SLIAC

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Final Regional Rankings before Selection Sunday: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/category/ncaa-stuff/regional-rankings/

[hopefan]

Good luck to all four ladie's teams tonight in the conference tourney - hope Westmin students and community will show up in large numbers to support all four teams and create an exciting atmosphere.....

[y_jack_lok]

Call from furbug in Fulton -- Webster 72 Fontbonne 68. Apparently Webster trailed the whole game, but pulled it out at the end. I must say, these ladies have played their best ball of the season the last 4-5 games. Congratulations and good luck tomorrow.

[hopefan]

Clearly a third classic game between Fontbonne and Webster....  looks like wonderful balance in scoring for Webster... all five starters hit double figures.... and a lot of offensive rebounds (16) likely were 2 of the keys to the win... I saw a score of Webster down 6 with about 7 minutes left, so it was a great comeback....   Tall order for a championship win, but stranger things have happened.....   wonder if Furbug will do double duty on Saturday....

and congrats too to Westmin... another solid win....clearly the best SLIAC season for a ladies team since Maryville departed..... They deserve a shot at the big show.....

[hopefan]

Tall order for a championship win, but stranger things have happened.....   

uhhhh   do you believe in miracles?  You'd better....

Webster  74   Westminster  58

[y_jack_lok]

After seeing the second half of Webster's last regular season game against Fontbonne, even though it ended in a loss, the outcome of the tournament, while it surprises me a little, is not nearly as unexpected as it might have been just three weeks ago. Something clicked in that second half at FU and if that could be bottled and let loose in the tournament, then this weekend's results were entirely possible and not even close to being a miracle. Kudos to the players and coaches for saving the best for last.

[hopefan]

The Gorlock men's game was radiant with the smiles and joy of the young ladies of the Gorlock ladies team celebrating the huge win....and loving the men winning too... what a great day for Webster...... 

[hopefan]

the D3hoops projected bracket has the Webster ladies going to.... Louisiana!!!!!

Ladies and families, don't get either excited, or panic over this... D3 does a great job of predicting who will be in the tourney, but the break down to brackets is anyone's guess....  don't book the flights and rooms until the official announcement comes out this afternoon!!!!

[Out_Of_My_Kitchen]

Great Point.  The D3 Brackets do a great job if this was a D1 tournament and would give the best teams the best shot at the Final Four.  Unfortunately, this will depend on saving money by saving flights. 

In a perfect world the D3 bracket would be correct. 

[WUPHF]

Webster University draws Illinois Wesleyan for round one.

[hopefan]

and Wash U the 460 miles to Hope!!!!!!

[hopefan]

Congratulations to Webster's Katy Meyer for being one of the 11 finalists for the pretigious Josten's Award..... this is just an incredible accomplishment....

I quote from the announcement....

The Jostens Trophy is a national award created by the Rotary Club of Salem, Va., to honor the most outstanding men's and women's Division III basketball players of the year. The award takes into account three vital parts: basketball ability, academic prowess and community service. The trophy models the Rotary International motto of "Service above Self" by recognizing those who truly fit the ideal of the well-rounded Division III student-athlete. This year's class marks the 14th year the award has been presented.

[hopefan]

With the loss of AD/Men's coach at Blackburn, I am wondering (hoping) that good guy Coach Will has retained his position....   can anyone respond?

[hopefan]

Congrats to Eureka's Caty Eeten on being named D3Hoops Central Region Freshman of the Year....   Unfortunately, the only time I saw Eureka play this year was early in the first semester, and Caty was not with the team...

Checking out her stats, Katy averaged 19 points in conference games and led her team in scoring, rebounding and assists... She was the SLIAC Newcomer of the Year and was 2nd Team All conference.

[hopefan]

The interest in this page seems to have dwindled to me writing to myself....

so... as my favorite announcer back in the day (Bob Prince) used to say...

"You can kiss it goodbye!!!!!"