BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OxyBob]

The "Bevacqua" tirade makes me yearn for the old Jim Healy Show, the greatest sports radio show ever. 

For years I was a regular contributor to the Jim Healy Show. I first met Healy at Santa Anita. He was a big horse racing fan. Great handicapper. Much better than I was, for sure.

OxyBob

[playball]

The "Bevacqua" tirade makes me yearn for the old Jim Healy Show, the greatest sports radio show ever. 

For years I was a regular contributor to the Jim Healy Show. I first met Healy at Santa Anita. He was a big horse racing fan. Great handicapper. Much better than I was, for sure.

OxyBob

OxyBob, you never cease to amaze!

[OxyBob]

OxyBob, you never cease to amaze!

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/brilliant.wav

OxyBob

[Jack Parkman]

Only one weekend left in the SCIAC and it looks like the pairings for the round-robin have been posted on Oxy's baseball page.  Only a few  one of the seeds is set in stone (CLU at #1) at this point and the following is what the round-robin will look like...

April 24

1@8
2@9
3@7

April 27

9@4
2@4

7@5
3@5

8@6
1@6

April 28

5@1
9@1

6@2
7@2

4@3
8@3

April 30

5@9
6@7
4@8

I think this will be a pretty cool finish to the season and would assume that the conference tournament will played at the #1 seed after the round-robin.  This is what I think the final standings will look like.

1- CLU           21-3
2. P-P            17-7
3. Redlands- 15-9
4. Chapman  15-9
5. Oxy           14-10
6. ULV           13-11
7. Whittier     8-16
8. CMS           5-19
9. Cal Tech    0-24

Obviously things could change with just 1 game being different but this is what I see happening.

[BigPoppa]

Does anyone have an update on the Coach T situation at Chapman?

[CrashDavisD3]

Does anyone have an update on the Coach T situation at Chapman?

No news yet. Over 632 people are now on the We Stand Behind Coach T facebook page.  Been going on almost 4 weeks now. Been on the local TV news shows on Fox and CBS. Also in the local newspaper OC Register. Amazing how a few can cause major problems for a great coach.

[Colorado]

Does anyone have an update on the Coach T situation at Chapman?

No news yet. Over 632 people are now on the We Stand Behind Coach T facebook page.  Been going on almost 4 weeks now. Been on the local TV news shows on Fox and CBS. Also in the local newspaper OC Register. Amazing how a few can cause major problems for a great coach.

From what I hear, the investigation is over. Most or all of the current players on the roster, along with a few alumni/former players, were interviewed by Chapman's human resources which explains why it took so long (finishing last week due to the alumni interviews that were held to accommodate their schedules). The fact that the investigation went beyond just the current program suggests that they were either trying to do a thorough job of it or they were looking to build the broadest case for the action that they plan to take.  I expect them to review their findings, discuss it with the boss (Doti) and then come up with a recommendation. 

No one is looking to sanitize T for his methods but as Crash aptly points out,  the consensus of a large part of the program (players and parents) is that the method works because what ultimately happens is that the player buys in and learns. I found it somewhat amazing that the local community (other than the baseball program) also chipped in with their support (parents and little kids who have gone to T's summer camps). I hope he is allowed to stay. If there must be a "punitive response" from Chapman, then  my take is that it ought to be something like him taking some remedial training/program (anger management) rather than termination. This would better address the real issue raised by the parent's complaint as firing him, in light of the actual "crime" that he is accused of,  just seems too extreme and vindictive. 

[CrashDavisD3]

SCIAC Races gets closer for the top 4 spots with 6 games remaining.

http://www.d3baseball.com/conf/SCIAC/2013/standings

Cal Lu and Pomona have the 1 & 2 spots wrapped up. The last 2 spots 3 & 4 for the SCIAC tourney has 4 teams right now with 9 losses. 6 games left for those spots.
Head to Head games could be the determining factor..

[108 Stitches]

Looks like Chapman has the easier path as they are playing Whittier, Occidental vs P-P, and LaVern vs CLU...

I guess this is only for seeding for the round robin games, but it should help Chapman somewhat.

[CrashDavisD3]

What is the tie breaker if 2 teams are tied for 4th place after Pool Play?

Head to Head?

In Region Record?

D3 Record?

Overall Record?

[CrashDavisD3]

Pool Play games are set. Which teams will be the TOP 4 and go on to the SCIAC Conference tourney to determine the Pool A Bid

My Prediction
1 - Cal Lutheran
2 - Pomona-Pitzer
3 - Redlands
4 - Occidental

Chapman will be left out. 2nd consecutive seasons to miss the playoffs. Things have not gone well in 2012 or 2013 since the 2011 runner-up to the National Championship. Now with the head coach suspended the future may not be bright.

[CrashDavisD3]

Only 1 game in the loss column separate 4 teams for the last 2 spots for the SCIAC conference tourney for the Pool A bid. Pool play continues thru Sunday. Cal Lu and Pomona-Pitzer have wrapped up the top 2 spots.

Occidental, Redlands, Chapman and La Verne. All have a shot at one the last 2 spots.

Whittier, Claremont, Cal Tech are out but can play a real spoiler role with any wins against these teams. Yesterday Whittier beat Redlands 2-1

[TexasBB]

Tereschuk on leave from Panthers

Any insights on this and what it means to the program.
Does not sound good.

[Teddy_Ballgame]

Not a lot of surprise in the first Regional Rankings: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/2013/04/25/first-ncaa-regional-rankings-for-2013/

1. Linfield- Just dismantled PP and ULV in their recent trip to Southern California and is ranked first in both national polls.
2. Cal Lutheran- Have to be one of the hottest teams in the country right now- CLU has won 15 in a row overall, 18 in a row in SCIAC, and is averaging exactly 10 runs a game for the season.
3. Texas-Tyler- Haven't played any So Cal teams this year
4. Trinity- 2-1 vs Chapman in their only SCIAC matchup
5. George Fox- 3-3 vs SCIAC including 1-2 vs CLU, 1-0 vs both Redlands and ULV, and 0-1 vs Whittier
6. Texas Lutheran- No games against SCIAC opponents

Have to think the Hens are the easy number 7 team, with a legitimate argument to be made against both George Fox and Texas Lutheran.

Oxy is the only other SCIAC team that could be anywhere near the radar, but their non-conference west region games were against very poor teams. What they do have going for them is 2-0 against regionally ranked Ithaca and Bridgewater.

[D O.C.]

OxyBob...
in rememberence of having spent the last 30 nights in the hospital
I leave you with RIGHT! as I'm released Friday.