MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[iwumichigander]

Jarret Ruffin had another highlight reel dunk last night. Good lord.

Ruffin dunk

p.s. It's worth it just to hear the student radio guy go nuts.

Go nuts is right!  It was a sweet dunk to be sure ("dunk of the decade!"), but Andre Norris (remember that name - he is a junior and could be a national POY candidate next year) of Dubuque had TWO 'Alley Oop' dunks Friday night against IWU that were even better!  Unfortunately for him and Dubuque, on the first one (trying to change the momentum as IWU was starting to pull away) he slammed it into the back of the rim for a resounding miss; the second was super-sweet but was too little, too late to rally his team.

Seriously, Chuck? You're declaring a missed dunk to be better than a made dunk?

(A successful dunk may only count for two points, but it counts for more than a botched one. )

Ah, but Greg, you're confusing scoreboard points with style points!

How in the world is it stylish to blow a dunk?

A Dunk may only count two points but style points = 0 

[RoyalPurple]

Wouldn't it be great to have the Raiders and Pioneers play one more time?

Considering the venue and the respective opponents I think Mount certainly has the bigger hurdle to clear to make that happen.  I think Etta is the favorite while Mount is a decided underdog.   

Taking into account just the last few games,,,I think Mount has a very good chance and Etta may be the tossup. Mount sailed through the OAC tourney and has looked strong since. Etta has struggled although Wooster was a strong opponent. I throw out the Top 25 at this point and look at how they are playig today. I do hope to an OAC rematch

[sac]

How in the world is it stylish to blow a dunk?

Victor Oladipo ladies and gentlemen.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJDRacwF8tU&t

[Gregory Sager]

Great athleticism, but hardly stylish. I see a guy who made a herculean effort in midair to catch a pass thrown behind him who, nevertheless, couldn't finish the play.

Success is a necessary ingredient of style.

[RoyalPurple]

First Quarter St O's spanking Etta. They are easily the most misranked team in the bracket

[joelmama]

Marietta comes back up 5 with 4:30 to go.

[Gregory Sager]

Marietta A.J. Edwards comes back up 5 with 4:30 to go.

Fixed it for you.

[RoyalPurple]

Etta getting sloppy and slipping back towards St 0. Anybody's game

[joelmama]

probably comes down to the last possession

[RoyalPurple]

Looks like Etta pullls it out, on to the main event

[joelmama]

I was wrong about the last possession but Marietta has it now. 16 seconds up 6

[ohiofan1954]

way to go Pioneers, now let's go Raiders. One more time, one more time.

[Ohigy]

Great comeback for the Pioneers - on to the Elite 8! Congrats!

[Dr. Acula]

Great season for my Raiders!  Tons to talent returning.  Fuline is building the program.

Go get em Etta!  Best of luck to the Pios!

[Dr. Acula]

And thank you to Stevie Griffin and Nate Jacubec.  Fuline's first two recruits who bought into building Mount into a legit basketball program.  Their grit and leadership helped get this team to the Sweet 16 and set the stage for bigger things in the future.  Those guys laid the foundation.  I hope they take pride in Mount's future success because they started that momentum.  Good luck in the future and thank you for believing in the program and Coach Fuline.  All Mount fans should thank those two.