MBB: American Rivers Conference

[doolittledog]

Klompen, Blum is a junior.  Maybe his shaved head has you thinking he is older than he really is

As for the conference tourney.  1st and 2nd place get a 1st round bye.  #6 plays at #3 and #5 plays at #4.  So Central might not have to play Wartburg a 3rd time this year. 

[Klompen]

Klompen, Blum is a junior.  Maybe his shaved head has you thinking he is older than he really is

As for the conference tourney.  1st and 2nd place get a 1st round bye.  #6 plays at #3 and #5 plays at #4.  So Central might not have to play Wartburg a 3rd time this year. 

I don't think his shaved head has anything to do with it, I just wanted him gone.      He is a darn good player, though I still get a kick out of the fact that sometimes shooting a 3 will take so much effort that he falls down afterwards.     Except when we get called for a foul that we didn't do because of it. 

Good to hear that we get a first round bye, just goes to show how little Central fans know about being a #1 seed.  Of course, that just means that our first opponent will be that much better.     It would be nice to get to be a LOT more familiar with the process.  I'm usually done paying attention to basketball by that point.  Hopefully this will become a new tradition, kind of like football games after Thanksgiving.   

[Alfredeneumann]

Buena Vista at Cornell - Beavers aren't happy about their loss on Wednesday...They get the job done today.

Dubuque at Loras - Duhawks take the cross town rivalry

Simpson at Coe - Aren't the two women's teams playing for first place?

Wartburg at Luther - Knights win this one easy.

Sorry Krazy.....Warts lost to Norse by two.  Not surprising at all.  Warts crowd very silent however.  Great turnout  by both fans.  A very good IIAC game regardless of the victor.

Sorry to disagree with an elder but Old N the game on Saturday was flat out ugly on both sides. Wartburg scores 3 points in the final 10 minutes of the first half. They missed a lot of shots in the paint in that stretch. Luther scores 4 points in final 3 minutes and missed 4 free throws in that stretch. 3 of them were 1+1. I thought Wartburg student turn out for home games were small, but even on Wednesday nights WC students out numbered the LC kids in Decorah Saturday. FYI a lot of the Luther blue behind the Wartburg bench were FOR the Knights. A lot of Cresco Cadets shirts, 1/2 of Cresco must have showed up to watch Kelly + Mitchell play.

Wartburg has won 1 conference game on the road this season @ Coe.

[oldNorse]

Buena Vista at Cornell - Beavers aren't happy about their loss on Wednesday...They get the job done today.

Dubuque at Loras - Duhawks take the cross town rivalry

Simpson at Coe - Aren't the two women's teams playing for first place?

Wartburg at Luther - Knights win this one easy.

Sorry Krazy.....Warts lost to Norse by two.  Not surprising at all.  Warts crowd very silent however.  Great turnout  by both fans.  A very good IIAC game regardless of the victor.

Sorry to disagree with an elder but Old N the game on Saturday was flat out ugly on both sides. Wartburg scores 3 points in the final 10 minutes of the first half. They missed a lot of shots in the paint in that stretch. Luther scores 4 points in final 3 minutes and missed 4 free throws in that stretch. 3 of them were 1+1. I thought Wartburg student turn out for home games were small, but even on Wednesday nights WC students out numbered the LC kids in Decorah Saturday. FYI a lot of the Luther blue behind the Wartburg bench were FOR the Knights. A lot of Cresco Cadets shirts, 1/2 of Cresco must have showed up to watch Kelly + Mitchell play.

Wartburg has won 1 conference game on the road this season @ Coe.

I guess I would agree on the ugly part..........but that is what all IIAC BB games have become.  Men's basketball at all levels has become bump and grind rather than finnesse.  Too bad in my opinion.  Wish the refs would call a tighter game.

[Klompen]

Old Norse, I couldn't agree with you more on the change in the game.  There is a lot of serious fouling going on by the old standards that goes uncalled these days.  Sometimes I think they are going to let a player get injured before they start taking control. 

Then again, the officiating really drives me nuts when they call a minor hand check and let other things, much more obvious go.

[Klompen]

http://www.youtube.com/user/CentralAthletics#p/a/u/0/OuU0-WPVRLM has a great video of Central's men getting the conference championship trophy.  Not a bad crowd for a weeknight game, if you ignore the near empty Loras stands and wait to see them pan to the Central student side.  Guess success brings out the fans.  Must have been a few football players in attendance as they broke out in the school song choras.

[doolittledog]

My pics for tonight...

Central @ Coe  Dutch don't want a tongue lashing from Klompen on here if they play poorly...take care of the Kohawks early

Cornell @ Luther  Luther almost beat Wartburg...this should be a similar type game...Cornell wins it late

Dubuque @ Buena Vista   BV took it to Cornell...get a similar result against my Spartans tonight

Loras @ Wartburg   I just have a hunch

[Klompen]

Central @ Coe  Dutch don't need a tongue lashing on here if they play well

Cornell @ Luther  Cornell plays very well late and win again

Dubuque @ Buena Vista   BV, the old Dutch coach he ain't what he used to be, ain't what he used to be...  (Dutch in heritage, no connection to Central)

Loras @ Wartburg   I just like picking against Wartburg   
 

[sportsknight]

Hopefully the Knights know what they're playing for tonight and don't piss it down their legs like they did on Saturday.

[doolittledog]

Dubuque up on BV 49-34 at half time

I only got to see the last 5 minutes of the half but apparently the UD men have made a whole mess of 3 point shots. 

[doolittledog]

Dubuque beats Buena Vista 84-75

Dubuque sweeps BVU this season and get the Spartans first win in Storm Lake since 1996

[Klompen]

Congratulations to Coe on playing a great game.  You won't be down long with a young team like you have.  Coe gave us fits at home and away this year.  I was starting to think the Dutch were going to take me up on that "if you have to lose again this year, do it in the next two games" thing.  Truth is, Coe just played well in taking Liming out of the game for too much of the game.  Nice game by Holan again.  Sure wish these guys weren't all done after this season.

Congratulations to Dubuque on beating BV.  Doolittle, you need to have a little faith.   

[doolittledog]

Congratulations to Dubuque on beating BV.  Doolittle, you need to have a little faith.   

You would think a Dubuque fan, of all people, would have some faith

Dubuque men and women sitting at 9-6 in conference play.  This is a little hard for me to wrap my brain around...but I like it a lot!!!

[Klompen]

Doolittle, I know how you feel, I'm still wrapping my head around the Central men's team.  They lived up to what I thought they could do if they really worked at it.   Sadly, the women did too. 

What's up with Wartburg?  Picked to win in football and basketball and look where they ended up.  Funny things happen when the money runs out.   

[IntramuralChamp]

Picked to finish 1st and they finish 6th in the league, with 2 solid senior starters? Shows that pre-season rankings don't mean anything and shows maybe Wartburg gets too much credit. Why has Timmermans not played well in his career at Wartburg? He was solid at Coe and had a good year stat wise last year if I don't recall. Ever since there new arena, they haven't been the same team. That would have been Steege and Schmidt's senior year, the year BV somehow upset them at home in the conference tournament. Those were the good old Knight days!