MBB: Northwest Conference

nwhoops1903 · March 05, 2006, 12:08:36 PM

nice win loggers..and you didn't have to go 15-30 from 3ville. Amazing

nice game big log

gl next week.

pennstlbu · March 06, 2006, 01:40:19 AM

Quote from: Loggerville on March 04, 2006, 11:40:42 PM
Gee, who's this McVey guy? He's not bad

That dunk of his was SICK. Put the game out of reach with that.

iwumichigander · March 07, 2006, 04:21:06 PM

Loggers - here is a link to information about Illinois Wesleyan that includes potential matchups of all four teams for Friday's 1st round sectional games and useful CCIW team & conference links
http://www.iwuhoops.com/

This site is hosted by IWU's Bob Quillman also know to many on these boards as TitanQ.

Greek Tragedy · March 08, 2006, 03:35:30 PM

Hey UPS fans! Anyone coming to the Great Midwest this weekend? I would love for a UPS fan to pick me up two tickets for your game. Any takers???

Send me a message or an email please! I've decided to cheer for whatever team gets me tickets! lol.

Loggerville · March 10, 2006, 11:35:04 PM

Hey hey, lookin' at an elite 8 bid now boys....great win tonight, a solid showing by the NWC and a final 8 berth after three years on knocking on the door....bring on Titan Q and the IWU fans! Great effort by Williams, a real step-up game for the rookie. Good luck tomorrow fellas!

ds0097 · March 11, 2006, 02:26:23 AM

has anyone else looked at the CCIW board? People are talking about how they need to respect UPS, and how they are a dangerous and legit team. AM I READING THIS RIGHT? I guess it took UPS not playing the juggernaut that was UWSP to be able to prove what they can do. Wow, I still can't believe this...

Also, it says something about the knowledge and class of the posters on that board as well. They easily could have done what a lot of people do and just overlook UPS because they don't know them and they run a different system. Throw in the win IWU had over us in Cali and I fully excpected 24hrs of IWU fans making final four arrangements. But they're better than that and know this is a much better, experienced and confident UPS team that wants nothing more than to avenge the earlier game.

Should be a great game tomorrow night, hopefully I can figure out a way to get up there...

patcummings · March 11, 2006, 12:19:58 PM

UPS gang...we will be broadcasting the game tonight for NCAASports.com.

Links will be on the live audio page...

http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/

edit: fixed link.

Loggerville · March 11, 2006, 08:48:32 PM

Loggers up.....very good game. get on a listen if you can, the guy is doing a good job on a solo broadcast.

UPS 49 IWU 48 at the half

patcummings · March 12, 2006, 01:02:21 AM

Well...

A few thoughts...

You don't win a game when your opponent shoots 75% in the second half and you only lead by 1 at the half. In fact, chances are you don't win regardless of how you perform or how big your lead is.

UPS only forced 14 IWU turnovers, must be close to the low for the season.

The Loggers didn't win, but I'll tell you this much...the fans of the CCIW are some of the most knowledgeable and most crazy about their basketball. UPS's program gained a ton of respect this weekend. There is no doubt that they can play with just about any team out there...and it's not hard to fathom that they will be back next year even without Curtiss and McVey et al.

It was fun to watch and broadcast their games.

The Roop · March 12, 2006, 02:23:03 AM

Real good fan support for the Loggers too. I expected maybe 50 to make a trip like that but I'd say there were well over 200 in attendance. Since UPS has 35 freshmen on the team I suspect we in the Midwest will be seeing more of them in tournaments to come. No offense intended Logger fans, it's simply easier and cheaper to fly one team than three.

Ryan Coleman · March 12, 2006, 12:26:28 PM

Hey guys,

The photos from last night's game are up and I have the Friday game ready too.
Saturday: http://www.pictureprints.net/albums.php?gallery=671
Friday: http://www.pictureprints.net/albums.php?gallery=669

--
Ryan

The Roop · March 12, 2006, 12:32:13 PM

I'm sure all the Logger Posters are on a plane right now but they will appreciate it when they get home.

Greek Tragedy · March 13, 2006, 09:08:20 AM

Very entertaining games this past weekend in Appleton. Obviously I was familiar with UPS since I am a Point fan. You really surprised some people, especially Augie fans. I think the majority of the CCIW crowd just assumed it was going to be Augie vs. IWU on Saturday.

You made IWU work for their win on Saturday. #21 for you guys is a stud and will be missed (senior, right?). You have some good young guys in #3 (Williams) and I wanted to see more of Robert Krauel too!

I'll have to politely disagree with "The Roop." There was NO WAY there were 200 UPS fans there. I went to the LU box office on Friday to pick up tickets to the UPS/Augie game and they told me, between those two schools, nearly 900 tickets were returned. I would say there were 100, at the very most. Maybe you were counting my friends and I since we sat with the UPS fans! lol.

The Roop · March 13, 2006, 05:44:56 PM

Since Old School politely disagreed with me, and got "The Roop" in quotes, I won't argue with him. LOL. Perhaps the UPS crowd took up the seats for 200, they were very territorial about their section. I sat there too.

PostUPS · March 13, 2006, 10:27:56 PM

As posted in the Midwest section...

I don't have a lot of time in my busy life to read these posts but have been watching it the last few days and decided to register just to post a comment on the seating situation this past weekend.

Due to the size of the gym the seating arrangements were not the best. But given the amount of room available in the bleachers at the end of the court there was no need for IWU fans to sit in the UPS section. When many of us arrived an hour before the game Saturday night there was a large group of IWU fans that had already seated themselves right in our section. Of course we asked to have them moved to the open bleachers under the basket. We didn't come 2,000 miles through two plane flights each way to be seated between IWU fans. If the end bleachers had been full then I would understand the argument... but even so we still had many IWU fans in our section while there was ample room for them in the other bleachers. Some even covered their IWU shirts just to be able to stay and cheer around us. I guess having a sideline seat was more important than displaying support for your team... much less respecting the other team's fans. If we had been playing Lawrence in a full gym then I would understand not being able to have the section to ourselves... but those of you who stayed in our section were disrespectful and by 7:00pm the game was more important to us than your temper tantrums with the school officials.

Nonetheless I was very impressed with the IWU turnout on Saturday and (aside from the ones who made a big fuss out of respecting our section) met some wonderful people. Given the fact that we had to come seven times as far as the IWU fans did I was also proud of our turnout. I understand the radio station in Bloomington put out the call and many responded by driving up to Appleton. I think that is great and your team certainly deserves the support. Most of you are a great example of what makes D3 basketball so wonderful and it was wise of ESPN to pick you up for their story.

I thought both teams played their hearts out and I am proud of our team for the way they played. UPS was right in the game up to the last few minutes and if anything I feel the West Coast schools deserve more respect then many on here seem to give us credit for. Puget Sound is just the top entry of some very competitive programs in the NWC and SCIAC. It could have gone either way in the end and I think any one of the four teams in Appleton would have been strong contenders in Salem.

Best of luck to the Titans in the finals and when the sectionals are back in Tacoma again we will be sure to provide you with your own section - as you would deserve for making such a long trip to support your team.