"The one downside to Whitman's style" alludes to "if they played differently" which is complete bs.

You really want to see whitman slow it down against the 6'8" starting 5 of Williams?!

Darne Duckett killed Williams off the dribble with his mid range game. Do you want to see him running flex? You want to see Austin Butler Down screen to start a little high/low action? Makes no sense.

Whitman does what they do. They forced 29 turnovers!

How about they shoot 15/22 instead off 11/22 from the stripe? Game over

McHughs post is dead on.

IMO Whitman ran into the National Champ last night. I'll be surprised if Williams doesn't win it.
Their length was the difference. Period, end of story. The shots that are normally easy shots weren't easy shots. They didn't have had any ball handlers but they could see over top of the pressure. Whitman didn't lose that game or "not play well" or "not execute in the half court" they got beat by an elite team. But they also had the ball down 1 with a minute left and just came up short. Somebody's gotta lose.

Length reminded me of Nebraska Wesleyan last year.

The site/location/travel stuff plays a factor, but nothing's changed about this ever. Fair or not—We all knew this before the season ever started so to bring it up now is pointless. Whitman controlled every variable they could during the season. They came into the ncaa tourney the number one seed, and the pod just worked out how it did.

I thought this year was the year! Graduating an incredible senior class, but will be back with studs like Darne Duckett and Andrew Vickers

Signing off...

Quote from: Titan Q on March 03, 2019, 09:11:22 AM
I continue to think making Whitman fly to Hamilton or Williams would be wrong. 

* Whitman is the highest seed in that pod, and the highest seed remaining in the tournament.
* This pod requires 2 flights if you use Hamilton or Williams...and just 1 more if Whitman

Gotta be a way to find 1 more flight to protect Whitman, as the highest seed left in the tournament.

Agree, but WMN came in expecting to go on the road after the first pod--so it's no let-down.  Their road to the trophy is certainly one of the toughest

Murderers row for Whitman.  Don't know Texas Lutheran, but as long as they survive, they have Pitzer waiting for them, and then probably Williams. 

Roach really had a nice career.  He's a "Big game player."

Vickers--Wow.  If he continues to play with that offensive aggressiveness, this Blues team might have a real shot at a national championship.  To me, he is the key.  He is that athletic scorer that can get his own shot anytime.  Blues don't need 20-30 pts per game from him, they have so many other weapons, but they do need him to play with the same mindset.

My guess is that this pod will end up in Walla Walla.  They'll likely have to fly 3 teams somewhere.  I also presume that the committee will have the Blues and Pitzer in the same pod, angling for a 2nd round match-up.  If what what we are consistently told is actually true (that the selections are only based on this year, and that the national poll carries no weight), I think WW is out.  We shall see.  It probably would have benefited the Blues if WW beat them last night--would have higher likelihood of putting the pod in Walla Walla.

Predictions

1st team
Austin Butler - POTY
Joey Hewitt
Jack Stewart
Kyle Roach
Ben College
Roggenbuck

Early 2020 NWC Prediction. Darne Duckett is Conference MVP. Linfield finishes in 2nd place behind WMN

Another regular season in the books.

This is always a fun time to remind everyone, remember when years and years ago, I said that one day Whitman would be NWC champs and WW was on the decline.

And remember when I said Bridgeland was the best coach in the country at this level? And remember when everybody laughed at me?

It's been a fun ride fellas

 Excited to watch Whitworth and PLU slug it out tonight. Likely going to be a real barnburner

Fully understand the criteria. The question still stands, what has WW done to deserve a pool C bid?

Whitworth hasn't had a good win all season. Unless they win the conference tournament, they don't have much of a case for a pool c bid in my opinion.

Why do they continue to get this "pass" into the tourney, and a top 10 ranking? They haven't won a NCAA tournament game in 3 years.  They are 1-7 against Whitman. Outside of that one win, when is the last time they've beaten a top 25 team? 

Gutsy WW win tonight over a formidable opponent

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Aaaaaahhhh...Hahahahhaahhaha!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

If Fox takes care of biz at home, a PLU win will slide the Lutes into the 4th, so could shake things up.

Good night for NWC action. Battle in McMinville between the two top teams in the conference tonight. And Whitworth looks to knock off #3 George Fox