And still nothing on D3HOOPS. Carroll shocks 2 teams,and still not a thing for the MWC.

Quote from: Hoops Fan on January 17, 2007, 04:29:58 PM

Speaking of Appleton, I was in a Barnes & Noble over the holidays and picked up a book in the humor section entitled "Worst Cities in America."  There is no ranking, just a list of crappy cities and then a list of honorable mentions.  Having been to several of the cities listed "Nampa, ID; Ankney, IA; Manchester, NH; Cranston, RI; Greely, CO and others) I found their depictions to be quite accurate.  Anyway, Appleton made the list.  You should all be proud.

MMMMM,I googled it and couldnt find anything. I really find that hard to believe when the FoxValley(appleton area) was voted one of americas "BEST" places to raise a family.

Quote from: jeffdc on January 11, 2007, 03:15:14 PM
best of luck to GC tomorrow night. If weather allows and LU shows up and GC is firing on all cylinders, it will be a tough ride home for Lawrence.

Kind of a lot of ifs......

Not really,they wont be comeing home after the GC game. They will stick around for the area and stay in a hotel then travel for saturday's game @ Knox if im not mistaken.

Quote from: RiponRed34 on January 09, 2007, 09:32:45 PM
Thanks Justin

LU 36 BC 33 at half

As I recall the rim is a little looser towards the side with a wall behind it.  LU always shoots better in the 2nd half.

Nope,not any more. Larry put in "NEW" Rims this year and Both are very tight. No easy garbage buckets anymore at Alex!!!!!

Listen to Beloit @ Larry with LU All-Region Punter Ken Alvord on the call. http://www.lawrence.edu/sorg/wlfm/

Quote from: Old School on January 07, 2007, 03:06:39 AM

Quote from: larry_u on January 06, 2007, 11:54:30 AM
Lawrence is back in school, so hopefully they should have a good following at the game.  I wish I could be there, but alas I'm stuck in Minnesota, so just gonna have to rely on the box score.

You go to any MIAC games?  You should.

22 turnovers by Lawrence? Wow.

LU fans,

Wasn't John Dekker supposed to be some awesome, big-time recruit?  What's up with him...he's been doing a good job handing out gatorade and towels...5 total minutes the whole year?  I'm live in Sheboygan and he was all-world supposedly.

Where in Sheboygan are you? Dekker is a good shooter and scorer,but he needs to pick up a little thing called DEFENSE. If you cant play D,you wont play for Tharp. And John knows this,and is working hard to figure it out!!!!!

Some big games tonight,WOW Wild game at grinnell

Thats still not an excuse IMO. Because there were a couple times when Alvord had punts blocked(not his fault) and they would go maybe 10 yards.  And a few times when he wasnt the one who punted for the Vikings. Bob was the best Kicker,but not the best punter. All-Conference are Individual awards,not team awards. And they should be voted as such.

Quote from: JUSTINTYEM on November 24, 2006, 12:52:16 PM

Quote from: UWPSUPERFAN77 on November 23, 2006, 02:44:58 AM
WIAC have some disadvantages in playing FB vs private schools. Most of the teams in our conference have high academic standards. it is hard to get admitted if you are only an average student. Also, we are limited to 100 players on the rosters, unlike many private schools. Private schools do not want to play us, several teams in recent years have only played 9 games. Lastly, if your teams want to be ready for the playoffs, play good programs to get ready for the Playoff. Thanks for hearing me on your site. God Bless and have a happy Thanksgiving to all !

Im not sure how to take this post. Is this a person for the WIAC. Thus the comments about wanting to play top competition to get ready for the play-offs. Or a pro-private school(MWC) because of the "HIGH" academic standards. Cause the WIAC isnt a High academic conference. If you are in the top 50%(atleast) you can get into a WIAC school. The WIAC is "FAR" from a High academic conference. That is as DUMB as LU's Punter Ken Alvord (#2 in the nation in punting at 42.2 per) not even being 1st team all conference. Can someone please explain to me how this happens. He averages 4.2 more yards per kick,and kicks 13 more times than 2nd place.Thats Crap!!!!! Ken Alvord got screwed by the MWC coaches.  

Oh one more point to my Ken Alvord got screwed statement. Forstrom wasnt even in the top 50 in the nation for punting,that is an even bigger screw job than I thought. Check the stats here if you dont believe me  http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/rankings

Quote from: Hawk Sighting on November 27, 2006, 10:40:41 AM

Quote from: theoptimist on November 24, 2006, 03:34:51 PM
Only needing to be in the top 50% to get into the WIAC schools?  Tell that to the thousands of high schoolers who can't get into UW-LaCrosse.

And any conference that claims Ripon as one of its members should not be disparaging another conference's academics.

Are you kidding me? Ripon is one of only five Wisconsin colleges and universities (along with UW-Madison, Marquette University, Lawrence University, and Beloit College) to be included each year in the Princeton Review's 361 Best Colleges and Universities in the country rankings. Ripon is also one of only three private colleges in Wisconsin (along with Lawrence and Beloit) to make the US News and World Report America's Best Colleges list for national liberal arts colleges. Ripon has the highest percentage of medical school admissions of all Wisconsin colleges and universities, as well as the best placement percentage of teaching certifiers of any college or university in Wisconsin. To ridicule Ripon's academic quality is simply a symptom of ignorance...something we've grown accustomed to from state school grads". 

DING,DING,DING Someone just Hit a Perfect Bullseye. Thats why the MWC is better than the WIAC its all about intelligence. MWC grads make Far more money than WIAC grads on average. Great Post Hawk!!!!!

Quote from: UWPSUPERFAN77 on November 23, 2006, 02:44:58 AM
WIAC have some disadvantages in playing FB vs private schools. Most of the teams in our conference have high academic standards. it is hard to get admitted if you are only an average student. Also, we are limited to 100 players on the rosters, unlike many private schools. Private schools do not want to play us, several teams in recent years have only played 9 games. Lastly, if your teams want to be ready for the playoffs, play good programs to get ready for the Playoff. Thanks for hearing me on your site. God Bless and have a happy Thanksgiving to all !

Im not sure how to take this post. Is this a person for the WIAC. Thus the comments about wanting to play top competition to get ready for the play-offs. Or a pro-private school(MWC) because of the "HIGH" academic standards. Cause the WIAC isnt a High academic conference. If you are in the top 50%(atleast) you can get into a WIAC school. The WIAC is "FAR" from a High academic conference. That is as DUMB as LU's Punter Ken Alvord (#2 in the nation in punting at 42.2 per) not even being 1st team all conference. Can someone please explain to me how this happens. He averages 4.2 more yards per kick,and kicks 13 more times than 2nd place.Thats Crap!!!!! Ken Alvord got screwed by the MWC coaches.  

Quote from: Old School on November 15, 2006, 09:30:35 PM
VERY Nice Work, JUSTINTYEM...

Thanks for the info.

Point Special...I posted a message on the WIAC board, regarding ticket info for Carroll and Lawrence.  It's also on the Point webpage.

See I can do good things.But Im still in the darn negative karma area.Whats up with that!!!! LOL,Everyone have a Safe and fruitfull Opening weekend of DeerHunting(for those that go) and a very Happy Thanksgiving.

This was taken from an Artile in the Appleton Post-Crescent- Pass system set

In anticipation of capacity crowds during certain basketball games this season, Lawrence will be utilizing a pass system. This pass system will be in effect for the following games, Nov. 21 vs. UW-Stevens Point, Jan. 20 vs. Grinnell, Feb. 7 vs. Ripon and Feb. 17 vs. Carroll.


Doors will open one hour before tip-off and passes will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. One pass will be issued per person. Admission will continue to be free.


Passes will be broken down into three categories — Lawrence students, faculty and staff (a Lawrence ID is required to receive one of these passes), opposing fans and general admission. The bleachers will have distinct seating areas for all three of these categories.

LU has 1,YES 1 more guy than last year.Although thats not really true either.BJ Harry was on the team last year but never played because of injury I think.Otherwise they brought in only enough guys to fill the spots vacted by last years seniors.LOL,the system is a joke its like the Ol' Run and Shoot football.Its only good for entertainment value.

Quote from: BoBo on November 11, 2006, 05:16:30 PM

Quote from: JUSTINTYEM on November 11, 2006, 04:55:18 PM

Quote from: BoBo on November 10, 2006, 10:37:34 PM
Oshkosh is a traditional bottom dweller in the WIAC.  They were suppose to be a middle of the road team this year, but it never materialized.  I like UW-O, as my parents both went there, but they have been a major disappointment to their fans and supporters.  How 'bout scheduling the real traditionally strong members of the WIAC, Whitewater and/or La Crosse???  They and the other institutions have to go to Texas, CA and D1-AA schools etc. etc. , because nobody in the area are willing to step up to a challenge.

What never "materialized".I would saying being 3rd in the WIAC is above middle of the pack.It took coach Phil Meyer a few years to get the kids into his system and to start getting top recruits to come to his program.Its easier to build a Basketball program in a few years than it is to build a Football program in a few.

JUSTINTYEM -
If you had seen the pre-season talk, Oshkosh expected to contend for the WIAC title. Everybody else thought of them as 3rd-5th place team. That ended with the first conference game loss at home to UWW and things went down in a hurry. So, their hopes for a title never "materialized." Going into today, they were in 4th place out of 8 teams - do you agree that's middle of the road?

If you asked people that truely know something 3-5 was accurate.LOL,Im not sure If Oshkosh will ever make the Top 2 spots.LAX and WW seem to get the states top D3 guys year in and out.But UW-O is better than they have been in over a decade and a half i think.