MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wally_wabash]

BTW, thanks to some carnage in the NJAC, a pool C may have just been taken. Ramapo and Kean were both beaten and that may have taken a "C" that an NCAC team could have used.

Do we think that an NJAC quarterfinal loser is a stronger candidate than Fridays Wabash/Witt semifinal loser?

[Pat Coleman]

Tonight was the NJAC's semifinals.

[KnightSlappy]

BTW, thanks to some carnage in the NJAC, a pool C may have just been taken. Ramapo and Kean were both beaten and that may have taken a "C" that an NCAC team could have used.

Do we think that an NJAC quarterfinal loser is a stronger candidate than Fridays Wabash/Witt semifinal loser?

Ramapo and Kean both lost in the NJAC semis. I'd say if Wabash lost, they'd be behind Ramapo, but ahead of Kean. Wittenberg would likely be behind both NJACs if they lost.

Wabash could still get in with a semifinal loss, but Witt probably couldn't.

Best chance the NCAC has at getting three teams in would be for Witt to beat Wooster in the finals.

[wally_wabash]

Tonight was the NJAC's semifinals.

Whoopsie...forgot that they started earlier than the rest of us. 

Best chance the NCAC has at getting three teams in would be for Witt to beat Wooster in the finals.

I'd rather see Wabash beat Wooster in the final and roll the dice on Wittenberg getting in.   

[woosterbooster]

Best chance the NCAC has at getting three teams in would be for Witt to beat Wooster in the finals.

What if OWU beats Witt in the finals?  Four teams in? 

[KnightSlappy]

Best chance the NCAC has at getting three teams in would be for Witt to beat Wooster in the finals.

What if OWU beats Witt in the finals?  Four teams in? 

Unlikely. I really don't like Witt's chances at a Pool C at this point.

[WAlum]

When are the all-league teams announced?

[KnightSlappy]

BTW, thanks to some carnage in the NJAC, a pool C may have just been taken. Ramapo and Kean were both beaten and that may have taken a "C" that an NCAC team could have used.

Do we think that an NJAC quarterfinal loser is a stronger candidate than Fridays Wabash/Witt semifinal loser?

Ramapo and Kean both lost in the NJAC semis. I'd say if Wabash lost, they'd be behind Ramapo, but ahead of Kean. Wittenberg would likely be behind both NJACs if they lost.

Wabash could still get in with a semifinal loss, but Witt probably couldn't.

Best chance the NCAC has at getting three teams in would be for Witt to beat Wooster in the finals.

I just looked a Witt-Wabash loser scenarios. Witt looks definitely out and Wabash looks very much on the edge, more than I thought they might. I'll probably have a better look at things after tonight's games.

[seinfeld]

Does anyone know how common it is for one team to have the same referee for two straight games? Wooster had Izzy Santiago against both OWU on Saturday and Allegheny last night.

Wooster and Allegheny were honored with the presence of Jim D'Amato last night. He is so widely respected in Ohio basketball circles that he is barred from doing OAC games because the coaches got together and determined he was simply too talented to be doing their games. So instead the NCAC is lucky enough to get his unique brand of officiating -- calls made by hunches and by the type of mood he happens to be in at that moment.

** Just wanted to add that this post isn't implying the refs had anything to do with the close result. Allegheny probably deserved to win based on overall effort and execution. I'm just pointing out what seems like a quirk in the referee scheduling and just the plain bad luck in getting what is probably the worst ref in Ohio college basketball. **

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Final Regional Rankings are out before Selection Sunday: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/category/ncaa-stuff/regional-rankings/

[wabco]

I thought you all might enjoy this piece about Mac Petty by an Indy TV station.  I think this is what Div III is about and I know this is what Wabash is about.

http://www.wthr.com/story/14078938/legendary-wabash-hoops-coach-retiring

[David Collinge]

When are the all-league teams announced?

The voting is taking place this week.  Expect the announcements sometime next week.

[David Collinge]

Here's a link to the NCAC's Men's Tournament webpage.  It includes tip times and links to the online coverage (video, audio, live stats.)  Wooster does not have a tournament website up (yet?) which would hopefully include information for visitors about parking and logistics.  If I see that a site has been put up, I will post a link.  In the meantime, travelers might want to consult Wooster's main athletics page.

[familyaffair]

[Does anyone know how common it is for one team to have the same referee for two straight games? Wooster had Izzy Santiago against both OWU on Saturday and Allegheny last night.]

I don't know but the Wooster announcers liked him because every OWU foul was a "hammer" and every Wooster foul was a "ticky tack" foul. 

[wally_wabash]

[Does anyone know how common it is for one team to have the same referee for two straight games? Wooster had Izzy Santiago against both OWU on Saturday and Allegheny last night.]

I don't know but the Wooster announcers liked him because every OWU foul was a "hammer" and every Wooster foul was a "ticky tack" foul. 

That's how those two guys for CPI announce every Wooster game.  Did you catch the part in the broadcast where one guy actually booed?  That was classic.