MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Muskurbator]

OK I have to get it off of my chest because it has been burning me up all season long.  I have a strong belief that the Lakeland Basketball program has been put in the wrong hands.  With all due respect to Coach Brummett, I jsut don't feel like he is living up to the hype of a "basketball prodigy from the Hoosier State" like our alumni newsletter "The Fish Tales Gazette" originally reported.  I was real excited knowing he could have some knowledge of the game like other Hoosier state greats like Damon Bailey and Quinn Buckner.  However, he is not even half the coach that Damon Bailey has turned out to be in the semi-pro beer leagues he coaches in.  It's a darn shame.  I saw they even hired some slappy from a bush league D III school in Michigan.  We all know the MIAA stinks and how is the team supposed to get better with a Coach who barely scored 100 points in his career and went to one of those bogus private schools that plays in it's own little division.  I am a very prominent individual in the field of pharmaceutical sales with products like Herpacin and Valtrex and would be really willing to dump loads of money into the program. 

The first big mistake I have noticed is not playing the phenom from across the globe in the middle east 7 foot 2 inch Turkish Delight Suley Berk Ozluk. I had the wonderful opportunity of watching the Muskies play in the holiday shoot out at Franklin College and watched the young man from the mother land warm up.  He obviously has skills that remind me of a young unpolished cross between future hall of famer Gheorge Murisan and former North Carolina all-world stand out Serge Zwicker.  It's a real shame this kid has not gotten the chance to show off the skills that many would say are christ-like.  I was real impressed with his post-passing skills and ability in the lay-up lines.  It's truly amazing to wonder if Lakeland could have knocked off some of the teams that they have lost to and would have a well above .500 record if the Terrific Turk was in the line-up.  I even heard rumor that he did not make the trip to #18 ranked Aurora. This is where I fault Brummett for his inability to evaluate true talent.  I think this fine young man should find a place else where, where he could shine and perhaps make the NBDL.  So please Coach Brummett put in the Tenacious Turk and let him lead you through the NCAA tourney!!!

[Greek Tragedy]

Ouch.  I don't know enough about the program, the coaching staff or the players to comment on it without sounding stupid.  I've only seen Lakeland play once, and that was in Point.  They played them tough for awhile and have some solid players in Matt Rogers and Danny Ehnert. 

The first big mistake I have noticed is not playing the phenom from across the globe in the middle east 7 foot 2 inch Turkish Delight Suley Berk Ozluk. So please Coach Brummett put in the Tenacious Turk and let him lead you through the NCAA tourney!!!

In all honesty, I have no idea who you are talking about.  I don't recall seeing any 7-footer on Lakeland's team.  I would've noticed that.  After checking the site to see who you were talking about, the roster has him listed at 6'6", not 7'2". 

Even if Lakeland goes undefeated the rest of THIS year, they probably won't get any NCAA bid, as I think they'll be put in Pool B since their conference is not eligible for a Pool A (AQ) bid.

BTW, welcome to the board, you should be posting more often because Lakeland, or the NathCon as a whole, doesn't have much representation.

[libero]

Musk. . .
   Is this a serious post or are you high?

[Muskurbator]

I'm dead serious.  The only thing that is a lie is the height of Suley Berk Ozluk.  Other than that his tools are to incredible to not give him playing time and if you are too naive to notice his ability then shame on you.  By the way does my company sell our products to you?

[WLCALUM83]

Lakeland's still in good shape. (If the season ended today, the Muskies would have a spot in the conference playoffs with a first round game against Dominican) I'd be surprised if Aurora slipped too much between now and the end of the regular season. IMHO, the Muskies need to stay in the top 6, then make some noise in the post-season NAthCon tournament.

(BTW-A Muskie win tonight would be a big help to them.)

[WLCALUM83]

Final:  Dominican 66, WLC 62.  (Warriors back to .500 in conference--Next opponent:  Edgewood on Saturday for the Eagles' "Jam the Gym" day). (Stars' Garcia 4-9 from 3-point range:  Warriors tried to make a charge from 23 points down-cut it to 2, but didn't get over the hump.)

[WLCALUM83]

Other 1/24/07 Finals:

Concordia-Chicago 72, Benedictine 64.  (Cougars out-shot Eagles in first half, then hung on, per CU-Chicago box score--Benedictine better hope this loss doesn't cost them too much down the road).

Aurora 94, Lakeland 66. (Aurora site indicated all 5 Spartan starters scored in double figures).

Aurora is now tied for 1st with Edgewood.  Dominican is now tied with Lakeland.  Benedictine is 2 games off the pace.

[WLCALUM83]

1/27/07 NAthCon Projections:

Aurora over Benedictine:  (IL Eagle squad takes another one on the chin)

Dominican over Lakeland:  (Only because its' a home game for the Stars--too close to call otherwise.)

Marian over Maranatha:  (Sabers' punch on offense figures to be too much for Crusaders, at least on paper.)

Edgewood over WLC:  (WI Eagles keep pace with Aurora by knocking off the Warriors on "Jam the Gym" Day).

[libero]

Alright, this is the one. This is the NAC game that Maranatha will win. Marian isn't quite as good as they have been playing and the 'Saders played great defense against Edge. This is the one they are going to get. . . I think.

[Gregory Sager]

I was real excited knowing he could have some knowledge of the game like other Hoosier state greats like Damon Bailey and Quinn Buckner.

Quinn Buckner may have played for Bobby Knight at Indiana, but he was no "Hoosier state great". He played his high school ball for Thornridge in Dolton, IL, where he led the Falcons to the 1971 and 1972 Illinois Class AA state titles, losing only one game in his junior and senior years combined.

I saw they even hired some slappy from a bush league D III school in Michigan.  We all know the MIAA stinks

Ah, yes ... that would be the same stinky MIAA that owns two D3 national titles and six D3 Final Four appearances. Meanwhile, aside from Benedictine's 1991 Elite Eight run, nobody in this league has ever come within shouting distance of a D3 Final Four.

The MIAA is most certainly down this year, but anyone who makes the claim that the league stinks only proves that he does not know squat about D3 men's basketball.

[Muskurbator]

Oh Gregory...  I just checked where the assistant was from in the MIAA and he went to Albion College.  I was unaware that they had any national titles and all of those final fours?  Yeah hooray for Hope and Calvin who have done well out of the MIAA but Albion?  nah.

[Greek Tragedy]

Muskurbator,

Meanwhile, aside from Benedictine's 1991 Elite Eight run, nobody in this league has ever come within shouting distance of a D3 Final Four.

And how long has Benedictine been in the current league with the likes of Lakeland?  Yeah, that's what I thought...so Benedictine's '91 run doesn't even count, you know what I mean.

I saw they even hired some slappy from a bush league D III school in Michigan.  We all know the MIAA stinks...

Albion lost in the 2005 Elite Eight to fellow MIAA foe Calvin, who lost in the semi-finals to Rochester.  They were 26-4 that year.  They took 3 out of 4 in the regular season from Hope and Calvin, then losing to Calvin in the MIAA tourney and then the Elite Eight.  20-6 last year, 20-7 in 2004 and 22-5 in 2003.  Just think how good their records would be if Hope and Calvin weren't in the MIAA.

I know a little about the former LMC and Lakeland College.  The only reason the LMC ever got bids into the NCAA tourney is because they get an AQ.  I wouldn't say the MIAA stinks because they seem to get a Pool C bid every year and they have teams that advance....something the LMC teams have yet to do, I believe.

BTW, what kind of "handle" is that coming from a "prominent individual" like yourself?

[Gregory Sager]

Oh Gregory...  I just checked where the assistant was from in the MIAA and he went to Albion College.  I was unaware that they had any national titles and all of those final fours?  Yeah hooray for Hope and Calvin who have done well out of the MIAA but Albion?  nah.

Your unawareness seems to know no bounds, because Albion has been to a D3 Final Four. They finished third in the nation in 1978, back during Mike Turner's younger days as the head coach of the Britons. He's now in his 33rd year there, and he's amassed a 503-310 (.619) career record. He's currently ninth among all D3 coaches in career wins. He's also taken the Britons to four D3 tournaments; not bad, considering the stranglehold that Hope and Calvin have had upon that league over the past thirty years.

Go into the MIAA room and poke fun at Mike Turner and his program, and the first people to jump down your throat will be the Hope and Calvin people. Their teams have lost more than their share to Albion over the years.

Seriously, man, learn something about D3 before you go spouting off about who stinks and who doesn't.

[WLCALUM83]

Final:  Concordia/Ann Arbor 96, Concordia, WI 59.

Final #2 (thanks to Rhodes Scholar), Concordia, NE 66, Concordia-Chicago 47.

[Greek Tragedy]

I think Aurora is playing WLC on Tuesday...I might be ambitious and make it down to Milwaukee that day.  Apparently this Larry Welton guy is supposed to be pretty good, getting 2nd team pre-season AA! lol.    Lakeland plays the same day in the cornfields, but they also play on Thursday, so I can see the fish play then.  It's Aurora's last appearence in Wisconsin, so I might take advantage of it!