WBB: American Rivers Conference

[BVHawk]

Thank you for your insight Rico.  We'll soon see how he fares in the IIAC.

[gottaluvhoops]

First time poster!!  Basketball season is almost here!  Any word on what teams should do well this year???  Who had good incoming classes???  Cant wait to see the ladies get back on the floor this year!

[Rico 21]

Any word on how Noll's Spartan's are expected to compete this year?

[nobody]

Anyone have news on incoming freshmen?  I heard Central has a pair of Guthrie Center kids that are legit. 

[gottaluvhoops]

Two teams from the Iowa Conference in the top 25 poll!!! 

[oldNorse]

Luther is 9th in the top 25 with 4 of 5 starters returning.  Who is the other one in the IIAC in the topp 25?

[Alfredeneumann]

Simpson is 16
http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/

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[gottaluvhoops]

Simpson is picked to win the conference!  Any comments, surprises??

[WLCALUM83]

Thought I'd pass along a note of congratulations to the Wartburg women. That squad looked good in both of their games at WLC's Tip-Off Tournament:

Thought St. Benedict just on height advantage would have beaten the Knights, but the Knights were hitting their 3's that game. Then yesterday against WLC after one of your players hit a 3 at the halftime buzzer to put your squad up by 12, I overheard a Warrior fan a few rows behind me ask "Where did they get her?"

[gottaluvhoops]

Any idea on what teams looked like from opening weekend?  Simpson got off to another strong strong!!

[Charlie Kohawk]

The Kohawks are 3-0! We haven't been able to say that since 2000. It's too soon to pass judgment, but Coach Peterson has the program headed in the right direction. Tonight's win over UW-Platteville was possibly the best game I've seen the women play in my six years at Coe.

[doolittledog]

The Kohawks are 3-0! We haven't been able to say that since 2000. It's too soon to pass judgment, but Coach Peterson has the program headed in the right direction. Tonight's win over UW-Platteville was possibly the best game I've seen the women play in my six years at Coe.

That line makes me think of John Belushi and his line from Animal House..."Seven years of college down the drain"

[Klompen]

Central women came into the season with high hopes from a good recruiting year, but how quickly high hopes can be dashed.  Last night was a long and difficult one for the Dutch.  Our leading scorer is out for the year with an injury, De Jong is still studying overseas until the end of the semester and we were noticeably lacking an experienced college level shooter.  The shooting stats told the story as the Dutch hit 17.5%.  Good news, freshman Andrea Clark had 10 points.  Bad news, a freshman should not be the leading scorer so early on.  More bad news, 10 points was enough to be a leading scorer.  Lots of shots seemed to be thrown in desperation without really taking aim at the hoop.  Is it good news to say they can only get better? 

I don't believe last night was indicitive of how they will do every game and losing the leading scorer after the first game of the year has to make the Dutch rethink strategies.  But it did dash some hopes for what we hoped would be a turn around year. 

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. 

[gottaluvhoops]

Conference season opens up tomorrow!  Any predictions or thoughts?  The Storm is up to #13 in the new D3 hoops poll!

[doolittledog]

All nine conference teams playing tonight.

Martin Luther @ Coe
Central @ Loras
Cornell @ Luther
Dubuque @ Buena Vista
Simpson @ Wartburg