MBB: American Rivers Conference

[Klompen]

Central did retire #84 after Vern proved he was in the NFL to stay awhile.   During his career he played in 4 Super Bowls, was on the winning team in the first 3, was named team MVP I believe in 1979, starter on the no-name defense for the  undefeated Miami Dolphins...  Yes, I set the bar high.

I would also have waited until football season, at minimum, even if Pat wasn't available for the Naitonal player of the year, leading all time receiver, etc.      But I am still a hard sell on retiring it at all, unless he goes on to bigger and better things.  Now, Freddie, I would understand.  What can I say, I have high standards.   

[Klompen]

Congratulation to both Luther and Central on a very long and hard fought game today.  Double OT win by 3 today at Luther to help UD and Coe out.  Like to keep my fellow posters happy.     Fantastic game by Jake Winkler who could not be shut down inside and the Dutch still pulled out the win after he fouled out.  Nice free throw shooting at the very end to finally put the game away.  Haven't seen anything that close since Central FB team beat UD in triple OT.  (Had to throw it in, Doolittle.)

[Pat Coleman]

I would also have waited until football season, at minimum, even if Pat wasn't available for the Naitonal player of the year, leading all time receiver, etc.      But I am still a hard sell on retiring it at all, unless he goes on to bigger and better things.  Now, Freddie, I would understand.  What can I say, I have high standards.   

Doesn't matter to me whether I'M available. I said that perhaps Mike himself might have designs on being on an NFL roster next fall and not available to travel to Dubuque.

If I were Mike, I'm sure my plans don't include me being available to be in Dubuque next football season.

[5 Words or Less]

Congratulation to both Luther and Central on a very long and hard fought game today.  Double OT win by 3 today at Luther to help UD and Coe out. Like to keep my fellow posters happy.      Fantastic game by Jake Winkler who could not be shut down inside and the Dutch still pulled out the win after he fouled out.  Nice free throw shooting at the very end to finally put the game away.  Haven't seen anything that close since Central FB team beat UD in triple OT.  (Had to throw it in, Doolittle.)

Me no happy 

[Kohawk Krazy]

Assuming the Kohawks take care of business on Wednesday at Wartburg, Eby Fieldhouse should be rocking on Saturday afternoon to decide the IIAC Championship.

[doolittledog]

This has been an interesting race towards the championship this year.  I suppose we could see Wartburg beat Coe on Wednesday...Luther beat Coe on Saturday...Dubuque finish out their season with a win over Cornell...BVU finish with a win and finish with a 4 way tie at the top with 11-5 records.  Hey, it could happen

This has been fun to watch and I'm not sure how the tourney will play out. 

[doolittledog]

Coe wins @ Wartburg 67-55
BVU wins over Luther 67-49
Dubuque wins over Cornell 73-39
Central wins over Simpson 81-57

Standings...

Coe        11-4
Dubuque 11-5
BVU        10-5
Luther     10-5
Central     9-6
Simpson   8-7
Wartburg  5-10
Loras       3-12
Cornell    1-14

Games Saturday...

Luther @ Coe
Loras @ Simpson
BVU @ Cornell
Wartburg @ Central

I think it goes without saying that this old Dubuque fan will be watching the Luther @ Coe game with much interest and will be rooting for a Norse victory

Hey Klompen...your Dutch could be considered the hottest team in the conference right now!!!

[Klompen]

Yeah, I would love to see them stay at the level they played at last night.  When they play a full game, great things happen.  If they can stay at this level of play, they have as good a shot as any of the teams ahead of them to have a great tourney.  The only team ahead of us we didn't beat was UD.  We would love another shot.  Glad to see they pulled themselves out of their slump and are finishing strong.

[5 Words or Less]

Shut up - we'll be banned  jinxed

Luther; 1-4 since 5WOM's arguement 

[5 Words or Less]

    OOOggaaa MoooGAAAbooGAAA ... End this jinx!!!   

[doolittledog]

At the half in Cedar Rapids...Coe 24 - 23 Luther

Heading to OT tied at 58-58.  Neither team wanted to make a FT near the end of the game.  Coe and Luther each have 1 player that has fouled out.

Great job by the Coe announcer.  It is easy to be a homer and he has been very fair to both teams.  Well done. 

[Klompen]

Congratulations to the Dutch for finishing the conference season on a winning note.  I'm not sure I would say they finished strong, but they did beat Wartburg.  In fact it was an exciting day at Central with the women winning by 1 in OT and the men winning by 1 when time ran out on WB.  We had a 1 point lead and they had 10 seconds left with the ball in their court.  They took 3 shots, one of which hung on the rim forever before falling off and they got all 3 rebounds as the Dutch seemed to think that once they shot the game would be over one way or the other and didn't seem to be thinking about blocking out or rebounding.  But fortunately, the clock ran out.

Good game by Wartburg and Sathoff.  Also have to give a shout out to the WB fan that bought a raffle ticket and won, but said to donate the winnings to charity.  Very classy thing to do.  I don't know what the raffle was for, I didn't really pay attention, but got to give the man credit for his generosity.  Maybe Warthog was there???

[Fannosaurus Rex]

    OOOggaaa MoooGAAAbooGAAA ... End this jinx!!!   

I wish these guys were in my insurance plan.

[Klompen]

Congratulations to all the seniors who played their last game yesterday and to those who will be playing it in the conference tourney.  I know I have enjoyed watching Central's seniors grow and improve over the years.  I also will be glad to see a few seniors from other teams graduating as they gave us a tough 4 years.  I got back to my car yesterday to hear the wrap up of the Central game on the radio and couldn't help but agree with Coach Boschee.  Maybe because he said what I have pointed out on this board, "I can't help but think if Marinkovich had not gotten hurt, we would be hanging another conference championship banner in the gym."  Our first loss was when he got hurt at UD and our first conference win after a 6 game losing streak was the first game he was back, not that we probably could not have won that one without him.  He wasn't even a starter, but he was a high quality, frequent play, top substitute.  If onlys won't change anything and all teams have to deal with injuries, but you can't help wondering if we might not have won just a couple of those close games.  But I guess it is like the accident in Pella this week, all the wondering and what-ifs won't change the results. 

Good luck to the Dutch on Tuesday.  Time to turn it around and let the home team win the Central - Luther match up.

[5 Words or Less]

IIAC Tourney Home Court Advantage 49-9 (0.845)

• 2011 - #3 Dubuque, 48 @ #1 Luther, 57
• 2010 - #2 Buena Vista, 79 @ #1 Central, 99
• 2009 - #4 Wartburg, 56 @ #2Cornell, 58
• 2008 – #2 Loras, 79 @ #1 Buena Vista, 69
• 2007 - #2 Buena Vista, 62 @ #1Loras, 77
• 2006 – #3 Buena Vista, 69 @ #1 Coe, 66
• 2005 – #2 Buena Vista, 79 @ #1 Wartburg, 68
• 2004 - #2 Wartburg, 48 @ #1 Buena Vista, 70
• 2003 - #2 Wartburg, 70 @ #1 Buena Vista, 72
• 2002 - #2 Wartburg, 73 @ #1Buena Vista, 85