MBB: American Rivers Conference

[Klompen]

CORNELL RECRUITING NEWS

Word is Reggie was strongly considering North Central of the CCIW, but Cornell, a late entry in his recruitment, threw a ton of money at him. An offer he couldn't refuse.

Cornell...the new Wartburg

Cornell throws a ton of money at everyone, athlete or not.  How else do you get kids to take one class at a time and come from primarily out-of-state to a tiny town?

[Gregory Sager]

If a kid is taking one class at a time, I strongly doubt that he's eligible to play sports.

[Klompen]

If a kid is taking one class at a time, I strongly doubt that he's eligible to play sports.

Everyone at Cornell College takes one class at a time.  The class only lasts a few weeks, then you go on to another class for a few weeks, etc.  In the end, you take the same number of credits as at other schools, only you do it one class at a time.  Intense concentration on one class, longer class lengths, I assume and lots of cramming, regurgitating on a test, then forgetting in favor of the next class.     I'm sure Heys can give you a better run down of how it really works, but that would be how I did it if it was one class at a time.  Good news, you get a prof you don't like, you don't have to put up with him/her for more than a few short weeks.  Bad news, you get maximum exposure to said prof during those weeks.

[Klompen]

If a kid is taking one class at a time, I strongly doubt that he's eligible to play sports.

http://www.cornellcollege.edu/academics/ocaat/index.shtml tells about the one class at a time program at Cornell. 

[Gregory Sager]

Hmmm, didn't know that about Cornell's block-plan academic calendar. Thanks for sharing that.

[D3Fan20]

Anyone hear what teams will be at Wartburg's Buzz Levick tournament this year?

[Alfredeneumann]

Wartburg pre-season injuries

http://www.wartburgcircuit.org/tabid/289/itemid/1404/Basketball-players-preseason-injuries.aspx

"The men's and women's basketball teams are coming off very successful seasons.  The women went 18-8 overall and the men were 15-12 overall.  Two keys to their success were players Mitchell Murphy and Abbey Hempen.  However, Murphy and Hempen have a crutch going into this season...literally.......Both players tore their ACLs, a major knee ligament.  Hempen's injury occurred in the middle of July and Murphy's was on the first day of open gym at the beginning of September."

[Alfredeneumann]

Anyone hear what teams will be at Wartburg's Buzz Levick tournament this year?

Mt. Mercy, Marian & Maranatha Baptist

[doolittledog]

UD has their '10-'11 roster posted

http://www.dbq.edu/udathletics/Basketball.cfm

Klompen will note her favorite player, Taylor Blum, is finally a Senior

Here's hoping he can hit 9-10 thee pointers including one with .7 seconds left in the 2nd half to beat the Dutch later this season

[IntramuralChamp]

Isn't Blum like 25 years old? A great player none the less. I think Blum will save Klompen the drama and score 25 points before the last 5 minutes of the game and enjoy watching it from the bench as Dubuque beats Central both times this year.

[Alfredeneumann]

UNI beats Wartburg 67-46

http://www.go-knights.net/news/2010/11/2/MBB_1102105635.aspx

UNI COVERAGE
http://www.unipanthers.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/110210aaa.html
(BOX SCORE) http://www.unipanthers.com/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2010-2011/mbbexh1.html

Wartburg will have to be  a grind it out team this year. 2nd yr. Drew Crawford (Linn Mar) has improved since last year, a lot of confidence in his stroke. Freshman Eddie Diemer (NU High) was one of the first off the bench.

UNI will struggle if 3point shots are NOT falling.

[Alfredeneumann]

Wartburg Roster is FINALLY on line

http://www.go-knights.net/roster.aspx?path=mbball

[AENeumann Jr]

I was very impressed with Wartburg last night. Coming into this season, I knew that Jordan and Cole would be the primary scorers on the team, and with the loss with Murphy at point, and graduation of 5 seniors, I was nervous heading into last night. A stat I know most coaches, especially Coach Peth looks at is rebounding, and Wartburg held the edge over UNI, part of that being because UNI only had 5 turnovers, but still impressive nonetheless. Also, Wartburg won't face guards as quick and athletic as UNI's all season, so some of those turnovers can be contributed to the fact that UNI is a very sound, solid defensive team with great quickness. Kwadzo was very solid last night, showed very good touch from 3.

That being said, UNI has NO post offense. None. O'Rear's only basket was when Jacey fell down and he was wide open in the paint. He is solid in that he battles for offensive boards and sets good, hard screens, but Jake Koch wanted nothing to do with the paint and jacked up a couple terrible threes. If Austin Pehl is going to play solid minutes for UNI, they will struggle. He did not impress me at all, but he has never impressed me, not even in High School. Anthony James is exactly what I thought he was, a decent shooter who is always out to "get his" he shot a contested three in transition last night when UNI had an advantage, but without Ali, there will be some more shots, and he decided he wants them. UNI will be solid though, and were very good on defense (especially in the second half)

Agree with what SR. said, Drew Crawford really looks like he's worked on his game in the summer, looks more in shape, has increased his quickness, and didn't look rattled on the big stage of the McCloud Center (hit his first shot of the game, fresh off the bench). Jordan and Cole will be solid and the Knights should have a fairly good year..

[doolittledog]

Dubuque takes on Iowa St tonight in an exhibition game.  Story in the Telegraph-Herald.

http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=301250

[Klompen]

UD has their '10-'11 roster posted

http://www.dbq.edu/udathletics/Basketball.cfm

Klompen will note her favorite player, Taylor Blum, is finally a Senior

Here's hoping he can hit 9-10 thee pointers including one with .7 seconds left in the 2nd half to beat the Dutch later this season

Are you kidding me?  He SILL hasn't graduated?  Gosh, it seems like he has been there FOREVER!    He is a darn fine player, wish he would have come to Central, we could have used him.  Though I still have to chuckle about the fact that he falls down after several deep 3 pt shots because it just takes every bit of his short frame to get the ball to go that far.    Wish Central had some starters coming back.  All 5 graduated.  

At least now that we have won a conference championship again, it should make recruiting a little easier.  Plus, there are lots of spots up for grabs.  I'm sure last year's subs that didn't graduate will move up, but it would be nice to see some heavy competition for the starting jobs.  With football now over for the Dutch, I am ready for BB to begin.