MBB: Midwest Conference

[systemfan86]

OLD SCHOOL...My take on the Game.  Carthage is a very Athletic team.. they are the best 2-6 team that I have seen.  They have a really quick PG that can get to the basket at will and their big men are very talented.  Their problem is that they don't play as a Team.  They look like an NBA team where there is a lot of talent but not a lot of team play.  

I hope that you are right that they don't play as a team...

Carthage must have a thing for the MWC this year because they are next on Grinnell's schedule. I think most MWC fans will say that team play against the system is a requirement, so it will be interesting to see how GC does against Carthage on 1-4.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Wow, an uncharacteristic aggressive defense from Jeff.  I think a lot of that is the stress of having to cover the misconceptions portrayed in the posts of less eloquent system proponents.

I think Redlands is a solid system team, but that they might need a few more years of recruiting to get to the place that it has taken GC two decades to get to.  It is just a younger program.

[wwallacecc]

titan,
clever comment...i got a welcomed chuckle out of it in the midst of finals.  i just shot two research papers (10 and 8 pages) out of my ass over the last 24 hours, while taking short study breaks to prepare for the essay final i had last night and the final i had this morning at 8am...i'm spent.  in response to your comment i believe that i may be the only carroll fan on the board and after the games i'm usually alittle...occupied.   and as for the occasional sleep over at the cop shop, nobody's counting.  make sure to let the fine men and women of the outagamie county police force know that i'm on my way and just dying to take a gander at their facilities !  but i will try to get on the posts sooner and tell you what i remember of the game.

ps.  titan, if i make a post from jail, you owe me $50, you'd be suprised at the little ammenities they allow you when you are a regular

[hjmphelp]

Thanks, Hoops. You summed up in a few words what needed to be said.

[systemfan86]

Nicely played wwallacecc!

A karma point for the response and surviving the finals!

[lu_nut]

old school

Just to be balanced, I promise to post after LU's first loss.  I think the conference is strong enough, that there will be an LU loss at some point.  They start a heck of a 5 game stretch on 1/7 with ripon.  It includes ripon, carroll, grinnell, lake forest and beloit(road). 

nut

[titan2000]

wwallacecc:

If you call me from jail, and can prove that charges have been filed, I am good for the $50. 

Titan2000

[LUVikings04]

LU Creeping its way up the Top 25... .  They are now # 8 in the Nation.  The target in their back just got a little bigger.  Hope they have a good trip out in Cali and come back determined to win a 3 peat....


All Aboard LU Train

[mwc4life]

I think they have had that target on their back for 3 years now!!!

It's like the last of the bulls dynasty (2nd 3peat).  It's all great and happy right now, but you just know there's no more championships for a while after Braier leaves


115 days until Braier (and MaGillis) are no more!!!

[titan2000]

While I wish Braier would stay forever, I believe that LU will remain very competitive in the MWC.......everyone wants to talk about the "System", well LU has a system too...Just Win Baby.

I can almost see Asst. Coach Jo Jo Depagter, wearing a white jumpsuit ala Al Davis, hair slicked back, stating clearly to the mom of a recruit,  "We'll make your son a star!"  You know that's what she wants to hear and Tharp and Co. deliver.

[wwallacecc]

Titan,

You've got yourself a deal!

[scottie]

Just back from a long conference in Chicago and trying to catch up on the board.  NIce to see my Karma went in the positive direction while I was off the board.  When is my next conference??   

Jeff, I saw a couple of your contemporaries at the conference.  Does anyone from Grinnell have a decent haircut?  Ha ha!

[Maverick]

Just back from a long conference in Chicago and trying to catch up on the board.  NIce to see my Karma went in the positive direction while I was off the board.  When is my next conference??   

Jeff, I saw a couple of your contemporaries at the conference.  Does anyone from Grinnell have a decent haircut?  Ha ha!

Regarding the decent haircut question...

"Negative, ghost rider, the pattern is full."

[hjmphelp]

Scottie and Maverick-

I may be the only one. SF86 claims to not have mcuh hair left, dc's hair is way too short, etc., but I would like to know who you met. Development type folks? If so, the haircuts are the least of their worries!

[systemfan86]

Scottie and Maverick-

I may be the only one. SF86 claims to not have mcuh hair left, dc's hair is way too short, etc., but I would like to know who you met. Development type folks? If so, the haircuts are the least of their worries!

Hey! I said it was going back! Not gone! 

Actually, I just this week took the clippers out and did the buzz cut, so technically you are correct. Still...