MBB: North Coast Athletic Conference

[wally_wabash]

i think we get the point by now that "he's from springfield" too......

Amen to this.  Reason #139 why I'm glad James Cooper is graduating is that this stuff:

another vivid reminder to Coach Brown about the one that got away!   In case they forgot, the students helped remind them with the, "He's from Springfield" chant.

goes away.  This is easily the most overblown non-issue in the league over the last four years. 

The Witt students aren't exactly saints in this whole thing either with their 'ACT' chants down in Springfield...

Nope...I should have been "fair and balanced" in my earlier criticism.  The whole thing is lame from both sides.  If I didn't know any better, I'd swear James Cooper was the first kid ever to go to college somewhere other than his own hometown.  Wait...I do know better.  It happens all the time.

[BigRedGrad]

Word has it that on Saturday following the Wabash game will be the Big Red alumni game.
That has always been a well attended event and hopefully it will be another wonderful turnout again this year.

Congratulations to the four seniors on the Big Red for their hard work and dedication during what turned out to be a very long year.  Best of luck to all of you.

You never gave up!!!!  GO BIG RED!!!

[pennstghs]

i think we get the point by now that "he's from springfield" too......

Amen to this.  Reason #139 why I'm glad James Cooper is graduating is that this stuff:

another vivid reminder to Coach Brown about the one that got away!   In case they forgot, the students helped remind them with the, "He's from Springfield" chant.

goes away.  This is easily the most overblown non-issue in the league over the last four years. 

The Witt students aren't exactly saints in this whole thing either with their 'ACT' chants down in Springfield...

Nope...I should have been "fair and balanced" in my earlier criticism.  The whole thing is lame from both sides.  If I didn't know any better, I'd swear James Cooper was the first kid ever to go to college somewhere other than his own hometown.  Wait...I do know better.  It happens all the time.

yes it is not the first time this has happened. i just think it is not as big of an issue generally either and people use it against Wittenberg all the time when in fact it is not even a concern.

Good luck to Witt tonight vs Wabash on Senior Night! Witt is losing 3 tremendous assets to their program

[wally_wabash]

Good luck to Witt tonight vs Wabash on Senior Night! Witt is losing 3 tremendous assets to their program

I move that Wittenberg postpone Senior Night activities until Tuesday.  All in favor?   

[wooscotsfan]

At the Half:  Wooster 42  Allegheny 36

Wooster is being led by freshman Bryan Wickliffe with 20 points, James Cooper with 7 points and Devin Fulk with 7 points.

Allegheny is being led by George Raftis, Bill Babe and Craig Devinney with 9 points each.

Both teams shot well in the half (~55% each) but Wooster outrebounded the Gators by 18 to 9 which gave the Scots several extra possessions that led to 18 shots made vs only 14 made by Allegheny.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 84  Allegheny 74

Wooster was led by freshman Bryan Wickliffe with a season high 25 points (7 boards), Devin Fulk with 19 points, James Cooper with 13 points and Brandon Johnson with 10.

Allegheny was paced by Craig Devinney with 21 points, Bill Babe with 17 points and George Raftis with 15 points.

This was post Witt letdown night and the Scots still managed to get the win.  Kudos to the Gators who shot very well tonight (54%).

Congratulations to the Scots on their 4th straight NCAC regular season title!

Wooster is now 21-3, 14-1 NCAC   Next game at Earlham on Saturday.

GO SCOTS!

[kiltedbryan]

Here's a score of interest:

Heidelberg 80
Capital      74


This won't be reflected in the regional rankings tomorrow, but will be in the following week.

[wooscotsfan]

Here's a score of interest:

Heidelberg 80
Capital      74


This won't be reflected in the regional rankings tomorrow, but will be in the following week.

Good news for Wooster as that score may push them to the top of the regional rankings next week if they can win at Earlham on Saturday.

2nd Regional Rankings are actually out tonight.

Great Lakes rankings (regional records noted)
1.  Capital 19-3
2.  Wooster 13-2
3.  Hope 13-2
4.  Albion 12-3
5.  Penn State Behrend 17-3
6.  Heidelberg 16-4

[kiltedbryan]

2nd Regional Rankings are actually out tonight.

I forgot it was Wednesday.   

[jscwittfan]

In a game that was tied at the half, Witt defeats Wabash tonight 69-63.  Witt's led by 16 points and 7 boards from Kevin Murray, as well as 13 points each from Hill and 'Bino.  Wabash gets a big 23 from Wesley Smith and 12 from Zimmer.

Wabash actually led by 5 with nine-and-a-half to go in the game, but the Tigers were able to pull it out down the stretch.

Witt finishes the regular season at Kenyon on Saturday.

Elsewhere....

OWU rebounds from their Saturday loss and defeats Oberlin 82-58.
Kenyon defeats Hiram 93-82.
Denison picks up a win over Earlham 69-61.

[wooscotsfan]

NCAC 2/20 Final Scores:
Wittenberg 69  Wabash 63
Ohio Wesleyan 82  Oberlin 58
Denison 69  Earlham 61
Kenyon 93  Hiram 82
Wooster 84  Allegheny 74

Updated NCAC Standings:
Wooster 14-1
Wittenberg 12-3
Ohio Wesleyan 11-4
Kenyon 10-5
Wabash 9-6
Allegheny 6-9
Hiram 5-10
Oberlin 3-12
Denison 3-12
Earlham 2-13

[BigRedGrad]

Big Red 3 wins........Oberlin 3 wins..........oil up the coin!!!!
Get ready Scots here we come!!!
Don't they always say it is REAL hard to beat a team 3 times!!!!!!!

[Li'l Giant]

oil up the coin!!!!

What exactly is going to be done with this coin? 

[David Collinge]

Updated NCAC Standings:
Wooster 14-1
Wittenberg 12-3
Ohio Wesleyan 11-4
Kenyon 10-5
Wabash 9-6
Allegheny 6-9
Hiram 5-10
Oberlin 3-12
Denison 3-12
Earlham 2-13

Tournament seeding:
#1: Wooster
#2-#3: OWU holds the tie-breaker on Witt, by virtue of their head-to-head sweep.  Thus, if on Saturday OWU wins (at 'Gheny) and Witt loses (at Kenyon), OWU is the #2 seed.  Otherwise, it's Witt #2 and OWU #3
#4-#5: Wabash and Kenyon split, and both will have been 6-2 at home and 4-4 on the road (not sure if that's in the tie-breakers).  Nevertheless, Wabash has the tie-breaker whether it is best-win (OWU) or worst-loss (Kenyon's loss at Earlham).  Thus, if Kenyon loses (to Witt) and Wabash wins (at Denison), Wabash is the #4 and Kenyon the #5.  Otherwise, vice-versa.  Either way, these teams will meet on Tuesday in the quarterfinals.
#6-#7: Allegheny and Hiram split.  If Hiram wins (at Oberlin) and Gheny loses (to OWU), both teams would be 6-10, with wins over each other, at Earlham, Denison (x2) and Oberlin (x2).  With nothing to differentiate them, I assume that this would result in a coin toss.  So Allegheny is the #6 seed, and Hiram the #7, if any of the following occur: 1) Gheny beats OWU; 2) Oberlin beats Hiram; or 3) Gheny wins the coin toss.
#8: 
Scenario 1a: Oberlin wins (over Hiram) and Denison loses (to Wabash)--Oberlin is #8 at 4-12.
Scenario 1b: Denison wins and Oberlin loses--Denison is #8 at 4-12.
Scenario 2: Oberlin and Denison each win Saturday to go 4-12.  The teams split, and each swept Earlham; each would be 3-5 at home and 1-7 on the road.  The fourth win would be Saturday's, and as Wabash will finish ahead of Hiram, Denison would earn the #8 bid.
Scenario 3a: Oberlin and Denison each lose Saturday, and Earlham loses to Wooster.  As in scenario 2, the teams split and each swept Earlham.  Although their schedules were not identical*, I think this becomes a coin toss scenario.  Whether the coin should be oiled is a separate question.
Scenario 3b: Oberlin and Denison each lose Saturday, and Earlham defeats Wooster, resulting in a 3-way tie at 3-13.  I think the way this works is that Earlham is eliminated by virtue of an 0-4 record among the tied teams, after which Oberlin and Denison (each 3-1 in the group) revert to the coin toss from Scenario 3a.  Thus, it is my belief that Earlham has been eliminated from playoff contention.  But I admit that I'm just guessing, as I find this scenario the least likely to come to pass.

*Because of the not-quite-double-round-robin scheduling, Denison played Wooster twice and OWU once, while Oberlin played Wooster once and OWU twice, all of the foregoing being losses.  Strictly speaking, Denison would win a 'worst-loss' tiebreaker by virtue of being 0-1 against second-or-third-place OWU while Oberlin was 0-2, but I don't think it would play out that way.  (Besides, I think the tie-breaker is 'best-win', not 'worst-loss'.)

[DadofBashWarrior..]

Congrats to Yelvington at Kenyon on his game last night.....Career high and terriffic stats.....been following him since his HS days....Great young Man