MBB: Northwest Conference

[blackhawks4]

Glad to see Whitworth was able to crack the regional rankings.  Looks like they came in right behind Whitman.

[blackhawks4]

It is an absolute pleasure watching Whitman play.  A 180 from where they were at the beginning of conference, when they were unbearable to watch.  This is the team that took St. Thomas on for 40 minutes.  They are back to making the extra pass, its nice to have Tochi Oti back, and their defense is on another level.  They're a sweet 16 caliber team right now.

Pacific played a hell of a game tonight too.  The Boxers are dangerous.  Had they not played as well as they have, this is a 30-40 point blowout instead of 17 which it is now.

Pacific might get WW tomorrow.  BTW, D3Hoops--can we get Whitworth out of the Top 25?? St. Thomas blows them out by 21, Rutgers-Newark beats them in Spokane, and Whitman trounces them by 24.  They are not a national level team.

[(509)Rat]

Whitman would probably be ranked if they hadn't lost to Pacific. None of the ranking stuff matters though. Win in Spokane and you're in. That should be the NWC's new motto when it comes to men's basketball.

[blackhawks4]

Whitworth decided to put their big boy pants on.  Feb 28th.

[A Buc Forever]

Nothing much to say about the Whits until the playoffs. The big story is willamette. Assuming UPS loses both in Eastern Washington (safe assumption) then a win against Linfield (safe assumption) gets willamette in the playoffs.  Nice to see them back in the hunt.

[Pinecone_Curtain]

Assuming UPS loses both in Eastern Washington (safe assumption)

Buc, the Whits will be traveling to UPS this weekend. Not something I would consider easy for either team. I'm just hoping the Bucs don't look past PLU Friday--I don't think Logie will let them do that. I also hope WM tires UPS out (and still loses ) Friday night.

Also, on a random note, it looks like the GF SID put on the NWC master schedule that the Bruins are playing in the NCAA tournament. Who wants to break the news to him?

[TryMeTeam]

Buc, not sure you have that right.  If UPS is swept, Wil splits and PacU sweeps, UPS will be 7-9, Wil 8-8 and PacU 8-8.  I think it will be PacU based on their Whitman victory.  Am I missing something?  Should make for a good Wil-PacU game in Salem.

[Pat Coleman]

It is an absolute pleasure watching Whitman play.  A 180 from where they were at the beginning of conference, when they were unbearable to watch.  This is the team that took St. Thomas on for 40 minutes.  They are back to making the extra pass, its nice to have Tochi Oti back, and their defense is on another level.  They're a sweet 16 caliber team right now.

Pacific played a hell of a game tonight too.  The Boxers are dangerous.  Had they not played as well as they have, this is a 30-40 point blowout instead of 17 which it is now.

Pacific might get WW tomorrow.  BTW, D3Hoops--can we get Whitworth out of the Top 25?? St. Thomas blows them out by 21, Rutgers-Newark beats them in Spokane, and Whitman trounces them by 24.  They are not a national level team.

We know better than to be surprised when Whitman beats Whitworth at Whitman, and a loss from three months ago doesn't hold as much weight as you might want it to.

[A Buc Forever]

Buc, not sure you have that right.  If UPS is swept, Wil splits and PacU sweeps, UPS will be 7-9, Wil 8-8 and PacU 8-8.  I think it will be PacU based on their Whitman victory.  Am I missing something?  Should make for a good Wil-PacU game in Salem.

We were both right. You were correct until Pac lost to GF. I knew that was going to happen. 

[A Buc Forever]

Playball,

We are mirror images of each other:

Whitworth 20-3
Linfield 3-20

[TryMeTeam]

Buc, What?  Pac beat GF last night.  So, the scenario is this.  UPS needs to win 1 of this weekend's games against the Whits.  Win either and they are the 4th seed.  If not, and if Will beats Linf, the game against Pac U and Will on Saturday in Salem is for the 4th seed.  It would be nice for one of these 2 teams to make the playoffs.  Long drought for both of them.  But both need some help from the Whits.

What again?  I am trying to figure out if you are throwing salt in Playball's wounds or just a thousand paper cuts!  Nothing like a fan of a perennial winner "kidding" a struggling program.  Very funny, not! 

[blackhawks4]

Lemme get this straight:

If WMN & WW both win out, WW is champ.

If WMN wins out; and WW drops one to UPS (playing for a playoff spot, in Tacoma, on senior night), WMN is champ?!

(Famous last words) but there is no way these teams drop one @ PLU...

[A Buc Forever]

-Sorry about my early post that GF beat Pac--I saw the women's score.

-TryMeTeam--Playball can take a little ribbing and anyone from LF better be able to handle some teasing from arrogant fans from other teams.  We've been taking it from arrogant fans/players/coaches from LF for years.  Although, when LF was great in basketball, the players had such funny haircuts because of Wilson's rules we could at least laugh at Mark Wickman about his hair as he dunked on us.

-blackhawks4--You have it right if Rat is correct, "Head to head, then record against next best team. And it just keeps going down the standings until someone has a better record against the common opponent." If WW loses to either game this weekend it may be time to crank some R.E.M. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2UhvN0k74w

[wildcat11]

Go 'Cats!!!!!!

[catjumper]

Nicely done, Wildcats - nicely done. If you could pick any one home game to win, you could do a lot worse than that one.