MBB: American Rivers Conference

[Klompen]

Central had a really rough night shooting from beyond the arc, but managed to get the inside game going a bit in the second half to reverse the halftime deficit and come out on top.  Central was 0-9 from 3 point range the first half and Cornell was 50% from beyond the arc for the first half.  Cooper got in foul trouble early in the first half which hurt the height match up with Cornell in the first half.  Davidson had a great night off the bench.  Central built a nice second half lead, but credit the Rams for coming back and making it way too close at the end.  It was a good game to watch, with a few tempers flaring along the way.

[Full Court Sorcerer]

As most people predicted for last night, although scores might be a little surprising. UD had things go the way they wanted except the score (outrebounded Loras, Blum gets 20, lead into half) Question for those who were there or listened - did Porter get hurt?? Only 4 minutes that I saw.

Coe whooped on a hurt Wartburg team. The game sounded to be above 20 points all night until the Knights scored on the Coe reserves late. Coe's student announcers are not very good by the way.

BV continues to roll, 32 foul shots and outrebounded another opponent.

Any info on the Central/Cornell game? Cornell lead at half, what was the turning point?

By the way, Warburg was held to under 20 in the first half by Coe.  It's always great to see a kid, that just set the school career rebounding record (Kyle Kuenstling) that was held by an All-American (Ed McFalls) for 30+ years, still diving on the floor and sparking the teams energy.  I haven't seen Coe, or any team in the Iowa Conference, play that hard this year.  If Coe plays with this much intensity and lives up to it's talent they should be tough towards the end of the year. 

[Dr. Phil]

I suffered once again thru the poor play by play announcing for Coe - I think they set an all time NCAA record for yawning on the air as a broadcast team in a single game...... not sure but may have to look that up!!

If any of the Wartburg faithful listened to the game, I have to feel sorry for you... that was just plain terrible and sorry thats was the only way for you to get to hear the game.

Not sure why each team doesnt bring their own personel to do the games... is it that tough to do?

The officiating seemed to be poor in the game as well - seems like they called over 40 total fouls in the game.  Dont these guys adjust at half and talk it over.... say like..."Hey we called 25 fouls in the first half, so if its a runaway game the 2nd half, lets let them play it out, within reason of course and get the kids home"

This seems logical to me.... if its a blowout, get the game over - no one wants to shoot foul shots all night and no one wants to watch that either!

[du-sz]

Now that UD v Loras game was a good one!  The Spartans controlled the game for about 35 minutes, but they just couldn't hold of Loras in the end.  Daugherty and Blum where consistently knocking down threes from about half court in the second, but the Duhawks were just too hot from the line and three when they needed to be.

The game got pretty intense down the stretch; it was good to see a lively crowd in the AWC for first time in a while.  Great rivalry game on both sides!

....btw who writes the web releases for the UD athletics website?? 

[doolittledog]

Now that UD v Loras game was a good one!  The Spartans controlled the game for about 35 minutes, but they just couldn't hold of Loras in the end.  Daugherty and Blum where consistently knocking down threes from about half court in the second, but the Duhawks were just too hot from the line and three when they needed to be.

The game got pretty intense down the stretch; it was good to see a lively crowd in the AWC for first time in a while.  Great rivalry game on both sides!

....btw who writes the web releases for the UD athletics website?? 

I was able to listen to the last 15 minutes of the 2nd half.  Sounded like a good game.  I was curious if the Loras AWC could keep some of the atmosphere that the old fieldhouse had.  Sometimes when a school builds a new place that is really nice it doesn't retain the rowdy atmosphere the old barn had. 

And I noticed the UD website did a pretty poor write-up on the game.  And that's the first time I have noticed that.  I wonder if the SID didn't have time and had a student intern do for him after last nights game. 

[Beaver Nation]

Saturday, Feb. 2

Coe @ Buena Vista   
Dubuque @ Simpson   
Loras @ Central   
Luther @ Cornell

What's everyone predictions? It appears as the Beavers will be the team once again to beat. Tough road games this week for Dubuque and Loras. Sounds like a thriller between those two squads on Wednesday. What's the Loras new facility like? Hard to beat the dark, loud, old barn for basketball.

By the way is there a new rule for the bench players? I have watched the men in stripes tell the players to sit down... where's the fun and emotions of college athletics?!!!

[Kohawk Krazy]

I like Cornell, Central, Dubuque and the Kohawks tomorrow.  Coe hasn't won in Storm Lake since 1999, that's 12 straight losses....time for someone to bring the Beavers down this year...

[bballjunkie5]

This weekend's games are tough to pick as I could see each game going either way. I'll take:

Simpson over Dubuque: Simpson at home = much tougher than Simpson on the road. I think Dubuque might have a little carryover from that heartbreaking loss to Loras - it will be close, but I like Simpson in the end.

Cornell over Luther: Another game that could go either way - I will pick Cornell because it is at their place.

Loras over Central: Loras hasn't been flashy, but have been finding ways to win lately. Central is a scrappy team with talented guards, but they won't be able to handle the rebounding and strength of the Duhawks.

And finally....Coe over Buena Vista: I know this might not be realistic, but after a 10-0 start it's time for BV to drop at least one conference game. Would like to make that last game against Loras a matchup for the number one seed in the tournament. Coe will have to contain Wagner - starting with the outlet pass runouts he does so well and also be able to keep Kuenstling from picking up too many fouls too early.

[Dr. Phil]

Coe leading BV at the half  48-38

[coebball70]

Nice to see the Kohawks win in Storm Lake!  Hopefully, they are getting ready for the conference tournament.  Congratulations!  Let's finish the IIAC on a roll!

[bballjunkie5]

Congratulations to all of today's winners, especially Coe going into Storm Lake - not an easy thing to do. Again, any feedback from any of the four games is much appreciated.

[The Show]

Surprised to see BV fall while only committing 10 turnovers, but then I looked at shooting percentages and the reason was pretty obvious.  When you only shoot 30% from the FT line and your oppenent hits nearly 60% of their 3's...you're in trouble.

Good to see Stribe is back.  Should mean that the Beavers will be at full strength come tourny time.

[du-sz]

Saturday, Feb. 2

Tough road games this week for Dubuque and Loras. Sounds like a thriller between those two squads on Wednesday. What's the Loras new facility like? Hard to beat the dark, loud, old barn for basketball.

The new Loras facility is a pretty nice one.  Its a lot more open and bright, but as you might think, it can feel a little too big and cold at times.  The setup is probably more convienent for fans and players (sort of a mini-McLeod Center, if you've been to a UNI game lately), but sometimes its hard not to miss the ole Fieldhouse.

In other news...Loras looked really good down in Pella yesterday afternoon.  The Loras guards completely shut down Ley, Clark, and Dehoogh from the outside, while White and Slater dominated underneath for the Duhawks.  Pederson and Robinson did well down low on offense, but Central couldn't make up for their struggles on the perimeter.

[Rock Chalk DuHawk]

With BV losing and Loras winning this could make for a very interesting end to the regular season.  If Loras wins at BV and everyone else wins out?  Who wins the league?

[bballjunkie5]

With BV losing and Loras winning this could make for a very interesting end to the regular season.  If Loras wins at BV and everyone else wins out?  Who wins the league?

I'm not sure if it still works like this, but in years past the tiebreaker has been record versus each team in the order of final regular season standings. For example, if Loras and BV both tie at the top, they would turn to how each team did against the 3rd place team. If that would be Coe, then Loras would take the #1 seed based on the fact that they would have a 2-0 record vs. a 1-1 record for BV against the Kohawks (that's assuming Loras beats Coe Wednesday night). If they would both have a 1-1 record, it would continue on down to #4 seed, #5 seed, etc. until one team had a better record against an opponent.