WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Titan Q]

http://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-americans/women/2012


Really happy for Olivia Lett - much deserved honor. 

Also congrats to Carthage's Diana Jacklin!

[iwu70]

Congrats to Olivia Lett . . . and Jordan Zimmer on All-American honors.  Richly deserved.

Go get'em TITANS!

Good luck tonight in the big game. 

IWU70

[NCF]

Congrats to Olivia Lett . . . and Jordan Zimmer on All-American honors.  Richly deserved.

Go get'em TITANS!

Good luck tonight in the big game. 

IWU70

Adding my congratulations to the Titan All-Americans! Bring home the title tonight ladies!

[Mr. Ypsi]

After falling behind 9-0, and still down 21-12, the Titans finished the half on a 16-1 run!

They lead at halftime, 28-22.

[realist]

Lot different game with Munger out with the blown knee.

[mactitan]

I hate to see injuries - to any player any time.  It is heartbreaking to see someone go down in the championship game.  Still a lot of basketball to go, but it seemed like IWU started their run when Munger went down.

[mactitan]

One of my favorite things to watch as a sports fan is a team winning a national championship. I often tear-up when I see the players celebrate. It's even sweeter when it's my alma mater, and I can hear the fight song that I learned 17 years ago. It's good to be Green. Go Titans.

[Mr. Ypsi]

2012 National Champions!!!  Final was 57-48.

A game of runs.  Titans trailed 9-0, then still 21-12, before finishing the half 16-1.  GF had a 13-0 run midway thru the 2nd half to take a 6 point lead.  Titans finished the game on a 12-0 run.

Neither team shot very well from the field (mainly because of outstanding defenses).  Perhaps the biggest stat was FTs - Titans shot 87%, GF on 62%.

[iwu70]

Love it.  Titans National Champs!  Congrats to Mia Smith and all the Titans.  Great final trey by Melissa and great performance by Olivia Lett.  Tough tough game.  Kudos to George Fox, a good tough team.  Very tough that Munger went down with injury.  Changed the style and pace of the game completely. 

Very proud for the Titans -- esp. for Mia Smith. 

Defense does win championships!

IWU70

[Titan Q]

Congratulations Titans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mactitan]

This game was tied with 1:00 to play when Melissa Gardner his a huge three.  The rest was just no-fouls defense, rebounding and free throw shooting.  I give George Fox a lot of credit.  Not many teams have the kind of fight that the Bruins had tonight.  Losing their leading scorer with a big lead 6 minutes into the game was a huge blow.  When the Titans led by about 6-8 in the second half, I kept thinking they would pull away.  Fox started to attack the basket, got more aggressive on rebounds, and almost took control of things.  Olivia Lett struggled some, but she hit big shots when needed, and Gardner's three was so sweet.

[Backseat Driver]

Congrats to Illinois Wesleyan!

[iwu70]

Congrats to all the Final Four teams, esp. to George Fox. They kept fighting and almost came all the way back with about 4 minutes to go, then the Titans went on a huge run, like 15-1 or so.  Gardner's shot was the dagger, and Olivia put it away with 6-6 from the line.  Great overall effort, a really tough, rather ugly game with little flow, so much tough D, lots of fouls, and pretty poor shooting by both teams, if truth be told.  Sometimes you gotta win ugly.  Feel bad for GF and for Munger going down.  Didn't look good.  Severe knee twist, sprain.  Hope she's OK and can come back, with another huge season ahead for her, I'm sure.  GF will be back again I'm sure.  GF gave everything they had tonight, esp. Gordon (great player) but our Titans were indeed battle-tested, without fear . . . able to come back from the GF surge and take it home!

Olivia Lett -- DIII Player of the Year!  Congrats Olivia.  Much deserved.  

Congrats to Mia Smith, my Coach of the Year, hands down.  Just say'in.  Look forward to celebrating later this week at The Shirk.  Bring that Walnut and Bronze back home so we all can see it . . .

So happy for all the kids, for Coach Smith, . . . who worked so hard all year, through thick and thin, through illness and treatment, and at the end, the TITANS are the team standing.

Another banner in the rafters of Shirk -- and this one is the best kind.

Love it.

IWU70

[NCF]

Gotta add my congrats to the National Champs. Great game!  Let the celebration(s) begin!!!!

[mark_reichert]

Congratulations to Illinois Wesleyan for the women's first basketball championship, which admits them into the club of champions with the other schools in the final four and into the club of schools with both men and women championship teams.  I also wonder if it this will make it even harder to recruit that fourth vict..opponent for the annual tip off tournament with WashU and Depauw. 

It's always disappointing to have an early injury affect the game but that's one of the risks in relying so much on one player.