WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Bubba the Petrel]

You must be new to Oglethorpe...they have made a career of being "frugal".  My past experiences tell me the basketball team will be making good use of the bus the great NCAA has made available to us.

Tell you what, FotP - I'll cover the cost of a charter flight (and provide the start-up funds for a football team) if I win the Mega Millions lottery tonight.

[FlightofthePetrel]

Sounds good.... good luck to you

[Ralph Turner]

You must be new to Oglethorpe...they have made a career of being "frugal".  My past experiences tell me the basketball team will be making good use of the bus the great NCAA has made available to us.

Tell you what, FotP - I'll cover the cost of a charter flight (and provide the start-up funds for a football team) if I win the Mega Millions lottery tonight.

We have heard it here first...

"The Bubba the Petrel Foundation for Academic Excellence at Oglethorpe University". 

[Bubba the Petrel]

We have heard it here first...

"The Bubba the Petrel Foundation for Academic Excellence at Oglethorpe University". 

The annual fund already gets my $$$ in support of academics, although I guess I could kick that up a notch in adddition to my generous support of athletics.

[Ralph Turner]

We have heard it here first...

"The Bubba the Petrel Foundation for Academic Excellence at Oglethorpe University". 

The annual fund already gets my $$$ in support of academics, although I guess I could kick that up a notch in adddition to my generous support of athletics.

Didn't I see that one aspect of the "The Bubba the Petrel Foundation for Academic Excellence at Oglethorpe University" was a $5M grant to fund the
"Ronald Sattele Chair of Kinesiological Theory".

[hoopsfan11]

Anyone know much about the teams that Oglethorpe and DePauw will play in the first round?

[roaring0506]

Well, looking at DePauw's first round game, they play a very dangerous Transylvania team.  Their record (19-8) isn't indicative of just how good they are.  They've been hot of late, winning their last 6 before losing in their conference championship to Manchester by 1.  In the 8 losses they've accumulated, they've lost by an average of 8.5 points (take out a loss to Rio Grande and W. Va. Tech, and the average points drops to 4.5 points).  They lost to Wilmington by 7 and beat Rose-Hulman two times out of three.  They are led by a 6'0 sophomore forward who averages 20 ppg/10 rpg, and a 5'6 senior guard who averages 10 ppg/6 assists.  They run pretty much an 8-9 player rotation. 

Oglethorpe's first game is against Wilmington who comes in ranked #16 in the d3hoops final poll with a record of 24-4.  Wilmington's four losses come at the hands of Wittenberg, Mount Union, Capital, and Baldwin Wallace.  They play an 8 player rotation, led by 5'9 jr forward Katie Streck (16.0 ppg/7.3 rpg) and 5'10 senior forward Kelly Peters (15.9 ppg/8.9 rpg).  Two guards both average 9.2 ppg (5'11 Smith and 5'5 Hauke), while senior pt guard Sam Hood runs the show (6.9 ppg/5.6 apg).  Wilmington runs an uptempo style, and love to press - very similar to Oglethorpe.  It should be a really fun game to watch. 

[FlightofthePetrel]

Looks like our season came to an end tonight at the hands of a very strong Wilmington team.  But as the announcers said Oglethorpe is a very young team and they will be back again next year.  With that said I look forward to next year, even more so than I did this year because we're bringing back all 5 starters and have a strong recruiting class coming in.  I just wanted to take a minute and thank the girls for playing so hard and making this season so fun to watch... I never saw ya'll loose this year so you're winners in my book and I can't wait til next year.

Good luck to Depauw... continue to represent the SCAC well as our last team in the tourney.

[roaring0506]

Congratulations to DePauw for their 74-66 victory over Denison in the second round.  Also to Coach Kris Huffman for earning her 300th victory (300-82) in 14 years.  Best of luck in the Sweet 16!


Any speculation on where the Sweet 16 will be hosted?  DePauw will take on 13th ranked Emmanuel (MA) on Friday.  Calvin was the other winner, and will face either Southern Maine or Fitchburg State.

So, Indiana, Michigan, Massachusetts, or Maine (assuming Southern Maine pulls it out as I am also assuming Fitchburg State wouldn't have the opportunity to host??)  Obviously two teams are going to have to fly, so what is it going to come down to?  I know in the last regional ranking that was released that Calvin was ahead of DePauw; however, it looks like the QOWI went down after there loss to Hope in the MIAA championship?? 

Anyone wanting to throw in there two cents?  Obviously we'll know a lot more after Southern Maine's game at 2... but I'd love to hear some speculation.  Can we get some "brains" to try to answer this??

[DePauw05]

Can someone enlighten me on the wisdom behind sending Calvin, Southern Maine, and DePauw to lowest seed Emmanuel in Boston on Friday?   I doubt it had to do with cost effectiveness of travel to Boston as flights appear to be $800 to $1,000, and hotel rates are likely higher in Boston as well.  Although I'm a biased DePauw fan, I thought Calvin or DePauw would have made more sense as hosts since both are ranked higher and it's a two-school flight situation no matter who hosts. 

[goldnblack]

Congrats to Depauw and Coach Huffman and staff.  300 wins!! wow! And this team is not done. I figure four more wins will do.

As far as understanding why this regional is not being played in the Midwest is beyond me. I asked the  Hoopsville live show and I was told it was because Emmanual had the higher seed. I am not sure why they had the higher seed!?? This fan is driving to Columbus Ohio and getting a direct flight on Jet Blue for $130 for round trip. There were also some decent flights out of Dayton but I agree the flights out of Indy were pricey. Let's hope I don't get left on the runway for 10 hours with Jet Blue. Check ou the jet Blue web site.

BTW the team that got the real shaft was Texas team going to Iowa!!!!

[DPU3619]

Can someone enlighten me on the wisdom behind sending Calvin, Southern Maine, and DePauw to lowest seed Emmanuel in Boston on Friday? 

After a few conversations with some folks who know better at last night's game, I wasn't surprised to hear that Emmanuel was the host.  Here's why:

This is from the front page:

Sites are selected with geography, seeding, quality of facility and availability of area accommodations in mind. For more from Saturday's games, scroll down.

Somebody mentioned that DePauw and Calvin were ranked higher, but notice that Pat Coleman's d3hoops.com Top 25 is a glaring omission from that list.  Sadly.

Emmanuel is 29-1 with the only loss coming to Bowdoin, which is the country's #1 team. They're the higher seed, which is probably the ultimate decider.

Geography was obviously a wash because two teams were flying either way.  I think the quality of facility was pretty much the same.  Emmanuel looks like they have a very nice gymnasium from the pictures.  I heard Calvin's is also very nice. 

I'm sure they can round up enough hotel rooms in a town like Boston.  It's a little bigger than Greencastle or Grand Rapids.

[atn alum]

If you can't make it on Friday or Saturday, and have trouble getting DePauw's broadcast feed, please tune in to us:

We'll have all 3 games
http://www.d3hoops.com/audio

* Calvin vs Southern Maine
* Emmanuel vs DePauw
* Saturday's sectional final

Coverage on Friday starts at 5:15pm, Saturday at 6:45 ET

You can e-mail the broadcast crew at cgbears2006@aol.com

If you're at the game, feel free to say hi. Enjoy Boston!

[strikingviking]

Wow what a bracket.  Who's going to come out of it?

[roaring0506]

It's finally game day, DePauw!  I guess it's finally time to show the rest of the country just how good you are.  Good luck tonight!  D'em up.