MBB: Midwest Conference

[GreenKnightAlum]

Who do you all have for your All-Conference teams? I'll give my crack at it, but it'll be interesting to see how you all viewed the conference this year. Granted, I didn't see every team play this year, but I will try to do my best to keep it within the G, G,G/F, F, F format. Feel free to make some substitutions, this is simply who I feel performed on a consistent level throughout the year.

Player of the Year: D.J. DeValk [SNC] (Will probably go to Sabin, but I feel like the best player on the best team deserves this award. I still can't believe Schwoerer was only a co-player of the year last year)
Coach of the Year: Paul Combs [Carroll]

First Team
G - D.J. DeValk [SNC]
G - Ty Sabin [Ripon]
G/F - Steve McAfee Jr. [Beloit]
F - Jim Shick [Lake Forest]
F - Bryan Nagy [Carroll]

Second Team
G - Kyle Keranen [Carroll]
G - Jamie Nikitis [Lawrence]
G - Corey Davis [Cornell]
F - Grant Anderson [Cornell]
F - Terrence Garner [SNC]

Honorable Mention
G - Ben Bobinski [SNC]
G - Will Jones [Monmouth]
G - Rudy Bentley, Jr. [Beloit]

I kept going back on forth on a lot of these and above is what I finally settled on. McAfee got the nod over Nikitis on first team due to finishing above them in the standings. I was tempted to put Keranen on first team but couldn't justify giving him a spot over DeValk or Sabin, so down to second team he went! Feel free to analyze! Best of luck in the conference tournament, Green Knights! 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Final public regional rankings are out: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/02/24/third-ncaa-regional-ranking/

[Red Hawks]

Ty Sabin is in Sports Illustrated this week: https://www.facebook.com/redhawks.athletics/photos/a.144785976004.147631.136901091004/10153784425501005/?type=3&theater

[gbpuckfan]

Ripon renovations:
http://riponpress.com/Content/Home/Home/Article/Work-on-new-fieldhouse-at-RC-starts-in-spring/-2/-2/9625

[gbpuckfan]

Ripon's Ketz misses three pointer at the buzzer. Carroll wins 58-55.

[gbpuckfan]

SNC led LFC 43-41with 10:47 left

LFC hasn't had a field goal in more than 6 minutes of clock time, and what feels like 20 minutes real time

now 53-41 with under 7 left

[gbpuckfan]

Final
Lake Forest 48
SNC 63

The Foresters scored just eight points in the last 12:58 of the game.

SNC struggled going deep, going just 2-12 from 3

SNC faces Carroll for the title
82-58, 74-72 were the scores of the two games between them earlier in the season

[gbpuckfan]

SNC built a lead of 10 in the first half, but Carroll has chipped it down to 4.

HALF
Carroll 27
St. Norbert 31

[gbpuckfan]

SNC has outscored the Pios  17-6 so far in the second half.... CU just took its third TO of the half

48-33 SNC

[gbpuckfan]

Now 53-46... 5:38 left

[gbpuckfan]

SNC was up 66-60, but Carroll ties it at 69-69 with :06.7 left....

Pios commit a foul on the inbound play - deadball foul

SNC to the line... first is good. second is good

Carroll can't get off a good shot.

SNC WINS 71-69

MIDWEST CONFERENCE CHAMPION GREEN KNIGHTS!

[gbpuckfan]

And, lots of props to CU. SNC would build a lead of 8-10-11, and they would come right back. Some pretty offensive passing in the last few minutes to get easy baskets. I know a second NCAA bid is unlikely but would be nice,,,

[Greek Tragedy]

St. Norbert hosts

Vs Northwestern

North Central (IL) vs St. Olaf

[gbpuckfan]

St. Norbert hosts

Vs Northwestern

North Central (IL) vs St. Olaf

Tough draw - NW won the De Pere regional last year - but can't complain about getting to stay home.

Interesting that UWO ended up in Minnesota instead...

[AO]

St. Norbert hosts

Vs Northwestern

North Central (IL) vs St. Olaf

Tough draw - NW won the De Pere regional last year - but can't complain about getting to stay home.

Interesting that UWO ended up in Minnesota instead...

No complaints from me either.  Going undefeated in the UMAC last year was worth a (unofficial) 16 seed, so we can't expect much better treatment with 4 UMAC losses. Would have been nice to travel to a team that might overlook us.  I don't think that will be the case with the Green Knights.