http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45lweP4OjMk&feature=c4-overview&list=UU3QILhih4kB8dy_edUlos5g

Here is a link to the half court buzzer beater that Eric Kittel had for CUW on Saturday to beat Milikin. Awesome shot!

I agree most statements. The NAC conference tournament selection is screwed up. I at least believe we can all agree on that. Aurora now it seems as a sure in cake walk into the finals. While the 4 north teams are going to beat each other up and grind it out to the finish. I understand the seeding between 1 north and 1 south getting the 1-2 seeds, however the seeding should go by higher overall record and the head to head between the north and south to break up the tie. If that was the case the seeding would be as follows...

1. Aurora 14-2 hosting 8. Benedictine 6-10
2. Lakeland 13-3 hosting 7. Marian 10-6
3. CUW 12-4 hosting 6. Rockford 6-10
4. DU 11-5 hosting 5. MSOE 11-5

Based on pure overall record...

1. Aurora 14-2
2. Lakeland 13-3
3. CUW 12-4
4. MSOE 11-5
5. Marian 10-6
6. Dominican 7-9
7. Rockford 6-10
8. Benedictine 6-10

AU vs BU
LC vs RC
CUW vs DU
MSOE vs MU

Either one of those options seems more intriguing to me for the conference tournament than what we have now.

And so it begins today...any early preseason predictions on conference champions or standout players?

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Edgewood went a crazy, uncharacteristic 2-21 from the three-point line but still pulled out a 64-60 win at Benedictine. Faurote saved the day with 26 points, going 12-for-12 from inside the arc (0-5 outside).

Accorrding to Twitter, there was medical emergency in the bleachers that caused a lengthy delay near the end of the CUW-Lakeland game. Don't know what happened, but I hope that individual is OK.

I started the video feed when I was looking for the result and saw there was 1.6 seconds left and they were already stopped (no announcers on the video feed). One of the commenters on the site said a they heard a girl had a seizure. There was applause before they returned to action so I assume she at least appeared to be okay. The delay was about 20 minutes though.

Yes, from what I heard, she had a seizure and fell about 5 rows down in addition.  I didn't hear about any resolution for her in terms of her health... due to the delay, that might have been time for paramedics to arrive, etc.

I work at Concordia and was at the game last night. It is unaware fully what has happened yet if she had a seizure and then fell, or fell first and had a seizure from hitting her head. She was released this morning from the hospital as there were no neck or spine injuries. She is heading to a few clinics today to find out what exactly happened.

It was quite the scene to see the crowd go from cheers and noise to silence in a matter of seconds. It stayed completely quiet for the whole delay. The 3 games that CUW vs Lakeland this year I truly believe were probably the 3 best games played in the NAC this season. It was another heck of a game last night. A lot of heart and guts were left on the court. In a total of 3 games this year between the 2, the games were decided by a total of 7 points and 3 overtimes were needed to decide them. A heck of a season for CUW though.

Any chance they get an at large bid or not? Thoughts?

With Edgewood knocking off Marian at home tonight, i was able to go to 7-0 on the year with NAC Pick 'em.
WLCALUM83...you were 5-1 with your only loss being Maranatha as they gave up over 100 pts. to Lakeland in a loss.

The new top 25 rankings just came out. Has there ever been a time where two NAC teams were receiving votes? Both Edgewood and Concordia Wisconsin are up there. These 2 teams may single handedly put the NAC on the map this year. Any other thoughts to how the season has started off and also predictions to tonights opening conference games?

Here are my picks for tonight's games: (Winner in BOLD)

Lakeland at Maranatha
Dominican at Concordia Chicago
Rockford at Aurora
MSOE at Benedictine
Concordia Wisconsin at Wisconsin Lutheran

Marian at Edgewood Wed 11/30

I wouldve picked CUW over CUC in this last weekend's game. So I am going to put my NAC Pick'Em Record at 1-0. Feel free to leave your picks and I will update a bracket.

Any thoughts on this years season already? Who your favorites for the conference may be? Going off of the end of last years performance and returning players, I would say the top 2 teams in the conference will definitely be Concordia Wisc. and Edgewood. They each have a lot of fire power returning and a ton of depth. Both of their conference games will be as if its for the conference championship. The North in general looks to be a lot tougher than the South this year. Lakeland returns a lot and also gets Schwarz back after his knee injury. If he can stay healthy they can be a tough team. Let me know your thoughts.

Both NAC Teams are in action tonight in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Any ideas on each team's performances? Benedictine got a tough draw going to Wooster right away. However if Green and Snelling play tough and the rest of their team follows their roles, their athleticism may help them in this one. CUW got a good draw I believe in Luther. I think it is a good opportunity for the NAC to win its first NCAA game. Correct me if I am wrong. I don't know if Aurora won any games when they made it. All in all, it is good for the NAC to have 2 teams in the NCAA tournament. A great accomplishment for this young conference.

One Round Do...Two More To Go...

Semifinals

CUW vs. Edgewood

Benedictine vs. Aurora

Predictions anyone?

I'm going to go with CUW and Benedictine...both pretty much for the same reason. They are the 2 athletic teams in the conference that can play a consistent up and down game for 40 minutes. Also both Edgewood and Aurora are coming off games on Wednesday that they had to play tough full games for. Edgewood didnt blow the game open until the last 2 minutes. CUW pulled its started 5 minutes into the second half. Benedictine is to athletic for Aurora. Cameron Snelling has no one to stop him on Aurora's team.  Any other thoughts or predictions for Friday nights games?

RFMichgian...I would like to agree and disagree with your prior statement about CUC. To start off, if the Conference would have known that James Morgan was an ineligible player and not have been playing this whole year, they would not have been picked to be #1. The conference would have went with Benedictine most likely.

I agree with remark that they have been playing better ball these last few games...however, teams tend to play a little differently the second time around so fluff may have played a factor as well just knowing they beat them up the first time around.

On regards to the Ann-Arbor game, it was a very good an emotional win for them. However Ann Arbor is not arguably a better team than anyone in the NAC. Ann Arbor did beat CUW, but also shot 70% from the 3 point line. And being on a high, the next night against CUC, Ann Arbor short a poor 5-23 from the 3 point line. Ann Arbor would be lucky to finish in the top 3 in the NAC if that.

I will fully agree with you however on the fact that they built a lot of character this year. I happen to be personal friends with the player that lost his father to cancer a few weeks ago. I also know that a few other players found out their parents had cancer this season. It's sincerely a tough issue. But it is the team and the family that makes D3 sports so special. They are not getting their school paid for by bball...instead they pay to be a part of something special, that team and family. CUC most certainly grew closer together as a family this year and built some solid character.

New to posting on D3Boards...

With the regular season ending here in the last few games. Any thoughts to who will finish in the top 8 to make the conference tournament? I know CUW, Edgewood, and Lakeland already have spots locked in the North. But it is a tight race for the 4th spot and not one of the South spots is locked in yet. It looks to be a tight race to the finish.

My predictions are as follows.

North
1. CUW
2. Edgewood
3. Lakeland
4. Marian (turning it on late)

South
1. MSOE
2. Benedictine
3. Aurora
4. Rockford