MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[ScotsFan]

We must be mindful, however, that Pat is LOGICAL--I wouldn't be suprised to see Hope, Calvin, Witt, Woo and BW all end up in the same bracket, by NCAA (il)logic--

Yes, this is very true.  If I remember last year, Pat & co. picked Wooster to be moved east, and well, we know how that didn't happen.  The result was York breezed into Salem having to face only one team ranked in the top 25, meanwhile, the Albion sectional very well could have been a Final 4.  Logical doesn't register well with the NCAA committee members.  Only penny pinching...

[David Collinge]

My mock bracket has Wooster hosting a 4-team regional, playing Messiah and then the winner of York (PA) vs. Bethany. 

I gave Witt a first-round bye, then the chance to host the winner of Calvin vs. Lake Erie.  If Witt wins that game, they host the sectional, with the other two seeded teams (besides Woo) being Miss. College and Va. Wesleyan.

YMMV. 

[realist]

DC Hard to know at this point, but your pairings sense, and that can be the kiss of death I know.  Over the years the NCAA has loved to place NCAC/MIAA early and often.  With the splits as outlined by Pat he has BW going east literally flying over other teams.  Histoically I would put Calvin in where you have, but wouldn't give Hope as much cushion.  It may be a personal bias, but still remember Wooster, Calvin, Mc Murry and Marysville in 00.

[fighting_scots]

DC--Thanks for the post--was this logically concluded?  Or did you employ the "reverse-logic" of the selection committee?

After spending last week trying to out think the bar examiners, you may have an inside track!

As much as I'd love to see the Scots host, outside of OWU (who played out of their minds) they have played very well on the road this year--a bit more focused IMO--

[pennstghs]

as i believe the "low" wooster fans can get that low-low in meaning the students-i respect the general wooster fans for their support of their team

they were referring to russ as being a drug dealer wherever that came from cuz they followed that cheer up with a "he smokes pot"

i would love to see witt host a game saturday as i have to work thursday so i can stilla ttend-witt has earned the right to host the sectionals i believe as well if they can advance that far

[section7]

WOOSTER OUT!

[smedindy]

They only had 10 pool C bids listed out of 16...

[section7]

the NCAA is crazy why release without the total field

[smedindy]

Must have been an error - they now have the whole field in and yes Wooster is there.

[section7]

Good for Wooster, would have been a joke if they were not in

[Li'l Giant]

That had me going for a second there. Wow. I would have blamed Depauw. 

[sac]

Congrats to Section 7 for giving multiple coronaries to multiple Wooster fans.

[MoneyBallSTL]

  Perhaps the "He's a Dealer" drug reference chant may not be that far off anyway...afterall it is the Witt fans themselves who refer to Mr. Russ as..... "The Doctor". lol. --MoneyBall's comedic 2 cents.

[David Collinge]

The actual team selection only differed from the projections by 3 teams, but it had a dramatic effect on my brackets.  I ended up moving Wooster to a whole different region, and --alas-- taking away their home game, as well as taking away Witt's bye (that's no biggie.)

Here's my current prediction for the NCAC teams:
Wooster vs. Villa Julie at York PA
York vs. Messiah
Winner to the Hope sectional, at Hope if they advance

Wittenberg vs. Maryville MO
Bethany vs. Calvin at Witt
Winner to the Witt sectional, at Witt if they advance

[Pat Coleman]

Must have been an error - they now have the whole field in and yes Wooster is there.

This was an error on our part, which was difficult to fix because of the server load.