WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[pbrooks3]

Congratulations to the Lady Petrels from the Brooks in Memphis on a great victory tonight.  Women's basketball in the SCAC is in good hands with both Oglethorpe and DePauw getting wins in the 2nd round.  Way to go girls!

[DPU3619]

Going to be pretty upfront here.  I'm awfully upset that Whitewater was selected as the host site for the regional DePauw is playing in.

I had heard that there were a few inaccuracies regarding the mileage from Simpson College (Indianola, Iowa) to Greencastle.  I believe it is less than the required 500 miles, but the NCAA may not have had accurate information. 

I thought DePauw had a very good shot at it if the mileage number was right.  Bummer.

[hornetiger]

Going to be pretty upfront here.  I'm awfully upset that Whitewater was selected as the host site for the regional DePauw is playing in.

I had heard that there were a few inaccuracies regarding the mileage from Simpson College (Indianola, Iowa) to Greencastle.  I believe it is less than the required 500 miles, but the NCAA may not have had accurate information. 

I thought DePauw had a very good shot at it if the mileage number was right.  Bummer.

Earlier today I did some quick mapquest research.  All travel miles combined, there was about a 34 mile difference between the total if teams travelled to DePauw vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater.

[blackngold]

Congratulations to a great DePauw win!!! The girls played with alot of determination and DePauw's bench had alot to do with the win. Katie Matthews had a big game playing the point in relief of Gretchen Haehl. Wash U and Fahey are real hard to beat at tourney time so the Tigers should be  proud of this past weekend. I am real disappointed about the selection of Whitewater getting to host but DePauw did it last year on the road and will be ready this year. Go Tigers and beat Amhurst!!!

[hornetiger]

On another note, when's the last time someone could say they beat the Wash U. women three times in a row?

[DPU3619]

Earlier today I did some quick mapquest research.  All travel miles combined, there was about a 34 mile difference between the total if teams travelled to DePauw vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater.

That's a fair point, but that's not the deciding factor. 

If it turns out the NCAA believed that Simpson was more than 500 from DePauw (which is wrong), then DePauw probably wasn't ever considered.  It's not 500 miles for either team to get to Whitewater, which is why I think that they may have been chosen to host.  If it turns out that the reason the NCAA selected UWW is because they had the mileage wrong, a lot of DePauw fans are going to be pretty upset.  If they chose UWW simply because they thought they were the best team of the four, then that's an entirely different debate altogether.

[Ralph Turner]

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That's a fair point, but that's not the deciding factor. 

If it turns out the NCAA believed that Simpson was more than 500 from DePauw (which is wrong), then DePauw probably wasn't ever considered.  It's not 500 miles for either team to get to Whitewater, which is why I think that they may have been chosen to host.  If it turns out that the reason the NCAA selected UWW is because they had the mileage wrong, a lot of DePauw fans are going to be pretty upset.  If they chose UWW simply because they thought they were the best team of the four, then that's an entirely different debate altogether.

msn.mappoint.com

Official mileage from msn.mappoint.com as designated by the Championship Handbook (shortest distance) from Simpson to DePauw is 502.1 miles.

[Ralph Turner]

Still on the periphery of the Kulavic discussion and trying learn...

Is Katie really a 2-guard trying to do the job of a 1-guard?  Stats are not that different from Flynn.

Lots of points, lots of steals and lots of rebounds, but lots of turnovers (A/T = 0.9).

McMurry's 2008 all-American PG Symbri Tuttle had a A/TO of 2.5-5.0 seasonal ratio, but less than 8 ppg.  Symbri finished as the #3 all-time NCAA leader in assists.

Just a thought...

[DPU3619]

Official mileage from msn.mappoint.com as designated by the Championship Handbook (shortest distance) from Simpson to DePauw is 502.1 miles.

Yeah, I know that Ralph.  I was dicsussing that with a few DePauw higher-ups last evening.  But I was told that wasn't exactly correct.  I understand the Handbook and the rules, but that wasn't what I was told.  Apparently there was an issue with that number and it's correctness with several DePauw officials.  If I remembered what I was told, I'd certainly share it with you.  But I don't.  I look pretty stupid right now, but it's all I got.

[Ralph Turner]

Official mileage from msn.mappoint.com as designated by the Championship Handbook (shortest distance) from Simpson to DePauw is 502.1 miles.

Yeah, I know that Ralph.  I was dicsussing that with a few DePauw higher-ups last evening.  But I was told that wasn't exactly correct.  I understand the Handbook and the rules, but that wasn't what I was told.  Apparently there was an issue with that number and it's correctness with several DePauw officials.  If I remembered what I was told, I'd certainly share it with you.  But I don't.  I look pretty stupid right now, but it's all I got.

Comprehende

No, you just explained the cognitive dissonance that existed in the minds of the higher-ups.

[vozdelospetrels]

Ralph,

Kulavic is more of 3 in my opinion. Hannah Brooks would be considered Oglethorpe's point guard, Findley is definitley their 2 guard. Kulavic handles the ball a lot but is not their point guard. Additionally, there is Corbett in the starting line-up and she is somewhere between the 2 and 3 position as well. That's if you want to classify their guards in a classic sense, however, I just like to think they play with 4 guards. I don't know if that helps you at all. 

[Bubba the Petrel]

Ralph,

Kulavic is more of 3 in my opinion. Hannah Brooks would be considered Oglethorpe's point guard, Findley is definitley their 2 guard. Kulavic handles the ball a lot but is not their point guard. Additionally, there is Corbett in the starting line-up and she is somewhere between the 2 and 3 position as well. That's if you want to classify their guards in a classic sense, however, I just like to think they play with 4 guards. I don't know if that helps you at all. 

The AJC article this morning on the Petrels (after no mention of the games in either the Saturday or Sunday papers) classified them as playing with 5 guards.

[DPU3619]

msn.mappoint.com

Official mileage from msn.mappoint.com as designated by the Championship Handbook (shortest distance) from Simpson to DePauw is 502.1 miles.

Also, when I crunch those numbers on that site, I get 436.5 miles on shortest distance.

I believe the issue was that all of these numbers are stored in a database somewhere and the database number wasn't right.  I imagine the outcry about an error likely fell on deaf ears, causing DePauw to be on the road this weekend.  Or something to that effect.

[vozdelospetrels]

The AJC article this morning on the Petrels (after no mention of the games in either the Saturday or Sunday papers) classified them as playing with 5 guards.

The AJC also said they start 5 juniors. Corbett is a 5th yr senior.

Bubba - Since you brought up the lack of AJC coverage I figure I'll put in my two cents. The AJC does a terrible job covering any college in this state that is not Georgia Tech or the University of Georgia. The AJC seems to overlook the smaller schools. I don't know why. It's not as if they are a major news publication, they may want to be but they're not. High School athletics, especially football, gets more coverage than the smaller colleges in Georgia. It's a shame.

[spfan22]

Crazy trip to KY this weekend.. Flight drives like a maniac and the weather was terrible (14 inches of snow we had to fight on the way up).. not the best combination

OU played a very solid game on Saturday night.. they had one lull early in the second half but they responded very nicely to Thomas More's run.. the OU girls out toughed a Thomas More team thats known for their toughness.. The girls did their best in the paint outrebounding Thomas More by 20.. Corbett and Findley shut down their best player, thus resulting in frustration out of her the whole game.. overall, probably the most complete game OU has played all year.. solid game all around and they limited their turnovers, which is what you have to do against great teams

Very proud of the girls.. hoping they can win on Friday night so I can fly up to New Jersey for the elite 8 game on Satuday night.. also.. good luck to depauw girls and the millsaps boys this weekend