MBB: American Rivers Conference

Klompen · February 04, 2010, 10:57:52 AM

Quote from: doolittledog on February 03, 2010, 10:43:55 PM
You are a bad bad man Klompen

Good showing by the Central faithfull, They probably had 50-60 fans in the stands at Dubuque tonight.

I assure you, I am not a bad, bad man, but I am a loyal Dutch fan. I am only bad in that I remind you of some not so pleasant memories.

As to the fans, we do have very loyal parents, and it is amazing what becoming a winning team can do for a fan base. Just think what the numbers might have been if the women were actually winning.

doolittledog · February 06, 2010, 06:18:37 PM

Dubuque up @ Cornell 55-43 with 8:47 left in the 2nd half.

Cornell announcers surprised UD is playing well against their Rams.

Dubuque wins in Mt. Vernon 67-64

Klompen · February 06, 2010, 07:09:27 PM

Good finish to the game by Dubuque. I caught the last few minutes after the Central game. Cornell is a force to be reckoned with at home in the last minute or two. They just don't give up, but UD kept their composure. Good job.

Nice win by the Dutch in Decorah today. Hopefully BV will play tough at home and beat Loras to give Central a 2 game lead in the conference before we meet up with Loras on Wednesday night. Nice to see the Dutch confidence level gaining a little bit. The conference is tough and playing on the road is always a challenge, so to win these two road games this week is a nice boost.

Well, time to switch over to the BV site and cheer on the Beavers.

Klompen · February 06, 2010, 08:48:39 PM

Yes!

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Thanks BV for giving Central a two game lead in the conference!

Klompen · February 07, 2010, 10:10:20 AM

Three conference games left for the Dutch with a 2 game lead in the conference. First up, Loras at home. Loras has been a tough nut to crack for the Dutch and they won't want to lose two in a row while still in contention for the conference. One win and the Dutch have at least a tie. Looks like a lot will be on the line for both teams Wednesday night. Glad the game is in Pella! Central has had a good crowd for the last two home games and hopefully Wednesday will be more of the same.

Then they have a week off until they play Coe at home. With Coe's record, you would think this would be easy, but they played us tough on our floor. Now that Central is gaining confidence, it would be great to see them play them really well and win.

Then we get Cornell at home to finish the regular season. That was a tough game up there, but home court should help. Would love to see the Dutch make a statement in finishing out the year before heading into the conference tourney.

Klompen · February 09, 2010, 02:21:10 PM

Good luck to the Dutch tomorrow as the battle for first place continues with Loras coming to town. It is a game that I think they can win, but they will have to play well and as a team. It seems like they did that really well against BV and Wartburg, not sure I saw it as much with Dubuque and Luther, then again, it could be harder to see on a dinky computer screen.

doolittledog · February 09, 2010, 02:58:10 PM

Central has my permission to put a monkey stomp on those Loras Duhawks

Kohawk Krazy · February 10, 2010, 12:48:53 PM

Here are my picks for the night:

Buena Vista at Simpson - Beavers get a big win here.

Coe at Wartburg - Would like to see the Kohawks get a win in their last four games. This is probably one of only two they have a remote shot at, but still don't see it.

Loras at Central - Dutch looking to get closer to that IIAC title.

Luther at Dubuque - Dubuque trying to lock up a postseason spot.

doolittledog · February 10, 2010, 03:47:20 PM

My picks...

Buena Vista @ Simpson - Simpson goes down and they go down hard

Coe @ Wartburg - Wartburg wins at home...but the W still doesn't have the atmoshere of the old barn

Loras @ Central - Central wins...but Loras takes the Dutch to triple OT. Just to give Klompen a hard time!!!

Luther @ Dubuque - because UD is the better team, plus I want UD win, and this way I have the same picks at Kohawk Krazy

Klompen · February 10, 2010, 04:32:28 PM

Quote from: doolittledog on February 09, 2010, 02:58:10 PM
Central has my permission to put a monkey stomp on those Loras Duhawks

Oh, that would be fun. I hope Holan is hitting on the 3's again tonight. Still think he deserves a shot at player of the week, so I guess he has to do better than 6 threes in a game.

Klompen · February 10, 2010, 04:40:20 PM

My picks for tonight...

Buena Vista at Simpson - Beavers dump their accumulated snow on Simpson to quiet the storm

Coe at Wartburg - Coe, just because I like picking against Wartburg!

Loras at Central - Dutch beat the Duhawks for the first time in something like 17 meetings. We are over due for a win and if it doesn't come now with 5 senior starters...

Luther at Dubuque - Dubuque gets this one easy. Blum will be on fire and shooting from 3 pt land, he falls down a lot just because it takes everything in that short little body to get the ball to travel that far, so he gets some free throws because the refs think he must have been pushed.

Klompen · February 10, 2010, 05:13:42 PM

Quote from: doolittledog on February 10, 2010, 03:47:20 PM
Loras @ Central - Central wins...but Loras takes the Dutch to triple OT. Just to give Klompen a hard time!!!

I deserve that.

If that's what it takes to win, I guess I will take it, but my heart might give out.

Klompen · February 10, 2010, 11:21:06 PM

WAY TO GO DUTCH!!!!!!!!!!!

There was a chill coming off the Central shooters in the first half, but Loren Liming single handedly kept Central in the game with 15 first half points. Loras had a hot hand early and fortunately, it thawed the Dutch chill enough to have the Dutch play a better second half and win the game. Nice to have the conference commissioner there to award the championship trophy after the game.

It has been a long time coming and this is a very deserving group of young men. Congratulations to them!

Klompen · February 11, 2010, 09:33:12 AM

Thanks Simpson! Now the Dutch can really spend just a little time on their bye weekend savoring the outright conference championship before they have to get back at it with Coe and Cornell still up before the conference tourney.

I echo the coach when saying who would have thought we could win on 0-13 shooting from 3 pt land playing Loras? Not me, but that just shows that maybe the Dutch have gained the confidence to know they are capable of winning. We missed a lot of give-me shots early on too, so I know the desire to win was getting to them mentally, but they got after it the second half.

Enjoy it for a day or so, then get ready to finish the regular season strong and go for your next goal of winning the conference tourney. Thanks, Coach Boschee for turning things around. I think COY should be wrapped up with a big red ribbon this year coming from a tie for 5th place last year to first place, possibly by a 3 game lead. Great job!

doolittledog · February 11, 2010, 11:53:50 AM

I will have give a call this weekend to my 93 year old great uncle that played basketball for Central in the 1930's. He will love to hear that his old team won the conference title. He likes to remind me that Central was known as a basketball school back in the 1930's and that it was later that the football team became the power they are now.

Once again, the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald has an IIAC article posted. This time about Taylor Blum scoring his 1,000th point last week. http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=272810