MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

albertjackson · February 19, 2011, 12:36:20 AM

POY thoughts? COY - Has to be Vanderwal! If Marietta doesnt win tourny are they out of NCAA's? A 1st rd. match-up with Wilmington not very rewarding for a 1 seed. Pioneers won by 11 & 6 vs Quakers this year. If Marietta who has really found ways to win all year long doesnt win tourny, is anyone but JCU capable of winning OAC tourny and representing conference in NCAA? How about grades for this year? Here's mine;

Pioneers A -easy, JCU A- lots of injuries and tough loss in teammate Matt Crozier, Capital B+ better than expected but losing 2x to #9 BW prevents an A, ONU B ok young team, Heidelberg C - expected lil more, Otterbein B - solid .500 season as always competed, Wilmington D underachieved, new roles after heavy graduation losses never materialized, Mt. U C - as expected, BW D - young, injuries derailed a lil, but still underachieved, Muskie C - lack of talent but competed. I'd also like to hear tourny predictions. Im taking JCU but I dont anticipate much of an NCAA run, maybe a game or 2 at best.

ste24vie · February 19, 2011, 01:23:26 PM

Coach of the Year is a no brainer..

Player of the Year, statistically would seem to be easy. But, Davis lead the conference in scoring and rebounding and averaged 35 minutes a game for a 6th place team. White, a preseason All-American was close behind in scoring, but on an 8th place team. Knab and Halter, playing in a team system and logging considerably less minutes on a FIRST place team also seem like logical choices. Breaking down the scoring per minute played, White is at .65 pts per minute played, Davis is .54 pts per minute played and Knab is .53 per minute played. Any of the 3 is a great choice. All have had great individual seasons.

Surprise team of the year is without a doubt, Marietta. Preseason voted 4th place tie.

Bust of the year must be Baldwin Wallace.

ste24vie · February 19, 2011, 01:39:55 PM

Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hyde team must be Otterbein. They held ONU to 14 points in a half but gave up 99 to JCU. Most games they refused to give in to fatigue, losing many games in the last 5 minutes of the game. Picked 9th in preseason and finishing 6 seems good, but shoulda finished a lot higher. Never figured out a player rotation to compete with the high pressure teams like Wilmington and Heidelberg and Marietta just flat out schooled them with 2 fatigue lessons. The teams that let the Cards walk the ball up the floor and toss it in to Davis usually led to an Otterbein victory.

Its the end of the year .....

Learn from the lessons....

SUBS + TAKE CARE OF THE BALL = VICTORY

ohiofan1954 · February 19, 2011, 10:59:25 PM

I agree with what you say about otterbein's problems bringing the ball up. It does seem though it was pretty much confined to one particular player for the cards . I always found it interesting more teams didn't press the cards when julian was in the game. In the maryville game in particular he threw the ball away at least 5 times on the same trap play. Still the cards play well in the tournament and it is great to see them back in it.

ste24vie · February 22, 2011, 04:04:44 PM

Did ya notice ?

The 2 Columbus teams play each other, the 2 northwestern teams play each other, two of the northeastern teams play each other and the 2 southernmost teams play each other although they are 3 hours apart probably.

Who feels good about their spot in the bracket and I woulda bet the ranch on ONU gettin a first round home game. They scored 14, yup thats right, 14 first half points against Otterbein at ONU.

Marietta gotta be worried about their draw. Especially if the Quakes take it to the hole instead of launching bombs.

Otterbein dug themselves an early season grave by losing to ONU and Mount Union, games they should have won easily. Dreaming about beating Cap, JCU and Marietta all in a row if the seeds win out.

Marietta's spot gotta be looking good, they should be in the NCAA win or lose. Everybody else needs to win out to dance.

sac · February 22, 2011, 09:20:28 PM

The final scores

Game 1: #8 Wilmington 73 at #1 Marietta College 84
Game 2: #7 Mount Union 68 at #2 John Carroll 75
Game 3: #6 Otterbein 47 at #3 Capital 76

Game 4: #5 Heidelberg at #4 Ohio Northern • 8 p.m.

at last look this was a 3 point ONU lead with 10 minutes to play
http://www2.onu.edu/livestats/mbb/xlive.htm

sac · February 22, 2011, 09:42:46 PM

Quote from: sac on February 22, 2011, 09:20:28 PM
The final scores

Game 1: #8 Wilmington 73 at #1 Marietta College 84
Game 2: #7 Mount Union 68 at #2 John Carroll 75
Game 3: #6 Otterbein 47 at #3 Capital 76

Game 4: #5 Heidelberg at #4 Ohio Northern • 8 p.m.

at last look this was a 3 point ONU lead with 10 minutes to play
http://www2.onu.edu/livestats/mbb/xlive.htm

Going to OT in Ada, Ohio tied at 65

kiltedbryan · February 22, 2011, 09:43:35 PM

OT in Ada.

65-65 at the end of regulation. ONU's Staley blocks 'Berg's last-second attempt for the win.

Now 71-71 with 3.1 left, Heidelberg to inbound in its half court for the opportunity to win...

Now trading timeouts...

Inbound goes back out-of-bounds...remains with Heidelberg. 2.2 left. Another timeout...

Off the inbounds a deep three goes wanting. We're going to double OT in Ada.

sac · February 22, 2011, 10:01:45 PM

Double OT in Ada

sac · February 22, 2011, 10:20:34 PM

Heidelberg 80 Ohio Northern 77 2OT

WAlum · February 23, 2011, 12:13:45 PM

Mount with SIX straight losing seasons! Football is King! Basketball isnt even a jester!

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 23, 2011, 03:54:38 PM

Final Regional Rankings are out before Selection Sunday: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/category/ncaa-stuff/regional-rankings/

ste24vie · February 23, 2011, 05:20:42 PM

Otterbein Cardinals fourth straight non winning season, got a big time lesson at Capital on Tuesday.

Lots of talent, NO LEADERSHIP & NO FUNDAMENTALS.

The problem with so called ICONs, is they always seem to stay around too long.

Give the program a chance to return to greatness.

Its not 2002 anymore and Jeff Gibbs is not suiting up anymore.

D-III Insider · February 23, 2011, 08:12:43 PM

Syevie:

You need to get off Reynolds. He will leave Westerville on his terms nobody elses. He has earned that and I don't think he is ready to give up reigns yet. I bet teh next Cardinal coach will not be nearly as successful in Westerville as Dick Reynolds has.

You think there are not a few OAC, NCAC schools who would love to see Dick Reynolds running their programs. What do you have against Reynolds anyway?

kiltedbryan · February 24, 2011, 11:01:20 AM

In what I think is a recent change in format, the OAC semis will be held tonight on the campus of the higher seeds.

#5 Heidelberg travels to #1 Marietta
#3 Capital travels to #2 John Carroll

Both games are 7:30 tips. Marietta has an OAC tournament page set up, which is the place to go for links to live audio/video/stats for tonight's contests.

I think both of these games are near toss-ups, but I like the home teams tonight.