WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Fawkes316]

Illinois Wesleyan also holds the common opponents advantage against both teams: Lawrence was 1-1 against Ripon, IWU and Oshkosh were 1-0.  IWU was 1-0 against Stevens Point and Oshkosh was 1-2. Oshkosh lost to North Park and IWU beat them 3 times. Both Oshkosh and IWU beat Fontbonne.

[Fawkes316]

Wheaton will host Rockford on Friday, and Maryville (Mo.) and Lakeland will play in the first game. Lakeland is in the tournament almost every year, and Maryville was undefeated in the region, including a win over Washington University.  Rockford won 21 games this year, so they are pretty good too.

If Wheaton gets through the regional, there are some big teams waiting in DePauw, Wash U, and Hope and not to mention Calvin who Wheaton lost to earlier this season. But when there are 16 teams left, there is bound to be some serious competition.

[Go Ahead]

Go ahead Wheaton College. I am loving way out here in San Diego. Good luck girls.

[Gregory Sager]

Congrats to NPU's two All-CCIW players, junior Laura Mount and sophomore Evie Peterson. Having both back next season gives Vikings fans hope for a great 2006-07 season.

[Fawkes316]

Sager- The North Park website lists Laura Mount as a senior. Is it wrong? Does she have a year of eligibility left? She is a great player, I could see her as a contender for player of the year if she does have another season to play.

[Gregory Sager]

Sager- The North Park website lists Laura Mount as a senior. Is it wrong? Does she have a year of eligibility left? She is a great player, I could see her as a contender for player of the year if she does have another season to play.

She has another year of eligibility, and she's coming back.

[diego]

So whats your thoughts on the Rockford (21-6) @ Wheaton (23-4)??

[Go Ahead]

Steve, 

  This is Megan, remeber the dance at Rachel's wedding, haha!!!! Give me the realistic run-down of how deep Wheaton will go in the tourney. Due to the fact I am not there I have no clue. Hook it up Steve.

[Fawkes316]

Megan-How are you doing? 

Well, they won tonight, so they are definitely going to the second round. They play Maryville tomorrow, which plays a full court, frenetic style the entire game (or at least they did today.)  I think we have the talent to go pretty far, but there are a lot of good teams left even if they beat Maryville tomorrow. Wash U, Depauw and Hope are all in this bracket, so it isn't an easy road, but I am still hopeful.

[Fawkes316]

Wheaton beat Maryville tonight to advance to the Sectional Semifinal against DePauw, next weekend. The game started slow, but Wheaton used a couple of runs to build a large lead. In the first half they went on a 13-4 run, and in the second half they went on a 22-2 run. Maryville is a good team (they beat WashU), but Wheaton finally played the game (at least second half) that its fans had been waiting for as the whole team put it together at the same time and the result was a huge win.

Judging by Maryville fans' reaction at the game, they blame the refs at least in part. In fact, though, the fouls were pretty close (Maryville 22, Wheaton 20) and Maryville plays a type of basketball that brings with it a lot of fouls. Yes, Wheaton took 33 free throws to Maryville's 13, but they only made 22, and subtract those from Wheaton's total, and you still have a Wheaton victory.

Actually, the game really hinged on turnovers as Wheaton got 30 points off of 26 turnovers. In addition, Wheaton's bench added 26 points.

Wheaton is going to face some serious competition next weekend. They will have to play DePauw, likely at home. DePauw is 27-1, only losing to Wash U. Wash U (25-2) is playing Hope (29-1) who only lost to Wheaton. These are some really formidable teams. Wheaton will have to keep up it's great play on the road, if they are going to win two games to make it to Springfield.

[Jim Matson]

The women's sectional will be at DePauw this weekend.  Wheaton has a tough one against the hosts, but I think they'll be fine if they shoot like they did last night!

[mark_reichert]

Judging by Maryville fans' reaction at the game, they blame the refs at least in part.

Which is rich given that the refs in the WashU game bent over backwards for them which was a contributing cause to the WashU loss.  They fouled out the only two Bears who were scoring that night.

[sliaccommish]

I'm getting a little tired of the complaining by mark_reichert about the officiating in the Maryville-Washington University game. That was two months ago; get over it! Maryville won the game because it played great and Wash U had an off night.

Maryville was ahead by sixteen at the half and led by double figure margins through most of the game. The two best Wash U players fouled out late in the game when they had to foul to try to get the ball back. The officials who worked the game were assigned by the same person who assigns for Wash U, and they have worked many games at Wash U.

It's too bad you, and some of the Maryville fans who were at Wheaton, can't accept the fact that most of the time a game is won or lost because one team was better on that night.

[Pat Coleman]

Ahh, see, my response was going to be along the lines of "Do you really deserve to win if only two players are scoring?"

But I like your response too.

[Fawkes316]

Looking at DePauw's game against Illinois Wesleyan, DePauw won 72-60. They missed 12 of their 23 free throws so it could have been worse. They also beat Wesleyan with Amanda Glerum, which Wheaton didn't do this year. At the same time Wesleyan only shot 5 free throws, well under their season average of 18 a game. It was the first game of the season, and they started slowly, before going on a run through the conference until Glerum went down.

It looks like Wheaton will have to focus on forwards Liz Bondi and Bridget Bailey, as Wesleyan gave up 46 points in the paint, despite the latter (team's second leading scorer for the season) only playing 8 minutes.

Did anyone see this game, who can talk about DePauw a little?