MBB: St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[dynasty22]

Best of luck to the Saints.
Represent the SLIAC well.

[hopefan]

FC  per my comments on Davis in my All Conference selections  -  he had the one unbelieveable game vs Maryville, but was very ordinary otherwise - in the critical games, if you remove the one Maryville game, he averaged 8.8 pts/game and 3.5 rebounds/game, and even more telling, only 17.5 minutes per game.   

He did make the all tourney team based on a great game vs Blackburn, but the next day, he didn't do much at all, primarily against Bash, who was out the game when Davis destroyed MU at WC.

[hopefan]

oh and just to set the record straight, I am not an alum of Hope - we lived in Holland Mi 1977 - 1987, and were supporters of Hope Bball during that time - After moving down to St Louis, I was thrilled when both of my sons decided to go to Hope in the mid 90's.   I am truly a "hopefan"

[hopefan]

Also   --Mactitan and IWUmichigander - thanks for the writeups on Miss Coll and the words of encouragement.  I remember when Maryville went up to IWU two years ago, there were several very positive comments in Post-ups about how hard MU played, and how much IWU got out of the game  -  I was very proud of that, because IWU fans know what's going on.  Well, 5 seniors start and a 6th comes off the bench, all who played two years ago  -  I'm hoping that experience pays dividends this week.  Believe me, if they shoot like they did this past saturday, ole' Miss (college) will be in a state of shock!
Thanks again for posting in the SLIAC room.

[iwumichigander]

hopefan - not all IWU alums come from the Illinois Cornbelt or Chicago.  I grew up in the Jacksonville area and follow your conference teams. Maryville (Mo) has a better shot at winning a post season NCAA tournament game in this bracket than the potential other choices the NCAA Committee may have had - Illiniois Wesleyan, Augustana or North Central.  In all honesty, if Maryville had drawn IWU, it would have been coming into a stirred up hornets nest at the Shirk.  Not much better odds against Augustana where Rick Harrigan would likely be shooting the lights out.  And, little chance against North Central where the Cardinals have probably the CCIW's best BMOC this year in Anthony Simmons.  Simmons at 6'6" can shoot in the paint, mid-range or from the perimeters has developed into one of the very best passers I have seen in a big man at this level in recent years. NCC is the best disciplined team I have seen in some time.

[Ralph Turner]

I want to wish Maryville well.  Has a SLIAC team won an NCAA game?  If not, I think this could be a chance.  I was looking at the Miss. Col. site, and they have not had a close game in a long time, and they clinched the conference championship in January.  They look like they'll have a pretty good crowd, as most of their home games in Feb. were 1000+  They are an incredibly balanced team - at least on the stat sheet.  They have one player averaging double figures, and there are only two guys that play more than 20 minutes a game, and none that play 22 minutes a game.  They have 13 guys averaging more than 3 points a game.  I have never seen them play, but from the stat sheet it looks like they are a guard-oriented team that plays pretty good defense.  If Maryville shoots like they did against Westminster, this could be the upset of the first round, possibly setting up a classic Maryville-Maryville match up.

Mactitan, MissColl is one of the most athletic teams that one will play.  You can beat the Choctaws with a strong traditional big post-inside game that scores in the low 70's/high 60's.

Otherwise, you probably have trouble running with them.  They are 11-strong on the bench.  A mutual opponent between IWU and Miss Coll is UT-Dallas. 

IWU had trouble "putting away" UT-D on a neutral floor, according to Titan Q, winning 71-58.  MC won over UT-Dallas in Clinton by 10, but soundly defeated them by 19 at UT-Dallas with a tourney bid on the line for UT-Dallas.

I am always wary to boast about the ASC, because we have so few opportunites to play Midwestern schools in the South.  We always seem to playing you on the road, 800-1200 miles away.

Nonetheless, I look forward to seeing how MissColl does this year.  I think that their greatest chance for success is for them to play Tyler Winford about 28 minutes and concentrate on pulling the game inside to set up the MissColl periphery and the transitional game.  Trinity TX always carries great respect in CCIW circles, but Trinity very carefully chooses it ASC opponents.

This time we will see.

[hopefan]

To the Maryville Team:
Well guys, I can't make it down to Mississippi this weekend, and because I'm not around the Maryville campus except for games, who knows when I'll even see the 6 seniors again.  I just want to thank you for a great season this year, and wish you all the luck in the world for this weekend.   I want to hear that you guys went down there and played harder and smarter than you have all year -  and I want to hear that every one of you had a blast - that it was an experience you'll never  forget. 

Let's shock the D3hoops universe!!!!!

[fcnews]

Anyone know if there will be audio for the MU v. MC game tonite. If Bash and Klien play big and Hebel's on, this could be alot closer then people are expecting out of a SLIAC representive.

Good Luck to the Saints and their senior class.

[hopefan]

there will be broadcasts  -  SID at Mississippi said there would be an internet cast from them (though there is no sign of it on their site yet)  and, Maryville will make an attempt to do one also (I didn't sense optimism that they could make it work).  There is also a continuous feed of stats for the games on the Mississippi college site.

[fcnews]

Thanks Hope - If anyone does connect, please post updates.

Let's Go SLIAC

[hopefan]

Link for Maryville - Mississippi

http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens/scoreboard/div3/20060303

I listened portions of 3 games last night on this link, so I know it works!!!!

[golden_dome]

Unless something changes between now and game time, I do not think Maryville will have a broadcast tonight. Mississippi College will have an internet broadcast for the game, however. The link is on the front page of the Mississippi College athletics site.

[hopefan]

other Maryville  (Tn) is beating Trinity by 20 just into 2nd half

Anybody out there?   if not, I'm not gonna post scores etc.

[yjacklok]

I'm here, hopefan. Post away. BTW are you at home or at work?

[hopefan]

home  :  everything at work happens on Sunday, and it doesn't look good from the talk on the street.

I listened to portions of a number of the early games with no problem, but i can't get the Hope game   -  I'm hoping better luck with Maryville.
Calvin men won - they'll play Hope if Hope wins   Calvin women lost at Wash U.