MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[blindwatchmaker]

Websites and Season Stats-

Transy:
http://www.transy.edu/pages/athletics/m_basketball/teamcume.htm#TEAM.TEM

http://www.transy.edu/athletics/content/m_basketball.asp?folder=men&topic=m_basketball

Centre:
http://www.centre.edu/web/athletics/basketball_m/index.html

http://www.scac-online.org/basketball_mens/cen.htm

Cap:
http://www.capital.edu/internet/default.aspx?pid=292
http://www.capitalcrusaders.net/mbasketball/06-07mbbstats/teamcume.htm

[pennstghs]

I agree, not quite as hard as Wittenber'g road last year through Baldwin-Wallace and Hope--personally i think Wooster got a good draw by avoiding Hope

[WoosterFAN]

Here is some breakdown of the opponents coming to Wooster.

CENTRE, 23-4 (12-2), is the 2007 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Tournament Champions (#2 Seed) out of the South Region.  It looks like they tied for the regular season title with Depauw after splitting their season series.  Last year, they were 19-8 and 9-5 in the conference.  They are in also receiving votes in the D3 Hoops top 25 @ about #32 and #7 in the NCAA South Regional Rankings.

They look to have a pretty balance attack. Looks like a eight man rotation with four players averaging more than 8.0 ppg.  Matt Nestheide, a 6'0" Senior Guard, looks like he leads the team for the PG spot as the leading scorer at 14.6 ppg including 46% from long distance and leading the team in APG, 3.3 and 29 stls for the season and  6'9" 240lbs Senior Center Patterson is leading rebounder @ nearly 7 per game.  Also, maybe a little young, among the regulars are two sophomores and 1 freshman.

Common opponents with Wooster: None but Centre did go 1-1 for GL region competition (Loss vs Albion @ Hanover College Tourney and Win @ Thomas More)

TRANSYLVANIA, 19-8 (10-6), out of the Midwest Region is the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament champions as (#2 seed).   They came in second in the conference to Franklin.  We know a little bit about them from last year.  They hosted and made it to the Elite 8. They beat Wooster to get to the Sweet 16 but lost the regional final @ Wittenberg.  That team had 7 seniors, returning on one player that saw significant time.  They are not ranked nationally or regionally.

Transy also puts out an eight man rotation with 4 scoring more than 8 ppg.  They are led by Seniors 6'7" F Nick Feagan who is leading scorer and rebounder (16.1, 5.1) and 6'6" F Senior Joey Searle (14.8, 4.9).  Feagan did not play last year due to injury but was first team all conference before getting hurt.  And Searle got us for 13 in the NCAA Tourney game.

Common opponents with Wooster:  We may have Centre in common after the weekend.  But besides playing last year (I would like to emphasize at this point that they are two different teams).  Transy went 2-1 vs GLAKES competition including 2-0 vs Thomas More. The loss was to Wittenberg @ Witt in November.  Feagan got 19 pts and 5 rbs and Transy only shot 42%.

CAPITAL, 19-8 (10-5) is the Ohio Athletic Conference tournament champions as #1 seed and shared the conference regular season title with JCU.   Last year they were 12-13 and 9-9 in the tough OAC.  Capital had not won the OAC tournament since the 1984 season and last made an appearance in the NCAA tournament during the 1995-96 season

Capital is led by the wing/post combo of Soph 6'6" Wing Nate Stahl (14.2, 4.5 including 51% from distance) and Junior 6'5" Post Steve Kyser (12.9, 5.1).  Capital looks deep as 10 players avg more than 10 mpg played.

History and Common opponents: Wooster last played and beat Capital in NCAC/OAC Challenge @ OWU in 2004-05 season where the SCOTS prevailed 83-73. Capital played about half the NCAC this year (Witt, Kenyon, Denison and OWU).  They went 2-2 losing  vs Witt @ home and OWU @ home.  Scots went 1-1 vs OAC (W vs MtUnion and L vs ONU) both were at Home.  Capital went 2-2 vs same teams.  2-0 over ONU and 0-2 to Mt Union). Get the Mt. Union game film!!

[ScotsFan]

Wooster doesn't have game times posted yet, but the Capital website claims that Friday's first game, Capital vs Centre, is at 6 PM.  That probably puts Transylvania playing at 8 PM.

The game times are posted on Wooster's websited and you are correct.  Tip time for Woo-Transy is slated for 8 pm on Friday.

[David Collinge]

At first glance (our power has been out until just now), I'd say the decision to send JCU and Westminster to LEC and Centre, Transy, and Capital to Wooster has little to do with seeding and everything to do with geography.  Seeding gives us the host teams (LEC and COW), but geography fills in the brackets.

I think this is a very good looking sectional for the Scots.  Much to Wooster Booster's delight , it looks like we could see Capital and JCU in consecutive games at Timken.

It all evens out for the NCAC, though, as the Denison women got an almost unbelievably tough draw. 

[smedindy]

Actually, I think Centre is underrated and could beat Capital.

[imderekpoe]

Actually, I think Centre is underrated and could beat Capital.

I don't know much about Centre - just what I could glean from their stats - but they look like they could be pretty tough on the defensive end.  Their opponents are only shooting 38% from the floor and only 29% from beyond the arc.  Kind of Wittenberg-like numbers!  I wouldn't be surprised at all to see them playing Wooster on Saturday night.

[woosterbooster]

Well, I'll certainly be rooting for Centre, and for anybody that plays JCU.  Perhaps they've both reformed their styles, have discovered the error of their ways, but I'm not betting my last $16 on it.  I'll need that the next time Wittenberg hosts Wooster for a men's/women's doubleheader. 

[sac]

The only red flag that goes up for me regarding Centre is the loss to Albion at a time when Albion was playing poorly.

[smedindy]

Centre wasn't playing so hot then either. They started 3-3 and then they rolled off 20 out of 21, with the only loss to Millsaps.

[cufan]

Wooster Booster,

What's up with your complaining about Caps and JCU style, did they take your lunch money?

[pennstghs]

Well, I'll certainly be rooting for Centre, and for anybody that plays JCU.  Perhaps they've both reformed their styles, have discovered the error of their ways, but I'm not betting my last $16 on it.  I'll need that the next time Wittenberg hosts Wooster for a men's/women's doubleheader. 

I'm not even addressing this.......

[jscwittfan]

Well, I'll certainly be rooting for Centre, and for anybody that plays JCU.  Perhaps they've both reformed their styles, have discovered the error of their ways, but I'm not betting my last $16 on it.  I'll need that the next time Wittenberg hosts Wooster for a men's/women's doubleheader. 

I'm not even addressing this.......

Good idea, pennstghs - I've come to realize that nothing will ever change with him, so just let him whine and eventually it will get buried a few pages deep.

[woosterbooster]

I saw both Capital and JCU in action just a few years ago.  To put it bluntly, they played dirty basketball.  I don't mean just hard and physical, I mean dirty.  Dirty basketball is condoned by the coaches of those teams that do so.  They both have the same coaches, so I'd expect that they still play the same way.  I'll know for sure, at least about Capital, on Friday.

Cost me $16 bucks at Witt to see women's and men's games that were just a few hours apart.  That's a fact, and no one has shown me another DIII venue where that level of pricing exists.  So, it was the Wittenberg athletic department, along with that so-called deli where they sell subs instead of sandwiches, that took my lunch money, not Capital or JCU.

[Li'l Giant]

along with that so-called deli where they sell subs instead of sandwiches

I thought "subs" were "sandwiches". Think of it by picturing a Venn diagram: All subs are sandwiches, but not all sandwiches are subs. I think they're all tasty. (okay, I'm ready for dinner already).