MBB: St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

dynasty22 · February 19, 2006, 07:12:40 PM

The Crazies were nothing Saturday as the main student body weren't getting into the game..it's sad but I have a feeling they will step it up soon.
Hopefan - If you want, I can hook you up with seats for the game Tuesday, just let me know and we can meet and I can put ya somewhere good.
As for the WC game, BC started big by goin on a 12-4 run I believe.
They were sluggish for the rest of the half but stepped it up big in the 2nd half and pulled away.
Tuesday I believe the Beavers will come out with a lot of thunder for what they have on the line.
If and when the SLIAC comes to the Beaver Dome, come early to get a seat, cuz it is a sub-par facility.
You might also consider bring some flashlights as the lighting is not too great, I mean that is the reason why the away teams lose right?

fcnews · February 19, 2006, 09:30:40 PM

Sorry Pride but FC wins the youngest squad award. Of the 9 players who played in yesterdays win 6 are true freshmen, 2 sophmores (1 of which is first year playing) and 1 junior who is seeing minimal time for the first season. Three frosh turned 18 just before school started and Kirkpatrick turned 18 two weeks after school started. This is a very young squad.

Ok Hope yesterdays game : The game slogan was the Future is Now!

Fontbonne always plays well at Webster and yeaterday was no exception. FC missed some crips early but cut a WU lead of 8 to just 3 at the break. FU came out quick and took the lead for the first time in the 2nd half at about the 15:00 mark. It was a see saw affair to the end of regulation with out any last second drama. FU had a one point lead with 34 seconds left and for some reason WU let the Griffins run the clock to :06 before fouling McCoy. McCoy converted one of two and Spinner went the length of the floor and missed an off balance runner to end a Great game.

Keys to the game were: Almany holding Spinner to a tough 14 pts., his two 3's were when Andrew was on the bench. The biggest difference was the defensive job Storandt did on Kuhn. He killed us the first time but was held to 1-7 from the field and 0-4 from the arc. Great defensive job by Storandt who added 18 points, 12 in the 2nd half. WU's interior players went 9- 27 against a much larger FU team. FU was led in scoring by the three freshmen McCoy 20, Storandt 18 and Kirkpatrick 14 and 9 boards. Freshmen Brian Fogerty, who has been contributing double digit scoring recently, did not play against WC because of a high fever. did get in about 15 mins. and should be at full strength for BC.

The latest run of GC win, Prin win, WC huge comeback loss and this OT win tell me these kids may be learning how to win. And the SLIAC is getting a pic at future things to come.

yjacklok · February 19, 2006, 09:40:26 PM

dynasty22. You can be as sarcastic as you want, but the lighting in the Beaver Dome is terrible. Compare it to any other gym in the conference -- I've been to all of them except MacMurray. If I'm not mistaken, Greenville upgraded its lighting sometime in the past 3-4 years. You have a good basketball team and you win games because your players can play and your coach can coach. But I stick by my statement that familiarity with an environment is part of what helps create home court advantage. In the case of the Beaver Dome I believe familiarity with the poor lighting is part of that advantage.

My freshman year in college our basketball team played its home games in a gym with no seats built in -- none, zero, nada. They put up one row of folding chairs along the wall on one sideline only. Everybody else had to sit on a wooden running track about 15-20 feet above the gym floor. A new gym opened my sophomore year, and this past summer was renovated for the first time over 40 years after it was built.

I don't dislike Blackburn. My wife grew up in Carlinville and her father taught at Blackburn for 21 years before retiring in 1977. I understand the financial limitations that a school like Blackburn faces, and its resources should go to educational purposes first. I also don't want us posters to become antagonistic to one another. We should want the best for all the schools in our conference. I'm sure you have fond feelings for the Beaver Dome. I would too, if I were a student there. But the reality of that facility is apparent to all who enter it.

pantherpride · February 20, 2006, 12:00:26 AM

fcnews: I forgot about the Young Guns of Fontbonne University. The SLIAC needs to watch out for this team in the next few years.

We upgraded our lights just last season. We have been tinkering with it over the last few years. In HJ Long, if you just have the lights on, it's not all that bright. But, with our heat lamps, the gym glows a little more.

flipmastaj · February 20, 2006, 12:34:05 AM

come one come all.... but come early, bc its gonna be a packed house... like it or not SLIAC fans, the tourney is comin to the Beaverdome, where only the strong survive. BC is nearly unstoppable in the dome, barring the rough game this season with all respect to macmurray who played well. The beavers have the talent and the coaching to get it done, but they also have the one thing few other teams in this conference can match up to, and that is the most loyal and enthusiastic cheering section the SLIAC has to offer.

While taking nothing away from the fans of other schools, i have attended games at home all season and not once has a school brought a cheering section like the BC faithful took to the maryville game. Although the outcome was not as wanted, the beaver-nation simply out-classed the fans of maryville who thought it necessary to attempt to intimidate our female fans and make racial slurs towards some of the male BC fans...

Nevertheless, expect a show this weekend, i can vouch first-hand that the BC faithful will be in full effect and the only thing anyone can do is complain about the facility. Last time i checked... floor is still 94 feet, rims are still 10' high... BALL IN!

dynasty22 · February 20, 2006, 12:23:00 PM

I didn't want to bring up anything about the Maryville students now but it's too hard to resist.
Maryville Students = Totally Classless.
After you won the game, cheer us off the court, thats fine and fun, we would do the same thing, but then to single out a select few of the BC crazies with racial gestures and taunting women.
Grow Up, we're in college right?

As for the SLIAC tourny, if BC beats Fontbonne, see you at the Dome.
We will have a huge homecourt advantage, not because of the lighting, but because no other student section can touch us.
Have a nice day!

fcnews · February 20, 2006, 02:10:41 PM

Flipmaster - Are you trying to say that the BC Crazies are already planning for the tournament before the Final game is played?

hopefan · February 20, 2006, 02:13:54 PM

ok FC - should I go to Carlinville tomorrow night - Do the Griffs have the motivation to give em a game and break the Crazies' heart, or was the great victory over Webster the end of their season?

flipmastaj · February 20, 2006, 02:31:19 PM

Not only am i saying it, im telling you to write it down and take a picture... they have nothin on us, and thats not being cocky, thats being confident. Im sorry FC, but bottom line, you dont have it this year, especially at our place, in this sort of situation... best of luck to ya tho, and if u can get a good group there, you should but i cant say you could ever measure up to the beaver-nation

fcnews · February 20, 2006, 02:55:32 PM

Hope - I'm not putting out any poster board material. That said these kids feel like the fun has just started. We have nothing to lose. They have all the pressure. From what I've seen this year, at BC you have to like their chances in a post season tourney. If hosted at MU maybe three different teams have an oppurtunity. FU will show up. They are coached by someone who hates to lose and has won at BC before. This is probably FU's post season game.

hopefan · February 20, 2006, 03:04:02 PM

Very tempting to go FC - Will I see you there?

dynasty22 · February 20, 2006, 03:10:29 PM

I agree that if the tourny were to go to MU, it is up in the air for anybody, but if the SLIAC does come to the Beaver Dome, BC has to be the favorites.
Vegas has the odds 10:1.
Hopefan - I think you should come to the game. Might be a good one who knows?
But I'm sure that the Beavers will come out on top and this is just preperation for the tourny.
Shoot, bring as many fans as you can, their gonna need all the help they can get.
We are the Jo. Co's Crazies and we can't be stopped.
GO BEAVERS!

flipmastaj · February 20, 2006, 03:12:55 PM

for the record... check the results of the tourney last year. We are a pressure situation team with a coach that knows how to win in the SLIAC.. best of luck to you... hope, FC if u are there for the game, remember the name flipmastaj.... u should know who i am by the response of the crazies during one of the timeouts... c ya then fellas!

hopefan · February 20, 2006, 03:26:23 PM

well look Flip - last Saturday I came to the Westmin game, walked right by the crazies with my Hope sweatshirt and Hopehat, and no one said Hi!! If I come on Tuesday, you and dynasty and the rest gotta promise to say hi so we can yuck it up a little.... And I don't want you guys gettin in any more trouble with the refs!!!!!!

dynasty22 · February 20, 2006, 03:40:57 PM

Hopefan - Haha sorry I didn't mean to ignore ya, please don't be mad!

But for real, be sure to make an appereance and we can defintely chat it up a little bit.
Just let us know what you will be wearin.
Can't wait for the FU game tomorrow.

I'd rather be a Beaver then a Griffin(clap clap)