MBB: Midwest Conference

[Snydz822121]

Schwanman, Maverick,

At least one team seems to be doing well in Monmouth?  are the Titans as good as i thought they would be or have they just not played anyone yet?  and maverick how are the baby titans doing?  I need updates, i miss it soo much.....

Wait until the Titans play the Ghosts!!  Nice OT win over the conference champs last night..

Smoov, how far are you from Glendale?

[LU 05]

Mr. Ypsi,
              I don't need to be "snide," but are you serious?  I am in danger of being sued because I objectively questioned the practice of bringing in transfers at Carroll?  On what premise?  Slander on an anonymous message board? Journalism 101= asking questions is never slander. 


  And if we are going to allow the practice of bringing in multiple tranfers, I think the midwest conference needs to institute a rule that would require prospective transfers to sit out for a year.  Just to be clear, I am not being critical of the occassional transfer student.  But basing your recruiting strategy on bringing in impact transfer players seems "distasteful" to me.  For you NCAA guidleline gurus out there, what is the guidleine regarding contact between coaches and prospective transfer students?

[schwanman]

Bad timing, Old Fighting Scot. The Titans lost their conference opener (at home) last night after going 6-0 to start the year (your sophs won, though, thanks to a studly effort by Johnny Ayers).

Back to some D3 hoops ... seen Redlands yet?

[gcfan33]

I'm going to fan the flames by saying that yes: Ripon is depleted.  I'll also go out on a limb and say that they may never recapture their old winning ways as long as LU and Carroll continue to recruit some quality athletes.  Is Ripon even accredited as a collegiate institution?  That may be one of life's true mysteries.

The Grinnell Pios are going to run the MWC table.  Mark my words.

[systemfan86]

The Grinnell Pios are going to run the MWC table. Mark my words.

BA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!! LMAO!

No one is running the table in the MWC. Please don't bring that kind of boast to this board. No one wants to hear it.

Is it me, or is the board losing some of it's character? 
It seems a lot more angry lately.   

[gobucs]

The team that has the best chance of running the table is LU. Carroll is a very strong second.  I think the rest of the conference is up for grabs.  Grinnell will be very tough at home, with its homer refs and all, but that'll change on the road.  As far as Ripon being depleted, I don't know.  They didn't impress me when I witnessed their play, but they have talent and there's alot of ball to play yet!
As far as the board getting grumpy, maybe its this February weather that were having in December?
I'm over the loss to the pio's, we'll get em at home:)

[schwanman]

Where is Steve Kohl when we need a little happiness? 

[Snydz822121]

The Grinnell Pios are going to run the MWC table. Mark my words.

BA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!! LMAO!

No one is running the table in the MWC. Please don't bring that kind of boast to this board. No one wants to hear it.

Is it me, or is the board losing some of it's character? 
It seems a lot more angry lately.   

I have to agree.  I think it will be a toss up as well.  I hope the scots start playing well.

[systemfan86]

The team that has the best chance of running the table is LU. Carroll is a very strong second.  I think the rest of the conference is up for grabs.  Grinnell will be very tough at home, with its homer refs and all, but that'll change on the road.  As far as Ripon being depleted, I don't know.  They didn't impress me when I witnessed their play, but they have talent and there's alot of ball to play yet!
As far as the board getting grumpy, maybe its this February weather that were having in December?
I'm over the loss to the pio's, we'll get em at home:)

I repeat...NO ONE is running the table...not even LU. The fact that you can name me a strong second is evidence enough that it won't be done. I wonder how long it has been since someone did?

BTW, if your going to claim that GC has 'homer refs'...you're not over it yet.   

[dropkick11]

Hey LU ..

The guidlines for talking to prospective transfers state that any DIII student-athlete can get a self release form and send it to any schools they are interested in...The school's coach then has 30 days in wihcih they can contact the prospective recruit without that recruits school knowing about it at all. This little rule was instituted quite recently and is not that well known yet to the athletes...But if a prospective transfer talks to a coach without the release it is illegal..Although I have heard of prospective transfers having their H.S. coaches call for them....So that is it in a nutshell as

[mwc4life]

I'm confused...if you have talent, how are you depleted???  I doubt, as long as Gillespie is there, that Ripon will ever be depleted.  He is too good of a recuiter and has a lot of people out there helping him out....plus, there's always a possibility that his son scottie comes to Ripon and he is indeed a special player (if he doesn't get a big scholarship somewhere else) The future is safe.  

[cubs]

What were the conditions of Toshner leaving Lakeland?  What were the conditions of Sheper leaving Platteville?

Looking through their previous season stats and rosters, Sheper is nowhere to be found on Platteville's website and Toshner is nowhere to be found on Lakeland's.  Is that really a big deal that they transferred from a school where they never even played???

LU 05- No comment.......??  You brought these names up, so I figured you would know.   Or didn't you have any facts to support your claims???

[cubs]

Plus, there's always a possibility that his son scottie comes to Ripon and he is indeed a special player (if he doesn't get a big scholarship somewhere else) The future is safe.  

Don't get your hopes up Ripon fans....... I predict Scott will end up at a Mid-Major D1 (UWM, UWGB, etc...)  To go along with being a great ball handler, he is a lights out shooter, and moves pretty well laterally which is one of the main differences between D1 and D3, (along with size.)  I would be really surprised if he didn't go D1, unless he suffers some type of unfortunate injury between then and now.

[larry_u]

Cubs..

Don't get your hopes up..I think Lu nut was just lighting a little fire uinder William wallaces behind to try and tick him off...trust me i know the technique well as early and several other Ripon posters can attest...

I remember William wallace from last year..he was the guy who tried his best to look like braveheart at the MWC tournament and when LU beat his team soundly he had to crawl back into his little hole, and most likley considering the substantial smell of booze on his breath, had one helll of a hangover on the way back to Wakuesha.



As for some other comments..

LU won;t run the table.  I think they are the best team in the MWC, but somewhere on the road someone will catch them.  Could be a tough rival game like Ripon or Carroll, or like last year a hot shooting team like Grinnell or someone else could catch them off guard.  I just know they will be damn tough to beat in Alex.

As for the extra bleachers in Alex...The seating capacity without those bleechers is 1350, and with them is goes up to 1800, do 450 would be a good guess for those.  Trsut me, there are more then 1800 people in there for a big game like the RC game will be in january.  I know braodcasting the conference final last year against ripon, i had 6 people in the small press confines on top of the seats with me in a space that is really only fir for about 2, so they were packed in tight

[scottie]

For the record, I am keeping all of my options open.

Still Karma-challenged,

Scottie

p.s.  This site will never be the same until we all get back the basics.  I'm talking about the haikus people!