BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

CCIWFan · April 29, 2011, 04:34:58 PM

Quote from: BigPoppa on April 29, 2011, 11:24:49 AM
IF NPU deserves to be there in the end, they'll be there in the end. My guess is they will make an appearance next week if they take care of business this weekend.

Doubt it. Playing Wheaton will hurt their SOS.

Thunder11 · April 30, 2011, 11:56:32 AM

Very well pitched game between NP and Thunder yesterday. Martin is the hard luck kid of the conference this year - because of his duel role roll I think he may actually be best overall player in conf. this year. But I do agree that Callahan and Pankau should get hitter and pitcher of year in CCIW.

After now seeing all the CCIW teams, except Elmhurst (great accomplishment defeating Pankau!) here are my last minute conf predictions.

1 IWU 15-6 (tourney host)
2 Carth 15-6
3 NP 14-7
4 Augie 14-7
5 NC 13-8
6 Wheaton 8-13
7 Elmhurst 4-17
8 Millikin 1-20

I see no dominate team this year. It is clear any of the teams 1-7 are capable of beating any team in the conference - most balanced year in many. But I do think Carthage is best overall team by a hair but that 3 - 7 inning game format got the best of them at IWU last weekend. I believe Carthage will win tourney to get the automatic Pool A. Assuming the other 3 can avoid any other bad out of conference wins, the 4th place tourney team (Augie?) may be the odd man out for a Pool C bid.

As a die-hard Thunder fan, I don't believe their finish is due to lack of Talent of at least their top 18 or so players (yes our depth is and always will be an issue due to our recruiting challenges). But talent doesn't win baseball games in a tough and tight conf like the CCIW. Consistently poor defense on routine plays with few coaching adjustments to resolve them and a regular inability to get clutch hits is why Wheaton won't finish in the top 4 this year. The pitching staff has done amazingly well, especially considering losing a couple key guys to injury and eligibility. Defensive errors and non-box score miscues have really hurt the starters who have been forced into longer outings due to lack of pitching depth. Now off to see if Thunder can at least take one from NP today.

Mr. Ypsi · April 30, 2011, 02:45:45 PM

I went to the Elmhurst site, but could find no livestats for the DH against the Titans. Anyone have a link, or don't they have them?

Mr. Ypsi · April 30, 2011, 04:23:06 PM

At least all the first games should be in by now, but CCIW.org has nothing (nor does Elmhurst.edu) - anyone got any scores to pass on?

Titan Q · April 30, 2011, 04:35:26 PM

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on April 30, 2011, 04:23:06 PM
At least all the first games should be in by now, but CCIW.org has nothing (nor does Elmhurst.edu) - anyone got any scores to pass on?

With the game being in Bloomington, I'd check IWUsports.com.

Mr. Ypsi · April 30, 2011, 04:41:37 PM

Quote from: Titan Q on April 30, 2011, 04:35:26 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on April 30, 2011, 04:23:06 PM
At least all the first games should be in by now, but CCIW.org has nothing (nor does Elmhurst.edu) - anyone got any scores to pass on?

With the game being in Bloomington, I'd check IWUsports.com.

CCIW.org, IWU.edu, and Elmhurst.edu all have today's games in Elmhurst.

Yesterday was in Bloomington.

Titan Q · April 30, 2011, 04:48:42 PM

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on April 30, 2011, 04:41:37 PM
Quote from: Titan Q on April 30, 2011, 04:35:26 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on April 30, 2011, 04:23:06 PM
At least all the first games should be in by now, but CCIW.org has nothing (nor does Elmhurst.edu) - anyone got any scores to pass on?

With the game being in Bloomington, I'd check IWUsports.com.

CCIW.org, IWU.edu, and Elmhurst.edu all have today's games in Elmhurst.

Yesterday was in Bloomington.

Gotcha.

Mr. Ypsi · April 30, 2011, 05:04:23 PM

Quote from: Titan Q on April 30, 2011, 04:48:42 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on April 30, 2011, 04:41:37 PM
Quote from: Titan Q on April 30, 2011, 04:35:26 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on April 30, 2011, 04:23:06 PM
At least all the first games should be in by now, but CCIW.org has nothing (nor does Elmhurst.edu) - anyone got any scores to pass on?

With the game being in Bloomington, I'd check IWUsports.com.

CCIW.org, IWU.edu, and Elmhurst.edu all have today's games in Elmhurst.

Yesterday was in Bloomington.

Gotcha.

Toying with the foreigner again, are we?

Actually, if your move from Columbia has already gone through, I may be closer to B'town than you (I've forgotten where you were going, except that it was totally into non-d3 territory). But even I knew enough to check the sites, even though IWU vs. Chicagoland series are often just one site or the other.

BigPoppa · April 30, 2011, 05:06:30 PM

Carthage 12-2 over Millikin in game 1... Redmen up 5-1 in game 2. No surprises here. Carthage should take all three.

Mr. Ypsi · April 30, 2011, 05:14:58 PM

BP, that is what I thought about IWU-Elmhurst, and then the Jays go and beat the likely pitcher-of-the-year Jason Pankau!

And now I can't get news about today's DH - I am frustrated!

I certainly expected that outcome of Carthage-Millikin, but hope others can provide something on the other games.

BigPoppa · April 30, 2011, 05:23:35 PM

NPU up 6-3 in the 4th on Wheaton...

Mr. Ypsi · April 30, 2011, 05:46:35 PM

For conference tourney purposes, the big games (probably) are Augie-NCC - anyone hear anything?

Mr. Ypsi · April 30, 2011, 05:49:20 PM

Nevermind - just noticed those games only started 18 minutes ago in Naperville.

Mr. Ypsi · April 30, 2011, 06:14:56 PM

In a true pitchers' duel, NCC up on Augie 3-1, with each team having only 3 hits, after 7.

Unless this game started much earlier than listed, these results do not seem possible - that would be 7 innings in 42 minutes.

I am losing all faith in livestats (and don't have much left for CCIW.org or college sites either).

Mr. Ypsi · April 30, 2011, 06:59:27 PM

Apparently the start times were listed wrong.

The NCC site lists a sweep over Augie, 11-1 and 5-1. If so, that puts Augie at 8-8 and in grave danger of missing the conference tourney.