MBB: Northwest Conference

[formercat]

567...the most glaring out of step program since the adjustment to DIII has been the basketball program.

Eh, its been messed up since NAIA days too. Like when AD Ad Rutschman would not give Doty another $2,000 in scholarship money to get a 6'10 kid because he said there was no money left.  Then turned in $50,000 dollars back to the college.  Seems to me the deck has been slightly stacked against him since he got on Rutsch's bad side.  So you can say what you want about him being a poor coach, but he did not exactly get to play the game on the same level as everyone else.  And you are part of the perpetuation of this kind of garbage, if Doty had won 5 conference championships in the last 10 years you still would not like him.  It's not about winning and losing its about an old mans grudge.

[D O.C.]

if Doty had won 5 conference championships in the last 10 years you still would not like him

I do not like the situation, not so much the person.

The other stuff I do not know about.

Logic dictates something happened that one person got on the wrong side of a young All-American football player turned coach who won high school state championships, college football championships, college baseball championships and then became older before elected to the National Football Hall of Fame..

[catmac567]

DOC, Men's basketball has not been the only program to have difficulties since the transition, women's basketball, swimming, women's lacrosse are some others that have struggled.  This you can not
place on Doty.   Oh yes,  Saint Ad, is perfect, never made a mistake in his life. 

[D O.C.]

567....if it makes you feel any better I will PM you about who did the tire do-nuts on Rutschman's front lawn that got him so steamed.

[catmac567]

I am sorry that physical damage was done to the Rutschman's yard.   Knowing Larry as I do,
I do not believe that he would have anything to do with something like that. 

[A Buc Forever]

Congrats to Wade!!!!  When does the next Gebbers/Taylor come along?  We'll survive, but always best to have one of them around.

SPOKANE, Wash. – Wade Gebbers has been named on a second All-Region team in2012-13, this time by the National Basketball Coaches Association of America.

Gebbers is a second team honoree on the NABC All-West Region team.  Last week he was named to the D3hoops.com All-West Region first team.

Click here for the entire NABC All-Region team.

After battling through persistent injuries to lead the Pirates to the NCAA Division III sweet 16 for the fourth straight year, he averaged 11.4 points and 2.6 rebounds per game and he led the NWC with 95 total assists and 3.5 assists per game.  Gebbers made 40.1% of his shots from the field, 37.2% from three-point range and he ranked among NWC leaders in free throw percentage (85.3).  He scored a career-high 27 points at Whitman on February 5th and had 23 points in the season-opener against now top-ranked St. Thomas.  On Feb. 21 he became the 23rd player in Whitworth history to surpass 1,000-career points and now has 1,064.

A two-time team captain, Gebbers guided the Pirates to a record of 26-4 each of the past two seasons.  Over the course of his four seasons, three as a starter, Whitworth has a cumulative won-loss record of 106-13.

[A Buc Forever]

Any word on the Linfield coaching job?

[catmac567]

I have not heard anything.  I do know that coaches have asked Larry Doty about
the job, but that is all I know. It would be interesting to know how much he told them about the real situation, as opposed to the spin put on by the College and the Athletic Director.  It will be interesting to see what direction Linfield goes.  I wish I had more confidence that the powers that be will make the right choice.

[formercat]

Eric Bridgeland will be interviewing for the Linfield job this week.

[playball]

Eric Bridgeland will be interviewing for the Linfield job this week.

SWIPES!!  However, if by chance Linfield and Bridge can't come to an agreement, how does he go back to Walla Walla and face his team?  Would be kind of an awkward situation

[Bearcat Press]

Eric Bridgeland will be interviewing for the Linfield job this week.

SWIPES!!  However, if by chance Linfield and Bridge can't come to an agreement, how does he go back to Walla Walla and face his team?  Would be kind of an awkward situation

Bridgeland has always struck me as a guy who primarily cares about Bridgeland, so I don't think the prospect of going back and facing his current team (should he not get the Linfield job) would really faze him at all.  He's built a nice program at Whitman with some good recruits coming in next year, so I'd imagine he sees this as a win-win for him.  Essentially, if he doesn't get the job, he stays at Whitman and wins 18-20 games.  If he does get the job, he's going to a sports-crazy (at least by NWC standards) school with better facilities and support than he'll EVER be able to get in Walla Walla.

Personally, I think Bridgeland would be a great villain to stoke the Willamette/Linfield rivalry.  It's been hard to hate on the Wildcats the last few years when they've been one of the only teams WU's been consistently able to beat.

[playball]

Its been a good rivalry with Linfield receiving the wrong end of a couple buzzer beaters.  Will be fun to see how this turns out!  And I meant how does that team view a coach who just tried to skip out on them if he doesn't get the job.  I have no question that Bridgeland would not care much

[A Buc Forever]

SPOKANE, Wash. – Whitworth University is 11th in the final D3hoops.com poll of 2012-13.

The Pirates finished 26-4 for the second consecutive season and won their fourth straight outright Northwest Conference championship with a 14-2 record.  Whitworth advanced to the NCAA Division III Sweet 16 for the fourth year in a row and fifth time overall before falling to eventual championship game participant Mary Hardin-Baylor.

There were many individual honors in 2012-13.  Wade Gebbers was named First Team All-Region (D3hoops.com) in addition to First Team All-Northwest Conference.  Dustin McConnell was also a First Team All-NWC honoree, while Colton McCargar was selected Second Team All-NWC.  Taylor Farnsworth received honorable mention consideration for the All-NWC team.

Gebbers, along with fellow four-year letter-winner Mack Larkin, finish with a four-year record of 106-13 (a winning percentage of .891).  No players in Whitworth history have won more games, or won a higher percentage of games, than those two players.

Going back to the 2009-10 season, Whitworth has now been ranked in the D3hoops.com top-25 for 50 consecutive polls.

[(509)Rat]

Bridgeland will really have to rub someone the wrong way in his interview to not get that job. No way you pass on a guy who has proven capable of recruiting and winning championships in the NWC.

And you can make that 51 polls since they'll be in the pre-season top 25 to start next year... 

[catmac567]

It would seem like a no-brainer to pick Bridgeland, and I hope Linfield does give him
the job.  Knowing the Athletic Director at Linfield, it would not surprise me that they
would make an unfortunate decision.