Central Region Talk

[NSU4LIFE]

That’s Tom Smith… Long time Missouri Western head coach. Probably in some HOF somewhere. I always think he sounds a little like drunk Harry Carey. Lol. He throws out some tidbits from a coaching perspective from time to time that are interesting.

Haha, nice. Oh, he definitely knows the game, it's just not doesn't really add any excitement.

It's like when the Twins put Tom Kelly in the booth. You might learn a lot but you have to fight to stay awake.

[NWFanatic]

UCO 35 UMD 25 @ 1/2…UCO should win this based on what they’ve shown so far.

[Moorhead123]

UCC playing very good defense against UMD. Blair and Brown struggling on offense for umd

[Alfred33]

Turned on game.

Time out immediately followed by duluth huddled up and Weick spending the time out yelling at the officials.

It's just not an effective tactic when it is constant, my word.

Also, this color commentary guy might be living his best life but this isnt his calling.

That’s Tom Smith… Long time Missouri Western head coach. Probably in some HOF somewhere. I always think he sounds a little like drunk Harry Carey. Lol. He throws out some tidbits from a coaching perspective from time to time that are interesting.

[NSU4LIFE]

I'm only partially watching, but the officials seem to be letting an awful lot go so far.

Turned on game.

Time out immediately followed by duluth huddled up and Weick spending the time out yelling at the officials.

It's just not an effective tactic when it is constant, my word.

Also, this color commentary guy might be living his best life but this isnt his calling.

[Alfred33]

Duluth is pretty loose with the ball thus far… Haywood has 6 steals in the first 10 minutes.

[Thunder]

I'm only partially watching, but the officials seem to be letting an awful lot go so far.

[mosofan1]

What an amazing comeback by the Lady Lions today to beat Augustana 75-74 after trailing by 12 early in the 4th quarter. Lacy Stokes was unbelievable and Amaya Johns and Layne Skiles were not ready for their career to end yet. What a game! Now onto our fourth matchup against either UNK or Pitt State, where we hope to even up the season series. Go Lions!!!

[LukeMcConnell1]

Also, curious if anybody has anything of note to say about Southern Nazarene? What’s the keys to their team?

Msum strength is that they have a fairly balance offensive attack with a strong veteran backcourt. Dane Zimmer is a solid inside player that played terrific in the conference tournament. If he continues that type of play I think Msum can play with anyone. Dragons do have a few guys banged up. Hopefully, they will be back for the regional.

SNU is great defensively. Really well-connected on that end. Nick Davis has become a terrific rim protector this year. Offensively, very methodical in their approach. Won't push the tempo much at all. Davis is great inside, but the main on-ball threats are Tyler McGhie and Javon Jackson. Great 3-point shooters and Jackson is a freshman who can get a shot anywhere on the floor. Veteran supporting cast. Can go 10 deep when fully healthy.

[NWFanatic]

For the adventurous eaters there’s a nut fry 6-8 pm 03/11 at the Sheridan Community Hall about 30 minutes NE of Maryville

[NWFanatic]

I have the MIAA monthly package and the Central Region games are listed under coming events….www.themiaanetwork.com

[Devin Albertson]

I looked up the stats on all 64 teams in the tournament. This is the Twitter thread of the rankings. https://twitter.com/devinalbertson/s...w-iHJZno2zRIRg

[southside]

I expected SNU to be 7 and Pitt 8, if for no other reason than to avoid an MIAA matchup in round 1. It is even tougher for MoWest. Advanced to the Elite 8 last year, went 25-7 this year, and don't even make the regional. This Central Region is just brutal for the women!

+1 mowest women finished higher than Pitt in the league, had a better SOS, beat unk once and ucm (1 and 2 in the miaa) split with Pitt. Pitt was 0-3 against unk and ucm. Nothing against Pitt they are certainly deserving too but that’s a tough beat.

I also like them avoiding an in conference game if possible.

[Moorhead123]

Also, curious if anybody has anything of note to say about Southern Nazarene? What’s the keys to their team?

Msum strength is that they have a fairly balance offensive attack with a strong veteran backcourt. Dane Zimmer is a solid inside player that played terrific in the conference tournament. If he continues that type of play I think Msum can play with anyone. Dragons do have a few guys banged up. Hopefully, they will be back for the regional.

[Moorhead123]

What can Wolves fans expect from Emporia State? I don't know much about them, but in looking at stats and the roster they appear to be pretty big at least to start with 6'7", 6'7" and 6'10". Long appears to really like to shoot from deep and Comithier could be a difficult matchup. But I can't say I know anything about how they play.

On the flip side there is one key for Northern. Make shots and they will win, if they don't they will be done by Saturday evening. The Wolves have really struggled in their last 3 games. 50% of NSU's shots come from deep. I could see some difficulty for Emporia's big guy finding someone to guard if he is a true post player. It could create some interesting matchups on both ends. Hopefully Belka can stay out of foul trouble as Saul (and the NSU fans) don't have a ton of faith in the bench. Longstreet will have to play some big minutes especially defensively if the Wolves are going to be in Maryville very long.

Nsu is a matchup problem for opposing teams if their bigs are knocking down threes. A long way from the old Paul Sather teams where the bigs sat on the low block and pounded the rim. I think nsu is much better if Longstreet stays on the bench. He is not very helpful on offense for the wolves.