The Wendy's College Classic: U of R Women set the tone

The Wendy's College Classic is local college basketball at its best. The classic tips off Tuesday night featuring the men's and women's teams from eight area college.

The University of Rochester women are seven-time defending champions of The Wendy's College Classic. And despite a promising start to the season last year, the Lady YellowJackets fell flat. Now is their chance to set a new tone.

It's a week in the fall Jim Scheible always looks forward to, and why not, for the past seven seasons his Lady YellowJackets have won the longest in-season college basketball tournament in the nation.

Jim Scheible, University of Rochester Women's Head Basketball Coach, said, ?Whenever you bring all the teams together its incentive to win and winning it brings the college basketball community together.?

The University of Rochester have topped The Wendy's Classic and are seven time defending champions. But the veteran coach wants his team to remember how last season ended. After starting 17-0 and ranked 5th in the nation with a sure shot at the NCAA tournament, U of R lost six of its final eight games and missed the tournament for the first time in seven years.

Jackie Walker, senior, said, ? It was hard a rough ending. We don't want to repeat. We have the motivation, we are treating this step by step and hone in on each opponent and shutting them down.?

Amy Woods, senior, said, ?Definitely motivating. We worked hard all off season. We are taking it one by one and hopefully we will be successful.?

In sports, taking a step back often leads to a giant step forward. Scheibel is counting on it, making a statement this week is a good start, but his team is eyeing the postseason prize and he doesn't want them to lose sight of it.

Scheibel said, ?I don't think we took it for granted and you have to keep playing if you play you keep playing like it's the first time for all these players.?

Women's Schedule:
Tuesday:

U of R vs RIT at 6:00p.m. at William Smith College
Nazareth vs. SUNY Geneseo at 6:00p.m. at St. John Fisher College
Roberts Wesleyan vs. William Smith at 8:00p.m. at William Smith College
Brockport vs. St. John Fisher at 8:00p.m. at St. John Fisher College

Men's Schedule
Wednesday:

Nazareth vs. SUNY Geneseo at 6:00p.m. at St. John Fisher College
RIT vs. U of R at 6:00p.m. at Hobart College
Brockport vs. St. John Fisher at St. John Fisher College at 8:00p.m.
Roberts Wesleyan vs. Hobart at Hobart College at 8:00p.m.
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Source: http://brighton-pittsford.whec.com/news/news/88215-wendys-college-classic-u-r-women-set-tone

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