WBB: American Rivers Conference

[Illinihoops4]

Never too early 

Here's my top 3

Simpson
Luther
BV


More to come later................

[BVHawk]

I'll say  1.) BV  2.) Simpson  3.) Luther

[BVHawk]

Illini - which IIAC team do you follow?

[Illinihoops4]

All of them 

I'm a former player in the league and really enjoyed my playing days. It was a great conference at one time and dropped off a bit for a couple years, but I believe it's making a comeback.

[Storm-what?]

IS Maguire (sp?) back for BV? I know she was a good player. Simpson has a lot of experience in their young team. Several freshman and sophomores saw palying time last year!

[thundercat]

well, there is now another that knows this page exists!  It actually used to be quite the trash talking site back in the day.  I am looking forward to the upcoming season and am hearing great things about the Simpson program, not that it is anything new!  I wish the conference would get more parity, but maybe that will happen in the next few years with the influx of new coaches.  Please let me know how teams look in scrimmages if you see any!

[BVHawk]

Maguire graduated.

[Illinihoops4]

Loras has got a thin roster this year- but talented. It'll be interesting to see how their season plays out. Sears is currently sitting due to back problems and I don't think Bennett can do it alone from the outside. Their bigs are big, but they need to DO something to be effective.
Heard UD has a decent recruit that will help with some scoring. That means Musser will have a little help. Now if they could just turn that program around. I think this season will be the last for their coach if they don't turn it around quickly.

[Illinihoops4]

Just checking out the updated rosters. I don't expect any major changes for UD, but they did pick up a big kid from Walworth-Bigfoot out of Wisconsin. They actually picked up a guard from there too- basically getting their two best players. (Yes, I've seen them play). It'll be interesting to see how they adjust to competition in the IIAC as they come from an extremely small school. Mullis didn't have a lot of discipline when it came to staying out of foul trouble- tried to block a lot of shots and got a lot of over the back calls.
Can't wait for tip-off! 2 weeks away!

[BVHawk]

It's getting closer!

[Storm-what?]

Who's excited? Me, me!!
I've been cheering for a 3-7 football team all season so you can bet I am excited to jump into basketball season, where I actually get to cheer for the winning team!!!

[thundercat]

Simpson football used to be good back in the day!  Thank goodness the women's basketball team has continued the winning tradition. 

[BVHawk]

3-7? They went downhill in a hurry!

[BVHawk]

Will there be a coaching change or is it just a young squad taking its lumps?

[BVHawk]

Back on task, BV opens up with Wittenberg @ the University of Chicago Tournament on Saturday. Tipoff is 2:00pm.