Here’s a look at some of the best games projected for webcasting this weekend. If you know of other games worth checking out, don’t be shy. Please post the link and time below so we can all share in the fun.
FRIDAY
Men: No. 14 Hope vs. Wheaton (Ill.)
Friday @ 8 PM EST
Broadcast on Yahoo! Sports by Hope College
Dear Hope:
I’m sorry I didn’t put you on my preseason Top 25. I forgot. Yeah, that’s it…forgot. Please accept this billing in the Weekend Warrior and my sincerest apology. PS – That’s a fancy new house you have. I can forward you my address if you ever feel like sending complimentary tickets…
Men: New Jersey City vs. Rowan
Friday @ 8 PM EST
Broadcast on the Green and Gold Club (NJCU)
December 2 is too early for any game to be a “must win,” but both teams need this one badly. There is too much parity in the NJAC to fall far behind if you want to host NJAC tournament games come February. You can also hear the women’s game at 6 PM.
Women: No. 6 George Fox vs. Whitworth
Friday @ 9 PM EST
Broadcast on KFoxRadio.net (George Fox)
If you’re on the east coast, the NWC may be one of the best women’s conferences you seldom follow. KFOX makes it easier with a full slate of broadcasts, including this showdown with the Pirates. The men follow at 11 PM EST.
SATURDAY
Men: Coast Guard vs. Kings Point
Saturday @ 1 PM EST
Broadcast on Sportsjuice.com (CGA)
One of college football’s oldest rivalries kicks off in Philadelphia on Saturday when Army plays Navy at 2:30 PM. So why not whet your appetite with another military match-up as Coast Guard hosts Kings Point? Since losing to Johnson & Wales, the Bears have bounced back nicely winning their last three by an average of more than 31 ppg. Our very own Mark Simon on the call.
Doubleheader: McMurry vs. ETBU
Saturday @ 1:45 PM EST
Broadcast on KZQQ (McMurry)
Abilene is the center of ASC West women’s hoops with No. 17 Hardin-Simmons and McMurry both blazing out of the gates. First, the Indians host the Tigers, who need to bounce back off a 20-point loss to HSU. Then the men tip at 4 PM as Coach Holmes’ squad will try to outgun D3hoops All-American Cedric Isom and co. McMurry’s Kit Kimbrell and Leon Rawlings on the call.
Men: No. 3 Wittenberg vs. Denison
Saturday @ 3 PM EST
Broadcast on Stretchcast (Wittenberg)
Why would the Tigers worry about playing a 2-3 team coming off a 36 point loss to Wooster? Because Denison shocked Witt last year with an upset win in Granville, Ohio. This one will be at HPER Center. At least, the Big Red will get some relief when they follow up Wooster and Wittenberg with…uh, Division I Akron. Nevermind.
Men: No. 1 Illinois Wesleyan vs. Chicago
Saturday @ 3:35 PM EST
Broadcast on WJBC2 (IWU)
The Titans do their best impression of a UAA team the next two Saturdays, playing Chicago this week and Wash U. the next. The Maroons have had a nice start, though the opponents weren’t real tough before this week. That changes quickly with IWU in town.
Doubleheader: UW-La Crosse vs. UW-Eau Claire
Saturday @ 6:40 PM (Women) and 8:40 PM (Men) EST
Broadcast on Sportsradio 1400 (UWEC)
Q: Which WIAC member kept its men’s and women’s teams undefeated the longest? A: UW-La Crosse where both teams started the season 5-0. The women’s team is still unblemished (6-0) while the men suffered their first loss to Whitewater earlier this week. No reast for the weary in this conference.
Men: No. 8 Hanover vs. No. 22 Elmhurst
Saturday @ 8:30 PM EST
Broadcast on Sportsjuice.com (Hanover)
I can’t confirm that this game broadcast will be on the web, but it’s too good a game not to at least try it. Hanover lost that number one vote it was getting in the preseason poll, but moved up to No. 8. Elmhurst will try to defend the CCIW’s honor against the Panther team that went 2-0 against IWU last year.
SUNDAY
Men: DePauw vs. Rhodes
Sunday @ 2 PM EST
Broadcast on WGRE (DePauw)
Without many Division III teams nearby, Rhodes has an, um, interesting non-conference schedule – Rhema Bible, Messenger, Dallas, Rust. What, no Logan Chiropractic? At least the Lynx are 5-1 as SCAC play begins this weekend.
You can also try Elmhurst’s station for the Elmhurst/Hanover game:
http://www.wrse.com/
I think you’re stretching it a little by calling Wheaton @ Hope and Illinois Wesleyan @ Chicago “some of the best games”, unless you really are selling the webcasting end of it, Gordon. 🙂 I don’t think either game is going to be close.
HSU Cowgirls defeated ETBU women last night, so we can get a relative comparison of HSU and McMurry Women from the ETBU women’s game.
McM point guard Symbri Tuttle had 15 assists and 1 turnover to go with 13 points. McM’s 2 starting posts, D3Team of the Week player Tarra Richardson and senior Carli Engelke, had 17 points. The good news was the 12 points off the bench by post Dee Dee Burton.
For the men, the ETBU-McMurry game will be very interesting. Now that Coach Vanlandingham has returned as an assistant, McMurry is implementing the uptempo style that Coaches Ron Holmes and Russ Vanlandingham used from 1998-2001. The strong guard corps for ETBU, especially the Isom’s Cedric and Chris, should give us a high-scoring game with lots of intensity.
What is really building in the city of Abilene is the anticipation of the Monday, December 12th contests at McMurry vs. HSU. Even tho’ school is out for the semester after next week, there should be a very good crowd for those games.
Denison at Wittenberg won’t be close either. I’m quite sure that the Tigers have not forgotten last year’s double OT loss, which cost them the conference title. They already got their revenge, beating the Big Red by 38 seven weeks later, but they won’t let Denison sneak up on them again. Plus they will want to at least match the 36-point whuppin’ that arch-rival Wooster laid on the Big Red.
Having been thumped twice in a row, Denison now faces Witt and then Akron, where they figure to get thumped some more. After that, they enter the very winnable section of their schedule. It will be interesting to see if their confidence survives this long week, allowing them to climb back into the race for third in the NCAC.
If you were going to select a WIAC game, though you did specify the doubleheader, Eau Claire vs La Crosse isn’t the one I’d pick.
I would select Platteville at Stout. You have last year’s co-champion (and previously ranked) against the “chic” pick sleeper in Stout. At least Stout won their conference opener (Platteville beat Elmhurst)! 🙂
Eau Claire, on the other hand, lost by 37 to Stout.
Remember, the full qualifying statement is “best games FOR WEBCASTING.” If you’ve got better games to listen to, please share them.
I was going to suggest Stout, but couldn’t confirm that it would be on WMEQ. He who doesn’t post his broadcasting schedule (or, as seems to be popular, prefers to list last year’s schedule), doesn’t get listed…
Yeah, sorry about that. You did get ripped on pretty good here. 🙂
Gordon, I think the NJCU women caught everyone by surprise last night defeating Rowan in Glassboro. The mens game was big, because as Coach Cassidy said in a well done interview with the Rowan Radio guy, you have to win your home games to hope to compete in the NJAC due to the competitiveness of the conference. Great wins by both the NJCU men and women. The mens game was sloppy and poorly called for both sides but NJCU made the shots in the end and Rowan did not. That kid Byrnes for Rowan will really be something if they get some size inside and get an interior game going.
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