MBB: Northwest Conference

[logshock101]

as for the rest of my post, if im coaching. the only people im really concerned about are the ones who are going to be in the game. do i care if the 12th man knows the OB play were running coming out of a timeout? no, why would i? i know hes not going in and he knows hes not going in, so honestly who cares? people zoneout all the time, especially when they know they aren't going into the game, a coach would have to be pretty ridiculous to not a dress a kid for doing that

I'm just gonna guess you were not a college basketball player and if I am wrong and you were, I'm thinking 12th man.

Oh and BTW Willamette played upset basketball until the last 2 minutes.  Too bad, UPS losing might have gotten into there head.  Good luck next year WU.

Go Pirates on Sunday...that just sounds odd.

according to mtnman im a intermural all star 

[logshock101]

great comeback win for the loggers. showed a lot of heart. krauel played like a beast tonight. williams hit 2 huge fts. 16-0 congrats guys!

[Bearcat Press]

Now that I've had a chance to sit and think some more . . .

Nothing but the highest compliments to the Loggers.  You guys showed why you're ranked sixth in the country and why you went 16-0 in the conference.  You played a great game on both ends of the court, and showed tremendous poise under pressure.  Also respect to Antwan Williams, for putting up with our ribbing all night and nailing clutch free throws at the end.

Fantastic game.  Just wish it could have turned the other way.  I'll be pulling for you Logs all the way.  Go bring something home at the NCAAs.

[bbaddict]

bbaddict,  fyi, the LC WW Sunday game came about as every year one team does not have a travel partner.  This year it is LC.  So since WW and WM do not have two games over the weekend that the single travelling team has to play both of them on the road, it made sense to give the travelling team at least a breather between the back to back games since the second home team did not have a Friday night game.  This year is appears to be a fairly important rest break.    It is great that three of the last four games still have playoff implications, altho after tonight, the LC-Whitworth picture will be pretty clear.

Yes, but Whitworth & Whitman played each other on Tuesday, which makes two games for the week, anyway, so your argument doesn't even make sense.  I just didn't know they could split it up like that.

As far as WU playing upset basketball until the last two minutes.  I think it's because our announcer guy knew that Linfield had won their game (with 5 minutes left in ours) and was telling people around him.   He's right next to the bench, so I  don't know how they could not have known.  It seemed like the wind was taken out of their sails.  Maybe they were just tired . . . but, who knows?

UPS played a great game tonight -- so did the Bearcats.  It certainly wasn't the blowout that Logs was predicting. 

It'll be interesting to see how the playoffs work out.

Bearcats -- you had a great season.   Next year!  Looking forward to it!

[Bearcat Press]

As far as WU playing upset basketball until the last two minutes.  I think it's because our announcer guy knew that Linfield had won their game (with 5 minutes left in ours) and was telling people around him.   He's right next to the bench, so I  don't know how they could not have known.  It seemed like the wind was taken out of their sails.  Maybe they were just tired . . . but, who knows?

[bbaddict]

BearcatPress -- you are priceless!!  Thanks for the laugh on a sad night!

[Pio20]

Sooooo if LC loses tomorrow night and both them and Linfield end up at 10-6 who will get the tiebreaker? They will have split head-to-head and against Whitworth and UPS...so does it go to games against Willamette?

[UPS4Life]

I was just wondering if it bothered anyone else, or just me, what WW's coach does, I never said it was against the rules or anything, it just bothers me as a fan of the opposing team because it feels gimmicky, but I'm sure he has good reasons for doing it, the coaches in the NWC are quite professional for the most part.

Congrats to Willamette for putting up such an incredible game.  Major props to the Loggers, these seniors have been playing at a high level for four years now and this is the culmination of all their effort and experience, they deserve it and I hope they can go far in the tourney.

[nwhoops1903]

Sooooo if LC loses tomorrow night and both them and Linfield end up at 10-6 who will get the tiebreaker? They will have split head-to-head and against Whitworth and UPS...so does it go to games against Willamette?

1. Head to Head competition in conference games only
2. Results against conference teams in descending rank order   

SO YES, RESULTS AGAINST #5 WILLAMETTE WOULD BE THE DECIDING FACTOR. 
WILLAMETTE BEAT LC BOTH TIMES AND SPLIT WITH LINFIELD

#3 SEED LINFIELD
#4 SEED LC

OTHER TIE BREAKERS...

3. Best conference road record
4. Sempert System in conference games
5. Record versus non-conference common opponents at a common site
6. Pre-arranged draw by Athletics Directors at the fall meeting

[TryMeTeam]

bbaddict,  fyi, the LC WW Sunday game came about as every year one team does not have a travel partner.  This year it is LC.  So since WW and WM do not have two games over the weekend that the single travelling team has to play both of them on the road, it made sense to give the travelling team at least a breather between the back to back games since the second home team did not have a Friday night game.  This year is appears to be a fairly important rest break.    It is great that three of the last four games still have playoff implications, altho after tonight, the LC-Whitworth picture will be pretty clear.

Yes, but Whitworth & Whitman played each other on Tuesday, which makes two games for the week, anyway, so your argument doesn't even make sense.  I just didn't know they could split it up like that.

bb:

I don't tkink you read old's post close enough.  The point was not how many games in a week each team plays, it is how many games over two days.  Playing back to back on Fri and Sat nights is tough enough, but when one team gets to sit and watch on Fri the team they will play on Sat, that is an advantage.  Compound that with the long trip from OR to east WA, it becomes more of an advantage.  Moving the game to Sun evens the playing field a little bit.   Soooo, your argument that old's argument doesn't make sense, doesn't make sense.

I heard from the GF coach that they couldn't do this before as it was introduced this year by the coaches.

Congrats to UPS for a historic season!  Congrats to Lin for making the playoffs after a long time!  Congrats to LC for making the playoffs after the loss of their best player!  (Only UPS could lose their best player and not suffer greatly because of their depth). 

And congrats to Wil for their effort against UPS!  And, sorry to Wil fans, but shame on Wil for putting themselves in a postion of needing to beat UPS to get into the playoffs.  They are just too good of a team to be out of the playoffs, talent and experience wise.  I don't know if it is the players or coaches fault for missing the playoffs, but they should have been there.  I had them finishing 3rd in my preseason thinking.   

[logshock101]

didnt read all the posts carefully, so it might have already been addressed. talked to one of the ups coaches after the game last night he told me that if LC wins today: ups faces linfield and WW faces LC. if LC loses then UPS faces LC and WW has Linfield.

[pineconefan]

So based on what I've read, both teams are in the tournament after today, no matter what happens.  But what's riding on this game is home court advantage for the first round of the NWC tournament.  If Whitworth wins, the Pirates get home court on Thursday against Linfield and L&C has to go to UPS.  If L&C wins, Whitworth and L&C meet again only four days later at L&C, while Linfield goes to UPS.  That's pretty big.

Wonder which team Linfield's pulling for?  I'm guessing Whitworth.

[LogShow]

Well, it was much closer then I was thinking.  But the Logs showed why they are a championship class team.  Gutty win.  16-0 is very impressive.  Lets keep the wins coming! 

[logshock101]

Loggers could move up as high as #2 in country as teams ranked 2-5 all dropped games this week

[nwhoops1903]

Loggers could move up as high as #2 in country as teams ranked 2-5 all dropped games this week

That would be sweet.  Congrats Loggers on great 16-0 conference sweep.