MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Gregory Sager]

Good stuff as usual, Terry.

(You'd only pay $3 to see UWL @ NPU on Friday? Heck, I would've gotten you in for free. Now I'm not sure that I ought to. )

[ExBBaller40]

I mean, at least it warranted some payment on my scale. I mean, if it was a truly terrible game I wouldn't have even put it on there  .

[ExBBaller40]

A take on holiday tournaments and stuff on the NathCon, WIAC and MWC http://diiihoopsblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/midweek-blog-5-its-tourney-time.html

[Captain_Joe08]

Keep up the good work there Terry!

More or less I want to see how WLC fares against Hendrix and Linfield in Vegas this weekend. Those two games will serve as barometer games when conference play starts back up again.

Holiday Tournament Picks

12/28

Concordia (TX) vs Edgewood (at Belton, TX): Eagles put up some fight but come out on the wrong end of the scoreboard here.

MSOE at Otterbein (OH): Could go either way...

12/29

Dominican vs Southwestern (TX) (at San Antonio, TX): Toss up?
Millikin at Rockford: Surprise me Regents...surprise me.
Aurora at Hope: Taking the Spartans in a tight one.
Marian at St. Norbert: Sabres haven't really shown me much so far this season.
Concordia Wisconsin vs UW-Oshkosh (at Wisconsin Dells): Another one that could go either way.
Edgewood at Mary Hardin-Baylor: Over by halftime.
Wisconsin Lutheran at Hendrix (AR) (at Las Vegas, NV): WLC getting in some sort of groove?

12/30

Lakeland at Macalester: Muskies take this one handily.
UW-Stout vs Concordia Wisconsin: Stout looks strong so far.
Dominican at Trinty (TX): Dominican's struggles continue...
Benedictine at Carthage: Should be an interesting game.
Linfield vs Wisconsin Lutheran: Wouldn't be surprised if WLC won this.

12/31

Rockford at St. Francis (IL): Just a guess...

[ExBBaller40]

Here is my finished weekend blog, with stuff from the NAC, MWC and WIAC http://diiihoopsblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/weekend-analysis-4-little-change.html

[ExBBaller40]

My look at the NathCon race as well as the WIAC and MWC races in my new midweek blog http://diiihoopsblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/midweek-blog-6-conference-call.html

[ExBBaller40]

My weekend blog featuring NAC games Rockford v. Marian and CUW v. BenU as well as games from the WIAC and MWC http://diiihoopsblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/weekend-analysis-5-go-packers.html

[Captain_Joe08]

1/8 Picks

Concordia Chicago at Dominican: Have to go with the Stars here. CUC has been really struggling so far.

Aurora at Rockford: Taking the Spartans here. Regents were taken out of their game a bit by Marian last weekend.

Benedictine at Wisconsin Lutheran: I'll take the Warriors in a tight one. Got to keep Griffon out of foul trouble.

Edgewood at Marian: I see this game as a toss up. Marian in a close game.

MSOE at Concordia Wisconsin: Falcons with a slight edge here.

[Captain_Joe08]

Wisconsin Lutheran 58
Benedictine 54

Dominican 83
Concordia Chicago 49

Aurora 95
Rockford 70

Marian 67
Edgewood 66

Concordia Wisconsin 76
MSOE 61

[ExBBaller40]

My midweek blog, with a take on the next three weeks being a key stretch, NAC stuff as well as WIAC and NathCon stuff http://diiihoopsblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/midweek-blog-7-grind.html

[BadgerFan42]

Great stuff, keep it coming

I think the CUW win over MSOE proved that MSOE is still a pretender, don't look at their record without looking at their soft schedule first

It looks like Aurora will run away with the south, beating the 2nd place team by 25 makes the south look very weak.  I am surprised by Dominicans win over CUC though. 

Are the Edgewood Eagles even going to make the conference tournament?

[Captain_Joe08]

Great stuff, keep it coming

I think the CUW win over MSOE proved that MSOE is still a pretender, don't look at their record without looking at their soft schedule first

It looks like Aurora will run away with the south, beating the 2nd place team by 25 makes the south look very weak.  I am surprised by Dominicans win over CUC though. 

Are the Edgewood Eagles even going to make the conference tournament?

I really do not see Edgewood making the Conference tournament this year. It will most likely be Lakeland, MSOE, Concordia Wisconsin and Marian coming out of the North this year. I am really surprised how big the drop off was for the Eagles after the coaches picked them to finish second in the division.

I agree as well that Aurora will run away with the South. The race for second place will be something to watch. Wisconsin Lutheran has won four straight conference games and could challenge the Regents for the second spot. Dominican will be in the hunt there as well.

[ExBBaller40]

Great stuff, keep it coming

I think the CUW win over MSOE proved that MSOE is still a pretender, don't look at their record without looking at their soft schedule first

It looks like Aurora will run away with the south, beating the 2nd place team by 25 makes the south look very weak.  I am surprised by Dominicans win over CUC though. 

Are the Edgewood Eagles even going to make the conference tournament?

As far as MSOE goes, they are such a grind it out team, and they really don't have many offensive weapons outside of Stueck that if they get down big in any game, such as the one last night, they just don't have enough offense to compete.

CUW impressed me last night. They really came out and dominated that game.

And as far as Edgewood, I don't see it either...They don't have the go to scorers in Wisniewski or Faroute anymore and Craig is much better as a facilitator than scorer. With the way that Marian and CUW are playing, they are going to have to try and overtake MSOE, who has a fairly decent head start as far as conference W-L goes

[Captain_Joe08]

1/12 Picks

Lakeland at Concordia Chicago: Lakeland makes it back to back big wins this week over the cellar dwellers in both divisions.

Edgewood at Benedictine: I'm taking Edgewood here. WI Eagles gave Marian all they could handle and then some only to lose by a point. Should be an entertaining game either way.

Concordia Wisconsin at Aurora: I'll take the Spartans here. Another good game on tap here as well.

Marian at Wisconsin Lutheran: Both teams are getting hot at the moment. WLC has won four straight conference games and Marian has won three of their last four conference games. I say Marian in a very tight game.

MSOE at Rockford: I'll take the Raiders over the slumping Regents on the road.

Maranatha at Dominican: Dominican extends Maranatha's Nath-Con losing streak to 33 games.

[Titan Q]

I've heard that former Carthage starter Luke Johnson, a 6-9 sophomore forward who left Carthage about a week ago, has enrolled at Benedictine and will play today.

Johnson was considered a big-time CCIW recruit when Carthage landed him.  Could be a difference maker in time for BU.