Quote from: PauldingLightUP on February 09, 2023, 01:47:35 AM
Try to get the word out on senior nights again this year. Platteville held senior night Wednesday and only honored a manager.

It means, Brad Nies, who has started every game this season for Platteville will return for another season.

Second to last season already where listed first year seniors can come back for another year!

Most schools still let those seniors that are coming back still go thru senior night.  Never know for sure if they will play again.

Austin Ash went thru two at Iowa, and is still playing this year, so he might do three.

It's crazy that Loras was tied for first going into Saturday's game, and will be underdogs in their next two.  If they lose them, they could drop to 5th.

Quote from: doolittledog on February 09, 2023, 08:00:41 AM
I realize students working the camera for work study aren't necessarily the most motivated to do a good job.  But this is ridiculous    Shout out to the announcer for coming up with "Sam Kilburg with the kill shot for the Spartans"  That was well done 

https://twitter.com/itsAntWright/status/1623527827487219713?s=20&t=hvygVM69gza0ss3kZjch_A

Too bad they weren't students. They were adults, and I told them after the game that they missed the play, and they continued to tell me they moved the camera in time even though I told them many people texted me that they didn't.

Couple that with them making fun of Dubuque players shots, and I have nothing good to say about their effort.

Luther beating Nebraska Wesleyan, and almost beating Central last week, means there really isn't an off night for anyone.

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 23, 2022, 04:13:40 PM
More importantly, road CONFERENCE victories are always a good win.

Current  Dubuque seniors haven't lost a road conference game since they were freshman.   

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 20, 2022, 09:56:03 PM
I saw two barnburners on Saturday.

I dragged the wife to Madison to see the Stevens Point Pointers take on the Edgewood Eagles. Point came out of the gates fast and were up 7-0 in a blink of an eye. Edgewood weathered the storm and actually took the lead a little over 5 minutes into the 1st half. The hosts were up as many as 7 in the 1st half, thanks to the unstoppable force named JAKE SCHROECKENTHALER. Point did cut it to 3 at the break.

The 2nd half was tight throughout with neither team gaining more than a 2-4 point lead. Point looked to have sealed it with two FTs with less than a minute to go to push the lead to 6. However, Point imploded with back to back turnovers resulting in a quick layup and a 3 to cut their lead to 1. Edgewood fouled and Point hit the 1st FT, but missed the 2nd. Luckily, the visitors got the rebound and iced the game with two more FTs to push the lead to the final margin, 75-71.

A win is a win and I'll take a Pointer win any day. I was shocked that Jake Schroeckenthaler only had 17 points (and 14 rebounds). I thought for sure he was in the mid-20s the way he dominated Point's inside guys. One of Point's starting forwards committed two fouls on the "Big Jake" in the opening 15 seconds or so.

After the nerve-wrecking game in the Capitol, we headed to Whitewater to see them host CCIW foe North Central (IL). Those Helwig boys are the real deal with Matt scoring a game high 28 and Ethan chipping in with 20 and 10. It was a back and forth game. NCC seemed to get a jump on Whitewater, only for the hosts to battle back. NCC had a 10-point lead less than 5 minutes in, but the Warhawks battled back and actually took a 4-point lead going into the interval.

More of the same in the 2nd as the visitors seemingly pulled away only for Whitewater to regain their footing and make it a game. Like the Point/Edgewood game, the visitors nearly self-destructed. NCC had an 8 point lead with a little over a minute to go in the game, but Whitewater wouldn't go away. Whitewater cut it to one with less than 10 seconds to go. A turnover by NCC gave Whitewater a chance to win it. A missed shot and scrum under the basket resulted and the whistle blew just before the buzzer went off to end the game. A ref meeting concluded in a traveling call on NCC, giving Whitewater one last hope for the miracle win with .4 seconds to go. A nice inbounds play setup a wide open look for Miles Barnstable, but he air-balled his 3 giving NCC the road victory.

Two really exciting games, but both crowds were disappointing. Point fans travel well, but they were non-existent throughout the game and only came to life in the waning seconds of the game...probably too nervous to cheer.  Edgewood's student section basically consisted of about 15 guys all wearing the same Edgewood wooly caps and cheering when there was a big play. Whitewater's Williams Center holds 2300, so even when there is a few hundred, it's hard to get into the game. Students must have had better things to do on a Saturday evening (5 pm game) and the ones there were on their phones most of the game. Yeah, there were spurts of excitement, but nothing like Ripon, Concordia or Marian.

Most games have been $5 for adult fans, some $7. I haven't kept track of student prices. Whitewater was $8 to get in for adults, not sure about the students. I wonder if charging students to get in results in a lack of a student section.

We were at Edgewood last Wednesday.  It's a very loud gym. I think they found a level past 10 on the speaker system.  Had to shout to talk to someone next to you during pregame.

This is awesome.  Going to be a weekly post?