MBB: Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

[Greek Tragedy]

KEITH45,

Guess who didn't show up at the game and guess who won? lol 

[MarsBlackmon]

titansrus,

I think plath has come a long way since his last year.  As long as i've seen him play he's been a good shooter and is very athletic.  In the game I saw last night he made much better decisions than at times last year.  Every shot he took last night was a good one, so if he keeps that up he'll probably shoot a very good percentage for the year.  It also hurt last year because he didn't get as many minutes, but after wlc lost a few guys from last year he's seeing a lot more minutes. With teams having to concentrate so much on guys like Zondag and Lindberg now, it will only help him to score more too, because he'll be open as a result of double teams on those guys, and if he's left open he usually doesn't miss. I think he'll have a good year, as will WLC.

[MarsBlackmon]

The Lone Sader,

It looks like natha should have a decent year and get a few wins after playing the way they did against edgewood.  I'm just wondering if you know why josh burch did not play last year.  He was very good in his years before that, and it's good to see he's back, just wondering what the deal was with that. 

[libero]

Josh Burch was expelled from the college just prior to the basketball season for a major violation of the school code of conduct.

He is back in school and doing well on and off the court.

[MarsBlackmon]

WLC beats Dominican 89-73.  Dominican led 3-0 to start the game and Danny Behm scored 10 straight points to start the game and WLC never looked back.  Domincan went on the run in the second half to pull the lead back down to eight, but wlc stayed strong and ran away with it.  They looked very good offensively, moving the ball well and shot 52 percent from 3 for the game. If they continue to play like this I think they'll be very tough to beat.  Marcus Zondag led the team in scoring with 21, and Plath, Behm, and Lindberg were also in double figures for the warriors.  I don't think dominican looked inside to Haiduc enough, especially when at times they had mismatches.  WLC has off now until they head up to Marian to play the Sabres.  This will be a good test as Marian is off to a 3-0 start.  I think I might make the trip up to this one.

[WLCALUM83]

just got back from trying to keep my car on the road through all the snow on the way back from the rex.  great game tonight. not many fans on hand, probably because of the weather. final score was Aurora 93 WLC 90.  Larry Welton did not play at all in the first half, not sure why, but Aurora still looked pretty good without him, Lance Robinson played great as did Chad Trudo, and a few other guys had good games too.  Welton ended up with 10 points playing only in the second half.  For the warriors Marcus Zondag had a very impressive game scoring 27.  Sorum, Lindberg, Plath, and Behm were also in double figures for the game.  Warriors had a chance to win but sorum was called for a push on a put back that would have put the warriors up 1 with under 10 seconds to go. Aurora hit both free throws and wlc didn't get a shot after that.  I think both teams looked pretty good, they played hard, and it was good to see both teams play very unselfish basketball. I think both of these teams will end up near the top of the standings.

Took in WLC's radio feed and WLC's announcer indicated that the reason Welton sat was because he apparently got T'd up the previous game and Aurora's coach sat him for discipline.

[WLCALUM83]

titansrus,

I think plath has come a long way since his last year.  As long as i've seen him play he's been a good shooter and is very athletic.  In the game I saw last night he made much better decisions than at times last year.  Every shot he took last night was a good one, so if he keeps that up he'll probably shoot a very good percentage for the year.  It also hurt last year because he didn't get as many minutes, but after wlc lost a few guys from last year he's seeing a lot more minutes. With teams having to concentrate so much on guys like Zondag and Lindberg now, it will only help him to score more too, because he'll be open as a result of double teams on those guys, and if he's left open he usually doesn't miss. I think he'll have a good year, as will WLC.

Last year Plath didn't get as much playing time because of the minutes Brian Hagel logged for WLC. With Hagel having graduated, Plath is able to pick up a good share of that slack, scoring and rebounding.

[WLCALUM83]

Other 12/8 NAthCon Finals:

Aurora 85, Benedictine 81.
Marian 80, Concordia-WI 60.
Lakeland 82, Maranatha 70.
MSOE 76, Edgewood 63.
Concordia-Chicago 77, Rockford 44.

[WLCALUM83]

12/10-11/07 Men's NAthCon Finals:

12/10:  MSOE 85, Maranatha 55. (MSOE went on a 3-pt shooting barrage and pressure defense in 2nd half to put this away per Maranatha press release).

12/11:  Lake Forest 60, Dominican 50. (Stars outshot from the floor--only 1-19 from beyond the arc for entire game-per Dominican box score.)

[MarsBlackmon]

maranatha beats benedictine 70-67!!!

[The Lone Sader]

Maranatha win in the NAC

We have been waiting for this conference win for over three years!


I am in a state of shock right now. I thought that we would have to wait until the Rockford game to experience this.

[mifflin]

Lone Sader,
                   I think NAC has been around for 2 years now, is MBB that good or is Benedictine that bad. Good win for MBB congrats ! there will be more next year I mean" 08 "conference wins

[WLCALUM83]

Just looked at the box score from the MBBC/Ben game and by all indications the Crusaders outshot the IL Eagles squad from the floor for the entire game.

(Libero. . . libero. . . where are you?)

WLCALUM83 and all MBBC posters giving Crusader Coach Cronin the Gatorade soak:

"One, two, three, Heave!  (Splash!") 

[WLCALUM83]

Other 12/15/07 NAthCon Men's Finals:

Edgewood 81, Dominican 75
Lakeland 62, Rockford 48

Aurora 70, MSOE 63. (Saw this one in person. MSOE had the lead for most of the first half, MSOE's Murphy got whacked either in one eye or just below one eye. He didn't even come out of the locker room for the second half. Aurora hit several threes after the break and lead by as much as 10 points late. Murphy's quickness on both ends of the floor was missed big time in the second half. Don't know how serious the injury is.) 

[AndOne]

Just looked at the box score from the MBBC/Ben game and by all indications the Crusaders outshot the IL Eagles squad from the floor for the entire game.

(Libero. . . libero. . . where are you?)

WLCALUM83 and all MBBC posters giving Crusader Coach Cronin the Gatorade soak:

"One, two, three, Heave!  (Splash!") 

Just an observation from someone who took in the MBBC-BU game yesterday afternoon. Attention must first be focused on the BU starters who scored a grand total of 23 points! I don't know if these guys usually start for BU or not.

MBBC built up a nice 10 point lead in the first half on some good outside shooting and crappy perimeter defense by BU. Many of their points also were the result of several lazy BU passes that they easily picked off.

Midway through the 2nd half it was apparent the MBBC starters were getting gassed, and BU finally caught up and eventually went ahead by 4 or 5 pts. Then BU was hurt by the fact that they went to the outside shot instead of continuing to work inside where they had a height and bulk advantage. Problem was that BU's numbers 24 & 32 couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.

It was also curious that the best BU players (in this game anyway), numbers 44 & 11, were not on the floor for much of the last several minutes of the contest.

It seemed like BU (especially # 5) almost expected to win, but MBBC played like they wanted it more.