MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Mr. Ypsi]

Hey fellas.  Thanks for having me over here.

Hey, in bball isn't this now also YOUR board?  (Or does DePauw not compete until next year in all sports - I thought it was only fball they were making you wait a year?)

[bashbrother]

Wabash 62
Depauw 47

Final

D. Baily 19 pts on 8 for 10 shooting - 3 for 4 from beyond the arc....  A Zinnerman 13 pts.

Bravo!   WAF!

[smedindy]

DPU is live and in-person in the NCAC this year!

You do realize that Wabash and DePauw could play FOUR times this year now?

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 83  Wilmington 74

Wooster was led by freshman Xavier Brown with 20 points, Justin Hallowell with 15 (5 three pointers) and Matt Fegan with 13 (4 three pointers).  Ryan Snyder chipped in 8 points.

Malcolm Heard led the Quakers with 19 points.  RJ Leppert had 16 points and Tyler White added 12.

Scots made 11 of 19 three pointers which was a key factor in the victory.  Wooster also won the rebounding battle with a 36 to 29 advantage.

Wooster is now 3-0.   Next game is on Wednesday at Kenyon

[smedindy]

Sunday's games, including a rare intra-conference non-conference game:

Rochester 99 Allegheny 75
Denison 90  Capital 76 - Nice win for the Big Red!
Wabash 62 DePauw 47
Wooster 83  Wilmington 74

2-1 NCAC in the non-conference. 25-14 overall non-conference (not counting Wabash / DPU)

[David Collinge]

NCAC moves to 5-0 against OAC teams not named Marietta.

Next game: Tuesday, when Wittenberg travels to....Marietta.

[woosterbooster]

Perhaps OAC academics are on the rise? 

That Wabash-Depauw game; was that a remnant of yesteryear's schedule-making that the powers-that-be just decided to, um, let be? (Keys up the Beatles tune)

[smedindy]

No. That's the annual tournament DPU hosts and Wabash has taken part in it more often than not. At times Wabash has also hosted part of it. A local insurance agent in Greencastle sponsors it. Sometimes they don't play each other on purpose (where it's a classic) but sometimes it is a strict tournament.

[DPU3619]

You're within a stone's throw of it, smed.

Mike Rokicki died of cancer in 2003.  It's kind of a memorial thing.  He was a huge in the community in Greencastle and at DePauw.  A lot of folks around here actually called him Mr. Greencastle.  I know a few years ago the proceeds from the tourney went to DePauw's Relay for Life effort.  I would assume they still do that, but I don't know.

[smedindy]

Ah, I knew he sponsored a lot of things when he was alive. Thanks for the clarification, Wes!

[smedindy]

Congrats to Wabash's Nick Curosh, the PotW in the NCAC:

http://sports.wabash.edu/news/2011/11/28/MBB_1128110858.aspx?path=mbball

Sunday's action doesn't count (why, I dunno, but still...). If it did, Derek Bailey may have been the PotW.

Through four games (again, not counting Sunday...) Curosh was shooting a Metzelaarsian 14-17 from the floor.

[WAlum]

The Week 1 rankings are out and the NCAC is well represented:
#6 Wooster
#17 Wittenberg
#26 Wabash

[David Collinge]

Battle of ranked teams tonight as #17 Wittenberg travels to #4 Marietta in a rematch of last year's NCAA tournament thriller.

[David Collinge]

Congratulations to former Wabash head coach Mac Petty on his induction into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

[woo91]

Maybe doesn't pertain to basketball directly, but here are some photos of the inside of the almost-completed Scot Center opening on January 14: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjx3SyeH