MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

ohiofan1954 · December 05, 2012, 04:56:54 PM

does anyone know if the game time for the mt. union basketball game is ferm or may change with the football game ending? Would love to catch both games and then get back to columbus in time to catch at least part of otterbein's game.

Pat Coleman · December 05, 2012, 05:52:44 PM

Earlier in the week they announced a time change for the Mount Union MBB home game. The time on our site and their site is correct.

ohiofan1954 · December 05, 2012, 06:24:23 PM

thank you very much, now do I stay in allinace for the mt. game or go home early for the otterbein game? Decisions decicions. Would love to catch the cards under the new coach but I have the rest of the year for that. This is probably my only trip to the mt. this year so I think I will stay.

Dr. Acula · December 06, 2012, 10:52:03 AM

Nice road win for Mount last night at JCU. Down 2 at the half and then outscore the Streaks by 18 in the 2nd half. Jacubec led the way with 23. Dillon had 20. And Moore and Scelza had 12 and 11, respectively, in 16 minutes apiece. Not surprisingly when you score 92 points they shot the ball well. 55% from the floor.

I'm cautiously excited after playing Cap tough (4 point loss in Bexley) then winning at JCU. With that many freshmen playing I know they're going to be inconsistent, but at least it seems like those kids have some talent. That's very encouraging. My caution comes from my uncertainty about how down the OAC is this year. Are our young guys good? Or is the conference just middling this year so it appears they are? I'm sure it's a some of both.

Dr. Acula · December 06, 2012, 10:56:52 AM

Quote from: davepi2 on December 05, 2012, 06:24:23 PM
thank you very much, now do I stay in allinace for the mt. game or go home early for the otterbein game? Decisions decicions. Would love to catch the cards under the new coach but I have the rest of the year for that. This is probably my only trip to the mt. this year so I think I will stay.

You should stay. Isn't Ott playing Musky? Who wants to see that? Haha. That Berg/Mount game should be much better than watching the Fish.

ohiofan1954 · December 07, 2012, 08:10:00 PM

unfortunately dr. the decision was made for me. I have to work tomorrow. No way to get to alliance from columbus in 1 hour. Oh well Otterbein it is. However with any luck I might make it to the cap game saturday afternoon and failing that maybe Ohio Wesleyan or Denison.

sac · December 08, 2012, 05:38:32 PM

Capital 64 Baldwin-Wallace 63
3 pointer to win it.

Dr. Acula · December 08, 2012, 08:29:53 PM

Mount improves to 2-1 in OAC play (3-5 overall) with a 68-67 win over Berg. Not a bad start in conference play so far.

ohiofan1954 · December 09, 2012, 08:49:16 AM

I can't believe it, can't make it too the football game of the year, miss a great basketball game and wind up settling for what maybe the worst basketball game I have ever watched. That game at Otterbein was terrible. Muskingum kept in the game because the cards can't hit a jump shot or shoot ft's. Terrible , terrible game. Good thing the cheerleaders are hot!!! because if you ever wanted to watch basketball in the worst way, Otterbein was the place to be last night.

Dr. Acula · December 17, 2012, 10:47:52 AM

Mount (4-5, 3-1) picks up another road win this time at Ott 66-60. Balanced scoring with 5 guys scoring at least 8 pts. Also good to see Stevie Griffin played 15 minutes. He struggled shooting, but did grab 6 boards in limited action. It's good to see him back in the box score. That'll help them going forward. Credit to Coach Fuline so far. They're young, but he has them off to a nice start in conference play. Definitely encouraging.

Dr. Acula · December 29, 2012, 08:23:15 PM

Mount drops one to #12 Adrian 73-63. The Raiders played them tough. They trailed 66-63 in the final 90 sec before a clutch 3 put the game away. A loss is a loss, but I'm again pleased with the play. They shot poorly in the 1st half, but battled and had a chance until the end. Obviously they need to win games like this, but this is still progress from where they were. They're competing every night now.

ohiofan1954 · January 02, 2013, 09:14:22 AM

I don't care who the coach at Otterbein is , if they don't learn how to shoot ft's they are going to have a hard time winning many games this year. I have seen them 3 times this year and they have been terrible at the line every time. Best defense especially in a close game is to foul.

sac · January 02, 2013, 12:51:35 PM

Quote from: davepi2 on January 02, 2013, 09:14:22 AM
I don't care who the coach at Otterbein is , if they don't learn how to shoot ft's they are going to have a hard time winning many games this year. I have seen them 3 times this year and they have been terrible at the line every time. Best defense especially in a close game is to foul.

68.1% on the year is sadly above the national average.

Dr. Acula · 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.

sac · 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.