WBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Ralph Turner]

I would love to see a WIAC team come for her tourney every year

With normal December weather as it is in WIAC-land, I believe there are many teams who would like to be down there for a tourney every year.

Stout up by 20 at half.

Ralph--doesn't McMurry have three six-footers? Or am I thinking of the Southwestern team?

Foul, technically the roster lists four 6-footers, all 6'0".  Each of them is tall and slight. The "biggest" player that we have for having a big "presence" on the floor is probably Jabri Butler at 5'10".  (You know how a player can have a big "presence"; some size of course, but a basketball sense that gets her to where she needs to be before anyone else realizes it, and when she is there, she can "muscle" players off their games.)

Our starters go 6'0 (Richardson) 6'0" (Nelson), 5'7" (Sawyer), 5'6" (Horton) and 5'3" (Tuttle).  Off the bench, we bring 5'7" W (Amanda Peters), 5'10" P (Butler ), 5'6" G (Lewis) and 5'10" P (Erica Peters). 

I thought that Duoss (6'2"), McDermid (6'1") and Boese (6'1") seemed to be interchangeable as double posts.  Throw in Hirssig (5'11" F), Edwards (5'9" G) and Oeltjen (5'8" G).

After looking more carefully at the rosters, I must revise the "4-6 inches" difference in roster heights, but the actually size difference is still formidable. Thanks.

[Ralph Turner]

Okay, let's play "D3 Fantasy League".  I protect Richardson, Tuttle and Nelson and trade even up for Boese.  You can have any other player.

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UWEC leads Trinity at the half 30-29, despite only shooting 32% and having 12 turnovers

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UWEC wins 69-56 over Trinity.  Heidi A leads EC with 17pts.  Three others in double figures for the Blugolds.  Good win for EC. 

EC was down 48-43 when I picked up the game in the 2nd half.  They ended up going on at least a 13-0 run to lead 56-48.  I think the announcer said that EC was down by 9 in the 2nd half.  Good FT shooting by the Golds.

[hoops49]

Nice job lady bluegolds!  Watched the live stats at work...

[bulk19]

Yep, as noted, Blugolds win to move to 8-4, heading into the second-half opener with Whitewater at Zorn on Wednesday...

What a big difference it makes having an 8-4 record, vs. 7-5 or 6-6, had they lost during this tournament... Congrats to the 'Golds, who were 27-32 from the charity stripe = 84.4 %. That will win a lot of ball games, ladies and gentlemen...

I'll give them some slack, because the students are on break, but there were only 150 fans at the game today; Trinity has averaged 170 so far.... Makes the turnout at Zorn, 570 per so far, look good, heading into conference play, where the numbers should jump...

[wiac482002]

.......around the rumor mill in UWO country is that the girls missed their tournament in Washington because of coaching errors as to what date they were scheduled to leave exactly.  If thats the case, that's too bad for the titan women.  2 less games on the schedule with a tough game coming on Wed to open up conference play against Platteville then turn around and get the Blugolds who are coming off of 2 great wins in Texas on Saturday.

Should be another great 2nd half of the season in the WIAC, expect the unexpected

[Just Bill]

.......around the rumor mill in UWO country is that the girls missed their tournament in Washington because of coaching errors as to what date they were scheduled to leave exactly.  If thats the case, that's too bad for the titan women.  2 less games on the schedule with a tough game coming on Wed to open up conference play against Platteville then turn around and get the Blugolds who are coming off of 2 great wins in Texas on Saturday.

Should be another great 2nd half of the season in the WIAC, expect the unexpected

And the 28 inches of snow in Denver had nothing to do with it. 

Don't put up baselss rumors unless you have something to confirm them.

[wiac482002]

When you are a former student at the university and best friend of the women's basketball team it seems pretty simple to be able to confirm such things.  So I guess there's my "proof" for you Bill that you wanted me to let you know that I had attained.

The snow would have probably hampered them, but when you get to Milwaukee only to realize that your flight was the day before....the snow seems to not be the only answer huh?

The girls tell the truth, and thats what they tell me

[Pat Coleman]

No offense, but that's not actually proof. Only in the talk radio world is an unnamed source considered actual proof.

You not only are citing an unnamed source but you are unnamed yourself. There is zero reason we should believe one word of your posts.

[foul_language]

So.....who can put a speed bump in front of Stout women? And can they count down below Sweet 16 this year?

Can UW-Superior get a conference win or two?

Will the media leave Brett Farve alone--ye gods! Is there nothing else to contemplate?

Happy 2007 to all, including unnamed sources and posters with interesting names. Mine, by the way, does not refer to obscenities but rather those penalized activities on the court called out and counted by refs.

[stoutguy]

So.....who can put a speed bump in front of Stout women? And can they count down below Sweet 16 this year?

Can UW-Superior get a conference win or two?

Will the media leave Brett Farve alone--ye gods! Is there nothing else to contemplate?

Happy 2007 to all, including unnamed sources and posters with interesting names. Mine, by the way, does not refer to obscenities but rather those penalized activities on the court called out and counted by refs.

1.  No more speed bumps for the Stout Women.   They are  on a roll and it started in Texas.
2.  I am impressed by Superior's new coach and they will win this year.  (2 games, at least)
3.  I was more impressed by Bobby Knight's tears than I was with Brett's.  Remember he cried in the locker room last year too and then returned this year. 
4.  Your name reminds me of the person who said, "I enjoy the game more if I don't know the rules.  It puts me on the same wavelength as the referees".

[foul_language]

I am pretty sympathetic to refs, in general. Just as I believe a player sees the game differently from the coach, I think the people in the stands see the game differently than the refs. I think I've seen two--at most three--games in which the refs played a part in the outcome. Out of a gazillion games (maybe that's an exaggeration), two or three isn't bad. Objectivity makes a big difference, too. I questioned why my daughter's high school basketball team never fouled while she played but did afterward...mysterious

I think many people in the stands are far worse as both spectators and participants/judges than refs. I was at a hockey game (hockey up here is pronounced with an elongated 'o' so that it sounds a little like someone clearing his or her throat) last week during which parents attending with their peewee or squirts or mites or mini-mite kids (whatever the heck those little tiny hockey players are--just slightly larger than pucks) were saying some pretty obnoxious things to the refs. And we wonder where kids get their attitudes.

I wonder why it is 'fans' scream at the refs when they 'miss' a call that would favor their team but never scream as wildly when the refs miss a foul by their own team? Another mystery.

[stoutguy]

Sounds like you are more sympathetic to refs than I am, and that makes me feel a bit guilty because I'm "one of em".  Tonight, for instance, I will ref the JV game at our HS and then run up to the booth and do the color for the varsity broadcast.  I am guessing at some point I will question a call.  Thank you for helping me "keep my perspective".  I do get frustrated when refs play a bigger role in the outcome than I think they should.  My number is way bigger than the 2 or 3 that you mention.  I agree, however, that fan reaction to players, coaches, and officials is far more frustrating than the officials.  Having worn the hat of the parent, coach, and official helps a little bit, but fan reaction to games is the biggest frustration for me.   

[badgerwarhawk]

Sometimes it's hard to tell whether a critical call by a referee in the closing seconds or turnovers you had in the second quarter were the reason you lost.   99.9% of the time you lose in the closing seconds because you put yourself in a position for it to happen.