MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[Schwami]

I certainly don't expect Wabash to win by 47 this time 

[wally_wabash]

I certainly don't expect Wabash to win by 47 this time 

Did you expect it on 11/13? 

One thing I can point to as a key for the solid Wabash start so far is that Coach Petty has seemed to solve the slow starts to games that have really plagued Wabash in the last couple of seasons. Wabash is owning the first half this season, and the results speak for themselves. It's a lot easier to win when you're not the team chasing a big deficit.

Looking forward to seeing Wabash in the top 25 for the first time in a looong time. I've got to believe that 6-0 and a comfortable win over #2 gets them in the club.

[pennstghs]

good win by wabash! here's hoping Witt can get number 1 tonight

**Update** Witt up 53-39 with 8 minutes to play. Chris Sullivan clearly decided he didn't want to go 0-3 as he has 22 points tonight

[David Collinge]

Wittenberg has bombed away tonight; with 3:00 left (and a two-touchdown lead), the Tigers have already launched 28 three point attempts--that's more than half of their shots attempted.  Sullivan has drained eight (of 16) and now has 28 points.

[pennstghs]

DC - update Sullivan has 30 points---we're probably the only 2 that are actually watching that matchup

[David Collinge]

And it's a final, Wittenberg prevails 67-57.

[smedindy]

Wow! Just wow! Congrats LG's!

[smedindy]

And that's the first time Wabash has been 6-0 since...1922-23!

That was a pretty fair team. Wabash won the first intercollegiate championship in 1922. But after starting 6-0 in 1922-23 they struggled and finished 17-10.

The next year (1923-24) they only went 4-8, and 1924-25 went 18-1, losing only to Wisconsin by 1.

[David Collinge]

Aside to Wooster fans:  Bethany, a team that Wooster toyed with the other day, gave John Carroll a game tonight, leading by three at the half before falling 90-85.

[wooscotsfan]

Wooster will play at Carnegie Mellon tomorrow afternoon in the tourney championship game as CMU knocked off Susquehanna 84-72 this afternoon.

CMU Tartans are now 3-2 on the season.  Both of their losses have been on the road to undefeated teams while they have won their 3 home games.

Top 3 scorers for CMU this season:

6'6" Matthew Pettit (13.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg)
6'4" Christian Manoli (13.0 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 3.0 apg)
6'5" John Duhring (11.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg)

GO SCOTS!

[David Collinge]

Signs of Life?

OWU 72, IU-East 64.

You may recall that IU-East topped Wittenberg in the Tigers' season opener.  Tim Brady got tired of seeing all of those POY poll votes for Wes Smith and poured in 28 points of his own.  Marshall Morris added 19, and Greg White recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 boards.  OWU owned the glass by a 50-35 count and hit just under half their shots (28/58), despite missing every attempt from outside the arc.  OWU advances to face host and soon-to-be conference rival DePauw in the championship of the Mike Rokicki Community vs. Cancer Challenge.

NCAC Composite record: 22-15. 

[David Collinge]

Sunday's games:

Wittenberg at Rochester, 3pm -- Audio and live stats
Wooster at Carnegie Mellon, 3pm -- Audio and live stats
OWU at DePauw, 4pm -- Audio and live stats
Kenyon at Capital, 4pm -- Audio and live stats
Hiram at Baldwin-Wallace, 7pm -- live stats

[woosterbooster]

Carnegie Mellon's two conquerers may be undefeated, but c'mon.  The Milwaukee School of Engineering engineered a twenty-point victory over them!  And falling by 26 at Marietta?  I don't see this team as the CMU of yesteryear.  Wooster by 15-20, going away.

Ok, see that paragraph just up above?  The one utilizing the shoddy research?  Turns out that MSOE might be a bonafide powerhouse, with wins over the Wisconsins - Eau Claire and Oskosh, by gosh!  Maybe a loss to them, in Milwaukee, by twenty, isn't a resume-breaker after all.  Even Marietta, with a win over Maryville (who trounced Thomas More) seems to be better than usual.  Revised prediction: Wooster by 14-19, going away. 

[smedindy]

Well, to be honest, they were picked last in the UAA. Last year they were 5-20. Though they were the only UAA member to finish with a losing record.

[woosterbooster]

Well, to be honest, they were picked last in the UAA. Last year they were 5-20. Though they were the only UAA member to finish with a losing record.

Year before that, 20-7 with a win over Wooster.  That's quite a turnaround.