MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Since when is Arizona a reward for anything? ....at least play Westmont in Santa Barbara.

Or come to the D3hoops.com Classic.

[David Collinge]

Wooster drops DePauw 64-48, behind a double-double (15/10) from frosh Dan Fannelly. Scots shot 42%, hitting just 5 threes, but once again was the recipient of miserable long-range shooting from their opponent, as the New Tigers hit a sickly 9%, 2/23, from the arc. DPU shot just 29% overall, hitting 14/32 (44%) inside the arc, and also missed 8 free throws (64%.) Wooster led by 13 at the half and never trailed in the game.

[wooscotsfan]

Back from Timken where I watched Wooster lay some serious defense on the DePauw Tigers.  As David noted, DePauw only shot 29% from the floor but it was mostly due to Wooster players being in their face the entire game.  Several times, Wooster forced DePauw into off balance shots as the shot clock was winding down.

Freshman Dan Fanelly led the Scots this afternoon with his double/double and he is a special talent.  His 15 points included two big dunks (one after a steal that he made) that pumped up the crowd and the Wooster bench. 

Nice win by Wooster vs. the #24 ranked Tigers and DePauw is a team that should be a NCAC title contender.

Wooster is now 6-0, 3-0 NCAC    Next game is at Wabash on 12/14.

GO SCOTS!

[ohiofan1954]

 That was a exciting game at Denison today. Big Red gave the Bishops all they could handle and came up short at the end.

[smedindy]

Meanwhile,

Witt crunched Allegheny 86-58
Kenyon bested Hiram 73-66

And...

Oberlin beat Wabash 79-62. The Yeomen were up 44-21 at the half. That's not going to get it done LG's. Wabash is 0-7 for the first time in, well, a long time. I wonder if the Snowy Simpson teams went 0-7.

But hey, our wrestling team won Little State!

[woosterbooster]

Oberlin beat Wabash 79-62.

Wow.  Not exactly Cannonballs this season.  What's happened to them?  Young?  Disorganized?  I mean, the Yeoman don't lay that kind of a beating on anyone.  It's disconcerting.  If it provides any solace, I wasn't very impressed with this year's edition of DePauw either.

[smedindy]

Oberlin beat Wabash 79-62.

Wow.  Not exactly Cannonballs this season.  What's happened to them?  Young?  Disorganized?  I mean, the Yeoman don't lay that kind of a beating on anyone.  It's disconcerting.  If it provides any solace, I wasn't very impressed with this year's edition of DePauw either.

Young, can't shoot, trouble defending, and two of their best players joined late because of football.

[wally_wabash]

Oberlin beat Wabash 79-62.

Wow.  Not exactly Cannonballs this season.  What's happened to them?  Young?  Disorganized?  I mean, the Yeoman don't lay that kind of a beating on anyone.  It's disconcerting.  If it provides any solace, I wasn't very impressed with this year's edition of DePauw either.

Young, can't shoot, trouble defending, and two of their best players joined late because of football.

I believe that they have players that can shoot.  Sponsler we know can score.  Oetting is a good player offensively.  Nicksic has picked up his offensive game this season.  I think they shoot such a low percentage because they have extreme difficulty getting good shots.  I don't see Wabash taking many shots that aren't either way out of range, challenged, or both. 

Wabash is also now -84 from the free throw line for the season...holding steady at -12 points per game from the stripe.  That's a lot of points to try and make up. 

[bashgiant]

Oberlin beat Wabash 79-62.

Wow.  Not exactly Cannonballs this season.  What's happened to them?  Young?  Disorganized?  I mean, the Yeoman don't lay that kind of a beating on anyone.  It's disconcerting.  If it provides any solace, I wasn't very impressed with this year's edition of DePauw either.

Young, can't shoot, trouble defending, and two of their best players joined late because of football.

I believe that they have players that can shoot.  Sponsler we know can score.  Oetting is a good player offensively.  Nicksic has picked up his offensive game this season.  I think they shoot such a low percentage because they have extreme difficulty getting good shots.  I don't see Wabash taking many shots that aren't either way out of range, challenged, or both. 

Wabash is also now -84 from the free throw line for the season...holding steady at -12 points per game from the stripe.  That's a lot of points to try and make up.

Surprised Woods isn't playing(Didn't see his name on the roster anyway) he was dunking as a freshman in high school at 6' tall and was probably the best defensive player in his high school league. Use to love watch him play basketball as he was very intense.

[wally_wabash]

Oberlin beat Wabash 79-62.

Wow.  Not exactly Cannonballs this season.  What's happened to them?  Young?  Disorganized?  I mean, the Yeoman don't lay that kind of a beating on anyone.  It's disconcerting.  If it provides any solace, I wasn't very impressed with this year's edition of DePauw either.

Young, can't shoot, trouble defending, and two of their best players joined late because of football.

I believe that they have players that can shoot.  Sponsler we know can score.  Oetting is a good player offensively.  Nicksic has picked up his offensive game this season.  I think they shoot such a low percentage because they have extreme difficulty getting good shots.  I don't see Wabash taking many shots that aren't either way out of range, challenged, or both. 

Wabash is also now -84 from the free throw line for the season...holding steady at -12 points per game from the stripe.  That's a lot of points to try and make up.

Surprised Woods isn't playing(Didn't see his name on the roster anyway) he was dunking as a freshman in high school at 6' tall and was probably the best defensive player in his high school league. Use to love watch him play basketball as he was very intense.

Justin Woods, I'm guessing?  He's obviously a great athlete and I'm sure he played all kinds of sports in high school.  That's what athletes do in high school...they play sports.  All of them.  It looks like Woods had one HS letter in basketball which is pretty light for college players.  The two guys playing football and basketball at Wabash now- Walsh and Hodges- had 4 and 3 HS basketball letters, respectively. 

Not at all saying that Justin couldn't play basketball or wouldn't be good at the game if he wanted to play it, but I'm not sure he totally fits the profile of a guy that winds up playing college basketball.  Especially when he's going to miss preseason camp and a part of the season for football, plus whatever academic commitments he may have...a second varsity level sport might not be his thing.  Or at least basketball.  A lot more guys from the football team are involved with Wabash's excellent T&F program. 

[woosterbooster]

A little article about Arizona Christian, one of Wooster's opponents in Arizona, who is #6 in the first NAIA D1 poll.  It looks as if there will be video of this game.  The link is on the Arizona Christian schedule page.

http://www.acufirestorm.com/news/2013/12/10/MBB_1210135912.aspx

[sac]

One d3hoops poll voters view

5 – Wooster – UP 3
I did make a big move with the Scots and moved them ahead of some teams because Wooster is clearly playing very good basketball. Wooster has failed to live up to expectations often, but the start to this season is worth noting. They have beat four teams who have been or are in the Top 25 or getting votes. In other words, they are beating good competition. They have another tough game against Wabash this week which will tell us plenty more before they head to Arizona for a few puff games.[/b]

0-7  Wabash ='s "tough game"

Nationally ranked NAIA I program ='s  "puff games"


PS  Westmont made the NAIA I National Tournament last season, they may not be quite that good this year but they are probably far from "puffy"

[bashgiant]

Oberlin beat Wabash 79-62.

Wow.  Not exactly Cannonballs this season.  What's happened to them?  Young?  Disorganized?  I mean, the Yeoman don't lay that kind of a beating on anyone.  It's disconcerting.  If it provides any solace, I wasn't very impressed with this year's edition of DePauw either.

Young, can't shoot, trouble defending, and two of their best players joined late because of football.

I believe that they have players that can shoot.  Sponsler we know can score.  Oetting is a good player offensively.  Nicksic has picked up his offensive game this season.  I think they shoot such a low percentage because they have extreme difficulty getting good shots.  I don't see Wabash taking many shots that aren't either way out of range, challenged, or both. 

Wabash is also now -84 from the free throw line for the season...holding steady at -12 points per game from the stripe.  That's a lot of points to try and make up.

Surprised Woods isn't playing(Didn't see his name on the roster anyway) he was dunking as a freshman in high school at 6' tall and was probably the best defensive player in his high school league. Use to love watch him play basketball as he was very intense.

Justin Woods, I'm guessing?  He's obviously a great athlete and I'm sure he played all kinds of sports in high school.  That's what athletes do in high school...they play sports.  All of them.  It looks like Woods had one HS letter in basketball which is pretty light for college players.  The two guys playing football and basketball at Wabash now- Walsh and Hodges- had 4 and 3 HS basketball letters, respectively. 

Not at all saying that Justin couldn't play basketball or wouldn't be good at the game if he wanted to play it, but I'm not sure he totally fits the profile of a guy that winds up playing college basketball.  Especially when he's going to miss preseason camp and a part of the season for football, plus whatever academic commitments he may have...a second varsity level sport might not be his thing.  Or at least basketball.  A lot more guys from the football team are involved with Wabash's excellent T&F program.

Yes, Justin Woods. Well I know he didn't play 2 years because of football injuries and I'm confident he would have lettered his senior season. Anyway he was fun to watch play, not many work as hard as he does on the court. Reading some of the post over time it sounds like studies could be a full time job at Wabash, so who knows.
Does Wabash have a red squad team in basketball like they do in football?

[smedindy]

It takes a special person to try to play both football and basketball. I remember Dustin Huff and Mike Russell tried and it didn't totally work out in the end. Spring sports are more likely to have dual sport athletes, and now that there's indoor track athletes can participate in that as well.

Some linemen back in the day used to wrestle as well as play football. I think that's easier to do.

[smedindy]

Traditionally, there is a JV program at Wabash.