It has been a few days, but time to post. Heck of a run by UWO. I've seen a lot of teams in my time (the first game I ever saw was the '96 title game), and there have been many great teams, but I'd say this one was the most fun game in and game out. I don't know if I'll watch a replay of the game, but man, that was a good look at the end. Tip of the hat to the seniors this year, it was a great run. I'd say the WIAC will be fun next year, but it always is.

Also, man was it difficult to find any sort of link to buy Final Four gear. In today's age of QR codes, you'd think you could get a webpage to get anything from hoodies to can koozies.

Beyer got my page, UWO bench wins 27-8. Cool to see a couple of WIAC teams in the Final Four. Next year, just give bids to the top 8. Now, to find a site that is selling gear! I need more hoodies!

Should I make the drive? Might have to hire a divorce attorney if I do. Play defense like that, and it is game over. Can BW hit 50% from three again? Also, 2 opposing players with 17 rebounds in the same game? Crazy stuff. I'll say whichever team is plus on bench points will play next weekend. Paging Sammi Beyer!

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Quote from: Voice of the Titans on March 12, 2025, 11:30:34 AMThe former coach in me decided to watch some game film. I can say that IWU is everywhere. I walked out of my classroom for lunch, and I was in the middle of a trap. 59 is their lowest total of the year. Can UWO hold them around there? IWU has 2 averaging 15, but I think the key is keeping the 2 that average 11 under 7. If you can do that, it would be an elite performance.

How about holding them to just 43 Points? 😆

"Don't let them score" is always another option.

The former coach in me decided to watch some game film. I can say that IWU is everywhere. I walked out of my classroom for lunch, and I was in the middle of a trap. 59 is their lowest total of the year. Can UWO hold them around there? IWU has 2 averaging 15, but I think the key is keeping the 2 that average 11 under 7. If you can do that, it would be an elite performance.

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Quote from: Voice of the Titans on March 09, 2025, 02:00:02 PMGot my parking spot, so all was well. Had quite a few replay stoppages and saw the first 2 three second calls that I have seen in 2025. I could have been a little sarcastic with the call, but I think that would have been an obvious flop. On the bright side, I got to see how "I'll just use the iPad for replay" is a statement that will lead to an extra 3 minutes at the table. On to the Sweet 16!

Do you work the next round at Wesleyan or do you just get to attend?  Does the NCAA give you a blood/pee in a cup test to allow you into their hallowed tournament?

I'll be watching on the old Apple IIe. And if the NCAA had a pee cup, it would have to be a Powerade cup.

Got my parking spot, so all was well. Had quite a few replay stoppages and saw the first 2 three second calls that I have seen in 2025. I could have been a little sarcastic with the call, but I think that would have been an obvious flop. On the bright side, I got to see how "I'll just use the iPad for replay" is a statement that will lead to an extra 3 minutes at the table. On to the Sweet 16!

Two good games at Kolf last night. Bethel pulled it out over Wartburg in a game that had about 50 fouls, but 33 called fouls. Will be interesting to see if that type of play is allowed tonight. If so, slight advantage in that aspect to Bethel. I got my lucky parking spot, so UWO got the victory. Only game someone else was in my spot was the WIAC title game. Might get there 6 hours early to ensure. If the Calvin crowd were all licensed officials, the game would have been a shoutout because every UWO possession was either a travel or 3 seconds. Checked with the NCAA, and I'm not allowed to answer crowd questions of "Why is that a shot clock reset?" Bethel has 4 that can score 10+, so if you can hold one of them to 5, the win is there. Remember, alternate teams for the starting lineups!

Quote from: BDB on March 04, 2025, 09:03:07 AMThe Guru had a good save yesterday on the WBB selection show when the host referred to UW Oshkosh as the Warhawks. Without calling attention to the error he made a point that UWO are the Titans in his comments on the bracket.

On another clean-up in aisle 5, the host kept referring to the conference as the Wee-Ack. Pat when he spoke called it the W-I-A-C and also the Why-Ack.

A lot of schools and conferences for a host to spit out there in a rapid fire show like that.

I've always said Wee-Ack, just because we had a player 25 years ago that I referred to as "The Shaq of the WIAC".

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Quote from: Voice of the Titans on March 03, 2025, 03:13:32 PMI just heard the host on the NCAA site call UWO the Warhawks. I can't watch anymore. It has been brutal.

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I would have asked them to go to the video replay for review, but that hasn't worked out well for us lately. 

I just heard the host on the NCAA site call UWO the Warhawks. I can't watch anymore. It has been brutal.

I hear Texas is nice this time of year. But D3H projections have Osh, WW, and Stout in same quadrant. Of course, we'd like to see that broken up a bit.

Quote from: PauldingLightUP on March 02, 2025, 04:04:05 PMFive WIAC teams in the tournament is absolutely nuts!

Hopefully they can keep everyone in different first weekend pods.

Yeah, it will be REAL interesting to see how these brackets pan out. I've tried to balance them geographically and with seeds, and it is tough.

My gosh, am I glad that game got done last night. I don't think I could have sat there much longer. But, I did see a call at the end of the game I have never seen before. UWO letting the clock run out, a UWL defender crept closer, and the official called a 5-second closely guarded violation......with 0.7 left on the clock. And the UWO player had started a dribble to reset the 5. Kind of unreal.

Quote from: badgerwarhawk on February 23, 2025, 10:50:20 AMWHITEWATER'S Kaci Carollo is either first(6) or second(3) in the eleven WIAC statistical categories.  She's 13th and 6th in the other two categories.  If she isn't the POY there is something wrong with the voting. 

Yeah, there's no question with that.