MBB: Midwest Conference

[Gregory Sager]

Bravo, Mr. Sager. Bravo. Quick. Simple. And to the point.

Is this a compliment on account of my wit, or a note of surprise on account of my brevity? 

The misspelling of "Lynda Carter" was in a "scrimmage" post so it doesn't count against the quota.

Well played, sir.

[The Roop]

There is a dark side to the whole thing though. I met Al Gore the same day. Didn't mean to, it just sort of happened. Tipper looked nice though.

[titan2000]

Roop:

Does Algore weigh like 350 now or has ne begun to slim down again? 

[hjmphelp]

Grinnell-143
Grinnell Alum-97

First half was close but conditioning won out. Several newbies got "took to school":
-Steve Nordlund showed how to streak shoot, break loose from nowhere for the open shot, and steal a few balls while still looking as inept as ever. It's a great act Steve, but I never ever  bought it and still don't.
-Chris Jacobsen proved how smooth a 34 year old center can be.
-Mike hockmann showed the beauty of the flat trajectory trey.
-Cole Robertson proved hands down that he was the most complete, strongest athlete ever to play any sport at GC.
-Steve Wood. No more need be said. He left the newbies with their collective mouths hanging open more than once.
-All the old guys deserve credit for running like crazy last night.

This game was no cupcake. There was one complete line from the early system days, one line was a mix of late 90's and early mid 2000's. Both played very very well. Two complete and intact lines from the last 5 years. These guys put on a show early and took several leads. What a joy to see these lines up and functioning! Conditioning and practice time made the difference.

The team looks great! Much farther along than last years team was by early december!
These guys are streaky, quick handed, quirky and tough. They have so many pick pockets on this team that they will leave everybody staring atr empty hands at least once!
They have a great shot at the MWC tourney.

[The Roop]

T2,

At the time I met him he was still Vice President. Not sure as to his weight status these days.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Not that its a big deal, but my trip to GC has officially been pushed back to January.  I really wanted to see Ripon, but they sprung a staff retreat on me at work.  It is a free weekend away from home, so I guess its not all bad.

I'm looking at 1/7/2006 vs Illinois College or 1/21/2006 vs Lake Forrest, outside shot at the Lawrence Game 1/28.

[hjmphelp]

Hoops - No students around on the 7th, they will be just coming back on the 21st, if that makes any diff to you.

[systemfan86]

Just a bit of history as we get closer to the official start of the season...

Larry is trying to become the first team to 'three-peat' as conference champ since Beloit did it the first year I was at Grinnell. Yes, THAT long ago. (82-83). Before that, you have to go back to 1951's Beloit team. The only other team to do it was Carleton when they were part of the league back in the 1930's.

Any thoughts from the Larry faithful on tonight's game in the Kohl Center? Are the Badgers any good? I see that they received a little love from the preseason polls, but not enough to put them in the Top 25. looks like they (UW) are pretty young.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Thanks for the head's up Jeff.  It will really depend on schedules and stuff, but I'd hate to make the  trip and miss out on the atmosphere.

[titan2000]

I would wait until the students get back, otherwise you will miss all the smoking hot chicks that they have down at Grinnell. 

[augiefan]

UW Madison 30 Larry U 18 at the half. Chris Braier has 8 rebounds but is 0-8 from the field with zero points.

[cubs]

Wisconsin 81
Lawrence 46

Here is a pretty good recap and boxscore.  The two things that stick out the most were Chris Braier's 1-14 from the field for 3 points, and over 17,000 in attendance.

http://www.uwbadgers.com/sport_news/mbb/headlines/full_story.aspx?story_id=2005_11_14_21_07_25_mbb

[Hooper01]

Not a very good showing for the larries at the Kohl Center tonight. I thought that they woulod have given them a better showing. I guess when their top two players in Braier in McGillis go 5 for 25 from the field for 15 points they should struggle. I know that Wisconsin is way different from the MWC but  I thought it would have been different.
Any thoughts on how everyone thinks the MWC will pan out this year. I've read in a few magazines they have Lawrence, Carroll, Lake Forest, and Ripon. I see all three of these teams in the conference tournament but who knows the order they will be in. All of the teams lost crucial players from the year before but it is wide open. I think that Ripon might be getting overlooked after the departure of Becker. The have three starters back who all averaged double digits and the two new starters played a lot last year so they are pretty experienced. It should be a good year for the MWC

[The Roop]

Hoops,

Sorry to hear you will be missing the "Grand Roopening" of Saints Rest on the 2nd, but it's hard to pass on free time away from work.

For all those in the Beloit area. "The Roop" will be gracing Flood Arena with his presence this weekend. Friday is likely, although still up in the air at the moment, but Saturday is a lock.

The MWC-LMC Challenge should tell a great deal about Beloits and Ripons chances in the conference this year. If they don't win both their games by at least 15 points they will not be contenders in the MWC.

[lu_nut]

Hooper

If you are going by the final score, you are missing a great deal.  Lawrence played them very tough for 25 minutes.  They were down just by 10 despite being stone cold...they were getting good shots, just not hitting.  LU was only 1-11 the first half from the 3 point line and they were all good shots.  LU actually had an advantage of 7-2 in offensive rebounds the first half and more steals.  They competed very well.   It was a closer game than the UWM game last year that they lost by 30.  

LU had no answer for Tucker who had about half the Badger points when they were at the 50 point mark.   He played all the way until the 10 minute mark which tells you it was a competitive game.  The badgers were up on River Falls last week 34-6.  This game was very different.   Things unraveled for LU when both teams went deep to their bench as LU lost some of their discipline.