MBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[badgerwarhawk]

EauClaire: 76
WARHAWKS: 83 OT

There were fifteen lead changes and six ties in a closely contested game.  EC took it's largest first half  lead (7) with :40 seconds remaining but Jake Quast's three cut it to four 35-31 at the buzzer.  EC continued with the lead, building it to a second half high of 10, 47-37, in the first four minutes before the WARHAWKS began to chip away and took their first second half lead 65-64 on a Brock Marino layup with a little over two minutes.  After EC regained the lead on their next possession Marino sank a jumper in the lane and the WARHAWKS led 66-65. After that the WARHAWKS, clinging to a one point lead, would miss 4 of 5 free throw attempts while EC would miss a pair of shots and turn the ball over until EC's Ron Demovsky, was fouled with :03 remaining and sank both free throws  sending it into overtime 67-67. The first four minutes of overtime featured a pair of ties and six lead changes before Issac Vergas sank a pair of free throws and the WARHAWKS finished 6-6 from the charity stripe.  Marino finished with a 19/10 double-double while Madson added 17 and Quast 14 off the bench. 

[Greek Tragedy]

Oshkosh 5-2
Platteville 5-2
Stevens Point 4-3
Whitewater 4-3
La Crosse 3-4
Stout 3-4
Eau Claire 2-5
River Falls 2-5

Wednesday games with the weekend off.

La Crosse at River Falls... the Eagles won the first meeting 84-72 and had a 48-33 HT lead.

Stout at Eau Claire...the Blugolds escaped with a 68-66 win in Menomonie.

Whitewater at Oshkosh...after leading Whitewater 37-34 at the break, Oshkosh pulled away for a 90-78 victory on the road.

Platteville at Stevens Point...Platteville came from 6 down at the break to rally and post a narrow 63-61 victory at home.

[cubs]

Watching UWO in previous games I was surprised at how many illegal screens they were allowed to do without a call. I noticed on their ball screens they all have a 2 hand push off defender. Enough to knock off balance. Maybe it caught up to them?? Missing 3's hurts too.

Here I figured it was just the "gimmick offense" finally catching up to them... 

[WIACer]

Watching UWO in previous games I was surprised at how many illegal screens they were allowed to do without a call. I noticed on their ball screens they all have a 2 hand push off defender. Enough to knock off balance. Maybe it caught up to them?? Missing 3's hurts too.

Here I figured it was just the "gimmick offense" finally catching up to them... 

The gimmick is working. Wouldn't change a thing.

[ChickenHoops]

Watching UWO in previous games I was surprised at how many illegal screens they were allowed to do without a call. I noticed on their ball screens they all have a 2 hand push off defender. Enough to knock off balance. Maybe it caught up to them?? Missing 3's hurts too.

Here I figured it was just the "gimmick offense" finally catching up to them... 

The gimmick is working. Wouldn't change a thing.

Heather likes the Titan game style so I am "all in" on the gimmicks.  Of course she has a bit of a crush on Imig and Kangas, that is of some concern.

Big game in Quandt Wednesday. Hope the Pointers get their act together for this one. Won't be back to meet the chicken farm buyers until late March so I will have to get my Point beer shipped to Florida.

Can someone with closer ties to the Point staff tell me what happened that such a great player like Uttech would be lost?  He is effective and the stats prove it.  Would Point argue they didn't need him? 

[tomt4525]

6'3" Chequamegon G, Cooper Michalski, has committed to play basketball at River Falls.

[tomt4525]

6'5" Oswego(IL) G/F, Brayden Borrowman, has committed to Oshkosh.

[WashingtonWiz99]

Big match-up at Quandt tonight!

[ChickenHoops]

Big match-up at Quandt tonight!

Very nervous. No sustained success so far. Can't figure it out. 

[Greek Tragedy]

Big match-up at Quandt tonight!

Very nervous. No sustained success so far. Can't figure it out.

Don't worry about the Pointers. You'll be too busy watching Uttech and Stout and Kangas and Oshkosh with your girlfriend to be concerned about what happens at Quandt.

[Greek Tragedy]

After yesterday's carnage.

Here's the NPI rankings going into today's games.

Oshkosh 9 - Pool A - Down to 18, Pool A
Stevens Point - 15 - Pool C5 - Down to 19, Pool C7
Platteville - 17 - Pool C6 - Down to 24, Pool C10
La Crosse - 34 - Pool C19 - Up to 29, Pool C13
Whitewater - 41 - Pool C23 - Up to 35, Pool C18
Eau Claire - 46 - Pool C26 - Down to 55, Pool C33

Oshkosh 5-2
Platteville 5-2
Stevens Point 4-3
Whitewater 4-3
La Crosse 3-4
Stout 3-4
Eau Claire 2-5
River Falls 2-5

Wednesday games with the weekend off.

La Crosse at River Falls... the Eagles won the first meeting 84-72 and had a 48-33 HT lead.

Stout at Eau Claire...the Blugolds escaped with a 68-66 win in Menomonie.

Whitewater at Oshkosh...after leading Whitewater 37-34 at the break, Oshkosh pulled away for a 90-78 victory on the road.

Platteville at Stevens Point...Platteville came from 6 down at the break to rally and post a narrow 63-61 victory at home.


Whitewater and La Crosse desperately need wins to stay in Pool C contention.

[Mitch Hall]

4 way tie for the lead in the wild and wooly WIAC. Eagles one game back after another ho hum  win at RF. 

[Greek Tragedy]

NPI standings going into tonight's games

Oshkosh 17 - Pool A
Stevens Point 19 - Pool C7
Platteville 24 - Pool C10
La Crosse 29 - Pool C13
Whitewater 38 - Pool C21

Eau Claire 57 - Pool C33
Stout 207 - Pool C165
River Falls 214 - Pool C172


Stout beats Eau Claire 67-63
La Crosse tops River Falls 80-75
Whitewater upsets Oshkosh 101-91
Stevens Point takes care of Platteville 81-62

Stevens Point 5-3, 15-4
Oshkosh 5-3, 14-5
Whitewater 5-3, 14-5
Platteville 5-3, 13-6
La Crosse 4-4, 14-5
Stout 4-4, 7-11
Eau Claire 2-6, 13-6
River Falls 2-6, 7-12

[Greek Tragedy]

Updated NPI rankings after last night's games.

https://d3datacast.com/npi/

Stevens Point 19 - Pool C7 --- 12 Pool A
Oshkosh 17 - Pool A --- 24 Pool C9
Platteville 24 - Pool C10 --- 25 Pool C10
La Crosse 29 - Pool C13 --- 26 Pool C 11
Whitewater 38 - Pool C21 --- 28 Pool C12

Eau Claire 57 - Pool C33
Stout 207 - Pool C165
River Falls 214 - Pool C172

Platteville loses but barely moves. Oshkosh drops 7 spots and Whitewater jumps 10 spots.


Stevens Point 5-3, 15-4
Oshkosh 5-3, 14-5
Whitewater 5-3, 14-5
Platteville 5-3, 13-6
La Crosse 4-4, 14-5
Stout 4-4, 7-11
Eau Claire 2-6, 13-6
River Falls 2-6, 7-12

[Kirbmania]

Looking more and more like the WIAC champion will have at least 5 losses.  After a surprisingly poor conference start, LaCrosse right back in the mix.  Personally I think we'll have at least two co-champions.  The winner(s) will be the one(s) that can win on the road.  With the league carnage, very doubtful more than 2 teams make the D3 tourney.