Men's Basketball: OAC Playoff Potential
Take a look at the Ohio Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball standings.
Here, I’ll make it easier.
As you can see, the Pioneers sit in eighth. Â Eighth is good though, from the standpoint that you get to make the OAC Tournament. Â But the Pioneers need to be careful tonight against the Capital Crusaders. Â The Crusaders, who are sixth in the standings, already lost to the Pioneers once this season. Â However, Marietta is coming into tonight’s game riding a three-game losing streak against #2 John Caroll, #5 Baldwin Wallace, and #7 Mount Union.
With six conference games left, Marietta is one game ahead of #9 Otterbein. Â Otterbein plays #1 Wilmington, and with a loss, could fall two games behind. Â Further, if the Pioneers simply beat Capital, Otterbein and #10 Muskingum a second time, then the Cardinals would need to win all of their remaining games. Â The Muskies would be eliminated from contention.
As far as the OAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament looks, it could go to either Wilmington or John Carroll, depending on how the conference tournament plays out. Â One thing is for sure though: Â Wilmington is ranked in the region (not nationally though), and could potentially receive an at-large bid to go dancing if they were to lose to John Carroll. Â We’ll monitor the situation at the end of February to see what pans out.
The Pioneers Men’s Basketball team continues their quest for a second straight conference tournament bid tonight when they play Capital at 7:30 PM at Fenton Court in Ban Johnson Arena. Â They will then face the #3 Heidelberg Student Princes at Fenton Court on Saturday, scheduled to start around 3 PM (The Women’s Basketball Team plays Saturday at Fenton Court at 1 PM). Â For these dates and more, check out the Writing on the Mall Calendar.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tags: Baldwin-Wallace, Basketball, Blue Streaks, Capital, Cardinals, College, Crusaders, Division III, Division Three, Heidelberg, John Carroll, Marietta, Mens, Mount Union, Muskies, Muskingum, NCAA, OAC, Ohio, Ohio Athletic Conference, Otterbein, Pioneers, Purple Raiders, Quakers, Student Princes, Wilmington, Womens, Writing on the Mall, Yellow Jackets
Men's Basketball Game TONIGHT vs Otterbein at 7:30 PM
Men’s Basketball has its first game of the Spring semester tonight at 7:30 PM against the Otterbein Cardinals.
The Pioneers (2-5 OAC, 5-8 overall) will take on the Cardinals (2-5 OAC, 4-10 overall) in a battle for the basement. Â The top eight teams in the OAC advance to the conference tournament at the end of February. Â The Pioneers currently sit in eighth, while Otterbein sits ninth and Muskingum tenth.
Marietta is led by Trevor Halter, who comes into the game scoring over 20 points in his past two games. Â He was named OAC Men’s Basketball player of the week after 29 points and 10 rebounds in a win over Muskingum (0-7 OAC, 5-9 overall). Â He followed that up with 21 points in a loss to Ohio Northern (5-2 OAC, 7-7 overall).
Otterbein comes into this game off of a victory over Mount Union (3-4 OAC, 5-9 overall), their second conference win of the year. Â Senior Brian Pollock had 29 points in their last game, against Mount Union. Â The Cardinals did not let the Purple Raiders score a single point from the field for 13 straight minutes, including the first six minutes of the second half.
Come check out your Pioneers tonight at Ban Johnson Arena. Â Tip is at 7:30 PM. Â Can’t get to Fenton Court? Â 88.3 WMRT-FM will be broadcasting the game over the air and streaming online at the Marietta Athletics page.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tags: 88.3 WMRT-FM, Athletics, Ban Johnson Arena, Basketball, Brian Pollock, Cardinals, College, Fenton Court, Marietta, Mount Union, Muskies, Muskingum, OAC, Ohio, Ohio Athletic Conference, Ohio Northern, Otterbein, Pioneers, Polar Bears, Purple Raiders, Senior, Sophomore, Spring, Trevor Halter, Writing on the Mall
Last Week of Winter Break: Quick Hits
A lot of little stories (and a LOT of snow falling here at the Mobile Writing on the Mall News Center) lead to today’s quick hits!
- Roll on, Etta Express – The Pioneers Baseball team was recently selected as the 19th best team in the country. Â The pre-season poll, assembled by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, placed OAC for Heidelberg #14 in the polling. Â Wooster, the team that won the 2009 Mideast Regional Tournament over Marietta, was ranked #2 in the nation, behind #1 St. Thomas of Minnesota. Â The Etta Express will start its season in Memphis, TN over Spring Break. Read more…
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010
Categories: Campus, Events, Music, Students
Tags: Ban Johnson Arena, Belpre, Carroll College, College, College Union Board, COmedy, CUB, Dr. Robert Pastoor, Etta Express, Fenton Court, Harlem Globetrotters, Heidelberg, Marietta, Memphis, Mike Winfield, Minnesota, Mount St. Mary's University, Music, OAC, Ohio, Ohio Athletic Conference, Parkersburg, Peoples News, Snow, St. Thomas, Tennessee, The Gathering Place, The Heyday, University of San Diego, Wooster, Writing on the Mall
Marietta College Ties for 6th in the Midwest!
The US News and World Report: America’s Best Colleges list is finally out, and Marietta College tied for 6th place in the Baccalaureate Colleges – Midwest Region.
While it did not beat out all other OAC schools like in the Forbes Poll (Ohio Northern University was second to Taylor University), it did beat out #33 Wilmington College. Â No other OAC colleges were ranked. Â Marietta was tied for 6th with Cedarville University and Huntington University.
Marietta was also included on the list of schools with International students (9% of campus population), economic diversity (26% of students obtain Pell grants), diversity (index score of .13), and retention (73.2% freshmen retention).
Once again, another ranking of colleges, another great day to be a Pioneer!
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009
Tags: College, diversity, economic, economics, international, Marietta, OAC, Ohio, Ohio Athletic Conference, Ohio Northern, Pioneer, ranking, retention, Students, Taylor, University, US News, Wilmington, World Report, Writing on the Mall
Rankings Time: Forbes Ranks Marietta #112
A Press Release from Marietta led me to see the Forbes rankings of public and private colleges has been released. Â And Marietta College is now knocking on the top 100 colleges in the country.
Marietta was ranked #112 in the country out of all schools that they ranked (the list is out of 600 schools) and, while not officially, ranked within the top 100 private colleges (I say this because they have a list of all the private colleges in the top 100, which is 89 schools, and since I’m not sure which schools are public or private, we are either in the top 100 or #101). In the state of Ohio, Marietta was ranked 4th (Behind #22 Kenyon, #74 College of Wooster, and #88 Oberlin College).
In the OAC. Capital was the closest ranked to Marietta. Â They were ranked #138. Â Otterbein was #221, John Carroll was #273, Baldwin-Wallace was #335, Mount Union was #481, and Ohio Northern was #570. Â Heidelberg, Muskingum, and Wilmington were not ranked in the Top 600 schools.
For comparison, the highest ranked public college in ohio, Miami University in Oxford, OH, was ranked #331. Â The Ohio State University was ranked #361. Â Marietta also outranks all colleges listed on the poll from West Virginia, with Bethany College (WV’s highest ranked school) listed at #164.
So in other words, its great to be a Marietta College student. Â And if you’re a high school senior looking to attend one of the best colleges in Ohio, you should check out MC.
Check out Marietta College’s Press Release after the jump.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009
Tags: America's Best Colleges, Baldwin-Wallace, BW, Capital, College, Forbes, Heidelberg, High School, John Carroll, Kenyon, Marietta, Marietta College, MC, Miami, Mount Union, Muskingum, OAC, Oberlin, Ohio, Ohio Athletic Conference, Ohio Northern, Ohio State, OSU, Otterbein, Oxford, Private, Public, Senior, University, Wilmington, Wooster, Writing on the Mall
Marietta College D3 Tournament Preview
After falling to Heidelberg in the OAC tournament, Marietta College received an at-large bid for the Division 3 Baseball Tournament. Â This is the 34th time the Pioneers will be in the post-season in baseball.
Playing tonight at #4 Adrian College (Start time of 6:50 PM), the #3 Marietta Pioneers will begin the march into what is hopefully a long post-season. Â While the Pioneers were unranked for most of the season nationally (they did finish with 10 votes, effectively making them the 35th best team in the nation), they finished with a ranking of 4th in the Mideast Region (but seeded third). Â Comparitively, the other OAC team in the tournament (Heidelberg) was ranked #4 in the nation, #1 in the region.
Adrian College was not ranked nationally, but was ranked 6th in the Mideast Region (receiving a #4 seed for the tournament).
The Mideat Region plays in Adrian, Michigan this year, and like the rest of Division 3, features a Double-elimination format.
If Marietta wins tonight’s game, they will play Thursday at 7 PM against the winner of the Wooster/Concordia (Ill.) match-up. Â If MC loses, they play at 3:30 PM tomorrow against the winner of the Heidelberg/Rose-Hulman match-up. Â Past that, the tournament gets much more cloudy. Â But I’ll keep you updated as the tournament progresses.
D3Baseball.com is looking at Heidelberg to advance, but sees Adrian as a possible upset special for the second year in a row. Â Hopefully Marietta can put something together here in the post-season.
All Marietta College games can be heard tonight anywhere in the world thanks to an online stream off of the Marietta Athletics site. Â There would be two streams if school was still in session, but oh well.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Categories: Off Campus, Sports
Tags: Adrian, baseball, Concordia, D3, Division 3, Heidelberg, Marietta, Marietta College, Michigan, Mideast, OAC, Ohio, Ohio Athletic Conference, Radio, Rose-Hulman, Stream, Tournament, Wooster, Writing on the Mall
OAC Tournament Schedule Announced
The #6 OAC Marietta Pioneers will be travelling to #3 OAC Ohio Northern in the first round of the OAC Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Polar Bears, 11-6 in the conference this year, will hope to take out a Pioneer team that was 7-11 in its first playoff season since 03-04. Something tells me the Pios will have something to bring to the table.
In the other match-ups, #1 OAC (#16 National) John Carroll takes on the #8 OAC seed of Heidelberg, #2 OAC (#11 National) Capital will duel with #7 OAC Mount Union, and #5 OAC Muskingum travels to #4 OAC Wilmington.
All higher-seeded teams will be home for all tournament games. For Marietta to force opponents to feel the force of the Pioneer home crowd, they’ll have to knock off Ohio Northern and then hope that Capital loses to Mount Union, or beat Capital themselves and hope that the Blue Streaks will have been eliminated as well. It’s a long shot, but it is tournament time.
The OAC has one guranteed bid to the Field of 59 for the Division 3 National Tournament that goes to the tournament’s winner (as far as I understand). Capital and John Carroll are poised to make the tournament no matter what, as they are nationally ranked. That leaves six teams hoping to be the “upset special” that makes the tournament by defeating either (or both teams) and then joining them in the Big Dance.
I’ll have a lengthier preview of the game closer to Wednesday, when the game occurs. The Pioneers will play at Ohio Northern, and the game should be heard on either Marietta College Broadcasting stations 88.3 WMRT-FM/98.5 WCMO-FM or (more likely) locally-owned and operated 1490 WMOA-AM. Tip-off should be at 7:20 PM, either way.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Monday, February 23, 2009
Categories: Campus, Off Campus, Sports, Students
Tags: 1490 WMOA-AM, 88.3 WMRT-FM, 98.5 WCMO-FM, Basketball, Blue Streaks, Capital, Crusaders, Division 3, Field of 59, Heidelberg, John Carroll, Marietta, Marietta College, Marietta COllege Broadcasting, Mount Union, Muskies, Muskingum, NCAA, OAC, Ohio, Ohio Athletic Conference, Ohio Northern, Pioneers, Polar Bears, Purple Raiders, Quakers, Student Princes, Tournament, Wilmington, Writing on the Mall
Men's Basketball On Cusp of Tournament Berth
With a win tonight against Muskingum (7-7 Conference, 10-11 Overall), your very own Marietta Pioneers (6-8 Conference, 11-10 Overall) will be guaranteed to make their first OAC Tournament since the 03-04 season.
The win would put the Pios at 7-8 in the conference, which would mean that Baldwin-Wallace (3-11 Conference, 7-14 Overall) would have to run the table in their four games to at least force a tie. Marietta currently has the tie-breaker, as they beat B-W earlier in the season. Moreso, they play again at B-W in a week or so. But things could come down to the final game of the regular season if Pio Power disappears.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Categories: Campus, Off Campus, Sports
Tags: Amherst College, At-Large Selection, Automatic Bid, Balwin-Wallace, Basketball, berth, Bethany College, Blue Streaks, Capital, Cardinals, conference, Crusaders, Division Three, Fighting Muskies, Heidelberg, Hope College, John Carroll, Marietta, Marietta College, Mounti Union, Muskingum, National Rankings, Nationally Ranked, NCAA, OAC, Ohio, Ohio Athletic Conference, Otterbein, overall, Pioneers, Polls, post season, Purple Raiders, regular season, Sports, standings, Student Princes, Tournament, Tournaments, Washington University, Writing on the Mall, Yellow Jackets
Top 10: MC Stories of 2008
Looks like it’s time for the college’s PR department to decide what the top 10 stories of 2008 were. They just issued their annual release, which makes for a good read. To see my commentary on the list, keep reading after the jump. Read more…
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Categories: Campus
Tags: 2009 NCAA Division 3 Outdoor Track Championship, Alaskan Governor, Alternative Spring Break, Alumni Relations, America's Best Leaders, Anderson-Hancock Planetarium, Baccalaureate, Bill Clinton, Center for Public Leadership, Clean up, Commencement, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Doctorate, Dr. Story Musgrave, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Facets of Diversity Conference, Faculty, Forbed, Foremer Presidential Candidate, Former U.S. President, Former Vice-Presidential Candidate, Georgia Congressman, Harrison Potter, Harvard Kennedy School, Hillary Clinton, Honorary, Joe Biden, John R. Lewis, Legacy Library, Long Blue Line, Magazine, Marietta College, McDonough Center for Leadership, Men's Soccer, Midwest Region, National Rankings, New Orleans, OAC, Ohio Athletic Conference, PR, Programs, Rebuild, Sarah Palin, Secretary of State Elect-Designate, Spring Graduation, Students, The Princeton Review, Top 10, U.S. News and World Report, Vice-President-Elect, William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Exam
Men's Basketball Takes The Court Wednesday Night
Marietta College’s Men’s Basketball team will take to Fenton Court in Ban Johnson Arena at the Dyson Baudo Recreation Center (gasps for breath) for the first home game of the season Wednesday, December 3rd. Tip-off should be around 7:30 PM. The game has been designated as a “white-out” for fans, so if you’re coming, wear white and cheer on the Pioneers as they take on Denison.
A lot of students are anticipated to come to the game, as athletes in other sports and the campus’s Greek life have been asked to be the backbone of the “white-out” effort. Advertising on campus has been heavy as of last night, with the rock being painted and signs/table cards places across campus.
Later in the week, the Pios will take on Ohio Northern in what will be a kick-off to Ohio Athletic Conference play. That game is Saturday, December 6th at 3 PM on Fenton Court in Ban Johnson Arena at…oh…you know where.
The game is being broadcast on 88.3 WMRT-FM (Marietta, Parkersburg, Athens, and everywhere in between). Calling the game will be yours truly alongside long-time voice of the Pioneers, Mike Washbaugh. Look for pre-game coverage to start around 7:20 PM EST. You can catch the stream online of our coverage (or WMOA’s coverage) by going to Marietta’s Streaming Audio page.
For a look further into the Men’s Basketball season, check out the schedule here. And to see how the 2-2 Pioneers look in the OAC so far, check here. It’s looking like a good season so far (if you don’t count the two 20-25 point losses), and looks like last year’s six wins should be passed (four out of conference wins, two in conference).
Good luck guys! Should be a good season.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Categories: Campus, Sports, Students
Tags: 88.3, Athens, Ban Johnson Arena, Blue, Denison, Dyson Baudo Recreation Center, Fenton Court, FM, Marietta College, MC, Men's Basketball, Mike Washbaugh, OAC, Ohio Athletic Conference, Ohio Northern, Parkersburg, Pioneers, Pios, Schedule, Season, Streaming Audio, White, White-Out, WMOA, WMRT
