BB: NCAC: North Coast Athletic Conference

Started by woosterbooster, December 29, 2005, 03:10:56 PM

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Bishopleftiesdad

I would also love to see Oberlin win the East.
In the West my feeling are clearly known.

Pops33

Hoping for good things from the Yeomen this year.  It may be difficult for them though, they lost batters 1-7 from their starting lineup.  The bright spot is that they return their top 3-4 pitchers.  Good pitching wins games, so they should be a tough team to beat this year as well.

Allegheny returns a lot of players from last year's team and should be a strong contender for the East title.  Kenyon lost a couple of their top hitters, but they still have some pitchers to contend with.  Wooster lost big 2 contributors on offense, including the Player of the Year in Vance, and only one pitcher.  They will probably be voted the favorite to win the East and maybe the conference.

Stronger out of conference schedules will help with the overall competitiveness of every team.  However, if the conference wants to get more respect, all of the teams have to win more games.  It can't be just 2 or 3 teams with a good record.  Last year, only 2 teams out of 10 had an overall winning percentage of .600 or better.  Compare that to the OAC, where there were 7 out of 10 teams with an overall winning percentage of .600 or better. 

Bishopleftiesdad

Part of that is the conference schedule. With 2 DH's on the Weekend, there usually is not much pitching for the week day games. OWU did pretty well during the week by doing Pitcher by committee. The week end starters would combine for 3 or four innings a piece during the week.
Teams need to consistently win. We see it all the time. A school will be competitive for a year or two but then drops back. Kenyon takes a 2 week trip to Florida and plays practically all there out of conference games down there. They come back and only play on the weekend. Then if they get the the playoffs they do not have enough pitching. Oberlin used to do something similar but there OOC games were spread over a shorter period. Some of that is not coaching but a school philosophy.
Personally I would like to go back to round robin, as well but that will never happen.

Bishopleftiesdad

I want to wish all the readers of this Forum a Happy Thanksgiving. Please all who are traveling be safe, I hope your travels are uneventful.

Bishopleftiesdad

Merry Christmas all. The season will be here soon. Players will be getting back to work, when they return to Campus. Pitchers will start to ramp up and position players better b bebin condition.

Pops33

I saw this posted on another page on this forum.  The first pre-season poll is out.  Can be found here:

http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseball-div-3-poll-12-22-15/

The only NCAC team listed is Wooster at #21.  Polls at this time are merely a popularity contest, but this does mean that the boys will be on the diamond soon.

Bishopleftiesdad

Thanks Pops. I saw that as well. As the years have gone by, I take  passing glance, and realized as you said this poll is a popularity contest.
The Boys will be on the diamond aoon though.

Bishopleftiesdad

The Bishops lost a member of the 2013 class. He died last night in an  accident. Brandon was a pitcher from Upper Arlington. Brandon will be missed. http://nbc4i.com/2015/12/31/one-dead-after-crash-in-perry-township-parts-of-riverside-drive-closed/
He is survived by a mother, father and sister. Brandon was one of the reasons that my son chose OWU. He was a fantastic teammate.  Prayers go out to his family.http://www.battlingbishops.com/mobile/index.aspx?rp_id=1218

Dr. Acula

Absolutely tragic.  It's disgusting that his friends and family are robbed of a great young man because some drunk can't take a cab instead of driving.  I hope they find some comfort during this difficult time.

BaseballMom22

Prayers from our family to Brandon's family, friends and teammates. Son spent a summer in Chillicothe as a teammate of Brandon's. I will remember him as a true competitor and gentleman.

Another senseless drunk driving tragedy. When will we start cracking down on habitual offenders?

Bishopleftiesdad

http://d3baseball.com/awards/all-americans/d3baseball-preseason-allamericans-2016
Two NCAC players on the AA list.
2nd team Jaime Lackner  from Wooster.
Honorable Mention, Aaron  Caputo from OWU.

Bishopleftiesdad

Congratulations to Coach Mott. Welcome to the OWU community, Mason Alexander Mott.

https://twitter.com/OWUbaseball1


Bishopleftiesdad

http://www.d3baseball.com/top25/2016/2016Top25-week-0
Wooster comes in at 21. And OWU is in the also receiving votes. This all means nothing, lets hope these teams are in the final ranking.

Jim Dixon

Quote from: Bishopleftiesdad on January 20, 2016, 07:22:22 PM
http://www.d3baseball.com/top25/2016/2016Top25-week-0
Wooster comes in at 21. And OWU is in the also receiving votes. This all means nothing, lets hope these teams are in the final ranking.

Means nothing!!!!  I see Wooster rising higher if they can get a SOS in the upper half of the teams.  Ths was a mark against them in the playoff selections last May.

Bishopleftiesdad

Not a crack on wooster. Just that it is a pre-season poll. What matters is how thwy end the seasomn. Not just Wooster but any of the teams listed. Polls are fun and it is nice to be recognized. I am very happy to see OWU getting votes, for instance. But I do not think it is thesebteams goals to get listed, but actually make it as far as they can. Sorry that i worded my post poorly.