MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[WLCALUM83]

2/19 Projection:

Edgewood over Rockford.

[WLCALUM83]

Men's NAthCon Tournament Pairings:

Aurora (1) and Edgewood (2)--first round byes:

#6 Benedictine at #3 Dominican.

#5 Lakeland at #4 WLC.

Projected winners:  Dominican and Lakeland. (Though I wouldn't mind if WLC made me eat crow one more time.)

[wizbegs1304]

I'll take Benedictine and WLC

[The Lone Sader]

I am feeling Dominican. It is hard to believe Benedictine could win a playoff came after looking so bad against the Saders in Watertown a week ago.

Lakeland vs WLC. My gut says Lakeland pulls this one out.  WLC beat Lakeland a week ago in a close one. Hard to beat the same team twice in one week.

The Conference site has a funny mistake. They have posted MBBC as 0-81 in the conference. Bad season for the Saders but not that bad.

[WLCALUM83]

The Conference site has a funny mistake. They have posted MBBC as 0-81 in the conference. Bad season for the Saders but not that bad.

Not exactly the best place for a transposition error. 

[Greek Tragedy]

I'll take Dominican and Lakeland...and I'm eating crow because I didn't believe Dominican would "contend" for the conference title.  They were 3rd, so I guess that's kind of "contending"... 

[WLCALUM83]

How about chiming in on "Best Freshman" and "NAthCon Coach of the Year Award"

I'll see how the talk goes before submitting my takes.

[wizbegs1304]

Freshman of year I'd have to say Dan Klecan from BU.

Coach of the year I am unsure about.

For the freshman team, I would have to say:

Dan Klecan BU
Jerid Holewinski MC
Jacob Carwell BU
Christian Lindberg WLC
Mike Knepp MBBC/John Ulrich CUW

[The Lone Sader]

I agree. I would be surprised if Freshman of the year went to anyone else except Dan Klecan.
I hope Sader's Mike Knepp at leasts gets on the all-freshman team. He has been the only solid player for the Saders this year.

Coach of the year is harder. Every team did what was expected of them at the beginning of the year. The six teams picked to make the playoffs made the playoffs. If Marian had made the playoff (just missed) I might have said Mark Boyle. No one thought they would do anything this year. I guess I have to go with the safe pick Aurora's James Lancaster. He did win the conference title.

[mbbcfb]

first off, I have to say thank you to you all for not just ripping into us cursaders every chance you/we give you too.

I hope this school can turn it around, and soon.

anyway, I believe that it will come down to EC vs. AU for the champ.

[WLCALUM83]

2-19 NathCon final:

Edgewood 71, Rockford 59. (Regents out-rebounded 53 to 30 and they also had 11 of their shots blocked. Eagles' C DeMarco did not play--per Regents box score.)

Now they await the winner of Benedictine/Dominican.

[WLCALUM83]

first off, I have to say thank you to you all for not just ripping into us cursaders every chance you/we give you too.

I hope this school can turn it around, and soon.

anyway, I believe that it will come down to EC vs. AU for the champ.

Have you read this posters' account (on the NAthCon Women's board) of the game effort your women's basketball team gave WLC in the first half of that game?  (One of those Hawkins sisters hit several 3's in the first half). Give that squad another year or two and if the returning players stay (and remain healthy), they'll make their fair share of noise.

Also, I know this is off-the-subject, but your women's volleyball team ended Lakeland's 5-year run as conference tournament champion last fall and finished in 4th place in NCCAA Nationals. (Maranatha was the only in-NAthCon volleyball team to see any post-season action, because Benedictine of IL didn't get a bid to the NCAA Div III volleyball tournament.) The Crusader volleyball team has given WLC some classic 5-game matches on the road for the last 2 seasons as well. I've sent volleyball coach Jackson some encouraging e-mails. She will be missed. She's been a class act.

[NICNAC]

What do you think the chances are that Dominican or Edgewood go to the ncaa tournament if one of them win the conference tournament. Their records would be pretty solid.

Dominican 19-9
Edgewood 18-7

By the way anyone know why DeMarco is not playing

[WLCALUM83]

DeMarco jammed his thumb during the Eagles' second game against Concordia-WI.

[NICNAC]

my bad Edgewood would be 19-7