MBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[abominable_snowman]

Here are my bold predictions for the coming MIAC season based on absolutely no research whatsoever:

Bethel will shoot too much ....
Concordia will win a lot of games and home and lose a lot of games on the road.The refs will absolutely suck and completely ruin every game by making it about themselves instead of the teams.

Somehow I find these predictions not quite as "bold" as the others.  This said, let's pray for less than 25% (being realistic) of games being decided by mediocre officiating. 

[BETHEL34]

Snowman, when did you graduate??

[BETHEL34]

Ref's always suck!  They either suck in favor of you, or they suck in favor of the other team.  And that is a fact!

Who are the top 3 players this year that will give Rosefelt a run for MVP??

Here are my Top three, and this is in order.

1. Meadowcroft, BU
2. Derock, HU
3. Zach Johnson, CAR

[UST_LBOW]

My top candidates for MVP

1. Ike "Channing Frye" Rosefelt
2. Meadowcroft, Bethel
3.  Bryan Schnettler, UST
4. Phil Sowden, GAC (If the Gusties want to do anything this year, Phil will have to  be the man)
5. Someone from SJU (Same as for Phil, one of their guys has to play big, Wesman? One of the Schafers)

I think Keating could be on this list but he will be overshadowed by Bryan and Ike even though he is the glue on that team, and its Krazy Glue, it's not Elmers!

[South Dakota Gusties]

It was SD Gusties that did the honors last year.  Hopefully, he's still around.

Yep, I'm still here.  I can still do it without a problem. 

Pat, if you are reading this, can you open up the MIAC pick'em board again?

[piperinsider]

Eagle River's finest (well except for Brice Parks, or is it Ethan Allen)-

You'll find a few former players on here besides yourself and JS. You just have to click on the profiles and you'll see some familiar names from BET, GAC, MAC and CON. We even had a few more Tommies in here last year, but they have seemed to disappear during the off-season.

Having played against St. Anthony Village's "big" Paul Muenchow, who was worse at basketball: him or TommieHoops4Life?

[South Dakota Gusties]

I am borrowing this idea from the MN Twins message board at scout.com (which originated on, I believe, the Montreal Expos message board back when they were around).  It is called YNOT, and it is another game that we can play along with the Pick 'em.  I will keep track of the standings (like the pick 'em).  It is pretty simple, but it will require full participation throughout the season.  If you don't think you can commit, please don't sign up.

Here are the basic rules (I will repost them in the Pick'em board when we get that reopened)....
We will have 11 teams/owners in this league.  Each owner will answer 10 questions in regards to that nights MIAC league games.  5 of the questions will be to pick the winner of the nights games.  The other 5 questions will be to pick the higher scorer for the night in each game between the highest average scorer for each team (this sounds confusing, but it's actually pretty simple...for example, using last years stats, if GAC played UST last year, you would have to choose who would score more...Adam TeBrake, Isaac Rosefelt, or tie).  I will post each nights matchup, so there won't be any confusion.  Scoring will be simple, if you choose the winner of a game, you get two points.  If you choose the higher scorer, you get three points.  If you are forced to pick ahead of schedule (due to vacation or out of town), you can pick the top scorer for the night by choosing the team he plays on (if it hasn't been determined who will be going against each other in head to head scoring).  For the tiebreaker, you will also be asked to predict the average attendance for the night.

We will be using head-to-head matchups.  If you score more than the team you are playing, you win for the night.  Like in the MIAC, each team will play every other team 2 times with 2 byes throughout the season.  At the end of the season, like the MIAC, the top 6 teams make the playoffs with the top 2 getting byes.  Ties in the standings are broken first by average points scored (not including byes), then by head-to-head record, then by a coin flip.  In the first two rounds, the questions will be - pick the winner of each game (2 pts each), and then who will be the high scorer at each starting position (3 pts each) for a total of 12 questions with the tiebreaker being to predict the average attendance.  For the finals, the questions will be pick the winner of the game (4 pts), determine the high scorer at each starting position (3 pts), choose the over/under for the game (2 pts), pick the high scorer for the game (4 pts - 2 pts if your player outscores your oppenents player, but isn't the high scorer), the high rebounder (4 pts - 2 pts if your player outrebounds your oppenents player, but isn't the high rebounder), and the high assist man (4 pts - 2 pts if your player outassists your oppenents player, but isn't the high assist).  The tiebreaker will be to determine the attendence for the night.

If you are interested in playing, please post here.  Like I said before, this is a whole season commitment.  If you can't make a night, you can pick ahead.  I will post the schedule when I have 10 more players (I'm taking one of the spots ).  Our picks will be made on the pick 'em board, so not to clutter up this board.  This will not be replacing the pick 'em.  It is just another game to play to pass the time, and to hopefully increase our knowledge of MIAC hoops.  I should add that we are just playing for FUN, so don't get too mad if I screw something up.

[Drake Palmer]

I am borrowing this idea from the MN Twins message board at scout.com (which originated on, I believe, the Montreal Expos message board back when they were around).  It is called YNOT, ...

SDG- I'm not quit sure if I totally follow this new game, but you can count me in.

Also, you've mentioned having Pat C. open the MIAC pickem board.  When you go to the Posting Up Message board & click on West region, you should be able to see the MIAC Pickem board listed just like last year.   I think all you would have to do is just start it up again & let everyone know that it's there.  I couldn't figure out how to copy the screen so you could see it but here's a copy & paste of the message board index....


WIAC In-Game Updates  « 1 2 ... 14 15 » Old School 210 4608 March 04, 2006, 09:04:49 pm
by buf
  MIAC Pick 'Em League « 1 2 ... 30 31 » South Dakota Gusties 455 9055 February 21, 2006, 11:30:56 pm
by piperinsider
  Upper Midwest Athletic Conference   bethelguy 10 1124 January 10, 2006, 12:19:50 am
by TC

[Greek Tragedy]

MIAC Pick Em

The board is locked, so you'll have to have Pat unlock it.  Basically, you can't post anything right now.  I had to have him unlock the WIAC Pick Em board.

Shameless Self-Promotion
The season starts in a week, don't forget to join the Survivor League and new the Nationwide Pick Em League in the multi-regional board!!! 

[Drake Palmer]

MIAC Pick Em

The board is locked, so you'll have to have Pat unlock it.  Basically, you can't post anything right now.  I had to have him unlock the WIAC Pick Em board.

Shameless Self-Promotion
The season starts in a week, don't forget to join the Survivor League and new the Nationwide Pick Em League in the multi-regional board!!! 

My bad OS & SDG, I never noticed the "reply" button wasn't currently available on the Pickem board.  SDG - since this weekend is the end of the regular football season, Pat might be pretty busy.  So to get his attention, you might have to send him a PM.

[South Dakota Gusties]

MIAC Pick Em

The board is locked, so you'll have to have Pat unlock it.  Basically, you can't post anything right now.  I had to have him unlock the WIAC Pick Em board.

Shameless Self-Promotion
The season starts in a week, don't forget to join the Survivor League and new the Nationwide Pick Em League in the multi-regional board!!! 

My bad OS & SDG, I never noticed the "reply" button wasn't currently available on the Pickem board.  SDG - since this weekend is the end of the regular football season, Pat might be pretty busy.  So to get his attention, you might have to send him a PM.

I sent a PM to Pat last night.  I'm not expecting any action anytime soon with it still being FB season.  As for the new game, it's actually really simple.  I probably made it sound more confusing than it really is (I have a tendancy to do that).  9 spots still left.

[miacwatchmen]

SDG- I'm in on the new game.

[kel_varnsen]

Looks like in my haste I forgot my predictions about SJU, SMU, and Auggie Tech:

One of these teams will finish in last place. Another will sneak into playoff contention during January, only to fall apart in February- probably suffering a crushing defeat to the aforementioned last place team. The other will slip into the playoffs more or less by default, and then lose in the first round.

[d3bballfollower]

SDG-  I'm in on the new game too!  Should be an interesting year in the MIAC...lots of surprises just waiting to happen

[Pat Coleman]

MIAC Pick Em

The board is locked, so you'll have to have Pat unlock it.  Basically, you can't post anything right now.  I had to have him unlock the WIAC Pick Em board.

Shameless Self-Promotion
The season starts in a week, don't forget to join the Survivor League and new the Nationwide Pick Em League in the multi-regional board!!! 

My bad OS & SDG, I never noticed the "reply" button wasn't currently available on the Pickem board.  SDG - since this weekend is the end of the regular football season, Pat might be pretty busy.  So to get his attention, you might have to send him a PM.

I sent a PM to Pat last night.  I'm not expecting any action anytime soon with it still being FB season.  As for the new game, it's actually really simple.  I probably made it sound more confusing than it really is (I have a tendancy to do that).  9 spots still left.

I unlocked it last night if anyone checked.