Not to open the can of worms again, and I apologize if this was already posted about (I went back a little ways, but not over the whole season)...  Does Carthage being the host for the tournament on the weekend mean that there will be no free livestream of the games? 

Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 19, 2025, 09:49:11 PMIllinois Wesleyan 87
North Park 81

Rico Powell: 23 pts
Davante Robinson: 12 pts
Taijon Barry: 12 pts
Lance Nelson: 4:0 a:to

Harrison Wilmsen: 17 pts, 7 rebs
Nick Roper: 12 pts
Mason Funk: 10 pts
Josh Fridman: 10 pts

The Vikings continue their reeling. They did make a late comeback attempt that fell short, but they dug themselves too deep a hole to climb back out of it against a good team.

This collapse has been epic. Tonight's loss makes it a five-game skid for NPU, and at the worst time of the year. And now the Vikings have to shake all that off and get themselves in a positive frame of mind for Tuesday's quarterfinal.

The encouraging thing for me, watching the game, was that Rico Powell looked like the player we saw in the first half of the conference season (at least in the second half of this game).  For the past few games (the 5 straight losses), he's looked off.  If he plays the way he did last night in the conference tournament, I will be a lot more optimistic about the outcome.

North Park made its first appearance of the year in the RV category with 2. 

Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 02, 2025, 09:26:57 PMYou mean like in that Seinfeld episode in which Kramer's friend Brodie sits in movie theaters with a small camera and surreptitiously films movies as they play on the screen and then sells bootleg copies of them on the street -- and eventually forces Jerry to be his cameraman?

Exactly! 

Greg, any chance you're going to travel up to Carthage on Saturday and want to stream the game for us all from your phone?

Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 23, 2024, 07:42:50 PMThis brutal schedule NPU's playing won't get one bit easier, as Anderson, yet another 2024 D3 tourney team on the NPU sked, enters the crackerbox on Tuesday night. I watched the Ravens take apart Carthage earlier today, and AU looked very impressive in doing so.

I haven't watched Carthage play any other games... but I honestly wonder... did Anderson look impressive, or was Carthage just really bad today?  The number of passes they telegraphed for AU to pickoff and take for easy layups was shocking.  I think at one point it happened at least 3 Carthage possessions in a row. 

I was super disappointed to see Sean Smith left, but I'm actually pretty excited about Edwind McGhee stepping in to the role.  I don't know him personally at all, but seeing the way he's often been included in announcements by recruits on social media, he's clearly doing something right, gaining trust and getting guys bought in. 

I can't blame Coach Smith at all for taking a D1 role, and I can't blame Kolden for seeing what schools might be interested in someone who has been as successful as he has the last couple years. 

I don't see this so much as wheels coming off, maybe just a little flat tire that needs to be changed. 

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 17, 2024, 10:40:17 PMhttps://twitter.com/ko1denv/status/1769461438093885857?t=0xd0pw40rw3Ar2g_J2omkA&s=19

Kolden confirming he's in the portal. Not sure if that's news

Well that seems less than ideal.  I know it doesn't mean he's for sure leaving, but oof, that's rough to see.

I know this won't be for everyone, but as a NP fan I'm loving reading this sub stack from sports writer Gordon Edes. 

https://gordonedes.substack.com

It absolutely has a blue and gold tint to it, but it gives some really great background about an exciting coach and players who seem like they are ready for something big this year. 

Living almost 3,500 kilometres away (I live in Canada, we use km up here), this is the most I've been able to get to know a North Park basketball team since I was an undergrad.

DePaul 74 - NP 63.

NP out rebounded DePaul 33-32, NP had fewer turnovers (16-18), and NP had 4 more steals (11-7).  The steals and turnovers were things I would have hoped NP would have been close on.  The rebound stat is exciting to me. 

Purely watching the gamecast (I had to talk too much in my meeting to sneak AirPods in during it), it seemed like NP kept it close-ish for much of the game. 

I'm encouraged, and looking forward to GS's recap of the game.

Greg, do you know if that game will be viewable online anywhere? I did see a link on DePaul's website for audio, but I'll be in a meeting during the game (a video feed is a lot easier to hide than audio!).

Millikin scored 3 of their 4 goals in the last 3:30ish.  Just a disaster for DePaul.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on August 11, 2023, 05:34:56 PM
North Park has a late addition to the roster: 5'10 rising junior Julian Gatewood out of Homewood-Flossmoor. As a starter in the Aurora backcourt last season he averaged 9.4 ppg for the Spartans, but it was his shooting line that was particularly impressive: .449/.393/.903, as he led Aurora in treys made as well as trey percentage. With Jonah Ogunsanya sitting out the upcoming season due to injury, it's likely that Gatewood will compete with Davante Robinson for the role of designated sharpshooter off the bench.

You know I'm excited about an HF alum!

Quote from: Gotberg on August 08, 2023, 03:06:59 PM
This note could probably be added to any of the boards, since Greg is a great contributor with all of them.  But I know Greg's passion for NPU sports probably started with basketball.

Congratulations to Greg Sager for receiving the call to the NPU Viking Hall of Fame with his induction scheduled for December 2nd.

Congratulations Greg!  The time, energy, and passion you put in to supporting NP sports is one of the reasons I still care about following and watching still. 

Quote from: USee on March 01, 2023, 12:30:43 PM

They also have Illinois College as a 6.5pt favorite at Wheaton with a 38% chance to win. IC has a 107 offensive PPP and 90.9 on defense. Interesting data.

Yeah I was confused by that, do you think they just put that -6.5 on the wrong line?  It has Wheaton with a 62% chance to win...