MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[cjnick12]

So it looks like the NACC is going to two divisions. The preseason poll is out and has WLC, SNC and Concordia (WI) as 1, 2, 3. When it comes to tournament seeding, are the winners of each division given the top 2 seeds in the conference tournament?  However, the NACC website has the standings as one division...thoughts?

Do not think it is 2 divisions yet.  The north and south was for last year with covid.  As far I know it is back to 1 division 6 teams make it top 2 get the bye

[FiredCoachesPod]

On the eve of another great D3 college basketball season, I wanted to share an interview with a former NACC head coach. I coached D3 basketball for 12 seasons in the state of Wisconsin. Hope you enjoy!

Episode #5 - Andrew Weber (former Rockford University head coach)

Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fired-coaches-podcast/id1515593651
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1WW8i6V6xhVtHOuC93JGtZ
Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/firedcoachespod

[cjnick12]

Good win for SNC and the NACC last night as SNC beat UWEC on the road 60-55

[WLCALUM83]

NACC reigning POTW Pitrof had another strong game as MSOE opened up in-conference play by knocking off Lakeland on the road, 80-71.

[WLCALUM83]

12/1 NACC In-Conference Schedule:

Edgewood/CUC
Lakeland/St. Norbert
Marian/Rockford
Dominican/Benedictine
IL Tech/Aurora
WLC/CUW

[WLCALUM83]

Final:  St. Norbert 65, Lakeland 61 (Green Knights led until about 8 1/2 min into 2nd half, for about the next 9 minutes there were a boatload of lead changes, until St. Norbert hit shots and got key stops late to get this win.)

Final:  Benedictine 76, Dominican 45 (IL Eagles hit 8 3-pt shots)

Final:  Aurora 67, IL Tech 44. (Spartans also hit 8 shots from beyond the arc)

Final:  CUC 82, Edgewood 58. (Cougars third winning team to hit 8 3-pointers tonight)

Final:  Rockford 90, Marian 79. (Regents 54 points in paint, hit 7 3-pointers)
                                                   
Final:  WLC 92, CUW 85 (Warriors, trailing by 15 at halftime, outscored the Falcons 58-36 to stun CUW)

[Greek Tragedy]

Lakeland beats Dominican. The Muskies nearly blow a 21 point HT lead. Cam Jaeger with a big game, 31 pts, 5 rebs, 4 3's. I watched him at Oostburg a few times, just down the road from me. Jaeger leads the league in scoring. My kid currently attends Oostburg elementary.

[WLCALUM83]

THIS JUST IN:

All NACC men's teams will be in this season's conference tournament, seeing as due to COVID-related cancellations and what-not, this makes up for in-regular season out-of-balance number of games played.

The following 2/19/22 NACC games will be cancelled.

WLC/MSOE
CUW/Lakland
Aurora/Benedictine
Rockford/IL Tech
St. Norbert/Edgewood
Dominican/CUC

Top 3 finishers get 1st round byes.

[RFMichigan]

THIS JUST IN:

All NACC men's teams will be in this season's conference tournament, seeing as due to COVID-related cancellations and what-not, this makes up for in-regular season out-of-balance number of games played.

The following 2/19/22 NACC games will be cancelled.

WLC/MSOE
CUW/Lakland
Aurora/Benedictine
Rockford/IL Tech
St. Norbert/Edgewood
Dominican/CUC

Top 3 finishers get 1st round byes.

Thanks for the note. I guess that this is okay? The NACC is so unpredictable from game to game this year (and in general) that I would not be excited about this if I were a top-six team in the regular season standings; it's just an extra opportunity to get knocked off in the league tournament.

[RFMichigan]

I'm not sure who's looking this board besides WLCALUM83, but the conference had a pretty surprising win tonight, with CUC beating Illinois Wesleyan in OT. This is why the conference having all the teams comprising the league tournament is such a major development to me; you never know who is going to get hot during one game and knock out a favored team. (Especially when I don't think the NACC has a real heads-and-shoulders favorite team this year.)

[cjnick12]

High level game last night at SNC as SNC defeated WLC 74-71 to create a 3 way tie atop the NACC.  SNC took a 20 point lead early and WLC was able to get the score tied at half.  The second half WLC built a 10 point lead at 69-59.  SNC went on an 11-0 run to take the lead with 2:33 left at 70-69. Stolz was really good for WLC surprised they did not do more to get him a look in the final 2 possessions. Especially after timeouts.
The NACC conference tournament should be a good one.  I would put CUW as the favorite with way they have been playing lately and the experience they have.

[RFMichigan]

What a conference. NINE teams are tied in the loss column (6) atop the standings. Five teams are 10-6, Three teams are 9-6, and one team is 8-6. I would also favor Concordia Wisconsin for the same reason cjnick12 states.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Week 2 Regional Rankings - which are ranked now: https://d3hoops.com/notables/2022/02/men-regional-rankings-first

[WLCALUM83]

NACC Tournament Matchups:

#1 CUC, #2 CUW and #3 St. Norbert get opening round byes (Green Knights' strong 1st year NACC performance continues).

#4 IL Tech vs. #13 Dominican
#5 Marian vs. #12 Aurora
#6 WLC vs. #11 MSOE (more fuel for this crosstown rivalry)
#7 Benedictine vs. #10 Lakeland
#8 Edgewood vs. #9 Rockford

(as if the regular season wasn't wild enough)

[RFMichigan]

NACC Tournament Matchups:

#1 CUC, #2 CUW and #3 St. Norbert get opening round byes (Green Knights' strong 1st year NACC performance continues).

#4 IL Tech vs. #13 Dominican
#5 Marian vs. #12 Aurora
#6 WLC vs. #11 MSOE (more fuel for this crosstown rivalry)
#7 Benedictine vs. #10 Lakeland
#8 Edgewood vs. #9 Rockford

(as if the regular season wasn't wild enough)

I think that any of the 1-9 seeds has a legitimate shot to win the tournament (which is crazy), but I'd put my money on CUW right now if I was forced to choose one team.