MBB: American Rivers Conference

[Gregory Sager]

Shocking to see the new Loras regime going down so easily to cross town rival, Clarke......good thing they are a NAIA team now.  Dont get your hopes up......the DuHawks are for real and will be ready once conference rolls around.

Remember, as an NAIA team Clarke starts its season two weeks earlier than does Loras. For the Crusaders, last night was their fourth game of the season. Those two extra weeks of practice and the three preliminary games might've made a difference last night against the Duhawks. That's part of the peril of scheduling an NAIA team as your first opponent of the season.

[The Show]

BV is able to pull off the victory in S.D. tonight, 72-71.  Wish I would've been able to tune in, saw we were down 9 at the half.

Great start fellas!

[doolittledog]

Dubuque beats Greenville College in Greenville, IL last night 80-66  They pulled away in the 2nd half after leading 35-34 at halftime.  Looking at the stats it looks like they were putting up a lot of 3's.

[DBQ1965]

Even though he isn't IIAC anymore, congratulations to coach Clarke College coach (and former UD coach) Jon Davison on his 500th collegiate victory.

[Rock Chalk DuHawk]

Just so everyone is aware....Loras mens soccer is in the D3 Final 4 down in Orlando.....good luck DuHawks....bring the ship home!

[The Show]

Neat.

[coebball70]

Best small college basketball game tonight is Loras vs Wheaton in Dubuque.  Both teams have been ranked in top 25 preseason polls.  Wheaton is on a 2 game win-streak and Loras has yet to win at their new home court.  Kent Raymond is the real deal....first team All-American as a junior!  Loras should let him get his 30 points per game and focus on shutting down the rest of the Thunder.  I say the Duhawks will come from behind to win by 4 tonight!

[sportsknight]

Nice to see some chatter here on the basketball board now that the season is up and running.  Also good to not have to listen to some of Meeneesoootaans that have invaded the football side of things heading into Saturday's Central-Johnnies matchup. 

Was shocked when I heard Clarke beat Loras on Friday.  Was even more shocked when I saw Clarke's stat line.  Wow.  Davison might want to try to schedule a few Clarkie home games in the AWC instead of at the Kehl Center.

Saw both Wartburg games over the weekend.  Knights are still getting the feel for everyone.  Won't much upperclassmen leadership on the squad, with only a handful of upperclassmen on the roster and only about 4 that actually see the floor (3 now during Lee Nelson's suspension).  Some of the younger guys looked pretty good over the weekend, and when this team gels - whether it be later this season or into next year - the rest of the league better look out.  Levick Arena is beautiful and is easily one, if not the nicest venue in the league now (holding off calling it for sure until I see Loras' new place in person).  Only down side is that after a year of nothing but road games, the Wartburg fans are still learning how to create a home court advantage.  They'll get there, though.  They had some good guys to learn from a few years back.

[Charlie Kohawk]

After stumbling from the gate, the Kohawks were impressive in crushing Mt. Mercy tonight. Kuenstling was as dominant as ever and it appears to have been a very good recruiting year for Coach Juckem. I'm looking forward to lots of excitement in Eby Fieldhouse this winter.

[sportsknight]

After stumbling from the gate, the Kohawks were impressive in crushing Mt. Mercy tonight. Kuenstling was as dominant as ever and it appears to have been a very good recruiting year for Coach Juckem. I'm looking forward to lots of excitement in Eby Fieldhouse this winter.

Speaking of Coe's new recruits...
Charlie, do you know if Juckem is making a concerted effort to go after more out of staters than Iowa kids.  I know his background is more Wisconsin/Illinois, but in looking over the roster, only 3 guys that he would have recruited are native Iowans.

[Charlie Kohawk]

Speaking of Coe's new recruits...
Charlie, do you know if Juckem is making a concerted effort to go after more out of staters than Iowa kids.  I know his background is more Wisconsin/Illinois, but in looking over the roster, only 3 guys that he would have recruited are native Iowans.

I don't pretend to have any inside knowledge here, but that would appear to be the pattern. And it fits with Coe's efforts to improve geographic diversity. But I count four Iowans and six out-of-staters among Juckem's recruits over the past two years. That seems like a healthy mix to me.

[Klompen]

Congratulations to the Dutch on a nice win over Bethany Lutheran last night, 83-72.  This year's team appears to have a much better balance than in past years.  We have some great outside shooters and it is really nice to not have to try to force the ball inside where we tended to turn it over so much in past years.  It was a fun game with Central coming from 13 points down to win by 11. 

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all.

[doolittledog]

Dubuque is leading the IIAC at 3-0!!!

OK, I realize nobody has played head-to-head yet and when conference play begins Dubuque will likely slide down the standings.  I just had to put this up before all that happends.  Hopefully Dubuque can get into the top 6 this year and get to play in the conference tourney.  They almost made it last year.

Go Spartans!!!

[Rock Chalk DuHawk]

Great for UD.....they need to get wins early in the season.......Loras found there first win tonight over Mt. Mercy, winning by more than 20. 

Kolze and White put up some nice numbers. 

The Duhawks should be ready come Wednesday to take on the Dutch and start their champioship run.

Go DuHawks!

[doolittledog]

Conference play begins tonight.

Central @ Loras
Cornell @ Luther
Dubuque @ BV
Simpson @ Wartburg