I don't know if anyone will even post in this, but I thought the Iowa conference atleast deserved a board.

Not only did Augustana lose 4 of their last 5, they got smoked in the last two.  A team playing about their worst ball of the year matched up with one playing it's best.  I don't think BV could have gotten any better of a draw.

I think me and Show should be D3 basketball analysts because we pretty much haven't been wrong all year.  Coe shoots 6 of 20 from beyond the arc, so as much as I hate to say it, I was right.  Huge win for the Beavers, they really turned their season around going 11-2 after a 4-11 start.  Tough defense and good rebounding have been the key to success all season and once again the Beavers use it to win a huge game.  It will be interesting to see who the Beavers  draw in the first round, I'm guessing it will be one of the better teams in the nation considering the Beavers record.  I wouldn't be surprised if we see a rematch of the national tournament game of a few years back when Lawrence and BV met up in Siebens field house.  Certainly going to be a tough game regardless of who it is, but VH will have the team ready to go.

There is no way Wartburg gets into the tournament this year.  They had a better chance last year when there were fewer teams in the tournament.  As for BV, the one thing they do, and do extremely well, is play defense and rebound.  If you do those two things you're going to be in every single game.  The slow start is attributed to the younger guys getting used to VH's style on defense and buying into the defense first mentality.  It takes some time getting used to, but once you get it down you are going to win games.  So as far as the question about the conference being weaker or what not, it comes down to the fact that BV just plays better all around basketball.  I think most would agree BV doesn't have the most talent in the league this year, but they play the best basketball when it comes down to fundamentals and defensive execution.

So as for tonight...I'm picking BV.  VH will pack it in and not let Kilburg and Kuentsling beat him inside.  Coe has shown twice this year against the Beavers that they will throw up a million threes if you do so, and when it comes to conference tourny time, nerves kick in, especially with a young team like Coe, which makes it harder for shots to go down, therefore it will come down to the team that plays the best defense and I've got to believe that will be BV.

Huge win for the Beavers.  It's official now, the IIAC only gets the winner of Saturday night's game.  Wartburg ends it's fifth consecutive season against the Beavers.  So much for all the Wartburg/Coe hype huh

The way it sounds to me everyone seems to forget Wartburg and Coe have to each win tough games to advance.  One of the two won't make the finals, which, I don't know, but there has been way too much parity in the conference this year to assume all the favorites will win.

Oh, and on another note, I think it's still safe to say that the best home court advantage lies within Storm Lake, Iowa.  The long road trip along with the Beaver Den make it tough to get a win in Siebens Fieldhouse.

No matter how the conference tournament plays out now, I see the IIAC only getting one team no matter who wins the conference tournament

The real radio announcer is a lot better, if there was a way to put him with the video it would be good, these guys are just morons.

And they need to learn how to add and subtract...39-28...BV up 9....But trust me, the two kids are pretty much idiots, so it's expected.

And what is Schmidt's problem, he whines about everything and doesn't look like he's playing hard at all, that is not the same player from a year ago.

So much for Keith's plan

I know a lot of guys don't like Loras' gym, but I personally love it.  It is the ultimate homecourt advantage, because you don't need many people in there to get it loud as hell.  I'd say that gym and Wartburg's were my favorite to play in, and Wartburg's is leaving after this season and I've got to imagine Loras' won't last much longer, though they did just get that new floor a couple of years ago.

As for the Wartburg-BV game, Wartburg is going to have their hands full, BV is great at home and I know it would make VH and crew's season a little sweeter to prevent Wartburg from winning back to back conference championships.  But we still have to wait on that one, there are still other games yet to be played.

Gregory Sager is right, almost the only thing that matters is regional rankings.  If Coe wins the conference tournament the IIAC will get two teams, if Wartburg wins it we only get one.  Coe might be well respected within the conference this year, but they aren't nationally and the IIAC has, for the most part, been viewed as a weak conference by the rest of the nation.  On that note, Wartburg will win the conference tournament.  It will be just like last year was with BV and Wartburg.  Wartburg won the regular season, but deep down everyone still knew BV was the team to beat.  It's hard to win the regular season as a heavy favorite because every night you have a huge target on your back.  This year Wartburg was that team.  I guarantee teams were more jacked up playing Wartburg than they were Coe because you want to beat the defending champs.  At BV we saw everybody's best last year from Wartburg all the way down to Cornell.  Once conference tournament time rolls around everyone starts out at the same level and I know Wartburg will be much more focused, especially Schmidt who will start playing like it means something again.  Experience is absolutely huge in a conference tournament, the games are nothing like regular season, you know you have to play your best or you go home.  Most of the guys on this Wartburg team have seen two or three conference championship games already while Coe's roster is dominated by younger players.  Coe's year will be next year, because I don't see these Wartburg seniors settling for going out with anything less than a conference tourny championship.  I can see all the Coe fans hate posts flowing in already.

Trust me, I'm not a Wartburg fan; in all honesty I don't like them at all.  But Steege is far from overrated, the guy can play.

If Coe and Wartburg tie for the regular season title, the MVP would go to Steege in a landslide.  Why?  Because he's been one of the best in the IIAC in his four years and the other coaches in the conference respect him and will give him his dues.  Kuenstling may be having the better season statistically, but Steege means more to his team, especially this year.  What it will come down to though is Steege is a senior, Kuenstling is a sophomore.  All the coaches who have been in the league for the last few years will give Steege their vote.  My guess would be Kuenstling would get Coe and Cornell's vote while Steege would get the rest.  BUT, Coe is in first all alone right now, so it would be hard not to give it to a Cohawk.