MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Mr. Ypsi]

Benedictine University - 2015-16 CCIW Champions!

Only if they meet and beat Augie in the tourney.

[bbfan44]

Let's see if anyone in the CCIW besides Augie starts out 5-0 in conference play.

The Eagles look very solid this year...especially if the big guy can figure out the ref's and stay in the game.  He was really stupid last night a couple of times.  If only he would stay underneath and collect rebounds, they'd be better than solid, they'd be really good.  They have enough outside shooting without him roaming out there. 

[WLCALUM83]

CUC/MSOE about to get underway:

[WLCALUM83]

MSOE 28, CUC 8  11 min left 1st half

[WLCALUM83]

Shifted to Benedictine/CUW   Falcons up 25-17 at the moment

[WLCALUM83]

Benedictine 45, CUW 36  Half

[WLCALUM83]

Benedictine 83, CUW 70  Final

[Ryan Stoppable]

Tuesday
#6 Elmhurst 99 Concordia Chicago 52 (nc)
Colorado College 85 Dominican 71 (nc)
Carroll 58 Edgewood 56 (nc)

Wednesday
Wartburg 81 Dominican 71 (nc)
Lakeland 79 Finlandia 71 (nc)
#1 Augustana 79 Edgewood 44 (nc)
Ripon 90 Marian 74 (nc)
MSOE 89 (ARV) Illinois Wesleyan 69 (nc)
#7 Benedictine 82 Carthage 78 (nc)

Saturday
#7 Benedictine 83 Concordia Wisconsin 70
(ARV) Aurora 86 Wisconsin Lutheran 81
MSOE 89 Concordia Chicago 52
Lakeland 98 Rockford 89

The Muskies and Raiders move into 3rd and 4th respectively on the back of their recent success. One thing working against Concordia Wisconsin, who is now 4-3 in the conference, is that while they've lost to the current top 3 in the standings, all three of those were at home and they'll have to go to each of Benedictine, Aurora and Lakeland yet.

[Captain_Joe08]

#6 Benedictine 81
Wisconsin Lutheran 67

Concordia Chicago 88
Marian 74

Aurora 105
MSOE 99

Lakeland 89
Dominican 72

Rockford 89
Edgewood 71

NACC Standings

1. #6 Benedictine 14-0 (9-0)
2. Aurora 10-3 (6-2)
3. Rockford 9-4 (6-3)
4. Lakeland 9-4 (5-3)
5. MSOE 7-5 (4-3)
6. Concordia Wisconsin 6-6 (4-4)
7. Concordia Chicago 4-7 (4-4)
8. Wisconsin Lutheran 4-8 (3-5)
9. Marian 5-8 (2-6)
10. Edgewood 1-12 (1-7)
11. Dominican 1-10 (0-7)

Rockford is turning out to be a nice surprise this season. Positions 4-8 are only separated by 2 games while Benedictine still cruises atop the NACC after handling WLC yesterday.

[Ryan Stoppable]

Positions 4-8 are only separated by 2 games while Benedictine still cruises atop the NACC after handling WLC yesterday.

It feels like one of the pursuers would need to win out to make a run at Benedictine, and I don't think any of them are good enough to avoid dropping games to each other.

Coming up this week in that second group, we've got Aurora at Rockford tomorrow night with second place on the line, while Lakeland travels to MSOE on Thursday and then hosts the Regents on Saturday. (Three full rounds of conference play this week - Benedictine, Rockford and Edgewood get the byes in that order.)

[Ryan Stoppable]

Tuesday
Wisconsin Lutheran 88 Lakeland 84
Concordia Wisconsin 94 Edgewood 54
Marian 100 MSOE 96 (OT)
Aurora 102 Rockford 98
Dominican 92 Concordia Chicago 82

[Ryan Stoppable]

Thursday
Aurora 96 Dominican 79
Wisconsin Lutheran 84 Concordia Wisconsin 82
#5 Benedictine 103 Concordia Chicago 67
MSOE 74 Lakeland 72
Marian 74 Edgewood 58

It's going to be a fun and nail-biting second half of the season. The Benedictine freight train keeps on rolling, Aurora has opened up ground on the pack as well, but the next seven teams after them (of which only four can go to the NACC Tournament) are all separated by only two games with the conference season (basically) halfway over.

[Greek Tragedy]

Tough loss for my Muskies. Up the entire game and leading by 6 with 1:08 to play and they fail to score the rest of the way. A few turnovers and a few missed free throws, assuming front ends of 1 and 1s.

[Ryan Stoppable]

Tough loss for my Muskies. Up the entire game and leading by 6 with 1:08 to play and they fail to score the rest of the way. A few turnovers and a few missed free throws, assuming front ends of 1 and 1s.

Yes, I couldn't have it said it better myself. This conference is too closely bunched to let games slip away like that. ... Wait, you mean I'm not the only Lakeland fan on here? Sweet!

Anyways,

Saturday
#5 Benedictine 76 Concordia Wisconsin 67
Aurora 102 Wisconsin Lutheran 75
MSOE 78 Concordia Chicago 67
Marian 87 Dominican 84
Lakeland 100 Rockford 92

CUW gave Benedictine a scare at the Rice Center, but the Eagles held them to 21 percent shooting in the second half to deny the upset bid and remain unbeaten.

NACC Standings
1. #5 Benedictine 11-0 (16-0)
2. Aurora 9-2 (13-3)
3. MSOE 6-4 (9-6)
4. Lakeland 6-5 (10-6)
4. Rockford 6-5 (9-6)
6. Marian 5-6 (8-8)
6. Concordia Wisconsin 5-6 (7-8)
6. Wisconsin Lutheran 5-6 (6-9)
9. Concordia Chicago 4-7 (4-10)
10. Dominican 1-9 (2-12)
10. Edgewood 1-9 (1-14)

[Greek Tragedy]

I grew up in Stevens Point, so I follow rhe Pointers and the WIAC. I do check up on my Muskies on a regular basis, though! After the week's results, I was surprised they beat Rockford.