MBB: Northwest Conference

[cawcdad]

I think UPS will get a W tonight! The Warriors had trouble with Oxy at home last year and I don't think they are as good this year. Go get 'em Loggers!

[cawcdad]

What did I tell you. good job Loggers.

[cawcdad]

So what happened last night? Here is the entire blurb in our paper and it has me curioius.

Puget Sound 121 - Stanislaus 101 at Tacoma, Wash. -- A physical nonconference games had its ugly moments, with 53 total fouls, including four technicals and one ejection. Heath Colvin led the Warriors (2-5) with 18 points.

[LogShow]

Here is a link to the write up from UPS http://www.ups.edu/x25622.xml

The Logs started hot and it was enough to hold off any attack from Stanislas.  Marsh hit his first four 3's Willimas added 3 of them and a couple more were tossed for 9 in the first half.  That along with going 20-21 from the freethrow line and Stanislas turning the ball over about 7 straight times...really allowed the Logs to separate.  I think that league got to 30 at one point.  The second half was kind of boring, both teams just couldn't stop fouling.  Stanislas had 3 of the 4 technicals...Krauel got tangled up under the basketball with Cardoso, they were jawing for a second then Cardoso flipped out and went after Krauel.  Both were giving T's and Cardoso was ejected...As Cardoso was escorted off the floor he pulled his jersey off and threw it.  It was a weird sequence of events...

Enough of that.  Overall the Loggers looked pretty good and I think they really showed up to play. 

[cawcdad]

Thank you LogShow. Sounded ugly. Congrats on the win. I looked at the box score and saw that one of my former students, Rod Stephens, got his first points of the season for Stanislaus.

[LogShow]

It was ugly, but it was a good win.  The Logs are now 2-0 against D2 this year.  Everyone for Stanislaus got alteast 5 mins of playing time.

cawcdad, you are a california guy right?  UPS will be down at Westmont in Santa Barbara after Christmas.  If thats your area at all you should check them out...they are a fun team to watch play.

[Pio20]

Hello all,

I am new to the boards and just wanted to say hello. I am a senior at Lewis & Clark and an avid basketball fan. I have been reading the board for a while and finally decided to join as it seems nobody from LC is on here!

[cawcdad]

LogShow, I'm in Central CA, so Santa Barbara is a bit of a ways to go. I will be at, and photograph, the L&C at UC Santa Cruz game on Dec. 22

[LogShow]

Pio20 welcome to the board!

It will be nice to hear input from LC's perspective.  A few days ago the board was talking about LC's lack of crowds at games in recent years.  What are your thoughts?

[Gray Fox]

Hello all,

I am new to the boards and just wanted to say hello. I am a senior at Lewis & Clark and an avid basketball fan. I have been reading the board for a while and finally decided to join as it seems nobody from LC is on here!

Do you follow football also?  L&C guys are missing there.

[LogShow]

Wow!  Thanks for the update Bob.

To go through all that effort and then have a mental lapse...thats too bad.  Every player should know the time and situation, especially the ones playing.  I wondering if Lowery explicitly said "No Timeouts Left" in his last huddle

[Pio20]

I agree that the crowds at games have been less than stellar in previous years. I see the reason for this being the mediocrity of the team. In fact, many of our sports teams are mired in mediocrity. I was the sports editor of the student newspaper last year and we did an article titled "LC Basketball: Resurrecting  LC Sports One Dribble at a Time?" And I think this was in fact true. With a winning team come the fans. Last year's crowds were awesome at the end of the year. Attendance grew as the season went on and we continued to win at home. I have photographic proof of a packed student section for the playoff game against UPS last season. So I think with success come the Pio fans. Even with success, there are very few avid fans of any sport here. Much of the student body is apathetic when it comes to sports. We have a reputation as a hippie school, and while I think this is changing, there are are a good amount of people here who I'm sure don't even know we have a basketball team. There are many that wanted football to be canceled in order to give more money to academics. That said, I think this year you will see even more fans come out than last year. I was one of only five LC fans to make the drive up to Whitworth last season to see the NWC championship. But there were large LC contigents that attended road games nearby. We made a great showing at the Rose Garden the other night, largely outnumbering the small Portland State crowd. We even have student section tees this season. So all signs point to an increased interest in basketball here. This of course, comes with winning. We established winning last season and if we keep going strong now, more and more fans will come out to the games. One thing I love about D3 basketball is you are cheering with fans you know for players you know. Sorry for the long long post, but as you can tell this is  something I have thought about before.       

[NWCer]

Wow, that sucks for my Boxers, and I used to make fun of Chris Webber  , that one has to hurt, you're right Logs, everyone needs to know the timeout situation.

At least the refs showed up

Oxy Bob -

my Boxers are coming down to play PomonaPitzer, Whittier, and La Sierra, any insight on those 3 this season?

[cawcdad]

Bob, good to see you working on your alliteration? : +k

[LogShow]

I don't know if any of the readers of this board check out the daily dose link on the front page, but there is an interesting discussion ongoing about the Grinnell player breaking the game assist recording.  Interesting debate and worth checking out