MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[ScotsFan]

In looking at the boxscore, it appears that the post players led the way tonight for the Scots.  Mays was 8-for-9 from the field, and had 8 rebounds, while Claytor was 3-for-4 on field goals and hit 6 of 8 foul shots, along with adding 6 rebounds.  Xavier Brown did nearly all of his damage at the free-throw line, shooting 11-for-12 there, while hitting only 2 of 13 from the field; however, Brown did have 6 rebounds and 4 assists. 

This team again appears to still lack a perimeter shooter, with only a single three-pointer hit, in 9 attempts.  The Scots had 17 turnovers, while only forcing 9 by ONU.  However, Wooster held the Polar Bears to 33% shooting from the field, and 3-of-21 (14%) from beyond the arc, which is encouraging.

Now it's time to ... BEAT WITT!

Sounded from tuning in and out of the game that OWU lacked any sort of post presence inside which might explain why Mays and Claytor had such good nights and also why Wooster didn't rely on their perimeter game all that much. 

I do agree that this team doesn't have the typical sharp shooters from beyond the arc, but they do have some guys that can fill it like Thorpe.  I just think the fact that they only shot it 9 times from deep had more to do with OWU's lack of a way to stop Wooster inside tonight than anything else...

As for Witt, does this game keep getting earlier and earlier???  I mean, it will be Witt's conference lid lifter and only Woo's 2nd conference tilt.  This just doesn't seem right to pit the best rivalry in the league up against each other so freaking early in the year?!  Maybe next year we can schedule Witt to come to play in the Al Van Wie Tip-Off Classic... 

[smedindy]

ScotsFan you mean ONU, right? Not OWU!

[smedindy]

Denison cruised past Hiram tonight 68-52. Dimonde Hale led the Big Red with 23 while Jon Akpapunam added 17.

[woosterbooster]

Mays was 8-for-9 from the field, and had 8 rebounds.

Now it's time to ... BEAT WITT!

Jake Mays put those numbers up in 16 minutes!  I know he can be a somewhat erratic player, but in the last couple of years, at least, it really seems like he should be on the floor more.

And it's PIP WITT!  Gonna be a tough one, hoping there's video.

[smedindy]

This just doesn't seem right to pit the best rivalry in the league up against each other so freaking early in the year?! 

Ahem....

Ding! Ding! Ding!

[woosterbooster]

This just doesn't seem right to pit the best rivalry in the league up against each other so freaking early in the year?! 

Ahem....

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Yeah, really now, c'mon ScotsFan.  Don't go dissing that other game, the one they play somewhere out west of here.  They got railroads, and cannonballs, and even a few girls from one of the schools go to watch it.  Ray Meyer used to coach one of the teams, way back when.  Mark Aguirre, Terry Cummings.  George Mikan, even!  The other school got no chicks, but they make up for it with loads of guys wearing stripes.  They're the Waldos, or something like that.  Wouldn't miss it for anything, unless of course it was going up against the LFL or D,D, and D!

Ahem... 

[fantastic50]

Wiittenberg ticket info for the Wooster game
http://www.wittenbergtigers.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/1128

Perhaps this is a response to Witt fans being nearly outnumbered by those clad in black and gold when these two played in Springfield last year?

[smedindy]

You know, there's seething antipathy in every Wabash / DPU game. Not just grudging disdain, but hot blooded hate.

It's good for the soul. 

I'd say Wooster / Witt's hoops rivalry is very heated, and great for the league.

[smedindy]

BTW, I don't know if you hoopsters saw this from the NCAA:

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Champion+Features/A+Tone+of+Tradition#sthash.R8D8bqVj.h2Jhy79S.dpbs

This carries over to every sport. Of course, there's not 10,000 fans, national TV deals or 60 alumni watch parties for every contest. Thanks to the wonder of streaming video, though, the hoops games will definitely get a lot of traffic.

[woosterbooster]

Seriously, dispatching Earlham for DePauw was a major coup for the NCAC.  DePauw brings very competitive teams in almost every sport.  Their rivalry with Wabash is great, steeped in far more tradition than Wooster-Witt.  Still, pipping the Old Tigers is foremost in my mind.

[smedindy]

Because I had time at lunch, here's where the NCAC stands vs. Other Conferences:

OAC 10-1
HCAC 5-5
PrAC 3-1
UAA 2-4
MIAA 1-2
CC 1-0
NEAC 1-0
AMCC 1-0
NJAC 0-1
CCIW 0-1
Non D-3 2-0

[kiltedbryan]

OAC 10-1

Wow. Hadn't realized the record was quite that good vs. OAC.

[ScotsFan]

OAC 10-1

Wow. Hadn't realized the record was quite that good vs. OAC.

Yeah.  That one stood out to me as well!  NCAC is putting a thumpin' on the OAC this year...

[smedindy]

The only loss against the OAC thus far was Allegheny losing to B-W by 10.

Overall, the OAC is just 21-25 thus far.

[ScotsFan]

Whose the favorite to win that conference this year?  I can't seem to find any team that really stands out to me from that conference.  B-W might be the best team in that conference, but aren't they ineligible for the post season?