MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Greek Tragedy]

Apparently the LMC has a hard time figuring out how to schedule "game days" for the conference.  The WIAC basically has game days every Wednesday and Saturday, while the MWC schedules Friday and Saturday games. 

There are six games involving LMC teams today and only two are conference matchups.  I guess Tuesday is the closest thing to a game day with three (I guess there is only a maximum of four) conference games scheduled.

I'll take Concordia over Dominican, simply because they are at home in Mequon, while MSOE plans on playing with just four players to make the game vs. Maranatha look respectable.

Lakeland takes on Ill. Tech and should be careful because it's one of those games they should win easily but tend to have a hard time getting up for these types of games.

I'll take Clarke and Robert Morris Springfield over Marian and Edgewood, while Indiana-South Bend may beat WLC. 

[Warrior_Fish]

Your right in saying that the scheduling this season has been sub-par at best for providing double-headers, but that, too, can get a little boaring. 

The Fish are ready to go against IIT today, and I will go out on a limb and say +15 win for the Muskies in the Moose.

[Warrior_Fish]

Well Well, How about that.  No chatter.  That has got to be a first. 

I went out on my limb of the ugly tree and look what happened.  The Fish knocked off IIT by 30.  Double my prediction. 

Today the Fish head south to face a DU team that sits third in the LMC.  If the Fish are not careful, they may be knocked down a peg by the suprise team from Chi-Town Land. 

EC travels to face the Hot again, cold again Falcons.  There is a matchup.  If Cooper and Avercamp are back, EC wins by +10;  if not, CUW +3.

MSOE vs. Marian.  Look for MSOE's dominance to continue against MC.  As much as I would like to root for the Sabers, MSOE looks to have too much for them. 

PEACE

[showtimeSmyHero]

I disagree with a couple predictions. I think MSOE could be upset by Marian if they dont bring their A game.  If they bring it, i dont think Marian has a chance with MSOE's gaurds.  Also, I think MSOE's Scott Murphy is the best 4 in the LMC and Marian doesnt have anyone who can stop him.

I also think CU has a shot against Edgewood even if cooper and averkamp play. They are overrated. 

I think Lakeland is gonna take it to Dominican by 10+.

[showtimeSmyHero]

Also, I have yet to see Lakeland play this year, but i think that it will be hard for MSOE to beat them all 3 times this year.... and vise versa

[Greek Tragedy]

Warrior_Fish,

yeah, I know, hard to imagine no chatter.  I got sick of talking to myself! 

I'll take Concordia at home.  Dominican seems to be better than Edgewood and Dominican won in Mequon.

I think Marian is pretty bad (not horrible, Greg!) and I don't see MSOE choking in Fondy.  Of course, Marian beat Clarke, something that Stevens Point couldn't even do!

Lakeland seems to play well against good opponents, and when it comes to the LMC, Dominican qualifies as that.  So, Lakeland in a close one.

Lastly, for Thursday, look for WLC to pull it out over MBBC.

[Gregory Sager]

I think Marian is pretty bad (not horrible, Greg!)

I've seen Marian this season, OS, and I certainly agree with your assessment.

Lakeland seems to play well against good opponents, and when it comes to the LMC, Dominican qualifies as that.  So, Lakeland in a close one.

I have a free evening, so I may mosey on over to Igini Sports Forum and catch this game tonight.

I went out on my limb of the ugly tree and look what happened.  The Fish knocked off IIT by 30.  Double my prediction.

I should've told you that you were low-balling that game. The Red Hawks were 2-15 going into their game at Lakeland, and of all the teams in the Chicagoland area, both NCAA and NAIA, they may be the absolute worst.

[fishguy]

Lakeland wins at Dominican and MSOE wins at Marian. Nice road wins for both. It appears, barring a stumble along the trail, we have our title contenders. Anyone know why they play each other so close together near the end of the season?

I think this conference tournament is really going to be wild this year. Aside from Maranatha, and perhaps Marian, it's going to be hard to pick winners. When is Marian going to make a change on the bench? They always seem to under-achieve.

[Greek Tragedy]

Really?  On the road or at a neutral court, I don't see WLC or Edgewood doing much...maybe Concordia can be put in that category as well.

MSOE and Lakeland are definitely #1 and #2, order not withstanding in the weak LMC.  Unfortunately, the LMC will continue to get just one team in the NCAAs.  Lets see if that team can actually win a game come tourney time.

[Gregory Sager]

I caught the Lakeland @ Dominican game this evening. Lakeland is fun to watch; they're undersized, but they run a terrific motion offense that gave the bigger and faster Stars absolute fits. Plus, the Muskies don't really seem to have a standout player; they appear to be a team of interchangeable parts, so the Stars really had no idea who to concentrate on stopping. They really get after it on defense, too, as Dominican was not able to pound it into the post and use the superior size of big men Mike Haiduk and Erin McMillan down low nearly as much as they wanted to. Of course, Dominican didn't play with much discipline, which made the job easier for the Muskies.

After seeing this game, it's a lot easier for me to understand how Lakeland was able to beat UWSP and hang with Hope.

[44]

i watched the cuw beat edgewood tonight and i seth cooper and charlie averkamp are the most overated players in the LMC..matt peets, dave lipanot, and steve huenik dominated them completly...no edgewood player could stop them...if the voting was this week for player of the year in the conference cooper wouldnt even be in the top 5 of the voting

[showtimeSmyHero]

Wow i checked the box score for the edgewood game and Seth Cooper has fallen off big time.  I also saw on the LMC page how a edgewood player got player of the week... wonder how that happened?  So far i would have to vote on jeff mikos as poy.  If he plays good i dont think Lakeland can beat MSOE.

Im going to give my mid conf. rankings

1. MSOE
2. Lakeland
3. Dominican
4. Concordia
5. Edgewood
6. Marian
7. WLC
8. Maranatha

[Greek Tragedy]

I don't think there are any Dominican fans that post on here and I'm sure no Lakeland followers headed south for the game, but I think LMC fans in general should be proud that Greg Sager made a special trip to see an LMC game! 

If anyone hasn't seen Lakeland play, I think they are a real solid team.  As Greg said, they are fun to watch and he now understands how they beat Point and hung with Hope.

At the Point game, they shot the lights out and moved the ball better than Point did and that performance and what Greg witnessed makes it even harder for me to read when Lakeland goes down to WLC and lays an egg!

If Lakeland can continue to play well when they need to and not "take nights off", they should be able to win the league with two wins over MSOE.  They have a tough one in Mequon this weekend.

We'll go with Dominican over Edgewood, WLC over Marian and the big one, Lakeland over Concordia this weekend.

[The Way]

The Way I See It,

I don't know if you can proclaim Jeff Mikos as POY. Is he even the best player on the team right now? He is still not having they types of games seniors should have. He is far too inconsistent to be labeled as POY. I mean take last night's game for example. Sure he has 7 dimes, but look at the TO's and the points. He has to make better decisions with the basketball. I do not doubt that he is probably one of the tops in the conference, and I know he has the ability. But i think it is too early to annoint a POY yet (even though i know that was just a gut feeling).

Props to my boys yet again as they pick up the 'W' at Domincan. Everybody that played in the game played at least 10 minutes. There is a lot of depth for a team that was very unsure during preseason. Maybe the new gym has lifted the spirits over in corn countyr. Big test though this weekend. I give the edge to my alma mater though as Lakeland will prevail 65-58.

p.s. Busty, roll out from under your pile of self denial (or in your case empty cans of PBR) and fill us in on the struggles of WLC.

[Big_Uns]

The Way I See It,

I don't know if you can proclaim Jeff Mikos as POY. Is he even the best player on the team right now? He is still not having they types of games seniors should have. He is far too inconsistent to be labeled as POY. I mean take last night's game for example. Sure he has 7 dimes, but look at the TO's and the points. He has to make better decisions with the basketball. I do not doubt that he is probably one of the tops in the conference, and I know he has the ability. But i think it is too early to annoint a POY yet (even though i know that was just a gut feeling).

Through process of elimination I would have to narrow it down to Mikos, teammate Floyd Bayiha, and CUW's Matt Peets, who is second in both PPG and RPG in the conference.

But like I said, through process of elimination, you can rule out any Edgewood players because of their enormous underachieving, any Lakeland players because there are about six guys capable of blowing up for 20+ at any given time, which makes all their numbers a lot lower considering the amount of actual talent on the team, and any other player around the league because of the fact that their teams aren't that great.

I always look at POYs as most valuable players, as in, take this guy off the team and how good would they be? With that in mind, I'd have to say Peets get the midseason nod.