WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ron Boerger]

No winter sports championships in D3.

https://twitter.com/d3hoops/status/1357120361456939010?s=21

[jekelish]

Not at all surprised, honestly. Given the lack of teams playing across the country, combined with the fact that the NCAA would have to foot the bill without having the cash flow from last year's March Madness and College World Series, this always felt inevitable to me.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Not at all surprised, honestly. Given the lack of teams playing across the country, combined with the fact that the NCAA would have to foot the bill without having the cash flow from last year's March Madness and College World Series, this always felt inevitable to me.

As I understand it ... College World Series doesn't bring much into the NCAA. Ticket sales certainly help, but the package deal with ESPN is closer to a trade out, as I've been told, than what CBS/Turner have arranged - which is a flat out buying of the rights.

[jekelish]

Shouldn't come as a surprise for anyone watching the horrific wrecks on the highway between Fort Worth and San Antonio, but tomorrow night's games between Austin College and San Antonio have been canceled. AC is still going to try to get down to San Antonio in time for Saturday's games.

[Ron Boerger]

Shouldn't come as a surprise for anyone watching the horrific wrecks on the highway between Fort Worth and San Antonio, but tomorrow night's games between Austin College and San Antonio have been canceled. AC is still going to try to get down to San Antonio in time for Saturday's games.

And, in fact, AC at TU is the only game still on the schedule today.  UST-TLU, SW-UD, SU-CC have all called off today's games.   Here's to AC getting back after today's game in time to beat the nasty weather that's supposed to arrive late tonight and tomorrow (same for their swimming/diving teams in San Antonio, and for Trinity's volleyball team that's playing today in Sherman).

[ronk]

 Watched the replay of AC/TU tonight to see how Simmons and Shipley were doing. Looks like they play the 2nd half of each period. Kelly's defensive energy reminded me of her AAU days; uncommon for a "big".

[Ron Boerger]

With yesterday's result AC and TU are tied ... for third in the SCAC.   The co-leaders were supposed to play this weekend but called off their games (with good reason).   Schreiner has to play TLU and at Trinity, Colorado heads to UST this weekend before ending the season with Dallas. 

[TroyP]

Will there still be a SCAC tournament?

[Pat Coleman]

Will there still be a SCAC tournament?

We haven't heard any different, and it was still on the schedule when I was on the SCAC site earlier today.

[Ron Boerger]

SCAC has been solid about having tourneys this season ... like swimming & diving the weekend the Great Freeze of '21 got started.   Seeding will be fun given the differing number of games played but they'll figure it out. 

Lordy it would be nice if they would open it up to fans but I doubt they'll do it, even with COVID numbers on the decline they're still high.

[jekelish]

SCAC has been solid about having tourneys this season ... like swimming & diving the weekend the Great Freeze of '21 got started.   Seeding will be fun given the differing number of games played but they'll figure it out. 

Lordy it would be nice if they would open it up to fans but I doubt they'll do it, even with COVID numbers on the decline they're still high.

At this point, Colorado College is almost certainly gonna be locked into the 1 seed, and Trinity the 2. CC has two home games against UD, so they should finish the season 7-1, and Schreiner and Trinity play, which I'm expecting to be two wins for Trinity, which puts TU at 7-2 and Schreiner at 5-3. If Schreiner steals one, that's when things get interesting. AC hasn't been playing great lately, in large part because they've had some significant injuries, so I wouldn't be surprised by them having a tough time at TLU this weekend. I'm hoping they sweep the weekend, but if they split, and Schreiner steals one from Trinity, then Schreiner will be the 3 and AC will be the 4 by virtue of how they each did against Trinity.

[Ron Boerger]

SCAC this afternoon announced format changes for basketball tournaments:
https://bit.ly/3kfAaGW

" [...]this year the top eight men's and women's teams will qualify for the postseason conference tournament which will stretch over three weekends.

First round play will be conducted the weekend of March 5-7, semifinals are scheduled for March 12-14 and the men's and women's championship will occur the weekend of March 19-21. The top four seeds will host first round games on both the men's and women's side, and the top remaining seeds will host semifinal and championship rounds."

Also, St. Thomas will be eligible since there is no NCAA postseason.

[Ron Boerger]

With one game left that won't in all probability impact the conference standings, the seedings for next week's conference championship first round are set:

(8) Southwestern (2-6) at (1) Colorado College (6-1)
(7) Dallas (3-6) at (2) Trinity (7-2)
(6) St Thomas (4-4) at (3) Schreiner (6-3)
(5) Austin (5-4) at (4) TLU (5-3)

It's theoretically possible CC could end up at 6-2 should UD upset them today, but after yesterday's 26-point blowout this seems highly unlikely. 

I was happy to see Centenary finally get a W on their Senior Day against StT yesterday.   They came pretty darned close to breaking into the win column the previous night with the Celts scoring the winning basket with under a second to play. 

[Ron Boerger]

With one game left that won't in all probability impact the conference standings, the seedings for next week's conference championship first round are set:

(8) Southwestern (2-6) at (1) Colorado College (6-1)
(7) Dallas (3-6) at (2) Trinity (7-2)
(6) St Thomas (4-4) at (3) Schreiner (6-3)
(5) Austin (5-4) at (4) TLU (5-3)

It's theoretically possible CC could end up at 6-2 should UD upset them today, but after yesterday's 26-point blowout this seems highly unlikely. 

Narrator:  but Dallas *would* go on to upset Colorado College 79-61, handing the top seed to Trinity and setting up a rematch next week in Colorado Springs. 

Edit:  I also misstated Schreiner's record; they're 5-3, not 6-3.   Trying to figure out the tiebreaker, both 0-2 against Trinity, neither played Colorado or each other, so it comes down to record against Austin which goes in TLU's favor (2-0 vs. DNP).    Austin has to be happier facing the Mountaineers in the first round than the Bulldogs.

(8) Southwestern (2-6) at (1) Trinity (7-2)
(7) Dallas (4-6) at (2) Colorado College (6-2)
(6) St Thomas (4-4) at (3) TLU (5-3)
(5) Austin (5-4) at (4) Schreiner (5-3)

[TroyP]

The SCAC has officially limited the number of girls on the bench, no matter if you are hosting or traveling. This has to be the dumbest decision ever. These girls practice with each other every day, but yet can't sit on the bench!