SLIAC

[hopefan]

Because of my non affilliation to any school, entertaining is having two semifinal matchups that could go either way.....   

That has not been the case in recent years for the ladies as generally Maryville was expected to trounce the 4th place team the first night....   the men on the other hand , have been pretty closely stacked in recent years with no clear favorite to romp on anyone.. 

This year on the men's side, Westmin will likely be highly favored (at least by me) to win easily the first night, and quite possibly the 2-3 game may also be thought of as a likely Eureka win.

The ladies... heck anyone could take it, and a little piece of me could be rooting for Coach Dubb's squad (though at this stage, I'd still make fontbonne a slight favorite...gotta like the Collier-Brammel guard combo.)

[dynasty22]

BC women had a great victory over visiting Webster lastnight. A game that BC seemingly had control over most of the game went down to the wire and into OT with the Beavers prevailing. They are currently 6-3 in SLIAC play and tied for 4th with Spalding.

[hopefan]

Dynasty   -   keep in mind too, that Spalding is not eligible for the conference tourney for three more years!!!!   

[y_jack_lok]

Blackburn coming on strong with 4 straight wins.

[NO RESPECT]

Y Jack, many people thought that Blackburn would not do well without Shipley and Hawkey, who are argubly the best two players in the conference...the other players have done a good job of stepping up. 6 games to determine the outcome. Don't count out Webster or Fontbonne.

[furbug]

Don't count out Webster or Fontbonne.

Why would anyone be counting out Webster or Fontbonne when they are tied for first place?

[NO RESPECT]

Don't count out Webster or Fontbonne.

Why would anyone be counting out Webster or Fontbonne when they are tied for first place?

That message was to Y-Jack...but I was saying the same thing, Webster and Fontbonne are tied fo 1st, so they are the teams that everyone have to chase. No disrespect was meant.

[furbug]

Webster Lady Gorloks held on to win today, 72-64, over St. Mary of the Woods after relinquishing an 18 point lead. St. Mary of the Woods had a player, Brittney Shaner, a freshman from Center Grove HS in Greenwood, Indiana, who scored 34 points for them, more than half their total. I checked the SMW web site to see if I could find her season stats, but there was nothing there, although I saw recaps of a couple of games in which she scored 24. Does anyone know what her season scoring has been?

[y_jack_lok]

St. Mary of the Woods had a player, Brittney Shaner, a freshman from Center Grove HS in Greenwood, Indiana, who scored 34 points for them, more than half their total.

This sort of thing seems to happen to Webster on enough occasions that I've noticed it. Seems like an opposing player gets hot, or a team just runs a certain play repeatedly to the same player and scores and Webster never adjusts successfully to prevent it. Callie Collier from FU had 31 this season, but it's not like she was doing anything that mader her unstoppable. Seemed like more of an ongoing defensive lapse. Abby Lowe of MacMurray did it last year, as did a player from Greenville and one from Westminster. All scoring over 30 points.

I'm saying the above from memory because I don't have time to look it up at the moment, so if someone thinks the above is wrong please say so and I'll search box scores to make sure I'm not mistaken.

[hopefan]

The women's conference final four has been pretty well established, as Mac falls by the wayside with their loss at Webster....
Fontbonne 8-2, Webster 8-2, Blackburn 7-3, and Westmin 6-4 all seem pretty solid barring a collapse accompanied by a rush to the finish by Mac.

Reviewing prior performance and games left, I have to give Fontbonne and BC a slight advantage  -  Fontbonne has the other 3 all at home, While BC is done with Webster and Westmin with only Fontbonne left.  Webster has to play at Westmin and Fontbonne.
The wildcard that could stir the pot is Spalding  -  they are competitive, and still have a game left with Font, Web, and Westmin.....

The final night of the season Fontbonne at Webster could have major playoff ramifications for women and men!!

[NO RESPECT]

Hopefan,

Spalding comes to B.C as well. It is going to be a dogfight down the stretch. Will come down to who handles each teams pressure.

[y_jack_lok]

Webster has to play at Westmin and Fontbonne.

The final night of the season Fontbonne at Webster could have major playoff ramifications for women and men!!

The first statement is correct regarding who plays whom and where. The second statement is correct except for where the game is being played.

[hopefan]

Coach Dubb   who'd you rather play first round, on a neutral court.... Font, Webster, or Westmin....

Come on, this is the big time...  you gotta answer.

[NO RESPECT]

HaHaHa.....

Blackburn wants to win the conference and host the tournament in the Beaver Dome. Which means that they will want to play who ever finishes in 4th place.

[hopefan]