MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[David Collinge]

ps,  DC, is there any chance we could get the final tallies on what streaks are going on with the poll at season's end?  ie, who's got the longest streak of receiving votes, who's got the longest top 10 streak going, etc?

http://www.d3sports.com/post/index.php?topic=4097.1416

[bishopsfan]

Wally-
No need to worry I will never go completely into the light and actually call myself a Wittenberg fan but this season has helped me develop more of a respect for them.  They were a heck of a team this year, no ifs, ands or buts about it.  Congrats again.

[bishopsfan]

one more point-
After seeing Tori Davis play earlier this year at Wooster, I think it is a crock that he was named NABC second team all-american.  Being a fan of the NCAC does not stop me from saying that Tori Davis was the best player that I saw all season and definitely deserved to be the player of the year in the great lakes region.  I think he had something like 44 points against Wooster.  That is something that just does not happen very often.  Just wondering if anyone else had any comments on the NABC all-american teams.

[pennstghs]

actualy i beg to differ with two points

1-the witt crowd actually OUTNUMBERED the vwu crwod in the championship game on saturday

2-russ being left off the NABC teams is a crock-they show that they are not reliable as coaches dont get to see all the players all year

[jscwittfan]

one more point-
After seeing Tori Davis play earlier this year at Wooster, I think it is a crock that he was named NABC second team all-american.

actualy i beg to differ with two points

2-russ being left off the NABC teams is a crock-they show that they are not reliable as coaches dont get to see all the players all year

Man, with all these crocks going around, we really need something to put them in . . . like a crock pot.   

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[pennstghs]

yeah we could prolly make a whole potful of whinings about things that didnt go right with teams this year if we wanted to

[ScotsFan]

2-russ being left off the NABC teams is a crock-they show that they are not reliable as coaches dont get to see all the players all year

While I agree with this, do you really feel it is quite possible for coaches in the NABC to take the necessary time out of their already busy schedules to look at film of all likely AA candidates.  I would imagine the reason Cooper got the nod is strictly based on the fact that he was NCAC POY and also led the NCAC in scoring.  Crawford was MIAA POY and Davis was OAC POY, so Cooper was a pretty obvious choice following that trend.  If DC's explaination of how the NABC goes about selecting it's representatives, ie, selecting one representative from each region on each team, I'd say they did a fair job.  Do I agree totally with their process or their selections?  No, I'm just saying there were a lot of worthy candidates that got left off, so ripping the NABC for not putting your guy on the list isn't exactly the fair thing to do.  It's not like it's easy whittling down players from over 400 colleges to just 3 AA teams.  To me, it seems like they go by stats more than anything in their criteria for selection, which seems to be the easiest way to go about it for the voters when they have so many selections to choose from and so little time to actually research who they are voting for.  Heck, IWU had two 1st teamers on the D3hoops AA team and niether one made it to the NABC 1st, 2nd or 3rd team.  Just be happy that Russ got the recognition he deserved from D3hoops.

[pennstghs]

true-i will credit the d3hoops.com staff for voting russ on the second team. i guess the impact russ has doesnt always show up in the stats. he led our team to second place in the nation

[ScotsFan]

That's very true penn.  Russ may not have the stats, but he has proven his value to Witt by how he led the Tigers to within a bucket of winning it all.  He's a class act and this Wooster fan will not miss how he seemed to turn it up a notch or three every time out against Wooster.    As much as Witt will miss Russ' skills on the basketball court, they will miss his leadership even more.

[sac]

true-i will credit the d3hoops.com staff for voting russ on the second team. i guess the impact russ has doesnt always show up in the stats. he led our team to second place in the nation

Against Hope I bet he tapped at least a half dozen rebounds out to teamates.........those are rebounds he doesn't get credit for even though he made the play.

[smedindy]

Sac -

Technically, he should have gotten the rebound if it was a controlled tip. At Wabash, we always try to credit a controlled tip with a rebound. Now if he tipped it and it bounced a couple of times and a teammate picked it up, not so much.

[MoneyBallSTL]

 Just thought I'd post my thoughts on the Division 1 games the past 2 nights. I can't remember the last time there were so many great finishes to games on consecutive nights and teams that were so evenly matched across the board.  Can't wait for the weekend games! BUT, I also can't remember an NCAA tourney weekend where the officiating has been any poorer. There's just bad call after bad call and despite what you may or may not think about what role officials play in basketball, any basketball fan that watched or commentated or analyzed these games has brought up the lack of quality by the officials. It really is disheartening to me to watch these college athletes leave it all on the floor for 37 or 38 minutes and the games usually be tied or 1 point either way, and then have the officials make GAME CHANGING calls in the last 2 minutes of the games that end their careers as student athletes. I feel some remorse for Duke, more for Gonzaga and even more for Washington. The only close game that was halfway decently officiated was WVU/Texas. I know from first-hand experience that officials can ruin basketball careers, so my hearts go out to the athletes that are experiencing the pain I went through last year. Let's hope the NCAA gets it right tomorrow and Sunday.

[smedindy]

The refs in the UConn - Washington game were NCAC refs, I swear!

[Li'l Giant]

The refs in the UConn - Washington game were NCAC refs, I swear!

*golf clap*

[woosterbooster]

The refs in the UConn - Washington game were NCAC refs, I swear!

I was going to say, jokingly and sarcastically, that they then had the best refs that money can buy.  However, that statement works much better for cars or wine than for basketball officials.