MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[keith45]

1/19/08 Men's NAthCon Finals:

Aurora 76, Maranatha Baptist 63

I was at the first half of this game..I swear, Larry Welton is the worst refereed(sp) player I have ever seen..he dunked over a MBBC player and they called a charge, although it was clear that the guy was still moving and he was out of position anyway..and his second foul was a phantom over the back..I was standing on the baseline in the corner and he touched no one on his rebound..and to make it worse, the refs constantly told him to "pull his pants up", although his uniform was tucked in..its almost like the bait him...when he got his second foul, the ref waited to see Larry's reaction before going to the scorers table....
but besides that, this game was close because AU had a bad shooting night..they missed more wide open three's in the first half than I have ever seen.
Question is, if they run the table, which is possible, can they get an at large bid? 3 losses, 4 at the most?

[Pat Coleman]

I would think even five losses is quite safe for Pool B consideration right now.

[MarsBlackmon]

first of all I would like to congratulate the warriors for beating lakeland at the tank for the first time since 2000. It was a great game to watch.  Saiberlich had an amazing shooting performance hitting 10 3's (7 for his first 7), and ended up with 39 points.  the warriors switched defenders on him late in the game which was a good decision as early on he got way too many good looks.  wlc continues to roll by playing unselfish basketball. it is really fun to watch them move the ball and have so many different options.  hopefully they can keep this up.

they also won tonight at rockford.  rockford played well, they have a group of guards who could help them to get a few wins down the road. 

[Greek Tragedy]

Things are really tightening up in the NathCon.

Aurora 9-0 
Edgewood 6-2 
Lakeland 6-3 
Marian 6-3 
Wisconsin Lutheran 4-3 
Concordia Wisconsin 5-4 
Benedictine 5-4
MSOE 4-5 
Dominican 4-5
Maranatha 2-7
Concordia Chicago 2-8
Rockford 0-9

[Gregory Sager]

they also won tonight at rockford.  rockford played well, they have a group of guards who could help them to get a few wins down the road. 

A few wins?

With their loss on Monday night the Regents are now 0-17, 0-10 for the season. If they intend to win a game, to say nothing of a few of them, they'd better do it soon.

[WLCALUM83]

In fairness to Rockford, the Regents did hit 13 threes last night. (50% from beyond the arc)  Per Warrior broadcast, Rockford cut WLC's lead down to 5 late in the game before the Warriors pulled away.

[Just Bill]

they also won tonight at rockford.  rockford played well, they have a group of guards who could help them to get a few wins down the road. 

A few wins?

With their loss on Monday night the Regents are now 0-17, 0-10 for the season. If they intend to win a game, to say nothing of a few of them, they'd better do it soon.

I think by "Down the road" he may have meant 2008-09.

[Gregory Sager]

they also won tonight at rockford.  rockford played well, they have a group of guards who could help them to get a few wins down the road. 

A few wins?

With their loss on Monday night the Regents are now 0-17, 0-10 for the season. If they intend to win a game, to say nothing of a few of them, they'd better do it soon.

I think by "Down the road" he may have meant 2008-09.

That's a "down the road" that might not exist for Rockford College, unless it's managed to get a recent infusion of capital that I haven't heard about.

[WLCALUM83]

1/23-24/08 Men's NAthCon Finals:

1/23:  Aurora 87, Dominican 71 (Spartans shot 53% from floor for the game, per Dominican box score.)

          MSOE 63, Lakeland 56 (Raiders' Murphy scored big in the OT, per MSOE press release(

         WLC 93, Benedictine 75 (Warriors' Zondag had 29 pts. per WLC press release)

         Concordia-WI 68, Edgewood 53 (Eagles' Averkamp didn't play--a 12-2 Falcon run late in 2nd half sealed this one for CUW- per Edgewood press release).

1/24:  Marian 66, Maranatha 60 (Sabers shot 50% from the floor for the win-per Marian box score).

[WLCALUM83]

1/25-26/08 Men's NAthCon Finals:

1/25:  Concordia-Chicago 74, Concordia-Ann Arbor 68 (CUC had a 40-32 edge rebounding, per Cougar box score)

1/26:  Concordia-WI 87, Concordia-Chicago 67 (Falcons hit 13 threes, per CUC box score)

           Aurora 75, Edgewood 68 (A 27-8 Aurora scoring run was the difference here, per Edgewood press release).

           Lakeland 79, Benedictine 73 (A Benedictine 2nd half rally from 22 pts down falls short, thanks to clutch Muskie FT shooting and rebounding in the end, per Lakeland press release).

          MSOE 79, Rockford 71 (Caught this one live. Over the last 6 minutes of the 2nd half, MSOE's lead kept fluctuating between 9 and 15 points. A Regent guard missed on a 3-pointer that would have cut the Raider lead to 6 with approx. 30 seconds left. MSOE was hitting on 3's and broke Rockford's pressure on the ball enough to get this win at home).

        Dominican 64, Maranatha 53 (Crusaders had a cold-shooting 2nd half, during which Dominican took over, per Maranatha press release).

           

         

           
           

[MarsBlackmon]

Sorry for my previous comment on Rockford possibly getting some wins. I guess I meant they played WLC tough.  but whatever, they'll end up dead last anyway.  WLC travels to CUW tonight for what should be a great game.  CUW is playing well, and WLC is rolling on all cylinders right now.  I won't be in attendance as I will be at a high school game tomorrow night. Good luck warriors.

[WLCALUM83]

1/31-2/02/08 Men's NAthCon Finals:

1/31:  Concordia-WI 95, WLC 90 (Falcons' Lipanot-32 pts and Atkinson hot from beyond the arc- per CUW press release). 

          Edgewood 73, Lakeland 58

          MSOE 76, Maranatha 61.

2/02:  MSOE 88, Aurora 82  (Cold shooting from beyond the arc --32% from entire field in 1st half--did the Spartans in, per Aurora box score. MSOE shot 57% from field for entire game.)

         WLC 111, Maranatha 65 Rout!

         Benedictine 78, Concordia-WI 77 (IL Eagles' Bailey hit the game-winning jumper with 5 seconds left, per Ben press release).

        Dominican 68, Lakeland 55, OT  Lakeland went scoreless in the OT Saiberlich held to 2 points, Muskies 3-pt shots weren't dropping-per Dominican box score).

        Edgewood 79, Concordia-Chicago 75 (Eagles outscored Cougars 31-8 in the last approx 5 minutes to erase a 19-pt deficit and come away with the win, per Edgewood press release).

       Marian 91, Rockford 63 (Marian's Rankin's 25 pts one of 4 Saber players scoring in double figures in this one, per Rockford box score.)
       

         

         

[WLCALUM83]

Congrats to Maranatha's Josh Burch and Edgewood's Chris DeMarco for reaching the 1,000 point milestone for their respective schools!

[John Gleich]

How many in a row (in the NathCon) had Aurora won before that loss?

[Just Bill]

Including last year's NAC Tournament, Aurora had won 20 straight NAC games. (18 regular season and 2 NAC Tournament games).