MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

Dr. Acula · January 02, 2013, 05:22:27 PM

Quote from: sac on January 02, 2013, 05:13:17 PM
Quote from: Dr. Acula on January 02, 2013, 05:08:51 PM
I looked at the OAC stats just to see what the team FT % looked like. I was immediately distracted wondering how the heck Musky leads the conference at just under 77% AND has attempted the most FT by nearly 40 attempts. How is a team that's losing all the time get to the line that much? And how are you 0-10 if you're getting that many freebies and converting at such a high rate? Then I saw that they give up 84.5 points per game (last) and shoot 38.9% from the floor (last) and their record made more sense.

As for Ott, maybe their % is misleading? Maybe they have Cavs LeBron syndrome where they knock them down in the first half or when the game is a 20 point margin, but if it's late in a close game they're splitting the pair every time. Haha.

When I went over rosters for my blog last spring one of the things that really stood out was Muskingum's lack of height. They've added a couple since last spring but they pretty much have just 4 guys 6-5 or taller. That won't work well in the OAC.

I saw later that they have one kid, Dave Brown, who has attempted basically 30% of their FT and he shoots 90%. That'll boost the old team average!

I haven't seen Musky in a few yrs, but my mental picture of the Fish is usually mostly kids 5'10-6'3" who like to shoot jumpers. Evidently this year those jumpers aren't falling.

ohiofan1954 · January 06, 2013, 09:20:28 AM

nobody is worse at shooting ft's then otterbein. I have seen them lose at least two games this year(mt. union and milwaukee)where ft shooting has been the cause. Too be frank they are brutal. They didn't shoot many yesterday against cap so they didn't miss many there. The cap game was really bad, this will be a hard team to watch the rest of the year.

WAlum · January 09, 2013, 08:48:53 PM

What is going on with the OAC? Unpredictable performances every night!

sac · January 10, 2013, 12:09:28 AM

Who woke up Baldwin-Wallace?

BW 94 Marietta 71
BW 106 John Carroll 75

Dr. Acula · January 10, 2013, 03:36:39 PM

Mount falls at Etta 97-90. They got killed at the line to the tune of -20 (29/33 vs. 9/19). Not that it determined the outcome, but you're down 4 with 30 sec left so you certainly could have used at least a decent FT performance prior to that. They're just not good enough to have let downs in phases and win games against good teams.

sac · January 12, 2013, 12:52:26 PM

Important one for Marietta today hosting John Carroll. Capital has a tricky trip to Ohio Northern.

Capital 7-0
Marietta 6-1
BW 5-2
everyone else 3-4

Marietta plays at Capital next Wednesday so you can see how important these games are to setting up that one.

ohiofan1954 · January 13, 2013, 02:28:42 PM

well I was wrong. I did see a performance of shooting ft's that is worse ot oc's. If you wanted to see free throw shooting in the worst way last night's game bestween bert and oc was the place to be. Berg had a lower percentage at the line then the cards and that isn't easy to do. One berg player air balled not one but two foul shots. It was so bad I thought I might be watching my bobcats last night instead of a d3 game.

WAlum · January 17, 2013, 05:47:06 AM

Marietta with the win over Cap at the buzzer. 3 team race between 'Etta, Cap, and BW! BIG BIG BIG game Saturday as Cap and BW square off.

Dr. Acula · January 23, 2013, 09:18:53 PM

Mount completes the sweep of JCU tonight 93-84. It didn't look promising when JCU jumped out 15-0 to start the game but the Raiders steadied the ship with a quick run of their own. Mount now sits in 4th place at 6-5. While they're not contenders yet this is a big deal for the All-Sports standings as hoops has dragged them down recently.

Dr. Acula · January 24, 2013, 12:01:49 AM

^^^ 83-74 was that final. Oops.

WAlum · January 24, 2013, 10:53:50 AM

Otterbein with the HUGE upset over Marietta!

Dr. Acula · February 01, 2013, 02:22:00 PM

I saw Mount lost to BW by a bucket on a last second shot. Too bad. Yet another game where they're going toe to toe with one of the good teams in the conference but just can't close. I saw where Mike Fuline spoke at the Hall of Fame luncheon. He mentioned how with the core of the team being the 2 sophs and 5 freshmen he still expected them to contend for the OAC title next year. Normally I'd say that's just coach-speak, but I actually don't think he's wrong. By no means are they going to be a favorite, but I think they'll surprise some people next year.

Dr. Acula · February 02, 2013, 08:22:58 PM

UMU 93, Ott 65. The Raiders complete the sweep of the Cards. As someone who was in college during the Gibbs era you could have never sold me on a middle of the pack Mount team sweeping Ott and JCU both. I would have looked at you like you had two heads. The Raiders are now 7-7 with Musky on deck.

sac · February 02, 2013, 11:43:57 PM

Marietta 92 Heidelberg 89 2OT

game of the day in the region. H'berg hit a 3 with 11 seconds left to send it to OT, Marietta hit a 3 with 10 seconds left to send it to 2OT.
http://www.oac.org/sports/mbkb/2012-13/boxscores/20130202_v9r5.xml?view=plays

Capital at Marietta next Wed for the outright lead in the OAC

bouncer1 · February 07, 2013, 09:44:24 PM

Wanted to see if I could create some discussion about POY candidates. With 3 games to be played in the regular season, in my opinion, there are a possible 4 prospects: JJ Martin from Marietta, Kyle Payne from BW, and either Michael Sommer or Spencer Niekamp from Capital. Any thoughts or additional deserving candidates in anyone's opinion. It appears Capital is in the driver's seat for the regular season title. BW and Marietta square off Saturday with the loser all but out of the race. Capital has one road game, at Otterbein, in a rivalry game, and then closes the season at home. They control their own destiny. Stranger things have happened with 3 games remaining in the OAC