MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[smedindy]

I don't think it's a problem. I think we need less regional partisanship all in all.

[ScotsFan]

Thanks Pat. 

It's not really what I expected to see.  Well, from the Northeast and West it looks about expected.  But ONU fared far better in the Atlantic region than in their own GL region.  That's kind of surprising to me. 

All in all, it's a tough call no matter how you slice it.  Personally, Stevens Point and ONU would be the 2 teams I would have a hard time choosing between, but ultimately I would probably go with the Pointers as they have played as equally a tough of schedule as ONU and they haven't been beaten by a DIII opponent.  Amherst still has a lot of proving to do in my book before I'm convinced that they're even a better team than Wooster.

[David Collinge]

The Daily Record's Chad Conant reports that Wooster is limping into tomorrow's game vs. Denison:

Center Tim Vandervaart (16.1 points, 9.1 rebounds a game) came down with a calf injury in the consolation game of the Mose Hole/Wooster Kiwanis Classic and forwards Tom Port (16.5 points, 5.7 rebounds) and Evan Will (5.8 points, 3.2 rebounds) returned from the New Year's holiday break with their own nasty cases of the flu. None of the three practiced Wednesday and were still healing as the week moved forward.

"At this point, we're not very healthy in the post," Scots coach Steve Moore said.

http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/article/1443252

You might think that 1-10 Denison is exactly who you want to see in this situation, but perhaps not.  The Big Red did demonstrate to Wittenberg that they can be competitive if they are properly motivated.  Furthermore, they have probably the NCAC's best player on a non-contending team in Dan Hodgkinson, the current NCAC leading scorer at 19.0 ppg.  If the best defense the Scots can offer on Dan is Craig Elam or Robert Melick, Hodgkinson could go for 30+ and the game could easily come down to a question of whether the Scots can hit their jumpers. 

[woosterbooster]

I'm going to go out on a limb and claim that Wooster (of course, playing their normal 5 against 8) would beat Denison even with their top three bigs sidelined.  Would Hodgkinson get 30 or more?  Possibly.  That would make the score something like 100-50.  Not that we'll get the chance to see it, but I'd even wager that Wooster's JV would defeat the Big Red, although that might be a decent matchup.

[Li'l Giant]

I posted something similar on the football board but I think it bears repeating here.

I have posted three times since December 23 (about In-N-Out Burger, the Trinity/Amherst game and about the brutal travel schedules). In that time since 12/23 my karma has taken a hit nearly every day, including one today.

Whoever is doing this please click on my profile. You'll find my email address. If you go to the website for that domain you'll find my office telephone number. In addition you could PM me.

Pick one of those ways of contacting me and tell me exactly what you think of me. If you disagree with me, don't like me or would like to kill me, there are better, more grown-up ways of letting me know besides smiting me every 24 hours.

I'll be waiting for your call/e-mail/PM but I'm not going to hold my breath, you coward.

[David Collinge]

Posters : Smiters :: Chocolate : Poop

[woosterbooster]

Lil Giant -

I'm pretty sure that I deducted a karma point from both you and Wally back on December 21st.  Some Wooster fans were talking about the officiating in their game against Cal Baptist and Wally interjected a comment that I thought was unfair.  When I retaliated, you backed him up, claiming that it was I who had made it personal.  I thought you were wrong, that Wally had been the one that fired the first shot.

I've just looked back at that string of posts, and given the same events I'd take the same action.

I'm certain that I haven't reduced your karma since then.

If you want to talk about this in private, I'm more than willing, just send me a message.

[wally_wabash]

I posted something similar on the football board but I think it bears repeating here.

I have posted three times since December 23 (about In-N-Out Burger, the Trinity/Amherst game and about the brutal travel schedules). In that time since 12/23 my karma has taken a hit nearly every day, including one today.

Whoever is doing this please click on my profile. You'll find my email address. If you go to the website for that domain you'll find my office telephone number. In addition you could PM me.

Pick one of those ways of contacting me and tell me exactly what you think of me. If you disagree with me, don't like me or would like to kill me, there are better, more grown-up ways of letting me know besides smiting me every 24 hours.

I'll be waiting for your call/e-mail/PM but I'm not going to hold my breath, you coward.

I've been getting it also on virtually a daily basis for a couple of weeks now despite the fact that I haven't posted hardly anything in that time and certainly nothing particularly acerbic.  I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but I'd be surprised if this isn't related.

[diehardfan]

As the self proclaimed karma fairy, here's two four the Wabash posters.

I'm fairly sure my current level of karma can handle the inevitable hits I'll get from those that despise you if they withstood the Dennis Prikkel onslaught when he found out that I was the one fighting him for Greg's good karma standing over on the CCIW board!

I sorta think it's important that if you smite someone, that they know why, or it be in direct response to a post they made at the very least. Personal vendettas are sorta childish.

...And now I must go smite the people on the MWC board that were making fun of Blues Clues. 

[smedindy]

Hey, someone keeps knocking me down too. Argh! Ah, well. I blame Maine, though (I took a hit when I discussed Presque Isle...)

[David Collinge]

Sounds like an anti-Wabash conspiracy.

*looks around*

It's not me, I swear.   

I'll smite on occasion, when I think it is warranted.  A poster in another room recently described a player as "garbage," and as I have very little tolerance for that, I smited.  I figure that's what it's there for. 

[Li'l Giant]

I'll smite on occasion, when I think it is warranted.  A poster in another room recently described a player as "garbage," and as I have very little tolerance for that, I smited.  I figure that's what it's there for. 

I agree with you, DC, there is certain stuff that is universally smite-worthy. I have a pretty liberal interpretation of the rest of it. If I say something that pisses someone off, (see e.g. WooBoo's post describing my 12/21 discussion of officiating) then by all means smite me. Doing it day after day is what is weak.

[diehardfan]

Hey, someone keeps knocking me down too. Argh! Ah, well. I blame Maine, though (I took a hit when I discussed Presque Isle...)

smed... I noticed how low your karma was today when I responded to something on the best attendance board and went ahead and karmaed you too... it seems most definitely like there's an anti-wabash kick...

Who wouldn't like a school full of female deprived guys?

I incidentally, thought the officiating stuff was HILARIOUS, incidentally. Seeing as how I live 2000 miles from Wheaton, I basically almost always go to games where I am a neutral bystander these days... while I will often disagree with calls I see, seeing crowds react in extreme fashion to calls which are clearly accurate is one of the biggest perks of my attendance games as a neutral fan.

[ScotsFan]

...despite the fact that I haven't posted hardly anything in that time and certainly nothing particularly acerbic. 

Or you delete your posts that might fall into that category.  I seem to recall seeing a certain 5 on 8 jab that is mysteriously no longer there.

[Witt4ever]

45 to go.

forewarned!!!!!!!!!