MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[WLCALUM83]

2/06-07/Projections:

2/06:  Maranatha over Northland Baptist

2/07:  Lakeland over Benedictine (Muskie home game).

           Aurora over Edgewood (another statement game for the Spartans).

           Concordia-WI over WLC (Warriors have a penchant for having rough games in Mequon).

           MSOE over Dominican (only because it's on the Raiders' home floor).

           

[WLCALUM83]

Final:  Concordia-Chicago 73, Maranatha 61. (The Crusaders gave up two consecutive 3-point baskets late in the first half-take those away, and there's a good chance they'd have stayed even going into the locker room.)

[WLCALUM83]

Remaining schedule for each contending team:

Aurora:  vs. Edgewood, at Dominican, vs. Concordia-Chicago, at Rockford.

Edgewood:  at Aurora, at Concordia-Chicago, at Rockford, vs. Concordia-WI, vs. Benedictine.

Dominican:    vs. Aurora, at Concordia-Chicago, vs. Rockford, at Concordia-WI.

Benedictine:    at Lakeland, vs. WLC, at Maranatha, vs. Marian, at Edgewood.

Lakeland:    vs. Benedictine, at WLC, vs. Maranatha, vs. Marian.

WLC:    at Concordia-WI, at Benedictine, vs. Lakeland, vs. Maranatha

Marian:    at Concordia-Chicago, vs. Rockford, vs. Concordia-WI, at Lakeland.

Concordia-WI:   vs. WLC, at Maranatha, at Marian, at Edgewood, vs. Dominican.


On paper, IMHO, Edgewood and Marian are the teams that would appear to have the easiest (loosest sense of the word) schedule. Concordia-WI per chance could hang in until their road game with Edgewood, but, barring the unforeseen, the Falcons' road is quite difficult. WLC can help its' cause big time by winning its' next 2 games on the road. Benedictine's got 2 tough road games yet. On first thought, I'd expect Lakeland, Marian and/or Dominican to move up some before this regular season race ends. Whether any of those teams challenges for second depends on how well Edgewood does in its' next 3 games. I don't expect Aurora to slip much.

[wizbegs1304]

great work, your truly doing a great job keeping us all informed

[Greek Tragedy]

great work, your truly doing a great job keeping us all informed

Ditto!

[titansrus]

Hey WLCAlum, quick question for you: I'm not sure how many WLC games you've attended this season, but just wondering what your impressions have been of Kyle Plath-the transfer from Lake Forest?

[WLCALUM83]

Just last week I saw Kyle Plath in the Warriors' home game vs. Concordia-Chicago. He's a perfect fit in Coach Noon's system-Coach Noon likes to go up to 10 players deep on his bench, and Plath has shown he can hit the 3 and also provide some quickness at guard. (Scored 10 points vs. ranked Occidental, in a game WLC lost big). Barring an unforeseen development, he might see more playing time down the road.

[WLCALUM83]

Noticed Aurora dropped from #16 to #21 after the road loss to WLC.

[luv d3hoops]

Will the au team go back up 5 spots if they beat edgwood on wendsday. How is it so hard for this team to get real ranking after having a good year .

[Greek Tragedy]

Will the au team go back up 5 spots if they beat edgwood on wendsday. How is it so hard for this team to get real ranking after having a good year .

No, they won't....unless everyone else ahead of them loses.  The NIIC/LMC/NathCon is hardly a strong conference, so that hurts their agrument.  Losing at WLC makes their case even worse.  Aside from their weak conference schedule, have they beaten anyone outside of the NathCon?  They did have a nice win against North Central at the beginning of the year, but the Cardinals have dropped off considerably since then.

[Greek Tragedy]

WLCALUM83,

Just wanted to say I appreciate your input on this board.  I wish I could say more, but I'm a WIACer and also spend time in the MWC board, among others.  Sorry I can't have more input as I don't follow the NathCon much. 

You must get lonely in here!

[WLCALUM83]

Thanks.

(BTW, if it weren't for several NAthCon schools providing broadcast feeds and prompt posting of finals on perspective websites, this poster wouldn't be able to update on here as much as he does. Thanks to all of you.)

Like one of the sargents on "Dragnet" always said, (when it comes to reporting), I mostly go by "just the facts."

[WLCALUM83]

Non-conference final:  Northland Baptist 88, Maranatha 76.

[Gregory Sager]

Yeah, I second what OS said, WLCALUM83. You're doing a great job of keeping this room up-to-date and informed.

[Greek Tragedy]

The NCAA Division III men's and women's basketball committees released their first regional rankings of the 2006-07 season Wednesday afternoon. The first record listed is the overall record, followed by record in regional games, through Sunday, Feb. 4.

The number of teams ranked in the men's and women's poll is relative to the number of teams in each region. We're still waiting on the women's poll to be released.

Men's Basketball
Atlantic
1 Ramapo 16-5 15-3
2 Stevens 17-4 17-4
3 Manhattanville 16-5 15-5
4 Richard Stockton 15-7 12-5
5 New Jersey City 14-7 13-6

East Region
1 St. Lawrence 18-3 17-3
2 Brockport State 16-4 15-4
3 Utica 17-3 16-3
4 New York U. 16-4 14-4
5 Rochester 15-5 15-4

Great Lakes Region
1 Lake Erie 20-1 16-0
2 Wooster 18-3 13-2
3 Wittenberg 18-3 13-3
4 Hope 17-2 10-2
5 John Carroll 14-7 13-5
6 Ohio Northern 16-5 11-5

Middle Atlantic Region
1 Johns Hopkins 19-2 18-1
2 Catholic 16-4 15-4
3 Hood 16-5 15-4
4 Messiah 15-5 12-3
5 Alvernia 16-4 15-2
6 Scranton 16-5 14-5
7 Lincoln 13-7 9-3
8 King's 14-7 13-6

Midwest Region
1 Augustana 17-4 17-3
2 Washington U. 16-4 14-3
3 Chicago 16-4 15-4
4 Aurora 19-2 18-2
5 Wheaton (Ill.) 14-6 10-5
6 Elmhurst 16-4 12-4
7 Carthage 14-6 11-5
8 Bluffton 16-5 11-5

Northeast Region
1 Amherst 23-0 22-0
2 WPI 17-2 15-2
3 Salem State 17-2 17-2
4 Rhode Island 17-3 17-3
5 Trinity (Conn.) 18-3 14-3
6 Bates 17-4 16-4
7 Keene State 17-4 14-4
8 Brandeis 14-6 14-6
9 Babson 13-8 12-8
10 Tufts 13-8 13-8

South Region
1 Mississippi College 18-2 16-1
2 Virginia Wesleyan 19-3 18-3
3 Guilford 16-3 15-3
4 Maryville (Tenn.) 15-5 15-3
5 DePauw 17-4 14-3
6 Mary Hardin-Baylor 17-3 17-3
7 Averett 14-6 12-4
8 Centre 16-4 10-4

West Region
1 UW-Stevens Point 18-2 17-1
2 St. Thomas 18-2 18-2
3 St. John's 16-5 16-2
4 Whitworth 18-2 15-2
5 Occidental 14-4 9-2
6 UW-Oshkosh 18-4 15-4
7 Loras 15-5 13-3
8 Puget Sound 16-4 13-3