WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[roaring0506]

Congrats again to Bondi and the Tigers!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/scorecard/faces/2007/04/09/

[roaring0506]

Another nice article done on DePauw's Liz Bondi.  The Tiger TENNIS team is currently ranked #1 in the country, with Bondi ranked #1 in her region in singles and doubles (with partner Amrita Padda).

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070427/SPORTS06/704270483/1247/SPORTS

[roaring0506]

After winning two matches today, Liz Bondi has placed herself in the National Championship match tomorrow at noon vs. Washington & Lee's Emily Applegate.  Let's hope she can bring home a SECOND NATIONAL TITLE to the Tigers.

Also worth mentioning, Kristy Mahon, a senior on the women's basketball team and starting shortstop on the DePauw softball team, is currently competing in the softball world series.  The Tigers, unranked in the current softball poll, beat 5th ranked Moravian yesterday, and are currently playing #3 Linfield.  The softball Tigers carry a 37-5 overall record.

Go Tigers!!

[colincondi]

Congrats to Bondi... she is what DIII athletics are all about!

Just did this for the GSAC board... the current D3hoops front page intrigued me.  The DPU women easily had the best attendance, and outdrew all but one of the men's teams (Centre), which is pretty impressive.

1)  CC men...           425 (a good figure, but not close to Murval at 1474)
2)  DPU women...     373 (I'm sure figures were helped by hosting NCAA games)
3)  TU men...            359
4)  MC men...            333
5)  DPU men...          298
6)  OU men...            294
7)  SW men...            252
8)  US men...             248
9)  TU women...         233
10) OU women...       228
11) RC women...       205
12) RC men...            183
13) SW women...       152
14) AC men...             150
15) US women...        146
16) MC women...        145
17) CC women...        123
18) AC women...         116
19) HC men...               97
19) HC women...          97  is Hendrix's support that bad or are these #'s off? It's
                                          seems odd they are both at 97...

Where would Depauw's women's average of 373 put them nationally?  Murval was at 562 and not even in the top 10.  It's not like there's a lot to keep the town of Greencastle occupied...

   

[Pat Coleman]

I'm pretty sure NCAA Tournament games are not included, actually.

[FlightofthePetrel]

This board has been silent for way to long...  With practice just starting lets hear everyone's predictions for how the conference will end up.

My Predictions:

1. Oglethorpe- returned everyone (minus Harris who came off the bench) and gained a big freshman class.
2. Depauw- The lost Bondi... that alone will allow OU to over come the Tigers
3. Rhodes-  This is Ashley Farrell's team... she'll carry them to a 3rd place finish
4. Trinity-  I expect trinity to reload from a down year and  thought of putting them above Rhodes but feel like they will be more of a force in 2 years.
5. Hendrix- The loss of Huggins and Hicks will really hurt this team but they're a scrappy bunch, had to put them somewhere in the middle.
6. Sewanee-  I feel like Sewanee will be much improved this year.  Although they lose Petay, Reninger looks to be a go to player in the making (at least when I saw her play last year).  Sewanee will go as she goes.
7. Austin- After a go around the Roos will not sneak up on anyone this year.  Teams will be ready for them this year.
8. Southwestern-  They lose George and only 3 Freshmen come in I don't see them improving this year.
9. Centre-  don't know much about them so I put them at 9.
10. Millsaps- Shouldn't give any teams trouble except in an intrasquad scrimmage.


The predictions are not based on statistical information but only the thoughts of a fan who was bored during class.  What does everyone else think?

[Ralph Turner]

What format will the SCAC use this year?

[DPU3619]

2. Depauw- The lost Bondi... that alone will allow OU to over come the Tigers

Sounds an awful lot like "They lost Rush", "They lost Ferguson", and "They lost Argetsinger and Zondor" to me. 

[scaccommish]

Ralph,

The SCAC will be split into divisions this season with Birmingham-Southern, Centre, DePauw, Oglethorpe, Rhodes and Sewanee in the East and Austin College, Colorado College, Hendrix, Millsaps, Southwestern and Trinity in the West.

Everyone plays 16 conference games - double round-robin (home and away) within division and single round-robin out of division (either home or away). Top 4 teams from each division qualify for SCAC post-season tournament.

Games against BSC will not count in the conference standings, therefore, all East teams will have 14 countable conference games and all West teams will have 15.

[frank_ezelle]

Millsaps will be a much improved team this season.  What that will mean in the way of wins and losses is anyone's guess, but expect a much better team than the 2006-07 Lady Majors.

Keep in mind that Coach Bolton came in in mid-summer last year, there was very little time to do any recruiting, and there was a tremendous lack of experience among the returning players.  For example, LaReina Adams who scored 13 ppg and led the SCAC with 10.8 rpg in 2006-07, had only played a total of 108 minutes the previous season.  Go figure.  It was a difficult situation last year and the team did an excellent job of making the best of the situation.  This year should show a huge improvement, but I certainly understand why Millsaps will probably be ranked last in the preseason poll. 

It should be an interesting year for both basketball teams at Millsaps this season.

[Ralph Turner]

scacsid, thanks!

That is a great format!

[mark_reichert]

I hope a fellow Tip Off Classic host does better, but have any of the DePauw fans been reminded of this:

http://www.d3hoops.com/dailydose/2007/03/03/first-round-reaction/

Look at this way: They only have to reach the second round to have done better than the rest.  If they just qualify they've done better than Trinity.

How bodes the freshman crop and who can replace Bondi as top scorer?

P.S.  How did you end up with three players from Nerinx Hall and two from St. Joseph's Academy?    Add in Barrow and that was six players from the St. Louis area.  Not complaining, just curious.

[mark_reichert]

BTW, congrats to Bondi on the Division III Player of the Year, which doesn't seem to have been mentioned here.  With an individual and team championship, it should have been a no-brainer to select her.

[moseshightower]

"Look at this way: They only have to reach the second round to have done better than the rest.  If they just qualify they've done better than Trinity."

Mark, Trinity was 24-3 the year after they won the national title with two losses to a Depauw team that was 25-3.  They got shut out of the tournament when the field was just 48 teams.  It was ridiculous because those two were both ranked in the top ten but what I'm trying to say is that it's a little easier for a good team to qualify now.

[mark_reichert]

Mark, Trinity was 24-3 the year after they won the national title with two losses to a Depauw team that was 25-3.  They got shut out of the tournament when the field was just 48 teams.  It was ridiculous because those two were both ranked in the top ten but what I'm trying to say is that it's a little easier for a good team to qualify now.

Yeah, that got pointed out here:

http://www.d3hoops.com/springfield/07/preview.htm

Hope got the automatic qualifier so the smaller field wouldn't have mattered.

Anyway, DePauw looks to have a better chance of defending its title, assuming it can make up for the loss of its starters.