MBB: American Rivers Conference

[knightlife06]

15  3's by the Knights!!!  The best thing about this team is, they will only get better throughout the season.  The IIAC is going to be tough this year but I think they can surprise a lot of people, like they almost did to Coe.  Coach Peth and the staff did an excellent job of recruiting last year.  Should be a fun year in the IIAC.

[Walston Hoover]

surprised how close the Knights kept it last night. The defense is only going to get better. I imagine Peth isn't too happy with the D last night. I thought Simpson was supposed to be toward the top this year?
Maybe a lot more to get excited about in Waverly than I thought this winter.

[Rock Chalk DuHawk]

Great win DuHawks!  Looks like I went 4-0, great start to a new season. 

This league will be the same as every other year.  The top 6 teams will be battling all year long.  Coe is the only favorite, everything else will be up in the year.  Coe will have to play their best all the time b/c everyone is gunning for them and rightfully so.  The return basically the whole starting lineup from last year and a preseason All American.

Loras had 5 players in double figures, all scoring more than 12 points.....that might be tough to stop all year!  Then again it's still early.

[Storm-what?]

I missed the Loras/SC men's game. I hear the SC boys aren't completely playing like a team yet, still have 5 individuals on the court sometimes. Don't count them out yet though. For one thing, it's early and second, it sounds like Loras did play well.

[Rock Chalk DuHawk]

Simpson had 5 individuals on the floor, for what reason?  These kids have been playing together for 3 years already.  In order to be great these players need to understand their roles by now!  They are extremely talented with Hittenmiller, Soppe and Parkinson, hope they can get it done.

[The Show]

I had a gut feeling that Wartburg would pull the upset last night, but since it was on the road, I went with Coe.

Sportsknight - Not sure.  Who doesn't like a good Beaver??? 

Oh, and a belated congrats on the pick-um tie breaker via the HS playoffs. I'm still not sure if CL-GLR is that tough (I know their "D" is) or that Solon just played a poor PCM team and made Solon look unreal that day.

[lorbec47]

Roc Chalk--You weren't the only one 4-0 last night

Show--CL-GLR is that good. You guys would have beaten Solon physically too if that makes you feel any better.

[youcantseeme]

Looks like my Wartburg predication was a pretty good one.  I do think that last night's game at Coe could have had a larger margain in favor of the Kohawks if they would have taken care of the ball.  26 turnovers is way too many to be considered a top team in the country.  Likewise for Wartburg....if they are going to be a real player in this conference like I think they can be, they need to cut down on their 21 to's.  Knights had no match for Robb Hanna last night.  He looks to have finally broken away from his defensive specialist mentallity to realize some of his offensive potential.  Too bad to see that the Knights struggled so badly to execute the last play following a time out though.  Great excitement last night in Cedar Rapids, but not a very good "looking" game.

Anyone have any info on the Luther BV game?

[sportsknight]

I think Coe should be a lot more worried about the turnovers than Wartburg.  The Knights have a young squad and the things already mentioned here (TOs, defense, etc) will improve as the season goes along.  Anyone else find it really weird that Coe shot the percentage they did while still turning the ball over that much?  Hard to imagine a team could get that many possessions, but when Wartburg turns it over a bunch too I guess it starts to make more sense.

After this first night of IIAC play, I think the league is going to be a real dogfight this year.  Every year, you read the coaches saying they've never seen the conference so competitive and you don't really know how sincere they are.  This year things are really going to be up for grabs though.

Show - I was baffled during that CLGLR-Solon game.  Solon couldn't do anything on offense, and I'm not sure how much of it was the talent of the CLGLR defense or if they just had Solon scouted really well. 

[Walston Hoover]

Hate to poke too much fun at Adkins because I think he does a really nice job, but I had to laugh at this statement regarding the Wartburg women't team.
"Tuesday's win gave Wartburg's head coach his first league victory. He's the first to win his inaugural conference outing in the program since former head coach Monica Severson did the same in 1988-89"

[Storm-what?]

Is that the SID? Do the Wartburg women have any shot of being respectable this year? They better step it up, or the SC women may steal the Marjorie Giles trophy away this year!

[keith45]

The Wart women got a new coach, former coach at Rockford...he had a good run, but he tended to schedule lightly, in terms of non conference..if he can recruit in Iowa, he'll make an impact next season

[Walston Hoover]

I guess the part I found funny was calling Monica Severson the last coach to win her conf opener. Not really a big deal since she was the last coach anyway.

[doolittledog]

Dubuque wins at home over Martin Luther 84-72

[doolittledog]

Cornell wins at home over Clarke 67-59