Wheaton College Thunder, Wheaton, IL
Rank in last D3hoops.com poll: 4
College of Central Illinois and Wisconsin Regular Season and Conference Tournament Champions
Record: 24-3, (11-3)
Key Wins: 91-79 vs. Hope, 64-55 @ Augustana (to end the 3 game losing streak), 77-66 vs. North Central, 67-73 vs. Elmhurst (the last 2 were come from behind wins at home in the CCIW tourney)
Record Against Tournament Teams: 3-1 (Wins over Hope and (2) Elmhurst and a loss to Elmhurst)
Starters
24 Kent Raymond 6'3'' Sr G. 24.3 ppg, .507 FG, .889 FT (Go to scorer)
22 Ben Panner 6'4'' Jr G 12.7 PPG, .347 3FG (Lockdown Defender)
42 Andy Wiele 6'8'' Sr C 14.5 PPG, 8.5 RPG (Post threat)
30 Tim McCrary 6'6'' Fr F 9.4 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.4 BPG, 1 SPG (Athletic/Creates Mismatches)
50 Jake Carwell 6'7'' Jr F 6.2 PPG, 4.7 RPG, .7 BPG, 1.4 SPG (Energizer/Hustler)
Key Subs
12 Jeremy Pflederer 6'0'' Fr. G (Occasional Sparkplug) 5.6 PPG .472 3FG
10 Andrew Jahns 6'0'' So. G (Solid Defender) 5.4 PPG, 1 SPG
41 Brad Smith 6'5' So. F/C' (1st Big of the Bench... doesn't get much burn because of the 3 bigs that start)
Details: 77.3 PPG vs. 63.7 (opp.). The team is hungry after an elite 8 loss last March to Hope. The team returned all 5 starters (Jahns became a 6th man to make way for McCrary) and returns 3-time All-America 5th year Senior Kent Raymond, projected as D3hoops.com Preseason MVP, multiple CCIW MOP award. The team won 11 games without pre-season All-America C Andy Weile, who returned a game before Kent Raymond went down with a ankle injury that kept him out 3 games (Wheaton went 1-2). Raymond has shown the ability to dominate any opponent and can score from anywhere on the floor. Weile started slowly coming back from injury but has begun to look like his old self despite battling the flu in the CCIW tourney.
Rank in last D3hoops.com poll: 4
College of Central Illinois and Wisconsin Regular Season and Conference Tournament Champions
Record: 24-3, (11-3)
Key Wins: 91-79 vs. Hope, 64-55 @ Augustana (to end the 3 game losing streak), 77-66 vs. North Central, 67-73 vs. Elmhurst (the last 2 were come from behind wins at home in the CCIW tourney)
Record Against Tournament Teams: 3-1 (Wins over Hope and (2) Elmhurst and a loss to Elmhurst)
Starters
24 Kent Raymond 6'3'' Sr G. 24.3 ppg, .507 FG, .889 FT (Go to scorer)
22 Ben Panner 6'4'' Jr G 12.7 PPG, .347 3FG (Lockdown Defender)
42 Andy Wiele 6'8'' Sr C 14.5 PPG, 8.5 RPG (Post threat)
30 Tim McCrary 6'6'' Fr F 9.4 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 1.4 BPG, 1 SPG (Athletic/Creates Mismatches)
50 Jake Carwell 6'7'' Jr F 6.2 PPG, 4.7 RPG, .7 BPG, 1.4 SPG (Energizer/Hustler)
Key Subs
12 Jeremy Pflederer 6'0'' Fr. G (Occasional Sparkplug) 5.6 PPG .472 3FG
10 Andrew Jahns 6'0'' So. G (Solid Defender) 5.4 PPG, 1 SPG
41 Brad Smith 6'5' So. F/C' (1st Big of the Bench... doesn't get much burn because of the 3 bigs that start)
Details: 77.3 PPG vs. 63.7 (opp.). The team is hungry after an elite 8 loss last March to Hope. The team returned all 5 starters (Jahns became a 6th man to make way for McCrary) and returns 3-time All-America 5th year Senior Kent Raymond, projected as D3hoops.com Preseason MVP, multiple CCIW MOP award. The team won 11 games without pre-season All-America C Andy Weile, who returned a game before Kent Raymond went down with a ankle injury that kept him out 3 games (Wheaton went 1-2). Raymond has shown the ability to dominate any opponent and can score from anywhere on the floor. Weile started slowly coming back from injury but has begun to look like his old self despite battling the flu in the CCIW tourney.