WBB: American Southwest Conference

[HPU75]

Ralph: As you might have suspected I am one and the same as umhbcrufan16  on the d3football board.  I am definitely HPU all the way, however.  My children have gone (and one still does) to UMHB and I live close so I do enjoy UMHB athletics, but  my wife and I and many other family are HPU grads.   Our team really does look good, but there is a lot of basketball left to play--especially McM snd HSU  back to back to back to back in a few weeks. I was at the McM/Stout game in Georgetown last week.  I also felt that McM was not really clicking like I saw last year.  Stout was good but not unbelievable. Obviously Tuttle is a fantastic ballhandler and Richardson  is great, but I think you need serious production from other places( Sawyer and others) to maintain  your top 10 caliber play. And yes, I have a lot of memories of the coliseum--too bad that is still our large venue.  Hopefully our team's success can generate some bigger crowds and excitement.

[Ralph Turner]

HPU75, thanks for the assessment!

I really like to hear objective neutral party observations anytime.  It gives us on the board a better understanding of the conference.

Your assessment makes sense, too.  We need several players to step up and fill the shoes of the starters from last year, Carli Engelke and Kaycee Venekamp.

[dballa]

HPU75 we'll be looking forward to seeing you at the game on Saturday.  It would be nice for more and more alumni to show up to the games when they can. 

[mcmfan]

As I mentioned earlier, HPU has been consistently outscoring both McM and HSU when playing the same opponents this year, sometimes by double the points, so it was only a matter of time until the people who do the rankings finally woke up (though McM's loss to Stout obviously contributed) and put HPU where they belong.

I might add that the West looks a lot tighter than it was last year. Then, HSU had suffered two conference losses by this time in the season (to MC and McM) and HPU had suffered one (to MC), while McM was still undefeated.  This time around, HPU is undefeated so far and HSU has lost only one conference game (to McM).  McM, by comparison, has lost one non-conference game.

[CUAfan]

The top 5 in the ASC West:

HPU 7-0
MCM 7-0
HSU 6-1
UMHB 5-1
CUA 4-3

Yeah, I'd say it's pretty tight. I look forward to seeing how we stack up against those four teams above us, especially since we'll likely lose only one regular going into next year.

[mcmfan]

Yeah, the big battle in the West could be between CUA and UMHB for the fourth seed in the conference tournament, assuming none of the "big three" flame out before the end of the season!

[fanstand]

I think UMHB or Concordia could be spoilers at home for any of the top three teams.  I think most are safe on their own court, but the away games may be the tough ones.  And last year, McM took care of HPU on the bwood stage and then HPU beat us by one at our house, so I guess anything goes. I hope the L.I.B. find their fire tomorrow, we are due for a fun game, where everyone plays and everyone comes out smiling. Take it to 'em ladies.

[sethhpu]

HPU 8 MC 0 18:07 1st

[sethhpu]

Correction 6-0 HPU

[sethhpu]

HPU 13 MC 7 14:39 1st

[Ralph Turner]

I am having trouble getting to the server.  No McM score yet.

[sethhpu]

HPU 21 MC 16 7:40 1st

[sethhpu]

HPU 25 MC 18 5:09 1st

[sethhpu]

HPU 27 MC 20 4:17 1st

[sethhpu]

HPU is a little flat and MC is playing well agaisnt our D.