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RE: The IUPUI Games

vatusay — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:09:23 GMT

kinda wondering why there isnt a story in the courier about the game(s). or even that 2 minute highlight of the buzzer beater on their website? if they want people go go they need to step it up!

EDIT: they just updated the site. there is a story up now. sorry

RE: The IUPUI Games

B-Ball Fan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:45:00 GMT

Great win, good crowd, some noise, and GREAT Band ! Been attending games at WIU for 30 plus years and first time I can ever remember us winning on a last second shot. We've tied before to send to OT and have lost a few at the buzzer, but first time I can ever remember winning ! AWESOME BABY !!!

RE: The IUPUI Games

western-101 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:21:54 GMT

Yes let it be Bradley and let us dominate. ooops wrong thread

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WIU712 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:09:08 GMT

NFS71: I have not been by Hanson Field lately. But I will have to drive thru the Union parking lot to check out the new flag poles!

The Leatherneck Club social at the Sports Corner was very nice. Those Chicago-style hot dogs were good! And the beer was very cold!

This was the 2nd post-game social downtown. The first one was after the Eastern Illinois game. So both socials came after victories!

If we will be utilizing the 1950 west side of Hanson Field for the next few years, it will need lots of repairs over the summer. The old wooden bleachers in Sections A, B, F, and G are badly splintered. The concrete aisles are crumbling away. Something has to be done to fix this place up. The first step would be a big coat of Purple paint to replace that sandstone color.

Now back to basketball: We should be hearing soon who our opponent will be for the Feb 18 Bracket Busters game. Since the focus seems to be on "geography", my best guess would be Bradley.

Here is the winning shot from Saturday's game as it was broadcast on WIUS-FM:

http://chirb.it/rD61JM

RE: The IUPUI Games

beauspencer — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:17:59 GMT

Neckfansince71,
Great meeting you last night, wasn't able to make my over to the Leatherneck Club social until after you left.

RE: The IUPUI Games

Neckfansince71 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:01:36 GMT

712,

You are absolutely a "details" man who could really help the athletic department with some of these special events.

I thoroughly enjoyed the game also. Would really like to see the kids get more into the game than they did. Of course that takes time and some training as funny as that may sound. Big crowd, I am going to say probably more than the listed attendance because of the number of people that were coming in with canned goods and the inability to keep track of them all. Hopefully the students will be better organized as time goes on so that when it comes time for the bracket buster game next year, they can show the purple and gold side of WIU pride!

IUPUI was very well coached, very athletic, and caused all sorts of problems the first two minutes and a couple of times with the press. I just so happened to park in the Leatherneck Club parking area too, and when I came out after the game, a gentleman with a suitcase was getting into his car next to mine. I thought, gotta be a referee! It was! He thought the game was well played, both coaches as far as he was concerned were class, both teams well coached, and yes, dunking during warm-ups was what resulted in the technical foul. He also said that the out of bounds play at .5 seconds where the player took a fall trying to pick up a cheap foul was an acting job all the way and Mo had told them to watch for it.

One more thing! I drove through campus one more time this morning. Stopped to look at the Corbin Olson work which is coming along and really going to be a class setup. Then I took two shots of Hanson with my cell phone! One with the new turf and the eastside, and then one with the new turf and westside and low and behold the three new flag poles which fit nicely into that semi-circular area at the south end. I have to agree with 712 that the westside really looks drab, small, and antiquated. The eastside is really outstanding and will look even better with the new scoreboard this coming year. The old west side just looks like its the wrong scale for the Hanson of the 21st century. Glad most incoming students don't really get a good look at it when the walk by since it is on the westside.

Once again, a great night for the Leatherneck faithful!

RE: The IUPUI Games

beauspencer — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:52:50 GMT

Here is a highlight mix I put together on the Remy game winner.

http://chirb.it/r406vE

RE: The IUPUI Games

catch212 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:36:08 GMT

The one home game I miss all year... wow

RE: The IUPUI Games

WIU712 — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:06:54 GMT

Western Athletics posted a longer version (2:08) of the final 4 seconds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QhjgMAOZ8&feature=digest_sun

This was the 2nd game where we saw a sizeable group of fans sitting in the north balcony. The Eastern IL game was the other one.

The crowd of 1,900 was the largest crowd since the Indiana game in 2005.

The crowd was into the game. However, I would like to see/hear more enthusiasm coming from our season ticket sections (C, D, and E on the north side and K on the south). Seems like the older fans tend to just watch the game instead of really being a part of the game.

We had a sizeable group of adult fans in Section F who were not afraid to make noise: yell, scream, clap, stomp the bleachers, etc.

I do have one suggestion for next year's "Summit League Food Fight Night": There should be a table set up in the main lobby where people would drop off their food donations (and receive their free general admission ticket).

I was in the main lobby between the games (6:30PM). People were coming in with sacks of food, but there was no signage indicating where they were to go. And no one from Athletics was out there to give direction. So these people had to wander around to find the drop-off location.

No doubt, some of those people were attending their first Western game in years. Having a food drop-off table in the main lobby would make a lot of sense. Let's do it!

RE: The IUPUI Games

TBird4Fun — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:44:20 GMT

As for the "pre-game" technical. Yes, and IUPUI player dunked during warmup. A no-no, and definitely when the officials are on the court Officials did not ID who it was, just that it was.

RE: The IUPUI Games

BRGJOE — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:23:02 GMT

Channel 10 out of Quincy (WGEM) also had a short video highlight of those last 5 seconds or so. It was in their 10:30PM sports report.

What a game! If this doesn't spark interest in this team, I just don't know what will.

Put on me lucky "old school" Leatherneck sweatshirt. Headed towards Western Hall. I figured attendance would be pretty good, so I left early. And even then, parking was hard to come by. The Morgan Hall parking lot was full (which is where I usually park). The area that used to be part of the Leatherneck Club parking area was also fulled up. So I actually broke out my Leatherneck Club parking pass (which I rarely use since I like to walk) and parked with my hoity-toity friends.

Attendance was pretty good, indeed. Most of the sections seemed mostly filled. Though there didn't seem to be many in the balcony behind me. And the pep band was there! Yay! They sounded great. Well, except for some old guy playing the trombone there on the end of the row, trying to keep up with those youngsters.

Crowd was pretty much into it. Well, except my season ticket holder section. I tried to get them going many a time. But it's always an uphill battle for some reason.

Got to meet and briefly chat with Mr. Lawson at halftime. Amazingly he wasn't out of breath from all his trombone playing for an entire half of a game. No, he was very nice and it was very nice meeting you, sir. And thanks too for all you do for this board.

Of course the ending was fantastic. Once that final shot went off, it seemingly hung in the air for an eternity. It looked spot on where I was sitting .. but I've also felt that before and see the ball go "CLANK!" off the rim. Not this time! Though I was a bit worried when the ref's started talking -- I knew the basket was good, but felt they would find some way to put an extra second or two on the clock for IUPUI. Glad I was wrong and they only put .5 on it. Still I always worry about some sort of phantom foul the ref's would call at the end -- glad I was mistaken about that too.

A great night of basketball! Can't get much better than that. Congrats to Mo and the team! I know it's a night of basketball I'll remember for quite some time. If nothing else, for that technical foul before the game even started -- I've never *ever* seen that happen before. Anyone know what the call was? A dunk or something in the pregame warmups?
And of course I'll remember it for that game winning shot. What a night at Western Hall.

Joe C.

RE: The IUPUI Games

ST_Lawson — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:15:16 GMT

[quote]WIU712 (1/28/2012)

Why was there only 5 seconds of video???

We missed the crowd's reaction and the player's celebrating.

Western Video Prodution needs to post a longer version of this.[/quote]

My guess is that they were scrambling to get something online as quickly as possible. I wouldn't be surprised if they get a longer clip up on Monday sometime, once the 9-5ers (or 8-4:30...whatever) are back in the office.

RE: The IUPUI Games

WIU712 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:59:06 GMT

Why was there only 5 seconds of video???

We missed the crowd's reaction and the player's celebrating.

Western Video Prodution needs to post a longer version of this.

RE: The IUPUI Games

TBird4Fun — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:55:18 GMT

Here's the game winning shot from Media Information put up on YouTube
http://youtu.be/qseTmXGxY3Q

RE: The IUPUI Games

WIU712 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:51:34 GMT

Great win.
Great crowd.
Great Pep Band.

Remy's three-pointer with 0.5 seconds wins the game for the Leathernecks.

http://www.goleathernecks.com/share/ViewPhoto.dbml?ATCLID=205370402&DB_OEM_ID=12000&LOAD_IMAGE_ID=206269912&LOAD_IMAGE_SIZE=400

I hope that someone can post the video of the game winning shot from WIU-TV-3 coverage of the game.

I did hear that there were some football recruits in the crowd. Football signing day will be on Wednesday, Feb 1st.

RE: The IUPUI Games

vatusay — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:47:42 GMT

Just watched khqa news and wiu didn't get them the highlights of the game. Duerr said he was promised them but they never showed up, so instead of showing the area highlights all they could do was put up the score and say it was a last second shot. Media department kinda dropped the ball on that one.

RE: The IUPUI Games

StLouisNecks — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:34:14 GMT

I wonder (hope) if any football recruits were at the game. Couldn't have picked a better one for some prospective players to go to.

RE: The IUPUI Games

vatusay — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:55:33 GMT

What an awesome game! Very exciting for a big crowd! Couple BIG dunks and needless to say remys last shot that's the loudest I've ever heard western hall. Seemed like more than pretty much 1900 people though. I do think a lot of students were gone to SIU tonight. What a great win in front of a big crowd, seats should start to fill in nicely! Cc3 had one HECK of a game, I'd have to agree with month wouldn't trade him for any other player. 20 pts 8 boards 9 assists 2 steals and a block.

And I wouldn't be surprised if remy's shot makes sportscenter top 10!

RE: The IUPUI Games

ST_Lawson — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:45:17 GMT

What. A. Game. Leathernecks win it with a last second 3-pointer. If I had to pick a game to come back and play with the pep band...this one was it.

I'd bet that the athletics department will have video of that last shot online sometime early next week. I'll keep an eye out for it and post a link to it here as soon as I see it (unless someone else beats me to it).

Great job Leathernecks...3 game winning streak...let's keep it going with home games against IPFW and Oakland next week.

RE: The IUPUI Games

meganeck — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:02:35 GMT

Wow, what an ending - Great job by the Necks to pull that out. Hopefully someone can post a video of the game winning shot would love to see it.

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StLouisNecks — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:54:32 GMT

Pretty incredible shot... attendance was 18xx, so its not quite there yet, but better than it has been.

RE: The IUPUI Games

Hoopsdude18 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:46:02 GMT

Wow! Kudos to Remy for hitting that shot....and Ceola for getting that pass to him through the double-team. It looked like a packed crowd got to see a stunning game-winner.

RE: The IUPUI Games

catch212 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:57:50 GMT

I had to miss tonight because I'm in stl for the weekend but I see we're up at half. Any inputs on this so far?

RE: The IUPUI Games

vatusay — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:55:05 GMT

forgot its polar bear at SIU, hope it doesnt steal fans.

RE: The IUPUI Games

WIU712 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:53:38 GMT

The same full-page ad is on the back page of Saturday's Macomb newspaper.

So the University has really been promoting this game. I'm hoping for a big and noisy crowd.

RE: The IUPUI Games

WIU712 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:17:43 GMT

Friday's "Western Courier" had a big, full-page ad about Saturday's double-header games on page 3.

The bottom page of the ad had:

THINK PURPLE

THINK LEATHERNECKS

THINK WESTERN

RE: The IUPUI Games

catch212 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:38:53 GMT

This is an interesting read while we wait for the games tomorrow.

It's about Duke--yes Duke--not being able to get students to go to games. It says that on average only 650 undergrads attend home games! Any thoughts or ideas on this?

RE: The IUPUI Games

Neckfansince71 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:17:27 GMT

You know, I love football, but the fact that we have a "season" going finally brings back all those memories of following UCLA as a kid! Never forget when UCLA was upset by HOuston in the Astro-dome, the game was not televised live but replayed after. I was a sophomore in high school at that point and just loved the game. UCLA had a left-handed T bone shooter called Lynn Shackleford along with Lew A! Just a magical time. If tomorrows crowd is big, the same thing will happen! Magic!

RE: The IUPUI Games

Neckfansince71 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:04:28 GMT

I am proud to say that I have a couple of cans of beans in a sack and JC will be in the house tomorrow night at Western Hall. I really think there is going to be a big crowd! My wife and I were just talking about how much fun it was in the early 70's to go to Western football games. Being a part of the crowd of 19880 at Hanson is something I will never ever forget. The hillside at the south end was filled with people!

My daughter received a text from the university about the game even though she graduated in 2009, so they are really getting after it.

Seal, thanks for the pics of the Chantileer facility. Alot of D1 schools play in facilities like that still. Should be alot of fun!

RE: The IUPUI Games

sealhall74 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:26:21 GMT

I'll be there in spirit only. Will be listening to Beaucast while watching UCF and Southern Miss go at it here in Orlando. That will be my two for the price of one doubleheader.

RE: The IUPUI Games

vatusay — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:57 GMT

nice article in the courier today. hope there is 3012 not 2012 though...

http://www.westerncourier.com/sports/western-hungers-for-big-turnout/article_d5fb813e-491f-11e1-b684-0019bb30f31a.html

RE: The IUPUI Games

sealhall74 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:07:04 GMT

ST_Lawson (1/26/2012)
I'll be pulling out the trombone (not a euphamism) to play along with the pep band at Saturday's double-header. Keep an eye out for me, I'll be the one almost old enough to be one of the band member's parents.

Scott, If there was a "Like" button here, I would be clicking on it. Hope others from the community join up too.

RE: The IUPUI Games

ST_Lawson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:04:53 GMT

WIU712 (1/26/2012)
[quote]ST_Lawson (1/26/2012)
I'll be pulling out the trombone to play along with the pep band at Saturday's double-header.

YEA!! The Pep Band will be back!! [/quote]

Well, I'm sure they're doing just fine without me, but hopefully I can add a bit more to the "bottom end".

RE: The IUPUI Games

ST_Lawson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:00:08 GMT

Yup, I'll be at both games.

Look for a guy who looks like this but without the sunglasses (this one's a bit more recent than my profile pic):

RE: The IUPUI Games

WIU712 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:56:20 GMT

ST_Lawson (1/26/2012)
I'll be pulling out the trombone to play along with the pep band at Saturday's double-header.

YEA!! The Pep Band will be back!!

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rocky06 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:00:35 GMT

Glad to hear that, Scott. Will you be playing at both games? I'll make sure to stop over and introduce myself.

RE: The IUPUI Games

ST_Lawson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:04:09 GMT

I'll be pulling out the trombone (not a euphamism) to play along with the pep band at Saturday's double-header. Keep an eye out for me, I'll be the one almost old enough to be one of the band member's parents.

RE: The IUPUI Games

WIU712 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:31:24 GMT

Western Illinois Athletics Announces Food Fight Night Details for Saturday

MACOMB, Ill. - Western Illinois Athletics is proud to announce "Food Fight" Night for this Saturday's (Jan. 28) basketball doubleheader against IUPUI at Western Hall. Fans who donate a canned food item will receive free admission to the Leathernecks' games against IUPUI.

The annual event, now in its fourth year, is a Summit League-wide food drive initiative tied in with Students Team Up to Fight Hunger (STUFH) and organized by The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) at each institution. All food donated during the January 28th games at Western Hall will go to the Western Illinois Regional Council (WIRC) in Macomb.

"The Food Fight is a great way for the student-athletes to give back to their local communities ," said Lisa Melz-Jennings , Assistant Director of Athletics for Academic Services/Senior Woman Administrator and advisor of Western's SAAC. "I know that Western Illinois student-athletes realize how very fortunate they are and that they like to do what they can for those in need. The Western Illinois Regional Council is also very appreciative of the work that the student-athletes do and the generosity of the Macomb community."

Last season, Western raised awareness to help stop hunger on Food Fight Night by collecting 1,019 pounds of food and participating in the WIRC Food Pantry. That number was up from 545 pounds raised in 2010.

Back in November, a total of 10 men's games and 10 women's games were selected with each school having exactly one week to collect food and/or cash donations and two weeks if the date features both a men's and women's basketball game. At the end of the Food Fight schedule, the school that raises the most amount of food, measured in pounds, will be deemed the winner and receive The Summit League Food Fight trophy.

The Summit League and its member schools raised a combined total equivalent of more than 74,000 pounds of food in the first three years of the program. Last season, the 10 league members combined to collect the equivalent of over 39,700 pounds, almost doubling the total of 20,500 pounds the previous year. In addition, seven schools surpassed the 1,000-pound mark in donations.

The Summit League introduced a program called "FLIP THE FOOD FIGHT" last year where the league sent a Flip Video camera to conference schools to record all activities for the Food Fight. The initiative promoted the great efforts done by each school's SAAC during the Food Fight campaign.

2011-12 Summit League "Food Fight" Schedule:

Nov. 19 - St. Francis (N.Y.) at IUPUI (Women)

Nov. 20 - Eastern Michigan at IUPUI (Men)

Jan. 14 - South Dakota at North Dakota State (Men/Women)

Jan. 28 - IUPUI at Western Illinois (Men/Women); South Dakota at Southern Utah (Men/Women); North Dakota State at Oakland (Women)

Feb. 4 - Southern Utah at South Dakota State (Men/Women)

Feb. 9 - South Dakota State at South Dakota (Men)

Feb. 11 - South Dakota State at UMKC (Men/Women); Western Illinois at Oral Roberts (Men/Women); IPFW at Oakland (Men)

Feb. 13 - South Dakota State at South Dakota (Women)

The IUPUI Games

WIU712 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:25:37 GMT

Hey Leatherneck Fans!

Saturday's double-header with IUPUI will be part of the Summit League "Food Fight Night".

The Summit League will again designate 20 "Food Fight" games during the basketball season as part of a league-wide food drive, now in its fourth year. The Summit League and its member schools raised a combined total equivalent of over 74,000 lbs. of food in the first three years of the program.

At the end of the Food Fight schedule, the school that raises the most amount of food, measured in pounds, will be deemed the winner and will receive The Summit League Food Fight trophy.

Last season, Oakland University claimed the "Food Fight" title by raising over 11,000 lbs. of food. Overall, the 10 league members combined to collect the equivalent of over 39,700 lbs., almost doubling the total of 20,500 lbs. the previous year.

To help in this effort, Western will be giving a FREE General Admission ticket to everyone bringing in a food donation.

So spread the word!