MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

Yeah, that was official about a year ago. DePauw has said nothing about leaving the SCAC.

[pufin]

I knew it sounded familiar, although the Indy press is only picking it up now. Duh. I'll just go back to my work now. 

[billy_pilgrim]

Some Earlham related news confirmed this weekend:

Markous Jewett will return for his final year of eligibility.

[bishopsfan]

geez....how many years of eligibility does he have.  Is seems like he has been there forever (hahahaha)

[billy_pilgrim]

Jewett's career:

02-03: Freshman season at Earlham
03-04: Sophomore season at Earlham
04-05: Spent first semester at Ball State as a transfer walk-on; attended Earlham during the second semester and did not play basketball
05-06: Junior season at Earlham (though he did participate in senior day cermonies as he was unsure of what was ahead for the next year)
06-07: Senior season at Earlham

But yea, he has been in Richmond forever....like more than 22 years

[bishopsfan]

Any recruiting news out of any of the NCAC schools?  It has been interesting following the MIAA recruiting through their message board and it has been interesting that there has been very little chatter on this board?  I would start the conversation but I have not heard any news out of Delaware.

[ScotsFan]

Any recruiting news out of any of the NCAC schools? It has been interesting following the MIAA recruiting through their message board and it has been interesting that there has been very little chatter on this board? I would start the conversation but I have not heard any news out of Delaware.

bf,  I visited JJHuddle.com with the hopes of finding some recruiting news for any Ohio DIII schools and wasn't able to find anything.  One interesting tidbit I did come across was in regards to COW alum Erich Riebe resigning as the head basketball coach at a local high school (Applecreek, Waynedale HS).  It was rumored that he might be joining Steve Moore's staff next season.  I don't know if this is true, but he would be a great addition to the bench next season for the Scots.

[ScotsFan]

Per today's Wooster Daily Record, former COW guard Nate Gaubatz has stepped down as an assistant at Wooster HS to join Steve Moore as an assistant.  He should be a nice addition to the coaching staff.

[David Collinge]

One wonders where these coaching vacancies on the Wooster bench are coming from.

[ScotsFan]

It could be the fact that Wooster had 2 grad assistants on the bench last year.  Maybe Coach Moore is filling those spots?  Just a thought...

Also, I don't believe Coach Smith's spot was filled last season either.  From the way it was rumored, Riebe would fill in like Smitty was on the bench if the rumor is true at all.

[imderekpoe]

One interesting tidbit I did come across was in regards to COW alum Erich Riebe resigning as the head basketball coach at a local high school (Applecreek, Waynedale HS).  It was rumored that he might be joining Steve Moore's staff next season.  I don't know if this is true, but he would be a great addition to the bench next season for the Scots.

I did hear this weekend the Reibe will be joining the Scots coaching staff next season.  With Reibe, Gaubatz, Mitchell, and Cline they've almost got enough on their staff to field a decent team.  Although, Doug may not quite be in playing shape these days!

I also heard that there were a couple of recruits down for the Rebounders golf outing this weekend, including at least 1 big man from Michigan who was also looking at Hope.

[imderekpoe]

RIP Derek Poe.

I have decided to lay to rest the 'imderekpoe' user name and go back to my original 'cmhscots'.  (I guess I just got tire of being referred to as Derek!)

For anyone who cares (and I can't imagine who that would be!), I use 'imderekpoe' on the the messageboard for the english rock group Muse.  'imderekpoe' is an anagram for 'pere d'emiko' which is french for Emiko's Dad.  My daughter uses 'emiko45' on that messageboard, and it seemed appropriate based on some anagram-related stuff going on there at the time that I set it up.

Mike

[SBell]

Dex Battista, 6-8 from Utica, Mich., to Wooster. One of the best big men in Michigan -- averaged double-double at a Class A (biggest) school.

[ScotsFan]

Thanks for the good news SBell!  Wooster has been in dire needs of a decent big man since the graduation of Schlingman.  I wonder if he will be able to step in right away and make an immediate impact.

I did hear this weekend the Reibe will be joining the Scots coaching staff next season.  With Reibe, Gaubatz, Mitchell, and Cline they've almost got enough on their staff to field a decent team.  Although, Doug may not quite be in playing shape these days!

Don't forget about asst. coach Patrick Rufener.  He played for Denison.  He could round out the assistant's starting five.

[SBell]

According to this he should make an impact ... of course, I have it on the closest authorit that the author hasn't seen Wooster play since 1996 ...

http://www.mlive.com/weblogs/hsbasketball/index.ssf?/mtlogs/mlive_hsbasketball/archives/2006_05.html#136854