MBB: Northwest Conference

[OxyBob]

after reading his other posts, I would like to apologize to oxybob for assuming his knowledge only refered to college hoops. The dude has got some serious worldly knowledge. If I knew then what I know now, I would have written in Oxybob for President on my ballet

One, I don't look good in tights. Two, I think one US President from Oxy is quite enough. Anyway, I'd rather be VP. If the President is competent you get to sit around and do nothing for 8 years except go to an occasional state funeral, fly on Air Force Two, and have 24-hour Secret Service protection. Nice gig.

OxyBob

[logshock101]

and i embarrass myself once again. the word i meant was ballot.

In other news the loggers got Warner Pac tomorrow night. It will be interesting to see how they stack up. Might give us a little better gage on how good Linfield actually is. Are they better than their 1-3 record because they have faced off against some pretty talented teams, or are they having a rough start on their way to a down year?

Should also get a good better idea about the loggers seeing how they do against a team with a winning record and some pretty good players. Their next 2 games might be a good predictor of this season. If they can hang with Warner Pac on thursday and then DII St. Martins (8-2) on Saturday, I will be very confident when conference time comes around. If not, it could be deja vu all over again (06-07 and 07-08) I'm pulling strongly for the former rather than the latter.

[nwhoops1903]

Would it be appropriate to start a new string for all the OxyBob love?  Is it true that Bob is a bizzilionaire who sends money to all those who compliment him?  You are great Bob.  Please send CHECK to me at 123 main st seattle wa.

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth back on the road to California, going back to cali cali cali...some LL for ya old timers.

The Pirates will play Cal State East Bay in the first round on Thursday at 2:00 p.m.  East Bay lost the season opener to LC 86-78, but came back to edge Whitman 86-84 the following night.

Whitworth will play either Claremont-Mudd-Scripps or Southwestern (Ariz.) in the second round. C-M-S is 3-1 this season and has a win over Willamette.

Redlands has set up a tournament web page that will include a tournament schedule and results, as well as links to live stats for every game. The tournament web site can be found here:

http://www.goredlands.com/sports/mbkb/2008-09/Fulmer

These games might give us a peak into conference strength.  Go Bucs!

[Gregory Sager]

Anyway, I'd rather be VP. If the President is competent you get to sit around and do nothing for 8 years except go to an occasional state funeral, fly on Air Force Two, and have 24-hour Secret Service protection. Nice gig.

John Nance Garner, bucket of warm "spit", yadda yadda yadda.

and i embarrass myself once again. the word i meant was ballot.

That's a shame, since I had an entertaining mental picture of OxyBob doing Swan Lake on the White House lawn.

Would it be appropriate to start a new string for all the OxyBob love?  Is it true that Bob is a bizzilionaire who sends money to all those who compliment him?

"Bizzilionaire"? No, I think that you've confused OxyBob with Snoop Dogg.

[Tuxguy]

Hello,
I don't get over to the B-ball board often, but with the Wildcats Football season ending a little early, I thought I'd come over and have some fun with you guys.

Talk has been about if Linfield's record is a good picture of whats to come.
I think not!
A Loss to NW Christian 72-70
Concordia                     92-82 OT
WP                                73-71
Each of those games could have ended with a different outcome.
The win at and over Western Oregon, a  pretty good D2 team is a plus.

I think this team will get better as the year goes on and might surprise
some people. As soon as K.C. Wiser, Erik Olson, & Drew Schroeder who have all had great individual games, put a good team effort in I think we will see a winning ball club. Time will tell.

The Cats are due, we will see how far Coach Doty can take them.

GO WILDCATS

[89Pirate]

Bucs take the 1st of three this weekend...84 to 78...

Huge day by the big guys:

Jurich - 17 pts and 4 boards
Montgomery - 25 pts on 8 of 14 shooting along with 8 boards

Go Bucs !

[nwhoops1903]

Lee Fulmer Tournament Update

Good win Pirates.  Held off a hot shooter and protected a slim lead.  Whitman wins as well.  Wouldn't it be fun to see if WW and Whitman end of facing each other on Sat.  Bridgeland's got his team forcing turnovers.  Sound familiar?

Another good night for NWC

[OxyBob]

and i embarrass myself once again. the word i meant was ballot.

That's a shame, since I had an entertaining mental picture of OxyBob doing Swan Lake on the White House lawn.

Ballet and basketball only mix when the score is 2-2.

OxyBob

[logshock101]

Ballet and basketball only mix when the score is 2-2.
OxyBob

that one went over my head.

but hey lets talk some logger hoops...

loggers had a tough loss last night. had a 2 point lead with 30 seconds left but warner pac kept getting oboards til they knocked down a 3 with 11 seconds left. foster had a great game with 38 points on 16-22 shooting and 9 boards. seems strange that he wasn't the one who put up the last shot. once again the loggers were killed by poor free throw shooting hitting only 12-21 from the charity stripe (i don't feel like that is a very appropriate name for how ups has shot them this year). The loggers also got dominated on the glass  10-22-32 to 27-30-57 (off-def-total) gonna be tough to win when the other team almost has as many oboards as you have total. that leads me to my next point. the loggers took 6 less shots that warner pac, yet they had 12 less TOs. or in other words 12 more possessions than WP. ups even shot a higher fieldgoal percentage than Warner Pac 51.4 to 48.7. Thats probably the 1st time that has happened since the pressing era began (that last statement was based on opinion, not facts) When has a UPS team shot above 50% and their opponents below 50%? its seemed like the last couple of seasons the loggers always shot in the low 40s while their opponents were up in the high 50s, low 60s. In my opinion loosing that game is not acceptable. No way in hell are you gonna win a conference like the NWC and not take care of the little things like hitting free throws or rebounding. Those are both things you can control. u gotta take care of business...im pretty disappointed (if you couldn't tell) warner pac has gotten us 3 straight times all of which could have, more like should have been logger victories. but hey they get another chance to improve and get better tomorrow against a tough St. Martins team. good luck guys

[nwhoops1903]

Ballet and basketball only mix when the score is 2-2.

OxyBob
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logsock101, think pink chaffon

[OxyBob]

Lee Fulmer Tournament at Redlands...

Claremont 73, No. 15 Whitworth 68 Final

OxyBob

[Pugetsoundfan]

Geez, logshock....

I listened to most of the game with WP and while the Logs got crushed on the boards (after dominating the past couple of games) they played tough away against a ranked NAIA team and were one or two breaks from winning the game.  They had a gimme near the end to win it which missed, and WP hit some big shots.  UPS has some weaknesses (it could use another 3 point shooter, Williams is fun and brilliant but he's gonna make you pull your hair out three or four times a game) but this is a darn good team.  Kaleb Shelton rocks and will bring some of the physical strength that the last two teams have lacked.  The front line is nifty offensively with Krauel and Foster, and the frosh Aberg is a sweet true point guard.  Hell, I don't think we've had one of those since Doolittle and if you remember him you are old as dirt.  Last night the frosh guard Hayman (who we're lucky to have and will be awesome) shot well but committed TOs in crucial situations midway through the second half that really hurt--chances to extend the 5 or 7 point lead that UPS had opened dissolved.   I think that Logs will be quite good in what promises to be a tough conference.     

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth loses to Claremont.  I am really surprised about this result.  Claremont played a solid game and a good first half, WW didn't.  Whitworth rallied and had a lead, 57-59 with 4:48 to go after being down by 10 at half.  Next 3 minutes were back in forth until Nakamura missed a second free throw and Claremont led by 2.  A layin made it 4, missed 3 by WW,  next 2 FT's by Claremont made it a 6 point lead at 0:42.  No miracle shots or Claremont mistakes and ClaremontMS beats its' former student (Coach Hayford, Masters Degree) 68-73.  Dang.  I wanted that Whitman game.  WW will face UC Santa Cruz Sat. at 6pm.

Whitman wins, 100-87 over UCSC and will play CMS for title tomorrow night.

[Bearcat Press]

Willamette beats NAIA Menlo in Atherton 92-79.  Cameron Mitchell with his fifth double-double (in five games).

By the way, I'm the basketball reporter for the Willamette Collegian.  I've spent the last three months covering the football team's incredible run, but I'm more than ready for some hoops.