MBB: Northwest Conference

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Week 2's Regional Rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/men-regional-rankings-second

[BluesBrother]

Fun game in Walla Walla last night, with Whitworth finally getting a regular season W over the Blues for the first time in ages after bursting out of the gate to a 17-2 lead. To Whitman's credit, they battled back and had a chance to win, but it felt like poor shooting and/or poor shot selection and/or solid Whitworth defense kept them from getting a lead down the stretch.

There's a chance the Blues could fall to third in the conference if they drop the game at Linfield this weekend, which would be a somewhat shocking result after starting out 11-0. Still, I like their chances to win the conference tournament and make a run in the tournament again. I think they have more upside (and more volatility) than the other teams in the NWC.

[A Buc Forever]

Linfield has been killing it since the ill-fated weekend in Eastern Washington.  It will be quite a feat to win both games, but they are capable of doing it.  The question I have is what are the tie-breaker scenarios?

If WW wins on Friday, they are #1.  However, if they lose and WM wins on Saturday I assume WM is the #1 seed over WW since they will have beaten Linfield twice (the next highest ranked team).  If Linfield wins both games then both WW and Linfield will have two losses—a loss to each other and to WM.  Who gets the #1 seed then?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The second Regional Rankings are out, conference races are finishing up while some tournaments have begun. The frenetic finish to the regular season has begun.

On Thursday's Hoopsville, we chat to a few teams who are either leading their conference standings or could shake them up in their final scheduled games. Plus, a true #whyd3 way of approaching the season - giving back to the community while playing the game.

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- Matt Hunter, York (Pa.) men's coach
- Kevin Broderick, Nazareth men's coach
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[D O.C.]

AH OOOO! There it is.

Home cooking.
Thanks Shannon and TEAM.

[A Buc Forever]

Great game between WM and Linfield.  It will be interesting to see how Linfield does tomorrow. I don't envy them having to play WM and WW on back to back nights. Not really fair.

The announcers answered the question about the tiebreaker between WW and Linfield tonight. They said WW gets the #1 seed no matter what happens tomorrow night.  I have no idea why WW gets a tiebreaker over Linfield, but that is good news for the Bucs.  Does anyone know the rules?  If Linfield wins tomorrow they will have the same exact record in league.  A loss to each other and a loss to WM.

BTW--At least on the players side of the court that was a weak crowd for such a big game. Can't a few Linfield fans come out for basketball? 

[D O.C.]

Had to watch on computer from Orange.

[PirateDaddy]

It's my understanding that what makes Whitworth the host for the final game is their number of road wins.  That was reported on the radio postgame show Tuesday night and according to Whitworth's SID.

"The announcers answered the question about the tiebreaker between WW and Linfield tonight. They said WW gets the #1 seed no matter what happens tomorrow night.  I have no idea why WW gets a tiebreaker over Linfield, but that is good news for the Bucs.  Does anyone know the rules?  If Linfield wins tomorrow they will have the same exact record in league.  A loss to each other and a loss to WM."

[D O.C.]

AH OOOO! There it is again!

[catjumper]

That'll work - nice job, 'Cats.

[A Buc Forever]

Before the game I said it was unfair that Linfield had to play two games in a row like that. However, it looked like Whitworth was the team playing the second game in two nights. If Linfield can keep that energy and level of play up there's no reason why they shouldn't win both games next weekend.  #14 on Linfield Seems like he is pretty underrated. I haven't heard his name mentioned for any all league honors but I thought he was one of the best players on the floor last night. He also played well the night before.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The Week 3 men's regional rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/men-regional-rankings-third

[89Pirate]

The Week 3 men's regional rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/men-regional-rankings-third

Pardon my ignorance...again.  Assuming my Pirates win the NWC tourney this weekend, and with the strength of the West region...any chance they get to host a first round pod next weekend?

[Pat Coleman]

It doesn't seem likely that they will be one of the top couple of West Region teams, no. If it were my committee, I'd be trying to find ways to get games hosted at St. Thomas, St. John's and Nebraska Wesleyan.

[89Pirate]

Hmmm, St Paul and Collegeville are easy to get to from Spokane, Lincoln not so much.