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#16
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: Top 25 talk
March 11, 2016, 11:56:35 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 11, 2016, 11:22:29 PM
Quote from: sac on March 11, 2016, 11:19:47 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on March 11, 2016, 10:51:20 PM
Probably more a matter of "peaking at the right time;" if there's one program in D3 that generally does not get overlooked by the poll voters, it's Wooster.

Also a bracket that avoided the entire Great Lakes and Midwest Regions. :)

This.

No slight to the Scots, who are certainly very good, but ... this. ;)
Hey, I'm not the one arguing they should be ranked -- although we all know, I am sure, that they've secured a top 15 slot in the final poll, regardless of what happens from here on out. My point is that they lost to every good team they played in the non-conference (Skidmore, Salisbury, Marietta), then followed that up with conference losses to Wittenberg, Hiram, and Denison (and, of course, OWU), none of which are terrible by themselves but taken as a whole are less than inspiring. And yes, Lancaster Bible, Endicott, and Oswego St. are not a murderer's row, but they are Wooster's three best wins outside OWU, and they put the Scots in the Sectional final. Wooster doesn't win these games in November/December; I call that peaking. Whether that improvement is enough to handle Christopher Newport tomorrow remains to be seen. One thing's for sure: if Wooster wins, it will be attributed at least in part to CNU's geography. ;)
#17
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: Top 25 talk
March 11, 2016, 11:21:05 PM
Quote from: wooscotsfan on March 11, 2016, 11:02:45 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on March 11, 2016, 10:51:20 PM
Probably more a matter of "peaking at the right time;" if there's one program in D3 that generally does not get overlooked by the poll voters, it's Wooster.

North Central and Emory were both ranked in the last Top 25 poll each with 7 losses.  Wooster also with 7 losses was obviously not ranked.
I get what you are saying, but Wooster, alongside Amherst, has historically dominated the Top 25 poll since its inception. I no longer know which is #1 and which is #2, but they are 1-2 in top 10 rankings, top 25 rankings, and overall weeks with votes; Wooster has been left out of the poll altogether (i.e. zero votes) only a handful of times ever. I doubt that there's ever been a ballot cast by a voter who didn't give Wooster serious consideration.
#18
Quote from: wooscotsfan on March 11, 2016, 10:56:18 PM
Sortino was also near the three point line (not near the basket) and he did not appear to be in a shooting motion.
If he'd gotten the call he was evidently going for, this wouldn't have mattered; they were in the double bonus. Really, Wooster only had one way out on this play, which was to impede Sortino enough to prevent a layup or other high percentage shot, but not foul and send him to the line where he was not going to miss both shots. Fortunately, Milt Davis provided exactly what the Scots needed.
#19
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: Top 25 talk
March 11, 2016, 10:51:20 PM
Probably more a matter of "peaking at the right time;" if there's one program in D3 that generally does not get overlooked by the poll voters, it's Wooster.
#20
I wasn't watching the Wooster game, but going by Mike Breckenridge's call, I really liked Oswego's last second play call. Down one with 4.x seconds left, and in the double bonus, inbound the ball off the made free throw and not give the defense a chance to set up their own play, then run straight at the defense with your nearly perfect free throw shooter. Props to Milt Davis for sniffing it out and not taking the bait. Even so, it was a gutsy and yet fairly high-percentage call that just didn't pan out, luckily for the Scots.
#21
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament
March 11, 2016, 10:20:04 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 11, 2016, 10:03:03 PM
Benedictine turns a close game into a solid win as they defeat Ohio Wesleyan 97-84.
Benedictine outrebounded the BBs 54-26, 25-2 on the offensive end :o. Wesleyan outshot their hosts 54%-46% and were still outscored from the floor by 3.

Edit: I guess Sager's quick posting clobbered me here. Unless the archive shows otherwise.
#22
Quote from: wally_wabash on February 29, 2016, 02:50:05 PM
Quote from: fantastic50 on February 29, 2016, 02:27:21 PM
OWU gets a very favorable draw, and will be a substantial favorite to move on to the sectionals (likely at Benedictine).

Ohio Wesleyan is very good.  I don't think Ohio Wesleyan is a very good tournament team.  I can't find D3 stats for rebound rates which I would prefer to look at, but they are -5.3 on rebound margin- dead last in the conference, 372nd in D3, and the next closest 20-win team to OWU in that category is Salisbury (-0.9, 248th).  That's a really, really poor number for a really good team.  For all of their offensive might, OWU is pretty average defensively and just needs one night when they do something like 8-30 on 3FGAs and they're out.  There's really no plan B for the Bishops. 

I'd look at Wooster to be the last NCAC team standing in this year's tournament.
Benedictine is absolutely dominating OWU on the glass, +27 as I write this. Benedictine has more offensive rebounds than OWU has in total. Wesleyan is shooting over 54% but Benedictine has gotten 19 more shots off and lead by 10 in the waning moments. Props to Wally on this one.
#23
Wooster fans, please go to the Multi-Region Topics section and look for the board titled "longest losing streaks" and see if you can help answer a question. Thanks.
#24
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: Longest losing streak?
March 08, 2016, 05:39:05 PM
I could be, and often am, wrong, but I believe that the Wooster men have not lost to Earlham in at least 30 years. Considering they were in the same conference for much of that time, it would encompass more than 46 games if I am correct. But I have no access to Wooster's media guide from my tablet, so I can't verify. Maybe one of the many (mostly lurking) Scots fans can help out here.
#25
Long article in today's Daily Record about Wooster freshman Mitch Balser and his father, Fred Balser '79. Fred was a member of the last great team coached by Al Van Wie, and I spent a lot of my first winter on the Hill rooting for him and Sam Dixon and their teammates, especially at a very memorable OAC championship at Wittenberg, won by the Tigers 52-50 in near riot conditions, mentioned in the article. Funny that I never recognized the family connection until now.
#26
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament
March 06, 2016, 05:24:15 PM
Quote from: warriorcat on March 06, 2016, 04:12:34 PM
According to their websites, Tufts, Benedictine, Oswego and Augustana will serve as this weekend's sectional hosts.
http://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/men/2016/sectional-hosts-announced
#27
As expected, Wooster is headed to Oswego while OWU travels to Benedictine in the western suburbs of Chicago. Both will face the host school on Friday, meaning both will play in the second game. Good luck to both teams!
#28
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: Top 25 talk
March 06, 2016, 10:41:06 AM
Quote from: wooscotsfan on March 06, 2016, 09:45:58 AM

3 Teams Not Ranked in the last Top 25 that are in the Sweet 16:
Wooster
Oswego State
Keene State

All in the same sectional.
#29
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament
March 06, 2016, 10:39:21 AM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 05, 2016, 11:49:40 PM
One of the worst announcing jobs I have heard in a long time... and I have developed a long rope for them in the NCAA tournament.

Yeah, I only tuned in with about 5 minutes left and it was pretty outrageous. I used to listen to Bob Castle quite a bit and expected better. He lost any sense of decorum, to say nothing of impartiality, when he objected to the hard foul at midcourt with 4 or so minutes left. He was even giving it to the ref, which would be unacceptable from a student much less a professional.
#30
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: 2016 NCAA Tournament
March 05, 2016, 11:43:21 PM
...and down goes Whitworth!