WBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Captain_Joe08]

2/12

MSOE at Edgewood: Edgewood wins big....
Maranatha at Marian: Crusaders top off their finest season in the conference with a win.

2/13

Alverno at Concordia Wisconsin: GOTW...will the Inferno be able to hang a loss on the Falcons on Buuck? Don't think so...

Wisconsin Lutheran at Aurora: WLC has clinched the home court but an undefeated conference record is still out there....Warriors get that undefeated conference mark.

Dominican at Rockford: Unless Dominican has a perfect night and Aurora pulls off the monumental upset Rockford gets the last spot in the South.

Concordia Chicago at Benedictine: Second place in the South and a potential first round home game hangs in the balance here. Benedictine takes it in a tight one.

Lakeland at MSOE: Muskies clinch a tournament spot and earn a first round matchup against WLC.

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MSOE/Edgewood on deck:

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Half:  Edgewood 31, MSOE 23

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Edgewood on the verge of breaking this one open:   Eagles lead 47-33  with 11 min. left 2nd half

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Final:  Edgewood 73, MSOE 50  (Eagles' Tobin had a career-high 25 pts.)

Shifting to MBBC/Marian:

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Marian  19, MBBC 17  Half 

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Crusaders have gone on a 21-6 scoring run and now lead Marian 40-25  10:52 left 2nd half.

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Final:  Maranatha 49, Marian 37

(This just in:  Per NAthCon site, with this win the Crusaders seal the 3rd seed and with that, at least 1 home playoff game.

[Captain_Joe08]

Hats off to the Crusaders for a very good season. Morrison could be in the running for COY in the conference.

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Wisconsin Lutheran falls out of the regional rankings despite not losing. UW-Stevens Point takes their place. IMO I was not really sold that the Warriors would be considered for an Pool C bid especially with no real statement wins (best wins were against Westminster (14-9) and Hamline (12-11)).

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Hats off to the Crusaders for a very good season. Morrison could be in the running for COY in the conference.

IMHO Brad Duckworth of Alverno is also in the running. The Inferno weren't expected to qualify for the conference playoffs.
I'll talk more on post-season awards after tonight's finals come in.

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Wisconsin Lutheran falls out of the regional rankings despite not losing. UW-Stevens Point takes their place. IMO I was not really sold that the Warriors would be considered for an Pool C bid especially with no real statement wins (best wins were against Westminster (14-9) and Hamline (12-11)).

Can't help but wonder if the women's NAthCon is considered weaker this year than last (Warriors managed to get enough distance in their division- perhaps the dogfight in the North --ironically-- doesn't help much). Or is the WIAC stronger this year?   

[Captain_Joe08]

Wisconsin Lutheran falls out of the regional rankings despite not losing. UW-Stevens Point takes their place. IMO I was not really sold that the Warriors would be considered for an Pool C bid especially with no real statement wins (best wins were against Westminster (14-9) and Hamline (12-11)).

Can't help but wonder if the women's NAthCon is considered weaker this year than last (Warriors managed to get enough distance in their division- perhaps the dogfight in the North --ironically-- doesn't help much). Or is the WIAC stronger this year?   

WIAC seems to be slightly "down" than last year but really competitive. I think that the tougher schedules that the WIAC schools play seemed to hold a bit more weight than what WLC plays. I think that the Nath-Con to some degree is stronger than the SLIAC based on out of conference records. Plus it hurt's that when you have two teams (who ironically finished first and second in the south last year) go a combined 3-44 this year as well. WLC has done better than expected after losing Johnson to graduation and Kuehl to UW-Oshkosh.

Just hope that WLC can make a run in the NCAA's if they make it that far.

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CUC/Benedictine on deck:   (Gonna find out if IL Eagles can land that #4 seed).

[NACfan215]

Anyone getting any feed from the MSOE/LC game?  its 25 after 7 and the game clock is at 19:09 left in the first....