MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[woosterbooster]

The last thing I want to see is Wittenberg creeping into the tournament as a first-round match-up for Wooster. 

[wally_wabash]

The last thing I want to see is Wittenberg creeping into the tournament as a first-round match-up for Wooster. 

Really?  I would think thwacking Witt for a third time would be good sport for you guys.  I'd sign up for that in a minute. 

[ScotsFan]

The last thing I want to see is Wittenberg creeping into the tournament as a first-round match-up for Wooster. 

Really?  I would think thwacking Witt for a third time would be good sport for you guys.  I'd sign up for that in a minute. 

Let's see how this weekend's Witt/Woo matchup goes before we start talking about Wooster thwacking them 3 times... 

[Ohigy]

Pre-season top 4 go at it today with Witt vs. Wooster and OWU vs. DePauw.

[bufordscot]

I can only hope the video stream works well tonight. Figure the odds

[Bishopleftiesdad]

DeWitt gets his 300th win with a OWU's win over DePauw. 76-64.

[woosterbooster]

Wittenberg vs Wooster, featuring the return of the partisan hack calling the video.  He's been gone for several games and the announcing had improved dramatically.  Tonight, not so much.

[David Collinge]

Elsewhere, fourth-place Allegheny continues their remarkable resurgence, upending Denison 68-65. Denison is now 5-3 in the conference; the 5 wins are the most since their 11-win campaign five seasons ago, and the season is only at the halfway mark. Also, Wabash wins at Kenyon 60-56, and Hiram drops Oberlin 80-63. As you have no doubt been informed while I am typing this, Wooster leads Wittenberg at the half by the NBA-like score of 57-50.

[ohiofan1954]

The team Wooster is going to have to watch out for is Marietta in the NCAA tournament. I know Marietta has had soft opponents the last two games but that is one good team.

[Eco-manblue]

Wooster 104 Wittenberg 97  Whew!  Witt was anything but it's record (4-10) in its matchup with the Scots.

Holy COW!  I'm still breathless.  That tired, boring cliche "throw out the record books" when these to teams collide was certainly apropos tonight at Timken Gym.  Oh, did I forget to say -- throw out defense while you are at it.  Witt's 57.6% edged Woo's 55.2% for field goals.  Both teams bombarded the other with dizzying displays of successive and relentless 3-pointers: Woo shot 58.3% (14 of 24) while Witt nailed 56.3% from downtown (13 of 23). 

The Tigers repeatedly confounded the Scots in the first half with seemingly endless penetrations for easy layups, although the Scots filled the breaches a little better in the second half.  Indeed, super aggressive defense during the last 6 or 7 minutes sealed the win for the Black & Gold.  On the other hand, Witt nudged out Woo on the boards (30 to 28) and nearly doubled the Scots' points in the paint (40 to 22) while matching Wooster's second half points output (47 to 47). 

If this is game is an indication of what the second half of the season looks like for Witt, look out NCAC!  Wooster now holds the barest of victory margins in their 102 year-old rivalry, 55 to 54.  Grab a hold of something secure, folks, the second half of the season could be a real Nantucket sleigh ride!  And then... there's the next three years considering how strong Witt's youth brigade is coming on!

[wooscotsfan]

Evan Pannell had an athletic dunk over a poor Wittenberg player in the first half of Wooster's win tonight.      The Wooster bench went nuts after the dunk! 

Here is a link to a video clip of the dunk:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUMhSGtD_xE   

[woosterbooster]

Wooster 104 Wittenberg 97  Whew!  Witt was anything but it's record (4-10) in its matchup with the Scots.

Holy COW!  I'm still breathless.  That tired, boring cliche "throw out the record books" when these to teams collide was certainly apropos tonight at Timken Gym.  Oh, did I forget to say -- throw out defense while you are at it.  Witt's 57.6% edged Woo's 55.2% for field goals.  Both teams bombarded the other with dizzying displays of successive and relentless 3-pointers: Woo shot 58.3% (14 of 24) while Witt nailed 56.3% from downtown (13 of 23). 

The Tigers repeatedly confounded the Scots in the first half with seemingly endless penetrations for easy layups, although the Scots filled the breaches a little better in the second half.  Indeed, super aggressive defense during the last 6 or 7 minutes sealed the win for the Black & Gold.  On the other hand, Witt nudged out Woo on the boards (30 to 28) and nearly doubled the Scots' points in the paint (40 to 22) while matching Wooster's second half points output (47 to 47). 

If this is game is an indication of what the second half of the season looks like for Witt, look out NCAC!  Wooster now holds the barest of victory margins in their 102 year-old rivalry, 55 to 54.  Grab a hold of something secure, folks, the second half of the season could be a real Nantucket sleigh ride!  And then... there's the next three years considering how strong Witt's youth brigade is coming on!

In the last few minutes, Wittenberg did a John Carroll, hitting threes from DEEP and even banking one in, keeping themselves just barely in the ballgame.  Then, they pulled a Wittenberg, fouling hard with just seconds left and the game clearly over.

Wooster had lots of trouble with them inside, at both ends.  This is why I said last week that I'd hate to see Witt end up matching up with Wooster in the first round.  It would be far from a piece of cake, as they're clearly a better team than their record indicates.

Pannell's dunk was amazing, although it might have been an offensive foul.

[David Collinge]

I hope this performance by the Auld Tigers brings the Witt supporters out of the woodwork on here.

[Eco-manblue]

I watched the video several times of Pannell's lovely smash dunk against the Witt defender.  I too thought the defender may have planted his feet.  Anybody know the precise NCAA rule on this?  A friend is a ref at the high school level here in Maine; I may look on-line, too.  I wonder if the same rule applies at the collegiate and high school level?  Obviously, it's going to be viewed and interpreted by the ref and she/he is the final judge, but now I'm curious.  Anybody have insight on this?

[wally_wabash]

I watched the video several times of Pannell's lovely smash dunk against the Witt defender.  I too thought the defender may have planted his feet.  Anybody know the precise NCAA rule on this?  A friend is a ref at the high school level here in Maine; I may look on-line, too.  I wonder if the same rule applies at the collegiate and high school level?  Obviously, it's going to be viewed and interpreted by the ref and she/he is the final judge, but now I'm curious.  Anybody have insight on this?

There's nothing that college basketball is more inconsistent about and gets wrong more often than block/charge.  I'm inclined to call nothing on that play because it was so close either way and I don't really want to take that dunk away from Pannell and I don't need to pile on that poor kid who just got abused.  But that's a cop out on my part- there was contact, it was outside the restricted area, so it's a foul one way or the other.  Slowed down, maybe you can see the defender plant before Pannell takes off.  In real speed, it looks like the defender is still sliding.  I don't know what the right call is.  I do know that dunk was nasty.  You don't see that kind of thing very often in D3.