MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[diehardfan]

Dining (drinking) wise, I believe Awful Arthur's is the preferred hangout in the area (Roanoke).

I've heard tales of debauchery from various D-3 coaches.

The problem with Awful Arthur is that it's a seafood place hundreds of miles from the coast. With that said, their food isn't bad for inland seafood. It's definitely prettier and more open than Mac and Bob's. But it's a tad more expensive (food, not alcohol, I've only ever bought a drink at Mac and Bob's, and I have no idea how much it cost so I can't really do much comparison ) and less college town homey feeling than Mac and Bob's. I guess it's just a matter of preference and location of the Wooster fans, as Mac and Bob's and Awful Arthur's are pretty far apart, with Mac and Bob's being in Salem near the Civic Center, and Awful Arthur being in downtown Roanoke. I've eaten at both an approximately equal number of times over the last four years. I, too, have heard tales of debauchery taking place at Awful Arthurs. It is also the famed location of the Rochester diehardfan tennis shoe eating luncheon session thing to which our NCAC friend David College was actually witness. Corned Beef & Co is also a pretty popular night time location. It's huge and has tons of pool tables and was mostly packed when I went there.

My favorite thing about Salem is that we're going to be there for the St. Patty's day parade. Those kind of things are so cute in a small town... though it does make finding places to park and eat a bit annoying. I think this is actually the second time (at least) in the last five years that the Final Four has fallen on St. Patrick's day weekend. I wonder if it has something to do with Patrick Coleman? 

[DLP]

Can any Wooster fan confirm the sections that are ours?  Thanks in advance for any help you guys can give...

The lady I spoke with in Salem yesterday said that sections B9, B11 and C11 were reserved for Wooster fans.

[AndersDY]

Is there any sort of organized group from Wooster heading out to Virginia? I'm up in Michigan and would love to go check out the Final Four, but the normal people I might go out there with may not be available and I'm likely not going if it's just me, myself, and I road-tripping out to Salem. Is there any sort of bus trip or group being put together to leave from Wooster on Friday perhaps? I didn't see anything at the college website, though I did not do an exhaustive search.

[seinfeld]

AndersDY,

Looks like there is info about a bus trip on the basketball site now, although it indicates students, staff & faculty. But it is worth checking to see if they are allowing others, or if there is a bus for non-school people.

[pennstghs]

Drawing from my experiences last year, Mac and Bob's is definitely the place to go. Its more of a restaurant/sports bar and may even feature live music since St. patrick's day is among us. Especially since the hotels are relatively close to downtown

[woosterbooster]

It's official, this result just in!  In the AtR preplay (on the money so far, 6-6 in postseason DIII play) Wooster has downed Amherst by the score of 89-77.

Close most of the way, the Scots slowly edged away from the Lord Jeffs to produce the final twelve-point gap.  The differences were a rebounding margin of 33-36 and Amherst having a poor shooting night from range, going only 7-27 from beyond the arc.

Wooster was led, surprisingly by Devin Fulk, who nailed 7-12 three-pointers to total 23 points.  James Cooper threw in 17, while Tim Vandervaart and Evan Will added 15.

Dan Wheeler topped Amherst with 17 and Brian Baskauskas and Kevin Hopkins contributed 15.  Andrew Olson had 8 assists.

I'm hoping to do Virginia Wesleyan vs Washington U. today.

The boxscore:

http://arkski.com/~jwood/amherst_(77)_vs_wooster_(89).html

[David Collinge]

I, too, have heard tales of debauchery taking place at Awful Arthurs. It is also the famed location of the Rochester diehardfan tennis shoe eating luncheon session thing to which our NCAC friend David College was actually witness.

Since then, he's added several graduate-level programs and he's now known as David University. 

[Li'l Giant]

I, too, have heard tales of debauchery taking place at Awful Arthurs. It is also the famed location of the Rochester diehardfan tennis shoe eating luncheon session thing to which our NCAC friend David College was actually witness.

Since then, he's added several graduate-level programs and he's now known as David University. 

I think Juris David is more appropriate.

[woosterbooster]

Just talked to the Wooster ticket office.  All that they have left are endline seats, 400 of them, and they will be going on sale at noon.  There will be no returned tickets from players' families as they have actually requested more and the school will be trying to accomodate them by obtaining additional tickets from Salem.

Alright, if any of you players or parents out there are lurking and happen to have an extra good ticket, maybe we can make a deal?   I'm willing to pay more than face value and perhaps throw in free beer, inland seafood, or nine holes of golf. (Parents only on the brew!)

[wally_wabash]

The seating chart that they had at Wooster made it look more like ten rows and the woman selling the tickets said that there was a definite distinction between the lower and upper seats.  Maybe she's misinformed, I don't know.

I found a couple of pictures from the Civic Center earlier and it looks like the end line seats are way back, behind a portable metal fence.

Wow, the more I hear about the seats at the end of the court, the more I don't really want them.  Is it a definite that those are the seats that Wooster will be receiving tomorrow?  I'd like to sit by the rest of the Wooster fans so I can get rowdy with them, but am just not sure about those seats behind the baseline.  Can any Wooster fan confirm the sections that are ours?  Thanks in advance for any help you guys can give...

You guys are in the Final Freaking Four.  Are you seriously bitching this hard about what seats you're getting?  Can any seat for a D3 game really be that bad?  There are fans of literally hundreds of teams that would love to be in your spot. 

I wish Wooster luck this weekend, but even more so I'm hoping that sometime between now and tipoff some of you realize just how damn fortunate you really are. 

[David Collinge]

::heavy sigh::

Here we go again.  Somebody come find me when it's over this time. 

[pennstghs]

Wooster Booster- is it possible for Wooster to lose in your "simulation" because i dont think that they have ever lost according to you.

Also, come on guys-i agree with Wally-you guys are in Salem that's all that matters. It doesn't matter where you sit. If it makes that big of a difference just go to the Amherst side. I'm sure they won't sell out their tickets. Tehre isn't a bad seat in the house there at all.

[ScotsFan]

At least all of you complaining about not getting the choice seats actually GET TO GO!  I'll be stuck here in Wooster due to family obligations hoping that the internet video broadcast is watchable?!   I think the thing I'll miss the most is the opportunity to tailgate and hang out with fellow Wooster fans before and after the games.  It sounds like a blast from all accounts I've been hearing. 

At least I can count on Mike Breckenridge and his quality play by play that he delivers for the Scots!  I'm hoping to try and matchup the radio play-by-play with the internet broadcast, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

The bottom line is, for those of you going to Salem, just be thankful you get the opportunity to go, because not all of us are so fortunate! 

[Li'l Giant]

The bottom line is, for those of you going to Salem, just be thankful you get the opportunity to go, because not all of us are so fortunate!

QFT

[diehardfan]

LOL!  Sorry David. But obviously I know how to spell your last name.