WBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[LA RAMS]

Good point and I think the only way to change this is would be with the logical inclusion of both St. Scholastica and Northwestern into the MIAC fold.  With those two teams in the mix you then have valid reasoning for dividing into North - South sectors.  Such a scenario could look something like this:

North:
CSB
Concordia
Hamline
Bethel
Augsburg
St. Scholastica
Northwestern

South:
UST
St. Kate's
Macalester
St. Olaf
Carleton
GAC
SMU

Also, I think a very good way for the MIAC to get a little more exposure would be to create a MIAC vs. WIAC or MIAC vs. IIAC challenge.  Why not?   

[blazerguy]

I'm baaaack!!!  Yes, I have an agenda "and I'm sicking to it".  No response to my last Post.  So I'll light the fire again.

North-South seems like a fairly even grouping of Teams.  At least as to how they stand right now.  I would like to propose Upper and Lower Divisions.  The top 6 Teams (Upper Div-), from the previous year, play home snd away.  They then play on a rotating basis year by year with the Lower Div-.  Ten games, therefore, within the Upper Div- and 6 games with the Lower Div- giving them a total of 16.  Lower Div- likewise.

Why Upper and Lower?  May get more power points for those at the top who are vying for positioning in the West Region when it comes to playoffs. This, especially if the Conference arranged shootouts with the WIAC and the IIAC giving each of the top 9 Teams in the MIAC 2 nonconference games in addition to those they now have already scheduled.

Now, lets lower the boom on Upper and Lower Divsions.   

This is a good topic.....In the OFF SEASON!!!

[blazerguy]

Big win for the Blazers this afternoon. Boone has a big game at post and Tauer maybe her best game of the year both offensively and defensively. St Kates was hitting the 3's which keep them in the game until the Blazers depth just wore them out. Final score 70 something to 50 something.

[gacbacker]

Lopsided wins for the Blazers and Gusties today...it looks as though things will be decided on the final saturday when the Tommies play at St. Ben's and the Gusties go to Carleton.

Still can't figure out how a team like St. Thomas that can barely get to 30 points against Gustavus can beat Concordia and the Gusties can't.

Hopefully the Tommies can play that well when they go to St. Ben's a week from today.

[Korn Lover]

Cobber lose to the Tommies on a nightmare shooting day. Tommies physical play did the job and kept the Cobbers off balance all day.

Looks like no big suprises today.

2 games left and lots to be decided.

Collegeville, what's your credit card number, I'll get those tapes off to you...

[Collegeville Magic]

Blazers were lead quite capably by our "weak" post game this afternoon.  Boone, Tauer, and Goehner combined for 43 points, 26 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 blocks, and 2 steals.  It's a shame that CSB is so guard-oriented.

Two big games left for CSB, as both Hamline and UST will be fighting for playoff spots.  St. Kate's has some tremendous scorers, but Petrich, Berglund, and Schneider were all held in single digits.

Korn - call me at 1-800-UST-SUKS, and I'll get you that credit card number.    

[gacbacker]

By the way, congrats to Bri Monahan who became Gustavus' all-time leading scorer today with 19 points against Hamline.

Monahan passes '87 grad Linn Erickson into first place and now has 1,403 points in her career.

[Korn Lover]

Collegeville- HAH! Great response! I have the number committed to memory.

GAC- I wouldn't give UST too much credit for the Cobber win. Same old physical Tommies were able (Allowed) to knock the Cobbers out of their game.

I take this loss as more poor execution of the Cobbers vs. anything spectacular by the Tommies.

Congrats to Bri!

[Da-dented1]

When do you think next years schedule might be discussed: soon after the season is done or next Fall? I still haven't heard any criticisms of the Upper - Lower Division concept.  Lets get on it.

Does anyone out there know if a Division System of play has ever gotten to the Administrative level?  If so, when was it dicussed?  If so, what exactly shot it down.  Was it the the Mens Coaches, or was it also the Womens Coaches? Athletic Directors?  Was it the arguement that the Top Teams may play each other once/year, or was it something more?

I am not seeing the thought that St. Scholastica and Northwestern could be added to the conference when the conference is already more than full and choking to death as it is.

[blazerball]

Da-dented,
You should send your thoughts to the MIAC Commissioner if you are so certain about your plan and don't want to let it go.  Contact him through the MIAC homepage.  See what he thinks.  Most, if not all, on this page will have no influence and I'd be worried if we did!  I encourage you to write letters to the president's, call the AD's, contact the faculty reps, get out signs and parade around each school.  Get your voice heard by people who actually have some influence and ability to make decisions.  However, pursuing it on a d3hoops posting board will get you NOWHERE quickly.  Then again, GAC fans did have a lot of influence on Pat Coleman and the Top 25 national rankings as I noticed that GAC finally cracked the Top 10...or are they #1 yet?  Oops, sorry, all that talk ended rather suddenly after their last loss...

On to more pressing items...like the current season and final two regular season games.  CSB travels to Hamline on Wednesday and then ends at home with UST on Saturday.  Although every team and coach in the nation now has a detailed scouting report on how to beat the Blazers thanks to those darn GACker posters out there those pesky Blazers somehow keep winning games.  How can they keep doing it when everyone knows how to beat them???! 

It would be fun for CSB to win yet another conference title and even better to win an outright title.  But, first things first...let's hope we clinch at least a share of the title Wednesday night at Hamline.  The Blazers should have plenty of motivation heading into the game...I hope!

[Pat Coleman]

Then again, GAC fans did have a lot of influence on Pat Coleman and the Top 25 national rankings as I noticed that GAC finally cracked the Top 10...or are they #1 yet?

I'm not sure that's necessary.

[Collegeville Magic]

dented- Here's your first criticism of the upper/lower idea.  It sucks, and that's why nobody has responded.  If the upper teams were always playing upper teams, and the lower teams were always playing lower teams, it would be extremely difficult for bad teams to improve, and easy for good teams to deteriorate.  The top teams would all add in-region losses against each other like the currently do, without as many easy wins as other conferences get by beating up on their weak teams.

If there's any discussion of an official split (which isn't happening because of this board), I would guess that geography would be the reason.

Happy Valentine's Day to everybody, celebrate by wearing your red!

Go Blazers. 

[she_scores51]

Happy Valentine's Day to everybody, celebrate by wearing your red!

I will be wearing CARDINAL RED!!

[blazerguy]

When do you think next years schedule might be discussed: soon after the season is done or next Fall? I still haven't heard any criticisms of the Upper - Lower Division concept.  Lets get on it.

Does anyone out there know if a Division System of play has ever gotten to the Administrative level?  If so, when was it dicussed?  If so, what exactly shot it down.  Was it the the Mens Coaches, or was it also the Womens Coaches? Athletic Directors?  Was it the arguement that the Top Teams may play each other once/year, or was it something more?

I am not seeing the thought that St. Scholastica and Northwestern could be added to the conference when the conference is already more than full and choking to death as it is.

GIVE IT UP!! NOBODY CARES EXCEPT YOU!!

[LA RAMS]

Happy Valentine's Day to everybody, celebrate by wearing your red!

I will be wearing CARDINAL RED!!

I thought royal blue, gold and white or UCLA powder keg blue and gold were Valentine colors......