MBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[frodotwo]

Carroll caught Point coming off of a 10 day layoff and beat them at Quandt by 14, They played better and deserved to win. I don't think that would happen today. Carroll and St Norbert just don't have the "body of work" that the 3 top WIAC teams do.

[Just Bill]

Lacrosse mascot has a name now...Eddie (I like Baldy better)

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/01/27/news/04eddie27.txt

Eddie the Eagle.  How original. 

[hickory_cornhusker]

Lacrosse mascot has a name now...Eddie (I like Baldy better)

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/01/27/news/04eddie27.txt

Eddie the Eagle.  How original. 

Those aren't the same. La Crosse is "Eddie" the Eagle. Edgewood is "Eddy" the Eagle. The names are completely different.

[frodotwo]

La Crosse better hope that the NRA doesn't catch wind of their naming, I think they have a  copyright on "Eddie the Eagle" for one of their gun safety programs

[Mr. Ypsi]

Lacrosse mascot has a name now...Eddie (I like Baldy better)

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/01/27/news/04eddie27.txt

Eddie the Eagle.  How original. 

Those aren't the same. La Crosse is "Eddie" the Eagle. Edgewood is "Eddy" the Eagle. The names are completely different.

I suspect he was thinking of the Olympic ski-jumper (British, I believe) - Eddie the Eagle was all the rage in 2002(?).

[bulk19]

The six finalists for the name, with Eddie the Eagle eventually winning out, were: Baldy, Eddie, Edgar, Ernie, Screech and Talon.

Eddie was introduced on Saturday during the school's DH vs. UWEC. I think the two other finalists were Screech and Talon? I forget...

Students, faculty and staff voted on the name; one person who voted for the winning name was randomly selected to win a lifetime general admission all-sports pass to all home athletic contests, excluding conference and regional tournament games.

[Gregory Sager]

Lacrosse mascot has a name now...Eddie (I like Baldy better)

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/01/27/news/04eddie27.txt

Eddie the Eagle.  How original. 

Those aren't the same. La Crosse is "Eddie" the Eagle. Edgewood is "Eddy" the Eagle. The names are completely different.

I suspect he was thinking of the Olympic ski-jumper (British, I believe) - Eddie the Eagle was all the rage in 2002(?).

2002? Good grief, Chuck, what sort of a time warp are you living in, anyway?

[BoBo]

The six finalists for the name, with Eddie the Eagle eventually winning out, were: Baldy, Eddie, Edgar, Ernie, Screech and Talon.

Eddie was introduced on Saturday during the school's DH vs. UWEC. I think the two other finalists were Screech and Talon? I forget...

Students, faculty and staff voted on the name; one person who voted for the winning name was randomly selected to win a lifetime general admission all-sports pass to all home athletic contests, excluding conference and regional tournament games.

...AND don't forget the $45 Onalaska Outback gift certificate!!   

[chmarx]

I think I could have voted on that as a retired faculty member, but I didn't like any of the final names.

I have no access to the coaches, and I don't think Brian does, either.  Of course, he can speak for himself.

Big K was Koebl's middle school coach, but they don't talk on any kind of regular basis.

I think someone made the point that no coach worth ten cents would casually express disappointment in any of his players.  I agree, emphatically.

[Greek Tragedy]

Carroll caught Point coming off of a 10 day layoff and beat them at Quandt by 14, They played better and deserved to win. I don't think that would happen today. Carroll and St Norbert just don't have the "body of work" that the 3 top WIAC teams do.

I wouldn't go as far to say Carroll (I haven't seen St. Norb's) is on par with the Top 3 WIAC teams, but you can't totally disregard them either.  I mean, they did beat Point and Norbs did beat Platteville. 

I know one thing, Carroll is for real.  Yeah, they had early season loss to La Crosse, a blowout loss to Whitewater and a mid-December OT loss to Oshkosh.  But, they have two stud guards that probably match any WIAC team.  They have a serviceable big man in Josh Gould who is actually a football player (255 lbs) and a solid forward in Nate Zimmerman.  I don't know anything about Kyle Jones, but all 5 players average double digits in scoring...

I wouldn't be too excited if any of the WIAC teams have to play Carroll in the NCAAs...or St. Norb's for that matter.

[titan2000]

The six finalists for the name, with Eddie the Eagle eventually winning out, were: Baldy, Eddie, Edgar, Ernie, Screech and Talon.

Eddie was introduced on Saturday during the school's DH vs. UWEC. I think the two other finalists were Screech and Talon? I forget...

Students, faculty and staff voted on the name; one person who voted for the winning name was randomly selected to win a lifetime general admission all-sports pass to all home athletic contests, excluding conference and regional tournament games.

I think it should have been "Chief" the Indian....but that war has been fought.

[phoenix_rising]

EVERYTHING up here is some kind of Buzz: all the newsletters on campus are something Buzz; the hair salon down the street is the Buzz, where I suspect their blue-pate special is a buzz cut; the newspaper's semi-irregular UWS column is the Buzz. The one diversion: the campus newspaper went from being the Promethean--which I thought sounded cultured and thoughtful--to The Stinger. I'm pretty sure our mascot is Buzz or Buzzy or Buzzed; but, who knows. If you're looking for originality, you won't necessarily find it on a college campus. Lowest common denominator usually wins.

[titan2000]

Last time I stayed there coming back from a Canadian fishing trip we got really buzzed.  But i digress.

[phoenix_rising]

The six finalists for the name, with Eddie the Eagle eventually winning out, were: Baldy, Eddie, Edgar, Ernie, Screech and Talon

We have a hockey player named Talon Berlando. His name replaced my previous favorite: Colin Guiguet (Gee-gay).

Talk about digressing...

[buf]

EC, Point and UWP all win comfortably.

UWW nips UWL by 3pts.