Well we have a rematch of last year's first round NAC tournament game at the REX tomorrow night.  Lakeland @ WLC.  I think the outcome will be different this year. My prediction: WLC 86 Lakeland 78 I will be in attendance to see this one.

Sorry for my previous comment on Rockford possibly getting some wins. I guess I meant they played WLC tough.  but whatever, they'll end up dead last anyway.  WLC travels to CUW tonight for what should be a great game.  CUW is playing well, and WLC is rolling on all cylinders right now.  I won't be in attendance as I will be at a high school game tomorrow night. Good luck warriors.

first of all I would like to congratulate the warriors for beating lakeland at the tank for the first time since 2000. It was a great game to watch.  Saiberlich had an amazing shooting performance hitting 10 3's (7 for his first 7), and ended up with 39 points.  the warriors switched defenders on him late in the game which was a good decision as early on he got way too many good looks.  wlc continues to roll by playing unselfish basketball. it is really fun to watch them move the ball and have so many different options.  hopefully they can keep this up.

they also won tonight at rockford.  rockford played well, they have a group of guards who could help them to get a few wins down the road. 

WLC defeats Maranatha 99-87.  WLC got up by as many as 26, but let that lead slip down a bit.  Props to natha for never giving up even after getting down by double digits early in the game. WLC pulls back to 3-3 in conference and heads to Lakeland on Saturday.  Will the Lakeland curse continue or end on saturday? I'm planning on heading up to that one because I don't want to miss the end of that streak if WLC wins.  This will be a great challenge for the warriors.

I had the opportunity to watch Dominican play once this year.  I would agree that they are very athletic.  If I could pick out one problem from the game I saw, I don't think they look inside to Haiduc enough.  He is arguably the best true post player in the conference, and is great at finishing around the basket.  At times Dominican's guards even think about going inside to him even when he had some mismatches.  If they start to look inside more I think it will open up everything from creating open 3 point opportunities to opening up lanes for their athletic guards to cut through. 

I was able to attend the WLC @ Marian game tonight.  Marian came away with an 88-81 victory over the warriors.  At the beginning of the game wlc moved the ball very well and jumped out to a quick lead, but Marian came back and it was tied at 39 going into the half.  The warriors got up by as many as eight in the second half but could never put it away.  Marian hit some big shots down the stretch every time it looked like wlc would pull away.  Then in the last few minutes Marian's guard wayne franklin made some great plays penetrating to the hoop and had 3 key layups in the last few minutes.  Marian had six players in double figures, led by Jordan Van Ess with 19.  WLC was led by Danny Behm with 25.  Lindberg and Sorum were the only others in double figures for the warriors.

maranatha beats benedictine 70-67!!!

WLC beats Dominican 89-73.  Dominican led 3-0 to start the game and Danny Behm scored 10 straight points to start the game and WLC never looked back.  Domincan went on the run in the second half to pull the lead back down to eight, but wlc stayed strong and ran away with it.  They looked very good offensively, moving the ball well and shot 52 percent from 3 for the game. If they continue to play like this I think they'll be very tough to beat.  Marcus Zondag led the team in scoring with 21, and Plath, Behm, and Lindberg were also in double figures for the warriors.  I don't think dominican looked inside to Haiduc enough, especially when at times they had mismatches.  WLC has off now until they head up to Marian to play the Sabres.  This will be a good test as Marian is off to a 3-0 start.  I think I might make the trip up to this one.

The Lone Sader,

It looks like natha should have a decent year and get a few wins after playing the way they did against edgewood.  I'm just wondering if you know why josh burch did not play last year.  He was very good in his years before that, and it's good to see he's back, just wondering what the deal was with that. 

titansrus,

I think plath has come a long way since his last year.  As long as i've seen him play he's been a good shooter and is very athletic.  In the game I saw last night he made much better decisions than at times last year.  Every shot he took last night was a good one, so if he keeps that up he'll probably shoot a very good percentage for the year.  It also hurt last year because he didn't get as many minutes, but after wlc lost a few guys from last year he's seeing a lot more minutes. With teams having to concentrate so much on guys like Zondag and Lindberg now, it will only help him to score more too, because he'll be open as a result of double teams on those guys, and if he's left open he usually doesn't miss. I think he'll have a good year, as will WLC.

just got back from trying to keep my car on the road through all the snow on the way back from the rex.  great game tonight. not many fans on hand, probably because of the weather. final score was Aurora 93 WLC 90.  Larry Welton did not play at all in the first half, not sure why, but Aurora still looked pretty good without him, Lance Robinson played great as did Chad Trudo, and a few other guys had good games too.  Welton ended up with 10 points playing only in the second half.  For the warriors Marcus Zondag had a very impressive game scoring 27.  Sorum, Lindberg, Plath, and Behm were also in double figures for the game.  Warriors had a chance to win but sorum was called for a push on a put back that would have put the warriors up 1 with under 10 seconds to go. Aurora hit both free throws and wlc didn't get a shot after that.  I think both teams looked pretty good, they played hard, and it was good to see both teams play very unselfish basketball. I think both of these teams will end up near the top of the standings.

I am looking forward to watching the wlc aurora game tomorrow night at the rex.  Based on the way things have gone so far, it looks like wlc has a good chance to upset aurora.  As long as they can contain welton and play unselfish offense I think they'll have a pretty good shot at coming out of there with the W. 

This just in...the WLC at Rockford has been postponed due to inclement weather.

I was unable to make it to any of the games over the weekend as I was out of town, and will not be able to make it next weekend either, however, I did catch the end of the WLC-Coe game on the radio friday night. sounds like it was pretty close, but they made some big plays when the needed them to pull away.  I saw that they also beat Cornell on Saturday.  word is that kyle plath, marcus zondag, and danny behm did the majority of the scoring for the warriors over the weekend.  good to see they can win without lindberg doing a lot of scoring, but i think in the long run they'll need him to get going if they want to keep winning.

Just wondering what you guys think about st. norbert guard eric gruenewald, haven't seen him play in college yet, saw him many times in high school and just wondering how he is coming along in his college career?