WBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Korn Lover · December 09, 2006, 09:29:34 PM

Cobbers look good against a VERY GOOD St. Kate's squad!

In a game played predominantly by starters that had 167 points scored, the maturity and poise of the Cobber seniors showed.

Make no mistake, St. Kate's will be there come tourney time. The are really quick.

Congrats to Annie Keely for hitting the 1,000 point mark.

scorekeeper · December 09, 2006, 10:15:25 PM

The results from St. Kate's seem to indicate that the upstart Wildcats are going to be a thorn for teams all season long. However, I noticed that all 5 of their starters went 30 plus minutes. That will take its toll over the course of a season and I predict the kitties break down by season's end. A long break for the Blazers...I hope they don't build up any rust before the trip to Bethel in January.

One other thing, what's with Concordia's long road trip to start the season? Was that by design or did the MIAC screw that one up?

Maroon&Gold · December 10, 2006, 12:29:49 AM

Quote from: scorekeeper on December 09, 2006, 10:15:25 PM
The results from St. Kate's seem to indicate that the upstart Wildcats are going to be a thorn for teams all season long. However, I noticed that all 5 of their starters went 30 plus minutes. That will take its toll over the course of a season and I predict the kitties break down by season's end. A long break for the Blazers...I hope they don't build up any rust before the trip to Bethel in January.

One other thing, what's with Concordia's long road trip to start the season? Was that by design or did the MIAC screw that one up?

Schedule has to do with the Concordia Choir using Memorial Auditorium for the annual Christmas concert

Korn Lover · December 11, 2006, 01:32:19 PM

I heard Mike and Tammy petitioned the MIAC in retaliation for the tournament championship!

Relax Blazers and Knights fans, I'm only kidding!

While the Kate's run the risk of breakdown, I will say it looked like their conditioning is excellent. That game was a track meet. Better to hope they avoid injury, it's a pretty shallow bench.

Off to Moorhead for the long-awaited home opener. Drive safley all!

Nites · December 11, 2006, 09:16:29 PM

Ugly 1st half going on in Moorhead. 16 all with 8 minutes left with 17 or 18 combined turnovers.

Nites · December 11, 2006, 09:34:08 PM

32-30 Cobbers at the half. Hageman with 14 for CC and Lincoln with 10 for Carleton.

Nites · December 11, 2006, 10:31:53 PM

Dogfight goes to the Cobbers 62-61. Hageman with 21 and hits game winning free throw.

cobbernation · December 12, 2006, 12:29:37 AM

Controversal mistake in tonights game by the shot clock attendant. I will tell story tomorrow, could've been reason why Carelton lost! Stay Tuned!

Korn Lover · December 12, 2006, 02:41:50 AM

Whew!

An ugly win, but a win nonetheless. Cobbers staters were still feeling the effects of the St. Kate's game as evidenced by poor shooting %, fouls and turnovers. Gutted it out and won ugly.

I'd be remiss if I didn't singe out Ms. Oken-Berg for her fine play in the post tonight. Truly impressive in carrying her team on her back. Looking forward to the next few years of Hageman vs. Oken-Berg duels!

I would expect that the conversaton on the Knights bus and homeward cars will at some point touch on shot clock and officiating. Twice there were errors by the shot clock operator. Evened out though, each team got one posession. Officiating on ther other hand left lots to be desired. Inconsistent and uneven on both sides of the ball. This league needs to take note and get better quality officiating.

Hope all get home safely, pretty foggy out there.

Merry Christmas!

Nites · December 12, 2006, 09:30:51 AM

Quote from: Korn Lover on December 12, 2006, 02:41:50 AM

I would expect that the conversaton on the Knights bus and homeward cars will at some point touch on shot clock and officiating. Twice there were errors by the shot clock operator. Evened out though, each team got one posession. Officiating on ther other hand left lots to be desired. Inconsistent and uneven on both sides of the ball. This league needs to take note and get better quality officiating.

From what I could tell, the officiating was just plain pathetic - all the way around. Is it that hard to get competent officals?

Korn Lover · December 12, 2006, 09:41:09 AM

Nites;

Allow me a little bandwagon jumping. As an example of the poor quality of reffing (sp?), to start the 2nd half, Carleton was called for 6 consecutive fouls. The next 5 were on Concordia. It was obvious that the zebras were in an even-up mode, regardless of play.

In addition, during the game, two shot clock/possession scenarios were mishandled and the refs appeared confused.

It has to be frustrating for coaches and players this way.

cobbernation · December 12, 2006, 10:50:59 AM

Quote from: cobbernation on December 12, 2006, 12:29:37 AM
Controversal mistake in tonights game by the shot clock attendant. I will tell story tomorrow, could've been reason why Carelton lost! Stay Tuned!

Read Korn lover's post, pretty much sums up the story.

Nites · December 12, 2006, 12:02:29 PM

Quote from: Korn Lover on December 12, 2006, 09:41:09 AM
Nites;

Allow me a little bandwagon jumping. As an example of the poor quality of reffing (sp?), to start the 2nd half, Carleton was called for 6 consecutive fouls. The next 5 were on Concordia. It was obvious that the zebras were in an even-up mode, regardless of play.

In addition, during the game, two shot clock/possession scenarios were mishandled and the refs appeared confused.

It has to be frustrating for coaches and players this way.

Korn:

That's my point about the officials being abysmal all the way around. It sounds like there were non-calls, phantom foul calls and just plain unexplainable calls against both teams. That's too bad as the two teams really battled. The officiating didn't cost Carleton the game, but missing two free throws and allowing 3 offensive rebounds in the last minute plus of the game did.

Korn Lover · December 12, 2006, 01:08:14 PM

Nites;

Agreed on the reason for loss, although I suspect the Knights see that differently.

On the missed free throws, the shooter is a fine young lady (Know the family from AAU) and a very good player. She's made considerable progress from last year to this. She's making solid contributions this year.

Cobbers aggressiveness on the boards at the end was great. I think they had 4 going to the glass all night.

I really got the impression that the refs were more concerned with the number of fouls on the scoreboard (And keeping it even), than they were with properly calling the game. I also think the three of them were inexperienced and shouldn't work together again.

Nites · December 12, 2006, 04:20:03 PM

Quote from: Korn Lover on December 12, 2006, 01:08:14 PM

Agreed on the reason for loss, although I suspect the Knights see that differently.

On the missed free throws, the shooter is a fine young lady (Know the family from AAU) and a very good player. She's made considerable progress from last year to this. She's making solid contributions this year.

Biewan actually had a pretty good game. She was in the thick of things when they made their comeback from 8 down. Pretty good game despite the officiating. The two teams seem to have contrasting strengths. Cobbers had the quickness advantage and the Knights had size on their size. The Knights made their comeback when they got aggressive and used their size advantage.

Hageman and Keely are great competitors and fine BB players. The rematch in Northfield should be entertaining.