WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

foul_language · January 21, 2006, 04:08:55 PM

Women's game; men's is playing...

bulk19 · January 21, 2006, 05:53:33 PM

Final:
UWEC - 66, UWL - 50, in La Crosse.

Blugolds lead at half 31-27, then take a 48-43 lead on a Liz Van Drasek three pointer. Van Drasek scores six of the next eight points as the 'Golds make a run to go up 56-45.
Lead remains in double figures basically the rest of the way...

Van Drasek leads 'Golds with 13 points... Rachel Becker has 10 assists, 12 points and 7 boards. Jen Charboneau, with 5, provides a spark off the bench, too, for the 'Golds, who are back to the .500 mark.

Palmer, 13, and Hunter, 10, lead the Eagles in scoring.

One difference between the two games: First game, UWL wins 72-63, going 22 of 33 from the line, while 'Golds were 7 of 8. Today, however, the 'Golds make 15 of 27 vs. UWL's 7 of 17...

Four in a row for the 'Golds, with Stout coming to town on Wednesday. School will be back in session, and Stout will be bringing their entourage from just up the road, so Blugold fans, get out and fill up Zorn on Wednesday... Should be a great atmosphere for D3 college hoops!

Mr. Downtown · January 21, 2006, 06:00:00 PM

How the "mighty" have fallen

Big win for Eau Claire, and to win 4 in a row in the WIAC without being at your very best is terrific. La Crosse is in a major funk. Now 5-4 in conference. They go from the being the best, to now possibly right in the middle of the conference.

They better bounce back soon...cause if they don't then they will be playing on the road in the WIAC tourney.

Mr. Downtown · January 22, 2006, 07:59:30 PM

CONFERENCE TOURNEY SEEDINGS

We have a situation once again between Eau Claire, Platteville, and River Falls being tied.

Now, remembering the tiebreaker situation, I believe they have it by who they have beaten depending on the standings. So first would be Oshkosh. Seeing that Platteville is the only team to beat Oshkosh this year, they get the tiebreaker and placed 5th. Seeing that River Falls beat Eau Claire, they are the 6th seed, while Eau Claire would be 7th.

1 Oshkosh (8-1)
8 Whitewater (3-5)

4 La Crosse (5-4)
5 Platteville (4-5)

3 Stout (6-3)
6 River Falls (4-5)

2 Stevens Point (6-3)
7 Eau Claire (4-5)

Big game in Stevens Point on Wednesday, If Oshkosh wins they will not only have a 3 game lead of Point. But also by doing so in case Stout and Oshkosh tie at the end of the year, Oshkosh would own the tiebreaker (seeing that Stout and Oshkosh would spilt) sweeping Stevens Point. A Point team that Stout lost pretty badly without Duoss.

How important is home court advantage in womens basketball? In the 7 year history, the number 1 seed has ALWAYS won the conference tourney.

Though, here is an interesting question to put out there, does anyone think that WIAC is going to have 2 teams in the tourney this year? Right now, if Oshkosh doesn't win the tourney, I think they have a strong bid to claim a pool C bid...if they were to win out the rest of the season of course

buf · January 23, 2006, 02:02:53 PM

Downtown-

If UWO wins the rest of their games during the regular season and happens to lose in the conf. tourney, they would be a lock for a Pool C Bid.

IMO, UWO should be able to lose 2 more games in the regular season and still be able to get in the NCAA tourney if they happen to lose in the conf. tourney. If this would occur, UWO would have 6 in-region losses. Last year that wasn't good enough, but with 13 more Pool C Bids this year, they would be a good bet to get in. Of course all this is too premature at this point in the season.

ajwagner · January 23, 2006, 02:33:38 PM

OK, it's my own damn fault for not being around ... but somebody mentioned a WIAC team and the words "lock for a Pool C bid" in the same sentence without the words "screwed out of". I know the tourney has expanded, but what are the new breakdowns?

ajwagner · January 23, 2006, 02:46:24 PM

Oops. I found Mr. Coleman's FAQs. I am now educated.

BDB · January 23, 2006, 05:00:09 PM

Quote from: foul_language on January 21, 2006, 04:08:10 PM
What happened to internet broadcast of the Stout-Platteville game?

foul,

I think you should e-mail the Program Director at WMEQ.com and let them know the womens game wasn't on the internet.

Sometimes the Board Operator forgets to flip the switch.

wisconsinball · January 25, 2006, 10:31:56 AM

Pretty quite on here, especially with the big games coming up tonight.

Maybe to get some discussion going (even thought we are already a game into the 2nd half of the conf season) and copy the men's WIAC board with the Mid-Season conference

POY- Kelsey Duoss- Stout, obvious reasons
COY- Lois Heeren - UWL, has made a huge step forward, even with last few losses

All Conference: Eggers-UWO, Herrick-UWO, Schultz-UWSP, Kaiser-UWP, O'Keefe-UWO

buf · January 25, 2006, 02:03:42 PM

POY-Duoss
COY-Heeren

All Conf- Duoss, Herrick, Eggers, Schultz, Kaiser, Riemann, Becker, O' Keef, Morris, Buechner

bulk19 · January 25, 2006, 04:27:27 PM

I'm hesitant to do so, because the way this league goes, things will change by the end of the season, anyway. Ha. But...

Coach of the Year - UWL's Lois Heeren.

Co-POY - Stout's Kelsey Duoss and Oshkosh's Brittany Herrick.

But MVPs - in a sense of who is most valuable to a their respective teams - Point's Amanda Schultz and UWEC's Rachel Becker...

Some good ballgames tonight, ladies and gentlemen... Back with my take on the UWEC/Stout game after it's done!

Voice of the Titans · January 25, 2006, 08:51:34 PM

Anybody with updates to the UWO/SP game? Neither link on the SP page is working.

Mr. Downtown · January 25, 2006, 10:16:16 PM

Stevens Point gets the big win

66-63

buf · January 25, 2006, 10:52:27 PM

Stout over EC 67-54. For the first 10min, I thought EC was playing some D-1 team wearing UW-Stout jerseys. Stout was hitting everything. If I remember correctly, they only missed 1 shot in the first 10 minutes of the game. At this time, the score was 32-9. EC goes on a small run to end up down 15 at the half. Most of the 2nd half had Stout leading by 10-12 points. Stout uped it to 17 with 5min to go and then EC rallys back to make it a seven point game with 1:30 left. Stout hits their FTs down the stretch.

In the first half EC's seniors stunk up the place. Becker rebounded with a pretty good second half but Van Drasek played even worse then she did before the half, if that was possible.

IMO, Duoss is the clear MVP of the WIAC: 25pts 13reb tonight. However, I would have liked to see more 3-second calls on her this evening.

Point outscores UWO 10-3 in the final 3min to win 66-63. Makes the conference race a little more interesting.

bulk19 · January 25, 2006, 11:30:56 PM

After seeing Kelsey Duoss tonight, I'll give her the mid-season POY award that I earlier today had her sharing with UWO's Brittany Herrick.

As buf notes, it seemed like Stout hit everything in the first half; I was surprised their field goal percentage in the half was only 46.7%. Seems like they hit about 80% of their shots... Perhaps it seemed like 80% because they hit 5 of 10 threes in the half. Or maybe it was the fact that EC only shot 7-27, or 25.9%, in the half.

That first-half shooting and big 17-0 run after a 3-0 start by the 'Golds enabled the Devils to open up a 38-23 lead, which the 'Golds could never make up... Spent a lot of energy trying to climb out of the hole they dug, but the closest they could come was 7 in the second half.

I liked the fight in this Blugold team tonight, though, and I know they don't want moral victories, but...

And, if my math his right, there is now a three-way tie at the top? Stout, Oshkosh and the Pointers all 8-3?