MBB: St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[hopefan]

That box score for Fontbonne surprised me - only 5 scorers  - looks like Storant may have been in foul trouble to only get 13 minutes, but Almany only gets 1 minute?  In an exhibition game?  And most of the other guys don't play?  If you can't play in a game that's meaningless, when can you play?  On the other hand, a great show of strength for the first 6.  FCnews - keep us posted on scores up in Chicago next weekend..

[y_jack_lok]

Pantherpride is correct. Lincoln College is a junior college that competes in the NJCAA (NJ standing for National Junior, not New Jersey) Division II. Here's a link to their athletics home page:
http://www.lincolncollege.edu/athletics/index.htm

Lincoln Christian College, of course, is now a provisional D III school competing in our conference.

[fcnews]

Hopefan - This game took on a little more importance because of the rivalry of the two coaches that goes back to Coach's Mo. Bapt. days. Almany will see a little more time then the 1 minute, but Andrew will be a roll player this year. Storandt had two fouls in the first four minutes and never was a factor. FU will not try to play as many players as in years past.

[redrum]

oh look, the 1st official game hasnt even been played yet and the cornfed crazies are already runnin their mouths. news flash, you lost all your talent last year..your so-called magical run is over...dont waste your time goin to the games..instead wash the dishes and mow the lawns becuz you have too..thats the only thing your school supports anyways...they dont care about you..might as well prepare for baseball season cuz youre not gonna have much fun during the basketball season..be suprised if you win 5 games this year...

[pantherpride06]

fcnews:  If Fontbonne shoots at or above 50% on the year, I will buy you dinner at the Conference Tournament.  It's hard to see anyone shoot that.  We were at that about 4 games into the year and people started defending it hard core.

2005-2006 Final Stats
Division III
1. Potsdam St. - 43.3%
2. Wooster - 42.9%
3. Utica - 42.9%

Division II
1. Grand Canyon - 44.7%
2. Alaska Anchorage - 44.6%
3. Western Washington - 42.5%

Division I
1. Southern Utah - 42.9%
2. UC Irvine - 42.0%
3. Portland - 42.0%

Division III History
(Min. 100 made) - NJ Inst. of Tech at 62% (1989)
(Min. 150 made) - EUREKA at 49.1% (1994)

Division II History
(Min. 90 made) - Winston-Salen - 53.8% (1988)
(Min. 200 made) - OAKLAND CITY - 50.2% (1992)

Division I History
(Min. 100 made) - Indiana - 50.8% (1987)
(Min. 150 made) - Mississippi Valley - 50.0% (1987)
(Min. 200 made) - Princeton - 49.2% (1988)

Last season, Greenville & Blackburn made the top 75 at seasons end shooting 39.1 (29) by Greenville and  39.6 (23) by Blackburn.

With all this being said, is shooting 50% from 3 possibility.  Yes, We see Eureka holds the record.  Will is be done, possibly yes.  Is it likely, no.  Definately difficult.  The year we went 19-8, we shot 42.2 and we had Hofmann, Weller, Clemens, Marshall, and Young all shooting .400 +

I say, good luck.

[pantherpride06]

oh look, the 1st official game hasnt even been played yet and the cornfed crazies are already runnin their mouths. news flash, you lost all your talent last year..your so-called magical run is over...dont waste your time goin to the games..instead wash the dishes and mow the lawns becuz you have too..thats the only thing your school supports anyways...they dont care about you..might as well prepare for baseball season cuz youre not gonna have much fun during the basketball season..be suprised if you win 5 games this year...

Who is the world is this cat talking too?

[Mac Attack]

Looks to me like redrum is hitting the red rum a little early. Probably should wait until cocktail hour before teeing off like that.....

[fcnews]

I don't know who he's talking about Pride ! Yes 50% is very unlikely. But, playing out of their mind, not really. These young kids can shoot. Parker is taking the ball handling chores from McCoy and that has really helped Patrick's shooting. Fontbonne only attempted 20 3's, shot selection is much, no extremely improved. The problem will still be the inexperience, evident by the 20 tunovers. We will see this weekend. I don't know what to expect out of Hannibal and the second game will probably be against D3 Phlladelphia Bible.

[redrum]

im talkin about these blackburn fans who down everyother school and think they are superior to anyone else...why be at a school where the administration could care less about you...you work so your school can save money and give back..but yet they are building a 6million dollar science center rather then fix up the ghetto warehouses you call a campus..

[y_jack_lok]

"I saw a little of the Blackburn scrimmage Friday. Their gym is almost as dark as Hampden-Sydney's and the rims were rock hard. It was not conducive to a good scoring effort."

Above quote is part of a post on the CCIW board from "veternacciwfan".

I took a lot of flak last March for mentioning how dark Blackburn's gym is. But as a result they improved the lighting for the SLIAC tournament.  Could it be they took out the lights added for the tournament? Even with the added lighting it was still darker than most gyms.

[hopefan]

guys, this is great - double digit posts in one day  - let's keep it up!  Hey how about SLIAC predictions for the weekend

[fcnews]

Predictions ?
Maryville will have trouble
Greenville is an unknown
Blackburn, Webster and FU split
Westminister and Eureka might show us all what level we need to be at come conference play.

[hopefan]

OK FC
Maryville against top notch competition loses two - Webster against the same also loses two, but tight - Kentucky refs will play a role = (the WORST I EVER saw a team get screwed was at Centre, Kentucky when Wash U lost down there in the NCAAs back in early 90's)

Fontbonne  -come on - should win two against the Bible boys

Blackburn on the road should split against Concordia and Dominican
GC against the same competition - I don't think so

Westminster lost two last year in Memphis, but they are much more experienced - I think 2 wins

Eureka opens against host Manchester - a loss - but should win on Saturday night

Mac may give Millikin a game, but Millikin too good - a Mac loss

LCC goes against St L chris - and loses away from home..

which would give the SLIAC a 6-10 record opening weekend...

ALSO REMEMBER   St Louis people  -  Blackburn at Wash U next Tuesday night

[fcnews]

SLIAC Pre Season Poll is up on the SLIAC site.
Webster, Westminister, Blackburn, Maryville,Fontbonne, Eureka, Mac, GC, Prin., and LC.

The write up is kind of unclear of the order of 1,2.

I have some Big questions?
Eureka 6th - NO!
Maryville 4th - ?
Mac and GC 7th and 8th - both very tough places to play

[Mac Attack]

Here's the pre-season coaches poll:

1. Webster
2. Westminster
3. Blackburn
4. Maryville
5. Fontbonne
6. Eureka
7. MacMurray
8. Greenville
9. Principia
10. Lincoln Christian

As I've stated earlier, I think Eureka is a top three team. Clearly their overall record from last season weighed in the voting. The battle for the other play-off spot will probably come down to Blackburn, MacMurray, and Fontbonne. No way does Mac finish seventh this season unless the bottom falls out.

In terms of this week-end:

Maryville goes 0-2 (the learning curve begins)
Webster goes 1-1 (plays tough against tough teams)
Fontbonne goes 2-0 (fairly soft opener)
Blackburn goes 1-1 (will be hot and cold)
Greenville goes 0-2 (could be a long year)
Westminster goes 1-1 (will be a team to watch all season)
Eureka goes 1-0 (Eureka is pretty good guys)
Mac goes 1-0 (heart hoping for the upset)
LCC goes 0-1 (big step up for LCC)

Week-end: 7 wins  8 losses