MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

WLCALUM83 · March 03, 2021, 10:19:36 PM

NACC South Final: Aurora 74, Benedictine 67

Aurora 14-7 scoring run sealed this one.

Aurora vs. Rockford in South Final.

WLCALUM83 · March 06, 2021, 07:01:47 PM

3/6/21 Updates:

North Final: WLC over Edgewood, 75-65

South Rockford 53, Aurora 44 Half

WLCALUM83 · March 06, 2021, 07:58:14 PM

NACC South game has just gone final:

Rockford 97, Aurora 91

It'll be Rockford/WLC for the overall NACC title.

(If memory serves correctly, it's the first time Rockford has been in a conference final since a few years before the old Northern Athletics Conference was formed,--Regent women's team qualified for the NCAA tournament that year, back when Love Morgan & Co. were on that squad). (either 03-04 or 04-05 season).

Captain_Joe08 · March 07, 2021, 10:59:27 AM

Quote from: WLCALUM83 on March 06, 2021, 07:58:14 PM
NACC South game has just gone final:

Rockford 97, Aurora 91

It'll be Rockford/WLC for the overall NACC title.

(If memory serves correctly, it's the first time Rockford has been in a conference final since a few years before the old Northern Athletics Conference was formed,--Regent women's team qualified for the NCAA tournament that year, back when Love Morgan & Co. were on that squad). (either 03-04 or 04-05 season).

That'll be the Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference for Rockford. Glad to see some success for the Regents over there. Nice gutcheck win by WLC after Edgewood made a run all the way back from down 20 and the Warriors closing the game on a 10-2 run to seal it.

WLCALUM83 · March 12, 2021, 07:32:52 PM

How "The Numbers" Stack Up for the NACC Final: (Overall:)

Team: Rockford WLC

PPG: 85.5 (2nd) 83.5 (3rd)
FG%: 50.4 (1st) 43.2 (9th)
3 FG%: 39.3 (2nd) 32.2 (8th)
FT%: 68.6 (9th) 74.8 (2nd)
Reb: 38.3 (4th) 43.1 (1st)

Reb M: +5 (4th) +7.8 (1st)
D FG% 45.3 (6th) 43.9 (4th)
Pts Allowed 80.8 (8th) 73.8 (3rd)

Rockford: The bulk of the Regents scoring to this point appears to have come from Diemer (20 PPG) and Emerick (12.5 PPG). Emerick and Phillips appear to have had the best success from beyond the arc.

WLC: 4 starters average in double figures in scoring-

My question is, if this turns into a fast-break game, how well will the Warriors keep up? (I know they put a 105-pt game up earlier in the playoffs. but--)

Captain_Joe08 · March 13, 2021, 07:50:40 PM

At Half: WLC 34 Rockford 27

WLC: Bernhagen 13 pts
RU: Emerick 7 pts

WLCALUM83 · March 13, 2021, 08:54:20 PM

Final: WLC 78, Rockford 71.

(That against a Regent squad that had scored more than 90 points in its' previous 2 games yet.)

WLCALUM83 · March 23, 2021, 06:45:05 AM

News update on a former IL Tech player here:

https://www.illinoistechathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2020-21/releases/20210322upeilx

Greek Tragedy · August 13, 2021, 09:05:23 AM

So is St. Norbert going to dominate men's basketball like they did in the MWC??

WLCALUM83 · August 13, 2021, 04:51:08 PM

21-22 race is going to be wide open, imho.

WLCALUM83 · August 13, 2021, 05:08:17 PM

St Norbert All-Time Record vs. Future NACC Opponents:

Aurora 1-1 (1973-74, 2002-03)
Benedictine 6-4 (1982-83 thru 2019-20)
CUC 3-1 (1994-95 thru 2008-09)
CUW 21-13 (1924-25 thru 2003-04)
Dominican 1-2 (1993-94 thru 2008-09)
Edgewood 10-6 (1978-79 thru 2001-02)
IL Tech 7-1 (1956-57 thru 1980-81)
Lakeland 65-32 (1932-33 thru 2010-11)
Marian 5-3 (1988-89 thru 2012-13)
MSOE 18-1 (1933-34 thru 2011-12
Rockford 1-0 (2007-08)
WLC 0-3 (1994-95 thru 1996-97)

Greek Tragedy · August 15, 2021, 12:56:03 PM

Apparently they've become"too good" for the NACC in the past. They've barely played them recently. Despite being only about an hour away from both Lakeland (Sheboygan) and Marian (Fond Du Lac), they haven't played either school for 8-10 years.

Greek Tragedy · August 16, 2021, 11:52:45 AM

Is the NACC making SNC sit out a year or two for their conference tournament?

gbpuckfan · September 09, 2021, 02:38:01 PM

SNC plays an exhibition game at Notre Dame... Yes, that Notre Dame, on Nov. 5.

The Green Knights also travel across town to play UW -Green Bay on Oct. 29. UWGB barely won, 79-72, two years ago...

Greek Tragedy · October 30, 2021, 05:56:46 PM

So it looks like the NACC is going to two divisions. The preseason poll is out and has WLC, SNC and Concordia (WI) as 1, 2, 3. When it comes to tournament seeding, are the winners of each division given the top 2 seeds in the conference tournament? However, the NACC website has the standings as one division...thoughts?