MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[newhopefan]

Congratulations to Augustana.  It was a pleasure to watch you play and to have the opportunity to play against you.  I hope you go a long way in the tournament.

[Always.A.Titan]

Congrats to the IWU men on battling through the season and getting into the 2nd round of the tourney. Also, congrats to Sean, Doug, Travis, Matt, Ed, and Duncan. Those guys were fun to watch all 4 years. They are a special group on and off the court. I have a feeling they will be teammates for many years to come.

Good luck to Augie this coming weekend.

[augiefan]

Now that IWU is eliminated from the mens' tourney posts regarding the tourney seem to be few and far between. Where are the other 4 ASugie posters when we need them to hype up our team.

Too bad Augie and for that matter most of the other CCIW teams do not have the same loyal following on this board that the Titans do. I get the impression that the IWU regulars may outnumber the collective total of all of the rest of the teams' posters here.

In any event  ongoing support of Augie from the rest of you until their season ends will be welcome. Even the comments on what a jerk Coach G is, although NPU's Dennis P. pretty much has the patent on that ongoing commentary.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Now that IWU is eliminated from the mens' tourney posts regarding the tourney seem to be few and far between. Where are the other 4 ASugie posters when we need them to hype up our team.

Too bad Augie and for that matter most of the other CCIW teams do not have the same loyal following on this board that the Titans do. I get the impression that the IWU regulars may outnumber the collective total of all of the rest of the teams' posters here.

In any event  ongoing support of Augie from the rest of you until their season ends will be welcome. Even the comments on what a jerk Coach G is, although NPU's Dennis P. pretty much has the patent on that ongoing commentary.

Only (perhaps) true for this past week.  All the conference schools (except Millikin, which generally has one poster be a regular per year ) have a healthy contingent of regulars.

I will whole-heartedly support Augie on Friday, but Saturday may pose a problem.  I'm still on at least the edge of contention in the d3photography.com bracket contest (49 points currently), and I have UWSP winning 'the big doorstop' (I hope Greg never got around to copyrighting that phrase - my royalty payments might be fairly large ).  Out of conference loyalty I'll probably root for Augie anyway, but I'll be a bit torn.

[John Gleich]

Per the game notes on the UST website, Friday's games will be a split session... so there shouldn't be any problem with tickets.

For your enjoyment and edification, links to the teams' stats:

UWSP

UST

Augie

MHB

[armywife]

Ok AugieFan, I'm here to help with the hype. I love Augie and have been following them since my nephew played for the team. However, I am in a conundrum here. My daughter goes to UMHB. I live 3 miles down the road from the school. I know dozens of UMHB students. I will wear purple/gold/white on Friday and root for them both. Hopefully, both Shaun and Bethany will understand. I really wish that I could be at the game.

[Mr. Ypsi]

augiefan,

armywife on Friday then me on Saturday - sounds like you've got backing, but it is ambivalent!

[TitansIWU]

I have a hard time supporting Augustana, because maybe there is a chance that I will wake up and IWU is still in this.

BUT

They are a very good, class team and I think they really deserve to go far.

COACH G is a jerk!!!!!!!!!!!

GO AUGIE (unless this was all a dream and the Titans are still in it... and since it's my dream, IWU is hosting too!)

[matblake]

I'm more of a lurker on the basketball boards, but I support Augie in the upcoming game.  The problem is that unless you are a big basketball stats guru, which I am not, during tournament time there is a lot of dead time between games.  Basically, if you are only a casual observer, you can post, "Go Augie, show em what you and the CCIW are made of!"  And then you are done until pre- and post-game posts on the day of the next game.  We see a lot of that over on the CCIW Football Boards too.  Have no fear, most CCIW people are definitely on the Augie bandwagon, with the notable exceptions above.   

[Always.A.Titan]

I have a hard time supporting Augustana, because maybe there is a chance that I will wake up and IWU is still in this.

BUT

They are a very good, class team and I think they really deserve to go far.

COACH G is a jerk!!!!!!!!!!!

GO AUGIE (unless this was all a dream and the Titans are still in it... and since it's my dream, IWU is hosting too!)

Go Augie, show em what you and the CCIW are made of!    I confused myself with what I just said. This is quite the internal battle.

But, nonetheless, go CCIW

[augie22]

I am usually an observer as well but will be taking the trip with some of the guys that I played with at Augie under Coach G.  Good luck this weekend!

And to all the Coach G haters.......everyone always hates the guy on top!

[augie22]

Also, armywife...I was out with Shaun last night before going to the Bulls game!  He said if you don't root for Augie he will be greatly disappointed.

[TitansIWU]

I am usually an observer as well but will be taking the trip with some of the guys that I played with at Augie under Coach G.  Good luck this weekend!

And to all the Coach G haters.......everyone always hates the guy on top!

Let me clarify, for myself, I don't hate him.

His coaching success certainly speaks for itself.

I just think when you are up by 20 with a few minutes to go, maybe for a few minutes, he could stop being such a sideline ranting maniac, if for no other reason than to suggest to the other team that maybe somewhere buried deep is a hint of reserve and class.

That's all.

[augie22]

I understand, everyone is entitled to their opinion.  He just catches a lot of heat on the board and I just wanted to show my support as people where saying there was a lack of Augie posters.

[armywife]

Thanks Augie22, Bethany told me I "Would do no such thing." I think I'm going to listen to the game and keep my thoughts and emotions to myself. Have fun at the game, and tell Coach G and Shaun that I said hello.