MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

[ohiofan1954]

oh man, when will I ever learn? After watching Otterbein put up a good fight against Ohio Wesleyan in Lacrosse yesterday I was in a mood to watch basketball in the worst way. Well go to watch the cards play the student princes and that is what you get.That was about as bad as you can get last night. To make it worse they went to overtime and extended the misery. I don't think Otterbein ever did figure out the half court and inbounds traps Heidelberg was throwing at them.

[Dr. Acula]

The thing that shocked me the couple times I've ventured over to the Rike Center is the talent level at Ott right now.  They just don't have a lot of quality.  Bischoff is a nice player and is only going to get better the next 2 yrs.  He was good player on a very good team in HS so that was a nice get for them.  But beyond him I just didn't see a ton there.  RaNeal Ewing was a big loss when he transferred to Etta.  He's a solid player that could definitely help the Cards.  But even with him they'd still be painfully thin on talent currently.
 

[ohiofan1954]

it seems that dick Reynolds is still the scapegoat and it is a shame. Yes the basketball program slipped in the last few years but a lot of good things happened during that time also. The new football stadium which is one of the finer d3 facilities in the country. Also the first to start a Lacrosse program in the OAC. Now it seems everyone is jumping to add the sort as quickly as possible. Sooner or later his recruits will all be gone and then someone else's head will be on the chopping block. Got to give this coach a chance though,(of course it looked like the browns were going to fire their coach before he even coached a practice) rebuilding a d3 program is a whole different animal then d1.

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Baldwin Wallace 78  Capital 68
John Carroll  95  Otterbein 74

quick turnaround for tomorrow's games

#6 Baldwin Wallace at #3 Wilmington
#5 John Carroll at #4 Ohio Northern

BW and Wilmington split this year with each winning on the others floor
ONU and JCU split with both winning at home

[Fifth and Putnam]

I think Ohio Northern wins with ease tomorrow, but I could see B-W giving Wilmington a big fight tomorrow. We shall see. As I Marietta fan,  there should be a minimum of 3 overtimes tomorrow night in Wilmington. 

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Wilmington 65  Baldwin Wallace 58

7 points might have been the biggest margin by either team.  End to a season of high expectations not met for BW.

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John Carroll 92 Ohio Northern  81

JCU led just about the whole way.

Semi'finals set

Wilmington at Marietta
John Carroll at Mt. Union

MtU beat JCU twice by 13
Marietta beat Wilmington twice, once by 20+, once by 2

[Dr. Acula]

Mount is definitely not playing their best ball again tonight.  Shooting poorly from deep, bad defense and now turning it over 3 straight possessions leading to 2 lay ups for JCU.  Still lead 72-69 with 4+ min to go, but they need to tighten things up down the stretch. 

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JCU 83  Mt. Union 81

Mt. Union almost stole this one after falling behind.  Forced two back-court turnovers with under a minute to play.  Mt. ended up at the line with 1.8 and a chance to tie but failed to convert.


Losing in the semi-finals of your tournament is usually the end of your season.  Mount will have to wait out the invisible ratings on Sunday.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Depends on the conference... the OAC... probably true.

[Dr. Acula]

JCU wins 83-81.  Mount went to the line for 2 FT with 2 seconds left, but failed to tie it missing the first and intentionally missing the 2nd.  The Raiders were 0-7 on 3's in the final 4 minutes including several wide open looks.  Picked a bad time to shoot 27% from deep (39% overall).  Good job by Carroll who took advantage of the Mount D most of the night shooting 50% from the floor, 42% from 3. 

Fun season for the Raiders overall.  I really enjoyed it and I'm excited for next year to see how much they can improve again with basically everyone back again.  If Ruffin continues to develop he could be scary good.  And Foreman and Jackson both look like players at the guard spot.  Future is definitely bright. 

 

[Dr. Acula]

JCU 83  Mt. Union 81

Mt. Union almost stole this one after falling behind.  Forced two back-court turnovers with under a minute to play.  Mt. ended up at the line with 1.8 and a chance to tie but failed to convert.


Losing in the semi-finals of your tournament is usually the end of your season.  Mount will have to wait out the invisible ratings on Sunday.

They've lost 3 of their last 4, bowed out in the semis and don't really have a signature win.  I just assumed their season was over.  But I also don't know the selection criteria very well.  Not something we usually worried about in Alliance!   

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JCU 83  Mt. Union 81

Mt. Union almost stole this one after falling behind.  Forced two back-court turnovers with under a minute to play.  Mt. ended up at the line with 1.8 and a chance to tie but failed to convert.


Losing in the semi-finals of your tournament is usually the end of your season.  Mount will have to wait out the invisible ratings on Sunday.

They've lost 3 of their last 4, bowed out in the semis and don't really have a signature win.  I just assumed their season was over.  But I also don't know the selection criteria very well.  Not something we usually worried about in Alliance!   

They were behind Bethany coming in, I would hope they move ahead of them based on Bethany's terrible loss to a #9 seed in their tournament.

The key for Mt. is where they align with the NCAC semi-final losers and who those losers are.  Might be too much for them to be ranked ahead of OWU or Witt/DPW.


This really puts the winner of Witt/DePauw in great shape to get a bid as long as Wooster wins.

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Wilmington with two quick shots with a minute to play leading and then fail to even get off a game winning shot on the games final possession

Heading to OT in Marietta tied at 73
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wmrt-fm-marietta-college-sports#utm_campaign=unknown&utm_source=12053840&utm_medium=social

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Wilmington 91  Marietta 82  OT

Wilmington hit 3 big 3's and walk away with the win in OT. 

John Carroll at Wilmington for the OAC Tournament title on Saturday.  Wilmington beat JCU twice this year.