MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[sac]

Marietta's Jacob Owen's makes a 3-point shot with :06 on the clock for the win over Baldwin-Wallace 72-70 to remain one game back of Capital.  BW falls two back.

[ohiofan1954]

exciting game at otterbein last night. Cap looked great in the first half and then otterbein mounted a great comback in the second. Crowd was great also. Great to see the student into the game as much as last night.

[remsleep]

Could somebody please correct the team page for Ohio Northern Men's Basketball?  The Head Coach is Kevin Byrne.
Thanks

[Dr. Acula]

Mount picked up a solid road win in Ada. At 9-7 they've clinched a spot in the OAC tourney and now at least a .500 mark in OAC play.  Minor things, but progress is progress. 

[WAlum]

Good year for Mount.  The tournament will be fun with the potential for upsets in every game!

[WAlum]

Cap clinches a share with a win over muskingum and can win it outright with a win over ONU on saturday.  When was the last time a team went winless in the OAC?  The Muskies are 0-17 with B-W remaining.  If Otterbein beats Heidelberg on Saturday, they tie the 'Berg for the 8th spot and will make the tournament (I think)based on tie-breakers.

[sac]

More like Capital survives Muskingum,  60-59 with 4 minutes to play.

http://www.oac.org/sports/mbkb/2012-13/boxscores/20130213_6m7l.xml?view=box2

[sac]

When was the last time a team went winless in the OAC? 

1988  Otterbein went 0-16

2 years later they won the OAC and would win it 3 years in a row.  Can't remember the guys name but they had a transfer from Ohio State and he was a good one.

[Gregory Sager]

When was the last time a team went winless in the OAC? 

1988  Otterbein went 0-16

2 years later they won the OAC and would win it 3 years in a row.  Can't remember the guys name but they had a transfer from Ohio State and he was a good one.

James Bradley.

[ohiofan1954]

if otterbein gets the tiebreaker(that's a big if, I don't have a lot of confidence in the cards winnng saturday)that would set up a nice 3rd game with cap. The respective student sections last saturday night at otterbein were everything you would want at a college basketball game.

[sac]

if otterbein gets the tiebreaker(that's a big if, I don't have a lot of confidence in the cards winnng saturday)that would set up a nice 3rd game with cap. The respective student sections last saturday night at otterbein were everything you would want at a college basketball game.

Otterbein is in the tournament because Baldwin-Wallace made themselves ineligible this year.

Some pretty important news about Baldwin-Wallace on the d3hoops.com home page.
http://d3hoops.com/notables/2012/10/baldwin-wallace-postseason-ban

The OAC doesn't do a straight 8 team tournament any more.

It's this:  pdf of the bracket here    http://oac.org/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/13MBASKETBALL_Bracket.pdf

#8 at #5
#7 at #6
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Winner 8/5 at #4
Winner 7/6 at #3
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Winner 8/5/4 at #1
Winner 7/6/3 at #2
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Winners in Championship

In other words the 1 and 2 only have to win 2 games to win the tournament, while the 3/4 have to win 3, 5-8 have to win 4.


Otterbein's opponent is yet to be determined between Wilmington, Mt. Union, Ohio Northern, John Carroll. They'll either be the 8 or 7 seed.

[ScotsFan]

I actually like that format for a conference tourney.  It actually rewards the teams that win the conference regular season.  If you can't eliminate conference tourneys, this is the next best thing if you ask me...

[ohiofan1954]

thanks for the bw info. I had forgot after the football season ended.

[sac]

Capital beat Ohio Northern, which didn't matter because John Carroll beat Marietta anyway.

seeds
1.  Capital
2.  Marietta
3.  Wilmington
4.  Mt. Union
5.  John Carroll
6.  Ohio Northern
7.  Heidelberg
8.  Otterbein

pdf of the bracket:  http://oac.org/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/13BASKETBALL_Bracket.pdf

[sac]

Wouldn't be the OAC tournament without an upset as #8 Ott beats #5 JCU,

Otterbein 82 John Carroll 76
Ohio Northern 79 Heidelberg 71

"2nd round" Tuesday night
#8 Otterbein at #4  Mt. Union
#6 Ohio Northern at #3 Wilmington