MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[pennstghs]

inflates the matchup saturday if anything with wittenberg's higher rating, but witt will be out to prove they are still a player in the conference portrait.

also news out of the wooster and witt camps is no presale tickets, just tickets at the gate at wooster for witt fans-dont know how well this is oging to work out...................

[smedindy]

DC - Perhaps someone made an error last week and downgraded Witt too much?

[Witt4ever]

Interesting....

Wittenberg beats Wabash (7-12) and Denison (3-15) and vaults 99 points and 5 places (from #16 to #11) in this week's poll.    Only Chicago had a bigger jump, and all they did was beat #25 NYU (14-4) and ORV Brandeis (13-5).

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Read more in the Daily Dose. 
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Poll voters  realized the OWU defeat was an anomaly and the situation that occurred prior to the OWU game was a key factor in that loss.



Due diligence is always needed when poll voting. 

[bufordscot]

From Wooster's website

Ticket Info for Wittenberg-Wooster Game on Feb. 3: You must have a ticket to be admitted to Saturday's game. Student, faculty, and staff, as well as holders of guest passes (advertisers, NCAC), will still be free of charge, however, you must present your ID or pass to the ticket window. Pre-sale of tickets will take place at Wooster's Physical Education Center this Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., and the gates and ticket window will open Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

[hodgistheman]

Willie Brown..... I agree with you that Hodge is not toughest kid in the world of the most physical player and yeah he does whine alot. The comment that he is dirty is the dumbest comment anyone has ever made. The kid doesn't have a mean bone in his body and you couldn't find one player who has ever battled him in the post to say he is a dirty player. They might tell you he is phsically weak and whines but never dirty. He is a class kid that has gotten the most out of his limited natural ability. For a kid who can't run, jump, and is physically weak he has had  a great career. Calling someone dirty is a shot a someones's integrity and character. As for Saturday he was frustrated because Witt did on outstanding job of taking away things from him. That combined with a weak perimeter made it a long day for him and the Big Red. It has been a long year and not exactly the way he had hoped to end his career. That being said never once did he take a cheap shot at anyone.

[ScotsFan]

also news out of the wooster and witt camps is no presale tickets, just tickets at the gate at wooster for witt fans-dont know how well this is oging to work out...................

I may be mistaken, but isn't this almost the same thing that Witt did to Wooster last year???  I don't seem to recall Witt sending any presale tickets Wooster's way last year for their game down in Springfield.

ticket news today on the witt wooster game

ticket sales will be going on sale starting on saturday at noon instead of the 5:00 time as believe before. there will be 2,000 tickets to the general public available with the other 1000 going to the wittenberg community that needs to tickets for admission. it will quite an atmosphere like always-much hype

how is that illogical of a plan? it makes sense instead of having a huge attack on the campus at 5:30 to get tickets to start selling them at noon. most schools would sell before gameday. you go a little early. 2/3 of the tickets are open to the general public-that's how it goes in any circumstance. the season ticket holders get their seats-in this case the 1000 up for witt students and general family, and the other 2,000 are up for grabs.

and if it is illogical it is in witt's favor; why would we want a gym full of gold and black in our own gym?

pennstghs,

It sounds like you were cool with it when Wittenberg basically instituted the same policy.     At least Wooster is opening the sales on Friday afternoon as well as on Saturday.   I guess the old saying is true, "Kama's a bitch"! 

[David Collinge]

Well, I must say that I'm no fan of this policy; I think we should have sent some tickets to Witt for presale, the same as they did for us earlier this season.  I of course have no idea how complicated that is, so I'm willing to give the Wooster ticket office the benefit of the doubt. 

That said, I anticipate that tickets will still be available right up until gametime, at least.  There's a JV game at 5:30, and I'd encourage Witt fans and other out-of-towners to plan to attend that game to ensure that you can get tickets.  All seats (except season tickets) are general admission, so you don't need to buy early just to get a preferred seat.

Safe travels to everyone, now that something resembling winter has finally arrived in Ohio.

[earlhamalum]

I was looking for tickets on E-Bay for the Big show down this weekend... sadly I couldn't find any as of today.   Guess I'll have to go another year without ever attending a Witt/Woo basketball game.  I will one day attend the match-up in person. (Hopefully at Wittenberg.... 1 1/2 hour drive or 4 1/2)  For now I will focus on the other BIG SHOW DOWN this weekend in Southern FL where I'll have to Force myself to enjoy the warm weather for the weekend and root on one of my other loves... The Colts.   So to all you Witt/Woo fans enjoy one of the Biggest College basketball match-ups of the year, because I'll be sure to enjoy my first super bowl experience and the Weather... thank god I didn't have to buy tickets for that on E-Bay or I wouldn't have a computer to type on anymore!     Go Quake, Go Colts... and I'm routing for Wooster (not for karma purposes either!)

[pennstghs]

yes you are right we are kind of instituting the same policy that wooster is right now, BUT we did send some tickets to wooster fans for presale to ensure that there wouldn't be a huge problem. I dont think however that this game will be sold out, just hopefully that Wittenberg fans that attend all get tickets would be sufficient for me. I dont anticipate being able to make it up to Wooste runtil 6:30, so hopefully that isnt too immenant of a concern.

also, gotigers----you need to check your spelling and grammar before you post

[smedindy]

For the first time, I ran my power-rating amalgamation, and there is where the NCAC stands out of 403 teams ranked by Massey and Wolfe.

3. Wooster
12. Wittenberg
57. Ohio Wesleyan
234. Earlham
248. Wabash
250. Allegheny
270. Kenyon
305. Hiram
337. Denison
346. Oberlin

It got ugly in a hurry for the NCAC.

Wash U. got #1 thanks to great SOS. Amherst is #7 because of their SOS. That also hurt Mississippi College.

[WooMix]

I always meant to ask this question but I never got around to it.  We have had some great players in the history of Wooster basketball - Tom Dinger, Erich Riebe, Doug Cline, and Bryan nelson, just to mention a few.  Why haven't their jerseys been retired in honor of their stellar performances?  Or maybe some of them have been retired and I just didn't notice when I was in the Timken gym?

[zu1414]

As a Hiram fan its tough to add anything to a debate regarding a need of tickets.

This is such a big game, any chance it could ever be played at a neutral site say Akron, OSU? Now that would be fun, right? Just a thought...

[Pat Coleman]

yes you are right we are kind of instituting the same policy that wooster is right now, BUT we did send some tickets to wooster fans for presale to ensure that there wouldn't be a huge problem. I dont think however that this game will be sold out, just hopefully that Wittenberg fans that attend all get tickets would be sufficient for me. I dont anticipate being able to make it up to Wooste runtil 6:30, so hopefully that isnt too immenant of a concern.

also, gotigers----you need to check your spelling and grammar before you post

As should you. Try apostrophes, commas and run-on sentences.

[Li'l Giant]

As a Hiram fan its tough to add anything to a debate regarding a need of tickets.

This is such a big game, any chance it could ever be played at a neutral site say Akron, OSU? Now that would be fun, right? Just a thought...

I hate neutral sites unless early season tourneys and the Big Dance are involved. Big time conference games like this need to be played on campus. It's just not right to have it anywhere else.

[pennstghs]

        Neutral sites take away from the atmosphere that a campus location provides. First, the venue lacks historical significance most of the time. Next, part of the rivalry is the fun of going to the away team's arena and fighting for a win. Lastly, OSU is not a place i would like to go haha. To conclude, i believe that Wooster and Wittenberg should continue their current state of affairs.

Is that better Pat? No errors for you-not that i was accusing you in the first place........