WBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Captain_Joe08]

Saturday's Scores

Wisconsin Lutheran 62 Aurora 38 (Coach Knueppel's 200th career win)
Concordia Chicago 96 Edgewood 80
Lakeland 70 Dominican 41
Rockford 74 Marian 64
Benedictine 69 Concordia Wisconsin 53

Alverno vs MSOE later tonight.

[Captain_Joe08]

1/14 Scores

Alverno 84 Lakeland 75
Edgewood 71 Rockford 62
Wisconsin Lutheran 89 Concordia Chicago 68
Aurora 69 Marian 60
Concordia Wisconsin 66 Dominican 46
Benedictine 58 MSOE 46

NACC Standings as of 1/14

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

[Captain_Joe08]

1/17 Matchups

Aurora at Lakeland: Lakeland is sliding, Aurora is playing .500 ball since starting 0-6.

Concordia Chicago at MSOE: Best game of the day. CUC has a tough job ahead but it won't surprise me if they take the win here.

Benedictine at Marian: Marian's strong start (7-0) is now a distant memory (2-6).

Dominican at Wisconsin Lutheran: A few weeks ago WLC nearly dropped 100 on the Stars. Expect this one to be similar.

Concordia Wisconsin at Rockford: CUW compounds on Rockford's tough season.

Bye: Edgewood, Alverno

[Captain_Joe08]

NACC Standings as of 1/22/14

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

Tonight's Matchup

Concordia Wisconsin at Wisconsin Lutheran: Warriors enter a part of their schedule where they face CUW twice with a road game against conference co-leader Benedictine within a week's span. CUW will find it tough to stop Schulz and company at the REX.

[Captain_Joe08]

Today's Games

Wisconsin Lutheran at Benedictine: CUW's D gave WLC fits but WLC shut down CUW with their D to get a half game ahead of BU. If WLC wins this and their game at CUW next week, then it will be very hard for anyone to hunt them down.

MSOE at Aurora: Something tells me MSOE is vulnerable and AU has played respectable basketball after starting 0-6.

Edgewood at Dominican: Basketball this year for Dominican has been one to forget.

Lakeland at Rockford: Toss up. Muskies are trying to get the number on that WLC truck that ran them over Tuesday.

Marian at Alverno: This could go either way. Alverno has played better ball as of late.

Byes: Concordia Wisconsin, Concordia Chicago

[Captain_Joe08]

Stupid Computer issues have kept me away.

Grats to Coach Brunner-Jones on winning her 200th game a few days ago.

NACC Standings

1. WLC 16-4 (14-2) x
2. Benedictine 14-7 (14-2) x
3. CUW 16-5 (12-4) x
4. MSOE 16-5 (12-4) x
5. Concordia Chicago 12-9 (9-7)
6. Marian 12-9 (8-8)
7. Edgewood 9-12 (8-8)
8. Lakeland 7-14 (6-10)
9. Aurora 6-15 (6-10)
10. Rockford 5-16 (4-12)
11. Alverno 5-16 (3-13)
12. Dominican 1-20 (0-16) Z

Saturday's Games

Concordia Chicago at Wisconsin Lutheran (Winterfest): Warriors took their frustration out on Marian on Tuesday. They roll on Winterfest. Wish I did not have tennis season opener that day.

MSOE at Benedictine: GOTD. Seeding is still up for grabs. BU Finds a way.

Marian at Aurora: Coin flip lands Marian

Concordia Wisconsin at Dominican: Yawn.....

Edgewood at Rockford: Eagles look to improve their seeding while Rockford tries to stay alive for the tournament.

Alverno at Lakeland: Alverno needs this to stay in the hunt. Lakeland hopes to avoid a trip to the Rex.

[Captain_Joe08]

NACC Standings

1. WLC 17-4 (15-2) x
2. Benedictine 14-8 (14-3) x
3. CUW 17-5 (13-4) x
4. MSOE 17-5 (13-4) x
5. Concordia Chicago 12-10 (9-8)
6. Edgewood 10-12 (9-8)
7. Marian 12-10 (8-9)
8. Lakeland 8-14 (7-10)
9. Aurora 7-15 (7-10)
10. Rockford 5-17 (4-13)
11. Alverno 5-17 (3-14) z
12. Dominican 1-21 (0-17) z

Four teams have locked up spots in the tournament. Six others have shots to get a spot.

Scenarios

WLC: win out or have BU lose once.
BU: win out and have WLC lose twice (WLC swept season series)
CUW: win out and have BU lose twice and WLC lose last three games.
MSOE: See above.

....

[Captain_Joe08]

2/11 Scores

Rockford 66
Alverno 65

Lakeland 69
Marian 67

Rockford is eliminated from a spot in the tournament.

Concordia Chicago 78
Aurora 66

Cougars clinch a tournament berth.

MSOE 55
Concordia Wisconsin 53

Raiders may have locked up at least the 3 seed with the win.

Benedictine 62
Dominican 34

Eagles remain a game back of the Warriors.

Wisconsin Lutheran 64
Edgewood 44

Loss did not hurt Edgewood but things are getting tight behind them.

[WLCALUM83]

Marian/CUC up shortly:

[WLCALUM83]

Halftime:  CUC 47, Marian 42   (Cougars' Rogers has 12 pts -- all on 3s)

One other halftime score:  Aurora 18, Edgewood 17 (both teams shot below 24% for the half(

[WLCALUM83]

Final:  Edgewood 46, Aurora 42  (WI Eagle announcers indicate Edgewood's in the NACC Tournament with this win)

Final:  CUC 91, Marian 83  (Cougars trailed 74-65 at one point, then went on a 26-9 scoring run to finish the game-had 6 players score in double figures)

[Captain_Joe08]

A WLCAlumn sighting! We missed ya this entire season lol.

[WLCALUM83]

Remaining schedules for Marian and Aurora:

Aurora vs. Alverno
Marian vs. CUW

Sabers clinch final spot with a win or an Aurora loss.

[NACfan215]

Locked in seeds:
WLC - 1
CUW - 4
CUC - 5

Up for grabs:
2 Seed - BU Wins they will be #2 and MSOE #3, if BU loses and MSOE loses BU will be #2 and MSOE #3, if BU loses and MSOE wins, MSOE will be #2 and BU #3 (BU has the tie breaker, it goes all the way down to the CUW matchups) Tonights matchups: BU @ Rockford and MSOE @ WLC.  Prediction BU gets #2 and MSOE gets #3

6 Seed - Edgewood wins they will be #6 and LC will be #7, if LC wins they will be #6 and Edgewood #7 (these are the fun games, because it is one on one to decide seeding).  Prediction LC takes care of business at home to move up another spot in the standings.

8 Seed - Marian wins or Aurora loses MU will recieve #8 seed by 1 game lead, if Marians loses and and Aurora wins then AU sneaks into the #8 seed (interesitng if MU fails to make the tourney after their hot start, but losing 5 straight conference games to end the season puts them in that situation) Matchups: Marian @ CUW and Alverno @ Aurora. Prediction Marian loses 5th straight, Aurora sneaks by Alverno for the final spot in the tourney, MU is left watching from home on Saturday.

Should be an interesting night of games with a lot still on the line.  Can't wait till saturdays first round matchups, shaping up to be some good games.

[NACfan215]

NACC Tournament is set.

Matchups

#8 Aurora (8-17, 8-12) at #1 Wisconsin Lutheran (20-4, 18-2) (WLC won series 2-0)
#5 Concordia Chicago (15-10, 12-8) at #4 Concordia Wisconsin (19-6, 15-5) (Series Tied 1-1)
#6 Edgewood (12-13, 11-9) at #3 MSOE (19-6, 15-5) (MSOE won series 2-0)
#7 Lakeland (10-15, 9-11) at #2 Benedictine (16-9, 16-4) (Series Tied 1-1)

Predictions
WLC - By a comfortable margin, this wont be like the first matchup between these two teams @ the Rex
CUC - CUW not playing all that well to close the season, CUC picks up the tempo for a minor upset
MSOE - MSOE with a grind it out win, EC cools off after Wednesdays hot shooting night
Benedictine - BU looking to avenge last weekends upset loss to the Muskies