MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[tigerup07]

TigerFan:
Witt did not have a pep band as recently as 2003. There was a half-a**ed attempt at a pep band run by a high school director that failed after 2 years. When I arrived on campus in 2003, myself and a student that would end up becoming my fraternity brother, who was a senior that year, started the current incarnation of the pep band. It is really hard to get a lot of people there and despite offering "refreshments" after the game we cannot convince people to come and play. So this year especially, myself a senior and trying to get the younger kids to lead the band, has not been exactly a banner year.

Also, the Music Department won't support us. they don't believe in the "kind of music" we play. It's not classical or romantic, so they don't want it. They vehemently denied that there had ever been a marching band at Witt when in fact I've seen the pictures of the band from the 50's marching on the field. Odd situation which makes it that much harder to get anything done.

[David Collinge]

DC - That's all well and good for Witt and Woo - but then there's the other 8....

Kenyon beat Myers

Ohio Wesleyan lost to Aquinas and triumphed over Notre Dame (Ohio)

Wabash beat IU-South Bend and lost to Oliver Nazarene.

Allegheny, Dension, Earlham, Hiram, Oberlin didn't play NAIA teams.

So that's 8-3 vs. the NAIA. And 1-0 against "OTHERS" since Wabash dispatched Cincy - Clermont with ease!

Thanks; I was too lazy to look up the other 8's schedules.   

Aquinas is 15-9 and ranked #20 in NAIA-II; Olivet Nazarene is 14-7 and ranked #25 in NAIA-I.  The others are unranked.

[Gregory Sager]

Yes, Walsh won the NAIA II title  in 2005 with UC transfer Robert Whaley. He was selected in the 5th round of the NBA draft by the Utah Jazz

The NBA draft only has two rounds. Whaley was drafted in the second round by the Jazz with the 51st overall pick.

[fighting_scots]

For those that can't be at Timken on Sat, the Live Video feed info:

http://www.wooster.edu/athletics/mb/news/2006-07/teamline.php

Game day info:

http://www.wooster.edu/athletics/mb/news/2006-07/wittenberg.php

GO SCOTS!

[smedindy]

Ah, but back in the day, the NBA had 10 round drafts, which was weird because the rosters were 11 or 12 at most. And the ABA had a draft every two weeks or so, and they usually only traveled with 10 players.

[Li'l Giant]

Ah, but back in the day, the NBA had 10 round drafts, which was weird because the rosters were 11 or 12 at most. And the ABA had a draft every two weeks or so, and they usually only traveled with 10 players.

And there were fewer teams.

[sac]

DC - That's all well and good for Witt and Woo - but then there's the other 8....

Kenyon beat Myers

Ohio Wesleyan lost to Aquinas and triumphed over Notre Dame (Ohio)

Wabash beat IU-South Bend and lost to Oliver Nazarene.

Allegheny, Dension, Earlham, Hiram, Oberlin didn't play NAIA teams.

So that's 8-3 vs. the NAIA. And 1-0 against "OTHERS" since Wabash dispatched Cincy - Clermont with ease!

Thanks; I was too lazy to look up the other 8's schedules.   

Aquinas is 15-9 and ranked #20 in NAIA-II; Olivet Nazarene is 14-7 and ranked #25 in NAIA-I.  The others are unranked.

Aquinas is a good but not great NAIA team, not very deep and young..........the same Calvin team thats struggled with everyone beat them by 16 and 9  in November and December at home.  Hope needed a last second 3 to win in their gym.  Although Aquinas typically plays very hard and well vs their MIAA neighbors.  Aquinas could finish 2nd in this years MIAA with some luck.

[pennstghs]

guys why are we talking about NAIA when we have the biggest game yet to date to discuss...............and we have wittenberg wooster as well

[TigerFan_1973]

For those that can't be at Timken on Sat, the Live Video feed info:

http://www.wooster.edu/athletics/mb/news/2006-07/teamline.php

Game day info:

http://www.wooster.edu/athletics/mb/news/2006-07/wittenberg.php

GO SCOTS!

Is there a charge with Teamline?

Thanks.

[David Collinge]

For those that can't be at Timken on Sat, the Live Video feed info:

http://www.wooster.edu/athletics/mb/news/2006-07/teamline.php

Game day info:

http://www.wooster.edu/athletics/mb/news/2006-07/wittenberg.php

GO SCOTS!

Is there a charge with Teamline?

Thanks.

Not for this game, at least.  Click the "Live Video feed info" link that fighting_scots has provided for more information.

[TigerFan_1973]

TigerFan:
Witt did not have a pep band as recently as 2003. There was a half-a**ed attempt at a pep band run by a high school director that failed after 2 years. When I arrived on campus in 2003, myself and a student that would end up becoming my fraternity brother, who was a senior that year, started the current incarnation of the pep band. It is really hard to get a lot of people there and despite offering "refreshments" after the game we cannot convince people to come and play. So this year especially, myself a senior and trying to get the younger kids to lead the band, has not been exactly a banner year.

Also, the Music Department won't support us. they don't believe in the "kind of music" we play. It's not classical or romantic, so they don't want it. They vehemently denied that there had ever been a marching band at Witt when in fact I've seen the pictures of the band from the 50's marching on the field. Odd situation which makes it that much harder to get anything done.

To my knowledge, Witt never has had a marching band.  Can you get enough detail from the band pictures you have seen to see if it was one of the high school bands?

In the 70s and 80s, they would have local high school bands, a lot of time from Springfield North or Shawnee.

Halftime entertainment was often provided by the local "Frisbee dog."

So, do they still ring the bell after a score in the football game?

I would think that people would come and play in a pep band because they enjoyed playing whether they liked basketball or not.  I guess not, huh?  Have you thought about asking members of the local community to participate?  You might have a bit more luck with people just looking for an opportunity to play.

Thanks.

[smedindy]

Oh, pennstghs, why should a mundane topic about a 'game' get in the way of our mindless pontificating?

If you must - Wooster 80, Wittenberg 69.

Satisified???

[wally_wabash]

I'm not sure how "big" this Witt/Woo game is relative to some of the other Witt/Woo clashes of recent history.  Wooster is two games clear of Witt right now.  With a remaining schedule of Hiram, @Wabash, @Kenyon, and OWU, I can't see where Wooster drops another game to give Witt a chance to bring on any serious thoughts of a co-championship situation.  You could make the argument that OWU played Wooster tough the first time around and they would have a chance to beat the Scots, but I doubt seriously that Scots at home on Senior Day with something to play for would let such an upset happen.  In the grand scheme of things, this game probably isn't going to affect much of anything in the standings...perhaps that's why we're not seeing as much buzz as we usually do for these games. 

[TigerFan_1973]

I'm not sure how "big" this Witt/Woo game is relative to some of the other Witt/Woo clashes of recent history.  Wooster is two games clear of Witt right now. 

I would think that is a very big game in terms of the postseason.  There is no guarantee that they will meet in the tournamet or even that one of the two will win the tournament.

Go Tigers!

[TigerFan_1973]

I'm not sure how "big" this Witt/Woo game is relative to some of the other Witt/Woo clashes of recent history.  Wooster is two games clear of Witt right now. 

I would think that is a very big game in terms of the postseason.  There is no guarantee that they will meet in the tournamet or even that one of the two will win the tournament.

Go Tigers!

Also, pennstghs made the following excellent point over on the OAC board:

OAC fans may want to watch the Wittenberg Wooster game very closely as this game could be the difference in having just the conference tourney champ or adding another team as an at large because i think it Wittenberg wins that locks up our NCAA chances.

Call me an oldtimer, but when I think of Witt, I still think of the OAC.

TigerFan_1973