MBB: Northwest Conference

[Smitty Oom]

https://portal.stretchinternet.com/whitworth/portal.htm?eventId=385188&streamType=video

This game has been as fun as advertised so far. If anyone is still up, I advise tuning in.

BONUS: Download the NWC app on your Roku/Apple TV to watch on the big TV while your comfortably on your couch or laying down in bed!

[(509)Rat]

Both teams shooting real well. I doubt I'll stay awake for the entire second half, Whitworth needs to avoid the dumb mistakes when the inevitable fatigue sets in. They aren't gonna shoot 50+% from 3 in the second half, they'll need some stops or Whitman is gonna pull away and win by 15+ again.

[A Buc Forever]

Still at the half. WHAT A GAME.  Howell and Roach are both amazing.

[A Buc Forever]

Much like the villains in WWF, there is much to hate about Whitman Basketball when they beat you.

They are good, even if obnoxious.

[BluesBrother]

Much like the villains in WWF, there is much to hate about Whitman Basketball when they beat you.

They are good, even if obnoxious.

I thought Whitworth were the villains, no?

[BluesBrother]

Tonight's game cemented for me that Butler is the most indispensable guy on the Blues. Nobody else can do what he does.

[blackhawks4]

That was an unbelievable game.  One of the best NWC games I've seen in a long time.   Whitworth is better than i gave them credit for.  They are a top 15 team. 

I think in an earlier post I gave Whitworth a 20% chance to win...and the way you do it is with 45 out of Kyle Roach.  He put on one of the best individual performances in recent memory.  Ben College can play too, and so can Hull.

MVP-like performance out of Tim Howell.  Same from Austin Butler.  Big game out of Jack Stewart. 

[A Buc Forever]

Much like the villains in WWF, there is much to hate about Whitman Basketball when they beat you.

They are good, even if obnoxious.

I thought Whitworth were the villains, no?

Whitworth has had some guys that people loved to hate (one poster on this board absolutely hated my son).  Howell bowing in front of the Whitworth crowd takes the cake though. If he played for my team, I'd cringe, but probably enjoy it.  Definitely a guy you love to hate when he's on the other team. The way he handled those last 10 seconds was impressive.  I was surprised WW let him touch the ball.

[PirateDaddy]

Whitworth has had some guys that people loved to hate (one poster on this board absolutely hated my son).  Howell bowing in front of the Whitworth crowd takes the cake though. If he played for my team, I'd cringe, but probably enjoy it.  Definitely a guy you love to hate when he's on the other team. The way he handled those last 10 seconds was impressive.  I was surprised WW let him touch the ball.

If he played for me I'd bench his behind for his behavior.  Coaches should be as interested in teaching character as much as they are interested in getting W's. But that's just me.

[BluesBrother]

If he played for me I'd bench his behind for his behavior.  Coaches should be as interested in teaching character as much as they are interested in getting W's. But that's just me.

Get a clue. You don't know a thing about Tim and I'd say your character shows real clear when you take cheap shots at players on an internet message board. Ask around Walla Walla and you'll find that Tim Howell is an even better person than he is a competitor.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

FYI - I have seen Whitworth players act just as cocky as Whitman players currently. It is a big game and usually I give a bit of a leash.

That said, feel free to watch the video back shortly after the buzzer and a Whitman player chasing after an official and yelling at him before another teammate pulls him away from the official. Let's not cast stones, okay?

[PirateDaddy]

If he played for me I'd bench his behind for his behavior.  Coaches should be as interested in teaching character as much as they are interested in getting W's. But that's just me.

Get a clue. You don't know a thing about Tim and I'd say your character shows real clear when you take cheap shots at players on an internet message board. Ask around Walla Walla and you'll find that Tim Howell is an even better person than he is a competitor.

It's not a cheap shot but rather a fair critique of a player's behavior as witnessed with my own eyes.

Those who were watching the game on line would have missed the scuffle in the handshake line which was precipitated by the same player talking smack to the opposing coaching staff.  Actions speak louder than words.  If taunting opposing fans and talking smack to opposing coaches is what you call teaching good character then we'll just have to disagree.

[(509)Rat]

What a bummer to wake up to. Though I think a 1 point loss on last second free throws is what I would have considered absolute best case scenario. I still think Lester is/was the best player on this team and even if you want to argue that its Roach, not having College touch the ball on his own side of the court would have made all the difference last night. He had the most egregious turnovers of the night, most of which led directly to Whitman points. Not sure that the big 3 at the end makes up for the rest of it.

Whitman is and always has been the better team this season but barring a total collapse Whitworth is making the playoffs...where it would be nice if they could make it out of the first round this year and play Whitman in the only game that will really matter between these two.

The character arguments are dumb. College students are yelling at other college students who then make gestures back to said college students for 40 minutes...the old folks that get upset need to just bottle up those feelings and keep em to themselves.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

If he played for me I'd bench his behind for his behavior.  Coaches should be as interested in teaching character as much as they are interested in getting W's. But that's just me.

Get a clue. You don't know a thing about Tim and I'd say your character shows real clear when you take cheap shots at players on an internet message board. Ask around Walla Walla and you'll find that Tim Howell is an even better person than he is a competitor.

It's not a cheap shot but rather a fair critique of a player's behavior as witnessed with my own eyes.

Those who were watching the game on line would have missed the scuffle in the handshake line which was precipitated by the same player talking smack to the opposing coaching staff.  Actions speak louder than words.  If taunting opposing fans and talking smack to opposing coaches is what you call teaching good character then we'll just have to disagree.

Glass house, sir. I've seen it on both sides in my years covering this sport and these two teams. It happens in big games. It was well played, let's not get caught up in details that happen in a lot of basketball games around the country.

The character arguments are dumb. College students are yelling at other college students who then make gestures back to said college students for 40 minutes...the old folks that get upset need to just bottle up those feelings and keep em to themselves.

Bingo. Both sides played a role and it didn't get out of control. Sometimes it goes over the top... I don't think it got there here. Just emotional game.

[A Buc Forever]

FYI - I have seen Whitworth players act just as cocky as Whitman players currently. It is a big game and usually I give a bit of a leash.

That said, feel free to watch the video back shortly after the buzzer and a Whitman player chasing after an official and yelling at him before another teammate pulls him away from the official. Let's not cast stones, okay?

1.  WW players act as cocky as Howell?  Not our upstanding Pirates.
2.  I Assume you meant a Whitworth player was yelling at a ref.  If it was Roach, I can understand his frustration. Did you see the missed call on his dunk and the foul they called on him on Howell's Drive? No game is perfectly reffed but Roach really did get the short end all night long.