MBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Greek Tragedy]

I was looking forward to checking out the battle of Top 10 teams when Calvin plays La Crosse at the Dells today, but Augustana ruined that.

[Greek Tragedy]

https://x.com/i/status/2002190319576559917

And, apparently, Whitewater's 3-pt win came at the buzzer. Verges stole the inbounds pass around half court and nailed it.

[badgerwarhawk]

The WARHAWKS Hope game was a classic. A combined 26 ties and lead changes settled by Issac Verges's half court swish at the buzzer. Leading 90-89 Hope sank a pair of free throws to go up by 3.  With 6.3 seconds remaining Collin Madson took the inbounds pass up the left side and drilled the game tying three pointer from around 35 feet.  After a time out with 1.3 seconds remaining Hope attempted to inbound the ball with a pass to mid-court. However it was intercepted by Verges who fired it towards the basket, hitting nothing but net, for the 95-92 game winner. Madson finished with a 20/11 double-double and added 3 assists. Verges was also good for a 19/10 double-double.  Brock Marino added 17 and Luke Bara 12.  Tyshawn Teague-Johnson saw his first action of the season scoring 9 points and pulling down 3 rebounds in 13 minutes.  The officials called 50 fouls resulting in a total of 67 free throws.

[John Gleich]

https://x.com/i/status/2002190319576559917

And, apparently, Whitewater's 3-pt win came at the buzzer. Verges stole the inbounds pass around half court and nailed it.

It's even better than than... look at the shot they hit to tie it.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1A7vKXuwH6/

[Greek Tragedy]

Point leads Hardin-Simmons 38-22 at the break. Can't let up on the gas, we know what can happen. Butler with 13 and 7. Crohn with 10. Point is 4-8 from 3, but just 4-10 from the line. HSU has had a lot of good looks, but they just haven't fallen so far. Point is dominating the rebounding again, 27-14. Keep it up.

[tomt4525]

Point leads Hardin-Simmons 38-22 at the break. Can't let up on the gas, we know what can happen. Butler with 13 and 7. Crohn with 10. Point is 4-8 from 3, but just 4-10 from the line. HSU has had a lot of good looks, but they just haven't fallen so far. Point is dominating the rebounding again, 27-14. Keep it up.

They let off the gas.

[Greek Tragedy]

Hey, at least they won! Point didn't look like they wanted to win midway through the 2nd half. They were up 51-38 with 13 minutes to go. Then they managed one 3-pt basket and three FTs in over 9 minutes as they saw their 13-point lead turn into a 4-pt deficit with 3:33 to go, 61-57. To their credit, they didn't pack it up, completely, they tied it up at 61 apiece with 2:32 left and didn't allow Hardin-Simmons to score again.

I remember when Point was a great FT shooting team. They were just 16-28 for 57%. Butler had 22 and 8, while Krohn had 14 and Miron 13 on just 5-14 shooting. Combs played 37 minutes and had only 1 turnover. He also added 4 points, 5 rebs, 4 steals and 3 assists. If the stats are correct, Point only had 8 rebounds in the 2nd half, after outrebounding the Cowboys 27-14 in the 1st half.

https://athletics.uwsp.edu/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26/hardin-simmons-university/boxscore/12639

Any win is better than a loss. We play host Trinity tomorrow.

[Greek Tragedy]

The Eagles are down 61-58 with 7 minutes to go.

[PauldingLightUP]

Was watching the Packers. How on earth did La Crosse lose?

[Greek Tragedy]

Was watching the Packers. How on earth did La Crosse lose?

How on earth did the Packers lose? Reminds me of the Pointer loss to NPU. Big lead, throws it away. Chance to ice it (4 times for the Pointers) and can't do that.

[Gregory Sager]

You're mischaracterizing the UWSP @ NPU game. The Pointers did not have four opportunities to ice the game against North Park, at least not four realistic ones. Meanwhile, North Park could've won the game in regulation. Kolden Vanlandingham was at the line in the double bonus with eight seconds left in regulation and the Vikings down by one, and he missed the first free throw. Yes, UWSP still had the last shot, which Josiah Butler missed, but the Vikings also ganked the opportunity to win it in regulation, settling for the tie because KV missed one of his two free throws.

At the end of the first overtime the game was tied at 91-91 after Butler had tied it up for UWSP with 28.2 seconds to go. The Vikings thus had the ball with the shot clock turned off -- and with it the opportunity to not only win the game but to do so after having run down the game clock. Jalen Houston attempted a wide-open trey from the left corner, but missed it with six seconds left. After a rebound scramble, Logan Baumgartner of UWSP got the ball while facing the west basket with a second left, spun around, and attempted a 65-foot off-balance two-handed heave with 0.2 seconds left that nicked the top of the shot clock above the east basket (i.e., five feet too high and off to the left of his target) and fell to the floor. Baumgartner could spend an entire day trying to make a 180-degree-turnaround two-handed heave from 65 feet away over and over without ever making it once. Houston? He's a 35% shooter from three-point range, and a lot of his attempts have come from the corner. In other words, he's a good bet for NPU to win the game with that shot at 00:06 of the first overtime.

In other words, North Park was just as capable of winning that game before the end of the third overtime as UWSP was, if not more.

[badgerwarhawk]

The WARHAWKS (9-1) demolished Alma 91-60. Joey Brezowitz's career high 16 points led three other teammates with double digit points (Madson: 13, Bara: 11 and Quast: 10). The WARHAWKS got 53 points off the bench.   

[Mitch Hall]

Ouch. Eagles take first loss of the year. Let's hope some lessons were learned in a letdown loss. Congrats to Augustana on consecutive upset wins.

[Greek Tragedy]

https://d3datacast.com/npi/

Something fun to look at. If the season ended today, the WIAC is one Pool C spot away from having 6 teams in the tournament. Obviously, not realistic... Platteville holds the Pool C 22 spot.

[ChickenHoops]

Rumors that UW-GB will go D3 soon.  Any ideas on whether this is true or just bar room BS.