MBB: Midwest Conference

[TheGreenKnight920]

Snc and underachieving in the playoffs...name a more iconic duo

[Greek Tragedy]

Lake Forest beats St. Norbs in the MWC Tournament Championship game. One again the Green Team wins conference but not the tournament. At 19-8 are they still going to the National?

I probably don't even have to look at their SOS and say, "No!"

[Gregory Sager]

St. Norbert is not going to get a Pool C berth. No way, no how. Heck, the Green Knights weren't even regionally ranked last week.

[gbpuckfan]

Congrats to LFC. Win a few more!


Not sure about the comment about underachieving. Made it to round of 16 a few years ago, right? And this is a team with no seniors with great playing time, right?

[sncdangler]

Lake Forest beats St. Norbs in the MWC Tournament Championship game. One again the Green Team wins conference but not the tournament. At 19-8 are they still going to the National?

No one here has even insinuated that St. Norbert should get an at-large. The only one asking the question seems to be you. So go crawl back under your bridge and good luck to the Cardinals in the tournament.

[sncdangler]

Snc and underachieving in the playoffs...name a more iconic duo

I'm sure the program appreciates your support. Hope to see you at the steak fry in May.

[gbpuckfan]

Lake Forest gets Oshkosh ...

[TheGreenKnight920]

I see "quality losses" are still being rewarded by the committee. Getting an at-large when you are losing more than a third of your games is absurd. I'm not insinuating that the MWC should have gotten an extra bid, but I feel for the teams who had 3 or 4 losses that were pushed aside as the committee salivated over a nine loss NJAC and WIAC team.

EDIT: Check that, Platteville had 10 losses....this is basically a parody at this point.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I see "quality losses" are still being rewarded by the committee. Getting an at-large when you are losing more than a third of your games is absurd. I'm not insinuating that the MWC should have gotten an extra bid, but I feel for the teams who had 3 or 4 losses that were pushed aside as the committee salivated over a nine loss NJAC and WIAC team.

EDIT: Check that, Platteville had 10 losses....this is basically a parody at this point.

Platteville was the AQ - they won the conference tournament.

If they were rewarding quality losses, Stevens Point would be in.  They had way better losses.  I suspect that because two of them were to La Crosse, they got in ahead.  I don't particularly agree with this pick; it should've been La Roche.

I wonder if that AMCC game finishing so late hurt La Roche's at large chances.

[TheGreenKnight920]

I see "quality losses" are still being rewarded by the committee. Getting an at-large when you are losing more than a third of your games is absurd. I'm not insinuating that the MWC should have gotten an extra bid, but I feel for the teams who had 3 or 4 losses that were pushed aside as the committee salivated over a nine loss NJAC and WIAC team.

EDIT: Check that, Platteville had 10 losses....this is basically a parody at this point.

Platteville was the AQ - they won the conference tournament.


If they were rewarding quality losses, Stevens Point would be in.  They had way better losses.  I suspect that because two of them were to La Crosse, they got in ahead.  I don't particularly agree with this pick; it should've been La Roche.

I wonder if that AMCC game finishing so late hurt La Roche's at large chances.

Yeah I meant UWL, who had 9 losses, still just as comical.

[gbpuckfan]

But look at SNC's losses...

Univ. of Northwestern - made the tournament, so not too bad
Nebraska Wesleyan - no shame there
UWEC - finished 14-12, that doesn't help
UWO - no shame there
UWRF - 11-14, that really doesn't help - especially losing by 32 (!)
Grinnell - a decent conference foe, but hardly a quality win
Monmouth - a decent conference foe, but hardly a quality win
Lake Forest - well, win this and you're in

What's the quality wins that would get SNC in? I don't see one but maybe I am missing it. Kudos for playing tough schools, but also have to win some of those games. And poor losses to RF and EC really hurt, IMO.

And I don't think anyone else in this conference has a better resume...

[cubs]

Maybe seeing the third place WIAC team advance all the way to the National Championship Game last year had an indirect result in La Crosse's selection this year?

[Gregory Sager]

I see "quality losses" are still being rewarded by the committee. Getting an at-large when you are losing more than a third of your games is absurd. I'm not insinuating that the MWC should have gotten an extra bid, but I feel for the teams who had 3 or 4 losses that were pushed aside as the committee salivated over a nine loss NJAC and WIAC team.

EDIT: Check that, Platteville had 10 losses....this is basically a parody at this point.

Platteville was the AQ - they won the conference tournament.

If they were rewarding quality losses, Stevens Point would be in.  They had way better losses.  I suspect that because two of them were to La Crosse, they got in ahead.  I don't particularly agree with this pick; it should've been La Roche.

I wonder if that AMCC game finishing so late hurt La Roche's at large chances.

Milli Vanilli: Blame it on the rain.
Stevie Wonder: Blame it on the sun.
La Roche: Blame it on the wind.

[TheGreenKnight920]

But look at SNC's losses...

Univ. of Northwestern - made the tournament, so not too bad
Nebraska Wesleyan - no shame there
UWEC - finished 14-12, that doesn't help
UWO - no shame there
UWRF - 11-14, that really doesn't help - especially losing by 32 (!)
Grinnell - a decent conference foe, but hardly a quality win
Monmouth - a decent conference foe, but hardly a quality win
Lake Forest - well, win this and you're in

What's the quality wins that would get SNC in? I don't see one but maybe I am missing it. Kudos for playing tough schools, but also have to win some of those games. And poor losses to RF and EC really hurt, IMO.

And I don't think anyone else in this conference has a better resume...

As I literally said, SNC didn't deserve the bid, but other schools did, and this is becoming a tired refrain.

[cubs]

As I literally said, SNC didn't deserve the bid, but other schools did, and this is becoming a tired refrain.

Did you think a WIAC 3rd place, 7-loss UWO squad deserved a bid last season?