WBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[unBiased Blazer]

Willy; the bandwagon remains loaded!

Has there ever been a tougher schedule to start the year then what the Blazers face?  Three top contenders before Christmas and a trip down to Winona.  Then they face Bethel, away, right after the first.  Should be a lot of fun.

[Faithful Fan]

Am quite interested in seeing results of games tonight!  Too early in the season to do much predficting; great that REAL season is about to begin!  Have fun everyone!

[Maroon&Gold]

good to see this board moving again.  Looking forward to the Cobbers/Blazers match-up tonight, with the Cobbs getting the road Victory.

Willy, don't try to re-invent yourself, everyone on the FB board knows that you are mild mannered and rarely speak your mind

Also, I saw earlier that your sister was playing soccer at that school up north, how did that turn out for her??

[Willy Wonka]

M&G - It's over. She's now happy. Losing isn't her favorite.

I had an ugly dream tonight. In my vision, I saw the Gusties up 12-11 over Mac at halftime. The narrator was saying "Girls basketball is getting set back 50 years tonight" on repeat. Thankfully, they still got the win.

However, the Gusties undefeated record could be the most deceiving thing in the world right now. Four extremely bad teams have helped cover some MAJOR offensive deficiencies.

[Collegeville Magic]

Rock and Roll Blazers!

I'll admit I was very nervous about the Cobs matchup tonight, but Ms. Katie Kempe lit up the scoreboard with six 3s.  40-14 halftime lead for CSB, and a nice comfy victory down the stretch.

Dangerous Katies knock off Royals?

Should be another fun MIAC year, here's hoping that no major injuries hit anybody!

GO BLAZERS!!!!!

[Korn Lover]

Give credit where credit is due, Blazers played very well. Shot lights out.

Thankfully, the pressure of an undefeated season is off the Cobbers! 

St. Ben's is a very tough place to play and I'd be remiss if I didn't say I thought the officiating appeared inconsistent. While it can be chalked up to the "Early in the season" excuse, these are two of the top teams in the conference and deserve a better effort. Just make it the same all game long and at both ends, that's all one can ask.

Enough sour grapes.....until next time.

Going to be a great year!

[Nites]

Rock and Roll Blazers!

I'll admit I was very nervous about the Cobs matchup tonight, but Ms. Katie Kempe lit up the scoreboard with six 3s.  40-14 halftime lead for CSB, and a nice comfy victory down the stretch.

WOW!  72-54.  I never would have predicted that as the Cobbers have been on a roll.  Cobs shoot 32.7% and turn the ball over 24 times.

Knights beat Augsberg 74-57 behind 20 pts., 10 rebounds and 5 blocks from Hannah Oken-Berg.  She's now the leading shot blocker in Knight's history and she's 4 games into her sophomore year.  Knights are looking tough so far.

WW - 46-30 in St. Peter tonight??    Was each team playing with a goalie? 

[gacbacker]

Eeeeeeek! I just got home from St. Peter and I immediately popped in my vhs tape of the Duke/Kentucky NCAA tournament game from 1992 so I could remember how basketball is suppossed to be played.

The Gusties and Scots combined for 23 points and 26 turnovers in the first half. The Gusties tried to do everything one on one tonight and it didn't go over so well.

That being said, I think Macalester is a tough team to play because they are so bad. It's just hard to get into a flow against them. I hope they look better on Saturday against the Auggies.

Congrats to the Blazers...it looks like they made it look easy tonight.

Bethel? That must be disappointing.

[Maroon&Gold]

Ouch,  tough one for the Cobber ladies last night in St. Joe.

Definitely shows that some adjustments must be made and that CSB will be in the hunt for a conference title. However I wouldn't get your panties in too big of a bunch, I have trust that the Cobbs will bounce back from this set back and still be in contention come play off time.

BTW-- did anyone see the UNC vs Ohio St. game last night???  Awesome game!!

[cobbernation]

My lady cobbers had a tought outing last night in St. Joe.

14 pts in 1st half on 21% shooting from the field.  No 3 pt in the 1st half either.

Sounds like TO's were a problem too.

They will bounce back, they always do!

[LA RAMS]

Got to witness Carleton's relatively easy win against Augsburg last night.  After a somewhat sluggish start that featured some mental lapses and careless turnovers, the Knights just simply took over the game and were led by the efforts of Hannah Oken-Berg and Sarah Lincoln.  Without question the Knights are already looking better this year than they were at the same time last year.  They're going to be tough to beat as the season progresses. 

Sounds like the Cobbs had a real cold snap last night but 40-14 at the half?  Yeeeouch, indeed.  Nice job by St. Kate's knocking off Bethel up in Arden Hills.  The Gusties win over Mac must have been an ugly one to watch but not as ugly as the Gopher mens loss I had the distinct "privilege" of watching last night at the Barn.

Wish I could hit a game this Saturday but this Saturday is the UCLA - USC game and there's just no week like this week for me.  GO BRUINS!!!!!!!!!   

[renaisscoach]

News Flash:
Dan Monson Resigned!!!!

I'm not a Gopher fan but have a lot of repect for Dan Monson the person. Winning's the key, however....-I guess....Maybe they'd better bring back Clem.........

[Cager]

Renaisscoach:

While Monson probably needed to go on the merits of winning/losing, do you think the problem is bigger than that? They seem to have gotten recruits, just can't keep them...

Thoughts?

[StatsLie]

Also saw the Aug-Car game.. but was not as impressed by Carleton, with the exception of Oken-Berg! I think they may struggle against some of the bigger and more aggressive teams of the MIAC..

[scorekeeper]

I admit that I was very nervous going into the Concordia game, but nobody could have predicted what transpired in the first half.  Concordia looked shell shocked when the Blazers came after them on the defensive end. 

The important thing for CSB was that unlike in Boston, they turned turnovers into points and hit shots early to build confidence.  It was fun to see everyone get involved on both ends of the floor. 

Talking with coach Mike Durbin after the game, you could sense that he was very excited about the potential this Blazer squad has if they continue to bring the energy from players 1-12 each game.  CSB is deeper than I thought.  I am really impressed with how well the first-year Mindy Schmidt played last night.  She was very poised and confident for a rookie in an early season big game.  Great job by Ariel Tauer as well.  She can really get after the ball.  The stats had her for 12 points and 8 rebounds, but I am positive she had a double double.  And O'Neil continues to be the surprise of the year.  She almost decided not to play this year.  Thank goodness she gave up on that foolish idea and threw the uniform back on.  She will lead the MIAC in steals this year and could be a strong contender for 6th player of the year honors. 

I hope CSB doesn't hit a bump on the way through Winona with Carleton and Gustavus looming next week.  What a great lineup to begin the year.  It's like playing a post-season tournament at the beginning of the year.

RC, will we see you in Claire Lynch on Monday?