MBB: Northwest Conference

[pineconefan]

I see that Lewis & Clark played at U of Portland last night.  How is that even possible?  Isn't there a rule about playing games after a certain date (other than post-season)?

T-M-T, any insight from your L&C connection?

[Bearcat Press]

I see that Lewis & Clark played at U of Portland last night.  How is that even possible?  Isn't there a rule about playing games after a certain date (other than post-season)?

T-M-T, any insight from your L&C connection?

I'm a Pilots fan, so I was listening to the UP radio broadcast.  The Portland radio guys were giving huge props to Whitworth during the game.  At least four or five times they brought up what a great season the Bucs had, mentioning their record, their conference title, etc.  Nice to get D-I recognition of an outstanding D-III team.

As for the rule, the only thing I saw in the NWC rulebooks is that teams aren't allowed to play more than 25 regular season games.  Prior to last night, L&C had only played 24.

[pineconefan]

Press,
Thanks for the note about the UP radio mention of Whitworth. 

But regarding the schedule, I am pretty sure there is more to it than just 25 games.  There is a definite date before which the teams cannot schedule games (but exhibitions are ok).  And there must be some kind of date at the end too, otherwise you'd see a bunch more of these.

Something definitely out of the ordinary happened on Tuesday.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Press,
Thanks for the note about the UP radio mention of Whitworth. 

But regarding the schedule, I am pretty sure there is more to it than just 25 games.  There is a definite date before which the teams cannot schedule games (but exhibitions are ok).  And there must be some kind of date at the end too, otherwise you'd see a bunch more of these.

Something definitely out of the ordinary happened on Tuesday.

Certainly out of the ordinary, but I can't find an end date rule.

With things like the ECAC (kind of an east coast NIT for d3), specific rules on end dates would be problematic.

[Pat Coleman]

I believe the ECAC offers us an end date guidepoint, actually. The reason all the various little ECAC tournaments don't end in one final champion is because you can only play one week past the end of the regular season.

And I believe you can only do that if you have saved yourself a week for competition by taking a week off during the season, usually done around the holidays. But don't quote me on that -- there's a reason I am not a compliance officer.

[nwhoops1903]

Press,
Thanks for the note about the UP radio mention of Whitworth.  

But regarding the schedule, I am pretty sure there is more to it than just 25 games.  There is a definite date before which the teams cannot schedule games (but exhibitions are ok).  And there must be some kind of date at the end too, otherwise you'd see a bunch more of these.

Something definitely out of the ordinary happened on Tuesday.

Yes unusual but perhaps a shape of things to come.  For a D3 school to get a game like this, it is all about money.   I wonder what LC had done with this game had they advanced to the tourney.  Cancel or play and risk injury?  Treat it as a "warmup"?  Maybe the conference competition committee's will have to look into this during the offseason.  I was relieved to NOT see the game recap on the conference website.

[Pat Coleman]

Don't forget, final three-plus hours to enter the D3hoops.com bracket challenge.

You have extra time for the women's bracket, since the first game isn't until 4 p.m. ET on Friday.

http://www.d3hoops.com/pickem/

[stag44]

NWC followers - you guys get Chapman.

They made all the plays down the stretch holding the Stags to just 3 points in the last 7 minutes, closing the game on a 14-3 run.

Should be a pretty routine game in the Fieldhouse from what I gather.

Chapman is not big, but they are physical and do the fundamentals very well. I don't think they can hang for 40 minutes though.

I think Montgomery will have his way with the Panther bigs, and Beal/Wood matchup should be very interesting.

I think WW wins 71-54.

[pineconefan]

Whitworth's coaches should be fairly familiar with Chapman.  The Bucs beat Chapman by 15 or 16 down in SoCal early last season.  It seems the personnel are real similar to the last meeting.

I am sure that Whitworth get's Chapman's best punch.  It'll be a great environment in the fieldhouse.  Not sure Chapman will be used to that.

[A Buc Forever]

You might have to subscribe to the Spokesmanreview to read this, but here is a great article on Big Nate:

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/mar/05/montgomery-grew-from-blip-to-mvp/

[TryMeTeam]

The word about the LC-UP game was that UP wanted a tune-up game for their tournament and offered a game to LC.  Yeah, Hoops, it is/was all about money, and a chance for the D3 kids to play on a D1 court and against a D1 school.  I didn't get to see the game, but LC was down 8 with 8:00 to go before UP went on a big run. 

It would be weird to play a game after your season is over, and it would have been a good warmup for the D3 tourny had they made it.  Gaillard probably looked at the team and WW and felt getting to the dance was going to be improbable, and took the money and ran. 

Good luck to WW this weekend!

[D O.C.]

D3 kids to play on a D1 court

Well, whoop dee woo. Glad to see they upgraded their facilities in 1984. They were a D1 dump when Lewis and Clark built their 'non-wood' floor and the Pilots used to go there and play in the summer.

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth advances to the SWEET 16.  Defeats Chapman!

[nwhoops1903]

Times set:  EMU vs Whitworth at 6 pm and Guilford vs College of Wooster at 8 pm on Friday night in GC's Ragan-Brown Field House on Friday, March 12.

[oldchap]

Whitworth advances to the SWEET 16.  Defeats Chapman!

Here is my analysis of the game for those who missed it: http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=5506.90