WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[badgerwarhawk]

There, I gave you one 2K, if for no other reason that to get you to stop your incessant pleading. 

Karma points are stupid.

WHITEWATER[/color] has a nice group of freshman, some of whom will probably see significant time on the floor this year.  We'll have more depth, be quicker and have better outside shooting if things pan out the way it looks.  Overall I think we'll be an improved team though we're probably a couple years away from challenging the league's heavy hitters.   But this may be the best class of new players we've added in some time.

Good luck KC

[Just Bill]

Are any of the WIAC womens teams scrimmaging D-1 schools besides Pville?

Stout scrimmages Marquette on Sunday 11/13. I think that's the only other one on the women's side this year.

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Since its 2 days from the start of the season, I will give my predictions for the conference.

1. Stout: One word, Duoss!  L. Geissler and Hendricks should also be solid.  Offensive production at the point could be a problem.

2. UWO: I know, I know, they lost Mader and their coach, however they've got to be the most experienced team in the league and there is a lot of talent in the starting lineup.  Weakness has got to be depth.

3. Point: Good recruiting the last couple years puts them here.  With Nechuta and Scott gone, the post will be a problem, at least early on.

4. EC: Although 5 seniors are gone, Englunds best recruiting class will keep them in contention.  Inexperienced players and a tough early schedule could result in some early losses.

5. LAX: This team is headed in the right direction.  Good recruiting class this year.  Can they step up into the top of the conference?

6. UWP: 4 starters returning.  What do they have after that?

7. WW: Always plays tough at home but lost some players.

8. RF: I could have them too low.  I would like to see more consistant play from them.

9. Sup: Need more talent.  Its just a tough place to recruit.

I can see any of the top 4 winning  the conference.  LAX is my team to watch out for.  They could break up the traditional top four.

[BDB]

The BlueDevil Bash last night was a blast. Everyone had a chance to meet the teams and participate in something.

BlueDevil Bob made it to round 3 in the free throw shooting contest, then bounced one off the back of the rim and found his rightful place...right back in the stands where I belong.

Congrats to Coach Thomas and Coach Andrist for putting on a great event for everyone that attended. 

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UWEC 77
Webster 55

Brittanni Hakanson led EC with 20pts and 8rebs.  EC plays the #1 ranked and defending champion Millikin tomorrow, who defeated Webster by 22pts also Friday night.

Some other WIAC scores:

UWO 58
Carroll 71

Carroll shoots 60% while exploiting UWO down in the post.

RF 54
Kalamazoo 63

UWP 48
Lake Forest 52

Stout 75
St. Cloud St. 92

UWL 68
Rockford 65

UWW 85
Nebraska Wesleyan 71

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Halftime score:

EC 30
Millikin 37

Both teams shooting good from 3.  The difference is the fouls EC is commiting going for the offensive boards (over-the-back).  Also EC's three posts have 2 fouls each and were in foul trouble throughout.

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Final

EC 55
#1Millikin 77

After playing even for the first 15min of the game, Millikin dominates the rest of the game.  Millikin hit a bunch of 3s.  EC shoots 29% for the game, with Burns really struggling.  EC will have to put this loss behind them and look forward to their Thanksgiving tournament.

[Just Bill]

Interesting opening weekend in the WIAC:

EC falls to Millikin, which is about what you would expect.  EC is so young, I would expect this would be a much closer game if played late in the season.

SP wins two against opponents they should handle.

Stout with an impressive win over D-II Mankato and a respectable loss to St. Cloud State.  They sure look like the real deal.

Oshkosh loses to Carroll?  Wow!  I thought Oshkosh was a little overrated, but I wouldn't have expected them to lose that game.  Maybe that short bench hurt them on the second game in two days?

LC with two solid wins. I would expect a WIAC to handle Rockford more easily than that at home, but given LC's history 2-0 is a great start.

Don't know much about Colorado Coll. but I would have expected WW to win that game.

PLT and RF get splits and hey!  Superior is 1-0!

[Just Bill]

Ooops, I see that LC's win over Rockford was at Rockford, so that makes that a better win.

[billys]

Long time reader, first time poster. I see it's the same people all the time so I had to shake things up.

In regards to the win by LC at Rockford. Last season Rockford went 22-6 and made the NCAA Tournament. Granted there are weak NCAA Tournament teams but Rockford and Oshkosh met last season and Oshkosh who was at the time #1 in the nation, beat them by 2.

Fast forward with Rockford returning all 5 starters and I would say LC, with what also appears to be a young team, got a very quality win on the road. Looking at other boards people are expecting big things from Rockford.

Stout definitely appears to be legit. Mankato only beat Viterbo College by 7 earlier in the week so I'm not sure how strong they are. But a win over a D-2 is a win over a D-2.

Agreed with Oshkosh and the short bench. I thought the same thing when I looked at the box scores. They'll probably be fine, just really tired the next morning.

GO SUPERIOR. I see there's finally a roster up.

Curious if badgerwarhawk has any word on his squad. I see Megan Baker did not play either game in Colorado

[Just Bill]

I hear a lot about how great Rockford is, but every time I see them they don't impress me.  They are the best team in one of the worst leagues in the country.  To me, that doesn't account for much.  Once they beat someone in the NCAA Tournament, then I'll listen.

[billys]

Fair enough. I still feel like having five experienced starters back for Rockford and UW-L losing their best player to injury in the first half made it a great win for their program.

Their loss last year in the tournament also came in a great game with Ripon who, in turn, had a pretty good game at Stout. Oshkosh beating them by only 2 with the start they had last year also seemed impressive. I haven't seen them though so I was going on what I've read and playing some comparisons. Seeing how LC probably lost by a lot to Oshkosh last year, it would seem at the very least they've made a big improvement.

Still feel WW might be a team to watch with their youth and improving athleticism.

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Saint Norbert over UWEC 61-47.  From looking at the boxscore, the only EC player that played well was Burns.  The Hakanson sisters did decent as well.  To UWEC's defense, they have played 3 games in 4 days and traveled a lot.  They need to regroup in a hurry and get ready for their tough Thanksgiving Tournament.

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Hello!!!!!!!!!!!

Oshkosh rebounds from their loss with a whopping 88-23 victory over Concordia, IL.

WW over Cardinal Stritch in a game they trailed most of the way.

[titan2000]

Why didn't we just play Oshkosh West HS and get a better game?

Do games like this do a team any good?