MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[BogeyMan]

Really like what Jon VaderWal is doing at Marietta.  Marietta has not had much luck in basketball over the last several years and it looks like a real young coach is making a go of it.  I believe Coach VanderWal will move up the coaching ladder very fast.

[seventiesraider]

Mount Union MEN in second place on the OAC. Damn. I lived long enough for Hood to go 500.

[albertjackson]

70'sRaider- Season aint over, im predicting 3-6, maybe 2-7 2x around OAC!
DIII Insider - Muskie is below average in talent, and has a Hd. Coach who is basically in retirement, like Coach Reynolds, not much recruiting going on. Coach Ford is NO Coach Burson!!
WAlum - Surprise team - Mt. 6-3 in conference?!! Dissapointing team - Wilmington & BW, COY - Vanderwal, MVP - Maurice Haynes when it's all said & done.
I'm predicting JCU, Marietta, Capital, Berg, Wilmington, MT., ONU, OTT, BW, Muskie.
3 Programs that will be better with new coaches...OTTERBEIN, Mt. Union, and Muskie. I'm giving BW's Sheldon more time - only his 3rd year at BW but early results are below average, the Jackets have fallen on hard times. Sheldon's record at Berg wasnt good there either, basically had 1 good year out of 6 or 7 seasons. Jackets have talent IMO, they are young but besides Marietta & John Carroll, who isnt?

[D-III Insider]

Albert:

Do you really think any of the OAC programs will make coaching changes after the season?  D-III schools don't often fire coaches for lack of wins.  The OAC schools certainly does not have that type of reputation.

Think of some of the tenures these former and present OAC coaches have had:

Dick Reynolds at Otterbein
Steve Bankson at BW
Jim Burson at Muskingum
Gale Daugherty & Joe Campoli at ONU
John Hill at Heidelberg
Phil Roach at Marietta (Doug Foote too)
Mike Moran at JCU

 

[albertjackson]

DIII Insider,
No I dont expect any coaching changes. I'm simply saying these programs would/will be better when new coaches take over. It's D3 and firings shouldnt be like they are in D1. Its obvious these are RETIREMENT jobs - jobs that only open when a coach retires ie Burson, Bankson, Campoli. Moran, Goodwin, & Hood been there for awhile now. Reynolds will probably be next to retire, but I dont see that happening in next couple years.

[kiltedbryan]

Today in the OAC goes mostly according to form.  Home teams listed second.

Otterbein    82    Mount Union    61   
Marietta    67    Baldwin-Wallace 63       
Capital    77    John Carroll    82       
ONU     62    Muskingum        54       
H'Berg    79    Wilmington        74

JCU continues to follow the plan I outlined for them, and have now swept the season series with Capital, meaning they own that tiebreaker and is now functionally in second at 7-3. The one mild surprise on the day is Ott's win over UMU—that's a good victory for the Cardinals. Three other favorites also win on the road; probably a somewhat infrequent day in the OAC where four road teams win.

[kiltedbryan]

OAC Standings
(through games of 1/22)

1.  Marietta 8-2
2.  John Carroll 7-3
2.  Capital 7-3
4.  Mount Union 6-4
4.  Heidelberg 6-4
6.  Ohio Northern 4-6
6.  Otterbein 4-6
8.  Baldwin-Wallace 3-7
8.  Wilmington 3-7
10. Muskingum 2-8

[ste24vie]

Otterbein put 5 players in double figures and quality bench minutes led the Cards to another upset win in a rematch with 3rd place Mount Union. CJ Julian, back from where ever it was he went for a game, led the way with  a career high 19 points in front of his hometown boosters. The 'Beinies coach used a much better rotation and the Mount was never really in the game.

[WAlum]

   7:00 PM    Wilmington (Ohio)    67    Capital    68    Final       
     7:30 PM    John Carroll    80    Mount Union    78    Final       
     7:30 PM    Baldwin-Wallace    62    Heidelberg    83    Final       
     7:30 PM    Muskingum    50    Marietta    67    Final       
     7:30 PM    Otterbein    64    Ohio Northern    46    Final

[ste24vie]

Saturdays big game ......Marietta at Otterbein....Are the Cards a "CONTENDER" or "PRETENDER"? At Marietta, the 'Beinies got a Pioneer lesson on fatigue. Up just 4 points in the middle of the second half, the Pioneers blew the game wide open with continuous layups and dunks while the worn out Cards could only watch. Only the Cardinal starters played double figure minutes, while Marietta went 10 deep.

See Coach V post game interview....

http://pioneers.marietta.edu/news/2010/12/11/MBB_1211100718.aspx

Marietta will play an up tempo game and lots of subs with continuous pressure on the ball. It WILL take more than 5 players to beat Marietta.

[kiltedbryan]

Today's finals:

Capital 77, Mount Union 65
Wilmington 75, Baldwin-Wallace 68
John Carroll 72, Ohio Northern 76
Muskingum 68, Heidelberg 76
Marietta 65, Otterbein 63

OAC Standings
(through games of 1/29)

1.  Marietta 10-2
2.  Capital 9-3
3.  John Carroll 8-4
3.  Heidelberg 8-4
5.  Mount Union 6-6
6.  Ohio Northern 5-7
6.  Otterbein 5-7
8.  Wilmington 4-8
9.  Baldwin-Wallace 3-9
10. Muskingum 2-10

Marietta and Capital get the road wins they needed; Ohio Northern takes out JCU at home, completing a season sweep of the Blue Streaks.

Tough road ahead for Capital--three more road games @ONU, 'Berg and Ott.

Third place is up for grabs Wednesday when 'Berg goes to JCU. The Blue Streaks won the first match-up at Heidelberg, so H'berg will be looking to return the favor and avoid the season sweep.

[kiltedbryan]

The Marietta-Otterbein game was close throughout. 14 ties. Otterbein was up 11 early, and took an 8-point lead into the half, but Marietta scored the first 8 points of the second half to close the deficit. Marietta had its largest lead (by 5) with 7 to go, but Otterbein quickly closed it and it was a one possession game for the remainder of the contest.

FYI Pat: The recap indicates that the game ended on a true buzzer-beater. Marietta freshman Tyler Hammond made a floater in the lane as time expired for the victory. Not sure that there is video though, as Otterbein doesn't seem to advertise anything other than live stats on its webpage.

Since Otterbein's depth/lack of it/substitution patterns have been of such interest here...the Cardinals went 7 deep today. Chris Davis played 39 mins and Max Van Meter went for 32. Total bench minutes were 82 for Otterbein compared to only 57 for Marietta.

[Pat Coleman]

Marietta said it was a true buzzer-beater and said it would expedite video. Looking forward to it.

[ste24vie]

Score tied, Otterbein not wanting to foul, played little defense and let him go coast to coast and finish with a running floater and the buzzer sounded while the ball was in the air. NUTTIN BUT NET...GAME OVER.

[ste24vie]

Kilt, check your math ..........Otterbein subs played 54 minutes, and Marietta 57. As brutal as the paint is, Davis cannot be effective for 39 minutes, he must get a few minutes rest. But T/Os killed the Cardinals, 22 to Mariettas 11. Points off turnovers, 'Etta 17, Otterbein 6.