MBB: Northwest Conference

Pio20 · February 09, 2008, 11:42:21 PM

Solid win for the Pios. Rivera SHUT DOWN Faidley. Whitman missed a million easy shots and turned the ball over a bunch and the Pios went on to the easy 67-51 win. Now we need PLU and Linfield to lose. Just when you thought WW was a shoe in for the conference playoff...they lose again..to Pacific. What a crazy crazy conference!

Pio20 · February 10, 2008, 12:55:20 AM

George Fox beats Linfield and Willamette beats PLU, who would have the tiebreaker against us. LC now tied for third with Willamette and Linfield at 7-5!

nwhoops1903 · February 10, 2008, 01:41:12 AM

1-15 in second half from 3pt = NO WAY. WW loses 3rd straight. We shot the ball like 8th graders. If Pac played good D then good job PAC, but I heard open look by __________, miss. Getting out of this slump against PLU and UPS next weekend will be very tough. I am officially worried. Pull it together Pirates!

LCPios07 · February 10, 2008, 01:52:07 AM

Wow...the NWC is incredibly balanced this year. Four games left, and seven teams are still fighting to make the playoffs (and #8 Fox might be playing the best ball in the league right now). Should make for an interesting last two weeks and a lot of close games!

LogShow · February 10, 2008, 02:11:58 AM

Well UPS moves into sole possesion of 1st place tonight by being idle...Great effort tonight Logs!

LogShow · February 10, 2008, 02:14:21 AM

Every team is so close...if WW struggles next weekend against UPS and PLU, they could find themselves out of the playoffs...crazy wild league!

LogShow · February 10, 2008, 02:16:53 AM

Guess I better throw up the standings:

UPS 9-3
WW 8-4
LC 7-5
Linfield 7-5
Willamette 7-5
PLU 6-6
Pac 6-6
G Fox 4-9
Whitman 0-12

NWCer · February 10, 2008, 03:43:47 AM

Eyewitness report from Forest Grove:

Wow, what a game. Nwhoops - they wernt open looks Whitworth were missing, it was Pacific's defense. I know Whitworth was missing their post, but I was surprised about the lack of depth on Whitworth's team. Just a great game, both teams competed, Whitworth just didn't have a lot after Symes and Willemson. Howe impressed me again, just can put the ball in the basket. Keep it goin Boxers, let's tame those Mildcats next week!!!!

NWCer · February 10, 2008, 01:00:07 PM

I was surprised to see the Whitworth coach with headphones on as soon the game was over, he was talking to the radio guys. Any Whitworth fans listen to the broadcast? He was visibly upset the whole game, interested to know what he said?

nwhoops1903 · February 10, 2008, 01:53:35 PM

I couldn't listen past the 7:00 mark. No idea what Hayford said. Sorry.

The conference is balanced. This is the time of year teams come together and play better. Unfortunately we are not playing better AND the other teams are improving. Bad combination. This weekend will tell alot. If we win both we are solid first place seed, if we lose both...we are in deep trouble. Thank God for a good first half.

LogShow · February 10, 2008, 03:16:28 PM

Quote from: nwhoops1903 on February 10, 2008, 01:53:35 PM
I couldn't listen past the 7:00 mark. No idea what Hayford said. Sorry.

The conference is balanced. This is the time of year teams come together and play better. Unfortunately we are not playing better AND the other teams are improving. Bad combination. This weekend will tell alot. If we win both we are solid first place seed, if we lose both...we are in deep trouble. Thank God for a good first half.

NWHoops, do you think that WW is starting to wear down? With so few guys playing in their rotation, all the minutes played could be catching up.

LogShow · February 10, 2008, 03:24:42 PM

This is the first time WW has lost 3 straight NWC games since the 2004-2005 season when they lost 4 straight.

NWCer · February 10, 2008, 04:10:31 PM

Logshow (not that you asked me), I don't know if Whitworth is wearing down for the year but they did wear out last night, there were a few trips in a row where the Pac coaches were urging and yelling to their players to keep the pressure on because "they are tired". Symes is a tremendous athlete, I think he could play forever, Willemson on the other hand looked worn down in the second half

LogShow · February 10, 2008, 10:53:58 PM

Well hopefully the Loggers can do the same thing.

NWCer, why do you think Pac was so successful against WW? Did Pac play zone and WW didn't know what to do? Were the Pac bigs too much?

LogShow · February 10, 2008, 10:56:45 PM

Every game from here on out is huge!

There is still so much to sort out with only 4 games to go. There is going to be some great basketball to watch in the next two weeks!