WBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

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1/7/14 guesses:

MSOE/Aurora:    Toss-up-- going with Spartans at home (when Dorrington and Jenkins score a lot of points on the same night--)

Lakeland/Rockford:  Toss-up #2  --Muskies on a hunch.

CUC/CUW;   Falcons

Marian/Alverno:   Inferno get back on the winning track

WLC/Benedictine:    IL Eagles have enough bench depth they can run at the Warriors--it'll come down to who controls the tempo-- IL Eagles hand WLC its' 2nd NACC road loss in a tight one.

Edgewood/Dominican:   WI Eagles 

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Marian 32, Alverno 21  Approx 4 min left 1st half

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Marian 39  Alverno 28   Half

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Alverno 78, Marian 66  Final

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1/9/14 guess:

Marian/WLC:  Warriors -- moreso if they can repeatedly run on the Sabers.

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Lakeland/Rockford going into OT tied at 59--

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Final:  Rockford 70, Lakeland 63  (Cold shooting did the Muskies in in the OT)

As expected, WLC knocked off Marian at home, so the Warriors are now in 2nd, 2 games behind CUW in the win column.

[Captain_Joe08]

Final:  Rockford 70, Lakeland 63  (Cold shooting did the Muskies in in the OT)

As expected, WLC knocked off Marian at home, so the Warriors are now in 2nd, 2 games behind CUW in the win column.

And that WLC game was a beatdown. WLC started the game on a 16-0 run and led 44-10 at the half. They limited Marian to 4/25 shooting in the first half and held them to 20.8% shooting for the game.

[Captain_Joe08]

1/11 Games

Rockford at Marian: Taking the Regents on the road.

Benedictine at Concordia Wisconsin: Could go either way. If Benedictine wants a statement win, they could do it against CUW but it won't be easy on the road.

Aurora at Wisconsin Lutheran: If last night was anything, Aurora could be in a rough day against WLC. Warriors roll to a seventh straight win.

Concordia Chicago at Edgewood: The season got away from CUC. Edgewood looks to move up in the standings and they do it here.

Dominican at Lakeland: Muskies get a much needed win against a struggling Dominican squad.

Alverno at MSOE: GOTD (Game of the Day). MSOE keeps pace with WLC and CUW at the top in a tight game.

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1/11 Games

Rockford at Marian: Taking the Regents on the road.

Benedictine at Concordia Wisconsin: Could go either way. If Benedictine wants a statement win, they could do it against CUW but it won't be easy on the road.

Aurora at Wisconsin Lutheran: If last night was anything, Aurora could be in a rough day against WLC. Warriors roll to a seventh straight win.

Concordia Chicago at Edgewood: The season got away from CUC. Edgewood looks to move up in the standings and they do it here.

Dominican at Lakeland: Muskies get a much needed win against a struggling Dominican squad.

Alverno at MSOE: GOTD (Game of the Day). MSOE keeps pace with WLC and CUW at the top in a tight game.

I'll go with:

Rockford  (moreso if they can run the break on Marian)
Benedictine (after getting blown out by the Falcons at home, the IL Eagles get even in Mequon.
WLC    (game figures to be closer than the other night, Warriors still get the win)
Edgewood   (this squad's getting some momentum of late)
Lakeland    (talls need to stay out of foul trouble-Muskies had to be careful with Eisner in the OT vs, Rockford the other night)
MSOE    (will need to limit Gorman's activity on the glass--this could go either way)

[Captain_Joe08]

1/18 Games

Rockford at Concordia Wisconsin: CUW handles Rockford at home.

MSOE at Concordia Chicago: Raiders rolls on past downtrodden CUC.

Wisconsin Lutheran at Dominican: WLC has no problem with lowly Dominican.

Lakeland at Aurora: Toss up. Going with the Spartans at home.

Marian at Benedictine: BU takes care of an inconsistent Marian squad.

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[Captain_Joe08]

Well no games for the rest of the week but here is the Friday/Saturday games.

1/24

Concordia Chicago vs Concordia Ann Arbor: This will be over by halftime.

Concordia Nebraska vs Concordia Wisconsin: I think CUW has a shot of ending the DIII Concordia's losing streak to the NAIA Concordia's but outside of the WLC game (which they were soundly defeated) they haven't been tested up to this point. Taking the Bulldogs in a tight one.

1/25

Concordia Wisconsin vs Concordia Chicago (CIT): Over by halftime again.

Alverno at Marian: Inferno shouldn't have much issue here.

Aurora at MSOE: Raiders continue to stay tied with rival Alverno for third in the conference.

Rockford at Lakeland: Must win for Lakeland? being two games out of the final conference tournament spot with ten conference games left it could be.

Dominican at Edgewood: Eagles march their way towards the .500 mark.

Benedictine at Wisconsin Lutheran (Winterfest): BU could give WLC fits for a while but as it is Winterfest (one of the bigger attended games of the season), WLC pulls away in the second half.

[Captain_Joe08]

With the win last night, Wisconsin Lutheran takes control of the NACC race (plus the head to head tiebreaker if they slip up down the stretch).

NACC Standings

1. Wisconsin Lutheran 14-3 (12-1)
2. Concordia Wisconsin 16-3 (12-2)
3. MSOE 12-7 (10-4)
4. Alverno 12-7 (9-5)
5. Edgewood 9-10 (9-5)
6. Benedictine 8-10 (8-5)
7. Aurora 9-10 (8-6)
8. Lakeland 8-11 (5-9)
9. Rockford 8-11 (5-9)
10. Marian 4-15 (4-10)
11. Concordia Chicago 1-18 (1-13)
12. Dominican 0-19 (0-14)

Race for the NACC Tournament

1. WLC --
2. Concordia Wisconsin -0.5 GB
3. MSOE -2.5 GB
4. Alverno -3.5 GB
5. Edgewood -3.5 GB
6. Benedictine -4.0 GB
7. Aurora -4.5 GB
8. Lakeland -7.5 GB (Has tiebreaker over Rockford with strength of conference wins)
9. Rockford -7.5 GB  (-0.0 GB)
10. Marian -8.5 GB (-1.0 GB)
11. Concordia Chicago -11.5 GB (-4.0 GB)
12. Dominican -12.5 GB (-5.0 GB)

Wisconsin Lutheran and Concordia Wisconsin also have clinched conference tournament spots. MSOE could clinch a spot with a win and a Rockford and Lakeland loss.

Remaining conference games:

WLC: vs Alverno, at Marian, at Benedictine, vs Concordia Chicago, vs Edgewood, at Rockford, at MSOE
CUW: at Aurora, vs Lakeland, vs Dominican, vs MSOE, at Alverno, at Marian
MSOE: at Rockford, vs Edgewood, vs Benedictine, at Concordia Wisconsin, at Dominican, vs Wisconsin Lutheran
Alverno: at Wisconsin Lutheran, at Dominican, vs Lakeland, at Rockford, vs Concordia Wisconsin, vs Aurora
Edgewood: at Benedictine, at MSOE, vs Rockford, at Wisconsin Lutheran, at Aurora, vs Lakeland
Benedictine: vs Edgewood, vs Concordia Chicago, vs Wisconsin Lutheran, at MSOE, at Dominican, vs Lakeland, vs Rockford
Aurora: vs Concordia Wisconsin, at Rockford, at Marian, vs Concordia Chicago, vs Edgewood, at Alverno
Lakeland: at Concordia Chicago, at Concordia Wisconsin, at Alverno, vs Marian, at Benedictine, at Edgewood
Rockford: vs MSOE, vs Aurora, at Edgewood, vs Alverno, vs Wisconsin Lutheran, at Benedictine
Marian: at Dominican, vs Wisconsin Lutheran, vs Aurora, at Lakeland, at Concordia Chicago, vs Concordia Wisconsin
Concordia Chicago: vs Lakeland, at Benedictine, at Wisconsin Lutheran, at Aurora, vs Marian, vs Dominican
Dominican: vs Marian, vs Alverno, at Concordia Wisconsin, vs Benedictine, vs MSOE, at Concordia Chicago

[Captain_Joe08]

Massey ratings has the teams going in this direction in the final conference games:

WLC: 7-0
CUW: 6-0
MSOE: 4-2
Alverno: 4-2
Edgewood: 2-4
Benedictine: 5-2
Aurora: 4-2
Lakeland: 2-4
Rockford: 0-6
Marian: 1-5
Concordia Chicago: 2-4
Dominican: 0-6

Standings if Massey ratings play out:

WLC: 21-3 (19-1)
CUW: 22-3 (18-2)
MSOE: 16-9 (14-6)
Alverno: 16-9 (13-7)
Edgewood: 11-14 (11-9)
Benedictine: 13-12 (13-7)
Aurora: 13-12 (12-8)
Lakeland: 10-15 (7-13)
Rockford: 8-17 (5-15)
Marian: 5-20 (5-15)
Concordia Chicago: 3-22 (3-17)
Dominican: 0-25 (0-20)