MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[David Collinge]

Oh, well.  Comedy never was my long suit. 

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Meanwhile in Oberlin, the Yeomen drop a heartbreaker to the Tartans of Carnegie Mellon, 91-65, in a game that wasn't as close as it sounds.  Oberlin sprinted out to a 45-17 halftime deficit and held all but four of the Tartans to single-figure scoring in posting their fifth consecutive loss and ninth in 11 games this season.  Unfortunately, this is an in-region game for the Yeomen, and severely damages their hopes for a Pool C bid.  The Oberlin squad hopes to get back on the winning track this Saturday ... at .... uhm .... Wittenberg...

[kiltedbryan]

Early Regional Records:

John Carroll (6-2) losses to Greensboro and Wilmington

Greensboro was not a regional opponent for JCU.

It's not "regional," but it is "in-region."  According to the 2007 Handbook (page 15), both North Carolina and Ohio are in Membership Region 3, games within which count under the expanded definition of "in-region."

Membership Region 3 includes teams in the following states and commonwealths: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.

David, where would one find the 2007 Handbook, if one were interested?  I tried to find the official regional criteria before my post earlier today and I couldn't navigate the NCAA Div. 3 pages...nor did I find the full criteria in the d3hoops.com FAQ.  Am I just missing it somewhere?!?

[Pat Coleman]

I apologize -- here is the definition of a regional game.

http://www.d3hoops.com/faq.php?question=44

[Ralph Turner]

I apologize -- here is the definition of a regional game.

http://www.d3hoops.com/faq.php?question=44

I really like your updated examples of what a regional game is!  +1

[Pat Coleman]

Thanks -- it's something we put together for the people putting schedules in.

[kiltedbryan]

I apologize -- here is the definition of a regional game.

http://www.d3hoops.com/faq.php?question=44

Much appreciated!   

[David Collinge]

David, where would one find the 2007 Handbook, if one were interested?  I tried to find the official regional criteria before my post earlier today and I couldn't navigate the NCAA Div. 3 pages...nor did I find the full criteria in the d3hoops.com FAQ.  Am I just missing it somewhere?!?

It's not easy to find; it's in the "Library" section of the NCAA.org pages, and if you were the sort of Wooster student I was, the mere mention of the word "library" sends your running for the nearest keg. 

Anyway, here's a link to a page where you can download the handbook:
CLICK HERE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP HANDBOOK
There's lots of good stuff in it besides the regional definitions; a handy thing for the devoted D3 fan to have around.

[Gregory Sager]

Early Regional Records:

John Carroll (6-2) losses to Greensboro and Wilmington

Greensboro was not a regional opponent for JCU.

It's not "regional," but it is "in-region."  According to the 2007 Handbook (page 15), both North Carolina and Ohio are in Membership Region 3, games within which count under the expanded definition of "in-region."

Membership Region 3 includes teams in the following states and commonwealths: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.

Yeah, I momentarily forgot about those four new crazy-quilt administrative regions.

[smedindy]

That's what's just insane. I mean...most every D-3 school doesn't have the budget to fly everywhere to play hoops, and most every D-3 school do care about academics and that the hoopsters aren't on the road traveling 12 hours or more to play a game...

Meanwhile...some teams in some conferences can fatten up on nearby teams and get a high seed and waltz deep into the tourney...not that I'd name names...

[Pat Coleman]

Yeah. Long trip from Indiana to Michigan or Kentucky. Man.

[sac]

Oh, well.  Comedy never was my long suit. 

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Meanwhile in Oberlin, the Yeomen drop a heartbreaker to the Tartans of Carnegie Mellon, 91-65, in a game that wasn't as close as it sounds.  Oberlin sprinted out to a 45-17 halftime deficit and held all but four of the Tartans to single-figure scoring in posting their fifth consecutive loss and ninth in 11 games this season.  Unfortunately, this is an in-region game for the Yeomen, and severely damages their hopes for a Pool C bid.  The Oberlin squad hopes to get back on the winning track this Saturday ... at .... uhm .... Wittenberg...

Dude professes to not be funny..........then gives us one of the funniest post mortums ever.

[sac]

Yeah. Long trip from Indiana to Michigan or Kentucky. Man.

99% of the options are longer than Calvin to anywhere in Chicago, Hope to anywhere in Chicago and over 250 miles.   For that matter 95% of the in-region options within the Great Lakes region are over 250 miles.  I'm buying you an atlas.

[Pat Coleman]

For the Hope guy, yes. But for the Wabash guy I was talking to, not as much.

I lived for a decade in the Midwest. Drive through it all the time. I have a handle on it.

How about you send me a map and I send Hope a list of the selection criteria?

[pennstghs]

Oh, well.  Comedy never was my long suit. 

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Meanwhile in Oberlin, the Yeomen drop a heartbreaker to the Tartans of Carnegie Mellon, 91-65, in a game that wasn't as close as it sounds.  Oberlin sprinted out to a 45-17 halftime deficit and held all but four of the Tartans to single-figure scoring in posting their fifth consecutive loss and ninth in 11 games this season.  Unfortunately, this is an in-region game for the Yeomen, and severely damages their hopes for a Pool C bid.  The Oberlin squad hopes to get back on the winning track this Saturday ... at .... uhm .... Wittenberg...

well all oberlin needs to do to pull off this game is possibly use the hook and ladder and statue of liberty plays-oh wait wrong sport

anyways....wittenberg at kenyon tonight figures to be an easy win for witt but i need to see a convincing win tonight because that will prove our depth is adaquate as hill, denbow, and hemingway are nursing injuries, all should play.

we return to the theme of old wittenberg grads coming back to face their former team with matt croci as well.

go witt.

[smedindy]

I wasn't speaking from a Wabash-centric perspective, just a rational perspective. Every game counts! (OK, conference games count more...but still...)