MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[earlhamalum]

Wittenberg, Wabash, OWU, Denison... all have deep benches. 

I think OWU does not have anyone playing more than 25.8 Minutes Per Game. 

The other 3 teams have a lot of guys in the Mid 25 MPG. Category.

[David Collinge]

From the Zanesville article on Witucky:

"Witucky also carries a 3.6 GPA and will attend law school. Moore will certainly be sorry to see him go."

I'm not sure if Coach Moore means he'll be sorry to see Kyle leave, or sorry to see him go...to law school.  But either way I agree with him.   

[smedindy]

Final
Hiram 91
St. Olaf 88

Go Pups!   

Well, raise my rent!!! 

[earlhamalum]

Final:  Green Quakers-   88
           Maroon Quakers- 81 

The actual score is close... Earlham was down 4 with 8 seconds left, and they were not going to foul, but a player on the Green Quakers took a 3 point shot as time expired to make it a 7 point loss instead of a 4. 

[Pat Coleman]

I've created a place to discuss Division III baseball for those who are interested. If there's enough interest from NCAC fans we'll set up a separate NCAC board under the baseball board.

[Vanilla24COW]

I would have a hard time arguing with the 9 players listed, the only stat that seems to jump out on those 9 is only 4 assists for Mat Majzik from Gheny, I think there may be a new meaning for the "Black Hole". Does Dan Russ remind anyone else of Joe Dejean from Wabash a few years back??? Both are long and athletic and seem to play the best in the big games

[goscots]

Having seen only 4 of the other NCAC teams its a bit of a guess for Wabash, OWU, and Alleghany, but I have read the web site for Alleghany and I agree with DC's two picks (McCloskey and Majzlik) . They have the stats and seem to be delivering leadership on a much improved Gator team.

I would drop Hodgkinson and add Borchers. If I was playing pickup I would pick Borchers first every time.

I would also drop Kyle Medeiros and add Witucky. There have been a number of posts on Kyle's leadership. His 43-13 assist to turnover ratio just stands out.
Nobody has outstanding stats for Wabash, but they have a good record with close losses to good teams, so maybe I'll give the tenth spot to their starting lineup (i.e. - good team play).

[wally_wabash]

Well, it's hard to say for sure exactly how the two compare.  Russ plays on a very balanced team...DesJean was by far and away the primary option for Wabash during his last two or three years there.  If you look at the stats, DesJean was a much stronger rebounder than Russ is (DesJean averaged a double-double his sophomore year and very close to a double-double his last two seasons), a bit more of a shot blocker, and scored a few more points.  Russ has been playing somewhere around 25 minutes per game the last few years.  My recollection is that DesJean played more minutes than that. 

DesJean put up stronger numbers than Russ has....but Russ has been a key cog on two tournament teams.  I don't know who you'd pick there.  I think we can agree that both are/were outstanding players. 

[wooscotsfan]

Big matchup tonight at Timken as #2 Wooster hosts #17 Baldwin Wallace.

The Yellow Jackets currently lead the OAC at 4-0, 8-1 overall.  Wooster currently leads the NCAC at 4-0, 9-0 overall so this opening game in the Mose Hole Tournament is a dandy!

Should be some good individual matchups tonight as Wooster tries to contain Tori Davis (23.4 ppg) and the Yellow Jackets try to stop Cooper, Port and Vandervaart.

GO SCOTS!!

[imderekpoe]

Ought to be a good one tonight!  I can't remember all the details, but I seem to remember that the Scots had trouble with Tori Davis in the NCAA game last year. 

This is a very important game for the Scots and their QOWI.  I saw that in Pat's initial run, their's was only 9.333 because they've only played one opponent with an in-region percentage over .333!  There won't be too many chances to boost that number this season, so they need to take advantage of these opportunities!

[goscots]

imderekpoe - I believe both Earlham and Witt are in region, but your point is well taken.

About ready to leave for Wooster, want to catch some of the first game.

I expect a good game with BW, I'm sure they will be pumped up.

Looking at their website, I would expect the matchups to be:

Schuler/Sekerak against Witucky/Cooper- probably in that order.
Aufmuth - VanHorn - their second bext player, shoots ~3 3FG/game
Gundert - Port - he is the bigger wing
Davis - Vandervaart - had him last year in the NCAA.

[imderekpoe]

Earlham's in-region record (the one that counts for QOWI) is only 2-7 (.222) so far!

[ScotsFan]

In regards to tonights matchup with Woo and BW, Tori did have a pretty good game against the Scots in that tournament game last year.  He went off for 25 points, but his brother Thad, didn't have his best game.  Also, BW had an off night shooting if I remember correctly.  Of course Wooster's defense was a major contributor to that.  Tonight should be a good one.  I don't expect the Scots to have as easy a time as they did last year.   Hopefully, they can get the win, not only for bragging rights over the OAC, but also for those all too valuable QOWI points as imderekpoe pointed out.  Hope to see a good crowd tonight even without the students.

[ScotsFan]

I've created a place to discuss Division III baseball for those who are interested. If there's enough interest from NCAC fans we'll set up a separate NCAC board under the baseball board.

Thanks Pat.  That will be nice to have in here.  I think the CCIW was the place to go last season to talk D3 baseball, if my memory serves me correct.

Also, considering that Wooster is the preseason #1 ranked team in the country, there just might be some extra interest from NCAC fans.

[wally_wabash]

There's already a preseason ranking for baseball??  Dang.