MBB: American Rivers Conference

[doolittledog]

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald with recruiting news...

http://www.thonline.com/sports/local_sports/article_1571eda1-4a7c-582d-98a3-47a0dac38790.html

From the article...

Western Dubuque all-state senior forward Cameron James will take his talents to Luther this fall.

The 6-foot-5 post man averaged 13 points and seven rebounds while helping lead the Bobcats to the brink of a state championship and a runner-up finish in Iowa Class 3A.

Luther went 17-9 last season.

Luther has somewhat quietly built themselves up into a conference power.  They aren't just a 1 and done team. 

[sportsknight]

In other recruiting news, I can report that Cedar Falls G Caleb Konieczny is taking his talents to Dubuque.  Waverly-Shell Rock F/C Jesse Hendrickson will play at Loras.

[Just Bill]

Mark Miller reports the finalists for the UW-Oshkosh job are..

https://twitter.com/WisBBYearbook/status/213662974437629952

Tim Gaubatz (assistant UW-Oshkosh)
Aaron Aanonsen (head coach Lakeland College)
Pat Juckem (head coach Coe College)
Richard Reed (head coach LaVerne University)

[bballfan247365]

Surprised that there is not much talk of the coaching carousel in the IIAC... 

With Coe loosing Juckem to UW-Oshkosh and with Central possibly loosing their HC now that the Bemidji State job is down to two candidates - (with the SDSU Assistant withdrawing early in the process and the UIC coach being offered the job last week and turning it down) - it would seem that Boschee would be the logical next choice..

How does that shape the conference landscape and who fills those jobs at such a late date?

Thoughts???

[doolittledog]

Surprised that there is not much talk of the coaching carousel in the IIAC... 

With Coe loosing Juckem to UW-Oshkosh and with Central possibly loosing their HC now that the Bemidji State job is down to two candidates - (with the SDSU Assistant withdrawing early in the process and the UIC coach being offered the job last week and turning it down) - it would seem that Boschee would be the logical next choice..

How does that shape the conference landscape and who fills those jobs at such a late date?

Thoughts???

Both schools have recently won conference titles which apparently put their coaches in demand for other jobs.  Coe Coach Juchem is from Wisconsin, so he is going home and too a top basketball conference, that makes sense.  I don't know anything about the Central situation. 

Short term it could effect those schools.  If those schools make the right hires then they will be fine. 

Of course my hope is this just excellerates the ascention of Dubuque to their rightful place at the top of the IIAC and coach Sieverding making a long term commitment to UD and staying 30 years or so just like Jon Davison.  But maybe that's just me

[Pat Coleman]

Boschee did get the Bemidji State job.

http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2012/07/central-coach-takes-d2-job

[Kohawk Krazy]

Looks like the Kohawks got themselves a pretty good coach.

[Beaver44]

As did Central

[newCCIWfan]

I'm looking at catching a few early IIAC hoops games when I visit the inlaws in Dubuque. Anyone know whether Dubuque or Loras have any scrimmages coming up? I can't waith for D3 Hoops!

[doolittledog]

I'm looking at catching a few early IIAC hoops games when I visit the inlaws in Dubuque. Anyone know whether Dubuque or Loras have any scrimmages coming up? I can't waith for D3 Hoops!

Nothing on the Dubuque website about scrimmages, but you could try emailing the coaching staff.  They could probably fill you in...you'd probably get a tour of the campus as well, if you asked.  They are pretty friendly there.   

Head coach: rsieverd@dbq.edu 
Asst coach : dbierman@dbq.edu 

I guess I could add there will be an alumni game this Saturday 10/27/12 at 7pm...or right after the football game.

[Klompen]

Central's new coach brought one of his former assistant coaches with him, along with that coach's son who was a walk on at Iowa.  Sounds like we will be continuing the up tempo play which I am glad to see.  Our first game is Thursday night, will be interesting to see how things develop.  Here's hoping basketball goes better than football did. 

[Klompen]

Went to Central's first game last night.  They played Monmouth and won easily, 96-82, very up tempo and they looked very well coached.  They made a lot of their breaks.  Branden Stubbs, new assistant coach's son, looked great early, but I don't think they ever took him out of the game and it wore on him in the second half.  Still a great addition to the team, I just hope they don't wear him out. 

I was always a Boschee fan and he certainly improved the level of play at Central, but could not keep us at the top once we got there.  I'm impressed with Coach Douma.  The team looked like they were having fun out there, they made things happen, they played unselfishly and very much as a team.  I don't know that our early schedule will be a good way to judge things as we have scheduled teams we hope we can compete with and win, but it was a good first collegiate win for Coach Douma. 

[doolittledog]

Dubuque beat Benedictine last night @ the Illinois College tourney 81-69.  They got 12 players in the game and Mitch Michaelis did not play.  Getting a big win with Mitch sitting out is a good sign.  Of course, you never really know what your team will look like until the conference part of the season starts. 

Hey Klompen, my 95 year old great uncle...Central class of '39 (his daughter is UD class of '64) wants to know if Central is going back to being known as a basketball school...as it was back in his day!!! 

[Klompen]

Nope, Central will forever be a football school, even when we won 3 consecutive national championships in VB, we were a football school.     The women have something like 4 softball national titles, 3 volleyball, one basketball, one cross country and one track and we are still a football school.  But maybe with the decline this year in FB and the improvement in wrestling and hopefully basketball, we might not mind the ONLY off season as much.   

Central has a game today, I think against Fortbonne, my prediction is 110-40, given past games against them.  It would be nice to start playing some tougher non conf competition as we do in FB.  In Central's game Thursday, all but one player played in the first half.  Not sure if the other one is injured or what.

I see Coe is tied 3-3 in the second qtr of their playoff, not good.  I was hoping with an easier draw they would dominate.  I guess Central playing them fairly well early shook their confidence.   

[Klompen]

Well, I knew I was optimistic with my prediction for today's game, but it was far closer than it should have been.  It looked like the team was taking this game for granted in much the way I was.  It looked like we played down to their level, but we won and it was never really in doubt, so that is good.  Jacob Winkler had a great game, but was in foul trouble much of the time.  I don't think today's officiating crew members are his biggest fans.     His hook shot is really something, I hate to say it, as it really dates me, but he reminds me so much of Vern Den Herder. 

Coach Douma is a very involved coach, guess we can't yell, "Sit down Coach" anymore.