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Esquared1
01-31-2005, 04:58 PM
Keep your eyes open for the Beloit College vs. Grinnell game. This should be a fairly entertaining game for a D III game. These are always high scoring games, and Beloit (my alma mater) plays an up tempo style of basketball.

Besides, with certain friends in attendance, you may see an interesting sign or two.
Chubby
01-31-2005, 04:59 PM
Grinnell will crush them, 180-146 is my prediction.
Balldog
01-31-2005, 05:09 PM
Might have to try to catch this one. What time is it on?
samifan24
01-31-2005, 06:54 PM
Isn't Grinnell the school that so famously plays an entire roster and plays the game like subs as though they were making line changes in a hockey game?
Chubby
01-31-2005, 06:56 PM
Isn't Grinnell the school that so famously plays an entire roster and plays the game like subs as though they were making line changes in a hockey game?
yup, and they shoot like 70 3 pters a game and hold the alltime points in a game record, hence my prediction.
Blade6119
01-31-2005, 07:04 PM
SI Article (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/stewart_mandel/01/31/grinnell.preview/index.html)

Funny...I read this over there, and this was the top topic on the page...dejavu...should be a great game!
Esquared1
01-31-2005, 07:12 PM
The game starts at 8 PM Central.

Back in the day, we created a little havoc for the visiting team. As they read the "Midwest Conference Player/Spectator Code of Conduct", please know that I was 1/20 of the reason they put that in.

Hopefully things have not changed in Beloit.

I might be a homer, but I think it will be 116-108 Beloit. Flood Fieldhouse BABY!!!
atatange1
01-31-2005, 09:08 PM
Nice article. I'll be sure to watch now.
atatange1
02-03-2005, 05:06 PM
The game is on tonight just to remind everyone.
SunDancer
02-03-2005, 07:31 PM
So, whats the hype around this game?
Balldog
02-03-2005, 07:48 PM
Grinnell plays a crazy uptempto style, last year they averaged like 130 points a game.
GoldenEagle
02-03-2005, 07:53 PM
Thanks for reminding me. I am looking forward to this.
bosshogg23
02-03-2005, 07:56 PM
I saw this game listed on TVGuide.com and couldnt figure out why the hell this would be on tv until I saw that Grinnell has led the nation in scoring 11 years in a row.

Does someone wanna save me the trouble of looking it up and tell me where either college is located?
Chubby
02-03-2005, 08:07 PM
gametime!
VPI97
02-03-2005, 08:12 PM
I'm watching....Go go Grinnellians!
kingfc22
02-03-2005, 08:37 PM
Yikes. 3 of 17 from 3 PT range so far. These guys could play in the NBA!!!
Barkeep49
02-03-2005, 09:16 PM
Any update? I can't access a TV right now but sure would like Beloit to win considering I still know a couple of the players on the team from my time there.
kingfc22
02-03-2005, 09:29 PM
56-54 Beloit with 12:08 to go in the game.
henry296
02-03-2005, 10:05 PM
Beloit - 82-81 with 2 minutes left
kingfc22
02-03-2005, 10:12 PM
85-84 Grinnell. Beloit has the ball with 24 seconds left.
kingfc22
02-03-2005, 10:16 PM
Beloit scores with an "and 1" to take the lead with 3.3 seconds left
kingfc22
02-03-2005, 10:19 PM
Beloit wins by 1. 86 to 85.
Esquared1
02-03-2005, 10:54 PM
Huge! Beloit won! My team comes through.

I can say that my school is the only DIII team to win a non-championship nationally televised game.

I was good to see the big crowd from Beloit and see them storm the court. Reminds me of my time there.
JeeberD
02-03-2005, 11:39 PM
Damn Beloit slowing down the pace of the game...I wanted to see some fireworks, dammit! :mad:
sovereignstar
02-04-2005, 12:00 AM
I couldn't even get through the first half. Just horrible looking basketball.
JeeberD
02-04-2005, 12:14 AM
Horrible looking basketball was watching the Miners play tonight. Awful!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:
Joe
02-04-2005, 10:16 AM
that game was worse than the high school one espn2 showed right before it.
Balldog
02-04-2005, 10:27 AM
I can think of several small tier high school teams that could beat Grinnell, that was really kind of sad, the lack of talent.
Bo Jackson's Hip
02-04-2005, 10:33 AM
I could have played Division III basketball, there is no doubt in my mind after watching that 'display'. I never knew just how much difference there was between the divisions until now.
Esquared1
02-04-2005, 02:30 PM
In all fairness, these are two sub-500 DIII teams. ESPN's coverage is probably one year late. Grinnell had much better players last year.

When I went to Beloit in 1993-5, they had two years of only 2-5 loses. These teams were much better than the two you saw last night. The school's career leading scorer played at that time, and played better than Hinz. Quamme could shoot from 24 feet, and played big forward/center. Beloit had two other players that were offensive threats. Hinz scores because he is the only credible offensive player they have.