SLIAC

[AlmightyHoops]

What happened to the coach at Webster?

[yjacklok]

Interested parties will want to check out Blackburn's athletics website for an article on their women's basketball recruits.

http://www.blackburn.edu/athletics/athletics.asp

[jdoug2]

Since I'm living in Texas I don't get a great deal of info on the SLIAC down here. I was wondering if anyone had any views on how the conference would shake-out this season.

[Just Bill]

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[pantherpride06]

2006 Women's Pre-Season's Coaches Poll

1. Maryville (Mo.)
2. Fontbonne
3. Eureka
4. Blackburn
5. Greenville
6. Webster
7. Principia
8. MacMurray
9. Lincoln Christian
10. Westminster (Mo.)

In the pre-season write-up, Westminster was not mentioned.  I will assume them at 10th meaning no disrespect to them if they are higher.

[jdoug2]

I appreciate the preason poll panther. My niece is playing for Fontbonne and I was just wondering how things could possible shape up. I know she is excited about their upcoming game with SIU.

[pantherpride06]

Not a problem jdoug2.  I attend all of the men's and women's Greenville College games.  So, I keep a close eye on SLIAC action.  I will try to keep checking the women's board.  I do alot on the guys board and just checked in to see what was up here.  If you don't already know, you can go to www.sliac.org to get scores and other info.  Its usually updated each night following games.  11:00pm (CST) is the update time I think

[jdoug2]

Thanks man. I've been to that site I just haven't seen a lot of info. Guess it's too early. I like mens hoops as well. Just got back from watching my friend's son play tonight. UTA vs North Texas. He's a freshman at UTA and starts. He was 4-6 from behind the arc tonight. Great game. UTA won 83-81 on a buzzer beater. Thanks for indulging my ramblings everyone.

I'll be listening via webcast to the Fontbonne SIU game this Saturday.

[WLCALUM83]

Greenville is scheduled to get WLC's women's team tomorrow. Two Warrior players to watch are Emily Laete and Kami Ten Pas. There are a handful of sophomores on that team that, barring injury, should make their fair share of noise also. Should be a close game.

[pantherpride06]

Greenville falls both Friday and Saturday night's at Wisconsin Lutheran.  Greenville fell 84-81 to Aurora.  Greenville lead the entire way and fell short.  Wisc. Lutheran handed Greenville a thumpin.  Dont recall the score.  That's what's going on with Greenville.

[WLCALUM83]

That final was 82-51. Judging from the box score, Greenville's shots weren't connecting as much that game.

[jdoug2]

Fontbonne lost to SIU. Final was 86-50. From listening to the game sounded as though Fontbonne had way too many turnovers and could not keep up on the boards. I guess you just have to hope for improvement from game to game.

[y_jack_lok]

Following is an excerpt from a post by hopefan on the men's site this morning: "check out the SLIAC ladies last night....
Maryville ladies play tough but lose to NAIA Mo Bap by 12.     BUT,  Fontbonne loses to DePauw by 65, Blackburn loses to Wash u by 63, and Webster lose to Millikin by 62----- These are D3 schools losing to D3 schools  -  maybe there does need to be a D4."

Not to diminish the severity of what happended last night, but in an attempt to put things in perspective a bit: DePauw, which beat Fontbonne, was ranked pre-season #3 by d3hoops; Wash U, which defeated Blackburn, was ranked pre-season #12 and although they entered lat night's game "an unheard of 0-2" (quote from a d3hoops article on Sunday or Monday), one of those loses was to DePauw. Webster did lose to Millikin by 61 (not 62 -- we need every point we can get) on Sunday (not last night), and to Illinois Wesleyan by 63 last night. But it should be noted that Illinois Wesleyan has already defeated the above mentioned pre-season #3 DePauw. And in the case of Webster they are starting from scratch with a new head coach who has only one player who saw limited minutes returning from last year, and a second returnee who didn't play at all last year due to injury. The new coach has a total of nine players, seven of whom had to be recruited over the summer and one of those is injured at the moment.

It will likely be a rough year for the SLIAC women, but I have seen similar margins of victory in women's games from other regions.

[fcnews]

jdoug2- FU is without their leading scorer from last year. Michelle Reale will be having knee surgery in the near future. Your Neice is shooting the ball well this year, but will draw alot of attention. If I know who your speaking of. The Vazzi family was their to support her for Late Night.

[jdoug2]

It's great to hear the Vazzi's were there to support Fontbonne and Lauren. Lauren played ball this summer with guys so that she could get a little tougher and to develope her game some more. Make her more than just a shooter. It will be good to see her play later this year when I get up there. I think Liz Sharpe is supposed to be back sometime in December. That will help. I know they play Ill Wesleyan next week, and that could be ugly again. Hopefully they are getting something out of the losses. Last year the non conference record wasn't that great but they made it to the finals in the sliac playoffs.