MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[earlhamalum]

Does anyone else feel like these Denison Posters are Ex-players that must be holding some type of Grudge against this Coach? 

[Coshocton Giant]

D.C. Please do not put Woo Man(less) on the same post as C.G. My grammar may be lacking, but not my respect earned by quality programs and quality athletes. West Holmes eh? Perhaps an appropriate place you two to duel it out. Ha Ha

[smedindy]

Earlhamalum -

I do. Mainly because the recent games were games where it was time to experiment (Wooster, Witt and Akron) and a non-conference game (Bluffton). Denison has a chance to make some noise against the other 8 in the league. Why not see who can play and where they're best at?

I remember seeing Kalamazoo at Wabash a few years ago and at every stoppage there was a sub, and 13 guys played for K'Zoo. It didn't bother them in the least, that was the rotation and how they played.

We don't know why Hern didn't start against Bluffton but he led the team in minutes anyway.

As for Hodgkinson, I've seen plenty of sets where the big man starts out on the perimeter. At times, it clears up the lane for the rest of the team and can cause matchup problems when teams play help defense on screens.

[ScotsFan]

Anyone see the Witt-Woo game? How'd that turn out? Geez guys.   

Sorry that a game between 2 of D3's fiercest rivals on the hard court, coupled with the fact that they were ranked #2 and #3 in the country and lived up to all the hype surrounding it resulted in talking it up a bit in here after the fact.  Its not that this board is lacking in any Denison talk either lately.   Don't get me wrong, its great  to see some opinions from some other schools representing in here.   Besides, most of that drivel that was being spewn about yesterday by wooman isn't clearly representative of true Wooster supporters in here. 

Anyways, since we're talking Denison, you guys must be extremely disappointed as to what has transpired so far this season.  You obviously had some high hopes coming into this season.  Top 2 scorers back from a team on the rise last year.  A young coach who seemed to have the program turning the corner.  Plus, the newly renovated gym.  I'm about as stumped as you all as to why the Big Red can't seem to get things going? 

I wasn't able to attend the Wooster game down there in Granville, but listening to the radio broadcast,  I can tell you those first five minutes made me extremely nervous.  It seems as though after those 1st five minutes of the Wooster game, Denison has just disappeared for some reason and they haven't reappeared since.  They did seem to put in a better effort against Witt, but the Akron game could have been the straw that broke the camel's back, especially after seeing the Bluffton result.  I had thought Denison might be able to right the ship with a solid performance against Bluffton, but now, I don't know.  There are still a lot of conference games to go, but if Denison doesn't figure things out in a hurry, (and that won't be easy considering Wabash is coming to Granville on Saturday) it will be in for another long season, especially given the high expectations coming in.

[waterboy]

earlhamalum,

I forgot to mention that I too was at that game where Allegheny beat Earlham in overtime in the NCAC Tourney.  It was by two, 92-90.  You guys should have won that game too.  Nick Catanzarite missed two free throws in the waning seconds that would have iced it for the Gators.  This is the guy who owns the NCAC record for percentage in a game (15-15).  But unfortunately for you guys, nothing was falling.  I was, of course, the waterboy.

Refresh my memory, though it may pain you, why did you get a technical in that game anyways?

[WooMix]

Announcing the arrival of yet another Wooster huge booster.  Gooo ... Scots!!!

[billy_pilgrim]

The call that Earlhamalum speaks of in that tourney game at Allegheny was actually of less consequence than something that happened later in the game.

Late in regulation, Brady Keaton was whistled for a foul (his 4th), but someone at the scorer's table had it as his 5th. So, with four fouls, Keaton was relegated to the bench for the remainder of regulation and overtime. He "fouled out" with 17 points and nine rebounds in his final game. Even today, if you look at the official box score from that game, it shows him with only four fouls.

It was a great game, made that much greater when a poor shooter who always padded his stats in garbage time hit the only clutch shot of his career............yes, that's correct, Earlhamalum hit a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime.

And for the record, I was money in warm-ups that night. 

[WooMix]

The killer shot ... and the celebration ... Re-live a classic ...  All pictures courtesy of the Wooster website.

[smedindy]

Well, that's why the box score and the book should double check each other after the game - we make sure they jive in fouls and points and adjust the box score to match the book.

Sloppy, sloppy, people. What is it with that and the Wooster / Witt game not having the minutes balanced. Doesn't anyone care about precision anymore?? 

[David Collinge]

200 minutes just wasn't enough to contain all that excitement, I guess! 

[earlhamalum]

WaterBoy- 
first of all it was not a Technical it was a  flagrant foul...   two different calls that end up with almost the same result (player that gets fouled HAS to shoot the Free-throw.)

  My junior year when we played Depauw who was then Ranked #2 in the nation i got a Flagrant foul with 2 minutes left in the game... We ended up winning that game in O.T.  so I figured it worked then why not try again...  as you know second time was not the Charm.  Nice memory you are the TRUE WaTeRbOy.

[earlhamalum]

BillyPilgram....

I'm hurt with that comment, but as always no hard feelings.  All I have to say is KENYON KENYON.. lol I think you should know what that means.

or

Open in the corner Billypilgram or Stoops.  I think I went with Stoops if my memory is correct.

[David Collinge]

My junior year when we played Depauw who was then Ranked #2 in the nation ...

DePauw was ranked #3 that week. 
http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/02/week6.htm

My need to point that out has led to a change in my avatar and signature. 

[David Collinge]

Around the League in Ninety Seconds, I'm David Collinge...

Wilmington 70, Ohio Wesleyan 55
Grove City 77, Hiram 76 (2OT)
Allegheny 82, Thiel 74

[smedindy]

Could Hiram be inching its way to being not too terribly bad?