MBB: Northwest Conference

pineconefan · November 13, 2007, 02:05:53 PM

I am so glad basketball season is finally here. It will help move past the frustration of the football snub!

It will be interesting to see how L&C does at UOP this weekend. Anyone know if that is official or an exhibition?

Heard the new Whitworth guys looked good in their exhibition last week.

LogShow · November 13, 2007, 02:51:02 PM

Pinecone, I am not up to date on this football issue. I looked briefly at the NWC football posts and then looked at the playoff bracket and saw WW wasn't in it? Does the conference champ not get a bid in football?

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CalCat · November 13, 2007, 09:17:07 PM

Quote from: LogShow on November 13, 2007, 02:51:02 PM
Pinecone, I am not up to date on this football issue. I looked briefly at the NWC football posts and then looked at the playoff bracket and saw WW wasn't in it? Does the conference champ not get a bid in football??

No automatic bid until next year as conference didn't have enough teams until this year with Menlo. There is a two year wait to get the AQ which means wait tell next year. Whitworth deserved a bid but ended up on short end of the stick

LogShow · November 16, 2007, 12:30:45 AM

The logs open up tomorrow at home against Corban, and then La Verne on saturday. Hoping to make one of the games. It will be interesting to see what the 2007-2008 Loggers bring to the table. I am expecting big things out of everyone, should be a great weekend!

UPSoundLogs · November 16, 2007, 01:53:34 PM

You going to either game Logshow? I'll be there! I've been talking to some of the guys and they all seem ready to go and very confident with how the team is playing and practicing so far. I'm looking forward to seeing how they look early on. As with every UPS team it may look kinda ugly at first as they get used to the pressing and fast pace of a real game, but if they can keep their turnovers down and dont allow too many easy baskets they should be in good shape!

go loggers!!!

LogShow · November 16, 2007, 07:02:23 PM

SoundLogs, good to hear from you! You're always good for a post on Fridays, its basically the weekend, or in the case of your profile quote, your lack of work makes everyday the weekend

As for the games this weekend...I am planning on being there, wouldn't want to miss the first chance to catch a glimpse of the 2008 Loggers!

From past experiences with opening weekend I am expecting the "real" logshow to mop up the court with these two teams. Corben better be ready, I expect the logs to jump on them early on often. Good point about UPS limiting their turnovers...that and rebounding seemed to bite them last year.

Finally a few pre-game predictions/Observation
1) Marsh will hit 5 three-pointers. It is always fun to watch teams realize 5 mins into the game that he is lights out. After he has hit 3 three-pointers in a row...
2) Corben getting into the bonus early due to reaches and sloppy D
3) Logs will force 30 TOs but how many will they have?
4) Loggers will score over 100 points...Um not that bold but I think everyone who plays will score. Obviously resulting in a UPS win!

LogShow · November 17, 2007, 12:57:30 PM

SoundLogs can I get a run down of the game, what did you think?

cawcdad · November 18, 2007, 10:08:52 AM

Linfield came down to the SF Bay area and had a good start to the season. On Friday they beat NAIA Holy Names 81 - 79 on a buzzer beater. Last night they beat NAIA Cal State East Bay 81 - 73. The Cats point guard (#10 Cody Tesoro) looks a good ball player. He is very quick. I also see he is a transfer from Western Oregon. They are young (1 senior, 2 Juniors and the rest freshmen and sophomores), so it will be interesting to see how they do the rest of the year.

LogShow · November 18, 2007, 02:40:04 PM

Well it was a good weekend for the loggers! Both games were over after 5mins in, everyone played well and if the team keeps getting better, could have a great year. I was happily suprised how well the loggers shot the ball this weekend, hopefully that trend will continue. Tough to tell much about this Logger team yet because they were hands down the superior team this weekend. Its nice to build some confidence, but now its time to move on and get better. The Logs have some challenging games coming up...starting with Northwest University on Tuesday and then heading to UW Stout over Thanksgiving. This is going to be a fun season!

cawcdad · November 18, 2007, 03:14:47 PM

Any Whitworth or Whitman folks headed south for Thanksgiving? Both teams play in a tournament at Cal Tech on Nov. 23-24. I will be at the games on Friday the 23rd.

LogShow · November 18, 2007, 04:08:32 PM

Um just looked at the NWC scores for the weekend...

1) Nothing too suprising, aside from Linfield opening on a strong note
2) Thought LC would have put up a better fight against UoP
3) NWCer can I get a run down on what happened this weekend?

NWCer · November 18, 2007, 08:52:07 PM

Logshow,

I was out at the grove on Saturday, Pacific has an influx of new players and they looked like they are still getting to know each other. That point guard I've heard about, Maurice Ross, is the real deal, and VanDomlen still looks the same (even though he may be 30

. One guy that was intriguing and looked good was Carson Bartlett, Ross Bartlett's little brother. Northwest really hurt them down low and hit enough from outside to keep it balanced. I didn't talk to anyone about what happened up at Evergreen the night before, but the box score from that game sure looked bad $:-\$ ........

Hopefully they can get it going by the time NWC play starts up, they sure have a tough schedule, hopefully that will get them ready......

LogShow · November 18, 2007, 09:55:56 PM

QuoteNorthwest really hurt them down low and hit enough from outside to keep it balanced

what did you think about NW? The Logs travel up to Kirkland on Tuesday to play them

NWCer · November 18, 2007, 11:39:30 PM

Logshow,

I thought that NW was physically better than my Boxers, pretty quick and strong, their PG is a blur, he may be tough for UPS to press. I just saw that they loss a close tough game against LC on Friday at LC, getting a split on the LC/Pacific trip is pretty solid I think, so I'm guessing it will be a 50/50 game when your Loggers face them. Good luck!

UPSoundLogs · November 19, 2007, 01:07:59 PM

Well the Loggers won very easily this weekend. I was impressed with the way they played, even if the competition wasn't very tough. They looked under control for the most part, I haven't looked at the stats in depth, but just from watching the game they seemed to take care of the ball and rebound fairly well. They also didnt give up too many easy baskets, which I thought would be a key to the game.

Foster, Marsh, and Williams all dominated. Krauel played well but didnt get much PT, i was pretty confused as to why he didnt start. I would hope that changes because he's certainly one of their best players. Also, I'm sure the playing time will change as they face tougher competitioin, Lunt was able to get a lot of guys on the floor because they were ahead by so much. Overall I think the Loggers are off to a good start and look much improved from last year.

Tomorrow will be a good test, it looks like Northwest will be a good measuring stick early on in the season for how well the Loggers are playing. I think we will know a lot more about how good UPS is by the way they handle tomorrows competition.