2009-10 SLIAC Men's
Basketball All-Conference Team

Player of the Year: Michael Zasada, Eureka College
Newcomer of the Year: Brady Slagle, MacMurray College
Co-Coach of the Year:
   Todd Creal, MacMurray College
   Matt Mitchell, Westminster College

First Team (alphabetical by school)
Michael Zasada, Eureka College
LaPhonso Ellis, Greenville College
DeWhon McAfee, Spalding University
Drew Moore, Webster University
Jake Vislay, Westminster College

Second Team (alphabetical by school)
Rod Sykes, Blackburn College
Kameron Bell, Eureka College
Chris Forrest, Fontbonne University
CJ McClellan, MacMurray College
Stanley Crawford, Westminster College

Honorable Mention (alphabetical by school)
Marc Randle, MacMurray College
Ryan Sichting, MacMurray College
Todd Zimmerman, Principia College
Nick Jones, Webster University
Kurt Kovach, Westminster College

All-Defensive Team (alphabetical by school)
Obinna Agomo, Greenville College
Marc Randle, MacMurray College
Drew Moore, Webster University
Stanley Crawford, Westminster College
Ky Millard, Westminster College

Sportsmanship Award: Greenville College

All-Tournament Team:
Ky Millard, Westminster (MVP)
Stanley Crawford, Westminster
Kameron Bell, Eureka
Michael Zasada, Eureka
CJ McClellan, MacMurray
Drew Moore, Webster

2010 SLIAC Women's Tournament
Fontbonne University (St. Louis, Mo.)

Feb. 26
6:00 - Blackburn vs. Webster
8:00 - Westminster (Mo.) vs. Fontbonne
Feb. 27
7:00 - Championship
   

Newspaper Box Score
Westminster (Mo.) vs Eureka
02/20/10 3 p.m. at Eureka, Ill. (Reagan Center)
At Eureka, Ill. (Reagan Center)
EUREKA 82, WESTMINSTER (MO.) 56
WESTMINSTER (MO.) (17-7, 12-3 SLIAC)
Kovach, Kurt 4-7 6-6 15; Vislay, Jake 4-10 0-3 9; Rudd, Briton 2-5 2-7 6;
Weymuth, Kelsey 2-5 2-2 6; Mallette, Adam 2-4 0-0 5; Hohenstein, Dan 2-6 0-0
4; Wright, Mark 2-5 0-0 4; Tolson, Skylar 0-5 2-2 2; Crawford, Stanley 1-3
0-0 2; Millard, Ky 1-5 0-0 2; Bennett, Joe 0-2 1-4 1; Gilmore, Justin 0-3
0-0 0; Hays, James 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-61 13-24 56.
EUREKA (16-8, 10-5 SLIAC)
Zasada, Michael 9-15 6-7 26; Bell, Kameron 11-21 2-6 24; Kindred, Jordan 3-8
0-1 8; Leppard, Andy 2-5 1-2 6; Nicholas, Austin 2-6 0-0 5; Black, Craig 2-4
0-0 5; Wagner, Josh 2-5 0-0 4; Lessen, Mark 2-3 0-0 4; Schreck, Tanner 0-1
0-0 0; Kuenzl, Jake 0-0 0-0 0; Fehr, Jordan 0-0 0-0 0; Chapman, Blake 0-0
0-0 0; Myers, Cody 0-1 0-0 0; Bolsen, Dan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-69 9-16 82.
Westminster (Mo.).............   26   30  -   56
Eureka........................   44   38  -   82
3-point goals--Westminster (Mo.) 3-24 (Vislay, Jake 1-4; Mallette, Adam 1-2;
Kovach, Kurt 1-3; Hohenstein, Dan 0-3; Wright, Mark 0-3; Tolson, Skylar 0-3;
Crawford, Stanley 0-2; Millard, Ky 0-2; Rudd, Briton 0-1; Hays, James 0-1),
Eureka 7-26 (Kindred, Jordan 2-5; Zasada, Michael 2-7; Leppard, Andy 1-2;
Black, Craig 1-2; Nicholas, Austin 1-4; Schreck, Tanner 0-1; Myers, Cody
0-1; Bell, Kameron 0-4). Fouled out--Westminster (Mo.)-None, Eureka-None.
Rebounds--Westminster (Mo.) 39 (Crawford, Stanley 7), Eureka 47 (Zasada,
Michael 12; Bell, Kameron 12). Assists--Westminster (Mo.) 3 (Vislay, Jake 1;
Millard, Ky 1; Kovach, Kurt 1), Eureka 17 (Zasada, Michael 5). Total
fouls--Westminster (Mo.) 17, Eureka 22. Technical fouls--Westminster
(Mo.)-None, Eureka-Leppard, Andy. A-396

And back to basketball:

Feb. 13 (the home team goes 3-1)

Eureka 75, at Spalding 79
Greenville 82, at Principia 59
Westminster (Mo.) 71, at MacMurray 81
Blackburn 84, at Fontbonne 111

Blackburn, Fontbonne, Webster and Westminster are in the tournament, but the seeds are not set:

Fri., Feb. 26, SLIAC Semi-Finals, Site TBA
   #2 Seed vs. #3 Seed, 6:00
   #1 Seed vs. #4 Seed, 8:00
Sat., Feb. 27, SLIAC Championship, 7:00

To help clarify:

The SLIAC first sponsored football from 1996-99 with five teams playing (Blackburn, Greenville, MacMurray, Principia and Westminster), but with a change in the conference sport sponsorship requirements (four teams to six), football was dropped as a conference sport.

In 2000 and 2001, Blackburn, Principia and Westminster were independent, while Greenville and MacMurray played in the Illini-Badger.

From 2002-2007, Blackburn, Principia and Westminster played in the UMAC, while Greenville and MacMurray continued to play in the Illini-Badger.

In 2008, the SLIAC sponsored football with Blackburn, Eureka, Greenville, MacMurray, Principia, and Westminster participating. Huntingdon and LaGrange joined as associate members for football only.

When it was announced that Blackburn was dropping football and Principia was suspending football prior to the 2009 season, SLIAC football was no more. Eureka, Greenville, MacMurray and Westminster (once again) hooked up with the UMAC. And Huntingdon and LaGrange were dropped as associate members.

And, that is where we are.

The Fighting Weltys are in the UMAC, but the Stinson Creek Shootout is a sight to behold!

Hope,

Not everyone charges now, so the SLIAC may be one of the best fiscal bargains in intercollegiate athletics. Regardless, I'm sure we could get you media credentials if you promise to be nice in your critiques of SLIAC teams (measured, of course, by the column inch).

Let the stretch run begin!

Good luck finding a school with the budget to pay you, unless you don't mind working for free!

To help clarify some concerns about score and stat reporting:

* Most SLIAC schools do not have a full-time SID, which can cause some problems.

* Each school normally posts (or can post) their scores directly to the SLIAC & D3 Hoops scoreboards, not the SLIAC SID.

* When games go beyond 10:00 p.m., stats are normally not posted on the SLIAC site until the next day (the SLIAC SID lives in N. Carolina, EST).

* Also, forwarding stats it is not always as easy as punching a button (software or computer problems, entry or human error, etc.).

Unless I'm mistaken, this year the men play Thursday and Saturday, with the semi-finals at 6:00 and 8:00, and the championship at 1:00.

There are a couple of things that need to be considered in hosting a regional contest. First, the school needs to apply and in the case of basketball, I believe the deadline is February 19. Second, geographical location is a critical factor.

As for the possibility of a seed, the strength of schedule index on this site can provide valuable information:

http://www.d3hoops.com/salem/10/sos.htm

On an unrelated subject, here are the most
recent Massey ratings (413 teams listed):

113 Westminster
190 Eureka
239 Webster
305 Spalding
333 MacMurray
358 Greenville
372 Fontbonne
398 Principia
405 Blackburn

Now, back to the previous discussion!

Jan. 16
3:00 PM  MacMurray  92  Greenville  107  Final   
3:00 PM  Eureka  68  Westminster (Mo.)  72  Final   
3:00 PM  Principia  74  Fontbonne  70  Final   
3:00 PM  Blackburn  57  Spalding  73  Final

SLIAC Records
Westminster 6-0
Webster 5-1
Eureka 4-2
Spalding 4-3
MacMurray 3-3
Greenville 2-4
Principia 2-4
Fontbonne 2-5
Blackburn 0-6

Big games coming up:
Webster at Greenville
Fontbonne at Westminster
Westminster at Webster