those lower seeds? 

- We know that Allegheny is capable of playing Wooster to the buzzer
- Denison is chilly right now, but they've drawn an equally frosty Wittenberg
- Hiram might be the hottest basketball team on the planet right now
- Kenyon has played Wabash well twice this season

No gimmes in round 1 for any of the host teams.  Tuesday night is going to be a blast. 

I respectfully disagree.  I see no problems for any of the home teams save OWU; I'd make that game a pick'em.  Now, once we get to the Final Four, at that point I see a crap-shoot.  Wooster, rolling the bones in their home alley, will bring the biggest bankroll, but anyone might walk off with the loot.

I agree 100% WoosterBooster.  3 easy wins and the OWU/Hiram game is a toss-up.

Chickens. Don't count 'em. This could be the year the lower seeds make a huge ol' omelet.