MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[RFMichigan]

Lots of last second heroics and perseverance in the NACC today:

- Dominican never trailed in the 2nd half against Lakeland until Max Justic hit a trey with three seconds left to lift the Muskies to a one point win.

- Not to be outdone, Marian never led in the second half against Benedictine until Derek Lindert hit a two point jumper at the buzzer to steal the win for Marian.

- CUW never trailed in the second half against St. Norbert - they had a 13 point lead with 6 minutes left in regulation - until Will Stuckey hit a layup with two seconds remaining to defeat the Falcons by one in Mequon.

- CUC never led in the second half (trailing Wisconsin Lutheran by 21 with 11:10 left to play) until Aaron Brown hit a free throw with 22 seconds remaining and the Cougars held on for a one point win in River Forest.

[Greek Tragedy]

Muskies have won 3 road conference games in a row! Problem is, they haven't won a conference game at home yet.

[Greek Tragedy]

It's been way too long. It a 2-horse race between Aurora and St. Norbert. MSOE is a game back, but are we really considering them a contender? They lost at SNC by 13 and got smoked by 40 at Aurora. The Engineers do host both at the end of the year. So I guess you never know. Benedictine, sitting at just 5-7, has handed both Aurora and SNC their only losses of the conference season thus far. The Eagles do play Aurora again, but do not face the Green Knights a second time. The league leaders battle on Valentine's Day for their only match up this season. The NACC will be a one bid league. Aurora is the closest team to a Pool C birth at around 34/35. Even if they won out and lost in the conference final, they won't jump enough to be considered.

Aurora 12-1
SNC 12-1
MSOE 11-2

Concordia WI 8-5
Rockford 7-5
Marian 6-6
Benedictine 5-7
Concordia Chicago 5-7
Lakeland 5-8

Edgewood 3-7
WLC 3-9
Illinois Tech 3-11

Dominican 1-11

[Captain_Joe08]

A poor showing in non-conference doomed any shot for this league being a multi-bid league again this year.

WLC picked up another win today over Concordia Chicago but a 2 game gap is between them and the last conference tournament spot. Lot of underclassmen getting reps this year. Either way I feel WLC was a bit over rated coming into the year especially with what was returning.