2011 Basketball Tournament TOP LEFT BRACKET discussion board

[(509)Rat]

Riley with a big 3!

82-66

Even with 8 guys on the court, Marietta hasn't been able to close the gap

[oldchap]

Marietta is in the bonus with 13 minutes left in the half??

Looks like refs trying to even things out a little, call two quick ones on Halter.

Where's oldchap to complain about the calls when you need him?

Don't worry, I'm here! Now you guys got a taste of what we, Chapman fans experienced in Spokane.  But as one coach once said to me "if you want to win, you have to be good enough to even beat the refs..."

Anyway, Congrats to Whitworth!! They should go to Salem, but the question is, can they hold the distance?

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth vs Wooster it is.  The year of the W?!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Whitworth vs Wooster it is.  The year of the W?!

Wooster looked very good tonight.  Tomorrow will be an amazing game.

[apstorey]

Gonna be a great game in Wooster tonight.  Best game of the day across all divisions!

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth has 3 players combine for 60+ while at the same time holding opponents top 2 scores under 30. Recipe for success.

[wooscotsfan]

Whitworth has 3 players combine for 60+ while at the same time holding opponents top 2 scores under 30. Recipe for success.

Recipe for success if the opponent has no depth.   Last night vs. Cabrini, Wooster's #4 scorer had 23 points, #3 scorer had 21 points and their #6 scorer had 15 points!

Should be a great game tonight as you could argue that this is really a Final 4 matchup being played now.

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth has 3 players combine for 60+ while at the same time holding opponents top 2 scores under 30. Recipe for success.

Recipe for success if the opponent has no depth.  Last night vs. Cabrini, Wooster's #4 scorer had 23 points, #3 scorer had 21 points and their #6 scorer had 15 points!

Should be a great game tonight as you could argue that this is really a Final 4 matchup being played now.

If this game is close AND the winner wins it all, loser gets lots of #3 votes in final poll.  I agree, no arguement from me.  

How did Cabrini's top 2 scores fare vs their averages? 

[ScotsFan]

How did Cabrini's top 2 scores fare vs their averages? 

Dom Farello was held to 3 points below his average.  Eleven of his 14 points came in the 2nd half when the game was already decided.

Lemons did manage to score 3 over his average but he was basically a one man team last night as he was trying to do it all.  And it did take him 19 shots to get his 20 points.

[woosterbooster]

Lemons did manage to score 3 over his average but he was basically a one man team last night as he was trying to do it all.  And it did take him 19 shots to get his 20 points.

I thought Wooster did an excellent job on Lemons.  When he penetrated, they stuck with him, so he rarely had available dish-offs.  Until the game was over, he was missing shots badly.  If he'd made those little pull-ups earlier, it would have been tougher.

[nwhoops1903]

This IS gonna be a great game. Let's hope your 3000 fans don't include 3 guys with wistles.   

[ScotsFan]

I thought Wooster did an excellent job on Lemons.  When he penetrated, they stuck with him, so he rarely had available dish-offs.  Until the game was over, he was missing shots badly.  If he'd made those little pull-ups earlier, it would have been tougher.

Good point.  Penetrating and kicking it out to an open man seemed almost as big a part of his game as scoring was and Wooster did do an excellent job of preventing him from piling up assists.

[ScotsFan]

This IS gonna be a great game. Let's hope your 3000 fans don't include 3 guys with wistles.   

Trust me.  For whatever reason, Wooster never seems to get the home court benefit when it comes to officiating.  Now, that's speaking of NCAC officials, so since we won't be dealing with those fine folk, who knows.   

I just hope we have a crew that doesn't feel like the people came to see the officials as opposed to see two fine teams in what has the makings to be an epic game!

[nwhoops1903]

With all that said, I might conclude REB, FT and TO's will decide the winner.

[(509)Rat]

Almost had to strangle someone after getting called-in to work...oh well, not gonna miss a minute of the game now. Bring on the bagpipers! 

Two very good teams. Whitworth is probably slightly better but Wooster is at home. That should even it all out.

Wooster is the first team Whitworth has played in this tourney who has more than 2-3 scoring options. Whitworth hasn't had trouble limiting the other team's stars, but much like Whitworth, Wooster has 5-6 guys who can go for 20.

Hope the refs don't too nit-picky, foul trouble has never been an issue for the Pirates but judging from last night not all conference officials allow some of the physicality we see in the NWC. Whitworth's bench is better than people think but not as good as Wooster starters if it were to come to that.

Will be fun to see who steps up tonight for Whitworth. Taylor is going to get his points, he'll be the best player on the court, but somebody else is going to have to play like Wade did last night for Whitworth to win.