WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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UWO is 8-2, while Stout and Point are 7-3

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Yep, good catch buf...

I took the standings from the WIAC site, and added a loss to UWO, but neglected to see that they were already updated for tonight's games...

[Just Bill]

RF beats Superior by 10 which isn't very remarkable in itself.  But, Superior attempted ZERO free throws.  I'm not sure I've ever seen that before in a college game.

[Mr. Downtown]

CONFERENCE SEEDINGS

1 Oshkosh        8-2
8 Whitewater   3-6

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

3 Stout             7-3
6 Platteville      4-5

2 Stevens Point  7-3
7 Eau Claire        4-6

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Just Bill-

Last night, EC men came close to the zero FT attempts by the Superior women's team.  They were 0-2.

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Rico 21 (via the men's board)-

I am not complaining about the EC men getting only 2 attempts.  I know they were constantly running the shot clock down and taking 3 pointers. 

Earlier in the day, I was looking at all the boxscores for the conference and noticed EC was 0-2.  I then saw Just Bill's post about zero FT attempts by Superior, so I posted about what I saw in the EC-Stout boxscore.

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BDB

I think you should e-mail the Program Director at WMEQ.com

How does one do that? I'm trying to make sure I don't miss another game, went to the WMEQ website and see absolutely NO 'contact us' links. Of course, the new site is a little busy, so it could be there. I'm not seeing it. UW-Stout site says both games are scheduled, but my faith has waned after last week.

Nice game in Eau Claire, though; rather than try to listen, I went.

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UWO 48
RF 67

No O'Keef for UWO.  I noticed she has been out a couple of games lately.  Anyone know why???

Anyway, Eggers with only 2pts, and Herrick with 8pts.

RF had 5 players in double figure scoring.

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Stout blows a golden opportunity by losing to Whitewater. Can't wait to see the stats; sounds like WW dominated the boards.

It's a crazy year.

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LaCrosse smacks Superior around. It was only a six point game the last time they met. I had hoped better for Superior, but no recruiting last year, none this year. Chances are Superior isn't going to have a better season next year, either. I believe Superior has opened its search for men's and women's coaches again, but I perceive (from rumored requirements) them to be really screwy. At Superior, if it ain't hockey, it just ain't.

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UWEC over UWP 49-37.  Good defense, poor shooting to sum it up.  Gold's looked better in the 2nd half.  After a horrible performance on Wednesday, Van drasek shoots lights-out from the outside the arc (3/4).  Zenner had 11 pts and Arc. chipped in with a double-double (10pts, 11rebs).  Anderson and Becker played sparingly as they are nursing ankle injuries.

UWEC's zone completely takes Kaiser out of the game.  UWP had some decent looks from the outside but couldn't knock them down.

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Platteville had a chance to take its first lead of the night, and go in at the half with the momentum, but Heather Witt's steal and layup to close out the first half was a big one for the Blugolds, to keep them up 21-18.

'Golds then came out in the second half to go on a 15-0 run, to basically put the game away. Liz Van Dresek had 13, and  hit two threes during the run, and Heidi Arciszewski added one. She scored 10, with 11 boards, and showed why she will be all-conference in this league... Amanda Zenner had a nice game, too. Seems to quietly provide a spark...

As buf said, Platteville had some open shots, launching 25 threes, hitting but four. Were only 2-17 in the second half as they tried to catch up...

Stout and Oshkosh both lose? Who wants that coveted home court advantage throughout the conference tournament???  Watch out for those Pointers...

[Mr. Downtown]

CONFERENCE SEEDINGS

"What the hell is going on here!"

Like I said on the Men's side, bear with me on this one...

1 Oshkosh               8-3
8 Platteville              4-6

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

3 Stout                     7-4
6 Eau Claire              5-6

2 Stevens Point        7-3
7 Whitewater           4-6

Best Games on Wednesday:

4. Whitewater @ Platteville: Honestly, these are 4 very important games on Wednesday for the women's side, and quite frankly this day will probably have more impact on the year then the men's side. These teams are battling for the 7th seed in this case. Whitewater won the first match up this year, and Platteville once considered a darkhorse is falling into the shadow. They need a win to give them some confidence.

3. River Falls @ Stout: What is going on with the lady Blue Devils? One would say that coming home would be the right remedy for them. But not against a very hot River Falls team that is finding there stroke. In all honesty, due to sickness both O'Keef and Eggers were no where close to 100%. But again, the Falcons almost knocked off the Titans at Kolf this year. This is a blow up game, meaning that if River Falls can pull off the upset, this conference is really going to be out of place.

2. Eau Claire @ Stevens Point: The Pointers have to feel great right now, beating Oshkosh by 3 to spilt the year series. Playing at home is right where they want to be, cause depending on what happens in La Crosse, they could regain home court advantage. Of course, that would be the case if they weren't playing the hottest team in the WIAC, in Eau Claire. At one point, it was a pipe dream to think Eau Claire could get back to .500 in the WIAC, now they are one win away. If you are going to pick an upset, this might be it.

1. La Crosse @ Oshkosh: Losing two more games on the road just shows that Oshkosh's weakness is playing on the road. Simply, this team is totally different when they are away (3-3), and when they are home (5-0). Which is a good thing they have La Crosse visiting. But with doubts now about the health of O'Keef and Eggers, what kind of Oshkosh team should we expect? Remember, the number 1 seed has always won the conference tourney for womens basketball...just ask Oshkosh, as the past 4 years they have lost on the road in the championship game. Battling for homecourt advantage, attempting to get healthy, all the while playing against a La Crosse team that themselves are trying to win this thing...might not add up to being good news for Oshkosh. This is the Statement game, cause whoever wins will be making one.

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Mr. Downtown.
Just got over from the men's side here, and was wondering if you were going to break down the standings as of this moment for the women, too. Ha.

Keep up the good work, and the great insights, too. Now go to bed, already.  Ha.

With the way things are shaking out on the women's side, who knows how late we will be up posting here on Wednesday/early Thursday. 

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So, I decide to take a peek at the CCIW to see how Millikin (last year's DIII champ, and whose road to the championship was arguably at its bumpiest when Millikin faced Stout and beat them with a 3-point shot at under--what was it?--30 seconds on the clock) is doing this year. Tied for fifth place out of eight with a 3-4 record. I really expected them to dominate. Maybe they're holding for a late-season surge. The teams that never seem to waver are those east coast teams, Southern Maine and the other whoevers.

Does anyone pay attention to the non-Central teams and know which are powerhouses and which just make top-25 lists because they have weak opponents/conferences?

What about non-WIAC teams in the area--Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois?

Who do you look out for? We're getting close enough to post-season to start making some guesses, anyway.