This year, this season, Matt Nestheide was no doubt the Player of the Year.  He was the most valuable player on a team that tied for the conference regular season title and led his team to a 23-4 record, including winning 19 of 20 games to finish the year.  Is Montgomery a good player?  Yes, and he may even be more talented than Nestheide or any other player in the conference.  Does that make him this year's most outstanding player?  No.  Millsaps has everyone back and should be a force in the conference next year.  If they win or share the conference title and he has the same year that he had this year, then by all means he should be player of the year...next year.  I'm taking nothing away from Montgomery...he's a heck of a player.  I'm just trying to make sure that we give Matt Nestheide the props that he deserves...and he did what great players do, he backed up the voters by his performance over the weekend.  Montgomery wasn't hosed...he got some votes and finished on a third place team, meaning that he was given some respect by the coaches.  Had Nestheide not been named MOP, then that would have been a far worse crime, in my humble opinion. 

Tough draw for Centre, having to go to Wooster...but I agree with pbrooks3 on this one.  They will take this stride and get ready for Capital on Friday night.  What does everyone think about DePauw's draw? 

Montgomery hosed for player of the year???  After the weekend of basketball that I witnessed from Matt Nestheide from Centre, he should feel hosed that he was not picked by all the other coaches in the league!  He was absolutely brilliant this weekend!  31 points today including 55 footer at the end of the first half to put Centre back up 12 (this following a 7-0 run by Trinity to cut it to nine).  He went 6 of 7 from the three point line on Friday versus Southwestern, in the first half!  He is no question the Most Outstanding Player in this league, as no other player is more valuable to their team than he is to his. 

Congrats to DePauw for making the NCAA's and to Trinity for getting to the finals.  Congratulations also to all the teams for a great weekend of basketball!  Now we wait for the pairings...

WOW!!!!!  I must have struck a nerve!  I didn't realize that Centre had such an advantage with the officials, the game assistants, etc.   

You've asked me to have some "class" regarding the situation...I would ask you to do the same.  Give credit where credit is due, Centre was the better team that day.  I just happened to be at the Centre-DePauw game in December...they've got some pretty good "Beef Stew and Mashed Potatoes" up there as well.   My problem is this...why devalue Centre's victory that day.  It's unnecessary and quite honesty, classless.  The ref's, the game assistants, the fan from DePauw that got thrown out, the nacho cheese incident, etc - none of them cost DePauw the game that day.  They were outplayed in every facet, just like Centre was outplayed when they went to Greencastle in December.  Frankly, it's disrespectful what happened in Danville with the nacho cheese in Fenlon's seat and I'm sure that was handled appropriately by those at Centre.  If not, then shame on them.  However, I also assure you that it's disrespectful to the players and coaching staff at Centre to speculate that their victory in February was "tainted".

I wish everyone the best in Memphis this weekend at the tournament.  This is a very good league with a bunch of good teams and the best team will win come Sunday afternoon.  Hopefully come Sunday night everyone will be able to give credit to the victors and respect to all those involved.

Let's go back to the officiating thing...are you telling us that Centre beat DePauw because the officials let it get too physical and the calls were too inconsistent, thus favoring Centre.  That the same official as refereed 7 of the 11 games that Centre has played at home, thus giving Centre an edge.  Soooooo, you're also telling me that because of those two factors, we should just throw the game out - not count it...it wasn't fair to DePauw.  Could the outcome of the game been determined because Centre held Schott to zero points and the team to 26% shooting - sorry, forgot that it was because of the inconsistency of the whistle and the unfair physicality of the game with a bias to Centre.  Geez, can we give some credit here to a good basketball team that played well on a given day instead of making some sort of an excuse for DePauw.  I just hope the ref from Danville doesn't call the tournament this weekend...might taint anything that Centre earns.  Would you like some cheese with that "wine"?

DePauw has to be the slight favorite...they are the defending champs and still so until someone beats them.  I still contend that they may be struggling just a little bit, but we'll see.  Centre is on fire right now (is anyone playing better than them at the moment - 16 of the last 17) and Millsaps may have a shot as well, although they better not overlook Hendrix. 

Who's the Player of the Year?  or Newcomer of the Year?  or Defensive Player of the Year?  What do you guys think?

In response to DePauw struggling, I would think that  losing by 32 at Centre two weekends ago and then only beating Austin 5 on Sunday would constitute struggling.

With one weekend left to go, will either Centre or DePauw get beat?  DePauw looks to be struggling, can Oglethorpe get them on Sunday?  Or will they get Centre first on Friday?  Let's not forget Sewanee, are they capable of pulling off the upset?   

What about the DePauw-Centre score?  The colonels by 32!  Must have been an incredible display, with Centre holding DePauw to 26% shooting and Schott to 0 points.  This sets up an interesting final two weeks for the top spot.  I'll bet that DePauw would have loved to have 13 seconds "taken" off the clock during the 2nd half of this game.