MBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[badgerwarhawk]

Congrats to Joe Werner on winning the WIAC Player of the Week for a 3rd time!

Can you say POY.

[chmarx]

Werner is certainly a strong POY candidate.

Brandon Brown is having a nice season, but he is inconsistent in ball handling and shooting.  I hope for good things from him next year.

[diehardfan]

I'll try and make this into a proper table when I get the chance....

       W   L   Pct    QOWI
   UW-Stevens Point (WIAC) 17   1   .944    11.667
   St. Thomas (MIAC) 20   2   .909    10.364
   St. John's (MIAC) 17   2   .895    10.211
   Whitworth (NWC) 16   2   .889    10.167
   Occidental (SCIAC) 9   2   .818    10.182
   Redlands (SCIAC) 9   2   .818    9.455
   Puget Sound (NWC) 13   3   .813    9.625
   UW-Oshkosh (WIAC) 15   4   .789    10.158
   Loras (IIAC) 13   4   .765    9.706
   Coe (IIAC) 14   5   .737    9.737
   Lewis and Clark (NWC) 11   4   .733    9.214
   Bethel (MIAC) 14 6 .700      8.800
               

My Projected West Rankings:

1)   Stevens Point
2)   St Thomas
3)   St Johns
4)   Whitworth
5)   Occidental
6)   Oshkosh
7)   Puget Sound

The next one: Redlands. It's sorta a little ironic that LaCrosse can't really be considered for a pool C due to too many in-region losses when they have wins over two of these teams!

[titan2000]

I wanted to make a few comments on the job that Jeff Berkhof has done at UWRF. 

In my opinion he should be coach of the year.  He wont get it but look at what he has done.

Starts a group of veteran role guys with as good a freshman combo as the league has seen in a few years.  Koonkoew and Robertson are having great freshman years.  Thompson is solid, but the rest of the team may not have another guy on the team that could start for anyone except Superior. 

They need to get rid of the interim tag and hire the man.  just my 2 cents

I can't believe anyone doesn't think TVD at Oshkosh isn't coach of the year. 

[Greek Tragedy]

I can't believe anyone doesn't think TVD at Oshkosh isn't coach of the year. 

I'll take that tongue-in-cheek.

Preseason poll had Whitewater, Oshkosh, Point, Stout and La Crosse, Platteville, Eau Claire, River Falls and Superior

Right now, it's Point, Oshkosh, La Crosse...with River Falls tied for 6th with Stout, 1/2 game up on 8th place Eau Claire.

The midseason poll, which only had like 5 posters, had 2 votes going to Koelbl and 2 going to Semling with a split vote for each. 

[badgerwarhawk]

You can add me to the list that feel Berkhof has done a good job this year.   

[Hoops Junkie]

My point was that none of their returnees except Thompson could start for another WIAC team.

Berkhof recruited Davis, Koonkoew and Robertson and needs to be congratulated for that. 

So he has taken 3 newcomers with Thompson and the rest of the guys are average at best and has done a great job.

That was my point

[Greek Tragedy]

The NCAA Division III men's and women's basketball committees released their first regional rankings of the 2006-07 season Wednesday afternoon. The first record listed is the overall record, followed by record in regional games, through Sunday, Feb. 4.

The number of teams ranked in the men's and women's poll is relative to the number of teams in each region. We're still waiting on the women's poll to be released.

Men's Basketball
Atlantic
1 Ramapo 16-5 15-3
2 Stevens 17-4 17-4
3 Manhattanville 16-5 15-5
4 Richard Stockton 15-7 12-5
5 New Jersey City 14-7 13-6

East Region
1 St. Lawrence 18-3 17-3
2 Brockport State 16-4 15-4
3 Utica 17-3 16-3
4 New York U. 16-4 14-4
5 Rochester 15-5 15-4

Great Lakes Region
1 Lake Erie 20-1 16-0
2 Wooster 18-3 13-2
3 Wittenberg 18-3 13-3
4 Hope 17-2 10-2
5 John Carroll 14-7 13-5
6 Ohio Northern 16-5 11-5

Middle Atlantic Region
1 Johns Hopkins 19-2 18-1
2 Catholic 16-4 15-4
3 Hood 16-5 15-4
4 Messiah 15-5 12-3
5 Alvernia 16-4 15-2
6 Scranton 16-5 14-5
7 Lincoln 13-7 9-3
8 King's 14-7 13-6

Midwest Region
1 Augustana 17-4 17-3
2 Washington U. 16-4 14-3
3 Chicago 16-4 15-4
4 Aurora 19-2 18-2
5 Wheaton (Ill.) 14-6 10-5
6 Elmhurst 16-4 12-4
7 Carthage 14-6 11-5
8 Bluffton 16-5 11-5

Northeast Region
1 Amherst 23-0 22-0
2 WPI 17-2 15-2
3 Salem State 17-2 17-2
4 Rhode Island 17-3 17-3
5 Trinity (Conn.) 18-3 14-3
6 Bates 17-4 16-4
7 Keene State 17-4 14-4
8 Brandeis 14-6 14-6
9 Babson 13-8 12-8
10 Tufts 13-8 13-8

South Region
1 Mississippi College 18-2 16-1
2 Virginia Wesleyan 19-3 18-3
3 Guilford 16-3 15-3
4 Maryville (Tenn.) 15-5 15-3
5 DePauw 17-4 14-3
6 Mary Hardin-Baylor 17-3 17-3
7 Averett 14-6 12-4
8 Centre 16-4 10-4

West Reion
1 UW-Stevens Point 18-2 17-1
2 St. Thomas 18-2 18-2
3 St. John's 16-5 16-2
4 Whitworth 18-2 15-2
5 Occidental 14-4 9-2
6 UW-Oshkosh 18-4 15-4
7 Loras 15-5 13-3
8 Puget Sound 16-4 13-3

[Greek Tragedy]

Be interesting to see what the QOWI is for each team...

[Greek Tragedy]

My point was that none of their returnees except Thompson could start for another WIAC team.

That was my point

Got it!

[diehardfan]

Be interesting to see what the QOWI is for each team...

Uhm... I calculated ours last night?  Incidentally, if you one me to send you the spreadsheet, I can.

Here the formatted one:

team	W-L	.Pct	QOWI
UW-Stevens Point (WIAC)	17-1	.944	11.667
St. Thomas (MIAC)	20-2	.909	10.364
St. John's (MIAC)	17-2	.895	10.211
Whitworth (NWC)	16-2	.889	10.167
Occidental (SCIAC)	9-2	.818	10.182
Redlands (SCIAC)	9-2	.818	09.455
Puget Sound (NWC)	13-3	.813	09.625
UW-Oshkosh (WIAC)	15-4	.789	10.158
Loras (IIAC)	13-4	.765	09.706
Coe (IIAC)	14-5	.737	09.737
Lewis & Clark (NWC)	11-4	.733	09.214
Bethel (MIAC)	14-6	.700	08.800

Hoopsfan did the NE. As far as I know we're the only ones who were weird enough to spend the time crunching all the numbers to check.

[buf]

EC's comeback falls just short as they lose to RF 68-66.  EC down big at the half, make a big run to get back into it.  They actually take 1 point lead late in the game but RF make the clutch plays in the end.  Looks like EC has been playing better on the road as of late.

On a side note, Courtney Davis is back with the Falcons.

[fredfalcon]

Falcons edge Blugolds 68-66. Davis returns to score 12 in 18 minutes off the bench. Koonkaew, Olson, Robertson, Kelly all in 12-14 pt. range. Bardon w/20 led BG's w/ Hoelzel, Riley, Beyer all 12-14. Falcons had 15 pt. lead at half.

[buf]

Point edges WW by 3, 83-80

Lax destroys UWP 54-32

[Just Bill]

Pete Rortvedt goes for 35 tonight, hitting 7-for-11 from three-point range.  Yikes!