I doubt that many.  I'd put it closer around 2300 or 2400.

Been around Whitworth sports for a long time.  I remember the unexpected run to the NAIA tournament in 1991 and the NAIA DII runner-up year in 1996.  We've had some impressive years in the 2000's.  But Saturday night in the Fieldhouse was the best environment I've ever seen.  Way more than the listed attendance of 1,760.  An awesome way for the seniors to spend their last night playing at home.

Good luck to the Pirates in Greensboro.  We'll be watching/listening.

The Whitworth radio call is also part of the Whitworth video feed.  I've taken advantage of that good option myself.  Need a high speed connection.

http://www.whitworth.edu/Athletics/Teams/Basketball/livefeed.htm

Whitworth's coaches should be fairly familiar with Chapman.  The Bucs beat Chapman by 15 or 16 down in SoCal early last season.  It seems the personnel are real similar to the last meeting.

I am sure that Whitworth get's Chapman's best punch.  It'll be a great environment in the fieldhouse.  Not sure Chapman will be used to that.

Press,
Thanks for the note about the UP radio mention of Whitworth. 

But regarding the schedule, I am pretty sure there is more to it than just 25 games.  There is a definite date before which the teams cannot schedule games (but exhibitions are ok).  And there must be some kind of date at the end too, otherwise you'd see a bunch more of these.

Something definitely out of the ordinary happened on Tuesday.

I see that Lewis & Clark played at U of Portland last night.  How is that even possible?  Isn't there a rule about playing games after a certain date (other than post-season)?

T-M-T, any insight from your L&C connection?

Way to go Pirates.  What a great season so far.  Keep it going deep into the tournament.

Looking forward to seeing either C-M-S or Chapman on Saturday. 

Here's the actual team, from the NWC web page:

Coach of the Year:  Jim Hayford, Whitworth
Player of the Year:  Nate Montgomery, Whitworth

First Team All-NWC
Nate Montgomery, Whitworth (P, 6-8, 240, Sr./Sr., Sammamish, Wash. - Eastlake) [8]
Cameron Mitchell, Willamette (P, 6-7, 210, Sr., Portland, Ore. - Univ. of Redlands)
Eric Beal, Whitworth (G, 5-11, 184, Sr./Sr., Spokane, Wash. - Concordia Univ. [Calif.])
K.C. Wiser, Linfield (C, 6-8, 235, Jr./Jr.,  Tigard, Ore. - Tigard)
David Riley, Whitworth (F, 6-5, 200, Jr./Jr., Palo Alto, Calif. - Gunn)
Alex Stockner, George Fox (P, 6-5, 200, Sr./Sr., Monmouth, Ore. - Central)

Second Team All-NWC
Cody Tesoro, Linfield (PG, 6-0, 175, Sr./Sr.,  Kahului, Hawaii - Western Oregon Univ.)
Ross Bartlett, Pacific (Ore.) (P, 6-6, 220, Gr./Sr., St. Helens, Ore. - St. Helens) [1]
Josh Kollasch, Lewis & Clark (G, 6-3, 195, Sr., Tucson, Ariz. - Sabino)
James Hollins, Lewis & Clark (G, 6-3, 193, So., Phoenix, Ariz. - St. Mary's HS)
Kelly Edwards, Lewis & Clark (G, 6-3, 185, Jr., Bellevue, Wash. - O'Dea)

Honorable Mention
Stephen Wiseley, George Fox (PG, 5-9, 170, Jr./Jr.)
Jack Martin, George Fox (W, 5-11, 180, Sr./Sr.)
Kyle MacTaggart, Pacific Lutheran (W, 6-4, 180, Jr./Jr.)
Colin Koach, Puget Sound (G, 6-1, 185, Sr./Sr.)
Brandon Shaw, Whitman (G, 6-2, 170, So./So.)
Bo Gregg, Whitworth (F, 6-5, 200, Sr./Sr.)

Right-o NWCer, should've included Mitchell somewhere on that list.

All-NWC guess:

MVP:  
Montgomery, Ww

First Team:
Beal, Ww
Tesoro, Lin
Bartlett, Pac
Edwards, L&C
Stockner, GF

Second Team:
Wiser, Lin
Riley, Ww
Shaw, Wm
McTaggert, PLU
Kollasch, L&C or Wisely, GF

What a great season-long showing by Whitworth.  Way to go Bucs.  Last night's win at Linfield was never in doubt on the way to 16-0.

I give a lot of credit to Willamette.  Willamette started 1-9 and finished by winning 5 out of 6.  Pacific Lutheran's predicted collapse came true.

So what are the predictions for the 2-4 spots in the NWC tournament?  We know who is in, but not the order.  Will Linfield hold on to a spot that seemed secure three weeks ago?

GFU and L&C will play each other, eliminating one from any chance at second place.

QuoteIf it's not for Oxybob and Stagg44 giving us some incite on the games,

fhsutiger - if you did that on purpose, you are a genius 

Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 07, 2010, 11:11:57 PM
Conferences that are not represented in the table.

East -- Liberty League
South -- USA South AC
Midwest -- NATHC

+1! Knightslappy!

Also the UMAC in the west.  But perhaps they don't count because they don't have the AQ yet?

I don't think it can be overstated how big this weekend is for Linfield.  After this weekend the Wildcats finish with five of six at home.  If Linfield can win twice this weekend, they set themselves up to host Whitworth with a chance to claim a share of the title over the final weekend of the season.

So, can Linfield win at PLU and UPS on back to back nights?  The Cats handled both easily at home and seem to match up well with both teams.  It'll be interesting.