MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[hickory_cornhusker]

After looking at the regional records of all the Pool B's in contention for it I think if Wisconsin Lutheran can win out including the conference tourney they have a decent chance of getting a Pool B bid. Green Mountain and Chapman are right there with them for the last Pool B spot. There are 4 and the first two are pretty well locked up by Nebraska Wesleyan and Maryville. And I'm almost positive Moravian will get the third if they win their conference tourney.

[Pioneer Hoops Fan]

After looking at the regional records of all the Pool B's in contention for it I think if Wisconsin Lutheran can win out including the conference tourney they have a decent chance of getting a Pool B bid. Green Mountain and Chapman are right there with them for the last Pool B spot. There are 4 and the first two are pretty well locked up by Nebraska Wesleyan and Maryville. And I'm almost positive Moravian will get the third if they win their conference tourney.

I may be way off here, but if Wisconsin Lutheran wins their league tourney, dont they get the automatic bid?  Please correct me if I'm wrong, since I'm really not sure what pools are for who.

[knarocky22]

There isn't an automatic bid for the NathCon until next year.

[Pioneer Hoops Fan]

There isn't an automatic bid for the NathCon until next year.

That would make sense then, Thanks. 

Which teams go in which pool?

[Mr. Ypsi]

FAQ tackles this.  In brief, winners of conferences with auto bids are pool A.  Pool B (4 teams) are chosen from those who are independent or in conferences w/out auto bids.  Pool C (17 teams) are at large (including any leftover pool B teams, though that basically never happens).

[Pat Coleman]

Front page tackles this too now.

[Pioneer Hoops Fan]

FAQ tackles this.  In brief, winners of conferences with auto bids are pool A.  Pool B (4 teams) are chosen from those who are independent or in conferences w/out auto bids.  Pool C (17 teams) are at large (including any leftover pool B teams, though that basically never happens).

Front page tackles this too now.

Thank You 

[from downtown]

I believe with Aurora's win and Edgewood's loss last night, Edgewood has been eliminated from conference title contention. An Aurora win on Thursday, would eliminate MSOE and WLC and make it a two team race.

[from downtown]

After looking at the regional records of all the Pool B's in contention for it I think if Wisconsin Lutheran can win out including the conference tourney they have a decent chance of getting a Pool B bid. Green Mountain and Chapman are right there with them for the last Pool B spot. There are 4 and the first two are pretty well locked up by Nebraska Wesleyan and Maryville. And I'm almost positive Moravian will get the third if they win their conference tourney.

The front page says 3 pool B bids. Yet, the FAQ says 4 bids (but it also says 38 conferences with 37 autobids).

[hickory_cornhusker]

The 2008 Championship Handbook says 38 Pool A bids, 4 Pool B bids, and 17 Pool C bids.

[from downtown]

My bad I think I was reading the women's bids. Carry on.

[WLCALUM83]

Congrats to Benedictine head coach Keith Bunkenberg:

http://northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2008_02/20080208b.html

And also to Marian's Jordan VanEss:

http://northernathleticsconf.com/releases/2008_02/20080208a.html

[WLCALUM83]

Dominican stays in NAthCon tournament contention, beating Benedictine, 72-51

Aurora's win over Concordia-Chicago eliminates the Cougars from NAthCon post-season tournament contention.

[from downtown]

Aurora-WLC going to overtime.

[from downtown]

Aurora pulls it out by 3 thus eliminating MSOE and WLC from title contention, and leaving Marian as the only other contender left.