Concordia did it last year to Marian ha eatin my words for lunch

The 2010 #1CUW v #8DU is an irrelevant argument, check the box score from that game.  When you lose an all-conference player to injury before halftime it's tough to win any game, much less a conference tournament game. 

As far as the seeding argument, it is what it is.  The conference officials/coaches voted on this prior to the season so they have no one to blame.  The only team that should be mad is Aurora.  Clearly the best team in the NAC. 

Looking at years past, it doesn't pay to be the #1 seed!  The #1 seed hasn't won since Aurora in 06-07, most of the time the top seed doesn't even make it to the championship game.  Don't be surprised to see Lakeland go down early, tough to beat a team three times in one season.

Things are going to come down to the wire again this year.

Tues.

Hoping for chaos...
Benedictine pulls a fast one on Rockford
WLC loses a close one at CUC
CUW guts another out at MBBC
Aurora handles Dominican
Marian beats Lakeland in the final minutes
Edgewood wins the season finale against MSOE

DEAD MESSAGE BOARD ALERT

My picks for tonight:
Benedictine over WLC in a close one
Dominican over CUC
CUW over MSOE
Aurora over Rockford

My upset pick:
Edgewood over Marian at the EdgeDome!!!!

The South is always full of surprises...

I must admit, I didn't see WLC hanging around as long as they have, CUC being as bad they are, Rockford finding ways to get it done, and even though they are stumbling now, Dominican has been a nice surprise for the NAC after last season.

Things just got really interesting in the North.

Remaining Games:
Lakeland - @MSOE, Aurora, @MBBC, Marian (Could potentially lose 3 of last 4)
CUW - Edgewood, Rockford, @MSOE, @WLC, @MBBC (Tough road games)
MSOE - Lakeland, Dominican, CUW, @CUC, Edgewood (3 of the top NAC Teams in a row)
Marian - MBBC, CUC, @Edgewood, @BU, @Lakeland (Tough finish on the road)

My final projections:
Lakeland 11-5
CUW 12-4
MSOE 9-7
Marian 10-6

Craig has missed Edgewoods last three games...not good for Edgewood who is still in the race for the top 4 in the North

Heard the rumblings of 'division' on that Carthage team after last season when Malcolm Kelly was playing.  Now that he's not there anymore it still comes back to Luke, I'm sure it's not coincidence, but Titan Q you are right, they're just rumors.  It'll be interesting to see if he can help BU turn it around this season, the 2-4 seeds in the south will be wide open.

Being a teammate of a guy who thinks he is too good to be there sounds like a problem, not hard to believe him being a bad teammate after reading those quotes

The rumors are true, Luke Johnson is enrolled at BU, no word on eligibility though.  Assume he will play the second half of the season.  Reportedly was unhappy at Carthage and comes with the label of being a "bad teammate".  Either way should be interesting for BU, that would give them two legit 6'8 Forwards that could start (I see McGinty getting pushed out of the lineup with Johnsons arrival.)

Aurora v Lakeland in a couple of weeks is going to be interesting, might be a final of 125-120 in regulation.  I'm giving the Spartans the upper hand in that one.  They have a deep athletic team and they play hard at both ends of the floor. 

Great stuff, keep it coming

I think the CUW win over MSOE proved that MSOE is still a pretender, don't look at their record without looking at their soft schedule first

It looks like Aurora will run away with the south, beating the 2nd place team by 25 makes the south look very weak.  I am surprised by Dominicans win over CUC though. 

Are the Edgewood Eagles even going to make the conference tournament?

ExBBaller40, Keep up the good work on the blog!  Been a good read so far.

Good slate of games scheduled for tonight:

Benedictine bounces back after tough loss to LU to take one from Dominican
CUC can't keep pace with Aurora
The Warriors travel to Rockford and take one from the Regents
Low scoring MSOE can't find the bottom of the net late and The Sabre's win

In the headlining game:

In a physical and pressure filled game, CUW continues to play well and pulls out a narrow win to hand Lakeland it's first loss of the season (seems like the games between these two always come down to the wire)

Well WLC downed North Park 67-52 tonight at the Recreational Complex.

North Park has been known for being a powerhouse and coaching stability these last few years....

Lakeland over Edgewood by a lot
MSOE pulls out a close one
BU takes it to a bad CUC team
Aurora demolishes a BAD WLC team in what promises to be a poor shooting night for both teams
CUW wins a nail bitter against a tough Marian team

and as an upset Dominican over Rockford...(is that an upset?)

North Park at Wisconsin Lutheran: WLC seems to be better, but I can't get a good read on them.

WLC seems to be better?
FG 36%/20TO per game/allowing almost 80pts per game...can't win too many ball games playing like that

I would agree with the picks though

Lakeland might score 130 in regulation on Beloit