St. Norbert declared ineligible..................

It is not often that "The Roop" bestows his grace upon teams, especially ones he doesn't particularly like. So when "The Roop" says that St. Norbert has 6 winnable games ahead of them it was not a cue for them to lose back to back home games. This is most certainly non-compliance with The New Roop Order and therefore St. Norbert has been declared ineligible for this years post season.

Knox was compliant and now they are all but assured a spot in the MWC Tournament. Two more wins for them and I think it will be official. 9-7 looks like it will easily make the field and it would not surprise me if an 8-8, possibly two 8-8s make it this year.

Beloit is still there but their loss on Saturday was a real nail in the coffin. Too many teams ahead of them to fight past. Stranger things have happened though.

Monmouth is waiting in the wings should anyone stumble and trust me, Carroll is about to. Which brings me to Lake Forest. Hmmmm. They will need to repeat the run they had last year to make it and I'm not sure if they can.

Illinois College........ It's hard to comeback from an 0-5 start, usually because good teams don't start 0-5. They've had some nice wins but it is too little too late. They are officially a spoiler now.

Grinnell. I'm not exactly on the Grinnell band wagon but I don't dislike them either. It's rough to see a team go through a season like they are having. Every time the offensive numbers improve and they look like they are going to break out of it, they don't. It's unfortunate but their season is all about the EPSN game now.