Agree Platteville does appear to have easiest schedule left but they have been playing the worst of the contending teams.  They are a completely different team on the road...struggling to find offense and poor defense, losing their last 4 on the road all by double digits.  They play better at home so we'll see if they can keep that up, but not much hope for that win at EC. 
Point seems to find ways to lose while WW seems to find ways to win.  Lacrosse is on a roll and should keep rolling to the conference championship....IMO.  It's been a wild season in the WIAC so anything can happen over the next week and a half.  Enjoy watching the madness unfold!

That was the UWL team I thought would run away with the WIAC this year.  Not sure what happened after their excellent nonconference play but they seem to have regained their confidence.  I think they will still emerge as the conference champs although Point has been playing very well and should give them a run.  I wish I could agree with your statement that they beat a good Platteville team, but they have been very poor on the road this year, especially lately. They've been good at home but can't keep a game close on the road now.  UWW and UWO find ways to win so should be an exciting finish to the season.

Chicken Hoops, if you think Dernbach is less "exhuberant" than Coach Gard, or any other WIAC coach, then you aren't watching very closely.  Every coach in this league berate and beg the refs for calls.  D3 refereeing is so poor they almost have to.
I remember in last years Point vs Platteville game Dernbach went on the floor to CONGRATULATE one of his players who had just hard fouled a Platteville player who lay on the court injured.  To me, that is WAY more egregious than harassing the refs like all coaches do at every level.

Correct me if I'm wrong someone, but I believe the conference champs or co-champs are determined strictly by the conference records.  The tie breakers come into play when determining the seeds for the conference tournament.

Looking more and more like the WIAC champion will have at least 5 losses.  After a surprisingly poor conference start, LaCrosse right back in the mix.  Personally I think we'll have at least two co-champions.  The winner(s) will be the one(s) that can win on the road.  With the league carnage, very doubtful more than 2 teams make the D3 tourney.

This Platteville team has had trouble in the last 5-10 mins of games all season.....same thing tonight.  Might be lack of depth and starters get tired.  Got hopes up with good EC and LaX wins (both at home though), thought tonight was a winnable game.  Tonight across the conference shows wins on the road will be hard to come by.  Big game vs SP at home on Sat, need a win if want legit chance to win conference.  WIAC appears WIDE open and should be a crazy, exciting next 6/weeks!

Platteville had by far their best game of this season.  They had their best defensive effort, they only missed one FT out of 14 attempts and had very balanced scoring with 6 players in double figures.  If they could consistently play like this they could compete for the WIAC crown.  However, based on their non-conference performances that seems pretty unlikely.  It was encouraging to see them play to their potential.
Sorry to hear about the Cal Krohn injury, hate to see this happen to these young kids and the effect it can have on their teams.  Hopefully the MRI will reveal a less serious injury.
WIAC is off to a wild start, excited for more can't miss action over the next two months!

After building some momentum last night with a 20+ point win over a team with a 6-3 record, today Platteville has to hit a last second bucket to win by 2 over a team with a sub .500 record. 
Some observations of this Platteville team now that non-conference play is complete........they did not play their two bigs much together, they have been a pretty good rebounding team, they have trouble finding offense a lot, they struggle mightily with defense and will never play zone, they have not been a great free throw shooting team especially down the stretch. Consistency just not there with this Platteville team.  Will be a very interesting conference season, 4 days til it begins!

Early season rankings are suspect but agree Oshkosh jump seems a bit much, maybe based on fact MMG back playing.  Lacrosse is legit, have no problem with their ranking. They're beating tough teams on the road.  Platteville drop seems appropriate, they might not be ranked again this season.  Still lots to learn about this season's WIAC teams.  With some common opponents, December could tell us a lot before conference begins.

Platteville is still trying to figure out who they are without Pearson, Probst and Olson.  I think they will have a ton of close games in conference, not sure how many they will close out as they haven't found their go-to guy yet.  Lewis is trying to be that guy but has struggled in clutch late game moments so far.  Love appears the same as he was last year....has a big game then disappears for multiple games.  Fuhremann has picked up scoring some and could be a nice scoring boost for them.  Hettinger has not taken that next step yet.  Depth is not as strong as it was in years past as most reserves have little to no previous experience.  The conference battle seems to be for second place as LaCrosse has started very strong this season and looks very solid.  Looking forward to an exciting WIAC season!

Although we did have a disagreement last season, I tip my hat to your contributions to this site Tomt4525. You provide insightful info that is informative and appreciated by the readers.  Thank you for your efforts Tomt4525, very nice work!

Platteville's Logan Pearson selected Player of the Year by D3hoops.com.

Tickets for tonight at Platteville are $15 adult but $10 for senior adults.

Yes, your bias comes out very clear in this post, to the point where I now will use "overly" biased to describe your posts.  I hope you do lose interest in this board and stop posting because your overly biased posts mean nothing to the majority of the readers.

My post was not specifically directed at you.  There were others who spoke of Platteville's physical play but failed to list the plays I mentioned and indicated they had watched the game.  Appeared to me like very biased opinions and yes, whining.
Those who watch D3 games regularly should know going in that the officiating is going to be abysmal.  My only hope in each game is that the result does not hinge on a referee call at the end of the game.