MBB: Northwest Conference

[(509)Rat]

For PLU and UPS to go to eastern WA and either both win tonight or beat one Whit on Thursday and then the other on Saturday would be a huuuuge shocker. IF it does happen, the probability of the NWC getting 3 teams in has to be similar to the odds of winning the Powerball.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

What are the chances that WW or Whitman are upset and the winner is either PLU or UPS? If so, could the NWC get 3 bids??

I think Whitman would be in trouble without playing an extra game on the schedule and at least have a result against Whitman... but certainly a chance.

[Mr. Ypsi]

What are the chances that WW or Whitman are upset and the winner is either PLU or UPS? If so, could the NWC get 3 bids??

I think Whitman would be in trouble without playing an extra game on the schedule and at least have a result against Whitman... but certainly a chance.

Someday you're gonna keep the 'Whit's separate in your mind!  But apparently not yet!

(As a Michigander, some 2,000 miles from Whitworth and Whitman, I confess to occasional confusion myself! )

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Ha... I am so sleep deprived these days (time of year plus medical reasons) that I completely missed that. Second one should have been Whitworth. Sorry about that.

Of course it is all moot... Whitman lost 81-68 tonight. I think they just put themselves on a very tenuous bubble and possibly cost them yet another chance to make their first NCAA tournament. They really needed to get a win and play WHITWORTH in the title game. We shall see how it all plays out first, of course.

[Pinecone_Curtain]

Blackhawk, you alive buddy?

Congrats to PLU--they are a tough team and will no doubt give WW a run Saturday. Those guards man. Lester had 29 tonight. I assume WM is going to be the biggest WW fans Saturday, I can't imagine they get a bid if PLU wins. WW took care of business tonight.

[(509)Rat]

I feel bad, but it's comical at this point. Whitworth looked like a well oiled machine tonight. PLU has a couple dudes who can play, but if Whitworth's defense plays anything like they did tonight they win comfortably. They destroyed PLU at home last time they met, I don't expect it to be that bad but a last second heave by Valle shouldn't be required Saturday.

And Bridgeland was COTY because they were tired of giving it to Logie right? Even before tonight's result, splitting with Whitworth and losing to PLU at home makes you COTY?

[A Buc Forever]

How many years in a row is it that WM has lost in the first round.  It is becoming some kind of pattern. We all said WM was on a hot streak and then they lose.  Unbelievable

[HoopsCoachG]

How many years in a row is it that WM has lost in the first round.  It is becoming some kind of pattern. We all said WM was on a hot streak and then they lose.  Unbelievable

It is like Deja Vu all over again!

And Bridgeland was COTY because they were tired of giving it to Logie right? Even before tonight's result, splitting with Whitworth and losing to PLU at home makes you COTY?

Dickerson must have done something to tick off the rest of the coaches! If being picked to finish tied for 7th, but finishing 3rd, being just outside the top 25 (albeit it was before conference play really started), and beating Whitman in the Wallas twice does not make you the COTY I really do not know what does!

[blackhawks4]

And there is nobody happier about last nights result than Whitworth...

PLU was incredibly well prepared and earned that win.   They were better offensively and defensively tonight. It IS déjà vu. Brandon Lester is hands down the best player in the conference.

No auto-bid for the NWC. NWC isn't historically a powerhouse; and the entire conference doesn't have a good out of conference win all year.

[PirateDaddy]

 

Dickerson must have done something to tick off the rest of the coaches! If being picked to finish tied for 7th, but finishing 3rd, being just outside the top 25 (albeit it was before conference play really started), and beating Whitman in the Wallas twice does not make you the COTY I really do not know what does!

Agreed.  I can see a cogent argument to give COY to either Logie or Bridgeland but none greater than for Dickerson.  He really turned that team around this year without a huge change in the roster.   

[(509)Rat]

I would agree with the other COTY sentiments. IMO it either goes to the coach who best beats expectations or it goes to the coach who rolls through the conference and finishes on top. It doesn't go to the guy who was supposed to finish 2nd and still finishes 2nd.

blackhawks is right tho, for whatever reason I would much rather see Whitworth get PLU than Whitman. I think it's a better matchup for the Pirates. So, yeah, im happy Whitman lost.

[A Buc Forever]

Still blown away by WM's loss!!!! They just beat PLU at PLU quite easily and then they lost to them in Walla Walla!!!  They do this kind of thing on a regular basis.  Are they looking ahead to WW?  Do they get tight thinking, "Just don't blow this one and then beat WW?"  Is their style of play not consistent enough that makes them vulnerable to upsets? I agree it is great for WW.  PLU vs WW should be a good game to watch, but a Whit match up for the automatic birth would have been epic.

Would have been nice for Dickerson to win COTY.  I hear he is retiring.  He deserved the award. 

[HoopsCoachG]

IMO it either goes to the coach who best beats expectations or it goes to the coach who rolls through the conference and finishes on top. It doesn't go to the guy who was supposed to finish 2nd and still finishes 2nd.

A perfect example is when Mark Sundquist won it in 2013 for leading George Fox to a 3rd place finish after being picked to finish toward the bottom. Of course he did get fired that Summer

[Pinecone_Curtain]

Agree with Rat and Buc. I'm sure Dickerson will be happy to hear he won the NWC board's vote for COY 

[(509)Rat]

Agree with Rat and Buc. I'm sure Dickerson will be happy to hear he won the NWC board's vote for COY 

So who lives close enough to Tacoma to take him his trophy?