MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[La Verdad]

I'm a loyal Amherst fan and I just wanted to come over to Wooster's home board to give you guys some love.  Your team played their guts out, your fans screamed till their voices were gone, and then you went out Sat night with your heads held high and partied your faces off.  I got to talk to Vandervart and Port for a bit and they are both incredibly classy guys, best of luck to them in whatever they do.  Congrats on a great season and know that there is a small town in MA that has nothing but respect for your program.

[wooscotsfan]

Just back from Salem a few hours ago and I wanted to post a few more thoughts on a great Final Four weekend.

Wooster should be very proud that they made it to the Final Four (second time in 5 years).  It is a real achievement that many D3 teams would love to accomplish even once.

Wooster led both games in the second half but just couldn't put together the finishing stretch in either game to get the victory.  The difference in the Amherst game was razor thin as the Lords had 3 fewer turnovers, 2 more rebounds and 2 more steals than the Scots.  That translated to 53 shot attempts for Amherst compared to only 45 attempts for Wooster which was one reason for the loss.   The other reason was Amherst outscoring Wooster by a 11-1 margin to end the game.

The Washington University game was lost primarily because Wooster did not play its best defense.  The Scots gave up 92 points obviously and they allowed the Bears to shoot 49% from the floor compared to only 42% for Wooster.

I also want to add my CONGRATULATIONS to Tom Port, Tim Vandervaart and Andy Van Horn on their terrific careers as Scots!

Wooster fans were all over Salem this weekend and the Scots had the most support, even more than in-state Virginia Wesleyan.  Good job Wooster nation! 

[WooMix]

Got in last night from Salem.  It was a great weekend and I did enjoy myself.  Maybe the third time will be the charm as was the case for Amherst?

I would like to thank Woolax for the ride to and from Salem and among many other things.  You are most certainly a great guy and a true Fighting Scot.  Thank you man.   Hopefully we'll make the trip together again in the near future?

It was a great season for the Scots folks.  I surely enjoyed it to the max.  Hopefully the next one will be just as good.  On this note I also would like to thank you all posters for your informative posts.  It wouldn't have been the same without this board.  Please let's make a date for the 2007-2008 season.  This is me signing off for the season.  Its been real folks.  Peace.

[bufordscot]

Withdrawal...sigh 

[David Collinge]

It looks like Tom Port got off to a fairly good start at the College Basketball Invitational.  His team (Structure Personnel) was seeded directly into the winner's bracket, and they defeated a team that had won earlier in the day (Soprema) 104-99.  Port was the only D3 player in this game, and he scored 14 on 5 of 8 shooting (4/6 from the arc.)  His team advances to take on the only 2-0 team in the tournament (Galaxy, another D3-less team) this afternoon.  A couple more good performances might get Tom into Saturday's All-Star game, to be televised live on ESPN U.

Stats from Tom's first game
D3Hoops.com coverage by Matthew Florjancic

[ScotsFan]

Any word on whether or not Port happened to make the 'All-Star' game tonight at the CBI?

[David Collinge]

He did not; B-WC's Tori Davis was the only D3 player in the All-Star Game.  D3Hoops.com coverage.

I can't quite figure out how this tournament was structured; it seemed that Port's team received a bye into the winner's bracket, but then was eliminated with just one loss.  So Tom only played in two games, and his numbers in the second one weren't very inspiring (0/2, both from deep, with 1 rebound, 1 block, and 2 assists in 23 minutes, but 4/5 from the line.)

[ScotsFan]

I just read the front page of GoBlueWolverine.com that Blake Mealer's younger brother, Elliot, is in the middle of a recuriting battle between Michigan and Ohio State for his services on the gridiron.  He's from Waseon which is pretty much on the dividing line between Ohio State and Michigan fans, so it'll be interesting to see where he ends up.

[ScotsFan]

^^^^^

I guess it wasn't much of a battle after all as Blake's younger brother committed yesterday to Miiiichigan!!!   GO BLUE!!!

[sac]

^^^^^

I guess it wasn't much of a battle after all as Blake's younger brother committed yesterday to Miiiichigan!!!   GO BLUE!!!

I heard he was homesick and would be transfering to Arkansas. 

[ScotsFan]

I heard he was homesick and would be transfering to Arkansas. 

LOL!!!   

[sac]

I'm glad someone got that very obscure reference.

[David Collinge]

Congratulations to Wooster senior Andy Van Horn, who earned first-team all NCAC honors in men's golf this season.  Andy tallied a composite score of 702 strokes over the nine conference-sanctioned rounds, a scoring average of 78.0, good for fifth-best in the conference.  Andy was also a first-team all-conference performer in his freshman season.  The College of Wooster community is really going to miss this guy when he graduates.

Ohio Wesleyan ran away with both the season-long league crown and the post-season tournament, and will represent the conference in the NCAA tournament.  OWU also swept the postseason awards, including 3 golfers on the all-NCAC first team, a fourth named conference player of the year (which encompasses off-the-links attributes such as academics and sportsmanship), coach of the year, and tournament medalist.  Congratulations to the Bishops, and good luck in the nationals!

http://www.northcoast.org/go/goallncac07.pdf
http://athletics.wooster.edu/golf/recaps/2006-07/ncac.php

[David Collinge]

Wooster tends to post their schedule among the latest in D3, like in October.  But other schools have begun to post schedules, and I see that one of them, University of St. Thomas, has the Van Wie Classic on their schedule.  The Tommies finished 10th in the final poll last year with a record of 24-4, but lose the All-American duo of Issac Rosefelt and Bryan Schnettler.  Always a good program, however, UST should provide an early-season test should the Scots and Tommies meet up.  UST has come to one Wooster tourney or the other several times in the recent past, so I gather there is a good relationship there.  I wonder if the Scots will ever go to St. Paul to return the favor?

[tyrone]

That will be a great game!