MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[smedindy]

OWU blasts Oberlin 68-40.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Credit Wabash with pretty good defense throughout, but man, Wooster looked just simply terrible against the zone. Didn't seem like they ever had a workable game plan to counteract it. Obviously making a couple more of their open looks at 3s would've helped, but the ball movement was simply lackluster throughout and made it too easy for Wabash to force Wooster into 1) the shots 'Bash wanted Wooster to be taking, and 2) the pace of play that Wabash wanted.

Also, awaiting obligatory WoosterBooster post about how the officiating lost the game for the Scots (it didn't).  

Must be that rookie coach Wooster's got!

[smedindy]

Huge steal and lay-up by Flynn of DPU. Liebowitz commits the foul and fouls out for Kenyon. Yikes for the Lords. DPU commits a lane violation on the FT, though. It's 63-62 Kenyon with 41 seconds to go.

UPDATE: Kenyon hits one of two, then Flynn goes baseline for a bucket, ties the game, and hits a FT. DPU up 1.

[smedindy]

Denison leads Hiram 36-29 at the half. Ye Gods, Terriers, what happened?

[smedindy]

Ikenna Nwadibia hits an inside bucket to give Kenyon a lead 66-65 with three seconds to go. DPU travels in the backcourt with .3 seconds left. The Lords exhale and win.

[woosterbooster]

Credit Wabash with pretty good defense throughout, but man, Wooster looked just simply terrible against the zone. Didn't seem like they ever had a workable game plan to counteract it. Obviously making a couple more of their open looks at 3s would've helped, but the ball movement was simply lackluster throughout and made it too easy for Wabash to force Wooster into 1) the shots 'Bash wanted Wooster to be taking, and 2) the pace of play that Wabash wanted.

Also, awaiting obligatory WoosterBooster post about how the officiating lost the game for the Scots (it didn't).  

Fiddlesticks.   The refs had nothing to do with this debacle.  Wabash, although they played hard as always, didn't have much to do with it either.  Wooster doesn't lose many games, and when they do seldom can any of the blame be put on the coaching staff.  Today, though, geeze.  The Scot's momentum was lost early on when they went out of rotation and mass-substituted.  It was as if they felt the game, if not already in hand, was one that couldn't possibly be lost.  From that point on, though, even after the regulars slowly filtered back onto the court, Wabash had hope and Wooster never had an offense.

They looked totally lost against the zone.  One can only wish that the video of this game will somehow get misplaced or destroyed so no future opponents can see it.  No plan, no idea, no concept of what to do.  And also, when they did get some penetration, or Wabash would miss an assignment, the Wooster players just never seemed to spot their open guys.  This team, I just don't know.  Today they were totally nowhere.

(All refs stink.)

[wabashsid]

Sorry Wooster Booster. Highlights will be posted shortly and the entire game will be available Monday on the Wabash College YouTube Channel. http://www.youtube.com/wabashcollege

[smedindy]

HA!

Hiram seemed to listen to my criticism and has cut the lead to two in less than three minutes.

[kiltedbryan]

Credit Wabash with pretty good defense throughout, but man, Wooster looked just simply terrible against the zone. Didn't seem like they ever had a workable game plan to counteract it. Obviously making a couple more of their open looks at 3s would've helped, but the ball movement was simply lackluster throughout and made it too easy for Wabash to force Wooster into 1) the shots 'Bash wanted Wooster to be taking, and 2) the pace of play that Wabash wanted.

Also, awaiting obligatory WoosterBooster post about how the officiating lost the game for the Scots (it didn't).  

Fiddlesticks.   The refs had nothing to do with this debacle.  Wabash, although they played hard as always, didn't have much to do with it either.  Wooster doesn't lose many games, and when they do seldom can any of the blame be put on the coaching staff.  Today, though, geeze.  The Scot's momentum was lost early on when they went out of rotation and mass-substituted.  It was as if they felt the game, if not already in hand, was one that couldn't possibly be lost.  From that point on, though, even after the regulars slowly filtered back onto the court, Wabash had hope and Wooster never had an offense.

They looked totally lost against the zone.  One can only wish that the video of this game will somehow get misplaced or destroyed so no future opponents can see it.  No plan, no idea, no concept of what to do.  And also, when they did get some penetration, or Wabash would miss an assignment, the Wooster players just never seemed to spot their open guys.  This team, I just don't know.  Today they were totally nowhere.

(All refs stink.)

I don't get to say this often, Wooster Booster, but I entirely agree with you about the above.  Except maybe the "all refs stink." 

But yes, "totally lost against the zone," there I completely agree with you. Just simply no cohesive approach to attacking it.

All in all, a bit rough for this Scots fan's first chance to watch a game all the way through in weeks. 

[kiltedbryan]

Sorry Wooster Booster. Highlights will be posted shortly and the entire game will be available Monday on the Wabash College YouTube Channel. http://www.youtube.com/wabashcollege

ZING! +k

Also - great broadcast! Love the multiple camera angles and score bar/shot clock/game clock graphic. Very helpful!

[wabashsid]

Kilted Bryan --- thanks. Totally produced by our students. They have done a fantastic job all season long with the broadcasts.

[woosterbooster]

Sorry Wooster Booster. Highlights will be posted shortly and the entire game will be available Monday on the Wabash College YouTube Channel. http://www.youtube.com/wabashcollege

YouTube is now called the Wabash College YouTube Channel?  Wow, talk about a hostile takeover!  Will all the videos now be altered to include guys in Wally-style striped pants?

Seriously, yeah, it was a very nice broadcast, although I must admit I was listening to the WQKT audio which managed to stay almost completely in sync.  Sports streaming has come a long way at most schools, and thankfully much of it is still free.  Still, I'll bet that in ten years everything will be in HD and and will make today's work look like fifties tv.  Which I remember.

[smedindy]

I'm spoiled by the good work done at Wabash in streaming games. Wabash has one of the best productions especially since you need to remember that these are students (and there's not even a broadcasting major at Wabash, even).

I'm glad most schools have some video - some better than others but it's all getting better.

Hiram, however, hasn't joined the streaming brigade. That's sad, because I'd be watching as they just took a 54-53 lead over Denison with five minutes to go.

[smedindy]

Denison came back, and survived some horrid free throw shooting  to beat Hiram 70-64.

With this result and Kenyon's win over DPU (and the Wabash upset), we're really mired in the middle muddle.

Standings:

Wooster 11-1
OWU 9-3
Wittenberg 7-5
DePauw 6-6
Kenyon 6-6
Denison 6-6
Wabash 5-7
Hiram 4-8
Allegheny 3-9
Oberlin 3-9

[wabashsid]

Wooster Booster --- just part of the Wabash plan to rule the world!