MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[The Way]

The Way I See It,

Busty, WLC lost to a Bible school from Michigan so don't even talk about Lakeland losing to Rockford. Just look at the records. Sorry bout it!

See you up in the Tank. I'll have the life jacket ready for you as well.

Old School, you are right. That was a good article. Germayne is a great person and you can definitely see some of him in Dominic.

[Greek Tragedy]

In case anyone has missed it, this post is dripping with sarcasim.  Hey and if just showing up to the game is "going big" then Im fat albert.

Poser #80

I missed it.    Happy holidays to the fish, the birds, the bible kids, the nerds, the gangsters (lame reference to the warriors), and all the other LMCers. 

The LMC gets a full plate of holiday losses before conference play kicks back in next year. 

Dec 28 Benedictine v Milwaukee Engineering   
Dec 28 Eureka v Edgewood   
Dec 28 Augustana v Marian   
Dec 28 Hope v Lakeland   
Dec 29 Eureka v Milwaukee Engineering   
Dec 29 Benedictine v Edgewood   
Dec 29 St. Scholastica or UW-Stout v Marian   
Dec 29 Lakeland v John Carroll or Goshen   
Dec 29 Southwestern v Dominican   
Dec 30 Trinity (Texas) v Dominican   
Dec 31 Wisconsin Lutheran v UW-Whitewater   
Dec 31 Edgewood v UW-Oshkosh

Ranked (potential) opponents Augustana, Hope, Stout, John Carroll and Oshkosh await LMC teams, while traditional powers in Southwestern, Trinity (TX) and Whitewater also are on the schedule.  Ouch.  I'll give the LMC 4-8 at best.

By the way, it looks like that Rockford loss was a bad one.  Rockford already lost to LMC foes MSOE and Concordia, plus they lost to the bad Robert Morris (Springfield, not Chicago).  It's safe to say that Lakeland should be 9-1, but two bad road losses isn't going to win anybody over.

[fishguy]

Another story about Germayne James and his brother is here on the NCAA website - holy crap is he getting some serious pub this season!

http://ncaasports.com/story/9112655

[Greek Tragedy]

probably only because his younger brother plays for Marquette.

[Big_Uns]

Even so, I'll bet he and Lakeland aren't complaining about the publicity.

[Greek Tragedy]

Lakeland puts up a huge fight vs. #7 Hope tonight, finally losing 54-46.  Nice effort for the fish. 

On the other hand, Marian forgot they played tonight and got smoked by #13 Augustana at the Stout tourney, 88-52.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

I'll agree completely that Lakeland put up a huge fight - that surely didn't look like much of a basketball game.  Neither team shot over 32% from the floor - really ugly game that Lakeland lead until about 5 minutes left in the game, when Hope went on a 10-0 run.

[playdefense]

Hey Flying Dutch Fan,

I was one of the few Lakeland fans at the game.  Believe me, those officials from your conference wern't about to let Lakeland win that game.  It was more of a football game than anything else.  Lakeland was getting bumped and literally shoved all night long. 

No offense to your program and it's tradition...........I wish the Dutch all the best the rest of the year.  But, I'd like to see that game played again with officials from a neutral conference.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

playdefense - Guess I didn't see the officiating having as big an impact on the game as it really did - looking at the stats.  But don't be too quick about them being from our conference - they may be - but only one of them has ever officiated any MIAA game.  And I think you would find that type of play is typical in our league as well.

[playdefense]

No offense meant to Hope, I wish them well.  Lakeland will be a better team down the stretch because of this game and other nonconference contests.  Keep up the good work in Michigan, you guys have it going, and have a terrific facility.

[Big_Uns]

Lakeland beat Goshen today. I'd say a third place finish at that tournament isn't such a bad thing, considering who they're up against.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

I agree completely - Lakeland has a good squad - one I think could compete for 3rd or 4th in the MIAA.  They were very impressive today against Goshen.  Would have liked to seen them also get a chance to play John Carroll.

[Big_Uns]

WLC and MSOE today. Looks like we'll see how good the Warriors really are.

[Greek Tragedy]

Full Slate of games this week

Jan. 2 Wis. Lutheran @ MSOE*
Jan. 3 Dominican @ Maranatha*
Jan. 3 Edgewood @ Lakeland*
Jan. 3 Marian @ Concordia (Wis.)*
Jan. 5 Benedictine @ Dominican
Jan. 6 Wis. Lutheran @ Embry-Riddle Tourn.
Jan. 7 Clarke @ Marian
Jan. 7 Dominican @ Concordia (Wis.)*
Jan. 7 Illinois Tech @ Lakeland
Jan. 7 MSOE @ Maranatha*
Jan. 7 Robert Morris @ Edgewood
Jan. 7 Wis. Lutheran @ Embry-Riddle Tourn.


MSOE 3-0    9-4

Lakeland 3-1    8-4

WI Lutheran 2-1   3-8

Dominican 2-2    7-5

Edgewood 2-2   6-6

Concordia 1-2    2-8

Marian 1-3   4-9

Maranatha 0-3   1-10

[Big_Uns]

Anyone able to clue us in as to why Cooper and Averkamp were MIA in Edewood's 65-60 loss in The Tank tonight?