MBB: Northwest Conference

[Pinecone_Curtain]

2.  I always forget, but it's such a great small college hoops atmosphere.  The best on the west coast.

FTFY

This is the weakest WW team in recent memory. I've never seen so many airballs, is that normal??  But, on this night they won, and that's all that counts.

I agree. I've said all year this is probably the weakest team in recent memory, but Whitworth is relying more on depth this year than star power.

It was one of the most bizarre games I've watched.  WMN shot 13-26 from the ft line (should have won the game here).  This will never happen again.  WMN shot 2-21 from the arc--and for the most part, they weren't bad looks.  Again, this will never happen again.  They didn't struggle to get good looks.  WMN scored 60 points, but outside of a little Farnsworth, it wasn't WW's D.

That may never happen again, but Whitworth's poor shooting was an anomaly too. The Pirates coming into the game lead the NWC and are 9th in all of D3 in 3-point shooting percentage. So don't expect such cold shooting down in W2.

Honestly, I don't think WW has a prayer in Walla Walla.

Oh, they have a prayer. You always come here with these guarantees and predictions, and yet are rarely right. So I'm pretty excited that you say Whitworth has no prayer in W2! 
   

Puget is the wild card here (ps. Holden is my MVP), but if Puget cant steal one from WW or WMN, the rest of the teams are so bad that you could see Eastern Washington go 30-2 in conference.  My gut says Puget gets at least one from WW, but has a shot in all 4 games.

Totally agree with you here. UPS is a wild card. They have looked similar to WW and WM: hit or miss. Depends on what teams show up that night.

[(509)Rat]

Well UPS was a big miss last night. The Loggers lost to Willamette in OT. Good win for the Bearcats who have been playing better than expected this year in NWC play. Not sure what happened, but dropping games to the bottom run of the conference can't happen if you're looking to knock Whitworth from the top.

Linfield has some guys that can play, but they aren't going to win many games this year. Who knows how Whitman will play but I expect them to take out some frustrations on the Wildcats tonight in Walla Walla.

[Keandre]

The UPS/WU game was actually entertaining. Both teams played tough the entire game. Holden was a beast but some crucial easy buckets lead to the loss. Great win for the Bearcats.

[Corazon]

Tough loss for The Loggers

[blackhawks4]

Tough loss for The Loggers

The understatement of the year.

I didn't see the WMN bloodbath tonight, but it's what I expected after Tuesday. Poor Linfield. This is a 2 horse race, and those two teams have a good chance at 15-1 this year (if somebody does get WW on the road). Were 15-1's the the case, and losses are to each other, the tie breaker has to be decided by head-to-head score??

[blackhawks4]

Who knows how Whitman will play but I expect them to take out some frustrations on the Wildcats tonight in Walla Walla.

#rattheprophet

[A Buc Forever]

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A few thoughts:

WU looks like the dark horse candidate to me. Wins over UPS and GF. Their only losses are to the Whits.

It is a little premature to think that the Eastern Washington teams will go 15-1. Everyone thinks that this is weakest WW team in recent memory and Whitman tends to blow some unlikely games at some point every year. It's a long road to 15-1.

More likely we see WW 16–0. 

What is wrong with LF? 

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[(509)Rat]

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+k

Since this has turned into an Eastern Washington board, here's some other conference updates:

1/10
GF              72
Willamette  75

Pacific   64
UPS      76

PLU   56
L&C   63

Linfield     51
Whitman  109

Standings
Whitworth     4-0
Whitman       3-1
UPS              2-1
L&C              2-2
GF                2-2
Willamette    2-2
PLU              1-2
Pacific          1-3
Linfield         0-4

top 5 of Whits, UPS, L&C, GF...who could have predicted that? 

[D O.C.]

51-109? Whitman? Really?   

[Pinecone_Curtain]

Blackhawk deserves some karma points for his #rattheprophet line.  Given his negative rating in the karma points he could use a few positive votes.  Please help him out

True. Great line, blackhawk. How do I give K tho?

What is wrong with LF? 

Young and injured. From what I've heard, Batiuk is slowly coming back and they have another big who is out. Plus--aside from Cali--they are very young. 13 of the 18 on their listed roster are underclassmen.

LC/Willamette Tuesday might end up being a really good game! I might have to make my way across town to LC to catch that game.

[Keandre]

Is Brakebush hurt for Pacific?

[Gregory Sager]

Blackhawk deserves some karma points for his #rattheprophet line.  Given his negative rating in the karma points he could use a few positive votes.  Please help him out

True. Great line, blackhawk. How do I give K tho?

You need to reach 200 posts before you have the right to give or take away karma.

[playball]

13 of 18 are listed as underclassmen?  That may play into it but I see 18 guys on a roster as an issue!  Good grief!  I hope they do a four team tournament at the end of the season at Linfield with a 6 man alumni team being one team! 

As for the state of the conference, is the conference down talent wise overall or is the talent just pooled in a couple teams?  That Whitman LF score has to be some sort of record...

[A Buc Forever]

Don't worry Playball, it's been worse.  We got beat by 60 when I was at WW not once, but twice. Once was to Idaho. They went to the Elite eight in the division I tourney that year. The other was to central Washington. They had a roster full of ex-division 1 players that had dropped out of school for awhile and were back playing. The average age of the starting line up was 26. One guy was happy to be on the court after getting out of prison. Their point guard had played at WSU. Our starting forward was from Pullman Washington and when he was in eighth grade he'd gotten the point guard's autograph after a WSU game.

As I was saying not to worry. what goes around comes around. Sometime in your life time, probably not mine, Linfield will win the league championship and Whitworth will be at the bottom.

[TryMeTeam]

13 of 18 are listed as underclassmen?  That may play into it but I see 18 guys on a roster as an issue! 

Pacific and Willamette now have JV teams.  I couldn't find any mention of LF having one.  Didn't they used to have one?  Are they ramping up for another one?  Just a thought.  It would be nice to have a JV league in the NWC again.

And when you are struggling, sometimes you go looking for a diamond in the rough.  But I agree.  How do you get enough reps in practice when there are 18 kids going through them?  Have a seat while you are waiting your turn during layups?