MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[smedindy]

Kenyon is definitely heading the right direction, and only one game vs. Wooster can and will help them.

[Nonbiased Observer]

Wooster plays Denison twice and Oberlin and Kenyon once. That is correct.

They also play Ohio Wesleyan instead of Witt in December

[yumbo]

Hi All -

I'm a 1985 Oberlin grad, lurking mainly to pick up info on my alma mater's struggles on the gridiron.  We're actually not doing all that badly, considering our lack of any real winning tradition. 

Anyway, a 6'10" Filipino kid has committed to play hoops for Oberlin next year:

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=84520

His name is Gian Chiu and he has some workout vids on Youtube.

Perhaps this is the year.  Maybe not.

Sincerely,

Yumbo
Milwaukee, WI

[roadtrip]

Just wondering why schools sit on their new scheds when they are already completed??

[Pat Coleman]

If there's one you think should be published, let the school know. Some don't understand that there is demand for this information.

[roadtrip]

Thanks Pat, I followed your advice.

It looks like Asst Coach Mully at Wabash is now Head Coach Mulligan at the University of New England per UNE website. Good Luck to Coach Mulligan!

[smedindy]

Go get 'em Jason!

Wabash fans - Ben Burkett from Southmont is playing at Wabash. He's a bit undersized, but he's HARD working and tough and strong. Last year Southmont was horrid (mainly because the new coach was...well...over his head and they were young) but Burkett is a good kid.

[jimmychitwood15]

The NCAC has recently lost its best dressed Asst. Coach...

Artie Taylor has taken the Head Coaching position at Ohio Dominican. Sad to lose the best dressed coach in the history of the NCAC!!!

Good luck to Coach Taylor, we'll sure miss him at Witt.

[jscwittfan]

Congrats to Artie indeed.  Working the JV games for 4 years, I was able to see that he would make a great head coach somewhere, and now he gets his chance.  We'll miss him at Witt, but a great opportunity for Artie!

[David Collinge]

The key question is, what are Ohio Dominican's team colors? 

[David Collinge]

Here's an update from Ohio (or rather, an update of Ohio from North Dakota).  Schedules are not complete as regards tournament pairings unless otherwise noted:

OAC:
Baldwin-Wallace:  men; women
Capital:  men; women
Heidelberg (not posted)
John Carroll (not posted)
Marietta:  men; women
Mount Union:  men; women
Muskingum (not posted)
Ohio Northern (not posted)
Otterbein (not posted)
Wilmington:  men; women

NCAC:
Allegheny:  men (complete); women
Denison (not posted)
Earlham (not posted)
Hiram (not posted)
Kenyon:  men (complete); women
Oberlin (not posted)
Ohio Wesleyan (not posted)
Wabash (not posted)
Wittenberg:  men (complete); women
Wooster:  men (not posted); women (complete)

HCAC:
Anderson: (I couldn't get to their %#*@^ website)
Bluffton:  men; women
Defiance:  men (not posted); women
Franklin:  men; women
Hanover:  men; women
Manchester (not posted)
Mt. St. Joseph:  men; women
Rose-Hulman:  men (complete); women (complete)
Transylvania:  men (complete); women (complete)

Other Ohio schools:
Case Western Reserve:  men; women
Lake Erie (not posted)

Yes, I know these are not all Ohio schools, but they are the three conferences with at least 3 Ohio schools.

[smedindy]

The NCAC is the cradle of coaches this year???

Looks like ODU is black and gold. Drat. I was hoping for some teal, or chartruse, or purple!

[David Collinge]

Cradle of coaches, indeed; it occurs to me that nobody has yet mentioned in here that Marietta's new (Apr. 18) head coach is Jon VanderWal, an assistant to Mike DeWitt at Ohio Wesleyan the past four seasons.  Story in the Notables section of this site (scroll down a bit).  VanderWal played at Albion, graduating in 2001, and coached for two seasons at Defiance before departing for Delaware and, now, Marietta.  I guess he's just a snowbird, albeit a very slow-moving one.  Maybe he'll turn up at Emory in about a dozen years, with stops at Bethany, Maryville (TN), and Sewanee. 

Also, Schreiner's new head coach, Drew Miller, is a Kenyon grad.  Notables, scroll to bottom.

[Pat Coleman]

Here's permalinks for those two:

Schreiner http://www.d3hoops.com/notables.php?item=1028
Marietta http://www.d3hoops.com/notables.php?item=1018

[smedindy]

VanderWal was also a fine pinch hitter back in the day with the Expos, Rockies and Padres. Oh, wrong one! 

/still in baseball mode