MBB: American Rivers Conference

IntramuralChamp · January 27, 2011, 11:38:59 PM

Klompen I think last years team was senior driven and had great leadership. That makes a big difference in finishing games, playing forty minutes and being consistent. Central has been a surprise and would rather be there then be a disappointment like Loras and Wartburg thus far! Shall be a fun 2nd half, hopefully with some interesting games. Best thing about it is only one team is going to get in and will be interesting if Luther can win the league and conference championship. I have 2nd guessed them all year and will continue to do it-- Central proved me wrong last year, we will see if Norse can do the same this year! Can we get some Norse posters on here?

IntramuralChamp · January 29, 2011, 01:02:47 AM

This weekend of games has me excited. I think something out of the ordinary is going to happen. One of top teams in the league is losing and then the two teams in the cellar play each other. Someone has to get their 2nd win of the year. I think all match ups are evenly matched and could make for a good day of basketball? Atleast I hope so--

Central @Coe-- I find it hard to believe that Central can go into Coe and steal a win, but if Turner can get hot, control the tempo and offense and Coe doesn't shoot well from the arch it can happen! I just think too much has to go right for the Dutch for them to win. I will take Coe by 8. 79 to 71.

Luther @ Loras- I am going to continue to pick against the Norse because its a long season and I think they lose before the season is over and they are ripe to lose. They got a good win against BV and now go to Loras. You guys can call me crazy but I will get one of these right. Might as well start tonight. Loras 69 to 67.

Simpson @ Dubuque- Both teams are coming off great wins and Simpson has to make the return back to Dubuque and go for the sweep. As well as Simpson has been playing, I think the Dubuque win at Cornell gives them a little pop in the step and they find a way to beat the Storm. The Storm have no answer for Blum and Sparty wins 78 to 69.

Wartburg @ Cornell- In the cellar game of the night, someone has to win right? I will take the visiting team. Cornell is coming off a tough loss in overtime in a game they should have won, I think that affects their play and could see them losing by 10 plus. Too bad Wartburg doesn't have the pop to deliver such a blow. I will take Wartburg by 4. Post play beats good guard play. Wartburg 75 to 70.

Klompen · January 29, 2011, 11:06:52 AM

My picks for today are:
Luther beats Loras, Luther has too much going for it and and Loras is down and nearly out.
Simpson and UD could go either way, did UD give everything it had the other night and play tired today? Ah, Doolittle is a good guy, so I have to go with UD, besides I put my Blum voodoo doll away until the next Central match up.

Wartburg at Cornell is another that could go either way, I tend to think Cornell unless the heartbreak of Wednesday night does their spirt in. But I don't like WB, so I go with a worn out Cornell for the win.
Coe and Central. Coe destroyed Central in Pella. Do the Dutch have it in them to show that was a fluke game? Yes, they do, but help from Coe having an off game as the Dutch did here would sure help. Can Central do it, yes, but if I have to pick, I'm sorry to say I suspect Coe will win. Would be glad to be wrong though! Go Dutch.

Klompen · January 29, 2011, 06:45:41 PM

Way to prove I should never guess against my own Dutch! Central wins a nail-biter by 3 at Coe 66-63. Great job, Dutch. You guys continue to make us Central fans proud, even if I am the only one saying it. So glad to be wrong on that guess, glad you had something to prove and did it. Keep up the winning ways and finish out the rest of the conference strong.

Klompen · January 29, 2011, 06:54:52 PM

The conference race tightens up again as Luther, Coe, Simpson and Cornell all lose. Okay, so the Cornell game really doesn't play into things, but the other three all help Central. It will be a very interesting and exciting finish to the conference season. Nice to see the Dutch get a great road win, that was the one game that I thought was not one we could win based on our prior meeting. Come on Dutch, prove you can lose all 5 senior starters and still come back and win the conference. I won't pick against you again!

doolittledog · January 29, 2011, 11:14:38 PM

Dubuque finished in a tie for 2nd place in the conference last season. Dubuque is currently in a tie for 2nd place in the conference for this season. Ah, this is taking me back to my college days when the Spartans were finishing in 1st or 2nd place every season. And is making me forget about those sub 10 win seasons for the late 90's and early part of the last decade.

Good job Spartans...keep it up and lets finish this season strong!!!

IntramuralChamp · January 30, 2011, 02:41:12 AM

Glad the Duhawks finally made one of my picks come true. Happy for Klompen and the dutch going to Coe and getting payback. Sparty holds on and the Knights start a push to move up, oh wait they played Cornell, a team that is worse then them. Love the conference race we now have. There is going to be a real battle for the conference 5th and 6th seed and 2-6 could go all different ways. I guess thats why conference basketball is so exciting. Wartburg may not to mathematically eliminated from the 6th seed, but pretty close. It will be interesting if Cornell and Wartburg can sneak up on anyone and ruin someone season. Big games for Wednesday include: Central vs Dubuque, Buena Vista vs Loras--Will be interesting to see if the Duhawks can tighten up the conference race a little more and Central or Dubuque can continue to climb up in the win column. Other games should be easy wins for favorite, oh wait this is college basketball- nothing is easy or a guarantee.

Klompen · January 30, 2011, 10:03:50 AM

Quote from: doolittledog on January 29, 2011, 11:14:38 PM
Dubuque finished in a tie for 2nd place in the conference last season. Dubuque is currently in a tie for 2nd place in the conference for this season. Ah, this is taking me back to my college days when the Spartans were finishing in 1st or 2nd place every season. And is making me forget about those sub 10 win seasons for the late 90's and early part of the last decade.

Good job Spartans...keep it up and lets finish this season strong!!!

I think Central had back to back 5 win seasons before Boschee came along. And then there is the women's team that once won the National Championship and can't get out of the cellar now. The sad thing is they have some talented players, who I give a ton of credit to for staying out.

Oh, and Doolittle, look for me to sneak that Blum doll and a number of pins into the gym come Wednesday night.

Klompen · January 30, 2011, 10:18:43 AM

IC, no surprise that I think the Dutch may be primed for a move up the conference ladder right now. Red glasses aside, that win yesterday against Coe was huge for the Dutch. They were beaten in every phase of the game at home against Coe and to come back and win at their gym has to be a tremendous confidence builder. This is the Central that should have never taken a long Christmas break that killed their momentum. Changing the Coe results will give Central new confidence going on the road to places like BV, that have not been friendly confines for the Dutch.

Even though the home floor has not always been favorable for many teams this year, including the Dutch, Wednesday they play UD who they beat on the road, so of course I favor them to win at home. Then a string of nice wins adds to the momentum of getting payback on some other teams, Simpson, Luther, BV...

The Dutch are back on track and with no scheduled breaks before the end of the season, I see a nice finish and a high standing at the end of the season that nobody would have predicted given last year's graduation results.

The question for me is how will the other teams in unexpected positions respond. Can Luther keep it up? How do Loras, Wartburg and BV respond to disappointing seasons thus far. I would never have expected them to be where they are now. I didn't have WB listed as high as most, but I didn't see them that low either.

Fannosaurus Rex · January 31, 2011, 12:28:31 PM

For my first post on the Basketball Post Patterns, I will offer some creative criticism to all of the people who operate the cameras that are used to provide web-streaming of basketball games. Please briefly show the scoreboard every so often. I'm not complaining you understand. I know no one owes me a webcast of IIAC basketball games. But, as I was watching the end of the Central Coe game Saturday, I could tell it was close and I could tell time was running out. I just couldn't get the details since there was no audio and the live stats only seemed to get updated about every ten minutes. So thanks to the people at Coe who sent me the webcast. If you would like my advice on how you could make it even better, please give us about a five second shot of the scoreboard every so often when the clock is stopped. Otherwise, Go Dutch!

TheSportsFan · January 31, 2011, 01:05:44 PM

Things are about to get quite tight in the top of the conference.

Luther has seen two recent losses in conference play....but their biggest loss may have been the injury to starting freshmen point guard Michael Crocker.

Rumor is that Crocker may have suffered a broken ankle and be done for awhile (possibly the year), though I have yet to hear confirmation after the initial guesses.

If Crocker is done, Luther drops from a top 3 team and becomes a team that will struggle to compete in the tournament. They have done a good job to basically solidify their way into the tournament, now their goal should be to nab one of the two byes to give themselves a chance in the tourney.

Pat Coleman · January 31, 2011, 05:11:02 PM

Quote from: Fannosaurus Rex on January 31, 2011, 12:28:31 PM
For my first post on the Basketball Post Patterns, I will offer some creative criticism to all of the people who operate the cameras that are used to provide web-streaming of basketball games. Please briefly show the scoreboard every so often. I'm not complaining you understand. I know no one owes me a webcast of IIAC basketball games. But, as I was watching the end of the Central Coe game Saturday, I could tell it was close and I could tell time was running out. I just couldn't get the details since there was no audio and the live stats only seemed to get updated about every ten minutes. So thanks to the people at Coe who sent me the webcast. If you would like my advice on how you could make it even better, please give us about a five second shot of the scoreboard every so often when the clock is stopped. Otherwise, Go Dutch!

Agree with your sentiment completely.

Post Patterns for hoops is called Posting Up, by the way. Glad people still remember the old names!

Kohawk Krazy · January 31, 2011, 09:48:10 PM

Quote from: Fannosaurus Rex on January 31, 2011, 12:28:31 PM
For my first post on the Basketball Post Patterns, I will offer some creative criticism to all of the people who operate the cameras that are used to provide web-streaming of basketball games. Please briefly show the scoreboard every so often. I'm not complaining you understand. I know no one owes me a webcast of IIAC basketball games. But, as I was watching the end of the Central Coe game Saturday, I could tell it was close and I could tell time was running out. I just couldn't get the details since there was no audio and the live stats only seemed to get updated about every ten minutes. So thanks to the people at Coe who sent me the webcast. If you would like my advice on how you could make it even better, please give us about a five second shot of the scoreboard every so often when the clock is stopped. Otherwise, Go Dutch!

That's weird. Audio feed over the video feed was working just fine for me. Did you have the volume muted?

Klompen · January 31, 2011, 10:03:17 PM

I listened to the Pella radio station broadcast of the game while watching the Coe game. I can't comment on Coe's announcers and the Dutch announcers did a good job of letting you know the score, but agree that it would be nice to have more frequently updated stats as the Coe live stats seemed half-dead.

They were not real time live stats by any means. One school, can't remember which at the moment did a real nice job by having a real time score board always showing in an inconspicuous part of the screen. I want to say it might have been Loras, but I truly do not recall. Also, many of the schools do have the live stats updating pretty close to live timing and that helps a lot. Most do go to a scoreboard shot at time outs, but I do love whichever school incorpoarated it into the screen 100% of the time.

Welcome to the IIAC posting up board, FR. I hope you watch more of the season as it is bound to be interesting the rest of the way out. Central has a nasty habit of spotting opponents a nice early lead, then having to dig their way out, but hopefully they will get a handle on that. I think Boschee is just the coach to keep the Dutch in the hunt for the conference championship now that he established that we could win it as happened last year. I doubt anyone would have given the Dutch a shot at being where they are now with all of last year's senior starters graduating. The Dutch may become a regular contender in basketball, just as they are in football. Would love to see it happen.

Kohawk Krazy · January 31, 2011, 10:59:29 PM

Quote from: Klompen on January 31, 2011, 10:03:17 PM
I listened to the Pella radio station broadcast of the game while watching the Coe game. I can't comment on Coe's announcers and the Dutch announcers did a good job of letting you know the score, but agree that it would be nice to have more frequently updated stats as the Coe live stats seemed half-dead. They were not real time live stats by any means. One school, can't remember which at the moment did a real nice job by having a real time score board always showing in an inconspicuous part of the screen. I want to say it might have been Loras, but I truly do not recall. Also, many of the schools do have the live stats updating pretty close to live timing and that helps a lot. Most do go to a scoreboard shot at time outs, but I do love whichever school incorpoarated it into the screen 100% of the time.

Welcome to the IIAC posting up board, FR. I hope you watch more of the season as it is bound to be interesting the rest of the way out. Central has a nasty habit of spotting opponents a nice early lead, then having to dig their way out, but hopefully they will get a handle on that. I think Boschee is just the coach to keep the Dutch in the hunt for the conference championship now that he established that we could win it as happened last year. I doubt anyone would have given the Dutch a shot at being where they are now with all of last year's senior starters graduating. The Dutch may become a regular contender in basketball, just as they are in football. Would love to see it happen.

I watch most of the Coe hoops games on streaming. The live stats were up all day for the women's game, but really slow for the men. Something must have been up, as they normally are fine.