MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Bishopleftiesdad]

+1 Wooster, I will shed no tears for Witt, I wouldn't for Wooster, by the way either. It has to be tough to beat any good team 3 times in one season.

[smedindy]

We use the caveat "non-losing" for Wittenberg because they were 13-13 in both 1967-68 and 2008-09.

Understood.  IIRC, Linfield has not even had a .500 season over that stretch.

If I looked right, they were 3-6 in 1955. That's the last one I saw...

[woosterbooster]

We use the caveat "non-losing" for Wittenberg because they were 13-13 in both 1967-68 and 2008-09.

Understood.  IIRC, Linfield has not even had a .500 season over that stretch.

If I looked right, they were 3-6 in 1955. That's the last one I saw...

3-6 in 1955?  Why so few games?  Was the school founded mid-season that year?  Did they get lost travelling to many of the road venues?  Or did most schools just refuse to play them because, as now, they were pu...  Oh, wait, you're talking about Linfield... 

[Mr. Ypsi]

We use the caveat "non-losing" for Wittenberg because they were 13-13 in both 1967-68 and 2008-09.

Understood.  IIRC, Linfield has not even had a .500 season over that stretch.

If I looked right, they were 3-6 in 1955. That's the last one I saw...

3-6 in 1955?  Why so few games?  Was the school founded mid-season that year?  Did they get lost travelling to many of the road venues?  Or did most schools just refuse to play them because, as now, they were pu...  Oh, wait, you're talking about Linfield... 

Being on the NW 'island', Linfield nearly(?) always has only a 9-game schedule (which would also explain a lack of .500 seasons, at least since OT came into effect).

[sac]

The big ten didnt even start playing 10 games until 1964.  9 games was standard.

Not all d3 conferences went to 10 game schedules.  The miaa didn't do 10 games until 2002.

[David Collinge]

 

Well, at least I got the joke, WB.

[woosterbooster]

Well, at least I got the joke, WB.

Bad as it was, thank you.

[NCACfan22]

Oberlin will most likely play their next three games against OWU,Wooster, and then OWU/Wooster again in the playoffs...call me a homer, but I think they'll win one of those games

[woosterbooster]

Oberlin will most likely play their next three games against OWU,Wooster, and then OWU/Wooster again in the playoffs...call me a homer, but I think they'll win one of those games

Gave you some karma, because you and Oberlin will need all the help that you can get.

[woosterbooster]

From the Wooster website: Video unavailable due to technical difficulties.

The people that deal with the streaming video at Wooster need to be fired.  If it's Wooster staff, fire them.  If it's MCTV, send them packing.  What a joke this has become.  Every game it's something, and this time it's everything.  What an embarrassment.

[Eco-manblue]

  No freakin' s%#t.  I've complained directly to both the Athletic Department and the Alumni Dept.  To no avail.  They Wooster hierarchy simply doesn't get it that the video system is the best vehicle for enabling prospective student players to see the style, coaching, talent, team-play, etc. of Wooster basketball?  It's almost as if they don't care.  It's the cheapest advertising the Scots could do and they piss it away, year after year.  I don't get why Coach Moore & CO. don't demand a decent, reliable system.  Want a good example -- look no further than Wabash.  This is not rocket science.  This is another critical component of building a fan base and smart recruitment. 

[wally_wabash]

Wabash's superb broadcast is never better than when it captures a win over DePauw. LGs beat the bad guys 72-62 and seal up third place in the NCAC.  Going to be an interesting Saturday to see who comes to Chadwick next Tuesday.

Hiram clips Denison which puts DU and Allegheny both at 7-10. They'll play Saturday and if I'm reading it right, the winner will go to Wabash on Tuesday while the loser goes to Timken. Unless Witt loses to Hiram and then we'd get a tiebreak for 5th/6th. 

One more interesting piece- s Witt win over Hiram and a DePauw loss to OWU (both expected results) would bump Witt into a 9-9 tie with DePauw and the season sweep puts that 4/5 matchup in Springfield. That's quite a turnaround from where Witt was at six weeks ago.

[Eco-manblue]

   The technical acuity of Wooster's audio partner, WQKT, also sucks.  The audio transmission cut out every 15 seconds or so in the second half and then go worse toward game's end.  What a pile.  WQKT is the podunkiest of podunk stations and doesn't have the juice, genius, or common sense to know that they have a problem.  No communication or apology to the listening audience (however few of us there were -- refugees from the Scots video desert otherwise known as the infamous "Big Wooster No Signal Zone").   What a way to close out the home season...

[wally_wabash]

Tonight's scores:
Wabash 72, DePauw 62
Witt 80, Kenyon 75
Wooster 80, Allegheny 63
Hiram 72, Denison 67
OWU 106, Oberlin 76

Standings - bolded teams are locked into their seeds:
1. OWU 15-2
2. Wooster 13-4
3. Wabash 11-6
4. DePauw 9-8
5. Wittenberg 8-9
6. Denison 7-10
6. Allegheny 7-10
8. Oberlin 6-11
9. Kenyon 5-12
10. Hiram 4-13

Kenyon and Hiram are eliminated.  Oberlin will play at OWU.  The other three quarterfinals are TBD. 

Saturday's games:
OWU @ DePauw
Allegheny @ Denison
Wooster @ Oberlin
Kenyon @ Wabash
Hiram @ Witt   

Scenarios as best I can tell:
- DePauw clinches the 4th seed with a win over OWU.  If not...
- Witt clinches the 4th seed with a win over Hiram and would host DePauw in the quarters. 
Meanwhile...
- The loser of Allegheny/Denison will be the 7th seed and play at Wooster in the quarters.
- The winner would play at Wabash unless Witt loses in which case...
   - Denison wins a tiebreak with Witt (h2h split, Denison 1-1 vs. OWU, Witt 0-2 vs. OWU) so Denison @ DePauw, Witt @ Wabash
   - Witt wins a tiebreak with Allegheny (h2h split, both 0-2 vs. OWU and Wooster, both 1-1 vs. Wabash, Witt 2-0 vs. DPU, Allegheny 0-2 vs. DPU) so we get Witt @ DePauw and Allegheny @ Wabash

Corrections appreciated.   

[Ohigy]

Congrats to OWU for winning the NCAC regular season title.   As good as OWU has been all year, any of 6 teams could win the tournament. OWU, Wooster, Wabash, DePauw, Denison, or Witt.  Allegheny and Oberlin are in the tournament but don't have the ability to reel off 3 straight wins against the best teams.