WBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Captain_Joe08]

My picks:

WLC: Warriors are hitting on all cylinders here. AU is fortunate to make the conference tournament.
CUW: It is never wise to count out a Brunner-Jones coached team. Though it won't be easy.
MSOE: Raiders pull away in the second half.
Benedictine: Muskies have the distinction of hanging a loss on the top two seeds this year, but their season ends here.

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Edgewood/MSOE up shortly:

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Half:  MSOE 31, Edgewood 25  (Eagles were down by 11 at one point, MSOE's D is really showing up)

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Other scores:

CUW 32, CUC 22  Half

Benedictine 37, Lakeland 25  2 secs left 1st Half

WLC 33, Aurora 16  Half

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Shifted to CUC/CUW  (game's got tighter after the break)

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UPSET ALERT:

CUC 65, CUW 58  Final  (Despite having 3 players foul out CUC's Jahnke and Orr score big and the Cougars hit their FTs late. They get their first tournament win since '08. (Does Coach Rogers get a look for NACC COY?)

MSOE and WLC also won

[Captain_Joe08]

Semifinals picks

#5 CUC at #1 Wisconsin Lutheran: Cougars won the rubber match against CUW, but they have no answer for Schulz and company.

#3 MSOE at #2 Benedictine: Toss up. Think Eagles slow down the Raiders in this one.

[WLCALUM83]

I agree with both of CaptainJoe's picks:

Should MSOE pull off a road win tonight, it'll lead to a 2nd consecutive all Milwaukee area NACC Tournament final (Alverno vs. WLC in '14)

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CUC/WLC up shortly:

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Half:  WLC 43, CUC 21

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Final:  WLC 83, CUC 61

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Benedictine 36, MSOE 34  14 min left 2nd half

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Final:  Benedictine 71, MSOE 59 

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WLC gets Wheaton IL as a first round draw:

[NACfan215]

Interested in this match up.  Watched the Wheaton v. North Central CCIW Champ game this weekend.  They are a good team, but hard to judge since NC runs a Grinnell-like system.  But I would definitely give WLC a chance here.  I will for sure be tuning in. 

On the other end UWO is matched up with North Central, also will be an interesting game.