MBB: American Rivers Conference

[dunkin3117]

Loras looked a step and a half slow in the first half.  They put together a nice run and were able to get within striking distance, but back to back 3's by NWU extended the lead for good.  Duhawks will need some help from Wartburg and/or Central to get a shot a the regular season title.  Another big one Saturday with BV coming to Dubuque.

[doolittledog]

Nearing the end of the season already.

The schedule for today... 

Buena Vista @ Loras       
Luther @ Central       
Nebraska Wesleyan @ Wartburg       
Dubuque @ Coe 

BVU and Loras will be two teams with a lot to play for.
Luther desperate for their 1st conference victory...Central desperate to stay in the top 6
NWU wants to stay 1 game up in the standings...Wartburg wants to defend their home court
Dubuque and Coe only 1 game out of a playoff spot and wanting a win 

[dunkin3117]

Standings heading into the final week...

12-3  NWU (vs. Central, BYE)
10-4  Loras (vs. Simpson, at UD)
9-6    BV (BYE, at Luther)
8-6    Simpson (at Loras, vs Coe)
7-7    Wartburg (vs Coe, at Central)
7-7    Central (at NWU, vs Wartburg)
6-8    UD (vs. Luther, vs Loras)
5-9    Coe (at Wartburg, at Simpson)
0-14  Luther (at UD, vs. BV)

Way to may scenarios to go through to determine seedings for me.  The easy ones, NWU is the #1 with win over Central, Loras #2 with win over Simpson (#1 with wins over Simpson/UD and NWU loss to Central), and Wartburg can eliminate Coe from contention with a win on Wednesday.

[Hoosiersfan2323]

Last regular season game of the year for prospective conference champ Nebraska Wesleyan, and a full slate of IIAC games for everyone but BV:

Central at Nebraska Wesleyan: (Massey Prediction: NWU-97, Central-81)
Coe at Wartburg: (Massey Prediction: Wartburg-74, Coe-64)
Simpson at Loras: (Massey Prediction: Loras-94, Simpson-88)
Luther at Dubuque: (Massey Prediction: Dubuque-84, Luther-66)

Barring something totally unforeseen (Massey gives NWU a 93% chance of winning tonight), NWU should lock up the IIAC tonight. Loras besting Simpson would give them second, which is pretty much what we've all expected for the past few months.

[Pat Coleman]

These things are here:
http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2018/02/men-regional-rankings-second

[dunkin3117]

Still a ton at stake for teams 2-7. 

New regional rankings are out.  NWU jumps all the way from the #7 spot last week to #4.  Loras drops from #6 to #7, and BV drops out. 

I am a little shocked that NWU jumped 3 spots.  Sure they defeated Loras, but it was a season split between the 2.  Games vs. RRO has NWU at 2-2 (wins over BV and Loras, losses to BV and Loras.  Loras would be at 3-2 (2 wins over BV, 1 over NWU with a loss to NWU and Augsburg). 

[Pat Coleman]

One thing to consider is that this second set also takes into account results against regionally ranked opponents, which was not included last week. It's results vs. last week's regionally ranked teams, if that helps.

They passed Whitworth (who lost once, but to the region's No. 1) and Augsburg, who lost twice.

[Smitty Oom]

Still a ton at stake for teams 2-7. 

New regional rankings are out.  NWU jumps all the way from the #7 spot last week to #4.  Loras drops from #6 to #7, and BV drops out. 

I am a little shocked that NWU jumped 3 spots.  Sure they defeated Loras, but it was a season split between the 2.  Games vs. RRO has NWU at 2-2 (wins over BV and Loras, losses to BV and Loras.  Loras would be at 3-2 (2 wins over BV, 1 over NWU with a loss to NWU and Augsburg).

I was also shocked my NWU jumping up so much, specifically over Whitworth. Good for the prairie wolves, I think they are a great team, I just wasn't sure if the NCAA would see their resume as such, but it appears they do!

[doolittledog]

Final scores...

NWU 104-80 over Central
Loras 87-86 over Simpson
Wartburg 72-69 over Coe in OT
Dubuque 84-71 over Luther

Did anyone else see the end of the Wartburg game?  The clock kept running for about 10 seconds after play stopped.  Took it all the way down to 7.3 seconds left.  Hard to believe no one on the floor saw that.  Or is the game clock and what we see on the screen 2 different things possibly?

I'll let someone else post the standings and what possibilities exist for the Saturday games. 

[Pat Coleman]

Or is the game clock and what we see on the screen 2 different things possibly?

Depends by the school. Some places hook the scoreboard into their broadcast, some do a camera inset of the clock and another way to do it is to have a person manually operate a clock on the scoreboard graphic. That last version is certainly subject to that sort of thing, either accidental or intentional if needed to sync broadcast clock with scoreboard clock.

[rlgyank]

Watching the Wesleyan game at Wartburg last Saturday, the clock on screen was not synced up very well with the actual game clock. So I would guess that the actual game clock was not running.

[rlgyank]

I just watched the last few seconds of tonights Wartburg game, the game clock was already stopped at 7.3 seconds as the clock on the screen kept running.

[rlgyank]

I have a question for the board. How does a poster give another poster "karma"? Thanks in advance.

[doolittledog]

I have a question for the board. How does a poster give another poster "karma"? Thanks in advance.

Once you get to 200 posts you are then able to give karma or smite someone. 

[Alfredeneumann]

I just watched the last few seconds of tonights Wartburg game, the game clock was already stopped at 7.3 seconds as the clock on the screen kept running.

It is  an issue with broadcast clock, not the clock in the arena. If you re-watch and see the clock on scoreboard or above the back board, it stops but tv clock goes until it catches up.