MBB: American Rivers Conference

[doolittledog]

Dubuque beats Loras 81-71

UD announcer sounds upset that Loras couldn't get the win.   

[DBQ1965]

With Jon D. back at UD from Clarke ... and with 3 former Clarke College basketball players now on the UD roster with Jon as an assistant coach ... and with UD fresh from their win over Loras last night ... how much animosity might there be in the city of Dubuque toward UD right now?

[sportsknight]

With Jon D. back at UD from Clarke ... and with 3 former Clarke College basketball players now on the UD roster with Jon as an assistant coach ... and with UD fresh from their win over Loras last night ... how much animosity might there be in the city of Dubuque toward UD right now?

I doubt not much more than usual.  Its fairly well known that Jon got a raw deal when he left Clarke.  He had guided that program from near graveyard status and wanted to be able to pick his successor to ensure that it would continue in the right direction.  But Clarke didn't let him, and brought in a coach with only juco experience.  That's why those three transfers jumped ship, and from what I hear there are quite a few of Davison's former players at Clarke that weren't too happy with how the whole thing went down.

[keith45]

With Jon D. back at UD from Clarke ... and with 3 former Clarke College basketball players now on the UD roster with Jon as an assistant coach ... and with UD fresh from their win over Loras last night ... how much animosity might there be in the city of Dubuque toward UD right now?

Clarke screwed Coach D when he left and UD was more than happy to bring him back..his recruiting skills are great (I swear, he could always find a high scoring 3 man, going back to Jaron Warner and Jay Harris and even before that with Damon Rogers)..I'm glad he is back at UD and the basketball alumni are glad he is back too...he is sparking UD to catch up with other IIAC schools with alumni involvement (we are having the first formal alumni game in Feb..I can't remember there ever being one!) and the transfers are paying dividends

[doolittledog]

With Jon D. back at UD from Clarke ... and with 3 former Clarke College basketball players now on the UD roster with Jon as an assistant coach ... and with UD fresh from their win over Loras last night ... how much animosity might there be in the city of Dubuque toward UD right now?

Clarke screwed Coach D when he left and UD was more than happy to bring him back..his recruiting skills are great (I swear, he could always find a high scoring 3 man, going back to Jaron Warner and Jay Harris and even before that with Damon Rogers)..I'm glad he is back at UD and the basketball alumni are glad he is back too...he is sparking UD to catch up with other IIAC schools with alumni involvement (we are having the first formal alumni game in Feb..I can't remember there ever being one!) and the transfers are paying dividends

Damon Rogers was a great player.  He sometimes took a back seat to Dave Crawford, which is a shame. 

UD is figuring out that happy alumni equal giving alumni.  It's nice to see the school reaching out to players from our past. 

Here is a write up of last nights game from the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald... http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=228823  It was fun listening to the webcast last night.  I feel good about this UD team.  Something that hasn't happened much in the last decade or so. 

[keith45]

With Jon D. back at UD from Clarke ... and with 3 former Clarke College basketball players now on the UD roster with Jon as an assistant coach ... and with UD fresh from their win over Loras last night ... how much animosity might there be in the city of Dubuque toward UD right now?

Clarke screwed Coach D when he left and UD was more than happy to bring him back..his recruiting skills are great (I swear, he could always find a high scoring 3 man, going back to Jaron Warner and Jay Harris and even before that with Damon Rogers)..I'm glad he is back at UD and the basketball alumni are glad he is back too...he is sparking UD to catch up with other IIAC schools with alumni involvement (we are having the first formal alumni game in Feb..I can't remember there ever being one!) and the transfers are paying dividends

Damon Rogers was a great player.  He sometimes took a back seat to Dave Crawford, which is a shame. 

UD is figuring out that happy alumni equal giving alumni.  It's nice to see the school reaching out to players from our past. 

Here is a write up of last nights game from the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald... http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=228823  It was fun listening to the webcast last night.  I feel good about this UD team.  Something that hasn't happened much in the last decade or so. 

They have figured that out..I'm actually making a donation next week!
I got to watch the game on Loras' webcast...not the best but I saw enough to have more hope..will see them live in a few weeks, Feb 7th weekend, which is Feb 7th

[doolittledog]

They have figured that out..I'm actually making a donation next week!
I got to watch the game on Loras' webcast...not the best but I saw enough to have more hope..will see them live in a few weeks, Feb 7th weekend, which is Feb 7th

We will make our annual trip to Waverly to see the Spartans one week earlier.  Though, with the new Stoltz Center we should probably also plan a trip to Dubuque to see a home game soon.  Don't know about that yet.  After your donation will we be watching UD in the Keith45 Dome???

[keith45]

haha, not even close..one perk of working for a large multi national is that they give employees money to donate..$500 a bucks a year, to eligible non-profits..so $500 a year goes to UD, in my name!

[doolittledog]

4 games Saturday and all nail biters.

Central @ Buena Vista 76-77 (OT)   
Cornell @ Luther 65-56   
Loras @ Simpson 61-59   
Wartburg @ Coe 60-59 (OT)

2 OT 1 point games, another 2 point game, and Cornell with a 9 point win. 

This is shaping up to be a very hard fought conference season. 

[sportsknight]

Central really has to feel like they let one get away.  Up 8 with six and a half to play and they get beat.  If they shot even a bit better than 4 of twenty something from distance or their 50% from the line they would have been able to grab a road win in Storm Lake, something not many teams can do.

[doolittledog]

Current conference standings

Buena Vista  4-0 12-1
Loras ---------4-1 9-5
Dubuque -----3-1 10-3
Cornell --------3-1 10-3
Wartburg -----2-2 6-6
Central --------2-3 8-6
Simpson -------1-4 5-9
Luther ---------1-4 4-9
Coe ------------0-4 4-9

Wednesdays games

Jan. 14 Buena Vista @ Dubuque   BV OT victors over Central : UD won @ Loras
Jan. 14 Cornell @ Loras    Cornell beat Luther : Loras lost @ home to UD
Jan. 14 Luther @ Wartburg   Lost @ home to Cornell : Wartburg won @ Coe in OT
Jan. 14 Simpson @ Coe   Simpson coming off a bye : Coe lost @ home in OT to WB

[Kohawk Krazy]

Current conference standings

Buena Vista  4-0 12-1
Loras ---------4-1 9-5
Dubuque -----3-1 10-3
Cornell --------3-1 10-3
Wartburg -----2-2 6-6
Central --------2-3 8-6
Simpson -------1-4 5-9
Luther ---------1-4 4-9
Coe ------------0-4 4-9

Wednesdays games

Jan. 14 Buena Vista @ Dubuque   BV OT victors over Central : UD won @ Loras
Jan. 14 Cornell @ Loras    Cornell beat Luther : Loras lost @ home to UD
Jan. 14 Luther @ Wartburg   Lost @ home to Cornell : Wartburg won @ Coe in OT
Jan. 14 Simpson @ Coe   Simpson coming off a bye : Coe lost @ home in OT to WB

Simpson just lost at home by two to Loras.  They aren't coming off a bye.

[titan2000]

BV Fans:

we were discussing our 2005 run at Lawrence the other night and we laughed about the Storm Lake vist we made that year.  We all arrived the night before and were told clearly by the hotel folks that if we went to the bars (which we did) that it was illegal for us to walk back if we were intoxicated (which we were).  Do the hotels have a commission deal with the cab company or with the cops for drunk driving fines?

Please explain this as we were all still unclear as to what the deal was.  We had a good time.

[DBQ1965]

So ... how much separation and how much of a log-jam do we get after tonight's contests?

BV at UD and Cornell at Loras both promise to be interesting if not exciting.

UD has a chance at home if they play with consistency, but the Beavers still are favored.

The Ram's only losses have been to 3 ranked-in-the-top-ten D3 teams ... so will Loras loose two in a row at home?

GO SPARTANS!

[doolittledog]

Live video streaming of the UD/BV game tonight on the UD website.

http://www.dbq.edu/udathletics/Video.cfm