MBB: American Rivers Conference

[doolittledog]

I'm so old the conference games were always Friday/Saturday.  Luckily and I'm on here enough I can be reminded of when a game is coming up.  And most all games i can watch from the comfort of my living room, other than when we go to visit our daughter and catch one in person.  Looking forward to the Dubuque/Wartburg match up. 

[doolittledog]

68-60 road victories are always a good win.  Go Spartans!

[Greek Tragedy]

More importantly, road CONFERENCE victories are always a good win.

[restling]

More importantly, road CONFERENCE victories are always a good win.

Current  Dubuque seniors haven't lost a road conference game since they were freshman.   

[SpartyBlue]

UD 68 Wartburg 60  UD picks up big road win over a team who many think is their chief rival for a conference championship.  Spartans do it with defense--just too many athletic mismatches; however, to Wartburg's credit they battled back, but this UD team is experienced and knows how to win.  Offensively very uneven performance by UD, shot it very poorly--didn't matter.  I really think Sparty is a head above everyone else in the ARC, and when the offense clicks, watch out.

Loras 80 Simpson 69  Loras comes off a rough loss at Principia and throttles Simpson on the road.  Storm made to look average--shows that an early easy schedule can be deceptive. 

Coe 79 Luther 66  Not much to say here...Coe looks uneven, @ Edgewood is an interesting game on Saturday. Luther doing Luther things, i.e. losing.

Bethany Lutheran 79 Central 74    Dutch ain't much in this one, although BL moves to 5-0.

[DBQ1965]

I'm so old the conference games were always Friday/Saturday.  Luckily and I'm on here enough I can be reminded of when a game is coming up.  And most all games i can watch from the comfort of my living room, other than when we go to visit our daughter and catch one in person.  Looking forward to the Dubuque/Wartburg match up.

Those were the days.  No mid-week distractions to interrupt academic discipline (ha ha) and a weekend of sport excitement.. I do remember Vern Den Herder playing for  Central.


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[SpartyBlue]

North Central (MN.) 82 NWU 74  NWU held to a poor shooting night on its home floor--a bit of a surprise.  Filer goes off for 31 for NC. 

Coe 54 Edgewood 49  Grinder game for Coe, very uninspiring offensively.  Really a weak early schedule for the Kohawks, @ Loras on Wed. will show us more.

UD 77 Monmouth 74  Monmouth comes alive in the second half with lights out three point shooting, but not enough, as UD does what good teams do, holds on to win.

North Park 82 Loras 72  The Boyds return to the Key City and knock off their old program.  Loras falls to 2-3 and hasn't looked impressive at all.

NWU 151 Greenville 99  GU falls to 0-7 and is quickly becoming the Washington Generals of midwest D3 programs.

UD 84 Blackburn 73  UD goes to 5-1 on their road tour, looking forward to a home matchup with BV on Wed.  Prochaska goes out late first half with a forehead gash in this one, hopefully back for the BV game. 

[D3hoopsinsider]

Great night of American Rivers Conference hoops!

Dubuque looks like the real deal, dominated a solid BV team from start to finish. When Brock Simon is shooting like that (4-7), the Spartans are incredibly difficult to beat. Athletic on both ends of the floor and 10-25 from 3. Will be interesting to see them go to Central who just beat NWU on the road.

The surprise of the night is Central going into Lincoln and pulling out a win over NWU. They were really in control most of the game before a late Prairie Wolves run. The Dutch look much improved and are defending at a very high level. Playing two 6'9 post guys together makes them very difficult to score and rebound against. They head into a huge home game against Dubuque on Saturday.

Wartburg beats Luther by 10 but it was a tight contest for most of the game. Still no Drew Olson for Wartburg, not sure if injured or when he will be back. Luther heads to Lincoln Saturday and Wartburg takes on Bethany Lutheran.

Loras pulls out an OT game with the Kohawks, really great game that Loras controlled until Coe made it interesting. Coe is really going to rely heavily on Cael Schmitt in these games but when you look at their roster they are a fairly young and inexperienced team playing only one Senior. Loras moves to a 2-0 start in conference play.

More great games coming Saturday!

[doolittledog]

I saw UD was up at the half.  By the time I was able to put the game on it was down to a 2 point UD lead and I figured I was bad luck and turned it off.  Guess I should have kept the game on and switched around to the other conference games during breaks.  Some interesting results last night. 

[SpartyBlue]

Good assessment D3...UD handles BV fairly easily--Beavers were hot early, couldn't sustain, UD just too athletic at all positions and present such matchup problems for ARC teams.  When the Spartans start hitting threes, they are very difficult to overcome.  Also very tough defensively, Neubaum came in averaging 23.7 was held to 10 points on 3-8 from the field. 

Spartans are now 6-1, ranked 22nd by Massey, @ Central, vs. Augustana, vs. NWU--win those and should start getting national poll looks again in my opinion.

Central over NWU in Omaha was somewhat surprising, although I will say, I haven't been very high on NWU.  This win does add significance to the UD/Central game this Saturday...UD has won the last 7 games going away, can Central turn the tide?  I think UD controls the tempo, plays fast, and overwhelms the Dutch, but we'll see.

[Schipper Strong]

I'm so old the conference games were always Friday/Saturday.  Luckily and I'm on here enough I can be reminded of when a game is coming up.  And most all games i can watch from the comfort of my living room, other than when we go to visit our daughter and catch one in person.  Looking forward to the Dubuque/Wartburg match up.

Those were the days.  No mid-week distractions to interrupt academic discipline (ha ha) and a weekend of sport excitement.. I do remember Vern Den Herder playing for  Central.


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So do I! I have collected a couple autographs way back when.

[Schipper Strong]

Looking forward to getting back to some Central games this year. Really happy with the new coach selection. Joe Steinkamp was always a 110% player when he played for the Dutch.

[Schipper Strong]

I really think Sparty is a head above everyone else in the ARC, and when the offense clicks, watch out.

Bethany Lutheran 79 Central 74    Dutch ain't much in this one, although BL moves to 5-0.

No doubt Central has been down, but looking forward to UD game Saturday. Dutch beat NWU for first time in years last night. Sparty probably won't be a physical head above our 2 6'10" starters.

[Schipper Strong]

Nice game by the Dutch today to start out 2-0 in conference play. Takes awhile for teams to adjust to a new coach and new scheme. Looks like they are settling in well. Nice wire to wire lead for the Dutch against a solid UD team that didn't give us much height advantage. The Dutch did everything right today. Outstanding defensive play holding their top scorer well below his average. Strong on the boards to win the rebounding battle. It wasn't just the big guys either. Josh Van Gorp scored 23 and had 13 rebounds, but he couldn't have done it without the guys getting the ball to him. Fun to see the Brand brothers turning in some quality playing time. I'm sure Grandpa Brand was watching. Grant Johnson played a great game and battled through adversity. Nice job starting out 2-0 against teams that have had our number for too many years.

[Schipper Strong]

Central over NWU in Omaha was somewhat surprising, although I will say, I haven't been very high on NWU.  This win does add significance to the UD/Central game this Saturday...UD has won the last 7 games going away, can Central turn the tide?  I think UD controls the tempo, plays fast, and overwhelms the Dutch, but we'll see.

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