Quote from: markerickson on February 25, 2025, 10:55:27 AMIs the RESPECT Award comparable to tykes' 'everybody gets a trophy" award? /s  For example, what did DJ Wallace do to earn his award?

If you would spend five minutes with DJ, you wouldn't need to ask this question.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 04, 2025, 07:35:50 PMNorth Park 69
Carthage 68

John Gaines: 11 pts, 7 rebs
DJ Wallace, 10 pts, 3 stls
Tristan Arneaud: 4:1 a:to
Davante Robinson: 4 stls
Rico Powell: 3 stls

Riley Brooks: 19 pts
AJ Johnson: 18 pts (10-11 FT)
Ryan Johnson: 10 pts, 10 rebs, 3 blks

Taijon Barry made the first of two FTs to break a tie with one second left, and Rico Powell grabbed the offensive rebound after Barry missed the second. Kudos to Carthage for forcing the game to go down to the wire by closing late, as NPU led for the vast majority of the game but could never put away the Firebirds; the Vikings never led by more than 10.

North Park moves to 9-4, 4-0, and is the last undefeated team left in CCIW play. Carthage drops to 8-4, 2-1.

Big, big road win for the Park.

As exciting as Wallace's 10 pts are, his 5 rebounds are just as exciting, if not moreso!

Well, with tonight's Wheaton win over Concordia-WI, the CCIW moves to 17-7, for a winning percentage of almost 71%. I wonder what's improved over last year: our teams or our scheduling?

Because I'm not sure how well the evening will go for the CCIW, this might be a good time to point out that, at 14-5, the CCIW's non-con winning percentage is a fairly robust .700.  Let's enjoy that while we can.

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Quote from: Greek Tragedy on September 07, 2024, 07:04:42 AMI think posted elsewhere, but not here.

Carthage has 3 D2 transfers coming in.

https://twitter.com/WisBBYearbook/status/1831111266670428463?t=GUTEpuCe6Rma-bnL-uc4HA&s=19

Arnold and Montgomery played a combined 27 minutes last season, so I don't think we're going to see a lot of playing time out of either unless there's an injury, someone transferred out, or, in the immortal words of Herb Brooks, "someone's game goes to 'heck'".

Riley Brooks, on the other hand, played good minutes at NMU and could be just what SteveD needs to replace some of the void left by Fillip Bulatovic.

Looking forward to this season. Carthage returns a lot of pieces. Johnson, Johnson, Nesbitt, Campbell, Sigel, Williams...should be a fun year (just) north of the border.

Now can we do something about those Saturday 4:00 starts??

None of the transfers are on the roster...and neither is Campbell.

https://athletics.carthage.edu/sports/mens-basketball/roster

But no Freshmen are listed yet either so the transfers will likely appear when the roster is complete. Campbell,though, is a significant loss.

My son just sent me this.   https://athletics.augustana.edu/news/2023/12/20/mens-basketball-augustana-announces-leadership-change-for-mens-basketball-program.aspx

Quote from: Gregory Sager on September 16, 2023, 05:22:32 PM
North Park is playing two exhibition games against D1 teams this season:

Nov. 2 @ DePaul
Nov. 9 @ SIU-Edwardsville

Dick Vitale is finally getting his dream matchup 43 years later.

When/if you get a time and an actual address for the DePaul game, could you post that too? I'd love to get over there and see that.

Quote from: WUPHF on September 16, 2023, 09:54:29 AM
Understood.  I thought I would add that in case any Millikin were feeling nervous though long term, I guess we should all be nervous.

From your vantage point and experience, what are some of the warning signs of a Higher Ed institution that's in financial trouble? Is it the cutting of academic programs, athletic programs, an increasing use of adjunct faculty, declining enrollment (which might be more of a chicken/egg issue), a disproportionate and increasing reliance on online, off-campus learning? Maybe it's all of these things and more but are there any telltale signs that you (or anyone else on the board) are aware of?

Quote from: WUPHF on September 15, 2023, 11:57:57 PM
I waste a lot of my time thinking about the future of higher education including the enrollment and financial trends and for what it is worth, Millikin is far better off than Cabrini.

Oh, I wasn't meaning to equate the two situations - just to "justify" putting it on this board.

I realize the article I have linked below has no direct CCIW connection but it does discuss the closing of Cabrini University at the end of this academic year and mentions several other small Liberal Arts schools that have closed or are likely to close in the near future. I know there was talk on this board last Spring (?) of Millikin not refilling certain positions and maybe eliminating others. Scary times for a lot of Higher Ed institutions.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/business/financial-health/2023/06/26/cabrini-university-will-close#:~:text=After%20months%20of%20seeking%20a,deal%20to%20acquire%20its%20campus.

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Quote from: lmitzel on September 08, 2023, 04:47:16 PM
NCC sharing their incoming class for this season. Six freshmen, three transfers.

Albion's Ken Thomas was a 2nd team all-MIAA. 16 pts and 6.9 rebs.

Gaston was 1st team NJCAA D3 AA. A couple of high quality transfers.

Well that makes at least three quality additions then because Tyler Swierczek from Palatine High School is a Freshman who would add value to any CCIW rotation. Ive seen him play for four years now and he is the real deal. Solid all round player on both ends of the floor and particularly dangerous from beyond the arc.

And did I perhaps just set a record for conjunctions used in a single sentence? I don't know whether to apologize or boast.

I might be tardy to the party with this one but has this already been posted about or am I not the only one to learn today that Elmhurst's 23-24 roster is up and includes the following "rising" graduate students, (just to keep that one alive for fun):

Ocean Johnson
Myles Thomas
Jonathan Zapinski
Wesley Hooker

This makes/keeps Elmhurst much more relevant for this upcoming season.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on May 16, 2023, 04:04:57 PM
North Park has added Jakhi Gray, a 6'0" guard from Metea Valley, and Phil Holmes, a 6'9", 225 PF/C from Simeon via Governors State (2021-22) and juco North Idaho (2022-23).

This is NPU's incoming group thus far:

freshmen
Jakhi Gray, 6'0", Aurora (Metea Valley)
Kendall Lavender, 6'2", Alton (Marquette Catholic)
Caleb Newman, 6'0", Lansing (T.F. South)
Trevon Roots, 6'6", Aurora (Marmion)
Brandon Swann, 6'1", Bradenton FL (IMG Academy)
DJ Wallace, 6'9", Hoffman Estates (HS)

transfers
Trey Brooks, 6'5" Elyria OH (Open Door Christian) / D2 Lake Erie (rising junior)
Phil Holmes, 6'9", Chicago (Simeon) / NAIA Governors State / juco North Idaho (rising junior)
Nabil Kone, 6'8", Bamako, Mali / NAIA Trinity International (rising junior)
Mike Vuckovic, 5'11", Hoffman Estates (HS) / juco Harper (rising sophomore)
Nick Vuckovic, 5'11", Hoffman Estates (HS) / juco Harper (rising sophomore)

Greg, are the Vuckovics considered to have used a year of eligibility?

A little more background on DJ Wallace:

Team Captain
15 ppg, 6 rpg, 2 blks per game
60% FG (led the team Junior and Senior year)
77% FT
Maine West Thanksgiving All-Tournament
Hinkle Holiday Classic All-Tournament
MSL All-Conference
Daily Herald All-Area