MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[David Collinge]

A bit more for Mr. Franks' trophy case:
The NABC has named Ian Franks the Great Lakes Region Player of the Year, which means, in the way the NABC goes about this, that he's a first-team All-American.  They've also named Steve Moore the co-Coach of the Year in the region. 

Other NCAC stars who have achieved all-Region status include Aaron Brock (Wabash), George Raftis (Allegheny), and Bryan Wickliffe (Wooster), all named to the second team.

Congratulations to all!

(Note: all hyperlinks lead to .pdf files)

[David Collinge]

One final honor for Ian Franks: fourth-team All-American at D3hoops.com.  Congratulations (again), Ian!

[ScotsFan]

One final honor for Ian Franks: fourth-team All-American at D3hoops.com.  Congratulations (again), Ian!

Not so fast my friend.   

Franks was named 2nd Team All-American by DIII News.

DIII News All-America Team

[David Collinge]

Wooster zooms up to #8 in the final Top 25 Poll.  Four of the six teams to defeat the Scots also appear in this poll, with the other two losses being the first game of the season and in the arch-rivalry.  A season that didn't look all that special as it unfolded (to some of us, at least; some jerk even mentioned the term "reeling" ) looks pretty darn special in hindsight.

[David Collinge]

Although I'm not usually one to condone rumormongering, I have it on good authority that there's going to be at least one more coaching change in the NCAC this offseason.  Stay tuned.

[David Collinge]

http://www.d3jobs.com/show/vYebyblr
No official announcement yet, at least none that I've seen, but my sources tell me that Matt Croci has decided to step away from basketball for a bit and, accordingly, has resigned his position at Kenyon.  This is a guy who's been an NCAC hoops guy for much of his adult life, including four years as a player at Wittenberg which earned him a spot on the NCAC 20th Anniversary team.  Under his leadership, the Lords have moved up to become a competitive program year in and year out, bringing in the kind of talented student-athletes that Kenyon's men's hoops hasn't enjoyed since the days of Jamie Harless.  The NCAC and Kenyon College will miss his contributions, and I hope you'll all join me in wishing him the best of success and happiness.

[smedindy]

I know the Lords were a disappointment this year, but he did a great job there.

[M.Knapke]

While everyone in the Kenyon Lords program envisoned a different outcome regarding the final record. It would be inaccurate to declare the Lords team as disappointing. Rather, the actions of a few, largely impacted their squad. I am extremely proud of the effort, and character of those coaches, and  players who fought thru the adversity. 

[cave2bens]

http://www.wabash.edu/news/displaystory.cfm?news_ID=7923

Congratulations to Coach Petty.

[David Collinge]

Allegheny has moved rather swiftly to fill their vacancy, today naming Jim Driggs as the new head coach.  Driggs comes to Meadville from three years at Rochester; one hopes for his sake that he was fully informed of Mike Neer's plans (see also front page) before signing on Betsy Mitchell's dotted line!  Welcome to the NCAC, Coach Driggs, and good luck in what might be a somewhat difficult situation at Gheny. 

[seinfeld]

Don't know much about Wooster's recruiting, other than they have a guard named Jimmy Orie coming from a tiny school in Pittsburgh. He scored a lot, but it is hard to tell much when you are playing at the Class A level. Funny that his name is Jimmy, since that was the nickname of former Scot Ryan Snyder, who also scored a ton of points in high school for a small high school. The nickname came from the player in the movie Hoosiers. If Orie is as good as Snyder, I imagine Wooster will be very happy.

http://remote.olsh.org/users/olshsports/weblog/2da5a/Congratulations_Jimmy.html

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10043/1035240-116.stm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrYCZI2rvsA

[ScotsFan]

Don't know much about Wooster's recruiting, other than they have a guard named Jimmy Orie coming from a tiny school in Pittsburgh. He scored a lot, but it is hard to tell much when you are playing at the Class A level.

Thanks for the recruiting update seinfeld.

He's a good size guard at 6'3".  The following quote from that Post Gazette q&a makes me think he could be more in the mold of Ian Franks:

Q:  Are you more of a scorer or shooter? A:  A scorer. When my shot is not falling, I tend to try and get to the hoop and get to the foul line. I tend to get a lot of points from the foul line.

I like the sound of that answer!

[lptennisjohn]

I never played basketball in high school. I did play intramurals all four years and I am an all-state tennis and lacrosse player. I am 6'8, 200 lbs. Would I make the team at Wabash College. I'm pretty athletic and pick up things pretty quickly. I didn't play tennis unitl my freshman year and I was all-state my junior and senior years.

Should I try out? What should I work on this summer before I go off to college?

Thanks!

[Ralph Turner]

I never played basketball in high school. I did play intramurals all four years and I am an all-state tennis and lacrosse player. I am 6'8, 200 lbs. Would I make the team at Wabash College. I'm pretty athletic and pick up things pretty quickly. I didn't play tennis unitl my freshman year and I was all-state my junior and senior years.

Should I try out? What should I work on this summer before I go off to college?

Thanks!

"You cannot coach height so you had better recruit it."

I wonder how many sports that you want to play while you are college, and which sport is your passion?

[lptennisjohn]

I really enjoy both lacrosse and tennis at the varsity level, each had their own things I liked.

Tennis has finesse, and lacrosse is purely physical.

I strongly believe if I became a basketball player, it'd be my favorite sport, ever.