Post by: Warrior Fish on December 16, 2004, 12:33:34 pm
Yes, I agree that the tourney is a long way away.
I think this strech over the next month will prove a lot. It will be interesting as we will see leaders emerge and the plot start to thicken like your moms homemade gravy.
Happy Holidays to everyone who reads this, you are like the armed forces; The Few, and The Proud.
PEACE
Post by: Warrior Fish on January 05, 2005, 02:48:56 pm
I hope everyone had a good holiday and that everyone comes back ready to talk some lady LMC basketball!!
Trey, thanks for the christmas letter by the way.
PEACE
Post by: pannounce on January 14, 2005, 03:27:38 am
Post by: trey on January 17, 2005, 10:58:37 am
TUES.--Warriors lose to the Fish, in part (I only say in part) due to some horrendous reffing. If you look at my track record, you know I don't speak of calls or no calls, but instead of players and teams. HOWEVER this is the exception, as a slew of highly questionable whistles in the last few minutes hurt the Warriors--including a charge on a flop with 0.4 left. Who calls a charge with 0.4 left, 12 feet away from the basket? Unreal. Warrior Fish, you were there, tell it like it is.
SAT.--Although I was not in attendance, the ladies pulled out a big road W at Marian. K. Christensen had a solid game for the men in second game of the doubleheader (24/10, game winning free throws), but the ladies also had something special. Specifically, Kami "Perfect" Ten Pas lived up to her billing with a big 23 and an even bigger three with 0.6 left to win the game--her first trey of the year, mind you. I'm guessing the Warriors learned a lesson from that Wednesday game: When in doubt, take the outside shot for the win instead of driving to the rack and getting a player-control foul.
That's all for now. Post on, Warrior Fish, and hello newcomers, Mr. Peter Pannounce! Two is company, three is a party.
Post by: Warrior Fish on January 17, 2005, 11:53:58 am
Yes, 3-ball, i have to agree that the call with .4 left was a little bit WRONG. I had a clear view of it and it was not a charge by any means. But, you and I both know that to error is human. It is a tough loss for the Warriors, who until that point were undefeated in conference.
Lakeland may be injured, but they are still the defending conference champs. These past few weeks with wins against Concordia,(who defeated Edgewood in OT, a team who until a victory over alverno was 0-11) Wisconsin Lutheran, and MSOE, Lakeland has showed great heart in being able to preform with what they have left. Good Job Ladies.
WLC also shows somthin with a win over Marian this past weekend. Props to Kami for that huge 3. Granted, that might be her first of the year, but doubt that it is the first attempt also.
The race toward post season play is heating up. Every game will be exciting! except alverno and MSOE games.
Post by: Warrior Fish on January 19, 2005, 02:50:18 pm
How can a team that beats Edgewood before Christmas fall to ALVERNO after the holiday break??? That just baffles me to no end.
In the first half, Lakeland outscored MBBC by 34. Then, MBBC must have had one heck of a halftime pep talk cauz they outscored LC 27-13 in the second half, and LC played starters!! I think MBBC has some potential. Bond needs to keep that free-range shot under control. If you cant hit a shot from 24', dont keep trying. Learn how to dish the ball inside to those two big girls and in a few years, you'll have the twin tower option that Lakeland has now with Porter and Steinert.
Also, big props to LC's Steinert for scoring her 1000'th point at Lakeland. An incredable feat considering she scored just 82 points her freshman year.
PEACE
Post by: Warrior Fish on January 24, 2005, 11:25:38 am
LC lays a "smokey the bear" down on the Inferno, dousing their fire. Even with all sorts of injuries, the Muskies continue their domination of the LMC. Its to bad that there is not more compitition in the LMC other than WLC. That sets a team up for failure in the NCAA Tourney. Soft schedules and sub-par opponents = bad news bears (Walter Matthau) for anyone who makes it that far.
WLC gets shut down by an impressive EC showing in the Edgedome. Not exactly sure how EC can get to be 21 points up on WLC, but goes to show that there is a lot of mediocrity in the league.
LC goes to Marian this week. Look for a repeat win by the Muskies. (that is of course if anyone cares) WLC has Alverno and MSOE.
So, in summary, this week is not the best for getting into LMC women's basketball, as there are only 3 games to care about and even those are foregone conclusions. Perhaps we should start watching SuperBowl Pregame shows this week! GO NEW ENGLAND!!
PEACE
Post by: pannounce on February 01, 2005, 04:48:34 pm
Post by: Warrior Fish on February 02, 2005, 01:08:06 pm
Personally, I have seen those games and let me tell you, at some point, you might just wanna be drug out and shot rather than suffer another hip-heaved shot and the sound of a clang off the rim. Granted, the fights for the rebounds can be rather entertaining, but not worth the rest of the game.
Not that anyone reads this stuff besides three people, and maybe not even that, but EC is now in first place (first time in two years LC has not been first) and there is a three way tie for 2nd. For the first time in history, the tournament might actually be interesting!
PEACE
Post by: gOsLiNg GuIdEr on February 02, 2005, 10:01:40 pm
Post by: trey on February 03, 2005, 12:57:08 pm
Now, onto the "Wow, Amazing!" things that are happening in the LMC:
- Of course, Lakeland is out of first place, with that ever-so-tight battle at the top (three teams within one game of Edgewood)
- Maranatha has four conference wins, including the overtime "Tin Shed Thrilla" last night
- The WLC/Natha game ended up 88-85, probably the highest scoring game since, oh, forever
- Emily Laete on the WLC putting up 30 points all over the map
If this post isn't up to par, I've been a tad incoherent since I saw the 88-85 score this morning. I mean, what is more believable--the Caped Crusaders beating WLC, or both teams putting up those kinds of numbers? I love it--it has restored my faith, for a moment, in LMC ladies' hoops.
Pannounce, good to see you make a one-time post here/switcheroo from the men's side. How about your future ex-wife, 007 (I mean Kim Bond) hitting the clutch shots last night? You should pray that she sticks with you in the future. Your kid would certainly have a bright future--either in broadcasting or basketball.
Post by: pannounce on February 04, 2005, 12:24:49 pm
In any case....not only is there a three way tie for second...should Marian knock off Edgewood at Marian this Saturday, there would be a three way tie for first, pending on who would be tied for first after the WLC Lakeland game. With four games to go, tourney is just around the corner.
Post by: trey on February 08, 2005, 05:52:43 pm
Pannounce, I wish you were bringing Ms. Bond to the Valentine's Day rumble between the men of Edgewood and WLC. Sorry to hear that you will not be in attendance.
Oh yes, PA, how are you and our mutual friend Mr. Bizrizzo associated? Is this an based on your grade school/HS experiences around the Appleton area?
Post by: pannounce on February 08, 2005, 09:57:16 pm
Yea I was too scared to ask Bond to the V-Day game at the REX. I might just send her flowers instead. I think I have a new crush now, the Concordia women's head coach. Not a bad looking gal. Maybe I'll send her some flowers too. Oh yea Edgewood won tonite, big. They win one on Saturday against Alverno, they'll clinch a share of the conference title.
PA
Post by: JustBallin on February 11, 2005, 02:36:02 pm
What's the word eaglepride..? Lack of leadership, or is it just playing woes..? Or, could it be, team chemistry, perhaps...?
Post by: rcbball1 on February 11, 2005, 03:59:04 pm
Post by: JustBallin on February 11, 2005, 04:54:51 pm
Hmmm...Remember what happened last year..?
Don't think a point needs to be proven there...
Good luck to everyone this weekend.
Post by: auballer on February 11, 2005, 05:11:04 pm
Post by: eaglepride on February 11, 2005, 05:49:08 pm
Post by: rcbball1 on February 11, 2005, 09:31:54 pm
Post by: auballer on February 11, 2005, 10:46:16 pm
Non-Conference doesn't mean much, the real season starts on Feb. 21. Seven teams will start, but only one will finish. I have a feeling AU has a good shot at repeating last years run.
Post by: JustBallin on February 12, 2005, 01:19:26 pm
Hopefully yours will come again soon.
Again, good luck to everyone today.
Post by: eaglepride on February 12, 2005, 05:44:58 pm
Post by: auballer on February 12, 2005, 11:38:10 pm
Post by: clarkkellogg on February 13, 2005, 07:43:30 pm
Post by: JustBallin on February 13, 2005, 08:46:39 pm
Hmmm... How about all year a lot of people have been "bad mouthing" Aurora. The only time I "bad mouthed"(if that's what you want to call it) this team, was when they lost to rockford, and quite frankly, they would have "bad mouthed" themselves for the way they played that night. Heck, everyone would have actually. Because they had so much more potential than the way they played against them @ home. All Year..? I think you're definitely mistaken, but nice try anyway. People have been on here totally doubting Aurora from the start, ever since the displays they have been showing during non-conference. Only ones here that still had faith in them, just so happened to be the ones with ties to the school (Auballer, and myself). And as far as conference favorites go...Have you seen the standings lately? Looks like Rockford has that wrapped up with the win against Eureka last night. The battle for second is still on, so hold up when you say "conference favorites." If it's a crime to enjoy the fact that a team is playing quite well right now, and they deserve some praise for it, because they sure as heck aren't getting it from anywhere else, then please, let me know. You're right..."All of a sudden, they win a few games"
And look now...
A three way tie for second...
I'd say those few games you are speaking of, are the few that have definitely counted right now.
NIIC-Good Luck this week.
Post by: JustBallin on February 14, 2005, 11:51:24 am
). Concordia has home court advantage against Benedictine (who is also looking for some revenge, after losing to Concordia on their home court in their first meeting), which should be a good rematch as well. While both of these games should indeed be very good ones, Rockford should not have too much trouble @ home against Clarke. Post by: regentpal on February 15, 2005, 01:04:13 pm
Post by: auballer on February 15, 2005, 04:31:59 pm
Post by: JustBallin on February 15, 2005, 10:42:03 pm
It'll be an exciting finish to the end.
Oh, and congrats to Jessica Reardon, for breaking the scoring record and becoming the all time leading scorer @ Eureka.
Post by: RegentFan1 on February 16, 2005, 09:46:33 am
Post by: regentpal on February 18, 2005, 10:18:54 am
Post by: Warrior Fish on February 18, 2005, 05:33:30 pm
As for the Tournament tonight
PREDICTIONS
EC over AC (big suprise)
LC over MSOE (a little to close for comfort for the ailing Muskies)
MBBC over WLC (even at the REX, MBBC will be lights out and there is nothing Klay can do about that)
MC over CUW (at least one Marian team will get a win in the post season)
Thats all for now. I will check back after all my predictions have turned out wrong and all can view me putting my foot in my mouth one more time. (by all i mean 2, as only 2 people actually read this board)
Post by: Warrior Fish on February 18, 2005, 10:07:21 pm
Saturday Ladies Action
MBBC over EC in a thriller
65-63
LC over MC in another gut-check for the Muskies
72-64
Post by: pannounce on February 18, 2005, 10:18:18 pm
Post by: stat_boy on February 19, 2005, 03:05:13 pm
Bring on the Muskies!
Post by: Warrior Fish on February 19, 2005, 06:59:01 pm
You just might have to come to LC with your beloved team next weekend and take a stat lesson from they guys that do the job at LC. Those guys cant be beat!
Post by: eaglepride on February 19, 2005, 08:10:41 pm
(Message edited by eaglepride on February 19, 2005)
Post by: clarkkellogg on February 19, 2005, 10:05:02 pm
Post by: Warrior Fish on February 20, 2005, 01:00:39 pm
Post by: pannounce on February 20, 2005, 11:55:17 pm
My prediction...
EC 66
LC 61
PA
Post by: auballer on February 21, 2005, 03:32:35 pm
Post by: JustBallin on February 22, 2005, 12:25:05 pm
Good luck to the remaining teams tomorrow night, and especially good luck to the Spartans.
Post by: Warrior Fish on February 22, 2005, 02:37:03 pm
It will be close, but not that high scoring. The Muskies need to find a way to beat the eagles, who have had their number all year.
Post by: auballer on February 22, 2005, 03:48:05 pm
Post by: rcbball1 on February 24, 2005, 12:14:23 am
Post by: regentpal on February 24, 2005, 10:55:17 am
Post by: JustBallin on February 24, 2005, 12:28:03 pm
Good luck to you on saturday Rockford.
And does anyone know the status of Wheeler right now?
Post by: rcbball1 on February 26, 2005, 05:16:13 pm
Post by: stat_boy on February 26, 2005, 09:24:51 pm
By the way, PA, rummor is that your girl may not play next year. Hoped you enjoyed watching her while you could.
Post by: pannounce on February 27, 2005, 02:03:58 am
Great atmosphere at the dome tonite. Lakeland brought half the college down to Madtown. Loudest women's game I've ever been at. Props go to Katie Hensgen, the lone senior on the team who finally got to the tournament after four hard years of work.
Close game in the second half, both teams played their hearts out. What you would expect from a conference tournament championship game. I do believe the better team won tonite as they beat Lakeland all three times this year. Props go out to first year head coach Bobbi Endress. She locked up her Coach of the Year honors in the LMC.
Selection Sunday is tomorrow.
PA
Post by: d-mac on February 27, 2005, 05:35:53 pm
Whose bubble has been burst and who is wearing Cinderella's glass slippers.
It's Selection Sunday... and tonight there will be a special "Hoopsville" as the 2005 NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Brackets are announced... LIVE on our air!
The Road to Salem and Virginia Beach officially starts tonight!
It plans to be a huge night... as 50 womens and 48 mens teams are officially invited to the dance and a chance at a national title.
Some teams already know they are going (thanks to winning their conferences) and some think they are going, but there are always surprises.
So tonight, we will break it all down. Starting at 8:30 PM EST, we will take a look at who is definitely in, who might make it, who will be disappointed, and what match-ups you might want to look forward to seeing later in the week.
Then at 10:00 PM EST... we will broadcast LIVE the Women's Selection Show so you can find out when we do... the 50 teams on the Road to Virginia Beach.
That will be followed by the Men's Selection Show at 10:30 PM EST - when 48 teams find out what their Road to Salem will be like.
After those selections... we will go over it with a fine-tooth comb and find out who we think are the surprises!
And throughout the show, we will hear from different regions with live reports and talk to coaches that have made surprising moves into the tournament.
Of course, you can listen in thank to Goucher College.
We suggest you try and use the low-bandwith signal which will require you to have Real Player and selection the 28K version of the show.
At the same time, you can listen to the Broadcastmonsters.com version, using Windows Media Player (go to the "Hoopsville" page for more information).
And you can share your opinions and questions with us, live on the air.
email - hoopsville@d3hoops.com
AOL IM - Hoopsville2000
And for more information... check out the "Hoopsville" website (www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville)!
Again... it all starts tonight at 8:30 PM EST.
Post by: d-mac on February 27, 2005, 05:36:25 pm
Whose bubble has been burst and who is wearing Cinderella's glass slippers.
It's Selection Sunday... and tonight there will be a special "Hoopsville" as the 2005 NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Brackets are announced... LIVE on our air!
The Road to Salem and Virginia Beach officially starts tonight!
It plans to be a huge night... as 50 womens and 48 mens teams are officially invited to the dance and a chance at a national title.
Some teams already know they are going (thanks to winning their conferences) and some think they are going, but there are always surprises.
So tonight, we will break it all down. Starting at 8:30 PM EST, we will take a look at who is definitely in, who might make it, who will be disappointed, and what match-ups you might want to look forward to seeing later in the week.
Then at 10:00 PM EST... we will broadcast LIVE the Women's Selection Show so you can find out when we do... the 50 teams on the Road to Virginia Beach.
That will be followed by the Men's Selection Show at 10:30 PM EST - when 48 teams find out what their Road to Salem will be like.
After those selections... we will go over it with a fine-tooth comb and find out who we think are the surprises!
And throughout the show, we will hear from different regions with live reports and talk to coaches that have made surprising moves into the tournament.
Of course, you can listen in thank to Goucher College.
We suggest you try and use the low-bandwith signal which will require you to have Real Player and selection the 28K version of the show.
At the same time, you can listen to the Broadcastmonsters.com version, using Windows Media Player (go to the "Hoopsville" page for more information).
And you can share your opinions and questions with us, live on the air.
email - hoopsville@d3hoops.com
AOL IM - Hoopsville2000
And for more information... check out the "Hoopsville" website (www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville)!
Again... it all starts tonight at 8:30 PM EST.
Post by: regentpal on February 28, 2005, 01:24:35 pm
Post by: d-mac on March 01, 2005, 04:24:07 pm
But who will win? The tournament previews are tonight on "Hoopsville"!!!
Sunday night we were live when the teams were selected and we found out who was in and out. The women's bracket was done relatively well... the men's bracket seems to be a bit of a disappointment.
But now we are looking ahead at the big games this weekend. From now on its win or go home.
One of those men's teams that is one of the hottest in the nation is #17 Gustavus Adulphus... who is riding an 18-game winning streak into the NCAA Tournament. The Gusties now will take on Lawrence on Thursday and could face the defending National Champs, UW-Stevens Point on Saturday. So, what might Mark Hanson be thinking. We will hear from him tonight and how his team has recovered from their 4-5 start to the season.
Now... the NCAA doesn't seed the Men's and Women's Brackets... but we will!
Tonight, live on the air, we will seed the men's and women's brackets according to how we see it and how we think the NCAA was thinking. So you can get an idea of who the NCAA thinks are the top teams and who might be hosting games in the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 (Regionals).
And there are new #1 teams in both the Men's and Women's Top-25 this week... but barely. UW-Stevens Point is just points ahead of Amherst on the men's side. And on the women's, it is just a point between Scranton and Bowdoin.
We will breakdown the final regular season Top-25 and try and figure out what the voters were thinking. Along with pointing out how not all of the Top-25 made the tournament.
And of course, we will have live regional reports from around the nation and take your questions and comments live on the air.
So come join us online and LIVE from 8PM - 10PM Eastern!
"Hoopsville": only place where you can listen or chat about Division III Basketball in the nation.
Go to the "Hoopsville" page for information on how you can listen in and chat with us live!
Post by: pannounce on March 02, 2005, 10:41:55 pm
PA signing off
Post by: JustBallin on March 03, 2005, 03:08:38 pm
Close game. Congrats on the effort.
Props to Kristi Strunz for being the only Rockford player to do any damage (22 pts) in the game. (Snow had 11, that was about it).
Post by: RegentFan1 on March 08, 2005, 01:36:04 pm
Go Regent Softball!!!
Post by: d-mac on March 08, 2005, 04:50:20 pm
32 teams still have a chance at two national titles... and many teams weren't expected to get this far.
Tonight, a preview of this weekend's Sweet 16 action and preparations for the Final Four... on "Hoopsville"!!!
Wooster, Wittenburg, and Illinois Wesleyan are out of the men's bracket!
So, who in the world is still left in the Men's Road to Salem?
Well... UW-Stevens Point, Amherst, and St. John Fisher.
Trinity (TX) is still alive. Most thought they would be playing IWU on Friday night, instead they face Hanover. Tonight, we will chat with Coach Pat Cunningham about his Tigers. Their road to the Final Four is going to be a tough one.
Then there is John Carrol, who defeated Wittenburg to earn their Sweet 16 berth. Coach Mike Moran seems to have his Blue Streaks team clicking on all the right cylinders, having won the OAC before their run in the NCAA's. We will chat with Coach Moran about his upcoming game against Albion... who got by on what some say is a questionable win over Wooster.
On the women's side, not too many upsets, even though DePauw and Buena Vista were eliminated on their Road to Virginia Beach.
Wesleyan continues to surprise as they took out Staten Island to earn their Sweet 16 game against Springfield. Coach Kate Mullen will join us live on the air to talk about how this season's finish isn't what the Cardinals planned on... and how they're looking to keep dancing.
George Fox will be earning a lot of frequent flyer miles this weekend. Coach Scott Rueck has his Bruins playing very good basketball and will take on St. Benedict, who upset Buena Vista. But how are the Bruins going to handle flying across the entire length of the nation for the game(s)... we will ask Coach Rueck.
And Salem is getting ready for their tenth Men's Final Four. ODAC Commissioner Brad Bankston will join us live on the air to let us know how the preparations are going. How you can get tickets! And what else you can expect and should do while in the great city of Salem (and Roanoke), Virginia.
Oh... and of course we will chat with our regional reporters - Gordon Mann will actually join us in studio. And we will certainly take your questions and comments on the air and try and cover a very busy week of basketball.
So come join us online and LIVE from 8PM - 10PM Eastern!
"Hoopsville": only place where you can listen or chat about Division III Basketball in the nation.
Check out the "Hoopsville" page for information on how you can listen... and be a part of the show.
Post by: eaglepride on April 17, 2005, 10:51:27 pm
Post by: Pat Coleman on April 17, 2005, 11:03:21 pm
Post by: auballer on April 17, 2005, 11:38:19 pm
Post by: eaglepride on May 09, 2005, 09:58:42 pm
Post by: eaglepride on October 03, 2005, 11:30:17 am
Post by: Warrior_Fish on November 05, 2005, 11:06:56 pm
Anyone still checkin this thing? Is anyone as excited as I am for a new season of LMC women's basketall???
Gimmie your picks everone. We need to make our voices heard on LMC Media day.
(november 10th @ lakeland btw)
1. Edgewood
2. MBBC
3. Marian
4. LC
5. WLC
6. CUW
7. MSOE
8. DU <<<this one will be close
9. AC <<<
POY
Kim Bond and Nikki Updike.
Post by: keith45 on November 06, 2005, 09:54:43 am
Post by: dropkick11 on November 07, 2005, 05:32:07 pm
Post by: regentfan1 on November 10, 2005, 03:38:20 pm
Go! Regents :P
Post by: Warrior_Fish on November 10, 2005, 06:16:48 pm
You are correct. I did not know that she had left for nursing.
I hear our dear friends at 'Natha have only eight players with which to make a run at the LMC tourney upset bid, and one of those has a few pins in her wrist.
Bummer for them.
Preseason announced today:
2005-06 Women’s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll
#1 Edgewood College
#2 Lakeland College
#3 Wisconsin Lutheran College
#4 Marian College
#5 Concorida University
#6 Dominican University
#7 Milwaukee School of Engineering
#8 Maranatha Baptist Bible College
#9 Alverno
Edgewood is the team to beat, and if they loose one game in conference this year, I will be astonished.
Lakelands get #2 because of our past, but let me tell ya, I think they might move down the list here a lil bit.
evryone else, shrug. does it matter? EC will blow everyone away.
Post by: Mr. Downtown on November 22, 2005, 06:12:52 pm
Being a Titan fan and from the WIAC, how good is this Concordia team?
For the Titans, they are not very deep, but a solid starting 5. They did not play very well against Carroll College last week, so i expect them to improve.
Post by: regentfan1 on January 05, 2006, 11:51:26 am
???
Post by: Warrior_Fish on January 05, 2006, 12:13:38 pm
Guess we will see what shakes out.
Post by: Warrior_Fish on January 07, 2006, 01:39:22 pm
LC takes on WLC today. Muskies improve to 6-0.
Anyone have ANY thoughts on anything???
Post by: borderjumper on January 09, 2006, 11:39:08 am
Post by: eaglepride on January 13, 2006, 01:34:47 pm
Post by: keith45 on January 19, 2006, 11:41:44 am
Don't hurt yourself backing up over that "edgewood's season was a fluke" comment....looks like teh ship is headed in the right direction..Megan Scheele, ROY
Post by: regentfan1 on February 01, 2006, 12:03:54 pm
Better TEAM.
Should be ranked!
Post by: auballer on February 02, 2006, 06:30:48 pm
Post by: auballer on February 02, 2006, 06:53:55 pm
Post by: shingle on February 02, 2006, 09:10:21 pm
Post by: regentfan1 on February 03, 2006, 02:13:28 pm
Post by: featheredfriend on February 05, 2006, 01:52:05 am
regentfan1, you must be a parent of a kid who's finally getting to play because Dorman left the team. I've seen Dorman play and if you think a player is "selfish" because they were one of the most dominating players in the NIIC, then I suppose you are right. RC has NO ONE that can take over a game - every time - like Dorman did. Rockford is still a good team and has some nice players, but they are very average now without Dorman. By the way, did you call Dorman "selfish" while she was playing for your Regents???
FYI, the combined won-lost record of the Regents' 17 victories is 134-209 (39%). They have just three wins over schools with winning records and just five wins over teams with double-digit win totals currently. The four teams who beat the Regents are currently 3rd (Aurora), 4th (UW-LaCrosse), 5th (Elmhurst) and 6th (UW-Whitewater) in their respective leagues.
Hmmmmm....
Post by: eaglepride on February 05, 2006, 10:56:22 am
Post by: featheredfriend on February 05, 2006, 01:47:14 pm
Strunz is no doubt a great player...and so is Butler and Jones (among others). My point to Regentfan1 was that Dorman's departure made RC average rather than dominent. If RC had only a portion of what Dorman was averaging in the games they lost, they would be 20-1 right now.
17-4 is very good (but all things considered far from remarkable), but I wonder if your Eagles had played the exact same schedule as RC if they might not be over .500 themselves (Didn't Benedictine lose to quite a few teams that are doing well this year?). Rockford looks like it gambled on only scheduling a few "tough" games to try to have a good record for Pool B purposes and - if you don't win those games - it can bite you in the backside.
Post by: d3d3 on February 05, 2006, 02:27:50 pm
Obviously, she is not a team player so she shouldn't be talked about unless its on a Rockford College "Quitter" chat. And the good thing about D3hoops.com is that you can start that chat!!!!
Post by: shingle on February 06, 2006, 12:14:11 am
Feb. 8 Edgewood @ Lakeland*
Feb. 8 Marian @ Concordia (Wis.)*
Feb. 11 MSOE @ Lakeland*
Feb. 11 Wis. Lutheran @ Edgewood*
Feb. 13 Edgewood @ Marian*
Feb. 13 Lakeland @ Maranatha*
Feb. 13 Wis. Lutheran @ Concordia (Wis.)*
Good luck to everybody!
Post by: featheredfriend on February 06, 2006, 09:20:21 am
Also, players leave teams for many, many reasons every season and have the right to do so. Sometimes it takes more courage to do what you feel is right, rather than do what is easiest. But, either way, this is D3 basketball and supposed to be about the student-athlete first...and therefore shouldn't elicit name-calling under any circumstances.
Rockford's Coach Amsbury has done a great job building up that program. But if I remember correctly, last summer he was featured on D3Hoops.com as a finalist for the St. Thomas job. Should people call him "selfish" or "quitter" because he was job hunting and looking to leave an NCAA playoff team at Rockford that was returning all of its top players? Of course not. He knows his circumstances and has a right to try to better himself...as does any player, especially at this level.
Post by: d3d3 on February 06, 2006, 09:38:32 am
People do leave for many reasons that are acceptable and others that are not. Leaving your team on a road trip the school is paying for..selfish. Not coming back with your team...selfish.
In my opinion, if you start something, finish it.
As far as Rockford's coach, your statement is insane. First, it was during the summer, not during the season. Second, in coaching their is always potentially a better job available.
Post by: regent06 on February 06, 2006, 09:44:20 am
Post by: featheredfriend on February 06, 2006, 10:27:42 am
What gives you the right to be judge & jury to say what is acceptable? C'mon...it doesn't take an advanced degree to see what you say doesn't add up: 2-time conference Player of the Year (with stats supporting a third award), 3-time all-conference player and potential All-American suddenly decides just to quit basketball in the middle of her senior year. I'd bet money there's a lot more to Dorman leaving than the points you brought up...and, frankly, it's no one's business except the player & coach.
Would you call Strunz "selfish" for leaving Clarke College to go Rockford? Some people might argue that "finishing what you start" would apply there, too. I think she had every right to do what she felt was right for her...but I'll bet there were those in Dubuque who didn't see it that way.
Post by: d3d3 on February 06, 2006, 03:36:39 pm
d3d3, my point about the coach has to do with everyone has reasons for what they do. Things just happen, you deal with them, and you go on. The fact that it was summer is irrelavant. Didn't the coach recruit players to come play for him? If he had left wouldn't that seem disloyal to recruits and returning players? Did he tell recruits he was looking at other jobs? (That's a retorical question; which I don't believe he should have). Again, my point was everyone - players and coaches alike - have their reasons for things.
What gives you the right to be judge & jury to say what is acceptable? C'mon...it doesn't take an advanced degree to see what you say doesn't add up: 2-time conference Player of the Year (with stats supporting a third award), 3-time all-conference player and potential All-American suddenly decides just to quit basketball in the middle of her senior year. I'd bet money there's a lot more to Dorman leaving than the points you brought up...and, frankly, it's no one's business except the player & coach.
Would you call Strunz "selfish" for leaving Clarke College to go Rockford? Some people might argue that "finishing what you start" would apply there, too. I think she had every right to do what she felt was right for her...but I'll bet there were those in Dubuque who didn't see it that way.
Post by: d3d3 on February 06, 2006, 03:49:12 pm
It all adds up with Dorman. To a normal person who doesn't care about personal glory, they stay on the team if not for themselves then for other players or coaches. But Dorman is selfish and put herself before the team.
Also what gives me the right to be a judge & jury? Well, the fact that this is a message board where people state their opinions.
Featheredfriend-what you said about their Coach Amsberry and Kristi Strunz is ridiculous. They didn't let their teams down in the middle of a season. Its funny how you try to bring other people into the situation to try to defend Dorman and her actions.
Post by: featheredfriend on February 06, 2006, 04:41:29 pm
This is one of those times when I guess we will have to agree to disagree. You are obviously too close to the team and/or coach Amsberry to look at things objectively...so why bother continuing this conversation? It's weird that you are so consumed in ripping Dorman. Man, you need to let go of the hate and find Jesus or something.
Post by: Just Bill on February 06, 2006, 05:34:29 pm
Post by: regent06 on February 06, 2006, 05:46:30 pm
Post by: the Dorman on February 06, 2006, 09:05:42 pm
Tough loss to Aurora on Saturday but Rockford always seems to bounce back from losses. Good luck to them tomorrow--I'll be there cheering for them.
Post by: d3d3 on February 06, 2006, 10:49:35 pm
Thanks for quitting or getting kicked off, whatever you prefer!!!!
Post by: featheredfriend on February 06, 2006, 11:36:17 pm
Give it a rest. If you had a clue, you would see that "The Dorman" was mocking post #40 by "regentfan1" not putting herself on a pedestal. Frankly, you'd better read the rules for posting, because your last comment is bordering on slanderous.
How about engaging in topics like why your Regents aren't ranked with a 17-4 record instead?
Post by: featheredfriend on February 07, 2006, 07:54:04 am
Dorman had enough courage to sign in as herself. It's easy to name-call behind your screen name as you did. Have some guts and call her a "quitter" or "selfish" using your real name. If what you say is true, you should have no problem doing so. C'mon...lend some credibility to your assertions. I suspect you don't have a fraction of the courage Dorman does...but here's your chance to prove me wrong.
Post by: regent06 on February 07, 2006, 09:30:10 am
***crickets chirping***
Post by: d3d3 on February 07, 2006, 10:31:20 am
Post by: dropkick11 on February 07, 2006, 10:37:54 am
More basketball talk and less personal attacks...that would be a change for this board..
Post by: featheredfriend on February 07, 2006, 10:51:54 am
yeah...that's it...and I was on the grassy knoll, too. Oh, and I helped them fake the moon landing, too.
You must like Oliver Stone movies?
BTW, we're still waiting for you to lend credibility to your name-calling. Why are you changing the subject?
Post by: fanofbball on February 07, 2006, 11:19:04 am
I came to this post for the first time today to see what was happening in the NIIC, and wow you want to talk about a bunch gutless people.
Who cares if the Back-to-Back conference player of the year left, I have been at the last couple of conference tournaments and even went to the NCAA tournament last March and I don't think it really matters this year at all. All it means is that the Rockford College B-Ball team will make lay-ups when the game is on the line.
Let's talk about the NIIC tournament coming up!!!
MARCH MADNESS!!!!
Post by: RCSID on February 07, 2006, 12:42:07 pm
Going into the tournament, I predict it will be Rockford, Aurora, Benedictine, Clarke, Concordia, Eureka...anyone want to argue something relevant like this?
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 07, 2006, 03:35:13 pm
Post by: d3d3 on February 08, 2006, 01:05:08 pm
I was suprised to see AU losing to Eureka lastnight. I thought AU would be really focused after giving RC its 1st conference loss. I guess that's why they play the games. :o
Post by: Warrior_Fish on February 08, 2006, 05:38:06 pm
Great game at the Edgedome on Saturday! Exciting to the last minute. If they would have played another 5 minutes there is no telling who would have won that game. This sets up an interesting game on Wednesday up at Lakeland, not to mention some other important games down the stretch for the teams on top. Any predictions?
Feb. 8 Edgewood @ Lakeland*
Feb. 8 Marian @ Concordia (Wis.)*
Feb. 11 MSOE @ Lakeland*
Feb. 11 Wis. Lutheran @ Edgewood*
Feb. 13 Edgewood @ Marian*
Feb. 13 Lakeland @ Maranatha*
Feb. 13 Wis. Lutheran @ Concordia (Wis.)*
Good luck to everybody!
Feb. 8 Edgewood @ Lakeland* <<<<<< LC by 5
Feb. 8 Marian @ Concordia (Wis.)*<<<<< CUW by 10+
Feb. 11 MSOE @ Lakeland* <<<<<< LC by 15
Feb. 11 Wis. Lutheran @ Edgewood*<<<<<WLC by 3
Feb. 13 Edgewood @ Marian*<<<<EC by 10
Feb. 13 Lakeland @ Maranatha*<<<<<< LC by 24
Feb. 13 Wis. Lutheran @ Concordia (Wis.)*<<<<< CUW by 3 @ the buzzer
Thats about it. Im just so excited to see that there is another person on here. I suppose it is an interesting time since there is the potential for a four way tie for first if LC doesnt come up big with a win tonight.
Post by: shingle on February 09, 2006, 12:17:19 am
What happened at CUW? I think I saw MC have all 5 starters in double digits, 9-15 from 3, outrebounding CUW by 2 (35-33), and 12 steals. MC is a scary team to play. Beware everyone in the tourney.
Good luck again to everyone this weekend.
Warrior Fish, you were pretty close on the LC score, though it prolly didn't look like it would be that close when they threw up 37 at halftime. Then you totally missed on the CUW score, but who would have guessed they would have such a let down after such a great game down at EC?
Let's see what happens between WLC and EC this weekend. It will be a tough time to catch Edgewood after a 2 game skid at home, though I bet WLC had some eyes at tonight's game.
Post by: featheredfriend on February 10, 2006, 01:10:19 pm
Your Regents still have the most talent of any team in the NIIC and should definately be the favorite Saturday versus BU. It looks like RC can find many ways to beat you. BU might have one of - if not the most - consistent threats in the NIIC in Curtis, but RC has the deepest team. If Strunz is off, it seems like you get Butler or Jones or someone else to pick it up. For that reason alone, I don't think the game will be that close.
I think RC's biggest worry is what to do with the day off with the bye as the #1 seed. The real battle heading into the NIIC tournament is for the #2 slot. As I said before, on the regional or national level RC is average now..but when it comes to the NIIC they are still the best team by far (which, unfortunately, doesnt say much for the state of women's hoops overall in the NIIC).
Post by: regentfan1 on February 19, 2006, 01:35:44 pm
Post by: Warrior_Fish on February 20, 2006, 01:54:49 pm
Fish,
Don't hurt yourself backing up over that "edgewood's season was a fluke" comment....looks like teh ship is headed in the right direction..Megan Scheele, ROY
Um, dont look know Keith, but your team lost. A nice effort, but the championship game will be @ LC. What a year.
Post by: dropkick11 on February 20, 2006, 03:12:57 pm
Post by: shingle on February 20, 2006, 09:50:15 pm
Any predictions for POY, ROY, All Conf?
Post by: featheredfriend on February 21, 2006, 02:52:40 pm
Rockford - without Dorman - is an average team in a below average league.
Dropkick11...how can you not see how a coach has responsibility for the direction a team takes? A coach sets the tone, makes the decisions, "manipulates" the individuals into what he or she wants them to be and sets the rules. I once heard a coach say it's a "dictatorship not a democracy"...and in that case a coach has to take responsibility because - logically - you can't have it both ways. Also, a team that's lost three of it's last four games - including a 13-point loss to the league's last place team - is hardly having a good year. I refer you to a previous post to take a realistic look at their record and the fact that most of the teams they have played are below .500. Hey, water seeks it's own level.
Maybe all the slams on Dorman were a bit premature. If she had an "ego" she would have just played the season to run up her stats & honors, and would have ignored whatever circumstances made her decide to walk away from the game. In other words, don't confuse being a competitor with being egotistical. Oh, there's "egotism" on the RC team...but it wasn't Dorman...and "regentfan1" finally saw it!
Post by: b23-baller on February 21, 2006, 05:11:47 pm
man :o
Post by: auballer on February 22, 2006, 10:10:51 am
My prediction: AU vs. BU in conference tourney championship!
Post by: dropkick11 on February 22, 2006, 10:40:10 am
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 22, 2006, 02:49:59 pm
Featheredfriend, considering you are the former Rockford SID, you sure like to rip on a man that has done an unbelievable job in his tenure as RCs coach.
I don't know how you have any proof of that. The e-mail address is pretty generic, there's no real name attached to it.
Perhaps some proof would be appropriate rather than allegations.
Post by: featheredfriend on February 22, 2006, 03:11:07 pm
I don't disagree with you at all about the coach's career and what he has done with the program. We were only talking about the season at hand and my point was that - right or wrong - a coach is responsible for their team. It sucks when the "off court" detracts from the team, but ultimately coach's are held still held responsible. Again, I totally agree with you about the coach's career...but tend to disgree on your view on the current season.
"auballer"...keep guessing! And why do you care who the poster is anyway? Couldn't you find a way to express an inteligent argument on the discussion topic as "dropkick11" did? I mean, seriously, I've heard people speculate on who you really are and your relationship to the AU team...but I don't see how it's even relevant. Everyone has a right to their opinions and discuss them, correct?
Post by: auballer on February 22, 2006, 05:01:08 pm
Post by: Warrior_Fish on February 22, 2006, 07:11:29 pm
any predictions for Saturday's game at LC?
Any predictions for POY, ROY, All Conf?
ROY will probably be Schielle from EC. WLC has a lot of freshman on their team and will probably round out the rest of the All-Rookie team.
POY will be either Thill of LC or Mayyou from CUW. It all depends on who will win the tourney.
I will not make any predictions on the game. At this time, I feel it is to close to call.
PEACE
Post by: featheredfriend on February 22, 2006, 08:26:18 pm
Concordia does have a split with Benedictine and has that mental thing about beating a team (Clarke) that just knocked of the league's #1 team (RC). a couple days before...so I'd think you could toss out the previous scores in this game. I think Concordia's Coach Tills is a real program-builder and, from what I've seen, is very good at managing a game. Also, Sinclair is a real hard worker and does some nice things for the Cougars. Bottom line: If Benedictine's threes are dropping and if Curtis has a typical all-around good game, then BU is going to be tough to beat.
So, that was a long way of agreeing with you, auballer, on an AU-BU final for the women! ;D
Do you realize how young both BU's and AU's rosters are? There should be some great games in the future from those teams alone.
Post by: sportsguru90 on February 23, 2006, 08:19:35 am
Benedictine over Concordia.
Should be two good games.
I think the home-court will prove to be very important in both games, close games but home team prevails.
Post by: shingle on February 24, 2006, 11:40:00 am
In either case it will be great to watch the careers of these two over the next few years. If EC can keep their team harmonious and add a couple recruits they'll be on top soon. I'm sure CUW has something to look forward too if they can land a couple top prospects as well. They've got a great young team who works so hard. Hats off to both coaches for turning it up a notch the past two seasons.
Next year will be a very interesting year as this message board dies and gives way to the nac or what ever it finally becomes. CUW, EC, WLC, and LC are all in the same boat next year. LC probably has the most questions to answer with the departure of Thill. But all four are teams who with 1-3 impact recruits can compete with the other teams joining the league regardless of what the overall record was between the LMC and what's left of the NIIC this year.
I would agree with an LC win, Thill could garner POY. It would be tough to pass up the best player on the best team if LC would seal the deal. Mayyou supporters would have an argument if CUW could pull off the win on Saturday, but I think some out there would still vote for a senior 1000 pt scorer over the frosh at the end of the day.
I think some folks in Milwaukee also may be rooting for the engineering candidate, Chappell who only averaged 21 and 7.5. Not bad stats. Though she doesn't get much help on the scoring end from her own team, teams still double team her, put their best defender on her, push her around, and she still catches, elevates and finishes everytime she touches the ball.
Can Brunner win the COY? Is there another option besides Arvan and Brunner?
Post by: shingle on February 24, 2006, 11:59:36 am
I might be jumping in on your conversation late, but RC coach must be a pretty crumby coach to go 20-6, win the regular season, and guide their team to the conference tournament championship game.
They did stumble a bit at the end, but respect the "season at hand."
Is there more behind the scenes that would make someone be so critical of Coach A?
Post by: hoopin on February 24, 2006, 02:04:17 pm
Being a RC alum and former assistant under Bob I support him fully. He is an outstanding coach who has a great deal of integrity. Does everything go perfect in a life as a coach? I was first with him when he had to rebuild a 70 game loser who could barely field a five person team his first year. In his second season we played and won a game with 3 players at the end of overtime. I remember the frustrations from a loss at home in overtime where the team committed forty plus turnovers. I remember the jubiliation we felt when we crushed Clarke College the reining champ in his third season. Now all he has done is win 20 plus games every year. Do you think he really wanted to lose Dorman after recruiting her so hard? I know he thoroughly enjoyed watching her play and spoke highly of her. I feel badly for them both. Things happen and it is over. Bob is a class coach and individual who has a great deal of integrity. He deserves better from RC. If he were given the tools other coaches were he would be able to concentrate even more on coaching. I would like to commend him for a terrific job and I hope everyone at RC truly appreciates the job he has done. I do not get the chance to speak with him about basketball any more and I miss our great give and take of the game in general.
Post by: b23-baller on February 24, 2006, 04:17:52 pm
rc has a strong team and they will play strong even though there are "problems" with this year's team. good luck!
Post by: auballer on February 24, 2006, 08:34:16 pm
Post by: hoopsville 2006 on February 24, 2006, 10:26:09 pm
Post by: hoopsville 2006 on February 25, 2006, 08:34:52 am
When Coach spoke very highly of Dorman, was Dorman anywhere around to hear him say those things? People tend to compliment people to OTHER people, but not to the person themselves. I want to know, hat did Coach A say to Dorman behind closed doors when no one else was around to hear him say it?
Post by: hoopin on February 25, 2006, 10:08:16 am
Post by: hoopsville 2006 on February 26, 2006, 11:55:46 am
I wasn't referring to any coach in particular at all, until my second posting.
Here is my problem with athletics in general. The communication skills between coach and player are PATHETIC. Everyone, and I mean everyone, needs to read a book on how to communicate effectively
and learn how to LISTEN instead of talk. No one is listening at all!!!!
Let's go back to b23baller and her comments. What she said is very important. A coach needs to do 2 things 1) be the best basketball coach he/she can be and ultimately, win as many games as possible and 2) deal with each and every player on an individual basis. What she then went on to say was that Coach A was
very effective at point #1, but point #2 needed work.
Immediately, auballer came back and called her "whiney", which is what happens when players complain about the treatment they receive from the coach. Does the player have no rights at all? I have seen players be verbally abused by their coach time and time again, and somehow over the years this has become totally acceptable. The player is told to
"suck it up and take it", when in reality, this is verbal abuse. Does the coach go home and talk to his wife and kids this way? I certainly hope not. So why does a coach get away with this type of behavior? Because he/she can. No player is going to speak up because of fear of 1)being benched or kicked off the team or 2)being called whiney or 3)feeling like it is a waste of time because the coach isn't going to understand what the player is trying to say because he/she is NOT listening.
Idea: What is that old saying? There is strength in numbers? If one player takes a stand, it may not change anything, but if the WHOLE team speaks up as a unit, maybe, just maybe, the coach will listen.
The fans are out of control, the parents are out of control, the coach, and yes, the players get attitudes also. I'm tired of it. I thought Div 3 would be better then Div 1, but it isn't, it is the same old, same old, and it is getting worse.
I am not going to change the world of sports here, but what I can do is try and communicate my thoughts and feelings effectively. Take it or leave it.
I'm glad that Coach A was a great influence on you, I really am, but not everyone has that same warm, fuzzy feeling. Are you right and they are wrong? Beats the heck out of me!!!
Post by: RCSID on February 26, 2006, 11:53:27 pm
Rockford College won a Pool B bid to the NCAA Tournament!
Post by: hoopin on February 27, 2006, 10:08:07 am
Post by: b23-baller on February 27, 2006, 11:27:30 am
Post by: fanofbball on February 27, 2006, 12:46:52 pm
B23-Baller:
I had an opportunity to watch the Rockford news on Saturday night after the game. One of the teams seniors was interviewed and she stated that: The team stuck together, did things the right way, followed the rules and coach said it was always be worth it....and then she stated "it was DEF worth it". Sometimes, you have to follow the standards set by a coach to be successful. I am also a believer that to get respect, you must give respect. Earlier in posting up-you stated "don't want to play for a short... short... man", Now that sounds like a pretty respectful thing to say, doesn't it? If you or the girls wanted to quit, then maybe you should have quit. A team is usually better off when you cut the cancer. Just because maybe you didn't get the playing time you wanted or had other issues with the team, doesn't mean the coach didn't respect you.
If a coach was having problems with respect/chemistry then there is no way a team would win 21 games, conference, and a bid to the tourney. Just because you have a bitter taste in your mouth because of whatever happened doesn't mean you have to rain on Rockford's parade. It is easy to blame the coach for unhappiness but maybe you should look at yourself. I am sure the girls that stuck it out and pulled together (instead of trying to pull each apart) are happy about playing in the DANCE. Good luck in the tourney!
Post by: geigs13 on February 27, 2006, 03:20:07 pm
Post by: NIICfan on February 27, 2006, 08:20:46 pm
Good or bad, one of the things that the internet does is it allows people to express opinions. However, the bad part of this is that people can randomly express ignorant opinions about people that are very untrue, unfair, and hurtful. What has been taking place with regard to the stupid statements regarding Bob Amsberry is a classic example of irresponsible opinions being stated
without any accountability. Maybe, Mark Twain, was thinking of the internet.....
First of all, there are stupid comments written about Coach Amsberry with regard to the implication that he yells and screams and berates players, etc. That would be funny, if it were not for that fact that it is so ridiculous, untrue, and is an attack on the character of a good man. As one of the other posters mentions, Bob does NOT yell and scream. If you look at the past several years where his teams have done very well and gone to the NCAA tourney, he is usually relatively laid back with regard to his practice, sideline, and off the court behavior. He treats all his players with dignity and respect. The fact is that Coach Amsberry is honest with everyone he deals with. That is a wonderful quality, but one that many immature and selfish players don't like. Many players say they want a coach to be honest with them, but when the coach is honest and tells them the truth, and it is something they don't want to hear, then the players get upset. It is a "blame the messenger" quality that is entirely unfair.
Second, there are the ignorant comments from a "former player" implying that there is this high level of dissatisfaction with his interactions with his players off the court. What a joke. His players who are willing to sacrifice and be a part of something special and not be "me oriented" very much appreciate him as a caring person who tries and helps his players in any manner possible. If the number of players coming and talking to Coach Amsberry in his office throughout the day about day to day issues and concerns is any indication, he is VERY well respected and admired by his players. To make the statement that there are "eight" or so other players who feel the same way is a statistically stupid statement. When a program goes from not winning to becoming very successful (which by the way, they did win another conference championship, NCAA bid, and 20 win season), there are going to be players that are not good enough to play as much as what they want. That is called competition, and that is what athletics (at D1, D2, D2, or any other level of significant competion) is all about. Not everyone can play, and that is simply a fact. In basketball, there are 5 players on the court at one time. Well, most teams have 10-15 players on a roster. Almost everyone one of those players that is not playing wants to be playing and probably feels they should be playing. The fact is, that players often are not objective about their own level of ability, and coaches have to make hard decisions. As a coach or leader of any group, you can't make everyone happy. 15 players can't play at one time. EVERY good program in the country has players leave/quit for different reasons, and if one were going to ask these players why, they probably would not have wonderful things to say about their former respective program. To say there are 8 players unhappy is kind of funny. When you become good, those players that aren't talented enough or dedicated and willing to sacrifice for the betterment of the team are going to be unhappy. Any program that was bad and has become good program SHOULD have 8 players that have become unhappy. Does that mean that every program is therefore inherently bad. Hardly. What it means is that competition in sport is a lesson in life. Sometimes things don't go the way we want. In order to be successful in life, if things don't go the way we want, we can't quit, whine, and place the blame on someone else. Rather, we need to be mature enough to pick ourselves up and try harder. Blaming a coach is the easy way out in our "scapegoat and pass the blame society". If someone wants to live their life always blaming others, that is their right. However, it is NOT right to make Bob Amsberry a scapegoat. He is an excellent coach, but much more importantly, he is a good and decent human being who is being made a scapegoat because a small group of players, parents, SIDS, etc. can't handle the fact that maybe they need to look in the mirror if they are wanting someone to blame..... Let's celebrate his team's and his success and celebrate the players who were and are willing to give of themselves for the betterment of the team! There is a reason why fellow coaches so respect what he has done with his program and admire the fact that he competes with dignity and grace.
With that being said, good luck against Wheaton!!!!!!
Post by: Showtime on February 27, 2006, 09:39:36 pm
Good Luck RC!
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Post by: Illinihoops4 on August 09, 2006, 10:54:58 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 10, 2006, 12:13:54 am
WLCALUM83
Post by: Illinihoops4 on August 10, 2006, 11:32:42 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 10, 2006, 02:35:28 pm
If the new IL teams are as athletic as Dominican's men's team was last season (it beat WLC's men twice), that will add even more fuel to the potential dogfight.
Post by: Illinihoops4 on August 14, 2006, 10:35:28 pm
I checked out the former EC coach's new gig. She's in an extremely talented conference with quite the program to rebuild. Best of luck to her as she moves onward. Coach Amsberry also has his work cut out for him at Wartburg as it's the weakest they've been in years. Best of luck to him as well.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 15, 2006, 05:55:17 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 18, 2006, 07:26:29 pm
Kim (007) Bond--Maranatha-- (3 point threat during her playing days)
Courtney Femling-MSOE--star player
Melissa Fleming-Dominican (try saying "Femling vs. Fleming" 10 times fast-a broadcaster's tongue-twister).
Janelle Lydell--WLC (no joke) point guard on team that went to Nationals in 1999-2000. (Has a ring to it, anyway).
Amber Nero--Concordia (softball): Has she per chance heard of Jim Rome? (I won't go any further with that one).
(Drum rim-shots/tomato throws optional. I can hear the Jimmy Durante keyboard music playing as I'm being dragged off the stage with a cane.)
Post by: Illinihoops4 on August 23, 2006, 10:36:16 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 24, 2006, 01:52:53 pm
Lea Colon-Alverno: point guard (perfect for grammar and punctuation afficionados.)
Chris DemoGiorgias-Dominican: center (rebounder/shot-blocker).
I realize it'd be a roster loaded with guards, but the 3 or 4 more names I could add are for players way out of region.
Post by: Illinihoops4 on August 28, 2006, 08:33:04 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 29, 2006, 09:58:43 am
Post by: Illinihoops4 on September 12, 2006, 09:56:39 pm
Noticed Rockford stayed "in house", moving one of their assistants to the top spot. Barring injury the Regents' women's team shouldn't miss a beat if everyone comes back. ;) (Illinihoops4, was this what you referred to on 8/10? It just showed up on the NAC website today. (/url]
(http://www.northernathleticsconference.com)
Yes, that's what I was referring too. I don't really think it was a great hire, but we'll see. Any pre season news? From any team? Surely someone knows something by now!
Post by: dropkick11 on September 13, 2006, 09:39:33 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 13, 2006, 03:18:56 pm
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Post by: Illinihoops4 on September 14, 2006, 08:41:59 pm
My pre-pre-season favorite is Concordia Wisconsin.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on September 15, 2006, 02:23:07 pm
Here are my pre pre-season women's basketball picks:
1 Concordia, WI
2 Benedictine
3 Concordia, Chicago
4 WLC
5 Lakeland
6 Rockford
7 Aurora
8 Edgewood
9 Marian
10 Alverno
11 Dominican
12 Maranatha Baptist
Post by: Illinihoops4 on September 16, 2006, 06:30:34 pm
1. CUW
2. Aurora
3. Lakeland
4. Rockford
5. Benedictine
6. Marian
7. WLC
8. Concordia Illinois
9. Edgewood
10. Alverno
11. Dominican
12. MBBC
Post by: libero on October 22, 2006, 08:40:44 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 22, 2006, 11:04:38 am
Post by: DDD333 on October 22, 2006, 08:46:39 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 22, 2006, 09:06:44 pm
Post by: crazy4hoops on October 31, 2006, 12:32:12 pm
how are the teams looking so far?
Post by: Illinihoops4 on November 02, 2006, 09:14:01 am
That being said, Rockford could have a rough and tumble year with an inexperienced coach and recruiting could potentially go down hill this season from them. Which brings me to my next question- are the rumors true and if so, how long until Rockford goes under?
Post by: dropkick11 on November 02, 2006, 10:20:21 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 02, 2006, 03:15:01 pm
Post by: Illinihoops4 on November 03, 2006, 09:54:55 am
As for Rockford's past success- they put a talented group together, but after looking through past season's schedules, anyone could have a twenty win season playing against the majority of the teams they played against.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 04, 2006, 11:47:18 am
Post by: Illinihoops4 on November 04, 2006, 03:57:01 pm
After looking at the coach's poll it looks like all are in agreement that CUW is the team to beat. With Edgewood's #'s down I think they'll fall further down the line. I think AU is the team to keep an eye on to shake things up at the top. They scrimmaged pre-season #5 Wheaton this week and hung with them.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 08, 2006, 10:19:09 am
Sources tell me that Maranatha may be ready to make another run like they did a couple of years ago. My prediction: 6th place.
More power to the Crusaders. C Goff and A Lange could use more scoring support. Last season I caught their LMC play-in game win over Alverno and MBBC only had 8 or 9 players available. Had it not been for Amber Lange's clutch free-throw shooting toward the end, things may have turned out differently. 8)
Just checked Maranatha's 06-07 WBB roster and found out A-- there are 17 players on it and B-- Kim Bond (yes, that Kim Bond, the 3 point-threat) is also listed on it. Libero, isn't it nice to have sources in agreeable places? ;) ;) :D :D
Post by: Illinihoops4 on November 14, 2006, 10:44:49 pm
The rest of the conference better look out. She has the ability to make them a very dangerous team!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 15, 2006, 07:37:21 am
Post by: libero on November 15, 2006, 12:40:04 pm
Post by: Illinihoops4 on November 15, 2006, 09:36:46 pm
Friday is almost here and I'm looking forward to the majority of teams tipping off. Finally! :D ;D
Post by: Illinihoops4 on November 15, 2006, 10:37:29 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 15, 2006, 11:13:19 pm
I just visited Maranatha's website............Bond isn't listed.......... now I am curious to where this info came from......
Either her name was just removed or I may have looked at a different list by mistake. I stand corrected regardless. :-[ ;)
Post by: borderjumper on November 16, 2006, 08:25:37 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 16, 2006, 08:36:38 am
what are the predictions for the upcoming season???
how are the teams looking so far?
Same as a previous question...I read that CU was chosen to be the top dog. LC second....what are the thoughts of the masses out there?
The dialogue you guys are looking for can now be found on the Northern Athletics Conference board. :) :) :) ;) ;) ;) :D :D :D 8) 8) 8)
Post by: libero on November 16, 2006, 01:45:44 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 18, 2006, 03:41:04 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 18, 2006, 09:41:09 pm
Post by: Illinihoops4 on November 19, 2006, 12:52:25 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 20, 2006, 04:07:22 am
Edgewood shocks #24 Carroll :o Great win for the Eagles. They weren't able to hang with UW-Stout though. It could be a tough year for EC with the thin roster.
Believe me, the 2005-06 Maranatha women's squad can relate on the thin roster issue. ::)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 28, 2006, 12:17:58 pm
WLC at Carthage
Carroll at Lakeland
Dominican at Beloit
Northland Baptist at Maranatha.
This poster's favorites:
Carthage
Carroll
Beloit
Maranatha
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 29, 2006, 07:30:00 am
Carroll 40, Lakeland 26
Beloit 73, Dominican, IL 61
Carthage 82, WLC 69
Maranatha 67, Northland Baptist 48.
Rockford gets Benedictine in NathCon in-conference action this evening. ;)
Post by: Just Bill on November 29, 2006, 10:28:36 pm
Carroll 40, Lakeland 26
Ugh! I hope they handed out No-Doze at the door.
Post by: Illinihoops4 on November 29, 2006, 11:05:49 pm
Post by: libero on November 30, 2006, 02:08:29 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 30, 2006, 06:08:39 pm
Post by: Illinihoops4 on December 01, 2006, 12:03:24 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 01, 2006, 08:18:09 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 01, 2006, 08:50:56 pm
Aurora over Lakeland. (Muskies shooting woes over yet?)
Benedictine over Concordia-Chicago
Concordia, WI over Rockford
Maranatha over Edgewood :o ??? (Eagles have only 8 players available-if someone slows down Scheele, --interesting test for the Crusaders' new players.)
Marian over Alverno (if the Inferno have some inside scoring punch to take pressure off Ambrial Miller,--)
WLC over Dominican (the Warriors have been getting balanced scoring in their wins--still will need to be on their game, after what the Stars almost did to Edgewood.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 02, 2006, 04:54:42 pm
Lakeland 65, Aurora 54 (Boehm came up big for the Muskies).
WLC 83, Dominican 69 (Warriors were hitting from outside in 2nd half). :) ;) :D
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 02, 2006, 05:13:08 pm
Concordia-WI 74, Rockford 48
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 03, 2006, 06:14:59 am
Edgewood 73, Maranatha 55 (per MBBC site).
Benedictine 67, Concordia-Chicago 62 (per Benedictine site)
And the "rout of the day" award goes to Marian:
Marian 77, Alverno 27 :o ??? (Inferno held to 15% FG shooting.) per Marian site.
BTW, Marian blew out Silver Lake 82-19 in their previous game--Per NathCon site the Sabers were picked to finish 9th in conference--granted it's still early. :-\ :-\ :-X :-X
Post by: Illinihoops4 on December 04, 2006, 10:58:52 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 05, 2006, 07:27:16 am
Concordia, WI over Alverno (Falcons simply appear to have too many weapons--on paper.)
Concordia-Chicago over Lakeland (Too close to call, the Cougars are at home.)
Edgewood over Marian (The Sabers keep it close until midway thru 2nd half, but if Edgewood stays out of foul trouble, the Eagles should prevail.)
Aurora over WLC. (Aurora hungry for a win after losing to Lakeland).
To stay consistent, in non-conference: Benedictine over Elmhurst. (If I eat crow, I eat crow). ;)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 05, 2006, 09:42:25 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 05, 2006, 09:50:56 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 05, 2006, 10:03:18 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 05, 2006, 10:12:19 pm
Benedictine 81, Elmhurst 45.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 06, 2006, 05:09:15 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 06, 2006, 05:41:10 am
MBBC 67, Dominican 66. (That's a win Maranatha's younger players in particular can build on. ;)
Post by: libero on December 06, 2006, 01:42:48 pm
Post by: dropkick11 on December 09, 2006, 12:15:48 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2006, 02:51:07 pm
Aurora over Maranatha
Edgewood over Alverno
Concordia-WI over Benedictine
WLC over Concordia-Chicago
Lakeland over Rockford
Marian over Dominican
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2006, 04:29:40 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2006, 04:41:23 pm
Good Warrior outside shooting late, and overall balanced scoring, as well as being able to break the Cougar press--all keys to the win, per WLC post-game account.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2006, 05:01:35 pm
(thought this one would have been closer).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2006, 06:13:45 pm
Aurora 83, Maranatha 66
Marian 81, Dominican 66. (Marian had 31 points off turnovers--per box score.)
Lakeland 41, Rockford College 40.
(Edgewood/Alverno yet to come in.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 10, 2006, 08:36:25 am
Edgewood 74, Alverno 28. :-X :-X :-X
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 11, 2006, 07:35:15 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 11, 2006, 09:57:44 pm
Per Carthage post-game account, M Scheele was held 11 points below her scoring average.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 12, 2006, 11:23:16 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 13, 2006, 10:23:42 pm
UW-Platteville 79, Edgewood 50. (Per box score, Platteville outshot Edgewood 50% to 28%). M Scheele was held to approx. half her scoring average again.
Post by: libero on December 14, 2006, 05:38:21 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 15, 2006, 10:32:02 am
Maranatha over Rockford (Crusaders are at home. This one will be close.)
Dominican over Alverno (Inferno have been doused big-time of late. They'll be in this one--even more so if Miller comes up big).
Aurora over Edgewood.
Benedictine over Lakeland (Muskie scoring has either come up big or rarely shown up of late. Rockford gave them a good run for their money.
Concordia WI over WLC :( (Should the Falcons come out flat, the Warriors have more of a chance, but Concordia's got too many weapons on offense).
Come on, Warriors, make this poster eat his crow with a smile! :) ;) :D
Post by: shingle on December 15, 2006, 11:29:26 am
Post by: libero on December 15, 2006, 02:00:46 pm
12/15-16 projections:
Maranatha over Rockford (Crusaders are at home. This one will be close.)
Dominican over Alverno (Inferno have been doused big-time of late. They'll be in this one--even more so if Miller comes up big).
Aurora over Edgewood.
Benedictine over Lakeland (Muskie scoring has either come up big or rarely shown up of late. Rockford gave them a good run for their money.
Concordia WI over WLC :( (Should the Falcons come out flat, the Warriors have more of a chance, but Concordia's got too many weapons on offense).
Come on, Warriors, make this poster eat his crow with a smile! :) ;) :D
MBBC over Rockford - RC interim coach is a Maranatha grad. . .interesting
Dom over Alverno - of course, the question is, will Alverno break 20 points
Edgewood over AU - a little upset, but Edge has it in them
Lakeland over Ben - don't know why
WLC over ConcW - WLC is better than people think
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 15, 2006, 08:41:32 pm
Rockford 76, Maranatha 61. :o ??? (Per Rockford's press release, Regent women shot 50% from 3-point range.)
Alverno/Dominican yet to come in.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 15, 2006, 10:16:42 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 15, 2006, 10:39:13 pm
Per Dominican box score:
Alverno had 3 players in double figures, Dominican at least 4. (Inferno's Miller 4-10 from field).
Stars outshot Inferno 52% to 33% per box score.
Tomorrow this poster finds out if Edgewood (thin roster and all) can pull an upset on Aurora. :o ???
Post by: libero on December 16, 2006, 04:56:28 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 16, 2006, 06:21:44 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 16, 2006, 07:44:04 pm
(Thought this would be closer, given the Falcons were picked to win the conference).
Per CUW announcers the Falcons just plain came out flat and had a below average first-half.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 16, 2006, 08:05:32 pm
Benedictine 62, Lakeland 48.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 18, 2006, 09:04:18 pm
Concordia-Chicago 69, Marian 66.
Per Marian box score, CU-Chicago had nearly twice as many FT attempts as Marian (26 to 15, respectively).
Cougars had 5 players in double figures scoring-wise.
Non-Conference final:
Westminster 67, Concordia-WI 64 (Despite a 48-pt 2nd half, the Falcons still fall short).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 19, 2006, 09:40:06 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 19, 2006, 09:50:17 pm
Post by: dropkick11 on December 20, 2006, 02:32:56 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 20, 2006, 07:54:15 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 21, 2006, 10:48:18 pm
Benedictine 58, MSOE 57.
(Props to MSOE's C Chappell on reaching the 1,500 point milestone!) :) ;) :D :) ;) :D 8) 8) 8)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 27, 2006, 03:56:55 pm
http://northernathleticsconf.com/sports/basketball_women/standings/ (http://northernathleticsconf.com/sports/basketball_women/standings/)
Given that WLC hasn't played Benedictine, Lakeland or Edgewood yet, I'd expect the Warriors to slip a few spots. Jury is out on Benedictine (one of that squad's better guards just got hurt). Concordia, WI, Lakeland, Aurora and Edgewood should move up. Marian also could be a factor. Too early to tell if more than one of these squads go to Nationals (will have to come darn close to running the table, given even the best teams have 3 losses already). :-X :-\ :-X :-\ :-X :-\ :-X :-\ :) ;) :D :) ;) :D
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 28, 2006, 07:47:35 pm
The Cougars' path (on paper) doesn't get any easier. They get ranked McMurry (and their star player Richardson) tomorrow.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 28, 2006, 09:08:29 pm
MSOE gets Tri-State tomorrow.
Another women's final.
Rockford beats Concordia-Ann Arbor, 63-53 in the Regents' own tournament. (per Regents' website.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 29, 2006, 03:46:00 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 29, 2006, 08:13:11 pm
Tri-State 73, MSOE 69 per Clarke site. (MSOE"s Chappell become's Raider all-time leading scorer, TSU came from behind.)
North Park 62, Rockford College 52. per Rockford site. North Park outshot Rockford from the field, Regents had plenty of turnovers.
Whitman 29, WLC 20 at halftime.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 29, 2006, 10:44:56 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2006, 05:22:36 pm
Beloit 64, Lakeland 39 (Cold shooting and an early 11-2 Beloit run did the Muskies in, per Beloit web-site.)
WLC/Whitworth yet to come in:
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2006, 06:41:53 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 01, 2007, 11:21:27 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 03, 2007, 09:49:43 am
Concordia-WI over Lakeland (Muskie's shooting to this point has been inconsistent--they could still win if CUW comes out flat after the Falcons' layoff.)
MSOE over Alverno. (MSOE's got a second player to help out Chappell scoring-wise in their wins-either Guthrie or another player). This poster doesn't think the Inferno's that much worse than last year, the 2 in-conference teams Alverno beat last season got that much better.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 03, 2007, 07:43:57 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 03, 2007, 10:13:47 pm
MSOE 57, Alverno 45. (Per MSOE site: Raiders shot 74% in 2nd half to overcome a half-time deficit. Chappell and Jungbluth provided most of the scoring punch. Alverno 6-19 from FT line.) :-X :-X :-X
Benedictine 68, Judson 60, OT. (Per Judson site, Judson led most of regulation, but Benedictine hit several 3's in OT to put the game away).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 05, 2007, 10:52:34 pm
Dominican 85, Meredith 67. (Per box score off Meredith site, Dominican outscored Meredith 57-29 in 2nd half, and also out-rebounded Meredith 49-28).
Lakeland 67, Clarke 62. (Per Lakeland press release, Boehm had a 28-point night (11-16 shooting), Muskies shot 48% from the floor, (they've had much worse than that this season).
:) ;) :D :) ;) :D
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 06, 2007, 02:35:37 pm
Aurora over Marian: (Sabers can pull off the upset if they create enough turnovers and get enough points off them.)
Concordia-WI over Rockford; (Falcons' balance appears to be just a bit much for Rockford-if the Regents bring their "A" game and CUW comes out flat, the better Rockford's chances).
Benedictine over Concordia-Chicago (this figures to be the closest of the 3--Benedictine lost one of its' better guards to injury. The Cougars have been outrebounding opponents on the offensive glass, but they need to be more consistent on FT shooting and tighten up the D a bit.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 06, 2007, 04:47:03 pm
CUW: Ruppe and Ensign in double figures scoring.
Rockford: 2nd half scoring drought cost them. Angie Butler had to leave the game with 4 minutes left after being hit in the face during a scramble for a loose ball. Per CUW broadcasters, she was seen on the bench near the end of the game with an icepack underneath one eye. CUW's depth wore the Regents down as the game continued.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 06, 2007, 07:28:06 pm
Marian 73, Aurora 61. :o ??? :o ??? (per Marian box score, Marian outshot Aurora from the field, and the Sabers had 35 points off turnovers, compared to 18 for the Spartans.)
Benedictine 73, Concordia-Chicago 72. (per Benedictine web site, Eagles won it on a Curtis put-back basket at the buzzer). :) ;)
Post by: Illinihoops4 on January 06, 2007, 08:09:45 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 08, 2007, 09:55:19 pm
Lakeland over Alverno:
Benedictine over WLC: (Eagles are hot-Warriors need to either shoot a bit better or crash the boards harder than they did out West).
Edgewood over Concordia-Chicago: (Too close to call-if Eagles get in foul trouble, Cougars could pull off mild upset).
Aurora over Dominican: (Spartans hungry for win after Marian knocked them off on the road).
Marian over Rockford: (Marian may shock more teams than Aurora yet).
Concordia-WI over Maranatha: (Falcons are on a good roll, which figures to continue.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 09, 2007, 09:34:51 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 09, 2007, 09:45:54 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 09, 2007, 09:52:18 pm
Edgewood's Kittoe set a record for most 3-pointers by an Eagle in her career--albeit in a losing cause.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 09, 2007, 09:59:39 pm
Per WLC post-game account--Laete 24 pts. Lindert 10. WLC 21-6 run early in 2nd half put them ahead and then they hit their free-throws.
Next opponent: Lakeland--on the road.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 09, 2007, 10:21:50 pm
Aurora wins big over Dominican, 71-50.
Marian defeats Rockford 69-59. (Rockford's Butler put in 22 minutes of playing time. Marian had 4 players in double figures led by Moody's 23 pts--Rockford site. Look out--Sabers are now 4-2 in conference and given their penchant for creating points off turnovers they may make even more noise yet.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 11, 2007, 03:35:30 pm
1/11: Benedictine over Clarke
1/13: Aurora over Alverno (Spartans figure to get back on track after losing to Marian).
Concordia-Chicago over Dominican (Cougars' last win gives them a bit of momentum).
Benedictine over Maranatha (How much can Goff & Lang keep urging the rest of the team??)
Edgewood over Rockford. (Would be surprised if Eagles lost 2 in a row at home.)
WLC over Lakeland :o ??? (One "X" factor for each side: Against Alverno, Lakeland Coach Arvan used more of her players than usual, felt she wasn't getting enough out of most of her starters at one point in the first half--has she found some more up-to-now unexpected secret weapons?? WLC's players are going in there with vengeance on their minds, wanting to make up for the 58-20 drubbing they took from the Muskies up there last season. This one's also too close to call.)
Post by: libero on January 12, 2007, 12:30:54 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2007, 04:15:31 pm
Concordia-WI 54, Marian 34, midway thru 2nd.
WLC up 54-37 on Lakeland--10:30 left in 2nd. (Come on, Warriors!).
Edgewood up by 24 on Rockford College in 2nd.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2007, 04:34:32 pm
Concordia-WI 72, Marian 40. :o ??? (Knew the Falcons were hot, but wasn't expecting that!).
Concordia-IL 85, Dominican 56.
Aurora, IL 66, Alverno 44.
WLC 78, Lakeland 67 (The Muskie hex on the road has been stopped!).
Per Lakeland stats Warriors' Laete came up big scoring wise in 2nd half (27 pts total), Lindert also came up big off the bench with 16 points. WLC was 7-15 from 3-pt range and 19-20 from FT line).Muskies hung around, cut the lead to 9 late, but Warriors hit their free throws to seal it.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2007, 07:43:58 pm
Benedictine 85, Maranatha Baptist 70.
Post by: libero on January 14, 2007, 05:54:11 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 14, 2007, 08:49:45 pm
In terms of scoring defense for in-conference games, in 05-06, the range was from Rockford College's 62 ppg allowed to Concordia-Chicago's 71 ppg allowed. So far this season, all 4 of those teams have been allowing 61-63 ppg.
(CUC's defense improved the most between last year and this year, and Rockford's offensive production dropped significantly, from 67 ppg to 51 ppg).
As far as the LMC teams, scoring offense between 05-06 and 06-07 so far (this is also in-conference) in 05-06 the average was from Concordia's 69 ppg to MBBC's 44 ppg. So far in 06-07, WLC's been on the high end (71 ppg avg) and Alverno on the low end (41 ppg). (The Inferno's scoring output has dropped 8 points on avg below last season, to this point. Most improved team on offense thus far as far as increased scoring output is--believe it or not a tie between MBBC and WLC--the Crusaders output increased from 44 ppg to 57 ppg so far, while WLC's output went from 58 ppg in 05-06 to 71 ppg this season.
MSOE's avg in 05-06 was 61 ppg, just by looking at their output so far this season, that's dipped some--they've played anyone from UW Stevens Point to Finlandia. (They're cited as an "x" factor).
Scoring defense in 05-06 for LMC teams for in-conference ranged from Lakeland's 44 ppg allowed to Maranatha's 65 ppg allowed. So far in 06-07 the range is Concordia-WI's 48 ppg allowed to Maranantha's 76 ppg allowed .
In short, yes, the average women's scores (for the LMC teams) have been higher this season.
Post by: libero on January 14, 2007, 09:40:41 pm
Post by: Illinihoops4 on January 14, 2007, 10:04:20 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 14, 2007, 10:15:09 pm
I don't suppose that has anything to do with the faster pace of play that I've seen :D Quicker tempo=more possessions. It's a good thing though. Too match up with teams in stronger conferences the NAC is going to have to get stronger.
Couldn't agree with you more on that one. Witness the 19 pt. loss Concordia-Chicago took against ranked McMurry of Texas, and WLC's losing by some 35 points or so to WIAC power UW-Stevens Point. Not a bash-knock, just meant to indicate a yard-stick to go by. Still too early to tell, given NathCon's status whether any NathCon women's teams will see post-season play beyond the conference tournament. (Someone may have to win out and hope. Concordia-WI per chance???). :-X :-\ :-X :-\
Another factor to figure in--look at a team like Edgewood--only 8 or 9 players available per game, as compared to Concordia-WI or Marian or even WLC which uses 8 players but has 12 available. How handy is the extra depth going to be down the stretch? :) ;)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 15, 2007, 07:53:36 am
1-15: (Non-conference) Maranatha over Moody (and the win will feel like a gallon of water to a thirsty man whose been on a long walk thru a desert.)
1-16: Lakeland over Maranatha: (If the Muskies' Boehm has an off game inside, the Crusaders have a better chance.)
1-17: WLC over Alverno: (Be careful, Warriors, don't take this team lightly, you need to keep pace with Concordia, WI).
Aurora over Concordia-Chicago;
Marian over Benedictine (home game for Sabers, want to get back on track after CUW blew them out).
Rockford over Dominican: (Regents have a bit more punch offensively.)
Concordia-WI over Edgewood: (Falcons' roll continues--).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 15, 2007, 09:19:37 pm
(BTW, this just in--thought I'd mention CU-Chicago's Atoi Sinclair reached the 1,000 point mark for her playing career!). :) ;) :D 8) 8) 8)
Post by: libero on January 16, 2007, 05:56:35 pm
Continuing in that vein - one of Moody's players scored 40 of her teams 42 points against Maranatha last night.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 16, 2007, 09:03:06 pm
Lakeland 60, Maranatha 47. (And apparently it was much closer than that for most of the game.)
(Now watch, the Crusaders will take out their frustrations on their home floor against WLC.) :o ??? :o ??? ::) ::) :) ;) :) ;)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 17, 2007, 09:34:47 pm
WLC 84 Alverno 48 Warriors now 7-1 in conference.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 17, 2007, 09:43:16 pm
Concordia-WI 69, Edgewood 50. (Falcons created a ton of TO's: Edgewood Coach Nyles didn't sub until less than 2 minutes left in first half--per CUW broadcast.) CUW now 8-1 in-conference.
Aurora 72, Concordia-Chicago 66. (CUC's broadcasters indicated that Aurora apparently broke it open in 2nd, and the Cougars were able to whittle away after that, but couldn't come all the way back.)
Marian 66, Benedictine 62. (Eagles out-rebounded 47-35--as indicated on Marian's box score.)
Rockford 50, Dominican 45. (per box score from Rockford College website--the Stars got off to a slow start and didn't recover.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 17, 2007, 10:46:37 pm
Concordia-Chicago over Alverno: (Cougars have size advantage.)
Concordia-WI over Dominican: (Falcon good roll continues.)
Benedictine over Edgewood: (Too close to call.)
Marian over Lakeland: (Another one that could go either way.)
Aurora over Rockford: (Spartans remain in the reg season title hunt).
WLC over Maranatha: Two "X" factors--will WLC remember how a comparatively undermanned Maranatha team kept it close on the road last year before the Warriors pulled away--the other is--how hungry are the Crusaders? If the Warriors let their recent success go to their heads, this could be interesting. Again, they need to be careful. :-X :-\ :-X :-\
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 20, 2007, 05:51:46 pm
Concordia-Chicago 73, Alverno 49.
(Caught this one live. How to beat Alverno--take care of the basketball, and if you've got enough tall personnel who can shoot, feed it into them repeatedly and crash the boards. The Cougars were able to get to the line often and Sinclair had a field day inside--particularly in the first half. One thing I will say for the Inferno, they may be relatively small but they do have quick hands. They were able to run the floor some after several steals in the first half, they just weren't able to convert much. Also, teams are collapsing on Ambrial Miller so her penetration isn't coming as easy as it did last year in the LMC play-in playoff game vs. Maranatha. She's been earning more of her points from the free-throw line than anywhere else. The loss of Leah Colon hurts--she was beginning to hit more of her 3's of late. The Cougars opened up to a 39-16 halftime lead, and were not seriously threatened after that.)
Lakeland 78, Marian 69, OT. (Per box score off Muskie website: Lakeland outshot Marian all around in the OT.)
Aurora 71, Rockford College 38. (Indication from Regents' box score: Rockford shot 13% in first half and held to 3 field goals and 8 points during that stretch!) :o ??? ::) :o ??? ::)
Benedictine 69, Edgewood 59. (Per Edgewood box score, Benedictine had 3 times as many points off turnovers as Edgewood and twice as many points in the paint.)
Concordia, WI 88, Dominican 53. (Per Dominican box score, Falcons outplayed Stars all-around).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 20, 2007, 07:48:10 pm
This one was tied at 69, but the Warriors' Dillon hit some shots and the Warriors came up with some defensive stops and held on.
(This poster hopes that at least WLC's got a spot in the top 6 before they get the Crusaders in the regular season finale at home: Both squads shot the lights out in the first half, and the Crusaders hung tough, got a ton of steals and made things interesting. 'Natha's got nothing to be ashamed of.) :) ;)
WLC improves to 8-1 in-conference! :) ;) :D
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 20, 2007, 08:11:24 pm
Concordia-WI over Aurora: (Falcons are at home-have opportunity for breathing room).
Concordia-Chicago over Rockford: (Regents will give more of a battle than Inferno, but the Cougars have a bit too much strength inside.)
Benedictine over Dominican:
Edgewood over Lakeland: (Too close to call, depends on how Eagles' coach utilizes her bench--and how well Muskies are shooting).
Maranatha over Alverno: (Another close one, Colon being out will hurt the Inferno, though both teams are hungry, I give Crusaders the nod because of their slight height advantage. Alverno could win if the Crusaders shoot poorly throughout the game. Also depends on who creates the most turnovers and gets the most points off them.)
Marian over WLC: :o ??? :o ??? (Sabers have been giving Warriors fits the last few times they've played each other. I know WLC wants this one bad after the Sabers knocked them out of the playoffs last season, but--I just have a feeling (a fear WLC may come out flat one game and never recover???). I hope I'm wrong.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 23, 2007, 09:40:33 pm
Edgewood up on Lakeland 64-50 with 0:25 remaining: (Eagles, 4 players in double figures scoring wise, Eagles also outshot and out-rebounded Muskies in this game).
WLC 60, Marian 52: Warriors keep pace with Falcons. (Late first-half/early second half scoring run and improved second-half shooting in general got WLC the win--per stats off Marian's site).
Maranatha 69, Alverno 55. (Wonder how much of a game Goff had inside). (14-0 run did Inferno in--per MBBC press release).
(Libero--at least your Crusaders went .500 on the evening.) :D
And in the mild upset of the evening:
Rockford College 41, Concordia-Chicago 39: :o ??? (Per Rockford box score, Cougars had a terrible night shooting-- Morgan Love hit a jumper with 8 seconds to play to give the Regents the win--costly loss for the Cougars if they want to qualify for the conference tournament).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 23, 2007, 10:50:03 pm
Marian over Alverno:
WLC over Dominican: (Hope the Warriors have a stronger game on offense in this one than they reportedly did against Marian earlier tonight.) (Again, they need to be careful here.)
Aurora over Lakeland: (Home game for the Spartans--they couldn't slow down Falcons' winning ways).
Edgewood over Maranatha: (Eagles stay in post-season contention).
Post by: libero on January 24, 2007, 09:47:06 am
She had 24 points including 5 for 5 from beyond the arc. The only blemish on the night - she was 1-2 from the line. The Inferno should have started fouling her as soon as she caught the ball.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 24, 2007, 12:22:44 pm
Maranatha defeated Alverno last night - Amber Lang was 9 for 9 from the floor!
She had 24 points including 5 for 5 from beyond the arc. The only blemish on the night - she was 1-2 from the line. The Inferno should have started fouling her as soon as she caught the ball.
They tried that last year in the LMC play-in playoff game--it didn't work--she was almost perfect from the line that game.--BTW--were you able to see the "near miss" against WLC?? (Was that incredible shooting in the first half or what???) Had WLC shot too much worse, the Crusaders would have had that one as well.
Post by: Illinihoops4 on January 25, 2007, 09:00:57 pm
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Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2007, 09:32:43 pm
Final: WLC 83, Dominican 48.
WLC is now 10-1 in-conference!!! :) ;) :D
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2007, 10:16:49 pm
Marian 61, Alverno 48. (Inferno led by 3 at the half, but the Sabers outshot Alverno in the second half for the win--per Marian box score).
Lakeland 56, Aurora, IL 49. (Per Muskie press release, when Spartans tried double or triple-teaming Boehm, the ball would get kicked off to Danielle Duranceau, who was hitting her 3's that game.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2007, 10:29:29 pm
Aurora over Benedictine. (Only because the Spartans are at home.)
Lakeland over Dominican. (Muskies' offense may be coming around at the right time for them.)
Marian over Maranatha. (Sabers have more muscle inside, but Crusaders have a chance if they're hitting their 3's.)
Rockford over Alverno. (Inferno will need to get a lot of points off turnovers in this one.)
Edgewood over WLC. (Warriors' winning run ends--this is the beginning of their toughest stretch of the season.)
Concordia-WI over Concordia-Chicago (should the 2 meet in the weekend invitational).
This poster's got a feeling things are going to get very interesting yet. :-X :-\ :-X :-\ :) ;) :D
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2007, 11:23:19 pm
:-X :-\ :-X :-\ ;) ;)
Post by: wizbegs1304 on January 26, 2007, 01:36:36 am
Lakeland over Dominican
Maranatha over Marian
Rockford over Alverno
WLC over Edgewood
Concordia-WI over Concordia-Chicago
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 26, 2007, 05:30:53 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 27, 2007, 04:56:10 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 27, 2007, 05:11:10 pm
Marian 79, Maranatha Baptist 65 (Marian outshot the Crusaders on 2-pointers and free-throws. MBBC--26 turnovers, per box score off Marian's web-site).
Lakeland 72, Dominican 47.
MSOE 56, Finlandia 53. (As usual, more often then not, it was mostly the Chappell/Guthrie show for MSOE as far as offensive scoring output goes, per MSOE account.)
Rockford College 62, Alverno 30.
Aurora 78, Benedictine 57.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 27, 2007, 07:47:24 pm
Maranatha over Dominican: (Crusaders are at home. Dominican can win this if their taller players have big rebounding and scoring games.)
Aurora over WLC:
Benedictine over Rockford:
Lakeland over Concordia-Chicago: (More so if the Muskies' Duranceau is given the green light as far as shooting 3's. If that draws the Cougars' taller personnel farther out--.)
Concordia-WI all over Alverno: (Falcons can put distance between themselves and the other front-runners.)
Edgewood over Marian: (WI Eagle squad also may move up. WI Eagle veteran players are doing it with stamina and guts.)
After Concordia-WI, its' going to be a real dogfight--folks. I can feel it already.
Post by: libero on January 30, 2007, 10:23:30 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 30, 2007, 10:14:02 pm
Final; Maranatha 86, Dominican 74. (Crusaders had 4 players in double figures, per MBBC website release.
Post by: libero on January 31, 2007, 02:51:05 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 31, 2007, 04:01:26 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 31, 2007, 09:35:33 pm
Less than 30 seconds left: Lakeland 63, Concordia-WI 49. (Another big day for Boehm inside, CU-Chicago outshot all around. Cougars' Feher in early foul trouble. Wonder how much Glidewell being out hurts the Cougars at this point.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 31, 2007, 09:47:10 pm
Aurora 64, WLC 56. (Per what little this poster heard, the Spartans came back from an 11-point deficit in 2nd half to get the win. Ouch. >:(
Benedictine 50, Rockford College 40. (IL Eagles outrebounded Regents 44-30, and led throughout the contest, as Rockford box score indicates.
And in the mild upset of the evening category:
Marian 58, Edgewood 55. :o ??? :o ??? :o ??? (Marian outrebounded Edgewood for the game. The Sabers' Rose scored the last 3 points, and a Nickie Updike turnover on the WI Eagles' last possession was costly, per Marian box score.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 31, 2007, 10:16:11 pm
Benedictine over Alverno:
Edgewood over Dominican (even more so after tonight's Eagle loss).
Concordia-WI over Lakeland (Falcons have yet to lose an in-conference game at home this season. Lakeland should give them a good run for their money, though).
Concordia-Chicago over Maranatha (If the Crusaders are hitting on all cylinders --particularly their 3's, this could be a tight game.)
Aurora over Marian:
WLC over Rockford: (Warriors have lost 2 in a row--need to have a win to keep pace with the other leaders. A loss wouldn't put them out of contention, but it would make the road a bit harder.)
Six teams are within 2 games of second place at this point. Hang on to your hats, folks. There's still 2 1/2 weeks of regular-season conference play left! :-X :-\ :-X :-\ ;) :) ;)
Post by: libero on February 01, 2007, 10:51:24 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 02, 2007, 08:56:27 am
Post by: Illinihoops4 on February 03, 2007, 01:43:03 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2007, 04:38:13 pm
the Final was Concordia-WI 67, Lakeland 48. (Ruppe came up big for the Falcons again, Lakeland's outside shooting wasn't that good).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2007, 04:42:48 pm
Edgewood 55, Domincan 40. (Per what little this poster heard, both teams were shooting poorly for a good share of the game-the Eagles reportedly pulled away in the last 2 minutes.) (Edgewood-27 points off turnovers to Dominican's 9. The Stars' Crystal Gant had one of her better games--Edgewood site.)
WLC lost to Rockford--don't have the exact final (around 10 points). The Regents were able to get several offensive rebounds, and the Warriors' shots weren't dropping. This is a game the Warriors should have won. ??? ::) ::) ::) (A WLC 3-point threat and defensive hound off the bench, Lauren Lanza, didn't play--ankle.)
Benedictine 73, Alverno 46. (The IL Eagles move into a 3-way tie for 2nd with WLC and Aurora.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2007, 07:32:46 pm
Another final: Aurora 73, Marian 55. (Aurora-24 points off turnovers to Marian's 11. --Marian box score.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2007, 07:55:46 pm
Edgewood over Alverno: (WI Eagles take advantage of relatively easy part of schedule).
Concordia-Chicago over WLC: :o ??? (I know it's a home game for WLC, but the Warrior offense is in a slump, one of the main factors in their win over the Cougars earlier was WLC was hitting on its' threes in the earlier matchup. This one's too close to call. Glidewell's out for the Cougars but I heard one of the Warriors' key players may be hurting, too.) (Could it be that after the first time around the league--???)
Concordia-WI over Benedictine: This figures to be a close game.
Aurora over Maranatha:
Marian over Dominican:
Lakeland over Rockford: (The Muskies are at home and they need this one real bad).
Post by: cuw10 on February 04, 2007, 12:03:07 am
Post by: cuw10 on February 04, 2007, 12:10:17 am
Post by: Illinihoops4 on February 04, 2007, 09:56:16 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 04, 2007, 10:02:26 pm
Just my .02.
Post by: Illinihoops4 on February 05, 2007, 08:25:44 pm
Post by: libero on February 06, 2007, 04:50:16 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 06, 2007, 06:27:37 pm
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 06, 2007, 07:20:35 pm
Maranatha v Alverno tonight. Cancelled due to weather. Rescheduled for February 15th.
vs. Aurora? or is it Maranatha/Edgewood that's cancelled?
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 06, 2007, 07:44:45 pm
MBBC/Aurora re-scheduled for 2/15.
Rockford/Lakeland re-scheduled for 2/11.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 06, 2007, 09:26:55 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 06, 2007, 09:36:55 pm
WLC: W Miller & K Dillon alone combined for 37 Warrior points. WLC outshot CU-Chicago from the floor some 44% to 22% in the 2nd half. Cougars out-rebounded on the game as well--WLC box score.
Half: Concordia-WI 40, Benedictine 33.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 06, 2007, 10:35:11 pm
Final: Marian 61, Dominican 54. (Marian outshot the Stars all around and outrebounded them--per Dominican box score.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 06, 2007, 10:57:28 pm
Lakeland over Benedictine: (Only because the Muskies are at home--too close to call otherwise.)
Dominican over Alverno: (Stars have slight height advantage in this battle to escape the basement. Inferno still could win this if it plays a full 40 minutes.)
Aurora over Edgewood: (Home game for the Spartans--too close to call game #2).
Rockford over Maranatha: (Could be close if Crusaders are hitting their 3's. They need to hang tough on the boards.)
Concordia-Chicago over Marian: (Cougars stay alive for another day.)
Concordia-WI over WLC. (Falcons' Beckum has a hot 3-point shooting hand of late--Warriors rarely win in Mequon anyway.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 06, 2007, 11:20:49 pm
Concordia-WI: vs. WLC, at Maranatha, at Marian, vs. Dominican.
WLC: at Concordia-WI, at Benedictine, vs. Lakeland, vs. Maranatha.
Benedictine: at Lakeland, vs. WLC, at Maranatha, at Edgewood.
Aurora: vs. Edgewood, at Dominican, at Alverno, vs. Maranatha, at Rockford.
Edgewood: at Aurora, at Concordia-Chicago, at Rockford, vs. Benedictine.
Lakeland: vs. Benedictine, at Alverno, vs. Rockford, at WLC, vs. Marian.
Marian: at Concordia-Chicago, vs. Rockford, vs. Concordia-WI, at Lakeland.
Concordia-Chicago: vs. Marian, vs. Edgewood, vs. Dominican, vs. Alverno.
Here we go: Concordia-Chicago's kicking themselves big time for losing the last game they had against Rockford. All 4 of the Cougar games are at home, but a Marian win coupled with a Concordia-Chicago loss and the Cougars are eliminated from the conference tournament.
Aurora, (on paper, anyway) would appear to have the easiest of the schedules.
If Marian lost 3 of its' last four games, the Sabers would also be eliminated. This poster, however, does not see that happening--barring the unforeseen.
We wanted a dog-fight. We're getting one. :-X :-\ :) ;) :D :) ;) :D
Post by: 1soccer1 on February 08, 2007, 12:14:08 am
Ruppe is a nice player, but statistically(conference) her stats don't quite match up with Scheele. While they are playing in different systems, I believe Scheele has had more of am impact on her team and the conference. Arguments can be made for a handful of players this season. It'll be interesting to see how it all pans out.
As much as you say Scheele has had an impact, that is great with a team you can shine on with no other big hitters. With CUW, Ruppe can't stand out as much as she should because their whole team is stacked. They have depth with their starters and players coming off the bench. I believe that Ruppe has done more throughout the entire season in the tough games. When they met for head-to-head match, they were in in their stats. Scheele had 17 pts with 5 rebonds and Ruppe has 16 pts with 5 rebounds. If Scheele was so much of a better player, she would have stood out in that game. Stats are only numbers.....it depends on the player, and overall Ruppe is the better player!
Post by: Illinihoops4 on February 08, 2007, 02:04:04 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2007, 04:29:02 pm
This season, for comparison's sake, Edgewood's 2 other top scorers have been Jordan Kittoe and Nickie Updike, while Concordia-WI has K Mayyou and Asia Beckum (who has been shooting the net to shreds from 3-point range of late.)
Again, it's not so much that Edgewood isn't loaded, it's that the Eagle starters as a whole for most of this season have had to put in more minutes than the Falcon starters.
:-X :-\ :-X :-\
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2007, 09:34:50 pm
0:29 left in 2nd--Benedictine 50, Lakeland 29. (Muskies shot 18% from the field on the game. Benedictine's Tamika Curtis had 18 rebounds. Muskies' Boehm had 12 points, but not much help.)
An Aurora loss, and Concordia-WI clinches the NAthCon regular season title.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2007, 10:07:36 pm
(Libero, I hope you're sitting down:)
Rockford College 57, Maranatha 56. (Rockford's Chelsea Slater got T'd up late in the game. Amber Lang hit 1 of 2 free throws. The Crusaders had one more opportunity, but a Colleen Goff turnover did them in-- as indicated on Regents' box score.)
Marian 66, Concordia-Chicago 60. (Sabers went on a 17-5 scoring run to end the game. Concordia-Chicago 4-31 from 3-point range.--Marian box score.)
Dominican 68, Alverno 53.
Post by: Illinihoops4 on February 08, 2007, 10:13:09 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2007, 10:17:16 pm
(Between that and the way Concordia-Chicago reportedly lost, there are a lot of Illinois NAthCon fans who have good reason to be frustrated. ):-X
(Correct me if I'm wrong, but with Aurora's loss, Concordia-WI may have clinched the NAthCon regular season title outright!).
Concordia-Chicago is eliminated from NAthCon tournament contention with tonight's loss.
(The "shell-game"-like shifting logjam for 2nd place continues.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2007, 10:41:27 pm
Aurora over Dominican:
Concordia-WI over Maranatha: (How will Falcon Coach Brunner use her players? Keep top ones in rhythm or give her deep bench personnel more of a look?)
Edgewood over Concordia-Chicago:
Lakeland over Alverno: (Muskies stay alive).
Marian over Rockford: (Only because it's a home game for the Sabers.)
Benedictine over WLC: (Warriors hurting.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 09, 2007, 08:59:47 am
Post by: libero on February 09, 2007, 03:40:17 pm
Other 2/08/07 NAthCon Finals:
(Libero, I hope you're sitting down:)
Rockford College 57, Maranatha 56. (Rockford's Chelsea Slater got T'd up late in the game. Amber Lang hit 1 of 2 free throws. The Crusaders had one more opportunity, but a Colleen Goff turnover did them in-- as indicated on Regents' box score.)
It is amazing what a great shooter Lang is from the floor, but she can't get any streaks going at the line. What a game.
It adds insult to injury that RC is coached by an MBBC grad who only played baseball in college and got his degree by going to classes largely taught by Morrison - MBBC's women's coach.
Nice.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2007, 06:27:26 am
Who will get the NAthCon Women's "Coach of the Year" Award?
This poster cast his vote for Edgewood's T Niles. She's been extremely fortunate to have her starters put in the time they've had without having them foul out more often.
Is it-- 1) The conditioning?
2) To the best of my knowledge, to this point, D Tromberg's been the only Edgewood player to be lost to fouls on more than one occasion.
3) Her more experienced players know how to stay out of foul trouble.
4) All hands have remained healthy, to this point.
5) After semester break, she gained another player, which had to help some.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2007, 01:00:40 pm
www.northernathleticsconf.com
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2007, 04:53:40 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2007, 04:57:32 pm
Lakeland 57, Alverno 36 (Muskies, as expected, stay alive.) (Lakeland outrebounded the Inferno 40-30 and hit 10 3-pointers in the contest--per Alverno box score.)
Marian 50, Rockford 47. (Sabers outshot Regents from the floor-per Marian box score).
Aurora 79, Dominican 47. (Spartans outrebounded Stars and outshot them all around--including hitting 9 three-pointers-per Stars box score.)
Benedictine 76, WLC 54. (Another day the Warriors' shots weren't dropping).
Edgewood 72, Concordia-Chicago 55. (Cougars outshot all around. Scheele came up big-31 pts-Edgewood release.)
Lakeland's win coupled with Rockford's loss eliminates the Regents from NAthCon's post-season tournament.
It's down to 7 teams vying for 6 spots.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2007, 07:39:16 pm
2-11: Lakeland over Rockford
2-14: Aurora over Alverno
Benedictine over Maranatha
Concordia-WI over Marian (even though the Falcons are on the road).
Concordia-Chicago over Dominican (Cougar home game.)
Edgewood over Rockford
Lakeland over WLC.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 11, 2007, 07:32:57 pm
Post by: libero on February 13, 2007, 11:41:48 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2007, 07:56:41 pm
Just curious, does anyone think that the women's ball should be the same size as the men's ball? It seems like it would make more sense for the rim to be lower. . . Men's and women's soccer balls are the same size. Men's and women's volleyballs are the same size. . .
I once read where Press Maravich ("Pistol Pete's" father, who was a basketball coach in his own right), suggested that backboards be angular or concave, so that the trajectory of a rebound wouldn't be so easy to figure out. . . :-X :o :P :P ::) ;)
As far as your suggestion about rims being lower, is that to say you want more dunks in women's games? ;)
(Current Ohio women's coach and former North Carolina player Sylvia Crawley is the one women's pro player I know of for sure that pulled a dunk off--at half-time of a women's pro All-Star game).
Post by: blah on February 13, 2007, 08:15:58 pm
A smaller ball makes sense because of smaller hands handling it and smaller bodies rebounding and being strong with it. If I had to vote on an issue like that I would say that a change needed to be uniform across all levels if it were to be effective....but for now, we'll play with a 28.5!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2007, 10:08:28 pm
With that victory, the IL Eagle squad clinches a spot in the NAthCon post-season tournament.
Post by: libero on February 14, 2007, 11:57:07 am
The Crusader women played horribly last night. No passion, no enthusiasm. I think they would have been willing to call the game at half-time and go home last night.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 14, 2007, 09:27:36 pm
WLC 77, Lakeland 67. (WLC's Laete had a big night point-scoring wise. Muskies' Boehm was held below her usual scoring average.)
Aurora 70, Alverno 53.
Concordia-Chicago 73, Dominican 64. (28 turnovers did the Stars in. Cougars had 6 blocked shots--source is Concordia-Chicago's box score.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 14, 2007, 09:38:46 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 14, 2007, 09:43:47 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 14, 2007, 10:41:33 pm
2-15: Aurora over Maranatha: (Spartans jockeying with Edgewood for playoff positioning).
2-17: Concordia-Chicago over Alverno: (Cougars have height advantage. Inferno will need to score a boatload of points off turnovers to have a chance in the finale.)
Aurora over Rockford: (See note on 2-15 projection).
Edgewood over Benedictine: (Only because its' a home game for the WI Eagle squad).
Concordia-WI over Dominican: (Falcons figure to keep momentum going before prepping up for NAthCon second round game.)
Lakeland over Marian: (Oh, to be a fly on the wall in either one of these squad's locker rooms pre-game, half-time and post-game for this one! Muskies are at home, and if the Sabers keep Boehm below her usual scoring average, it'll come down to who brought more of their shooting eye. The loser is eliminated from NAthCon post-season contention).
WLC over Maranatha: (The Warriors won't take this one too lightly. A--It's WLC's Winterfest B--They remember the battle the Crusaders gave them on the road. 'Natha gave WLC a good run for its' money before the Warriors pulled away late in the previous match-up between these squads.)
Post by: libero on February 15, 2007, 11:06:11 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 15, 2007, 05:06:08 pm
(Libero, are you going to Milwaukee to see your Crusaders give my Warriors a run for their money?)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 15, 2007, 10:55:22 pm
Aurora, IL 77, Maranatha Baptist 55. (Spartans clinch a post-season tournament spot.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2007, 06:57:22 am
2/15-17/07 NAthCon Projections:
2-17: Lakeland over Marian: (Oh, to be a fly on the wall in either one of these squad's locker rooms pre-game, half-time and post-game for this one! Muskies are at home, and if the Sabers keep Boehm below her usual scoring average, it'll come down to who brought more of their shooting eye. The loser is eliminated from NAthCon post-season contention).
When Maranatha went on the road to play Alverno in the LMC play-in game last season, I attended that game live, and the following is what I saw in terms of pro-Inferno fan support:
1-- Someone had taken a pair of full-size hockey sticks and fastened some small wooden planks to the stick-ends of them ("D" on one and a drawn picket fence on the other.)
2-- The mascot was there in uniform, (full flame, and all.) Just wonder how long it took those who designed that uniform to put it all together.
This poster can only imagine the following Lakeland will have tomorrow vs. Marian. (I'd be surprised if any Muskie fan had any voice left after this and the men's game.)
Post by: libero on February 16, 2007, 01:34:14 pm
This is going to be a fun NAC tourney to follow. It will be even more interesting when there is an AQ on the line.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2007, 03:48:59 pm
I hope WLC's women don't have a let-down. 'Natha gave them a good run for their money in the earlier meeting.
Post by: libero on February 16, 2007, 04:42:18 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2007, 08:00:30 pm
Believe it or not, this was a back and forth game at first, until WLC's Emily Laete picked up her second foul midway through the first half. Colleen Goff hit several shots inside, and Amber Lang and a couple of other Crusaders were hitting their 3's, so much so that Maranatha actually broke out to a 40-29 lead. The Warriors shaved 3 points off that before half-time. In the second half, Emily Laete was able to get to the line quite a bit, and although the Warriors weren't hitting too many of their 3's, one of the Miller ladies was hitting on several mid-range shots, the Crusaders' shooting cooled off and WLC got the victory in the end.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2007, 08:07:44 pm
Concordia-Chicago 65, Alverno 32 (Atoi Sinclair & Co, get a win in her last game.) (Alverno had 29 turnovers to the Cougars' 14 and the Inferno had a poor shooting day from the floor, per box score off CU-Chicago web site.)
Aurora 57, Rockford College 44. (Regents shot 22% in first half and never recovered--source is Rockford box score.)
Benedictine 63, Edgewood 57 :o ??? (Edgewood outshot from the field in the game-WI Eagle box score.)
Concordia-WI 83, Dominican 45. (18 and 1 with at least one more game to play--is a bid to Nationals in this teams' future??)
Lakeland 57, Marian 50. (Muskies rallied from a 5-point half-time deficit-Boehm held to 11 pts. but Duranceau had 24. Lakeland got to the line quite a bit in second half--per Muskie box score.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2007, 08:11:55 pm
Edgewood over WLC: (Warriors can win this if they bring their "A" game and cut down on turnovers. They had several traveling violations after leading by 7 points with some 8 minutes left in 2nd half, which turned out to be a partial factor in Edgewood's comeback win in the earlier meeting.) (WLC needs to stay even on the boards and if the Warriors manage to get points off turnovers and/or on the break, the better their chances.)
Benedictine over Lakeland: (Curtis vs. Boehme should be interesting. IL Eagles figure to prevail at home.) (Lakeland can win this if the Muskie outside shooters are hitting their 3's. If the Eagles slow Boehm down, Curtis has a big-scoring night, and Lakeland's not hitting from outside, the Eagles win.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 19, 2007, 09:05:24 am
My first reaction on that is that CUW's Asia Beckum should get it:
(If my parameters were "Newcomer of the Year" WLC's Lauren Lanza would surely be in the running.)
Post by: blah on February 19, 2007, 01:47:52 pm
Have they played enough quality opponents? What's the criteria for selecting teams at DIII?
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 19, 2007, 04:06:44 pm
Post by: Northern_Explorer on February 19, 2007, 07:23:07 pm
CUW's currently 19-2 in region (which is the record that really counts), so if they can win the NAthConf tournament, they have a really good shot. They are up for one of the 4 "Pool B" bids that go to "independents" (teams in leagues without AQ's or not in a conference at all). I have no idea who their competition would be for those spots, though.
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 19, 2007, 07:24:12 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 19, 2007, 09:45:17 pm
Can't really complain much, though. It would have been worse if the Warriors had not won their last 2 regular season in-conference home games (and they had to do that without their best all-around off-the-bench 2-way player, Lauren Lanza). Bittersweet way to have WLC's Kami Ten Pas' playing days come to a close.
Final: Benedictine 74, Lakeland 54. (Muskies' M Chart unavailable due to injury--four IL Eagle players in double-figures--Muskies' cold shooting did them in again. Lakeland loses 4 players to graduation--per their own press release, first time since 1995 the Muskies haven't reached a conference tournament final.) How many D3 schools would love to have a run like that???
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 19, 2007, 10:40:19 pm
Concordia-WI over Edgewood: (Only because the Falcons are at home. Wonder what else Eagle Coach Neils can pull out of her bag of tricks--even though she'll have to do it on the road? It would make Edgewood's season even more to knock the Falcons off and give them reason to sweat over the next few days.)
Aurora over Benedictine: (Interesting match-up here-IL Eagles' Curtis vs. Aurora's 1-2 offensive punch of N Guise and B Plucinski--sp).
Post by: libero on February 20, 2007, 12:10:23 pm
Conc-W over Edge.
Conc-W over Ben in the final.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 21, 2007, 05:57:51 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 22, 2007, 01:04:15 pm
www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=569113
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 22, 2007, 09:46:06 pm
Edgewood broke out to an early 10-3 lead. The Falcons came up with several steals and offensive rebounds and hoops to regain the lead. In the second half, the Falcons increased that lead to 47-34, but then had several turnovers of their own. Eagles also didn't get to the line nearly as much as previously against WLC. Megan Scheele, despite being in serious foul trouble most of the game, kept the Eagles in it. (21 pts before fouling out late.)
Falcons' Asia Beckum hit several clutch FT's and Edgewoods' M Schulz missed 2 FT's that would have tied the game After Beckums' FT's, a last second Jordane Kittoe 3-point attempt to tie fell short of the mark.
Post by: blah on February 22, 2007, 09:49:17 pm
Best of luck to the Falcons on Saturday - here is to hoping the weather cooperates!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 22, 2007, 10:21:24 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 22, 2007, 10:33:53 pm
Concordia-WI over Benedictine:
1-- Falcons are at home
2-- They know they need a win here to stay in contention for an NCAA Div III Tournament bid.
(the Eagles can win this if Curtis has a monster game scoring and on the offensive boards, she gets scoring support, and the Falcons have a cold-shooting day. Two other factors. The Falcons' chances are better if they get off to a fast start. You know how difficult it is to beat the same team 3 times in a season.)
Post by: libero on February 23, 2007, 04:00:31 pm
Call me crazy, but I am going to predict a Ben upset of AU. I think with a player like Curtis, anything can happen in the women's game. A slow-paced game plan and low turnovers could get it done for Ben.
Conc-W over Edge.
Conc-W over Ben in the final.
Props to me :)
I hope CUW makes wins out and gets a win in the tourney. I think they have the "horses" to do it.
Post by: cuw10 on February 24, 2007, 01:21:08 pm
http://www.cuw.edu/Athletics/broadcasts/scoreboards.html
and click on basketball. Should be nothing less than a great game.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 24, 2007, 01:34:16 pm
Win today, and at least take the trophy home! Bid or no bid, regardless of today's result, your record is nothing to sneeze at!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 24, 2007, 04:47:34 pm
Falcons win!
Falcons win!
Final was 65-50. (Second half neither team was able to generate that much offensively. Eagles cut it down to 11, but had several more turnovers. Both teams had a lot of 2nd half turnovers. Again, Concordia was able to draw fouls and hit their free-throws.)
They did what they had to do. Now it's time to play the waiting game.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 25, 2007, 10:26:28 pm
Post by: cuw10 on February 26, 2007, 12:36:03 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 26, 2007, 07:56:41 am
Post by: Northern_Explorer on February 26, 2007, 12:13:45 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 26, 2007, 12:50:04 pm
The link to Luther's stats is:
http://sports.luther.edu/stats/women/basketball/2006-07/TEAMCUME.HTM
Post by: Illinihoops4 on February 26, 2007, 05:35:24 pm
The other match-up will be interesting as well. IWU has been without leading scorer Heydorn who has a broken thumb. Carroll has tournament experience and a 6'2 post. 6'2 is nothing new in the CCIW, but they have the guard to go with it in Hoewisch. Gotta pull for IWU in this one.
Post by: cuw10 on February 27, 2007, 01:05:24 am
By the way, I don't think that the NAC was clost to getting two teams into the National Tournament. Maybe if someone was able to give the Falcons a run for their money.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 27, 2007, 06:34:09 am
BTW, both teams are going in there with a big winning run. Luther's last loss per their own schedule was during the first week of January against Loras. Somethin's gotta give.
Post by: Illinihoops4 on February 27, 2007, 07:38:27 pm
While CUW may have 7 players that can score in double figures on any given night- so does Luther. Height does play a factor, especially on the defensive side of things. CUW has a slew of physical players in the post, so hopefully they'll use that to their advantage. I still think it's going to be a great game. I'm making the drive- weather permitting.
Post by: cuw10 on February 27, 2007, 08:21:05 pm
As for match-ups, Concordia needs to pound the ball inside and get Luther in foul trouble. But I still agree with the scoring depth that Luther can put up, I haven't gotten to watch Luther tape, but on paper, they really only have 3 maybe four stand-out scorers. They also don't shoot the three ball all that well. So I don't know what you know.
All I know is that Luther has the experience against tough opponents, something the Falcons may lack, but there will be a lot of good match-ups.
Anyways. tune in to the broadcast if you cannot be there
http://www.cuw.edu/Athletics/broadcasts/scoreboards.html
and then click on basketball.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 27, 2007, 09:27:05 pm
http://northernathleticsconf.com/sports/basketball_women/all-conference:
Can't argue with the selections.
The way WLC's Lauren Lanza was playing and shooting before she got hurt, I wonder how close she would have come to "Honorable Mention" had she not gotten hurt and missed the last several weeks of the season.
Will give Edgewood Coach Neils another shout-out. Given the lack of depth her squad (when compared to CUW and Lakeland, for example), she did a good job. :) ;)
Kami Ten Pas, you will be missed.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 02, 2007, 08:26:38 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 02, 2007, 08:52:58 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 02, 2007, 10:30:48 pm
(It still beats not getting an NCAA bid at all--which happened with NAthCon Women's Volleyball.) :)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 06, 2007, 07:34:16 am
The 3 WLC/Lakeland match-ups this poster remembers from April Arvan's tenure:
1999-2000 LMC Tournament: (On Lakeland's home floor Final--WLC 72, Lakeland 59. :o ??? That was after the Muskies had hammered the Warriors by some 20 points or so in each of the 2 previous meetings that season.
2000-2001 LMC Tournament: Lakeland 69, WLC 40. (Muskies return the favor in '01 final, on WLC's home floor in Sara Zondag's last game as a Warrior.
2002-2003 LMC Tournament: WLC over Lakeland again.
Best to her. :)
Post by: dodgeball on March 06, 2007, 04:13:55 pm
Where does one even start with a coach like Arvan. Let’s see how about 266 wins and only 84 loses or a winning record of .760 overall and .823 in conference play. 8 conference titles and 6 conference tournament titles. 5 appearances in the NCAA tournament and how about 6 conference coach of the year awards. That’s just the facts there but above all she is a great person and was well respected by her team and opponents.
Name me another coach in the LMC or NAC with that kind of coaching career. I almost pitty you WLCALUM83, for not knowing very much about Arvan, you missed out on probably the best coach our conference will ever see.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 06, 2007, 05:22:38 pm
1-- I said "I'd remember" meaning in the context of tournament final rivalry action between the two schools. I didn't say "she'd remember" that.
2-- I don't intend to go around "coach bashing".
3-- I will admit that your complaints are justified, and I'm guilty of posting without thinking again on this one. I didn't mean to come off implying that she was a bad coach. I'm sorry to have given you reason to feel that way.
4-- I didn't mean to cut the woman down with the last full sentence. (I just removed it from my original post.)
5-- I also in my rush failed to cite the good job she did given the number of personnel she lost to graduation prior to this season.
(I have been posting on these boards for almost 8 months now, and it seldom is my intent to maliciously put anyone down.)
I don't want to get into an argument.
Further words fail me. :-[
Post by: Illinihoops4 on March 06, 2007, 09:20:11 pm
I've been reading WLCALUM83's posts for the past 8 months and he's a WLC fan :) I think he stated his personal memories of a great rivalry with his team. No harm in that.
April has been a fantastic coach and whoever Jane hires will have some very big shoes to fill. It's very sad to think that we won't see Coach Arvan on the sideline next season. She's the classiest coach in the league and her teams have been a blast to watch over the years.
Best of luck to her in her new/expanded duties.
Post by: strikingviking on March 06, 2007, 11:38:07 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 07, 2007, 03:55:18 am
Post by: Illinihoops4 on March 07, 2007, 08:03:42 pm
Sheboygan is a tough draw, but there will be plenty of applicants. I'm sure in house applications will be thrown in, but I'm sure that Jane will hire a female for the position. If that's the case, Teri Johnson comes to mind, who is an alum and is the current head coach at MacMurray in Jacksonville, IL. One might look at Casey Thousand- current Carthage assistant. The way to experience is to be given a chance. Both of those individuals know the school well and that's a major selling point with Lakeland- both also went through Arvan's program and I'm sure have taken many of her philosophys with them.
Post by: strikingviking on March 08, 2007, 01:06:11 pm
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I'm sure in house applications will be thrown in, but I'm sure that Jane will hire a female for the position.
I have no problem with that if they are the most qualified candidate!
Post by: libero on March 09, 2007, 12:50:00 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 09, 2007, 06:22:07 pm
Post by: Illinihoops4 on March 10, 2007, 05:58:49 pm
Any word on what her future plans are?
Post by: borderjumper on March 11, 2007, 09:49:23 am
Post by: borderjumper on March 11, 2007, 10:09:32 am
Good luck to AD Bouche as she searches for the next to carry the torch at LC!
From the ex-Green Girl 8)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 12, 2007, 06:37:08 pm
Not that anyone cares (Alverno might not even care), but Sue Hanson is stepping down as AD and as coach.
05-06 basketball season, Alverno got 3 in-LMC wins (Maranatha twice and MSOE). From what limited things I've seen, I don't think it was so much the Inferno getting that much worse the season just completed--The Crusaders had more depth to work with this last season--8 additional players on MBBC's roster--and in the last Alverno/MSOE match-up the Inferno had the lead at halftime and MSOE shot the nets to shreds in the second half to get the win. (I'm not knocking Alverno here, folks.)
Also, a 3-point shooter, (Leah Colon) was lost to injury early in the conference season. (She wasn't available to play the one live Alverno game I took in--against Concordia-Chicago.)
Hopefully, the transition will run smoothly enough.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 12, 2007, 06:51:45 pm
April's accomplishments have not gone unnoticed. I think that everyone in the conference knows the history of Lakeland basketball and the tremendous job that she has done in her tenure as coach. One might remember all the players that have gone through her program and how successful they've been. Who could forget Julia who came to play basketball :) , Jill Dewayne, Casey Thousand, and countless others. April is well respected in the profession.
April has been a fantastic coach and whoever Jane hires will have some very big shoes to fill. It's very sad to think that we won't see Coach Arvan on the sideline next season. She's the classiest coach in the league and her teams have been a blast to watch over the years.
Best of luck to her in her new/expanded duties.
I'm surprised no Lakeland follower has mentioned the good job she did the one year she lost 4 of her better players to injury (if I have the facts right three of those players got torn ACL's at that time.)
By the way, her teams also did better in NCAA Div III first-round match-ups than WLC's women's teams did.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 21, 2007, 11:59:11 am
Post by: dropkick11 on March 26, 2007, 10:48:49 am
I think something is going on there that is not apparent to outsiders. Two coaches in two years. That is not a good way to keep a program going. Plus look at what the women's sports have done there. Besides soccer, the women's sports have had a rough ride. And soccer is having a good ride because it has one super star(go Mayra)...So what is holding DU back. they are having more success on the men's side. Is it the culture? Just asking?
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 26, 2007, 12:10:31 pm
Well, after only staying one season, the Domincian coach resigned. That cannot be good for the program. It was a questionable hire at best. She had no Midwest roots and came all the way from Virginia. She never was a Head Coach on the college level. I am not questioning her qualifications but it seemed like a strange hire at the time. Now the program is starting from scratch again at a time when recruiting is in full swing.
I think something is going on there that is not apparent to outsiders. Two coaches in two years. That is not a good way to keep a program going. Plus look at what the women's sports have done there. Besides soccer, the women's sports have had a rough ride. And soccer is having a good ride because it has one super star(go Mayra)...So what is holding DU back. they are having more success on the men's side. Is it the culture? Just asking?
I don't know that it was a questionable hire at the time. Ana Litton was the No. 1 assistant at a successful Division III program. When you're a program like Dominican, averaging a 6-19 record the previous four seasons, do you think you're going to attract someone with previous collegiate head coaching experience?
Post by: strikingviking on March 26, 2007, 12:37:01 pm
Post by: dropkick11 on March 26, 2007, 12:55:04 pm
I would like to clarify my earlier statement...All I am saying is that during the interview process for the Dominican coach last year , wouldn't you think it would be a good idea to find out the candidates long term committment to buidling a program. I think that that would be one of the most important questions you could ask...It seems to me if you are trying to build the program you would want a solid committment from the candidate(and yes I realize they can lie about that not that I am saying that is what she did). Not a one year and out deal...That only hurts the program worse...The former coach came from Virginia and may not have had any ties to the Midwest. It probalble made her job that much more difficult....I wish her well and hopefully it was a good decision for her and she has success in the future..I just think that due diligence may not have happpened in the last go round hiring a coach...No you have had had another year go by and you have the situation not improved at all...So that basically sets the program back two years because of recruiting, etc...
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 26, 2007, 12:59:56 pm
You can't just assume the coach in this kind of situation, is all I'm saying.
Post by: dropkick11 on March 26, 2007, 01:55:42 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 27, 2007, 08:49:47 am
Here's the link:
http://www.lakeland.edu/athletics/muskienews.asp?article=3027. :)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 27, 2007, 09:05:53 am
If whoever the new coach is has a similar system--
Post by: muskiefan43 on April 04, 2007, 02:46:14 pm
http://lakeland.edu/athletics/muskienews.asp?article=3063
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 04, 2007, 04:00:51 pm
Post by: Illinihoops4 on April 05, 2007, 07:26:33 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 01, 2007, 08:00:17 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 16, 2007, 11:15:28 am
http://jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=603775
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 30, 2007, 08:32:01 pm
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2007_05/20070525c.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on June 14, 2007, 08:09:18 am
Another Milwaukee area prep player headed Concordia-Chicago's direction:
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=619714
Post by: WLCALUM83 on June 27, 2007, 01:49:48 pm
http://northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2007_06/20070622a.html
Post by: Wydown Blvd. on June 27, 2007, 01:50:55 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on June 27, 2007, 01:53:59 pm
Post by: Wydown Blvd. on June 27, 2007, 01:55:16 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on June 29, 2007, 06:58:15 pm
http://edgewoodcollegeeagles.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=2075
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 16, 2007, 05:13:55 pm
http://hsuathletics.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/hsim-w-baskbl-sched.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 16, 2007, 08:09:45 pm
http://www.edgewoodcollegeeagles.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=2078
Post by: keith45 on August 20, 2007, 10:36:35 am
Post by: crazy4hoops on August 20, 2007, 06:02:04 pm
Post by: Just Bill on November 08, 2007, 09:02:38 pm
1. Concordia Univ. Wisconsin (9), 161
2. Benedictine University, 143
3. Wisconsin Lutheran College (3), 142
4. Aurora University (1), 122
Edgewood College, 122
6. Lakeland College, 104
7. Concordia University Chicago
8. Marian College, 83
9. Rockford College, 66
10. Maranatha Baptist Bible College, 45
MSOE, 45
12. Dominican University, 34
13. Alverno College, 19
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 18, 2007, 11:07:38 am
11-16: Concordia-WI 82, North Park 42
St. Norbert 59, Edgewood 44
Anderson 69, Marian 44
St. Scholastica 60, MSOE 53
WLC 81, Fontbonne 65. (Saw this one in person and Fontbonne gave it more of a game than that score indicates).
Alverno 60, North Central, MN 51 (New Inferno Coach Duckworth opens up with a win).
Lakeland 72, Augustana, IL 60 (Ditto for Muskie Coach Johnson)
Kalamazoo 83, Dominican 81 (OT)
Concordia-Chicago 78, Clarke 41
11-17: St. Mary's IN 83, Aurora 47
St. Norbert 81, Concordia-WI 64
Edgewood 77, North Park 43
Augsburg 78, MSOE 56
Lakeland 51, Ripon 31
Wartburg 84, WLC 60. (Saw this in person. Wartburg was deadly from 3-pt range. One of the Knight 3-point shooters hit one at the half-time buzzer that had that school's fans going wild. That shot gave Wartburg a 12 point lead at that time.)
Hardin-Simmons 67, Benedictine 55.
Lake Forest 57, Concordia-Chicago 46.
Manchester 106, Dominican 73,
Loras 67, Rockford 59.
Alma 62, Marian 59.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 22, 2007, 11:02:06 am
11/18: UT-Dallas 77, Benedictine 62
Bethany Lutheran over Alverno
11/19: Maranatha 86, Emmaus 49
11/20: Alverno 67, Moody Bible 52
Lake Forest 87, MSOE 47
Loras 76, Dominican 70
Lawrence 72, Marian 50
UW-Stevens Point 90, WLC 42
In-Conference: Concordia-Chicago 66, Concordia-WI 58.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 25, 2007, 10:30:55 am
11-23: Colorado College 75, Aurora 64.
U of Chicago 66, Edgewood 45.
11-24: Carthage 73, WLC 66. (Warriors came back from a 14-pt deficit to tie this one with approx. 4 minutes to play, then Carthage went on a 7-0 run of its own).
Aurora 70, Grinnell 59.
Dubuque 67, Concordia-Chicago 53.
Edgewood 60, North Park 42.
Ripon 53, Concordia-WI 44.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 27, 2007, 02:13:04 pm
Maranatha 83, MSOE 78. (Per Crusaders' press release, 'Natha was hitting on all cylinders en route to a 16-pt halftime lead and held on despite a 34-point game from MSOE's Guthrie).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 27, 2007, 10:08:27 pm
Concordia-WI 84, Alverno 34.
Non-Conference:
Carroll 73, Lakeland 62 (Carroll's Wickert had 8 blocked shots per box score. Carroll got to the line 5 times as much as Lakeland and outshot the Muskies from the floor.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 29, 2007, 05:14:25 am
Augustana IL 67, Aurora 58.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 29, 2007, 09:35:53 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 29, 2007, 09:47:19 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 29, 2007, 10:15:53 pm
WLC 63, Concordia-Chicago 54. :) (Emily Laete and Brittany Lindert had big scoring nights for the Warriors. An 8-0 second-half scoring run by WLC turned out to be the difference in this one.-per WLC box score.)
Benedictine 59, Alverno 52. (Inferno got to the line more than IL Eagle squad. Source is Benedictine's box score).
Rockford 63, Dominican 60. (Regents' Butler joins 1,000 point club. A Dominican last-second 3-point shot was missed--source is Rockford box score).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 30, 2007, 06:20:44 am
Marian 61, MSOE 34. :o ??? (Per box score Marian imported from MSOE--Sabers' Moody had a double double. Marian outshot and outrebounded MSOE. MSOE's Guthrie held to 12 points on the night). Thought this would have been closer.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 02, 2007, 10:06:09 am
Aurora 78, Dominican 76. (Spartans had 4 scorers in double-figures. Julkowski's last second 3-pt attempt missed.--Dominican website play-by-play.)
Concordia-WI 73, Lakeland 49. (CUW's Mayyou had 36 points--Falcons outshot Lakeland big-time from floor, per Lakeland box score)
Concordia-Chicago 63, Benedictine 61. (Despite 30 pts from Benedictine's Curtis, the Eagles still lose. Benedictine had 30 turnovers to CUC's 21. IL Eagle squad had a last chance to tie it but a M Headen steal sealed the win for the Cougars (play-by-play acct off CUC's website).
Edgewood at Marian, ppd.
Alverno at Rockford, ppd.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2007, 10:59:16 am
12-05: Aurora 74, Alverno 57. (Aurora shot the nets to shreds--figurately speaking--in first half, per Inferno release).
Concordia-WI 55, Edgewood 52.
Rockford 67, Concordia-Chicago 57.
Lakeland 63, MSOE 51. (Muskies' Keiper hit 8 3-pointers. Caught this one in person and it was tighter than the final score indicated until the last 5 minutes. At that point Lakeland got to the line and hit free throws and got several offensive rebounds late to put it away.)
WLC 70, Benedictine 45. :o ??? (Asked WLC's announcer about this one, he said IL Eagle's Curtis was held to 11 points and Benedictine had an off night shooting. I knew the Warriors wanted to make a better showing after being blown out down there last season, but I wasn't expecting this kind of final).
12-06: Marian 70, Maranatha 68.
12-08: Aurora 68, Benedictine 59.
Concordia-WI 55, Marian 42.
Lakeland 73, Maranatha 43.
Edgewood 68, MSOE 46.
Concordia-Chicago 69, Alverno 55. (Saw this one live and the Cougars were hot from 3-pt range in the first half.)
WLC 80, Dominican 68. (Despite a 31-point night from Dominican's Jessica Salinas, the Warriors win because WLC was hitting their 3's when they had to have them and they broke the Stars' press several times for lay-ups. The Stars cut a double digit defict down to 3 early in the second half but got no closer. Watch out for Dominican, however. I wouldn't be surprised if that squad improved several notches in the NAthCon standings this season.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 12, 2007, 11:27:15 am
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2007_12/20071210c.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 12, 2007, 11:31:48 am
Aurora 81, Dominican 57. (Spartans outshot Stars from the field, Dominican had 20 2nd half turnovers per Stars' box score.)
(All other NAthCon women's games were postponed.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 16, 2007, 10:12:01 am
Edgewood 64, Dominican 51 (Scheele had 28 pts, Stars' Salinas held to 10--per Edgewood box score.)
Maranatha 59, Alverno 52 (Inferno cut Crusader lead to 2 with less than 3 minutes to play, but 'Natha held on for the win at home.)
Elmhurst 92, WLC 60 (ouch!)
Aurora 77, MSOE 59. (Saw this game live. Aurora used a press most of the first half, which lead to several MSOE turnovers and the Spartans end up getting a win on the road.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 19, 2007, 12:20:39 pm
12/14-15/07 (Not mentioned in last post):
12/14: Milligan 76, Marian 57. (Sabers had 27 turnovers in that one-per Marian release).
12/15: Rockford 60, Lakeland 56 (Regents' Butler had 25 points. Rockford hit their FT's down the stretch to get the win on the road, per Lakeland press release).
Marian 79, Marygrove 47 (Sabers had 69 rebounds and outscored Marygrove 50-24 in 2nd half, per Saber press release.)
12/16: UW-Oshkosh 69, Lakeland 55 (Lady Titans outshot Muskies from the field, a 3-minute Lakeland scoring drought late in first half proved costly--per Muskie press release).
12/17: Benedictine 80, Clarke 60. (IL Eagles' Hardy poured in 23 points-NAthCon squad pulled away in 2nd half--per Benedictine's release).
12/18: Alverno 78, Silver Lake 56. (Inferno's Allen had 27 points in this game per Alverno release).
Carthage 71, Aurora 46
Elmhurst 86, MSOE 47 (At least WLC's not the only NAthCon team Elmhurst has blown out this season-- :-X)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 28, 2007, 11:46:14 am
http://www.d3hoops.com/pressreleases.php?release=1686
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 29, 2007, 06:53:05 pm
IL Wesleyan 114, MSOE 40 (IL squad jumped out to a 16-0 lead before the Raiders got on the board. MSOE--39 turnovers per play-by-play account).
UW-Platteville 94, Edgewood 92 2 OT's (a Guernsey basket with 5 seconds left was the difference here, per Platteville press release--Edgewood's M Scheele had 37 points).
Northwood (FL) 58, WLC 51. (Northwood erased a 10-pt deficit to win this one).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2007, 10:26:59 am
Rockford 74, Cal Tech 52.
Wartburg 82, Concordia-Chicago 63. (Wartburg got off to fast starts in both halves, per press release off Iowa college's website.)
Mary Washington 71, Concordia-WI 62. (Falcons had 26 turnovers per Mary Washington press release.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2007, 05:47:09 pm
Lynn 84, WLC 76 (Lynn ratched up the D in the 2nd half--and pulled away in the 2nd half).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2007, 06:13:08 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2007, 06:44:08 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 02, 2008, 02:57:22 pm
12-30: Cal Lutheran 60, MSOE 45 (A 14-1 Cal Lutheran run midway thru 2nd half was the difference--per MSOE press release).
Rockford 57, Claremont 55. (Claremont's Sasha Goldkorn missed a last second 3-pt FG attempt--source is Regents' box score).
Concordia-Chicago 80, UW-Superior 63. (Cougars were hitting 3's early, then went more in-the-paint in the 2nd half-per CUC press release).
12-31: Thomas More 70, Lakeland 42 (Thomas More shot 60% from beyond the arc in the second half, per Muskie press release.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 03, 2008, 12:49:20 pm
Elmhurst 78, Benedictine 69. (A 15-6 run by Elmhurst beginning midway thru 2nd half was the difference-per Elmhurst press release. Benedictine's Tamika Curtis became that schools' all-time leading scorer.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 04, 2008, 11:07:43 am
U of Chicago 93, MSOE 45 (Rout!) (Maroons had a hot shooting night, per MSOE press release).
Concordia-Chicago 80, Dominican 56 (Cougars' Bravo and Woldeit had 22 and 21 pts respectively. Stars' Salinas held to 10 pts. Cougars outshot Dominican from the floor and the Stars had 24 turnovers, per CUC box score).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 06, 2008, 10:30:49 am
1/04: Aurora 64, North Central IL 54.
1/05: Alverno 79, Mount Mary 58. (Inferno held opposition to 4 field goals in 1st half per Alverno press release.)
Benedictine 75, Concordia-Chicago 52. :o ??? (IL Eagles outrebounded Cougars 61-32, Cougars had a cold day shooting from beyond the arc, and Curtis scored 24 pts.--per CUC box score.)
Edgewood 67, Marian 56 (A 9-2 WI Eagle run late in 2nd half was the difference, per Edgewood press release).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 08, 2008, 02:39:02 pm
http://www.edgewoodeagles.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=2287
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 09, 2008, 10:15:22 am
Rockford 57, Aurora 52 (Regents had 9 steals and outrebounded the Spartans, per Rockford box score).
Edgewood 61, Loras 52 (A 15-2 Eagle scoring run with approx 8 minutes left in 2nd half was the difference in this one, per Edgewood press release)
Dominican 74, Benedictine 62 :o ??? (Nothing available on either web-site, seems like the IL Eagles have either really been hot or really been cold of late.)
Concordia-WI 43, Lakeland 41 (A Pearl Wallace lay-up was the game winning hoop for the Falcons with 11 seconds left. Lakeland went into a scoring drought the last 10 1/2 minutes of the game- per Muskie press release).
WLC 80, Alverno 32 :) (Alverno scored the opening hoop, then saw WLC go on a 22-0 run early. Inferno only scored 9 first half points. We'll find out soon enough how good a motivator Inferno Coach Duckworth is after that kind of result.)
The Warriors get MSOE on the road next, and this poster doesn't figure that will be too easy a game. WLC will have to 1) slow Dana Guthrie down, 2) keep shooting well, 3) if there's a large pro-MSOE crowd at the game, take the crowd out of it early.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 11, 2008, 12:43:47 pm
MSOE 61, Maranatha 57 (Caught this one in person. Lady Raiders get off the schneid by coming up big from beyond the arc in the second half. MSOE led by as many as 9 points, the Crusaders cut it to 3 at one point but couldn't get over the hump. Maranatha wasn't hitting from outside much the whole game).
Lakeland 61, Beloit 56 (A late Muskie scoring run was the difference here, per Lakeland press release).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2008, 10:08:58 am
1-11: Stephens (MO) 75, Alverno 68 (In a game of runs, Stephens got in the last--and most decisive one, a 9-0 spurt late in 2nd half to get a road win-per Inferno press release)
1-12: Concordia-WI 80, Aurora 40 :o :o ??? ??? (Wasn't expecting that kind of blowout!)
Edgewood 70, Benedictine 63 (WI Eagles come back from 17-point deficit to get this win. Tamika Curtis scored 31 points, Megan Scheele 30, per Edgewood press release).
Concordia-Chicago 79, Lakeland 72 (Muskies' shooting went cold in 2nd half and the Cougars were able to overcome an 8-pt halftime deficit-per Lakeland press release).
Rockford 71, Maranatha 59 (Regents' Butler had 29 points. Rockford raced out to a 40-22 halftime lead-per Regent box score).
Dominican 92, Marian 68 :o ??? (Stars' Trent had 31 points-Marian shot 34% from the field for the entire game and trailed by as many as 25 points-per Saber press release).
WLC 75, MSOE 59 :) ;) :D (A WLC 16-5 scoring run in the second half was the difference here, per MSOE press release).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 17, 2008, 12:11:20 pm
Edgewood 70, MSOE 43 (Saw this one live, Eagles' Megan Scheele had a 24-pt night in this rout.)
WLC 85, Dominican 52 (A 12-0 WLC scoring run at the 14-minute mark of the first half was the turning point in this one, per WLC press release.)
Concordia-Chicago 74, Alverno 59 (Cougars sweep Inferno for regular season by draining 10 3-pointers in the game, per CUC box score).
Benedictine 64, Aurora 53 (Spartans cut it to 4 with just under 2 1/2 minutes to play, but got no closer, per Ben play-by-play account.)
Concordia-WI 71, Marian 51 (CUW had a 52-26 edge in rebounding, 20-1 in second chance points, blew this one open in second half, per Falcon press release)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 18, 2008, 10:32:49 am
Lakeland 62, Maranatha 49 (Lady Crusaders had 23 turnovers and Lakeland garnered 11 steals, per Muskie press release).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 20, 2008, 10:22:33 am
Marian 80, Alverno 70 (Sabers' Moody had 30 points, Inferno cut Marian's lead to 4 with less than a minute to play, but the Sabers hit their free-throws to seal it, per Alverno press release).
Aurora 62, Maranatha Baptist 44
Benedictine 83, MSOE 34 (rout!) (IL Eagles' Curtis was on the floor for only 18 minutes of action, per Ben press release).
Concordia-WI 78, Dominican 64 (Falcons shot 53% in first half, and outrebounded the Stars, per Dominican box score).
Rockford 65, Edgewood 56 (Regents' Butler had 31 points-Eagles' Scheele had 20, but cold Eagle shooting in 2nd half was a factor here, per Edgewood press release. With the victory, the Regents move into sole possession of first place in the NAthCon).
Brace yourselves for the next one, folks
(Long pause for effect. . . )
Lakeland 100, WLC 94 4 OT's (Warriors' Dillon missed a last-second 3-pointer in regulation--Lakeland's Dennewitz hit a tying jumper with 2 seconds left in the 1st OT, A Dillon lay-up forced OT 3, A Dillon jumper at the buzzer forced OT 4, and then a 7-1 run by Lakeland finally put this marathon to an end. WLC's Miller, Dillon and Lindert combined for 71 of the Warriors' points. Paulsen and Dennewitz had 30 and 23 points, respectively, for Lakeland. Warriors had 4 players foul out. Source is box score off WLC's site.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 23, 2008, 11:32:52 am
Benedictine 90, Alverno 59 (IL Eagles 15-21 from beyond the arc for the game, per Inferno press release--)
Concordia-WI 68, Maranatha 41 (21% 1st half shooting did the Lady Crusaders in, per Maranatha press release)
Dominican 72, Rockford 69 :o :o ??? ??? (A Julkowski 3-pt FG with 49 seconds left put the Stars ahead to stay--they hit their FT's in the end to seal this one-per Star play-by-play account) (Regents' Butler had 31 pts, 4 Stars scored in double figures. Stars got to the line more and out-rebounded Rockford).
Edgewood 56, Lakeland 52 (This one was tied at 50, but Eagles' clutch shooting in the end was the difference, per Edgewood press release-Eagles' Scheele had a 24-pt night).
Marian 65, MSOE 38 (Lady Raiders shot 22% from the floor for the game-per Marian press release).
Concordia-Chicago 65, WLC 55 (Warriors cut a 24-pt 2nd half defict down to 5, but could get no closer, because the Cougars' Marche Smith hit all her free throws late to seal this one-Warriors' Lindert only saw 13 minutes of action per CUC box score).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2008, 11:11:04 am
Benedictine 68, Rockford 63 (Eagles' Simpson-25 pts, Ben had a hot-shooting 2nd half, per Rockford box score).
WLC 79, Aurora 67 (Warriors got balanced scoring all-around in this one-per Warrior radio feed).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2008, 11:28:10 am
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2008_01/20080123a.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 27, 2008, 02:40:05 am
1/25: Concordia-Nebraska 89, Concordia-Chicago 49
1/26: Concordia-Chicago 67, Concordia-WI 65 (Falcons' Wallace missed a potential game-tying lay-up with 2 seconds left, per play-by-play account off Cougar website.
Aurora 65, Edgewood 54 (A 2nd half Aurora 13-2 scoring run was the difference in this one. WI Eagles' Scheele held to 13 points, per Edgewood press release).
Lakeland 55, Benedictine 42 (IL Eagles had 21 turnovers, per Lakeland press release--Lakeland had 15 steals in this contest).
Rockford 62, MSOE 47 (Caught this one live. Raiders' Guthrie hit a lay-up just before halftime to give MSOE a 30-29 lead, but a 13-2 Rockford run coming out of the locker room was the difference here. MSOE cut it down to 5, but got no closer.)
Maranatha 73, Dominican 70 (Crusaders' Goff and Nichols made crucial free-throws and Goff tipped the ball away on Dominican's last possession to secure the win, per Maranatha press release).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2008, 02:51:15 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2008, 10:05:49 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2008, 11:00:01 am
Concordia-WI 74, Benedictine 56 (Falcons wore Eagles down in 2nd half, per Ben press release)
WLC 61, Maranatha 45 (Warrior women created a lot of turnovers. Shooting percentage on both side nothing to write home about--you know that when WLC's radio announcer is kidding about lids on the rims :-X)
Concordia-Chicago 70, Edgewood 59 (Cougars outshot WI Eagle squad from field, per CUC press release. Cougars are definitely on a good roll right now).
Rockford 74, Marian 52. (Regents' Butler had a 26-pt game, Rockford outshot Marian from the floor, per Regent box score).
Lakeland 71, Dominican 59 (Lakeland shot 51% in 2nd half, and forced 21 Dominican turnovers, per Muskie press release).
and. . . . . . . .
Alverno wins a NAthCon game!!!
The Inferno beat MSOE, 73-51, by shooting a blistering 68% from the floor in the 2nd half per Alverno press release. That's their first in-conference win since the 05-06 season when they swept Maranatha and beat MSOE once in the old Lake Michigan Conference.
Congratulations to Coach Duckworth!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2008, 11:04:27 am
WLC 71, Alverno 48 (Warriors have already clinched a spot in the NAthCon post-season tournament! :) ;) :D (WLC drained 11 3-pointers and K Dillon led 4 Warriors in double figures, per WLC press release).
Aurora 71, Rockford 63 OT (Regents went cold from floor in OT, per Aurora press release)
Benedictine 77, Dominican 72 (IL Eagles' Curtis-21 2nd half points, per that schools' press release).
Lakeland 64, MSOE 34 (Raiders shot 31% from the field and Muskie defense forced 27 turnovers, per Lakeland press release)
MSOE and Alverno have been eliminated from NAthCon post-season tournament contention.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2008, 09:45:47 am
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2008_02/20080207c.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2008, 10:06:50 am
Concordia-WI 87, Rockford 38 :o ??? (Falcons shot a blistering 61% from the field in second half-Regents' Butler only played 15 minutes-not to knock Regents' reserve Love Morgan, but you know things are out of the ordinary for Rockford when Morgan ends up leading the team in scoring for a game-she had 14 points-all info off Rockford box score).
Dominican 91, Mt. Mary 63 (Stars' Salinas had 30 pts, Stars also outshot Mt. Mary and had a big edge rebounding, per Dominican box score).
Edgewood 75, WLC 71 (A 17-5 WI Eagle scoring run over the last 3 1/2 minutes was the difference here, per Edgewood press release). WLC still has 2 more in-conference wins than Concordia-Chicago, but. . . :-\
Lakeland 65, Alverno 45 (Muskies' Blahnik came up big in 2nd half, Inferno had 27 turnovers in this contest, per Lakeland press release).
Aurora 75, Marian 70, OT (Marian missed the front-end of a one-and-one, Aurora got a bucket to force OT, but the Spartans went on a 6-0 run over the last 3 1/2 minutes to get the win, per Marian press release).
Concordia-Chicago 78, MSOE 41 (Marche Smith was one of four Cougar players to score in double-figures, per MSOE box score).
Benedictine 79, Maranatha 61 (IL Eagles led virtually the entire game, Crusaders had a cold-shooting first half, per Maranatha press release).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2008, 01:49:49 pm
2-11: Marian 68, Mt. Mary 43 (This one turned into a rout in the second half, per Marian press release).
Maranatha 71, Lincoln 45 (Colleen Goff & Co end the home portion of the Crusaders schedule with a win-game flow similar to that of Marian game above, per Maranatha press release.)
2-12: Benedictine 84, Robert Morris-Springfield 68 (IL Eagle squad shot 58% from floor for entire game, per Ben press release.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2008, 01:56:44 pm
Post by: Just Bill on February 13, 2008, 03:27:14 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 14, 2008, 11:45:06 am
A check of Regent team stats indicates that ever since that first match-up with WLC, Rockford's committed several more turnovers per game than earlier in the season.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 14, 2008, 12:04:44 pm
Dominican 71, Alverno 69 OT (Trent put the Stars up for good in the OT and then they hit their FT's to seal it, per Star press release).
Concordia-WI 54, MSOE 36 (A late 2nd half 10-2 Falcon scoring run was the difference here, per MSOE press release).
Lakeland 57, Marian 54 OT (Big Muskie scoring run from late in 1st half to few minutes into 2nd to wipe out a 15 pt deficit, then in OT a last-second Saber 3-pt attempt fell short, per Marian press release).
WLC 64, Rockford 49 (Warriors out-rebounded Regents and shot 56% from the floor in 2nd half, per Rockford box score).
Aurora 78, Concordia-Chicago 60 (Spartans had 53-28 edge on rebounds and outshot the Cougars from the field, per Aurora box score. That result gives WLC a bit of breathing room).
(Dominican and Maranatha are now out of NAthCon post-season tournament contention).
Post by: Just Bill on February 15, 2008, 10:29:30 am
http://www.edgewoodcollegeeagles.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=2358
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2008, 01:59:22 pm
(Sabers are: at Dominican, home to Concordia-Chicago, home to Edgewood and at Benedictine)
Post by: Just Bill on February 16, 2008, 05:55:02 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2008, 10:42:30 am
Benedictine 72, Edgewood 45 (WI Eagles' Scheele held to 12 pts, Ben's Walczak hit several outside shots, per Ben press release).
Concordia-WI 77, Aurora 62 (Falcons had a big edge rebounding and although Mayyou was hurt, Davis and Beckum had 23 and 17 pts respectively to pick up the slack in this regular season title clinching win, per Concordia-WI press release).
Dominican 73, Marian 65 (Stars' Julkowski's 22 pts leads 4 Dominican players in double figures, per Star press release. As Just Bill indicated, this loss eliminates the Sabers from NAthCon tournament contention).
Lakeland 54, Concordia-Chicago 48 (A 14-7 Muskie scoring run closed out the game, per CUC play-by-play account, box score also shos Muskies had a 54-39 rebounding edge)
WLC 74, MSOE 34 (Warriors got off to a 21-2 lead and their reserves were able to get plenty of playing time in 2nd half. MSOE shot 19% from the field per WLC box score). Unless I'm missing something, with this win, WLC assures its' first playoff game will be at home.
Rockford 64, Maranatha 50 (Another cold-shooting first half did the Crusader women in, per Maranatha press release).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 22, 2008, 12:36:04 pm
A Regent loss and they fall some (maybe as far down as 6th place depending on what happens elsewhere.) Rockford doesn't play Saturday.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 23, 2008, 04:45:49 pm
Concordia-Chicago 61, Rockford 49 (A Cougar 25-13 2nd half scoring run was the difference here, per CUC play by play account).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 23, 2008, 05:01:53 pm
Dominican 61, MSOE 45 (Stars warmed up from floor in 2nd half while MSOE cooled off. Stars also held a 50-29 edge on rebounding, per Dominican box score). (Deceptive thing about the Stars' in-conference record is that 5 of their losses were by 5 points or less-another 2 or 3 in-conference wins and they would have been in playoff contention this year).
Edgewood 58, Alverno 43 (Inferno still manage to more than double their number of overall victories from the previous season.)
With those results, a Concordia-Chicago loss to Maranatha tonight would drop the Cougars into a 3-way tie with Edgewood and Lakeland at 12-6.. Aurora and Rockford are also tied with 11-7 records.
Post by: Just Bill on February 23, 2008, 09:09:06 pm
http://northernathleticsconf.com/sports/basketball_women/tournament/
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 23, 2008, 09:16:12 pm
Bracket is set......I wonder if 3 more CUW "in-region" wins will boost them into a Pool B bid.
http://northernathleticsconf.com/sports/basketball_women/tournament/
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 24, 2008, 10:19:31 am
Match-ups at first glance:
Rockford/CUC: If the Regents at least stay even on the rebounding and the Cougars have an off-day shooting, the better Rockford's chances. CUC likes to put up the 3 a lot. Rockford's Love Morgan has the knack of tipping the ball out to a team-mate for an offensive rebound and blocking shots. This figures to be Rockford's best shot in a while, because a boat-load of senior players will be graduating after this season.
Edgewood/Lakeland: Muskie D has a penchant for creating a lot of turnovers. How fast will Eagles' M Scheele & Co. come out of the gate?
WLC/Aurora: Too close to call:
Ben/CUW: If Curtis, Simpson and Ben's outside shooters are hitting and CUW has an off day, there could be an upset.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 26, 2008, 02:00:14 pm
I'll give that honor to Concordia-Chicago (freshmen Smith and Headen have made immediate impact, the former has also hit a lot of clutch free-throws)
Rockford and Dominican finish in a tie for second for that honor. (Regarding Dominican, should Crystal Gant return next year, wonder whether she'll be called upon for more scoring. With her height advantage, I thought maybe she'd get more opportunities to put the ball up inside and draw fouls. That's not a bash on Dom's coach, folks--just speculation. I saw Dom's first game vs. WLC and in 3 minutes of action, Gant didn't touch the ball much. One of her knees was wrapped, whether that was a factor :-\ however, that was the same night Jessica Salinas didn't miss a shot.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 28, 2008, 10:12:30 am
WLC 76, Aurora 73 :) ;) :D (Dillon and Emily Laete each score 27 pts to offset 3 Spartan double-figure scorers and get the Warriors into the second round of the playoffs for the first time in 4 seasons.)
Concordia-WI 66, Benedictine 52 (Curtis got 25, but the rest of the IL Eagles were held in check. Falcons had a better game shooting).
Concordia-Chicago 53, Rockford 41 (Regents had 22 turnovers to Cougars' 10 and Rockford was outshot from the field: Cougars' Kim Williams had a 10-pt game off the bench.)
Edgewood 56, Lakeland 53 (Eagles' Scheele had another 20-pt game. Eagles outshot Lakeland from floor and outrebounded the Muskies.)
(All sources are box scores off NAthCon site):
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 28, 2008, 10:21:14 am
Edgewood/CUW: Although I'd like to see Meagan Scheele get to the final, I'm giving the Falcons the nod at home on this one.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 02, 2008, 10:03:57 am
Caught the Concordia-Chicago/WLC game in person. The Cougars' Marche Smith had to sit much of the 1st half due to early foul trouble. CUC's Schwab was hitting from 3-pt range for nearly all of the half (she missed one at the halftime buzzer) and the game was tied at 36 at the break.
In the second half, the Warrior D created some turnovers that led to lay-ups and eventually WLC led 64-53 midway through. Concordia-Chicago got back in it by creating a couple of turnovers off the press, forcing the Warriors into "one and done's" and getting to the line.
In the final minute when the Warriors were up 3, it turned into a real chess match. CUC cut it to one on 3 occasions, and then the Warriors would hit 2 free throws, except on the Cougars' last foul, WLC's Dillon missed the back end of the double-bonus. The Cougars' Headen missed a potential game-tying lay-up and a Warrior player grabbed the rebound and held on till the clock ran out.
Whew!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 02, 2008, 10:10:51 am
WLC 76, Edgewood 56. :) ;) :D (WLC's main scoring trio of Dillon, Lindert, and Emily Laete, combined for 62 points per WLC box score-Warriors outshot Edgewood from the floor. This win breaks a 9-game losing streak against Edgewood.)
Post by: wizbegs1304 on March 02, 2008, 04:22:39 pm
Post by: Just Bill on March 02, 2008, 05:17:49 pm
I think had Concordia Wis. won the tournament they probably would have gotten in at 22-6. With their loss to Edgewood, I think the third Pool B spot goes to the Landwark ruuner-up Juniata.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 04, 2008, 10:29:52 am
I'm glad for the 2 seniors on the squad, the feather they got (NAthCon post-season tournament title) was not quite as large as what they had in mind, but given that one starting forward missed the entire season with a torn ACL, and the leading scorer was out several games with a thumb injury, no one's complaining much. :) ;) :D
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 04, 2008, 10:31:42 am
http://northernathleticsconf.com/sports/basketball_women/
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 06, 2008, 11:36:14 am
To go from missing the 2006-07 playoffs altogether to an '07-08 playoff run that narrowly misses getting to the NAthCon tournament final-quite an accomplishment, IMHO.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 09, 2008, 10:39:23 pm
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2008_03/20080309a.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 12, 2008, 10:18:15 am
Suppose a genie were to pop up out of a bottle and promise to grant 2 wishes to all NAthCon coaches whose teams missed the conference playoffs, here's how things would go (assume all players who don't graduate in May return for next season, and barring any other unforeseen developments.)
MSOE's Coach Ott: "My first wish would be for at least one tall player to help out J Bertram underneath, second would be for more depth, period."
Alverno's Coach Duckworth: "First, a deeper bench: Second, a player taller than 5'10" would be great to land."
Maranatha Coach Morrison: "First, a consistent 3-pt shooting threat: Second, players to step up and fill the void that will be left after Colleen Goff's playing days end."
Marian Coach Neumann: "Someone to step in and fill B Perez's shoes: (Don't know what the 2nd would be).
Dominican: "Have our "go to" players come through just a bit more in the clutch: Second, just more of that "can do" attittude that they showed last season.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 20, 2008, 09:20:50 am
http://www.d3hoops.com/all-region/08/centwom.htm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 22, 2008, 05:44:11 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 01, 2008, 09:43:24 am
http://www.d3hoops.com/notables
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 16, 2008, 05:51:28 am
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2008_05/2080515a.html
Post by: Just Bill on May 16, 2008, 09:52:34 am
News on another overseas playing opportunity for Edgewood's Megan Scheele here:You're link isn't working. Let's try this one: http://northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2008_05/20080515a.html
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2008_05/2080515a.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 16, 2008, 04:39:30 pm
Post by: Just Bill on May 16, 2008, 07:12:53 pm
Second time I've left a "0" out on a link: :-[ :-[You mean you re-type those? Cut-and-paste, man, cut-and-paste.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 16, 2008, 11:16:29 pm
Player's name: Prep school: D3 school:
Caitlyn Krenz Randolph, WI Marian U
Carol Cayo Lake Mills, WI MSOE
http://wissports.net/playground/tm.asp?m=894568
A poster (wisconsinball) on the WIAC boards mentioned this link and listed WIAC recruits off it.
(P. S. It'll take a while to get used to Marian's name change, eh?)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 19, 2008, 09:10:16 am
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2008_05/20080514b.html
(Could there be an impending change with WBB down the road? Just speculating agian, folks.) :-X :-X :-\ :-\
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 26, 2008, 07:21:44 am
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/200i8_05/20080522c.html
Post by: Just Bill on May 26, 2008, 01:38:23 pm
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on May 27, 2008, 03:37:25 pm
(P. S. It'll take a while to get used to Marian's name change, eh?)
My mom works in the business office at Marian and she said that she has had a hard time getting used to answeing the phone as "Marian University"
Carroll is also changing to a university this summer and there are talks going on at St. Norbert about moving in that direction.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 30, 2008, 07:01:48 am
http://www.edgewoodcollegeeagles.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=2535
Post by: WLCALUM83 on July 16, 2008, 08:06:56 am
http://www.d3hoops.com/notables
(2nd article down)
(With honorable mention to Lakeland-#23)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on July 24, 2008, 06:10:25 am
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=775829
("Other college choices" section).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on July 25, 2008, 07:46:14 am
http://www.d3hoops.com/pressreleases.php?release=2359
(Regents would appear to be in "re-build" mode, with Angie Butler, Love Morgan & Co having graduated. Just my .02)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 16, 2008, 12:31:36 am
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2008_08/20080813c.html
(Inferno also recently took on a new volleyball coach. As far as hoops goes, IMHO, bringing Beth Porter on as assistant coach is a good move from a public relations standpoint, given the past high level of respect she received while at Lakeland, during and after her playing days.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 09, 2008, 10:38:55 am
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2008_11/20081107a.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 11, 2008, 12:22:25 pm
(A note: Mount Mary and Alverno have had a long-time rivalry in women's soccer and volleyball as well as hoops, so that's the rationale for including a school not normally in-conference on the women's side.)
Post by: OshDude on November 11, 2008, 08:02:17 pm
Post by: Just Bill on November 11, 2008, 08:50:21 pm
I don't care for the divsions right now. I especially don't like the fact that four of the schools change divisions every two years. It's hard to build a fan base in a low-profile conference if you keep changing your format all the time.
I don't think the Challenge game makes sense when the teams will have already played each other once. If the two divisions didn't meet normally, then it would make more sense.
I also don't like the top four in each division qualifying for the tournament. It will be unfair when a 4-12 fourth place team gets in over a 7-9 fifth place team.
Post by: OshDude on November 11, 2008, 09:04:51 pm
And for the most part I'm with you on disliking the divisions.
Post by: Ralph Turner on November 11, 2008, 09:29:14 pm
I think I prefer a 3rd division (Central Division).
Football is a single division sport. M/W Golf and M/WCross Country, Track and Field don't need divisions to determine the AQ.
VB, M/W Soccer, M/W Hoops, Baseball/Softball and W Tennis can go three divisions. The season is long enough to have that many bids. Play single round-robin out of division. Play double round-robin intra-division. You can award wild cards/at large berths on the inter-division results for the conference tourney and AQ.
Men's Tennis (8 teams) can go single division.
Post by: jam8788 on November 13, 2008, 11:13:16 am
Post by: jam8788 on November 18, 2008, 10:15:26 am
Blahnik was unstoppable, almost got a double-double. Nice win for LC.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 26, 2008, 12:57:07 pm
And, yes, those WIAC schools continue to have WLC's number! :-[ :-[
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 02, 2008, 11:55:42 am
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2008_11/20081129a.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 02, 2008, 12:10:19 pm
Good!
Upset of the weekend award goes to . . . (drum roll, please. . . )
(Long pause for effect. . . )
Alverno, which upset Concordia-Chicago (on the Cougars' home floor yet) 60-47.
http://www.alverno.edu/athletics/basketball/20081129.html
(Wonder if that Lakeland mojo that Asst. Coach Porter brought over has started working yet! :-X :-X :-\ :-\
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 04, 2008, 01:41:00 pm
Alverno could pull off a couple more surprises yet--
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 04, 2008, 01:54:34 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 07, 2008, 10:02:28 am
Concordia-WI knocked off Alverno, but the Inferno kept it tight for a liittle more than 1 half again--
Concordia-Chicago had a third player (Burt) score in double figures (along with Smith and Williams) in a win over Maranatha
Lakeland beat Benedictine in OT, several Muskie players in double figures.
Edgewood beat Aurora in OT after trailing most of the game, Scheele got 25 pts, but Beckwith and a couple of others came up big late as well.
For Dominican (scoring wise) it was mostly the "Salinas and Trent" show in a win over Marian (nothing new there).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 10, 2008, 12:14:19 pm
MSOE 63, Rockford 49 (Regent PBP account indicates the Red Raiders went on a 19-6 scoring run in the first half, and were never headed after that. MSOE's Bertram-26 points).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 12, 2008, 09:40:59 am
MSOE 54, Benedictine 50. (IL Eagle press release indicated Benedictine got off to a slow start and just didn't quite get over the hump. This time it was MSOE's Cayo's (21 pts.) turn to score big.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 14, 2008, 07:08:31 pm
12-13: Alverno 75, Silver Lake 32
Edgewood 82, Benedictine 62 (WI Eagles' Scheele-23 pts to lead 4 Edgewood players in double figures, Edgewood used a late first-early 2nd half scoring run to put this one out of reach--Edgewood press release).
Lakeland 57, Concordia-Chicago 49 (Muskies' late FT shooting was the difference here, per Lakeland's press release)
Marian 48, Maranatha 43 (Marian press release indicates Maranatha had 30 turnovers, both teams shot 31% from the field).
WLC 95, Rockford 64 :) ;) :D (Four Warrior players scored in double figures--WLC shot 54% in the 2nd half to pull away from the Regents.)
12-14: Alverno lost to Viterbo--Inferno's cold shooting the last few minutes of the game was the difference, per Inferno press release.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 16, 2008, 11:46:46 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 18, 2008, 11:22:40 am
(Falcon press release indicates Falcons came out of the gate hot and the Spartans had 38 turnovers in the contest).
Closest thing to a surprise--IMHO at this early stage it has to be MSOE being tied for 2nd in the South Division-
Look out for Edgewood--methinks the WI Eagles are going to really make some noise-barring the unforeseen.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 25, 2008, 02:25:00 pm
WLC lost to Loras in a tight one at home.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2008, 11:55:36 am
Pacific Lutheran press release indicates the West Coast squad's shooting got cold in the second half, enabling the Falcons to pull away.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 31, 2008, 10:37:02 am
Concordia-WI 60, Dubuque 57
UW-Stevens Point 72, Edgewood 59 (Eagle press release indicates Ashley Averkamp had 25 points, Megan Scheele 13, the Pointers pulled away in the 2nd half).
Benedictine 65, MacMurray 59 (IL Eagle press release indicates Benedictine got off to an 11-pt half-time lead, then held off a 2nd-half MacMurray rally.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 06, 2009, 12:24:31 pm
Dominican appears to be slumping--losing big to Concordia-WI and also losing to MSOE. Per box scores, Stars were plagued with turnovers in the former game, and Salinas was held to 7 points in the latter. MSOE's Cayo and Bertram had big-scoring games for the Lady Raiders again.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 11, 2009, 10:52:56 am
Lakeland 63, Alverno 54 (A 19-7 Muskie scoring run over the last 6 3/4 minutes was the difference in this one-per Inferno press release.)
Aurora 79, Maranatha Baptist 66 (Spartan box score indicates Lady Crusaders committed 30 turnovers-a 14-0 Aurora 1st half scoring run was the difference here. 4 Spartans scored in double figures.)
Benedictine 66, Marian 52 (Sabre press release indicates a 17-2 scoring run over the last 10 minutes sealed the win for Benedictine).
Concordia-Chicago 63, Rockford 58 (Cougars' Smith had 25 points and Williams 12, respectively.)
Concordia-WI 69, MSOE 32 (Lady Falcons got 36 points off 34 MSOE turnovers, per Raider box score).
Edgewood 72, WLC 66 (WI Eagles' Scheele-28 pts, Averkamp 14--WLC press release indicates a late 7-0 scoring run sealed the win for the Eagles. Had to figure revenge was on their minds after what happened in the NAthCon post-season tournament final last season.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 11, 2009, 04:46:33 pm
Alverno 54, Dominican 50 Final (Stats indicate Inferno out-rebounded the Stars and also outshot them from the floor for the game.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 16, 2009, 02:39:02 pm
Good.
Alverno 56, Benedictine 54 (from 1/13): That win already gives the Inferno their highest in-conference victory total since 2005-06.
(I hear Wydown Blvd cheering and some fans of Bre Miller, G Allen and Sorgi coming out of the woodwork, applauding.) :D :D
After losing to Alverno, Benedictine beats Concordia-Chicago 91-82. Go figure. :o
Rockford women get off the schneid in conference-beating Marian by 8.
Also, belated props to WLC's Brittany Lindert for reaching the 1,000-point milestone! After losing to Aurora on the road, the Warriors rout Dominican at home
Post by: Just Bill on January 16, 2009, 02:51:37 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 16, 2009, 02:55:29 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 18, 2009, 10:06:28 am
WLC 75, Concordia-WI 67 (Warriors' Lindert had 24 pts and their FT shooting over the last minute sealed a win on the road).
Aurora 63, Lakeland 60 (Lady Spartans overcome a 12-pt half-time deficit to get the win. Voiles and Re had 22 and 21 pts. respectively, per Lakeland release.)
Benedictine 67, Maranatha Baptist 54 (Lady Crusaders fell in an early hole, and once cut the Eagle lead to 4, but never got over the hump, per Maranatha release).
Marian 75, Concordia-Chicago 66 (Haen, Bouchard and Moody had 64 of the Sabers' 75 pts-Cougars' Smith had 27 and Schwab 21. Saber 7-0 scoring run with under 5 minutes left to play was the difference here, per Marian press release.)
Rockford 77, Dominican 72 OT (Regents had 4 players score in double figures: Rockford out-shot the Stars in the extra session-per Dominican box score.)
Post by: Just Bill on January 19, 2009, 09:43:50 am
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/sports/other/433404
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 22, 2009, 11:35:22 am
Dominican 87, Aurora 77 :o :o ??? ??? (Stars had 5 players score in double figures. led all the way and shot 58% from the field for the game, per Domincan press release).
WLC 75, Benedictine 60 :D :D (4 Warrior players scored in double figures-led by Lindert's 22-per WLC release).
MSOE 58, Concordia-Chicago 38 (Raiders' Cayo: 19 pts, 21 rebounds, Cougars held to 22% FG-shooting on the night-per MSOE release).
Edgewood 68, Rockford 46 (Eagles' Scheele became their all-time leading scorer during the second half of this contest. She led them with 23 pts, Averkamp had 20, per Edgewood release).
Lakeland 71, Marian 52 (Muskies took an early lead and never relinquished it-11 Muskies scored in this one-per Lakeland release).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 26, 2009, 11:34:34 am
WLC 78, Maranatha 50 (Warriors had 3 players score in double figures, led by Dillon's 21, Johnson had a career high 15 off the bench, per WLC release).
Concordia-WI 90, Concordia-Chicago 61 (3 Falcon players combined for 52 pts to offset Cougars' Smith's 33, per Falcon release).
Edgewood 71, Dominican 62 OT (Scheele's 8 pts in the OT was a big factor in the WI Eagle win, per Edgewood press release).
Lakeland 64, MSOE 56 (Muskies' clutch FT shooting down the stretch was the difference here, per Lakeland release).
Aurora 82, Rockford 64 (Spartans had a 48-32 rebounding edge and Rockford committed 21 turnovers, per Aurora box score).
Alverno 68, Marian 58 (A 10-0 Inferno scoring run over the last 4 1/2 minutes sealed this one-per Alverno press release). This win is their 4th in conference-already the most in school history for a hoops season. It'll be interesting to see what kind of motivational tools Coaches Duckworth and Porter use from here on out the rest of the way. (How far can this team go from here?) :-X :-X :-\ :-\
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2009, 11:29:01 am
Concordia-Chicago 56, Alverno 51 (A 9-0 Cougar scoring run over the last 2 1/4 minutes was the difference here. M. Smith had 25 pts, per Alverno release.)
Benedictine 86, Aurora 82 OT (IL Eagles hit 11 threes on the game, Laketa Simpson scored the last four points of the game to seal it for Benedictine, per Aurora box score.)
Concordia-WI 77, Edgewood 73 (Mayyou and Wallace had 24 and 20 pts, respectively-Falcons had 17 offensive rebounds-all this offset 4 Edgewood players scoring in double figures, per WI Eagle press release).
Lakeland 67, Rockford 49 (A 16-4 Muskie scoring run to begin the second half turned this one into a rout, per Lakeland release.)
WLC 68, MSOE 65 OT (Warrior women outshot MSOE from the FT line in the OT to get the win-despite committing 25 turnovers on the game-per WLC release).
Dominican 81, Moody Bible 48
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 30, 2009, 11:44:29 am
Rockford 63, Maranatha 48 (A Regent 30-9 scoring run to begin the 2nd half buried the Lady Crusaders-per Maranatha release).
Benedictine 68, Dominican 56 (Jen Bren had 18 pts and was one of 4 IL Eagle players in double figures-per Benedictine press release).
Aurora 61, MSOE 46 (Aurora outshot MSOE 51% to 20% in the first half, per box score off Spartan site. )
WLC 63, Alverno 41 (Warrior women got off to an early 14-2 lead and never looked back, per WLC release)
Post by: Just Bill on February 01, 2009, 10:58:34 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 02, 2009, 01:58:31 pm
Congrats to Megan Scheele who got her 50th double-double yesterday. 6th player in D-III women's history to accomplish that.
I'll second that--now that she's got the WI Eagle pt-scoring record-she can (hopefully) lead her squad to bigger and better things.
Other 1/31 Women's NAthCon Finals:
Rockford 61, Benedictine 47 :o (Benedictine shot 21% in 1st half to Rockford's 41%, and the IL Eagles found themselves in a hole too deep to climb out of, per Regent box score.)
Dominican 70, Maranatha 66 (Dominican used a 12-4 scoring run between 10 and 5 minute marks of the second half to get breathing room--Trent and Salinas combined for 48 of the Stars' pts--per Dom PBP and box score accts.)
Aurora 78, Marian 54 (Spartans outscored Sabers in the paint 44-14, per Marian press release).
Lakeland 55, WLC 52 (Ouch!) Warriors-down only one- committed a turnover with 4 seconds left and the Muskies hit 2 FTs to seal it-WLC release.
CU-Nebraska 76, CUC 42
CUC 63, CU-Ann Arbor 56
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 02, 2009, 02:20:01 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2009, 11:30:11 am
Aurora 69, Alverno 54 (Lady Spartans used a 22-9 2nd half scoring run to seal this one, per Inferno PBP acct).
Edgewood 65, Marian 44 (An 18-4 Edgewood scoring run turned this one into a rout, per WI Eagle press release).
Concordia-WI 66, Rockford 51 (Falcons got out to an 11-pt halftime lead and held on, per CUW release)
Dominican 98, MSOE 92 OT :o (Malloy, Salinas, Trent and Budz accounted for 86 of the Stars' pts--Malloy hit a 3 with just less than 4 minutes left in the OT to put the Stars ahead to stay--MSOE had 3 players foul out-per Dominican box score/PBP acct).
WLC 83, Concordia-Chicago 57 (Warriors' Lindert had 26 pts, but this time their forwards stepped it up a bit more than usual-especially on the rebounding, 45-31 advantage on the boards. Warriors also outshot CUC 50% to 36% to offset Smith's 21 pts and Williams' 19-respectively--per WLC box score.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2009, 11:58:43 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2009, 05:18:02 pm
WLC 84, Marian 44 (Sabres shot 29% from the field in this rout, per Marian release).
Alverno 56, Rockford 50 (Inferno got off to a slow start, but took control in the second half, and ended up forcing Rockford into 27 turnovers the entire contest-which Alverno got 25 pts off of, per Inferno press release/PBP acct.)
Dominican 60, Lakeland 50 (Stars had a 56-39 edge on the glass, and Lakeland had a cold-shooting 2nd half-Stars' Betts had 12 pts-Salinas led 4 Dom players scoring in double figures-22-12 scoring run over last 14 minutes sealed this win-even more incredible after Dominican trailed by 16 pts in 1st half, per Dom box score/PBP acct.)
MSOE 68, Maranatha 57 (MSOE's Bertram, one of 4 Raiders scoring in double-figures. Crusaders got in an early hole, and didn't get out, per Maranatha press release.)
Edgewood 68, Concordia-Chicago 41 (WI Eagle's Scheele had 27 pts, Cougars' Smith was held to just 4 :o Cougars shot 13% in 2nd half, enabling Edgewood to break this one open, per Eagle press release.)
Concordia-WI 83, Benedictine 61 (Falcons shot 52% from the field for the game, Mayyou had 22 pts, to pace 5 Falcon scorers in double figures-per Benedictine box score).
With those results, Concordia-WI, Edgewood and Lakeland (North) and WLC and Aurora (South) are in great shape as far as conference playoff positioning goes at this point. Alverno has joined the dogfight with MSOE, Dominican and Benedictine in the South.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 11, 2009, 02:18:32 pm
Alverno 74, Dominican 70 OT (A Bre Miller 3 with just over 2 minutes left in OT put the Inferno ahead to stay and after that, they hit their FTs to seal it. Dominican missed a golden opportunity to win in regulation because of several missed FT's--per Alverno release). Inferno had 4 players score in double figures to offset Betts and Trent scoring 24 apiece for Dominican.
Aurora 73, Concordia-Chicago 55 (Aurora shot 59% in 2nd half to pull away from the Cougars-Smith held to 13, Williams led CUC with 16 pts-per Aurora box score).
Rockford 78, Maranatha Baptist 59 (Each time the Crusaders cut the Regents' lead to single digits, Rockford would answer with scoring runs of its own to get this win, per Maranatha press release.)
Edgewood 70, Lakeland 53 (WI Eagle squad outshot Lakeland 54% to 34% from the floor for the game, --Scheele poured in 25 points-per Lakeland release.)
MSOE 57, Benedictine 49 (Raiders used a 16-7 scoring run at the end to get the win, scoring most of those points on FT's. Cayo-4 blocked shots and 17 rebounds, per MSOE box score.)
Concordia-WI 58, Marian 45 (Sabre D stepped it up, but Falcons got more opportunities from the charity stripe and took advantage, particularly in the first half,-per Marian release.)
With those results, Maranatha is eliminated--
North Division: CUW, Edgewood and Lakeland have clinched spots. Rockford and Marian are still in contention.
South Division: WLC and Aurora are in-Alverno, Benedictine and Dominican have a good shot, but MSOE needs to lose at least once to open the door a bit wider for all 3 of those squads.
North Division contenders' schedules:
Rockford: vs. Edgewood, vs. Marian
Marian: vs. Lakeland, at Rockford.
South Division contenders' schedules:
MSOE: vs. Concordia-Chicago, at Alverno.
Dominican: at Concordia-Chicago, at Aurora, vs. WLC.
Benedictine: vs. Alverno, at WLC, at Concordia-Chicago.
Alverno: at Benedictine, at Maranatha, vs. MSOE
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 12, 2009, 10:49:17 pm
2000 points; 1000 rebounds!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2009, 10:00:54 am
Concordia-Chicago 76, Dominican 59 (Cougars outshot Stars from the field, Stars were cold from beyond the arc. Smith, Williams and Schwab all scored in double figures-per CUC box score).
Benedictine 64, Alverno 44 (IL Eagle squad broke out to a 32-14 half-time lead and took it from there, with the help of a 68-40 rebounding advantage-per Benedictine box score).
WLC 65, Aurora 62 OT (Warriors' Dillon hit a 3 with 3:50 left in OT to put WLC up for good-Spartans were held without a FG in the extra session, W Miller, Dillon and Lindert all scored in double figures--per WLC release.)
Dominican and Alverno need to win out and hope for Benedictine to lose at least one more game to stay alive. (There's still a slim chance that those 3 squads and MSOE could tie for the last spot--but the Raiders would have to lose their last 2.)
Post by: Just Bill on February 14, 2009, 05:08:00 pm
Congratulations to Megan Scheele!
2000 points; 1000 rebounds!
She'll be on Hoopsville on Sunday night. 5-7 PM CST. Maybe she'll thank you directly, Ralph!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2009, 11:32:16 am
Aurora 77, Dominican 56 (Aurora had a 49-31 rebounding edge-and guess who lead the Stars in scoring--Betts (unusual--) 21 pts, on 7 threes-per AU box score.
Concordia-WI 61, Maranatha 42 (Crusaders committed 30 turnovers, per CUW press release).
WLC 78, Benedictine 56 (Warriors shot 56% from the field in 1st half, scored 56 1st half pts, Dillon poured in 22 1st half pts, per WLC release).
MSOE 67, Concordia-Chicago 50 (Caught this one in person. Cougars jumped out to an early lead, thanks to Schwab and Smith hitting several threes, and Williams getting a couple of buckets inside. Cougars lead 33-30 at the break. MSOE's Cayo missed several shots inside, but dished out several assists and blocked a couple of shots. The Raiders finally took control with about 7 minutes left in the second half by forcing several "one-and-dones" and drawing fouls and getting inside penetration.)
Lakeland 60, Marian 46 (A 20-5 Muskie scoring run early in 2nd half clinched this one, per Lakeland release).
Edgewood 65, Rockford 60 (WI Eagle squad hit 10 of 11 FTs down the stretch to seal this one, per Edgewood release.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2009, 11:41:46 am
Benedictine can get in with a win and an Alverno loss.
Alverno can get in with a Benedictine loss and Inferno wins over MSOE and Maranatha Baptist.
Suppose Dom, Alverno and Ben all finish 7-11, who gets in then?
Post by: Just Bill on February 17, 2009, 09:32:27 pm
- Both BU and AC were 0-2 against WLC.
- BU was 1-1 against Aurora, while AC was 0-2 against Aurora. So BU would get the last playoff spot.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 18, 2009, 01:44:26 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 18, 2009, 01:56:06 pm
Top-scoring offense:--CUW Fewest avg PPG allowed: CUW
Lowest-scoring offense:--Rockford Most avg PPG allowed: Aurora
Best FT%: Edgewood Worst FT% Rockford
Best FG% D: MSOE (With Cayo that's no surprise).
Most O and D rebounds: WLC
Most 3s made per game: WLC
Hottest team going in (as of today, prior to Challenge) CUW (prior to Challenge only Ben and Rockford would be going in with losses if Tournament started today.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 18, 2009, 02:54:15 pm
Benedictine vs CUW. (IMHO-Falcons' overall balance figures to be the difference in this one).
MSOE vs. Edgewood. (Raiders could make this interesting if their starters stay out of foul trouble. They need to have Cayo come up big on the D again and stay on the floor. Can they frustrate Scheele & Co enough on the road? :-\
Lakeland vs. Aurora. (Spartans can pile up the points when they're on, but if the Muskie D is on its' game, this one also can be interesting).
Rockford vs. WLC. (Nielsen is a 3-pt threat. Warriors shouldn't take Regents too lightly.)
I'd like to see Edgewood win the whole thing-just for Megan Scheele.
Post by: Just Bill on February 18, 2009, 03:17:55 pm
THe #7/#8 seed is also up for grabs based on the Challenge Game.
EC will be the 3, AU will be the 4, Lakeland will be the 5 and MSOE will be the 6.
Post by: Just Bill on February 22, 2009, 02:53:18 pm
2009 Women's Basketball Tournament
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 7:00pm
#8 Rockford vs. #1 Wisconsin Lutheran
7:00pm at Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, Wis.
#7 Benedictine vs. #2 Concordia Wisconsin
7:00pm at Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Wis.
#6 MSOE vs. #3 Edgewood
7:00pm at Edgewood College, Madison, Wis.
#5 Lakeland vs. #4 Aurora
7:00pm at Aurora University, Aurora, Ill.
Semifinals
Thursday, Feb. 26, 7:00pm
#1/8 vs. #4/5
#2/7 vs. #3/6
Final
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2:00pm
http://www.northernac.org/sports/basketball_women/tournament/
Post by: Just Bill on February 24, 2009, 10:17:19 pm
Semifinals on Thursday
Edgewood at Concordia Wis.
Aurora at Wis. Lutheran
Post by: Just Bill on February 26, 2009, 10:14:55 am
Live Audio (http://www.wlc.edu/listenlive/) and Live Stats (http://wlcsports.athleticsite.net/livestats/wb/xlive.htm) links for the WLC-Aurora game.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 27, 2009, 11:53:37 am
Megan Scheele's college playing career ends at least two games too soon! :'( She put in 38 pts in last night's loss. Edgewood's had WLC's number the last 3 years or so. Would have been a lot of positive PR for the NAthCon had the WI Eagles stayed alive.
Heard WLC routed Aurora. The question now is--can the Warriors pull off the hat trick? They'll need to hit their 3s and slow down Mayyou.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 01, 2009, 10:06:21 am
Since I did it for Megan Scheele in my last post, I'll do it for all 4 of the WLC Senior hoops players, too. :'( :'( :'( :'(
Best of luck to the Falcons--they may have a tough 1st-round draw :-X :-\
Post by: Just Bill on March 01, 2009, 04:49:26 pm
They have CUW playing UW-Whitewater at Illinois Wesleyan. IWU would play Ripon. CUW gave Whitewater a very close game in the season opener this year.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 04, 2009, 10:40:27 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 04, 2009, 10:41:59 am
Alverno's Brad Duckworth is worthy of an Honorable Mention as well!
:) ;) :D
Post by: Just Bill on March 04, 2009, 10:49:42 am
Concordia-WI ends up playing Concordia-Moorhead.
I believe that will be fourth different Concordia that CUW has played this year: Chicago, Ann Arbor, Nebraska and Moorhead.
Post by: Just Bill on March 04, 2009, 11:50:51 am
Player of the Year: Megan Scheele, Edgewood College
Freshman of the Year: Carol Cayo, MSOE
Coach of the Year: Jessica Ott, MSOE
Post by: Just Bill on March 06, 2009, 02:15:52 pm
MEN
UW-Platteville vs. Hope (6:00 PM)
Live Stats: http://livestats.internetconsult.com/wheaton/wbball/
Live Video: http://www.wheaton.edu/wetn/
Live Audio (UWP): http://www.uwplatt.edu/athletics/stream/index.html
UW-Stevens Point vs. Cornell (6:00 PM)
Live Audio (D3Hoops.com): http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/
Live Audio (UWSP): http://www.b1049.com/
Live Video: http://www.mnsportsnetwork.com/
Live In-game blog: http://www.tommiesports.com/
Lawrence vs. Washington Univ. (6:00 PM)
Live Stats: http://elmhurst.edu/~athletic/Home/M-Basket/stats/live/xlive.htm
Live Audio (D3Hoops.com): http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/
UW-Whitewater vs. Elmhurst (approx. 8:00 PM)
Live Stats: http://elmhurst.edu/~athletic/Home/M-Basket/stats/live/xlive.htm
Live Audio (D3Hoops.com): http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/
WOMEN
Concordia (Wis.) vs. Concordia Moorhead (5:00 PM)
Live Stats: http://livestats.internetconsult.com/uwsp/wbball/
Live Audio (CUW): http://athletics.cuw.edu/scoreboard/Basketball-VideoScoreboard2.html
UW-Whitewater vs. Simpson (5:30 PM)
Live Audio (D3Hoops.com): http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/
Live Audio (UWW): http://www.uwwsports.com/sports/gen/2007/followthewarhawks_09202007.asp
Live Stats: http://sidearmstats.com/sju/mbball/xlive.htm
UW-Eau Claire vs. DePauw (6:00 PM)
Live Stats: http://www.iwu.edu/~iwunews/sports/live/Basketball/xlive.htm
Live Audio (DEP): http://www.depauw.edu/univ/wgre/listen.asp
Live Audio (UWEC): http://www.sportsradio1400.com/cc-common/ondemand/player.html?world=st
UW-Stevens Point vs. Maryville (approx. 7:00 PM)
Live Audio (UWSP): http://radio.securenetsystems.net//radio_player_large.cfm?stationCallSign=WSPT
Live Stats: http://livestats.internetconsult.com/uwsp/wbball/
Ripon vs. St. Benedict (approx. 7:30 PM)
Live Audio (CSB): http://www.csbblazers.com/sports/2009/3/4/GEN_0304093731.aspx?id=455
Live Audio (D3Hoops.com): http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/
Live Stats: http://sidearmstats.com/sju/mbball/xlive.htm
Post by: Just Bill on March 06, 2009, 08:38:33 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 08, 2009, 09:42:45 am
Post by: badgerwarhawk on March 18, 2009, 10:22:38 am
NAC All-Conference: http://northernac.org/releases/2009_03/20090303b.html
Player of the Year: Megan Scheele, Edgewood College
Freshman of the Year: Carol Cayo, MSOE
Coach of the Year: Jessica Ott, MSOE
I've seen Scheele play several times against WHITEWATER and I have to say she's a pretty darn good player. I don't mean any disrespect but while I believe none of her Edgewood teammates would play much on most WIAC teams she could play and star for any of them. Her having been named to the All Region team for the third time is very impressive. Congrats and best of luck to her.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 23, 2009, 02:02:53 pm
http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2009_03/20090320a.html
Post by: gordonmann on March 23, 2009, 07:03:37 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on June 11, 2009, 05:40:23 pm
http://www.alverno.edu/athletics/basketball/20090609.html
(Aretha Franklin's "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" playing) :) :) :)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on June 18, 2009, 09:09:09 am
http://www.northernac.org/releases/2009/2009_06/20090617a.html
Post by: Just Bill on July 23, 2009, 12:20:03 pm
http://www.edgewoodcollegeeagles.com/news/2009/7/21/WBB_0721092533.aspx
Post by: billys on July 23, 2009, 02:08:11 pm
Edgewood has named their three head coach finalists:Surprised that with "300 applicants" this is the group they narrowed it down to. Thought it was a better job than that
http://www.edgewoodcollegeeagles.com/news/2009/7/21/WBB_0721092533.aspx
Post by: Just Bill on July 23, 2009, 05:29:05 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on July 23, 2009, 09:50:31 pm
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/preps/50897122.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on July 23, 2009, 09:54:32 pm
Post by: Just Bill on August 05, 2009, 09:54:48 am
http://www.edgewoodcollegeeagles.com/news/2009/8/4/WBB_0804093430.aspx
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 05, 2009, 04:48:00 pm
http://northernac.org/releases/2009/2009_08/20090803a.html
Post by: jam8788 on October 28, 2009, 10:50:19 am
Concordia Wisc has been one of the best teams in this conference for a while now. They put two WIAC teams on their schedule this year - one of the best and one of the worst WIAC teams - and no MWC teams. Just goes to show that coaches care less about competition and more about number of wins to increase the chances of getting an NCAA bid.
Post by: closetothechest on October 29, 2009, 11:48:31 am
"Aurora University was predicted to win the 2009-10 Northern Athletics Conference women's basketball South Division while Concordia University Wisconsin was predicted to win the North Division title, according to the preseason coaches' poll."
Concordia Wisc has been one of the best teams in this conference for a while now. They put two WIAC teams on their schedule this year - one of the best and one of the worst WIAC teams - and no MWC teams. Just goes to show that coaches care less about competition and more about number of wins to increase the chances of getting an NCAA bid.
About Concordia's schedule, I am not completely sold they wanted Point on their schedule. I know for most of these bigger holiday tournaments there is not a lot of say between who plays who. Most teams sign up for tournaments without knowing who is going to be in them, then get assigned games. Concordia could have requested Point on their schedule when they found out who was there, but I really doubt it since they haven't played a scheduled game in quite a while.
Post by: billys on November 02, 2009, 05:03:52 pm
"Aurora University was predicted to win the 2009-10 Northern Athletics Conference women's basketball South Division while Concordia University Wisconsin was predicted to win the North Division title, according to the preseason coaches' poll."Or the number of wins to get the next coaching job
Concordia Wisc has been one of the best teams in this conference for a while now. They put two WIAC teams on their schedule this year - one of the best and one of the worst WIAC teams - and no MWC teams. Just goes to show that coaches care less about competition and more about number of wins to increase the chances of getting an NCAA bid.
Post by: jam8788 on November 03, 2009, 01:32:36 pm
"Aurora University was predicted to win the 2009-10 Northern Athletics Conference women's basketball South Division while Concordia University Wisconsin was predicted to win the North Division title, according to the preseason coaches' poll."Or the number of wins to get the next coaching job
Concordia Wisc has been one of the best teams in this conference for a while now. They put two WIAC teams on their schedule this year - one of the best and one of the worst WIAC teams - and no MWC teams. Just goes to show that coaches care less about competition and more about number of wins to increase the chances of getting an NCAA bid.
Good call.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 27, 2009, 08:02:33 am
Concordia-WI over Marian 78-35 (Marian's Moody did not return to the roster this year-as for the game, Saber press release indicates Marian shot 26% from the floor and CUW had a 51-26 rebounding advantage). (Marian also had a coaching change).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 28, 2009, 03:53:07 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 28, 2009, 04:54:41 pm
CUC's Smith -- 26 points
Alverno--Kochanowski's 14 points led the Inferno which had 4 players score in double figures Inferno came back from 11 pts down in 2nd half and outshot CUC 50% to 32% from the field, per Alverno stats.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 29, 2009, 12:54:23 am
Lakeland 79, Rockford 72 OT (Muskies came back from 17-pt halftime deficit, and then their FT shooting was the difference in the extra session, per Rockford box score/PBP acct.
Edgewood 72, Concordia-WI 70 (WI Eagle defense foiled Falcons' last attempt--CUW press release)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 30, 2009, 10:23:57 pm
Maranatha Baptist 77, Marian 55 (A 23-4 Crusader scoring run which started approx. 5 min.into 2nd half was the difference here, per Marian PBP acct.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 02, 2009, 10:00:17 pm
MSOE up on Aurora 74-64 15 secs left 2nd half
Raiders' Cayo --double/double-- Guthrie scored all of her pts in 2nd half
Aurora had 34 TOs to MSOE's 15 all per MSOE stats
Alverno and WLC are going to OT tied at 64!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 02, 2009, 10:14:30 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 02, 2009, 10:51:20 pm
Inferno led this one for a good chunk of the game.
Alverno had 4 players foul out
WLC's Miller-- career high 30 pts
Sankey's 2 pts were extremely impeccable--both on clutch FTs in 2nd OT
If Alverno stays healthy--look out!!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 05, 2009, 04:54:21 pm
Lakeland 65, Benedictine 55 5 secs left 2nd half (Muskies used a late 1st half scoring run to give breathing room, then held on) Muskies; Blahnik --14 pts Benedictine --28 turnovers (source--Lakeland stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 06, 2009, 12:34:14 pm
http://northernac.org/releases/2009/2009_12/20091205c.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 06, 2009, 12:49:04 pm
Concordia-Chicago 58, Maranatha 35 (Cougars--30 pts off 34 Crusader turnovers-MBBC box score)
Rockford 75, MSOE 69 (Guthrie didn't play, Rockford's clutch FT shooting the last 2 1/4 min was the difference here --per Regent box score).
Marian 75, Dominican 71 (Dykstra --20 pts--was one of 4 Sabres in double figures A late 9-0 Marian scoring run iced this one--per Marian press release).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 08, 2009, 09:43:28 pm
MSOE 72, Dominican 58 (Bertram had a double-double --15 pts 10 rebounds, 4 Raiders scored in double figures-per Dom stats)
Aurora 63, Alverno 54 (A late 16-5 scoring run sealed this one-
Alverno stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 10, 2009, 05:30:00 pm
1) Somethin's gotta give, both these teams are undefeated in-conference
2) Couple of ex-Muskie hoops players going against each other as coaches (Thousand vs Johnson).
Tip-off's approx. half an hour from now.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 10, 2009, 07:52:26 pm
WI Eagles trailed 49-29 at one pt, but got back in it by drawing fouls and hitting FTs --
Lakeland-- Dennewitz 20 pts -- Blahnik a double double (16 pts, 12 rebounds)
(Lakeland stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 10, 2009, 09:36:51 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 10, 2009, 09:49:19 pm
(Stars' Julkowski hit a couple of 3s to ignite a 2nd half Dominican rally--Blom 25 pts to offset a 22 pt night for Alverno's Sorgi per Inferno stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 12, 2009, 04:30:57 pm
Final: MSOE 62, Marian 38 (Cayo--19 pts and 19 rebounds Marian 25 turnovers per MSOE stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 12, 2009, 11:08:14 pm
WLC 71, Rockford 58 (Warriors scored 27 pts off 24 Regent turnovers and outshot Rockford 44% to 29% in 1st half, per WLC box score)
CUW 68, Aurora 59 (3 Falcons scored in double figures --per Concordia-WI release)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 13, 2009, 08:12:50 pm
Lakeland 50, Concordia-Chicago 47 (Dennewitz's 3 with 1:44 left put Muskies ahead, Hiben hit 2 FTs and then CUC's Schwab missed a potential game-tying 3 at the buzzer--per CUC PBP acct)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 15, 2009, 09:48:09 pm
WLC 62, Concordia-Chicago 57 (Warriors went on an 8-0 scoring run with around 8 minutes left in 2nd half, then ht some FTs late and held on for the win--Miller 19 pts, Dillon 13 pts. CUC--Smith 22 pts, Schwab 10 pts--per WLC stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 17, 2009, 10:00:08 pm
WLC 76, MSOE 57 (Warriors went on a big scoring run early in 2nd half--W Miller 23 pts 10 rebounds MSOE's Cayo --10 rebounds, 9 pts WLC outshot the Raiders 41% to 28% from the floor, per MSOE stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 17, 2009, 10:18:42 pm
Rockford 58, Maranatha 49 (a 12-4 Regent scoring run was the difference here, per Crusader press release- box score indicates Rockford's Curry & M Lawler had 20 pts each)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 20, 2009, 10:05:40 am
Elmhurst 79. Rockford 59 (Regents stayed within striking distance until an Elmhurst 19-5 scoring run sealed this one--Rockford PBP acct)
Marian got routed by Franklin
Dominican 75, Eureka 61 (A 16-4 scoring run early in 2nd half was the difference here, per Star press release--Blom 23 pts).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 29, 2009, 06:12:57 am
UW-Stevens Point 59, CUW 56 (Pointer early 2nd half 19-4 run put them in the lead, and they held on, per Falcon release--Wallace had a double-double).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2009, 07:21:18 am
CUC 59, Concordia-Austin (Texas) 55 (Cougars' Smith hit several big FTs late and Schwab and Williams hit from the floor down the stretch to answer every run the Lone Star state squad made-CUC PBP acct)
Coe 71, Edgewood 55
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 30, 2009, 08:10:21 am
12/29 finals:I am not sure what type of McMurry squad that you will be seeing today against CUC. I don't think that they have the kinks worked out yet.
CUC 59, Concordia-Austin (Texas) 55 (Cougars' Smith hit several big FTs late and Schwab and Williams hit from the floor down the stretch to answer every run the Lone Star state squad made-CUC PBP acct)
It should be a good test for both teams.
Post by: jam8788 on December 30, 2009, 03:48:47 pm
12/28 final:
UW-Stevens Point 59, CUW 56 (Pointer early 2nd half 19-4 run put them in the lead, and they held on, per Falcon release--Wallace had a double-double).
Wow CUW only lost by 3 to UWSP?! What a great effort against a WIAC team, even though UWSP is not as strong of a team as in the past. When's the last time a NAC team beat decent WIAC team?
Post by: Just Bill on December 30, 2009, 10:54:26 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 02, 2010, 02:48:40 pm
U of Chicago 31, MSOE 24 (Schofield, Syverson and Guthrie have stepped up to keep the Raiders in strking distance so far.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 02, 2010, 03:41:47 pm
U of Chicago 61, MSOE 42 (Maroon women turned the D up a notch and went on a big scoring run out of the gate in 2nd half-led by 26 at one point--per U of Chicago stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 02, 2010, 06:00:11 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 04, 2010, 09:52:11 pm
(James Brown's "I've Got You/I Feel Good" playing over Reiman Gym's system. . . :) ;) :D :) ;) :D)
Just Bill, is this the first time Alverno has ever beat Edgewood?
Post by: Just Bill on January 04, 2010, 11:10:13 pm
http://www.edgewoodcollegeeagles.com/documents/2010/1/3/WBK_Jan_3.pdf?id=1474
EDIT: Not to take anything away from Alverno, but the game story says the Eagles were missing four players to injury.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 06, 2010, 08:58:06 am
http://northernac.org/releases/2010/2010_01/20100105a.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 06, 2010, 09:51:38 pm
Alverno 54, MSOE 49 (Allen --17 pts--led 3 Inferno players in double figures, Inferno also had a 45-30 rebounding advantage on the night--MSOE's Bertram appeared but had 1 rebound, 1 foul and was 0-1 from the floor --again, the Inferno's Kochanowski hit a coule of key FTs late--per Alverno stats.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 06, 2010, 10:02:52 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 09, 2010, 06:50:48 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 09, 2010, 07:22:23 pm
Benedictine 61, Marian 36 (IL Eagles broke out to a 35-14 lead at half by holding the Sabers to 20% shooting from the floor-Sabers got no clser than 17 pts after that--per Marian press release)
Rockford 61, Concordia-Chicago 56 (Curry paced 3 Regent players in double-figures with 18 pts--Rockford's clutch FT shooting over last 1 1/2 minutes was the difference here, per Regent box score-PBP acct)
Dominican 85, Monmouth 74 (Stars connect on school record 15 3 pointers-Betts--24 pts to pace 4 Star players in double figures--per Star press release
Concordia-WI 62, MSOE 47 (Falcons shot 19-25 from line-Wallace-12 rebounds-per CUW press release)
Edgewood 60, WLC 56 (WI Eagles' Decorah--16 pts-- one of 3 Edgeewood players in double figures-- their FT shooting over last 1/12 minutes sealed this one, per WLC release).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 12, 2010, 11:06:43 pm
Marian 60, Rockford 58 (Sabers' Reiter hit 2 FT's with 6 secs left-M Lawler last second jumper missed-Marian hit 7 3s on the night--per Regent box score/PBP acct)
CUC 62, Dominican 46 (Stars shot 15% from floor in 1st half: Cougars' Smith had a double double--20 pts, 13 rebounds--Williams --21 pts-per CUC box score)
CUW 55, Lakeland 54 (Wallace FT with 4 secs left -- Blahnik missed a jumper that would have won it for the Muskies--per Lakeland release)
WLC 69, Aurora 54 (Warriors--25 pts off Spartan turnovers-- W Miller-28 pts, per WLC box score)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 14, 2010, 09:42:23 pm
WLC 81, Dominican 57 (Warriors raced out to a 19-pt halftime lead, which Stars had cut to 10 at one point, then Dillon and Allister hit some 3s to extend WLC's lead again--WLC--Johnson a double-double--16 pts 10 rebounds, Warriors had a 48-24 rebounding advantage--per Dominican box score.)
CUC 56, Benedictine 40 (Cougars outshot IL Eagles 50% to 24% in 2nd half--Smith 20 and Leitermann 11 pts to offset Jen Bren's 13--per CUC box score)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 15, 2010, 06:01:47 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 16, 2010, 04:43:38 pm
Rockford 70, Dominican 61 (M Lawler a double-double 16 pts, 15 rebounds --Regents broke out to a 15-pt lead in 2nd half-Stars cut it to 6, but got no closer. Regents outshot them 44 to 33% from floor-per Dominican stats)
CUC 70, Marian 49 (Cougars hit 13 3s on the day- Schwab burying 7 of them, Schwab scored a team high 27 to lead 4 CUC players in double-figures-a 14-0 Cougar scoring run midway thru 1st half broke this one open-per CUC box score & PBP acct)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 18, 2010, 04:36:35 pm
http://northernac.org/releases/2010/2010_01/20100117a.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 20, 2010, 09:56:08 pm
WLC 73, Benedictine 70 (Warriors led by 7 pts on several occasions in 2nd half, only to have the Eagles overtake them briefly--except for down the stretch when Allister and Neuberger got several baskets and the Warriors hit their FTs to seal it--WLC had 5 players in double figures to offset Brenn's 21-pt night)--WLC stats
MSOE 70, CUC 62 (After trailing by 17 pts at halftime, the Cougars made a rally, but fell short-- Raiders' Guthrie--29 pts and Cayo a double double -- 14 pts 14 rebounds --per MSOE stats)
Lakeland 65, Marian 47 (Muskies had a 44-30 rebounding edge-per Marian stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 21, 2010, 07:35:18 am
Decorah 19 pts- Edgewood 45-31 rebounding edge per Eagle box score/PBP acct)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 23, 2010, 04:40:54 pm
Lakeland 53, MSOE 46 5 secs left 2nd half (Muskies' Cepa hit several 3s in 1st half--MSOE's Cayo had to sit much of 1st half due to foul trouble-Raiders made a run after trailing by 23 at half--but fell short--Lakeland stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 23, 2010, 08:21:26 pm
Alverno 66, Marian 42 (Inferno used a 14-0 scoring run to start the 2nd half to take control of this one--3 Inferno players scored in double-figures, with Sorgi getting a double-double--per Inferno press release)
WLC 67, Maranatha 48
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 26, 2010, 09:47:36 pm
Alverno 64, CUC 61
WLC 65, MSOE 56 (Warriors outshot Raiders from the floor 45% to 29% for the game--W Miller 24 pts, Dillon 15 to offset Cayo double-double --per WLC stats)
Lakeland 59, Rockford 39 (Muskies had a strong scoring run to start the second half--Rockford committed 19 turnovers to Lakeland's 5--per Muskie stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 28, 2010, 09:33:13 pm
Alverno 62, WLC 46 2 1/2 min left 2nd half (Inferno went on a 10-0 scoring run to start 2nd half --taking a 7-pt lead--they were never headed after that-- 3 Inferno players scored in double figures--Warriors held to 14 2nd half pts-per Alverno stats--Alverno already has 7 in-conference wins!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 28, 2010, 11:59:25 pm
Benedictine 69, Dominican 57 (IL Eagles outshot Stars 43% - 26% from field for game-per Dominican stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 30, 2010, 04:54:32 pm
Edgewood 63, MSOE 61 (Raiders' Guthrie got them on level terms by scoring 8 straight points, then the WI Eagles' Beckwith hit a jumper with 2 seconds left to give Edgewood the win--per MSOE stats)
Alverno 62, Maranatha 51 (Inferno came back from an 8-pt half-time deficit in this one--Diedrich had 16 pts was one of 3 Inferno players in double figures--per Alverno stats)
Lakeland 59, WLC 58
(things got tighter at the top end of the NAthCon South with those results)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 31, 2010, 06:27:59 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 02, 2010, 09:05:13 am
Benedictine 81, Alverno 68 (Jen Bren had 24 pts, the Eagles shot 52% from the floor and went 10-10 from FT line in last 4 minutes to keep Inferno from tying WLC at the top of the South-per Alverno release.)
Post by: hoop_junkie on February 03, 2010, 04:32:26 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2010, 09:38:55 pm
MSOE 53, Dominican 47 (Cayo had another double-double- 3 Star players fouled out --Dominican made a late run, but Raiders FT shooting down the stretch was the difference here-per MSOE stats)
WLC 51, CUC 44 (Warriors used a 9-0 scoring run to close this one out-W Miller another double double-per WLC release)
Post by: billys on February 03, 2010, 10:32:35 pm
Anybody know of anyone who has applied for the head job at Marian?Is that a job anyone would want? Can't imagine it pays enough either to gain a good list of candidates. I have heard some people who are interested in learning more ;D
Post by: hoop_junkie on February 03, 2010, 11:38:51 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 04, 2010, 07:11:16 am
I heard they are expecting upwards of 100 applicants. Obviously, it's not a tremendous job, but the expectations are low and the previous head coach did a poor job of recruiting. When you're at a school of Marian's stature, you've got to target hundreds of kids in hopes that you will get 10-15 players. I look at how many more females attend Marian than males and I think that could lend itself to a turnaround. Marian needs to hire a young person that will go out and recruit non-stop. And in the NAC all it takes is 1 or 2 marquee players mixed in with 5-6 other decent kids and you're at the top of the league.
Alverno's another case in point. Before Coach Duckworth and his staff got there teams like CUC, Edgewood and Lakeland were beating that squad by 20 or more points. (no knock intended) In the last 2 seasons the Inferno has improved a lot. (Look at the impact that the Inferno's players have had this seasson).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 04, 2010, 07:27:08 am
Alverno 91, Aurora 67 (Inferno shot 62% from the floor in 1st half and 58% for entire game-took a 50-32 halftime lead, and the Spartans got no closer than 15 pts after that. 3 Inferno players scored in double-figures per Alverno release).
CUW 51, Rockford 46 (Falcons used a 13-0 scoring run starting 4 min into second half to take the lead for good-per Rockford PBP acct)
Edgewood 73, Marian 50 (WI Eagles had a 58-35 rebounding advantage per Marian release)
Post by: billys on February 04, 2010, 04:44:25 pm
I heard they are expecting upwards of 100 applicants. Obviously, it's not a tremendous job, but the expectations are low and the previous head coach did a poor job of recruiting. When you're at a school of Marian's stature, you've got to target hundreds of kids in hopes that you will get 10-15 players. I look at how many more females attend Marian than males and I think that could lend itself to a turnaround. Marian needs to hire a young person that will go out and recruit non-stop. And in the NAC all it takes is 1 or 2 marquee players mixed in with 5-6 other decent kids and you're at the top of the league.I agree with nearly everything you said ... it's a big umbrella job. I would feel like it's still easier to get those kids to come to Milwaukee (in the case of Alverno) as opposed to Fond du Lac.
I guess I'm curious what types of coaches would be interested? D3 assistants? Varsity coaches? It'll be interesting. I have a friend that coaches at Parkside. I'll have to ask if he's interested or has heard of people who have talked about it.
Post by: hoop_junkie on February 04, 2010, 08:09:23 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 04, 2010, 09:32:15 pm
Lakeland 54, Maranatha 39 3:40 left in 2nd half (Crusaders committed 21 first-half turnovers, per Lakeland stats)
With 3 more wins, Rockford can clinch the last NAthCon North playoff spot.
Post by: Look It Up on February 05, 2010, 02:37:21 pm
The Cougars host Edgewood tomorrow and Aurora on Tuesday, so it looks like she will get to do this in front of the home crowd.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 06, 2010, 08:56:04 am
Concordia Chicago's Marche Smith is on the verge of setting the school's all-time women's scoring record. She needs 23 to tie, 24 to pass the current record of 1,243 points. Keep in mind that Smith is only a junior, 70 games into her college career.
The Cougars host Edgewood tomorrow and Aurora on Tuesday, so it looks like she will get to do this in front of the home crowd.
That comes out to an average of just less than 18 PPG for every game she's played. If it weren't for
the attention Edgewood's Megan Scheele was getting the previous 2 seasons, Marche's accomplishment would have stood out all the more for the NAthCon. She is, indeed, a great all around hoops player.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 06, 2010, 04:52:04 pm
MSOE 64, Maranatha 33 (Raiders outshot Crusaders 43% to 24% from floor-per MSOE stats)
Lakeland 61, Dominican 42 (Muskies used a 30-7 scoring run in 2nd half to take this one-per Lakeland PBP acct)
Alverno 69, Rockford 60 3 secs left 2nd half (Inferno outshot Rockford 47% to 33% from floor for game--Inferno's Diedrich had 18 pts and was one of 3 Alverno players in double figures, per Alverno stats)
WLC 82, Marian 48 (Warriors maintain their lead in the South with this win)
CUW 64, Benedictine 61
CUC 57, Edgewood 54 OT (Cougars scored last 7 points in OT to win this one- Cougars' Smith got 30 pts and CUC outshot the WI Eagles 67% - 33% in the extra session- per CUC PBP acct)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 07, 2010, 09:33:35 am
http://northernac.org/sports/basketball_women/standings
There are 2 South spots open yet.
Scenarios:
Aurora: 1 more loss eliminates the Spartans
CUC: Best bet is to win out and hope MSOE and Benedictine both lose at least one more game.
MSOE & Benedictine: Should both squads win out, both would get in.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 09, 2010, 08:07:31 am
Post by: hoop_junkie on February 09, 2010, 05:24:29 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 09, 2010, 09:52:52 pm
CUC 53, Aurora 51 (Cougars come back from a 19-pt deficit to nab this win at home. Lietermann hit a couple of 3s and M Smith stepped it up in the clutch--as usual for CUC wins).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 09, 2010, 10:21:24 pm
MSOE: 2/13 @ CUC; 2/15 @ Benedictine; 2/17 vs. Alverno
CUC: 2/11 @ Dominican; 2/13 vs MSOE; 2/17 @ Benedictine
Benedictine: 2/11 @ Alverno; 2/13 vs WLC; 2/15 vs. MSOE; 2/17 vs. CUC
Dominican could spoil it for CUC if the Stars are hitting their 3s; Benedictine's D slowed MSOE's Cayo down big-time -limiting her point total in the earlier match-up. MSOE's Guthrie, Benedictine's Bren, and CUC's Smith get most of the press for their point production--yet each contending squad has more than one good 3-point FG shooter --it may very well come down to who is nailing the most 3s and tightening up the D at the same time.
Post by: Just Bill on February 10, 2010, 08:33:03 am
Although Diedrich is a solid presence in the lane for Alverno, I think the best freshman in the league is Decorah. Decorah was offered out of HS by Duluth and also had some walk-on interest from Milwaukee and other D1s out east I believe. I sense that she's a bit of a homebody and that's why she ended up at Edgewood, but no offense to the NAC or Edgewood but she really should be playing at the scholarship level.I disagree. Decorah is athletic, but I haven't seen anything that shouts to me, "Wow! she should be at a higher level." Frankly, had EC stayed healthier this year I doubt she'd be their leading scorer. I think she would have been eaten up at a D-II. I'm not sure she'd even make a big impact in the WIAC.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2010, 09:34:07 am
Post by: hoop_junkie on February 11, 2010, 12:34:00 am
Post by: Just Bill on February 11, 2010, 09:22:35 am
As a freshman, she would likely start for Superior, Platteville and Oshkosh, but not the other WIAC schools. Honestly, very few freshman start in the WIAC anyway.
No need to be defensive. She's an excellent player and fun to watch. I just disagree with your assessment that she's playing at a level below where she belongs. I think she's found a ideal level for her skills and abilities.
Post by: hoop_junkie on February 11, 2010, 09:42:51 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 11, 2010, 10:20:25 pm
Benedictine 74, Alverno 65 (IL Eagles' Arias a double-double 17 pts-10 rebounds-
Eagles hit 7 3s on the night, their clutch FT shooting late in thegame sealed this one-per Alverno stats)
CUC 65, Dominican 49 (M Smith a double double 17 pts-16 rebounds-- Cougars hit 10 3s in this one-Stars committed 20 turnovers-Cougars used a 17-8 scoring run early in 2nd half to take the lead for good-per
Dominican stats-PBP acct)
Aurora 72, WLC 69
CUW 78, Marian 47
Edgewood 52, Lakeland 51
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2010, 04:07:24 pm
CUC 48 MSOE 38 Approx 10 min left 2nd half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2010, 04:46:41 pm
Dominican 59, Aurora 50
CUC 69, MSOE 59 (a brief hot scoring run for the Cougars during 2nd half was difference here)
Lakeland 68, Marian 44 (a 12-0 Muskie scoring run midway thru 2nd half broke this one open-per Lakeland PBP acct)
Benedictine 64, WLC 62
Marian is eliminated from playoff contention. A CUW win over Maranatha eliminates the Crusaders and puts Rockford in with the final berth in the North. In the South, CUC moves ahead of MSOE and into a virtual tie with Benedictine.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2010, 06:04:44 pm
CUW 68, Maranatha 49 (That result puts Rockford in the playoffs!)
(That splash you''re hearing is Jim Rockford giving Beth Davenport a Gatorade soaking -with Dennis Becker as a witness).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2010, 07:25:42 pm
Wouldntcha know-Benedictine's last 2 games are against the 2 squads they are fighting the closest for playoff positioning.
Tie-breakers-CUC split with MSOE - CUC beat Benedictine their earlier game, Benedictine beat MSOE earlier.
Too early to think about a 3 way tie just yet.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 15, 2010, 08:47:43 pm
Dominican 36, Alverno 36 half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 15, 2010, 09:37:46 pm
Alverno and WLC are now tied for the NAthCon South lead.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2010, 06:58:01 am
Benedictine 69, Alverno 55 (IL Eagles clinch a playoff spot with that win)
(talk about putting it on the line--all South games have something riding on them)
MSOE: Needs a win over Alverno at home, and a CUC loss at Benedictine
CUC: A win puts the Cougars in. (Since they beat the IL Eagles earlier, they'd be in 3rd place.) A loss and a Raider win, MSOE would get in-having split with Alverno, the Cougars were swept by the Inferno).
Alverno: A win and a WLC loss to Dominican, and the Inferno take the South title.
WLC: In the event of a 2-way tie with Alverno, the Warriors take the title, having split with Benedictine (IL Eagles swept Alverno)
A Benedictine win and losses by WLC and Alverno create a 3-way tie at the top.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2010, 06:20:18 am
Maranatha 70, Rockford 60 (Lady Crusaders shot 56% in 2nd half --Peotter put in 27 pts, per Regent box score) Maranatha escaped the North basement with that win.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2010, 06:26:39 am
Post by: Just Bill on February 17, 2010, 10:06:37 am
Should Lakeland and Edgewood end up in a 2-way tie, Lakeland would get the higher seed, having beaten Concordia-Chicago (WI Eagles lost to CUC in OT)
Only if they both win. If they would both lose, then EC would hold the tiebreak by virtue of their victory over CUW.
So really, the seeding rides solely on the LC/CUW game. LC wins they are #2. LC loses they are #3.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2010, 04:18:53 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2010, 08:54:24 pm
MSOE 33, Alverno 21 --half
WLC 43, Dominican 38 --half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2010, 09:47:40 pm
MSOE 69, Alverno 57 (Cayo had a double-double-13 rebounds/25 pts--Diedrich was saddled with early foul trouble, Alverno had 21 turnovers to MSOE's 14, and the Raiders' clutch FT shooting down the stretch sealed a win for them--now their eyes are on Lisle, IL awaiting the CUC/Benedictine outcome-MSOE stats)
WLC 96, Dominican 61 (Warriors hit 13 3s and had a 41-30 rebounding edge--WLC stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2010, 10:35:48 pm
Lakeland 72, CUW 66
Rockford 67, Marian 58
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 18, 2010, 12:07:10 am
(drum roll, please. . . )
MSOE
Benedictine beat Concordia-Chicago 81-69 (IL Eagles shot 61% from floor in 1st half, per CUC stats) Cougars are eliminated.
Post by: Just Bill on February 18, 2010, 04:09:58 pm
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010
#1: WLC @ CUW, 2pm (winner/loser doesn't matter for seeding. Why on Earth even play this game?)
#2: Lakeland @ Ben., 2pm (see above)
#3: Alverno @ Edgewood, 2pm (winner will be the overall #5 seed, loser #6)
#4: Rockford @ MSOE, 2pm (winner will be the overall #7 seed, loser #8)
#5: Maranatha @ CUC, 2pm
#6: Aurora @ Marian, 3pm
Mt. Mary @ #7 Dominican, 2pm
NAC Tournament
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m.
No. 8 TBD at No. 1 Concordia Wisconsin
No. 7 TBD at No. 2 Wisconsin Lutheran
No. 6 TBD at No. 3 Lakeland
No. 5 TBD at No. 4 Benedictine
Semifinals
Friday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m.
1/8 vs. 4/5
2/7 vs. 3/6
Final
Saturday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 18, 2010, 07:29:26 pm
I expect Edgewood to be more than ready for Alverno this time-the longer the Inferno's Diedrich stays out of foul trouble the better Alverno's chances. Allen and McComb have been consistent scorers all season. Going with Eagles at home.
MSOE's Guthrie didn't play in the first match-up vs. the Regents, per PBP acct, though Rockford led virtually all of the 2nd half, it was still a 1-pt game with over 2 minutes to play before the Regents' charity stripe shooting sealed that win for them. M Lawler & Curry vs. Cayo & Guthrie (pt production) should be interesting. (possible X-factors, MSOE's other 3-point shooters, should they come up big. This one's too close to call.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 20, 2010, 03:41:18 pm
MSOE 32, Rockford 27 half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 20, 2010, 05:15:52 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 20, 2010, 07:20:44 pm
Edgewood 72, Alverno 43 (WI Eagles outshot Alverno 42% to 26% from the floor, per Edgewood stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 20, 2010, 07:26:20 pm
#8 MSOE @ #1 Concordia WI: (Falcons shot poorly in their Challenge Game loss. They like to go the "divide and conquer" route with their point production-MSOE's got a shot if CUW gets off to another slow start and Cayo stays out of foul trouble-can't see CUW losing at home).
#7 Rockford @ #2 WLC: (Potential "trap game" for the Warriors, if they can run on Rockford and their beyond the arc shooters are hitting, they'll be in good shape, but with Curry, the Lawlers & Co, Rockford won't go down easy.) WLC at home in a tight one.
#6 Alverno @ #3 Lakeland: (Earlier matchup, Inferno trailed by 15 at halftme on the road, and came back and won-the longer Diedrich stays out of foul trouble, the more interesting this game figures to be--who does Alverno assign their best defensive player (Sorgi) to? Pick--Lakeland
#5 Edgewood @ #4 Benedictine: (Going with Edgewood, only because the WI squad doesn't rely on the 3s like Benedictine does--although if Bren has another big game point-wise and her beyond the arc-shooting teammates are hitting, the squad from the Land of Lincoln can take this one).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 21, 2010, 02:00:07 pm
Best Offense (Scoring): WLC
Lowest Offense (Scoring): Rockford
Best Defense (fewest avg PPG allowed): Lakeland
Worst Defense: (most PPG allowed): Rockford
Team most likely to hoist a 3: Benedictine
Team least likely to hoist a 3: Rockford
Highest Rebounding Margin: Edgewood
Lowest Rebounding Margin: Lakeland
Best FT shooting team: MSOE
Worst FT shooting team: Benedictine
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 24, 2010, 08:53:26 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 24, 2010, 09:22:30 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 24, 2010, 10:02:41 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 24, 2010, 10:17:29 pm
Final: WLC 52, Rockford 37
Post by: Just Bill on February 24, 2010, 10:34:52 pm
LC beat AC 67-61. Diedrich from AC had 13 blocked shots!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 24, 2010, 10:42:22 pm
Lakeland @ WLC
Benedictine vs. MSOE/CUW winner
Post by: Just Bill on February 24, 2010, 10:42:58 pm
Semi-final pairings:
Lakeland @ WLC
Benedictine vs. MSOE/CUW winner
CUW won 59-53
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 27, 2010, 12:21:24 am
Lakeland 58, WLC 47
Benedictine 53, CUW 50
Final-Benedictine at Lakeland
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 27, 2010, 11:05:02 am
Muskie press release indicated that that squad did a good job denying WLC's Laete the ball inside during the game.
X-factors: How consistent will Dennewitz and Eisner continue to be? For Benedictine, who steps up if Bren is having an off night?
Pick-Lakeland at home in a tight one.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 27, 2010, 09:47:30 pm
Lakeland 71, Benedictine 60 3 secs left 2nd half (Muskies got off to a fast start, got a double digit lead-Benedictine cut it down to 5 with less than a minute to go in the game, but Lakeland hit their FTs to get the win-Lakeland stats.)
Post by: borderjumper on February 28, 2010, 06:52:45 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 02, 2010, 04:12:34 pm
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Post by: hoop_junkie on March 04, 2010, 01:18:51 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 04, 2010, 11:59:21 pm
Post by: billys on March 16, 2010, 01:00:26 pm
Saw Marian hired a new coach. Bill Peters, the head coach from Ripon HS. Ripon is 3-18 this year and Peters is a Marian alum. Interesting to see if that program will change any. Going to need to start recruiting now if they want to have a chance at bringing anyone in at all for next season. I would've thought they were going to hire someone whose been at the college level and that has good recruiting ties. Thoughts?I guess I'm going to have to get on your bandwagon junkie with being critical and say ...
WTH?????
How could this be a good hire?
He never went to the State Tournament with Taylor Wurtz and Erin Lind ... heck, didn't even get to Sectional Finals.
No recruiting experience ... heck some might say little coaching experience from watching them play during the Taylor Wurtz era.
They needed a young, hungry college coach looking for that first job who was trying to prove themselves. If they view it as anything more than a first-job position; they're looking at themselves the wrong way.
To me getting an alum means nothing, not to mention someone that already lives in Ripon. Those characteristics might be nice in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, or even the WIAC schools ... but it is of no advantage to a school like Marian.
I've been told they really didn't explore other people either ... have you heard the same?
Post by: Just Bill on March 16, 2010, 02:11:12 pm
Post by: billys on March 16, 2010, 03:59:10 pm
I don't think Marian is particularly serious about building a contender in women's basketball. The fact that he's an alum, lives nearby and has family roots tells me that Marian was more interested in finding a coach who would stay for an extended period of time, then they were with building a winner. They probably got their wish.No; you're absolutely right. That is exactly what they were looking for. Which to me doesn't make a lot of sense other than you don't have to go looking for a coach every three years.
I was told of two people who expressed interest who I know would have been VERY strong candidates who never got a call back. So you're right; there was no effort to put together a winner.
Post by: jam8788 on April 12, 2010, 04:49:57 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 02, 2010, 09:23:12 pm
has anyone heard that Rachel Diedrich of alverno is transferring to lakeland?
A-- with Blahnik graduating that would make sense--
B-- ("if you can't beat 'em, join 'em-- :-X :-\) (Inferno lost to the Muskies in the playoffs)
Post by: hoop_junkie on May 06, 2010, 06:18:59 pm
Saw Marian hired a new coach. Bill Peters, the head coach from Ripon HS. Ripon is 3-18 this year and Peters is a Marian alum. Interesting to see if that program will change any. Going to need to start recruiting now if they want to have a chance at bringing anyone in at all for next season. I would've thought they were going to hire someone whose been at the college level and that has good recruiting ties. Thoughts?I guess I'm going to have to get on your bandwagon junkie with being critical and say ...
WTH?????
How could this be a good hire?
He never went to the State Tournament with Taylor Wurtz and Erin Lind ... heck, didn't even get to Sectional Finals.
No recruiting experience ... heck some might say little coaching experience from watching them play during the Taylor Wurtz era.
They needed a young, hungry college coach looking for that first job who was trying to prove themselves. If they view it as anything more than a first-job position; they're looking at themselves the wrong way.
To me getting an alum means nothing, not to mention someone that already lives in Ripon. Those characteristics might be nice in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, or even the WIAC schools ... but it is of no advantage to a school like Marian.
I've been told they really didn't explore other people either ... have you heard the same?
Looks like I'm a couple months behind on my response, but I was told that the #1 concern was that the new coach would be expected to bring in numbers, which is why it's such an odd hire. I don't get it either, but you know what they say, "success ends where contentment begins".
Post by: Just Bill on June 03, 2010, 07:32:53 pm
Post by: hoop_junkie on August 05, 2010, 09:20:45 pm
Post by: billys on August 05, 2010, 10:26:36 pm
She's better off staying at Edgewood. There's a reason Milwaukee's entire staff of assistants left this summer.
Post by: hoop_junkie on August 05, 2010, 10:56:52 pm
Post by: billys on August 06, 2010, 03:00:01 pm
I believe that decision came from the athletic director. There's definitely a lot of pressure on their program right now. I don't see them getting it turned around this year. This could be it for Botham.Not at all. There is no athletic director there, George Koonce got fired. There's an interim in place.
All of the assistants left cause it's a mess.
Post by: Just Bill on August 06, 2010, 03:05:07 pm
I believe that decision came from the athletic director. There's definitely a lot of pressure on their program right now. I don't see them getting it turned around this year. This could be it for Botham.Not at all. There is no athletic director there, George Koonce got fired. There's an interim in place.
All of the assistants left cause it's a mess.
To be fair, Koonce resigned. His wife passed away from cancer last October, leaving him the sole care-giver for his two children. He decided he could not hold down an AD position with the larger family committment.
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2010/05/31/daily19.html
Post by: billys on August 06, 2010, 05:19:17 pm
He was asked to resign. They allowed him to leave with some public dignity but all the "reasons" will never come out. He was in so far over his head the department was headed to the tank. There's a reason he was initially fighting his "leave" and then decided he needed to spend time with his family. I have great sympathy for his personal situation but he was dismissed from his job and given the opportunity to save face.I believe that decision came from the athletic director. There's definitely a lot of pressure on their program right now. I don't see them getting it turned around this year. This could be it for Botham.Not at all. There is no athletic director there, George Koonce got fired. There's an interim in place.
All of the assistants left cause it's a mess.
To be fair, Koonce resigned. His wife passed away from cancer last October, leaving him the sole care-giver for his two children. He decided he could not hold down an AD position with the larger family committment.
http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2010/05/31/daily19.html
Neither here nor there ... I just think Emily Decorah is better off staying at Edgewood.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 22, 2010, 03:49:35 pm
has anyone heard that Rachel Diedrich of alverno is transferring to lakeland?
Saw her name listed on Lakeland's women's volleyball roster.
Post by: jam8788 on November 01, 2010, 12:15:30 pm
Post by: GPops on November 14, 2010, 09:29:00 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 15, 2010, 08:28:37 pm
Edgewood beats Elmhurst by 6, but the WI Eagles' Amber Hemp rolls an ankle toward the end of the first half--Ouch!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 24, 2010, 09:53:00 pm
Concordia-WI 57, Marian 53
Marian had a 52-37 edge on the boards, but the Sabers also committed 28 turnovers to CUW's 16 and had 2 players foul out late. Falcons outshot Marian from the floor. (Marian stats).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 27, 2010, 03:08:13 pm
Same for CUW/Edgewood:
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 27, 2010, 03:24:30 pm
Edgewood 20, CUW 16 8:19 left 1st half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 27, 2010, 03:46:09 pm
Rockford 45, CUC 29
Edgewood 38, CUW 22
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 27, 2010, 04:18:47 pm
Edgewood 48, CUW 34 12:11 left 2nd half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 27, 2010, 04:43:51 pm
Rockford-- 5 players scored in double figures
M Lawler 10 pts, 13 rebounds
CUC-- Smith 29 pts.
Edgewood 65, CUW 55 1:50 left 2nd half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 27, 2010, 04:53:00 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 27, 2010, 04:58:38 pm
Lakeland 67, Alverno 57
Lakeland --Magee 10 pts 10 rebounds
Alverno--McComb 15 rebounds, Allen 20 pts
(Lakeland stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 01, 2010, 08:12:09 pm
Also intend to look in on CUC/Dominican:
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 01, 2010, 08:21:12 pm
Dominican 16, CUC 14 approx 11 1/2 min left in 1st half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 01, 2010, 08:40:24 pm
Dominican 39, CUC 27 --half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 01, 2010, 09:12:47 pm
Dominican 54, CUC 34 13:23 left 2nd half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 01, 2010, 09:38:12 pm
MSOE --Miller 22 pts, 10 rebounds before fouling out late-Cayo also had a double double
Benedictine --Conerty 17 pts, 4 IL Eagles scored in double figures (MSOE stats)
An MSOE scoring drought midway thru 2nd was the difference here.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 01, 2010, 09:44:48 pm
CUC -- Smith and Murphy 10 pts each
Dominican --Christofferson 24 pts.
(source --Star stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 01, 2010, 09:58:14 pm
WLC -- E Laete 19 pts, 15 rebounds, 4 players scored in double figures
(Alverno stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2010, 08:00:43 pm
(Also intend to look in on MSOE/Dominican)
Post by: Just Bill on December 09, 2010, 08:03:00 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2010, 08:20:34 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2010, 08:39:37 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2010, 08:42:59 pm
CUW 33, Lakeland 18 half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2010, 09:14:07 pm
CUW 49, Lakeland 28, 11 1/2 min, left 2nd half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2010, 09:44:05 pm
%
Dominican 56, MSOE 49 Final (Late Raider ralley falls short, --Star stats)
Post by: Just Bill on December 22, 2010, 10:56:30 am
vs. Independent - 3-0
vs. SCIAC - 2-0
vs. HCAC - 1-0
vs. OAC - 1-0
vs. SLIAC - 4-1
vs. UMAC - 2-1
vs. UAA - 1-1
vs. CCIW - 5-7
vs. MWC - 4-7
vs. MIAA - 1-2
vs. IIAC - 1-2
vs. WIAC - 2-5
vs. NCAA D-III - 27-26 (.509)
vs. NAIA II - 0-2
vs. NCCAA - 3-0
vs. All - 30-28 (.517)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 28, 2010, 08:08:18 pm
Concordia-Chicago 57, Lakeland 53
CUC-- Smith 27 pts
(Cougar PBP account indicates CUC scored the last 14 pts of the game.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2010, 08:00:58 pm
Also will look in on CUW/CUC:
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2010, 08:19:09 pm
CUW 15, CUC 8 12 min left 1st half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2010, 08:37:09 pm
CUW 30, CUC 19 Half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2010, 09:15:07 pm
CUW 46, CUC 33 midway thru 2nd half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 30, 2010, 09:35:00 pm
CUW 56, CUC 49 1 1/2 min left in 2nd
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 04, 2011, 07:58:45 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 04, 2011, 08:14:56 pm
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Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 04, 2011, 09:10:07 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 04, 2011, 09:37:48 pm
A 13-2 scoring run by Benedictine in the first hafl gave the IL Eagles all the cushion they needed.
Benedictine: Conerty --19 pts, (hit 5 3s) --IL Eagle stats
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 05, 2011, 08:17:33 pm
Stars up 19-8 11 1/4 min left 1st half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 05, 2011, 08:38:36 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 05, 2011, 09:11:39 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 05, 2011, 09:40:14 pm
Dominican hit 10 3's
Stars' Christofferson-- 20 pts
Inferno ==Allen 22 pts
per Dominican stats
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 08, 2011, 07:51:54 pm
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Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 08, 2011, 09:45:51 pm
CUC --Smith 22 pts, 9 rebounds
Rickett 10 pts
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 11, 2011, 08:12:01 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 11, 2011, 08:20:52 pm
Edgewood 12, Alverno 9 11 1/4 min left 1st half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 11, 2011, 08:38:56 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 11, 2011, 08:43:47 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 11, 2011, 09:07:40 pm
Edgewood 27, Alverno 23 under 16 min left in 2nd half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 11, 2011, 09:30:29 pm
Dominican: Hit 12 shots from beyond the arc-- Christofferson 25 and Kaminska 22 pts, respectively-Stars stats. Home squad broke out to a big lead early and held it throughout.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 11, 2011, 09:47:43 pm
FG% Edgewood 35%
Alverno 30%
WI Eagles hit FTs late to get distance and seal this one.
(There's room for a clean joke about unkind rims, but I'm not toching it. . . :-X)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2011, 07:51:04 pm
(Could be a trap game for the Warriors if Morrison, DeLozier or anyone else is allowed to step up bigger than usual--or the Warriors come out cold.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2011, 08:20:21 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2011, 08:40:23 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2011, 08:43:56 pm
(will stay with this one)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2011, 09:18:33 pm
WLC 78, Maranatha 40 Less than 9 min left
(Warriors' E Laete 27 pts already, Crusaders had 17 first half turnovers)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2011, 09:47:07 pm
Edgewood had a big advantage on rebounds and had a 12-4 edge on made FTs per WI Eagle stats
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2011, 09:52:03 pm
Benedictine 58, Aurora 44 IL Eagles get another win at home
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Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 15, 2011, 03:18:09 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 15, 2011, 03:40:03 pm
(Benedictine got to the line a lot more than Marian did. Despite a boatload of turnovers, Marian's hanging in because the Sabers have drained several 3s so far--and the IL Eagles haven't been allowed to run much to this point).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 15, 2011, 03:44:46 pm
Concordia-Chicago 38, WLC 36 (Cougars having a better day shooting from the field so far-from quick stat look)
Concordia-WI 31, MSOE 26
(This poster intends to stick with the one he started with.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 15, 2011, 04:13:46 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 15, 2011, 04:32:19 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 15, 2011, 04:46:01 pm
CUW 64, MSOE 55 (Falcons got to the line more than MSOE)
Concordia-Chicago 73, WLC 72 (Warriors' Day missed a 3 at the buzzer, per CUC box score.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 20, 2011, 10:21:22 am
http://www.northernac.org/releases/2011/2011_01/20110118b.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 21, 2011, 08:15:09 am
This one should be interesting--MSOE's Cayo and several 3-point shooters vs. Alverno's McComb, Allen and overall quickness. My question is- with Sorgi having graduated, who now gets the assignment of being the Inferno's designated defensive stopper? :-X :-X :-[ :-[
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 22, 2011, 03:40:52 pm
(would have posted earlier, but I just had to see the end of "Hang 'Em High")
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 22, 2011, 03:47:03 pm
WLC 39, Dominican 36 Half
Marian 33, Concordia-Chicago 27 Half
Lakeland 28, Aurora 18 Half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 22, 2011, 04:11:11 pm
Marian 44, Concordia-Chicago 38 12 1/4 min left 2nd half
Benedictine up huge on Maranatha (IL Eagles well on their way to a road win)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 22, 2011, 04:36:57 pm
WLC: R Johnson 15 pts 11 rebounds
E Laete 32 pts
Warriors shot 58% from the floor and had a 38-23 rebounding edge
per WLC stats.
Dominican: Blom 27 pts.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 22, 2011, 04:52:49 pm
Cougars had it down to 3 or 4 on a couple of occasions, but Marian came up with a run each time:
Marian: Zutz 27 pts, 13 rebounds (led 3 Saber scorers in double figures)
CUC: Smith 25 and Rickett 15 pts respectively (the latter players' O production seems to have increased some of late)
Lakeland knocked off Aurora 59-47 (Muskies had a 42-35 rebounding edge and committed fewer TO's -per Lakeland stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 23, 2011, 09:41:09 am
My take on the first "Red Rivalry Cup" hoops game between MSOE & Alverno tomorrow:
This one should be interesting--MSOE's Cayo and several 3-point shooters vs. Alverno's McComb, Allen and overall quickness. My question is- with Sorgi having graduated, who now gets the assignment of being the Inferno's designated defensive stopper? :-X :-X :-[ :-[
Turns out the quickness won out --Inferno won 63-57-- the conclusion I get out of Alverno's press release is "Defensive stopper?--Not just one player, we did it by committee for this game" (forcing boatloads of MSOE turnovers) Allen hit a couple of big 3s and some late clutch FT shooting sealed this one.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2011, 07:51:42 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2011, 08:21:50 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2011, 08:41:50 pm
Other NAthCon scores:
Dominican 45, MSOE 25 Half (quick look at Raider stats indicates Stars have already drained 10 3s!)
Benedictine 33, Aurora 31 Half
WLC 26, Marian 22 Half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2011, 09:16:20 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2011, 09:47:10 pm
WLC 62, Marian 47 (R Johnson had another double-double)
Alverno and Lakeland in a real barnburner now-tied at 53!
Dominican 84, MSOE 53 Final
Aurora 63, Benedictine 58 Final :o :o :o
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2011, 09:49:33 pm
Alverno: Kontowski 15 pts, 14 rebounds
Lakeland: Diedrich 18 pts, 10 rebounds off the bench against her old team-mates
Have yet to see a final on Edgewood/Concordia-WI
Post by: billys on January 26, 2011, 12:50:10 pm
Not so sure about that
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 27, 2011, 07:56:32 pm
(hope to provide updates on Alverno/WLC as well):
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(If there's a NAthCon "buzzer-beater" bug going around, how about in the name of geographical fairness having a Lakeland, Edgewood, CUW or Marian player hit the next one--seeing that it started in IL (ba dumm bumm!)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 27, 2011, 08:24:32 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 27, 2011, 08:48:59 pm
WLC 30, Alverno 13 Half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 27, 2011, 09:18:52 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 27, 2011, 09:27:19 pm
WLC: E Laete 23 pts 10 rebounds
Alverno shot 27% from the floor for the game-per Warrior stats:
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 27, 2011, 09:44:13 pm
An 8-0 Eagle scoring run to begin 2nd half gave them a little additional breathing room, and they held on for the win.
Post by: Just Bill on January 29, 2011, 02:26:50 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2011, 02:48:26 pm
CUC's Marche Smith scored 45 today in a non-confernece win over CUW, 79-68 in overtime. I'm guessing it's a NAC record, but the NAC site doesn't list individual game records.
Wow!
A-- She's probably wishing she could do that more often in the NAthCon
B-- If it isn't a record, it's darn close--that even outdoes the 42 she put in against Benedictine (like you first cited) her Sophomore year
Post by: Just Bill on January 29, 2011, 03:02:15 pm
Previous record -
44 Guise, Naomi (Aurora University) vs Greenville College (11/17/06)
44 Moody, Coleen (Marian University) at Mount Mary College (02/12/09)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2011, 03:04:23 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2011, 03:06:17 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2011, 03:21:56 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2011, 03:38:49 pm
Halftime score Alverno 26, Benedictine 24
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2011, 03:45:37 pm
one other score:
Lakeland up 34-20 on MSOE 3 secs left 1st half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2011, 04:17:33 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2011, 04:37:39 pm
Inferno had a lot of 2nd chance points and more than 50 rebounds for this game-IL Eagles approx 30 rebounds.-Benedictine play by play account.
Dominican up 70-59 on Edgewood with 31 seconds left, 2nd half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2011, 04:45:10 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2011, 04:57:13 pm
One other final:
WLC 89, Aurora 63 (Spartan release indicates the teams combined for 28 made 3s --19 by the Warriors, 9 by Aurora)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 02, 2011, 06:32:52 am
One more WLC win, and a loss by Alverno and/or Lakeland, and the Warriors clinch a NAthCon tournament spot. The Warriors can help themselves big-time with a win tonight. (They own the tie-breaker advantage over Alverno, and have beaten Lakeland and Edgewood once to this point.)
I'd kind of like to see Alverno get in--(McComb's had a knack of hitting impeccably timed 3s in the clutch of late.)
Ditto for CUC and Marche Smith--(Cougars would have to get hot, and it would also depend on how many other players step it up for them from here on out.)
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 02, 2011, 03:29:29 pm
Post by: Just Bill on February 02, 2011, 04:18:36 pm
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 02, 2011, 04:25:03 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2011, 07:57:35 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2011, 08:07:08 pm
WLC 60, Lakeland 58 (E Laete got a clutch bucket on the Warriors' last possesion to give them all the cushion they needed, per Warrior PBP audio feed)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2011, 08:16:46 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2011, 08:38:04 pm
Both teams are shooting less than 25% from floor so far-per Inferno stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2011, 09:06:59 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2011, 09:37:13 pm
If my figuring is right, WLC clinched a spot in the NAthCon playoffs tonight (having now swept both Alverno and Lakeland)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2011, 08:46:35 am
North: Edgewood, Marian, Alverno, Lakeland
South: Benedictine, Rockford, CUC, MSOE,
Remaining schedules:
North:
Edgewood: vs. Aurora, @ Marian, vs. Alverno, @ WLC, @ Lakeland
2 wins and 2 losses by Marian/Alverno/Lakeland, and the
WI Eagles are in. Edgewood has already beaten the other 3 squads once
Marian: @ Dominican, vs. Edgewood, vs. Lakeland, @ Alverno
Alverno: @ Rockford, vs. Maranatha, @ Edgewood, vs. Marian
Lakeland: @ Benedictine, @ CUW, vs. Maranatha, @ Marian, vs. EC
Question: How healthy will the Muskies be for today's game? Toward the end of the WLC/Lakeland feed, this poster heard the Warrior announcers indicating that the Muskie squad has been beset with injuries (R Diedrich, for one, had to sit out the Warrior game the other night). Marian appears to have the toughest schedule, (at least on paper).
Alverno has to keep hounding on D, and continue to keep other teams from repeatedly fast-breaking on them--- Alverno's remaining schedule (on paper) doesn't appear to be as tough as Lakeland's--but--
South:
Benedictine: vs. Lakeland, @ CUC, vs. MSOE, @ Rockford, vs. Dominican
Rockford: vs. Alverno, @ Dominican, vs. Benedictine, vs. MSOE
CUC: @ Maranatha, vs. Benedictine, @ MSOE, vs. Aurora
MSOE: @ WLC, vs. Aurora, @ Benedictine, vs. CUC, @ Rockford
MSOE has beaten CUC once, so the re-match may be important if the Cougars are still alive then, in order for them not to lose out on the last South spot on tie-breakers on head-to-head alone. MSOE--keep Cayo out of foul trouble, hope 3-shooters are hitting (how will WLC come out of the gate today, knowing the Warriors have clinched a playoff spot?)--a Raider loss, and they'll be hoping Maranatha gets off the in-conference schneid today.
CUC-- How many players can step up to assist Smith with point production?
If Benedictine's outside shooters go into a prolonged slump, things could get interesting,-- IL Eagles now own the tie-breaker over Rockford, having beaten the Regents earlier. 3 of Rockford's last 4 games are at home (let's see how well the Regents crash the boards today and how well they hold Allen, McComb & Co in check)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2011, 03:00:03 pm
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Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2011, 03:53:40 pm
Dominican 82, Marian 68 (Now the Sabers are hoping for Lakeland and Alverno losses)
One other score:
Edgewood 33, Aurora 29 Half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2011, 04:21:11 pm
Edgewood 57, Aurora 42 Less than 8 1/2 min left 2nd half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2011, 04:53:42 pm
Benedictine 4 players scored in double figures, 48-27 rebounding edge IL Eagle PBP acct)
3 more finals:
Edgewood 74, Aurora 70 (Spartans' late run falls short as WI Eagles hit late FTs to seal another win at home--Edgewood stats)
WLC 77, MSOE 51 (Warriors are now tied with CUW at the top of the North Division)
Rockford 74, Alverno 62 (Rockford outscored the Inferno 44-28 in the 2nd half, had a 46-27 rebounding edge--Regents' M Lawler and Curry both had double-doubles - per Rockford stats)
With these results, Edgwood has more breathing room in the North, last North playoff spot still up for grabs)
CUC's got a golden opportunity to get an upper hand on MSOE later today--developing.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2011, 06:24:55 pm
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Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2011, 07:51:21 pm
Maranatha 52, CUC 49 Final
Cougars had 2 chances to tie it in last 12 1/2 seconds, Leitermann missed a 3 and then with 2 1/2 seconds left, Cruasders knocked the ball away, stole it and dribbled out the clock.
Maranatha may have played the role of spoiler tonight-- just a matter of making the right plays at the right times.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2011, 06:41:20 am
Maranatha/Alverno: Inferno can take this one if they slow down DeLozier enough inside --is this a team Alverno can run the break on?? Maybe, Inferno won, 75-68 earlier (higher than their scores of late--)
:-X :-X :-\ :-\
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2011, 07:59:12 pm
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Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2011, 08:44:02 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2011, 08:45:55 pm
Marian 27, Edgewood 25 Half
Benedictine 36, CUC 34 Half
Dominican 28, Rockford 23 Half
MSOE 31, Aurora 29 Half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2011, 09:12:41 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2011, 09:36:25 pm
Inferno: Allen 18 pts
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2011, 09:47:59 pm
Benedictine 72, CUC 63 (IL Eagles outshot Cougars 43% to 30% from floor, per CUC stats)
Aurora 61, MSOE 51
Edgewood 64, Marian 53 (WI Eagles had a big rebounding edge and got to the FT line a lot more than Sabers did--Marian stats)
Dominican 60, Rockford 40
With those results, Alverno now has the upper hand for the last playoff spot in the NAthCon North, --the last NAthCon South playoff qualifier will get in with at least 10 in-conference losses--)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 09, 2011, 09:16:56 am
MSOE and CUC continue to slug it out for the last South spot
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2011, 09:13:31 am
Alverno/Edgewood: Going with the homestanding Eagles in this one--with their height advantage, if they take care of the ball, they'll be OK.
CUW/WLC: "The" 'fly-on-the-wall' game of the evening: Have to put my heart above my head--Falcons have too many weapons on O.
Dominican/CUC: Dominican-can go to a "Plan B" if they're not hitting 3s, they'll run the break on you. Unless CUC's Smith is allowed to have another huge scoring night, the Stars can take this.
Maranatha/Lakeland: Lakeland at home.
MSOE/Benedictine: IL Eagles have much more depth --should take this-their game is similar to Dominican's.
Marian's turn to have the night off and do scoreboard watching--if these projections all turn out right, the Sabers will be a bit happier.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2011, 08:09:51 pm
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WLC 39, CUW 37
Dominican up on CUC 2 min into 2nd half (couldn't get exact score)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2011, 09:26:32 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2011, 09:58:24 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2011, 10:01:57 pm
WLC 70, CUW 69 (per Edgewood announcers)
Benedictine 67, MSOE 59
Lakeland 60, Maranatha 53
Dominican 78, CUC 67
It's come down to this in the North:
Loser of Lakeland/Marian on Saturday is eliminated.
If Inferno wins their next game next week they clinch the last spot in the North.
In the South, MSOE gets CUC at home on Saturday, (oh, to be a fly on the wall in the locker rooms for that one--)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2011, 12:42:24 pm
Suppose WLC & CUW finish tied for the top North spot, who would get it? (CUW lost to both Marian and Edgewood, while the Warriors swept both of those squads).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2011, 03:43:26 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2011, 03:48:23 pm
CUC 23, MSOE 16 Half
Dominican 38, Aurora 26 Half
WLC 28, Edgewood 20 Half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2011, 04:14:30 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2011, 04:43:53 pm
(Both teams shot less than 30% from floor for game-MSOE stats)
Other finals: Marian 57, Lakeland 53
(Marian, down by 9 late, scores the last 13 pts of the game to take it--despite committing 27 turnovers and going 10-26 overall from the FT line, Zutz and Haen hit crucial FTs toward the end to enable Marian to take this one at home. Haen had a big-scoring 2nd half--Marian stats)
Dominican 80, Aurora 57
WLC 62, Edgewood 47 1 sec left 2nd half
(WI Eagle Tobin's double double --13 rebounds, 10 pts, not enough, Warriors got to the line for 24 FTA's compared to Edgewood's 17-WLC stats)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2011, 04:57:30 pm
Lakeland has been eliminated
An Alverno win over Marian on Wednesday puts the Inferno in.
WLC can take the regular season title in the NAthCon North with a victory at Maranatha on Thursday.
MSOE holds the tie-breaker over CUC, now having beaten the Cougars twice this season.
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 16, 2011, 03:38:09 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2011, 07:59:19 pm
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Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2011, 08:51:04 pm
Benedictine 34, Dominican 31 Half
(Unable to get an update for MSOE/Rockford yet)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2011, 09:20:32 pm
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Rockford 77, MSOE 61 (Rockford shot 59% from the floor for the game-Regent stats)
CUC 63, Aurora 56 (Marche Smith ends her playing career with a win)
With those results-Marian gets in as #4 in the North (having beaten CUW once)--
In the South Benedictine is #2 seed and Rockford #3
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2011, 10:44:39 pm
Still, the NAthCon will always remember the positive PR Marche gave to the league.
Post by: Look It Up on February 17, 2011, 12:44:53 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2011, 05:12:22 am
Post by: Just Bill on February 17, 2011, 09:32:05 am
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m.
No. 8 Marian/MSOE at No. 1 Wisconsin Lutheran
No. 5 Edgewood at No. 4 Benedictine
No. 6 Rockford at No. 3 Concordia Wisconsin
No. 7 Marian/MSOE at No. 2 Dominican
Post by: Out_Of_My_Kitchen on February 17, 2011, 03:53:39 pm
I mean look at the CCIW. The number four seeded time right now is 15-8. That is a very good winning percentage and then they get their opponents opponents winning percentage.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2011, 06:27:50 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2011, 08:35:08 pm
Just noted a "slippery floor/" issue on the NAthCon men's board:
Suppose this issue comes up again, does the Warrior/Crusader women's game still absolutely have to be played? (not much on the line, not worth getting anyone hurt)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2011, 09:50:35 pm
Post by: deiscanton on February 19, 2011, 04:28:47 pm
(Special thanks to the Dominican live stats and Wisconsin Lutheran's audio call of the game for the info.)
Update on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011: Laete became the 13th WLC player to reach the 1,000 pt club on a jumper from the paint with 8:24 left in regulation to give Laete points 34 and 35 of the day. Laete came into the Dominican game needing 35 points to reach 1,000 for her career.
This correction was made after reading the play by play sheet:
Play by play of the WLC at Dominican game from Feb. 19, 2011 (http://www.wlcsports.com/stats/wbb10-11/0219duwl.htm#GAME.PLY)
When listening to the game, I was led to believe by the internet PBP guy from WLC that Laete needed 39 points for the milestone-- she only needed 35 pts.
The second made free throw by Laete with 4:58 left in regulation gave Laete her 39th point of the day.
Post by: deiscanton on February 19, 2011, 04:47:29 pm
End of regulation
Wisconsin Lutheran 80, Dominican 80
Game update: Wisconsin Lutheran 91, Dominican 91 1:47 left to play in OT.
Final: Wisconsin Lutheran 96, Dominican 91 (OT).
Wisconsin Lutheran was trailing by as much as 15 in the second half (that occurring with 11:53 left in regulation) and trailed most of the game before rallying to tie the game at the end of regulation.
WLC's Erika Laete had a career high 50 pt, 15 rebound effort to lead the Warriors.
Laete shot 22 of 34 from the field, 0-0 from 3 pt land, and 6 of 9 from the charity stripe for her 50 pts. In the process, she scored her 1,000th point with 4:58 to go in regulation on a made free throw.
WLC's Rachel Johnson had 20 pts on 9 of 13 from the field, 0-0 from 3 pt land, and 2-3 from the charity stripe.
WLC's Shavon Dillon had 11 pts for the day of 5-12 from the field shooting, 0-0 from 3 pt land, and 2-3 from the FT line.
For Dominican--
Katie Budz scored a team high 30 points on 9-15 from the field, 4-5 from 3 pt land, and 8-8 from the line to lead the Stars.
WLC shot 42 of 77 for the game (54.5% FG), 0 of 4 from 3 pt land, and 12 of 23 from the charity stripe. (52.2% FT-- it seems amazing to me that WLC rallied for the victory with that FT percentage....)
Dominican shot 30 of 72 for the game (41.7%), 9 of 24 from 3 pt land, and 22 of 33 from the charity stripe.
WLC outrebounded Dominican, 45-40 for the game.
WLC had 19 assists and 14 turnovers, while Dominican had 17 assists and 13 turnovers.
This was my first time watching a NathCon game on line, and I second the nomination by the NathCon SIDs of Erika Laete to the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week based on her performance today.
WLC proved their character today after a very sluggish first half to rally to win.....
WLC picked up their 22nd win of the season-- a new program record, and extends their program record winning streak to 11 games.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 19, 2011, 06:02:43 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 19, 2011, 06:11:21 pm
Looks like 3 of the 4 challenge games involving NAC Tournament teams will not matter for seeding. What's the point of the challenge game again? I don't know either.
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m.
No. 8 Marian/MSOE at No. 1 Wisconsin Lutheran
No. 5 Edgewood at No. 4 Benedictine
No. 6 Rockford at No. 3 Concordia Wisconsin
No. 7 Marian/MSOE at No. 2 Dominican
Marian beat MSOE today, so the 8/1 and 7/2 pairings are as follows:
#8 MSOE at #1 Wisconsin Lutheran
#7 Marian at #2 Dominican
Post by: deiscanton on February 19, 2011, 06:41:32 pm
http://www.dustars.com/custompages/WBasketball/2011/wbduwlc2.htm (http://www.dustars.com/custompages/WBasketball/2011/wbduwlc2.htm)
Dominican's recap of the game:
http://www.dustars.com/news/2011/2/19/WBB_0219111341.aspx?path=wbball (http://www.dustars.com/news/2011/2/19/WBB_0219111341.aspx?path=wbball)
Wisconsin Lutheran's recap of the game:
http://www.wlcsports.com/article.asp?articleID=1919 (http://www.wlcsports.com/article.asp?articleID=1919)
Play by play sheet of the game at Dominican from Feb. 19, 2011 (http://www.wlcsports.com/stats/wbb10-11/0219duwl.htm#GAME.PLY)
WLC's Erika Laete's 50 point performance is the highest single game point performance in NCAA DIII Women's hoop this season.
+K to WLCALUM83 in honor of WLC's come from behind effort at Dominican-- not only rallying back from a 15 point deficit in regulation, but also rallying back after trailing most of the overtime as well.
Post by: deiscanton on February 20, 2011, 09:31:20 am
Post by: deiscanton on February 23, 2011, 03:22:57 am
#1 Wisconsin Lutheran 76, #8 MSOE 55
#2 Dominican 94, #7 Marian 54
#3 Concordia-Wis. 62, #6 Rockford 60
#4 Benedictine 62, #5 Edgewood 58
NathCon Semifinals-- Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011-- All tips are at 7 PM Central
#4 Benedictine @ #1 Wisconsin Lutheran
Audio (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wlcsports) Live stats (http://www.wlcsports.athleticsite.net/livestats/wb/xlive.htm)
#3 Concordia Wisconsin @ #2 Dominican
Video is at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/Dominican-University-Athletics (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/Dominican-University-Athletics)
Live stats (http://www.sidearmstats.com/dom/wbball/index.htm)
NathCon Championship-- Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 23, 2011, 04:30:56 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 24, 2011, 09:42:40 pm
WLC 78, Benedictine 70
Concordia-WI 81, Dominican 64
Final: Concordia-WI vs. WLC 2/26
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 26, 2011, 03:46:21 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 26, 2011, 04:15:02 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 26, 2011, 04:42:59 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran 76, Concordia-WI 67 Final
The Warriors are dancing!
The Warriors are dancing!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 28, 2011, 03:14:47 pm
Post by: Lovinthe3ball on March 01, 2011, 06:24:46 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 01, 2011, 06:46:15 pm
It'll depend on how well you take care of the ball on offense-generally speaking. Against Concordia-WI in the NAthCon final, the Warriors were able to grab a lead and hold on to it by forcing several turnovers and getting points off them--
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 02, 2011, 06:11:59 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 04, 2011, 07:39:29 pm
(Whew!) warriors won the rebounding battle 39-34, clutch late FT shooting toward the end was the difference.
Post by: Just Bill on April 24, 2011, 09:01:50 am
http://www.northernac.org/releases/2011/2011_04/20110420a.html
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 25, 2011, 08:14:52 am
New coach at Lakeland:
http://www.northernac.org/releases/2011/2011_04/20110420a.html
Sounds like a good one--
Post by: WLCALUM83 on August 24, 2011, 10:02:52 am
http://northernac.org/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/20110823wzmp90
Post by: Just Bill on October 29, 2011, 12:00:38 am
NORTH DIVISION
1. Wisconsin Lutheran (12), 90
2. Concordia Wisconsin (1), 77
3. Edgewood, 64
4. Marian 45
5. Alverno, 40
6. Lakeland, 35
7. Maranatha, 13
SOUTH DIVISION
1. Dominican (12), 76
2. Benedictine (1), 62
3. MSOE, 45
4. Rockford, 43
5. Concordia Chicago, 24
6. Aurora, 23
first-place votes in parentheses
voted by the conference's 13 head coaches
7-6-5-4-3-2-1 point scale used for North, 6-5-4-3-2-1 used for South
http://www.northernac.org/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/20111027d7vikc
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 01, 2011, 08:26:18 am
Post by: thrunt01 on November 28, 2011, 01:05:28 am
Here's a hoops-related coaching update on Alverno:
http://northernac.org/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/20110823wzmp90
The Alverno staff also features former Badger Men's player Latrell Fleming.
Post by: quail1231 on November 29, 2011, 03:30:28 pm
Here's a hoops-related coaching update on Alverno:
http://northernac.org/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/20110823wzmp90
The Alverno staff also features former Badger Men's player Latrell Fleming.
And... your point? In my opinion, the staff features far more knowledgable coaches than Fleming, who only played a year or two at Wisc on the mens side. What about the ex womens college players on staff? Or Kluth? All great additions to the program. Fleming does lots of AAU, but that's a whole different animal compared the tasks of a college basketball coach. Grades, recruiting, scouting, etc.
Post by: Just Bill on November 29, 2011, 03:46:15 pm
Here's a hoops-related coaching update on Alverno:
http://northernac.org/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/20110823wzmp90
The Alverno staff also features former Badger Men's player Latrell Fleming.
And... your point? In my opinion, the staff features far more knowledgable coaches than Fleming, who only played a year or two at Wisc on the mens side. What about the ex womens college players on staff? Or Kluth? All great additions to the program. Fleming does lots of AAU, but that's a whole different animal compared the tasks of a college basketball coach. Grades, recruiting, scouting, etc.
Yikes. What a ridiculous over-reaction to a very innocent comment. In the 11 words that person typed, I don't see any opinion, inference or judgment of anything. Perhaps they just thought it was an interesting fact that people might like to know.
There's not a lot of action on this board. Let's try to avoid jumping down people's throats for sharing information.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 30, 2011, 09:45:57 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 30, 2011, 10:25:21 pm
Post by: thrunt01 on December 02, 2011, 11:48:37 am
Here's a hoops-related coaching update on Alverno:
http://northernac.org/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/20110823wzmp90
The Alverno staff also features former Badger Men's player Latrell Fleming.
And... your point? In my opinion, the staff features far more knowledgable coaches than Fleming, who only played a year or two at Wisc on the mens side. What about the ex womens college players on staff? Or Kluth? All great additions to the program. Fleming does lots of AAU, but that's a whole different animal compared the tasks of a college basketball coach. Grades, recruiting, scouting, etc.
Yikes. What a ridiculous over-reaction to a very innocent comment. In the 11 words that person typed, I don't see any opinion, inference or judgment of anything. Perhaps they just thought it was an interesting fact that people might like to know.
There's not a lot of action on this board. Let's try to avoid jumping down people's throats for sharing information.
Um yeah I was just trying to share some info I found interesting, if you don't see that way that's fine but I meant no disrespect to any of the other assistant coaches, I'm sure they all work very hard. Again I just found it interesting and tried to have an at least semi informative post on here so I could just check on the "Show new replies to your posts" for updates on the conference.
Post by: quail1231 on December 06, 2011, 08:33:31 am
Post by: billys on December 06, 2011, 01:06:23 pm
Sorry for trying to start a discussion. Didn't realize this board was so sensitive.HAHA ... Trying to start a discussion
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 06, 2011, 10:45:39 pm
Dominican over Rockford: Stars pile up the points (thought that would be happening a bit sooner)
CUC over Benedictine: IL Eagles lost several starters from last season-Cougars' May increasing her scoring output, Ricketts picking up where she left off
WLC over Lakeland; Clutch FT shooting late seals this one on the road (methinks the Muskies will do better this year than last)
MSOE over Aurora: Raiders now 4-0 in conference, (between Cayo on the inside and their 3-pt shooters they'll make their fair share of noise)
Maranatha over Marian: Crusaders already have an in-NAthCon win (last year that didn't happen until late February, when they upset CUC at home-this poster thinks Maranatha could get a couple more in-conference wins-with DeLozier and Peotter providing leadership.
CUW over Alverno: Falcons are on a drive to get back to the top of their division.
Post by: thrunt01 on December 07, 2011, 11:38:15 am
WLCALUM83's take on Women's 12/6 results:
Dominican over Rockford: Stars pile up the points (thought that would be happening a bit sooner)
CUC over Benedictine: IL Eagles lost several starters from last season-Cougars' May increasing her scoring output, Ricketts picking up where she left off
WLC over Lakeland; Clutch FT shooting late seals this one on the road (methinks the Muskies will do better this year than last)
MSOE over Aurora: Raiders now 4-0 in conference, (between Cayo on the inside and their 3-pt shooters they'll make their fair share of noise)
Maranatha over Marian: Crusaders already have an in-NAthCon win (last year that didn't happen until late February, when they upset CUC at home-this poster thinks Maranatha could get a couple more in-conference wins-with DeLozier and Peotter providing leadership.
CUW over Alverno: Falcons are on a drive to get back to the top of their division.
I think the game Thursday between CUW and Lakeland will tell us a lot about both teams.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 10, 2011, 06:46:47 pm
Marian over MSOE: Raiders' outside shots weren't dropping much, (Cayo still managed a double-double)
Edgewood over Benedictine: WI Eagles had a 52-30 rebounding advantage on the boards
CUC over Lakeland: 4 of the 5 Cougar starters scored in double figures-per box score Ricketts got several big hoops late.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 07, 2012, 09:20:59 am
CUW/Dominican: CUW (will be looking to make a statement after 0-fer in D3 hoops Classic)
Lakeland/Rockford: Going with the Regents in a tight one at home
Marian/Aurora: Marian
Alverno/CUC: CUC at home
Edgewood/MSOE: Edgewood in another tight one
WLC/Beneictine: WLC
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 07, 2012, 05:03:20 pm
Alverno ended the first half going on a 17-0 scoring run (didn't think Inferno's Kontowski would have as good a game as she did)
MSOE beat Edgewood (first time in quite a while, per Raider announcer) --WI Eagles had an off day shooting from the floor
Lakeland's balance overall was the difference in their win.
Marian's Albert hit 10 threes in the Sabres' win today.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 12, 2012, 07:29:29 pm
WLC over Maranatha:
Edgewood over Lakeland:
Post by: thrunt01 on January 12, 2012, 09:50:07 pm
My 1/12/12 guesses:
WLC over Maranatha:
Edgewood over Lakeland:
Gonna start believing in Lakeland after they nearly put up 90 against Edgewood?
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 14, 2012, 07:19:14 am
My 1/12/12 guesses:
WLC over Maranatha:
Edgewood over Lakeland:
Gonna start believing in Lakeland after they nearly put up 90 against Edgewood?
I'll tell you this-- it wouldn't surprise me if the Muskies began moving further up in the standings -- they get Maranatha at home, Marian on the road, and Aurora and Alverno after that, while WLC gets CUC, Edgewood and Dominican. I'm not expecting the Warriors to run the table in-conference.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 14, 2012, 07:26:40 am
Benedictine/Marian: Going with Marian at home (Albert's been hot from beyond the arc of late)
WLC/CUC: WLC
MSOE/CUW: CUW (if Cayo stays out of foul trouble and CUW has a flat game it could be interesting--I wasn't expecting the Raiders to beat Edgewood)
Aurora/MBBC: Aurora
Rockford/Edgewood: Edgewood (WI Eagles have deeper bench)
Post by: thrunt01 on January 16, 2012, 09:39:02 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 17, 2012, 09:06:12 am
Well I guess my comment about having confidence in Lakeland is null and void after they choke away a 7 point lead in the final four minutes to lose to MBBC 56-53. The Muskies have 9 good players but no outstanding players so it makes it tough in a tight ball game when you don't have a player you can turn to that can get you a tough basket when you need it. Maybe they'll turn it around Wednesday at Marian but this is a tough one to take.
Maranatha's trio of better than average starters (Morisson, DeLozier & Peotter) are in their 3rd year as a unit. The Crusaders already have 3 times the number of in-conference wins they had last season.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 21, 2012, 07:51:02 am
CUW/Rockford: CUW
MBBC/Benedictine: Benedictine in a tight one (if the IL Eagles have an off day shooting). How well can the Crusaders take care of the ball?
Lakeland/Aurora: Lakeland
WLC/Dominican: Dominican (Stars can pile up the points from time to time)
Marian/CUC: Marian (more consistent of late)
Alverno/MSOE: MSOE in a tight one (Kontowski vs. Cayo should be interesting if they're matched up against each other).
Post by: thrunt01 on January 21, 2012, 09:12:06 am
1/21/12 guesses:
CUW/Rockford: CUW
MBBC/Benedictine: Benedictine in a tight one (if the IL Eagles have an off day shooting). How well can the Crusaders take care of the ball?
Lakeland/Aurora: Lakeland
WLC/Dominican: Dominican (Stars can pile up the points from time to time)
Marian/CUC: Marian (more consistent of late)
Alverno/MSOE: MSOE in a tight one (Kontowski vs. Cayo should be interesting if they're matched up against each other).
I'll take CUW, MBBC, LC, WLC, Marian and MSOE in wins this weekend. I'm not sure if that Alverno/MSOE game will really be all that close.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 24, 2012, 09:43:03 am
WLC over Marian in a tight one (a Saber win wouldn't be a total shock--if Albert has a hot night shooting--Marian darn near beat the Warriors earlier this season)
CUW over Edgewood
Lakeland over Alverno
Dominican over MSOE
Benedictine over Aurora
CUC over Rockford (Regents can take this if Curry has a monster scoring game and Ricketts gets in big foul trouble)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 24, 2012, 10:20:05 pm
Another clutch shot for CUW's Hendrickson in regulation to send that one to OT (she hit a buzzer-beater vs. Rockford in the playoffs last year) - and the Falcons prevail on the road.
Per Dominican stats. MSOE had a big rebounding edge on the Stars-- second straight home loss after leading at half-time for them--
CUC got power from a (somewhat) unexpected source off the bench, (their top scorer on the night got all her points on 4 threes)- balanced scoring elsewhere
(that smile you're seeing is from thrunt01 after the Muskie win--)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 28, 2012, 09:39:31 am
CUW over CUC
MSOE over Lakeland (Muskies can take this if Cayo gets in foul trouble and the Raider shooters aren't hitting)
Dominican over Edgewood (somethin's gotta give; both squads have struggled offensively of late-teams have come back late on the Stars their last couple of games)
WLC over Aurora (its' the Warrior Winterfest and maybe #21 will reach the 1,000 pt mark :-X :-\)
Rockford over Maranatha in a tight one (when the Crusaders cooled off from outside against Edgewood, it cost them)
Benedictine over Alverno (if Walsh & Co bring the shooting eye, they can take this in a tight one)
Post by: thrunt01 on January 28, 2012, 11:24:40 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 28, 2012, 03:18:14 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2012, 06:20:25 am
In the South, CUC and Benedictine appear to be in good shape at the moment for the last 2 spots. (IL Eagles: If Goede and Walsh both score big the better their chances-) CUC's offense -- how many players step it up (they've won a couple even when Ricketts has been slowed down a bit).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 01, 2012, 09:18:09 am
Dominican over CUC
CUW over Alverno
MSOE over Benedictine
Aurora over Rockford (Regents' bench more depleted than usual of late)
Game of the day: Lakeland over WLC (I still remember the 4-OT game at the REX in '08) --Muskies have been piling up the points of late.
Post by: thrunt01 on February 01, 2012, 12:59:42 pm
2/1/12 guesses:
Dominican over CUC
CUW over Alverno
MSOE over Benedictine
Aurora over Rockford (Regents' bench more depleted than usual of late)
Game of the day: Lakeland over WLC (I still remember the 4-OT game at the REX in '08) --Muskies have been piling up the points of late.
What is it in the water in the Southern part of the state? Despite their domination in Football and basketball UWW fans are always nervous about their team losing and it appears to be the same here, I think you've picked against WLC when they play anyone who is half way decent. I'm not saying LC can't do it or being critical just making an observation :). I just know that if any of my teams ever had the record or reputation of UWW or this WLC team I'd be much more brash and confident 8-), but that's just me and probably because my teams (at least at the D3 level) haven't been good of late. LC v WLC aside I agree w/ the rest of your picks by the way.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 04, 2012, 09:06:27 am
WLC over MSOE: (if the Warriors get the fast break going repeatedly--)
Lakeland over Benedictine: (Muskie momentum continues)
Dominican over Marian
Edgewood over Aurora
Maranatha over CUC (toughest call of the day-this could go either way with both squads still in playoff hunt)
Rockford over Alverno
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 07, 2012, 07:38:00 am
Dominican over Rockford (how much do the Regents have left in the tank?)
Edgewood over Marian (WI Eagles need a win--big time)
Benedictine over CUC (barring a hot Rockford run, the 2 most likely South Division playoff teams meet here)
MSOE over Aurora
Game of the day: CUW keeps the pressure on WLC by beating Lakeland on the road.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 07, 2012, 07:55:11 am
Lakeland: CUW, @ Maranatha, Marian, @ Edgewood
Marian: @ Edgewood, @ Lakeland, Alverno
Edgewood: Marian, @ Alverno, WLC, Lakeland
Maranatha: Lakeland, CUW, Alverno, @ WLC
(Crusaders' best shot is to finish tied with either Marian or Lakeland, -- they would lose out on a tie-breaker with Edgewood, since the WI Eagle squad won both meetings). They need for Marian to lose at least one more game and Edgewood to lose at least 2;)
Post by: thrunt01 on February 07, 2012, 05:57:03 pm
2/7/12 guesses:
Dominican over Rockford (how much do the Regents have left in the tank?)
Edgewood over Marian (WI Eagles need a win--big time)
Benedictine over CUC (barring a hot Rockford run, the 2 most likely South Division playoff teams meet here)
MSOE over Aurora
Game of the day: CUW keeps the pressure on WLC by beating Lakeland on the road.
Good slate of games tonight for sure. Both the LC v CUW and EC v Marian games have big implications.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 07, 2012, 10:03:54 pm
NAthCon South: One more Rockford loss eliminates the Regents
NAthCon North: Two wins by Lakeland or 2 Edgewood losses and the Muskies are in.
Maranatha needs to win out and have Edgewood lose out
Marian also needs some help to get in.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 09, 2012, 07:02:36 am
Lakeland over Maranatha (Muskies avenge an earlier loss)
Edgewood over Alverno (if Henderson's matched up on Kontowski, that will be interesting, the former gave Marian fits defensively the other night).
WLC @ CUW: Somethin's gotta give here--big time, (CUW's going to want to come out firing at home after the near miss at Lakeland the other night. WLC, however, can clinch the top spot outright with a win tonight--having beaten the Falcons in an earlier game.) Going with CUW, (Falcons need it more, and I've got a feeling it'll show in their play.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 09, 2012, 10:10:59 pm
WLC scored the last 13 points of the game to shock CUW, 64-58. If calculations are correct, the Warriors have clinched the NAthCon North Championship. Lakeland also clinched a spot. (I'm eating crow--lots of crow--with a smile!)
Alverno pulls off a mild upset of Edgewood at home on Senior Night.
Scenarios:
Maranatha: One more loss and the Crusaders are out.
Marian: @ Lakeland, vs. Alverno
Edgewood: vs. WLC, vs. Lakeland
(between the Sabers and the WI Eagles, seeing as the Muskies factor into the jockeying, I wonder which one of those squads thrunt01 would prefer to make the playoffs-- should Marian and Edgewood finish with equal records it would come down to tie-breakers since those squads split in their 2 meetings).
Post by: thrunt01 on February 10, 2012, 11:46:53 am
Wow! Another crazy night in the NAthCon!
WLC scored the last 13 points of the game to shock CUW, 64-58. If calculations are correct, the Warriors have clinched the NAthCon North Championship. Lakeland also clinched a spot. (I'm eating crow--lots of crow--with a smile!)
Alverno pulls off a mild upset of Edgewood at home on Senior Night.
Scenarios:
Maranatha: One more loss and the Crusaders are out.
Marian: @ Lakeland, vs. Alverno
Edgewood: vs. WLC, vs. Lakeland
(between the Sabers and the WI Eagles, seeing as the Muskies factor into the jockeying, I wonder which one of those squads thrunt01 would prefer to make the playoffs-- should Marian and Edgewood finish with equal records it would come down to tie-breakers since those squads split in their 2 meetings).
Good question but honestly who gets in between EC or Marian doesn't matter to me, LC has locked up at least 3rd place in the North. My focus now is on hoping CUW drops their game @ MBBC and that LC takes care of business against those same Sabers and Eagles and possibly move into 2nd place in the north which would earn them a home game in the tournament, which is possible but not entirely probable. What is a bummer is the fact that LC could finish with a better record than Dominian or MSOE and still have to go on the road for their first game of the tournament. I continue to see more and more of these types of issues crop up as I follow this conference closer. The first thing is why has the south hosted the NAC challenge for 3 straight years? I get that it might happen back to back years when they shuffle the divisions but 3 straight years seems ridiculous. Also these schools all play each other I see no reason why a team who places higher in their division rankings but finishes with a worse record than a team in another division should get the higher seed in the tournament. Or why it needs to be the top 4 teams in each division that make the tournament in the first place. Play out the divisions but the 8 teams with the best conference records should make the tournament regardless of division. Let's take this year as an example, CUC AND Benedictine will make it over either Marian or Edgewood AND MBBC. In my opinion all three of those teams are better and thus more deserving of a tournament birth than either CUC or Benedictine but two of them will be left out. Not only that but they all have better records despite the fact that CUC and Benny got to play the two worst teams in the NAC, Rockford and Aurora, TWICE. I just don't see how the powers at be can think this is a fair and equitable way to determine a conference champion.
Enough ranting and raving from me because at the end of the day the teams have a chance to prove who is the best out on the court. March Madness, or late February madness in this case, is just around the corner and I am getting fired up just thinking about it.
Post by: Just Bill on February 10, 2012, 12:45:47 pm
Lakeland will be away (assuming they finish 3rd), because they already played both of their two possible opponents, CUC and Benedictine, at home this year. WLC will be at home for the same reason. They have already played both Dominican and MSOE on the road this year.
So it has nothing to do with previous seasons or whose turn it is. It's just luck of the schedule and the matchup. Fortunately, the NAC is getting rid of the Challenge game after this season. Dumb idea from the start.
I do agree with you on Tournament teams and seeding. The discrepencies are even worse on the men's side this year where clearly the best 3 teams are all in the North. My vote would be to guarantee spots to the top 2 in each division and then take 4 wild cards. Then seed all by conference record regardless of division.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 11, 2012, 08:18:25 am
WLC over Edgewood: (Eagles can take this if the Warriors aren't allowed to run the break on them, and WLC's not hitting 3s--) Methinks the Milwaukee squad would like to keep its' momentum going.
Dominican over Aurora: Stars keep pressure on MSOE.
Lakeland over Marian: (loss of Zutz hurts the Sabers' inside game; Muskies have better balance.)
CUW over Maranatha: (Crusaders need to hit on all cylinders. If Peotter and Co get a boatload of turnovers and points off them, MBBC takes good care of the ball, CUW has an off day shooting and MBBC's DeLozier and her fellow talls have the best rebounding day of their careers in the same game, they could pull off an upset. I doubt that will happen, however.)
MSOE over CUC:
Benedictine over Rockford: (Banged up Regents squad doesn't have much depth.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 11, 2012, 05:18:09 pm
In CUC's upset of MSOE, CUC got a lot of offensive rebounds and was able to get to the line and hit a lot of free throws late in the 2nd half.
Benedictine also won, so the 4 South playoff teams are set.
Maranatha pulled off the other upset, on a DeLozier basket with 10 seconds left. (thrunt01's squad got the help it wanted today.)
North scenarios:
A Lakeland win over Edgewood puts the Muskies in 2nd in the North (they swept CUW)
Maranatha can keep things interesting by beating Alverno on Monday night. A Crusader win there and 3 teams would be tied for the last playoff spot in the North. (I wonder who'd get in if those three were still tied after the regular season ends.)
Marian gets Alverno at home, and Maranatha gets WLC on the road to finish up.
(We'll find out how motivated Alverno is to play spoiler.)
Post by: thrunt01 on February 12, 2012, 11:43:21 am
thrunt, I don't think you understand how the Challenge game sites are determined. The team that hosts the NAC Challenge is pure chance. Once the matchups are set it depends on which of the two teams hosted the regular season meeting. The other one then gets to host the Challenge game. It's not a alternating division thing as you seem to be saying.
Lakeland will be away (assuming they finish 3rd), because they already played both of their two possible opponents, CUC and Benedictine, at home this year. WLC will be at home for the same reason. They have already played both Dominican and MSOE on the road this year.
So it has nothing to do with previous seasons or whose turn it is. It's just luck of the schedule and the matchup. Fortunately, the NAC is getting rid of the Challenge game after this season. Dumb idea from the start.
I do agree with you on Tournament teams and seeding. The discrepencies are even worse on the men's side this year where clearly the best 3 teams are all in the North. My vote would be to guarantee spots to the top 2 in each division and then take 4 wild cards. Then seed all by conference record regardless of division.
You would be correct, I guess I just assumed stuff like that would be predetermined but I was wrong. So teams get an extra home or road game pretty arbitrarily? That just seems like you said, dumb. Particularly this year when the drop off from #2 to #3 is so significant, it might actually be better for a team like CUW to place 3rd, play CUC or Benny and have LC have to play AT MSOE (unless I am again mistaken and challenge games don't count for conference record and tournament seeding). Given this information I'm glad they're going away from it. Maybe they could have a NAC challenge just for the teams that don't make the post season, so at least half of those teams can end their season on a high note. It would kind of be like a bowl game in football. It would give more teams a taste of a "postseason" without really impacting much else. On the other hand those teams might just want the season to be over. Thanks for the information on the challenge.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2012, 09:40:12 am
Alverno at Maranatha: Tough call here, both teams have momentum going in, coming off upset wins. If Alverno plays like it did in its' last game, the Crusaders will be in trouble. Maranatha's at home, they need to cut down on turnovers and at least stay even in terms of rebounding.
(WLCALUM83 doing a slow count to 30 while thinking further. . . )
Have to go with my head over my heart on this one--figuring Alverno will try to deny Crusader talls the ball down low quite a bit.
Pick: Inferno plays spoiler on the road in a tight one.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2012, 08:36:52 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2012, 09:34:07 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2012, 09:58:16 pm
Marian and Edgewood are still alive for the last playoff spot in the NAthCon North.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 15, 2012, 07:58:43 am
2/15: Dominican over Benedictine (can't see Stars missing out on opportunity to take South title outright)
MSOE over Rockford
CUC over Aurora
Alverno over Marian: (Inferno plays double-spoiler on the week. Marian can still take this if they're hitting on their 3's and Kontowski gets in early foul trouble--however, the Sabers have been outrebounded in most of their games of late.)
Lakeland over Edgewood: (Muskies claim 2nd place in the North with a win. If they can run on the WI Eagles and slow down Tobin enough down low --the better their chances.)
2-16: WLC over Maranatha: Warriors will get a win on Senior Night (surely they've been reminded of how in the previous match-up the Crusaders came out of the gate hitting on all cylinders and WLC was down by 12 before they could blink,)-- they came back for the win that time. (I wonder who'll get more steals-- Dillon or Peotter?)
(The one NAthCon in-conference loss that will probably sting the most for the Crusaders IMHO is the one they took at home against Edgewood. If they hadn't gone cold on offense toward the end of that game--still, I wasn't expecting them to beat Lakeland and CUW.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 15, 2012, 11:27:17 pm
(Hitting on 12 3s sure was a shot in the arm for the Sabers tonight).
(Pardon the pun.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2012, 09:40:34 pm
WLC over Dominican (Stars can take this if they're hitting their 3s early)
Lakeland over MSOE (Raiders are in a bit of a slump) (Muskies are the hottest team in the conference right now.)
CUW over CUC in a tight one (If CUC shows the same intensity on D that it did in the 2nd half against MSOE, this could get interesting)
Benedictine over Marian (figuring the IL Eagles will try a big-time denial of 3s after how Marian shot the lights out from beyond the arc last night)
Edgewood over Rockford
Maranatha over Aurora
Alverno over Mt. Mary
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 18, 2012, 06:51:49 pm
That was the only guess I missed on the NAthCon Challenge.
Post by: Just Bill on February 18, 2012, 10:04:16 pm
http://www.northernac.org/sports/wbkb/2011-12/tournament
Quarterfinals - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m.
#8 Benedictine (10-15, 6-11) at #1 Wisconsin Lutheran (21-4, 17-1)
#5 Concordia Wisconsin (15-10, 13-5) at #4 Lakeland (18-7, 13-5)
#7 Marian (13-12, 9-9) at #2 Dominican (17-8, 13-4)
#6 Concordia Chicago (9-16, 7-10) at #3 MSOE (16-9, 11-6)
Semifinals - Friday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m.
#1/8 vs. #4/5
#2/7 vs. #3/6
Final - Saturday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 19, 2012, 06:38:21 am
2012 Northern Athletics Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
http://www.northernac.org/sports/wbkb/2011-12/tournament
Quarterfinals - Wednesday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m.
#8 Benedictine (10-15, 6-11) at #1 Wisconsin Lutheran (21-4, 17-1)
#5 Concordia Wisconsin (15-10, 13-5) at #4 Lakeland (18-7, 13-5)
#7 Marian (13-12, 9-9) at #2 Dominican (17-8, 13-4)
#6 Concordia Chicago (9-16, 7-10) at #3 MSOE (16-9, 11-6)
Semifinals - Friday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m.
#1/8 vs. #4/5
#2/7 vs. #3/6
Final - Saturday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m.
#4 vs. #5: It'll be interesting to see if Lakeland can beat CUW for the third time this season. Winner here will give Benedictine/WLC winner all they can handle.
#2 vs. #7: If Dominican is allowed to run the break a lot, it could be a long night for Marian. It may come down to that if both squads are hitting 3s. Stars also had the rebounding edge in the earlier match-up.
#3 vs. #6: CUC's May has scored more than her average in both of the previous match-ups. Methinks CUC will try to run on the Raiders, (Cougars were able to disrupt MSOE's slower offensive flow a lot in the 2nd half of the last match-up.)
#8 vs. #1: If WLC ratches up the defense and rebounding intensity like it did yesterday against Dominican, and is able to get a lot of points off turnovers, the Warriors will be OK. Benedictine, however, is showing of late that Goede and Walsh are not the only people on that squad who can pile up the points.
Post by: thrunt01 on February 19, 2012, 03:36:18 pm
MSOE knocked off Lakeland, (I've got a feeling that cooling is only going to be temporary, however)
That was the only guess I missed on the NAthCon Challenge.
The difference between the games these teams played was officiating, not good or bad just style and what they allow. MSOE loves to get right in the face of and put heavy ball pressure the rebounder, the refs called things tighter at LC and let more things go in MSOE which made all the difference. When MSOE can put that pressure on, it slows down the muskies fast break and allows MSOE to use their size to their advantage. If the refs don't allow MSOE to get as much pressure that allows LC to get out and run and use their speed and shooting ability. To be clear I'm not complaining just stating an observation, it's just one of those things, variables if you will, that makes each game unique and exciting. This ought to be an exciting tournament.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 22, 2012, 07:24:06 am
CUC over MSOE in a mild upset
Dominican over Marian: Sabers can take this if they're hitting their 3's and crashing the boards big time and the Stars are cold on 3s from the floor -- Stars appear to be better at running the fast break from what this poster has seen.
CUW over Lakeland (8 chances in 10 it'll come down to yet another Hendrickson buzzer-beater or late game-heroics) Lakeland can pull off the trifecta if it plays like it did before it's last loss.
WLC over Benedictine: Potential trap game here -- I expect this to be a bit closer than the first match-up between these squads.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 22, 2012, 09:59:50 pm
WLC/Benedictine: Warriors had 23-15 advantage in points off turnovers
Marian/Dominican: Sabers' Becker goes off for 36 pts, but the Fond du Lac squad falls short (Dominican: 40-24 rebounding advantage--Stars also hit 8 shots from beyond the arc in the contest.)
CUW/Lakeland: Falcons had a 48-26 rebounding advantage.
Semi-Finals: MSOE/Dominican: (Stars lost by 2 points in both of the previous matchups between these teams --first loss on a Larsen basket with 2 seconds left on the clock).
CUW/WLC: (this year a round earlier than usual for these squads, who if memory serves correct met in the final 2 of the previous 3 seasons).
Intend to reveal my guesses in a couple of days.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 24, 2012, 06:28:29 am
MSOE over Dominican: Stars can take this if Raiders have problems taking care of the ball and Dominican gets a lot of fast break points (Cayo had big games in terms of points and rebounds in both of the other matchups).
WLC over CUW: Putting my heart above my head on this one. Which squad asserts itself on the glass?
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 24, 2012, 09:57:31 pm
MSOE was trailing by 5 with 2 seconds left:
WLC 58, CUW 55 Final
The final will be interesting. The two highest scoring teams in the conference will be going at it. It could very well come down to who has the most left in the tank. The Warriors just beat Dominican last weekend in the NAthCon Challenge game, however, the Stars have shown they can run the break and shoot 3s as well. (they were up 14-9 at one point in that Challenge game--) here's hoping the Warriors can keep up the good D.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 25, 2012, 09:42:12 pm
Final: Warriors 85, Dominican 61 (Warriors shot 61% from floor in 1st half and held on, although for a while there in the 2nd half, both teams seemed to be trading turnovers)
Post by: NACfan215 on March 02, 2012, 08:15:22 pm
Very ugly first half by both teams, however if this pattern continues and WLC can hit a couple extra buckets inside during the second half they have a good chance of pulling off the big upset of the host team.
Post by: NACfan215 on March 02, 2012, 09:13:09 pm
Much closer than it looks, a 5-7 point game the whole way, WLC tied it twice in the second half. WLC played better in the second half, but Calvin played just a little bit better.
Good representation on the part of th NAC
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 02, 2012, 11:14:41 pm
Post by: NCF on March 31, 2012, 08:54:53 am
Post by: NACfan215 on April 09, 2012, 10:03:17 pm
How does 2012-13 look? Top returners? Team(s) with the early line on the AQ?
Interesting question, I think there could be a lot of changes throughout the standings next year, many good players (ones that carried their teams) are gone, almost every team has taken some kind of hit.
Always in contention:
WLC- Lose Johnson, someone will step up to take her place, like every other year a great player leaves another is ready to fill in.
CUW- 4 starters return, can they find a big to replace Kerns? what about their depth? Luethe could be POY
In the hunt:
Dominican- Maybe not even in consideration this high up, lost to many key seniors (Blom/Budz), can they reload or are they rebuilding?
Lakeland- Return 4 starters, but only 6 total, can they bring in any impact players? who replaces the NCAA DIII Asst/TO leader?
Maranatha- Surprise team this year, all starter return for a team that beat expectations last year and will only get better.
Something there... but not enough:
Marian- return some good key players, loss of Becker and Zuts to much to overcome, cant live and die on the 3
Edgewood- Tobin returns for final year, can the young players from last year build on their experience?
MSOE- need a big recruiting class to get back to the top, loss of Cayo obviously to big to overcome, especially with current roster, some carry over experience
Need to much to contend:
CUC- loss of Rickett to much, not enough carryovers to be considered contenders
Alverno- See CUC (Kontowski)
Benedictine- Gaede Returns but lose Walsh, need others to step up
Long ways to go:
Rockford- not a good team with Curry, going to be even worse with out, also need to get more bodies, tough season playing with only 7 on the bench for some games
Aurora- new coach, maybe things turn around? not next year though.
Next season could come down to who out of the top 5 teams here can bring in the most impactful freshman? Lots of good players gone, a lot a players are going to have to step up for a lot of teams. Should be an interesting season though, looking forward to it.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 15, 2012, 08:21:09 am
Regarding WLC: Do the Warriors put Dillon in the starting line-up? With the 4 other starters returning, that wouldn't be imperative, --just another option
Dominican could still be up there-- Oliver is capable of stepping up--it'll depend upon whether the returning talls do, too.
Maranatha: Wouldn't hurt to land another tall or two and another ball-handler to take a bit of that load off Peotter (who logged a lot of minutes last season)
Post by: NCF on April 16, 2012, 08:00:47 am
Sounds like a great opportunity for freshman to come in and contribute immediately. Always a plus in recruiting when players know they have a shot at significant playing time. Should make for an exciting season!!How does 2012-13 look? Top returners? Team(s) with the early line on the AQ?
Interesting question, I think there could be a lot of changes throughout the standings next year, many good players (ones that carried their teams) are gone, almost every team has taken some kind of hit.
Always in contention:
WLC- Lose Johnson, someone will step up to take her place, like every other year a great player leaves another is ready to fill in.
CUW- 4 starters return, can they find a big to replace Kerns? what about their depth? Luethe could be POY
In the hunt:
Dominican- Maybe not even in consideration this high up, lost to many key seniors (Blom/Budz), can they reload or are they rebuilding?
Lakeland- Return 4 starters, but only 6 total, can they bring in any impact players? who replaces the NCAA DIII Asst/TO leader?
Maranatha- Surprise team this year, all starter return for a team that beat expectations last year and will only get better.
Something there... but not enough:
Marian- return some good key players, loss of Becker and Zuts to much to overcome, cant live and die on the 3
Edgewood- Tobin returns for final year, can the young players from last year build on their experience?
MSOE- need a big recruiting class to get back to the top, loss of Cayo obviously to big to overcome, especially with current roster, some carry over experience
Need to much to contend:
CUC- loss of Rickett to much, not enough carryovers to be considered contenders
Alverno- See CUC (Kontowski)
Benedictine- Gaede Returns but lose Walsh, need others to step up
Long ways to go:
Rockford- not a good team with Curry, going to be even worse with out, also need to get more bodies, tough season playing with only 7 on the bench for some games
Aurora- new coach, maybe things turn around? not next year though.
Next season could come down to who out of the top 5 teams here can bring in the most impactful freshman? Lots of good players gone, a lot a players are going to have to step up for a lot of teams. Should be an interesting season though, looking forward to it.
Post by: RogK on April 16, 2012, 11:50:23 am
They made .325 of their 3FG att, a reasonable pct, equivalent to .487 for 2FGs. Where they were somewhat deficient was in the offensive rebound category, seems to me. They got 30 pct of possible offensive rebounds (.31 in NAC play). If you shoot a lot of threes, the number 1 rule is to contest for offensive rebounds, since you're going to miss 2/3 of the 3FGs.
When I say contest for offensive rebounds, I mean 3 or 4 of your players doing so.
That said, Marian did alright: 9-9 in NAC play and 13-13 overall.
Most of the NAC teams below them lived and died with the 2.
Post by: NACfan215 on April 16, 2012, 10:17:36 pm
NACfan215's post got me to look up Marian's stats. For the season (and within conference play), they took 26 3FG att/game and 29 2FG att/game.
They made .325 of their 3FG att, a reasonable pct, equivalent to .487 for 2FGs. Where they were somewhat deficient was in the offensive rebound category, seems to me. They got 30 pct of possible offensive rebounds (.31 in NAC play). If you shoot a lot of threes, the number 1 rule is to contest for offensive rebounds, since you're going to miss 2/3 of the 3FGs.
When I say contest for offensive rebounds, I mean 3 or 4 of your players doing so.
That said, Marian did alright: 9-9 in NAC play and 13-13 overall.
Most of the NAC teams below them lived and died with the 2.
Agreed, they were a very good team and a tough team to beat when making their 3s, however if you look at their record after Zuts left (Mid to late January) they were very average at best. What I was referring to is next years squad, which I believe will struggle a lot more than this year, mainly for two reason. 1. Like you said when you rely on the 3s so much you have to be above avg at offense rebounding, their problem next year is they lose their top two (if not their only two) offense rebounding threats in Zuts and Becker. 2. And arguebly just as important is an inside out game, which frees up shooters for open shots. With Becker gone there is no threat inside which frees up teams to focus solely on the shooters, when you have a big that is as good as a passer as Becker was it frees up alot of open shots for your good shooters. I would almost say its a bigger hit to a good 3 point shooting team losing Becker and the inside present than it would be to lose your best 3 point shooter?
But...anyone can get hot on any night.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on April 17, 2012, 07:31:19 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on May 17, 2012, 08:55:11 pm
http://northernac.org/releases/20120517mbbcw
Post by: WLCALUM83 on June 04, 2012, 05:09:45 pm
http://northernac.org/sports/wbkb/2012-13/releases/20120604xp587f
Post by: NACfan215 on July 06, 2012, 06:24:48 pm
Post by: NACfan215 on October 11, 2012, 10:49:28 pm
Any big news over the summer? Who are the current favorites? What can we expect from non-conference play? Anyone want to give a crack at a preseason ranking of the NAC?
One big thing that I noticed in my search was from the WLC team, and maybe this is already common knowledge but the reigning NAC freshman of the year Katelyn Kuehl is no longer on the roster? Is this correc, and if so was it a transfer or change of heart for basketball? How does that change WLC season predictions and where they stand within the NAC? After losing Johnson to graduation and now Kuehl, is that to much to replace? Maybe WLCALUM has some input on this?
I think its going to be a great year with more teams vying for the top spots and a more balanced outcome to the season (not sure if there are the 1-2 dominate teams as in years past)
Good Luck to all the teams as they start practices on Monday and may everyone have a safe and injury free season.
Post by: thrunt01 on October 12, 2012, 02:00:46 am
Well I figured we could get some preseason chatter going seeing as Monday is the official start to the season and teams can officially start practice.
Any big news over the summer? Who are the current favorites? What can we expect from non-conference play? Anyone want to give a crack at a preseason ranking of the NAC?
One big thing that I noticed in my search was from the WLC team, and maybe this is already common knowledge but the reigning NAC freshman of the year Katelyn Kuehl is no longer on the roster? Is this correc, and if so was it a transfer or change of heart for basketball? How does that change WLC season predictions and where they stand within the NAC? After losing Johnson to graduation and now Kuehl, is that to much to replace? Maybe WLCALUM has some input on this?
I think its going to be a great year with more teams vying for the top spots and a more balanced outcome to the season (not sure if there are the 1-2 dominate teams as in years past)
Good Luck to all the teams as they start practices on Monday and may everyone have a safe and injury free season.
I'm glad to report, for a variety of selfish reasons, that Kuehl is now a member of the UW Oshkosh Women's basketball team. WLC will still be tough though I am sure. CUW has some skill coming back I'm pretty sure. LC has some pieces as well. MSOE will likely take a dip after losing Cayo. Coaching change at Dominican leaves question marks as well. I expect Rockford to be better this year. Those are my thoughts and insights.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on October 12, 2012, 06:46:07 pm
Well I figured we could get some preseason chatter going seeing as Monday is the official start to the season and teams can officially start practice.
Any big news over the summer? Who are the current favorites? What can we expect from non-conference play? Anyone want to give a crack at a preseason ranking of the NAC?
One big thing that I noticed in my search was from the WLC team, and maybe this is already common knowledge but the reigning NAC freshman of the year Katelyn Kuehl is no longer on the roster? Is this correc, and if so was it a transfer or change of heart for basketball? How does that change WLC season predictions and where they stand within the NAC? After losing Johnson to graduation and now Kuehl, is that to much to replace? Maybe WLCALUM has some input on this?
I think its going to be a great year with more teams vying for the top spots and a more balanced outcome to the season (not sure if there are the 1-2 dominate teams as in years past)
Good Luck to all the teams as they start practices on Monday and may everyone have a safe and injury free season.
I am a little shocked Kuehl transferred to Oshkosh....She had a bright future at WLC (IMO she would've been the next player to break the 1,000 point mark after Dillion does).
Overall it will be a blow for WLC to adsorb, but they still have everyone else coming back. Shavon Dillion I think will be moved back into the starting lineup after coming off the bench. Day, Alister, Hoft will dial it up from long range again this year and Kristen Schulz will be the inside presence again this year.
I see the North like this right now.
1. Wisconsin Lutheran
2. Concordia Wisconsin
3. Lakeland
4. Edgewood
5. Maranatha
6. Marian
7. Alverno
Maranatha and Marian could be switched around here.
The South is a little unclear here.
1. Dominican
2. MSOE
and everyone else factoring in after that.
Post by: NACfan215 on October 13, 2012, 12:13:31 am
As for CUW and LC, I have them 2a and 2b as each teams has 5 or 6 total returning players, each team has 4 returning starters, and each team has 6-8 incoming freshman. I believe the winner of those two will be determined by which team has a more impactfull freshman class.
In regards of Maranatha and Marian being flipped, I firmly believe Marian will have a significant drop this year with the loss of Becker. I would actually argue that Maranatha and Edgewood could be flipped in the standings, I really think MBBC can have a strong year with almost their entire starting lineup returning, if they build some depth they will be a tough team to beat.
As for the south, I am not sold on Dominican as they lose their top two scorers and arguebly their best two players, plus a coaching transition, thats a lot to replace for any team to repeat. Same can be said for MSOE, not much there once you take away Cayo. My surprise team from the south this year will be CUC as rumor has it Genke from LC has transfered from LC to CUC and should be a major addition for CUC this season.
Post by: thrunt01 on October 13, 2012, 01:26:22 am
I agree with the WLC analysis, plus I believe they should be #1 until someone knocks them off.
As for CUW and LC, I have them 2a and 2b as each teams has 5 or 6 total returning players, each team has 4 returning starters, and each team has 6-8 incoming freshman. I believe the winner of those two will be determined by which team has a more impactfull freshman class.
In regards of Maranatha and Marian being flipped, I firmly believe Marian will have a significant drop this year with the loss of Becker. I would actually argue that Maranatha and Edgewood could be flipped in the standings, I really think MBBC can have a strong year with almost their entire starting lineup returning, if they build some depth they will be a tough team to beat.
As for the south, I am not sold on Dominican as they lose their top two scorers and arguebly their best two players, plus a coaching transition, thats a lot to replace for any team to repeat. Same can be said for MSOE, not much there once you take away Cayo. My surprise team from the south this year will be CUC as rumor has it Genke from LC has transfered from LC to CUC and should be a major addition for CUC this season.
Agreed on CUC. Just found out about that transfer tonight. It's a game changer.
Post by: Just Bill on October 15, 2012, 12:19:41 pm
You may not realize that the divisions have rotated for this year....
North: Alverno, CUW, Edgewood, Lakeland, MBBC, Marian, MSOE
South: Aurora, Benedictine, CUC, Dominican, Rockford, WLC
This is also the last year that the league will split into divisions. Once MBBC exits the NAC will scrap the divisions and play all together.
Post by: NACfan215 on October 15, 2012, 10:06:44 pm
I can guarantee you that WLC will not win the North Division this year. ;)
You may not realize that the divisions have rotated for this year....
North: Alverno, CUW, Edgewood, Lakeland, MBBC, Marian, MSOE
South: Aurora, Benedictine, CUC, Dominican, Rockford, WLC
This is also the last year that the league will split into divisions. Once MBBC exits the NAC will scrap the divisions and play all together.
This is correct, I forgot to take into account the division rotation.
With that being said, WLC will NO DOUBT win the South division this year
As for the North, I believe that leaves it as a toss up between CUW and LC with a couple darkhorses being Edgewood and MBBC (yes I did say that)
But I think the North overall this year will be a fairly tight race all the way till the end.
Hope everyone had a great first day of practice and cant wait for the first games.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on October 17, 2012, 12:31:13 pm
I can guarantee you that WLC will not win the North Division this year. ;)
You may not realize that the divisions have rotated for this year....
North: Alverno, CUW, Edgewood, Lakeland, MBBC, Marian, MSOE
South: Aurora, Benedictine, CUC, Dominican, Rockford, WLC
This is also the last year that the league will split into divisions. Once MBBC exits the NAC will scrap the divisions and play all together.
I just starting to like WLC in the North Division. Well WLC should be the heavy favorite to win the South.
Post by: Just Bill on October 17, 2012, 12:48:43 pm
Post by: thrunt01 on October 18, 2012, 12:01:08 am
I hope you all stick around for the season. This has been a rather dull message board in recent history.
I'll be here. No worries.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on October 18, 2012, 12:49:35 am
I hope you all stick around for the season. This has been a rather dull message board in recent history.
I'll pop in from time to time.
Post by: NACfan215 on October 18, 2012, 10:39:45 am
I hope you all stick around for the season. This has been a rather dull message board in recent history.
I'll be here ALL season
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on October 23, 2012, 04:27:35 pm
First place votes in ()
North
1. Concordia Wisconsin 78 (10)
2. Lakeland 74 (3)
3. Edgewood 62
4. Marian 49
5. Maranatha 43
6. MSOE 30
7. Alverno 18
South
1. Wisconsin Lutheran 78 (13)
2. Benedictine 55
3. Dominican 53
4. Concordia Chicago 43
5. Rockford 22
6. Aurora 20
Post by: NACfan215 on October 23, 2012, 11:28:15 pm
North is about what I anticipated, I would probably flop Marian and Maranatha, I think MBBC makes the conference tourney this year with all the returning players who have been together for a couple years now.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 24, 2012, 07:23:43 pm
Post by: NACfan215 on November 10, 2012, 10:27:15 pm
Only thing on the NAC site was CUC at Illinois, which is not a good judgement of how a team will be.
Post by: Just Bill on November 11, 2012, 12:17:11 am
Post by: thrunt01 on November 11, 2012, 11:10:08 am
Post by: NACfan215 on November 11, 2012, 10:24:03 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 12, 2012, 09:59:28 pm
11/15
Marian at Lawrence
Rockford at Beloit
Dominican at Elmhurst
11/16
Aurora at Bluffton
Edgewood at Dubuque
Benedictine vs Chicago (at Ripon)
Lakeland at St. Norbert
Hamline at Wisconsin Lutheran
MSOE at North Park
Concordia Chicago vs Luther
11/17
Benedictine vs UW-Superior or Ripon
Aurora vs Pitt-Greenburg or Hiram
Lakeland vs Carthage or UW-River Falls
MSOE at Elmhurst
North Park at Dominican
Marian at Maranatha
Concordia Chicago at Cornell
Concordia Wisconsin at Beloit
Coe at Rockford
Edgewood at Loras
Stephens at Alverno
Wisconsin Lutheran vs UW-Stout or DePauw
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 15, 2012, 08:31:04 am
Alverno vs. St. Catherine's or Mt. Mary
Post by: NACfan215 on November 15, 2012, 04:23:56 pm
Marian over Lawrence: more interested in Marians stats than the outcome, assuming an easy win for Marian, would like to see who will produce for them aside from Alberts three's
Beloit over Rockford: can't imagine Rockford any better this year, specially without Curry. Beloit has enough returning talent to win this fairly easily, plus I heard they got a big time recruit who spurned most NAC teams as well as some DII schools.
Elmhurst over Dominican: tough matchup for DU, a good team from a really good conference, to much turnover at DU this year, Elmhurst pulls away late with more experience and a much deeper bench.
Good games to kickoff the season, can't wait till this weekends matchups, we should learn a lot.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 15, 2012, 07:56:17 pm
Sabers came out of the gate slow and at one point trailed by 14 in the first half. 2nd half, Marian made some adjustments on O (in terms of inside-outside ball movement) and built up a double-digit lead itself. Lawrence made it close toward the end, but Marian's late clutch FT-shooting enabled them to open up with a win on the road.
Marian's Cerveny hit a few 3s in the first half, and Huray was able to get baseline penetration for hoops several times in the second half.
Post by: NACfan215 on November 15, 2012, 11:47:59 pm
Marian v Lawrence: see above
Rockford drops a game on the road at Beloit, tie game at half turns into a 12 point loss for Rockford, Beloit experienced guards just to much.
Dominican blown out of the gym at Elmhurst 90-47, this was basically over from the tip.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 16, 2012, 10:58:56 am
Aurora at Bluffton: Aurora may be better this year, but not enough to beat their HCAC opponent here.
Edgewood at Dubuque: Toss up. Depth issues plagued the Eagles last year and should bounce back this year.
Benedictine vs Chicago (at Ripon): Chicago lost a lot of production but they should be able to take care of Benedictine.
Lakeland at St. Norbert: Should be an interesting matchup to say the least.
Hamline at Wisconsin Lutheran: I will be at the game (both games actually today). I think WLC can duplicate last seasons results again this year despite losing Johnson, Newberger, and Kuehl (UW-O).
MSOE at North Park: MSOE is taking a step back this year after losing Cayo to graduation.
Concordia Chicago vs Luther: Toss up....
Post by: NACfan215 on November 16, 2012, 11:40:26 am
11/16
Aurora at Bluffton: Aurora may be better this year, but not enough to beat their HCAC opponent here. Same
Edgewood at Dubuque: Toss up. Depth issues plagued the Eagles last year and should bounce back this year. I went with Dubuque at home because of the depth reason
Benedictine vs Chicago (at Ripon): Chicago lost a lot of production but they should be able to take care of Benedictine.Same, although I think BU will be much improved
Lakeland at St. Norbert: Should be an interesting matchup to say the least.This is the most intrigueing matchup of the day, SNC is not what they were the last few years, LC is breaking in a lot of freshman, I give SNC the advantage at home
Hamline at Wisconsin Lutheran: I will be at the game (both games actually today). I think WLC can duplicate last seasons results again this year despite losing Johnson, Newberger, and Kuehl (UW-O).Same, although I beleive WLC will not be quit as good as last season but still good
MSOE at North Park: MSOE is taking a step back this year after losing Cayo to graduation.Same, times two on Cayo
Concordia Chicago vs Luther: Toss up....I'm going with CUC on the road to start the season, Rickett and Genke to much to stop for Luther.
Post by: Just Bill on November 16, 2012, 12:03:20 pm
Post by: NACfan215 on November 16, 2012, 12:09:37 pm
Technically, Edgewood-Dubuque is neutral site. Those games this weekend are all at Loras College.
Thanks Bill, I noticed that, I'll still take Dubuque in this one. Since it could basically be considered a home game (no out of town travel required)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 16, 2012, 08:16:43 pm
Bluffton outrebounded the Spartans and had 29 FTA's to Aurora's 11/
Post by: NACfan215 on November 16, 2012, 08:47:29 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 16, 2012, 10:18:30 pm
WLC overcame cold shooting and sloppy ball handling for most of the game to rally in the second half against a scrappy Hamline team.
WLC will face off against #4 Depauw who ripped UW-Stout 88-48 in the early game.
Post by: NACfan215 on November 16, 2012, 10:21:18 pm
Post by: NACfan215 on November 17, 2012, 12:31:01 am
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 17, 2012, 01:30:44 am
Benedictine vs Ripon: BU did well in their loss to Chicago...I think they have the edge here.
Aurora vs Pitt-Greenburg: Uh...Toss Up?
Lakeland vs UW-River Falls: River Falls looks to have the better edge here.
MSOE at Elmhurst: MSOE gets run out of the gym by a second straight CCIW team.
North Park at Dominican: If Elmhurst did what they did to MSOE in game one...It could be a long one for the Stars.
Marian at Maranatha: Why not?
Concordia Chicago at Cornell: Toss Up
Concordia Wisconsin at Beloit: CUW isn't Rockford...
Coe at Rockford: Still not convinced that the Regents can improve much from last year.
Edgewood at Loras: Toss up part duece
Stephens at Alverno: Don't know much about Stephens and I'll go with the Inferno here
Wisconsin Lutheran vs DePauw: Not sure if Stout is way down this year but Depauw looked like they were having practice on the court being up by 60 at one point in the second half. They don't have much size to them, but they have speed and a swarming D. They move the ball very well on the offensive end. WLC needs to shoot the ball better and limit their turnovers while figuring a way to slow down Depauw's offense if they want to notch the biggest win in program history.
Post by: NACfan215 on November 17, 2012, 01:54:09 am
11/17
Benedictine vs Ripon: BU did well in their loss to Chicago...I think they have the edge here.I think BU played well against Chicago but I believe they drop a close one here
Aurora vs Pitt-Greenburg: Uh...Toss Up?Agree, cant go with Aurora until they show improvement
Lakeland vs UW-River Falls: River Falls looks to have the better edge here.Agree, probably an advantage in overall athleticism
MSOE at Elmhurst: MSOE gets run out of the gym by a second straight CCIW team.Agree, this will get ugly real early
North Park at Dominican: If Elmhurst did what they did to MSOE in game one...It could be a long one for the Stars.Agree, see MSOE/Elmhurst
Marian at Maranatha: Why not?Agree, Why? Maranatha experience/Marian lack of size
Concordia Chicago at Cornell: Toss UpAgree, if CUC plays like they did today it wont be close
Concordia Wisconsin at Beloit: CUW isn't Rockford...Beloit, im going with the slight upset here, Beloit will expose the lack of size for CUW inside
Coe at Rockford: Still not convinced that the Regents can improve much from last year.Agree
Edgewood at Loras: Toss up part dueceAgree, see CUC/Cornell
Stephens at Alverno: Don't know much about Stephens and I'll go with the Inferno hereAgree, only for the fact they are at home
Wisconsin Lutheran vs DePauw: Not sure if Stout is way down this year but Depauw looked like they were having practice on the court being up by 60 at one point in the second half. They don't have much size to them, but they have speed and a swarming D. They move the ball very well on the offensive end. WLC needs to shoot the ball better and limit their turnovers while figuring a way to slow down Depauw's offense if they want to notch the biggest win in program history.Agree, although I dont think this will be close at all
Post by: NACfan215 on November 17, 2012, 02:42:23 pm
Post by: NACfan215 on November 17, 2012, 03:32:05 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 17, 2012, 03:39:59 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 17, 2012, 04:47:02 pm
Marian cut the lead to 1 on a couple of occasions, but then the Crusaders would get an inside basket or FT's for breathing room. Crusaders got a boatload of points off turnovers, Marian's 3 pt shooters were heavily defended toward the end of the game and the Sabers didn't capitalize.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 17, 2012, 05:05:25 pm
Post by: NACfan215 on November 17, 2012, 08:47:05 pm
Also, am I reading the NAC site correctly, is Alverno currently playing their SECOND game of the day?
Post by: Just Bill on November 18, 2012, 01:31:07 am
They almost pulled off the double, losing to Stephens in 2OT.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 18, 2012, 01:36:20 am
Yes. Mount Mary pulled out of Alverno's tournament on Thursday because they weren't capable of fielding a team. In order to still give St. Kate's and Stephens two games, they volunteered to play St. Kate's at 1:00 today and Stephens at 7:00. St. Kate's and Stephens will play each other tomorrow.
They almost pulled off the double, losing to Stephens in 2OT.
Is it a one time deal for Mount Mary with the numbers or is it season threatening? WLC and MSOE are on their schedule (along with the Nath-Con Challenge at the end of the year).
Post by: Just Bill on November 18, 2012, 01:42:27 am
P.S. There is no NAC Challenge anymore. Scrapped by the coaches.
Post by: NACfan215 on November 19, 2012, 05:20:34 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 20, 2012, 08:45:56 am
Dominican at Albion: Prolly one of the closer games tonight....Still it won't be enough.
Millikin at Edgewood: Millikin pulls away late.
Aurora at Wheaton: Over by half....
Marian at UW-Stevens Point: Pointers already lead.....
Loras at Concordia Chicago: CUC hasn't been close yet this season. I think this will be a closer game, but again the fall short here.
Post by: NACfan215 on November 20, 2012, 10:58:59 am
Tonight's slate of games:
Dominican at Albion: Prolly one of the closer games tonight....Still it won't be enough.
Millikin at Edgewood: Millikin pulls away late.
Aurora at Wheaton: Over by half....
Marian at UW-Stevens Point: Pointers already lead.....
Loras at Concordia Chicago: CUC hasn't been close yet this season. I think this will be a closer game, but again the fall short here.
Looks like another 0'fer night for the NAC, I agree with all the picks above. The only game I could see going the NAC's way would be if Dominican can pull out their first win of the season, tough to gauge how good they really are after playing to overpowering teams in their first two games.
Tough loss at home for CUW last night, Carroll wins 56-46, Luethe had 20 pts for CUW, no one else on the roster had more than 6. Carroll had 4 starters in double digets but failed to get any points from its bench.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 20, 2012, 06:42:16 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 20, 2012, 07:52:26 pm
Albion-- 20 pts off Dominican turnovers
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 20, 2012, 08:20:38 pm
Eagles had it down to 2 (54-52) with 3 1/2 minutes left, but didn't get over the hump.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 20, 2012, 10:31:58 pm
Aurora 44
Final
Loras (IA) 50
Concordia Chicago 40
Final
#7 UW-Stevens Point 68
Marian 19
Sabres score eight points in the second half and fail to hit the twenty point mark in the game. Ouch......
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 21, 2012, 12:38:44 pm
Ashford at Rockford: Uh....Rockford should win against their NAIA opponent right?
North Park at Benedictine: North Park makes it 3-0 against Nath-Con teams in a little closer of a game.
Silver Lake at Wisconsin Lutheran: The more shocking thing is that WLC is 5-14 against Silver Lake when they were conference foes in the LMC in the early 90's. WLC blows away Silver Lake in this one.
Post by: Just Bill on November 21, 2012, 12:44:50 pm
Ashford at Rockford: Uh....Rockford should win against their NAIA opponent right?
Ashford beat Rockford by 23 last year, so I wouldn't count on a Regent win. Anything can happen.
http://www.ashfordathletics.com/stats/2011-12/wBasketball/aurcwb11.htm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 21, 2012, 12:46:46 pm
Ashford at Rockford: Uh....Rockford should win against their NAIA opponent right?
Ashford beat Rockford by 23 last year, so I wouldn't count on a Regent win. Anything can happen.
http://www.ashfordathletics.com/stats/2011-12/wBasketball/aurcwb11.htm
I was kind of implying that. Not really sure if the Regents are better this year than last year.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 21, 2012, 10:04:16 pm
Krissy Day did not play tonight...Any idea why?
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 24, 2012, 11:01:16 am
MSOE/Lakeland: Muskies should take this one at home.
Rockford/Aurora: Spartans in a tight one.
CUW/Alverno: Falcons (Inferno could pull this off if the home squad can run on CUW and has a hot shooting day).
Non-conference game comment: It'll be interesting to see how long Edgewood can hang in with UW-Whitewater.
Post by: NACfan215 on November 24, 2012, 11:55:26 am
non-conference - I am interested in seeing if CUC can finally pull it together for a game.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 24, 2012, 03:41:45 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 24, 2012, 04:38:35 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 24, 2012, 04:46:42 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 24, 2012, 05:03:33 pm
(Per Eagle announcer, home squad was once up by 10, when I joined the broadcast, it was tighter--shortly after, NCC got 3 successive baskets off their press defense to take the lead for good with approx. 3 minutes left. IL Eagles missed several FT's down the stretch.)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 25, 2012, 02:52:52 pm
North
1. Maranatha 1-0 (1-0)
2. Alverno 2-1 (1-0)
3. Lakeland 1-2 (1-0)
4. Edgewood 0-4 (0-0)
5. Concordia Wisconsin 1-2 (0-1)
6. Marian 1-2 (0-1)
7. MSOE 0-3 (0-1)
South
1. Aurora 2-2 (1-0)
2. Wisconsin Lutheran 2-1 (0-0)
3. Dominican 0-3 (0-0)
4. Benedictine 0-4 (0-0)
5. Concordia Chicago 0-4 (0-0)
6. Rockford 0-4 (0-1)
Initial thoughts:
Is Alverno better than advertised or did they catch Concordia Wisconsin at the right time?
WLC is still trying to get in the groove offensively. More or less the matchup against Hamline showed some of the things that they need to work on. IMO they are still adjusting to not have Johnson and Kuehl on the roster. Shavon Dillion is about 14 points away from 1,000 career points.
Aurora as it looks like they are better than where they were at last year. Last year for them was a trainwreck. This week's matchup with WLC could establish who is the early leader in the South.
The Nath-Con is really struggling out of conference so far this year (6-28 out of conference record). Out of thirteen teams six of them are winless.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 25, 2012, 07:48:48 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 26, 2012, 12:41:11 pm
Trinity International at Dominican: Dominican breaks into the win column against a sliding Trojans team that has lost five straight.
UW-Oshkosh at Lakeland: Oshkosh shouldn't have much trouble with Lakeland.
Post by: thrunt01 on November 26, 2012, 11:44:06 pm
Just two games tonight....
Trinity International at Dominican: Dominican breaks into the win column against a sliding Trojans team that has lost five straight.
UW-Oshkosh at Lakeland: Oshkosh shouldn't have much trouble with Lakeland.
The Titans didn't have much trouble on the back of a 20 point lead and 30-14 rebounding edge in the first half. Muskies won the 2nd half by 10 but the game was never really in any dout.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 28, 2012, 12:47:23 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 28, 2012, 12:58:33 am
Benedictine/CUC: Going with IL Eagles on the road, they appear to have a bit more depth.
Lakeland/CUW: Lakeland (better inside-outside scoring balance of late).
Edgewood/Marian: Sabers in a tight one, (especially if they hit enough 3s and Huray is allowed repeated baseline penetration-however Edgewood can still take this if their talls score big and crash the boards.)
Rockford/Dominican: Stars at home in a tight one. Depends who takes care of the ball better.
Aurora/WLC: Warriors at home. Their D will be there. As long as they aren't overly reliant on the 3, they'll be OK.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 28, 2012, 10:51:44 am
Post by: NACfan215 on November 28, 2012, 01:20:08 pm
Presason #1 v #2 in the North, both teams coming off opposite games (LC blowing out MSOE and CUW getting manhandled at Alverno) we should find out a lot about both teams after tonights game.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 28, 2012, 08:46:36 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 28, 2012, 09:49:17 pm
(Genke got into foul trouble in the 1st half; CUC had a strong shooting 2nd half: Rickett was held to 7 pts, but 3 other Cougar players reached double-figures scoring. Eagles' Batty missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer on the last play.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 28, 2012, 09:57:52 pm
Rockford 63, Dominican 51 (Stars had an off night shooting from the floor, Regents get off the in-conference schneid by getting a win on the road.)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 28, 2012, 10:18:38 pm
Lakeland 57
Final
Wisconsin Lutheran 72
Aurora 37
Final
Shavon Dillion broke the 1,000 point barrier with a game high 17 points. WLC held Aurora to 17.9% shooting.
Edgewood 75
Marian 52
Final
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 28, 2012, 10:21:08 pm
Somewhat unexpected final:
Rockford 63, Dominican 51 (Stars had an off night shooting from the floor, Regents get off the in-conference schneid by getting a win on the road.)
That is a surprising score. I thought the Stars had some pieces to put together a solid season, but it looks like they could be in store for a long season.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 30, 2012, 06:46:17 pm
Maranatha at Grace Bible (MI): Don't know much about Grace Bible....Maranatha continues their strong start.
Lakeland at Benedictine: Muskies were brought back down to earth against CUW. They bounce back against the Eagles.
Aurora at Edgewood: Aurora was on the wrong end of a blowout against WLC. Edgewood wins running away.
Marian at Dominican: Marian is the better team at this point of the season.
Concordia Wisconsin at Concordia Chicago: Well these two could be playing each other again later in the season at the CIT. Falcons win comfortably here.
Wisconsin Lutheran at MSOE: WLC used their D in their big win over Aurora. MSOE is in for a long year by the looks of things. WLC wins handily.
Alverno at Rockford: Not sure if Rockford is better than expected or Dominican is that down this year. Anyways the Inferno are the safe bet here.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 01, 2012, 07:58:44 am
Lakeland
Edgewood
Dominican (moreso if the Stars can run on Marian and the Sabers aren't hitting their 3s)
CUW
WLC
Alverno (the Stars may be a bit more down than expected--Oliver didn't return.)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 01, 2012, 08:10:23 pm
MSOE 9
Half
Post by: Just Bill on December 01, 2012, 08:12:22 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran 34
MSOE 9
Half
Oh my.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 01, 2012, 09:07:27 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran 34
MSOE 9
Half
Oh my.
A little better for the Raiders in the second half but not enough
Wisconsin Lutheran 70
MSOE 32
Final
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 01, 2012, 10:31:59 pm
Mild surprise of the day:
Benedictine 49, Lakeland 38 (Box score indicates Muskie women had a cold-shooting 2nd half- with most of their shots coming from beyond the arc that period, while IL Eagles were able to convert more within the arc).
Marian 67, Dominican 61 (Sabres hit 10 3s in the game and won despite having 2 starters foul out. )
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 02, 2012, 06:26:34 am
Wisconsin Lutheran 34
MSOE 9
Half
Oh my.
A little better for the Raiders in the second half but not enough
Wisconsin Lutheran 70
MSOE 32
Final
Methinks the Raiders are regretting having to go without 3-pt threat Collingbourne just as much as Cayo of late (graduation).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 03, 2012, 06:17:44 am
Alverno/Lakeland: Going with the Inferno in a tight one here. (4 starters scored in double figures in the last win and Gorman is still getting good production for them. Lakeland can take this if they/re hitting their 3s)
CUW/Edgewood: Edgewood in a close one at home.
WLC/Dominican: WLC
Rockford/CUC; CUC (guards are more experienced, as long as the Cougars stay out of foul trouble, they;ll do OK here)
MSOE/Marian: Marian (I'd be surprised if the Sabers have a totally flat game at home here)
Aurora/Benedictine: IL Eagles at home.
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Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 04, 2012, 12:19:42 am
12/4 matchups:
Alverno/Lakeland: Going with the Inferno in a tight one here. (4 starters scored in double figures in the last win and Gorman is still getting good production for them. Lakeland can take this if they/re hitting their 3s)
CUW/Edgewood: Edgewood in a close one at home.
WLC/Dominican: WLC
Rockford/CUC; CUC (guards are more experienced, as long as the Cougars stay out of foul trouble, they;ll do OK here)
MSOE/Marian: Marian (I'd be surprised if the Sabers have a totally flat game at home here)
Aurora/Benedictine: IL Eagles at home.
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Taking the Muskies in this one. I agree this game could go either way.
Concordia Wisconsin takes a tight one at Edgewood.
WLC wins running away here to set up their big weekend against Milikin and Westminster.
Marian wins by a sizable margin. MSOE is looking at a long season.
Benedictine should have no trouble against Aurora.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 04, 2012, 10:35:28 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran 77
Dominican 42
Concordia Wisconsin 61
Edgewood 48
Marian 72
MSOE 60
Lakeland 59
Alverno 51
Benedictine 64
Aurora 45
Concordia Chicago 59
Rockford 51
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 04, 2012, 10:45:10 pm
It was Sabers' Backes' turn to have a big game in Marians' win over MSOE (Huray was held scoreless but that didn't matter for this game).
Post by: NACfan215 on December 05, 2012, 10:18:04 am
Going to be an interesting game Thursday between LC and undefeated Maranatha.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 05, 2012, 09:53:04 pm
CUW/MSOE: Going with CUW.
MBBC/Lakeland: Muskes win a tight one at home. Maranatha can take this if they get a lot of points off of turnovers and stay even on the glass.
Alverno/Edgewood: WI Eagle squad at home (figuring Tobin will stay out of foul trouble.) Another close one here.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 06, 2012, 05:55:32 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 06, 2012, 06:35:24 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 06, 2012, 07:49:04 pm
Post by: thrunt01 on December 06, 2012, 10:21:30 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 07, 2012, 08:09:20 am
12/7: WLC/Millikin: Millikin
12/8: WLC/Westminster: WLC
Benedictine/Rockford: (Joseph's been on a hot run the last couple of games, don't see why that shouldn't continue,)
IL Eagles.
Edgewood/MSOE: Edgewood
Maranatha/CUW: Falcons (they even up in a tight one after taking an unexpected loss on the road from MBBC last season )
Lakeland/Marian: Lakeland in a tight one. Marian can take this if the Sabers are hitting their 3s and Muske talls aren't dominating on the glass.)
Dominican/Aurora: Dominican
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 07, 2012, 10:55:24 am
12/8: WLC/Westminster: WLC spilits the weekend games.
Benedictine/Rockford: BU
Edgewood/MSOE: Edgewood
Maranatha/CUW: CUW
Lakeland/Marian: Lakeland
Dominican/Aurora: Dominican in a tight one.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 08, 2012, 12:45:13 am
http://www.wlcsports.com/article.asp?articleID=2933 (http://www.wlcsports.com/article.asp?articleID=2933)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 08, 2012, 03:19:56 pm
Defining stat so far: 2/17 shooting for CUW
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 08, 2012, 03:49:28 pm
Maranatha 28
Concordia Wisconsin 23
Dominican 38
Aurora 34
Benedictine 35
Rockford 31
Marian 31
Lakeland 24
Edgewood 30
MSOE 25
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 08, 2012, 04:54:14 pm
Maranatha 52
Concordia Wisconsin 50
Aurora 67
Dominican 64
Benedictine 77
Rockford 67
Lakeland 61
Marian 49
Edgewood 62
MSOE 36
Wisconsin Lutheran 64
Westminster 46
Post by: NACfan215 on December 08, 2012, 05:57:21 pm
CUW, shot 28% from the field, while Marantha shot 45%. 12% from 3pt land for CUW. It appears the only thing that kept them in the game was the large difference at the free throw line (16-20 for CUW, only 5-10 for Maranatha
North Division could end up being a pretty tight race to the finish, going to be interesting
Post by: thrunt01 on December 09, 2012, 11:34:13 am
Post by: NACfan215 on December 09, 2012, 12:03:42 pm
Huge week for Lakeland going 3-0 after a rough start to the season.
This could be due to them riding the back of Eisner all week, a double-double in all three games inluding a 22 point 21 rebound effort agianst Maranatha on Thursday night....Player of the Week?
Post by: thrunt01 on December 09, 2012, 12:20:23 pm
Huge week for Lakeland going 3-0 after a rough start to the season.
This could be due to them riding the back of Eisner all week, a double-double in all three games inluding a 22 point 21 rebound effort agianst Maranatha on Thursday night....Player of the Week?
Possibly. It could also be because they got their head coach back ;D
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 09, 2012, 01:57:18 pm
North
1. Maranatha 5-1 (3-1)
2. Concordia Wisconsin 5-3 (4-2)
3. Lakeland 4-5 (4-2)
4. Alverno 4-3 (3-2)
5. Edgewood 3-6 (3-2)
6. Marian 3-4 (2-3)
7. MSOE 0-7 (0-5)
South
1. Wisconsin Lutheran 7-1 (3-0)
2. Benedictine 4-5 (3-1)
3. Concordia Chicago 2-5 (2-1)
4. Aurora 3-5 (2-3)
5. Rockford 1-7 (1-4)
6. Dominican 0-8 (0-4)
IMO the North Division race is something to be watching the entire season. Maranatha has shown it can hold their own against the top teams in the division in Concordia WI and Lakeland. It will be interesting to see how Alverno fares the rest of the season. I wasn't really expecting much out of the Inferno, but so far they have proved me wrong in that aspect.
The South is WLC and everyone else fighting for second. Hate to say that, but WLC even without Krissy Day is still heads and shoulders above everyone else in the division. Aurora is miles better than last year but the bigger question is will they be able to sustain their early success for the long haul? Dominican after reaching the NAC title game last year is struggling to get a win. They have some talent on the team but it hasn't translated into success on the court.
Post by: Just Bill on December 09, 2012, 05:20:40 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 09, 2012, 05:40:42 pm
IMHO, Benedictine could be the same or a touch better than last season if Joseph and Hunzinger continue their strong play.
Post by: thrunt01 on December 10, 2012, 02:44:36 pm
I think there's a lot more teams that are worse this year than they were last year, as opposed to better. I can only name two teams, Maranatha and Alverno, that I think are better than they were last year. Everyone else is either the same or worse, including WLC. WLC should roll through the regular season.
Can't disagree with you there. The league was pretty darn strong last season, especially at the top.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 11, 2012, 10:07:37 am
Edgewood at Elmhurst: Eagles still have some rebuilding to do yet. Bluejays win this one handily.
Alverno at Indiana-Northwest: Alverno travels down to Gary and picks up a non-conference win.
Post by: Just Bill on December 11, 2012, 10:14:44 am
I think there's a lot more teams that are worse this year than they were last year, as opposed to better. I can only name two teams, Maranatha and Alverno, that I think are better than they were last year. Everyone else is either the same or worse, including WLC. WLC should roll through the regular season.
Can't disagree with you there. The league was pretty darn strong last season, especially at the top.
I'd add Aurora to my list. They are better than last year, mostly because they couldn't be worse than 2-23. I think those three are it.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 12, 2012, 12:03:51 am
Alverno 48
Ouch......
Edgewood 71
Elmhurst 65
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 14, 2012, 02:54:53 pm
12/14
Wheaton at Rockford: This will get ugly quickly for the Regents...
12/15
Concordia Chicago at Maranatha: Crusaders continue their nice run.
Concordia Wisconsin at Lakeland: Muskies get payback in a low scoring game.
Aurora at Carthage: Carthage has no problem with the Spartans here.
UW-Stout at Marian: Could be an interesting game.
Alverno at Finlandia: Inferno bounce back after getting rolled in Gary a few days ago.
Beneditctine at Wheaton: Benedictine doesn't have the horses to hang with Wheaton.
Dominican at North Central: Could be as ugly as North Central's blowout win against MSOE.
12/16
Alverno at Northland: UMAC looks very down this year.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 14, 2012, 04:07:49 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 15, 2012, 04:55:35 pm
CUW 60
Lakeland 36
(Lakeland had a cold-shooting day from the floor and CUW had a 42-31 rebounding advantage).
Maranatha 61
CUC 54
Both North leaders get a bit more breathing room.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 16, 2012, 11:24:19 am
Carthage 57
Aurora 45
UW-Stout 71
Marian 64
North Central (IL) 110
Dominican 68
Alverno 67
Finlandia 55
Wheaton (IL) 65
Benedictine 39
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 18, 2012, 06:44:06 am
CUC/WLC: Warriors close out NAthCon's 2012 half of slate by getting another win at home.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 18, 2012, 08:43:41 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 18, 2012, 08:45:45 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 18, 2012, 09:40:54 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 22, 2012, 03:29:36 pm
North
1. Maranatha 6-1 (4-1)
2. Concordia Wisconsin 6-4 (5-2)
3. Alverno 5-5 (3-2)
4. Edgewood 4-7 (3-2)
5. Lakeland 4-8 (4-3)
6. Marian 3-6 (2-3)
7. MSOE 0-8 (0-5)
South
1. Wisconsin Lutheran 8-1 (4-0)
2. Benedictine 5-6 (3-1)
3. Aurora 4-6 (2-3)
4. Concordia Chicago 2-7 (2-3)
5. Rockford 1-9 (1-4)
6. Dominican 0-10 (0-4)
Thoughts
So far it has been a rough year (with the exception of WLC and Maranatha to a degree) for NAC teams in their out of conference games. So far NAC teams are a combined 15-45 (.250) out of conference. It could be a result of the talent dropoff from last year to this year in the conference among other factors.
As stated before once conference play gets underway in January, the race for the NAC North is going to be something to watch for. Not entirely sure if Maranatha has the staying power to continue leading the North but I think it could be a three team race to decide that division.
WLC has shown that they are the dominant force in the South this season. The big race could be who will finish behind them. Benedictine recently has shown that they are currently the number two in the south although Aurora and Concordia Chicago are not that far behind.
My mid-season predictions for how the conference stands after the dust settles....
North
1. Concordia Wisconsin
2. Maranatha
3. Lakeland
4. Alverno
5. Edgewood
6. Marian
7. MSOE
South
1. Wisconsin Lutheran
2. Benedictine
3. Concordia Chicago
4. Aurora
5. Rockford
6. Dominican
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 22, 2012, 03:51:46 pm
12/27
MSOE vs UW-Stevens Point (at Wisconsin Dells): Over by halftime....
12/28
Illinois Wesleyan vs Concordia Chicago (at Waverly, IA): This one as well will be done by half even though IWU may appear to be a tad down this year.
MSOE vs UW-La Crosse (at Wisconsin Dells): MSOE's long season continues
Trinity Christian at Alverno: Inferno should be able to handle this one right?
Aurora at Dubuque: Not sure how the Spartans will be able to match up against Dubuque. Going with the home team here.
Chapman vs Marian (at Redlands): Chapman should be able to handle Marian here.
12/29
Rockford vs Spalding (at Greencastle, IN): Could go either way???
Dominican at Salem State: Stars again still hunt for their first win.
Concordia Wisconsin vs Calvin (at Colorado Springs, CO): Calvin looks strong again this season.
Benedictine at Franklin: Franklin handles the Eagles....
Williams vs Wisconsin Lutheran (at Whittier, CA): Great test for the Warriors to see where they stack up against a traditional power such as Williams.
Edgewood at UW-Stevens Point: Pointers have no trouble against Edgewood.
Marian vs Manchester (at Redlands): Could go either way.
12/30
Dominican vs Southern Maine (at Salem State): 16th ranked Huskies don't have trouble with DU.
UW-Superior at Alverno: Hornets continue their surprising start to the season.
Concordia Wisconsin at Colorado College: Just a hunch...
Wisconsin Lutheran at Whitter: Warriors earn a split in their western roadtrip.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 29, 2012, 06:16:33 pm
(Found out Rockford beat Spalding 66-62)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 29, 2012, 06:40:42 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 29, 2012, 07:47:31 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 31, 2012, 08:36:29 am
1/2: Marian at Edgewood; Going with the Sabers on the road in a tight one-moreso if they can pile up the fast-break poiints on the Eagles like Trine did.
1/3: CUC at Alverno: Going with the Inferno (been in a bit of a slump, this is the game they get well in a tight one),
1/5: WLC/Maranatha: Warriors eke out a win--could go either way if the Crusader crowd isn't taken out of the game early. Dillon and Peotter have a tendency to collect steals by the gross.
Benedictine/CUW: CUW in a close one.
Rockford/Marian: Sabers are more of a 3 point threat, figuring on another home win for them here.
Dominican/Lakeland: Lakeland
CUC/Edgewood: Edgewood in another close one
Aurora/Alverno: Inferno take this one at home.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 01, 2013, 03:09:22 pm
1/2
Finlandia at Lakeland: Muskies win handily over a struggling Finlandia squad.
Rockford at Knox: Prairie Fire should have little trouble against the Regents.
Marian at Edgewood: Have to take the Eagles at home. Marian could make this a game though.
1/3
Alma at Lakeland: Couple of similar teams....Giving Lakeland the slight edge here.
Kuyper at Maranatha: Kinda wish to see how Maranatha plays against non-NCCAA teams. Maranatha takes it.
Concordia Chicago at Alverno: Alverno continues their "Win one, lose one" type of season.
1/5
MSOE at Finlandia: First win for the Raiders? Maybe....
Wisconsin Lutheran at Maranatha: Warriors have been more battle tested than the Crusaders. Maranatha's bigs can give WLC some fits but WLC uses their strong D to keep them in check.
Benedictine at Concordia Wisconsin: Benedictine is hot winning five of their last seven games. However CUW hangs on for the win here.
Rockford at Marian: Sabres bounce back with a nice win over the Regents.
Dominican at Lakeland: Over by half...
Concordia Chicago at Edgewood: Eagles get a sound win over the Cougars.
Aurora at Alverno: Gotta give props to the Head Coach at Aurora...She has turned that program around after a bad season last year. They could easily win this one here, but I have to give it to Alverno in a tight game.
Post by: thrunt01 on January 01, 2013, 10:10:08 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 02, 2013, 06:43:40 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 02, 2013, 07:55:36 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 02, 2013, 08:38:26 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 02, 2013, 09:42:07 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 03, 2013, 12:10:06 pm
Lakeland 92
Finlandia 61
Rockford 77
Knox 66
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 03, 2013, 07:45:35 pm
CUC/Alverno up shortly:
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 03, 2013, 08:40:31 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 03, 2013, 09:44:22 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 03, 2013, 09:48:28 pm
Alverno wins 67-63 over Concordia Chicago.
Both teams hit a lot of 3s tonight (Alverno hit 9, the Cougars 8) If Ricketts doesn't get called for a charge on the potential game-tying possession, it could have been a different result.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 04, 2013, 12:35:40 pm
Lakeland 63
Alma 56
Lakeland stretched their lead out to 16 points (40-24) at one point in the second half, but Alma managed to get the lead down to four points (52-48) before Lakeland put the game on ice. Muskies shot 50% (9-18) from three.
Maranatha 87
Kuyper 35
Crusaders held Kuyper to 15% shooting on their way to a big win. Maranatha shot 52% for the game but was 2/14 from three point land.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 05, 2013, 01:59:44 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 05, 2013, 03:05:14 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 05, 2013, 03:40:34 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 05, 2013, 03:51:23 pm
Maranatha 34
Half
Rockford 31
Marian 28
Half
Lakeland 39
Marian 18
Half
Edgewood 30
Concordia Chicago 28
Half
Finlandia 60
MSOE 52
Final
Looks like that Dominican vs MSOE matchup could potentially decide who avoids a winless season this year.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 05, 2013, 04:04:38 pm
Rockford 51
Marian 41
9:33 left
Lakeland 55
Dominican 24
12:39 2nd
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 05, 2013, 04:56:50 pm
(Falcons went on a 10-0 scoring run late in first half, and, Benedictine got no closer than 6 points after that.)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 05, 2013, 05:07:10 pm
Maranatha 57
Final
Warriors started the second half on a 19-3 run and never allowed the Crusaders to get within 17 points for the rest of the game.
Lakeland 74
Dominican 50
Final
Marian 72
Rockford 64
Final
Edgewood 73
Concordia Chicago 64
Final
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 05, 2013, 09:44:54 pm
Alverno 52
Aurora 51
Final
Post by: thrunt01 on January 06, 2013, 01:46:52 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran 45
Maranatha 34
Half
Rockford 31
Marian 28
Half
Lakeland 39
Marian 18
Half
Edgewood 30
Concordia Chicago 28
Half
Finlandia 60
MSOE 52
Final
Looks like that Dominican vs MSOE matchup could potentially decide who avoids a winless season this year.
Both coaches have to gear their team up for that one to have spirits up going forward. The loser will probably just be waiting for the season to end.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 06, 2013, 03:50:12 pm
Marian at Alverno; This could go either way-- Sabers get a road win (A How much does the Inferno have left in the tank? B. That squad has to stay out of foul trouble. Does Marian spring Huray like against Edgewood, or go for the balance they had against Rockford?) Inferno can take this if they control the boards and get a lot of front-line points.
WLC at Rockford: Warriors should take this one.
Aurora at CUC; Going with the Cougars at home in a tight one.
Edgewood at Lakeland: Eagle squad has had some freshmen contributing off the bench more of late. Muskies take another close one at home.
Dominican at Benedictine: IL Eagles bounce back and get a win here.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 08, 2013, 02:12:56 pm
Alverno over Marian: I agree this could go either way...
Wisconsin Lutheran at Rockford: WLC wins big again to make it ten straight conference wins.
Aurora over Concordia Chicago: Agree here as well...I think Aurora gets the very slight edge here.
Edgewood at Lakeland: Muskies win here. They usually make some sort of run during the season.
Dominican at Benedicitine: Eagles win handily....
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 08, 2013, 07:59:27 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 08, 2013, 08:52:21 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 08, 2013, 09:49:53 pm
Rockford 66
Final
Sloppy win for the Warriors
7/18 free throw shooting for the Warriors compared to 28/34 for the Regents...That is the only thing that kept Rockford close in this game.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 08, 2013, 10:16:12 pm
(Tobin hit 2 FTs with 7 seconds left, Muskies' Hendricks missed a 3-pointer at the end of this one.)
Other finals:
CUC 74, Aurora 56 (Cougars stop a 6-game losing streak)
Alverno 60, Marian 52 (Sabers lose despite hitting 9 3s for the game)
Benedictine 64, Dominican 58
With tonight's results, CUW, Alverno and Edgewood are all tied at the top of the North with 6-2 records, with Maranatha and Lakeland still in close distance.
Post by: thrunt01 on January 09, 2013, 12:14:45 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 09, 2013, 08:06:54 am
Edgewood plays some very strong defense. That will serve them well through out the season if they can keep it up.
I agree on that. When the Eagles played Marian at home the Sabers were repeatedly having to launch several desparation shots to avoid shot-clock violations in the first half because of that defense.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 09, 2013, 08:22:36 am
Alverno/MSOE: Alverno
Dominican/CUC: Cougars eke out another one.
Maranatha/Edgewood: Eagles (depends on how many points Crusaders get off turnovers)
CUW/Marian: Falcons
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 10, 2013, 08:23:51 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 10, 2013, 08:47:25 pm
Maranatha 21
Half
Edgewood shot 28% in the first half while Maranatha shot 27%.
Other Nath-Con Scores
Dominican 25
Concordia Chicago 22
Half
Alverno 28
MSOE 24
Half
Concordia Wisconsin 31
Marian 20
19:50 in the 2nd
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 10, 2013, 09:00:47 pm
Dominican still hanging around down six thanks to CUC not hitting any of their three point attempts (0/8).
EDIT: Dominican retakes the lead 46-42 as the Stars went on a 16-2 run.
Edgewood leads Maranatha 42-38 with 11:33 left.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 10, 2013, 09:32:43 pm
Dominican 55
Final
Concordia Wisconsin 61
Marian 39
Final
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 10, 2013, 09:40:03 pm
Maranatha 52
Final
Alverno 50
MSOE 43
About four or so minutes left in that one.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 11, 2013, 02:15:14 pm
Lakeland at Concordia Chicago: Taking the Muskies on the road. Muskies can't really afford a slip up if the race in the North division continues to be tight as it is.
Edgewood at Benedictine: Watched most of the Eagles game against Maranatha last night and I was impressed with their defense and their clutch shots whenever the Crusaders got close. I'll take Edgewood in a close one at home.
Concordia Wisconsin at Aurora: I take the Falcons on the road here.
Maranatha at Dominican: Dominican has showed some signs of life in the last few games but the Crusaders bounce back with a win.
MSOE at Rockford: MSOE has also showed some signs of life recently too. However I'll take the Regents in a close one.
Marian at Wisconsin Lutheran: Warriors rebound from that sloppy win against Rockford Tuesday night with a big win at the REX.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 12, 2013, 11:19:44 am
1/12 Picks
Lakeland at Concordia Chicago: Taking the Muskies on the road. Muskies can't really afford a slip up if the race in the North division continues to be tight as it is.
Edgewood at Benedictine: Watched most of the Eagles game against Maranatha last night and I was impressed with their defense and their clutch shots whenever the Crusaders got close. I'll take Edgewood in a close one at home.
Concordia Wisconsin at Aurora: I take the Falcons on the road here.
Maranatha at Dominican: Dominican has showed some signs of life in the last few games but the Crusaders bounce back with a win.
MSOE at Rockford: MSOE has also showed some signs of life recently too. However I'll take the Regents in a close one.
Marian at Wisconsin Lutheran: Warriors rebound from that sloppy win against Rockford Tuesday night with a big win at the REX.
My guesses:
Same except I'm going to go with MSOE over Rockford (prior to Dominican, this is the Raiders' best chance to get off the in-conference schneid).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 12, 2013, 02:58:11 pm
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Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 12, 2013, 04:37:45 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 12, 2013, 05:29:58 pm
Marian 50
Warriors shot 39% (5/22 from three) while Marian shot 40% (10/23 from Three). It seemed that every time WLC was threatening to pull away, Marian hits a three to keep the game under ten.
Concordia Wisconsin 80
Aurora 60
Maranatha 70
Dominican 55
Rockford 56
MSOE 47
Shocker of the day....
Concordia Chicago 86
Lakeland 67
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2013, 09:26:20 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 13, 2013, 09:46:50 am
1/15: Lakeland/Alverno: Toss-up. (X-factor: All of Alverno's starters have been logging 30 min. or more playing time per in-conference game thus far. That won't hurt them much for this game-they didn't have to play yesterday)
Pick: Lakeland--mainly because the Muskies need this one more.
1/16: Dominican/WLC: Warriors
CUC/Rockford: CUC in a close one.
Edgewood/CUW: Edgewood in another one that could go either way.
Benedictine/Aurora: IL Eagles
Marian/MSOE: Marian
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 13, 2013, 01:34:29 pm
I almost picked the CUC game as an 'upset special". (Box score indicates Genke, Koehler & Rickett all had higher than ususal scoring --31, 19, and 20 pts respectively-- CUC -- 40 pts in the paint for the game) On top of that, 3 of the next 4 Muskie games are on the road (Alverno, Maranatha and WLC, home game vs. Rockford). The danger here would be if Lakeland goes into a long slump.
Totally agree there. Especially with the North being as tight as it is Lakeland can't afford to go into a slump. If they do, they could very much be out of the race for the final spot in the North after that stretch.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 14, 2013, 12:14:40 pm
1/14: MSOE/Maranatha: Crusaders get another home win.
1/15: Lakeland/Alverno: Toss-up. (X-factor: All of Alverno's starters have been logging 30 min. or more playing time per in-conference game thus far. That won't hurt them much for this game-they didn't have to play yesterday)
Pick: Lakeland--mainly because the Muskies need this one more.
1/16: Dominican/WLC: Warriors
CUC/Rockford: CUC in a close one.
Edgewood/CUW: Edgewood in another one that could go either way.
Benedictine/Aurora: IL Eagles
Marian/MSOE: Marian
MSOE at Maranatha: Maranatha gets a little closer to the leaders in the North.
Lakeland at Alverno: I concur that Lakeland needs a win here to right the ship but I think Alverno gets the nod here especially after what Concordia Chicago did to the Muskies in River Forest Saturday.
Dominican at WLC: Maybe this is the game where the Warriors can get those kinks from the last few games taken care of.
Concordia Chicago at Rockford: Cougars are getting into a groove lately especially after Saturday's blowout win against Lakeland.
Edgewood at Concordia Wisconsin: I agree this one can go either way, but the Falcons get the home nod here.
Benedictine at Aurora: Benedictine is establishing itself as the #2 team in the south.
Marian at MSOE: Marian hung tough with the Warriors Saturday on the strength of 10/23 from three point land but could not get the edge to pull the upset. They rebound here.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 15, 2013, 12:09:15 am
MSOE 50
Final
Almost the big difference here: Free Throws both attempted and made
MSOE 19/23
Maranatha 6/12
Both teams shot poorly (MSOE 26% Maranatha 32%)
Post by: thrunt01 on January 15, 2013, 01:44:24 pm
My mid week winners:
LC
WLC
CUC
EC
BenU
Marian
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 16, 2013, 08:32:11 am
(PBP account indicates Inferno had a 14-2 scoring run in the 2nd half to get breathing room, and held on. Gorman had another big scoring night before fouling out. Looking like a real dogfight between the top 3 in the North.)
Post by: thrunt01 on January 16, 2013, 12:14:54 pm
Alverno 48, Lakeland 42 Final
(PBP account indicates Inferno had a 14-2 scoring run in the 2nd half to get breathing room, and held on. Gorman had another big scoring night before fouling out. Looking like a real dogfight between the top 3 in the North.)
LC went 20 minutes without a field goal.
Post by: Just Bill on January 16, 2013, 12:22:08 pm
Alverno 48, Lakeland 42 Final
(PBP account indicates Inferno had a 14-2 scoring run in the 2nd half to get breathing room, and held on. Gorman had another big scoring night before fouling out. Looking like a real dogfight between the top 3 in the North.)
LC went 20 minutes without a field goal.
Well, not quite. Becky Mayo had a jumper at 14:08 of the second half, but...
They went from 4:05 of the first half to 14:08 of the second half, so that's a drought of 9:57 without a field goal.
They went from 14:08 of the second half to 4:36, so that's a drought of 9:28 without a field goal.
So, in all they went from 4:05 of the first half to 4:36 of the second half, a span of 19:39 and only scored one field goal.
Post by: thrunt01 on January 16, 2013, 12:24:26 pm
Alverno 48, Lakeland 42 Final
(PBP account indicates Inferno had a 14-2 scoring run in the 2nd half to get breathing room, and held on. Gorman had another big scoring night before fouling out. Looking like a real dogfight between the top 3 in the North.)
LC went 20 minutes without a field goal.
Well, not quite. Becky Mayo had a jumper at 14:08 of the second half, but...
They went from 4:05 of the first half to 14:08 of the second half, so that's a drought of 9:57 without a field goal.
They went from 14:08 of the second half to 4:36, so that's a drought of 9:28 without a field goal.
So, in all they went from 4:05 of the first half to 4:36 of the second half, a span of 19:39 and only scored one field goal.
Ok that's what it was. Either way offense was an issue.
Post by: Just Bill on January 16, 2013, 12:26:17 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 16, 2013, 08:34:52 pm
Dominican 16
4:53 left to half.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 16, 2013, 08:40:55 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 16, 2013, 08:46:10 pm
Concordia Chicago 30
Rockford 22
Wisconsin Lutheran 45
Dominican 23
Benedictine 38
Aurora 30
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 16, 2013, 09:51:34 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 17, 2013, 08:59:56 am
MSOE 55 Marian 53 (Raiders had a 42-26 rebounding edge-)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 18, 2013, 01:29:48 am
Dominican at Concordia Wisconsin: CUW has no trouble at home.
Aurora at Marian: Spartans are a little more consistent than the Sabres right now.
Benedictine at MSOE: Congrats to the Raiders on win #1 of the season. Benedictine denies them a second win here.
Rockford at Lakeland: Lakeland should win this but.....
Wisconsin Lutheran at Edgewood: This very well could be a trap game for the Warriors but I'll take them at the Edgedome.
Post by: thrunt01 on January 18, 2013, 10:38:23 am
1/19 Matchups
Dominican at Concordia Wisconsin: CUW has no trouble at home.
Aurora at Marian: Spartans are a little more consistent than the Sabres right now.
Benedictine at MSOE: Congrats to the Raiders on win #1 of the season. Benedictine denies them a second win here.
Rockford at Lakeland: Lakeland should win this but.....
Wisconsin Lutheran at Edgewood: This very well could be a trap game for the Warriors but I'll take them at the Edgedome.
Pretty much sums it up perfectly
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 18, 2013, 11:59:04 am
1/19 Matchups
Dominican at Concordia Wisconsin: CUW has no trouble at home.
Aurora at Marian: Spartans are a little more consistent than the Sabres right now.
Benedictine at MSOE: Congrats to the Raiders on win #1 of the season. Benedictine denies them a second win here.
Rockford at Lakeland: Lakeland should win this but.....
Wisconsin Lutheran at Edgewood: This very well could be a trap game for the Warriors but I'll take them at the Edgedome.
I'll go with:
CUW
Aurora
Benedictine
Lakeland (I don't think Muskies' shooting woes will continue. Rockford can take this if Regents can run on the Muskies and get points off turnovers)
Edgewood (Putting my head above my heart. Believe it or not, this squad has more depth than WLC- going 12 or 13 deep - this figures to be a tight one)
Post by: NACfan215 on January 18, 2013, 01:21:18 pm
1/19 Matchups
Dominican at Concordia Wisconsin: CUW has no trouble at home.
Aurora at Marian: Spartans are a little more consistent than the Sabres right now.
Benedictine at MSOE: Congrats to the Raiders on win #1 of the season. Benedictine denies them a second win here.
Rockford at Lakeland: Lakeland should win this but.....
Wisconsin Lutheran at Edgewood: This very well could be a trap game for the Warriors but I'll take them at the Edgedome.
Pretty much sums it up perfectly
Haven't seen Rockford play this year but if they have athleticism then they will probably give LC some fits.
Excited to see the WLC/EC game, for sure the game of the day
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 19, 2013, 03:00:38 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 19, 2013, 03:41:53 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 19, 2013, 04:42:25 pm
One other final of note: Rockford knocks off Lakeland 70-61
Now to see if Edgewood gave them some help--
Final: WLC 58, Edgewood 50 (much closer than that, however, Warriors hit their FTs late to get thru this one).
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 20, 2013, 11:52:16 am
Final: Benedictine 54, MSOE 45 (Raiders jumped out to an early 16-7 lead before IL Eagles started asserting themselves on the glass. In the second half, they were able to get a boatload of steals and tire MSOE out)
One other final of note: Rockford knocks off Lakeland 70-61
Now to see if Edgewood gave them some help--
Final: WLC 58, Edgewood 50 (much closer than that, however, Warriors hit their FTs late to get thru this one).
I haven't had much time to look at the box score for the WLC/Edgewood game (Had to work Jazz fest for school and the power going out for several hours last night), but it seems that WLC had some turnover issues in that game as well. Shavon Dillion had a big game in that one as well.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 20, 2013, 02:54:51 pm
Lakeland/Maranatha: Crusaders in a tight one.
Edgewood/Alverno: IL Eagles take out their frustration on the Inferno after seeing potential victory slip away yesterday.
MSOE/CUW: CUW
Benedicitne/Dominican: Benedictiine (unless Dominican has an incredibly hot day shooting from outside.)
CUC/Aurora: CUC
Rockford/WLC Warriors (need to take better care of the ball than they did vs. Edgewood).
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 20, 2013, 03:26:06 pm
1/22/13 docket:
Lakeland/Maranatha: Crusaders in a tight one.
Edgewood/Alverno: IL Eagles take out their frustration on the Inferno after seeing potential victory slip away yesterday.
MSOE/CUW: CUW
Benedicitne/Dominican: Benedictiine (unless Dominican has an incredibly hot day shooting from outside.)
CUC/Aurora: CUC
Rockford/WLC Warriors (need to take better care of the ball than they did vs. Edgewood).
Lets see...
Chicago at Marian: Both teams have had disappointing seasons to this point. I have to go with the Maroons on this one.
Lakeland at Maranatha: Unless the Muskies make a quick turnaround very soon they will be on the outside looking in when it comes conference tournament time. I'll agree this will be a close game as well.
MSOE at Concordia Wisconsin: CUW keeps winning and continues to lead the North.
Edgewood at Alverno: Edgewood saw a potential upset win evaporate late against WLC. Things may not get much easier for them as they take on a defensive minded Alverno squad. Taking the Inferno in a tight one.
Benedictine at Dominican: Benedictine gets to .500 on the season against a Stars team that struggles to play defense.
Concordia Chicago at Aurora: Concordia Chicago makes it five straight wins.
Rockford at Wisconsin Lutheran: Warriors manage to escape Madison with a win after struggling with turnovers during the game. They have to do better at the charity stripe this time around unlike when these two teams met in Rockford a few weeks ago. I'll take the Warriors at home here.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 21, 2013, 07:39:37 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 22, 2013, 07:08:44 pm
Lakeland 27, Maranatha 25 Half (Crusaders bounced back some after being down as many as 9 in first half).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 22, 2013, 08:07:04 pm
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Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 22, 2013, 08:42:27 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 22, 2013, 08:45:36 pm
Rockford 25
Half
Regents are out rebounding WLC 21-18
Chicago 36
Marian 29
Start of the 2nd
Alverno 26
Edgewood 24
Half
MSOE 25
Concordia Wisconsin 22
Half
Benedictine 33
Dominican 19
Half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 22, 2013, 08:48:33 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 22, 2013, 09:41:33 pm
(Cougars went on an 18-4 scoring run to start the 2nd half, Spartans cut it below 10 at one point but coulden't get
over the hump)
CUC had a 36-25 rebounding edge and outshot Aurora 49% - 35% from the floor for the game.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 22, 2013, 09:52:06 pm
Rockford 39
Final
Warriors clamped down defensively in the second half.
Chicago 77
Marian 62
Final
Concordia Wisconsin 64
MSOE 46
Final
Benedictine 70
Dominican 50
Final
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 22, 2013, 10:04:04 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 22, 2013, 10:24:43 pm
WLC can play defense even when they are not having their best day on the offensively. Dillion turned it on in the second half after she picked up a Technical foul (not sure for what) but after that she scored 14 points of her 22 points.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 23, 2013, 12:47:50 pm
If my math is correct here...
Concordia Wisconsin clinches a spot with a win or a Lakeland loss.
1/24-1/26 Matchups
1/24
Alverno at Maranatha: Alverno takes that next step to clinching their spot in the conference tournament.
Wisconsin Lutheran at Benedictine: Wisconsin Lutheran puts some more distance between them and Benedictine.
1/25
Concordia Wisconsin vs Concordia (MI): Don't think that the Falcons match up that well against the tenth ranked Cardinals.
Concordia Chicago vs Concordia (NE): A bigger mismatch awaits the Cougars against the #2 in the NAIA D2 Basketball poll.
1/26
MSOE at Aurora: I think Aurora will win, but I won't be surprised if MSOE walks away with a win here with their recent play.
Edgewood at Dominican: Edgewood stops their slide with a big win.
Maranatha at Rockford: Rockford could give Maranatha fits with their athleticism, but I think the Crusaders find a way.
Alverno at Benedictine: Should be a good game to watch...Alverno in a close one.
Lakeland at Wisconsin Lutheran: Even though Lakeland is a bit down, they are still a dangerous team that could be a big spoiler for other conference teams. I still have nightmares of last year's second half at the REX when Lakeland went roughshod on the Warriors to snap WLC's 23 game conference winning streak. I think that WLC will win this game but they can't afford to have a bad game here.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 23, 2013, 06:29:46 pm
Inferno/Crusaders: I, too, will go with Alverno (Maranatha needs to shoot beter from beyond the arc)
Warriors/IL Eagles: Benedictine's got depth similar to that of Edgewood. Going with WLC in a tight one.
1/26:
Aurora/MSOE: Spartans in a tight one.
Edgewood/Dominican: Edgewood
Maranatha/Rockford: Rockford in an upset.
Alverno/Benedictine: Benedictine (this is another one that can go either way).
Lakeland/WLC: Lakeland hit a boatload of 3's in the win over Maranatha. Methinks WLC's D will make the difference here.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 24, 2013, 11:34:25 pm
Maranatha 42
Alverno 28
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 25, 2013, 03:50:58 am
Wisconsin Lutheran beats Benedictine 70-62
Maranatha 42
Alverno 28
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!
Halftime score had Inferno leading 12-9
Shooting pct. for entire game: Alverno 20%, Maranatha 31% (Crusaders did shoot 52% from floor in 2nd half).
(If memory serves correctly, when Edgewood played MBBC on the road last year, halftime score was just about as low on that one, too).
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 25, 2013, 10:38:59 pm
Concordia Ann Arbor 72
Concordia Wisconsin 54
Concordia Nebraska 90
Concordia Chicago 48
Post by: Just Bill on January 26, 2013, 12:43:22 pm
No, I mean they literally own them...
http://www.lcms.org/page.aspx?pid=1455
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 26, 2013, 01:43:23 pm
That's OK because CUW owns CU-Ann Arbor.
No, I mean they literally own them...
http://www.lcms.org/page.aspx?pid=1455
Yet the smaller school is owning them on still on the hardwood. ::)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 26, 2013, 03:22:57 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran leads Lakeland 14-6 with about 12:30 left in the half
Maranatha leads Rockford 10-7 with 12:00 left in the first half as well
Aurora leads MSOE 16-15 with 10:39 left in the first half
Edgewood leads Dominican 17-11 with 9:52 left in the first half
Concordia Wisconsin beat Concordia Chicago 72-51 in the consolation game of the Concordia Invitational Tournament.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 26, 2013, 03:43:44 pm
Lakeland 22
Halftime
Warriors have led the entire way so far behind 50% shooting (though 1/6 at the line) while holding Lakeland to 27% shooting.
Maranatha 31
Rockford 16
Halftime
Edgewood 35
Dominican 24
Halftime
Aurora 31
MSOE 24
Halftime
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 26, 2013, 04:44:18 pm
Lakeland 58
Final
Muskies wouldn't go away quietly but WLC prevented them from getting any closer than eight points.
Maranatha 47
Rockford 45
Maranatha survived a cold shooting second half to escape with a narrow victory.
Edgewood 75
Dominican 58
Final
Edgewood forced 22 Dominican turnovers and held the Stars to 3/21 shooting from three point land.
Aurora 59
MSOE 44
Final
Spartans held MSOE to 26% shooting for the game.
With Lakeland losing today, Concordia Wisconsin clinches a spot in the conference tournament.
Also, a bit late but MSOE is eliminated from earning a conference tournament bid.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 26, 2013, 05:17:24 pm
Lakeland needs to win out in conference and get help. (Muskies have ome more shot at Edgewood yet. A win there would be a big help.) (Marian, Aurora and MSOE are also on their docket yet.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 26, 2013, 10:20:35 pm
(Caught the last 8 1/2 minutes of this one IL Eagles made a late scoring run-hitting several FTs to seal this one in the last 1 1/2 minutes).
Post by: NACfan215 on January 27, 2013, 03:56:21 am
That's OK because CUW owns CU-Ann Arbor.
No, I mean they literally own them...
http://www.lcms.org/page.aspx?pid=1455
Yet the smaller school is owning them on still on the hardwood. ::)
NAIA school, Scholarship money, even if just a little is a big difference maker. Take a look at Cardinal Stritch (Milwaukee) for example, they can win out in a lot of recruiting battles with D3 teams just by being able to offer a few thousand dollars a year towards education.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 27, 2013, 11:04:37 pm
Rockford @ CUW: CUW
CUC @ Marian: CUC's hot run continues--barely. This can go either way if Marian is hitting on all cylinders.
Dominican @ MSOE: MSOE in a tight one.
Aurora @ Lakeland: Lakeland
Benedictine @ MBBC: IL Eagles (more rested up, Crusaders will be going on only 2 days rest).
WLC/Alverno: Warrior front line needs to stay strong-no idea how Alverno's gonna come out of the gate-- WLC gets another win in a close one on the road.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 27, 2013, 11:30:21 pm
Augustana at Aurora: Vikings take this one handily over Aurora.
1/29
Concordia Wisconsin at Marian: Falcons take care of business here on the road.
1/30
Rockford at Benedictine: Eagles keep quietly moving along and win this game here.
MSOE at Edgewood: Edgewood gets a big win at home.
Marian at Lakeland: Muskies need a win and they get it at home.
Wisconsin Lutheran at Concordia Chicago: Warriors contain Genke and come away with another conference win.
Aurora at Dominican: Could be an interesting game if Dominican gives it their all. Still have to go with the Spartans.
1/31
Maranatha at Moody Bible: Crusaders win running away here.
2/2
Rockford at CUW: Concordia Wisconsin gets one step closer to clinching the North division crown.
CUC at Marian: Marian could play spoiler but CUC takes it on the road.
Dominican at MSOE: Mind says MSOE but my heart says Dominican. Have to go with the Stars.
Aurora at Lakeland: Muskies need a win to keep themselves in the race for a spot in the conference tournament.
Benedictine at Maranatha: Maranatha hasn't been shooting all that great but have found ways to win. However BU has been upping their game recently so I have to go with the Eagles.
Wisconsin Lutheran at Alverno: I want to see a few things from WLC. One is where they are in the "Receiving Votes" Column this week when the poll comes out and two if they can cut down on turnovers against a defensive minded Inferno team. Warriors win on the road here.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 28, 2013, 05:36:32 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2013, 07:57:48 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2013, 08:38:29 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 29, 2013, 09:23:28 pm
CUW 60, Maranatha 39 (Barring an incredible rally, with this result, Edgewood will move back into third place in the North).
Post by: Just Bill on January 30, 2013, 01:08:12 pm
http://www.edgewoodcollegeeagles.com/news/2013/1/30/WBB_0130132109.aspx
Post by: NACfan215 on January 30, 2013, 02:20:33 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 30, 2013, 08:21:23 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 30, 2013, 08:29:13 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran 26
Concordia Chicago 11
6:39 1st Half
Dominican 15
Aurora 12
4:39 1st Half
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 30, 2013, 08:44:35 pm
Other 2 halftime scores:
Aurora 21, Dominican 17
WLC 34, Concordia-Chicago 19
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 30, 2013, 09:44:02 pm
Other finals:
WLC 79, Concordia-Chicago 37
Dominican got off the in-conference schneid, beating Aurora 70-64
(If my figuring is correct, with those results, WLC has clinched at least a tie for the South title.)
THIS JUST IN:
Per NAthCon standings, Benedictine has clinched a playoff spot.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 30, 2013, 10:08:36 pm
CUC: at Marian, at Dominican, vs. MSOE. at BU
Aurora: at Lakeland, at Rockford, vs. MBBC, vs. WLC
Rockford: at CUW, vs. Aurora, vs. Edgewood, vs. Dominican
Should CUC and Rockford finish in a tie for the last playoff spot, the Cougars would get in, having swept the Regents head to head. CUC also swept Aurora head to head. Of the above squads, CUC figures to have the easiest schedule, (at least on paper.) Either Aurora or Rockford need to win out and get help -(impossible for both to win out.)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 31, 2013, 09:25:50 am
Concordia Wisconsin can clinch at least a share of the North division title with a win against Rockford this weekend. It will be a race to decide who gets the number one overall seed in the tournament.
Currently, WLC has a 1.5 game lead on CUW for the #1 overall seed. CUW needs WLC to lose once and beat them when they hook up at the REX for Winterfest on 2/9 if they want home court advantage in the conference tournament.
Also it seems Dominican still has a long shot to make the conference tournament, but they need to win out and Aurora and Rockford to lose their last remaining games.
Post by: Just Bill on January 31, 2013, 09:49:16 am
Currently, WLC has a 1.5 game lead on CUW for the #1 overall seed. CUW needs WLC to lose once and beat them when they hook up at the REX for Winterfest on 2/9 if they want home court advantage in the conference tournament.Nope, that's not how it's going to work. Conference record won't matter. The #1 or #2 seed will be determined solely based on the result of their one head-to-head matchup. So assuming they each win their division, the winner of the WLC-CUW game will be the #1 seed for the tournament, even if WLC ultimately has a better record. Same thing goes for the #3/#4, the #5/#6 and the #7/#8.
Post by: NACfan215 on January 31, 2013, 11:44:33 am
Currently, WLC has a 1.5 game lead on CUW for the #1 overall seed. CUW needs WLC to lose once and beat them when they hook up at the REX for Winterfest on 2/9 if they want home court advantage in the conference tournament.Nope, that's not how it's going to work. Conference record won't matter. The #1 or #2 seed will be determined solely based on the result of their one head-to-head matchup. So assuming they each win their division, the winner of the WLC-CUW game will be the #1 seed for the tournament, even if WLC ultimately has a better record. Same thing goes for the #3/#4, the #5/#6 and the #7/#8.
I thought last year seemed stupid when LC and CUW had to play each other in the first round based on the NAC challenge outcome (both being much stronger than their with counterparts). But this just seems as stupid as that theory, one team could clearly be better on the overall season, but if they have one bad game it could cost them a higher seeding. I hope next year when they combined the divisions a lot of these scenerios will be fixed
Post by: Just Bill on January 31, 2013, 11:54:21 am
Essentially, the coaches couldn't come to an agreement about how to resolve seeding for the tournament, so they choose the simplest (if not the most logical) way.
Post by: NACfan215 on January 31, 2013, 04:00:27 pm
Post by: Just Bill on January 31, 2013, 04:14:29 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on January 31, 2013, 04:53:09 pm
I agree that basing the seeding off of one game is ridiculous especially if one team is clearly better than the other and has an off night and loses and as a result is seeded lower than that team. (Was the NathC Challenge something to determine the seeding for the teams that made the tournament?)
It is nice to get rid of the Challenge game because on the women's side the last place team in the seven team division had to play a non NathC team (such as Mount Mary).
Post by: Just Bill on January 31, 2013, 05:04:10 pm
The decrease in the non-conference games is an issue, but it's partially relieved with the deaparture of Maranatha next year. Men will play 20 conference games, and 5 non-conference games. Women will play 22 conference games and 3 non-conference games.
The lack of non-conference games would become a bigger issue if the NathCon was routinely putting multiple teams in Pool C consideration. Right now, that's not really happening. The big problem is that so much of the league has losing records, everyone's SOS is dragged down. Unfortunately playing fewer non-conference games might not help that problem, although with 22 NathCon games the records should normalize and there should be more teams near or above .500 than there is this year.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 31, 2013, 07:58:50 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 31, 2013, 08:34:18 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 31, 2013, 10:15:12 pm
Marian now has to win out and hope both MBBC and Lakeland lose out, (Lakeland owns the tiebreaker on Marian).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on January 31, 2013, 10:29:58 pm
Alverno: vs. WLC, vs. MSOE, at Marian, at Dominican, at CUW
Edgewood: at MBBC, vs. Lakeland, at Rockford, vs. MSOE
MBBC: vs. BU, vs. Edgewood, at MSOE, at Aurora, at Marian
Lakeland: vs. Aurora, at Edgewood, at MSOE
Should Lakeland and MBBC tie, the Muskies would get the advantage, having swept the Crusaders;
If Alverno and Edgewood tie, the Inferno get the higher seed, having swept the IL Eagles head to head
If MBBC and Alverno tie, the Crusaders get the advantage, having won both meetings.
Edgewood beat both Lakeland and MBBC earlier.
Post by: Just Bill on February 01, 2013, 09:30:28 am
If Alverno and Edgewood tie, the Inferno get the higher seed, having swept the IL Eagles head to head
Did they relocate Edgewood College? ;)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 01, 2013, 11:11:07 am
Concordia Chicago (7-6)
Aurora (4-9)
Rockford (3-10)
Dominican (1-12)
Remaining Schedules
CUC: at Marian, at Dominican, vs MSOE, at Benedictine
AU: at Lakeland, at Rockford, vs Maranatha, vs Wisconsin Lutheran
RC: at Concordia Wisconsin, vs Aurora, vs Edgewood, vs Dominican
DU: at MSOE, vs Concordia Chicago, vs Alverno, at Rockford
CUC needs one win to clinch a tournament spot.
AU has the toughest schedule of the four and could be on the outside looking in come conference tournament time.
Rockford could sneak their way in if they beat Aurora and Dominican.
Despite all their troubles, Dominican still has a shot (albeit a long one) to make the conference tournament. They need to win out and hope both Rockford and Aurora lose out (which is possible).
Post by: thrunt01 on February 01, 2013, 12:52:57 pm
For the South it goes....
Concordia Chicago (7-6)
Aurora (4-9)
Rockford (3-10)
Dominican (1-12)
Remaining Schedules
CUC: at Marian, at Dominican, vs MSOE, at Benedictine
AU: at Lakeland, at Rockford, vs Maranatha, vs Wisconsin Lutheran
RC: at Concordia Wisconsin, vs Aurora, vs Edgewood, vs Dominican
DU: at MSOE, vs Concordia Chicago, vs Alverno, at Rockford
CUC needs one win to clinch a tournament spot.
AU has the toughest schedule of the four and could be on the outside looking in come conference tournament time.
Rockford could sneak their way in if they beat Aurora and Dominican.
Despite all their troubles, Dominican still has a shot (albeit a long one) to make the conference tournament. They need to win out and hope both Rockford and Aurora lose out (which is possible).
They play each other though. Someone has to win that game.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 01, 2013, 01:08:46 pm
For the South it goes....
Concordia Chicago (7-6)
Aurora (4-9)
Rockford (3-10)
Dominican (1-12)
Remaining Schedules
CUC: at Marian, at Dominican, vs MSOE, at Benedictine
AU: at Lakeland, at Rockford, vs Maranatha, vs Wisconsin Lutheran
RC: at Concordia Wisconsin, vs Aurora, vs Edgewood, vs Dominican
DU: at MSOE, vs Concordia Chicago, vs Alverno, at Rockford
CUC needs one win to clinch a tournament spot.
AU has the toughest schedule of the four and could be on the outside looking in come conference tournament time.
Rockford could sneak their way in if they beat Aurora and Dominican.
Despite all their troubles, Dominican still has a shot (albeit a long one) to make the conference tournament. They need to win out and hope both Rockford and Aurora lose out (which is possible).
They play each other though. Someone has to win that game.
In that case they need Rockford to win that game.
Post by: NACfan215 on February 02, 2013, 09:17:45 am
NAthCon North contenders' remaining schedules:
Alverno: vs. WLC, vs. MSOE, at Marian, at Dominican, at CUW
Edgewood: at MBBC, vs. Lakeland, at Rockford, vs. MSOE
MBBC: vs. BU, vs. Edgewood, at MSOE, at Aurora, at Marian
Lakeland: vs. Aurora, at Edgewood, at MSOE
Should Lakeland and MBBC tie, the Muskies would get the advantage, having swept the Crusaders;
If Alverno and Edgewood tie, the Inferno get the higher seed, having swept the IL Eagles head to head
If MBBC and Alverno tie, the Crusaders get the advantage, having won both meetings.
Edgewood beat both Lakeland and MBBC earlier.
I believe LC would also have the tiebreaker with EC assuming they both finish 10-8 (the only possible record LC can have to tie EC) which means LC would have to win out the last 3 games, which in return would mean they beat EC along the way to even the season series. So then based on the 3rd or 4th tiebreak rule (cant remember how far down the line) LC would gain the final spot in the NAC Tourney for the North.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 02, 2013, 02:55:09 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 02, 2013, 03:41:13 pm
(Stat of note: 38 free throws already attempted combined.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 02, 2013, 04:38:46 pm
Updates on other games:
CUW 53, Rockford 42 Final
Lakeland 65, Aurora 52 Final
(If my math is correct, Lakeland's win eliminates Marian, regardless of whether the Sabers stage a late rally or not. Best Marian can do is tie Lakeland, and the Muskies swept the Sabers head to head).
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 02, 2013, 05:25:33 pm
CUC 57, Marian 53 Approx. 2 1/4 min. left 2nd half
Updates on other games:
CUW 53, Rockford 42 Final
Lakeland 65, Aurora 52 Final
(If my math is correct, Lakeland's win eliminates Marian, regardless of whether the Sabers stage a late rally or not. Best Marian can do is tie Lakeland, and the Muskies swept the Sabers head to head).
CUC clinches a spot in the tournament with their win over Marian as well. Which leaves us with four spots (North 3, South 1) that are still up for grabs.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 02, 2013, 08:00:24 pm
Maranatha 70, Benedictine 56 (IL Eagles, down 11 at half, started out the 2nd on a 16-3 run, but the Crusaders answered by drawing a lot of fouls, turning up the D and converting their FTs, ) The Crusaders are now tied with Edgewood for 3rd in the North.
This makes Edgewood's next 2 games (at Maranatha, vs. Lakeland) that much more important.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 02, 2013, 08:11:34 pm
Though I am pleasantly enjoying the Alverno broadcasting crew.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 02, 2013, 08:27:06 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 02, 2013, 08:41:42 pm
Alverno 15
Halftime
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 02, 2013, 09:14:01 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 02, 2013, 09:49:30 pm
Alverno 41
Final
Quote of the game
"After a good loss like this I like to cry to myself" ~Alverno color commentator
While not laughing like a crazy man at the color commentating (Epic stuff) the Warriors shut Alverno down in the second half. With Benedictine losing earlier WLC wins the NathCon South division title making it their fifth straight division title.
With all the results in here is the standings as of tonight.
North
1. Concordia Wisconsin (X) 16-6 (13-2)
2. Maranatha 13-5 (9-5)
3. Alverno 12-9 (9-5)
4. Edgewood 10-11 (9-5)
5. Lakeland 10-13 (8-8)
6. Marian 4-17 (3-11)
7. MSOE 2-17 (2-11)
South
1. Wisconsin Lutheran (X)(Y) 19-2 (14-0)
2. Benedictine (X) 11-11 (9-5)
3. Concordia Chicago (X) 8-14 (8-6)
4. Aurora 7-15 (4-10)
5. Rockford 5-17 (3-11)
6. Dominican 1-21 (1-13)
Key
X: Clinched Tournament Spot
Y: Clinched Division Title
We have a three way tie for second place in the North....Fasten your seat belts folks, it's going to be a wild ending in that division.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 03, 2013, 11:43:55 am
CUC/Dominican: Cougars
Aurora/Rockford: Regents in a tight one.
Marian/CUW: Falcons get another win at home
Benedictine/WLC: Head says Warriors, heart says BU -- going with BU in a tight one
Edgewood/MBBC: The game of the night-- Edgewood's well rested- which MBBC squad will show up-the one that lost to Lakeland and CUW at home, or the one that ratched up the D- blocking several of BU's 3 pt attempts late in the game- to win yesterday?-- going with Edgewood.
Should MBBC win-Lakeland would have a great chance to help themselves out and play spoiler at the same time.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 04, 2013, 04:32:54 pm
MSOE at Alverno: Inferno get back on track with a win here.
Concordia Chicago at Dominican: CUC handles the Stars on the road.
Aurora at Rockford: Have to take the Regents as well. Aurora can play a solid game at one point then a terrible one in the next one.
Marian at Concordia Wisconsin: CUW takes it at home.
Edgewood at Maranatha: Something has to give here....No one wants to lose this one and face falling to fourth place in the North with Lakeland playing better basketball of late right on their heels. Edgewood takes it on the road.
Benedictine at Wisconsin Lutheran: Could be a potential trap game if Benedictine catches the Warriors looking towards Saturday's Winterfest showdown against Concordia Wisconsin, but I think WLC will still prevail here.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2013, 07:53:27 pm
(Edgewood/MBBC set to begin 7:15 - 7:25 range).,
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2013, 08:43:48 pm
Maranatha 15 Edgewood 7 approx 9 1/2 min left 1st half.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2013, 09:47:20 pm
Aurora and Rockford are tied at 53 1 second left in regulation
(will shift to Edgewood/MBBC)
Crusaders up 41-38 less than 8 min left 2nd half
WLC 69, Benedictine 40 8 secs left 2nd half
Finals:
Alverno 62, MSOE 42
CUW 67, Marian 54
CUC 81, Dominican 70
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 05, 2013, 10:14:37 pm
MBBC 65, Edgewood 49 (The Crusaders' 2nd half play here was the same type of intensity they showed vs. Benedictine last Saturday-up 7 when I tuned in, they forced several Eagle turnovers and MBBC again hit their FTs late to seal this one).
Rockford 60, Aurora 55 OT.
Top 5 in the North:
CUW 14-2
AC 10-5
MBBC 10-5
EC 9-6
LC 8-8
Edgewood can eliminate Lakeland by beating the Muskes at home Thursday night. Should Edgewood win that game, even if the 2 squads finish tied, the Eagles get the spot, having won the first matchup between the two.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 06, 2013, 10:44:33 am
Alverno at Marian: Alverno takes it at home.
Lakeland at Edgewood: Muskies are finally eliminated from getting a spot in the conference tournament.
Maranatha at MSOE: Crusaders take this one handily.
2/9
MSOE at Concordia Chicago: Cougars make short work of the Raiders at home.
Marian at Benedictine: BU gets back to .500.
Maranatha at Aurora: Crusaders make it harder for the Spartans to earn a conference tournament spot.
Edgewood at Rockford: Same thing applies for the Eagles against Rockford.
Alverno at Dominican: Alverno wins handily.
Concordia Wisconsin at Wisconsin Lutheran: Home Game + Winterfest + Rivalry Game + Top Seed on the line = Great Game. Warriors use their great defense to contain the Falcons and possibly impress the voters enough to gain a few more votes when the next top 25 comes out.
If my math is correct: Alverno and Maranatha can also clinch a spot in the conference tournament with wins and a Lakeland loss Thursday as well. If that happens then the last spot in the South is the last one up for grabs.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 06, 2013, 11:52:31 am
Alverno/Marian: I, too, say Alverno
Lakeland/Edgewood: Eagles
Maranatha/MSOE: As long as the Crusaders keep that good D up, they'll be OK
2/9:
MSOE/CUC: Cougars
Maran/BU: IL Eagles
Aurora/MBBC: Aurora in a mild upset (figuring the Spartans will need this one more)
EC/Rockford: Edgewood
Alverno/Dominican: Alverno
CUW/WLC: Warriors
Suppose Alverno, Edgewood and Maranatha end up in a 3-way tie for 2nd, how would the order go?
Post by: Just Bill on February 06, 2013, 11:57:38 am
Suppose Alverno, Edgewood and Maranatha end up in a 3-way tie for 2nd, how would the order go?
If they all ended up 12-6, you start with a head-to-head-to-head comparison.
MBBC - 3-1 (swept AC, split with EC)
AC - 2-2 (swept EC, got swept by MBBC)
EC - 1-3 (split with MBBC, got swept by AC)
So, MBBC #2, AC #3, EC #4
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 06, 2013, 11:55:26 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 07, 2013, 08:51:45 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 07, 2013, 09:42:42 pm
Alverno 63, Marian 44 Final
North standings:
CUW 14-2
AC 11-5
MBBC 10-5
EC 9-7
LC 9-8
(Late update just in: Welcome to the playoffs, Alverno! - NAthCon standings indicate Inferno clinched a spot-- if memory serves correctly, it'll be K Speerschneider's second shot at the tournament title- the other opportunity came her freshman year when the Inferno had Gabby Allen, Shataya McComb, et. al.)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 08, 2013, 11:17:38 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2013, 10:01:03 pm
Maranatha 64, MSOE 35 (I'm happy for the Crusader seniors-- it was only 2 seasons ago that they were on a squad that had won only 1 in-conference game all season-- NAthCon COY could be a tight race this time.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2013, 10:10:31 pm
Edgewood: at Rockford, vs. MSOE
Lakeland: at MSOE
Correct me if I'm wrong, if the squads finish in a tie, the Muskies get the spot-having split with Alverno, while the Eagles lost to the Inferno twice.
In the South:
Aurora: vs. Maranatha, vs. WLC
Rockford: vs. Edgewood, vs. Dominican
Regents and Spartans split head-to-head. Aurora can help itself with a win over Maranatha. (The Crusaders beat Rockford earlier). I won't go any further until tomorrow's finals are in.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2013, 10:28:42 pm
If Maranatha is victorious tonight over MSOE that would mean they finally go the conference tournament for the first time since the Nath-Con has been around (First time since the 05-06 season which was the final season of the LMC).
Now that the Crusaders are in- about their 05-06 playoffs, They started off on the road at Alverno and won a tight game, (the Crusaders' Amber Lange hit several free-throws toward the end to seal the win) -- but the run ended in their next game when they got beat at Lakeland..
There was one year Maranatha made a deeper run, though, 1998-99 when as a #7 seed they beat Edgewood, and then WLC, before losing to Lakeland in the tournament final.
Post by: Just Bill on February 08, 2013, 11:20:13 pm
Regents and Spartans split head-to-head. Aurora can help itself with a win over Maranatha. (The Crusaders beat Rockford earlier). I won't go any further until tomorrow's finals are in.
Rockford wins that tiebreaker. All results are the same until you get down to the comparison vs. Dominican. AU went 1-1 vs. DU, RC went 2-0.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 09, 2013, 05:32:33 pm
WLC 81, CUW 67 (A win on the road at Aurora, and the Warriors run the regular season table)
BU 69, Marian 54
MBBC 81, AU 69 (More incentive for the Inferno vs. Dominican tonight).
CUC 61, MSOE 40
(Brace yourselves for this one, folks)
Rockford 64, Edgewood 63 (Ryczek hit 1 of 2 FTs, and then a last-second shot by Pope missed, per Regent PBP acct)
Edgewood and Lakeland both play MSOE, the Eagles at home 2/12, Lakeland on the road 2/13.
Captain Joe 08, you sure were right about it being a wild ride in the North. Edgewood's going to have to sweat it out.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 09, 2013, 06:21:10 pm
I have no doubt in my mind these two teams will meet again to decide the conference tournament in two weeks. Both of them are playing their best basketball to date.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 09, 2013, 06:26:54 pm
Captain Joe 08, you sure were right about it being a wild ride in the North. Edgewood's going to have to sweat it out.
Yep Edgewood prolly squandered their best chance to clinch a tournament spot. Now they hope that MSOE pulls the big upset. It's turning into the South division in the men (2-4 separated by 1/2 game).
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 09, 2013, 08:54:59 pm
Both teams are not shooting the ball well (Alverno sub 30%).
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 09, 2013, 09:03:25 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 09, 2013, 09:31:33 pm
Dominican 41
Final
Alverno shut down the Stars in the in second half. Dominican finishes the game shooting 26% while Alverno finishes at 36%.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 09, 2013, 10:25:46 pm
1. Wisconsin Lutheran 21-2 (16-0)
2. Concordia Wisconsin 17-7 (14-3)
3. Maranatha 16-5 (12-5) (will lock up seed with win against Marian...Owns Head-to-Head Tiebreaker over Alverno)
4. Benedictine 12-12 (10-6)
5. Alverno 15-9 (12-5) (Needs a win and a Maranatha Loss to get a higher seed)
6. Concordia Chicago 10-14 (10-6)
7. Rockford 7-17 (5-11) (One game up on Aurora and owns tiebreaker over the Spartans due to common opponents)
8. Lakeland 11-13 (9-8) (gets the nod due to better record against common opponents (Maranatha LC 2-0, EC 1-1))
Post by: NACfan215 on February 09, 2013, 11:19:32 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 09, 2013, 11:26:54 pm
I believe if it stays as is, Rockford would be the 7 seed and LC would be the 8th as Rockford won the regular season matchup between the two? If I have the seeding theory correct?
Yep. They get the head to head nod there. Lakeland was the last team to beat WLC in the conference tournament (on the road for that matter as well).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 10, 2013, 09:26:18 am
2/12: MSOE/Edgewood: Going with the Eagles. (moreso after the Pat Summit-like pep talk they'll probably get).
MBBC/Marian: Crusaders (as long as they pound the ball inside and don't get lulled into just shooting 3s.)
2/13 : Alverno/CUW: Falcons in a tight one
WLC/Aurora: WLC (could be closer than expected, however)
Dominican/RC: Regents seal the last South playoff spot (Stars can make it interesting if they're hitting on 3s)
CUC/BU: IL Eagles take another tight one (more depth on bench).
LC/MSOE: How much will the Raiders have left in the tank? Muskies take this one.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 10, 2013, 11:55:38 am
MSOE at Edgewood: Edgewood wins big....
Maranatha at Marian: Crusaders top off their finest season in the conference with a win.
2/13
Alverno at Concordia Wisconsin: GOTW...will the Inferno be able to hang a loss on the Falcons on Buuck? Don't think so...
Wisconsin Lutheran at Aurora: WLC has clinched the home court but an undefeated conference record is still out there....Warriors get that undefeated conference mark.
Dominican at Rockford: Unless Dominican has a perfect night and Aurora pulls off the monumental upset Rockford gets the last spot in the South.
Concordia Chicago at Benedictine: Second place in the South and a potential first round home game hangs in the balance here. Benedictine takes it in a tight one.
Lakeland at MSOE: Muskies clinch a tournament spot and earn a first round matchup against WLC.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2013, 06:24:11 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2013, 07:12:27 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2013, 07:42:20 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2013, 08:04:43 pm
Shifting to MBBC/Marian:
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2013, 08:32:59 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2013, 09:01:08 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 12, 2013, 09:23:33 pm
(This just in: Per NAthCon site, with this win the Crusaders seal the 3rd seed and with that, at least 1 home playoff game.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 13, 2013, 09:16:30 am
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 13, 2013, 04:09:47 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2013, 07:23:27 pm
Hats off to the Crusaders for a very good season. Morrison could be in the running for COY in the conference.
IMHO Brad Duckworth of Alverno is also in the running. The Inferno weren't expected to qualify for the conference playoffs.
I'll talk more on post-season awards after tonight's finals come in.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2013, 07:29:22 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran falls out of the regional rankings despite not losing. UW-Stevens Point takes their place. IMO I was not really sold that the Warriors would be considered for an Pool C bid especially with no real statement wins (best wins were against Westminster (14-9) and Hamline (12-11)).
Can't help but wonder if the women's NAthCon is considered weaker this year than last (Warriors managed to get enough distance in their division- perhaps the dogfight in the North --ironically-- doesn't help much). Or is the WIAC stronger this year? :-X :-X :-\ :-\
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 13, 2013, 07:44:09 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran falls out of the regional rankings despite not losing. UW-Stevens Point takes their place. IMO I was not really sold that the Warriors would be considered for an Pool C bid especially with no real statement wins (best wins were against Westminster (14-9) and Hamline (12-11)).
Can't help but wonder if the women's NAthCon is considered weaker this year than last (Warriors managed to get enough distance in their division- perhaps the dogfight in the North --ironically-- doesn't help much). Or is the WIAC stronger this year? :-X :-X :-\ :-\
WIAC seems to be slightly "down" than last year but really competitive. I think that the tougher schedules that the WIAC schools play seemed to hold a bit more weight than what WLC plays. I think that the Nath-Con to some degree is stronger than the SLIAC based on out of conference records. Plus it hurt's that when you have two teams (who ironically finished first and second in the south last year) go a combined 3-44 this year as well. WLC has done better than expected after losing Johnson to graduation and Kuehl to UW-Oshkosh.
Just hope that WLC can make a run in the NCAA's if they make it that far.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2013, 07:51:45 pm
Post by: NACfan215 on February 13, 2013, 08:29:28 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2013, 08:46:41 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2013, 08:49:53 pm
Anyone getting any feed from the MSOE/LC game? its 25 after 7 and the game clock is at 19:09 left in the first....
NAthCon WBB main page has Lakeland up on MSOE, 28-22 at halftime.
Other halftime scores:
CUW 25, Alverno 20
WLC 46, Aurora 28
Rockford 33, Dominican 23
Post by: NACfan215 on February 13, 2013, 08:57:08 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2013, 09:14:29 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2013, 09:28:00 pm
Final: Rockford 68, Dominican 51
WLC knocks off Aurora 71-52 and runs the regular season table in the conference.
Benedictine up 67-43 on CUC 16 seconds left 2nd half
Post by: NACfan215 on February 13, 2013, 09:34:47 pm
Alverno beats CUW at CUW
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2013, 09:44:03 pm
#8 LC at #1 WLC
#7 RC at #2 CUW
#6 CUC at #3 MBBC
#5 Alverno at #4 Benedictine
Post by: NACfan215 on February 13, 2013, 09:49:50 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2013, 09:51:37 pm
(thrunt 01's definitely cheering on that last result--)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 13, 2013, 10:15:36 pm
Duckworth for COY!
Alverno beats CUW at CUW
Hats off to the Crusaders for a very good season. Morrison could be in the running for COY in the conference.
IMHO Brad Duckworth of Alverno is also in the running. The Inferno weren't expected to qualify for the conference playoffs.
I'll talk more on post-season awards after tonight's finals come in.
It'll be a tight race between Duckworth and Morrison for the award. What helped in Duckworth's case was the return of K Schaeren gave him more depth on the bench toward the end. All of the Inferno starters logged at least 28 minutes per game in-conference. (Speerschneider logged in just a shade over 38 minutes per game). 2 other Inferno players were in the top 11 in that category. That Gorman kid was consistent for him, too, game after game.
Morrison, in contrast A) had a core group of players (Peterson, DeLozier and Peotter) that got to know his system for at least 3 seasons. B) Though he had a bit more depth on his bench than Alverno, 4 of his 5 starters also put in at least 30 minutes per game in-conference. C) He had several better than average shot-blockers to work with as well.
Post by: thrunt01 on February 13, 2013, 11:51:18 pm
Pairings have been updated accordingly:
(thrunt 01's definitely cheering on that last result--)
Yeah. Figured they'd get the win. The big one was RC beating EC last Saturday. Do to my WIAC commitments I won't be able to make it to Saturday's game. Here's to hoping for an LC upset.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 14, 2013, 12:08:17 am
Pairings have been updated accordingly:
(thrunt 01's definitely cheering on that last result--)
Yeah. Figured they'd get the win. The big one was RC beating EC last Saturday. Do to my WIAC commitments I won't be able to make it to Saturday's game. Here's to hoping for an LC upset.
I'll try to be there. It depends how sore I am after my match earlier in the day. I think WLC will win but can't really underestimate a team that has been on a roll recently like Lakeland.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 14, 2013, 10:08:56 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 14, 2013, 10:11:07 am
Teams with least to lose: MBBC and Alverno (neither were projected to get this far to begin with)
Teams I'd fear the most on their emotion/momentum: Lakeland and Maranatha. (Muskies have the potential inside-outside balance to do some damage. Crusaders get a home game, and their 6th man can get pretty loud).
If Rockford upsets CUW ---
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 14, 2013, 10:17:30 am
My take on "what the statistics can't tell you".
Teams with least to lose: MBBC and Alverno (neither were projected to get this far to begin with)
Teams I'd fear the most on their emotion/momentum: Lakeland and Maranatha. (Muskies have the potential inside-outside balance to do some damage. Crusaders get a home game, and their 6th man can get pretty loud).
If Rockford upsets CUW ---
I was thinking about that for Lakeland....WLC needs to do what they did when they beat them earlier in the season and they will be fine. It will be something if Maranatha makes it to the finals in their final season in the conference...prolly the best feel good story so far. I still see WLC as the favorite in the tournament. I will elaborate later today on the conference tournament participants (when I am not busy with class work.).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 15, 2013, 07:14:06 am
Pairings:
#8 LC at #1 WLC
#7 RC at #2 CUW
#6 CUC at #3 MBBC
#5 Alverno at #4 Benedictine
My first round guesses: 8 vs. 1. Lakeland wins if: Eisner & Mayo have a field day on the glass, and Muskes hit their 3s
WLC wins if: Play 40 minutes of solid D , hit 3s
X-factors Warriors' Dillon, WLC's 6th man.
Pick: Warriors in another tight one.
7 sv. 2 Rockford wins if: CUW comes out flat and has an off day shooting.
Zietlow and Luethe are slowed down just enough.
X-factor: (psychology): It took a Hendrickson buzzer-beater to knock the Regents off in the playoffs a couple of years back. I don't espect the Falcons want history to repeat itself.
Pick: CUW at home
6 vs. 3. MBBC wins if: Crusaders establish themselve on the glass, play solid D and get to the line.,
CUC wins if: They create a lot ot turnvers and keep Genke & Rickett on the floor.
X-factors: Crusaders' 6th man.
Pick: Maranatha gets it done at home.
5 vs. 4 Alverno wins if: Gorman and the others on the front line get a lot of rebounds and Inferno shoot well.
BU wins if: They're hitting their 3s, Hafleigh and either Gaede or Novak score big and they get a lot of points off turnovers.
Pick: Benedictine
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 15, 2013, 11:20:01 am
Rockford at Concordia Wisconsin: CUW was not expecting to enter the tournament on a two game losing streak. Rockford has some athletes that could give the Falcons trouble but CUW wins here.
Concordia Chicago at Maranatha: If Maranatha does not want their first (and last) conference tournament appearance to be a one and done they need to shoot the ball well and play D against a CUC team that enters the tournament winning eight of their last twelve. I'll take the Crusaders in a tight one.
Alverno at Benedictine: This is the toss up of this round....Alverno needs to do what they have done previously to advance however I think BU gets the win.
Post by: thrunt01 on February 16, 2013, 12:19:06 am
WLC
CUW
CUC
BENU
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 16, 2013, 07:57:42 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2013, 07:58:35 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 16, 2013, 08:18:08 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran 12
Lakeland 4
Lakeland 0-4 from three point land early.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 16, 2013, 08:36:36 pm
Lakeland 15
4:00 1st
WLC has cooled off shooting wise which has allowed Lakeland to crawl back into it.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2013, 08:38:51 pm
CUC not shooting that well. Crusaders have hit several 3s and got to the line (old fashioned 3-pt plays).
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 16, 2013, 08:45:40 pm
Lakeland 18
Half
Sloppy ending for the WLC....kept turning the ball over.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 16, 2013, 08:49:06 pm
Concordia Wisconsin 35
Rockford 26
Benedictine 16
Alverno 13
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2013, 09:03:23 pm
Maranatha 47, CUC 31 (Peotter on the bench after picking up her 3rd foul).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2013, 09:12:43 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2013, 09:36:05 pm
(former Crusader players Colleen Goff, Amanda Moses, Korinne Israel, and the one who was known as "Bond-- Kim Bond" during her playing days -- cheering. . . . )
Gatorade soak for Maranatha follower libero: "1, 2, 3, heave--SPLASH!!"
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 16, 2013, 09:46:04 pm
Lakeland 40
Final
WLC broke it open midway through the second half.
Game breaker for Lakeland: 3/20 from three point land.
Concordia Wisconsin 72
Rockford 54
Benedictine 53
Alverno 42
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2013, 09:49:51 pm
Benedictine/WLC:
Maranatha/CUW:
(Earlier matchups: BU/WLC had a tight one -- Falcons and Crusaders played each other twice previously-MBBC won by 2 in Mequon, and then the Falcons won big in Watertown in the return matchup.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 16, 2013, 10:40:52 pm
IMHO:
Closest things to "locks: WLC: S Dillon, K Schulz
Alverno: D Gorman
MBBC: T DeLozier, A Peotter (at least 1 of the 2)
CUW: Luethe and/or Zietlow
Others worthy of at least an honorable mention:
Alverno: K Speerschneider
Lakeland: B Mayo, L Eisner (at least 1 of the 2)
CUC: Genke
EC: A Tobin
Post by: NACfan215 on February 17, 2013, 01:33:31 pm
Also how Zietlow would be a lock for first team, only 41st in scoring, assuming your basing this on pure "PG" ability, which if this is the case Zietlow does not even come close to comparing to Tilleman from LC last year who led the conference in assist and steals, Zietlow not even #1 conference in assist and not top 10 in steals. And lets not forget Tilleman led the entire NATION at the D3 level in assist to turnover ratio.... and she was only selected as honorable mention all-conference for the NAC.
Seems like most the voters make their decision solely based on the statistics (mainly scoring and rebouding) and not the other intangible that players bring to the court. with that said here is my opinion (which obviously has its own fair criticism) :)
First Team:
Genke - CUC
Dillon - WLC
Luethe - CUW
Gorman - Alverno
Eisner/Mayo - LC
Second Team:
Eisner/Mayo - LC
Delozier - MBBC
Peotter - MBBC
Tobin - EC
Strong - MSOE
Honorable Mention:
Zietlow - CUW
Speerschneider - Alverno
Ryczek - RC
Shculz - WLC
Budz - DU
Freshman (who I dont include in all-conference selections)
Kroll - MSOE
Cervany - Marian
Dorrington - AU
Marlow - AU
Tapanes - DU
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 17, 2013, 09:59:26 pm
I have no problem with your selections, however. Your reasoning makes sense.
Post by: NACfan215 on February 17, 2013, 11:21:38 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 18, 2013, 10:43:38 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 18, 2013, 10:58:18 am
Still, I could also see where the other 2 would be in the running.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 18, 2013, 06:14:41 pm
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 18, 2013, 09:30:55 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran jumps up to 12 votes in the latest top 25 poll (tied with Castleton for 33rd).
Thanks for the heads-up -- I looked into this and one of the voters for Castleton did so in error. Point totals have been adjusted.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 19, 2013, 06:37:12 pm
Maranatha/CUW: Falcons have a bit more quickness in their backcourt. Going with CUW at home. Crusaders can still take this if they get points off turnovers and play and shoot like they did in their last game.
BU/WLC: Warriors get back to the final by prevailing in a tight one. It'll be interesting though if Hafleigh draws enough charges and Novak and Gaede are hitting their 3s if WLC has an off night.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 19, 2013, 07:17:15 pm
Maranatha at Concordia Wisconsin: Feel good story vs established conference power. I feel this could be a close game here but Maranatha needs to be solid on the offensive end and establish their presence inside. I'll have to take the Falcons on this one.
Benedictine at Wisconsin Lutheran: This is the third meeting that these two hook up in the conference tournament. Wisconsin Lutheran ends Benedictine's season for the third straight year.
Post by: thrunt01 on February 19, 2013, 10:12:00 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 21, 2013, 08:00:30 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 21, 2013, 08:36:22 pm
(Crusaders already have 16 turnovers)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 21, 2013, 09:20:36 pm
(Crusaders had it down to 6 at one point),
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 21, 2013, 09:39:31 pm
Maranatha had it down to 5 with 1 1/2 minutes left, but couldn't convert on their opportunities. Falcons hit late FTs to seal it.
Other game final: WLC 69, Benedictine 47
For the third year in a row it'll be another Falcon/Warrior tournament final.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 22, 2013, 12:26:55 am
Final: CUW 47, Maranatha 40
Maranatha had it down to 5 with 1 1/2 minutes left, but couldn't convert on their opportunities. Falcons hit late FTs to seal it.
Other game final: WLC 69, Benedictine 47
For the third year in a row it'll be another Falcon/Warrior tournament final.
Last year it was WLC/Dominican final (even though the WLC-CUW semifinal eventually decided the title then).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 22, 2013, 05:04:53 am
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 22, 2013, 09:06:40 am
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 22, 2013, 09:16:35 am
Concordia Wisconsin 19-8 (14-4) at Wisconsin Lutheran 24-2 (17-0): If the last few games between these two have any bearing then this will be a game of momentum swings. WLC needs to keep making shots and playing lockdown defense and they should be fine here. I'll take the Warriors.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 23, 2013, 09:47:05 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 23, 2013, 10:27:02 pm
Final: WLC 75, CUW 52 Way to seize the opportunity, Warriors!
I was at the game (and as a result of being in the Sixth Man, having no voice afterwards). The game was over after the first two minutes when CUW turned the ball over twice on their first few possessions. WLC put the hammer down and built a lead that at times was 25 or better before settling for a 42-19 halftime score.
The second half was no different as the Warriors did not allow Concordia to get within 19 and cruised to a dominating win. I am more surprised that CUW could not get back within the game after the first half. WLC thoroughly blitzed them all night long.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 24, 2013, 01:24:48 pm
10-11: 26-4 (16-2) First ever win in the NCAA tournament, School Record for wins.
11-12: 24-5 (17-1) Knocking off eventual D2 Sunshine Conference Co-Champs Barry University
12-13: 26-2 (17-0) First team to run the table in conference play, Setting the school record for consecutive wins (still active)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 24, 2013, 04:14:21 pm
10-11: Was Erika Laete's Senior year and the Warriors had knocked off ranked UW-Whitewater early. Of their in-conference losses, I'd say the least expected one was the one they took at CUC that season. (That was when the Cougars still had high scoring Marche Smith, it was her Senior year.) Right toward the end Erika was called upon to step up her game, and boy, did she ever, going off for 50 pts vs. Dominican. (the win over the Warhawks factored into the favorable first round tournament draw the Warriors got, and they knocked off a UW-LaCrosse squad that had a size advantage but had an off-game shooting from outside vs. WLC.
11-12: From an in-conference performance standpoint, I'd say this was probably the most impressive Warrior performance of the 3 seasons. Rachel Johnson and Shavon Dillon were the leading scorers, but there was better overall WLC team balance for the entire conference sesaon, and the same player wasn't called upon to come up with a super-big game. Edgewood, CUW and Lakeland were in WLC's division as in 10-11 as well (IMHO, the North, at least on paper,seemed to be the tougher side).
12-13: As Captain Joe 08 pointed out in an earlier post, the drop-offs of MSOE and Dominican factor in somewhat this year. The Warrior balance and defense was generally as consistent this year as 11-12--
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 25, 2013, 09:10:28 am
Post by: Just Bill on February 25, 2013, 02:58:06 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 25, 2013, 03:04:17 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran goes to UW-Whitewater to play the Warhawks. Other half of the pod is Carthage and Thomas More.
Very favorable matchup for WLC. Coach Klay got the chance to scout UWW yesterday and he said that they have a good shot of beating them. I think it's possible for WLC to win both games this weekend.
Post by: Just Bill on February 25, 2013, 03:28:26 pm
Post by: thrunt01 on February 25, 2013, 03:57:06 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran goes to UW-Whitewater to play the Warhawks. Other half of the pod is Carthage and Thomas More.
Very favorable matchup for WLC. Coach Klay got the chance to scout UWW yesterday and he said that they have a good shot of beating them. I think it's possible for WLC to win both games this weekend.
Not a chance. I think UWW pounds them.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 25, 2013, 04:07:44 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on February 26, 2013, 12:16:25 pm
http://northernac.org/sports/wbkb/2012-13/all-conference (http://northernac.org/sports/wbkb/2012-13/all-conference)
Dillion as POY, Coach Klay and Coach Morrison are co-COY.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 26, 2013, 05:17:38 pm
NACfan wasn't too far off on the rest of them, either.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on February 26, 2013, 05:35:23 pm
Post by: NACfan215 on February 28, 2013, 03:11:45 pm
Peterson was a little surprising to me as first team, I guess the voters put a lot of value on defensive presence.
Stayed tuned for my WAY to earlier preseason rankings. (Which will be WAY off like last year)
Post by: Just Bill on March 01, 2013, 10:41:51 pm
I'll root for WLC, but I'll take Whitewater to win by 20+.
Nailed it. 68-48. Good season Warriors.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 01, 2013, 11:19:54 pm
With the NAthCon going to 1 division next year, it'll be tougher for WLC to keep the run going-- regardless, its' been a good 3 year run and they got an opening round win a couple of years back.
Post by: thrunt01 on March 02, 2013, 12:14:16 am
Wisconsin Lutheran goes to UW-Whitewater to play the Warhawks. Other half of the pod is Carthage and Thomas More.
Very favorable matchup for WLC. Coach Klay got the chance to scout UWW yesterday and he said that they have a good shot of beating them. I think it's possible for WLC to win both games this weekend.
Not a chance. I think UWW pounds them.
Not to rub it in but as I said UWW is/was clearly better. A huge negative about the new conference schedule for WLC is it reduces their ability to schedule some really tough non-con opponents. My thinking is if it is going to take an auto bid to get you in anyway and you're generally a good team you should schedule really tough non-con games to improve yourself and get a good idea where you stand nationally. Just a thought.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 02, 2013, 12:41:48 am
To add more to your last point on your last post-- not only the scheduling factor, but also (assuming all hands who don't graduate return to NAthCon squads) I can think of one in-conference rival that may very well be tougher next year--Benedictine-- (Lippman is the only IL Eagle who'll be graduating--and if that Joseph kid stays healthy for an entire season--)
The Warrior cupboard doesn't figure to be totally bare next year but I'm expecting a drop-off.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on March 04, 2013, 02:05:38 pm
Something tells me that this new format will either be helpful in that the teams that should be good rise to the top or could hurt the conference in that some of the teams that finish with solid records got those W's by beating up on the weaker teams. Also the new format could hurt in that there isn't many (only three!) non-conference games that teams can gauge themselves with outside the conference. Also could prove true in cases like WLC (Has the Warrior tip off tournament to start the season), and both Concordia's (Both participate in the CIT against NAIA foes) which take up two of the three non-conference games.
Also it will be interesting going forward how Coach Knueppel can cope with losing Allister, Day, Bahr, Thoma, and Dillion. As WLCAlum said the cupboard is not fully bare but Schulz needs to improve her game a bit (ball-handling wise), also Hoft, Klemm, and Laete need to make bigger contributions on the floor if they want to continue WLC's reign atop the Nath-Con.
Post by: NACfan215 on March 05, 2013, 12:13:33 pm
Post by: thrunt01 on March 05, 2013, 12:59:31 pm
From the information I have, the women will be playing a 20 game conference schedule, this leaving room for 5 non-conference games. Works out nice cause they can still do a tip-off classic as well as a holiday tourney plus another game. However this brings up another issue for me about the fairness of the rotating schedule of who each team would play twice during a season and then the two teams you would only play once? Depending on who you only have to play once each season could be a game changer in the standings?
I am under the understanding that it is a 22 game true double round robin schedule. The men will play 20 because Alverno doesn't have a men's team. I could be wrong.
Post by: Just Bill on March 05, 2013, 01:27:12 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on March 05, 2013, 08:24:55 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on March 06, 2013, 06:11:48 am
I have to ask this (WLCAlum you can chime in here as well)...When did WLC start the Tip-Off Tournament?
Farthest back I could find was the 2005-06 season per old LMC site; (doesn't identify opening weekend opponents that season) 06-07 Greenville IL and Aurora were 2 of the 3 other teams involved -- as per a posting from that season on the SLIAC board, 07-08 Fontbonne, Wartburg and St. Benedict (MN) were the other Tip-Off Tournament teams. Caught action from 3 of the 4 games in person. Wartburg took that opening weekend title by out-playing a much taller St. Benedict squad, and then having a hot day shooting, beating the Warriors big in the closing game. WLC beat Fontbonne the previous day in a game in which the Warriors led big and then held off a late Fontbonne run by hitting some 3s toward the end. (If memory serves correcr, that was the same season the Warriors' Whitney Miller ended up sitting out due to a torn ACL.)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on March 06, 2013, 09:14:47 am
I have to ask this (WLCAlum you can chime in here as well)...When did WLC start the Tip-Off Tournament?
Farthest back I could find was the 2005-06 season per old LMC site; (doesn't identify opening weekend opponents that season) 06-07 Greenville IL and Aurora were 2 of the 3 other teams involved -- as per a posting from that season on the SLIAC board, 07-08 Fontbonne, Wartburg and St. Benedict (MN) were the other Tip-Off Tournament teams. Caught action from 3 of the 4 games in person. Wartburg took that opening weekend title by out-playing a much taller St. Benedict squad, and then having a hot day shooting, beating the Warriors big in the closing game. WLC beat Fontbonne the previous day in a game in which the Warriors led big and then held off a late Fontbonne run by hitting some 3s toward the end. (If memory serves correcr, that was the same season the Warriors' Whitney Miller ended up sitting out due to a torn ACL.)
Yeah I remember my first year at WLC it was Calvin, Elmhurst and Finlandia. The more loaded tournament I can think of was my third year here when it was UW-Whitewater, Calvin, and Hiedelburg. It seemed from year to year the competition that the tournament brought it was getting better and better.
Post by: Just Bill on March 06, 2013, 01:49:56 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on March 06, 2013, 02:32:00 pm
Sure enough NACfan, you were right. The women's coaches had planned to play a full double round robin, but have now opted for 20 games instead. They'll have a rotation schedule to dictate which teams they only meet once each season.
I'm starting to like that idea as I think about it more. The single game against a conference opponent could be useful if it comes down to a tiebreaker especially if it's the two teams that played each other once.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on June 06, 2013, 06:42:28 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran
11/19 vs Mount Mary
11/22 vs Washington (MO) Paul F. Knueppel Classic
11/23 vs Hope (MI) Paul F. Kneuppel Classic
Alverno
11/19 at Illinois Tech
12/18 vs Illinois Tech
12/20 vs Randolph at St. Petersburg, FL
12/21 vs Dubuque (IA) at St. Petersburg, FL
1/3 vs Bethany Lutheran
Aurora
11/16 at Monmouth (IL)
11/19 vs Wheaton (IL)
11/23 at North Park (IL)
11/26 at Webster (MO)
12/30 vs North Central (IL)
Benedictine
Schedule isn't up yet
Concordia Chicago
Schedule isn't up yet
Concordia Wisconsin
11/16 at Augustana (IL)
11/20 at Carroll (WI)
11/26 vs UW-La Crosse
1/24 vs Concordia Nebraska (Concordia Invitational Tournament)
1/25 at Concordia Invitational Tournament
Dominican
11/15 vs Knox at Chicago
11/16 vs Westminster (MO)
11/20 vs Elmhurst (IL)
11/26 vs Albion (MI)
12/19 vs North Central (IL)
Edgewood
11/16 vs Loras (IA)
11/17 vs Dubuque (IA)
11/23 vs UW-Whitewater
12/28 at Millikin (IL)
12/29 vs UW-Stevens Point
Lakeland
Schedule isn't up yet
Marian
Schedule isn't up yet
MSOE
Schedule isn't up yet
Rockford
11/15 at Chicago Tournament
11/16 at Chicago Tournament
11/19 vs Knox (IL)
12/18 at Cornell (IA)
12/30 vs Augustana (IL)
WLC has only three non-conference games while almost everyone else has at five...
Post by: WLCALUM83 on June 06, 2013, 07:44:18 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on June 07, 2013, 12:56:34 pm
Talk about going for it-- in terms of WLC, Wash-MO and Hope-MI --can't get much tougher than those two. Edgewood has 2 opponents (Whitewater and Stevens Point,) who also made the tournament last year, Rockford has 1 (Cornell-IA).
Their opening season tournament continues to pull in the top teams in the country on a consistent basis.
Post by: gordonmann on June 07, 2013, 02:11:38 pm
Post by: thrunt01 on June 08, 2013, 12:12:58 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran goes to UW-Whitewater to play the Warhawks. Other half of the pod is Carthage and Thomas More.
Very favorable matchup for WLC. Coach Klay got the chance to scout UWW yesterday and he said that they have a good shot of beating them. I think it's possible for WLC to win both games this weekend.
Not a chance. I think UWW pounds them.
Not to rub it in but as I said UWW is/was clearly better. A huge negative about the new conference schedule for WLC is it reduces their ability to schedule some really tough non-con opponents. My thinking is if it is going to take an auto bid to get you in anyway and you're generally a good team you should schedule really tough non-con games to improve yourself and get a good idea where you stand nationally. Just a thought.
Very good scheduling by WLC. The Warriors are a quality team that need to test themselves outside of conference to get ready for a potential NCAA tournament appearance. Given geography, they are going to play a WIAC team, Calvin or Hope, the CCIW champion or someone like that in the first round of the NCAA. They aren't going to get a test like that in conference so they should schedule aggressively.
Good to see we agree on this. :)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on June 15, 2013, 07:56:19 pm
Here are the non-cons that I could find as of right now.
Wisconsin Lutheran
11/19 vs Mount Mary
11/22 vs Washington (MO) Paul F. Knueppel Classic
11/23 vs Hope (MI) Paul F. Kneuppel Classic
Alverno
11/19 at Illinois Tech
12/18 vs Illinois Tech
12/20 vs Randolph at St. Petersburg, FL
12/21 vs Dubuque (IA) at St. Petersburg, FL
1/3 vs Bethany Lutheran
Aurora
11/16 at Monmouth (IL)
11/19 vs Wheaton (IL)
11/23 at North Park (IL)
11/26 at Webster (MO)
12/30 vs North Central (IL)
Benedictine
Schedule isn't up yet
Concordia Chicago
Schedule isn't up yet
Concordia Wisconsin
11/16 at Augustana (IL)
11/20 at Carroll (WI)
11/26 vs UW-La Crosse
1/24 vs Concordia Nebraska (Concordia Invitational Tournament)
1/25 at Concordia Invitational Tournament
Dominican
11/15 vs Knox at Chicago
11/16 vs Westminster (MO)
11/20 vs Elmhurst (IL)
11/26 vs Albion (MI)
12/19 vs North Central (IL)
Edgewood
11/16 vs Loras (IA)
11/17 vs Dubuque (IA)
11/23 vs UW-Whitewater
12/28 at Millikin (IL)
12/29 vs UW-Stevens Point
Lakeland
Schedule isn't up yet
Marian
Schedule isn't up yet
MSOE
Schedule isn't up yet
Rockford
11/15 at Chicago Tournament
11/16 at Chicago Tournament
11/19 vs Knox (IL)
12/18 at Cornell (IA)
12/30 vs Augustana (IL)
WLC has only three non-conference games while almost everyone else has at five...
Here are non-conference opponents for 2 more NACC schools: (per 6/15 composite schedule)
Marian:
11/19 at UW-Stout
11/22 at UW-Platteville
11/23 at UW-LaCrosse
11/26 vs UW-Stevens Pt.
12/18 vs UW Oshkosh
MSOE:
11/25 at Mt. Mary
12/17 vs North Central-IL
12/19 at Maranatha
(By the way, WLC women play Maranatha as a non-con at home 12/17)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on June 17, 2013, 01:17:43 pm
Here are the non-cons that I could find as of right now.
Wisconsin Lutheran
11/19 vs Mount Mary
11/22 vs Washington (MO) Paul F. Knueppel Classic
11/23 vs Hope (MI) Paul F. Kneuppel Classic
Alverno
11/19 at Illinois Tech
12/18 vs Illinois Tech
12/20 vs Randolph at St. Petersburg, FL
12/21 vs Dubuque (IA) at St. Petersburg, FL
1/3 vs Bethany Lutheran
Aurora
11/16 at Monmouth (IL)
11/19 vs Wheaton (IL)
11/23 at North Park (IL)
11/26 at Webster (MO)
12/30 vs North Central (IL)
Benedictine
Schedule isn't up yet
Concordia Chicago
Schedule isn't up yet
Concordia Wisconsin
11/16 at Augustana (IL)
11/20 at Carroll (WI)
11/26 vs UW-La Crosse
1/24 vs Concordia Nebraska (Concordia Invitational Tournament)
1/25 at Concordia Invitational Tournament
Dominican
11/15 vs Knox at Chicago
11/16 vs Westminster (MO)
11/20 vs Elmhurst (IL)
11/26 vs Albion (MI)
12/19 vs North Central (IL)
Edgewood
11/16 vs Loras (IA)
11/17 vs Dubuque (IA)
11/23 vs UW-Whitewater
12/28 at Millikin (IL)
12/29 vs UW-Stevens Point
Lakeland
Schedule isn't up yet
Marian
Schedule isn't up yet
MSOE
Schedule isn't up yet
Rockford
11/15 at Chicago Tournament
11/16 at Chicago Tournament
11/19 vs Knox (IL)
12/18 at Cornell (IA)
12/30 vs Augustana (IL)
WLC has only three non-conference games while almost everyone else has at five...
Here are non-conference opponents for 2 more NACC schools: (per 6/15 composite schedule)
Marian:
11/19 at UW-Stout
11/22 at UW-Platteville
11/23 at UW-LaCrosse
11/26 vs UW-Stevens Pt.
12/18 vs UW Oshkosh
MSOE:
11/25 at Mt. Mary
12/17 vs North Central-IL
12/19 at Maranatha
(By the way, WLC women play Maranatha as a non-con at home 12/17)
I saw that the other day and it looks like the men's team has also picked up Maranatha for a non-con in February.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on June 25, 2013, 03:39:14 pm
12/29/13 U of Southern Maine @ Scottsdale AZ
12/30/13 PLU or Transylvania @ Scottsdale AZ
1/24/14 Concordia-Ann Arbor @ CIT
1/25/14 Concordia-NE or Concordia-WI @ CIT
Post by: badgerwarhawk on June 25, 2013, 05:27:01 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran goes to UW-Whitewater to play the Warhawks. Other half of the pod is Carthage and Thomas More.
Very favorable matchup for WLC. Coach Klay got the chance to scout UWW yesterday and he said that they have a good shot of beating them. I think it's possible for WLC to win both games this weekend.
Not a chance. I think UWW pounds them.
Not to rub it in but as I said UWW is/was clearly better. A huge negative about the new conference schedule for WLC is it reduces their ability to schedule some really tough non-con opponents. My thinking is if it is going to take an auto bid to get you in anyway and you're generally a good team you should schedule really tough non-con games to improve yourself and get a good idea where you stand nationally. Just a thought.Very good scheduling by WLC. The Warriors are a quality team that need to test themselves outside of conference to get ready for a potential NCAA tournament appearance. Given geography, they are going to play a WIAC team, Calvin or Hope, the CCIW champion or someone like that in the first round of the NCAA. They aren't going to get a test like that in conference so they should schedule aggressively.
Good to see we agree on this. :)
I'm pretty late with this comment but just as an aside I wanted to compliment WLC for the turnout and support shown by their fanbase in WHITEWATER. I know the two schools are relatively close to one another but the numbers really surprised me. That was really a lot of support for the team. I made sure to compliment the athletic director after the game. You're fortunate to have that level of support.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on June 26, 2013, 07:11:19 am
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on June 26, 2013, 12:11:57 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran goes to UW-Whitewater to play the Warhawks. Other half of the pod is Carthage and Thomas More.
Very favorable matchup for WLC. Coach Klay got the chance to scout UWW yesterday and he said that they have a good shot of beating them. I think it's possible for WLC to win both games this weekend.
Not a chance. I think UWW pounds them.
Not to rub it in but as I said UWW is/was clearly better. A huge negative about the new conference schedule for WLC is it reduces their ability to schedule some really tough non-con opponents. My thinking is if it is going to take an auto bid to get you in anyway and you're generally a good team you should schedule really tough non-con games to improve yourself and get a good idea where you stand nationally. Just a thought.Very good scheduling by WLC. The Warriors are a quality team that need to test themselves outside of conference to get ready for a potential NCAA tournament appearance. Given geography, they are going to play a WIAC team, Calvin or Hope, the CCIW champion or someone like that in the first round of the NCAA. They aren't going to get a test like that in conference so they should schedule aggressively.
Good to see we agree on this. :)
I'm pretty late with this comment but just as an aside I wanted to compliment WLC for the turnout and support shown by their fanbase in WHITEWATER. I know the two schools are relatively close to one another but the numbers really surprised me. That was really a lot of support for the team. I made sure to compliment the athletic director after the game. You're fortunate to have that level of support.
The last few years when the Warriors made the NCAA's, there was a whole lot of support for the team wherever they ended up. I remember two years ago they went to Calvin and there was the need for two buses because fan support was high (I went along that time). After the game we had Calvin fans and parents come up to us and they were impressed at the support and they also said that we put their student section to shame.
I heard about this year's crowd and I was surprised to hear about the large turnout (then again short distance played a factor) on the social media (had to miss due to two tennis meets in Iowa). The 6th man rises to the occasion when it's a big game.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on June 30, 2013, 03:55:56 pm
Methinks "my" Warriors are going to have a tougher time defending their title in '13-14. (round-robin scheduling and all).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on July 08, 2013, 06:07:44 pm
Benedictine non-cons: (as of 7/8/13):
11/16 vs. Goshen
11/19 vs. Monmouth
11/26 at North Central-IL
Lakeland:
11/22 at Alma
11/26 at UW-Oshkosh
Post by: NACfan215 on July 10, 2013, 11:56:04 am
11/15: Calvin
11/22: @Alma
11/26: @UW Oshkosh
12/16: @Maranatha
12/31: @Finlandia
Tough season opener against a good Calvin team. Challenging road game against an up and coming Oshkosh team.
Post by: RFMichigan on July 10, 2013, 12:58:06 pm
Lakeland:
11/15: Calvin
11/22: @Alma
11/26: @UW Oshkosh
12/16: @Maranatha
12/31: @Finlandia
Tough season opener against a good Calvin team. Challenging road game against an up and coming Oshkosh team.
So Lakeland's going to ring in the new year in Hancock, Michigan. I hope they bring all their woolen gear and provisions for a few days. That and maybe a dogsled and team to take them home when the bus gets snowbound. ;)
Post by: bballforever on July 25, 2013, 02:49:03 pm
Post by: NACfan215 on October 15, 2013, 12:16:53 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on October 15, 2013, 12:59:09 pm
I think it will be:
1. Wisconsin Lutheran: They reload (graduation of Dillion will hurt them) but can anyone reel them back to the pack?
2. Concordia Wisconsin: CUW is never an easy out even for the Warriors.
3. Benedictine: They return everybody from their lineup last season.
After that it's anyone's guess to be honest.
Post by: NACfan215 on October 16, 2013, 11:37:21 am
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 17, 2013, 08:30:52 am
Post by: Just Bill on October 17, 2013, 09:35:49 am
I think it should be required that all teams have updated rosters online by the first official day of practice. Lol
That'd be nice (and I know you're tongue in cheek), but I know for most teams the first few days are still a tryout period for a lot of players. It'd be kind of cruel to post a kid's name on the website and then cut them two days later.
Post by: NACfan215 on October 17, 2013, 12:09:42 pm
With that said, anyone have any inside info into any possible impact transfer this year? I know last year we had Kuehl, Genke and Gorman who all made impacts to their teams.
Post by: NACfan215 on October 18, 2013, 11:52:34 pm
WLC- On top until someone knocks them off (although this year more likely than the last two), solid returners in the front court, can the backcourt replace 3 departing seniors in the backcourt? They have the experience to fill in the starters but then where is the depth? POY Candidate: Schultz
Benedictine- Returns the entire starting lineup and more from a team that went 11-6 in conference last year with a young and inexperienced lineup. This year they will go from young and talented, to talented and experienced. Probably the deepest team in the league this year (last year only 3 players played an avg of 20 mins/game or more and 10 players avg between 5-20 mins/game).
CUW- Lost a lot of veteran experience in the backcourt, where will the replacements come from? Not a lot of depth last year, will have to rely on a lot of younger players. Frontcourt is where the strength will be will two returning starters. POY Candidate: Luethe
Alverno- Top 5 scorers return from a team that surprised last year finishing 3rd in the North going 13-5. However those 5 are the only returning players on the roster with zero frosh/soph on last year’s roster; will they be able to bring in enough players to fill the bench and provide quality minutes? If not look for this team to get gassed out most games. POY candidate: Gorman
Lakeland- Loss of first team all-conference Mayo will hurt the production, can they get better player from their guards and bench? They will need some players from last year’s freshman group to step up with some more production to offset the losses. POY candidate: Eisner
CUC- Not a lot of losses to this roster that won 10 conference games last year. Return of Genke is key to this team, if they can find a couple more roll players to piece in around her they could see a big jump this year. Until then they need to be more consistent. POY Candidate: Genke
Edgewood- They lose their best player from a team that struggled to stay consistent last year. There is good depth on this team and if they can find a couple people to replace that production they should easily grab a playoff spots.
Rockford- Went with the JUCO route last year and seemed to help with their depth enough to pick up a couple extra wins and sneak into the playoffs. The loss of top player Lawler will hurt but everyone else returns. Sometimes it takes a year for JUCO players to transition but if they can continue to improve upon last year they might be able to gain a couple more wins, look for them to slide into the 8th playoff spot.
Marian- Return the entire roster from last year, but that might not be saying much, lack of size on the inside hurt them last year and will continue to hurt them this year unless they brought in some player with size who can play immediately. If relying on the 3 again this year they might upset a team or two when they get hot, but expect them to struggle as most teams look to shut them down from the perimeter.
MSOE- Another team that returns all their production from last year, but again not saying much for a team that finished at the bottom of the pack. More depth is needed on this team, they have a solid core of starters, but need players around them to be able to compete for 40 minutes. Dark horse POY Candidate: Kroll
Aurora- Maybe a new coach will bring new energy to a team that was very young last year, top 2 scorers were freshman. If the young players can build on their experience from last year they might be able to pick up a couple more wins, however I don’t see much there to compete with the top dogs. Note, Freshman Marlow was second team in scoring and made All-Freshman team last year is not on roster currently?
Dominican- This team loses a lot of production and experience from a team that only won 1 conference game with 5 seniors graduating. There are few bright spots among the returning players, but not enough there to show major improvement, probably another year at the bottom.
Overall observation: I believe any of the top 5 teams could end up on top at the end of the year; there is not as much Star power across the board as there has been the last few years. Look for the standings to much more even this year than the top heavy results we have had in the past.
Feel free to comment/criticize any comments I have above, just like last year the final standings will probably look nothing like my predictions haha. But hey, I never said I was perfect. Lol
Post by: WLCALUM83 on October 19, 2013, 06:58:03 am
Edgewood: Loses starters Tobin, Walker and reserve Dixon to graduation-- psychological X-factor (if they get off to a good enough start in conference)-- this squad will definitely want to return to the NACC playoffs after seeinng Lakeland sneak in over them last year;
MSOE: (I risk overly speculating here) Noticed the '13-14 roster appeared larger--but again- as Just Bill noted earlier-- how much--if any-- does that roster shrink?
Marian: Another way talls could help-- possibly give Huray more of an opportunity for play-making (she went off for 27 pts vs. Edgewood last year)
WLC: Schultz statistically is the top returning shot-blocker from last season in the NACC. (One interesting Maranatha-related left-over-- last year prior to leaving the conference, the Crusaders had 3 players in the top 10 in blocked shots)-who'll also show that kind of D intensity this season? :-X :-X :-\ :-\
I agree with NACfan215's analysis.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on October 19, 2013, 01:29:37 pm
My 4 cents:
Edgewood: Loses starters Tobin, Walker and reserve Dixon to graduation-- psychological X-factor (if they get off to a good enough start in conference)-- this squad will definitely want to return to the NACC playoffs after seeinng Lakeland sneak in over them last year;
MSOE: (I risk overly speculating here) Noticed the '13-14 roster appeared larger--but again- as Just Bill noted earlier-- how much--if any-- does that roster shrink?
Marian: Another way talls could help-- possibly give Huray more of an opportunity for play-making (she went off for 27 pts vs. Edgewood last year)
WLC: Schultz statistically is the top returning shot-blocker from last season in the NACC. (One interesting Maranatha-related left-over-- last year prior to leaving the conference, the Crusaders had 3 players in the top 10 in blocked shots)-who'll also show that kind of D intensity this season? :-X :-X :-\ :-\
I agree with NACfan215's analysis.
I concur as well. Speaking of intensity on the court. I think the biggest loss for WLC is Dillion. She carried intense passion for the game on the court all four years (though sometimes it would get the best of her in certain situations). Never have seen a player as intense as here.
Post by: NACfan215 on October 23, 2013, 10:32:43 am
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on October 23, 2013, 01:05:52 pm
Noticed WLC has an updated roster posted now. Big thing of note is only 3 total frosh/sophs on the roster (1 soph/2 frosh). This seems to be cause for concern going into the next couple seasons for a Warriors team that has had a good run at the top????
WLC has been picked to win the conference again by the Preseason Poll.
1. Wisconsin Lutheran 281 (18)
2. Concordia Wisconsin 264 (6)
3. Benedictine 226
4. Lakeland 190
5. Alverno 186
6. Edgewood 174
7. Concordia Chicago 169
8. Marian 104
9. Rockford 97
10. Aurora 74
11. MSOE 62
12. Dominican 45
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on October 28, 2013, 05:25:34 pm
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on November 02, 2013, 12:52:00 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran will be playing an exhibition game against Milwaukee (or UWM as I still call it) on Sunday. Milwaukee went 9-20 overall and 5-11 in the Horizon league last year.
The school still is UWM. The athletic teams though go by Milwaukee. It's like Virginia Tech. The athletic teams go by Virginia Tech. The school is actually Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 03, 2013, 03:48:55 pm
Wisconsin Lutheran will be playing an exhibition game against Milwaukee (or UWM as I still call it) on Sunday. Milwaukee went 9-20 overall and 5-11 in the Horizon league last year.
The school still is UWM. The athletic teams though go by Milwaukee. It's like Virginia Tech. The athletic teams go by Virginia Tech. The school is actually Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Never really saw the reason to do such for UWM and UWGB. Though CBS used "Wisconsin-Milwaukee" moniker when the Panthers made the NCAA's when Pearl was coaching.
Speaking of UWM and WLC, the Warriors trail the Panthers 33-30 with less than 3 minutes left in the 1st half.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 04, 2013, 12:28:57 pm
Alverno and Rockford also have exhibition matchups against Mount Mary and North Central (IL) respectively this Friday.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 13, 2013, 01:57:55 pm
Friday 11/15
Calvin at Lakeland: Hard to be against a strong program like Calvin even if they are in a slightly down year.
Rockford at Chicago: Don't know much about either team but taking the Maroons.
Dominican at Knox: Stars could be in for another long year as they don't bring back much from last seasons one win team.
Saturday, 11/16
Rockford vs Coe (IA) or Illinois Tech: If Coe then I'm taking Coe, but if Illinois Tech I'll hedge my bets and take the Regents in a tight game.
Goshen (IN) at Benedictine: BU shouldn't have too many issues with their NAIA opponent.
Aurora at Monmouth (IL): The carousel that is the Aurora WBB coaching staff continued offseason. They are in for a long year.
Westminster (PA) at Dominican: No clue on the PA version of Westminster but they should have no problems here.
Concordia Wisconsin at Augustana: Good measuring stick game for the Falcons but it's hard not to bet against the CCIW here.
Loras at Edgewood: Barometer game for the Eagles.
Sunday 11/17
Dubuque at Edgewood: Same as Saturday's game.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 13, 2013, 06:08:06 pm
Calvin
U of Chicago (has more talls than Rockford, depends on how the Maroons use those talls)
Knox: (sounds like it could be a track meet if the Prairie Fire has few turnovers-)
11/16:
Rockford/IL Tech: IL Tech has a deeper bench, but the Regents have a height advantage-I'll go with Rockford in a tight one.
Goshen/Benedictine: Potential track meet #2, Goshen's already played a handful of games, but I'll go with the IL Eagles at home.
Aurora/Monmouth: Monmouth
Westminster-PA/Dominican: Westminster's got more experience coming back-(per their prospectus), going with the PA squad on this one.
CUW/Augustana-IL; Going with CUW, just to go against the grain
Loras/Edgewood: Iowa squad, again, has height advantage-going with Duhawks on the road.
11/17
Dubuque/Edgewood: Dubuque (on paper, more depth off bench)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 16, 2013, 08:17:22 am
Knox 105
Dominican 93
Calvin 65
Lakeland 45
Chicago 87
Rockford 45
Slow start for the NACC but not out of the ordinary with the competition they faced last night. Perhaps today will be the day the NACC teams pick up their first wins of the year.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 16, 2013, 12:51:18 pm
(Wonder how much higher the final scores on the women's side will be--especially if more squads with enough bench depth go up-tempo with the new 10-second rule, anyway).
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 17, 2013, 01:05:47 pm
Rockford 90
Illinois Tech 34
Goshen 66
Benedictine 58
Monmouth 71
Aurora 58
Westminster (PA) 87
Dominican 58
Concordia Wisconsin 77
Augustana 58
Loras 80
Edgewood 67
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 18, 2013, 02:32:04 pm
11/19
Marian at UW-Stout: Not sure what we've got in Marian this year.
Knox at Rockford: Going on a hunch.
Alverno at Illinois Tech: Illinois Tech will be taking their lumps this year as an Independent.
Mount Mary at Wisconsin Lutheran: WLC pounds a Mount Mary team that is back from a year hiatus.
Wheaton (IL) at Aurora: This will be over early.
Mounmouth (IL) at Benedictine: Was thinking about picking BU for this one but losing to Goshen over the weekend changed my mind.
11/20
Concordia Wisconsin at Carroll: Toss up.
Elmhurst at Dominican: This will be over by halftime.
11/21
Edgewood at Alverno: Edgewood is still a mystery to me. Going with the proven team here.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 19, 2013, 07:38:36 am
11/19-11/21 Games
11/19
Marian at UW-Stout: Not sure what we've got in Marian this year.
Knox at Rockford: Going on a hunch.
Alverno at Illinois Tech: Illinois Tech will be taking their lumps this year as an Independent.
Mount Mary at Wisconsin Lutheran: WLC pounds a Mount Mary team that is back from a year hiatus.
Wheaton (IL) at Aurora: This will be over early.
Mounmouth (IL) at Benedictine: Was thinking about picking BU for this one but losing to Goshen over the weekend changed my mind.
11/20
Concordia Wisconsin at Carroll: Toss up.
Elmhurst at Dominican: This will be over by halftime.
11/21
Edgewood at Alverno: Edgewood is still a mystery to me. Going with the proven team here.
11/19:
UW-Stout
Knox
Alverno
WLC
Wheaton-IL
Monmouth
11/20:
CUW: (my "hunch")
Elmhurst
11/21:
Alverno in a tight one
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 20, 2013, 09:01:36 am
Rockford 118, Knox 96 (Captain Joe's hunch was correct) Rockford: "I'll see Knox's 61 pt outburst against Dominican and raise them a 63 pt. 2nd half output of our own"
UW-Stout 89, Marian 74 (Sabers hit 15 3s in the game. Though Stout pulled away in the 2nd half, Jarvey had 5 blocked shots in her first start in a Marian uniform)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 20, 2013, 01:07:33 pm
Alverno 83
Illinois Tech 27
Alverno held Tech to 36 total field goal attempts for the game (8/36).
Wheaton 74
Aurora 46
Aurora shot 24% for the game.
Monmouth (IL) 74
Benedictine 57
Sluggish first half doomed the Eagles.
Wisconsin Lutheran 104
Mount Mary 36
2nd highest point total for the Warriors in school history. Only thing that was a problem for them was 8/18 shooting from the charity stripe.
Post by: Just Bill on November 20, 2013, 03:02:00 pm
Seems that every game on Knox's schedule could be a shootout.
Knox women are playing the Grinnell System. North Central (Ill.) women are playing a modified version of the system too.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 21, 2013, 12:32:10 pm
Concordia Wisconsin 62
Carroll 57
Deciding factor was the free throws (CUW 18-28, Carroll 11-16)
Elmhurst 86
Dominican 47
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 21, 2013, 07:54:28 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 21, 2013, 08:46:36 pm
(Inferno got to the line a lot more in the first half--, Gorman 16 pts already)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 21, 2013, 09:51:37 pm
(WI Eagle squad went on a 19-6 run to begin 2nd half, then the Inferno went on a run of its' own to take the lead for good and hit their free throws late to seal it.)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 22, 2013, 06:29:48 pm
CUW @ CUC: (Falcons already have a couple of games under their belt)
Alverno @ Benedictine: (although this one could go either way if Gorman has another big scoring night and stays out of foul trouble)
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 23, 2013, 10:03:38 am
11/22 Scores
Lakeland 81
Alma 73
UW-La Crosse 54
MSOE 53
UW-Platteville 81
Marian 77
Washington U (MO) 79
Wisconsin Lutheran 48
11/23 Matchups
Marian at UW-La Crosse: UW-L barely beat MSOE last night. I'm giving Marian the edge with their close loss to Platteville in the nightcap at Platteville last night.
UW-Whitewater at Edgewood: Eagles still have some growing pains to endure and Whitewater gets a big win.
Aurora at North Park: Barometer game for the Spartans.
Hope at Wisconsin Lutheran: Perhaps a closer game for the Warriors if they can limit the turnovers.
MSOE at UW-Platteville: Is MSOE better than advertised or is UW-L down this year? Either way I think they give Platteville a reasonably good game (Was going to say Hillmen since Platteville HS was in the D4 State finals for football).
Alverno at Benedictine: Barometer game for the IL Eagles. I think Gorman and company walk way with a solid win.
Concordia Chicago at Concordia Wisconsin: Falcons seem to be better than I thought they would be but the bigger tests come when they face WLC. They get the win over a decent CUC team.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 23, 2013, 02:56:48 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 23, 2013, 03:43:41 pm
(Cougars went on a 8-0 scoring run to end the half--CUW shot 23% from floor in 1st half)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 23, 2013, 04:42:21 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 23, 2013, 05:45:06 pm
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 23, 2013, 06:01:29 pm
Post by: Roundball999 on November 23, 2013, 06:56:18 pm
WLC is heading to overtime against Hope 66-66. Klemm buried a 3 with 4 seconds remaining to tie it.
Klemm played a heck of a game, 26 pts inclduing 4-7 on 3's and required Hope's defensive attention the entire game, making Hope's denial and help defense less effective. Hope actually had her pretty well defended on the 3 at the end of regulation, but a shooter with a hot hand is going to get that 25 foot bank shot sometimes. I was very impressed with her play.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 23, 2013, 07:53:22 pm
WLC is heading to overtime against Hope 66-66. Klemm buried a 3 with 4 seconds remaining to tie it.
Klemm played a heck of a game, 26 pts inclduing 4-7 on 3's and required Hope's defensive attention the entire game, making Hope's denial and help defense less effective. Hope actually had her pretty well defended on the 3 at the end of regulation, but a shooter with a hot hand is going to get that 25 foot bank shot sometimes. I was very impressed with her play.
She has been making nice strides since coming back from a torn ACL a few seasons back. Along with Hoft the Warriors will have a nice perimeter duo heading into conference play.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 26, 2013, 12:58:15 pm
Benedictine at North Central: Prove it to me Benedictine.
Albion at Dominican: DU has a ways to go yet.
Aurora at Webster: Still not sure on Aurora.
Lakeland at UW-Oshkosh: Titans are gunning for a WIAC title this year.
UW-Stevens Point at Marian: Over early....
Concordia Chicago at Loras: Could be close?
UW-La Crosse at Concordia Wisconsin: More surprised that CUC gave the Falcons everything they wanted and then some Saturday.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on November 29, 2013, 12:35:51 pm
Aurora at Concordia Wisconsin: CUW keeps their nice start to the season going.
Rockford at MSOE: Honestly I think Rockford takes this. Both have been better than anticipated.
Dominican at Marian: Marian gets the home edge.
Benedictine at Edgewood: BU should win but won't count out Edgewood at the Edgedome.
Concordia Chicago at Lakeland: CUC is still a mystery yet.
Wisconsin Lutheran at Alverno: WLC gave Hope everything they want and then some last Saturday. WLC pulls away after a close first half.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 29, 2013, 05:02:15 pm
Thanksgiving Weekend Matchups
Aurora at Concordia Wisconsin: CUW keeps their nice start to the season going.
Rockford at MSOE: Honestly I think Rockford takes this. Both have been better than anticipated.
Dominican at Marian: Marian gets the home edge.
Benedictine at Edgewood: BU should win but won't count out Edgewood at the Edgedome.
Concordia Chicago at Lakeland: CUC is still a mystery yet.
Wisconsin Lutheran at Alverno: WLC gave Hope everything they want and then some last Saturday. WLC pulls away after a close first half.
I'll go with:
CUW
Rockford
Dominican in a tight one (depends on how well Marian's talls produce)
Benedictine
Lakeland (another tight one if the Cougars stay out of foul trouble)
WLC (Inferno are hoping to improve on FT shooting)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 30, 2013, 05:11:33 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 30, 2013, 06:02:37 pm
(IL Eagles-- 4 players have 2 fouls on them at the break)
(WI Eagles-- had more opportunities at the FT line)
Post by: WLCALUM83 on November 30, 2013, 07:09:27 pm
(Pope hit the game-winning shot with 2 seconds left)
WI Eagles-- Hill had a strong second half- 17 pts in all including 3 threes
IL Eagles-- Hamilton 22 pts
Post by: NACfan215 on December 02, 2013, 10:54:46 am
MOSE v Marian - Ill take MSOE, playing much better, Marian can win if it shoots well from the three
Alverno v CUC - Toss up, Alverno has to show they can win on the road (2 great home wins so far), CUC if they can dominate the interior... Ill take Alverno
WLC v Lakeland - WLC off a tough loss, Lakeland starting to figure it out a little... Ill take WLC in a tough fought bounceback win
Edgewood v CUW - CUW off to a hot start although with some recent close wins, Edgewood up and down as usual... Ill take CUW on their home court
Rockford v Dominican - Rockford much improved and much more athletic than Dominican, still a long ways for Dominican to go... Rockford on the road
Benedictine v Aurora - Not really the start I was expecting from BenU, Aurora putting a few nice games together... Ill take Benu's depth on the road
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 03, 2013, 07:39:59 am
Good set of games on saturday, alot of close ones. Looks like we could be in for a tight race all season with a lot of parity between the teams. This might be the most balanced the conference has been in a few years, looking forward to how its all going to shake out. Another set of great games coming up wednesday.
MOSE v Marian - Ill take MSOE, playing much better, Marian can win if it shoots well from the three
Alverno v CUC - Toss up, Alverno has to show they can win on the road (2 great home wins so far), CUC if they can dominate the interior... Ill take Alverno
WLC v Lakeland - WLC off a tough loss, Lakeland starting to figure it out a little... Ill take WLC in a tough fought bounceback win
Edgewood v CUW - CUW off to a hot start although with some recent close wins, Edgewood up and down as usual... Ill take CUW on their home court
Rockford v Dominican - Rockford much improved and much more athletic than Dominican, still a long ways for Dominican to go... Rockford on the road
Benedictine v Aurora - Not really the start I was expecting from BenU, Aurora putting a few nice games together... Ill take Benu's depth on the road
My guesses:
MSOE: (One key factor in the Sabers' win over Dominican is they had only 7 turnovers in that home win-question is-will that continue?) :-X :-\
Alverno: Cold shooting coming out of the gate in the first half has not helped CUC so far. I'm figuring Inferno momentum from that late rally they made to beat WLC will carry over.
Lakeland: Have to put my head above my heart on this one.
Edgewood: WI Eagles' Hill stepped it up in 2nd half last game--Spengler's been making her presence felt also. Another tight one here.
Rockford:
Benedictine: Hamilton's been playing strong-- I too, go with the IL Eagles on the road.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 03, 2013, 04:51:36 pm
Good set of games on saturday, alot of close ones. Looks like we could be in for a tight race all season with a lot of parity between the teams. This might be the most balanced the conference has been in a few years, looking forward to how its all going to shake out. Another set of great games coming up wednesday.
MOSE v Marian - Ill take MSOE, playing much better, Marian can win if it shoots well from the three
Alverno v CUC - Toss up, Alverno has to show they can win on the road (2 great home wins so far), CUC if they can dominate the interior... Ill take Alverno
WLC v Lakeland - WLC off a tough loss, Lakeland starting to figure it out a little... Ill take WLC in a tough fought bounceback win
Edgewood v CUW - CUW off to a hot start although with some recent close wins, Edgewood up and down as usual... Ill take CUW on their home court
Rockford v Dominican - Rockford much improved and much more athletic than Dominican, still a long ways for Dominican to go... Rockford on the road
Benedictine v Aurora - Not really the start I was expecting from BenU, Aurora putting a few nice games together... Ill take Benu's depth on the road
My guesses:
MSOE: (One key factor in the Sabers' win over Dominican is they had only 7 turnovers in that home win-question is-will that continue?) :-X :-\
Alverno: Cold shooting coming out of the gate in the first half has not helped CUC so far. I'm figuring Inferno momentum from that late rally they made to beat WLC will carry over.
Lakeland: Have to put my head above my heart on this one.
Edgewood: WI Eagles' Hill stepped it up in 2nd half last game--Spengler's been making her presence felt also. Another tight one here.
Rockford:
Benedictine: Hamilton's been playing strong-- I too, go with the IL Eagles on the road.
MSOE vs Marian: Give me the Raiders in a tight road win.
Alverno vs CUC: Inferno in a tight one. They needed a 24-8 run to stun WLC late and they have a decent CUC team against them.
WLC vs Lakeland: WLC collapsed late against Alverno....They really need to improve their free throw shooting. I think they take a tight road win over a solid Lakeland team.
Edgewood vs CUW: Edgewood is too inconsistent to pull off the win.
Rockford vs Dominican: Rockford is the better team while DU is still figuring things out.
Benedictine vs Aurora: Eagles win comfortably here.
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 04, 2013, 09:58:26 pm
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 04, 2013, 10:01:53 pm
(developing--)
EDIT: This one's going to OT-- they're tied at 65--
OT #2 coming up-- it's 73 all now--
OT #3 up, tied at 82-- Speerschneider hit a desperation 3 from half-court--
Final: Alverno 95, CUC 91 (Cougars' Koehler was the only experienced big-point producer they could use in the 3rd OT--Broska and Genke had fouled out in OT 2) Inferno hit late FTs to seal this road win.
Post by: Captain_Joe08 on December 04, 2013, 10:40:17 pm
Lakeland 56
Final
Schulz leads the Warriors with 20 points and 11 rebounds (3rd Double-Double in 5 games).
Post by: WLCALUM83 on December 04, 2013, 11:50:38 pm
Marian @ Rockford: Going with the Regents in a tight one
WLC @ Aurora: Warriors
Edgewood @ CUC: Edgewood in another tight one (CUC can take this if the Cougars can continue the point production they had against Alverno, but they need to take care of the ball better -- in one of the OT's they committed turnovers on 4 or 5 straight possessions.)
Lakeland @ Dominican: Muskies
MSOE @ Alverno: On paper, toughest in-NACC match-up thus far for MSOE-- going with the Inferno at home here.
CUW @