WBB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Da-dented1 · January 18, 2008, 04:49:42 PM

Quote from: Maroon&Gold on January 17, 2008, 11:45:21 AM
Did anyone catch the Cobber-Tommie bout last night???

Wondering if anyone has any first hand thoughts about it.

Yep! Saw the CC-Tommies game - not very pretty. CC seemed to have slept too long on the bus - not much leadership coming out on the floor. They have to step up and play more consistently on the road.; the freshmen are not hurting the team at all. Tough to come back on a great team - down by 11, down by 13 and down by 16. Doesn't make much sense. At an y rate, the tommies are a great team with the addition of #11. On the tape, Sara really didn't do much. There are notable players who have polished the "flop" and that will work quite often.

LA RAMS · January 18, 2008, 05:37:19 PM

Quote from: Da-dented1 on January 18, 2008, 04:49:42 PM
Quote from: Maroon&Gold on January 17, 2008, 11:45:21 AM
Did anyone catch the Cobber-Tommie bout last night???

Wondering if anyone has any first hand thoughts about it.

Yep! Saw the CC-Tommies game - not very pretty. CC seemed to have slept too long on the bus - not much leadership coming out on the floor. They have to step up and play more consistently on the road.; the freshmen are not hurting the team at all. Tough to come back on a great team - down by 11, down by 13 and down by 16. Doesn't make much sense. At an y rate, the tommies are a great team with the addition of #11. On the tape, Sara really didn't do much. There are notable players who have polished the "flop" and that will work quite often.

That's not how I saw it.........Not to label Sorbo as a "dirty" player per se but that was a flagrant arm/elbow that caught Townsend and she got quickly T'd up for it.

I'd be hesitant to call UST a "great" team. Indeed, they're very solid and the addition of Embree has been a godsend for Coach Ruth Sinn. But to put them in the same category as, say, the '03 GAC and Carleton teams is a bit of a stretch. Nonetheless, they're in great shape right now and they'll probably wind up winning the conference for the first time in quite a while unless CSB can somehow overtake them.

Right now if I had to do it my front-runners for MVP would be Katch, Vadnais, and Melanie Hageman. I would also keep my eye on both Jess Weisbrod of SMU and Heinen from Hamline as well. But right now Katch has the edge.

Da-dented1 · January 19, 2008, 06:28:07 PM

Anyone get score updates? Sure seems slow on MIAC website this year and more difficult to navigate.

Collegeville Magic · January 19, 2008, 08:25:28 PM

GAC over Olaf by 8
Carleton over Mac by 9
Bethel over St.Mary's by 33 big ones
CSB over Ham by 10
UST over St. Kate's by 5

(all courtesy of the MIAC home page under "composite schedule")

Is it me, or is the conference down this year? Having not seen a game yet, I can't comment in person, but the inconsistency of pretty much every team (except UST so far) doesn't bode well for any MIAC team making an NCAA splash. Thoughts?

Willy Wonka · January 19, 2008, 09:47:03 PM

CM - I'll see my second league game on Monday, but that seems a fair assessment. GAC was much stronger last year and still got handled by the second-best team in...(insert some far west region league). I've got to imagine the one MIAC team who qualifies this year could get stomped in the playoff opener.

Willy Wonka · January 21, 2008, 07:24:22 PM

Ugly game in Northfield right now, but Gusties lead 27-23 at half. Carleton has 14 turnovers and shot 29%, so the Gusties can't feel real great about such a slim lead.

As an aside, this Miles announcer guy for the Knights is extremely negative. Hard to listen to...

buf · January 21, 2008, 07:43:40 PM

Quote from: Willy Wonka on January 21, 2008, 07:24:22 PM
Ugly game in Northfield right now, but Gusties lead 27-23 at half. Carleton has 14 turnovers and shot 29%, so the Gusties can't feel real great about such a slim lead.

As an aside, this Miles announcer guy for the Knights is extremely negative. Hard to listen to...

Not sure if you know, but there is video off the Carleton website. No announcer though

buf · January 21, 2008, 08:26:15 PM

Inbounding from underneath their basket with 1 second left, Carleton hits a layup at the buzzer to send it to OT.

Willy Wonka · January 21, 2008, 08:28:53 PM

Wow! Sketchy ending going on a Carleton!

With Tammy heard yelling for a foul down 4 with 45 seconds left, Isler mugs an unnamed Gustie for a steal and a layup. Gusties miss a 3 as the shot clock goes off and the Carlies get a shot to tie with 8 seconds left.

They miss and the ball goes out of bounds (I think, since the Carleton announcers quit describing the action with 3 seconds to play). The refs huddle and put .5 seconds back on the clock, which astounds the CAR announcers. The Miles guy thought there should have been .1 or .2, at most. Naturally, the Carlies score on a backcut layup and send the game to overtime.

Willy Wonka · January 21, 2008, 08:31:42 PM

Sidenote: The player who "fouled" per Tammy's direction would have been Oken-Berg, which would have been her 5th.

buf · January 21, 2008, 08:41:05 PM

GAC wins it OT

gacbacker · January 22, 2008, 12:19:30 AM

Wonka, why'd you listen to the Carleton webcast?

Nice win for the Gusties tonight in Northfield, Vadnais with 23 points in the second half, Nelson played big, Schultz had her best game of the year, Mathiowetz with big minutes in overtime, and Peterson doesn't take a shot all game, but makes game clinching free throws in the final seconds.

Not surprised at all by the St. Ben's win over St. Thomas. Conference is up for grabs.

By the way, Bethel gives up 92 points to Augsburg??!?!?!?!? Between the women's program and the men's program it must be illegal to play defense in Arden Hills.

Willy Wonka · January 22, 2008, 01:07:37 PM

gacbacker - I couldn't get your link to work for some reason. I'm sure I was just being retarded, but I was also lazy and went for the easy way out.

LA RAMS · January 22, 2008, 01:40:35 PM

Must have been some game down in N'field last night with the Gusties claiming their first win at Carleton in a while (1st time since '03 reg. season?). Hopefully now GAC has got the ship righted. Would have loved to have been there to witness it but thanks to the ridiculous 5:45 starts the conference has insisted upon it wasn't possible.

I did catch two very good games here in the metro area last night: First, Bethel came from behind as many as 13 points in the second half to knock off Augsburg 99-92 in OT. Big game from Nautsch down low by the Royals. Then was able to catch the 2nd half of a wild affair between Olaf and Kate's with the Oles claiming a 70-68 win. A costly loss for the Kitties who were without Ashley Busch with that eye injury suffered Saturday against UST.

I see CSB knocked off UST last night to forge a two-headed monster at the top. I still think UST will somehow wind up on top at the end, though.

P.S.
Sorry for the delay in this post. With the recent passing of Georgia Frontiere I have been too busy trying to decide if I should sing "Amazing Grace" or "Ding Dong The Wicked Witch Is Dead".

PRF2007 · January 22, 2008, 09:32:18 PM

Caught the CSB UST game last night. CSB played well and definitely needed to win that one. They will have a much tougher time when they play on the road at UST. A few notes from the game. St. Ben's had a very balanced scoring attack with 3 players in double figures and 4 or 5 scoring 8 or more.

First time I've seen Katch play. Definitely must not have been her best game. I'm surprised at the MVP talk with her. I didn't think she was even the best player on their team. #11 (the girl that is playing for her first year as a senior) was the leader of the team on offense. Very good mid range player.

Still a lot of season left though.