MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wally_wabash]

Any Wabash fan truly concerned about the standings this season needs a pill.  This isn't our year, it hasn't been our year from the get-go...this season is about getting experience and getting these youngsters in touch with the college game.  Holtem, Root, Brock...it's a solid nucleus.  Wabash will be okay. 

Now I'm back to watching my Niners destroy the Broncos in the Super Bowl on this NFL Films doc on the Deuce.  Greatest SB team ever by the way.   

[smedindy]

Not concerned about the standings at all! I just find it intriguing that Hiram could host a tourney game!

DC - D'oh! Right over my head.

[zu1414]

Long time reader, rare poster, but finally my Terriers have given me something to talk about this season! A four OT win last week and a 28 point comeback last night! The Gators led at half 53-25, which could have been worse had it not been for a late three at the end of the half. How many times do we see that shift mo?

Keep up the good work Terriers, nice road win.

[pennstghs]

A Hiram poster?? well that's a refreshing thing to hear. Great win for them last night, maybe jscwittfan jinxed them earlier in the night......

Good win for Witt last night. As i said it would come down to Borchers controlling the paint as he did and the youthfulness of WAbash was a factor as well. Ultimately as i listened to the game online it sounded like Wabash dug themselves a hole and kept fighting to close the hole-Zimmer played well in doing that-but could never quite hurdle the hill.

[ScotsFan]

Welcome to the board zu1414!  Seeing as how you have been a long time reader, you know how much we long to have some opinions from other teams in here.

All I can say about that win over Allegheny is WOW!  To overcome a 28 point deficit is amazing in and of itself, but to do it on the road is quite a feat. 

It looks like that Coach Flemming is really insitilling a new attitude among his players there.  After pulling off the upset wins over Earlham and Wabash, things were definately looking up for the Terriers only to be sent crashing back to reality by losing their next 3 including their thumping by Wooster.  But, I have to say, the way Hiram has responded by reeling off 2 wins in a row and in the way they have gone about winning those games is quite impressive to say the least.  Now, Hiram is in the unthinkable position of once again challenging for that 4 seed in the NCAC tournament and actually getting to HOST an NCAC game in the post-season.  I'm sure when the season started, many would have argued whether or not Hiram would even MAKE the post-season tournament, let alone HOST a game. 

Well done job by Coach Flemming and his players and staff so far this season.  And also, once again, welcome zu1414 and I hope you become a regular contributor in addition to already being a regular reader!

[ScotsFan]

i definitly picked the uw-stevens point loss.

Dude, you should be more proud of the fact that you picked the Hiram upset in Meadville!   You were the only one on the Pick 'Em Board to get that one right.

[diehardfan]

A Hiram poster?? well that's a refreshing thing to hear.

Hiram is one of the three NCAC schools I visited when applying to colleges (the others being Kenyon and Allegheney). If I remember correctly they only have about 800 students? It seems unlikely with those low numbers that we'd ever get a ton of Hiram posters anyway... but it's nice to know that there is one!

A big huge welcome zu1414! Please stick around!!! Even when a team isn't in the Top 25 or the top of their respective league, the truly obsessive among us still like to know why. Your team doesn't have to be doing well for you to post at all. Some of our best known posters support teams that have been dreadfully awful in the last few years (Gregory Sager comes to mind, though obviously his team's fortunes are changing dramatically!) , but it's still interesting to read their posts!

Odd, I just realized that I've been to almost all the NCAC schools.... Wooster, Witt, Denison for basketball games, Wabash for football, and Allegheney, Kenyon, Hiram for perspective student visits... weird! I've seen as many NCAC schools as I've seen CCIW schools! 

[Pat Coleman]

Your team doesn't have to be doing well for you to post at all.

I echo this sentiment, zuzu. Welcome to the board.

[Li'l Giant]

Odd, I just realized that I've been to almost all the NCAC schools.... Wooster, Witt, Denison for basketball games, Wabash for football, and Allegheney, Kenyon, Hiram for perspective student visits... weird!

I've been to exactly zero. I graduated before Wabash joined the NCAC.

Long time reader, rare poster, but finally my Terriers have given me something to talk about this season!

I also want to welcome zu1414. And extend an invite to join the party when football season rolls around, too.

[David Collinge]

I'll join in extending the cyberhand of welcome to our newest and bestest Hiram buddy.  Zu, if you have any friends in Meadville, Oberlin, Delaware, Gambier, or Granville, by all means give them a call and ask them to join us as well. 

[gotigers]

i definitly picked the uw-stevens point loss.

Dude, you should be more proud of the fact that you picked the Hiram upset in Meadville!   You were the only one on the Pick 'Em Board to get that one right.

i didnt even realize i picked that win...i guess its just a gift...lol jk jk

welcome zu.

[zu1414]

WOW! What a welcome! I will post some thoughts on the Terriers more often. Hiram's enrollment usually hovers around 900-1,000, but it has grown recently.
Coach Fleming has added new life in the program. Insiders tell me that many wish he would have suceeded Steve Minton (SUNY-Geneseo) long ago.
To host a tournament game is quit a step. If this happens I may drive up for the game from North Carolina.

I am at the mercy of SIDs, the few newspapers that cover the NCAC and word of mouth living here in the south. I love reading the board, and I promise to make a better effort posting.

As a recent alum, I remember the Terriers going on quit a run, or at least putting forth a good effort in their first season of NCAC play. I think the team went 14-11 that year and finsihed sixth, maybe through tiebreakers. I have been telling people for years Hiram could be a great program, yes the school is small, but we all know thats not all that important in bball. Football, though, seems to be a different story.

Big game Saturday! Thanks again for the warm welcome...

[WillieBrown]

That was a great welcome. I dont remember getting that kind of treatment when I came on a few weeks ago, but ya know. Go Tigers

[Li'l Giant]

Go Tigers

I see your problem here....

[Pat Coleman]

WOW! What a welcome! I will post some thoughts on the Terriers more often. Hiram's enrollment usually hovers around 900-1,000, but it has grown recently.

870 full time undergrads according to the numbers filed with the federal government.