WBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Willy Wonka]

TK is no idiot. If Monahan is going to get screwed in the all region voting, he'll work the system to make sure it doesn't happen with all american.

[slanted]

I would like to congratulate Anna, Megan, and Bri on WBCA All-American selection.
Anna had great years for the Blazers,and Megan for the Knights.
Good Luck to both in the years ahead!!!!!

[Collegeville Magic]

HUGE props to Heiks, Bri, and Megan on their selections!  Great to see Anna on the All-Americans list, and certainly a wonderful honor to have two other MIACers on the Honorable Mention.

Even though our conference didn't advance in the tourney like we all hoped, it's great to see our group of great student-athletes get some national publicity!

Go MIAC!

[LA RAMS]

I've been out of the loop a little as my focus was (until about 1:39 P.M. this last Friday) on the "Big" Dance.  As you can imagine, I'm still in major, major mourning as the Iowa Hawkeye Express was derailed in a friggin' last-second buzzer-beater.  Sickening 

However, I did want to offer a big congrats to Megan, Bri, and AH on their selections.   

P.S.

The Iowa Hawkeyes WILL bounce back  

[Maroon&Gold]

Congrats to all MIAC performers who were honored with post-season accolades. You are all well deserved of the varying awards, and by attaining this personal success, you also represent the conference in a very positive light.

Can time go any faster???

Not too much time, just until Thursday when the NCAA tourney fires up again.

[Willy Wonka]

Or Wednesday when the boys state tourney starts

M&G - Disappointed you didn't post the news about my sister. She keeps rubbing it in my face about how much better than me she is 

[Maroon&Gold]

Or Wednesday when the boys state tourney starts

M&G - Disappointed you didn't post the news about my sister. She keeps rubbing it in my face about how much better than me she is 

Are you covering the State tourney this weekend?  If you are I would be interested to see what you think of a couple teams from up this way and around the state.

[gacbacker]

Rams- Think again...the cupboard is bare in Iowa City! If it wasn't for the Gophers I'd pick the Hawks to finish last next year. What a disaster the last couple of days have been for the two programs...The Monson mess with the Strib reporting he was going to be fired and then it turns out he's back despite the fact that he might be the worst recruiter in Big Ten history. And who knows with Alford...Missouri? But won't even get an interview for the Indiana job?

[LA RAMS]

Rams- Think again...the cupboard is bare in Iowa City! If it wasn't for the Gophers I'd pick the Hawks to finish last next year. What a disaster the last couple of days have been for the two programs...The Monson mess with the Strib reporting he was going to be fired and then it turns out he's back despite the fact that he might be the worst recruiter in Big Ten history. And who knows with Alford...Missouri? But won't even get an interview for the Indiana job?

Gacbacker,

Actually, that's not entirely accurate.  True, we do lose some great seniors in Horner (I used to play pick-up ball with him and Dean Oliver when I lived in Mason City), Brunner, Erek Hansen, and Doug Thomas.  But we've still got some good players coming back; i.e., Haluska and Mike Henderson.  Tony Freeman was solid coming off the bench for Horner and Alex Thompson played key minutes down the stretch as well.  While I don't expect 25 wins, I don't think a return trip to the NCAA Tournament is out of the question.  The whole mess with SA starting with the backslap from his alma mater and then the whole Mizzou fiasco (he was never interested BTW, likely wanted to get some leverage with Bowlsby after IU said no) hasn't helped but I'm glad SA's firmly entrenched in Iowa City now.

Moving on, I did get to catch a good chunk of the state tournament last week (and hope to with the boys this week as well).  A lot of decent players out there.  Anybody have any recruiting inside info???

[billys]

Any word on who might be the next Cobber assistant coach?

Is that a good job? I know my buddy that coaches over at UW-La Crosse is looking at applying. He's mid-20's and a great recruiter. Brought in their class which led them to 19-8 this year.

[Maroon&Gold]

In my opinion its a good job because it is a chance to work with a successful program, which is still improving, and you would work with one of the best young coaches in the nation IMHO.  Also I think that it is the middle of an area that produces a huge number of quality high school players, and I think that the recruiting potential is still yet to be totally tapped.

Now I could be biased by being a Cobber alum, but that's my opinion.

[billys]

Thanks. Like I said he's a pretty tireless recruiter so I'm sure he'd love that. I'll tell him I heard it was a good job. We'd miss him here at La Crosse, I think he relates well to all of the young kids here.

From what you say it sounds like a good position. I guess we'll see what happens

[Collegeville Magic]

Enough of the Big Ten men's hoops talk...

Anybody know any big recruits heading to MIAC schools next fall?  It's got to be about the time that the non-sholarship kids should have a clue as to where they're playing next winter.

I've heard rumblings about a few decent players in the CSB class of 2010, but nothing confirmable.  If we can't talk about games to be played, or even dumb summer leagues, can't we at least hear about additions/subtractions from rosters?

Any transfers out there?  Any impact players turning in the uniform before running out of eligibility?  Any more coaching moves?

[Willy Wonka]

There's a Red Wing girl — Megan Swanson — who made All State Hon. Men. who's headed to St. Thomas. She's more of a spotup shooter type, so her role will be limited at best her first few years I'd guess, especially with the youth the Tommies return.

As an aside, I need help from a Bennie. I can't navigate your site to save my life. Does Durbin post season stats for his sports throughout the season or does he just wait to post them all at the end?

I have a few locals up there that I'm trying to keep track of. I'm finding it very hard to do. Can someone tell me where to click please? I feel like I've tried everywhere and my Bennie co-worker can't even help me...

[Pat Coleman]

Maybe the MIAC site will have what you need.