MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[David Collinge]

#1 UW-Stevens Point lost at home to #8 UW-Oshkosh by 17 points tonight.

#2 Amherst has a difficult road trip to Maine this weekend, playing at Colby Fri. and Bowdoin Sat.  They'll probably win them both, but I've heard that it is traditionally very tough to sweep this trip to Maine.

If Amherst drops one of those games, and if Wooster can win Saturday at Earlham (a big 'if'), then Wooster probably would move back into the #1 spot.

And next Saturday, the would-be #1 Scots face Wittenberg.

Stop me if you've heard this one before... 

[billy_pilgrim]

Can I have a standings update, please?

My cubicle laziness has hit an all-time high tonight...

[wooscotsfan]

NCAC Standings thru 1/24 Results:

Wooster 9-0 (16-2)
Wittenberg 7-2 (15-3)
Ohio Wesleyan 6-3 (12-6)
Earlham 5-4 (7-11)
Hiram 5-4 (6-12)
Allegheny 3-6 (7-10)
Kenyon 3-6 (7-11)
Wabash 3-6 (6-12)
Denison 2-7 (3-14)
Oberlin 2-7 (3-15)

[smedindy]

With Hiram's win, it's official...this is a crazy go nuts conference from 4 on back this year...

[billy_pilgrim]

From #4 on back???...this is the closest we've seen to parity from #2 on back since I've been following the NCAC (which has only been since '02, but anyway).

[David Collinge]

Paul does an excellent job keeping us posted on the conference standings here and in the OAC, but there's no need to wait for him (realizing that Billy had to wait an agonizing 2 minutes, 24 seconds this time ).  There is a standings page for each conference on this site, and it is updated as quickly as the schools enter their scores.  Here's the NCAC men's standings page:
http://www.d3hoops.com/conference_info.php?year=2007&team=mens&conf=NCAC

(Not a criticism, just a comment, pointing to other features of D3Hoops.com that some readers may not be aware of.  After all, I obsessively post standings updates on the NCAC women's page! )

[smedindy]

Yeah, but at least you know that #2 and #3 SHOULD win over the rest. (Note: SHOULD). #4 on back...whatever!

[billy_pilgrim]

No, David, you really don't understand my level of laziness tonight. I would have had to put some effort into finding that, though thanks for letting me know. I usually just sift through the NCAC's terribly designed site.

How long does it take to add an 'L' to the Earlham women's record each night? Just add about six more now, they're definitely coming.

[wooscotsfan]

Paul does an excellent job keeping us posted on the conference standings here and in the OAC, but there's no need to wait for him (realizing that Billy had to wait an agonizing 2 minutes, 24 seconds this time ).  There is a standings page for each conference on this site, and it is updated as quickly as the schools enter their scores.  Here's the NCAC men's standings page:
http://www.d3hoops.com/conference_info.php?year=2007&team=mens&conf=NCAC

(Not a criticism, just a comment, pointing to other features of D3Hoops.com that some readers ay not be aware of.  After all, I obsessively post standings updates on the NCAC women's page! )

David - you are quite right, as usual  , but the key line in your post is....

"as quickly as the schools enter their scores."  

Usually when I post scores and standings, they are not all complete on this site at that point in time because some have not yet been entered on the D3Hoops scoreboard.

Like you probably do from time to time, I am pulling them direct off the individual team's websites, from wire service scores or in some cases, from webcasts that I have heard direct from the particular game.

Tonight, when I posted the OAC results on that page, 3 of the 5 game scores were still not posted on the D3Hoops site at that point in time.

NCAC posters should also know that David does a great job of updating the national Top 25 scores/schedules and you can read his informative posts under the "multi-regional" section, Top 25 page on this site.

[David Collinge]

Usually when I post scores and standings, they are not all complete on this site at that point in time because some have not yet been entered on the D3Hoops scoreboard.

Yeah, I have the same problem with the women's scores, and they're even slower than the men's (particularly Earlham, and Wabash hasn't reported a score yet this year. )

I was just thinking it'd be nice for folks to know that the standings pages do exist (and also include composite scores for the entire season), and they do update sooner or later.

[Li'l Giant]

Wabash hasn't reported a score yet this year. )

That would be the only undefeated hoops team at Wabash.

[smedindy]

Um, what???

I DO update the scores, David. THough I forgot to tonight...let me check to see if the SID did...

[David Collinge]

I'm talking about women's hoops scores, smeds.  It's a co-ed thing; you wouldn't understand. 

[gotigers]

i definitly picked the uw-stevens point loss.

[gotigers]

not that it reallly matters....just thought i'd point that out.