MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[WLCALUM83]

can someone tell how to go on line to get the au concordia game info.

The link is:  www.cuw.edu/Athletics

[WLCALUM83]

Final:  Marian 81, WLC 63:   

             Warriors cut the deficit to 5 a couple of times in the 2nd half, but then Marian would answer with a 3. Redmond wasn't much of a factor due to foul trouble, but the Marian 3-point shooters were hitting virtually every attempt. M Zondag and Biesterfeld fouling out later only hurt WLC all the more. Tonight is their third NathCon loss in a row. Not good in a conference race that's this tight.

[WLCALUM83]

Other 1/18 Finals:

Aurora 95, Concordia, WI 71.

Benedictine 63, Dominican 49.

MSOE 74, Maranatha 42.

And the Mild Upset of the Evening Award goes to--drum roll, please).

Rockford College 69, Concordia-Chicago 68.     

  (per game stats from Regents' site, CU-Chicago was up 14 at half, outshot Rockford altoghether-so how did they lose? Rockford outrebounded the Cougars, for one, and Rockford's Allen Young scored the last 4 points of the game.)

[WLCALUM83]

NathCon Men's 1/20/07 Projections:

Concordia-WI over Dominican:  (Stars' offensive output inconsistent last couple of games.)

Edgewood over Benedictine:  (On paper, Eagles have a bit more offensive punch.)

Lakeland over Marian: (Tight one, especially if Marian's hitting on Saturday like they did earlier tonight).

Aurora over Rockford:  (Regents' hopes for 2 wins in a row short lived.)

Maranatha over WLC    :  Warriors on a 3-game losing streak--perfect time for Maranatha to pull off a shocker.

[Greek Tragedy]

And the Mild Upset of the Evening Award goes to--drum roll, please).

Rockford College 69, Concordia-Chicago 68.     

I had this game listed as one of the 10 games on the weekly national pick em contest...and yeah, I picked Concordia (IL)...BOOOOOOOOO!

[WLCALUM83]

Just took a look at the stats for the Marian/WLC game: 

Marian shot 8-17 from 3-pt range compared to 3-17 for WLC:

Marian shot 55% overall for the game:  (VanEss & Franklin 14-16 from the field between them. They took up the slack to make up for Redmond's off night). With numbers like that, they would have given even Aurora a run for its' money.

The Sabers may have had a bit of extra motivation to begin with--after all, the Warriors did knock them out of the LMC playoffs last season.

Are the Warriors still smarting from the heart-breaking last second loss to Benedictine, perhaps?? (Regardless, they appear to be finding out how different life can be now that they're the team with the target on their back, after making Nationals last year.)

They aren't out of it yet, but a few more losses, and they won't even make the conference tournament.
(They still have to play Edgewood even once, and rematches with CU-WI, CU-Chicago and Dominican--the first time they played each of the last 3, the games could very well have gone either way).

[wizbegs1304]

WLCAlum, I nominate you to be the head speaker of the NAC, your a truly an indepth reporter for our league, now can you cover every team as you do WLC?

[cardinalfanrochelle]

WLCALUM83,
                     You were saying about the Warriors" won't even make the conference tournament", I thought all the teams make it with the top seed getting a bye being an odd number of teams this year. If not how many teams make it?

[WLCALUM83]

Let me clarify: 

1--   I wasn't trying to bash WLC's men's squad per se. I was just indicating that since they got hot at the right time last season and were the only LMC squad to make Nationals last year, other LMC holdovers just may want to beat the Warriors all the more. (Marian was one of the teams the Warriors beat in the playoffs.)

2--   Only the top 6 teams qualify for the Northern Athletics Conference Tournament. If I recall correctly, the top 2 get byes and its' 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5 in the opening round.

         Check out www.northernathleticsconf.com   and click on basketball and tournament links.

[from downtown]

Murphy out indefinitely with an ankle injury=Whitewater smokes MSOE

[WLCALUM83]

Ouch--hurts if that squad has any post-season aspirations! 

[luv d3hoops]

who was top scoreing in au rockford rout?

[WLCALUM83]

Per Aurora site, Mike Leonard led the Spartans with 21 points. (90-47 was the final). (Noted the Spartans hit 12 3-pointers in the game!!)

[WLCALUM83]

Other 1/20/07 Finals:

Dominican 81, Concordia, WI 73. (Stars outshot Falcons in all aspects--had more balanced scoring and outrebounded them as well, per Stars' box score.)

Marian 71, Lakeland 66--OT. (Turnovers proved to be Lakeland's undoing in the overtime, as indicated on Marian's box score.) (Rogers scored 25 pts in a losing cause.)

Edgewood 65, Benedictine 49. (DeMarco 26 pts., Scott 16: Edgewood had a 45-30 advantage on the boards and outshot Benedictine altogether, per box score off Edgewood's site).

[WLCALUM83]

WLC 89, Maranatha Baptist 38  some 5 1/2- 6 minutes left.  Whatever changes the Warriors made worked--at least for tonight--lest I be accused of "drinking too much WLC kool-aid" I will clam up while I'm ahead.