MBB: Midwest Conference

[viking68]

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

I know this topic was talked to death a few weeks ago. While I agree that Braier has been a dominant force for LU and the Vikes will probably take a bit of a dip next year, I think their recent success has moved them into the "re-loading" rather than "re-building" mode.

Obviously we will see how he does next season without two strong seniors there, but I have been really impressed with Kroeger. He has put up some good numbers as a freshman and looked pretty good in their exhibition against Wisconsin (the only game I have actually seen this year).

The team will definitely have a different character next season with Braier and MacGillis gone. It seems like their strength will be at the guards with Rosenblatt and Kroeger rather than the forwards (Braier & MacGillis), but I still think they will be a strong team.

But, for the time being, I'll enjoy the run and what I hope is a 3rd straight MWC title!!

[scottie]

JeffP - Yes you are correct.  I also met your former VP, Todd.  I very nice young man. 

Unfortunately, I didn't have time to catch the theatre scene, starring That Girl. 

[The Roop]

I long for July
the board moves much faster then
resume the season

[hjmphelp]

Scottie-
Teri and Neil too? No wonder the decibel and dumbell level was so low here for a few days! Todd is a great fellow. Can't beleive HE was the one forced out. Directors always get the blame, I guess.

Monmouth 41
Princeton 21

Bring on the real Monmouth and ANYONE but Princeton!

[Old Fighting Scot]

JeffP you cant be serious...

Just because you shoot a lot does not make you a great shooter.  Skarning, wood, malinowski.. great shooters are you serious?  skarning and wood alone rarely took a shot outside of 15 feet.  im not going to break down every grinnell game i ever played in, but i will tell you that the only year we said dont leave anybody was 98-99 and generally the years after that there were a handful of guys we worried about "hurting us from three."  if a kid was gonna shoot 2-11 it wasnt really in our game plan to worry about his excellent three point artistry.  when MC loss during my time it was b/c we missed layups and free throws, when we won it was because we shot 75% from the field and 90% from the line, i can only think of one time when GC really "lit us up."  watching from the stands and playing are two very different things. 

all of this started b/c i said redlands sucks and they are not really playing "the system."  Redlands is currently 3-6 and none of their losses have been close.  On the Sciac board RU has been described as an automatic win and a team that should be kicked out of the Sciac, by people who i assume have seen them play more than i have.  Gang up and try to argue me down if you wish, but the proof is in the pudding. 
i thought I was complimenting GC by saying Redlands' style of play does not resemble what i would call the system, guess not.  GC is playing well and Redlands isnt but it sounds like GC wants to be associated with them, so for jeff p and jordis, GC and Redlands are exactly the same 

[TeeDub]

OFS,

Your ability to exaggerate is overwhelming.  Redlands is not 3-6 and I challenge you to produce one statement from the SCIAC board that is asking them to "be kicked out of the league".

watching from the stands and playing are two very different things.

The funny part of this quote is that for most of your games in college, the only difference for you was about one row, since you really didn't see the floor too often.

I applaud your track and field credentials, but basketball was not your claim to fame.

[Old Fighting Scot]

damn jordis, now you are saying i couldnt play???

yet another idiotic statement.  So what is RU's record Mr. Internet Surfer, you seem to be good in diggin up facts.... Please let me know how off i am in assessing Ru's record. (what you dont want to challenge my automatic win statement?) i believe they were 5-9 last year in conference, good thing everyone got to play though, since that is what is important.....

i am now docking you karma point!!!

FYI- i never even stepped on a track til my sophmore year in college.  In h.s i was a very good bball player, in college i just didnt fit "the system" (you have to laugh at that one)i guess....

[Early]

OFS,

Wood not shooting outside of 15 ft?  Maybe he never did that against Monmouth, but he took 3's against Ripon, and he could hit them... Maybe he wasn't a "shooter" and more of a "scorer" but he still was a big threat from beyond the arc.  Yes the majority of Wood's points were inside the arc, but you would have to guard the 3-ball on him too.

[Old Fighting Scot]

early, thank you for disagreeing and then agreeing.  You are the man!!

Wood was a baller, very hard to defend (especially in the system- i love saying that), but shooting the three was not his role, penetrate and cause havoc in the middle, that is what his role was....

[TeeDub]

OFS,

I didn't say you couldn't play...I just said you DIDN'T play very often...in our minds, we can all ball it up...funny how the coach is always wrong somehow.

And, if 5-9 resulted in dismissal from the conference, Monmouth would have been booted and rebooted about every year you 'played' (I use that term loosely).

Love,

Jordis

[Old Fighting Scot]

once again, you are wrong.  never did i say the coach had anything to do with me not playing.  i said i didnt fit the system. 

MC hasnt been very good in a while, never did i say they have.  once again this all started with me saying redlands sucks, which after all your ranting, they do indeed still suck...

[TeeDub]

OFS,

Still friends??

JR

[Old Fighting Scot]

JR,

Tis the Holiday Season so i have love for everyone.  Also i would like to add, I would have loved playing in the system, and maybe i am so hard on redlands b/c they didnt try to recruit me and i was basically in their backyard... JERKS!!

[scottie]

JeffP - It was actually a Richard C. (with the beard) and a Karen?  They were grant writin' folks.

[TeeDub]

OFS...

Wow, bro, not getting recruited by a team that "sucks", that has to be hard.  There must have a been a logical reason why they didn't recruit you...I wonder what it could have been?