MBB: Ohio Athletic Conference

jdean · January 11, 2006, 11:24:26 PM

Can't stand to see OAC the only site on GL with no post today so I thought I give everyone the news they've been waiting for--Mount beat Marietta by 6. Mount has managed to win the last couple games against two pretty bad teams. Any more out there?

ScotsFan · January 12, 2006, 11:53:04 AM

Yet another flavor of the week falls!

Wilmington, who was this week's OAC flavor of the week fell last night to Musky?! Need I remind anyone that Kenyon beat Musky??? BW looks to be back in the driver's seat after their dismantling of JCU. Looks like they took out a bit of revenge for that Wilmington loss on the Blue Streaks.

I guess the Muskies' upset of the Quakers helps prove Toph's comment about the OAC being such a tough conference from top to bottom. I still can't get it out of my head how Musky could lose to a team as bad as Kenyon and turn around and beat a good Wilmington team?! Go figure, I guess???

jdean · January 12, 2006, 12:59:37 PM

Kenyon has all those D1 transfers!

Toph · January 12, 2006, 06:04:49 PM

That JCU/BW game was U-G-L-Y. JCUers couldn't throw the ball in the ocean (7-35 in the 1st half), BW was extremely well prepared and executed very well. Tori Davis took over in the second half. Having seen a lot of JCU's games (and also being a little biased) I don't think the Streaks are as bad as their showing last night. The Jackets played well and dominated. We'll see if they stay in the driver's seat. Don't forget, they have a game at Muskingum near the end of the year

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Toph · January 12, 2006, 06:58:53 PM

jdean-

By the way, looking at the final score, is it safe to say that the Pios have given up on the "Fun and Gun?" Against JCU they settled into a 3-2 zone and tried to win in the halfcourt. What's going on down south?

jdean · January 12, 2006, 10:49:42 PM

Marietta was 29-52=55.8% from the floor and 14-30 in 3 pt FG against Mount. If I was a coach I'd take that every day of the week. The problem appears to be 5-17 FT and 15 less bounds. Mount has been slowly improving its game, trying to get in a drivers seat like BW has so they can avoid the 0-70 on Jan 18.

Toph · January 13, 2006, 01:03:28 PM

QuoteMount has been slowly improving its game, trying to get in a drivers seat like BW has so they can avoid the 0-70 on Jan 18.

Maybe the gentleman I see at every JCU basketball game decked out in a purple coat and matching hat can lend your boys a hand and show them what the Jackets did to dismantle the Catholics at home.

johnworms · January 14, 2006, 01:24:46 PM

Hey ScotsFan,
I see what you are saying about Mucky losing to Kenyon earlier in the year, then coming back to knock off the Quakers. I suppose it is something like a 5-9 Otterbein squad beating the co-NCAC leader Ohio Weslyan a couple of weeks ago. Anything can happen on any given night.

I would say that the NCAC's two best teams, Witt and COW are better than the OAC's two best teams (BW and Wilmington) but top to bottom the OAC is much deeper IMO. I also look for BW to make quite a bit of noise in the NCAA tournament. Perhaps they could be the fourth team in the past 6 years to make it to the Final Four from the OAC!

johnworms · January 14, 2006, 02:56:10 PM

Otterbein holds off Capital 74-72!

The Cards go in to the Cap center today and barely protect a 10 point half-time lead when Ross Banaszak hits a runner with 11 seconds to go.

Way to go Cards!

jdean · January 14, 2006, 06:02:17 PM

Quote from: Toph on January 10, 2006, 03:02:01 PM
I am a little surprised that Wilmington beat BW, but everyone around the OAC always likes to say that its the best conference top to bottom.

What's all this talk about Wilmington? They are SO bad Mount beat them today, 58-56. Mount has one win outside the conference but has four OAC wins--go figure. Coach has them peaking at just the right time--1-18.

jdean · January 14, 2006, 06:23:44 PM

Quote from: Toph on January 13, 2006, 01:03:28 PM

Maybe the gentleman I see at every JCU basketball game decked out in a purple coat and matching hat can lend your boys a hand and show them what the Jackets did to dismantle the Catholics at home.

Maybe that guy in purple should help the Streaks--lose to Muskie??? ONU and BW continue to be the class of the OAC with W's.

ScotsFan · January 15, 2006, 01:29:29 PM

Quote from: Toph on January 12, 2006, 06:04:49 PM
Having seen a lot of JCU's games (and also being a little biased) I don't think the Streaks are as bad as their showing last night. The Jackets played well and dominated.

How about as bad as the Streaks showing last night at Musky?

Things aren't looking so good up in University Heights right now...

c-busballer · January 16, 2006, 09:37:37 AM

First post on here. ScotsFan, what Kenyon-Muskingum game are you talking about? I believe the score that I read was Muskingum 85, Kenyon 66.

Quote from: ScotsFan on January 12, 2006, 11:53:04 AM
Yet another flavor of the week falls!

Wilmington, who was this week's OAC flavor of the week fell last night to Musky?! Need I remind anyone that Kenyon beat Musky??? BW looks to be back in the driver's seat after their dismantling of JCU. Looks like they took out a bit of revenge for that Wilmington loss on the Blue Streaks.

I guess the Muskies' upset of the Quakers helps prove Toph's comment about the OAC being such a tough conference from top to bottom. I still can't get it out of my head how Musky could lose to a team as bad as Kenyon and turn around and beat a good Wilmington team?! Go figure, I guess???

I do believe the OAC is down this year. Lots of young talent. I think the league is a year away from having 3 or 4 great teams along with 3 or 4 good teams.

If you were trying to bash Wilmington and John Carroll, I do not get your point. Muskingum has had some very good wins this year. I am not a Muskingum fan, but have seen them play and think they are a solid team.

ScotsFan · January 16, 2006, 10:40:27 AM

Quote from: c-busballer on January 16, 2006, 09:37:37 AM
First post on here. ScotsFan, what Kenyon-Muskingum game are you talking about? I believe the score that I read was Muskingum 85, Kenyon 66.

Firstly, you are correct, it wasn't Kenyon that beat Musky, it was Denison. My bad. Desison isn't much better than Kenyon for what it's worth.

Quote from: c-busballer on January 16, 2006, 09:37:37 AM
I do believe the OAC is down this year. Lots of young talent. I think the league is a year away from having 3 or 4 great teams along with 3 or 4 good teams.

If you were trying to bash Wilmington and John Carroll, I do not get your point. Muskingum has had some very good wins this year. I am not a Muskingum fan, but have seen them play and think they are a solid team.

Secondly, I was not trying to bash anyone. Try reading my entire post next time. I actually gave props to the OAC for being such a tough conference top to bottom! I was also just commenting on how many different teams could be considered contenders. B-W and JCU were at the top to start the year. JCU has since fallen. ONU came on over the holidays and Wilmington has since made a push, but have since given the front-runner position back to B-W. I really can't see how you construe that as bashing?

c-busballer · January 16, 2006, 05:13:44 PM

ScotsFan,

Sorry if I took your comments the wrong way. It just seemed like you wanted to get into the NCAC/OAC arguement by downplaying the seasons of Wilmington and JCU because they lost to Muskingum, who you said lost to Kenyon. If not no problem. I get sick of reading and hearing that arguement. I have seen Muskingum, ONU, JCU, Capital, Otterbein, Denison, and Wittenberg play this year. I am going to try and see the Wooster/Witt game later this year. I think by the end of the year, ONU will be a very dangerous team to deal with. Wittenberg is very good. I haven't seen Wooster for a couple of years, but I know they have a good team and can't wait to see them. I am also going to try and see BW some time. With the MIAA teams, and whoever else makes it in, it will be a challenging region. Luckily Stevens Point graduated most of their team. Someone else will have a shot. When they were playing well, very few teams were going to challenge them.

Again, sorry if I took your comments the wrong way.