BB: MWC: Midwest Conference

[cubs]

MWC North Standings Through May 7th
Beloit 12-4
Ripon 11-3
St. Norbert 8-6
Carroll 5-9
Lawrence 0-14

Ripon joins Beloit as the representatives from the North Division for the MWC Tournament.

SNC on the other hand, needs to sweep Ripon tomorrow just to finish above .500 for the season....

Who will be hosting the MWC tournament this year?

Depends on today's results.....

Ripon sweeps SNC, they host

SNC sweeps Ripon, Beloit hosts

Ripon and SNC split, Ripon hosts I believe due to beating SNC 3/4 whereas Beloit and SNC split.  (Ripon and Beloit split during the regular season.)

[buc em up]

nope...if Ripon and Norbert split there will be a one game playoff game at 4pm on Monday @Beloit to determine the host and top seed.

Norbert also won the first game today.

[buc em up]

Also, Beloit swept Carroll while Ripon went 3-1, so the logic of winning one more game against an opponent doesn't make sense.

[buc em up]

Ripon loses both today vs. St. Norbert.  Beloit will host the MWC tournament.

[cubs]

Also, Beloit swept Carroll while Ripon went 3-1, so the logic of winning one more game against an opponent doesn't make sense.

It would go off of the team that finished next highest in the standings, which in this case would be SNC, so the results against Carroll would be irrelevant.  Anyway, it doesn't matter as Ripon choked today.

I was going off of what they follow in the WIAC, which I like better.  This way the eventual #2 seed doesn't have to "burn" a pitcher on Monday.  Beloit would have held a HUGE advantage on Monday as well, as they had off this weekend, compared to Ripon playing a four-game set with SNC.

[buc em up]

Thats not how it works, we would have played a playoff game monday.  It was all scheduled for Ripon to come to beloit.  That is what the league mandated that game and it was chosen to be played at beloit because of a coin flip.

[cubs]

Thats not how it works, we would have played a playoff game monday.  It was all scheduled for Ripon to come to beloit.  That is what the league mandated that game and it was chosen to be played at beloit because of a coin flip.

Comprehension problem??  Re-read what I said!!!!!  I was going off of what the WIAC does.  I did not know that the MWC rules were different.

Again, while the MWC rules are set for a tie-breaker, in my opinion, I don't like it.  It gives a team that had off this weekend a HUGE advantage as they can throw their #1, where the other team has likely thrown their #1-4 over the weekend.

[buc em up]

ahh I got confused with the first paragraph, didn't sound like you were changing what you said...have to admit i just kind of skimmed the last paragraph.

But I agree about the playoff rule.  There shouldn't have to be a extra game involve when it is this close to the tournament, no time to rest pitching.  The last thing most teams need is to use arms.  I don't get why there isn't a tie breaker beyond head to head record.

[BigPoppa]

This is such a hard conference to read every year as they never play across divisions until the post-season. Here is a review of my preview. I am not thinking I did too well on this one, but I was right on much of it.

Midwest Conference (MWC): North Division- After winning a conference dogfight in 2010, Ripon College has another MWC title in its sights. The Red Hawks return two all-MWC pitchers including Pitcher of the Year Kurt Roeder (5-3, 2.54 ERA). On the other side of the ball, pre-season all-American Nick Beaman (.439, 10 HR) leads a potent offense that hit .331 as a team last year. Expect their top competition in the North Division to be St. Norbert who returns three all-conference players including pitcher Brian Stoppenbach. Thirdbaseman Garrick Fisher and outfielder Matt Hannon need to fill the hole left by graduated all-American utility player Tony Jandron if the Green Knights have any chance in making a splash on the national scene. The Beloit Buccaneers and Carroll Pioneers will challenge St. Norbert for the second and final North Division playoff spot. Carroll is led by Mike Karpinski (.389) and their pitching rests on the arm of Jason Pattengale who led the team in wins despite missing the second half of the season with an injury. Beloit will be led by Andrew Heer (.439) but they must replace the leadership and talents of seven graduated senior starters. Lawrence will struggle to win in this tough division, but they return all-conference outfielder Robert Rashid to anchor their offense.
South Division: Grinnell returns four all-conference players in 2011 and should contend for the South Division crown. Junior Ben Pope (8-1, 1.82 ERA) leads the pitching staff while Mike Nodzenski (.403, 11HR)is South's two time Player of the Year as a catcher. The combination of these two will push Grinnell to the top in 2011. Illinois College, Monmouth and Knox all will battle for the final spot in the post-season as the MWC send its top two from each division into the post-season. Illinois rests its hopes on senior shortstop Ian Vandeford, while Monmouth turns to utility man Rob Hinkle for leadership between the lines.

[buc em up]

Beloit wins against North Central today 5-3.  Both teams threw their whole pen.  Good out of conference win to brush up right before conference...should be a hell of a weekend.

[BigPoppa]

Beloit wins against North Central today 5-3.  Both teams threw their whole pen.  Good out of conference win to brush up right before conference...should be a hell of a weekend.

Solid win for Beloit... devastaing loss for NCC.

[Gregory Sager]

Beloit wins against North Central today 5-3.  Both teams threw their whole pen.  Good out of conference win to brush up right before conference...should be a hell of a weekend.

Solid win for Beloit... devastaing loss for NCC.

According to the CCIW website, they were supposed to play two games. I wonder why they didn't?

[buc em up]

Beloit wins against North Central today 5-3.  Both teams threw their whole pen.  Good out of conference win to brush up right before conference...should be a hell of a weekend.

Solid win for Beloit... devastaing loss for NCC.

According to the CCIW website, they were supposed to play two games. I wonder why they didn't?

I'm pretty sure both coaches agreed to play only 1 game to save pitching, since both teams have their conference tournament in the next few days.

[Maverick]

The first 2 games of the MWC Tournament are in the books...

Game 1 - Ripon 9, Grinnell 5
Game 2 - Beloit 11, Monmouth 1

[BigPoppa]

The first 2 games of the MWC Tournament are in the books...

Game 1 - Ripon 9, Grinnell 5
Game 2 - Beloit 11, Monmouth 1

As expected. The South Division is much weaker than the North.