MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[smedindy]

It's a darn shame the NCAA won't split up those four. That could be the final four!

[woosterbooster]

*Stoops missed 9 games his senior year, because he was studing over in Japan.

Now, I'm sure this is a typo.  But on the long shot that it's not, I have to say that I can't disagree with Stoops for taking some time off to pursue his "education" in the far east.

[scotty]

off the record, can anyone explain why Wooster is so
dominate in baseball and basketball while not in football...is it coaching, tradition, or something else...

[pennstghs]

it could be the same reason wittenberg has been successful in basketball and football and not baseball-every school has its ups and downs.

if i remember right wooster had a very decent year in football last year, so maybe u need a little history check

congrats to witt and wooster for the top 2 spots-now we have to prove our worth with games against wabash and owu the next two weeks-we'll assume denison will be a cakewalk

[sac]

It's a darn shame the NCAA won't split up those four. That could be the final four!

Actually smed recent history suggests the NCAA will.  Now assuming these 7 GL teams make the tournament........Carnegi-Mellon is far enough East they could be paired against some Mid-Atlantic or East Region schools.

Hope is far enough West that they'll likely have to play and Illinois or Wisconsin school.  Both of Hope's past two appearances in the NCAA drew games against St. Norbert/Carthage and the UW-Oshkosh.  I think Hope will probably be sent that way again.  

Last year Calvin had to beat Aurora and Wheaton to make it to the Sweet 16.

Albion, Witt, Woo and BW are stuck I'm afraid, although I can see Wooster also getting some more  Eastern matchups such as a couple years ago.

With the new first and second round matchups being at one-sight I'm hopeing the NCAA will be more liberal with pairing teams across Regions..........but I'm not counting on it.

[Mr. Ypsi]

sac,

For heaven's sake, don't be sending your overload of top teams WEST!  The CCIW alone has 3 teams in the top 13, and the WIAC has, what, four (five?) teams at least receiving votes.  Send 'em all EAST!

[wooscotsfan]

scotty -- the answer is both great coaching and tradition

Basketball
-Wooster has had 3 coaches who all won over 300 games
-3 coaches were Mose Hole, Al Van Wie and current Coach Steve Moore
-Coach Steve Moore has been at Wooster 18+ years
-13 of the 18 years, Wooster has been in the NCAA tourney
-Moore's record at Woo entering this season 412-99 (win % of 80.6%!)
-Moore is #6 in Total Wins among all active D3 Coaches

Baseball
-Head Coach Tim Pettorini has been at Wooster 24 years
-During that span, 10 conference championships and 15 NCAA tourneys
-In the NCAA's, Wooster has made it to the final 8 team Series 4 times
-Pettorini record at Woo is 761-294-6 for a win % of 72.0%
-Prior to Pettorini, Coach Bob Morgan's record was 209-48-2 (81.1%)
-Ranked #1 nationally this year in the preseason poll!  Go Scots!

Football
-Wooster struggled for a number of years due to poor coaching
-Current Coach Mike Schmitz has turned the program around
-Coach Schmitz in 11 years has a win% of over 70%
-Wooster won the 2004 NCAC championship, made it to 2nd round of NCAA's
-Wooster is now competitive in football but not dominant like basketball and baseball

[David Collinge]

Wittenberg could conceiveably go south (or south-ish), with teams like Transylvania, Maryville, Mississippi College, the SLIAC champ, and perhaps Hanover and/or Rust (if they get their acts together.)

[earlhamalum]

Wooster Booster-  No,  Nathan Stoops went of campus to study in Japan 1st semester his Senior Year.  Now he is playing Semi-Pro over there.  Actually one of the same leagues the Brian Evans from Indiana University, just retired from.  

The good news I'll be going to Japan March 17-28 to visit Stoops... I know, i know during the first week of March Madness.   I'll be in JAPAN.  *what will i get myself into over there?

[smedindy]

Ok, so maybe they will split 'em up. But we shall see, because I think we all learned in football this year you can't count on the NCAA to be sensible.

[Li'l Giant]

Of course, Smed, if the NCAA had done what you wanted them to the Stagg Bowl matchup might have happened two weeks earlier.

[ScotsFan]

Football
-Wooster struggled for a number of years due to poor coaching
-Current Coach Mike Schmitz has turned the program around
-Coach Schmitz in 11 years has a win% of over 70%
-Wooster won the 2004 NCAC championship, made it to 2nd round of NCAA's
-Wooster is now competitive in football but not dominant like basketball and baseball

wsf,

Actually, Jim Barnes was the coach to turn the Wooster football program around.  He took over in '95 and led the Scots to a .500 record after Wooster went 1-9 in '94.  He led Wooster to it's first NCAC championship in football in 1997.  Schmitz took over the reigns in 2000 and led the Scots to their first post-season appearance 2 years ago.

[wooscotsfan]

Scotsfan -- good catch about Jim Barnes.  Coach Schmitz has been with the football program 11 years but 5 of those years were as the offensive coordinator under Barnes.  So, Schmitz can only claim 1/2 credit (offense) for the turnaround! 

Mea culpa -- is it obvious that I pay more attention to Scots basketball and Scots baseball than the gridiron? 

[DarkSide-D]

Scotty,

At one time, a long long time ago, Wooster was dominate in Football.  But as others have stated, interest in the sport on the part of the administration led to poor coaching appointments.  Recently though, under Jim Barnes, that changed.  Before Barnes came to Woo, Football only had one, maybe two football coaches.  The rest of the staff was made up of other team coaches, such as Pettorini.  I can only imagine the problems that resulted from lack of interest in the recruiting department once football season ended.  I doubt the other team coaches spent much time recruiting football players when they could either be coaching their own sport, or recruiting athletes for their own team.   I have even heard a story of an HS all american (perhaps only all state) D-end who came to Wooster, not to play football, but another sport who's head coach was an assistant for the football team.

Since Barnes, Wooster has a real staff that is dedicated to football, and that can recruit football players in the offseason.

While support for Woo football has grown within the administration, there are still some who feel football holds too much importance on campus.  Case in point, the partial reason for Jim Barnes' departure.

[smedindy]

Huge game tomorrow in Richmond. Can the Little Giants right the ship and beat the pesky Quakers on the road? I say they can, but I'm not betting the farm.