WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

titansrus · February 02, 2006, 12:52:04 PM

Big win for the Titans last night, with Eggers and O'Keef nowhere near even 90%. Whitney Tyriver was player of the game in my mind. 10 points,4-7 from the field, 2-2 from the line, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, 5 steals. Maybe most importantly only 1 foul. She's been foul-prone throughout the year and they needed her to play big minutes last night and she did-38, most on the team. I thought her defense was exceptional; best all-around game for her this year in my mind. Becky Knapp also played well-2 huge threes and tough defense. Eggers and O'Keefe played about as well as could be expected w/their illnesses. Off the bench, Dempsey and Fehring played well., 5 and 6 points respectively. Huge game at Stout on Saturday. Hopefully Eggers and O'Keefe can be a little better.

badgerwarhawk · February 04, 2006, 04:02:00 PM

WARHAWKS[/color] get their first conference road win in a big way with a season high scoring outburst, 95-75 in Superior. WHITEWATER[/color] opened the game with a 18-4 run. Superior managed to trim the lead to six 18-12 but that was as close as they'd get the rest of the game. Amy Morris led the WARHAWKS[/color] with 27 points. Lindsey Buechner added 23 points despite spending most of the second half on the bench with foul problems. Mary Donohoo scored 14 points and Megan Schmidt came off the bench to contribute 12 points.

WHITEWATER[/color] improves to 5-7 in conference play and creeps back over the .500 mark on the season at 11-10.

buf · February 04, 2006, 09:27:46 PM

Stout stomps UWO 88-73.

Similar to the game vs. EC a couple weeks ago - Stout out to a 20+ point lead and then UWO slowly cuts it down to 7 with 2min left, Stout sinks the FTs.

For Stout, good games from Duoss, Hendricks and Bird.

For UWO, an excellent game from Herrick.

Halftime score was 56-36. Its been a long time since I have seen a womens team score 56pts in one half!!!

badgerwarhawk · February 05, 2006, 12:57:48 AM

The WARHAWK[/color] women scored 57 in the first half today.

foul_language · February 05, 2006, 12:39:10 PM

Let's compare scoring 56 points in the first half against Oshkosh to scoring 57 points in the first half against Superior...or let's not.

Stout did yesterday what I thought they would do in their first meeting: run Oshkosh ragged. If Oshkosh had more depth--I think four players never took off their warm-ups (I know, six for Stout never got down to playing clothes, either, but Stout had eight players with over 15 minutes, and one with 14 to Oshkosh's six with 15+ minutes)--and maybe perfect health, the second half come-back might have been more significant. Oshkosh shows incredible poise; a waning shot clock doesn't seem to phase them. They take beautiful shots and make them. Stout's pace is much more frenzied, but that's Stout's game. Working the shot clock usually works against them. They get down below 15 seconds and Stout is as likely to lose the ball as not. That's OK; speed is their game.

And, if it gets to be a fouling game--which I hate--Stout always has something like 40 fouls to give up before it gets in trouble. I guess that's the advantage to having a large family.

badgerwarhawk · February 05, 2006, 01:03:42 PM

Quote from: foul_language on February 05, 2006, 12:39:10 PM
Let's compare scoring 56 points in the first half against Oshkosh to scoring 57 points in the first half against Superior...or let's not.

Stout scored 54 against Superior on 12/7.

foul_language · February 05, 2006, 07:11:49 PM

QuoteStout scored 54 against Superior on 12/7

Total? Yikes.

Actually, I thought Superior usually played first halves pretty well. It's the second half where they generally poop out. This year, maybe not so much.

I would seriously like to see Superior do a LaCrosse and come up with winning ways. Probably not to be for a while. Getting a coach would probably be a first step. Twelve step program?

Mr. Downtown · February 06, 2006, 06:20:34 PM

CONFERENCE SEEDINGS

Alright, if you read on the mens side...you already know how complicated this is going to be.

Believe it or not...it really concerns the 6-8th seeds.

So with that being said, i will keep those seeds blank to explain the tiebreakers

1 Stevens Point 9-3
8

4 River Falls 7-6
5 La Crosse 7-6

3 Stout 9-4
6

2 Oshkosh 9-4
7

Now for Eau Claire, Whitewater, and Platteville.

First tiebreaker, record against each other...
Whitewater/Platteville/ Eau Claire
WW/ X / 1-1 / 0-1
Platt/ 1-1 / X / 2-0
EC/ 1-0 / 0-2 / X

With that being said: Whitewater has a better record then Eau Claire
Eau Claire has a better record then Platteville
Platteville and Whitewater are tied.

Hmm...

So now...we go to Tiebreaker 2

Mr. Downtown · February 06, 2006, 06:27:29 PM

Tiebreaker 2 is OVERALL RECORD against teams that are above in standings...

Meaning we have to figure out Whitewater's, Eau Claire's, and Platteville's against Stevens Point, Oshkosh, Stout, La Crosse, River Falls.

Whitewater/ Platteville/ Eau Claire
SP/ 0-1 / 0-1 / 1-1
OSH/ 0-1 / 1-0 / 0-1
ST/ 1-1 / 1-1 / 0-2
LAX/ 0-2 / 0-1 / 1-1
RF/ 1-0 / 1-1 / 1-0
------------------------------------------
2-5 / 3-4 / 3-5

So with that being said, Platteville earns the top seed out of the three.

Then you have Whitewater and Eau Claire, and because of the tiebreaker rules it goes back to number 1...head to head.

With that being said...these are the CONFERENCE SEEDINGS

1 Stevens Point 9-3
8 Eau Claire 5-7

4 River Falls 7-6
5 La Crosse 7-6

3 Stout 9-4
6 Platteville 5-7

2 Oshkosh 9-4
7 Whitewater 5-7

Rico 21 · February 07, 2006, 11:20:18 AM

Mr Dowtown -

Thanks for the weekly tally and conference seedings

Just Bill · February 07, 2006, 12:19:32 PM

Downtown,

Tiebreaker #2 is not necessary at all. This note from the WIAC web site should help you out:

[Note: If two teams remain tied after a third or other teams are eliminated, the tiebreaker reverts to criteria No. 1. For example, if four teams are tied with 4-2, 3-3, 3-3, 2-4 head-to-head records, the 4-2 team receives highest seed and the 2-4 team the lowest seed in the grouping. Since two teams remain tied at 3-3, we revert back to criteria #1 (head-to-head) between those two teams and then (if necessary) utilize the remaining criteria in order.]

As you broke it down in head-to-head competition:
EC - 2-1
WW - 2-1
PLT - 1-3

Platteville doesn't get to remain in this tie simply because EC and WW are tied (there is no "two tie, all tie" rule like the Skins game). Platteville is relegated to the 8th Seed on this result.

We then have two teams remaining, so we revert back to head-to-head which places WW 6th and EC 7th by virtue of their victory on Jan. 3rd.

buf · February 08, 2006, 10:33:28 PM

Golds all over RF tonight 56-32. Good job by the EC defense, a lot more aggressive. RF only scores 2... yes 2pts in the first 14 1/2min of 2nd half. Good game by Arc. RF was without Riemann, who was in street clothes.

buf · February 08, 2006, 10:36:00 PM

Conference race just got a little more interesting as Point loses at Whitewater.

badgerwarhawk · February 08, 2006, 10:48:58 PM

WARHAWK[/color] women sneak by Stevens Point 65-61 in a close game that had 17 ties and 20 lead changes. WHITEWATER'S[/color] largest lead of the game was 7 points in the first half and only five in the second stanza. Point's last lead, a single point, was with about 8 minutes remaining. The WARHAWKS[/color] were outrebounded by the bigger Point team but aggressive play in the low post resulted in them shooting more free throws which was significant in the end. Also significant was Point having 31 turnovers of which 18 were steals by the WARHAWK[/color] defense.

Amy Morris played well tonight with a game high 24 points and 5 steals. Mary Donohoo contributed 10 points and tied with a game high 7 rebounds from the point guard position. Lindsey Beuchner rounded out the double digit scorers for WHITEWATER[/color] with 11 points and 7 rebounds.

So far the WARHAWK[/color] women have played pretty well at home and are 5-1 in conference play with the only loss being to LaCrosse. River Falls will be another tough test for a very young team.

bulk19 · February 08, 2006, 10:51:41 PM

UWEC - 56, UWRF - 32...

Blugolds put together perhaps their most impressive night defensively on the year to blow out the Falcons. Seemed as if the 'Golds were a step ahead and had hands in the paint all the first half, which helped them build a 26-21 lead.

Forced 16 turnovers that half, then really clamped down the second half, allowing only four points the in first 15 minutes or so, while going on a 20+ to 4-points run, or so.... Had 14 steals in the game, too, plus a lot of tie ups that gave the 'Golds possession...

Amanda Zenner provided another spark to start the second half; she scored 6 (and her only) of the team's 8 points in the first three minutes, to help the 'Golds push the lead to 34-21. Good to see the 'Golds get a chance to empty the bench in the final minutes...

Bunches things up again in the standings, as LaX is 8-6, followed by UWRF at 7-7, then Whitewater and the 'Golds at 6-7, and Platteville at 5-8. Looks like seedings might come down to the final regular season game UWEC vs. Whitewater, which knocked off the Pointers tonight. Wow....

But anything can, and will happen, in this last week and a half to go... Hope this 'Golds team shows up at Oshkosh on Saturday..