MBB: Northwest Conference

[logshock101]

There's nobody in the NWC who can guard him; it'll be interesting to see if there's anybody in the nation in D3 who can guard him. 

Sorry, NWCer, but I couldn't wait for you to jump all over this, and since I blasted your guards, I felt the need to stand up and say "Nah uh". 

No doubt Williams is a very good guard, first team all-league if I had a vote, but he has been guarded and guarded pretty well.  I am just going from statistics, but he scored 11 against LC on 1/30, 8 against Wil on 1/24 and 4 against Pac on 1/23.  He has average just over 20 points in the last 3 games, but can't be guarded?  Those are  not the statistics of an unstoppable player!  And he plays on a team that other teams can't afford to focus just on him with the likes of Foster, Krauel, etc. 

In the national tournament, he will face better guards than in the NWC and they will be able to limit him if not close him down. 

I think Pugetsoundfan is right, but im gonna go out on a limb and make a guess that he meant that there is anybody who can guard williams 1 on 1. the proof of this is on the last couple of games scoring 20+ points. by moving him off the point, it allowed the ball to move and the defense to shift before it ends up in antwan's hands where he is now only taking on 1 defender plus 1 maybe 2 players in help defense instead of 4 defenders set and ready to help. The bottom line is that williams is to quick to play tight and to good a shooter to play off and he also can knock down pulls and floaters which makes him pretty hard to stop. Other teams in the country might be able to stop him, if they have a 6'4" guard who's lighting quick...but for some reason those type of guys never seem to end up in DIII

[logshock101]

heard some scary news through the grapevine that LCs Kollasch was in intensive care on Saturday night. Pio or anybody have any news/updates? i hope he's alright

[bbaddict]

Did Kollasch get hurt in a game or something or is it something else?  That IS too bad, if it's true, he's a great bb player and a real asset to L&C.  I also hope he's OK.

[logshock101]

i heard it was something wrong internally, not anything from a game

[bbaddict]

So, logshock, what's your beef with the Dutch?   

[logshock101]

So, logshock, what's your beef with the Dutch?   

well bbaddict since we seem to be having our own little conversation here ill let you in on a little secret. its all because of that thieving, disco loving, dutchman aptly named Gold Member   

[bbaddict]

Don't know who that is, but your tag line makes me chuckle everytime I see it, so that's my reason for asking.

Where'd you get the info about Kollasch, anyway?

[logshock101]

its a quote from the movie Austin Powers Goldmember with Mike Myers...heard about Kollasch from both a UPS player as well as one of the coaches

[Bearcat Press]

Just for you, logshock!

[logshock101]

he's a baaaaaaddddd man 

[TryMeTeam]

Gotcha, Shock, about Williams.  I see what you are saying about the last 3 games, but are you saying teams that held Williams around 10 points are doubling him and leaving the other 3 players to guard Foster, Krauel, Heyman and Boyce?  I don't think so.  It would seem more reasonable they wouldn't do that, but I haven't seen as many games as you guys have.

Biddy spoke with some of the parents, and told me that Kollasch nearly died Saturday night.  He had surgery through the night and won the battle.  He has a stomach problem of some sort, and another problem, but was better on Monday and reports were that he was out of immediate danger.  Certainly good news!

[logshock101]

no, teams certainly are not doubling williams and leaving only 3 to guard our other studs. i think teams who have been successful in slowing williams have done so with excellent help defense and good rotations. however just because he didnt have big scoring games doesn't mean that he hasnt had a big impact on the game

that is great news that Kollasch made it through the night and surgery successfully. hopefully he continues to improve

[Pio20]

Biddy spoke with some of the parents, and told me that Kollasch nearly died Saturday night.  He had surgery through the night and won the battle.  He has a stomach problem of some sort, and another problem, but was better on Monday and reports were that he was out of immediate danger.  Certainly good news!

Yeah all is looking well for Josh. He had some type of stomach infection that got pretty ugly but I think he is going to be ok. Just no more basketball for a while sadly. Hopefully the rest of the Pios are dedicating the rest of the season to him.

A couple of LC players went to visit Josh last night. A nice gesture by them to let Josh know they are by his side.

[oldnwcer]

Pio20 I have been reading your posts all year now, and you tend to speak about the Pios in ways that makes it sound like you know a lot about the team when you really know very little.  Please don't continue to be the voice of the Pios when you do not have valid inside information.   Go Pios, and Good Luck Josh!

[Pio20]

Pio20 I have been reading your posts all year now, and you tend to speak about the Pios in ways that makes it sound like you know a lot about the team when you really know very little.  Please don't continue to be the voice of the Pios when you do not have valid inside information.   Go Pios, and Good Luck Josh!

I apologize if I said something incorrect to make you think that of me. I do actually know quite a bit about the Pios seeing as I went to Lewis & Clark and still know quite a few of the players. All I heard about Josh is that he had surgery and is fighting Crohn's disease but is improving greatly.

Also, Pioneer Athletics wrote up a nice piece in making Josh the only "Athlete of the Week" this week.
http://www.lcpioneers.com/landing/2008-09_PAC_Athletes/kollasch2