MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wooscotsfan]

Nice to see Wooster make the NCAA tourney!

As David noted, this is an extremely tough draw having to play Washington University at Augustana.  The winner of that first round game probably gets to play Augustana on their home floor in the 2nd round.  Augustana hosts Aurora (IL) in the first round.

Once again, this proves why winning the automatic bid and finishing with a better record is so important.

Good Luck to both the Scots and the Bishops in the Big Dance!

[wooscotsfan]

Mapquest (city to city) shows Wooster to Rock Island, IL as 501 miles.

Any bets that the NCAA mapping software shows it at 499 miles?

I can't imagine that the NCAA will pay Wooster's airfare to Augustana!

Mapquest also shows that St. Louis is about 268 miles from Rock Island

[pufin]

I used Google Maps, and it was 501 miles from Wooster to Rock Island, but when the addresses of the schools are used it is under 500 miles. Either way, it is a long trip for the Scots.

[David Collinge]

NCAA uses mappoint.msn.com.  City to city is 496.7 mi.; I didn't input the street addresses. 

[MoneyBallSTL]

If any Wooster faithful are making the trip to Rock Island from SAINT LOUIE, let me know, possible carpool!!! GO SCOTS!!! I've also heard a lot about Wash U this year in the city and I'm not drinking the Red&Green Kool-Aid this time...

[David Collinge]

Augustana's Carver Center holds 3300 fans.  I don't know how well they draw, or how well Wash U. and Aurora travel, but with a gym that size I'd guess that tickets will be available at the door.  No word yet from Wooster about a pre-sale of tickets. 

Also no word yet from either OWU or Centre about tickets.  According to D3hoops.com, Centre's Alumni Gym seats 1300. 

[Mr. Ypsi]

Augustana's Carver Center holds 3300 fans.  I don't know how well they draw, or how well Wash U. and Aurora travel, but with a gym that size I'd guess that tickets will be available at the door.  No word yet from Wooster about a pre-sale of tickets. 

Also no word yet from either OWU or Centre about tickets.  According to D3hoops.com, Centre's Alumni Gym seats 1300. 

Augie posters themselves complain about attendance and almost total lack of community support.  When IWU plays there, the crowd is generally at least 40-50% Green (and never anywhere near capacity).  And WashU can't draw even at home (don't know about Aurora).  I seriously doubt tickets would be a problem.

[sac]

Wash U didn't sell their alotment for the Sectional at UWSP, Augustana is about 3-4 hours closer but even then I wouldn't expect many fans to make the journey.

[Vanilla24COW]

Wash U is led by their post man Ruths. IMO the key in this game will be whether or not Will and Co can contain and limit Ruths and make things difficult on him. If Johnson plays will certainly be the other key and how effective he can be. Wash U lost their PG early in the season and I think Johnson's ability to pressure the ball when healthy could be a big factor. A very interesting first round matchup between two teams that battled it out in the civic center almost a year ago. Best of luck to the Old Gold and black and a late congrats and good luck wishes to the Bishops...I will also echo the sentiments of others with respect to Coach DeWitt.

[sac]

Its too bad Sean Wallis is out for WashU, seeing he and Cooper matchup would be worth the drive, they would definately 2 of the best guards in D3.

[smedindy]

Looks like Aurora averages 520 a game.

[woosterbooster]

Looks like Aurora averages 520 a game.

Points?  Good Lord!

[David Collinge]

Looks like Aurora averages 520 a game.

Points?  Good Lord!

It's a little misleading.  They averaged 80.8 points per game for 24 games, but when they beat Grinnell 11,061-11,047, it messed up the averages.

[Mr. Ypsi]

David, I knew there was a Grinnell joke in there, I just didn't come up with it first!

[woosterbooster]

Yeah, Grinnell had 'em, too, but choked in the last 0.003 seconds.