My first post although a constant reader and lurker on this site, truly" the most definitive site for information on NCAA Division III basketball".
Unfortunately what I have seen over the years are groups of individuals who have flaunted their knowledge and familiarity with basketball as proof of the quality and validity of their statements. I too would be tempted to do the same to lend greater reliability to that which I have to say.
As for the IWU/Elmhurst game, let the game stand for what it was: an excellently played game between two solid teams with depth of role-players, excellent scouting reports, coaches making decisions that needed to be made when they were made, and players doing everything they could do to win the game for their Alma Mater.
There were often times in which I felt that the refs was costing us the game. But in hindsight, my loyalties over-ran my better judgment. In sinuating that one player did this or did that (and it wasn't called as it should have been) reeks of sour grapes even though you would like to call it some other fruit!
As one in attendance at the game, I complained bitterly because the refs were not calling "holding on Keenan A" for grabbing jerseys and literslly holding players as they broke through a screen, positioned themselves for a rebound, etc. I was therefopre quite surprised to see that the issue was raised herein in reverse!
I truly thought Martin's check on an IWU layup was quite a bit over the edge. But no more so than Freeman's body block on Martin which sent him into the first row of the beachers. I took no offense when Trost and Scherer applauded their payer for their hustle.
When Dauksas gave a huge shove to clear E-hurst and IWU players out of the way to make way for a Titan rebound, resulting in a call by the official of "over the back" on Elmhurst's Ruch's, I felt like throwing my bad call brick! Then on the trip down to the other end, I saw the same action by Eihlenfelt resulting in a call against Jones.
As irritated as I was at the officiating, as much as I found a distate for losing especially to IWU, and as much as I hated the mere fact of losing!, I got the only thing that I could have wished for...consistency, or the consistency of inconsistency on the part of the officials, which did not determine the outcome of the game.
To say anything else, takes away from two excellent teams who had well deserving All-Americans who did what they needed to do which proved the validity of their honor. (Even Amelianovich forced Elmhurst to formulate a game plan which placed significant consideration to negating his abillity, talent and impact in the game.
So, let's stop the sniping at the officials and the sniping at individuals which in some of these posts have tried to lessen the achievements of these young men last evening! Failure to do so shall result in a tit-for-tat argument about this call, that call, this error or that error and whether or not the outcome would or would not have made the game's outcome different than it was.
Let us use our considerable amount of knowledge to analyze the game, the conference race, and conference talent rather than stooping to levels of petty arguments or statements which demean one of the better games played by two teams on the same court on the same night!
Unfortunately what I have seen over the years are groups of individuals who have flaunted their knowledge and familiarity with basketball as proof of the quality and validity of their statements. I too would be tempted to do the same to lend greater reliability to that which I have to say.
As for the IWU/Elmhurst game, let the game stand for what it was: an excellently played game between two solid teams with depth of role-players, excellent scouting reports, coaches making decisions that needed to be made when they were made, and players doing everything they could do to win the game for their Alma Mater.
There were often times in which I felt that the refs was costing us the game. But in hindsight, my loyalties over-ran my better judgment. In sinuating that one player did this or did that (and it wasn't called as it should have been) reeks of sour grapes even though you would like to call it some other fruit!
As one in attendance at the game, I complained bitterly because the refs were not calling "holding on Keenan A" for grabbing jerseys and literslly holding players as they broke through a screen, positioned themselves for a rebound, etc. I was therefopre quite surprised to see that the issue was raised herein in reverse!
I truly thought Martin's check on an IWU layup was quite a bit over the edge. But no more so than Freeman's body block on Martin which sent him into the first row of the beachers. I took no offense when Trost and Scherer applauded their payer for their hustle.
When Dauksas gave a huge shove to clear E-hurst and IWU players out of the way to make way for a Titan rebound, resulting in a call by the official of "over the back" on Elmhurst's Ruch's, I felt like throwing my bad call brick! Then on the trip down to the other end, I saw the same action by Eihlenfelt resulting in a call against Jones.
As irritated as I was at the officiating, as much as I found a distate for losing especially to IWU, and as much as I hated the mere fact of losing!, I got the only thing that I could have wished for...consistency, or the consistency of inconsistency on the part of the officials, which did not determine the outcome of the game.
To say anything else, takes away from two excellent teams who had well deserving All-Americans who did what they needed to do which proved the validity of their honor. (Even Amelianovich forced Elmhurst to formulate a game plan which placed significant consideration to negating his abillity, talent and impact in the game.
So, let's stop the sniping at the officials and the sniping at individuals which in some of these posts have tried to lessen the achievements of these young men last evening! Failure to do so shall result in a tit-for-tat argument about this call, that call, this error or that error and whether or not the outcome would or would not have made the game's outcome different than it was.
Let us use our considerable amount of knowledge to analyze the game, the conference race, and conference talent rather than stooping to levels of petty arguments or statements which demean one of the better games played by two teams on the same court on the same night!