BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Tom Brady]

Obviously this will be argued, but I really think the best team in the SCIAC is Cal Lu, but they are also the team that has been under-achieving for the past few years.  Cal Lu has the best facilities (finally) hands down and they still can't figure it out.  Not taking anything away from OXY here, but the 2 games CLU lost to them pretty much ended their season.  How they overlooked OXY amazes me and they have nobody to blame but themselves.  I do not see ULV taking all 3 from Whittier this weekend, which will give P-P the title.....unless they lose to the Beavers

[snoop dawg]

WT

Speaking of underachievers, UR has virtually everyone back from last year and they are barely at .500 for the year in the SCIAC.   I really thought they would not only win the SCIAC but maybe a few games in the tourney.  Wow was I off.

[Browneagle64]

Well, W.T. i would have thought you would follow your early season prediction that the Leo's surely would be the SCIAC champs this time around, but i think i was mistaken.
To keep this topic short and to the point, the Leo's will win it all against a team like the poets and surely convince the SCIAC polls that they are the #1 team in the League. Of course, other poster have already pointed out that if the hens Tie it up with the Leo's during the weekend, all nods will be in favor of a much better Leo team. And trust me after seeing the poets play this year and comparing them to the Leos, La Verne has a better team.

   

[Tom Brady]

BE-  I really have no idea about what will happen, I am predicting a 2-1 series due to the fact that Whittier has one pretty good arm (Name is escaping me) and I feel like he will beat ULV.  Who knows, I guess this will all be figured out by saturday night.

Snoop-  No kidding about Redlands.  What in the world happened to them?  DId they have a lot of guys hurt?  You would think they would be able to carry last year over to this year, but the obviously didnt do that.

PomonaAlum-  The line about not winning with class was directed at a post that has since been removed.  It said some things about BrownEagles predictions and how he was full of it and many other things.  It was obvious it was from either a Pomona player of fan.  No big deal, just not what I expected on a board that has been great this year.

[snoop dawg]

WT         I dont know either.  From a statistical standpoint it appears that the pitching staff didnt perform as well as last year.  However, as we all know, stats can be very deceiving.  As we also all know a bad bounce here, an error there, a timely hit by the other team can be the difference between a W or an L.  If those go against you 3-5 times in a year, an entire season can go down the tubes in the SCIAC.

It is unfortunate that only one SCIAC  team can get to the tourney, it has to take some of the incentive out of a team that can only finsh or will finish second.

[BigPoppa]

I think  the SCIAC would certainly benefit from a post-season tourney. It would give the conference teams more to shoot for in the 2-6 slots and also allow a possible second bid as one could go to the tourney winner and a possible Pool C bid to the season winner, in the event that they do not win the tourney.

[snoop dawg]

BP

I agree, but would a tourney limit the amount of non conference games the teams could play?  It might eliminate playing some patsies and thus make a team more prepared for the tourney should they get in.

[BigPoppa]

BP

I agree, but would a tourney limit the amount of non conference games the teams could play?  It might eliminate playing some patsies and thus make a team more prepared for the tourney should they get in.

Post season (conference tourney or NCAA tourney) games do not count against the maximum number of games allowed during the season.

[snoop dawg]

BP     I understand that however, and I should have been more specific, from a time standpoint it might make it difficult to fit in as many non conference game if the SCIAC had a toureny.  Most SCIAC  schools want to limit the amount of time away from the classroom and the season is fairly short to begin with between the start of the season and the NCAA tourney.

[pomonaalum]

The way the baseball schedule is set up in the SCIAC, time away from the classroom is really minimized, especially in conference play.   Most schools don't have class on Friday afternoons, and obviously none on Saturday.  You could easily fit a single elimination tourney into a weekend at a single site, or a double elimination with multiple sites.

[Browneagle64]

That would be a great idea. Escpecially since Friday, Saturday and sunday ball would work well. (i.e. it works almost well for the Pac-10 Basketball touney)
The more i think about it, this tourney can even start on a Thursday afternoon.

[Just_Some_Guy]

I am sure that the Hens are not the superior and the best team in the SCIAc this yearas you might have thought Guy, but i do have to honestly say that they do belong close to the Top. With that said, i honestly feel that the Leo's are right were they are supposed to be and  sure can be considered the best team in the SCIAC this year. THere is no doubt that they will be representing the SCIAC in the D3 baseball tourney within weeks. 

I guess there should've been some doubt because Whittier edges La Verne 3-2 in 11 innings in the final game of the three game set and Pomona Pitzer joins Pac Lutheran as another West Region team receiving a Pool A automatic bid.

I belive Austin College is a West Region team (in the SCAC) and Millsaps (who does have the pitching) will have to beat them twice tomorrow in the SCAC tourney otherwise Austin could be headed to the West region tournament as well.  That would definitely shake things up.

Some_Guy

[pomonaalum]

Congrats to the Sagehens on their 1st SCIAC title in a few years...must have been a few tense moments sweating out the Whittier-La Verne final.  Looks like the 1st game today was a close, extra inning affair as well...

[The2ndComing]

Congrats to the Sagehens!!! Aside from more predictions that La Verne would win the league outright! Have fun in the playoffs

[pomonaalum]

Props to Whittier as well for playing hard in the series in the spoiler role, with nothing to gain for the Poets in the standings.  Looks like LaVerne put runners on 3rd w/ one out twice with a chance to win the game in the 9th and 10th, and Whittier intentionally walked the bases loaded twice to set up the force...from the write-up in the Inland Empire Daily Bulletin, sounds like Pomona's team got there in time to see the end of game 2.  Now, a long layoff for the 'Hens before the playoffs start.