WBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Willy Wonka]

CSB wins and the oldies come out of semi-retirement after the early-season stumbles. Wonders never cease, eh? On a related note...still think they're not conference contenders, gacbacker?

On a more serious issue, does CSB offer a webcast of any kind? Is it worthwhile? I'm pondering for next Wednesday and that option could well figure into my decision (and save me 5 hours of driving).

[unBiased Blazer]

Willy; yes the bLazers offer a webcast, accompanied by a big time radio commentary.
However, status as a respected board contibutor would be in jeopardy if a little 5 hour drive gets in your way!

Blazer help defense was tremendous Wednesday, the Cobbers stars never got in the game. 

[renaisscoach]

Sorry, Scorecreeper---:) but the trip from the very bowels of SE MN is too great a trip for this old geezer but will be there in heart. I hope many are downplaying Carleton's team as being a little weak as uttered in a previous posting cuz it'll come back to bite you in the caboose.....I think this is going to be another VERY GOOD Knight team and with Tammy--she'll make very good become VERY GOODER!!!!!

As to Monson, I don't know anything about the goings on only that he's a good guy. Of course, I thought Clem was too after attending some of his coaching clinics so that may explain my judging of character!!!!

Drive carefully, all. I'm traveling the 150 miles north to watch my grandson play 5 year-old floor hockey--gotta have my priorities, ya know.

Go Carleton

RC

[tommycorn]

Tommie Fans Where U At?

Hello board, i have not read any recent posts, but is there any tommy love going on this page?  i need a reliable source to give me some unbiased no spin reporting on tommy nation

i´m out of the country and craving some basketball talk, i glanced at the most recent box score and saw something promising, the presence of a point guard,

i think the point guard is the single most important position on the court, and really they just need two things, the ability to control the ball, and the ability to pester to death the other point guard with in your face defense, which really sets the tone for the rest of the defenders, things like uncanny court vision, shooting precision are definately bonuses, when you have a combination of all, (a la steve nash, lindsay whalen) they can lead a team all the way

and it appears that st. thomas may have that in sheena...i can´t remember her last name, i had the chance to see her play very briefly in high school and she looks like the real deal, please tommy fans, please confirm, or anyone else who can tell me straight if sheena is the tommies saving grace

i look forward to hearing how the miac is going

go tommies!

[blazerball]

Been too busy with my travels for work and Thanksgiving to be around the board much this season but it is good to be back...

Good to see my Blazers win on Wednesday to start the season 1-0.  The two losses is Beantown and the Crown win have been selectively forgotten and erased from my memory...so I will pretend my Blazers are 1-0...as that is their current conference record.

I was very impressed with the defensive performance of my Blazers on Wednesday - they just shut down the Cobs.  They did not let Keely get a good look all night and they stifled Hageman.  The big question is if they can keep up that kind of defensive intensity for 21 more games...

All I can say is that it should be a great MIAC season and the conference title race appears rather wide open.  I think 4-5 teams could make a run.  CSB should be in that group if they continue to play like the team we saw Wednesday...if they play as they did in Beantown...it could be a long season.  The Cobbers will be there - they were drilled at CSB last season and then won the tourney.  Carleton is always tough.  The GACkers will be there as well.  Could this be the year for the upstart Wildcats to finally start up? 

Next week should be fun...but we must get by SMU tomorrow.  Would abslolutely love to beat both Carleton and GAC next week but would take winning one out of those two...let the fun begin!

[gacbacker]

Willy, I'm doing the webcast for the St. Ben's game, you can get it off the GAC website...I think to listen to the St. Ben's webcast it costs $15 or something like that...They use some "Teamline" service.

As far as not thinking the Blazers are "contenders"...I ranked them third in my pre-season rankings...in my book that's a contender...I just didn't think they were the favorites to win the conference.

[Nites]

Gacbacker,

Did you catch the Gusties game tonight?  How did they look?  They don't seem to be clicking on all cylinders yet?  The box score seemed to indicate that they continue to struggle with offensive continuity.

[gacbacker]

Nites- The offense was ok today...it struggled the first 5 minutes but then was fine. The starters were pulled about 7 minutes into the second half so the FG% really isn't indicitive of how the offense performed.

The good news is that the defense has been great.  Augsburg went an 11 minute stretch without scoring a single point in the first half and then went the first 8 and a half minutes of the second half without scoring a single point.

[LA RAMS]

Sounds as if GAC had a relatively easy win yesterday against Augsburg as was pretty much expected although I was somewhat shocked by Bethel's 80-58 drubbing of Hamline on Snelling Avenue no less.  Granted, I know the Pipers lost their two main kogs from last year's team to graduation but I didn't think they'd get rolled at home the way they did.  Anybody see it?

A very interesting week coming up that has title implications down the road.  I wonder how hard it will be for the Blazers to get ready for two big games back-to-back; first with the Knights on Monday night then with the Gusties two nights later.  Hopefully I can make it up there for Wednesday's game to lend my support for the Gusties.

Ah, what a glorious day yesterday and last night were.  Life is ALWAYS great when you beat SC. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiT2olBfoJY&NR 

[LA RAMS]

Ooops.  I mean "cogs".  Too much pop last night.

[Nites]

Nites- The offense was ok today...it struggled the first 5 minutes but then was fine. The starters were pulled about 7 minutes into the second half so the FG% really isn't indicitive of how the offense performed.

Thanks, gacbacker.  Next week will be interesting.  So far, we've seen unexpected (in my opinion) stumbles by Concordia and St. Ben's.  GAC has performed as expected, although not necessarily clicking on all cylinders offensively.  Carleton has come out of the gate strong.  With both Carleton and GAC taking on the Bennies next week, we'll see if either emerges as an early favorite for the conference title or if they both get knocked back into the pack at the top.  Should be fun.  I'm curious to see how the Knights will fare at St. Ben's on Monday.

[blazerball]

gacbacker,
There is a Teamline link that is on the schedule page for CSB but te audio and video stream is free.  Ignore the Teamline link (although it is so huge it cannot be missed).  For the audio only you can click: Live Game-Time Internet Broadcast that is right below the composite schedule link on the schedule page.

If anyone wants to watch the live video stream of Blazer home games you can also access the video feed from the Basketball homepage.  I think more schools are going to video streaming and hope they all do so.  The picture on some video feeds are not great but it is better than nothing so that is another option for fans who cannot be at the games live.

I think this week should be great fun.  Of course, I hope my Blazers come away with two victories but it will be tough going back-to-back with the Knights and Gusties.  I will concentrate on the Knights first and hope for the best...slowing down Oken-Berg will be the key.  The Blazers will need to keep up the impressive defense they have shown early in the season...

[she_scores51]

"Ouch"...is the only word that comes to mind when describing the horrific performance by SMU on Saturday vs. CSB. St. Ben's is more athletic and just plain better at every single position than St. Mary's, as will be many teams.

A painful 48-18 deficit at halftime. St. Mary's just seems to have no leadership on the floor--offensively or defensively, which is a shame. I know they have players that can score (Weisbrod and Coates), they just don't seem to have the will to make it happen. This will be a long season for St. Mary's if they don't get their offense figured out in a hurry.

[Willy Wonka]

Seriously, CN? YUCK!

Early reports out of Arden Hills is Gusties by "15 or so." What's the word on CSB/CC?

[Korn Lover]

Cobbers shake off the Valley City stumble and put on a much needed game-long effort. Contributions up and down the bench tonight. St. Olaf continues to struggle with shooting fundamentals and it cost them.

What's the deal with St. Kate's?!