WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[iwu70]

D3hoops review of the D3 tournament up now.  They have DePauw winning the walnut and bronze again.  Thomas More, Hope, WWater, Carthage, some of the top teams out west, all have a shot.  3-4 teams, including Hope, still with unblemished records.  Carthage likely face Hope this weekend in round two.  That one is worthy of Sweet 16 or Elite 8, not round 2. 

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[gordonmann]

Tough call for me this year and I don't know if I've ever picked the title winner correctly.

If I could pick more than one team, I'd go DePauw, Thomas More, Tufts (because the bracket lines up so well for them), the Hope-Carthage winner (I'd love to see that one in person), Wash U and St. Thomas as my dark horse.  They have been a really, really tough out this time of year. Whitman would be on that list if they didn't have to come east to play Thomas More in their gym, which is a really loud, fun environment.

But at the end of the day, I'm the one Top 25 voter who's picking DePauw No. 1 so I felt obligated to stick with them.

[Gregory Sager]

Carthage 60
St. Norbert 51

Kuzmanic had 25 and Wenzel had 10 for the Lady Reds, who will face Hope tomorrow in the second round.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Carthage 60
St. Norbert 51

Kuzmanic had 25 and Wenzel had 10 for the Lady Reds, who will face Hope tomorrow in the second round.

In 2012, unranked (men's) IWU took down #1 Hope in Holland.  I see no reason that #9 Carthage can't do the same to #2 Hope!

[Captain_Joe08]

Carthage 60
St. Norbert 51

Kuzmanic had 25 and Wenzel had 10 for the Lady Reds, who will face Hope tomorrow in the second round.

In 2012, unranked (men's) IWU took down #1 Hope in Holland.  I see no reason that #9 Carthage can't do the same to #2 Hope!

Hope had to earn it tonight as they held off Wisconsin Lutheran 60-54. WLC was done in by turnovers despite out rebounding Hope. WLC led for most of the first half but Hope took the lead before half and despite WLC getting within 2 points a few times did not relinquish.

[Gregory Sager]

Carthage 60
St. Norbert 51

Kuzmanic had 25 and Wenzel had 10 for the Lady Reds, who will face Hope tomorrow in the second round.

In 2012, unranked (men's) IWU took down #1 Hope in Holland.  I see no reason that #9 Carthage can't do the same to #2 Hope!

I'm not sure that I see the parallel here, Chuck.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Carthage 60
St. Norbert 51

Kuzmanic had 25 and Wenzel had 10 for the Lady Reds, who will face Hope tomorrow in the second round.

In 2012, unranked (men's) IWU took down #1 Hope in Holland.  I see no reason that #9 Carthage can't do the same to #2 Hope!

I'm not sure that I see the parallel here, Chuck.

Obviously there is no parallel.  But why can't I try to instill some hope?  Especially against Hope!

[Gregory Sager]

I'm just not convinced that Carthage is in a wing-and-a-prayer situation here, Chuck. The Dutch are definitely the favorite in their own building, but I don't think that they're a big favorite at all. The Lady Reds are quite capable of winning tomorrow night without anybody in Kenosha having to cross their fingers or rub the lucky rabbit's foot.

[Roundball999]

I'm just not convinced that Carthage is in a wing-and-a-prayer situation here, Chuck. The Dutch are definitely the favorite in their own building, but I don't think that they're a big favorite at all. The Lady Reds are quite capable of winning tomorrow night without anybody in Kenosha having to cross their fingers or rub the lucky rabbit's foot.

I agree.  Massey has the game basically as a toss up on Carthage's home court.  Not much difference between a #9 and #2 anyway, and Carhtage has played a tougher schedule.  I could see this one going either way.

[Gregory Sager]

Exactly. I think that the fact that Carthage will be at home tomorrow night comes close to swinging this one into pick'em territory.

[Mr. Ypsi]

My bad - I totally forgot this was in Kenosha, not Holland.

[Madison135]

Chatman losses by 51 tonite. They received a at large bid with a 21-6 record and a 248 SOS.  Iwu didn't get in with 19-8 and a 3 SOS I guess those 2 more wins against a lot easier teams did it. Just proves SOS means nothing.

[Madison135]

Sorry chapman

[pointlem]

Exactly. I think that the fact that Carthage will be at home tomorrow night comes close to swinging this one into pick'em territory.

Moreover, Hope will be hampered by the loss of two starters--its excellent post player and speedy point guard--both out with ACLs and expected back next year.  Still, the team has performed admirably even with the diminished roster . . . but will need to shoot better tonight to stay with Carthage.

[Gregory Sager]

Carthage 72
Hope 67