MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[RFMichigan]

Unlike other conferences (MIAA, WHAC, etc.) whose early season schedules are strictly non-conference, the NAC conference schedule has been underway for some time, although the meat of the conference schedule obviously still lies ahead. With that being said, what are some teams or performances that have stood out in the "early" part of the season? Any disappointments or surprises in regards to teams or players?
It seems that Rockford has really turned things around from last year. Do they have a new coach, or were they just extremely young last year? I also think that CUW lost quite a few important seniors from last year's team but seem to be pretty strong this year.

[WLCALUM83]

Unlike other conferences (MIAA, WHAC, etc.) whose early season schedules are strictly non-conference, the NAC conference schedule has been underway for some time, although the meat of the conference schedule obviously still lies ahead. With that being said, what are some teams or performances that have stood out in the "early" part of the season? Any disappointments or surprises in regards to teams or players?
It seems that Rockford has really turned things around from last year. Do they have a new coach, or were they just extremely young last year? I also think that CUW lost quite a few important seniors from last year's team but seem to be pretty strong this year.

From looking at a few of Rockford's box scores from this year, I think it is more a matter of that squad being extremely young last year. The Regents appear to be staying more competitive this year by cutting down some on turnovers and improving their scoring-generally.

[WLCALUM83]

1/10/09 Men's NAthCon Finals:

Edgewood 88, WLC 84  (WLC press release indicates Edgewood shot 67% from the floor in the second half).

Aurora 91, Maranatha Baptist 62 (Crusaders shot 19% from the floor in the 2nd half, per Aurora box score).

Concordia-Chicago 71, Rockford 69 (Cougars' PBP account indicates Morgan hit a jumper with 5 seconds left to win this tight game.)

MSOE 77, Concordia-WI 59  (MSOE press release indicates that Off, Voight and Meier poured in 53 of the Raider points in this one).

Benedictine 73, Marian 43 (IL Eagles used hot beyond-the-arc shooting in the first half and a 47-25 rebounding advantage to win this one-per Marian release.)

[WLCALUM83]

Rockford beats Edgewood on the road by 2, Dominican knocks off Aurora by 8. Seeing as the Spartans aren't running away and hiding, this is making for an interesting dog-fight.

[WLCALUM83]

1/17/09 Men's NAthCon Finals:

Concordia-WI 78, WLC 63  (Falcons got 27 pts off 26 Warrior turnovers, per WLC box score).

Rockford 94, Dominican 92 OT  (Regents' Rennell Taylor hits a jumper with 1 second left in the OT to give the Stars the win, per Dominican PBP account).

Aurora 89, Lakeland 68  (A 27-2 Aurora scoring run early in the 2nd half was the difference here, per Muskie press release.)

Concordia-Chicago 68, Marian 61 (Cougars' D Young hit a 3 with just under 5 minutes to go to give Concordia-Chicago the lead for good-per Marian press release).

Benedictine 84, Maranatha Baptist 52 (IL Eagles shot 57% in the first half to turn this one into a rout, per Crusader press release.)

[titan2000]

How did Marian beat Lawrence ?   UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH

[hickory_cornhusker]

How did Marian beat Lawrence ?   UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH

Marian was picked to win the North Division coming into the season but that isn't panning out right now. Iwant to know if any of the posters on here know why.

[whiteowls]

They lost there best player and starting point guard from last year. He was only a sophmore

[WLCALUM83]

MSOE 88, WLC 76  (Raiders' clutch FT shooting was the difference here, per WLC press release).

The Warriors figure to have their hands full again when they play Concordia-Chicago at home tonight.

[WLCALUM83]

Other 1/20 Finals:

Aurora 90, Concordia-Chicago 77 (Morgan was somewhat limited by early foul trouble. Aurora was able to run on the Cougars and the Spartans also hit their FTs late to seal this one, per CUC press release.

Dominican 77, Benedictine 75  OT  (Stars' Tipton nailed a 3 with 0.4 to play in OT for the win-per Star release)

Lakeland 64, Concordia-WI 61 (Muskies' Schwarz hit a go-ahead jumper with 27 seconds left, and then Lakeland held on for the win, per Muskie release).

Rockford 84, Marian 77 (A 10-3 scoring run by Rockford late in the second half was the difference here, per Marian press release).

[WLCALUM83]

1/22/09 NAthCon Finals:

Benedictine 83, Aurora 76 (IL Eagles scored 51 2nd half points and shot 55% from the floor in the second half, per Aurora box score).

WLC 85, Concordia-Chicago 79  (Warrirors shot 58.6% in 2nd half, Cougars had 22 turnovers to WLC's 12, per Warrior press release--big win for WLC.)

Edgewood 86, Concordia-WI 69 (WI Eagles shot 60% from the floor for the game and used a 23-1 early 2nd half scoring run to take command, per Edgewood release)

MSOE 65, Dominican 56

Rockford 71, Lakeland 69  OT (Regents' Renell Taylor hit a jumper at the buzzer to lift Rockford to the win, per Lakeland press release).

Marian 90, Maranatha 49

[whiteowls]

Benedictine is going to win this conference tournament in the end. You heard it here first.

[Just Bill]

My midpoint money is on MSOE right now.  I think they have the best balance of inside and outside game and the greatest ability to be consistent night in and night out.

[WLCALUM83]

1/24/09 Men's Finals:

WLC 91, Maranatha Baptist 68  (Warriors hit 11 3's and Kyle Plath had 26 pts in this one-WLC release).

MSOE 54, Lakeland 46 (Muskies got in a bit of a hole and never quite got over the hump. Raiders outshot them, 44% to 29% for the game, per Lakeland release).

Edgewood 71, Dominican 60 (WI Eagle squad used a 2nd-half scoring run to give them the breathing room they needed to hold on-also had 4 players score in double figures, per Edgewood release).

Concordia-Chicago 71, Concordia-WI 63 (Cougars' Weberg had 24 pts, CUC out-rebounded and outshot the Falcons- per CUW release).

Aurora 72, Rockford 68 (Spartans scored the last 4 points of the game from the FT line to win it, per Aurora PBP account).

[whiteowls]

Benedictine has a real solid coach and he will have the team ready for any matchup. They play msoe coming up, might be a prevew of the final.