MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Personally, I would probably put the NCAC above the MIAA if measuring the conference from top to bottom - just my humble opinion!

[sac]

Personally, I would probably put the NCAC above the MIAA if measuring the conference from top to bottom - just my humble opinion!

Massey ratings

MIAA #25
NCAC #31

[NW Hope Fan]

Personally, I would probably put the NCAC above the MIAA if measuring the conference from top to bottom - just my humble opinion!

Massey ratings

MIAA #25
NCAC #31

Oooo, SAC and real numbers! Don't ya just hate that? Although we all know Massey has some flaws.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Personally, I would probably put the NCAC above the MIAA if measuring the conference from top to bottom - just my humble opinion!

Massey ratings

MIAA #25
NCAC #31

Oooo, SAC and real numbers! Don't ya just hate that? Although we all know Massey has some flaws.

But, alas, even #25 is well down in the bottom half of d3.  Both conferences are obviously excellent at the very top, but with sub-par middles and horrid bottoms.

Woo and Hope can't do much more for the conferences; it's gonna take the Oberlins and Almas to boost them up.

[NW Hope Fan]

Tri-State is coming along, and I think the new coach at Olivet will improve that program as well... And if K would just get Smokin' Joe to re-up, we might have some good competition south of Holland. Alma??? if they could keep the recruits they get, they may have a good team someday.

[sac]

There isn't much difference between the MIAA and NCAC, in fact the difference in the Massey ratings is probably the 3 extra teams the NCAC has to carry at or near the bottom of the conference.

The top teams are all very comparable and typically play pretty close games.

If you play the comparative scores game between Hope, Albion, Wooster and Ohio Wesleyan you won't see a whole lot of separation.

[David Collinge]

The NCAC showed up nicely in the All-Great Lakes Region team, as selected by regional SIDs.  The NCAC produced three-fifths of the first team, including the regional Player of the Year, as well as the region's Rookie of the Year. 

Player of the Year: James Cooper, Wooster
Coach of the Year: Glenn Van Wieren, Hope
Rookie of the Year: Kodey Haddox, Kenyon

First team
Pos.    Player    School    Yr.    Hometown
G    James Cooper    Wooster    Sr.    Springfield, Ohio
G    Brody Jackson    Bethany    Sr.    Akron, Ohio
F    Dustin Rudegeair    Ohio Wesleyan    Sr.    Yellow Springs, Ohio
F    Marcus Vanderheide    Hope    Sr.    Grandville, Mich.
C    Andrew Zimmer    Wabash    Sr.    Hobart, Ind.

[aueagle]

DELAWARE, OHIO -- Ohio Wesleyan University senior Dustin Rudegeair (Yellow Springs) and head coach Mike DeWitt were named to the All-Great Lakes District men's basketball team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, it was announced by the NABC.

DeWitt was named Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year, while Rudegeair was a first-team all-region selection.

[aueagle]

D. Collinge is right about the Bishops seniors...A Big Thanks for an outstanding season & 4 yrs on the hardcourt. Dustin Rudegeair will be missed....almost 16 pts/game and 7 boards....DeWitt was "The Man"...it starts at the top. Not bad for a 2nd place NCAC ballclub........GO BISHOPS

[David Collinge]

DELAWARE, OHIO -- Ohio Wesleyan University senior Dustin Rudegeair (Yellow Springs) and head coach Mike DeWitt were named to the All-Great Lakes District men's basketball team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, it was announced by the NABC.

DeWitt was named Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year, while Rudegeair was a first-team all-region selection.

I'll add my congratulations to Coach DeWitt and Dustin, and also to Wooster's James Cooper, also named to the all-region first team (PDF).  Further congratulations to Cooper, who was selected to the NABC's All-America team (2nd team)(PDF).  To my naked eye, it looks like the 1st team was merely the 8 regional Players of the Year, and the GL POY was Hope's Marcus Vanderheide.  The second and third teams also appear to be one per region, so I guess you could say that Cooper was the GL POY runner-up. 

[ScotsFan]

At least the Scots can take solace in the fact that they lost to a team that advanced to play for the national championship.  WashU beat Hope tonight in the Final Four 89-74.  The Bears will face Amherst in a battle of, impressively enough, the D3hoops.com preseason #1 vs #2.  So after all of these games throughout the entire season, I guess the guys voting for these polls really do know what they're doing.

[Gregory Sager]

To my naked eye, it looks like the 1st team was merely the 8 regional Players of the Year, and the GL POY was Hope's Marcus Vanderheide.  The second and third teams also appear to be one per region, so I guess you could say that Cooper was the GL POY runner-up. 

That's how the NABC does it every year -- the eight regional POYs constitute the eight-man All-American first team, and the eight regions are each apportioned one player each on the second and third teams as well.

[Li'l Giant]

Just wanted to take this time to point out that former Wabash hoops player Josh Kendrick coached Brownsburg High School to the Indiana 4A boy's hoops title this weekend. Way to go, Josh. Some Little Giant!

Hayward's last-second shot wins it for the Bulldogs

[wooscotsfan]

Congratulations to Wooster Coach Steve Moore who has been selected to receive a national "Guardian of the Game" award for education by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).  Coach Moore will receive the award at the NABC national convention this weekend in San Antonio.

Here is a link to a full story on Wooster's website:
http://athletics.wooster.edu/mb/news/2007-08/moore_nabc.php

[goscots]

Its been one month with no new posts on the NCAC board. Got to get it going with something. How about this question - In a best of 7 series, which Wooster final four team would win? Put some matchup thoughts in to make it interesting. I'll post mine soon.