WBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[gacbacker]

WW- I'm guessing the Blazer posters will be on here no later than 10 a.m. tomorrow morning if the Blazers come out on top tonight in St. Peter.

My guess is what ever team's guards outscore the other team's guards will win. This game will be won from the perimeter, not in the paint.

[gacbacker]

Blazers by 1 at halftime after the Gusties led most of the way.

[gacbacker]

Gustavus 70 St. Ben's 62 - Final

The Gusties get their most balanced scoring effort in about the last 5 years. Emily Nelson with 13, Katie Layman with 12, Jess Vadnais with 11, Molly Mathiowetz with 8 and Julia Schultz with 8.  Holm, Biewen and Radtke also have nice games.

Nice for the Gusties to get a big win without Vadnais having to do everything. That will be the deciding factor of whether the Gusties will be a good team or a great team this year.

In other action...Macalester beats St. Thomas in what has to be a real good feeling for Scots coach Ellen Thompson who was passed over by her alma mater for the Tommies head coaching position in favor of Ruth Sinn.

Carleton holds off Bethel 79-77 to gain sole possession of first place as the only undefeated team in conference play.

And in tonight's stinker, St. Olaf gets their first win under Stromme with an inspired 45-37 victory over Augsburg.

[Nites]

Gustavus 70 St. Ben's 62 - Final

The Gusties get their most balanced scoring effort in about the last 5 years. Emily Nelson with 13, Katie Layman with 12, Jess Vadnais with 11, Molly Mathiowetz with 8 and Julia Schultz with 8.  Holm, Biewen and Radtke also have nice games.

Nice for the Gusties to get a big win without Vadnais having to do everything. That will be the deciding factor of whether the Gusties will be a good team or a great team this year.

In other action...Macalester beats St. Thomas in what has to be a real good feeling for Scots coach Ellen Thompson who was passed over by her alma mater for the Tommies head coaching position in favor of Ruth Sinn.

Carleton holds off Bethel 79-77 to gain sole possession of first place as the only undefeated team in conference play.

And in tonight's stinker, St. Olaf gets their first win under Stromme with an inspired 45-37 victory over Augsburg.

Very nice win for a young Gustie team, particularly impressive given the fact that Vadnais had an off night.  I'm sure the Bennies had something to do with Vadnais' struggles, but the Gusties sure made them pay with some of the youngsters really stepping up.

That was a nice win for the Scots last night.

From a talent and experience perspective, I think Carleton is at the head of the pack this year.  Of course, that's not to say that they can't/won't be beaten.  They're very deep with quality players, and the one thing I've noticed about this year's team over past teams is that they've appeared to have upgraded their shooting capabilities.  They have some very good shooters that will hurt you if left alone and they have several excellent free throw shooters.  FY Ally Weaver is one example.  She led Iowa high schools in free throw shooting last year and she can knock down the three.  She's usually in the game at crunch time.

[Willy Wonka]

gacbacker - I don't know about you, but the silence today has been especially refreshing to me

Did you get any info on Tauer's prolonged absence from the CSB lineup? I've heard it's due to a bad ankle sprain...can you confirm or deny this?

[Collegeville Magic]

Willy - I just enjoy sitting back and letting you make stuff up.  It's quite true that there's no love lost between me and Jimmy Gagliardi's football coaching abilities, but at least get your accusations right.  I call for his head even after victories.

Durbin will always have my support (not that it means much), since I trust his character judgement, his coaching ability, and his motivation.

I haven't seen a single MIAC basketball game this winter due to my grad school schedule and severe geographic limitations, so I'm now just as out of the daily loop as the typical UST fan.  From the sounds of things (MAC upsetting UST and GAC, Ugsberg randomly winning and losing games) this is going to be a pretty crazy season.

Given CSB's youth after graduating 5 seniors last spring, I expected a bumpy road this winter.  My "homer" streak led to my prediction of CSB near the top of the standings, but injuries or potentially inconsistent rookies could change a lot of close outcomes across the conference.

Here's hoping everybody stays healthy and that we have a fun season of competitive basketball followed by at least one MIAC team winning a few NCAA games to get that ship back on course.

[phoenix]

So the MIAC is under way and there is some exciting basketball that is being played. It looks like MAC is getting better and better with each year, having a coach that really understands the game and is working the girls hard is helping that program move forward. It also looks like bethel might have a team that will compete to be in one of the top spots in the standings. Only if they can finish games and play tough defense through the whole year. I know they are a young team, if they can stay healthy and not get worn down throught the long season they should be pretty good. Carlton is looking good also, it helps that they bring back almost everyone from last year, they all know how each others play and bring in new talents also helps.

[Nites]

Carleton takes on No. 23 University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire in a big non-conference game.  A win might just push the Knights into the national rankings, or at least garner them some votes. 

[gacbacker]

Carleton gets thumped by the Blugolds.

[Nites]

Carleton gets thumped by the Blugolds.

That's putting it mildly.      I Guess we got a good idea of how the MIAC competes (or doesn't) on a national level.

[Willy Wonka]

Willy - I just enjoy sitting back and letting you make stuff up.  It's quite true that there's no love lost between me and Jimmy Gagliardi's football coaching abilities, but at least get your accusations right.  I call for his head even after victories.

Two of your three posts on the football board this fall ripped little Gags. Not surprisingly, they popped up right after a close lost that left you with the disgustingly horrible record of 9-1 and an embarrassing Top 10 ranking. I believe the ratio was similar last year after another debacle of a one-loss regular season. Each time you popped your head in, you got SLAMMED by all the SJU posters. I'd hate to hear your sour grapes were you a <insert any other MIAC school> fan.

FYI: The handy tool on this site that lets you track individual poster's history shows that you, CM, have ZERO track record for calling for little Gags' head after victories. If documented facts equate to "make stuff up," then consider Wonka guilty as charged.

Weird how quiet this board becomes when the Bennies are struggling, by their standards...

[Collegeville Magic]

WW- I don't find it necessary to have all my discussions about sports on web sites.  My apologies for having a life outside my keyboard and not posting every comment that's crossed my mind about my favorite sports teams.  I think you'll find Redtooth as the main "all" of the SJU posters who so violently slam me, and I honestly hope you don't spend too much time researching past posts.  What fun is bs-ing if people get anal about it?

There are plenty of us CSB fans cheering for our team, we're just apparently "guilty" of neglecting the all-important task of D3 message boards.  Sorry we've let the almighty Wonka down. 

Happy Holidays to all!  Go Blazers!

[blazerguy]

Willy - I just enjoy sitting back and letting you make stuff up.  It's quite true that there's no love lost between me and Jimmy Gagliardi's football coaching abilities, but at least get your accusations right.  I call for his head even after victories.

Two of your three posts on the football board this fall ripped little Gags. Not surprisingly, they popped up right after a close lost that left you with the disgustingly horrible record of 9-1 and an embarrassing Top 10 ranking. I believe the ratio was similar last year after another debacle of a one-loss regular season. Each time you popped your head in, you got SLAMMED by all the SJU posters. I'd hate to hear your sour grapes were you a <insert any other MIAC school> fan.

FYI: The handy tool on this site that lets you track individual poster's history shows that you, CM, have ZERO track record for calling for little Gags' head after victories. If documented facts equate to "make stuff up," then consider Wonka guilty as charged.

Weird how quiet this board becomes when the Bennies are struggling, by their standards...

Sorry to have been quiet, so early in the season not much has been controversial or too surprising. Da Blazers have started about how I expected although two loses are alot to swallow this early. We are very young, especially underneath. Couple that with a cold night of shooting in Carlton and a miserable night of free throw shooting in GAC and thats the result. Now the good news. Two 1st year posts, Frank at 6'4" and Gillund at 6'2" are starting to really show why they were recruited by the Master Durbin. Their potential looks unlimited and they both actually play bigger than their height. Put a year of experience and practice on them and we may have one of the best one two combo's ever at St. Ben's. First yr. player Hutchinson at the 4 spot is getting more and more minutes along with 1st yr. player Canton. The 2 and 3 spots look to be well taken care of with 1st yr. players Stifter and and Waytashek already playing like vertrans. The point future looks like highly recruited Devin Bowlin as soon as she completely overcomes the affects of a sprained knee this summer. Add young soph. Mindy Schmitt and Jr. Tauer, Carter and the future looks bright. We may have to suffer a few more games this year but by the end of this year I expect coach Durbin to again win either the league or the playoffs!! Take that Willy!!

[LA RAMS]

Nice article in today's "Star Tribune" about the Macalester women; even if it was written by that idiot Jim Souhan.  Worth the read and the look, though.

Happy holidays to everyone here on the board. 

[Willy Wonka]

Thanks, BG. Even Bennie talk is better than nothing.

LA - Souhan is easily the best thing going at the Strib.