MBB: American Rivers Conference

[Rock Chalk DuHawk]

My picks for the night:
Loras over Central
Luther over Cornell
BV over UD
Wartburg over Simpson

All the home teams!

Go DuHawks lets start the conference season off with a bang.

[doolittledog]

Hey Rock Chalk, if you will be at tonights game let me know how the atmosphere is like at the Duhawks new place compared to the old barn.

For Iowa fans, they loved the comfort that Carver-Hawkeye gave them when that place opened up 25 years ago but almost all of us felt we lost a lot of the rowdy atmosphere that really gave the Hawks a home court advantage at the old field house. 

I am just curious if the same thing happends at Loras. 

[doolittledog]

At the half, BV is leading Dubuque 46 - 17 

[Rock Chalk DuHawk]

Loras wins by 20 ...... I cant comment on the atmosphere as I was not at the game, but I am sure it was good as all the students are back from break now.

[birds of prey]

The atmosphere at Loras Wednesday night wasn't anything near spectacular like it was against Clarke opening night. It's a shame because Kyle White was in rare form putting up his first double double of the season, 21 points 17 rebounds in their 20 point win over the Dutch.

Can anyone comment on the other games around the IIAC last night?

[doolittledog]

Can't really comment because I wasn't there and didn't get to listen to it...but BV beat the snot out of UD 91 - 58

[Dr. Phil]

     At the half at Ebby                           

                                     1st 2nd Total
Augustana                     27         27
Coe College Kohawks   18          18

[mr_b]

The Loras-North Park matchup has been postponed till Monday, per the North Park website:

"CHICAGO, IL (December 1, 2007) – Due to inclement weather, the North Park men's basketball contest at Loras College for tonight at 7:30 p.m. has been postponed to Monday.

The junior varsity contest is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 3 and the varsity game will be played at 7:30 p.m."

[Dr. Phil]

Final

Coe 45
Augustana 58

Unfortunatley not quite enough this afternoon.  They played hard but
Coe only shot 38% for 2s and 26.7% (4/15) for 3s.  Much too low to upset a top 4 team.

[birds of prey]

Loras looked good tonight beating the team picked to finish 4th in the CCIW, North Park, 70-62. Kyle White finished with his second consecutive double-double, 13 pts and 10 boards.

Three other Duhawks finished in double figures as well to provide a very balanced scoring attack. Loras dominated the glass 43-26 and held the Vikings to just 37.5% shooting.

That's three wins in a row after starting the season 0-2 and Loras has lost just 1 game in the month of December in each of the last two seasons. We'll see if the trend continues.

[birds of prey]

...Loras has lost just 1 game in the month of December in each of the last two seasons. We'll see if the trend continues.

That's not true...I was misinformed...Loras in fact lost 4 games last December...it's the month of January that they've had a lot of success in the past.

[The Show]

Matt Cleveland played a heck of a game as BV took down Clarke Monday night, 76-67.

Coe's up next tomorrow night.  Should be a good one.

[keith45]

UD by 8 over Loras tonight! Dre Porter has a big game, I dont think Loras' bigs can guard him on the wing and perimeter.

[doolittledog]

UD by 8 over Loras tonight! Dre Porter has a big game, I dont think Loras' bigs can guard him on the wing and perimeter.

I already told my wife I would be listening to the game over the internet tonight.  She just sighed and said "whatever" 

[Golden Norver]

BV Coach VH shares his thoughts on his blog

http://web.bvu.edu/blogs/coachescorner/category/Men%27s+Basketball