MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[smedindy]

Chowan, CSU East Bay and Menlo are listed by Massey as D-3.

I add in Green Mountain and Minnesota Morris.

[Lboogz15]

If I had to guess I would say that you will be busy this game taking the stats and filling water bottles. Good luck -VanillaCow

Actually to answer that question for you, I have been known to put a hell of a care package together with water and towels.    Although it has not been by choice, when you get hurt you make lemonade outta lemons right! 

I've also heard about alot of compaining about our facilities, and the trip to the boon docks d@mn it i know they're bad you don't have to remind me!lol!  But guess what the trip goes both ways, last I checked you didn't exactly live in New York City!   

However, last year if you were present at the game, you would know that the lead was down to 7 points with 8 minutes to go until Yes they did pull away.    Keep the feedback coming, ya'll are very entertaining as well!

[waterboy]

That's pretty ironic that Wooster fans are ragging on Hiram for poor facilities.  Outside of Timken Gym, which is a pretty sweet basketball court, what good is the Armington PEC?  Everything is out of date and there's no room to do anything.  I mean it's awesome trying to shoot hoops around yoga people and try to find somewhere to lift among the grunts in the weight room.  Facilities have nothing to do with a game, unless the rims are crooked and floor boards are sticking up, which I don't believe is the case. 

I'm pretty sure Wooster just didn't play well in the second half, but having not seen the game, this is just my honest opinon.  I doubt it's going to reoccur in Timken tomorrow night.  As a matter of fact, I'd put the spread somewhere in the 30s, as long as the Scots can contain T.C. Spencer and his myriad of post moves (that's sarcasm in case you couldn't tell).

[Vanilla24COW]

No question that the PEC is outdated, but it doesn't have the appearance of an airplane hangar and you also don't have to run a marathon to get back and forth from the locker room to the gym. The best part of that jaunt is the nets that are up right outside the locker room, I have seen a body or two get stuck in that thing, would hate to see one of Woo's shooters get a hand caught in that net coming from or going to the locker room

[WooMix]

Even though some of us might not agree with the methods used by a particular coach, I think it is always nice to address them (the coaches) respectfully.  I think its classy to be respectful and then offer an alternative view to what you think might be improved or implemented to better the team.  I have noticed that (some) Denison fan(s) tend to address their coach as Ghiloni.  Would it really hurt to say "Coach Ghiloni" ...?

[earlhamalum]

Holy Cow that is a long walk. (can't believe I forgot about that)  I tore my ACL my soph. year and I think I opted to stay out on the court, during half-time... didn't have the energy to make it to the locker-room.  I wish I was only kidding.  The good news Earlham only has to travel their twice in a 4 year career.  The bus parked in the parking lot was closer then the locker-rooms.  hmmm...  just had an idea.  What are the Vegas odds on this game.  1-1000

I say Wooster wins by 36 points. (i feel like that is being nice)

I would address Coach Justus as either Coach J or Doc J, since he did give up is career as an E.R. Doctor to become a D3 coach at Earlham (I'd hate to see the difference in Paychecks)... that speaks volumes for the type of man he is and the passion he has for the game.  Also not saying there is anything wrong with being a stand up comedian... (earlier post of Allegheny's coach) 

[woosterbooster]

Now why would a man with that surname choose either a career in medicine or coaching when his obvious path should have been into law?  He could have eventually ended up on the bench as Judge Justus. 

[ScotsFan]

Scots Fan -

Ya think those postings could be humorous? Don't have a cow, man.

I'm assuming there was no pun intended smeds???

Also, where would I be if I didn't have your criticism after seemingly every one of my posts?  I just don't know what I would do with myself?!  I seem to recall a mentioning of how the boogeyman did bring some humor into this forum.  Oh well, I guess this will warrant some more criticism from the high and mighty smedindy.  I'll be looking forward to it.

[goscots]

There's a link on the Woosters Men's page to a featured article on Tim Vandervaart.  Its about the progress he has made from a high school player with limited experience due to a serious injury to his current play at Wooster.

[Lboogz15]

36 pt spread with 1-1000 odds!  Any other spreads for this game?

[scotty]

just a thought...why attend Hiram...am i missing something...

[Lboogz15]

why attend your school?

[woosterbooster]

Since mention was made of Hiram, I thought I'd put out my quick impressions of the NCAC towns.  I've never been to Wabash or Earlham, so their towns are not on the list.

1. Granville: I really like this place.  Everything; the shops, the homes, the roads, are all so well kept up.  It's as if someone built a town in the middle of the woods.  Neat restaurants, bakeries, whatever, much more than you would expect in such a small village.  Plus within a shout of Columbus if you feel the need for more.

2. Wooster: I live here, so I'm probably biased, but I'm not sure in which direction.  For a small town, I suppose it's not bad, but I'm not really a a small town guy.  Wooster could sure use some more and better restaurants, and maybe a newspaper that had the courage to speak out.

3. Oberlin: Taking third place in this field is no real accomplishment.  Actually, not a bad little town, and if the many shades of hair on the girls were more natural, it could possibly move up a spot.

4. Delaware: Been there, but only to some baseball games, and haven't seen much of the town.  But this looks like a good place for it.

5. Gambier: Seems to barely exist, but what is there is kind of cute.

6. Hiram: Makes Gambier look like a thriving metropolis.  Who was it, in referring to Oakland, that said "there is no there there?'  He should have seen Hiram, if he could find it.

7. Springfield: Seems to have more bars per square whatever than anywhere I've ever been to except maybe Peoria and definitely Koza, Okinawa.  This might not be a bad thing, except most of them seem too low class to even warrant the description "seedy".

8. Meadville: Gives new meaning to off-the-beaten track.  Robby Benson, in the old basketball movie "One on One", wasn't referring to Meadville when he said "We have all the finer restaurants at home.  Burger King, McDonalds, Taco Bell..."  But he could have been.

[billy_pilgrim]

and Indiana's representatives:

Crawfordsville: It's within an hour of Indy and Lafayette....campus still lacks females, but I've met plenty of Wabash guys who have made their way up to Butler to check out the selection. And aren't rivalries what college is all about? None bigger than Wabash v. DePauw.

Richmond: Really, the finest metropolis in the entire NCAC. Easy access to I-70 and the wonders of SW Ohio. While, an hour to the west, it's the paved streets of gold of Indy. And the improvements that have come to Richmond in the past few years are countless....including East Central Indiana's finest sports bar opened within the last 18 months, Chuck's. I won't comment on the other bars in Richmond, except for saying that they have local flavor. Girls at EC....well, luckily most of us are able to find women from outside the brick buildings of the quaint, yet eye-catching, central campus.

Other highlights of Earlham: the coffee shop where you can order the city's best grilled cheese from Pam, the always friendly manager. Then, there's WECI, the campus radio station that used to have the greatest Saturday midnight-4:00 a.m. show when yours truly used to play a few tunes on it. What else? Well....umm.....my diploma looks nice.

[billy_pilgrim]

and for the record, Meadville and Springfield are much higher on my list.

Springfield solely for Mike and Rosi's.

Meadville had that 500-item (or whatever) Chinese buffet.