MBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[tmerton]

Oh golly gee, how nice of you football posters to make a field trip over here to visit your buckethead boys.   Good to see ya again Tmerton! Hows life? You need to make it back here for winter Johnnie classic!

Thanks, but I'm going to stay out of the way of people who actually know something about basketball.  Like Fins ()!   However, alphabets I can do.

Unlike Duffman, I actually like bball and still go to high school games here.  Unfortunately, though, it's a long way to travel to see an MIAC game.  But it was fun to listen to some of the game last night.

[sumander]

I thought the officiating was very fair last night. They called a tight consistent game. That game had potential to turn into a nasty rock fight. If they don't get on top of it and stay on top of it the two squad cars of Stearns Counties finest that were there wouldn't have been enough to control the crowd. A veteran crew of officials who had a good game in a big game!

[Retired Old Rat]

I thought the officiating was very fair last night. They called a tight consistent game. That game had potential to turn into a nasty rock fight. If they don't get on top of it and stay on top of it the two squad cars of Stearns Counties finest that were there wouldn't have been enough to control the crowd. A veteran crew of officials who had a good game in a big game!

Ahhhh, sounds like the good old days!  I'm still trying to find out who that St. Mary's guy was who cold cocked me when we ripped his stupid sign to shreds.

[WeRFans]

PO-
In talking with a former player that both played for Gilles and Wohler, he just said that x's and o's Wohler is getting outcoached. You can't just win with offense.

I think the problem with Hamline isn't the players. They have the talent with DeRock, Thrasher, Foster and other guys such as Weiner, but I think its the style of play. You have to coach to what you have. I'm not sure if he does that. And his rotations are crazy. Zev Kujolic (sp) doesn't see the court for xx games and now is playing big minutes? Figure out what you have against Scholastica and Crown and go with it during conference season.

Another problem with the Pipers is that they don't have an experienced shooter that can hit the big shot. DeRock and Thrasher are sophomores. You don't want Weiner, Babcock or Foster taking the final shot. This team needs a leader and I think the one thing with Charley Good was that he was a man. I'm not sure how vocal he was, but his work ethic really wore off on his teammates I believe.

DP-
The head-to-head thing is not fair right now. We lost to the Cobbs on the road. It was a long drive.

PI -
Zev K. was out due to injury. 

[Piperoutsider]

The real issue on Hewitt was, is, and will be their lack of a winning tradition.  Playing there, you look into the rafters and see an unbelievable history.  Unfortunatly that history was made over fifty years ago.

That said, go Pipes

[columbianmaffia]

if your boots fit....wear em'

and if your mug is filled with beer....drink it


beans beans the magical fruit the more you eat the more you toot!

[Drake Palmer]

As promised, here are the results of the first ever, MIAC PP Posters' Twin Cities Area Best Burger Poll

Dine in Restaurants
Lion's Tap – Eden Prairie
Casper & Runyon's Nook – St. Paul
Annie's Parlor – Mpls
Sally's – Mpls
Matt's Bar – Mpls
Lyon's Pub – Mpls
Wild Onion – St. Paul
5-8 Club – Mpls

Fast – Food Chain Restaurants
Wendy's – Home of the Tripple Burger – the burger that CMob made famous
Hardees' – Mushroom n Swiss – another Cmob special
White Castle – The Slider

[Drake Palmer]

And now, the eagerly anticipated, hotly debated 
2006-07 MIAC PP Posters' Mid-Season Picks

Mid-season All Conference Team
Mike Keating – UST
Isaac Rosefelt – UST
Bryan Schnettler – UST
Abe Woldeslassie – MAC
Tim Madson – BET
Luke Linz – CORD
Ryan Lieser – SJU
Zach Johnson – CARL
Trevor Wittwer – GAC
Tie for the 10th spot – Mike Moberg – BET; Jon Cassens – AUGS; Tyler Westman – SJU

Mid-Season Coach of the Year- A sizeable majority selected Aaron Griess – AUGS

Mid-Season Co-Player of the Year – A tie between Abe W. of MAC & Isaac Rosefelt from UST

Mid-Season All FY Team Not too much debate here

Jon Cassens – AUGS
Zach Krumwiede – AUGS
Jesse Van Sickle – GAC
James Baldwin – CORD
Bryan Rosett – CARL

Mid-Season Sixth Man of the Year – a near unanimous choice – Brady Brink – SJU

Mid-Season All Defensive Team
Rosefelt
Keating
Moberg
Brink
Charles Meadowcroft – BET

Mid-Season Surprise Team – Augsburg

Mid-Season Sleeper Team – Bethel

Mid-Season Regular season Champion Pick – Not surprisingly, co-champions SJU & UST

There you have it fellas.  It'll be interesting to see how our selections & forecasts match up with the final season results & awards.

[miacwatchmen]

We should have all the posters make their picks for the playoffs right now. Lets see what you guys think.

I got:

1) UST
2) SJU
3) BET
4) GAC
5) CAR
6) MAC

[columbianmaffia]

As promised, here are the results of the first ever, MIAC PP Posters' Twin Cities Area Best Burger Poll

Dine in Restaurants
Lion's Tap – Eden Prairie
Casper & Runyon's Nook – St. Paul
Annie's Parlor – Mpls
Sally's – Mpls
Matt's Bar – Mpls
Lyon's Pub – Mpls
Wild Onion – St. Paul
5-8 Club – Mpls

Fast – Food Chain Restaurants
Wendy's – Home of the Tripple Burger – the burger that CMob made famous
Hardees' – Mushroom n Swiss – another Cmob special
White Castle – The Slider

so beautiful it brings a tear to my eye

now im hungry again

[Nites]

And now, the eagerly anticipated, hotly debated 
2006-07 MIAC PP Posters' Mid-Season Picks

Mid-season All Conference Team
Mike Keating – UST
Isaac Rosefelt – UST
Bryan Schnettler – UST
Abe Woldeslassie – MAC
Tim Madson – BET
Luke Linz – CORD
Ryan Lieser – SJU
Zach Johnson – CARL
Trevor Wittwer – GAC
Tie for the 10th spot – Mike Moberg – BET; Jon Cassens – AUGS; Tyler Westman – SJU

Mid-Season Coach of the Year- A sizeable majority selected Aaron Griess – AUGS

Mid-Season Co-Player of the Year – A tie between Abe W. of MAC & Isaac Rosefelt from UST

Mid-Season All FY Team Not too much debate here

Jon Cassens – AUGS
Zach Krumwiede – AUGS
Jesse Van Sickle – GAC
James Baldwin – CORD
Bryan Rosett – CARL

Mid-Season Sixth Man of the Year – a near unanimous choice – Brady Brink – SJU

Mid-Season All Defensive Team
Rosefelt
Keating
Moberg
Brink
Charles Meadowcroft – BET

Mid-Season Surprise Team – Augsburg

Mid-Season Sleeper Team – Bethel

Mid-Season Regular season Champion Pick – Not surprisingly, co-champions SJU & UST

There you have it fellas.  It'll be interesting to see how our selections & forecasts match up with the final season results & awards.

Thanks, DP!

[sumander]

Good work Drake, thanks.

I think the fact that league leading SJU  has only one member on the all conference team is a testament to their "team" approach. They have had 7 different people lead them in scoring in a game and 4 different people have the most rebounds in a game.

[abominable_snowman]

If  SJU and UST end up co-conference champs, who gets the edge (number one seat for playoffs)?  Drake have you figured this one out yet?

[Drake Palmer]

Snow – funny you should ask that.  I started checking on this very same thing yesterday on the MIAC website & realized they don't have the tiebreaker procedures listed - yet.  Here's what they used last year & I'm guessing in previous years for league tiebreakers:

MIAC Men's Basketball Tie Breaking Procedure
1. Head to head competition
2. Results against all teams above those tied
3. Results against above teams beginning in rank order.
4. Descending order of losses.
5. Best road record.
6. Coin flip.

Sum – here's an interesting stat from the MIAC website which tends to support what you're saying about the Js.

SJU currently leads the league with a very nice 18.1 assists per game average. The Johnnies also lead the league in the A/TO ratio category at 1.50/game.  In comparison UST is at 1.25 A/TO game.  These figures seem to support the idea that right now, the Johnnies seem to be running a fairly, nice little offensive machine.   

[sumander]

Snow – funny you should ask that.  I started checking on this very same thing yesterday on the MIAC website & realized they don't have the tiebreaker procedures listed - yet.  Here's what they used last year & I'm guessing in previous years for league tiebreakers:

MIAC Men's Basketball Tie Breaking Procedure
1. Head to head competition
2. Results against all teams above those tied
3. Results against above teams beginning in rank order.
4. Descending order of losses.
5. Best road record.
6. Coin flip.

Sum – here's an interesting stat from the MIAC website which tends to support what you're saying about the Js.

SJU currently leads the league with a very nice 18.1 assists per game average. The Johnnies also lead the league in the A/TO ratio category at 1.50/game.  In comparison UST is at 1.25 A/TO game.  These figures seem to support the idea that right now, the Johnnies seem to be running a fairly, nice little offensive machine.   

How about some help for those of us that are a little slower than the rest of you? What does tiebreaker #4 mean?