MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

Ryan Stoppable · January 19, 2015, 09:41:18 PM

Saturday
Aurora 79 Lakeland 76
Benedictine 74 Marian 62
Concordia Wisconsin 100 Rockford 75
MSOE 87 Concordia Chicago 60

Yay, you got all 4 right! ... Well, not yay, because you picked against my school and they lost.

But that LC-AU game was more than worth the price of admission - no more than a six point margin at any point in the final 12:18.

NACC Standings as of 1/19/15
1. Aurora 11-2 (13-4)
2. Benedictine 9-3 (11-6)
3. Concordia Wisconsin 9-4 (10-6)
4. Edgewood 7-4 (8-8)
5. Lakeland 7-5 (11-6)
5. Marian 7-5 (8-9)
7. MSOE 6-5 (9-7)
8. Wisconsin Lutheran 4-8 (8-9)
9. Concordia Chicago 3-10 (5-11)
10. Rockford 2-9 (3-13)
11. Dominican 1-11 (1-16)

Captain_Joe08 · January 21, 2015, 12:22:56 AM

Quote from: Ryan Stoppable on January 19, 2015, 09:41:18 PM
Saturday
Aurora 79 Lakeland 76
Benedictine 74 Marian 62
Concordia Wisconsin 100 Rockford 75
MSOE 87 Concordia Chicago 60

Yay, you got all 4 right! ... Well, not yay, because you picked against my school and they lost. But that LC-AU game was more than worth the price of admission - no more than a six point margin at any point in the final 12:18.

NACC Standings as of 1/19/15
1. Aurora 11-2 (13-4)
2. Benedictine 9-3 (11-6)
3. Concordia Wisconsin 9-4 (10-6)
4. Edgewood 7-4 (8-8)
5. Lakeland 7-5 (11-6)
5. Marian 7-5 (8-9)
7. MSOE 6-5 (9-7)
8. Wisconsin Lutheran 4-8 (8-9)
9. Concordia Chicago 3-10 (5-11)
10. Rockford 2-9 (3-13)
11. Dominican 1-11 (1-16)

Yeah....You don't want to see what my alma mater did to your school's women's team tonight getting revenge for a early season loss in Sheboygan

IMO the top five teams have a legit shot of winning the auto-bid come tournament time. Right now AU is the favorite but BU, CUW, Lakeland and Edgewood have claims too.

Greek Tragedy · January 21, 2015, 12:51:50 PM

Lakeland doesn't have a claim anymore. They lost 3 in a row and 2 of those at home. In addition, two weren't even close.

Ryan Stoppable · January 21, 2015, 11:03:50 PM

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 21, 2015, 12:51:50 PM
Lakeland doesn't have a claim anymore. They lost 3 in a row and 2 of those at home. In addition, two weren't even close.

Obviously not if the Muskies play like they did last week, but I'm not willing to count them out yet. (But then again, I might be just a little biased...

) Or, for that matter, anyone else in a league where Edgewood almost pulled it off from the No. 7 seed last year.

Wednesday
Wisconsin Lutheran 82 Concordia Wisconsin 80
Marian 61 Edgewood 58
Aurora 80 Dominican 64
Lakeland 91 MSOE 70
Rockford 69 Concordia Chicago 59

With the CUW and Edgewood losses, only Benedictine is left within 3 of Aurora in the loss column.

Ryan Stoppable · February 01, 2015, 01:53:29 PM

NACC Standings as of 2/1/15
1. Aurora (x) 13-3 (16-5)
2. Concordia Wisconsin (x) 11-5 (13-8)
3. Benedictine (x) 10-5 (12-8)
4. Marian 9-6 (10-10)
5. Lakeland 9-7 (13-8)
6. MSOE 8-7 (11-9)
6. Edgewood 8-7 (9-11)
8. Wisconsin Lutheran 6-9 (10-10)
9. Rockford 5-11 (6-15)
10. Concordia Chicago 4-12 (6-15)
11. Dominican 2-13 (2-18)
(x) clinched NACC Tournament berth

If Aurora can get past Benedictine at home on Wednesday night, it would seem that the championship is theirs. Still much to be decided behind them though, with only 2 1/2 games separating 2nd place from 7th.

Greek Tragedy · February 05, 2015, 07:05:49 PM

Wow, what a night.

Bens (11-5) knocks off Aurora (13-4) in OT
Edgewood (9-7) tops Concordia, WI (11-6) by 2 points.
MSOE (9-7) beats Marian (9-7) by one.
And Lakeland (10-7) wins.

Ryan Stoppable · February 06, 2015, 12:01:18 AM

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on February 05, 2015, 07:05:49 PM
Wow, what a night.

Bens (11-5) knocks off Aurora (13-4) in OT
Edgewood (9-7) tops Concordia, WI (11-6) by 2 points.
MSOE (9-7) beats Marian (9-7) by one.
And Lakeland (10-7) wins.

And Rockford beat Dominican in OT as well. So that's four of the five games that hung in the balance in the final seconds of regulation. (For those of you keeping score at home: BU got a clean steal in the backcourt and made a layup to force OT; CUW couldn't get up a shot in the frontcourt to send that game to OT; MSOE hit a 3 for the win; and DU missed a game-winner and got sent to OT.)

Benedictine gets the huge win to keep their title hopes alive, although they'll need to win out (MSOE, Dominican, at Lakeland, at Rockford) and have Aurora lose one of its final three (Marian, at Concordia Chicago, at Edgewood) to get a share.

Ryan Stoppable · February 07, 2015, 09:53:33 PM

Saturday
Aurora 80 Marian 78
Benedictine 80 MSOE 68
Concordia Wisconsin 80 Dominican 72
Edgewood 84 Rockford 77
Wisconsin Lutheran 68 Concordia Chicago 55

Not quite as much drama as Wednesday night.

NACC Standings as of 2/8/15
1. Aurora 14-4 (17-6)
2. Benedictine 12-5 (14-8)
3. Concordia Wisconsin 12-6 (14-9)
4. Edgewood 10-7 (11-11)
4. Lakeland 10-7 (14-8)
6. MSOE 9-8 (12-10)
6. Marian 9-8 (10-12)
8. Wisconsin Lutheran 7-10 (11-11)
9. Rockford 6-12 (7-16)
10. Concordia Chicago 4-13 (6-16)
11. Dominican 2-15 (2-20)

It's pretty obvious the race for 4th (and home court advantage in the first round) will come right down to the wire. My Muskies will have plenty to say about it with games at Marian and vs. Edgewood remaining on the schedule. Farther down, only the 8th and final spot in the NACC Tournament is up for grabs anymore, and after today, Rockford must beat Wisconsin Lutheran next Saturday to keep their hopes alive (although doing so would split the season series and, by my calculations, give the Regents the tiebreaker).

Ryan Stoppable · February 12, 2015, 10:00:06 PM

And apparently I can't edit my own posts?

Tuesday
Aurora 80 Concordia Chicago 74
Benedictine 82 Dominican 63
Concordia Wisconsin 78 MSOE 74
Lakeland 69 Marian 68
Wisconsin Lutheran 71 Edgewood 65

Let's see... Aurora clinches at least a share of the conference title and, if my math is correct, will be the No. 1 seed in the NACC Tournament. Benedictine remains 1/2 game ahead of CUW for 2nd and will play their game in hand on Saturday. They'll both also be at home in the first round.. Lakeland moves 1 game up in the race to join them, but plays Edgewood (at home) to close out the regular season, and the northern Eagles would have the tiebreaker if they need it. And finally, WLC moves 2 ahead of Rockford as they've won 3 of their last 4, and can personally close the door on the Regents this weekend.

Two more regular season games to go!

Pat Coleman · February 13, 2015, 12:43:22 AM

Not yet -- you have to make a few more posts before you get access to that feature, sorry.

Ryan Stoppable · February 15, 2015, 12:10:05 AM

Okay, good to know.

Saturday
Edgewood 96 Aurora 94 (OT)
Benedictine 77 Lakeland 66
MSOE 74 Dominican 58
Marian 73 Concordia Chicago 67
Wisconsin Lutheran 73 Rockford 72

The Warriors clinch their conference tourney berth in style as Breazeale stuffs a potential game winner! Elsewhere, Aurora leaves the door open, as they hit a shot to force overtime but cannot do so again to force double OT, and Benedictine appears poised to walk right through it.

Going into the final day of regular season games on Wednesday, that gives us:

NACC Standings as of 2/15/14
1. Aurora 15-5 (18-7)
2. Benedictine 14-5 (16-8)
3. Concordia Wisconsin 13-6 (15-9)
4. Lakeland 11-8 (15-9)
4. Edgewood 11-8 (12-12)
6. MSOE 10-9 (13-11)
6. Marian 10-9 (11-13)
8. Wisconsin Lutheran 9-10 (13-11)
9. Rockford 6-13 (7-17)
10. Concordia Chicago 4-15 (6-18)
11. Dominican 2-17 (2-22)

If my math is correct, Aurora, Benedictine and CUW will be the top three seeds in that order. On Wednesday night, Edgewood at Lakeland decides the fourth seed; they are joined by Benedictine at Rockford where the southern Eagles will be co-champions with a win, Marian at CUW, MSOE at Wisconsin Lutheran who is surging late, and CUC at Dominican which will end both of their campaigns.

NACfan215 · February 17, 2015, 06:03:22 PM

That will be interesting for LC and EC to turnaround and play each other right away again on Saturday. Home court could play a big roll in that game.

Lets see if LC men and women can knock off EC in back to back nights at home to clich the tie breaker and higher seed for each.

Greek Tragedy · February 17, 2015, 08:23:31 PM

Quote from: NACfan215 on February 17, 2015, 06:03:22 PM
That will be interesting for LC and EC to turnaround and play each other right away again on Saturday. Home court could play a big roll in that game.

Lets see if LC men and women can knock off EC in back to back nights at home to clich the tie breaker and higher seed for each.

Could Marian or MSOE jump Edgewood? I don't know the H2H results off hand.

Just Bill · February 17, 2015, 08:38:00 PM

If Edgewood would lose, they hold the tiebreaker over Marian, but not over MSOE. MSOE holds tiebreaker over Marian. In a three-way tiebreaker it would go #5 MSOE, #6 Marian, #7 Edgewood.

Ryan Stoppable · February 17, 2015, 09:05:12 PM

Quote from: Just Bill on February 17, 2015, 08:38:00 PM
If Edgewood would lose, they hold the tiebreaker over Marian, but not over MSOE. MSOE holds tiebreaker over Marian. In a three-way tiebreaker it would go #5 MSOE, #6 Marian, #7 Edgewood.

Conversely, were Lakeland to lose (and I'm not planning on it

), they would hold tiebreakers over Marian and/or MSOE, having swept the Raiders and split with the Sabres (LC's win over BU in December would be the advantage there). And a three-way tiebreaker would go #5 Lakeland (3-1), #6 Marian (2-2), #7 MSOE (1-3). So they would have to go to the Edgedome on Saturday.

So MSOE could theoretically have a two seed difference hanging on a single game they're not even playing in.