MBB: Northwest Conference

[NWCer]

Alright, My Boxers loss but I was 4-0 with my predictions!  Big recovery from last weekend when I was horrible.  Let's try for the perfect weekend...

PLU has seemed to give LC poroblems in the past, so with them resting last night and LC coming off a tuff L to Linfield, I'm a go with PLU at home tonight to run their record to 3-1.

I like Whitworth big over Fox.

I see Linfield big over Willamette.

And I see both teams in Walla Walla tonight breaking the century mark with My Boxers picking up the gutsy 108-105 win!

Here we go....

[NWCer]

Man, 3-1 on the night makes me 7-1 on the weekend with the only loss being my Boxers in a close one at Whitman without Jury, tuff facing that press without him I'm sure.  The surprise over the first couple weeks has to be PLU...  They host the Whits next weekend, that will tell a lot...  Hard to see the Pios sitting at 2-10, 1-3, with 3 of those home games, not the greatest start but lots of basketball left, Linfield and Whitworth are perfect, clearly the best 2 teams...

[TryMeTeam]

Nice job, NWCer and NW!

I quit.  I am not going to make a fool out of myself any more.  I literally know nothing about this conference, especially the OR teams I am most familiar with.  I think I will make my guesses, for they truly are guesses, and then just reverse them.

Pio

I pretty much agree with you about your Pios, except:  They really don't have a big man in McCullough, 2 points and 9 rebounds in 8 games (and those are TOTALS not averages!).  The other big, Brickley, is not a post player, nor is Mewson.  So without an inside presence, what can they do but launch 3's.  They sure pounded it inside when they had bigs about 8-10 years ago, but they have not had a big with presence since then.  Even Riveria was a forward that had crazy shot blocking ability.

I agree their D is weak and  they stand around a lot.  All of this, no bigs, soft D, no movement, and shooting woes, are not what I expected, and has led to a record they deserve.

Linfield is still not on my A list.  They did not beat LC, LC shot themselves out of that game.  Those of you waiting for the Lin-WW game will be disappointed.  WW will trounce them.  

The standings will not hold form by the end of the season.  Teams will get Lin, LC and UPS will get better, PLU and GF will fall, and Whitm may stay up there.  

But as I said earlier, what the hell do I know!

[pineconefan]

Glad to see the Pirates cracked the top 25 again.  I thought it might come a week sooner, but beggars can't be choosers.

I see a challenging weekend ahead.  For all of the Loggers' troubles early this season, I am sure the Pirates will get the best shot UPS has to offer.  And PLU has been playing at a much higher level than expected.

NWhoops, I assume you'll be there to cheer on the team.

[nwhoops1903]

I am visiting SCIAC country Friday but will be at PLU.  I think it will be a tough weekend and I agree UPS will be playing at their HIGHEST level.  It has been such a great rivalry for the past 5-6 years.  Tough to miss.  PLU hopefully, will get beat down by Whitman and show up Sat a little shell shocked. 

Regardless, WW can and should find a way in both games.  I think PLU matches up better but AB is a handful for UPS and limiting him to under 20 is key.  Great shooting or poor shooting will be key for UPS.  PLU has a true post in VB and they have good transition scoring.  Could be a shootout on Sat.

WW will push it inside until someone stops Nate.  Good luck with that.

[etule]

Not quite sure about the Lutes! They have played very well and found a way to succeed. This weekend will be important for PLU. If they split they could be a factor this year! I will take in the Whitman game !

GO LUTES!

[PSfan]

It's hard to gauge the Loggers' chances this weekend, though I suppose that in the first time since almost forever they're underdogs at home on Friday and Saturday.  Boyce sat out most of the Willamette game with an ankle injury, and if he's not good to go it might be ugly, particularly against Whitworth's good front line.   

[D O.C.]

Frontrunner Galore here...

Sure, I'll chime in for LINFIELD basketball.  I'll take a photo of the NWC standings as of today and not come back for many another day. This is the way I USED to see the NWC standings every year. Not only did the rest of the conference have half a chance at football but I lived through ten straight NWC LINFIELD basketball titles.

There is a reason Wildcat11 and I don't play here.

[formercat]

Frontrunner Galore here...

Sure, I'll chime in for LINFIELD basketball.  I'll take a photo of the NWC standings as of today and not come back for many another day. This is the way I USED to see the NWC standings every year. Not only did the rest of the conference have half a chance at football but I lived through ten straight NWC LINFIELD basketball titles.

There is a reason Wildcat11 and I don't play here.

Wow, come in and post hate about 18-21 year old kids... why even bother posting at all? Do not try to tell me that you were not talking about them because they are Linfield basketball.

.....would expect more class out of a grown man.

[D O.C.]

I am now trying to tell you I was not talking about them.

[Tglassman55]

prediction -

The Loggers will lose 2 in a blood bath this weekend securing the future of this season. 

is it even worth going to watch either of these games?

[80sshorts]

Yes, because of the Bridgeland-UPS matchup, always exciting to see what's going to happen when Bridgeland faces his old team.  UPS could be jacked up for it's old coach, but more likely that factor won't matter as all the loggers under bridgeland have passed on and the Whitman talent supercedes everything and takes over.  But it's worth watching from that matchup standpoint.  Unless heyman comes back and Boyce gets over his injury and steps up I don't think UPS is going to have much of a chance.  Also an interesting test for Linfield this week; will they get up for two teams that aren't expected to be competitive in the NWC or do they come out with a half-hearted performance?

[LOGGER4LIFE]

prediction -

The Loggers will lose 2 in a blood bath this weekend securing the future of this season. 

is it even worth going to watch either of these games?

If you're going to be that type of fan who is going to throw these Loggers under the bus because of the early season struggles, you shouldn't bother going to either of these games at all.

In fact, just stay out of the Fieldhouse all together. Forever. Let the fans who go and cheer their a** off for these kids fill the stands. And stop pretending you have some kind of inside hookup for information.

That being said, I hope with all my heart that the Loggers pull off these two vics--I'll be keeping my eyes posted to the live stats tonight and tomorrow.

Out.

[Lutes07]

As everyone continues to doubt the Lutes I would just like to remind everyone where they were predicted to finish in the NWC... Last place... Continue to doubt them and we shall see where they end up... Nothing better then a bunch of haters

[CalCat]

Frontrunner Galore here...

Sure, I'll chime in for LINFIELD basketball.  I'll take a photo of the NWC standings as of today and not come back for many another day. This is the way I USED to see the NWC standings every year. Not only did the rest of the conference have half a chance at football but I lived through ten straight NWC LINFIELD basketball titles.

There is a reason Wildcat11 and I don't play here.

Wow, come in and post hate about 18-21 year old kids... why even bother posting at all? Do not try to tell me that you were not talking about them because they are Linfield basketball.

.....would expect more class out of a grown man.

DOC isn't a grown man...he is just a surfer boy