www.mchighlanders.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbba

Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 17, 2016, 11:44:14 AM
Canceled or postponed?

No makeup date determined yet, but will be played at some point.

Mac at BC cancelled today.

I believe Prin did the same thing with football several years ago announcing in August that the program would be discontinued. Have heard scuttlebutt that Prin is considering a move to club status for a number of their sports. Not very thrilled with their latest shenanigans.....

Know this is the men's board, but since the SLIAC women's board rarely is visited thought I'd place this here too. Principia just announces that they will not field a women's basketball team this year. Nothing like waiting this late after conference schedule is posted to make that announcement.

Principia just announces that they will not field a women's basketball team this year. Nothing like waiting this late after conference schedule is posted.

Http://www.sj-r.com/sports/20160508/rochester-graduate-sapetti-to-leave-u-of-i-return-to-basketball-at-illinois-wesleyan?rssfeed=true

Nice pick up for IWU.

Emily Nordsiek
PG
2015 2nd Team IBCA 1A/2A All-State
Athens High School
Committed to IWU






 

To quote Ric Flair, "To be the man, you gotta beat the man!" 
They gotta just enjoy the ride while it lasts regardless and cherish the memories!

Quote from: hopefan on February 28, 2016, 07:54:04 PM
I may have missed it on SLIAC.org, but I didn't see the All tourney team announced, except for the two who made it from the Westminster Championship team...

Greenville... Daniel Saelli... he's the point on Greenville's second unit, and was the only Greenville player who made anything from the perimeter on Thursday night..

MacMurray... Lance Buhlig.... reserve guard, he too was about it for his team offensively

Spalding... Nick Trisko...incredible on the boards in the finals, collected every rebound in sight.. and to give my interpretation of the last play of the game... a perfect miss on the free throw by James Turner allowed Trisko to get his hands on the rebound, and in the rebounding melee, he tapped, pushed the ball back at the hoop, and it went to the side of the rim.. it was NOT a 'jump shot' or a 'layup'....
                James Turner... shot very well both nights

Westmin ... Jimmy Villallabos... reserve guard, huge steals defensively led to win in championship game, several key hoops...

MOP of Tournament... Nick Carlos... one man show from 3's in the finals....

If there had to be at least one person from each team, these were the perfect selections... if someone from either Mac or GC was not selected, then Romo Tabb or Rylan Rowe would have been good selections....

Rylan Rowe was more than deserving and should have been selected. Two excellent performances and his fouling out in the championship game was a huge loss for Spalding. Was a pleasure watching him play the two games.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 02, 2015, 06:55:50 PM

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on October 30, 2015, 09:50:39 PM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on October 30, 2015, 08:07:00 PM
I know this isn't about basketball, but there was a discussion here a while back about Iowa Wesleyan cutting back academic programs. Here's another article that focuses on Wartburg College, an IIAC school, doing the same thing. But it is also SLIAC relevant because it mentions MaacMurray in the 5th paragraph from the end. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/29/wartburg-college-and-other-liberal-arts-institutions-make-drastic-cuts-challenging

All these things can have an impact on athletic programs, just as athletic programs can help enrollment. Lots of forces at work.

I have to kind of wonder if a school that no longer offers an English, history, or philosophy major is still a 'liberal arts' college.  While there is certainly a role for tech schools, business schools, etc., at what point of cutting majors does MacMurray become guilty of false advertising in claiming to be a Liberal Arts College?

Quote from: CoachM on November 01, 2015, 11:09:31 PM
As one who has a vested interest in the long term success of MacMurray as a viable college, I can say that all students enrolled in majors that were eliminated will be able to finish their majors at Mac. There just will be no option for current frosh to major in the eliminated majors. Also, Mac is in the process of adding new majors to the curriculum. With a new President and Provost, there should be a lot of positives going forward for Mac to see long term growth and susuccesses academically. New scholarship opportunities implemented for 2016 will help secure growth for Mac.

That's not really a response to Chuck's point, though. And that point is very valid: A school that does not offer majors in English, history, or philosophy has a dubious claim upon being a liberal arts college, because English, history, and philosophy are the very heart of what constitutes the liberal arts. As Chuck said, without those majors MacMurray is in serious danger of being guilty of false advertising when it calls itself a liberal arts college.

And, yes, I recognize that those three fields don't draw a lot of students willing to major in them, and that they're thus not as attractive to college administrators from a cost-effective point of view as are business, nursing, education, etc. Doesn't matter. They're what make the brand, as it were. The critical-thinking skills and broad-based learning that liberal arts colleges sell themselves as bestowing upon their students are based upon literature, history, philosophy, mathematics, and language in particular, as they in turn are the modern forms of the ancient Trivium and Quadrivium of classical education.

Quote from: hopefan on November 02, 2015, 06:46:23 AM
Let's hope the new President and Provost recognize the positives student athletes can bring to a small school... the kids deserve far better facilities than are currently existing....

The primary positives that student-athletes bring to a small school are their tuition dollars. Small liberal arts college such as MacMurray tend to be tuition-driven -- as MacMurray, which has an endowment of less than $11m, most certainly is -- and the opportunity to compete in intercollegiate athletics is a surefire way to draw students onto a campus. That's why many D3 schools, especially the smaller private schools, have such a high proportion of student-athletes among their student populations. For example, somewhere between 40-45% of MacMurray's student body consists of student-athletes.

My response was to Chuck's statement "Ive often thought cutting entire majors can start a 'death spiral'." I wasn't addressing the liberal arts designation, but was addressing the death spiral comment and another comment about students in eliminated majors transferring.

As one who has a vested interest in the long term success of MacMurray as a viable college, I can say that all students enrolled in majors that were eliminated will be able to finish their majors at Mac. There just will be no option for current frosh to major in the eliminated majors. Also, Mac is in the process of adding new majors to the curriculum. With a new President and Provost, there should be a lot of positives going forward for Mac to see long term growth and susuccesses academically. New scholarship opportunities implemented for 2016 will help secure growth for Mac.

Rich Herrin coached at Marion High between SIU and Morthland. Rich was at Benton forever. He coached Doug Collins amongst others and the gym at Benton is the Rich Herrin Gym I believe. It appears there is a typo on the website as I don't believe he ever coached at Okawville.

Rich Herrin actually coached high school at Benton prior to his going to SIU.

Maddie Merritt has committed to IWU. Maddie played high school ball at Tri-Valley and club ball with the Predators program out of Springfield. Maddie was recruited by Maryville U and Columbia College (NAIA D1) amongst others. Maryville and Columbia both saw Maddie as a stretch 4 in their programs. She will give IWU some size.