Knightstalker

What does Sikma count toward, no man's land, purgatory?

Knightstalker
   There is no official thing as a Division III   
Academic All-America, at least in basketball.  The categories are as the NCAA used to be:  University Division and College Division. College Division includes everything but NCAA I, including NAIA I and II and the
Christian College Assn., or whatever else it may be called.  So Sikma would be a College Division selection because he played for a school that was in the College Division then (NAIA).  Al Black and Greg Yess also played when IWU held dual membership but had not yet gone NCAA III in basketball--Ancient Titan

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Prior to this season, IWU had 13
first-team  Academic All-Americans in men's basketball.  It seems to me that Keelan Amelianovich made it this year but  I could be wrong. Only UCLA's
17 top the IWU total among all-divisions.
    The IWU first-teamers were Dean Gravlin, '72, 73; Bob Spear, '75, '76, '77; Jack Sikma, '76, '77; Al Black, '78; Greg
Yess, '81, '82; Brian Coderre, '87; and Korey Coon, '99, '00.  IWU's basketball brochure listed 14 in 2004-05, but listed only the 13.  Coon was a two-time Academic All-American of the year and Sikma is in the Academic All-America Hall of Fame--Ancient Titan.

There's no way IWU would leave the CCIW for the Midwest.  Dennie Bridges laughed when the earlier post s  on that possibility were mentioned to him.  It makes no sense geographically or athleticly.  I'll leave open the possibility for arguments on  the educational aspects.

Mr. Ypsi--Are you sure Kentucky State was a non-scholarship program?  Many of the teams in the NAIA had scholarships b
ack then--before the NAIA went to a 2-division setup.
   
   One of my memories of KC was the large crowds that Eau Claire brought.

Did anyone see The Sporting News spread on the NAIA?  One of the strange aspects was the failure to list Jack Sikma among the top NAIA products  who had great careers in the NBA.  Maybe they were limiting it to guys from schools still in the NAIA.   Jack played there 3 years.         

I don't have access to the updated listings but a few years ago only UCLA had more first team basketball Academic All-Americans than Ill. Wesleyan. I know that  Korey Coon making it broke a tie for 2nd with Indiana.  But I'm not sure whether it was when he made it the first time in 1999 or in 2000. IWU has now had 13 first-team selections, 3 of them going to now Dr. Bob Spear (1975, '76 and '77).  Jack Sikma ('76, '77) is also in the AAA Hall of Fame)--Ed Alsene, former IWU SID.

The 18 Pool C  men's teams averaged 21.56 wins and 5.17 losses for a percentage of .806.  The 4 Pool B teams averaged 21.25  wins and 5.75  losses for .787.  The 37 conference automatic qualifiers averaged 20.30 wins and 6.11 losses for  . 768.      Add to file of  meaningless  statistics.

Dennis--That is not  a  unanimous  opinion.  But you do crack me up at times.

Methinks Q was pulling your collective legs on Harrigan vs.  Harrigan--and if someone has already pointed this out, excuse me.  There might be a surprising matchup, though.

In my recent post I should have said Laub was the only returning  starter on the 1966-67 team that was the first IWU team to win four straight  CCIW titles. They shared  the 1963-64 title with Carthage.   

IWU 70, Mr. Ypsi. et al--
   A few points concerning the recent discussion on point guards--
  There's a good reason Steve Laub's assist totals aren't to be found.  We didn't keep them then but he would have had plenty. We weren't calling anyone a point guard then, either.  Laub was the consummate team player.  In his senior season, 1966,  he was the only returning starter but led  IWU to the conference title and led the team in field goal percentage with .454.
   T he  arrival of Brad Gregurich in 1979 marked the first time  we referred to a point guard.   I believe Gregurich's assist totals would be considerably higher under current conditions.  We didn't dish them out as freely then as I believe they do now.  Like Laub he was an unselfish player.

King Dennis--I am disappointed in you. You left out one la in your post 669.  We cherish accuracy on this board...

Bryan Crabtree has left the  European basketball wars for the business wars.  He is a stock broker for, I think,   Edward Jones Co.   He also plays a pretty good game of golf.