MBB: Northwest Conference

[D O.C.]

[formercat]

Not sure why you take such joy in all of this, not as if you gave a damn about what happened with basketball beyond the fact it was coached by a man that was hated by the great and immature Ad Rutschman.

While the P.O.L.E. group was trying to hurt Doty it also indirectly hurt many basketball student-athletes. disgusting.

[playball]

Not sure why you take such joy in all of this, not as if you gave a damn about what happened with basketball beyond the fact it was coached by a man that was hated by the great and immature Ad Rutschman.

While the P.O.L.E. group was trying to hurt Doty it also indirectly hurt many basketball student-athletes. disgusting.

If I could give +k I would for that Cat!

So, any thoughts on UMHB from anyone?

[D O.C.]

Go 'Rats.

[catmac567]

It is sad that there are football alumni of Linfield who care only about their sport and do anything to protect that sport at the expense of the other sports at Linfield.  Unfortunately there is a cult of personality built around Ad Rutschman which is similar to what was built up around Joe Paterno at Penn State. The best thing for Linfield College would be for the streak to end.

[catmac567]

The full name of P.O.L.E. (Protect Our Linfield Experience) should be Polecats.   My late father who was a trustee of Linfield at that time, got many nasty letters from POLE

[Pat Coleman]

Unfortunately there is a cult of personality built around Ad Rutschman which is similar to what was built up around Joe Paterno at Penn State. The best thing for Linfield College would be for the streak to end.

Doesn't look that way from the outside. Without the Linfield football program, there would be very little national D-III name recognition. (And the remaining recognition would be from Scott Brosius.)

[playball]

Unfortunately there is a cult of personality built around Ad Rutschman which is similar to what was built up around Joe Paterno at Penn State. The best thing for Linfield College would be for the streak to end.

Doesn't look that way from the outside. Without the Linfield football program, there would be very little national D-III name recognition. (And the remaining recognition would be from Scott Brosius.)

Its kept that way for a reason.


UMHB doesn't look like they shoot it all that great from anywhere on the court.  However, they did put up 117 on CTX!  I don't know if that was because of poor defense or just knocking down shots and/or fast break layups.  My guess would be a lot of fastbreaking especially with their spike in % over their average during the year.  Looking at their roster it looks like they have some size....but leave it on the bench for the most part.  I think this is where WW is going to hurt them the most.

[D O.C.]

I know I said I'd let Whitworth have their run. I am trying to keep it simple....two women's softball championships.

[(509)Rat]

UMHB is a very athletic team that really doesn't shoot jumpers from anywhere on the court incredibly well. But they do a good job of getting to the basket and scoring off of "hustle" plays (Offensive boards/putbacks, steals/breakaways, etc.). Whitworth already beat them at home early this season. As long as the Pirates keep the Cru in front of them and stay out of foul trouble, they should win. I would like to see a lower number of TO's from Whitworth this week. 19 against a team like UMHB usually means a lot of easy buckets for them.

If Whitworth shoots like they did against Emory, I would feel very safe with a 10-12 point lead against a team like UMHB. At least more so than against a team like Redlands who could make that up in 3-4 straight possessions.

[Pinecone_Curtain]

I love all the optimism from across the country about WW's chances this weekend, but let's not count our chickens before they hatch. I know, I know, we already beat them, but at this point in the tournament there are no bad teams. Plus it's tough to beat a good team twice. Pride comes before the fall, etc. It doesn't matter to me how much WW wins by, I just hope they win.

On a side note, if what playball says is true about Doty writing a book about the crap he put up with over the years, I hope he does it. I know I'd read it. I'm sure he has some stories to tell.

[formercat]

Doesn't look that way from the outside. Without the Linfield football program, there would be very little national D-III name recognition. (And the remaining recognition would be from Scott Brosius.)

D-III name recognition? I grew up in the Northwest and the only D-III schools I had ever heard of is the two that were 30 minutes away from my house and one of those was because my uncle had played there when they were in Division II.  I had never heard of Linfield or any of the other NWC schools until they showed up to recruit me. Name recognition is not the same for D-III schools or really any one as it is with D-I. I can imagine that not many high school student athletes know of any other non D-I schools outside of their state or small region.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

He is saying that from a D3 point of view... people know Linfield because of their football program. We are not talking overall national point of view or local or state point of view... but from the point of view of those in Division III. If Linfield doesn't have a successful football program... there isn't much else to have people recognize the name in Division III.

[formercat]

He is saying that from a D3 point of view... people know Linfield because of their football program. We are not talking overall national point of view or local or state point of view... but from the point of view of those in Division III. If Linfield doesn't have a successful football program... there isn't much else to have people recognize the name in Division III.

What does recognition at the D-III level, those already involved in D-III athletics as you said, get Linfield athletics?

[D O.C.]

No injuries 'Rats.