MBB: Midwest Conference

[The Roop]

Almost forgot the road trip haiku for today.

Sysco plane landed
Fresh fish at Grandmas Kitchen
Cascade Iowa

[Mr. Ypsi]

If I understood things correctly on the IIAC board it will be Cornell and Wartburg in the championship. There's a "surprise" Pool A that Grinnell could host.

Likewise, if LU wins, and Wisconsin Lutheran can help finish off the upset run through the NAC tournament...could be a host there.

Aurora could travel to either LU or GC too...

That's conceivable, but with teams like St. Thomas, the WIAC trio, Wheaton, and Wash U. all in the general vicinity, I suspect any MWC team is trumped by higher rated potential hosts.  It is a rough neighborhood to try to earn a hosting spot!

Move 500 miles east and you're a shoe-in!

[jeffdc]

as one who was in Darby tonight, my ears are still ringing. Amazing amount of noise.

SNC played a great game tonight, still amazed 3 players fouled out, faltered in the last 10 min.

GC - well, what can you say? Little A out, Grotberg cold for the 1st half, Long out the last 8 min - and they still won, handily.

LU will be well rested after their romp on CU today - GC, maybe not so much. But somehow, I have this  feeling that the chants of "LU, LU" won't last through tomorrow pm.

We'll see. In the meantime, congrats to GC - well done, guys!

[Nothing but net]

Attended the Midwest Conference Tourney and was impressed with Lawrence. They are playing great defense, shooting well and rebounding well. They really made things difficult for Hoch. Carroll missed Ladwig but I still believe Lawrence would have won even if Ladwig was able to play. As for Grinnell, they won the game despite the untimely injury to Dave Arseneault   Bobby Long was amazing with 33 points and PJ Mahaffey played big inside with key rebounds and 11 points.  It was a great team effort with eveyone stepping up to take charges, get rebounds, and get steals. The home crowd was rocking and really helped the Pioneers to victory.  Grinnell will have a huge challenge to beat Lawrence without Arseneault but I am sure they will give Lawrence a batlle. No matter who wins tomorrow, the team that loses should get an at large bid to the NCAA DIV III tournament. Both these teams are 18-6 and have 8 and 9 game win streaks.
Hoping for a Grinnell win tomorrow. Go Pioneers.

[wizbegs1304]

What is everyone's picks for the final tomorrow?

[scottie]

What is everyone's picks for the final tomorrow?

See poll results above.  (For the record [H. Cornhusker], I picked LU over GC.)

[Greek Tragedy]

Update when results come in.

I left out the regular season records so it fits.

RED means they have lost, regular season/conference tourney is complete and they are Pool C eligible.

BLUE means they have won the Pool A bid and have been removed from the regional rankings.

Atlantic	REG	CONF.	RESULTS
Farmingdale State	23-2	SKY	BEAT SUNY-Old Westbury; plays St. Joseph's (L.I.) in SKY Finals on Sat.
Monclair State	16-5	NJAC	LOST to Rutgers-Newark in NJAC semis
William Paterson	20-6	NJAC	LOST to Richard Stockton in NJAC semis
Baruch	20-3	CUNYAC	BEAT Lehman; LOST to Brooklyn in CUNYAC Final.
EAST	REG	CONF	RESULTS
Ithaca	22-1	E8	Plays Nazareth in E8 semis on Sat.
St. Lawrence	17-5	LL	BEAT Clarkson; plays RPI in Liberty League Final on Sat.
Hamilton	16-2	LL	LOST to RPI   in LL semis
Utica	17-8	E8	Plays Rochester Tech in E8 semis on Sat.
Rochester	16-8	UAA	Plays Carnegie Mellon on Sat.
Great Lakes	REG	CONF	RESULTS
John Carroll	18-3	OAC	BEAT Heidelberg; BEAT Muskingum; plays Capital in OAC Final on Sat.
Capital	20-3	OAC	BEAT Mount Union, BEAT Ohio Northern; plays John Carroll in OAC Final on Sat.
Carnegie Mellon	14-5	UAA	Plays Rochester on Sat.
Wooster	18-4	NCAC	BEAT Denison; BEAT Kenyon; plays Wabash in NCAC Final on Sat.
Calvin	12-2	MIAA	BEAT Trine; BEAT Olivet; plays Hope in MIAA Final on Sat.
Ohio Wesleyan	16-6	NCAC	LOST to Allegheny in NCAC quarterfinals
Middle Atlantic	REG	CONF	RESULTS
St. Mary's (Md)	18-2	CAC	LOST to Marymount in CAC semis
Franklin & Marshall	20-4	CC	Plays Muhlenberg in CC semis on Sat.
DeSales	18-5	MACF	BEAT Wilkes; plays Manhattanville in MACF Final on Sat.
Widener	18-5	MACC	BEAT Messiah; plays Elizabethtown in MACC Final on Sat.
McDaniel	16-6	CC	Plays Gettysburg in CC semis on Sat.
Cabrini	19-6	CSAC	BEAT Keystone; LOST to Gwynedd-Mercy in CSAC Final.
Scranton	18-6	LAND	BEAT Catholic; plays Susquehanna in LAND Final on Sat.
Midwest	REG	CONF	RESULTS
Wheaton (IL)	18-3	CCIW	BEAT North Central (Ill); plays Elmhurst in CCIW Final on Sat.
Washington U.	21-2	UAA	Plays Chicago on Sat.
Elmhurst	19-6	CCIW	BEAT Augustana; plays Wheaton (IL) in CCIW Final on Sat.
Transylvania	16-3	HCAC	BEAT Anderson;plays Franklin in HCAC Final on Sat.
Lawrence	17-6	MWC	BEAT Carroll; plays Grinnell in MWC Final on Sat.
Augustana	17-7	CCIW	LOST to Elmhurst in CCIW semis
Carroll	16-7	MWC	LOST to Lawrence in MWC semis
North Central (IL)	14-7	CCIW	LOST to Wheaton (IL) in CCIW semis.
Northeast	REG	CONF	RESULTS
Worcester Tech	20-3	NEWMAC	Plays Springfield in NEWMAC semis on Sat.
Middlebury	20-2	NESCAC	Plays Bowdoin in NESCAC semis on Sat.
Elms	23-1	NECC	BEAT Wheelock; plays Becker in NECC Final on Sat.
Rhode Island Coll.	21-4	LEC	BEAT Southern Maine; BEAT Keene State; plays Mass-Dartmouth in LEC Final on Sat.
Mass-Dartmouth	20-3	LEC	BEAT Mass-Boston; BEAT Western Connecticut; plays RIC in LEC Final on Sat.
Salem State	19-5	MASCAC	BEAT Framingham State; Plays Bridgewater State in MASCAC Final on Sat.
Bridgewater State	17-4	MASCAC	BEAT Westfield State; plays Salem State in MASCAC Final on Sat.
Brandeis	16-8	UAA	Plays New York University on Sat.
Amherst	18-5	NESCAC	Plays Williams in NESCAC semis on Sat.
Bowdoin	17-8	NESCAC	Plays Middlebury in NESCAC semis on Sat.
South	REG	CONF	RESULTS
Trinity (Texas)	19-3	SCAC	BEAT Sewanee; plays Southwestern in SCAC semis on Sat.
Texas-Dallas	19-4	ASC	BEAT Sul Ross State; plays Mary Hardin-Baylor in ASC semis on Sat.
Guilford	20-4	ODAC	LOST to Washington and Lee in ODAC quarters.
Randolph-Macon	18-2	ODAC	LOST Virginia Wesleyan in ODAC quarters.
Centre	16-4	SCAC	BEAT Austin; plays Hendrix in SCAC semis on Sat.
McMurry	17-5	ASC	BEAT Texas-Tyler; plays Mississippi College in ASC semis on Sat.
DePauw	15-5	SCAC	LOST Southwestern in SCAC quarters.
Roanoke	14-6	ODAC	LOST Hampden-Sydney in ODAC quarters.
West	REG	CONF	RESULTS
St. Thomas	24-0	MIAC	BEAT Gustavus Adolphus; plays Bethel in MIAC Final on Sat.
Puget Sound	20-0	NWC	BEAT Lewis and Clark; plays Whitworth in NWC Final on Sat.
UW-Stevens Point	20-4	WIAC	BEAT Oshkosh; plays Platteville in WIAC Final on Sat.
UW-Whitewater	20-4	WIAC	BEAT River Falls; LOST to Platteville
UW-Platteville	16-4	WIAC	BEAT Whitewater; plays Stevens Point in WIAC Final on Sat.
Buena Vista	20-2	IIAC	LOST to Wartburg in IIAC semis
CMS	16-4	SCIAC	BEAT Caltech; BEAT Cal. Lutheran; plays Ponoma-Pitzer in SCIAC Final on Sat.
Whitworth	18-5	NWC	BEAT Linfield; plays Puget Sound in NWC Final on Sat.
POOL A BIDS
TEAM	REG	CONF	RESULTS
Washington U.	21-2	UAA	Plays Chicago on Sat.
Richard Stockton	20-2	NJAC	BEAT William Paterson; BEAT Rutgers-Newark in NJAC Final
Gwynedd-Mercy	19-4	CSAC	BEAT Baptist Bible; BEAT Cabrini CSAC Final.

[Greek Tragedy]

Grinnell isn't getting a Pool C if they lose.  Lawrence is borderline at best.  The CCIW is a problem for LU.  They have Augustana right below them and could be jumped by them because they lost to a team ranked higher than them.  Even if Elmhurst loses in the CCIW Final tomorrow, they'll still be ranked higher than LU.  Gotta hope for a Transy win tomorrow as well.

The ODAC didn't help with Guilford and Randolph-Macon losing tonight.

I don't see a MWC hosting a first round game (then traveling to a bye team) or a 1st and 2nd round quad.

[wizbegs1304]

What is everyone's picks for the final tomorrow?

See poll results above.  (For the record [H. Cornhusker], I picked LU over GC.)

I agree with you

[Greek Tragedy]

ummm, new poll with just the two finalists.

[The Roop]

No matter who wins tomorrow, the team that loses should get an at large bid to the NCAA DIV III tournament. Both these teams are 18-6 and have 8 and 9 game win streaks.
Hoping for a Grinnell win tomorrow. Go Pioneers.

A loss would make Grinnell 15-6 in region and since they weren't ranked going into this weekend, I don't think that would hold up for a Pool C.

LU would be 18-7 in region with a loss. LU is the better qualified candidate but all the upsets in other tournaments do not help them.

[titan2000]

Almost forgot the road trip haiku for today.

Sysco plane landed
Fresh fish at Grandmas Kitchen
Cascade Iowa

Roop and politics,
In Iowa he will reign,
The chant has started.

Cascade first caucus,
Fine furniture plus the fish,
The locals want change.

[gcfan33]

Grinnell College win,
System haters go away,
Eat some Taco John's

[scottie]

Forget Pool C Bid.
This one's for all the marbles.
Larry is my pick.

[wizbegs1304]

Will be very interesting to see how the tourney's finish up today. I think Larry will give Grinnell a very good run, but Grinnell is tough at home.

Suprised to see Lawrence beat Carroll by so much and Norberts fall off on the last part of the year after being, I think 16-1 at one point.