MBB: American Rivers Conference

[doolittledog]

Way to go Rams and Knights!!!  Way to shake up the status quo around the IIAC...great to see.  Congrats

[Alfredeneumann]

Being the optimist that I am, the good news is that unlike football, we'll see two IIAC teams in the post season this year.

Sorry Show, I just don't see the IIAC being more than a 1 bid league. A loss @ home in the conference Semi-finals might really hurt. Also the fact a "new comer" to the conf. race might cause the committee to question the league. I hope the Beaves get in but I'd be very nervous. 

[sharmony]

If Buena Vista managed to squeeze in the field last year, I would be very surprised if they didn't get in this year.  Their in-region winning percentage is higher this year and they are regional ranked in the West, right behind five of the top probably 7 teams in the nation in Wash U, USP, and the three Wisconsin schools.

[Alfredeneumann]

If Buena Vista managed to squeeze in the field last year, I would be very surprised if they didn't get in this year.  Their in-region winning percentage is higher this year and they are regional ranked in the West, right behind five of the top probably 7 teams in the nation in Wash U, USP, and the three Wisconsin schools.

Last year BV was #5 when they lost to #8 in the region Loras in the finals, not to a .500 team in conf. for the 2nd time in the semi's. Like I said I HOPE they get in.

Unlike last time the Knights played in Storm Lake the 3 were NOT falling for the Beaves. Game 1 @ SL BV was 17-38 including Person going 9-11 last night 9-38, Wartburg 8-17.

[Walston Hoover]

Has Wartburg had the Guys and gals in the championship game since '01?
That was a great Saturday night-
In One day-
5 conf championships
Ras'lin
MBB
WBB
M indoor
W indoor
Big celebrations in a packed gym that night.

[sharmony]

If Buena Vista managed to squeeze in the field last year, I would be very surprised if they didn't get in this year.  Their in-region winning percentage is higher this year and they are regional ranked in the West, right behind five of the top probably 7 teams in the nation in Wash U, USP, and the three Wisconsin schools.

Last year BV was #5 when they lost to #8 in the region Loras in the finals, not to a .500 team in conf. for the 2nd time in the semi's. Like I said I HOPE they get in.

Unlike last time the Knights played in Storm Lake the 3 were NOT falling for the Beaves. Game 1 @ SL BV was 17-38 including Person going 9-11 last night 9-38, Wartburg 8-17.

I guess its a good thing for BV that the committee looks at the entire season and not just the conference tournament.

[sportsknight]

Has Wartburg had the Guys and gals in the championship game since '01?

Wow, do you have a bad memory.  They both made it to the title game your junior year at Wartburg (2002) and two other times since then.  Women beat Simpson that night in '02 in Knights Gym before falling to Carelton in the first round of the NCAAs that year.  Men fell behind BV in Storm Lake by 10 by the half and ended up losing by 8.

In 2004 both teams played for, and lost, IIAC title games @ BV.  Women's game was probably a 10-12 point win for the Beavers if I remember right, and the men's game was just a complete ass-kicking by BV.  I don't know that Wartburg scored 50 points and probably shot no better than 35-40% from the field.  Most brutal game I ever had to broadcast on the radio.

In 2005, women lost at Simpson after shocking BV the night before in Storm Lake.  Men lost to BV for the 2nd time in eight days in a packed Knights Gym, then got the absolute shaft the following day when they were left out of the tournament despite a 23-5 record with two of those losses coming to a tournament qualifier.  That 2005 Wartburg men's team could have made a very deep run in the NCAA tournament in my opinion.

It is definitely nice to see both Wartburg teams back in the league tournament, much less the championship games, after they both failed to qualify last year.

[The Show]

Being the optimist that I am, the good news is that unlike football, we'll see two IIAC teams in the post season this year.

Sorry Show, I just don't see the IIAC being more than a 1 bid league. A loss @ home in the conference Semi-finals might really hurt. Also the fact a "new comer" to the conf. race might cause the committee to question the league. I hope the Beaves get in but I'd be very nervous. 

No need to be sorry Alf.  I just think you're nucking futs if you don't think they'll pick a team that's been rated in the top 10 since week 3 (I know, ratings don't mean everything, blah, blah, blah...) and returns 4 (pretty much 5) starters from a team that went to the semi's a year ago and took the national champion to OT.  If I was a D3 coach, BV would be one of the last team's I'd want to play in the tourny.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Being the optimist that I am, the good news is that unlike football, we'll see two IIAC teams in the post season this year.

Sorry Show, I just don't see the IIAC being more than a 1 bid league. A loss @ home in the conference Semi-finals might really hurt. Also the fact a "new comer" to the conf. race might cause the committee to question the league. I hope the Beaves get in but I'd be very nervous. 

No need to be sorry Alf.  I just think you're nucking futs if you don't think they'll pick a team that's been rated in the top 10 since week 3 (I know, ratings don't mean everything, blah, blah, blah...) and returns 4 (pretty much 5) starters from a team that went to the semi's a year ago and took the national champion to OT.  If I was a D3 coach, BV would be one of the last team's I'd want to play in the tourny.

D3 has very specific criteria for selection.  These criteria do NOT include poll rankings or what you did last year.

Nonetheless, I'd be shocked if BV isn't selected based on THIS year's CRITERIA.

[The Show]

D3 has very specific criteria for selection.  These criteria do NOT include poll rankings or what you did last year.

That's what the blah, blah, blah was for 

[B.Ver]

I see Wash U got beat in their league tourney does that mean they have the same chances as B.V. to get in the tournament? I have seen Wartburg and B.V. play  three times this year how have the Knights lost 8 games in the conference,they sure look very good to me?P.S.CONGRATS TO THEM

[Mr. Ypsi]

I see Wash U got beat in their league tourney does that mean they have the same chances as B.V. to get in the tournament? I have seen Wartburg and B.V. play  three times this year how have the Knights lost 8 games in the conference,they sure look very good to me?P.S.CONGRATS TO THEM

UAA (unlike every other d3 conference) does not have a tourney - that was just a regular conference game.  Wash U has already clinched the UAA AQ.

[B.Ver]

Thank you I stand corrected

[sportsknight]

FYI:  I'll be posting updates from the Wartburg-Cornell game on my Twitter page at www.twitter.com/JesseGavin1

[sharmony]

Cornell 34  Wartburg 23 - Halftime in Mt. Vernon

Sounds like Teirney is having himself a game.  Hopefully the second half will be exciting, as there is a lot on the line for these two teams.