MBB: Midwest Conference

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hey somebody's got to have the record low karma rating; treat it like a badge of honor.  Embrace it like Duke does... everybody "hates" them too.

[Early]

Yeah T2K,
You can't put the karma thing on me either.....I'm in the same boat as mwc4life here.....no idea how to give karma or where it even comes from.

And yes Ripon did win in 2001, so it's been 4 years since we have won at Alex.  Honest math mistake LU_05....but it's my job to correct math mistakes.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I didn't realize this, but it was alluded to on another board, but apparently you have to amass a certain number of posts before you are allowed to give karma.

Don't quote me on that, but it makes sense.  Maybe Pat will enlighten us.

[The Roop]

The magic number is 200 posts for the karma feature to be active.

[diehardfan]

Oh yeah, it's 200... and you can only give karma every 18 hours or so... (I don't know what the new one is, it used to be 12) basically I believe Pat is trying to prevent people from abusing the system and targeting people.

If you have negative karma it was earned over a long period of time by someone doesn't think well of you, or by several people.  

Just kidding, you know I just gave karma to a bunch of you because I luv u!  

[mwc4life]

ACTUALLY MATH PROF

We won in the 2000-2001 season.  Now is the 2005-2006 season (I know applaud me)....soooo therefore it has been five years....unless of course the year we won in 01 was after the Jan. 7th date in which we would still be holding onto technically only a four year drought...either way its bad

[Greek Tragedy]

Anyone who actually worries or cares about their karma points has issues. 

I actually liked the old system better where we graded specific posts from 1 to 5 stars.  But, what do I know!

[Mr. Ypsi]

Anyone who actually worries or cares about their karma points has issues. 

I actually liked the old system better where we graded specific posts from 1 to 5 stars.  But, what do I know!

Totally agree!  I'd give that post 5 stars, but I guess I can only give you a general 'applaud' instead!

[hjmphelp]

Just so you all know, KGRN radio in Grinnell will be webcasting todays Grinnell vs Illinois College game at 3:00(CST) today. They can be found at

www.kgrn1410.com

just click on the sports icon and follow the link to listen. I believe they are webcasting the women's game at 1:00(CST) as well.

Good luck to everyone today...except the Blueboys, of course!

[Early]

mwc,
yes we did win in 2000-2001, which is technically 5 years ago, but remember we WON that game.  Then lost in 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2005, and 2004-2005......4 years .  And the this year, which they haven't played yet, so you can't count that game yet, and especially because Ripon plans on upseting them today.

And yes everyone this is trivial, but I will not be out done in math.

[The Roop]

35 minutes to tip off and I haven't left for Alex yet; something tells me I'm not going to make it.

[ccfan69]

Carroll 74   St Norberts  64 F

[jeffdc]

GC 133, IC 104

[scottie]

Trees 84, Scotties 77

LF outscores MC 10-3 in overtime stanza.

[hjmphelp]

Grinnell 133
IC 104

Man, this was one of those games that I watched and worried about. Footspeed for GC was down a notch, silly TO's in the guard court, missed lay ins, missed assignments, and even a screw up in the rotation-TWICE! I have never seen that before-it may have happened before and been hidden from view, but it just looked ugly all night.

Then I looked at the scoreboard. Huh? 29 pt win?

Then, this morning I looked at the box (it is on the GC website). Much better RB totals than Carthage game, BListering 42.2 % from 3 pt range, created 30 To's, had 18 steals compared to 6...how jaded am I that I couldn't see the statistics for the players?

Some things of note- IC never gave in. This team may be down and in need of a talent infusion, but they are well coached, gritty and hard to the court. They had a good strategy to score off the defensive rebound, and whittled away during GC's few dry spells.

Paul Nordlund had a fantastic game scoring 19pts, blocking 3 shots while bothering way more than that, and he hit 3 treys in a row when IC had been making a move. Leader, he is!

Jr did a good job distributing the ball while Doug Ticus continues to improve-fine block at one point in the second half that got eeveryone stompin'. Mike Schmidt played his most complete game to date with 4 treys, a steal or two and a block. He was all over the court and effective in what he did. Brock got the crucial rebounds and continued his string of solid games.

Bobby learns more every game-sometimes by fire-but what a great addition he is to this team. Trek and Toby had those typical hidden from view games that seem to bite opponents at the most critical times, and Jack hit a lone trey that was almost a backbreaker except that the game was essentially already over. He followed it with a steal that had the whole IC team and coaching staff staring at the floor. It sure is nice to have seniors who understand.

Grotberg had another outstanding scoring performance and showed ball handling skills beyond the grasp of most D3 players. There appears to be little defense against him. If he isn't the best  1st year in the conference he is damn close to it. After this game JG leads the nation in scoring and Jr leads the nation in assists.

GC heads for Monmouth on Tuesday, and I gotta say that I worry about this game. Monmouth hasn't put it all together yet and is about due. GC must play with fire and intensity the whole game and get to The Scot's shooters or this game could go south. It is always hard to win on the road in this conference and GC needs to get back in good form on the floor to win some of those games on the road. I say that in full knowledge that the stats say they are OK. I just don't know whether to believe my eyes or the stat sheet! I guess I should just stick to reporting the score until I can figure out the discrepancy, Huh?