MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[BigRedGrad]

I see that it is Wooster by 90!!!  With the over under being 100!!!! Interesting 

[pennstghs]

well i guess i'm the only vocal wittenberg poster on here on a consistent basis besides jscwittfan so that may have something to do with it right?

I think if anyone picks Denison to win tonight they should be banished from the boards-Wooster is the team i would want to face the least of anyone tonight

ALSO-FYI all NCAC supporters remember to vote on the d3hoops.com main page for Wittenberg/Wooster being the "2nd" best rivalry behind Hope and Calvin-personally i know there is a lot of history there but i would argue Witt/Wooster is top notch stuff!!!!

[ScotsFan]

ALSO-FYI all NCAC supporters remember to vote on the d3hoops.com main page for Wittenberg/Wooster being the "2nd" best rivalry behind Hope and Calvin-personally i know there is a lot of history there but i would argue Witt/Wooster is top notch stuff!!!!

Yeah I voted.  It looks as though Witt/Woo is going to have to settle for 3rd as Amherst/Williams is starting to pull away.  They are now 20 percentage points clear. 

It's obviously no argument as to the top spot.  But I thought it would be a bit closer between the Witt/Woo rivalry and the Amherst/Williams rivalry.  I guess all of that history is just too hard to overcome.  Seeing as how Wittenberg and Wooster have only played each other 91 times vs the 195 times Williams and Amherst have squared off vs. one another.  So, I guess that puts them at a bit of an advantage over Wooster and Wittenberg from a historical perspective.  But Wittenberg and Wooster have the top 2 winningest programs of all-time to counter with.  Oh well, I guess we'll just have to settle for 3rd best which isn't so bad either...

[pennstghs]

they can just follow ohio state in settling for runners up......ba dum cha (drumroll) sorry couldn't resist

good luck to witt tonight-it is on webcast tonight as mentioned before

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:  Wooster 54  Denison 24 

Wooster is cruising in this game as Brandon Johnson has 21 points to lead the Scots.  James Cooper has 10 points and Marty Bidwell has 8 points.

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:  Wittenberg 37  Ohio Wesleyan 32

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 97  Denison 57 

Wooster was led by Brandon Johnson with 25 points, James Cooper with 14 points, Dustin Geitgey with 12 points and Marty Bidwell with 12 points.

Chris Luther had 11 points and Caleb McFerren added 10 points for Denison.

Scots shot 52% from the floor overall and 13 of 23 on three pointers (56.5%).  Brandon Johnson was 5 of 7 on three pointers and Geitgey was 4 of 7.

Wooster is now 13-3, 6-1 NCAC.  Next up is Earlham on Saturday.

GO SCOTS!

[wooscotsfan]

4:05 left in Delaware:   Witt  63  OWU 60  Nice video stream of this game.

OWU three pointer by Teeters.  63-63

Intentional foul on OWU on Witt breakaway....questionable.

Witt 65  OWU 63  made both FTs, ~2 minutes left.

Timeout Witt, OWU ball with 2 minutes left

OWU miss, Witt gets a bucket with 1:15 left.  Witt 67  OWU 63

Another three pointer by Casey Teeters,  Witt 67  OWU 66
Timeout OWU with 56 secs left.  Witt has the ball.

Witt's Murray misses a three pointer,  OWU ball with ~20 secs left.  Timeout

Rudegair scores.  OWU 68  Witt 67.  Greg Hill gets a charging foul.  OWU ball.

Foul on Witt, One & One for OWU's Cafarella.  2.2 secs left.  Timeout.

Brian Cafarella hits both FTs.  OWU 70  Witt 67.  Timeout Tigers.

Witt misses desparation shot from about half court.

Final:  Ohio Wesleyan 70  Wittenberg 67

[jscwittfan]

Great finish to the game, even if it didn't turn out right in the end for Witt.

Also, kudos to OWU - the video stream looked really clean.  Hopefully more schools will be able to do things like this on a more consistent basis (I'm looking at you, Witt).

[wooscotsfan]

~9 minutes left in Richmond:   Wabash 43  Earlham 43

8-0 run by Little Giants.  Wabash 51  Earlham 43 with ~6 minutes left.

~2:40 left.  Wabash 59  Earlham 51

0:53 left.  Wabash 62  Earlham 55  LG's have the ball.

Final:  Wabash 65  Earlham 55  LG's get the road win, 5-2 NCAC.

[Li'l Giant]

This game sounds like it's being broadcast from Mexico in 1952.

[wooscotsfan]

All the NCAC 1/23 Final Scores:

Hiram 84  Allegheny 79
Kenyon 70  Oberlin 60
Wooster 97  Denison 57
Ohio Wesleyan 70  Wittenberg 67
Wabash 65  Earlham 55

So, the NCAC standings at the top:
Witt 6-1
Woo 6-1
OWU 5-2
Wabash 5-2
Kenyon 5-2,  don't overlook those Lords 

[kiltedbryan]

Wittenberg 67, Ohio Wesleyan 70

This game played out somewhat along the lines of Wooster-Wittenberg from this weekend, except that there was a role-reversal for Wittenberg.

Wittenberg led for most of the game, usually in the 4-8 point range, with Ohio Wesleyan making enough shots down the stretch (credit to Teeters) to stay close and then edge ahead.

Barabino with 16 and Hill with 14 for Wittenberg, who was out-rebounded by OWU (surprisingly) 28-34.

Jesse Jean put in a double-double effort, with 19 points (including OWU's first 8 pts.) and 14 rebounds, and Rudegeair chipped in 13 points.

Sat next to David for this game- he may have additional thoughts, though I don't really have that many comments.  Pretty good basketball game overall, and OWU comes away with a much-needed win at home against one of the better teams in the NCAC.

[David Collinge]

All I have to add is this. 
1) OWU has a nice team and an excellent program with Mike DeWitt, and they deserve MUCH better fan support than they get.  The gym was maybe 2/3 full, similar to what it was when Wooster was in town.  And it's not a large gym.  They should pack the place, and it's a shame they don't.
2) Nevertheless, it was loud.  As anyone who knows Rickey Arean knows, the acoustics are designed to amplify the sound.  The student section was pretty large and very active from the tap, and they kept the decibel level high all night, and that had to help the Bishops.  I know that Teeters appreciated it, at least, because at the final horn he did what I guess has come to be known as a "Lambeau Leap" into the arms of the students.
3) Speaking of Teeters: just when I finished lecturing the uber-patient Bryan on my thesis that what separates Witt from the pretenders is that they always make the plays in the clutch, up steps Casey Teeters.  After an 0-3 shooting start, and looking pretty tentative on the last one, he hit 3 of 3 treys in the final 5 minutes of the game, each one killing off a mini-rally by the Tigers.  Absolutely huge, and fearless. 
4) I did tell Bryan during the pre-game introductions that I thought Jesse Jean would be the key to the game, especially whether he was able to rebound against Witt's big men.  Well, all he did was pull down 14 boards, including 6 on the offensive end, to complement his 19 points on 8/14 shooting.  It's nice to be right once in a while! 
5) Did anybody see us on TV?  We were more or less at midcourt, in the top row opposite the cameras, and standing the whole time (so we could see over the OWU students.)
6) I'm not sorry I chose to attend this game rather than Denison's nailbiter at Wooster. 

[ScotsFan]

Witt misses desparation shot from about half court.

What, no foul?

To Witt's credit, they made that game a lot closer than I thought it would be.  I'm really surprised they let that one slip away.  As David mentioned, Witt seems to always be clutch when they need to make plays and tonight, OWU looks to have given them a dose of their own medicine. 

BTW, I knew I should have stuck with my gut and gone with my Pups over on the Pick 'Em board?! Ugh...