MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[smedindy]

2 point game... Henry Shooting 2... Why was that not an Intentional FOUL?

Because Owens pert near stole the ball.

Also, the fifth foul on Miller was a charge called a split second before he was fouled on a shot. He charged into Lyttle (or so my caller says) and it was a good call (so my caller says - I had my head down for a second).

Miller is also a bit of a flopper on occasion, and perhaps that's why he doesn't get the benefit of the doubt by the refs.

The refs were OK (I think because no Ohio team was playing they didn't have a bias   ) but Earlham needed to hit the FTs.

The key was at the 9:25 mark - Mac puts in a whole new five and they storm back for the win. Jimmy Owens owns C'ville now - swishing the three with two ticks left.

Earl Rooks comes up huge and Coffey plays big, as does Stephens when he's in there.

Still, Wabash wins when Medeiros, Jospeh and Zimmer are bascially non-factors.

[smedindy]

No one does crap for Denison except for Hodgkinson. Hern has 14 but five TOs. Krantz has 10.

But my gosh, look at this.

Formato has 22, no big shock - and Rehm has 15.

But Klingler with 23? On 7-10 shooting and 9 free throws? And no three attempts?

Jolson with 13 in 18 minutes and not missing a shot?

Kenyon tried just nine threes. Man, if Kenyon only takes nine threes then you are soft as a baby's heinie.

[pennstghs]

just got back from delaware-not too bad of a drive except for the retard shining his brights on me the whole way back.

Witt 66 OWU 54

really sloppy game on witt's part with a lot of bad passes and just overall physical game. coach brown was very heated on the sideline and showed signs of frustration as witt let owu sniff a chance at coming back in the second half but then witt responded like always with nothing better than a dan russ 3 ball.

one stat of note- witt (the conference leader in free throws) shot 14-27 (51%)

russ had a big game and it seemed the only time owu could stop him was by a sloppy entrance pass or a no call by the ever popular and excellent NCAC refs.

tough game coming saturday-at hiram-haha

[smedindy]

Ok, let's look at the NCACs hunt for the post season:

Given: Wooster and Witt will host and Kenyon will travel to Wooster.

OWU 9-4
Wabash 8-5
Earlham 7-6
Denison 6-7
Gheny 5-8

The OWU / Earlham game is key. A Quaker loss makes them 7-7 with a roadie to Denison left.

From all signs, it looks like Wabash and the Quakers could be facing each other again soon.

[goscots]

An amazing game to watch tonight. Not just because of the number of threes taken and made, but the passing was incredible. Wooster had 21 assists on 25 baskets in the first half.

Coming into the game, Wooster needed 20  3 pointers to tie the season record. What that means is that the same basket that broke the single game record also set the season record. I think that 3 was made by Jamie Yoder. I think today's game was the first time I saw Jamie Yoder play in the first half.

The individual season record for three's is 67 by Matt Smith of the Final Four team. Could it be possible that all four (Coop,Port,Witucky, and and Fulk) could pass that mark?

[fighting_scots]

For the game, goscots--35 assists--Fulk with a career high 21--hitting 3's like layups!

Now, down to business:

WHAT IF.... Hiram came into Wooster and upset the number 1 team in the land? We have nothing to lose and whatever statements are placed on here will be in the locker room! Just a question the games have been close as of late. WHAT IF....

I'm sure the Scots appreciated your bulletin board material--after a game is over, even though you thought you were injured, you should AT LEAST bother to shake the opposing teams hands--WEAK effort all the way around tonight, Lboogz15--except for giving the Scots additional inspiration to put up 100 in the first 29 minutes.

You may not have feared Wooster before the game, but if you are able to come back after your "injury", you might think twice about your pre-game posting rituals--

Bash, with a great victory tonight, travels to Timken for a rematch--Mac back to his stomping grounds--should be a great game--

GO SCOTS!

[sac]

Well driving back from Grand Rapids tonight I was sure armageddon was upon us.

Thankfully the Scots took care of that and I can sleep well tonight knowing full well the sun will shine tommorrow.

[ScotsFan]

Does beating Hiram by 80 points get Port his three weeks of missed games back?  Nope.  Seems a bit senseless to me....

Maybe it doesn't get his three weeks back, but I'm sure he's going to bed a lot happier tonight than after their last meeting!  If Mr. Pfouts thought he was frustrated in the 1st half of their first meeting, imagine what he was thinking tonight.  At least the Pups prevented Wooster from throwing any dunks down.  That could be a silver lining I guess.  But then again, the dunking thing only applies to their house as Mr. Pfouts informed us.  

This game has been a target not just for the Port incident.  Wooster played a pretty bad 2nd half and squandered a 24 point lead to the Pups back in Janurary.  The rest of the team wasn't too happy about how they performed in that 2nd half, and tonight's senselss performance  was how Wooster chose to make their statement!  How about giving some props to Wooster's players.  They could have easily taken the hockey approach and responded physically (which we all knew was highly unlikely with a Steve Moore coached team, but still possible).  Instead,  they responded on the court and the result was the lopsided final on the scoreboard and a long bus ride back to Hiram for the Pups.  I guess Hiram learned tonight not to play with matches.  Because sometimes you might get burned!

[Lboogz15]

I'm glad to see that you were in attendance.  As far as not shaking the hands goes, i was sitting on the bench and the coaches shook my hand however, none of the players bothered to.  Your boys put on a great show tonight.  I'm just glad you paid that much attention to all of the things outside of the game. You should have came over and spoke, maybe cracked a joke or two.  On that foul I did however tweak my knee which as been surgically repaired from acl, mcl, and lcl tears.  So to talk about the game is one thing, but to discuss whether i was hurting or not is completely different.  Its cool though, your boys played a great game.  You can't take that away from them!

[Lboogz15]

Like i stated to begin with the question was what if?  That question was answered in many ways.  I figure why not hype something up you only get to play the number one team in the land, but once in a blue moon why not.  It had many people talking about it.

[ScotsFan]

I figure why not hype something up you only get to play the number one team in the land, but once in a blue moon why not. 

I think your boy Pfouts did a pretty good job of hyping this game up way more than your typical Wooster-Hiram matchup would have been.

Like i stated to begin with the question was what if? That question was answered in many ways.  It had many people talking about it.

That it did, my friend.  That it did...

[wally_wabash]

Never thought I'd see the day when the #1 team in the country felt that they needed to make a statement against Hiram.

But in all seriousness....what does this prove?  What do we know about Wooster right now that we didn't know yesterday?  Nothing at all.  Lost amongst all of the stats and numbers being tossed about here is probably the most important piece of information in the boxscore:  The opponent was Hiram.  That's 3-19, 0 for 2006 Hiram.  Let it go.  

[David Collinge]

Well, if there was a statement being made, I feel sure that it wasn't for OUR benefit. 

[ScotsFan]

Well, if there was a statement being made, I feel sure that it wasn't for OUR benefit.

I think that was what I was trying to get at.  It was a statement for the guys out on the court, not for us.  They had something to prove to themselves more than anything after letting Hiram come back and not only make a game out of what should have been another blowout, but they also let Hiram drop 91 points on them.  I think that game left a negative imprint on all of Wooster's players for a lot more reasons than the Pfouts incident.  That only fueled the fire.

Although, I will add, it was to our benefit for those of us who were in the stands watching a team that is a pure pleasure to watch, no matter the opponent.  

[kiltedbryan]

Well, if there was a statement being made, I feel sure that it wasn't for OUR benefit.

I think that was what I was trying to get at.  It was a statement for the guys out on the court, not for us.  They had something to prove to themselves more than anything after letting Hiram come back and not only make a game out of what should have been another blowout, but they also let Hiram drop 91 points on them.  I think that game left a negative imprint on all of Wooster's players for a lot more reasons than the Pfouts incident.  That only fueled the fire.

I didn't get a chance to see the game tonight (grrr homework), but did Wooster really look like they were after a statement?  I seriously would doubt that Wooster felt a need to "make a statement" to Hiram, even with Port getting injured there., and even with their poor play- they still won the game at Hiram.  Was it really clear that Wooster's attitude was anything more than wanting to insure a win against a team that had made it closer than it should have been in their first meeting?

I'm probably gonna be knocked by Wooster fans for agreeing with Wally Wabash (esp. with the game coming up...) that nothing really could be gained by a "statement" from Wooster- and I personally would have been surprised to see such behavior motivating a very well coached and disciplined basketball team.

Also, if Hiram was some big "statement" win, what were the other 8 games Wooster has won by more than 30 points this season, including at least one 30+ win over six different conference opponents?

Over Stout by 49, Denison by 36, Oberlin by 59, Thiel by 49, Allegheny twice by over 30 (33,31), Wabash by 35, Earlham by 36, and now Hiram by 62.

And, of all those, I honestly think the two wins I would call "statement" wins were decided by a total of 12 points: 86-83 and 86-77 over Witt.

Again, I wasn't at the game, but it just felt like this "statement" conversation was a bit much; beyond that, I feel that it's a bit immature to play for the purpose of embarrassing an opponent, and if that is the reason the Scots went for the 62 point margin tonight, I'd find that unfortunate.