WBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

blazerguy · February 08, 2007, 08:10:28 PM

Quote from: gacbacker on February 08, 2007, 07:15:36 PM
In hopes of someone knocking off the Blazers here in the last week...here is the blueprint:

1. You have to limit three point attempts especially from Noreen. Schmidt is the only perimeter player that can beat you off the dribble...force Noreen and O'Neil to put the ball on the floor.

2. Ball pressure...especially when Carter is in the game at point guard.

3. Force Tauer to shoot from the outside...have your defender play an arms length away from her when she is outside 10 feet from the basket. Beg her to take perimeter jump shots.

4. Force their inside players to beat you. Sometimes they aren't disciplined enough to get Boone and Goehner the ball enough...and even when they do these two haven't proven they can be game changers by themselves this year.

Great post,

in other words, play a perfect game defensively, and don't worry about your offense because you won't be able to score anyway.

Collegeville Magic · February 08, 2007, 08:54:30 PM

Wow, a team falls out of a first place tie, and all that their fans can do is post things that any coach worth paying more than $6 per hour would have attempted to figure out. It must be just that simple, which explains why St. Ben's is struggling so much again this season. You guys are BRILLIANT.

Keys to beating GAC:

1. Stay in Vadnais's face. She doesn't blow by anybody with the dribble, and doesn't shoot well under pressure.

2. Deny Monahan the ball. Once she's frustrated by lack of touches, she's no longer effective.

3. Schedule a game with Concordia.

4. Schedule a game with CSB anywhere near something called "the playoffs".

5. When you lose, act really jealous about it and pretend to know everything about the last good opponent you beat.

scorekeeper · February 08, 2007, 10:17:05 PM

Keys to an insightful post from Gustavus fans

1. Wait for the top 25 rankings to be released
2. Complain about preseason awards 20 games into the regular season
3. Insult Pat Coleman
4. Insult Darby Noreen
5. Insult Mike Durbin

gacbacker · February 08, 2007, 11:23:50 PM

Wow...it looks like I should add "the ability to rasie St. Ben's fans' blood pressure" to my resume.

While Scorekeeper and Blazer Guy's posts were clever, I got a big laugh out of you Collegeville Magic.

If Vadnais can't blow by anybody with the dribble, why is she second in the conference in free throws made and attempted as a guard? She must be getting by someone in order to get to the rim to be able to shoot all of those free throws. And she's doesn't shoot well under pressure?...Let's see when the Blazers cut a 21 point lead to 4 the other day, who made the three pointer with a hand in her face out of the timeout to seal the game? Short memory I guess.

Deny Monahan the ball? Hahaha. Do you think alot of teams in the conference have been successful with that over the years?

The Gusties are not a team without a weakness, you could've done a lot better than that!

Willy Wonka · February 09, 2007, 01:20:33 AM

Quote from: Collegeville Magic on February 08, 2007, 08:54:30 PM
Wow, a team falls out of a first place tie, and all that their fans can do is post things that any coach worth paying more than $6 per hour would have attempted to figure out. It must be just that simple, which explains why St. Ben's is struggling so much again this season. You guys are BRILLIANT.

Keys to beating GAC:

1. Stay in Vadnais's face. She doesn't blow by anybody with the dribble, and doesn't shoot well under pressure.

2. Deny Monahan the ball. Once she's frustrated by lack of touches, she's no longer effective.

3. Schedule a game with Concordia.

4. Schedule a game with CSB anywhere near something called "the playoffs".

5. When you lose, act really jealous about it and pretend to know everything about the last good opponent you beat.

I especially like #5, gacbacker. I mean, I'm not sure it's true...but we all know the Bennies nifty habit of disappearing for nearly a week after a loss and then pretending like it never happened.

As my friends in the Liberty League say, IT'S SCIENCE!

Oh, and I prefer to be referred to as an inciteful Gustavus fan, too 8)

she_scores51 · February 09, 2007, 08:58:15 AM

Well, according to someone who was actually at the game on Wednesday, Carleton was just flat out gassed to start the game. Plus, they are just not that good without Lincoln in, who has a concussion... supposedly she will be back this weekend though. Oken-Berg really didn't look to score in the second half, and SMU's posts did a good job of staying straight up and taking her right hand away from her. Isler for Carleton had 3 fouls in the first half and that affected them also.

More or less, I heard that their depth and their previous two games really wore them out. The refs were not good, but they were bad for both teams. SMU plays with a lot more energy and emotion at home, and they match up fairly well with Carleton also.

Were there no Carleton posters at the game that want to comment? What the heck happened to RC?

MIACBaller · February 09, 2007, 12:23:55 PM

I thought for sure that east coast miac fan would have given us a recap of the game in Winona....

Maroon&Gold · February 09, 2007, 01:34:01 PM

Congrats to Anne, Keeley and Melanie Hageman of Concordia, and Bri Monahan of Gustavus for being named to the ESPN academic all-district team. Hageman made the 2nd team and Keeley and Monahan made the 3rd team. Again, congrats on a very deserving award.

Ghost of MIAC Past · February 09, 2007, 01:35:53 PM

And I thought MIAC Baller would have given a recap of the Bethel game

Touchdown Tommy · February 09, 2007, 01:53:53 PM

Willy: Is Bri Monahan a good player? Maybe you could ask Mr. Poofy Chest hair...

Korn Lover · February 09, 2007, 04:02:35 PM

For those interested, I'm selling copies of the game tapes from the last six Cobber/Gusties games...

But wait! If you act now, I'll throw in a free copy of my "How to effectively communicate your thoughts to officials" booklet. A must-have for the interested fan.

Sorry, couldn't resist...

Collegeville Magic · February 09, 2007, 07:59:05 PM

Korn- I'll take a few copies of those tapes. If you isolate the right audio channels, you can probably figure out which GAC player is scoring at any given time, then write about it here in detail. That way, if coaches aren't doing their own scouting, they can learn all they need to know by listening to Wonka and gacbacker yell from the stands.

It's really a shame that coaches don't pay attention to the opposing team during games any more, but it's pretty awesome to have a free expert scouting system here on the message board!

Da-dented1 · February 10, 2007, 09:07:01 AM

I'm baaaack!!! Yes, I have an agenda "and I'm sicking to it". No response to my last Post. So I'll light the fire again.

North-South seems like a fairly even grouping of Teams. At least as to how they stand right now. I would like to propose Upper and Lower Divisions. The top 6 Teams (Upper Div-), from the previous year, play home snd away. They then play on a rotating basis year by year with the Lower Div-. Ten games, therefore, within the Upper Div- and 6 games with the Lower Div- giving them a total of 16. Lower Div- likewise.

Why Upper and Lower? May get more power points for those at the top who are vying for positioning in the West Region when it comes to playoffs. This, especially if the Conference arranged shootouts with the WIAC and the IIAC giving each of the top 9 Teams in the MIAC 2 nonconference games in addition to those they now have already scheduled.

Now, lets lower the boom on Upper and Lower Divsions.

LA RAMS · February 10, 2007, 10:32:07 AM

Another big round of games today - things have been so out of whack lately I could spend a week on it. Presumably; Carleton gets Lincoln back today. They need her as the Knights have looked very ordinary all of a sudden.

Wish I could put myself in two or three places today as St. Kate's visits CSB and Hamline hosts GAC. I'm sure the Bennies have revenge on their mind but they'd better be ready as the Kitties just shot the lights out against Hamline the other night. GAC should prevail in their matchup with the Pipers but you just never know the way things have been going in this conference. I'm surprised that there hasn't been more scuttlebutt on Vadnais having to play through a variety of manageable injuries such as the bruised left shooting hand, bruised ribs, and plantar fascitis (I had a mild case of that before, THAT does hurt). She'd make Jack Youngblood proud!

gacunk · February 10, 2007, 10:45:27 AM

Although I think, as well as some others posting, two divisions would be good for the MIAC. Apparently, most coaches and/or ADs do not think so as I have been informed that it has been discussed many times and nothing has come of it. One of the objections is that the top teams in each division would only play the other divisions top team once each season. The loser would not have the opportunity to a rematch to even the score during the season. If we are interested in keeping the MIAC isolated, like an inbred family, then, due to lack of exposure we have no reason to expect national recognition. Individual strong teams will have a hard time rising above the total "MIAC perception". There certainly is a solution somewhere.

What say you...?