MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The game will be on CBS Sports Network and the games will be a Phillips Arena...

The Preseason Top 25 is out: http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/men/2012-13/preseason

[imderekpoe]

NCAC Pre-Season poll has been released, with Wooster tabbed for the top spot on the men's side.  http://www2.northcoast.org/basketball/pollrelease/2012-13

[fantastic50]

Wooster at Wyoming tomorrow night at 9:30 EDT. It appears that the Cowboys have live audio & live stats...
http://www.gowyo.com/sports/m-baskbl/wyo-m-baskbl-body.html

[woosterbooster]

The Wooster-Wyoming audio doesn't seem to be free.  I hate to say it, AGAIN, but this pisses me off when there is no mention of this until you try to get it just before the game.

And, the Gametracker doesn't seem to be working, either.  JFC.

[Titan Q]

The Wooster-Wyoming audio doesn't seem to be free.  I hate to say it, AGAIN, but this pisses me off when there is no mention of this until you try to get it just before the game.

And, the Gametracker doesn't seem to be working, either.  JFC.

GameTracker seems OK...

http://www.gowyo.com/gametracker/launch/gt_mbaskbl.html?event=1174715&school=wyo&;

[woosterbooster]

Yeah, it started late, about a minute and a half into the game.

[woosterbooster]

Jake Mays hasn't seen action yet, he must be injured.  Three freshmen have been in for Wooster.  The Scots were down 11-2 and have come back, but it's impossible to really tell what's going on from GameTracker.  Is Wyoming getting, but missing, good shots?  Who knows.

[wallyworld12]

Sad to see that no Wabash folk have posted over here, probably still reeling over that loss to Oberlin....OUCH 

Will be quite the rebuilding year for Wabash with the loss of a strong senior class (Bailey, Zinnerman, Shelbourne, Curosh). Definitely need to get guys to step up the scoring end, and in a hurry. Will be nice to have Walsh, Hodges, Oetting, Surenkamp, and Nicksic back with good experience. Hopefully they surprise some people.

I will have a better idea of how the team will look after I get to see them on the 24th, great measuring stick kind of game against Illinois Wesleyan.

[smedindy]

Wait until the Bell Game! (Outside shot, playoffs...)

[WAlum]

I agree with the coaches pick that Wooster and Ohio Wesleyan are the top 2 teams.  I would make the Bishops the pre-season favorite with Wooster 2nd.  Witt and DePauw are next with Witt in 3rd, DePauw 4th, and Wabash 5th.  I think there is a serious gap in talent this year from the top half compared to the bottom half.  Someone could be a big surprise but I don't see it.

[blindwatchmaker]

Wooster Season Preview is now up:   http://www.woosterathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/20121106cfya0c

[wallyworld12]

Wabash opened up their season on Saturday night with an exhibition game against Western Illinois, the Leathernecks won 71-39. Link to the game story is here:

http://www.goleathernecks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=49946&SPID=4947&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205733168&DB_OEM_ID=12000

A couple of notes...

1. Wabash had difficulty scoring. We knew this would be a problem coming in to this season, with a lot of PPG being lost to graduation. Little Giants need to figure out who they can count on for buckets. They got 14 points from freshman Ross Sponsler and 13 points from sophomore Kasey Oetting.

2. Interesting starting lineup--Joining Oetting and Sponsler were Pete Nicksic, Daniel Purvlicis, and Evan Johnson. Senior Jordan Surenkamp had minimal minutes. Wabash needs to find ways to utilize players like Jordan and Austin Hawn if they are to be successful. Also will hopefully be getting Andy Walsh and Houston Hodges in the coming weeks with football over.

Wabash travels to Albion this weekend for the Mike Turner Tipoff Tournament, where they will play Manchester on Saturday and Albion on Sunday. First chance for Little Giant fans to see the team at home is on Saturday, November 23rd for an afternoon game against Illinois Wesleyan. 

[smedindy]

Hey, you may not want to link to the Miami student portal web login page!

[wallyworld12]

Hey, you may not want to link to the Miami student portal web login page!

That's what I get for posting on here during work!

[smedindy]

Hey, we're starting. Here's what we got this weekend with last year's record showing (except for Pitt-Titusville). I don't have time to do the full-scale preview thanks to work. Darn work.

Only Hiram has the weekend off.

Thursday, November 15:

Washington & Jefferson (9-18) @ Denison (14-14)

Friday, November 16:

Wittenberg (24-7) vs. Johns Hopkins (15-11) @ Case Western Reserve
Ohio Wesleyan (20-8) vs. Defiance (13-13) @ Marietta
Kenyon (11-15) vs. Rowan (12-14) @ Gettysburg
Carnegie - Mellon (9-16) @ Wooster (26-5)
Pitt- Titusville (1-6) @ Allegheny (5-20) - BTW, Pitt-Titusville lost to Penn-State Dubois 107-49 last night. Yeowch!

Saturday, November 17:

Denison (14-14) @ Earlham (2-23)
Oberlin (7-18) @ Hanover (16-9)
Wabash (18-8) vs. Manchester (11-14) @ Albion
DePauw (13-13) vs. Thomas More (20-8) @ Mt. St. Joseph
Wittenberg (24-7) vs. Bluffton (16-10) OR CWRU (10-15) @ Case Western Reseve
Adrian (17-9) or Otterbein (9-17) @ Wooster (26-5)
Kenyon (11-15) vs. Gettysburg (11-14) or Keuka (5-18) @ Gettysburg
Wilmington (15-13) or McDaniel (13-13) @ Allegheny (5-20)
Ohio Wesleyan (20-8) vs. Frostburg State (13-13) or Marietta (17-9) @ Marietta

Sunday, November 18:

Wabash (18-8) @ Albion (11-14)
Denison (14-14) @ Hanover (16-9)
Oberlin (7-18) @ Earlham (2-23)
DePauw (13-13) @ Mt. St. Joseph (7-18)