WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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Stout website says Finlandia (1-8) beat Stout 86-84 in overtime. Anyone listen? (Was there something to listen to?) What happened? Only half the team go up? Wait, that's probably still more players than Finlandia has...

If anyone has more information, I'd be interested in hearing it.

Here's a game story

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Finlandia is only 2-8 but they have played the WIAC well this year... a win over Stout and close games with River Falls and Point

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UWO shoots 52% and has a 36-22 rebound advantage and still loses at home to St. Norbert 67-60.  UWO has 30 turnovers to only 14 for Norberts.
Its weird, earlier this season at Zorn, St Norberts had 32 turnovers.  What a difference!

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With UWO, Stout and EC losing, its not a good day in WIAC land!

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Thank you for the link. I looked at the Finlandia web site and found nothing; went back to the Stout web site, and it wouldn't even come up. I thought the school had imploded. I found the box score when I went back to the Finlandia site.

Look's like Stout's freshmen are stepping up.

In other sports news--

Finlandia also beat UW-Superior in men's hockey tonight. I guess it was Finlandia's time to shine. They've been taking drubbings in virtually every sport for the past several years. I have mixed feelings about today's wins...

UW-Superior women beat St Scholastica by 15 or so this afternoon. They were down by ten or more early in the game and came back to tie it up at halftime. They're doing pretty well against schools of similar size.

[Just Bill]

To wrap up the day's results Platteville beat Trinity International by about 8 on the road.

Tough week and weekend for the WIAC.  I think everyone could use a little break before getting back into it.

[UWPSUPERFAN77]

I agree with a bad week for the WIAC. It was a bad loss for Stout. They are just better than that to lose to Finlandia, cannot even spell it!Also, glad that St Norbert is playing UWO, but they should not beat them. Is UWO a little weak in the post? A little Short? Plenty of Talent but the right mix? I saw UWP play Edgewood of Madison. Good game for 15 minutes. EC had only 8 players on trip and got worn down, As to UWP vs Trinity International, we were up by 18 with 5 minutes to go and blew 13 points of our lead. Not good, but a win is a win! God Bless you guys and gals and have a Merry Christmas!

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I was interested in the comment about St Cloud broadcast(er)s; I watched the Madison-Pitt BB game Saturday with commentator Dick Vitale and, by about the sixth minute, wanted to kill myself. Honest to God, that guy blathered on forever about every inconsequential thing one could or couldn't imagine. I can't believe I've never listened to him before; heard OF him, but I don't recall actually listening TO him. Which probably explains why I'm not a homicidal maniac--or haven't been, so far. Entertaining? Yes, if you consider periodically poking yourself in the eye or ear with a sharp object entertaining. I know, I know. Everybody else loves the guy. You people (who do) drink too much.

Thankfully, he doesn't do WIAC games...

[badgerwarhawk]

The WARHAWK women defeated George Fox University in Hawaii on Saturday by a 53-47 score.  WHITEWATER led 33-27 at the half.  The scoring slowed in the second half and WW  led by a single point, 48-47, with about a minute to go when Rachel Woolever hit a three-pointer to make the margin 51-47.  George Fox fouled WW on its next two possesions, but Lindsey Buechner and Nicole Bundy  both made the front end of one-and-ones to create the final margin. 

Buechner was the only Warhawk in double figures with 14 points.  Tiffany Morton  led the Warhawks with 11 rebounds, while also adding 8 points. 


WHITEWATER, 6-3 overall, will play Siena Heights College (MI) in Honolulu Monday.


Not "everybody else" loves Dicky V, foul.  Personally I'm not too keen on him but it is somewhat surprising to me to find a basketball fan who hasn't listened to him before.  He's only been on the national scene a decade or longer.

[Mr. Downtown]

Oshkosh is lacking all-around talent, experience, leadership, and a point guard.

Yep...that pretty much sums it up.

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Oshkosh is lacking all-around talent, experience, leadership, and a point guard.

Yep...that pretty much sums it up.

I somewhat agree with this.

Talent: UWO has 2 really good players in Tyriver and Knapp.  Sharpee is also very good.  The problem in this category is talent depth.  A huge dropoff after these 3 players.

Experience: This one is the killer!  Only Tyriver and Knapp the only ones with experience.

Leadership:  I actually think UWO is doing pretty decent here.  Knapp and Tyriver are clearly taking control of the team.  They do almost all of the shooting.

Point Guard:  Isn't Knapp the point guard?  She is clearly one of the best players in the conference.


Overall, I believe this team will surprise some of the top conference teams by years end.  The reason they lost the Norbert's game was because of 30 turnovers.

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The WARHAWK women defeated George Fox University in Hawaii on Saturday by a 53-47 score.  WHITEWATER led 33-27 at the half.  The scoring slowed in the second half and WW  led by a single point, 48-47, with about a minute to go when Rachel Woolever hit a three-pointer to make the margin 51-47.  George Fox fouled WW on its next two possesions, but Lindsey Buechner and Nicole Bundy  both made the front end of one-and-ones to create the final margin. 

Buechner was the only Warhawk in double figures with 14 points.  Tiffany Morton  led the Warhawks with 11 rebounds, while also adding 8 points. 


WHITEWATER, 6-3 overall, will play Siena Heights College (MI) in Honolulu Monday.


Not "everybody else" loves Dicky V, foul.  Personally I'm not too keen on him but it is somewhat surprising to me to find a basketball fan who hasn't listened to him before.  He's only been on the national scene a decade or longer.

UWO plays George Fox before year's end.

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Overall, I believe this team will surprise some of the top conference teams by years end

I thought UWO was going to fold last year; they lost significant players AND a coach. They came through much better than I thought they would. I'm beginning to realize that talent, alone, won't carry a team. Talent harnessed and played appropriate to the competition is what makes a decent team a very good or great team. An inflexible coach will win sometimes and lose too many games. A coach who recognizes the comepetition's strengths and weaknesses and can train his or her players to focus on those things--flexibility--will likely do better. I think the UWO coach is probably a decent strategist. I haven't seen the team play except in the final UWO-Stout matchup in Menomonie. I think they tired out that night.

This year, they have bigger challenges, although as the season goes on, the team should make up for player 'newness'. I suspect they'll surprise me, again.

[BDB]

I was interested in the comment about St Cloud broadcast(er)s; I watched the Madison-Pitt BB game Saturday with commentator Dick Vitale and, by about the sixth minute, wanted to kill myself. Honest to God, that guy blathered on forever about every inconsequential thing one could or couldn't imagine. I can't believe I've never listened to him before; heard OF him, but I don't recall actually listening TO him. Which probably explains why I'm not a homicidal maniac--or haven't been, so far. Entertaining? Yes, if you consider periodically poking yourself in the eye or ear with a sharp object entertaining. I know, I know. Everybody else loves the guy. You people (who do) drink too much.

Thankfully, he doesn't do WIAC games...

Although he doesn't talk like him on a broadcast, Stoutguy looks like Dick Vitale! 

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it is somewhat surprising to me to find a basketball fan who hasn't listened to him before.  He's only been on the national scene a decade or longer

I can only say that, perhaps, my innate instinct for survival has protected me.