MBB: American Rivers Conference

[keith45]

Hell, compared to BV the past few years, the conference has been small on the inside! I talked to coach mcd a few weeks ago, and he told me about a couple juco big men coming in...if they can make the impact we think, UD should be decent..like I said, if we can get 20 and 10 from the starting 4 and 5 combined, and our defense picks up a bit, we should  be ok..Mike called me today too, havent talked to him in a few weeks..just had a baby, so my wife has me on house arrest..barely even play ball anymore, much less go to madison to hang out with him....the life of a father..can't wait for him to be old enough to I can teach him so moves!

[keith45]

So I'm at work, and cruisin through the new site..just realized that I can flip between hoops and football..now maybe I'll look at the football page..andmy bosses boss walks in..so I'm makin small talk, hopin he doesnt look at my screen..and he leaves..and I realize..the new set up looks PROFESSIONALL..not like it looked cheesy before, but not like a CHAT ROOM..meaning..I CAN POST AND SCAN ALL DAY, AND NO ONE IS THE WISER!!!! well, except for the row of smiley faces..but if you scroll your screen down, no one knows!!
Anyway, Crowdpleaser, hit me up..got some scrimmages against WIAC teams this fall..also, I moved back to the Chicago area, so I am no longer coaching womens basketball at Edgewood College..I interviewed for the women's assistant job at Aurora Univ, anyone have any insight about the school?
Spartans, TOP 4 this season...I said it first, and I dont make predictions lightly

[keith45]

Place your vote now..something to talk about till pre-season starts...

[lorbec47]

Sorry Keith, as much as I would like it to be Nick Thomas, Nate Schmidt is a player that just hurts you in every way possible.

[keith45]

I think the perception of Nick is that he is just a scorer who takes a lot of shots...he'll break that perception this year though..got your email, sorry I didn't getb ack to you ..what are you up to now?? still playing, coaching?

[lorbec47]

I definitely agree that Nick can take the ball to the hole. I can only hope that Wartburg won't win it, (but my gut feeling says otherwise.) I don't play a heck of a lot anymore. I'll play in some rec leagues in the winter. I teach at Beckman high school, and coach about everything under the sun. Keeps me pretty busy. Haven't talked to Farley, or Seiv in a long time. hell, haven't talked to Mike Rob in a long time either. Are we that old?

[The Show]

I'm missing Wittry's name from the MVP voting ballot.  Talk about the polar opposite from Thomas.  I see Joekel made the cut?  Give anyone outside of BV a buffalo nickel if they can pronounce his name right...

[keith45]

lol..will he start next year? did he have a rep in high school as a scorer?

[The Show]

Wittry?  Yeah, he'll start. Will probably be one of the best, if not thee best defender in the league next year.  Kinda like a John Stockton, just needs shorter shorts.  Always finds the open man.  Not sure on his scoring average in HS, and that's sad since we grew up in the same town, but I believe he was injured his senior year.

If you were referring to Joekel, I'm not sure... He played HS ball over in Nebraska.

[sportsknight]

Joekel:  Pronounced Yay-kel

[The Show]

Impressive sportsknight, impressive...  I forgot to exclude announcers/radio people.

[True Basketball Fan]

How is Buena Vista supposed to be this year?

[sportsknight]

I'm sure Show and others will probably disagree with me, but I don't think BV will be nearly as good as they have been the last 5 seasons.  Fact is, they graduated their entire starting line-up, and probably have just 3 guys back that saw more than 10 minutes a game last year (Wittry, Schmidt, and Joekel).  The talk around here is that their recruiting class was pretty good, but you'll have tough time winning the IIAC with 2 or 3 freshman in your starting five, regardless of how good those freshmen are.  That said, I don't see BV falling past 3rd or 4th in the conference this year, and they should challenge for the title again next season.  I see them going 12-4 or 11-5 in the conference.

[True Basketball Fan]

If BV finishes 3rd or 4th, who is finishing ahead of them?

[sportsknight]

Wartburg and Coe, possibly Simpson or Dubuque.