MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Captain_Joe08]

Platteville is 2-2.5 hrs away from me. Chicago is closer to 90 minutes, La Crosse is 2.5 hours. The closest regional for me is Whitewater on the women's side.

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On the women's side, the WIAC got 5 teams in and two of them are in the same pod. Pretty disappointing.

I was gonna say that Concordia hosted a pod because Point was in that pod and I remember going down there, just couldn't remember the year, but Wiz saved me from searching!  I believe they got to host because Stevens Point's women were hosting that weekend.

That Calvin game will depend on who wills their pace on the other team. Calvin grinds out games. WLC seems like to run.

Disappointed WLC or Carthage couldn't host (one of them probably would have had they won their conference tournament).

Platteville and La Crosse are too far for me. Chicago is actually closer, but still 2 1/2 hours away.

The difference in tempo is only about two possessions per game and likely not enough of a difference to really make the game feel all the different either way.

To put this in more familiar conference terms, this is a tempo matchup similar to WLC taking on Edgewood or Aurora and Calvin facing Kalamzaoo. I will defer to the NACC posters as to whether or not those matchups feel like a battle in contrasting tempos but from the Calvin side I don't think it does.

[Captain_Joe08]

I don't think there is much of a difference per say. Edgewood was lucky to escape the basement this year and Aurora had a down year.

There has been only matchup between WLC and Calvin. Calvin won 79-67 back in November of 2000. WLC is 2-4 all time against the MIAA (both wins coming against Kalamazoo, and one loss to Calvin, Hope, Adrian and Trine).

[Captain_Joe08]

NACC All-Conference Awards were announced a few days ago:

Player of the Year- Ryan Broeckel (WLC)
Defensive POY: Jacob Collicot (Concordia Chicago)
Freshman of the Year: Noah Mason (Benedictine)
Coaching Staff of the Year: WLC (Aaron Aanonsen)

First Team

Jacob Collicot Sr. (Concordia Chicago)
Logan Landers Jr. (Concordia Wisconsin)
Casey Verhagen So. (Concordia Wisconsin)
Brandon Adorno Jr. (Marian)
Donovan Carter Grad. (MSOE)
Mason Dopriak Jr. (MSOE)
Garrett Grzesk Sr. (St. Norbert)
Jamison Nickolai St. (St. Norbert)
Ryan Broeckel Grad. (WLC)
Grayson Goetz Grad. (WLC)

Second Team

Joevonn McCottry Jr. (Aurora)
Isaiah Davis So. (Aurora)
Pat Mayfield Grad. (Benedictine)
Tanner Resch Sr. (Benedictine)
Cameron Scott Grad. (Dominican)
Isaiah Hammond Sr. (Lakeland)
Micah Swanson Sr. (Rockford)
Jaden Bell Sr. (Rockford)
Brandt Wilson Sr. (St. Norbert)
Jacob Stoltz Grad. (WLC)

Honorable Mention

Terrell Taylor Sr. (Dominican)
Drew Houtakker Sr. (Edgewood)
DeAndre Vortes Sr. (Illinois Tech)
Grayson Carter Jr. (Illinois Tech)
Andrew Ayeni So. (Marian)

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

What happened to Dopirak?  Shouldn't he be on that list somewhere?

[Captain_Joe08]

Edited him in. Must of overlooked his name on the list.

[Greek Tragedy]

WLC does average about 10 more points a game than Calvin. And I think I had in my mind all those big games against Hope and Trine when they were grinding out wins, scoring 70 just once out of those 5 games. WLC scored 90+ a bunch of times. I still do think if the pace is faster, WLC has more fire power and wins if they score over 85. I'll probably be wrong.

[Captain_Joe08]

WLC leads Calvin 30-13 with 6 minutes 6:19 left in the first

St. Norbert leads Carthage 62-34 at halftime.....WHAT!?!?!?!?

[Captain_Joe08]

WLC up on Calvin 38-20 at half.

WLC is looking for their first win in the NCAA era. Last postseason tournament win was in 1996 when WLC was in the NAIA.

[Captain_Joe08]

St. Norbert survives a hell bent run by Carthage in the second half to win 92-89.

WLC beats Calvin 73-61!

NACC goes 2-0!

[Captain_Joe08]

WLC STUNS PLATTEVILLE 75-73 TO GET INTO THE SWEET 16!!!!!

PROUD ALUM!!!! WHAT A GAME!!!

[Captain_Joe08]

First time since 2016 that an NACC team is in the Sweet 16. I am ecstatic.

[Captain_Joe08]

St. Norbert falls to UW-La Crosse 77-67 in the other game.

[Greek Tragedy]

What a weekend for WLC!!!! Wow!

[Captain_Joe08]

WLC will face off against Wash U in a rematch of last year's NCAA first round game at UW-La Crosse. Winner will face either Illinois Wesleyan or UW-La Crosse.