MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

Greek Tragedy · February 08, 2009, 05:02:04 PM

I had to look about 3 times at the Lakeland-Maranatha Baptist score...ouch.

WLCALUM83 · February 08, 2009, 05:27:56 PM

Quote from: WLCALUM83 on February 08, 2009, 04:56:13 PM
2/07/09 Men's NAthCon Finals:

Benedictine 71, Concordia-WI 56 (IL Eagles pulled away in the 2nd half, per Ben press release-balanced scoring and rebounding).

Edgewood 85, Concordia-Chicago 74 (A 14-5 WI Eagle scoring run late in the 2nd sealed this win-Faurote was one of 5 Edgewood players to score in double figures, per Edgewood release).

MSOE 77, Maranatha 50 (A 22-10 MSOE scoring run in the 1st half turned this one into a rout, per Crusader press release).

Dominican 62, Lakeland 59 (Muskies' Regal missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer with 1 second left--per PBP acct off Stars' web site).

WLC 84, Marian 71 (WLC hit 14 three pointers and took control of this one midway thru first half, per Marian release).

Edgewood's in the best position at this point for a playoff spot. WLC and Benedictine are also in good shape, after that--it's a real dogfight here, folks.

Just Bill · February 08, 2009, 09:11:41 PM

Edgewood has already clinched a playoff spot and a share of first in the North actually. They need one more win to clinch the division. RC and CUW can both clinch a playoff spot by winning on Wednesday.

BU and WLC can clinch a playoff spot with one more win. AU can clinch a spot with a win over CUC on Wednesday. MSOE needs a win and a CUC loss to clinch a berth.

WLCALUM83 · February 09, 2009, 04:21:16 PM

Under Just Bill's scenarios, 7 of the 8 playoff spots would be accounted for, leaving Lakeland and Marian to vie for the last one.

Lakeland's remaining schedule: vs. Concordia-WI, at Marian, at Rockford

Marian's schedule: at Rockford, vs. Lakeland, at Maranatha Baptist

whiteowls · February 11, 2009, 12:29:32 PM

Marian will not get in, but if they do for some odd reason , they could be a team people won't want to play. Hey, does anyone know what happened to their starting point guard from last year, Jared Holewinski, i asked earlier and no one had an answer.

Just Bill · February 11, 2009, 10:28:57 PM

South Division even tighter!

BU 10-4
MSOE 9-5
WLC 9-5
AU 9-5

Those four have clinched but seeding still up in the air. CUC and DU are out.

whiteowls · February 13, 2009, 10:00:21 PM

Benedictine will win this whole thing.

Just Bill · February 14, 2009, 07:30:11 PM

Thanks for the original take.

MSOE and Aurora have both won today with BU/WLC just about to tip. If WLC wins we'll have a four-way tie on top of the South Division with all 4 teams at 10-5.

psquonk · February 16, 2009, 07:46:33 AM

Benedictine overcame some foul trouble and got a huge win at Wisconsin Lutheran on Saturday night. After trailing by 5 at halftime, they came right out and took the lead within a couple of minutes on a Cameron Snelling breakaway dunk. Much of the second half was close but the Eagles pulled away in the last few minutes. After struggling at the line for most of the game, senior Jared Baily locked things up with six consecutive free throws in the final minutes. The game was won on the defensive end and on the boards where Ben ended up with a 48-27 advantage. After allowing Plath 13 points in the first half, they only allowed him 4 in the second. The win locked up at least a tie for first place in their division. A win Tuesday at home against rival Aurora would lock up sole posession of first. The win avenged a nine point loss at home to WLC last month and extended their winning streak to 7 games.

WLCALUM83 · February 16, 2009, 12:36:33 PM

Lakeland must beat Rockford, and hope Marian loses to Maranatha to force a tie for the last playoff spot in the North Division.

ILbornNraised · February 16, 2009, 04:09:21 PM

With Marian and Lakeland still battling for the last spot, it seems like there will be a lot of good games in the first round of the conference tournament. Upsets are bound to hanppen.

Also, with the season winding down, what are your predictions on Coach of the Year? Freshmen of the Year? Player of the Year? and All-Conference?

Just Bill · February 17, 2009, 10:59:33 AM

For POY, I'm thinking Jared Bailey, BU or Chad Trudo, AU with Danny Armelin, RC an outside shot.

ROY looks like a runaway for Ben Wisniewski, EC.

ILbornNraised · February 17, 2009, 11:15:13 AM

I agree with the Freshmen from Edgewood getting ROY. The POY candidates might also include Taylor from RC and Plath from WLC.

psquonk · February 17, 2009, 09:59:05 PM

Benedictine knocks off Aurora 74-71 to win the South division title outright.

whiteowls · February 18, 2009, 10:51:07 AM

Baily gets player of the year with coach of the year to go to benedictine as well, with Coach Bunkenberg. He has won 7 straight to get the title. There league has better teams as well. Rookie goes to kid from edgewood. Benedictine wins it all.