Lets move on to this Saturday's HL games.

[Raiderfan]

01/08/2005 UW-Green Bay @ Butler
01/08/2005 Pennsylvania @ UIC
01/08/2005 Detroit @ Wright State
01/08/2005 Youngstown State @ Cleveland State
01/08/2005 Loyola @ UW-Milwaukee

In my opinion their are 2 big games this weekend that might have an impact on who wins this thing.

First, our game with Detroit is huge. We have to protect our home court. The Titan's already stole one at UWM, the league favorite no less. If Detroit wins at our place they are going to be tough to catch with 2 league road wins against the top half of the league. We need to do what ever it takes to win this game.

The second big game is UW-GB @ Butler. This is big because if G-B wins they would stay unbeaten in the HL and win on the road against one of the projected top half teams. If Butler loses they are in serious trouble. This will be 2 home losses already.

[Raiderfan]

UW-GB 57
Butler 50

Is Butler out of contention for a top spot in the HL? They have now dropped to home games. Nice road win for G-B.

UIC 57
Penn 47
Nice non conference win. UIC has struggled this year so this score kind of surprised me.

Cleveland St. 78
YSU 62
Please don't get me started on YSU.

UWM 73
Loyola 56
No surprise here.

[Big D]

HL STANDINGS:

Wisc. Green Bay 3-0, 10-3 overall
Wisc. Milwaukee 3-1, 9-4
Wright St 3-1, 8-7
Detroit 2-1, 5-8
Illinois (Chi.) 2-2, 7-7
Cleveland St. 1-2, 4-7
Loyola Chi 1-3, 3-11
Youngstown State 1-4, 3-11
Butler 0-2, 5-7

[BasketBallJones]

RaiderFan, I think Butler is a bottom tier team in the HL. They are strictly a 3 point shooting, perimeter team. They have no inside offense, so the book on them is to play tough on the perimeter, limit their 3 point shooting %, and come home with a W. If we play well, we should beat Butler both games.