MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[smedindy]

Kenyon lost to W & L 57-53. 50-33 in the non-conference.

[smedindy]

And because I'm waiting for a client to get back to me, I looked up the NCAC as they stand in Massey:

Ohio Wesleyan - 10, SOS 30
Wooster - 14, SOS 37
Wittenberg - 39, SOS 34
DPU - 66, SOS 103
Allegheny - 166, SOS 201
Kenyon - 176, SOS 153
Hiram - 199, SOS 202
Wabash - 235, SOS 21
Denison - 243, SOS 185
Oberlin - 306, SOS 263

411 teams ranked.

As for my LGs, the question is this: Will the schedule they played prepare them for the NCAC fight this season despite the lumps they've taken thus far? Let's hope.

I am glad that most all of the teams are playing reasonable schedules, and that the elite teams are playing elite schedules. I can't really complain about Oberlin's schedule, either - that's perfect for them.

[GoRed]

Capital dominates Denison in the second half and cruises to a 68-45 win.  Halftime score was only 31-25.  Spencer Niekamp played a great game, scoring 22 and ruling the lane on defense.  Westerheide contributed 15.  The Big Red had no offensive threat the entire second half and ended the game shooting just 31%. 

Hard to believe the shooting percentages are as bad as they are when we have shooters like Akpapunam, King, Weingart and White and defenses are keying on Hale.  Something is amiss with the Big Red.  They should be better than this. 

[smedindy]

And Oberlin lost to winless Elmira. Yikes.

Kenyon did get a win over Emory & Henry 68-66.

51-35 in the non-conference.

[smedindy]

Crap. I previewed this weekends games, but it got all eaten up for some reason when the site went down.

At any rate:

Wooster goes to Sheridan up north, eh? Sheridan's having a great year, with only one conference loss. I found a couple of US teams Sheridan played, both USCAA, and they barely beat Maine  - Ft. Kent (winless) and got poleaxed by Daemen (who beat Taylor, so they're pretty decent). Wooster should win.

OWU and Wittenberg face off Saturday. The Old Tigers needs this win to have a legit chance at a #1 seed if things break right. OWU needs this game to maintain a claim that they are the true contenders to knock off Wooster. Huge game for January.

DPU and Wabash host Allegheny and Hiram. Big games for all four clubs. The New Tigers, Gators and Terriers are all 0-2 in the league and you don't want to start out 0-4 and hope to make the tournament. Wabash has taken lumps lately but have played a very tough schedule. All four teams could either sweep or get swept, though the New Tigers have a very nice recent win against LaGrange.

[woosterbooster]

Wow.  I'd forgotten that Wooster will be playing under international rules: 24-second clock, 8 seconds to get to mid-court, wide lane, extra step, 10-minute quarters, etc.  Plus, they just said that starting point guard Jalen Goodwin is out with an injured ankle.  And, that Sheridan uses a full-court zone press the whole game!  Should be interesting.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 72  Sheridan (Canada) 62 

Wooster nation had 100+ fans in the Toronto area tonight to watch the Scots notch the road win.  Apparently, the Scots had more fans in the gym than the home team.

Wooster was led in scoring tonight by Doug Thorpe with 19 points including two big three pointers in the last 3 minutes of the game.  Jake Mays had 12 points (10+ boards), Josh Claytor with 10 and Xavier Brown added 9 points.

Alex LaLonde saw his first action as a Scot tonight and played well with 5 points in limited minutes.

For the Sheridan Bruins, the top scorers were Dylan Periana with 14 points and Jamal McQueen with 10 points.

Wooster is now 11-2, 4-0 NCAC.  Next game is at Hiram on 1/9.

GO SCOTS!

[seinfeld]

Final:  Wooster 72  Sheridan (Canada) 62 

Wooster nation had 100+ fans in the Toronto area tonight to watch the Scots notch the road win.  Apparently, the Scots had more fans in the gym than the home team.

Wooster was led in scoring tonight by Doug Thorpe with 19 points including two big three pointers in the last 3 minutes of the game.  Jake Mays had 12 points (10+ boards), Josh Claytor with 10 and Xavier Brown added 9 points.

Alex LaLonde saw his first action as a Scot tonight and played well with 5 points in limited minutes.

For the Sheridan Bruins, the top scorers were Dylan Periana with 14 points and Jamal McQueen with 10 points.

Wooster is now 11-2, 4-0 NCAC.  Next game is at Hiram on 1/9.

GO SCOTS!

I'm not completely sure this game even counts towards Wooster's record, or even if the stats count. Maybe someone who knows the NCAA rule book can answer this question for sure.

[OC_SID]

Final:  Wooster 72  Sheridan (Canada) 62 

Wooster nation had 100+ fans in the Toronto area tonight to watch the Scots notch the road win.  Apparently, the Scots had more fans in the gym than the home team.

Wooster was led in scoring tonight by Doug Thorpe with 19 points including two big three pointers in the last 3 minutes of the game.  Jake Mays had 12 points (10+ boards), Josh Claytor with 10 and Xavier Brown added 9 points.

Alex LaLonde saw his first action as a Scot tonight and played well with 5 points in limited minutes.

For the Sheridan Bruins, the top scorers were Dylan Periana with 14 points and Jamal McQueen with 10 points.

Wooster is now 11-2, 4-0 NCAC.  Next game is at Hiram on 1/9.

GO SCOTS!

I'm not completely sure this game even counts towards Wooster's record, or even if the stats count. Maybe someone who knows the NCAA rule book can answer this question for sure.

I am guessing it won't count. I believe the rule for games against Canadian schools to count is the Canadian school has to play a certain percentage of its games against NCAA schools. Looking at their schedule (http://sheridanbruins.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/), I doubt they meet any kind of minimum.

Also, why I am thinking it's an exhibition game because it does not even show up on Wooster's schedule on d3hoops (http://www.d3hoops.com/teams/Wooster/men/2012-13/index). As well as Wooster has added the win to the game on its schedule on its website but the record at the top has stayed at 10-2.

[Pat Coleman]

It does not count. No games against Canadian schools count other than Simon Fraser, which is a new member of NCAA Division II.

[smedindy]

Hiram beat Wabash 69-61 after the LGs fell behind by 20. Chris Zurowski had a double double for the Terriers (16-10). Ross Sponsler had 29 to lead Wabash, but it wasn't enough. Hiram and Wabash now 1-2 in the NCAC.

Alleghney beat DPU 69-67 in OT. Ryan Stanko had 18 for the Gators, whilst Barry Flynn added 19 for the New Tigers. Allegheny is now 1-2 and now DPU is 0-3.

[smedindy]

And this is the time of year where I lament there are no OWU and Witt hoops posters. This is a HUGE game today!

[smedindy]

Wabash outlasts Allegheny in triple OT 95-87. There were some, ahem. issues with charging calls and the usual NCAC ref tomfoolery, but Wabash got the win.

Ross Sponsler led the LGs with 21. Daniel Purvlicius had 18 points and 16 boads. Andy Walsh had 19 off the bench including some huge threes late. Houston Hodges added 15 off the bench.

Devone McLeod had 34 for the Gators.

DPU gets off the schneid in the conference season and beats Hiram 65-59.

In the big game for the top of the standings, OWU beats Wittenberg 72-60. Huge road win for the Bishops.

The NCAC standings just got even more interesting:

Wooster 4-0
OWU 4-0
Oberlin 2-1
Denison 2-2
Wabash 2-2
Witt 1-2
Allegheny 1-3
DPU 1-3
Hiram 1-3
Kenyon 1-3

[Gregory Sager]

Smeds, how did your alma mater manage to play both Hiram and Allegheny today?

[kiltedbryan]

Smeds, how did your alma mater manage to play both Hiram and Allegheny today?

The games were Friday night and today - Smeds just posted about both of them today. The NCAC always does one weekend where the two easternmost NCAC teams (Allegheny & Hiram) play the westernmost teams (Wabash & DePauw...used to be Earlham I believe) in one weekend in early January while school's out to minimize the travel impacts. Basically a weekend where those four teams do their best UAA "travel pair" impression. They alternate years on who travels to whom.