MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[TigerFan_1973]

William Patterson beat Scranton 70 - 45.

[WooMix]

Wooster's game has me seriously worried about how far they are gonna go in the big dance.  Today's victory will go fown as sheer luck (at least in my books).  They shot 4/25 from beyond the arc (which I will not bother converting to a percentage out of respect) and winning the game?  With the three being our major weapon, this most certainly is cause for concern.  What really is the reason behind this cold shooting?  This seem to be a recurring thing of late.

I think Coop is showing why he won the POY award.  Great game by Tim.

Whoever we play tomorrow, I hope my insides won't collapse as they did in the first half of todays game.

Gosh!  This calls for a visit to the theaters to watch Dave Chapelle's Block Party.  Till tomorrow folks.   

[realist]

DC:  Lots of people mistake St. Marys in South Bend for Notre Dame.  In the old days ND was male only, and St. marys was women only.  Not sure if St. marys is still female only, but they play in the MIAA.  MIAA has 8 men's teams, and 9 women's teams.  Oops. forgot we have Wisc. Lutheraan in the MIAA for football only to get an AQ.

[David Collinge]

DC:  Lots of people mistake St. Marys in South Bend for Notre Dame.  In the old days ND was male only, and St. marys was women only.  Not sure if St. marys is still female only, but they play in the MIAA.  MIAA has 8 men's teams, and 9 women's teams.  Oops. forgot we have Wisc. Lutheraan in the MIAA for football only to get an AQ.

I remember when St. Mary's provided the cheerleaders for ND football games.  Does that date me? 

[kiltedbryan]

Wooster's game has me seriously worried about how far they are gonna go in the big dance.  Today's victory will go fown as sheer luck (at least in my books).  They shot 4/25 from beyond the arc (which I will not bother converting to a percentage out of respect) and winning the game?  With the three being our major weapon, this most certainly is cause for concern.  What really is the reason behind this cold shooting?  This seem to be a recurring thing of late.

I think Coop is showing why he won the POY award.  Great game by Tim.

Whoever we play tomorrow, I hope my insides won't collapse as they did in the first half of todays game.

Gosh!  This calls for a visit to the theaters to watch Dave Chapelle's Block Party.  Till tomorrow folks.   

WooMix...Wooster didn't win the game on "sheer luck."  They won by 14, and they deserved the win, outplaying RMC on the boards and with superior ball control throughout the game (only 8 or so turnovers).  Vandervaart was outstanding, compensating for the lack of 3s by scoring 21 down low.  Plus, in the second half, Wooster was 21-21 from the foul line- which is a very encouraging number when you're in tourney time.

Remember, Wooster didn't have their A-game offense, and shot their worst 3 pt game of the season (by percentge at least) against a team that has been ranked in the top 25 and they came away with a 14-point win on a neutral floor in the NCAA tournament.

I, for one, am not going to care if Wooster goes 0-25 from behind the arc in the tournament so long as the ending score is in their favor.

[David Collinge]

Yeah, I agree with scotsbrod.  I was already pessimistic about Wooster's chances, given their tough draw and recent mediocre play.  Today's result gives me hope.  To be able to beat a good (perhaps very good) team by a convincing margin despite terrible shooting is very encouraging to me. 

[Gregory Sager]

DC:  Lots of people mistake St. Marys in South Bend for Notre Dame.  In the old days ND was male only, and St. marys was women only.  Not sure if St. marys is still female only, but they play in the MIAA.

St. Mary's (IN) is still a women-only institution. They also have one of my favorite nicknames in college sports: The Belles.

Bing Crosby would be proud.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wittenberg 76  Lake Erie 40

Wittenberg was led by Kenny Brady with 23 points, Daniel Russ with 13 points and Billy Bowen with 11 points.

Tigers are now 26-3 and they play Baldwin-Wallace next

Good luck to both Wooster and Wittenberg tomorrow night!

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Transylvania 75  Bethany 56

Transy wins on their home floor and will host Wooster tomorrow night.  Transy was led by Robert Pendleton with 18 points, Bryan Howard with 17 points, Matt Finke with 16 points and Marc Bain with 14 points.

These 4 guys seem to be the big scorers for the Pioneers but you can't forget Joey Searle who was scoreless tonight.  When he gets hot, Searle is a 6'4" wing who will hit three pointers as he did a couple of years ago in a Mose Hole Classic loss to Wooster.

So, Wooster will have to beat the Pioneers on their home floor to advance.

GO SCOTS!!

[David Collinge]

According to the NCAA record book, the record for most games played in a career in D3 is held by Michael Crotty of Williams, who played in 122 games from 2001-04.  Tonight in Lexigton, Kyle Witucky played in the 122nd game of his career, tying the record (if it is indeed the record; there is some doubt.) 

And all 122 games for Kyle have been starts.  And Wooster has won 109 of them.   8)

Congratulations to Kyle Witucky! 

[zosobob]

Great games tonight!

Go W's!

[augie_superfan]

I just got back from the Transy regional.  This was my first time ever seeing Wooster.  I was disappointed...I wanted to see the 3's rain down.  It's ok though.  That Cooper kid is one heck of a player.  I really wish he'd never shoot the ball outside of about 15 feet.  Maybe it was just tonight but his shot didn't look too good (although most from deep didn't look good tonight).  He is one of the best (if not the best) players I have ever seen when it comes to just taking your man off the dribble and getting to the rim or kicking out to your teammates.

I know many people on here are worried about Wooster b/c of the poor outside shooting tonight.  I would say that this game was a positive (atleast to me).  I came expecting a up and down the floor tempo and hitting 3's from everywhere.  Well, that wasn't working and this team found a way to win in the opposite way...taking it down low.  That is a scary thing for opponents.

As for the matchup tomorrow, Transy is not very deep at all.  I think that if Wooster plays more of their regular style, Transy wont be able to keep up.  Should be a good one tomorrow and hopefully I will get to witness that Wooster style of play that I've heard so much about.

[Gregory Sager]

That's a very good point, AS. If I'm a Wooster fan, I like the fact that my team was taken out of its normal game tonight, yet still found an alternative method to beat a pretty good RMC team by double digits.

[augie_superfan]

One more point....

I love that Wooster coach!!

He just had this great intensity on the sidelines that seemed to translate right over to his players.  I just love to see that.  At one point, when they were playing bad, he called a timeout and at the end of the timeout, he was running and pushing his players back onto the floor and going crazy.  I thought that was just amazing.

[smedindy]

I'm curious, how does Whitewater play D3 when they are that huge.  Heck, their senior class has as many students as Denison has total.  That to me doesn't seem real fair. 
I don't know who decides who plays what division.

Having a gene pool of 10,000 vs 2400, seems the chances are you may get a few better players from a school of 10.000.

Well, then, the schools in the CUNYAC would rule D-3. Hunter has over 20,000 students.

Of course, though, they stink for the most part.