SLIAC

hopefan · February 11, 2010, 10:12:34 AM

Will you be there? If so, find hopefan and say hi!!!!

illini22 · February 11, 2010, 12:19:57 PM

I, unfortunately, will be unable to make it. I am currently in the process of getting my teacher certification and have to take my final state test on that day. I am very sad that I'm going to miss it...

hopefan · February 11, 2010, 01:08:55 PM

Bad timing!!!!

Blackburn in the past has travelled well for big games... hoping a bunch of the students will get together and come down for this game - makes for a fun atmosphere that we don't see often enough in the SLIAC.

hopefan · February 12, 2010, 11:37:12 AM

to think about....

IF BC, beats fontbonne tomorrow, 3 way tie

BUT
Fontbonne and Webster play in the final game of the season

if all else goes as wins, and Fontbonne wins that game, leaving Font and BC tied for first, BC wins tie breaker with 2 wins over Fontbonne

if all else goes as wins and Webster wins that game, leaving Webster and BC tied for first, BC and Webster split, and BC again gets the tiebreaker with the two wins over Fontbonne.

NOW THEN

if Fontbonne beats BC, and is in first place alone, and all else wins, and WEBSTER beats fontbonne on the last night, Webster and Fontbonne would be tied with 3 losses. Webster and Font would have split, both would have split with BC, but Fontbonne beat Westmin twice, while Webster split with them.... Fontbonne would get the tiebreak.

So barring other losses, it appears, like I guessed at last week, that the winner of tomorrow's game has a very direct route to hosting the conference tourney.

illini22 · February 12, 2010, 11:52:38 AM

GO BC!!!! That's all I have to say to that. The home crowd that BC is capable of having is rough to play in front of.....for anyone!

hopefan · February 13, 2010, 06:56:00 PM

Ker-thud..... No contest at Fontbonne.... the Beavs have no answeer for the dynamic duo of Brammel and Collier, nor could they stop the ball from getting into Ludwig for layups.... this game threatened to be a 40 point difference.... Illini, you probably had more fun taking a test.....

watchdog · February 13, 2010, 08:57:45 PM

Blackburn, Fontbonne, Webster and Westminster are in the tournament, but the seeds are not set:

Fri., Feb. 26, SLIAC Semi-Finals, Site TBA
#2 Seed vs. #3 Seed, 6:00
#1 Seed vs. #4 Seed, 8:00
Sat., Feb. 27, SLIAC Championship, 7:00

erkle · February 13, 2010, 09:05:16 PM

I am excited for the Blue Jay's.

NO RESPECT · February 13, 2010, 11:39:36 PM

Quote from: hopefan on February 13, 2010, 06:56:00 PM
Ker-thud..... No contest at Fontbonne.... the Beavs have no answeer for the dynamic duo of Brammel and Collier, nor could they stop the ball from getting into Ludwig for layups.... this game threatened to be a 40 point difference.... Illini, you probably had more fun taking a test.....

Yes Hopefan, the Beavers did not play well on either side of the ball, but still put up 70 plus points. As you saw, there were a few attitude issues that had to be dealt with, along with a few more injuries that we did not have the last time the two teams played. To speak as though the Blackburn guard can't compete with the Fontbonne guards is a slap in the face. I don't remember you making that statement the 1st time the two teams played, when both guards were held under 10 points.

I give credit where credit is due, today wa Fontbonne's day!! Coach Quigley and his team did a great job. I still like the Beaver's chances in the tournament....rather the bad game be today than in the tournament.

Lastly, take the best two players off any other team in the SLIAC, and see if they can do what the Beavers did this season. Yes the Beavers took a loss to a ggod team today, that they beat earlier in the year, but they WILL be back.

Hopefan, I dont want any bad feelin, we are still cool, and I really enjoy your love of our sport as well as your post. Just don't count out the Beavers just yet my friend.

NO RESPECT · February 13, 2010, 11:40:59 PM

All 4 teams that will play in the tournament are very talented. It will be a dogfight, good luck to every team.

hopefan · February 14, 2010, 12:07:32 AM

No disrespect there Coach - disappointment as I was lookin for a great game - and disappointment in some of the attitudes that you mention. Stating that the Beavs had no answer for Collier and Brammel was simply a fact - today. And I was talking about today. As you say the tourney may be a different story....ALTHOUGH, I remember you told me the same thing last year heading into Maryville.... and ouch. I remain a fan of great competition.. hope I'll see it at the tourney. Two weeks to prep.. crack the whip....

NO RESPECT · February 14, 2010, 12:20:27 AM

Thanks for the reply...maryville was a different beast. That comment was made after the double over time lost to them. I will resolve the attittude issues, please believe that. Today Fontbonne entire team and staff was better, no question there. When kids don't listen, the coach looks like an idiot. When they listen and carry out the game plan, the coach looks like a million bucks..today was a two dollar day...lol. Btw, many of the Blackburn girls were really upset with your post, so they contacted me, as I am out with the wife for valentines day. So I had to take up for them....you know how that go.

hopefan · February 14, 2010, 12:35:14 AM

See that coach, I'm getting them fired up!!!

hopefan · February 14, 2010, 10:09:35 AM

An open statement to the Blackburn ladies....

Ladies, be upset about how you played yesterday, not about someone writing about it.

You should understand that I have no ties to an individual team, so what I write about is what I see. I see what seems to me to be a team with a very good coach... a guy who is friendly and rewarding when things are done correctly, and a stern lecturer who wants to make sure his thoughts are getting through when they need to when things aren't being done correctly..... some of you need to be more accepting of those thoughts.. he clearly knows what he's talking about. I see a young Blackburn team with more depth than any other team in the conference, lots of quickness, at least one very good three point shooter, (I'm now a fan of Miss Shepard), a potential All Conference player in Miss Hill...

Be happy that there is someone like me, and Illiini22, and a couple of the Webster followers who care enough to follow the SLIAC and write. Many of the small conferences have NO followers on these pages. No one but me has said anything, for instance, about POY possibilities, or Newcomer possibilities, or Westminster, or Eureka's firey coach, etc etc, but Hopefan.

Know that just 3 or 4 years ago I wrote so glowingly about the fun of seeing several games at the dome at Blackburn that your student section called me out a la "where is hopefan" and presented me with a Blackburn Beaver teeshirt.

So, play well, prep for the tourney, and you'll read plenty of positives...., but take the comments when things don't go well, too.

illini22 · February 14, 2010, 05:04:54 PM

Apparently I missed a lot at the game yesterday. Hopefan, as to your post about my test.....I would actually rather have been at the game. I love basketball, and I love watching Blackburn Basketball! Put this down....Blackburn will show up in the tourney...I am confident in that. I'm not sure what happened yesterday, but I can be sure that Coach Williams will fix the problem ASAP! Attitudes have no room on a championship team.....you are either out for team success or you're just not in it period. Playing the game for individual success is only going to get a player so far....and as for the team....well........not far at all. I knew Fontbonne would be tough, however I did not expect a score like that. So...i was very surprised when I was told about it. If I could make a prediction.....I feel that we'll be seeing another Fontbonne vs. Blackburn matchup for the conference tourney championship. I would also be willing to bet a very difference score the next time around.....in favor of the Lady Beavers! I'm staying positive and sticking by their side! Go Blackburn!