Final Danville CC 73- IWU JV 67.

Halftime @ IWU. IWU JV 34- Danville CC 32

Good Titan win tonight.  And One looks tense in pre-game.

It has been made official on the IWU web page that Coach Steinbrueck has resigned.  Coach Stein has been a significant part of the IWU program for decades.  He always had a smile and a handshake for us bothersome fans.  My favorite memories of Titan basketball will include Coach Stein's many JV teams.  Often more entertaining than the varsity game.  Thanks for everything Coach, and we hope to see you soon.

One of the greatest Titan games I have ever witnessed!  The Hope College/Holland community were gracious hosts.  It's time to celebrate!

As you can tell by my number of posts, I am not a hall of fame poster, merely a lurker.  I have been an IWU fan since the late 1960s.  I am now 57 years old and can be considered an elderly IWU fan.  I found the posts by spencer 1988 and TitansIWU insightful, and I thank them.  Last night at the NCC/IWU mens game I left my baseline seat at halftime and watched the second half in the relative quiet of the upper level railing.  The reason for my move was a few of the usual suspects, a couple of IWU fans, even older than myself verbally abusing a NCC player.  After loudly discussing a Cardinal player's use of elbows, they agreed that said player was a "dirty player".  Yes, in midst of a physical half of basketball their green tinted vision only picked out one dark red jersey wearing culprit.  They yelled the player's number to the officials and screamed of his heinous deeds.  Fine, I can take complaining to the officials, that must come with the price of a ticket.  But, then they took upon themselves to scream at the young man, telling him that he was a dirty player, and when the player was fouled on the defensive end, he came to our end to shoot his free throws.  The two fans yelled at the dirty player and wanted to know how it felt to hit the floor and get his own medicine. Glaring at the fans were not enough.  I should have done more, but didn't.  I waited until half and I left my seat and headed for quieter surroundings.

I suffer the frustrated fans who coach from their seats, guided by the remarkable skill gained from hindsight.  I suffer the fans who feel it is their responsibility to distract the refs from their already difficult, if not impossible job.  But, I am disappointed with the spectators, who see nothing out of place by attacking young men and women who only want to play this sport they love, and compete with their like-minded opponents.  I can only hope that before anyone takes it upon themselves to attack and opposing player, that they take a second and imagine their target in their own school's colors.

I just want to give some kudos to Chuck, the NCC assistant SID.  He took time to hook me up with NCC wifi.  My iPad gives me something to do while waiting for two hopefully great games.  We hope to see a Wesleyan victory, but no matter what, thanks for being gracious hosts.

Thanks to Coach Rose, Coach Stein, and Coach Feeney for the great season. Thanks Titans for an exciting and enjoyable season.  A lot of memorable moments this weekend in WI.  Good luck to the Pointers on Friday.

Did anyone catch who threw out the first pitch at the Cubs/White Sox game today?  It was IWU Titan Steve Kuehl (89-93).

Great effort by the Titans this afternoon against a talented Wash U team.It looked like a couple times in the 2nd half that Wash U was getting ready to pull away but the Titans stayed with them the whole way.This will still be a good weekend if the Titans can come back tomorrow and play at the same level they played today against Wash U.