SLIAC

[Into_the_Blue]

Don't stop by here a lot, but wanted to tell Coach Braden and her lady Jays great job so far!  Keep up the good work! 

[erkle]

Don't stop by here a lot, but wanted to tell Coach Braden and her lady Jays great job so far!  Keep up the good work! 

X2 Coach Braden really has her team playing with confidence.

[Denny McKinney]

Should be a great rematch next Monday nite.

[Coach Will]

Coach Braden is by far the Coach of the Year in the SLIAC this year. Awesome job, Tracy

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

First Regional Rankings: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/category/ncaa-stuff/regional-rankings/

[hopefan]

Huge week for the ladies.... will go far in determining conference tourney matchups

current standings

Westmin   11 - 0
Spalding   10 - 2   (not yet eligible for conf tourney)
Webster   8  - 3   
Fontbonne    7 - 3
Blackburn  7 - 5
Greenville  4 - 6

Monday   Fontbonne at Westmin
Wednesday   Blackburn at Webster
Friday   Spalding at Webster
Saturday   Spalding at Fontbonne
Saturday   Westminster  at  Blackburn

There could be a real shakeup!!!!   If Blackburn could score the major upsets over Westmin and win at Webster, we could have 3 teams with 5 losses at the end of the week!!!!

On the other hand, if BC goes down twice, they would fall to even with Greenville for the final slot if Greenville can beat Prin and Mac

[hopefan]

The week starts out with Westmin beating Fontbonne 76 - 67.... hope it was a good game... I expect this to be the conference finals matchup.....

[hopefan]

I know the Fontbonne upperclass ladies are likely disappointed with their performance vs Westmin, but wow, great games for the 2 frosh

Chelsey Freymuth goes 8 for 15 from field, 4 for 5 from line for 20 points, 7 rebounds...  all in just 23 minutes (she fouled out)
Shelby Ellison goes 4 for 7 with 1 for 1 on a 3 pointer, 6 for 7 from the line, 3 boards

Great performances for 2 frosh against the best team in the league....

[hopefan]

poor performance by Webster vs BC last night... but I tip my Hope hat to Maggie Zehner... the young lady just hustles 100% all the time.. getting the ball up the floor against Blackburn's pressure Defense, trying to jumpstart the offense with penetration to the basket (if Maggie could make 90% of the layups she creates, she would be an All American), and playing pressure defense against BC's quick guards....  Maggie does so much for Webster that her mistakes are magnified and critisized... believe me, if she wasn't controlling the ball and the flow of the game, Webster would be back in the lower 3 or 4 pack with PC, EC, and Mac....

[NO RESPECT]

Great job by the Lady Beavers last night, as you all  played awsome. I hope that you can carry that defense that you played last night into the Westmin game. No matter what others think, you are a good team, and can win the tournament.

[hopefan]

Would agree NO RESPECT....  did not mean to belittle The Beav's performance at all... they totally took Webster out of their offense, if Webster has an offense... KatyMeyer rarely touched the ball... wondering why you would think no one else thinks they are a good team.... at the SLIAC level, I KNOW they are a good team, especially after seeing them last night..... But at the next level, the first round of the NCAA tourney, the SLIAC champ has a long, long, long way to go.....

[y_jack_lok]

Well played game by Webster last night. Some well designed plays that resulted in good scoring opportunities, enough of which were converted to get a win. The article on the Webster website incorrectly states that Webster swept the two games with Spalding: "Webster swept the season series against the second place Golden Eagles, inflicting two of their three SLIAC losses on the season." However, Webster lost at Spalding 71-59 on 1/15/11.

[hopefan]

Agreed Yjak, much better vs Spalding... Katie Meyer able to get some open looks, Megan Willet has an active game going to the basket....

The last week and a half of the season is just full of meaningful games that will establish the tournament matchups.... anyone want to finish 4th and meet Westmin on the opening night...I doubt it...

right now
Westmin  13 - 0
Font  9 - 4
Webster 9 - 4
BC  8 - 6
Gvlle  6 - 6

Fontbonne has at Gville, at BC, Webster at home
Webster has at Westmin, Gville at home, at Font
BC has at Eureka, Font at home
and Gville is at Eureka, Font at home, At Webster, and Spalding at home


I think Gville loses 3 and is eliminated
I think Webster loses 2 and finishes with 6 losses
That means Font finishes 2nd and the key game is Font At BC  --- under my other 'thinks', if Font wins, BC finishes with 7 losses and in 4th.....  if BC wins, they finish tied with Webster, and give 2 wins over Webster, would finish 3rd, Webster 4th....

[Coach Will]

Hey Hope,

Westmin is really good. Congrats to Coach Braden, as she has done a wonderful job with those ladies.

[hopefan]

Agreed Coach... that team is not a lot more athletic or talented than other SLIAC teams.. but I was very impressed with how hard they play, and the extra passes that lead to good shots....  in the SLIAC, so many 'shots' are not much more than out of control 'prayers'... I don't see that at Westmin..... this team is truly a coach's success.....