MBB: Northwest Conference

[pineconefan]

Wow bbaddict, I never figured you for one to slink away like that when a strong argument is made against your strong assertion. 

As far as karma - I think its kind of pointless, so I never add or subtract anyone.  But if it means that much to you, I'll go ahead and give you +1 (which I would've been unable to do if I had subtracted because you can only do either once every 24 hours).

[logshock101]

it is a very exciting style of play, thats for sure. i know at ups bridgeland didn't implement (sp) it until he had a couple of years worth of guys that he recruited here. it will be interesting to see. even if they don't do it right at the start of the season i wouldn't put it past him to keep it under wraps until conference rolls around.

[LogShow]

Logshock,

Do you know if UPS is still doing the same defensive pressure this year?  I am kind of hoping they will change it up a bit.

[logshock101]

as far as i know, they have been working on different pressure schemes to change it up a bit. i talked to a player the other day and they told me that after their loss to EWU they took out some stuff they had put in and put in other stuff that they hadn't worked on any yet this season. im not able to tell you exactly what they're going to be doin this year, but unless things have changed dramaticly, things will be different this year from years past.

[NWCer]

http://www.goboxers.com/mbx/season-preview.cfm

Pacific's season preview.....  Tomorrow at Boise State......

Saturday's games:

Macalester vs. PLU
UC Santa Cruz @ UPS
Corban @ LEWIS AND CLARK

Sunday's games:

UC Santa Cruz vs. PLU
Macalester @ UPS

[pineconefan]

509 or 89Pirate -

I heard Whitworth scrimmaged SCC this week.  Did either of you get a chance to see it?  If so, what where your impressions/how'd it go.  I know last year SCC gave the Pirates a run before finishing somewhere in the neighborhood of 25-1.

[LogShow]

The fun starts tonight, can't wait to see how the games turn out!

[LogShow]

Go get it done against UCSC, Logs.  Shouldn't be too much trouble...but good luck in 08-09.  Let's start this season off right!

[Pio20]

Pios dominated Corban College. I wasn't able to attend but it sounds like the Pios controlled the game. David Bergrren had 20, freshman James Hollins had 15 and Tyson Papenfuss and Josh Kollasch had 12 each. The Pios were up big most of the game. Good start to the season.

[(509)Rat]

pineconefan,
The Pirates did indeed play SCC and won in the teens (should have posted about this earlier when i remembered the score).  They were up by 10-16 points for most of the game.  Montgomery didn't play and Hayford was not happy with how the rest of them played.  Sellereit again looked better than Bo Greg and David Riley but those two continue to start with Nakamura and a combination of Jurich, Montgomery, and Felix (obviously it was Jurich and Felix the other night).  Spokane CC had a telented team again, but physically couldn't hang with the Pirates.  Jurich had another double-double (19? pts and 10 boards the other night I think).  Nakamura once again did not turn the ball over.  Clay Gebbers (young kid who may still have freshman eligibility) did well at the point when relieving Nakamura with Ben Iddins (another young guy with freshman eligibility I think) out from a concussion.  Both of those guys should be able to give Ross a break from time to time without being a liability.  Felix looked a little more polished than in their last exhibition game and could be scary good by the time this monster road trip is over (Baltimore, DC, LA) and conference play begins.  Anyways, maybe the other new poster can shed some more light on the game.

[logshock101]

well it wasn't pretty, but the loggers got the win last night. a win is a win, so ill take it. hopefully things will be smoother tonight

[logshock101]

pio

i had heard that a LC only has like 9 guys left on the team after a bunch quit, is there any truth to that rumor?

[logshock101]

the loggers won easily tonight, things still weren't pretty, but much improved from last night. about half of the NWCs coaches were in attendence tonight. I saw WW, LC, and Pac, and I'm sure Dickerson was hanging around after PLU's game. congrats to foster and Boyce on their tip off classic awards

[Pio20]

pio

i had heard that a LC only has like 9 guys left on the team after a bunch quit, is there any truth to that rumor?

Some truth...but there are still 11 players on the team. Two players quit at the beginning of the year. Both did not get along so well with Coach G.

[coachferrier]

the loggers won easily tonight, things still weren't pretty, but much improved from last night. about half of the NWCs coaches were in attendence tonight. I saw WW, LC, and Pac, and I'm sure Dickerson was hanging around after PLU's game. congrats to foster and Boyce on their tip off classic awards

made a point to see my first UPS games in quite awhile---I was impressed with the overall scrappiness of the the Loggers. Their high pressure, high-risk, high-reward system can look shaky sometimes but the payoff is usually in the last 4-8 minutes of the ball game, when the other team is spent from constantly trying to beat the relentless pressure.
I'm guessing that the Loggers will work out their kinks.

Also saw most of the Lutes-Banana Slugs matchup. PLU looks pretty good, even though they seem to be small.