WBB: American Southwest Conference

[mcmfan]

UPS 47
HPU 44
Final.

[mcmfan]

UPS missed the second of 2 free throws and HPU got the rebound but couldn't get the 3-pointer they needed in the last seconds to send the game into OT.

[WLCALUM83]

Should Luther, IA knock off Wash-St. Louis in the other game, it'll be Puget Sound's turn to try to take the Luther crowd out of the game. Concordia-WI couldn't do it, and neither could Carroll in Luther's previous two games because the Norse created several turnovers and jumped out to big leads in both of those games.

Bittersweet end for Howard Payne.

[calhsu]

I  just watched the last minute of the HPU loss.  I know I am a hard line HSU fan but the loss brings me no joy.  I thought they would at least win a game.  Experience means something.  I hate to say this but I still think HSU would have gone somewhere this year,  but it doesn't matter they didn't earn it.   I am sad for the HPU ladies because they had a great year and have the talent to have gone farther.  But that is why they play it on the court.   The thing I really hate is that the people from UPS think the ASC is nothing.   I'm sure the classless coach from UPS will say something about how HPU didn't deserve their high ranking.  Even I think they did.

I want to be the first  to say this.  Next year should be very interesting,  the teams will all be totally different.

[mcmfan]

Got to agree with you, calhsu.  For an unranked UPS to beat both #12 McM and then #2 HPU doesn't exactly cast credit on the ASC.  I guess what will save our reputation is if Puget Sound now goes ahead to win it all, proving not that we were overranked, but that they were underranked.  Go UPS!!

[WLCALUM83]

UPS gets Wash-St. Louis (a 59-58 winner over Luther) tomorrow.

[inthepaint]

For an unranked UPS to beat both #12 McM and then #2 HPU doesn't exactly cast credit on the ASC.  I guess what will save our reputation is if Puget Sound now goes ahead to win it all, proving not that we were overranked, but that they were underranked.

This is what happened to HSU a few years ago.  They rolled over everyone all season long and took a 27-1 record to the 16 team bracket and got smoked!  The fact that someone other than HSU played tonight speaks well of the ASC but the conference needs to have a consistent presence deep in the national tournament before others are really going to take notice. 

Oh, I am not saying HPU got smoked.  In fact, they nearly pulled it off!  What I am saying is the later rounds of the tournament is a whole new world!

[HPU_HSU_UMHB_BU]

For an unranked UPS to beat both #12 McM and then #2 HPU doesn't exactly cast credit on the ASC.  I guess what will save our reputation is if Puget Sound now goes ahead to win it all, proving not that we were overranked, but that they were underranked.

This is what happened to HSU a few years ago.  They rolled over everyone all season long and took a 27-1 record to the 16 team bracket and got smoked! 

Was that when Kendra Anderson was a senior?

[bbaddict]

No one thinks that the ASC is overranked or bad teams!  Just the opposite -- the NWC is underranked!  UPS plays in a conference where 6 out of 9 teams have .500 or better for their conference record.   With George Fox, PLU & Whitworth in the same conference as UPS -- they all just beat each other up!  What's really sad is that UPS & George Fox had to play each other in the sectionals -- I know you have similar beefs.   But -- no one thinks your teams are bad -- quite the contrary.  UPS won over some very fine teams!

[Pat Coleman]

Yep. Kinda hard to know what the NWC is all about with the schedules they play. Sound familiar? 

[bbaddict]

Yep. Kinda hard to know what the NWC is all about with the schedules they play. Sound familiar? 

Yeah, I guess.  If you consider Oglethorpe, Coe, Chapman, Cal Lutheran, Calvin & Albion obscure, unknown teams!  UPS Women played a tough schedule to establish credibility.  No, I don't get it!  Last year, PLU & UPS fought it out for one spot past the sectionals & this year it was GFU & UPS!  When will they split the NWC women's teams into separate brackets?  I think people do know (& fear) teams like UPS, PLU & George Fox.  Maybe the ASC has some respect now.

[Ralph Turner]

No stats on the HPU game yet.  HPU only made 7 Fg's in each half, but the 11-12 on FT's in the first half does count for something.  (If you can make from the line, then the other team has had to foul you to stop you!)

[HPU_HSU_UMHB_BU]

Here is the box score posted from the Luther website:
http://sports.luther.edu/stats/women/basketball/2006-07/NCAA%20Tournament/hpu-ups.htm

[inthepaint]

Was that when Kendra Anderson was a senior?

Yes. 

[Ralph Turner]

Here is the box score posted from the Luther website:
http://sports.luther.edu/stats/women/basketball/2006-07/NCAA%20Tournament/hpu-ups.htm

These are some amazing statisitcs.


          1st period-only      InPaint Pts-T/O 2nd-Chc FastBrk BnchPts Ties  Leads
          University of Puget       10       6       0       0           8          1       1
          Howard Payne Univers   12       8       6       0           5          3       1




          2nd period-only      InPaint Pts-T/O 2nd-Chc FastBrk BnchPts Ties  Leads
          University of Puget         8       9      11       2           8          2       2
          Howard Payne Univers   14       9       3       2            1          2       1