WBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Willy Wonka]

You claimed kidnapping with Bryant, who never officially set foot on campus.

Since we all agree — or you do, anyway — that you're omniscient, I'd be curious to hear your explanation of this...

http://www.tommiesports.com/wbb/roster/KirsteeRotty.html

[blazerguy]

You claimed kidnapping with Bryant, who never officially set foot on campus.

Since we all agree — or you do, anyway — that you're omniscient, I'd be curious to hear your explanation of this...

http://www.tommiesports.com/wbb/roster/KirsteeRotty.html

I already explained the Rotty situation and I don't know what omniscient means, I didn't graduate from as fancy of college as you! 

[Pat Coleman]

Thanks Pat for the update from the Tommy loss. I expect that the rest of the year. Don't you expect it on Saturday unless you want to do the extra click!! Maybe Sinnn is finally feeling guilty.

Nope. I was just putting it out there to show you what a professionally written game release looks like. As a former card-carrying member of CoSIDA, not to mention a veteran of a dozen years in the USA Today organization, I'm familiar with them. I kind of got the impression that you might not be, so I posted one for you.

[blazerguy]

Thanks Pat for the update from the Tommy loss. I expect that the rest of the year. Don't you expect it on Saturday unless you want to do the extra click!! Maybe Sinnn is finally feeling guilty.

Nope. I was just putting it out there to show you what a professionally written game release looks like. As a former card-carrying member of CoSIDA, not to mention a veteran of a dozen years in the USA Today organization, I'm familiar with them. I kind of got the impression that you might not be, so I posted one for you.

I appreciate you letting us hicks know what a professionally written release looks like. I am impressed with your credentials and all the cards you carry. I once read a USA Today when I stayed at a Motel 6 so we have that in common. 

[blazerball]

Stayed away intentionally all season...no idea what the topics have been and I've enjoyed the season so much more without the bickering and expert insights here.  Just listened to the game with the Ghackers from far away and BOOK IT...5 straight conference titles for CSB...never been done before!  Congrats to Durbin and the #1 seed Blazers!  Say what you will...5 STRAIGHT! 

Unbelievably, the Blazers have been able to win 5 straight titles with their poor coaching...Durbin is just not Coach of the Year material and it is a credit to the Blazer players they are able to overcome such poor coaching.

Enjoy the hooting, hollering, and arguing.  Have a wonderful post-season...hope the MIAC gets a few teams into the NCAA's.  Best of luck to the Blazers.

[gacbacker]

Who exactly on this message board has said one word about Durbin not being a good coach. Your attempt to make him into the victim is noted though. Poor Mike. Poor poor Mike.

I wasn't at the game at Claire Lynch today because I had to work the Gustie-Johnnie game in St. Peter. Sounds like it was a very closely contested game that could have gone either way.

I'll be interested to hear from blazerguy and L.A. Rams who I assume were both in attendance, on two calls in the final minute that I heard were "debatable."

First a foul call on the Gusties that could have been a jump ball according to one GAC fan, which sent the Blazers to the free throw line for the winning points. And then the no-call on Geske's game-winning three attempt as time expired. Sounds like two 50-50 calls that both went the Blazers way?

Congrats to the Blazers for getting the No. 1 seed after trailing in the standings for much of the year. Both St. Ben's and Gustavus will have their work cut out for them in the semifinals if a rematch is to happen.  Gustavus is likely to get the Cobbers, while St. Ben's will have to face either St. Thomas or Macalester.

And finally....I just can't resist...

More quality stuff from the St. Ben's sports information office.

"This is the Blazers fifth consecutive MIAC regular season championship, all of which were either shared or solo."


Really? Either shared or solo? What would the other option be exactly?

[LA RAMS]

Gacbacker,

Yep.  Was up at Claire Lynch for the hook job game between GAC and CSB this afternoon.  While I can say with an utmost certainty I got my money's worth I would also have to say that the enjoyment came from the great effort displayed by both squads.  The officials, however, completely ruined this beauty of a game with the bogus foul on GAC with 6 seconds left that helped provide the winning points for CSB and then the inexplicable no-call as time expired with Geske's 3-point attempt.  Thus, the 67-65 final which enables CSB to share the regular season crown with GAC but, more importantly, gives CSB the coveted #1 seed going into the MIAC playoffs next week.  Once again, the road to the MIAC Championship will (most likely) have to go through Claire Lynch and not Lund Arena/Gus Young Court like it should have.

While I'm incredibly disappointed with today's outcome - and even more bent with how it was allowed to unravel by the three a$$clown officials which effectively makes MIAC officiating as bad as the Pac 10's - I feel somewhat compelled to remark on Blazerball's comments wrt MD and the Blazers supposedly suffering from "poor coaching".  First, even though my allegiance is with GAC, MD is probably the best coach in the conference; certainly one of the top two or three.  He probably had the 5th best talented squad in the conference this year and STILL managed to snare a share of the regular season crown.  Just because he gets screwed nearly every year for COY is no reason to claim the Blazers suffer from poor coaching.  I have a lot of respect for MD and I think his record over the years proves what kind of coach he is.  He, like Mickey Haller at GAC, are both class acts IMHO.

Have to down a few ice-cold Coors Lights before I can come out with the last regular season Power Poll and handicap the MIAC playoffs for this next week.

Just incredibly sad how the officials decided the ultimate outcome of this game today instead of letting the players decide.       

[scorekeeper]

I was at the CSB/GAC game today and I agree that the officiating was terrible, but it cut both ways most of the game.  Also, as it goes to the final non-call, even if they had called the foul, it was before the shot and would have only been St. Ben's 6th team foul.  GAC would have been throwing the ball in with less than a second remaining (at best).  Stranger things have happened I guess, but it's not as if Geske would have been at the line for a chance to tie. 

For some reason, D3Hoops has CSB with a loss to Hamline and tied with Concordia for second at 17-5.  Is a Gustie running the results page? 

[LA RAMS]

I was at the CSB/GAC game today and I agree that the officiating was terrible, but it cut both ways most of the game. 

Difficult to go along with that one; particularly when you consider the foul count was 13 for the Gusties and only 5 for CSB in the second half alone.

[blazerguy]

Who exactly on this message board has said one word about Durbin not being a good coach. Your attempt to make him into the victim is noted though. Poor Mike. Poor poor Mike.

I wasn't at the game at Claire Lynch today because I had to work the Gustie-Johnnie game in St. Peter. Sounds like it was a very closely contested game that could have gone either way.

I'll be interested to hear from blazerguy and L.A. Rams who I assume were both in attendance, on two calls in the final minute that I heard were "debatable."

First a foul call on the Gusties that could have been a jump ball according to one GAC fan, which sent the Blazers to the free throw line for the winning points. And then the no-call on Geske's game-winning three attempt as time expired. Sounds like two 50-50 calls that both went the Blazers way?

Congrats to the Blazers for getting the No. 1 seed after trailing in the standings for much of the year. Both St. Ben's and Gustavus will have their work cut out for them in the semifinals if a rematch is to happen.  Gustavus is likely to get the Cobbers, while St. Ben's will have to face either St. Thomas or Macalester.

And finally....I just can't resist...

More quality stuff from the St. Ben's sports information office.

"This is the Blazers fifth consecutive MIAC regular season championship, all of which were either shared or solo."


Really? Either shared or solo? What would the other option be exactly?

First congrats to the Blazers and Gusties on being co-champs. I would say the two best teams, coaches and fans rose to the top in the end. I thought the officials were bad most of ther game. They refused to call numerous over the back fouls that were obvious and certainly let alot go under the basket as players got hammered to the ground with no call. Now the last two situations being whined about. The call on Guilland wasn't even close to a jump ball. Definately a foul giving her two shots. The non-call with 1.8 seconds left , if called, would have given the ball to GAC with maybe .3 or .4 seconds. I thought the referee gave GAC a break by not calling the foul which allowed a desperation shot (3 pt.) with time running out. Haller is a great coach, in my opinion the 2nd best in the MIAC, if they could have Co-COY's this year it would be perfect. Radke is a terrific point guard, glad she's graduating. AND, i would like to say the GAC fans were great, they respectively sat and watched the Blazers celebrate and watch the short Senior presentations. GAC should be proud of the team, coaches, and fans. Blazerball, why don't you crawl back into the hole you have been in all year.

[blazerball]

Can't resist...clearly sarcasm is lost on LA Rams and blazerguy.  My comments are aimed directly at the other coaches in the MIAC who have, laughingly, decided to block Durbin from claiming Coach of Year.  While there are deserving coaches in the conference of the award, like Haller, it is almost criminal for the coach of the team with five consecutive titles to not win the COY award.  I would be willing to bet Durbin is denied again this year. 

Ah...I so miss the back and forth with Ghackbacker.  Yes, the Ghackers led the conference most of the season...because of the schedule that had them play at CSB in the final game of the season.  What a silly comment...for someone so critical of the poor writing on the CSB sports page (I agree) it is rather humorous you actually write that as if it actually means anything.  Are there bonus points for being in the conference lead the most days?  Is that in the NCAA selection formula? 

As for officiating...it's been brutal for everyone in the MIAC for years and years.  Deal with it.  Get over it.  Move on.  I'm sure GHackers think they were cheated and CSB gets all the calls.  You do know the Blazers pay the refs, right?   Worth every penny.

Love and cookies to all.

[LA RAMS]

A few too many Coors Lights prevented me from getting out the last regular season MIAC Power Poll last night so here I am refreshed and ready to go this A.M. (or, something like that).

1.  (tie)  GAC & CSB
2.  Concordia
3.  Macalester
4.  UST
5.  (tie) St. Kate's, Hamline, & Bethel
6.  (tie) Carleton & St. Olaf
7.  (tie) Augsburg & SMU

A no-brainer on the top two teams entangled at the top of the heap.  Am still incredibly disappointed that GAC has to share the regular season crown with its arch-rival - and give up the #1 seed in the process because of SPTR's that exist in the MIAC (a term used on Bruins Nation to describe the horrific officiating that exists in the Pac 10).  At the same time, I have to tip my hat to CSB for overcoming a number of odds against them in doing this.  I have a feeling that yesterday's clash may only be the second of three acts.

Despite CSB's win yesterday that knocked the Corn down from potentially the #2 seed to the (now) #3 seed, Concordia had the least stressful tests coming down on the home stretch and made the most of it.  This team has become a fixture in the MIAC playoffs over the last 5-6 years now but has only one MIAC Championship game title to hang its hat on.  Not sure if this team has the necessary firepower to make a return trip to the MIAC Championship game or not. 

A big congratulations to Macalester for not only clinching their first-ever MIAC playoff appearance this season but also doing well enough down the stretch to clinch a home court appearance for their first-round game on Monday night.  A tough spell back in late January/early February may have kept this squad from busting the party at the top.

In falling down to the #5 seed, UST may have been the biggest disappointment among the supposed title contenders at the beginning of the year.  Still, they did pretty well after the first of the year and reeled off a string of wins in the process.  Perhaps the one element that UST was missing this year - that of senior leadership - may have been the difference that kept them from inching closer to the top.  Still, with what they did bodes well for next year with the experience and you cannot take this team lightly going into this next week.

St. Kate's, Hamline, and Bethel all wound up tied for the 6th spot and there isn't a lot of difference between the three teams.  Each had their moments this season and each was never really able to take advantage of a situation when it was handed to them.  In the end, St. Kate's gets the nod with the tie-breaker and a berth in the MIAC playoffs.  Meow.

(Hopfeully) sometime later today I'll be breaking down and handicapping this next week's MIAC Playoff bash.  Right now, I need to go to the medicine cabinet and see if I can locate any extra-strength Excedrin.   

[carletonsid]

Thought some of you here might be interested to know this:
Tammy Metcalf-Filzen Announces Retirement

[scorekeeper]

That's big news about Tammy.  I felt she always got more out of her teams than the talent they had "on paper."  Given what I saw this year out of the Knights they will have a tough time bouncing back under a new coach with a transition coming at a critical time for recruiting.  I doubt they can find someone who will be able to match the success Tammy brought with the multiple conference titles and NCAA appearances.  Best wishes to Tammy in her next chapter in life and I hope she can still find time for basketball in some way. 

Switching gears, what a night for the Wildcats.  I am very impressed with them traveling to Moorhead and knocking of the Cobbers.  While I know they will pose a threat to the Blazers, I am glad to see them instead of St. Thomas in the semi finals.  I am also glad to see the team that swept CSB this year out of the picture as well.  What a great match it should be at GAC Wed. night.  That should be a blood bath.  I watched a bit of the second half of the Mac/UST game on the web and it seemed like Mac was just a little too tight playing in their first playoff game and in front of the home crowd.  Great season for them though, and what a story going from non existent to 16-7 in just a few seasons. 

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

could someone on here explain to LA RAMS how standings work?   If 2 teams are tied for first, the next team after them is in THIRD place not second. Augsburg & SMU tied for 11th not 7th.

I like that "fifth straight championship, all of which were either shared or solo"....I about choked laughing so hard.  I mean, that is classic, right up there with a warning on a toaster "do not use this in a bath tub." Do they not teach writing at CSB?

That is BIG shocking news about Tammy. She is one of the classiest people I've met around the MIAC. A great coach, intense competitor, yet a champion for the league and all of its members.