MBB: American Rivers Conference

[doolittledog]

From Next Man Up
Central - 6 recruits, all from Illinois
BVU - 1 recruit...from Illinois
Loras - 6 recruits, all from Illinois

Seems to be a lack of Iowa talent heading towards the ARC schools so far.  Also a lack of big men.  6'5 seems to be the limit at this point. 

[Next Man Up]

DUBUQUE RECRUIT

Jacob Bonnema, a 6'5" Wing from Glenbard North in Carol Stream, IL. The only stat available is a FT percentage of 72.3.

I think he is a pretty good player—whatever his stats were he probably is better than whatever his numbers were. I say that because he was probably the best player on a traditionally bad team (1-10 last yr), and I sense that he was often the primary object of the opponent's defensive game plan as he was the GN player who could do the most damage.

** As doolittledog mentioned above, all the recruits I've reported on are from Illinois. That's because I'm in Illinois.
I'm involved with the CCIW, and am pretty familiar with the Illinois recruiting scene. I'm sure the vast majority of ARC recruits, with the likely exception of NWU (where I played many yrs ago 🙂) are from Iowa. I believe thats a logical assumption. The above recruits pretty much cover Illinois recruits headed to ARC schools this year. There may be a few more out there, but I was unable to find any more from the lists/records available to me. It's likely some self-recruited kids fall in this category. Not to say there aren't any, but I was also unable to find any IL kids headed to Coe, Luther, Simpson or Wartburg this year.

[SpartyBlue]

UD news

Trent Fitzpatrick transferring to St. Ambrose

Dylan Anderson transferring in from Dominican--6' 4" JR played 34 mpg for a team that went 1-8 in the spring, 10.8 ppg and 9.2 rpg.  Will likely factor in somewhere in the rotation. 

[Smitty Oom]

DUBUQUE RECRUIT

Jacob Bonnema, a 6'5" Wing from Glenbard North in Carol Stream, IL. The only stat available is a FT percentage of 72.3.

I think he is a pretty good player—whatever his stats were he probably is better than whatever his numbers were. I say that because he was probably the best player on a traditionally bad team (1-10 last yr), and I sense that he was often the primary object of the opponent's defensive game plan as he was the GN player who could do the most damage.

** As doolittledog mentioned above, all the recruits I've reported on are from Illinois. That's because I'm in Illinois.
I'm involved with the CCIW, and am pretty familiar with the Illinois recruiting scene. I'm sure the vast majority of ARC recruits, with the likely exception of NWU (where I played many yrs ago 🙂) are from Iowa. I believe thats a logical assumption. The above recruits pretty much cover Illinois recruits headed to ARC schools this year. There may be a few more out there, but I was unable to find any more from the lists/records available to me. It's likely some self-recruited kids fall in this category. Not to say there aren't any, but I was also unable to find any IL kids headed to Coe, Luther, Simpson or Wartburg this year.

Thanks for all the updates!!

[Next Man Up]

Welcome Smitty. 👍

[SpartyBlue]

A look at UD's non-con schedule.

Probable cupcakes vs. Blackburn, vs. Edgewood, @ Wisconsin Dells vs. Finlandia. 

Games of high interest @Augustana  (huge early season road game vs. CCIW opponent), @ Rhodes Tourney in Memphis, TN vs. Rhodes and Wash U., vs. UW-Stout, vs. TBA in Ft. Lauderdale Tourney.

There is a also rumor of a possible D-1 opponent. 

[doolittledog]

A look at UD's non-con schedule.

Probable cupcakes vs. Blackburn, vs. Edgewood, @ Wisconsin Dells vs. Finlandia. 

Games of high interest @Augustana  (huge early season road game vs. CCIW opponent), @ Rhodes Tourney in Memphis, TN vs. Rhodes and Wash U., vs. UW-Stout, vs. TBA in Ft. Lauderdale Tourney.

There is a also rumor of a possible D-1 opponent.

UNI once again?

[SpartyBlue]

A look at UD's non-con schedule.

Probable cupcakes vs. Blackburn, vs. Edgewood, @ Wisconsin Dells vs. Finlandia. 

Games of high interest @Augustana  (huge early season road game vs. CCIW opponent), @ Rhodes Tourney in Memphis, TN vs. Rhodes and Wash U., vs. UW-Stout, vs. TBA in Ft. Lauderdale Tourney.

There is a also rumor of a possible D-1 opponent.

UNI once again?

Yes, UNI again, although I don't see UD posted on their just released non-con schedule, so this might not be happening.  I suppose it could be an unlisted exhibition. 

Opponents announced for Ft. Lauderdale Tourney  vs. Baldwin-Wallace (2-6 in 20-21 but traditionally a strong program) vs. Roanoke College (10-2 in 20-21 good matchup here)

[SpartyBlue]

UD will play at D-1 Northern Iowa on Sunday, 11/14.

A brief recent history of UNI vs. non D-1 opponents:


1/25/21 Coe W 70-60
12/4/20 St Ambrose W 98-53
12/2/19 Luther W 110-51
11/20/19 Cornell W 88-66
12/8/18 UD W 75-67
10/28/18 Wartburg W 110-69
12/10/17 UD W 80-47
11/15/17 Wartburg W 72-43
11/12/16 Coe W 74-37
10/28/16 Bemidji St. W 71-48
11/25/15 UD W 83-63
11/1/15 Truman St. W 70-50

[SpartyBlue]

UD has added a season opener @ Wisconsin Platteville on November 3rd to their schedule. 

I'm not sure if this is a live regular season game or scrimmage   

Preseason #5 UWP vs. #16 Dubuque will be a must-watch either way.

[Gregory Sager]

It's a scrimmage. UW-Platteville doesn't even list the contest on its schedule, an omission that is a common practice in D3 basketball when it comes to preseason scrimmages.

You can tell for certain by counting the number of games listed on the UD online schedule. There are 27 of them, and D3 teams are only allowed to play 25 regular-season games plus two games that are either exhibitions (as the contest versus Northern Iowa obviously is) or preseason scrimmages. Given the early date of the game, the fact that it was just added to the UD website at this late date, and the additional fact that the Pioneers don't list it on the UWP website, there's no doubt in my mind that the Spartans and the Pioneers will be playing a preseason scrimmage.

[SpartyBlue]

It's a scrimmage. UW-Platteville doesn't even list the contest on its schedule, an omission that is a common practice in D3 basketball when it comes to preseason scrimmages.

You can tell for certain by counting the number of games listed on the UD online schedule. There are 27 of them, and D3 teams are only allowed to play 25 regular-season games plus two games that are either exhibitions (as the contest versus Northern Iowa obviously is) or preseason scrimmages. Given the early date of the game, the fact that it was just added to the UD website at this late date, and the additional fact that the Pioneers don't list it on the UWP website, there's no doubt in my mind that the Spartans and the Pioneers will be playing a preseason scrimmage.

A reasonable response, Mr. Sager, we'll go with scrimmage. It has to be fairly rare that two ranked teams separated by a 30 minute drive agree to a preseason game.  Exciting stuff.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The season doesn't start until Nov 5th, so a game on the third is definitely pre season.

[Gregory Sager]

I wasn't sure what the opening date was this year, which is why I didn't mention that -- although I figured that the 3rd would most likely be before it.

[SpartyBlue]

American Rivers Preseason Poll:

1.      Dubuque (8)    64    14-0, 7-0 A-R-C (A-R-C Champions)
2.      Buena Vista (1)    51    9-3, 6-2 A-R-C 
3.      Coe    50    6-5, 3-4 A-R-C 
4.      Loras    47    7-5, 4-3 A-R-C 
5.      Nebraska Wesleyan    34    3-3, 1-2 A-R-C 
6.      Simpson    29    3-7, 3-4 A-R-C 
7.      Wartburg    22    4-7, 2-4 A-R-C 
8.      Central    19    3-4, 2-3 A-R-C 
9.      Luther    8    1-8, 1-7 A-R-C