MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[woosterbooster]

I was just told by the Wooster athletic office that the bus is full and there are no plans for another one.  All tickets that Wooster had for sale are being returned to the Salem Civic Center (they will actually travel with the team today and go on sale down there tomorrow).  The majority of these are endline seats but a few upper-level top row seats in the Scots' sections remain.

[David Collinge]

It sounds like Wooster is going to have an excellent crowd in Salem.  That's great; I'm excited! 

[David Collinge]

The NCAC gobbled up 7 of the 15 available places on the All-Region teams, including Player of the Year, and nabbed Coach of the Year besides.  Five NCAC teams (Wooster, Witt, OWU, Denison, Wabash) had players named to the Regional teams.  By contrast, the OAC had just four representatives, one each from four teams, and the MIAA and Prexy had only two apiece.  And, it must be noted, nobody from the AMCC, including nobody from Lake Erie, made the All-Region team.  As much as I love Steve Moore and respect the job he's done this year, I think my Coach of the Year vote would have gone to LEC's Cliff Hunt (Hiram, Class of '69.)

Congratulations to all of the NCAC players and to Coach Moore for these achievements! 

[DLP]

According to an article in the Daily Record today, BW3's will be showing the championship game on Saturday should Wooster be playing. With it being St. Patty's Day and with OSU's game earlier in the day, that should still be a fun time if you can't make it to Salem!

[wally_wabash]

In all seriousness...good luck to the Scots this weekend.  Amherst will be very tough.  You can count on one hand the number of things that can pry me from the first weekend of the Big Dance...watching an NCAC team in the D-III championship is one of them (don't ask about the others). 

If the Scots make it to Saturday's championship, I'll be watching live from the front row seat in my living room.   

[AndersDY]

I gave up on waiting to hear back on that bus group and just went for it and got my tickets direct from Salem, I'll just have to drive myself out there now. It sounds like Wooster will be bringing a sizeable group out. I was told nothing was available in the Wooster section and I will have to sit across the way, but when I was concerned I may be sitting smack in the middle of some other group, the person I spoke to said "oh, they're everywhere" in regard to the Woo ticket holders.

I did get someone on campus on the phone and found out that 100+ of the college's allotment was sent back to Salem, but there is really no way to purchase those specific seats until tomorrow or Friday.

Anyway, see everyone on Friday, hopefully it will be good and loud. You can look for me, I'll probably pull out my "Wooster is not in Massachusetts" shirt on Friday, seems appropriate.

[petewitt54]

What a great time of year!  To all of you Scots fans going to Salem, I had the same worries as you going into the Final Four last year.  I simply ordered my tickets through TicketMaster, picked them up at will call, and then sat wherever I wanted.  It wasn't a problem at all.  I ended up with some pretty decent seats.  Just my two cents. 

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Go Scots!    Wooster has been quite the archrival through my career, and as a player, I could not stand them.  Now, as I mellow out, I really respect and admire the program.  Best of luck to COW and I'll (honestly) be cheering for you guys.

A quick story from the Elite 8 game, I was in Houston, Tx for work and my laptop had crashed.  I wanted to see what was happening in the game so I went to the hotel's computer.  There were no speakers, so the audio was out of the question, so what did I do?  The live stats.  I was sitting in front of a computer, sweating out an overtime game, through a stat feed.  The people around me had to have thought I was on drugs.  Nope, just a d3 basketball fan.  Which is worse? 

[David Collinge]

What a great time of year!  To all of you Scots fans going to Salem, I had the same worries as you going into the Final Four last year.  I simply ordered my tickets through TicketMaster, picked them up at will call, and then sat wherever I wanted.  It wasn't a problem at all.  I ended up with some pretty decent seats.  Just my two cents.   

That may or may not work.  A couple of years ago, my walk-up tickets were in the Rochester section, and a number of Rochester students tried the same trick, but every time they did, the ushers were right there to chase them away again.  I guess it depends on how crowded the section is you're trying to elbow into, and whether you look like a student or not.  And if you're a foot taller than the usher, that probably helps too. 

But those Rochester students weren't evicted or anything, so I guess it can't hurt to try. 

[ScotsFan]

According to an article in the Daily Record today, BW3's will be showing the championship game on Saturday should Wooster be playing. With it being St. Patty's Day and with OSU's game earlier in the day, that should still be a fun time if you can't make it to Salem!

I read about this too.  While I could care less about the Buckeyes, and I really don't care for BW3's (white trash headquarters of Wooster ) I might just have to go and at least give it a try should the Scots get past Amherst Friday evening.  After all, the owner is a COW alumnus and it is going to be St. Patty's Day.  Besides, after my family obligations are through, I will definately be in the frame of mind to throw back a pint or 10 of Guinness while watching the Scots go for their 1st National Championship!!!

[Li'l Giant]

According to an article in the Daily Record today, BW3's will be showing the championship game on Saturday should Wooster be playing. With it being St. Patty's Day and with OSU's game earlier in the day, that should still be a fun time if you can't make it to Salem!

I read about this too.  While I could care less about the Buckeyes, and I really don't care for BW3's (white trash headquarters of Wooster ) I might just have to go and at least give it a try should the Scots get past Amherst Friday evening.  After all, the owner is a COW alumnus and it is going to be St. Patty's Day.  Besides, after my family obligations are through, I will definately be in the frame of mind to throw back a pint or 10 of Guinness while watching the Scots go for their 1st National Championship!!!

I'm confused. You're gonna celebrate an Irish holiday by rooting on the Scots whilst drinking Irish beer? And I thought my last Cinco de Mayo was messed up.

[ScotsFan]

According to an article in the Daily Record today, BW3's will be showing the championship game on Saturday should Wooster be playing. With it being St. Patty's Day and with OSU's game earlier in the day, that should still be a fun time if you can't make it to Salem!

I read about this too.  While I could care less about the Buckeyes, and I really don't care for BW3's (white trash headquarters of Wooster ) I might just have to go and at least give it a try should the Scots get past Amherst Friday evening.  After all, the owner is a COW alumnus and it is going to be St. Patty's Day.  Besides, after my family obligations are through, I will definately be in the frame of mind to throw back a pint or 10 of Guinness while watching the Scots go for their 1st National Championship!!!

I'm confused. You're gonna celebrate an Irish holiday by rooting on the Scots whilst drinking Irish beer? And I thought my last Cinco de Mayo was messed up.

And I'm of German decent if it wasn't confusing enough already?!?!

[Li'l Giant]

And I'm of German decent if it wasn't confusing enough already?!?!

Nein!

All joking aside I, too, will be throwing back a few pints of Guinness on Saturday and hopefully I'll get to toast a Wooster victory. Good luck, Scots. All y'all fixin to travel be careful.

[guyman]

Good luck Scots, from a fan in NJ. By the way, will there be any national TV coverage of the Final Four or the Final?

[woosterbooster]

In an AtR game that wasn't nearly as close as the 73-53 final, Virginia Wesleyan easily turned aside Washington University enroute to a showdown with Wooster in the final.

It was all about dominating the boards as a 40-26 rebounding margin produced 20 more shots (67-47) for VWU.  The lead was 37-16 at the half, and reached a peak of 30 at 57-27 with 10:40 remaining.  Both teams began clearing the benches at around the six-minute mark and WU's bench managed to knock ten points off the difference.

Neither team shot the ball well, and both were pitiful from long range, combining to go 6-34 on three-point attempts.  TonTon Balenga alone was 1-8 from a distance but was 7-16 overall to lead VWU with 18 points.

Boxscore:

http://arkski.com/~jwood/washington%20u._(53)_vs_virginia%20wesleyan_(73).html  

[pbrooks3]

I'll throw in my support for the SCOTS!.  Good luck in Salem.  Regardless of what happens, you've had a great season with a complete team and outstanding coaching staff.  Pretty impressive fan support, too.