Quote from: cubs on October 26, 2024, 09:11:43 PM

Quote from: tomt4525 on October 25, 2024, 10:05:25 AM

Quote from: tomt4525 on October 21, 2024, 12:03:21 PMWisconsin Basketball Yearbook arrived this morning.  First thing I always do with it is check the returning players for UWSP, this year looks like another mass exodus happened and I don't envision a JV schedule because of it.

Myles Coleman entered the portal, I didn't see if he landed anywhere else.
Shane Tarjan
Parker Prahl
Josiah Gillie
James Sivley
Casey Verhagen
Jacksen Smith
AJ Uttech already transferred to Stout directly after the season concluded
Nick Fox is an incoming freshman but had to have knee surgery, he's out indefinitely.

Looking at the names, I'm pretty disappointed to see Casey Verhagen.  He had 3 years of eligibility left and I think he'll turn into a very good player as an upperclassmen.  He transferred to Concordia University Wisconsin.

There were some pictures posted online from the purple/gold game and I see that Wissports, at the very least, has incomplete information.  Shane Tarjan is back on the team as he was in one of the pictures.

What did Wissports have posted?

I'm assuming he meant just the Yearbook piece he listed above and not Wissports specifically with Mark no longer being at Wissports.

Not that the Yearbook is bad, but the information has to be sent in way ahead of it actually reaching our front doors, so I would take what is listed for college with a grain of salt.

UW-Whitewater has posted an opening roster of 16.

JR Lukenbill is not returning.

Concluded basketball are Elijah Lambert and Drew Fisher.

Carter Cobin is actually going to NAIA Brescia.

Jay Dalton not joining.

Richie Warren 6'6 F from Racine Park is joining after some time at Ellsworth Community College and MATC. (A 2019 Park grad which is likely incorrectly listed as a freshman).

https://uwwsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2024-25

Quote from: y_jack_lok on June 08, 2024, 08:25:06 AMJust curious, given the number of college and university closings so far this decade (many of them D3 institutions), is UWO safe for the long haul? https://www.wbay.com/2024/06/07/uw-oshkosh-gets-loan-debt-plans-demolish-up-4-halls/?outputType=amp

What? UW System would close other campuses before UW-Oshkosh. It's practically an Ivy League calibre school.

Quote from: PauldingLightUP on October 28, 2024, 03:01:09 PMUW-Whitewater has posted an opening roster of 16.

JR Lukenbill is not returning.

Concluded basketball are Elijah Lambert and Drew Fisher.

I had high hopes for Lukenbill.  He had a lot of potential.  Disappointed he chose to quit playing.

Additions for UW-Stout this year include 6'9 F Colin Hudson from Escanaba and Bay College, 6'7 C Cade LaFavor from Burnsville and Bay College, 6'8 F Justin Nelson from Iron River and Bay College, and 6'1 G Dominic Croci from Hurley.

Also, Sam Skaggs and Nick Jungel are done playing basketball.

Jackson Noll is now as assistant coach for UWEC women.

Blue Devils open with a roster of 19.

6'4" Farmington(MN) F, Cole Wilcek, has committed to play basketball at Eau Claire.

Tonight is the 19th WIAC vs UW-Madison game. A series that started in 2004 with exceptions in 2014 to play Parkside and 2020 for COVID. In 2003 and 2002 Wisconsin played exhibitions against the EA Sports All Stars instead.

2004: Wisconsin 78, UW-Platteville 44. Jeff Skemp UWP 16pts, Mike Wilkinson 15pts
2005: Wisconsin 79, UW-River Falls 52. Hans Hoeg UWRF 9 pts, Alando Tucker 18 pts
2006: Wisconsin 82, UW-Stout 33. Eric Heisler and Jacob Nonemacher UWS 6 pts each, Jason Chappell 14 pts
2007: Wisconsin 74, UW-Eau Claire 35. Geoff Probst UWEC 16 pts, Joe Krabbenhoft and Trevon Hughes 13 pts each
2008: Wisconsin 64, UW-Whitewater 47. Myles McKay UWW 16 pts, Joe Krabbenhoft 12 pts
2009: Wisconsin 80, UW-Superior 47. Marcus Helland UWS 12 pts, Keaton Nankivil 16 pts
2010: Wisconsin 84, UW-La Crosse 59. Tony Mane UWL 24 pts, Jon Leuer and Keaton Nankivil 15 pts each
2011: Wisconsin 80, UW-Stevens Point 54. Dan Tillema UWSP 24 pts, Ryan Evans 16 pts
2012: Wisconsin 96, UW-Oshkosh 44. Dylan Wurtz UWO 15 pts, Jared Berggren 16 pts
2013: Wisconsin 80, UW-Platteville 51. Jim Stocki UWP 14 pts, Ben Brust 20 pts
2014: Wisconsin 77, UW-Parkside 44. Jimmy Gavin UWP 15pts, Frank Kaminsky 19 pts
2015: Wisconsin 101, UW-River Falls 46. Garret Pearson UWRF 11pts, Ethan Happ and Nigel Hays 16 pts each
2016: Wisconsin 86, UW-Platteville 58. Trey Sigel UWP 12 pts, Bronson Koenig 12 pts
2017: Wisconsin 85, UW-Stout 56. Sam Ortmann UWS 14 pts, Kobe King 17 pts
2018: Wisconsin 82, UW-Oshkosh 70. Adam Fravert UWO 20 pts, Brad Davison 16 pts
2019: Wisconsin 82, UW-La Crosse 53. Ethan Anderson UWL 12 pts, Nate Reuvers 15 pts
2021: Wisconsin 76, UW-Whitewater 50. Derek Gray UWW 17 pts, Steven Crow 18 pts
2022: Wisconsin 76, UW-Eau Claire 45. Carter Huschka UWEC 9 pts, Steven Crowl 14 pts
2023: Wisconsin 87, UW-Stevens Point 44. Josiah Butler UWSP 15 pts, AJ Storr 14 pts

I was at that 2018 game. UWO was so tough that year. Gave Bucky a run.

https://uwbadgers.com/sidearmstats/mbball/leaders

Falcons down 47-42 with 13 to go.

Zac Johnson has 23 pts so far

Final score 78-62, Badgers. RF very  competitive.  Bodes well for the season.

Crazy good performance from River Falls tonight. Zac Johnson was the star and showed all the tools.

River Falls now has the second most points scored in these games with 62.

However, 2018 Oshkosh records for closest margin, most points, and winning a half still stand.

Difference is Oshkosh kind of back doored into their records that game. River Falls front doored their outstanding performance tonight with a nice 13-5 run in the second half to pull within 2 on Parker's and one.

Thanks for details on Oshkosh, Paulding. Rebounding was one key disadvantage for RF. Crowl too much for Falcons to overcome.

WIAC Preseason Poll:

1. UWP
2. UWL
3. UWSP
4. UWRF
5. UWW
6. UWO
7. UWS
8. UWEC


I think it is Platteville's title to lose. Too experienced.

UWRF is the dark horse, their bigs may be the best in the conference and they have a potential POY/All American in Johnson.

For my 2 cents:
1. UWP
2. UWRF
3. UWSP
4. UWO
5. UWL
6. UWEC
7. UWW
8. UWS

WIAC posted it in X, but the link doesn't work. Went to the site and there's no story to the preseason poll.