MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Gregory Sager]

One of the reasons why summer leagues have limited relevance is the fact that it's often little more than pickup ball, so there's not much to be gleaned from seeing a team dunk in warmups aside from the fact that it has some athletic players. It's things such as ball movement, feeding the post, team defense, etc., that one should be scrutinizing -- because if you see those types of things in a summer league game, you know that you're seeing a disciplined and cohesive unit that will make life easier for the coach once practices begin in the fall.

I don't know how well they shot last year, but I bet they improve their FG% this season, no matter what they shot last year.

Overall the Stars shot .472 from the field last season, .361 from beyond the arc. That was good for second and third, respectively, among NAthCon teams. In league play the Stars shot .500 from the field and .401 from downtown, good for first and second, respectively, in the NAthCon. So shooting was not a problem for the Stars last season.

Mark White's a good coach, and he's had Dominican on a steady upward climb over the past four years. While I'd have to think that the presence of Larry Welton and three of the other four Spartans starters from last year's champions will make Aurora the league favorite in 2007-08, I wouldn't be surprised if the Stars contend for the NAthCon title as well.

[keith45]

One of the reasons why summer leagues have limited relevance is the fact that it's often little more than pickup ball, so there's not much to be gleaned from seeing a team dunk in warmups aside from the fact that it has some athletic players. It's things such as ball movement, feeding the post, team defense, etc., that one should be scrutinizing -- because if you see those types of things in a summer league game, you know that you're seeing a disciplined and cohesive unit that will make life easier for the coach once practices begin in the fall.

I don't know how well they shot last year, but I bet they improve their FG% this season, no matter what they shot last year.

Overall the Stars shot .472 from the field last season, .361 from beyond the arc. That was good for second and third, respectively, among NAthCon teams. In league play the Stars shot .500 from the field and .401 from downtown, good for first and second, respectively, in the NAthCon. So shooting was not a problem for the Stars last season.

Mark White's a good coach, and he's had Dominican on a steady upward climb over the past four years. While I'd have to think that the presence of Larry Welton and three of the other four Spartans starters from last year's champions will make Aurora the league favorite in 2007-08, I wouldn't be surprised if the Stars contend for the NAthCon title as well.

Rumor has it that AU has a stud PG coming in, to pick up where D. Leonard left off last year..I think last years NCAA loss will only help motivate them even more, so I dont see anyone touching them in league play...

[AndOne]

Dominican may just have the horses to either put a handle on the other AU players and let Welton get his OR, effectively hold Welton down and make the other guys step it up a notch. Overall, AU is prob a notch above DU---especially outside shooting?---but DU will certainly possess a dangerous threat.

[Greek Tragedy]

From the NathCon

Lakeland schedule is up

Benedictine

Concordia U. of Illinois

Concordia U. of Wisconsin

Dominican

Maranatha Baptist

Marian College of Fond du Lac

Rockford


EDIT:

As previously mentioned:

MSOE schedule

Aurora
Edgewood

Wisconsin Lutheran

[Mac Attack II]

What kind of team will Lakeland College have this coming season? Who will be some of their better players, what's their style of play, etc. They come to MacMurray in December. Should be a good game.

[cardinalfanrochelle]

Mac Attack II,
                     3 starters returning, 2nd year under Coach Brumett's system ,good players off the bench, not sure about freshmen next year sounds like a good start this year.

[mifflin]

Doesn't anyone post on this board? look at the other boards and this board is way behind or doesn't anyone care to share?

[mifflin]

Mac attack II,
                     I heard they only lost 2 players from last year one to graduation and one transfer to an Illinois school.

[WLCALUM83]

7-18 Update on a recruit headed Concordia-WI's direction:

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=635177

[AndOne]

Mac attack II,
                     I heard they only lost 2 players from last year one to graduation and one transfer to an Illinois school.

The transfer player is Matt Rogers who led Lakeland in scoring last year as a soph. He transferred to North Central College in Naperville, IL. NCC plays in the CCIW--very possibly the nation's #1 D3 basketball conference.   

[WLCALUM83]

Edgewood landed an exhibition opportunity from virtually its' own back yard:

http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/

[AndOne]

IN THE DEERFIELD SUMMER LEAGUE------

Dominican finished 8-1 and tied for first place in Pool B.
I have previously commented on this team which seems poised for a very good season.

[Greek Tragedy]

Lakeland schedule is up

Benedictine

Concordia U. of Illinois

Concordia U. of Wisconsin

Dominican

Maranatha Baptist

Marian College of Fond du Lac

Rockford

MSOE

WISCONSIN LUTHERAN

Aurora

Edgewood-released Aug. 20-Despite it being past Aug. 20, Edgewood has yet to release their schedule.

[WLCALUM83]

Here's the latest on what's on Benedictine's men's basketball docket:

http://www.northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2007_09/20070915a.html

[Just Bill]

Edgewood schedule

Aurora schedule