MBB: American Rivers Conference

[doolittledog]

Nice little write up in the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald about UD honoring Jon Davison this weekend.

http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=231770

A classic D3 story here.  While a student at UD Davison lettered in 4 sports.  In addition to coaching basketball for 27 years at UD he also spent time as the AD, golf coach (15 years), track coach (6 years), tennis coach (3 years), cross country coach (10 years), and baseball coach (1 year). 

While I was at UD, I once got yelled at by Davison.  My frat fired off our cannon shortly before the homecoming game one year and he came over and told us in a fairly loud voice that the IIAC forbid artificial noise makers at league games so we better knock it off!!!

[Charlie Kohawk]

Interesting night in Mount Vernon, where Cornell celebrated 100 years of Coe-Cornell basketball, even though the series began in 1902. Maybe they haven't covered math yet. Anyway, the Kohawks battled but the Rams prevailed before an impressive crowd of students. As someone said to me, "They sure like their fourth-place basketball team." HA!

Anyone know the origins of the toilet paper thing?

The bleu cheese burger, onion rings and Fat Tire at Chameleon's were delightful, as usual. Every now and then, a person should treat himself.

[Purple Heys]

Interesting night in Mount Vernon, where Cornell celebrated 100 years of Coe-Cornell basketball, even though the series began in 1902. Maybe they haven't covered math yet. Anyway, the Kohawks battled but the Rams prevailed before an impressive crowd of students. As someone said to me, "They sure like their fourth-place basketball team." HA!

Anyone know the origins of the toilet paper thing?

The bleu cheese burger, onion rings and Fat Tire at Chameleon's were delightful, as usual. Every now and then, a person should treat himself.

Charles...please...everyone knows there were missed games due to times someone from Coe forgot the directions to Mount Vernon.

We sure like our 4th place team when it clinches an IIAC Tourney birth at the expense of the last-place Kohacks.

   

[Walston Hoover]

To try and get everyone excited about their last-place team, Coe is going to go all Bulls-Style for their starting lineup Saturday when UD comes to town. We'll see if it lights the spark.
Does anyone else in the conference do this? Admittedly it has been quite a while since I have been to an IIAC bball game, but I remember when we used to go to Coe there was a pretty good and somewhat loud crowd. Has it got pretty stale there with a bad team?

[Charlie Kohawk]

Charles...please...everyone knows there were missed games due to times someone from Coe forgot the directions to Mount Vernon.

I'm sure there were missed games. But they first played in 1902. The 100-year anniversary was 7 years ago. But credit the Rams for waiting until they had a team that could win.

[Pat Coleman]

They're not celebrating an anniversary, by your own admission. They're celebrating 100 years of the rivalry.

I don't know if you missed the anniversary when you were SID or what but the sour grapes over someone else coming up with a good publicity idea is a little out of place.

[Charlie Kohawk]

They're not celebrating an anniversary, by your own admission. They're celebrating 100 years of the rivalry.

I don't know if you missed the anniversary when you were SID or what but the sour grapes over someone else coming up with a good publicity idea is a little out of place.

Touche! Though my unheralded tenure ended before then.

[loveofthegameq]

Been a part of D3 hoops in Iowa Conference for awhile now and a fan of the message boards but making my first post.  Not able to follow the conference first hand or as much as I would like.  Wanted to get some updates from some people closer to the programs and teams.  Have any other schools come calling for the head man at BV with all their recent successes? What's up with Coe this season, they had some good teams the past few years? Any news on coaching changes that may be taking place this season? Look forward to hearing back from you veteran posters. Thanks.

[doolittledog]

Welcome to the board.  Great to have you here.  Unfortunately, I can't answer any of those questions.  I get to 1 or 2 basketball games per year and that is just to cheer my team on.  Other than that, as far as basketball goes, I have no inside information. 

Fee free to post on here early and often.  The past 2 seasons the basketball side has quieted down, while the football side has stayed active.  Would be nice to see some more basketball talk on here. 

I am a Dubuque fan.  What team do you support?  Or are you a fan of the whole conference?

[sportsknight]

They're not celebrating an anniversary, by your own admission. They're celebrating 100 years of the rivalry.

In my humble opinion, this is the better way to do it.  I couldn't help but laugh at Loras a couple years ago when the celebrated "100 Seasons of Duhawk Football" even though there was a full decade in there where football was only a club sport "on the boulevard."  Poor effort if you ask me.

[Klompen]

Good luck to the Dutch today against Dubuque.  Should have had a win against their cross-town rivals Wednesday night, but it was an awesome game to watch.  I think Loras was might glad to get out of town with a double OT win.  I think the Dutch have turned that corner, they are playing hard and looking for the chance to meet Loras and/or BV again this year.

[trey1919]

So I'm watching a mens basketball game at Coe yesterday and a ref decides to act like he's calling a rec league game. In the 2nd half after a Luther kid barks a little too much after no call under his own basket the ref blows his whisle, literally stops play and tells the kid so the whole gym can hear that if he say's anything else he's kicking him out of the game. And here I always thought technical fouls were meant to be used when the the ref feels offended, where after getting two you kick yourself out of the game. Thought it was bush league. Coe ended the game on a last second shot following a controversal over and back call on Luther with 8 ticks left. Good game though. In reading the paper this morning I find maybe the kid had a legitimate gripe.....Coe shot 25 free throws to Luthers 8.

[3baller]

Were the calls bad or not?  The 25 -8 freethrow advantage/disadvantage does not mean the refs were bad.  When a team fouls, it should get called for a foul.  The refs have no obligation to keep the number of fouls even.

When people use the foul disparity as proof the reffing was bad, that pisses me off more than bad reffing itself.

For the record, I think most refs suck.

[Kohawk Krazy]

So I'm watching a mens basketball game at Coe yesterday and a ref decides to act like he's calling a rec league game. In the 2nd half after a Luther kid barks a little too much after no call under his own basket the ref blows his whisle, literally stops play and tells the kid so the whole gym can hear that if he say's anything else he's kicking him out of the game. And here I always thought technical fouls were meant to be used when the the ref feels offended, where after getting two you kick yourself out of the game. Thought it was bush league. Coe ended the game on a last second shot following a controversal over and back call on Luther with 8 ticks left. Good game though. In reading the paper this morning I find maybe the kid had a legitimate gripe.....Coe shot 25 free throws to Luthers 8.

I wouldn't say the official said it so the whole gym could hear it.  He was moving down the court and yelled it to the coach, as he was trying to keep play going.  Do you recall at the Coe-Luther game in Decorah the official grabbing a Coe player and yelling really loud "get this jerk out of my face and off the floor"?  No Technical foul there either.

The over and back wasn't controversial.  Although, I'm not sure the Coe stats people gave the turnover to teh correct person, as it looked to me the call was for the first player to touch the ball that carried the ball back across the line with him.

The shot at the end of the game was awesome.  Fade away jumper in the lane.  As for the Free throw shooting, the fouls were 19-13, which isn't a big difference.  Luther just fouled at the wrong times apparently.

[Gregory Sager]

Were the calls bad or not?  The 25 -8 freethrow advantage/disadvantage does not mean the refs were bad.  When a team fouls, it should get called for a foul.  The refs have no obligation to keep the number of fouls even.

When people use the foul disparity as proof the reffing was bad, that pisses me off more than bad reffing itself.

Hear, hear!