BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[badgerwarhawk]

I've been right hundreds of times and never get credit for that though.

Nobody's perfect.

That's because all of the hundreds of times you were correct you were posting under another name. 

You have that correct.

[formman]

Looks like the Metrodome will be closed until sometime in March. 300+ games canceled.

Time for the Brewers to step up to the table...

[Just Bill]

Looks like the Metrodome will be closed until sometime in March. 300+ games canceled.

Time for the Brewers to step up to the table...

Do you have a source on that?

I found this article but it doesn't give a time frame.  It sure doesn't sound like they are planning on hurrying though.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5947321

[formman]

Looks like the Metrodome will be closed until sometime in March. 300+ games canceled.

Time for the Brewers to step up to the table...

Do you have a source on that?

I found this article but it doesn't give a time frame.  It sure doesn't sound like they are planning on hurrying though.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5947321

Since I live in Minneapolis I am able to listen to the radio, tv, etc. There was a report on one of those that said they would not be able to get the dome back up till mid to late March.

Now there is a story on D3Baseball.com that states the Metropolitan Sports Commission is trying to decide do they repair or replace...stay tuned.

[cubs]

I had a conversation over the weekend regarding WIAC baseball with a friend of mine, and during the course of the conversation it was mentioned that a two-time All WIAC selection may not be eligible to play this season.  It would definitely be a blow to said teams conference championship aspirations.

Until I can confirm this, I am choosing not to give a name, which I know will bother some....  Sorry!!!

[badgerwarhawk]

WHITEWATER will host the 2011 MidWest Regional. 

[TongueSlap]

Any official word on who may not be able to play this year?  Is it because of injury or grades? 

[TongueSlap]

Is Point Baseball Coach Bloom in the running for UWSP Athletic Director?  Did they announce whose replacing Frank O'Brien yet?  I thought he was retired as of Jan 3rd but noticed he was at the Pointer basketball games and am assuming he's still assuming the role until his replacement is hired.  While watching Rose Bowl I had heard some names and he was one of them.  Speaking of huge blows that would be a big one if he wasn't coaching.

[TongueSlap]

Stevens Point #2 and Whitewater #5 in the preseason poll. 

[cubs]

I heard Clintonville Lefty Patrick Van Dalwyk is going to Point next year.  Big time

Hey pickleshiner, err suicide squeeze, err TongueSlap.....

Check your sources again.....  Van Daalwyk will be headed to Ripon College next season, and not Point.

[Just Bill]

Someday he'll realize it's not the username giving him away, it's the uninformed, asinine comments. Or maybe he won't.

[tommiegun]

St. Thomas and Scholastica also ranked.  Way too early MW Regional seeds...
1. Point
2. St. Scholastica
3. St. Thomas
4. Whitewater
5. St. Norbert/MWC Champ
6. Some Crappy two and done team from Illinois. Recent sacrificial lambs have been Concordia and Benedictine.

(Whitewater drops due to internal power of the WIAC).

[Just Bill]

St. Thomas and Scholastica also ranked.  Way too early MW Regional seeds...
1. Point
2. St. Scholastica
3. St. Thomas
4. Whitewater
5. St. Norbert/MWC Champ
6. Some Crappy two and done team from Illinois. Recent sacrificial lambs have been Concordia and Benedictine.

(Whitewater drops due to internal power of the WIAC).

Benedictine hasn't been in the NCAAs recently, if ever.  I think you meant Aurora.  And the NathCon teams are far from crappy. CUC got placed into a brutal regional in Michigan two years ago, and Aurora was a NathCon fourth place team who made a run. They didn't hold up in a six-team regional, but they were not really expected to be the sixth best team in the region anyway. Aurora has been to the Wrold Series in the past.

[biggio34]

St. Thomas and Scholastica also ranked.  Way too early MW Regional seeds...
1. Point
2. St. Scholastica
3. St. Thomas
4. Whitewater
5. St. Norbert/MWC Champ
6. Some Crappy two and done team from Illinois. Recent sacrificial lambs have been Concordia and Benedictine.

(Whitewater drops due to internal power of the WIAC).

As a CSS fan it's always good to see your team ranked highly, but in this case I don't understand the basis for putting Scholastica above Whitewater or St. Thomas.  Whitewater thumped CSS in the regional last year. St. Thomas won all games (3) played between the two teams.   I know STU lost some studs, and I agree that you have listed what could be the top 4 or 5 teams (I think Oshkosh might have a bounce back year) but I just think at this point, until proven otherwise, you have them listed out of order.

I'd go, based solely on what I saw last year, and from what I can gather based on the preseason polls...

1. Point
2. Whitewater
3. St. Thomas
4. CSS

And after that I am not informed well enough to guess...

[MIACLUV]

Since were declaring my Tommies dead with the loss of Schuld, I thought I'd lay my regional pre-season order out and see how it flies.

1) UW-Whitewater (they've owned the WIAC since 01, don't see that changing)
2) St. Thomas (Deeper this year than years past, a little young)
3) Point (Great staff, depth but seem to lose games they shouldn't to lesser teams)
4) Oshkosh (Good talent, good recruiting, health Ruebens, will contend for WIAC)
5) St. Olaf (Very good pitching and revamped roster, will be in the MIAC final)
6) St. Scholastica (lost a lot of offense, but they return a good core of players)
7) St. Johns (The MIAC darkhorse, very solid will steal games from UST & STO)
tie 7) Bethany Lutheran (offensive , 2 legitimate starters if Hallahan is healthy?)