MBB: American Rivers Conference

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Luther's erecting more "funny bankboards"

Luther planning to change their school colors to green

Reduced Utility Costs Boost Scholarships! 

[Klompen]

Dutch doing a great job on the road at Loras tonight in spite of questionable foul calls.  Even Loras announcers thought two Dutch fouls could have been called against Loras.  Boschee gets early T, but it seems to have fired the Dutch up coming from 13 down with Loras always at the FT line to only 2 down at the half.  45-43.  Dutch really struggling as even the scorekeeper is against us, giving our points to Loras, but fixed at the half. 

Dutch will struggle the second half as well with multiple Dutch players fighting foul issues.  Given that they have shot 18 FT to our 5, not too shabby, Dutch.

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In case 5WOL is anxious to watch some IIAC basketball with the Norse not playing tonight...here is the link to the UD/Wartburg game.

http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/dbq.portal#

Its the MC22 crew doing the game...multiple cameras and replays and all that jazz.

I don't know about 5WOL, but I'm sure interested.  But somethng isn't working because the protal screen is blacked out!

• Is Wartburg winning and they pulled the plug? 
• Did UD fail to pay their utility bill? (maybe they need to take a page out of Luther's green handbook 
• Is Football Daddy standing in front of the camera?
• Simpson isn't on either ... do I have a virus on my computer?
• Coe isn't on either ... have terrorists taken over Stretch Internet?

Frustrated in Decorah,
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[doolittledog]

Video is working for me.  What the heck happened.  It was 24-24 at half-time and I went upstairs to put my kids to bed and when I come back down a few minutes later its 46-34 Wartburg

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GO Wartburg!  (Did I just say that???)

I've got it on now - wow, I'll be glued tight to the monitor tonight!

[doolittledog]

It goes black during the commercials for MC22...that might have been what caught you off guard earlier.

Big dissapointment for UD tonight.  This is a game they should have won.

That is UD O-lineman Austin Hatzinger dancing during the time outs. 

UD retired Michael Zweifels #1 jersey tonight at halftime. 

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GO Wartburg!  (Did I just say that???)

I've got it on now - wow, I'll be glued tight to the monitor tonight!

I'm OK.  I just came to.  I must have passed out ... not because Wartburg won, but because I had a seizure after cheering for the Knights.  Condolences to Doolittle and the Spartan Nation.  Losing tonight hurts.  I know because they upset the Norse just one week ago.

This begs the question - what the hall heppend?  Wartburg's current three game winning streak seems to stem from a sudden recognition that defense is part of the game.  It their first 19 games, the Knights opponents made over 40% of their shots.  In the last three games, Luther shot 0.327 from the field, Cornell 0.291 and UD 0.333.  By contrast, the first time these teams played Wartburg, Luther shot 0.371, Cornell shot 0.466 and UD shot 0.420.  That 13% drop in offensive productivity hurt the Spartan's tonight.  I can't comment specifically on what the Knights were doing tonight because the webcast buffered quite a lot and looked like a series of still pictures, but I do remember Coach Franzen commenting that Wartburg's defense was disruptive and successfully trapped on the wings.

I also noticed that UD took over half of their shots from beyond the arc tonight.  They were 11-36 from three point land and 21-63 overall.  When UD played Luther, I thought that their big men did a good job of controlling the paint as UD shot 5-15 from beyond the arc and 22-48 overall.  I'd be surprised if Coach Seiverding doesn't "remind" his guards of that in tomorrow's practice.

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[Klompen]

Congratulations to the Dutch for pulling out a fantastic win at Loras last night against the odds.  With the foul problems last night, I thought it would really strike the Dutch down the second half, but great job by the Dutch and the Dutch bench to handle the problems.  What a shot by Turner with one second left to nail the 3 dead on.  Impressive win, even if it was against a down Loras team.  Wins at Loras haven't been much easier to come by than wins at BV, I'm happy this morning.

[doolittledog]

Congratulations to the Dutch for pulling out a fantastic win at Loras last night against the odds.  With the foul problems last night, I thought it would really strike the Dutch down the second half, but great job by the Dutch and the Dutch bench to handle the problems.  What a shot by Turner with one second left to nail the 3 dead on.  Impressive win, even if it was against a down Loras team.  Wins at Loras haven't been much easier to come by than wins at BV, I'm happy this morning.

Loras seems to lose every game right at the end.  They have been competitive in pretty much every game this season but they always find a way to lose.  Central is getting their wins at the right time of the season!!!

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Okay, now UD is showing just how new found their success is in football.  I know this is a BB board, but Doolittle brought up the retired jersey of MZ at halftime of the game.  I know that MZ was a fantastic football player, but really, retiring a jersey just because the guy wearing it won an award?   

Is this a decision by Coach/Daddy Z?  Just my opinion, but if you want to make a statement about where you are going as a team, you don't want to retire a number just because he was the best on the team, in the conference, or Division III.  Mt. Union and Whitewater wouldn't have very many numbers left to pick from if that was the case.  Let the guy play in the NFL before retiring his jersey.  Heck, I'm not sure Central did it with Vern's jersey until after he won his first of 3 super bowl rings.

Great honor for MZ and he is a deserving player for awards and recognition, but taking a number out of play for MVP status is not a wise move.  Maybe UD doesn't expect to need many jerseys with MZ gone?

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Central is getting their wins at the right time of the season!!!

You mean after they played UD twice?   

Seriously though, we might have been in great shape if UD had just not injured Marinkovich.  He goes out, we start losing, he comes back, we start winning...

Of course, it may be coincidental that we also started slumping in the 3's dept when he went out and started hitting them again when he came back.   

[Pat Coleman]

Okay, now UD is showing just how new found their success is in football.  I know this is a BB board, but Doolittle brought up the retired jersey of MZ at halftime of the game.  I know that MZ was a fantastic football player, but really, retiring a jersey just because the guy wearing it won an award?   

Is this a decision by Coach/Daddy Z?  Just my opinion, but if you want to make a statement about where you are going as a team, you don't want to retire a number just because he was the best on the team, in the conference, or Division III.  Mt. Union and Whitewater wouldn't have very many numbers left to pick from if that was the case.  Let the guy play in the NFL before retiring his jersey.  Heck, I'm not sure Central did it with Vern's jersey until after he won his first of 3 super bowl rings.

Great honor for MZ and he is a deserving player for awards and recognition, but taking a number out of play for MVP status is not a wise move.  Maybe UD doesn't expect to need many jerseys with MZ gone?

Seriously? National MVP? All-time leading receiver in the history of the NCAA? I think that's setting the bar quite high and perfectly reasonable.

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Okay, now UD is showing just how new found their success is in football.  I know this is a BB board, but Doolittle brought up the retired jersey of MZ at halftime of the game.  I know that MZ was a fantastic football player, but really, retiring a jersey just because the guy wearing it won an award?   

Is this a decision by Coach/Daddy Z?  Just my opinion, but if you want to make a statement about where you are going as a team, you don't want to retire a number just because he was the best on the team, in the conference, or Division III.  Mt. Union and Whitewater wouldn't have very many numbers left to pick from if that was the case.  Let the guy play in the NFL before retiring his jersey.  Heck, I'm not sure Central did it with Vern's jersey until after he won his first of 3 super bowl rings.

Great honor for MZ and he is a deserving player for awards and recognition, but taking a number out of play for MVP status is not a wise move.  Maybe UD doesn't expect to need many jerseys with MZ gone?

Seriously? National MVP? All-time leading receiver in the history of the NCAA? I think that's setting the bar quite high and perfectly reasonable.

Reasonable to do it 2 months after the season?  I don't think Coe has done anything with Fred Jackson's jersey other than put one in the halls of Eby Fieldhouse.  Why wouldn't you just wait and do something during the football season next year?

[Pat Coleman]

If I were Mike, I'm sure my plans don't include me being available to be in Dubuque next football season.

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I found several examples of football jersey retirement at the D1 level, but is there precedent in D3?

• "We've got a long standing tradition here [according to Oklahoma coach, Bob Stoops]... we've got boatloads of guys, from Heisman Trophy winners to three- and four-time All-Americans. We wouldn't be able to play. We wouldn't have enough numbers." http://blog.newsok.com/ou/2010/10/14/dont-count-on-oklahoma-to-retire-football-jerseys/
• Eight active Big Ten conference schools have retired at least two numbers while Ohio State has retired the highest number with seven. Meanwhile, four schools – Penn State, Purdue, Northwestern and former conference member Chicago – have never retired jersey numbers. http://markrea.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/big-ten-retired-football-jerseys-%E2%80%93-part-2/
• University of Iowa has two retired Jerseys; #24 Nile Kinnick & #62 Cal Jones ... Google searches for Iowa State and UNI didn't return any information on retired jerseys.

... The more I looked, I noticed that many teams follow FSU's example of retiring jerseys and not numbers.  Most of Nebraska's retired jersey numbers are stilll listed on the current roster.

• Florida State University, has retired seven jerseys rather than taking numbers out of circulation starting in the mid 1990s http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/062510aaa.html
• Nebraska has 17 players with retired jerseys, possibly the most in the nation. http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=123
• NC State has retired 7 jerseys http://www.gopack.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/080908aaa.html