WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[goldnblack]

Congrats to the Depauw team!! They really dialed it in this weekend by first slamming Emmanuel on their home floor. It was a virtual clinic on breaking the press of Emmanuel.  Depauw then took care of a great Calvin team with Winkle putting  on quite a show for Calvin in the first half. Calvin, however could not get by Depauw's great balance and depth. Will see you in Springfield, Tigers. Two more wins!

[kelley]

DePauw 59
Emmanuel 28

This was a very low scoring game for both teams.  But it did show how strong the bench is for DePauw and how everybody is can score.

[DPU3619]

Just for clarity's sake... the final was 74-50.  Not really all that low scoring for Depauw.  Also scored 74 on Saturday against Calvin.  Acutally, have scored 74 in each of the last four games.

I expected Calvin to play well even though they were missing two key pieces of their puzzle.  Lisa Winkle tried awful hard to throw that team on her back, but it just wasn't quite enough.  Calvin didn't shoot very well from anywhere, and DPU made 17 more trips to the stripe.

Mary Washington has had an awfully tough road to get to the Final Four.  Beating #3 Scranton and #1 Bowdoin on back-to-back nights should tell you just about all you need to know.  As of last week, they were first in the nation at FG% defense and gave up the second fewest points in the country.  Yikes.

[roaring0506]

Yeah, it should definitely be interesting.  You have the #1 team in the nation in FG and 3 FG% playing the #1 team in the nation in FG defense.  Should be an exciting game for all those fans heading to Springfield!

[roaring0506]

The SCAC was well represented on the All-Region team.

Great Lakes Region:
Liz Bondi - First Team
Suzy Doughty - Third Team

South Region:
Tori Huggins - Second Team
Bonnie Hicks - Second Team
Ashley Farrell - Third Team

Congratulations to all of you and your teams.

Two more days DePauw.... Final 4!!

[atn alum]

To any of the DePauw regulars on this board...

Hope you have a safe trip if you've headed this way...Please stop by our booth and say howdy if you get a chance.

Safe travels...

[WLCALUM83]

Props to DePauw!  Final:  DePauw 67, Mary Washington 61. 

[frank_ezelle]

Just wanted to congratulate the DePauw ladies on their victory yesterday and I wish them well in the championship this afternoon.  They have done a fantastic job representing the SCAC as well as DePauw University and I know everyone in the conference will be pulling for a DePauw win this afternoon.

[DPULefty22]

THE WALNUT AND BRONZE IS COMING TO GREENCASTLE!

55-52, DePauw wins its first ever national championship in any sport. Way to go, ladies!

[WLCALUM83]

Congratulations to DePauw! 

[DPU3619]

What an amazing effort for this team in this tournament, especially defensively.  Just did a little number crunching... in the 6 games they played in the tourney:

All six opponents in the tourney were ranked, and DPU allowed just 57 pts/game.  36% FG defense, 36% 3FG defense.

Didn't make the trip either of the last two weekends, and it's tough to make observations thru just the box, but I am absolutely 100% impressed at how good this team defended in this tournament.

Gritted through a tough Mary Washington D on Friday, but like a lot of opponents, DPU turned them over 20+ times and capitalized on it.  Same goes for Wash U.  Got a few more turnovers and turned it into more shot attempts.  They're a great defensive team, and DePauw didn't shoot well yesterday, but neither did Wash U. 

Nothing but gritting it out.  There's a clip of Cassie Pruzin hitting what looks like about a 25-26 footer at a clutch time in the game.  She wasn't hitting yesterday (4-15 from the floor, that was her only 3 in 10 tries) but she got the one when we really needed it. 

Absolutely amazing.  Great job, ladies. 

[goldnblack]

Just got back from Springfield. It was, in a word, spectacular in spite of the 9 inches of snow! This team led the nation in several offensive categories going into the weekend but in the end it was defense, the low number of turnovers and the team depth that got it done this weekend.  Anytime a team competes for a national it is a long difficult road that requires multiple individuals pulling together as a team. You have to realize that this team started two a day practices 5 months ago. And talk about "road" this team traveled more than any team in the country--from San Deigo, Atlanta, Dallas, St. Louis, Arkansas, Mississippi, Ohio, Kentucky, Memphis twice and Boston (twice in  last 10 days.) This Depauw team had tremendous grit and team chemistry.  Every game, all year, there were different individulas stepping up.

It was the depth of this team that wore down Mary Washington and the never panic attitude that sealed the win. In the final game Depauw was the best team on the floor. This would  not have been as close as the final score if Depauw would have shot like they did against Emmanuel a week earlier 90 miles up the road in Boston. The players however hit the big shots that counted down the stretch. Ah the "defense", as the old addage says, wins games."

Congratulations to a great group of girls who are gutsy, gritty and very talented. Enjoy it because it is a once in a life time journey!! Thanks for the memories! --- Hey but wait 'til next year, Depauw will reload.

[Pat Coleman]

A lot of teams would shoot more poorly against Mary Washington than against Emmanuel.

[roaring0506]

http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper912/documents/9ns9vz0v.pdf

Great job, DePauw!  Way to bring the National Championship trophy back to the SCAC!!

[DPU3619]

Here's a couple more pictures of the Tigers getting off the bus with the trophy and the group that met them for you peruse at your choosing:

http://www.depauw.edu/univ/wgre/sports_pages/sports_pics/wncaachamps.asp

Also, rumor has it that Greencastle Mayor Nancy Michael has declared a DPU Women's Basketball Day.  I think it was Tuesday, but I'm not entirely sure on that fact.