I just have to say that the reports from RogK are good and reliable as always.  Between him and Old Hoosier Baller I have seen some very insightful comments in regards to next season.  Elmhurst does look very good and I was thinking after watching them this past year that they would have a really good year this upcoming year.  Since there have been very few posts lately, I have been looking  back at past posts and I think that it is intriguing that when you look at the returning players statistics that Kristin Fox from Augustana shows up in each one.  If Augustana can make a move forward she might show up as one of the better guards in the CCIW this upcoming season(see the returning leading rebounders and look at the number of guards on that list).  She will be a senior but technically she was only a sophomore experience wise due to her not playing most of her sophomore year.  She could be an underrated player in the upcoming season, her last year.  I have been able to watch a couple of the Elmhurst summer league games as well and I think that it will be interesting to see these teams as the season starts.  I have not seen a team yet that has the core of there team playing in summer league so it is hard to tell at this point.  Rog, regarding the "new" kid for Augustana, the kid that I think that you are referring too as the possible "Gills" kid, I think that was Jessica..............and I forgot her last name, but she is from Morrison and was a freshmen at Augustana this year.  She played JV and suited varsity.  I did see her in HS and she was a tough HS player who could develop with some work and added strength.  She seems to be doing that and that is a credit to the current program at Augustana because she was definitely better a couple weeks ago than she was when I saw here in high school.  I have also seen the 6'2" kid that is going to North Central and she is pretty good.  She is limited in her movement but she will help them and will be a great compliment to McGuire.

I am a fan of the CCIW on the men's and women's side.  I always enjoy when you see someone impact a program and it is no wonder why some of the top programs have had people in place for some time.  I think that posting has been great because it gives all of us a voice, unforunately even the ignorant ones and those who want to start up some trouble.  I did get a chance to see every team play at least twice this year, most teams more.  I do agree that IWU and Elmhurst are going to be good next year.  IWU does have a number of good players returning and Solari is amazing.  They did however lose arguably the best backcourt in the country and that is not easy to replace.  They will still be fine though.  Thanks to Thundermike for doing all of that research in regards to who everyone is losing.  What is funny though is that everyone besides Elmhurst and Augustana is losing a top scorer and or rebounder and an all conf. selection, or two.  Everyone besides Augustana is losing at least 3 players who contributed, you could argue this point for Elmhurst's sake with only really losing Bobruk who was a heck of a player.  It doesn't sound like many of you actually have had a chance to watch Augustana play in the past 3 years.  The caliber of players on that roster is completely different from that on the team when coach Endress took over.  The comparison with coach Black is unfair considering he did well when he took over the program with a couple of 14 win seasons followed by a 15 win season in his 3rd year.  It quickly went downhill as his recruiting classes took over with a couple of 6 year win seasons including 0 wins in conference in his final year.  I think that the coaching situations are looking pretty good at Augustana, North Park and North Central but theses young coaches need more than 2 - 3 years to change something that was in the situation it was in when taken over, in fairness to those young coaches.  The addition of the Gills kid if she is an all stater will be the 4th in two years for Augustana's incoming class, that is pretty impressive.  Did they look great last year?  I saw them at NCU where they were getting blown out at halftime and went on a crazy run to bring in back in the 2nd half.  They looked like a bunch of freshmen to me.  They had 1 Senior and 1 Junior who was injured as a Sophmore and anyone who knows anything about the game knows how important experience is.  I think the conference is heading in the right direction and I will look for more Parody at the top next year with a couple of teams surprising some people.  North Park however is going to have to rely on a couple of young returners and whatever they have coming in next year but if they stick with her I think she will do a good job there.