SLIAC

[fcnews]

Competitive? I would think MU must consider this a very winnable game. It will be MU on top, FU a distant second and then some competitive action.

[jdoug2]

Since Maryville and Fontbonne never play on a Saturday, I haven't been able to watch Maryville play. I'm still holding out hope Fontbonne can give them a loss. Or somebody. I think Fontbonne if they could somehow not turn the ball 20+ times, they would have a shot.

[furbug]

Maryville and Fontbonne do play some Saturdays. MV is at Wash U. this Sat. Then 1/5 at home against Eureka. 1/12 Principia is at Fontbonne. Fontbonne is at Blackburn 1/5, which is not too far to go.  1/19 MacMurray at MV. 1/26 Blackburn at MV.

[jdoug2]

Sorry, I meant played each other. Since I'm coming up from Texas, I only attend games in which my niece plays in.

[y_jack_lok]

Idle speculation about the outcomes of future games is useless. We'll know Saturday how well Maryville compares to Wash U. Then we can engage in useless idle speculation about whether or not any conference team has a chance to beat Maryville.

I would suggest to fcnews that he not be so quick to dismiss the ability of the rest of the teams in the conference (other t han Maryville) to compete against and possibly beat Fontbonne.

Competitive? I would think MU must consider this a very winnable game. It will be MU on top, FU a distant second and then some competitive action.

Fontbonne's two conference wins are by indentical scores of 67-61 against Webster and MacMurray. Fairly competitive outcomes for two teams who were each 6-19 last year. Fontbonne beat MacMurray last year by 34 points and 43 points and Webster by 23 points and 10 points.

[hopefan]

by definition, is speculation ever not idle, or does it ever have a use?? Therefore, is it not redundant to refer to idle and uselss speculation?

[y_jack_lok]

If speculation is, by that definition, both useless and idle, then it is double redundant. But hey, this is a posting site where all the rules go out the window.

Manana dude. (Sorry, no accent mark available to put over the first "n")

[mac_grad]

Hey all, I'm fairly new to the boards and this is my frst time posting on a basketball board.  I no longer attend MacMurray but I'm still in touch with many people there, including many on the girls' basketball team.

I think that Mac has suprised some people so far this year early on, and rightfully so.  They do have a decent number of returning players and that helps them greatly.  However, the thing that has troubled Mac is their depth, and that is going to make them tired.  Hopefully good condition will help them sustain the long conference schedule.  The reason for the lack of depth is of course the recruiting schedule, but I have heard good things about both new basketball coaches.

As I hear more, I'll be sure to give updates!

[y_jack_lok]

Thanks for that info, mac_grad. We'll look forward to your future posts so that we can all be better informed about women's hoops at Mac.

[y_jack_lok]

Wash U beats maryville by 29 points this afternoon. That's one point less than their win over Fontbonne. The difference is that Fontbonne was playing at home, Maryville was playing at Wash U. If the game had been at Maryville it might have been closer -- or maybe not.

I'd still say that Maryville looks to be a better team than Fontbonne, but perhaps not by as much as I was thinking before I'd seen both teams play. All this will get settled on the court.

jdoug, DeDe Alexander is not playing for Wash U this year. Is she still going to school there?

[jdoug2]

From what I hear DeDe is hurt. It's a shame she hasn't had the chance to really play for Wash U.

As for all the idle speculation... what is else is a message board for?

[jdoug2]

I want to wish safe travel and great games to all the teams that are playing games over the holidays.

And to all the posters:  MERRY CHRISTMAS.

[y_jack_lok]

I will be sorry to miss the Webster women's game against Missouri Baptist on 12/29. I will be at a Randolph-Macon (may alma mater) men's game that day.

Best wishes to all during this season of joy. And good luck to all SLIAC teams playing games the next 10 days.

[furbug]

Webster beat Missouri Baptist today, 67-64, after trailing most of the game by up to 7 points. Webster came on strong in the last 5 minutes and won on a 3-pointer by Danielle Martin with 3 seconds left. Katy Meyer came up big with 20 points and a bunch of rebounds.   

[furbug]

Another final 3-second win for Webster tonight, another double-double for Katy Meyer. Webster 61-60 over Culver Stockton - winning basket again by Danielle Martin