MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[David Collinge]

On the side- If Wabash catches Wooster in the standings, do they get the #2 seed thanks to the records vs. OWU?

Yes, I believe that is correct.

[smedindy]

...it's hard to shoot a round ball into a round hoop at times.

WABASH MAN PROPOSES CHANGES TO GAME
UNCLEAR ON WHETHER DESIRE IS FOR SQUARE HOOP, BALL, OR BOTH

Remember, the hardest thing to do is the hit a round ball with a round bat, and hit it square!

[Bishopleftiesdad]

...it's hard to shoot a round ball into a round hoop at times.

WABASH MAN PROPOSES CHANGES TO GAME
UNCLEAR ON WHETHER DESIRE IS FOR SQUARE HOOP, BALL, OR BOTH

Remember, the hardest thing to do is the hit a round ball with a round bat, and hit it square!

is a bat round or cylindrical? 
and I completely agree.  Baseball starts in less than a month in the NCAC.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Regional Rankings are out: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2015/02/11/first-regional-rankings-released-today/

[David Collinge]

Two Claude Grey free throws with :10 left cinches an 81-80 OWU victory over Wabash.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Wooo (he says while wiping his brow)

[Schwami]

Wabash got a better shot off at the end of the Hiram game 

[David Collinge]

Despite ending the game with a thunderdunk, Hiram falls to Wooster 79-44. Merciless.

[wally_wabash]

Last night's scores:
 
44 Hiram
79 Wooster
54 Wittenberg
53 DePauw

56 Allegheny
79 Oberlin (!!)

66 Kenyon
62 Denison

80 Wabash
81 OWU

Standings:
Ohio Wesleyan 18-4/13-2
Wooster 17-5/11-4
Wabash 14-8/9-6
DePauw 15-7/8-7
Denison 13-9/7-8
Allegheny 10-12/7-8
Wittenberg 9-13/7-8
Oberlin 9-13/5-10
Kenyon 7-15/5-10
Hiram 9-13/3-12

- Witt picks up a game on Wabash, DePauw, Denison, and Allegheny.  With the rest of the middle of the pack there losing last night, Wabash narrowly missed a shot to wrap a home game.  As it stands, I think a win on Saturday against Denison will do the trick. 

- OWU clinches home court advantage through the NCAC tournament.  This is omitted from their game recap  which I found strange because it's kind of a big deal.  Counting sometimes isn't my thing. 

- Oberlin remains in the driver's seat for the 8th spot.  Hiram isn't quite out of it, but they need three wins plus an additional spin to play beyond next weekend.   

- Hard to see a scenario at this point where sorting out seeds 4-7 doesn't involve a bunch of messy tiebreaks. 

[imderekpoe]

Standings:
Ohio Wesleyan 18-4/13-2
Wooster 17-5/11-4
Wabash 14-8/9-6
DePauw 15-7/8-7
Denison 13-9/7-8
Allegheny 10-12/7-8
Wittenberg 9-13/7-8
Oberlin 9-13/5-10
Kenyon 7-15/5-10
Hiram 9-13/3-12


- OWU clinches home court advantage through the NCAC tournament.  This is omitted from their game recap  which I found strange because it's kind of a big deal. 

Not quite yet!  There are still 3 games left!

[David Collinge]

How can Denison win at Wooster and then turn around and lose at home to Kenyon? What a wacky sport.

[smedindy]

My boss said it best when he refused to bet on a college bowl game this year: "Never underestimate the power of 18-22 year old kids to screw up..."

[Ohigy]

I am convinced there will be chaos in the league tournament this year.   How long has it been since Wooster has not been the league champion?  It appears OWU is going to win it outright with a 2 game cushion and only 3 games left.  The 4-7 spots are going to be a mess.  What is the tie-breaker criteria in the NCAC?

[ohiofan1954]

I am convinced there will be chaos in the league tournament this year.   How long has it been since Wooster has not been the league champion?  It appears OWU is going to win it outright with a 2 game cushion and only 3 games left.  The 4-7 spots are going to be a mess.  What is the tie-breaker criteria in the NCAC?

I hope the tie breaker for basketball isn't anything like football went through in 2012.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

You know what the tie breaker in Baseball has been? A coin flip. Alleghenny lost out on the NCAC tourney several times because a coin flip.