MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[ChicagoHopeNut]

I think Hope is a safe bet, but Witt looks tenuous.

From what I have read on the Pool C board and heard from others it doesn't look like Witt has any chance at all. There are just too many teams in front of Witt right now for them to get a Pool C.

[Witt4ever]

Witt does not have a chance since Capital won OAC.

[David Collinge]

The Witt players congregated with their fans in the stands during the early moments of the Woo/Wabash game yesterday, and from the looks on their faces, I think they knew their season was over.  It's a shame, really, but they're not going to be the only "top 59" team to be left out of the tournament.

Many of us were pulling for Witt all the way last year.  I hope the conference can now rally behind the Wooster men and Denison women as the NCAC standard-bearers in the NCAA tournament.  Go Scots and Big Red!

[pennstghs]

greg hill? sure he had ove r10 points but 4 for 15 shooting doesn't merit first team......

congrats on a good season witt. disappointing way to end some careers, but i guess you have to make shots when you need them. i'll be following wooster and keeping track of them as well. As much as it pains me good luck Wooster-represent us well

[David Collinge]

I could be wrong, but I don't think Wooster Booster was suggesting that Greg Hill should have received tourney honors.   He was just responding to my post about how good a real team the all-tournament team would be; his point was that it was a post-heavy group and needed guards besides Cooper.  I think Greg Hill would be an excellent choice in a pickup game, regardless of how well he may have played against OWU.

[pennstghs]

fair enough

[kiltedbryan]

Congratuations to my alma mater on a successful NCAC season, winning both the regular season and tournament championships.  I wish Wooster success on a deep run in the NCAA tournament this year; and winning the AQ puts Wooster in an excellent position to be a sectional host if they make it to weekend number two. 

Here's hoping to see several tournament games in Timken!   

[woosterbooster]

There's really not much to say for you Wittenberg guys.  I mention a Witt player in a complimentary way and that's not good enough for you.  Nothing ever is.  So, hear this.  Nothing, NOTHING, could have pleased me more, besides Wooster winning the tournament, than watching Wittenberg get sent home early.  Enjoy the early off-season and living in that slum of a town you call Springfield.  And have fun with your second-division team next year.

[division3hoops]

Wooster Booster-
I don't think that pennstghs was trying to knock you, much less say that he didn't think his OWN player was good enough to make the team.  It's a good compliment you think he was deserving.  As much as I have hated playing against Witt, I felt sorry for the way they had to end their season. Borchers is the real deal, he's a great player and I wish their whole team much success.  It's unfortunate they had to end their season this way.

Good luck to all the teams in tournament.  Here's to hoping Wooster goes all the way!!!

[wally_wabash]

Congrats to Wooster on a fine season.  The home loss to Witt notwithstanding, Wooster was clearly the cream of this crop from the get go from my viewpoint. 

Wooster's tournament hay will be made, as it is every year, by how they play when they come up against a team with a very good post player who can control the tempo.  If you run and gun with the Scots, you will lose.  They just have better perimeter shooters and a better transition game than most teams.  If you can get Wooster into a half court game, you've got a shot.  It'll be interesting to see how the bracket sets up tomorrow.  Good luck Wooster...may the draw be kind. 

[ScotsFan]

Congratulations to Wooster.

NCAC Final
Wooster 86
OWU      51

The game was as ugly as the score as Wooster just dominated from the opening tip. Wooster should be a very dangerous team in the NCAA tourney.

As a Hope fan I appreciate Woo saving another Pool C bid for someone else by winning tonight.

I didn't think it was ugly; I thought it was beautiful. 

Yes, it depends on what  vantage point you are coming from!  From OWU's perspective, yes, the game was very ugly.  But from this Wooster fan's perspective and I'm sure everyone else associated with Wootster, as David said, it was a thing of beauty!!! 8) 

It's funny how this series with OWU went this season in their 3 games.  The first game was a bit of a surprise in that it was a defensive gem by both teams.  Wooster and OWU were 1-2 in the conference in scoring so it was a bit of a surprise to see a 61-54 result.  The 2nd game was just the opposite of the 1st game and more what I expected to see from these 2 offensive minded teams as the score at the half nearly equaled the score of the 1st game!  And then there was last night's game which, for Wooster, was a combination of the 1st two games where the Scots were dominant on both sides of the floor.  I don't think the Scots could have played much better than they did last night on both offense and defense.  If they bring that type of intensity out on the floor in the tournament, they will be a tough team to beat. 

Also, with JCU and Hope losing last night, and LEC's gym having hosting issues, does that pretty much make Wooster the favorite to host the sectional should they get through the regional?  My thought would be most definately.

[pennstghs]

Wooster Booster - i wasn't jumping your case at all so don't just jump to conclusions. I was just questioning your interpretation of Greg Hill and making my point of view-does that automatically deem me ungrateful?  If you would open your eyes a little wider you would see that i did wish Wooster good luck as well. Yes i'm sure you're happy to see us lose too, i wouldn't want to be the ones to end your season  . Must you guys get so defensive all the time.

[jscwittfan]

There's really not much to say for you Wittenberg guys.  I mention a Witt player in a complimentary way and that's not good enough for you.  Nothing ever is.  So, hear this.  Nothing, NOTHING, could have pleased me more, besides Wooster winning the tournament, than watching Wittenberg get sent home early.  Enjoy the early off-season and living in that slum of a town you call Springfield.  And have fun with your second-division team next year.

I would say the same for you Wooster guys, but then again, you're the only one that's an absolute prick.

Everyone else seems to know what respect is, and how to have some great conversations about basketball.  Every time you open your mouth it's to insult someone or whine about something.  It's old.

[roadtrip]

This is a bit late but I had to chill a little after the 700 mile roundtrip from Woo.

The play where Ryan Stephens took the elbow was right in  front of the Wabash bench under the basket...I have no doubt it was inadvertent but the refs saying they didnt see it is pure BS....Immediately after it occurred one ref asked Ryan "Are you all right?" this from reading the refs lips...then they went down the floor and Ryan collected his T...the T would never have happened if the ref would have just called a foul when the play happened instead of just being in a hurry to get the game over with..so I give the T to the refs who otherwise did a good job.

I saw and talked with Ryan in the AM in the hotel lobby and his nose looked fine.

Lastly, IMO Witt not getting a spot in the tourney is a shame but if the CCIW only gets one team in the tourney after having 3 or 4 teams in the top 25 all year that is a pure disgrace and there is no way I would consider the winner of the tourney "National Champions". Ofcourse this is only MY opinion.

[wooscotsfan]

Here is the link to the Daily Record's story on Wooster's win over OWU.

http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/article/1649181