MBB: American Rivers Conference

[knightlife06]

Does anyone know how the tie-breakers work in regards to who gets in the tournament?  With the win last night it appears the Knights have a chance.

[Walston Hoover]

This win will help if it is like it used to be. Head to head is first (after record of course) then victories against higher teams in the conf. If Loras finishes at the top of the conference and Wartburg is tied with someone that they split with, Wartburg will get the nod because of beating a first-place Loras team.
Boy I didn't think after several 20-win seasons I'd ever be talking about Wartburg looking at a tie breaker to make the conference tourney
Shows how fast things can change.

[sportsknight]

If the Knights win out and tie with DBQ or Central, Wartburg will have split with both teams, in which case it goes to the tie breaker, which if I remember right, would give Wartburg the nod via their win over Loras.

[Walston Hoover]

So right now with 2 games left, we are looking at anything from possibly not making the tourney, to a 5 seed. Sure would be nice to win out and assure ourselves a spot.

[pennstghs]

i have a question for the wartburg fans, how many seats is their new gym going to seat. i used to live in waverly till 8th grade and now i live and currently attend wittenberg university-not a bad jump in athletics as both are pretty good.

also, is waverly-shell rock high school getting a new gym as well?

[sportsknight]

Far as I know, WSR is not getting a new gym.  I'm pretty sure the new Knights Gym will hold 1800.

[warthog]

I'm glad to see my fellow Knight fans are holding out hope.  Unfortunately the teams competing for the last spot in the playoffs get to play four more games.  The Knights only play two.  The others have more chances to pick up the wins they need to get in.  We lead the league in losses so the win column is the only one we need to watch,

[Walston Hoover]

Well if we win out, beating Central and Cornell, that puts us at 6-10 in the league and Cornell would have 10 losses. Cornell then has road games at BV and Loras that if they miraculously win those games, they deserve to be in. End the season at home against Luther.
Luther has Coe left so that should get them to 10 losses as well. After that game, no wins over Central, BV, or Cornell will trump our win over Loras so that makes us a 7 seed.
Central and UD will battle it out for the 5 seed as I see it on the 10th and Luther and Cornell will battle for the last spot on the 17th. Both games for the Knights this weekend are HUGE and I will be clad in orange and taking over the west gym on Saturday and I know several bball alums who had very much success will be watching from the stands in Pella on Friday.

[Alfredeneumann]

Pennstghs + Sportsknight -
Yes W-SR is building a new gym + auditorium.
http://www.waverly-shellrock.k12.ia.us/HS%20Expansion%20Plan%2005.pdf.
Was to be done before b-ball season STARTED this year but didn't make it on time. Too bad because Vette can play. 

The Wartburg performance gym will seat about 1800 depending how many are WH, Sportknight or ALN's size.

I say the Knights make the tourney. They're getting this home away from home thing down.

[doolittledog]

I think Dubuque might end up the odd team out here.  Dubuque ends with 3 of 4 on the road and they haven't won a conference game away from home this season.  Their one home game is against BV, so you can't say that would be easy either. 

Then again supposedly Dubuque has finished with a better record every year since McDermot got there and they went 6-10 in conference last year.  7-9 this year would certainly put them in.  Just finishing 2-2 with the schedule in front of them seems a bit optimistic. 

[Walston Hoover]

I think with their 5 wins they are in. I don't see Luther or Cornell splitting their last 4.

[lorbec47]

UD and Central game on the 10th is huge...maybe the Spartans can overtake Loras tonight at the fieldhouse, happened last year, and ultimately led to the downfall of the DuHawks. Will Loras start their normal end of the year collapse following the Wartburg loss...we shall see...

[The Show]

No surprises tonight.

[doolittledog]

No surprises tonight.

No surprises for the outcomes.  Although hearing Dubuque up 10 at the half while scoring 42 points...then losing by 6 and only scoring 24 in the second half is a bit frustrating.  Not surprised at the final score...just surprised at how they got there...but that is the beauty of basketball. 

[Walston Hoover]

Pretty simple tonight-The Knights win and they are in, lose and its going to take some help from Luther. Yikes