MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[smedindy]

Must-See TV:

Wednesday's Kenyon/Denison clash will be televised to Columbus-area viewers, on a tape-delay basis, on the Columbus Sports Network, first on Wednesday at 10:30 pm, replayed Thursday at 9:30 am and 8:00 pm.   CSN can be found over the air on ch. 32, on Time Warner Cable on channels 78 and 524, and on WOW!, which I gather is another cable provider, on ch. 97.  The same network will televise the Kenyon/Denison women's game next Weds. (1/23) as well.

Hey, aren't we in favor of showing D-3 in a POSITIVE light? 

Well, Kenyon's a nifty team. And at least they didn't show Alma vs. Oberlin.

[David Collinge]

Must-See TV:

Wednesday's Kenyon/Denison clash will be televised to Columbus-area viewers, on a tape-delay basis, on the Columbus Sports Network, first on Wednesday at 10:30 pm, replayed Thursday at 9:30 am and 8:00 pm.   CSN can be found over the air on ch. 32, on Time Warner Cable on channels 78 and 524, and on WOW!, which I gather is another cable provider, on ch. 97.  The same network will televise the Kenyon/Denison women's game next Weds. (1/23) as well.

Hey, aren't we in favor of showing D-3 in a POSITIVE light? 

Well, Kenyon's a nifty team. And at least they didn't show Alma vs. Oberlin.

I could of course give the argument that Denison and Kenyon represent much of the best that D3 can be, regardless of wins or losses, but I won't. 

What I will point out is that the Denison/Kenyon women's game, to be televised Jan. 23, should be a helluva game.

And in any case it should be better TV than that awful Grinnell game on ESPN a few years back...

[goscots]

That game was truly awful..........

[goscots]

And to add another thought - am I correct in remembering that the Wooster-Witt 3OT classic followed that televised Grinnell game a week later, only to point out what ESPN should have televised...

[smedindy]

The reason the Grinnell game was bad was that the TV timeouts ruined the Grinnell mojo, IMHO. It's hard to showcase chaos and anarchy when you have structured stoppages.

[kiltedbryan]

Anyone have any knowledge of the ticket situation at Wittenberg on Saturday?

If I arrive in Springfield in the afternoon, will I be able to purchase tickets then, and in the "Wooster allotment?" Or is that whole section of seating sent to Wooster and sold there in advance of the game?

[pennstghs]

you should be able to purchase tickets. i received an email on the "student" ticket purchasing information. once again all tickets are going to be reserved, so even if students want to attend they have set times throughout the week for us to pick up our tickets. an interesting subplot is that it is "bid night" for the fraternities and sororities on campus, so i am not sure what this will impact concerning the student attendance at the games. anyways....this helps in no way i'm sure as i have no idea what the "public" ticket situation is

[David Collinge]

LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR WOOSTER-WITT MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME
THIS SATURDAY
We will have a limited number of tickets for the January 19 men's
basketball game at Wittenberg available for advance sale. We hope to
receive the tickets by Monday, and will sell Tues/Wed/Thurs. Sale hours
will be determined sometime today. We hope to sell for an hour or so around
the lunch hour, and again later in the day.

Check at Armington PEC if you're in the Wooster area.

Pam Evans Smith Arena is huge.  I'll be flabbergasted if it sells out for this game.  With all tickets reserved, I couldn't guess where walk-up seats will be located, though.

There's (sure to be) a JV game before the varsity, but no women's game.

[wally_wabash]

For the second straight NCAC gameday, it would appear that the conference's featured game will be at Chadwick Court.  Tomorrow's game is big for both teams...OWU needs to keep pace, Wabash needs to avoid falling under .500. 

We'll see how well Wabash responds after Saturday's tough loss.  I think the LGs will be playing some urgency. OWU comes in having had a bit of an easy run...the Bishops haven't played particularly challenging basketball in over a month.  It should be another good game in C'ville tomorrow night. 

[Gregory Sager]

Must-See TV:

Wednesday's Kenyon/Denison clash will be televised to Columbus-area viewers, on a tape-delay basis, on the Columbus Sports Network, first on Wednesday at 10:30 pm, replayed Thursday at 9:30 am and 8:00 pm.   CSN can be found over the air on ch. 32, on Time Warner Cable on channels 78 and 524, and on WOW!, which I gather is another cable provider, on ch. 97.  The same network will televise the Kenyon/Denison women's game next Weds. (1/23) as well.

Hey, aren't we in favor of showing D-3 in a POSITIVE light? 

Well, Kenyon's a nifty team. And at least they didn't show Alma vs. Oberlin.

I could of course give the argument that Denison and Kenyon represent much of the best that D3 can be, regardless of wins or losses, but I won't. 

Perhaps they can televise the Denison women's tennis team playing the Kenyon men's swimming team.

[David Collinge]

Kenyon at Allegheny - Yet another tough one IMO.  A healthy 'Gheny should beat Kenyon at home.  Kenyon seems to be getting healthier as well, however...  I wish we had some injury updates on these 2 MASH units.

(from the pick'ems page)

I can give you an update on Kenyon. 

• Josh Klinger was in uniform for the OWU game, but spent the game on the bench stretching and icing his knee.  His father told me that he could go for a few minutes at a time if needed to spell another guard, but that he couldn't cut and thus wouldn't be able to guard anyone.  That was a week ago, so hopefully he's another week closer to being ready. 
• JT Knight is back in the lineup; his problem was illness, not injury. 
• David Jolson was still in street clothes for the OWU game, but I am told that he's approximately in the same state as Klinger (i.e., practicing, getting stronger, could go in a pinch.)

All I know about 'Gheny is that Bill Babe did play against Wittenberg, albeit only for 3 minutes.

[ScotsFan]

Thanks DC.  I think I'll stick with my pick.

[BigRedGrad]

I think the Lords may have their hands full given the national TV audience. When those lights come on the Big Red will bring it!!   
Truthfully, I think the O-fer ends against Hiram on Saturday.

[pennstghs]

I posted this on the Great Lakes board-maybe some discussion will ensue.....

A point from the Wittenberg perspective-although Wittenberg's only chance of making the tournament is to successfully win the NCAC Tournament, they are a huge factor in the races. If they can successfully win a few games (i.e. win against Wooster) and improve their record-the wins by Capital, ONU, Transy, will only look even better in the long run and help improve their regional ratings.

If Witt can successfully beat Wooster 1-2 times this year i belive with their continual improvement over the course of the year they will be major players in the season-some tough games to come in the next few weeks!

Anyways-Witt by 21 tonight at Earlham

[wally_wabash]

We're approaching tipoff here at Chadwick...that means running commentary from yours truly.   

Wabash is the traditional home whites with red lettering and red trim.  OWU is sporting the road black unis tonight with white numbers and red trim. 

Jesse Jean is a big cat...and we're underway. 

19:20 - Gary Simkus opens the scoring with some nice post work.  2-0 Wabash.

Ummm....somebody forgot to alert the student body that there was a hoops game tonight.  Unfortunate.

15:32 - Solid work for Wabash's first unit here early.  Wes Smith just earned some free throws.  Wabash is really controlling the glass in teh first five minutes here.  Smith's shots are good adn Wabash leads 10-4...good buddy. 

14:14 - Casey Teeters managed to squeeze off a three pointer over Earl Rooks.  OWU follows that up with a traditional three point play.  Just like that we're tied at 10-10.

10:20 - Nice little dump off for Jean here earns Rozak an easy two pointts for the Bishops.  A steal and fast break gets Jean an easy layup.  Bishops take their first lead of the game, 16-14. 

7:50 - Rudegair finally gets on the board for OWU.  Bishops lead 20-17 here as we go to a timeout.  I think Wes may have hurt his hip a little when he was fouled earlier in the game...he's favoring his right side a little bit.  Wabash has gotten a little sluggish here in the last handful of minutes.  Hopefully the timeout wakes them up. 

4:19 - Halftime can't come soon enough here.  Wabash is really playing a half step slower than OWU tonight.  Fortunately, OWU isn't shooting very well adn holds a slim 23-21 lead. 

2:04 - Ah, there's a three for Chase Haltom.  Wabash regains the lead 26-25.  Jean travels...Wabash will have a chance to extend the lead. 

0:29 - the officials are determined to get somebody into the bonus here in the first half.  Brock just picked up his first, team sixth on what looked pretty innocent to me. 

0:00 - Desperation heave from Chase Haltom finds the atmosphere and we go to the break with the score 28-26 to OWU's advantage.  Wabash will need to find another gear if they're going to win here tonight....the LGs are playing at about 80% of what they did on Saturday vs. Wooster.