MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

Don't fall for it guys....  The newbie has a strong resemblance to another guy that used to come in here and "poke the bear" on a regular basis....

Don't think it's a coincidence that the "newbie" joined the day after the previous guy last logged in.

That thought actually crossed my mind, too, cubs, especially since bbjones also posted this in the 2018 NCAA Tournament room:

Why don't the Titans get any respect on this site?  They were lampooned in the pre-tournament reviews as well.

Everybody knows that our resident troll roots for two teams, UW-Oshkosh and Lawrence. And about an hour ago, this post appeared in the WIAC room, complete with a dig at the CCIW:

I watched the games at Wittenberg online and was highly impressed by Oshkosh.  I also saw the Stevens Point vs. Oshkosh at Stevens Point when Oshkosh did not shoot as well as they did this weekend.  Both teams play aggressive defenses that seem to give them the advantage most nights.   

I guess I assumed that the WIAC would get at least 2 teams through to the Sweet 16--after all, they had opponents from lesser conferences  like the MIAC and the CCIW--it was the unknown of the Ohio conferences that gave me some pause that 3 was possible.

Anything goes from here on out--too bad Point and Platteville aren't in different pods; that horse is already under a heat lamp at Sonic. 

I didn't want to jump to any conclusions this morning, though, so I gave bbjones the benefit of the doubt when I made that response post. Pat, can you check to see if bbjones is posting from the same locale as AppletonRocks?

[Pat Coleman]

On it.

[Augie15]

Congrats to Augustana's Dylan Sortillo who will tie Ben Ryan and Tayvian Johnson for most games played at Augustana with his 118th game as a viking on Friday. Hoping he can break that record and the help get Augie back to Salem over a very solid sectional pod.

Congrats to Augie for making it to their 4th straight sweet sixteen. It makes it a more distinguished feat after seeing such a crazy first weekend of the tournament. Such great parity among all of the tournament teams.

Good luck to everyone left in the field.

Go Augie!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I am dead serious.

Biggest. Tourney. Upset. Ever.

And if Augie doesn't get its act together, it could be challenging that dubious Wash U achievement.

The biggest tourny upset ever was in the 1995 men's tournament. No. 1 in the country Hope College was the only team in the country, men or women and in any division, to go undefeated in the regular season. In the first round Hope College lost to Baldwin Wallace by one point. B.W. came into the game with a 16-8? Record.

Circling back...

FYI - you are forgetting another major tournament upset in that exact tournament. Goucher defeated Lebanon Valley - the defending national champions. Goucher was 19-10, a no-name (kind of back to that, right?), making their first ever NCAA appearance after winning their second CAC title (I think; previous win didn't have the AQ at the time).

While I am bias for good reason (though, I was not on campus as of yet; six months later)... I think that one might trump the Hope result only because BW was such a good team at the time. That said, Hope was #1, so it is worth of discussion.

[Gregory Sager]

That's a good point, Dave. Lebanon Valley went a somewhat more modest 22-6, 12-2 during the 1994-95 season than the gaudy 28-4, 15-2 that the Flying Dutchmen had racked up while winning the Big Doorstop the season before, but two of those six losses were to D2 teams. The 1994-95 LVC team that Goucher upset had the superstar back from the year before, 20 ppg scorer (and future Randolph-Macon head coach) Mike Rhoades, plus two other key starters from the year before (Jason Say and Mike Hofsass), and the entire bench from 1993-94 was back for 1994-95.

IOW, there was more than one group of Flying Dutchmen that was considered a prime contender for national champion in 1994-95.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Apparently... "Flying" Dutchmen was not something that actually happened in the 1995 tournament.

[markerickson]

I still see four Wash U in the front court and three just hanging around the trey line - none are retreating - after the tying shot at the time of the pass.

[Gregory Sager]

They retreated and then came back. Look at the clip again between 0:10 and 0:14.

[Greek Tragedy]

I still see four Wash U in the front court and three just hanging around the trey line - none are retreating - after the tying shot at the time of the pass.

Not sure how Wash U couldn't defend that last play with seven guys on the floor! 

[USee]

They retreated and then came back. Look at the clip again between 0:10 and 0:14.

I have seen the Zapruder film shot from grassy knoll. There were indeed 7 players on the court. But there was also a second shooter no one is acknowledging. After the last shot you can see the extra WashU players move back and to the left, clearing indicating the direction from which the fatal shot was taken.

[petemcb]

They retreated and then came back. Look at the clip again between 0:10 and 0:14.

I have seen the Zapruder film shot from grassy knoll. There were indeed 7 players on the court. But there was also a second shooter no one is acknowledging. After the last shot you can see the extra WashU players move back and to the left, clearing indicating the direction from which the fatal shot was taken.

+1 Usee

[Gregory Sager]

It was clearly all part of a larger conspiracy hatched among the New Orleans demimonde to penalize Wash U for withdrawing its support from trying to undermine the Castro government in Cuba.

This will all become much clearer once Oliver Stone releases his long-awaited film about the D3 men's basketball tournament.

[iwu70]

Good luck to Augie this weekend. 

'70

[Gregory Sager]

It's Technical Difficulties Night at Carver, as first the drawbridge basket at one end inexplicably started to rise, stopping play, and now the video feed is out.

[Yogao]

Glad I'm not the only one having technical difficulties trying to watch the game.