MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[David Collinge]

Here's a Saturday suggestion for those of you (posters and lurkers) who live in north central Ohio.  Here's what's going on in the Kenyon Athletic Center on Saturday:

10am: Swiming and Diving (both genders)--Kenyon College Invitational
11am: Men's Tennis--Kenyon vs. Walsh
12pm: Track and Field (both genders)--Greater Columbus Championship events
2pm: Women's Basketball--Kenyon vs. Hiram

You all know about the men's and women's swimming and diving teams at Kenyon, but did you know that the men's tennis team is ranked #24 nationally?  And the women's basketball team is playing for the #4 seed in the upcoming NCAC tournament.

Those of you who have been inside the KAC know that these events will take place literally within a few steps of each other (although I suspect the tennis will be complete before the hoops start.)  It's a real lollapalooza of D3 sports in one building in one afternoon (and you can still make the tip for OWU/Wooster men's hoops at 7:30.)

[David Collinge]

earlhamalum -- I am not sure that you will be going to Springfield?

Given the Saturday schedule of NCAC games, #4 thru #8 could easily look like this after the Saturday game results:

Allegheny 7-9 (home loss to Witt?)
Earlham 7-9 (win at Oberlin?)
Wabash 7-9 (home win vs. Kenyon?)
Kenyon 6-10 (loss at Wabash?)
Hiram 6-10 (loss at Denison?)

Since I can't remember all the tiebreakers, I am not sure how the seeds would be determined for the NCAC tourney with this scenario? 

Any other insights on tiebreakers or scenarios?

I think a tie between Allegheny, Earlham, and Wabash breaks this way on head-to-head results:
Earlham 2-1
Allegheny 1-1
Wabash 1-2

Kenyon swept Hiram, so they own that tiebreaker.

So your scenario has 'Gheny at Earlham, Wabash at OWU, Kenyon at #2 seed (probably Witt), and Hiram at #1 seed (probably Woo.)

If Witt wins Sat. and Woo loses to OWU, I think we have that "choose top seed or host school" business between them. 

[wooscotsfan]

Thanks DC!  So, earhamalum might even get to stay home. 

[earlhamalum]

Please Please Richmond is 1 hour East of my Home... home is lovely INDIANAPOLIS, Richmond was just my second home for four years.  (love it when you can use two words with two different spellings Back to Back) 

Earlham/Chatard High School;   I'll take a birthday present a day early with a win at Oberlin, and maybe the Freshman Bishop Chatard H.S. Freshman Team that I coach can win the City Tourney in the same day!!!   With all the Snow we had in Indy my team might have to play 4 games in 3 days!   Hopefully we can win again tomorrow and  make for a busy Saturday... I LOVE THIS GAME.

GO EC

[ScotsFan]

On the WQKT pregame radio show tonight, they indicated that Tim Vandervaart will have an x-ray tomorrow on his wrist.  If the results are good, Vandervaart will have his cast removed and replaced with a splint.

This would increase the likelihood that Vandervaart can play with a splint during the NCAC Tourney next week.  Good luck to Tim in getting back on the court in the near future!     

Coach Moore added after the game that if things looked good when Tim's cast was removed, there might be a strong possibility of him playing in the NCAC Tournament.  That would be a huge lift to get him back on the court for tournament time. 

On a different note, I made my first visit to the Kenyon Athletic Facility and Tomsich Arena last night and I must say that David is absolutely correct in his gushing over that entire facility.  First, when driving through campus, you can look down on it from up on the hill and it just looks fantastic all lit up.  Second of all, it's absoulutely HUGE!!!  Lastly, it was pretty awe inspiring to see all those Walnut and Bronze trophies proudly displayed in the pool area.  It's just hard to fathom that the men's team hasn't known anything but winning national championships since 1980!!!    And all the women have done is win 20 of the last 23?!  Slackers!!!

All I could think about as I was strolling around admiring everything is how lucky those students are to have facilities like that at the Division III level.  Heck, they seemed to have about 50 different locker rooms alone.  I remember in my days at Westminster, we had to frequently clean out our Swimming lockers to make room for visiting baskeball teams and the like.  Boy would that facility spoil you in a hurry!

PS, I just wanted to add that I had the pleasure of meeting cmhscots and his father last night and it was very nice meeting both of you.

[Go Quake]

Well, I'm beginning to think i'm bad luck for the Quakers.  I post one time and not only do they lose to a team they beat by 20 less than a month ago, but they lose on Senior night.

Hats off to the Big Red who played a solid game and forced the Quakers to play at their tempo.  Hodgkinson is as good as advertised, he got both Quaker big men in foul trouble early. 

Denison took Jewett out of the Quaker offense with very physical defense and double teams all night long, which seems to be what most teams are trying to do against him.  Luckily for Earlham, Gregory had a fantastic night, as noted by Earlham Alum. 

Earlhamalum, I too have noticed that Henry is struggling this year, but did not know his numbers were THAT bad.  It's a shame to see him, Jewett, and Rihm go out with a loss on Senior night.  Luckily for us, the rest of the log jam for fourth place also suffered defeats (aside from 'gheny, but they face Witt next).  Maybe there is hope after all, Hopefully I see you in Richmond next Tuesday 


P.S.  Go Witt!

[Witt4ever]

Alleg 62
Witt 57



witt shoots 33% from the floor-18/54

1/10 from 3pt land

Allegheny runs the clock on every possession and beats Witt at their own game while shooting only 39%.

Tigers led only one time 8-7.

http://www.allegheny.edu/athletics/menbb/0607/html/allm0217.htm

[wally_wabash]

Some more scores:

Wabash 77, Kenyon 74
Oberlin 79, Earlham 76 
Denison 79, Hiram 74 

Up to the second standings:

Wooster 14-1
Witt 13-3
OWU 10-5
Allegheny 8-8
Wabash 7-9
Earlham 6-10
Kenyon 6-10
Hiram 6-10
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Denison 5-11
Oberlin 4-12

Obviously tonight's Wooster/OWU game isn't relavant to much of anything outside of Wooster's regional standing. 

Allegheny locked up a home game with their upset win today.  Wabash heads to Meadville Tuesday night. 

I'm not even going to try to unscramble the tie for 6-8. 

[smedindy]

I think I have it.

Kenyon went 3-1 vs. Earlham and Hiram so Kenyon gets #6
Hiram beat Earlham so Hiram is #7
Congrats Earlham - you get Wooster.

So it's:

Earlham at Wooster
Hiram at Wittenberg
Kenyon at OWU
Wabash at Allegheny

Of course, I could be wrong, but that's my best guess at the 3-way tiebreaker.

[drt]

Wow, just like last year's game, except Witt didn't pull it out in the last two minutes.  Seniors Borchers, Hemenway and Bowen step up, but Hill was nowhere to be found.  Shooting percentages were astoundingly low for both teams.  Well, maybe not for Allegheny, given Witt's tenacious D.  Was the Allegheny D that good, or was Witt just in their Meadville mode?  Was anyone there?
I usually make it to this game, it's the closest to my home base, but couldn't due to youth hockey committments.

[WoosterFAN]

Am I just minding my own business and I was preparing to log on for the game tonite and get my links up and running.  I log on the D3 Hoops headline that Wittenberg lost. 

Did I just teleport into the bizzaro world?

I am in desparate search of details!!

[wally_wabash]

I think I have it.

Kenyon went 3-1 vs. Earlham and Hiram so Kenyon gets #6
Hiram beat Earlham so Hiram is #7
Congrats Earlham - you get Wooster.

So it's:

Earlham at Wooster
Hiram at Wittenberg
Kenyon at OWU
Wabash at Allegheny

Of course, I could be wrong, but that's my best guess at the 3-way tiebreaker.

You nailed it, smeds.  Hiram's webiste is reporting that the Terriers are the #7 seed and will play @ Witt while Kenyon's site reports that the Lords are the #6 seed and will play @ OWU.  By process of elimination, that leaves Earlham headed to Wooster.  Our quarterfinal matchups are all set. 

[WooMix]

Whoah!  What an upset Allegheny put on Witt today? Details please? ...

I had originally meant only to express my joy at the news of Timmy's return.  Coach Moore said at the end of the game that Timmy will be available for the tournament.  This is awesome news for the Scots!

[Henry Steele]

Looking at Allegheny's website, it appears as if they have a veteran nucleus of juniors that is gelling at right time, winning last four games.

babe has been shooting well since the first wooster game, they have that QB playing who is a good defender, and they have three good big guys to rotate. their PG doesn't seem to score, but he is solid with ball.

so for first time since they have that good guard Catanzarite, Gators have some decent upperclassmen, so maybe not such a shock that they've improved and can challenge the upper three teams, especially at home.

i mean, except for borchers and the emerging Hill, whats so great about Witt's players?

[pennstghs]

Witt's players are battle-tested and have Final Four experience all around-that's what's great about their players