MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[woosterbooster]

c-busballer -

Fair enough.  And I definitely do agree with you that players and coaches need to keep the referees out of their heads, although they certainly should be making adjustments in their play if the game is being called lax or tight.

Thanks lots for wishing Wooster luck, they drew some tough opponents on the road.

[WoosterFAN]

One of the things that drives me crazy abou this tourney every year, is that it is not obvious who is seeded what.  If DREN's post is correct, then Wooster would have hosted TRANS, BETH and RMC if they won the NCAC instead of traveling. Are they still the top seed in that bracket or is it TRANS since they are the host.  
    As far as the WITT bracket, ohhh weee that is tough. Granted it is in your house (which sells out exactly once per year).  But CMU and BW winner is going to be brutal and then to follow that up with a possible game vs. HOPE/CALVIN (who have have an easy bracket).  Is significantly tougher than what Wooster has to face.
   Lexington, KY is about 4.5 - 5 hours from Wooster just about 90 min (max) from Cincy (the hometown).

[WoosterFAN]

The Russ/Bochers matchup with Torii Davis should be very interesting.  Davis could get those guys in foul trouble with his strength, quickness and aggressiveness. Of course, that assumes that BW wins and they had to climb out of a hole to get the OAC title on their own floor.

[Kramerica]

Wittenberg should be traveling to BW to play those 1st and 2nd round games. BW wins the league outright and the OAC tourney and has to travel? Wittenberg finished 2 games out of first and wins the one-game NCAC tourney and gets to host. Thats crap.

[witt4ever]

Wittenberg should be traveling to BW to play those 1st and 2nd round games. BW wins the league outright and the OAC tourney and has to travel? Wittenberg finished 2 games out of first and wins the one-game NCAC tourney and gets to host. Thats crap.

What happened on Feb. 15??

[Kramerica]

What? Wittenberg beat Kenyon and Hiram in the same day?

[smedindy]

Actually, according to the NCAA's criteria, Wooster is seeded below Translyvania, properly, and should be on the road.  To wit, the regional records are very similar but Transy has a higher QOWI.

Hey, you all could be Albion...

[ScotsFan]

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--

I think this is an excellent point.  Wooster does seem to thrive on the road.  Maybe they put too much pressure on themselves to perform in front of the home fans?  I don't know, but I do know that Wooster has seemed to play better all season long on the road with the exception of OWU, and there were a lot of outside factors that contributed to that loss.  Also, Wooster's fan base always seems to travel well so they will be well represented there.  Why couldn't Wooster's 1st round game be on the 2nd?  I won't even be able to listen to the game as I will be in Cleveland on the 3rd to see David Gray in concert (Not that I mind, as I have had tickets since December for this show).  Should Wooster win Friday night, I might be tempted to make the drive down to Lexington on Saturday to see the 2nd round game.

[wally_wabash]

Straight from the "you don't see this everyday" file...I'm going to agree with the Witt fans here.  Wooster's got the golden horseshoe logded firmly in their, well...you get the idea.  There's not a team in the country that wants anything to do with Wittenberg's regional...Wooster included.  Wooster has a much better deal traveling to Transy with their draw than Wittenberg does having to possibly run the B-W/Hope/Calvin gauntlet.  That's just brutal.  Wooster was unbelievably fortunate to get the heck away from the GL region.  By the time they potentially find a GL team to play, at least three of the four (Witt, Hope, Calvin, B-W) will be out.  

I'll say this:  Losing the NCAC championship game was the best thing that could have happened for Wooster's chances in the NCAA tournament.  Had Wooster won, they probably stay in region and host (essentially swapping spots with Witt) where they have MUCH tougher matchups.  And we know that when Wooster has a tough matchup, the home court doesn't matter much (B-W and Witt this season both beat Wooster at home).

[ScotsFan]

Wittenberg should be traveling to BW to play those 1st and 2nd round games. BW wins the league outright and the OAC tourney and has to travel? Wittenberg finished 2 games out of first and wins the one-game NCAC tourney and gets to host. Thats crap.

What happened on Feb. 15??

Umm, Wittenberg lost too on February 15th Witt4ever so what's your point?

At least B-W's loss was to a ranked opponent.

I would say of all the teams in this region, B-W has to feel the most screwed.  They won a much tougher conference both regular and tournament championships.  They have a win over Wooster.  Those late losses for B-W really cost them.  They had already clinched the OAC regular season title, so they were basically meaningless games.  Not so meaningless now though.

[smedindy]

No games are meaningless, unless its a late season Hiram / Oberlin game.

[WoosterFAN]

First of many posts to analyze the games coming up this week.  I always start with old faithful: COMMON FOES.

RMC and WOO has two (KENYON and Emory and Henry)

WOO vs. KEN was 3-0 winning by an average of 30 points.
RMC vs. KEN was 1-0 (70-48) in consolation game @ RMC in their DEC Tourney

WOO vs. E&H was 1-0 (150-101) for the championship of E&H Invitational Tourney
RMC vs. E&H was 1-1 both home teams won.

RMC was 1-0 vs. GL region this year.

[pufin]

I don't think there are too many Wooster fans crying real hard right now. We know that the Scots have dodged a bullet by getting sent away from the messy brackets in Michigan and Springfield. They lost the chance to host, and that is what they get for losing to OWU and Wittenberg. But being sent to Transy is better than havingto host Lake Erie, CMU, and BW.

[WoosterFAN]

OAC tougher than NCAC??? That is debatable (I guess that is what this board is for)...How many OAC teams in the tourney?

And for the record, yes I am encouraged by the Wooster draw.  And yes we have been screwed before with the crazy loaded regional before.  Been there and done that!

[Kramerica]

BW got screwed! Should be hosting, not Wittenberg. Bottom line.