MBB: Midwest Conference

[The Roop]

What would you propose we do to stop the "anti-athlete" snobbery that goes on ?? And it's not limited to Grinnell by any means. Charter a new school perhaps. That way the akedemik types could still have the prestige of Grinnell College while the athletes could attend the same classes yet compete as the College of Grinnell. 

It's similar to an electronics purchase. You ask all your questions at Circuit City then go and get it at BestBuy.

[hickory_cornhusker]

The NCAA's Regional Rankings are up http://d3hoops.com/dailydose/2008/02/13/regional-rankings

Lawrence is #3 and Carroll is #7 in the Midwest Region.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Not sure what QQOI is (the late, unlamented QOWI?), but Larry was much lower than Augie or WashU (or Wheaton, Chicago, or IWU for that matter) on its replacement, OWP/OOWP.

[larry_u]

Not sure what QQOI is (the late, unlamented QOWI?), but Larry was much lower than Augie or WashU (or Wheaton, Chicago, or IWU for that matter) on its replacement, OWP/OOWP.

You were right.  I was reading the chart Pat set up totally wrong. Post was deleted.

[Greek Tragedy]

Regional rankings are listed below and color coded to give everyone an idea of where their team sits, in terms of who you want to root for!  For example, in the Midwest Region, Carroll College would really want Wheaton, Chicago and Ill.Wes. to drop games so they can move up the Pool C ladder.  And in the West Region, Stevens Point needs Occidental to keep that Pool A bid in the SCIAC and hope that Cal. Lutheran drops games to jump ahead of them in the Pool C race...looks like that loss out there to Cal. Lutheran really hurts Point right now.

BOLD is conference leader (Pool A)
RED is Pool C Contender
GREEN is Pool B contender...may need some help on those!

Atlantic Region
1. Richard Stockton 15-5 15-4 .544 .518 (NJAC)
2. William Paterson 16-4 16-4 .516 .518 (NJAC)
3. Farmingdale State 16-4 15-3 .462 .481 (SKY)
4. York (N.Y.) 17-7 15-6 .472 .495 (CUNYAC) (tied with Brooklyn)
5. St. Joseph's (L.I.) 16-5 15-5 .415 .477 (SKY)

East Region
1. Rochester 17-3 16-3 .629 .573 (UAA)
2. Plattsburgh State 19-2 16-0 .505 .524 (SUNYAC)
3. Brockport State 16-6 13-4 .585 .532 (SUNYAC)
4. Stevens 19-3 17-2 .447 .532 (Empire 8 )
5. Nazareth 15-5 15-5 .606 .544 (Empire 8 )

Great Lakes
1. Capital 18-3 17-3 .536 .530 (OAC)
2. Wooster 18-3 11-2 .525 .495 (NCAC)
3. Hope 17-3 10-2 .501 .519 (MIAA)
4. Ohio Wesleyan 14-6 13-4 .545 .498 (NCAC)
5. Heidelberg 16-5 14-4 .507 .528 (OAC)
6. Penn State-Behrend 17-4 15-3 .425 .501 (AMCC) (tied with Lake Erie)

Middle Atlantic Region
1. Ursinus 19-2 16-1 .526 .518 (Centennial)
2. Gettysburg 17-3 15-2 .553 .521 (Centennial)
3. Widener 17-4 14-3 .553 .524 (MAC Commonwealth)
4. Messiah 15-6 14-5 .650 .519 (MAC Commonwealth) (tied with Albright and Lycoming)
5. DeSales 17-4 14-3 .522 .507 (MAC Freedom) (tied with Manhattanville)
6. Albright 14-5 14-4 .528 .544 (MAC Commonwealth) (tied with Messiah and Lycoming)
7. York (Pa.) 16-6 16-5 .557 .506 (CAC)
8. Moravian 17-5 16-5 .462 .511 (LAND) (Pool B?)

Midwest Region
1. Augustana 17-4 16-4 .573 .571 (CCIW)
2. Washington U. 16-4 13-3 .690 .556 (UAA)
3. Lawrence 16-2 14-2 .519 .511 (MWC)
4. Wheaton (Ill.) 16-5 12-5 .565 .559 (CCIW)
5. Chicago 13-7 12-7 .641 .569 (UAA)
6. Illinois Wesleyan 13-8 12-6 .619 .555 (CCIW)
7. Carroll 14-5 13-5 .537 .492 (MWC)
8. Webster 15-5 13-5 .529 .475 (SLIAC)

Northeast Region
1. Amherst 21-2 21-1 .616 .539 (NESCAC)
2. Mass-Dartmouth 20-1 20-1 .558 .540 (LEC) (Tied with Rhode Island College)
3. Bowdoin 18-4 18-4 .565 .529 (NESCAC)
4. Trinity (Conn.) 18-5 16-4 .610 .543 (NESCAC)
5. Middlebury 17-5 16-4 .609 .513 (NESCAC)
6. Brandeis 16-4 15-4 .583 .584 (UAA)
7. Worcester Tech 16-5 15-4 .548 .539 (NEWMAC)
8. Rhode Island College 16-5 16-5 .537 .541 (LEC) (Tied with Mass-Dartmouth)
9. Emerson 18-3 17-3 .437 .511 (GNAC)
10. Bates 15-6 14-5 .567 .540 (NESCAC)

South Region
1. Centre 20-1 15-1 .474 .497 (SCAC)
2. Mary Hardin-Baylor 18-3 16-2 .486 .511 (ASC)
3. Guilford 16-4 15-4 .562 .530 (ODAC)
4. Maryville (Tenn.) 20-2 14-2 .487 .505 (GSAC)
5. Virginia Wesleyan 17-5 16-4 .533 .534 (ODAC)
6. DePauw 18-4 14-3 .478 .514 (SCAC)
7. Millsaps 19-3 14-2 .456 .492 (SCAC)
8. Randolph-Macon 17-4 12-4 .534 .542 (ODAC)

West Region
1. Occidental 18-3 11-1 .496 .535 (SCIAC)
2. St. Thomas 19-3 17-2 .487 .529 (MIAC)
3. UW-Platteville 17-4 15-3 .510 .554 (WIAC) (tied with Whitewater)
4. UW-Whitewater 18-3 16-3 .466 .545 (WIAC) (tied with Platteville)
5. Cal Lutheran 17-3 13-3 .504 .522 (SCIAC)
6. UW-Stevens Point 17-4 15-4 .566 .530 (WIAC)
7. Buena Vista 18-4 14-2 .464 .543 (IIAC)
8. Loras 17-5 14-3 .511 .547 (IIAC)

[The Roop]

At the half BC 24 SNC 24.

[The Roop]

Final SNC 73 BC 62. Down 15 Beloit went on a 12-0 run to cut it to 3 but St. Norbert responded with a 7-0 run of their own. After that it was foul time and Norbert hit all their free throws.

[Maverick]

Anyone got updates on the other games going on around the MWC tonight?

[wc2viking]

At halftime, LU over RC 35-30.  Lawrence shooting pretty badly, but Ripon's not exactly lighting it up either.

[wc2viking]

Whew!  Despite Lawrence doing everything possible to give away an 11 point lead with 3 minutes to play, LU holds on to win 87-83.  The game was close for most of the second half until LU hit some big threes by Dekker and Kadison to get a 9 point lead.  The last minute of the game featured some very uncharacteristic turnovers and missed free throws from LU, and Ripon had a chance to tie the game with a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left.  Fortunately, they missed and Rosenblatt hit a free throw to bring the lead to 4 points.  Nice job by LU gutting out a win on the road.  They have a chance to clinch the conference championship at home against Beloit and St. Norbert.

[LU_nut]

Wc2

Really ragged game tonight.  LU shot poorly the first half and then Kadison and dekker made some threes as you said.  Page also got a slew of layups.
After watching him two games, I am very unimpressed with the Ripon coaches kid who is averaging 20 points.  He is not a good shooter or a very good passer that I can tell.  He is pretty quick which gets him to the line, but his FT average was pretty average tonight as well.   I personally do not want to hear anyone clammoring for him to be first team anything,,,,,just because you take a lot of shots for a bad team does not make you a good player.

[Maverick]

Monmouth 58, Knox 52

Congrats to the Fighting Scots on completing the season sweep of the Prairie Fire, first time since the 2000-2001 season--back in my freshman year of college (man that already seems like a long time ago! )

[wc2viking]

LU_nut, agreed about Gillespie, but I already said my peice about him the last time that LU and Ripon played.  Kadison or Rosenblatt (and Kroeger, of course) are definitely more deserving of first team honors than Gillespie.

[LU_nut]

I did not see your earier comments after his 4-16 game against LU.  I agree, I'd take any of the three you mentioned at this point, though in fairness they are uperclassmen.

Augie lost tonight.  They were number 1 in the region with LU 3rd.  For LU to make a deep run in the tourney, you really want to play in alex.  LU needs to keep winning including what might seem like a meaningless game at Carroll.  Love to see them make a run again.

[wc2viking]

LU_Nut, good catch on the Augie loss.  I'm not familiar enough with how these regional ranking work to tell.  Does Lawrence have a good chance to leapfrog them or does LU's weaker schedule still prevent that?