Pepperdine – Part II

[LIONS90045]

Pepperdine – Part II

Record: 17 - 11
WCC: 10 – 7

The Waves had a disappointing loss to USF last Thurday in a home game, losing by 10 points but recovered with a 12 point win over Santa Clara despite 3 double digit scorers on SCU (Brownridge 26, Feagin 14 and Hubbard 11). The Waves answered with 4 double digit scorers themselves – Murray, Jr. 25, Davis 20, Haines 15, and Major 11. Edwards contributed 9 also for their 10th WCC win.

Last week Stacy Davis became the Waves all-time leading scorer as well as earning the WCC Player of the Week award. Davis surpassed Dane Suttle's long-time scoring record of 1,701 points, which had lasted for nearly 33 years. Davis got it with his ninth point against USF last Thursday and he now has 1,733 points.

www.pepperdinesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022216aaa.html

At the bottom of the WCC, we have:

Portland – 6 - 10
SCU – 6 – 10
Pacific – 5 – 11
LMU – 5 – 12
USD – 3 – 13

This week, Portland plays BYU on Thursday and USD Saturday – likely one loss followed by one win for a 7 – 11 record.

SCU has Saint Mary’s on Thursday and Pacific (at home) on Saturday. Maybe a two loss ocurrence for a 6 – 12 record.

Pacific has USF at home on Thursday and SCU on the road on Saturday. Also, perhaps a two loss occurence for a 5 – 13 record.

I conclude this week’s final game vs the Waves in Gersten is a critical game for seeding in Vegas (admittedly with a bit of help from the others). Or is my math wrong? Maybe we are at the bottom in any case.

Let’s beat the Waves in any case and get Jacko back in the lineup this weekend.

Gametime: Saturday, Feb 27, 1 pm in Gersten. (Senior Day)
TV: TWCSN

Video: ? Did TheW.tv carry the USF game? Try on the Waves link.

Ronin - sorry I was late last week but I was marshalling at Riviera and lost my energy.

[pumpfake]

If we win tommorrow and Santa Clara loses, do we avoid the 8/9 game based on our beating them by more than they beat us? I think so but wanted to see if anyone knows.

[LIONS90045]

Sounds good to me but I don't know the official "tie breaker" rules. Putting Pacific aside, we could end in a 3-way tie with Portland and SCU but the Pilots beat us twice so that wouldn't help.

Just checked the schedules and SCU beat Portland twice (Jan 2 84-77 and Jan 30 90-84).

Portland has San Diego this Saturday and if the Toreros win, SCU might finish ahead of Portland by virtue of their two head-to-head wins. But Portland beat us twice, so we would finish below them if we all have a 6 WCC-win season.

Best case – Portland beats win-hungy USD at Jenny Craig Pavillion tomorrow, SCU loses and LMU wins. Maybe that gives us the first round bye.

[LIONS90045]

Waves favored by 5, SCU by 2 and Portland by 1.

Should be interesting. SCU is at home - gametime 6 pm, USD also at 6 pm.

[t]

Tiebreaker is:
1. Head to Head record (1-1)
2. Wins against higher seeded team. (Currently Santa Clara has beaten Pepperdine and LMU has beaten USF. A win against Pepperdine tonight would give the Lions the advantage if Santa Clara loses as The Broncos lost twice to USF
3. RPI
Go Stockton Tigers and Lions!

[lmu2015]

So if we win today advantage us?

[t]

Sorry, I butchered the explanation but, yes, if the Lions tame the Waves and the Tigers buck the Broncos the Lions would get the 7th seed based on the second tiebreaker.

[thx4leavinjimlynam]

t, thank you for the explanation. Your 2-team-tie tiebreaker scenario is correct...if we win, and Santa Clara loses, we would be the 7 seed.

My only concern is that I cannot find the 3-team-tie tiebreaker scenario...my fear is that if Portland, SCU and LMU are all 6-12, our head-to-head records would be Portland 3-1, SCU 2-2, LMU 1-3 (since Portland swept us and split with SCU, and we split with SCU). In that scenario, we could be the 8-seed.

To avoid that scenario, if Portland wins they would be 7-11 and out of the 6-12 tiebreaker mix.

So, to play it safe, let's root for Portland to win, Santa Clara to lose...oh, and yes, this is all moot unless we beat the Waves at 1:00.

Go Lions!!

[LIONS90045]

8 minutes till game time and Gersten "crowd" is disappointingly light, esp on student side.
Jacko not dressed but Tauch and Spiers are.
Heard from someone that Jacko is done for the season. Drat!

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Got to keep up the defensive pressure in 2nd. Waves had 11 turn overs in the first.

[pumpfake]

HOW SWEET IT IS!!! Great win. I am loving that we are doing it with defense.

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Best win of the season!

[longtimelionfan]

I've said here let the season play out. Now, the regular season has played out for the Lions. Progress has been made. The freshman Tutu and McClendon are tough kids who have grown and embraced the moment. The team has grown throughout the season and won 3 of the last 4 without their top player. And, the could/should have beaten Santa Clara. I'm pleased with the finish, development and effort. On to Vegas.

[lmu2015]

Just finished watching the game, 2 unbelievable shots my Mornar and Tutu along with Haneys DEEP 3. Shamar struggled from the ft line but otherwise played great. McClendon had his best game of the season, I think he took 4 charges. Our best line up was the small ball line up, a lot of active hands with tutu, brown, and McClendon all in the game at once. 2 great wins in a row, good momentum going into Vegas.

[husky]

Our guys didn't quit; time and again they matched the Wave's hustle and came away with the loose ball here and the rebound there. Plus, our shooters were not afraid to step up and pull the trigger when they were open.

I especially appreciated Haney's game. Although he has been essentially MIA scoring wise during the first 30 minutes of recent games he has been playing brilliantly at crunch times; and not just with 3's. Today he made a key move to avoid an "over and back" violation which led to a game tying 3 pointer by Tutu forcing a second OT. He also grabbed a couple key rebounds and I no longer question why he plays so many minutes without scoring. He's definitely a keeper.

McClendon has been proving he is the ball hawk we all saw glimpses of early in the season.

I hope these kids can play a couple more games together in Las Vegas.