BB: SLIAC: St Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

MyArmHurts · May 08, 2009, 11:52:21 PM

fontbonne wins 6 3 for a berth in the championship tomorrow against the webster maryville winner

depew24 · May 09, 2009, 01:56:07 PM

Webster is hitting again (thank you rain delay) and they will take three straight to win the tourney.

I hope

#1PantherFan · May 09, 2009, 08:07:01 PM

From the SLIAC site: Maryville 4 Webster 1 Final

MyArmHurts · May 09, 2009, 11:39:48 PM

Fontbonne beats maryville 6 5 in a thriller to win the SLIAC championship.

#1PantherFan · May 10, 2009, 12:10:14 AM

Congrats to Coach Good and the Griffons, and good luck!

Mr. Ypsi · May 10, 2009, 01:22:33 AM

The perils of conference tournaments: Webster finishes 10.5 games ahead of Fontbonne, yet due to a single weekend Fontbonne advances and Webster stays home.

So much for regular season meaning much.

#1PantherFan · May 10, 2009, 08:36:43 AM

Quote from: #1PantherFan on May 05, 2009, 10:48:28 AM
It looks like the neutral site heavily favors Fontbonne:

Neutral site records:

Fontbonne 4-4
Maryville 1-4
Webster 1-6
Greenville 1-10

I hate to say 'I told you so'

depew24 · May 10, 2009, 12:05:27 PM

First of all, congrats to Fontbonne for winning.

Second, it's sad that the regular season doesn't mean anything in conference. I truly think that the best team in the SLIAC will not be in the national tourney. They were not hot at the right time, they were the best team all season and that now means nothing. Why is the need for a conference tourney? Why not take the best team from each conference, they have earned that right all season and even in losing two games in three days they were still leading in conference. To me it's a faulty system. And yes, in case anyone was wondering I have always felt this way.

Webster was outplayed this weekend and did not deserve to win either game they lost but with that said, a loss late in the season should not hurt anymore than when WU beat everyone early in conference play.

Good luck to Fontbonne and I hope you make a run in the tourney to help get the SLIAC some more credit.

Ralph Turner · May 10, 2009, 12:28:16 PM

Quote from: depew24 on May 10, 2009, 12:05:27 PM
First of all, congrats to Fontbonne for winning.

Second, it's sad that the regular season doesn't mean anything in conference. I truly think that the best team in the SLIAC will not be in the national tourney. They were not hot at the right time, they were the best team all season and that now means nothing. Why is the need for a conference tourney? Why not take the best team from each conference, they have earned that right all season and even in losing two games in three days they were still leading in conference. To me it's a faulty system. And yes, in case anyone was wondering I have always felt this way.

Webster was outplayed this weekend and did not deserve to win either game they lost but with that said, a loss late in the season should not hurt anymore than when WU beat everyone early in conference play.

Good luck to Fontbonne and I hope you make a run in the tourney to help get the SLIAC some more credit.

The Michigan IAA, the Southern California IAC and the Northwest Conference do not have post-season conference tourneys in baseball. In fact, the Northwest Conference has to petition the NCAA to receive a waiver of the "19-week season rule" to conduct a one game playoff to determine which co-champ would get its AQ. It was that or flip a coin.

I counted 169 teams in 32 conferences that participate in the post-season conference tourneys to determine the Pool A bid. The move by coaches, AD's and presidents has been to expand access to the post-season play.

Webster can still claim 2009 SLIAC Champions.

depew24 · May 10, 2009, 01:07:54 PM

I just think there should be a better way to determine it. A team was clearly the best team in their conference but will not be getting in because a team got hot. I know that's 'sports' but I think that it's wrong. On the other side of it, WU should have played better and won late when it counted i guess.

MyArmHurts · May 10, 2009, 01:32:56 PM

College football needs a playoff system.

Ralph Turner · May 10, 2009, 05:18:29 PM

Quote from: MyArmHurts on May 10, 2009, 01:32:56 PM
College football needs a playoff system.

Yeah, and D-III has one! The Stagg Bowl!

And in Fall 2011, the SLIAC should be competing for the UMAC Pool A bid.

depew24 · May 10, 2009, 05:26:06 PM

The SLIAC did away with the tourney for a little bit but that's not the answer either because then it's impossible for a team to get in. It should be based on regular season conference champions to get a better idea of which team is the better overall team. IMHO

Mr. Ypsi · May 10, 2009, 08:16:00 PM

Quote from: depew24 on May 10, 2009, 05:26:06 PM
The SLIAC did away with the tourney for a little bit but that's not the answer either because then it's impossible for a team to get in. It should be based on regular season conference champions to get a better idea of which team is the better overall team. IMHO

The SLIAC has a pool A bid; how they choose to fill it is entirely up to them.

theoneandonly · May 10, 2009, 11:35:51 PM

Im sure my karma will take some hits for this but i have to do it.

*12 All conference Plaques - 350 dollars

*24-0 in conference season play - 500 dollars

*Losing in the conference tourney after all your fans did was come on here and talk trash constantly about every other team and 99% not getting a tourney bid because of non-conference region games - PRICELESS

I hope all of you on the Webster train realize what happened this weekend. Fontbonne had more HEART

Perhaps next season Webster should change their name to the Webster Patriots