WBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

buf · January 29, 2006, 05:09:20 PM

One of the characters on the new "Survivor" that airs on Thursday(CBS), is a 27 year old Bethel grad. I guess she played on the soccer team.

glorydazareover · January 29, 2006, 09:29:36 PM

I am not into this blogging stuff, but I went on this website and got really annoyed by the comments everyone posts (peachbasket). Cant you just enjoy basketball without ripping on everyone and everything? Did you ever play a college sport? YOU DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENS behind the scenes. Give the cobbers some credit. Everyone (looking back to your august blogs) thought they would be nothing losing some of their great players (they were great), but they arent! They are doing well and working hard. How can you continuously smash different programs, being a coach is a lot harder than thinking you know all the answers and posting them on a chat board. keep that in mind before you feel the need to throw your two cents in.

Willy Wonka · January 29, 2006, 09:34:10 PM

What, in particular, did peach post that has made you so upset?

glorydazareover · January 29, 2006, 09:42:20 PM

I am a MIAC fan, i feel that people play d3 hoops for different reasons..... it has always bothered me that people can rip on coaches/players without even knowing them. For example MYK, you cannot make personal attacks, everything they are typing is hearsay from unreliable sources. I dont know MYK but I would imagine some of the remarks made were a little of key. I guess being a sports fan and involved with coaching I believe it is incredibly unfair to post untrue, or hearsay publically.

gacbacker · January 29, 2006, 10:44:35 PM

I feel like we need to relay this message to a poster or two every year, so here goes:

Newspapers and other forms of mass media = FACTS
Message Boards/Chat Rooms = OPINIONS

Coaches get paid a very nice salary to guide 18-22 year olds to play a game. Part of the job is public criticism. Deal with it or find a new profession!

glorydazareover · January 29, 2006, 11:40:41 PM

I understand that message boards are for opinions, and that is forsure. Just for your info.... a coach in the MIAC does not make that much money, especially for the hours they put in, so to say the make a good amount of money to "coach", I think you are forgeting it is a 7 days a week job, that includes long trips to recruit and many hours in the office. So i guess $40,000 isnt that much when you divide it amoung 60-70 hour weeks. Also coaching really isnt that glorious. Lots of stress and pressure. Public ridicule is part of the job, but it should be based on facts not a bunch of hear say. Most professions dont have to deal with the crap coaches put up with. So cut them a little slack. But once again, message boards are for opinions, but know that your opinions might get questioned and that is part of posting your opinions.

Willy Wonka · January 30, 2006, 12:11:22 AM

glorydaze - I'm curious prompted this little tirade. I haven't rechecked the boards, but I can't recall anything recently about MLK that would warrant it. If anything, you should be complaining about me and Durbin, though what I've posted wasn't hearsay.

Big game tomorrow night for the Gusties. The Tommies handed it to them last time, so it should be a good measure for how far each time has come since then.

she_scores51 · January 30, 2006, 09:29:07 AM

Just a few quick thoughts on yesterday's game in Winona... Mel Hageman tore it up. I believe 9-9 shooting, 10-11 FTs for 28 points. That will happen, though, when no one plays D on you. I'd like to see her go head-to-head with someone in the conference (or anyone) who can actually play some post defense.

I expected to get to the SMU gym and be "wowed" by this Concordia team - 1st in the conference. Unfortunately, I was not. And maybe it was the circumstances...they'd been on the road for a few days and were playing the 3rd to last team in the conference. Maybe they only played as well as they needed to to win. I guess I was just hoping to be more impressed by them. They are a good team, no doubt, I just expected more.

Were there any Concordia posters at the game? My Cardinals simply have no offense. Freshman Alyse Coates seemed to be the only one who wanted to take it to the hole and score. Anyway, the team is young and they are definitely experiencing some growing pains. They'll bounce back though. They won't make this year's playoffs, but look for them again in the very near future.

gacbacker · January 30, 2006, 10:19:13 AM

She Scores- Concordia won't wow you. They have a very solid coach and a player in Hageman who appears to be able to score when they need her to. Keeley can knock down shots and Ehlert can have her moments. After that, much like Gustavus, they have a bunch of role players who know their role and are playing with confidence.

They do not have the talent of St. Ben's or Bethel in my opinion.

Maroon&Gold · January 30, 2006, 10:58:22 AM

Quote from: she_scores51 on January 30, 2006, 09:29:07 AM
Just a few quick thoughts on yesterday's game in Winona... Mel Hageman tore it up. I believe 9-9 shooting, 10-11 FTs for 28 points. That will happen, though, when no one plays D on you. I'd like to see her go head-to-head with someone in the conference (or anyone) who can actually play some post defense.

I expected to get to the SMU gym and be "wowed" by this Concordia team - 1st in the conference. Unfortunately, I was not. And maybe it was the circumstances...they'd been on the road for a few days and were playing the 3rd to last team in the conference. Maybe they only played as well as they needed to to win. I guess I was just hoping to be more impressed by them. They are a good team, no doubt, I just expected more.

Were there any Concordia posters at the game? My Cardinals simply have no offense. Freshman Alyse Coates seemed to be the only one who wanted to take it to the hole and score. Anyway, the team is young and they are definitely experiencing some growing pains. They'll bounce back though. They won't make this year's playoffs, but look for them again in the very near future.

First of all, its not like Mel hasn't played well against good teams (see CSB and GAC boxscores).

Also from what I heard the Cobbs were not extremely happy with their weekend performance, they kind of felt like they did enough to win and that was about it. I agree that they are not a team that will wow you when watching them, but it seems that at the end of the game the scoreboard is in their favor.

she_scores51 · January 30, 2006, 11:46:00 AM

I didn't say Mel hasn't played well against good teams, I said I'd like to see her play against them. I love seeing great head-to-head matchups, who doesn't?

Concordia is having a great season, no doubt. Their team seems solid--it will be interesting to see who emerges from the Conference Tourney at the end of the season. Whoever it is should represent the conference well!

Collegeville Magic · January 30, 2006, 12:23:01 PM

Poor Carleton. It seems that nobody outside their campus fully understands how horribly they're disrespected. Doesn't the rest of the conference understand that we should be bowing and kissing the feet of the only Ivy League school in the state?

We should all be thankful that they stoop to play the rest of us on a regular basis.

Vig was SHUT DOWN by Jen Dalhed on Saturday. Until there were 2 minutes left and CSB was up 14, Vig had 4 points. She wasn't missing chances to score or get to the line, because she rarely got the ball in spots where she could score. When she did, get the ball, she didn't take many shots. Not an MVP performance.

The reason the Blazers shot so many free throws was the way they attacked the basket. Even though Carleton defenders seem to believe that they're above reproach, there were certainly fouls committed. CSB was much better at going at the rim on Saturday than Carleton, and the free throw totals show that.

The Heikenen/Noreen combo is a tough one to stop right now. Darby lit up the Knights in the first half, and Anna took over during crunch time to put the game away. Tauer is starting to really find her game at this level now, and that's fun for this Blazer fan to watch.

Tonight's lineup:
Gustavus @ St. Thomas -- GAC by 5, UST's sinking again
Augsburg @ Carleton -- Ugs are still not good ... Knights by 15
St. Olaf @ Macalester -- Oles by 21, will the Scots win a game against a MIAC foe again?
Saint Benedict @ Bethel -- Blazers by 12, Bethel's D gives up too much to the conference's top scoring team.
Hamline @ St. Catherine -- Pipes by 6, Katies only get up for CSB and UST games.

James T. Kirk · January 30, 2006, 03:08:49 PM

Peach, it looks like your logic was correct on the Bethel game. They must have really underestimated their opponent. As to whether they get it or not might be answered tonight against Bens. I need Spock to look at my computer, because I was unable to log onto D3 all weekend.

"Mr. Scott I need warp power in five minutes or were all dead".

blazerguy · January 30, 2006, 04:04:21 PM

Quote from: Willy Wonka on January 20, 2006, 03:46:57 PM

I was told that Durbin couldn't even stomach walking through to shake GACs hands Wednesday.

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Wily, so you don't post from "hearsay" Talk about selective memory!!

Willy Wonka · January 30, 2006, 04:51:12 PM

blazerguy - If your mom said it was snowing but you didn't see, is that considered hearsay? If the snow was verified by 5-10 other people whom you trust, am I then allowed to believe those with first-hand knowledge? Maybe we should consult a lawyer on how many witnesses it takes to convict someone of wrongdoing?

Or maybe you can just admit Durbin didn't shake hands and is less of a coach/man for it and we can all move on? Sheesh