MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[earlhamalum]

pennstghs-  Reason 1000 why I can't stand Wittenberg.  "i dont think witt will have any problems as blunt as that sounds. we have no opponents to look ahead to"

Well for all i care, WiTT can look forward to the Wooster game and EC will come knock'n hard on Wittenberg Door on Wednesday.  GO EC

[wally_wabash]

Oooo...that would be a fun game to play.  "Reason #XXXX Why I Can't Stand Wittenberg".  We might have the most active board on the site if we tried that.   

[earlhamalum]

i'd be willing to give it a shot!

[smedindy]

I think Wabash and OWU will also give Witt something to look forward to...

[DenisonFan]

bishopsfan:
Maybe you should read the article that was posted in the Newark paper.

DIII players pplay because the "love the game".   So you are saying those juniors and seniors who have busted their buts for 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 seasons should sit down so some freshman can play? 

Come on?  I think there has to be something said for those guys that stick it out.  And if they are good enough they deserve the playing time.  And when those freshman are juniors and they are good enough they will be getting the playing time.  And hopefully the coach won't sit them so he can "build for the future".

I am pretty sure that is what should happen.   Ghiloni has no choice but play the younger guys.  4 juniors left.  That doesn't leave very many upperclassmen.

[sac]

This is an NCAC board and the regulars around here actually want more input from other teams, not less. So the Denison talk is a refreshing change from the pattern of Woo, Woo, Woo, 'Bash, Woo, Woo, Witt, Woo, Woo, Earlham in the past.

When does Wittenberg ever get talked about?

From what I've seen only when they play Wooster.  8)

Reason #1 I don't like Wittenberg.......its in Ohio!

Reason #2 I don't like Wittenberg.......ummm, I really don't since the last time Hope played Witt we turned the HPEC into a Hope home game by outdrawing their own fans and went to Salem in 1998 

[earlhamalum]

reason #3-   their Sh!t never stinks
reason #4-   W
reason #5-    I
reason  #6-   T
reason  #7-   T
reason  #8-   E
reason  #9-   N
reason  #10- B
reason  #11- E
reason  #12- R
reason  #13- G
reason  #14-  to many letters

[David Collinge]

This is an NCAC board and the regulars around here actually want more input from other teams, not less. So the Denison talk is a refreshing change from the pattern of Woo, Woo, Woo, 'Bash, Woo, Woo, Witt, Woo, Woo, Earlham in the past.

True, but as sac points out

When does Wittenberg ever get talked about?

From what I've seen only when they play Wooster.  8)

...which is true, and a real shame, in my view.  Then again, we don't exactly roll out the welcome mat for the Tiger Up folks:

Oooo...that would be a fun game to play.  "Reason #XXXX Why I Can't Stand Wittenberg".  We might have the most active board on the site if we tried that.   

Love 'em or hate 'em, they're the likely #1 team in the country as of today.  That alone is worth discussion.  We should be embarrassed to be the home board of the #1 ranked and winningest all-time program and have them come up in conversation usually in the context of how much we hate them.  I'm not laying blame here; I hardly expect fans of another program to take a conversational interest in Witt (if I did, I'd do it myself.)  And the few Witt posters who do show up from time to time are usually here and gone in a sentence (I'm thinking of Witt4Ever here.)  But we don't do much to encourage their participation, and I think that's too bad.

Just my 2c.

[billy_pilgrim]

Reasons why I like Wittenberg:

1. Mike and Rosy's Deli.....discussed at length earlier in the season

2. Easiest, and shortest, NCAC trip from Richmond

3. (Former?) radio personality Scott Leo

[ScotsFan]

I think the lack of participation by Witt fans in this forum is just one of life's great mysteries.

Love 'em or hate 'em, they're the likely #1 team in the country as of today. That alone is worth discussion. We should be embarrassed to be the home board of the #1 ranked and winningest all-time program and have them come up in conversation usually in the context of how much we hate them. I'm not laying blame here; I hardly expect fans of another program to take a conversational interest in Witt (if I did, I'd do it myself.) And the few Witt posters who do show up from time to time are usually here and gone in a sentence (I'm thinking of Witt4Ever here.) But we don't do much to encourage their participation, and I think that's too bad.

Just my 2c.

DC, I was just curious as to what you propose we do?  Personally, I don't look at it as an embarrassment to this board that we don't discuss Wittenberg.  It's more of an embarrassment to Wittenberg and their fans that they aren't discussed on here more.  I, for one, can't think of too many things I want to discuss about them, except negative things.  And my guess is that many followers of other NCAC schools feel the same way.  Maybe if some more Tiger fans were to join in and start up some topics regarding Witt basketball and some stories on their players, I would be inclined to comment out of respect for their program.  But, I'm not going to go out of my way to throw out compliments to Wooster's archrival just because they are likely the next #1 and they have no support on this board.  You can sing their praises all you want DC, but I doubt that too many others in here will join in the chorus.

[David Collinge]

I'm not asking you or fans of any other program to start conversations about Witt, as you can see in the section of my post that you quoted.  I'm not really proposing anything, just giving an opinion;  although I would like to see a less hostile environment for would-be but absent Witt posters.  I don't think we can legitimately complain about being overly focused on Wooster and Wabash, and have a "why I hate Witt" discussion at the same time.

[witt4ever]

The Kenyon/WSU game can be viewed here:

http://www.teamline.cc/pay_video.html?teamcode=1101&eventcode=0021

[pennstghs]

I have been steadily participating on this board for a while, and do keep up to date reading the posts even if i have nothing worthwhile to say about the subject. IN my opinion we could play the reasons why i hate any team game all night long.

as for mark caraway i dont see how his presence has affected the team beacuse i have yet to see him play in person but i dont see him impacting the now 10 deep team all that much

[pennstghs]

by the way witt did receive the honor of being the top ranked team in the country at this point in time- i dont know how this will affect our team, personally i hope we dont get too over confident

[David Collinge]

Witt is indeed the new #1, garnering 8 first place votes and edging out Hope (9) by 18 points.  Wooster (2) slides in at third, just 2 points behind the Dutchmen, with Albion (2) fourth and former #1 IWU (4) fifth.

In case that doesn't resonate, let me point out that the top four teams are all from the Great Lakes, representing just two conferences.  Wow! 

Baldwin-Wallace is #13, Carnegie Mellon #16, and Wilmington debuts at #17, giving us 7 GL teams in the top 25.  #2 Hope plays at #4 Albion this week.

I believe this it the first #1 ranking for Wittenberg in the history of the D3hoops.com poll.