WBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[WLCALUM83]

Half   Benedictine 30, CUC 29   (Eagles' Gaede hit a couple of 3s right near the end of the half),

[WLCALUM83]

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....

NAthCon WBB main page has Lakeland up on MSOE, 28-22 at halftime.

Other halftime scores:

CUW 25, Alverno 20
WLC 46, Aurora 28
Rockford 33, Dominican 23

[NACfan215]

Yeah it just updated from 19:09 to halftime, lol

[WLCALUM83]

11:40 left  Benedictine 48, CUC 31  (Genke on bench with 4 fouls)

[WLCALUM83]

Welcome back to the playoffs, Rockford!

Final:  Rockford 68, Dominican 51

WLC knocks off Aurora 71-52  and runs the regular season table in the conference.

Benedictine up 67-43 on CUC  16 seconds left 2nd half

[NACfan215]

Duckworth for COY!

Alverno beats CUW at CUW

[WLCALUM83]

Pairings:

#8 LC at #1 WLC
#7 RC at #2 CUW
#6 CUC at #3 MBBC
#5 Alverno at #4 Benedictine

[NACfan215]

LC wins 63-39

[WLCALUM83]

Pairings have been updated accordingly:

(thrunt 01's definitely cheering on that last result--)

[WLCALUM83]

Duckworth for COY!

Alverno beats CUW at CUW

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.

It'll be a tight race between Duckworth and Morrison for the award.  What helped in Duckworth's case was the return of K Schaeren gave him more depth on the bench toward the end. All of the Inferno starters logged at least 28 minutes per game in-conference. (Speerschneider logged in just a shade over 38 minutes per game). 2 other Inferno players were in the top 11 in that category. That Gorman kid was consistent for him, too, game after game.

Morrison, in contrast A) had a core group of players (Peterson, DeLozier and Peotter) that got to know his system for at least 3 seasons. B) Though he had a bit more depth on his bench than Alverno, 4 of his 5 starters also put in at least 30 minutes per game in-conference.  C) He had several better than average shot-blockers to work with as well.



 

[thrunt01]

Pairings have been updated accordingly:

(thrunt 01's definitely cheering on that last result--)

Yeah. Figured they'd get the win. The big one was RC beating EC last Saturday. Do to my WIAC commitments I won't be able to make it to Saturday's game. Here's to hoping for an LC upset.

[Captain_Joe08]

Pairings have been updated accordingly:

(thrunt 01's definitely cheering on that last result--)

Yeah. Figured they'd get the win. The big one was RC beating EC last Saturday. Do to my WIAC commitments I won't be able to make it to Saturday's game. Here's to hoping for an LC upset.

I'll try to be there. It depends how sore I am after my match earlier in the day. I think WLC will win but can't really underestimate a team that has been on a roll recently like Lakeland.

[Captain_Joe08]

Also WLC and Lakeland have had some great battles in the conference tournaments over the years dating back to the LMC.

[WLCALUM83]

My take on "what the statistics can't tell you".

Teams with least to lose:  MBBC and Alverno (neither were projected to get this far to begin with)

Teams I'd fear the most on their emotion/momentum:   Lakeland and Maranatha.  (Muskies have the potential inside-outside balance to do some damage.  Crusaders get a home game, and their 6th man can get pretty loud).

If Rockford upsets CUW --- 

[Captain_Joe08]

My take on "what the statistics can't tell you".

Teams with least to lose:  MBBC and Alverno (neither were projected to get this far to begin with)

Teams I'd fear the most on their emotion/momentum:   Lakeland and Maranatha.  (Muskies have the potential inside-outside balance to do some damage.  Crusaders get a home game, and their 6th man can get pretty loud).

If Rockford upsets CUW ---

I was thinking about that for Lakeland....WLC needs to do what they did when they beat them earlier in the season and they will be fine. It will be something if Maranatha makes it to the finals in their final season in the conference...prolly the best feel good story so far. I still see WLC as the favorite in the tournament. I will elaborate later today on the conference tournament participants (when I am not busy with class work.).