MBB: Northwest Conference

[TryMeTeam]

Anybody getting stats for the LC - WC game?

[nwhoops1903]

Tomorrow's game TMT?

[TryMeTeam]

Yeah, maybe I should wait until then.

[playball]

Well it is time for all conference nominations. I want the posters to name their top 10 players IN ORDER.  Top vote getter will be the pollsters POTY. It would be great to have 10 submissions by 7pm tomorrow. Conf tourney shouldn't effect voting. I will tabulate and post what I have gotten Friday. You can post your picks and or pm me if you want anonymity.

I think we will have 1st 2nd and 3rd teams filled if we can get 10 voters. Do not consider position. Best 10 guys. Hanging chads and undefined mike taylors will not be counted.

When do the actual teams come out?

[TryMeTeam]

1. Taylor WW
2. Wiser
3. Riley
4. Edwards
5. Shaw
6. Taylor LC
7. Duckworth
8. Shelton
9. Anglin
10. Mounts

[nwhoops1903]

Well it is time for all conference nominations. I want the posters to name their top 10 players IN ORDER.  Top vote getter will be the pollsters POTY. It would be great to have 10 submissions by 7pm tomorrow. Conf tourney shouldn't effect voting. I will tabulate and post what I have gotten Friday. You can post your picks and or pm me if you want anonymity.

I think we will have 1st 2nd and 3rd teams filled if we can get 10 voters. Do not consider position. Best 10 guys. Hanging chads and undefined mike taylors will not be counted.

When do the actual teams come out?

I am guessing next week.  Not in the bylaws by my reading when they need to be collected or released by.  Last year was Feb 25th right after the conf. tournament.

[Keandre]

1. Taylor WW
2. Wiser
3. Edwards lc
4. Shelton
5. Shaw
6. Riley
7. MacTaggert
8. Mounts
9. Anglin
10. Duckworth

[steveflegel]

All NWC Playoff games going on as scheduled tonight, despite the weather.

And the All-NWC team will be released tomorrow.

[nwhoops1903]

Thanks Steve. You run a great NWC website and of course, your Class A work in North Spokane.

[A Buc Forever]

I'm not going to vote, but the two lists so far do not reflect the reality of how well some players for Whitworth play in non-scoring roles.   It looks like the two lists are just the top scorers for each of the teams in the league.  Let's face reality,  someone has to score points, but who helps you win is what makes you a player.  If Loofburrow was on Linfield instead of WW and was allowed  to roam outside and shoot and not run an offense and set others up, he'd average 30.  Felix--besides being an academic all-american, completely shutdown Wiser both games. Not even a contest. Wiser guarded Riley in the two games against WW.  Wiser scored a total of 14 in the two games. Riley had 31.   In addition, when teams focus too much on the perimeter against Whitworth Felix has more than stepped up and made them pay. Clay Gebbers completely shuts down the opposing team's best perimeter player every game and made teams pay for leaving him open. Wade Gebbers completely shuts down the other team's point guards and is a threat to score at any time.  I have not seen one player on any team outplay their counterpart on Whitworth over both games of the series all year.  I know that other players from the other teams could join Whitworth and their roles would change and they could contribute, but I have not seen one player in the league, playing the way they play for their teams, that could crack the top 6 at Whitworth.  

[Keandre]

Buc, that is because they are system players. The Gebbers kid can show his case next season without the guys who are there now. I would disagree with no one would crack the top 6. Kaleb Shelton would crack the top 6 easily. He scores for UPS cause he has too, if he didn't, he could get you 5 steals a game and 15-20 rebounds a game cause he is the hardest worker on the floor at all times, he is very strong and competes at a high level. He wills UPS to victories and will lead them to the top next year. Also, Wiser crack the top 6, just imagine if he had annotate like Riley and a guard like Taylor along side him, he would dominate too. It's all about the fit, but I do see your thoughts, good luck to all teams tonight.

[nwhoops1903]

Hey Buc, help us out and send a ballot by PM.  Nothing says you can't put 6 Pirates on your ballot.  All your points are valid, but there are LOTS of NWC games the Pirates didn't play in and those count.

Playball, Rat, Bearcat, etc...who else needs to throw a ballot?

[bbaddict]

Anybody getting stats for the LC - WC game?

I think there's free video or it says that on the NWC site.

[(509)Rat]

With Flegel and the NWC being so on top of their own ballots I feel like I'm rushing this a little but here goes.

1. Taylor (Whit) best player in the conference and he happens to be on the best team, easy choice

2. Wiser        Can't knock him just because Linfield is bad. Would like to see him with Whitworth because
                    he is a little more athletic than Felix and more polished (remember Felix as a freshman? He's
                     come along way)

3. Riley         People don't give him enough credit for being able to create...I want him in my starting 5

4. Loofburrow    Statistically he doesn't look great but he would be the leading scorer on any other team
                          He didn't go DI initially for no reason

5. Anglin       The one guy who could bring something different to Whitworth and make them even scarier

6. Edwards    This one is based purely on scoring and shooting %'s

7. Shelton      Would win the mr. hustle award if it existed...and he's talented

8. C. Gebbers   Best defensive guard in the conference, oh and he can get buckets when Whitworth
                       needs him to

9. Freidt       Yeah, I put 5 Pirates on this list, and I left off Mounts...somebody was going to score 20
                     points per game (for Wilammette), doesn't mean he should be top 10. Freidt is the best defensive big man in the conference and has the second highest FG % in the conference. Meaning he scores when he gets the ball...Whitworth has yet to be in a game where they NEEDED to go to him more than 10 times.

10. Shaw         I'm not giving Whitman guys as much credit due to the "system" they run (inflation). But they deserve a player and IMO Shaw is the best overall player on their team

[(509)Rat]

If playball doesn't give POY to Wiser I'm gonna be a little disappointed...seriously...the Mrs. tells me confidence is sexy