After talking to numerous players in the NAC, watcing numerous scrimmages, a handful of exhibitions, sneaking into a couple of practices, the Frontier is changing some preseason picks.

AU
CUC
Edgewood
Lakeland
Dominican
Next 5 teams will fight for this spot
Wis. Lutheran, CUW, Maranatha, Marian, Benedictine
Basement is...ROCKFORD

And so, I even more so feel that AU might run the table undefeated in conference?  And why do I ask this?  Because I'm the new dean of the NAC!

I have a wealth of knowledge about both conferences.  My feelings are that the Illinois schools will dominate the league this year hands down.  Order of finish:

Aurora- welton will be the mvp
dominican - their big is for real and they brought in some ballers
edgewood- new coach, new program =more wins
benedictine- coach b will come close to 20 wins this year
Wisc. Lutheran- bringing back some young talent, scrappy play causes confusion
Con. WI- good senior, huenink will dominate the league
Lakeland- rogers is for real
Marian- the big will surpass 1000 pts.
Con. RF- all 5 starters return
Rockford- lost everybody, brought in nobody
maranatha- will be playing rockford for this spot