How about some basketball talk...
What is the game plan for Carroll?  What weaknesses are out there that they can exploit against Hope?  Anyone who has seen them any info would be appreciated. 

Diehard and roop you guys are like forcing the same ends of magnets together right now...lighten up. diehard lets see if the board handle lives up and roop, well, roop rhymes with hoop, so lets continue to talk about hoops. 

pat coleman,
excellent work...as if you didn't already know that?

Scots4
take it easy buddy,  i am sorry if i offended you. i know there isn't any tone in any of the post but please note the sarcasm. i was simply implying that LFC did not have any standouts returning from last years team and they came together this year and played well as a team.  there wasn't anyone looking to hog the limelight.  that is what made LFC successful.  i don't want to say anything about your "research" but i do recall you calling LF the worst team you played all year.  

Congrats to Schultz and the pioneers again...and safe travels.

Lake Forest- I disagree that coaches know everything about every other team. No coach knows what happens in other practices, who leads other teams, who is the true captain and all the other intangibles that make a team great.

Scots 4,
Give me a break...
i didn't say they knew everything about all the teams, the "pretty much" aspect was designated to exclude practices and any other secret society stuff that you have brewing in Monmouth, IL.  as far as the true captain comment it sounds like a personal issue that you might want to talk about more with someone more qualified than myself...
the comment on what makes a team great is taken with a grain of salt...
you couldn't name more than one player on LFC prior to the season and look at the results that they posted.  That is a great TEAM...

Congrats to Carroll,
(insert Minnesotan accent here)
keep it rolling up dere in da nortwoods eh? 

I want to beat a dead horse too...
I don't think mcmullen is even the second best player on his team.  Paul Wise should be above mcmullen, Maclin didn't play defense, arseneault passed too much, grotberg shot too much, schmitting was too tall, Terwelp should have been second team, gillingham honorable mention at best, on and on and on...
That is what makes this board fantastic...i only truly believe mcmullen/wise aspect of the above rant...
The coaches in our league are some pretty bright individuals who know a thing or two about basketball and they all know pretty much everything about every team.  Take a look at what we lost as a conference last year and it opens up a lot of space for some new guys.  This wasn't the best talent our conference has seen by any means.  Those who made the list, i congratulate, those left off, if not leaving, will just have to work harder to make an impression won't they?   

Good luck to Carroll tonight.

Walker will be 1st team next year, so 4 now sophmores for next year isn't bad though...

scots4
you have no reason to be embarrassed by your last game.  you got beat by a better TEAM.  They outworked you and out rebounded you in the zone you were playing.  ask any of the coaches in the league and they will say how hard LF plays.  teams that play hard will have success in this league.  you don't need to go any farther than LF of last year to see that you can't rely on talent alone.  LF lost games this year when they got lax in their effort.  the talent level never changed.  if it makes you feel any better LF is probably embarrassed that they lost to you this year as well...

I wouldn't say that grinnell has superior talent either.  they too play hard and when they are rolling like they have been the latter portion of this year they are tough to beat. 

Point Special,
There is a lot of assumption on this board, like people assuming that Point would lose to a D2 or like people assuming that Davey Jr. is the greatest thing since sliced bread.  So we might as well give Stevens Point the loss and drop them to #3 in the country, or maybe we should just end their season right now and get ready for next year? What do you say?

So is Schmitting and Drury and it has nothing to do with them being seniors.  they are the best players on their team.  the coaches have a tough decision on both awards and the POY will probably not go to davey jr for a number of reasons, like the coach's son debate or the fact that he may not be the best player on his team... and the COY will/should be davey sr.  the trends in years past have been in favor of the conference champion being garnering the COY.  any thoughts on the tournament outcome? 

early
i believe he was talking about the 2000-2001 season.  he is clearly not thinking correctly gaurantee another 30 point win...LF went 11-5, losing some steam towards the end of the season and went to Grinnell and lost to IC.  but those days are over.  lets take care of business this weekend and try to prove him wrong.  You better not lose. 

roop
no one wants to be a knox fan...at least not admit to it. 

Who hosts if Carroll wins and Grinnell loses?

Great win by the Foresters last night.  I will post with class and wish the scots the best of luck next year....

Congrats to the Pioneers.  It looks like The System was clicking on Saturday like it was supposed to.  In looking at the stats it seems like everyone contributed and LFC could not play their typical slow down game.  The last week should be interesting...

I didn't realize that Iowans were so fit...it must be the granola 
Keep sending the sausage, we will supply the cheese and beer.

Old school you summed up my point exactly. The MIAC plays 25 games.  The MWC plays 23.  If you take away  two non conference games to play conference games you also take away the chance for the second place team or the conference champion that gets knocked off in the conference tournament to get the possible two extra in region wins that could make them an at large bid.  With the scenario like it is now it makes every regular season conference game count that much more.  you don't necessarily need the two extra conference wins to get the at large.  if lawrence in years past would have gone 14-4 in conference, won the conference, lost in the conference tournament, and go 1-4 in non conference would they have still made the tournament at 15-9? with the loss in the conference tournament added. or do they have a better chance with more non conference games where they can schedule possibly better teams than the lower level teams in conference that they can beat and get a better shot at an at large?    just playing devil's advocate...you guys are the knowledgeable ones.