Wooster has just announced the suspension of in-person classes until at least 4/3.

Quote from: jamtod on March 12, 2020, 11:58:33 AM
Almost all of the D1 conference tournaments have now been cancelled.
I suspect it won't be long until the NCAA tournament is called off and I'm beginning to doubt that any further D3 games will be played.

There are eight eight-team DII Women's Regionals starting tomorrow.  I  follow undefeated Ashland who plays at Drury (Missouri), also undefeated.  No fans of course, but so far no word about not playing, and I suspect that the teams are already there.

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 12, 2020, 08:03:33 AM

Quote from: Wooster Booster on March 12, 2020, 01:30:44 AM
Surprisingly, I see no announcements regarding classes or athletics from The College of Wooster.  Not surprisingly, the local social media reactions to all things coronavirus are that it's either a hoax or no more dangerous than the regular flu.  To these yokels, any of the government's actions, even those of their Republican elected governor, (Mike DeWine has actually been a far more moderate presence in Columbus than I'd expected.) are akin to those of a police state.  This kind of thing scares me more than the virus itself.   

Did they have spring break already?  A lot of the concern from schools is students returning from break.  If they're already back, it makes more sense to keep everyone on campus, presuming there aren't positive cases there already.

They began Spring Break on 3/6.  Classes resume on 3/23.  Things will likely have changed much, on all fronts, by then.

Surprisingly, I see no announcements regarding classes or athletics from The College of Wooster.  Not surprisingly, the local social media reactions to all things coronavirus are that it's either a hoax or no more dangerous than the regular flu.  To these yokels, any of the government's actions, even those of their Republican elected governor, (Mike DeWine has actually been a far more moderate presence in Columbus than I'd expected.) are akin to those of a police state.  This kind of thing scares me more than the virus itself.   

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 10, 2020, 08:47:10 PM

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Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 10, 2020, 09:11:46 AM
Relatively upset free? HALF of the 1st weekend hosts were knocked out. Wooster, JHU and Stevens lost the 1st night.

Wooster may have hosted, but Elmhurst was clearly the best team in that pod, and they were ranked as such going in.

...to think Grove City beating Wooster on their homecourt wasn't an upset is completely wrong.

Completely agree with you.  The Scots losing that first game was a surprise.

Is there somewhere to see the already-chosen All-Stars?  I'm wondering if Wooster's Danyon Hempy made it.

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 10, 2020, 09:11:46 AM
Relatively upset free? HALF of the 1st weekend hosts were knocked out. Wooster, JHU and Stevens lost the 1st night.

Wooster may have hosted, but Elmhurst was clearly the best team in that pod, and they were ranked as such going in.

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 08, 2020, 07:49:36 AM

I'm planning to be at Randolph-Macon Friday and contemplating driving down to CNU for their game, too.  I just have to decide if I can do the four hour drive home after a 6:30 game.  TBD.

Might there again be a ban on fans at Yeshiva's game due to the corona virus?  Seems possible.

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 07, 2020, 10:42:38 PM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 07, 2020, 10:29:22 PM
Yeshiva shoots 65% from the field and beats PSU-Harrisburg, 102-83.

The JHU colorman just said that Ryan Turell was the star of the game for the Maccabees, as he scored 30 tonight. He's wrong. I don't know if anyone's ever achieved a triple-double in a tournament game before, but Gabe Leifer did it tonight for Yeshiva. Get this line: 10 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists (and only two turnovers). That's just plain meshugga!

It's his fourth career triple double.  I believe he only trails Nate West of Letourneau and Cabrini's Aaron Walton-Moss all-time.

Yeshiva looked very, very good.  Even if Turell did remind me of Kramer from Seinfeld.  Especially with has big stride approach to the foul line.  Hilarious!

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 07, 2020, 09:17:53 PM
Dan Masino made a driving layup at the buzzer to lift Hobart to a 62-61 upset over Springfield, as another host bites the dust. The Pride had just taken the lead with seven seconds remaining on a Heath Post 17-footer.

They also made a great pass prior to advance the ball past half court.  From under their own basket with 2.8, to over the center court line only dropping to 2.2!  What a finish!

Should Wooster beat Denison tonight, but then lose to Wittenberg in tomorrow's NCAC finale, what are their chances of getting a Pool C bid?

Quote from: wooscotsfan on December 07, 2019, 03:50:40 PM
Final:  Wooster 79  Wabash 74

Wooster is now 5-1, 3-0 NCAC.  Next game is vs. St. John Fisher at the Dayton Beach tournament

GO SCOTS!

Cool that they now have beaches in Dayton, but I'm surprised that they're open in December.  (Working hard here to avoid a payback typo. )

Two years ago, Ohio Dominican hosted the DII women's national championships.  I was thinking of going to see the eventual champion, Ashland University, play.  However, ODU's online tournament ticket website forced prospective purchasers to set up an account (name, address, phone, credit card info) BEFORE revealing the setup and prices of the tickets!  I considered this to be ridiculous and stayed away.  I guess others did not, as they are hosting again this year.

Quote from: Smitty Oom on March 07, 2019, 11:19:27 PM
Here is my predictions for tomorrow. Comments/Replies/Disagreements/Debates are all welcome before tomorrows games.

At Hamilton
:: CNU over Hamilton - Hamilton is better than they played last weekend, but that is the only time I have seen the Continentals play and I was not that impressed. I think the Captains can take them down on their own home court.

:: Whitman over Williams - Kind of like Hamilton, I have watched Williams in their bad games, so my view on them is probably swayed by that. However, I think Whitman is just too talented and deep for the Ephs, and as people have mentioned on these boards, Williams may lack enough ball handlers against the great press the Blues apply.

At Amherst
:: Amherst over Nichols - I love watching Echevarria play and think the Bison definitely have enough talent to hang with the Mammoths, but my guess is they will fall just a little bit shy of making the Elite 8 as Hixon's squad has been been too solid on both ends of the court for the last half of the season. Home court always helps as well.

:: Swarthmore over Randolph-Macon - This game is probably the one I am most excited for. Swarthmore showed last week that they have the talent and cohesiveness to beat anyone if they bring their A game. Although I am not expecting 80% in the first half, I think Swarthmore wins the battle of the boards by quite a bit and that is the difference in this neutral court game (Swarthmore reb. margin = 9, Randolph Macon reb.margin = 3; Swartmore is incredibly long and athletic, starts 6'0,6'3", 6'3", 6'6", 6'7").

At Augustana
:: Augustana over Wheaton - Francis' amazing career will end, quite fittingly, in Rock Island as Augustana has won all 3 CCIW championships since he entered the conference in 2016-2017 season. Augustana is too deep and too familiar with this team, I am expecting this game to be similar to the other 3 this season.

:: Oswego St over Marietta - The Lakers are great at controlling the pace of play and slowing the game down and grinding it out on the defensive end will favor the Lakers over the Pioneers. The Pios, who lack a star-go-to-scorer unlike the past couple years, like to play a little more uptempo and average 85 ppg, if Oswego can in fact effectively slow down the game I like their chances. Also, a week of rest will greatly favor the Lakers, as they usually only play 6 guys.

At UW-Oshkosh
:: Loras over UW-Oshkosh - You don't need me to tell you guys this, but it is going to be a very good game. As we have seen, Loras is able to beat great teams and have done so all season. A senior laden team with tons of talent is always hard to bet against, but this Oshkosh team is more experienced given their Final Four run last year. Ruggles and DiCanio haven't both been on on the same night for awhile, and I predicting that changes tomorrow night as they both go for over 25. This will probably go down to the final buzzer.

:: UST over Guilford - Admittedly I do not know much about the Quakers but they are very hot right now, winning the ODAC championship and winning their own hosted pod last weekend. I am still very confused by the success of this years Tommie team, as I do not think there are many great players (Freshman G Anders Nelson and Senior F Connor Bair are probably the only 2) on the team but this team embodies the quote that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. As discussed on the MIAC boards, if the Tommies can play strong Tauer led defense as they did at NWU, they will be tough to beat.

No Karma privileges now so you get a Facebook-style Like instead.  Nice post.

Quote from: Titan Q on March 07, 2019, 07:46:54 PM

Quote from: Onward on, John Carroll on March 07, 2019, 05:00:22 PM
It appears that Marietta took a private charter to the Sweet Sixteen.  Wow!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BursQVcB9DI/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=tk7ip0inbatd

Since I do not think the NCAA pays for private flights, does that mean that Marietta paid the difference between a commercial flight and the charter?  That is a major show of love and commitment by the college and the athletic department.  Let me know if I am missing something or do not understand the expenses reimbursed by the NCAA.  Good luck Etta!

The NCAA paid for this.  It happens every now and then for sure.

Did the NCAA also spring for the rapid construction of an airport in Marietta?