"I dont agree with the number one oac club of all time. Obviously you picked your alma mater on a clearly biased impulse selection. BW's 05 06 most def. belongs in that spot. One, we ran the through the league like mount does consistently in the fall, winning both regular season and tournament championships advancing to the NCAA tournament where we defeated a solid Carnegie Melon team. None of this cakes, pies and pastries Westminster, and Lake Erie inferior teams. We could of combined our managers of the time and they would have beat them. (Sticks D. and Greg Fitzsimmons) Then we had to go to Wittenberg where we had no business being there with a 24-4 record. We were clearly out matched with two dues 6 9 splashing threes having no business being at the division three level. They go on to lose a national championship by a miracle three. Terrible selection JC"
This was a letter I received late last night from an obviously drunk, retarded BW honk. He tried to make somewhat of a case for the yellow jackets 05-06 but was obviously hamstrung by intoxication and bad rationale. However, I felt like I should sort through this paragraph of hyperbole and false notions in order to appease several of my loyal readers.
First of all, lets talk about the statement "tough Carnegie Mellon" team. If there was ever a more fitting oxymoron, I would like to see it. I guess "clutch Ohio Northern team" would work or "cool Capital team." But to throw the likes of Bethany and Westminister and Lake Erie, solid organizations under the bus is just unacceptable and silly. ANY team you play in the NCAA tourney is gonna pose somewhat of a threat to your team. And those 3 teams were no different. Carnegie Mellon would have had a tough time with Bethany and vice versa.
And if I recall correctly, I think ONU had you guys on the ropes in the OAC tourney, and there was a combination of them playing with both hands on their throats and the refs having money on the game and giving you guys a couple calls down the stretch (the OAC ref bias toward BW and the complete hatred for JCU is another article altogether.) Anyway, that is worth noting in my response.
And the bottom line still remains that both teams went into Wittenberg in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Both teams probably had the same record. We might have had one more loss than BW. Two games were played at a high level. One team beat Wittenberg. One team lost to Wittenberg. John Carroll beat Wittenberg in overtime. So, SCOREBOARD BW fans. The bottom line is scoreboard. We beat probably the same team as you guys lost to, only a year younger. And they were studs, no question about that. We were just a little tougher. Maybe we worked out a little harder in the summer that year. We definitely drank at a much higher level than that BW team. That's for sure.
And we are not even having this conversation if the most shocking basketball moment in history happened a week later. If that doesnt happen. We win the next night and go to the final four D3 which would have been very fun. Anything could have happened. That's just the kinda club we had.
As always, I welcome constructive criticism about my blog and look forward to further discussions about OAC legends, journeymen and ball clubs. Out.
JC III
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