MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[ScotsFan]

NCAC non-conference record: 13-10.

I'm asking because I don't have a clue, but this non-conference record seems to be better than normal for the NCAC.  Is this truly the case?  Seems to me like the NCAC always struggles to finish above .500 in non-conference action but maybe I'm just making stuff up again in my mind... 

Nice win for Denison yesterday.  Proves using comparitive scores doesn't really mean too much with UC beaing Hanover by 18 and Hanover beaing DU by 10.    

With DU getting off to a nice start and OWU off to their dreadful start, Denison looks more likely to challenge for a top 4 finish in the league than the Bishops do at the moment.  If OWU can't find their shooter's touch and soon, they could be staring at a verrrrrrry long season... 

[smedindy]

Last year, discounting NCAC and NCAA tourney games:

Wooster 5-4
Wittenberg 8-1
Wabash 5-4
Ohio Wesleyan 3-6
Oberlin 4-5
Kenyon 3-5
Hiram 3-6
Earlham 2-7
Denison 0-9
Allegheny 3-5

Total 36-52

[David Collinge]

Yeah, I haven't gone back and tallied it up or anything, but I began posting the non-con record because I think it's a good 100-200 points higher than previous seasons.  The women also have a winning record so far, which is even more amazing.

[David Collinge]

Tuesday games:

Penn St.-New Kensington at Allegheny, 7:00pm -- Live stats
Case Western Reserve at Denison, 7:00pm -- Live stats
Oberlin at Hilbert, 7:00pm -- no coverage
Wittenberg at Capital, 7:00pm -- Audio and live stats
Wabash at Hanover, 7:30pm -- Audio and live stats
Kenyon at Washington & Jefferson, 8:00pm -- Live stats

[smedindy]

Yeah, I haven't gone back and tallied it up or anything, but I began posting the non-con record because I think it's a good 100-200 points higher than previous seasons.  The women also have a winning record so far, which is even more amazing.

I may do a couple of more years for spits and giggles after I get some client work done this week...

[WooMix]

Tuesday games:

Case Western Reserve at Denison, 7:00pm -- Live stats

My brother plays at Case. I went to Wooster. Denison wins, NCAC wins, I win. Case wins, my brother wins, the family wins. A rare win-win situation for me today.

[David Collinge]

Tuesday games:

Case Western Reserve at Denison, 7:00pm -- Live stats

My brother plays at Case. I went to Wooster. Denison wins, NCAC wins, I win. Case wins, my brother wins, the family wins. A rare win-win situation for me today.

Not so rare; CWRU has upcoming games with Kenyon, Hiram, and Oberlin, as well as the We-Usedta-Be-In-Da-NCAC Classic against Earlham.  (And the Case women have five games against NCAC teams, including one at Wooster on Dec. 19.)

[ScotsFan]

Tuesday games:

Penn St.-New Kensington at Allegheny, 7:00pm -- Live stats
Case Western Reserve at Denison, 7:00pm -- Live stats
Oberlin at Hilbert, 7:00pm -- no coverage
Wittenberg at Capital, 7:00pm -- Audio and live stats
Wabash at Hanover, 7:30pm -- Audio and live stats
Kenyon at Washington & Jefferson, 8:00pm -- Live stats

Well, the conference should conceivably be padding it's win total a bit after looking at these matchups.

I'm not really familiar with any of the NCAC opponents on the slate, but perusing over their records, it wouldn't be inconceivable for a clean sweep tonight.  Of course, I just gave everyone the kiss of death with that prognostication!   

[woosterbooster]

Not so rare; CWRU has upcoming games with Kenyon, Hiram, and Oberlin, as well as the We-Usedta-Be-In-Da-NCAC Classic against Earlham.  (And the Case women have five games against NCAC teams, including one at Wooster on Dec. 19.)

Only a week after setting the record, Collinge now raises the bar with a five-hyphen classic!  With months to go in the season, will he make a run at double figures? 

[zander]

Tuesday games:

Penn St.-New Kensington at Allegheny, 7:00pm -- Live stats
Case Western Reserve at Denison, 7:00pm -- Live stats
Oberlin at Hilbert, 7:00pm -- no coverage
Wittenberg at Capital, 7:00pm -- Audio and live stats
Wabash at Hanover, 7:30pm -- Audio and live stats
Kenyon at Washington & Jefferson, 8:00pm -- Live stats

Well, the conference should conceivably be padding it's win total a bit after looking at these matchups.

I'm not really familiar with any of the NCAC opponents on the slate, but perusing over their records, it wouldn't be inconceivable for a clean sweep tonight.  Of course, I just gave everyone the kiss of death with that prognostication!   

[zander]

i highly doubt it>>> i predict the two "w" lose!

[David Collinge]

I'm not really familiar with any of the NCAC opponents on the slate, but perusing over their records, it wouldn't be inconceivable for a clean sweep tonight.  Of course, I just gave everyone the kiss of death with that prognostication!   

Although the Spartans have struggled to open the season, a Denison win tonight would be a very good win.  Capital, as you well know, is never an easy place to win.  And I expect the Presidents will give the Lords all they can handle.  I'd be thrilled with a 6-0 night, but I'd settle for .500 or better.

[ScotsFan]

I'm not really familiar with any of the NCAC opponents on the slate, but perusing over their records, it wouldn't be inconceivable for a clean sweep tonight.  Of course, I just gave everyone the kiss of death with that prognostication!   

Although the Spartans have struggled to open the season, a Denison win tonight would be a very good win.  Capital, as you well know, is never an easy place to win.  And I expect the Presidents will give the Lords all they can handle.  I'd be thrilled with a 6-0 night, but I'd settle for .500 or better.

Agreed.  The fact that so many of the key matcups have the NCAC on the road is what makes pulling off the clean sweep all the more difficult.  Witt is at Cap, Wabash is at Hanover and while I don't see Hilbert as that tough of an opponent for Oberlin, it is still a looooong road trip.  And I would also feel a LOT better about Kenyon's chances if they were playing at home as well. 

I guess what I'm saying is that I'm not expecting a clean sweep.  I'm just saying is isn't out of the realm of possibility which isn't something we have been able to say wrt non-conference slates involving the NCAC too often.

[Gregory Sager]

And I expect the Presidents will give the Lords all they can handle.

You have to love it when a basketball game is also a contest between two systems of government.

[smedindy]

And I expect the Presidents will give the Lords all they can handle.

You have to love it when a basketball game is also a contest between two systems of government.

Quick, get the Student Princes and the Diplomats and make it a tourney!