Quote from: Inkblot on March 05, 2025, 04:23:46 PMMy annual tournament map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1ItNjVj0RbEhTGVDrkEJ7IJdz0HDQ8BE&usp=sharing

Very nice Ink. But , Gulf of AMERICA? 

Recruiting news

NCC has received a commitment from 5'10" PG Nasir Sears of Joliet West HS. Sears, who has speed to burn, is known for pinpoint passes off the dribble. Overall, he has been referred to as a clone of Terrance Moncrief, the Cardinals All-Conference PG who also came to Naperville from Joliet West.

I think the major problem system teams usually face is that they seem to give up monumental numbers of open layups. Unless they shoot an astronomical percentage on their threes, the gimme layups on the other end often quickly overtake the number of points scored on threes by the system team. System teams always shoot quickly. It's part of the system doctrine. This means possible offensive rebounders are seldom yet on scene under the basket. When the shot is launched a defender takes off. The defender who rebounds then fires a deep pass to the flyer who has an uncontested layup or dunk.

Recruit

La Crosse

Jack Crowley, a 6'4" 175 pound PG from Downers Grove North. Teammate of Point commit Grganto on Sweet 16 (still alive) team in Illinois. Very good athlete— Also SS on the FB team.

Recruits

I apologize if this information has already been posted.

Stevens Point

Bobby Grganto, A 6'6" 215 pound PF from Downers Grove North HS. Had 20 points in his last game. DGN is one of the Sweet 16 teams in Illinois.

Platteville

Ryan Prowicz, a 6'2" 170 pound SG from Hampshire, IL HS. Primary skill is perimeter scoring. Also QB on the FB team.

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Quote from: Stertorous Thunder on February 28, 2025, 10:34:29 PMThe Drew Gaston & Terrance Moncrief Show was fantastic - but just barely not enough for North Central to upset Carthage tonight. The Carthage MVP was the cameraman who permitted the out-of-bounds call to be overturned on replay.

Honestly, it was the right call to overturn it. Looked pretty clear off Gaston to me.

My beef is more so with Carthage's PA announcer. Not because he stole my thing (which, to be fair, I also stole from a guy who announced a middle school tournament I played in in Elgin forever ago) but because I was under the impression that the CCIW Tournament was supposed to be more of a neutral site thing and there was a clear imbalance in three calls between the two teams.

Obviously not pointing at that for the outcome; Carthage played just better enough to win. I'm just a little bitter because I've played nice in all of my CCIW Tournament games and now I'm questioning everything.

Rant over. Congrats to Carthage on a hard fought win. And congrats to NCC on a good season. Going to miss Ethan, Drew, and Terrance.

The Carthage PA guy was a real joker who, if the tournament game staff people were truly supposed to be neutral (despite being home teamers), really stepped outside the boundaries. Several times during the first half he announced that if NCC missed 2 free throws in a row in the 2nd half that the Carthage fans would get free coupons from the local Culver's. Accordingly, he loudly encouraged them to boo loudly whenever NCC went to the line—not that the home fans, especially the students massed under the NCC 2nd half basket, needed any extra encouragement. I mean they would have naturally booed anyway, but the announcer excitedly whipping them into an even heightened frenzy was certainly a violation of the supposed CCIW Tourney staff neutrality rule. Throughout the evening he sure did a lot more than just announce the game action.

Quote from: Schipper Strong on March 01, 2025, 11:17:31 PMCongratulations to the Central Dutch on winning the ARC championship at Nebraska Wesleyan tonight! It was such a fun game to watch in person. The team was on a mission and they played very well.

Really disgusting to see what I believe was the NWU football team trolling Josh Van Gorp's sister as the team warmed up for the second half. Winning is pretty sweet revenge!

Keep it going in the NCAA playoffs Dutch.

If the trolling suspicion is true, the only thing a team that lost more than twice as many games as they won should be trolling is themselves!
And, it looks like the trolling jinxed their own team in the 2nd half more than it did the opposition. 😏

ARC CONFERENCE TOURNEY SEMIFINALS

Nebr Wesleyan 85
Wartburg             53

Central      78
Dubuque   71

Looks like the tourney championship game will be outside of the conceptual conference boundaries.
Too bad the Platte runs east-west. 😏

When Ethan received the pass the closest defender was about 5 feet away. As he brought the ball up to shoot, the defender jumped  toward him, diminishing the distance by about half before Ethan let the shot go from around 26 feet.

Quote from: Gregory SagerThe CCIW wouldn't allow Carthage to put the games on PPV even if the Carthage braintrust wanted to do so. Tournament games operate under the auspices of the CCIW, not the host school. That's why tickets have that fixed $10 price regardless of venue, and it's why we're asked as game staff to wear black, gray, or white, rather than the primary color of a participating school.

It will be interesting to see if Sager will be attired in his black, gray, or white Armani suit for the Tuesday evening festivities. 

LORAS RECRUITS

Loras has received commitments from;

Braylon Gray, a 6'1" PG from Grant HS in Fox Lake, IL (far out NW suburb of Chicago).

Patrick Coen, a 6'9" C from Rolling Meadows IL HS.

NPU RECRUIT

North Park has received a commitment from Marquis Vance, a 6'3" SF from Marist HS.
Vance recently had a 40 point, 20 rebound game.

Quote from: Stertorous Thunder on February 20, 2025, 05:10:11 PM2024-2025 CCIW All-Conference Teams

I will admit that I don't watch enough CCIW games to accurately assess defensive contributions, so my selections are undoubtedly weighted toward offensively gifted players.  There's still some conference basketball to be played, but if I had a ballot here's how I might fill it out:

First Team:
Nick Roper, Illinois Wesleyan
Ryan Johnson, Carthage
Soren Richardson, Wheaton
Tyler Knuth, Augustana
AJ Johnson, Carthage
Hakim Williams, Illinois Wesleyan
Tagen Pearson, Elmhurst
Terrance Moncrief, North Central

I predict that Roper, Ryan Johnson, Sorensen, and Knuth will be unanimous selections when the real voting occurs.

Second Team:
Lance Nelson, North Park
Ethan Helwig, North Central
Riley Brooks, Carthage
Rico Powell, North Park
Dominic Trelenberg, Elmhurst
Harrison Wilmsen, Illinois Wesleyan
Lane Thomann, Millikin
Aaron Wafford, Carroll

Carroll doesn't have a standout star, but you could make a case to rank their starters in just about any order for value and production.  I think voters will give a spot to Wafford, but the Carroll starting five is surprisingly well balanced.

Others Receiving Votes:
Mason Funk, Illinois Wesleyan
JT Welch, Millikin
Tyler Swierczek, North Central
Erik Victorson / Jacob Naber / Eckahelo Simpson / Kobe Simpson, Carroll

Discuss...

I think the 3rd place team is going to get a guy on 1st team so move Powell up, and Pearson down to 2nd team.

* RE Rico Powell—— Its not an official statistic but I've never seen a D3 guy that can cover more ground without dribbling ⛹🏽 than Mr. Powell. If he has a full head of steam up, takes a pass at the FT line, and dribbles immediately only once, he can somehow get all the rest of the way to the rim without having traveling called despite not dribbling since the FT line. The refs just so often seem oblivious to obvious traveling. Many players run with the ball instead of dribbling it. Powell is just the worst. Or is it the best? 

Quote from: bopol on February 20, 2025, 07:28:21 PMGriffin Daun is an underrated cog in the Carthage team and could be 2nd Team all-CCIW. 

10.6 ppg (23rd)
6.1 rpg (6th)
.567 FG% (3rd)
1.9 asg (16th)
0.8 bpg (7th)
1.3 spg (10th)

He's the guy that really lets the team play small because he plays bigger than his size but has guard skills and is a very good complement to bombers like Riley and AJ Johnson because he'd rather slam insides and bounce off of the big men.

I personally really like Jacob Nabor for 2nd team.  He is a monster on the boards.

1. Are you using the overall stats or the conference only stats? In selecting the all conference teams, only the conference only stats count.
2. If you put Daun on, who are you going to remove??
3. I think you are right about Naber. Carroll is only going to get one spot. He should be 2nd team instead of Wafford.

Looking at the upcoming schedule for Saturday, it's not at all difficult to envision Augie, NCC, and Elmhurst all finishing with 8-8 conference records once things have all been sorted out.