MBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Greek Tragedy · March 17, 2009, 06:39:28 PM

All Region teams are out.

Skemp also got player of the year for the West Region

DSA got 3rd team

First team

Pos. Player School Yr. Hometown
G Myles McKay UW-Whitewater Sr. Menomonee Falls, Wis.
G Andre Wagner Buena Vista Sr. Omaha, Neb.
F D.J. Marsh UW-Oshkosh Jr. Bayside, Wis.
F Zach Johnson Carleton Sr. Apple Valley, Minn.
C Jeff Skemp UW-Platteville Sr. Hazel Green, Wis.

badgerwarhawk · March 17, 2009, 08:40:12 PM

Quote from: titan2000 on March 17, 2009, 04:59:31 PM
Are the WW wheelchair guys all disabled or are they just required to play in wheelchairs? How is this sanctioned and what type of surface do they play on--rubber, wood, etc.? What is a foul and what is an unfortunate accident in this sport?

Did Illinois get $$ from the sanctioning body to fly to WW or did they have to take a bus since it was under 500 miles from Champaign? Or do they just hitch them on the back of semi trucks and let them ride up for free

Kind of cool for Whitewater, almost as good as dime taps at Mitchells. 8)

The National Wheelchair Basketball Association is the sanctioning body for collegiate wheelchair basketball. All of the athletes are disabled. To be eligible they must have an irreversable lower extremity disability which consistantly interferes with functional mobility. They play on a regular basketball floor. Our wheelchair players play in either the main gym which is wood or in the fieldhouse which is rubber. The floor must be at least 84 feet in length and 50 feet in width. The main body of rules are those of the NCAA though some NBA rules apply and there are modifications because of the use of wheelchairs. Interestingly there are no divisions in collegiate wheelchair basketball so small schools play large ones and UW-WHITEWATER is a national power.

My daughter once traveled to South Carolina where she was introduced to a young boy, 9 years old, who was wheelchair bound. She was wearing a UW-WHITEWATER sweat shirt at the time and when the boysaw it he got really excited. He knew all about WHITEWATER'S program and wanted to come to school here after he graduated from high school.

If you are interested in learning more about collegiate wheelchair basketball here is a link to their website.....http://www.nwba.org/

wcbsas · March 17, 2009, 08:56:59 PM

Quote from: badgerwarhawk on March 17, 2009, 08:40:12 PM
Quote from: titan2000 on March 17, 2009, 04:59:31 PM
Are the WW wheelchair guys all disabled or are they just required to play in wheelchairs? How is this sanctioned and what type of surface do they play on--rubber, wood, etc.? What is a foul and what is an unfortunate accident in this sport?

Did Illinois get $$ from the sanctioning body to fly to WW or did they have to take a bus since it was under 500 miles from Champaign? Or do they just hitch them on the back of semi trucks and let them ride up for free

Kind of cool for Whitewater, almost as good as dime taps at Mitchells. 8)

The National Wheelchair Basketball Association is the sanctioning body for collegiate wheelchair basketball. All of the athletes are disabled. To be eligible they must have an irreversable lower extremity disability which consistantly interferes with functional mobility. They play on a regular basketball floor. Our wheelchair players play in either the main gym which is wood or in the fieldhouse which is rubber. The floor must be at least 84 feet in length and 50 feet in width. The main body of rules are those of the NCAA though some NBA rules apply and there are modifications because of the use of wheelchairs. Interestingly there are no divisions in collegiate wheelchair basketball so small schools play large ones and UW-WHITEWATER is a national power.

My daughter once traveled to South Carolina where she was introduced to a young boy, 9 years old, who was wheelchair bound. She was wearing a UW-WHITEWATER sweat shirt at the time and when the boysaw it he got really excited. He knew all about WHITEWATER'S program and wanted to come to school here after he graduated from high school.

If you are interested in learning more about collegiate wheelchair basketball here is a link to their website.....http://www.nwba.org/

Outstanding info ... thank you!

wcbsas · March 17, 2009, 08:58:24 PM

Quote from: Old School.... (Tom Doebler) on March 17, 2009, 06:39:28 PM
All Region teams are out.

Skemp also got player of the year for the West Region

DSA got 3rd team

First team

Pos. Player School Yr. Hometown
G Myles McKay UW-Whitewater Sr. Menomonee Falls, Wis.
G Andre Wagner Buena Vista Sr. Omaha, Neb.
F D.J. Marsh UW-Oshkosh Jr. Bayside, Wis.
F Zach Johnson Carleton Sr. Apple Valley, Minn.
C Jeff Skemp UW-Platteville Sr. Hazel Green, Wis.

Is there a link to view the second and third teams?

UWBadgers · March 17, 2009, 09:04:48 PM

Here is the link to the all-region page...WIAC is in the west region
http://www.d3hoops.com/all-region/

titan2000 · March 17, 2009, 10:45:57 PM

Quote from: badgerwarhawk on March 17, 2009, 08:40:12 PM
Quote from: titan2000 on March 17, 2009, 04:59:31 PM
Are the WW wheelchair guys all disabled or are they just required to play in wheelchairs? How is this sanctioned and what type of surface do they play on--rubber, wood, etc.? What is a foul and what is an unfortunate accident in this sport?

Did Illinois get $$ from the sanctioning body to fly to WW or did they have to take a bus since it was under 500 miles from Champaign? Or do they just hitch them on the back of semi trucks and let them ride up for free

Kind of cool for Whitewater, almost as good as dime taps at Mitchells. 8)

The National Wheelchair Basketball Association is the sanctioning body for collegiate wheelchair basketball. All of the athletes are disabled. To be eligible they must have an irreversable lower extremity disability which consistantly interferes with functional mobility. They play on a regular basketball floor. Our wheelchair players play in either the main gym which is wood or in the fieldhouse which is rubber. The floor must be at least 84 feet in length and 50 feet in width. The main body of rules are those of the NCAA though some NBA rules apply and there are modifications because of the use of wheelchairs. Interestingly there are no divisions in collegiate wheelchair basketball so small schools play large ones and UW-WHITEWATER is a national power.

My daughter once traveled to South Carolina where she was introduced to a young boy, 9 years old, who was wheelchair bound. She was wearing a UW-WHITEWATER sweat shirt at the time and when the boysaw it he got really excited. He knew all about WHITEWATER'S program and wanted to come to school here after he graduated from high school.

If you are interested in learning more about collegiate wheelchair basketball here is a link to their website.....http://www.nwba.org/

Thanks BW, cool story about the kids.

chmarx · March 18, 2009, 01:48:08 AM

I had a friend years ago who was a wheelchair athlete. Went to a few of his basketball games. Thanks again for the info.

Greek Tragedy · March 18, 2009, 01:59:50 AM

Quote from: wcbsas on March 17, 2009, 08:58:24 PM
Is there a link to view the second and third teams?

The front page...this site isn't just a message board.

Pat Coleman · March 18, 2009, 10:24:01 AM

+1

wcbsas · March 18, 2009, 10:46:53 AM

Quote from: Old School.... (Tom Doebler) on March 18, 2009, 01:59:50 AM
Quote from: wcbsas on March 17, 2009, 08:58:24 PM
Is there a link to view the second and third teams?

The front page...this site isn't just a message board.

This board is certainly tough on relative newcomers ... I'm sorry that I don't regularly go to that page!

Pat Coleman · March 18, 2009, 10:53:23 AM

Well, it's the main page of D3hoops.com -- you should always go to it. Don't you like to get the news? $:-\$

wcbsas · March 18, 2009, 11:05:11 AM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 18, 2009, 10:53:23 AM
Well, it's the main page of D3hoops.com -- you should always go to it. Don't you like to get the news? $:-\$

I have not in the past ... guess I'm going to have to start ... my apologies for not being better educated!

Ralph Turner · March 18, 2009, 11:11:22 AM

Quote from: wcbsas on March 18, 2009, 11:05:11 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 18, 2009, 10:53:23 AM
Well, it's the main page of D3hoops.com -- you should always go to it. Don't you like to get the news? $:-\$
I have not in the past ... guess I'm going to have to start ... my apologies for not being better educated!

Welcome to the boards!

And check out the other sports as well! WIAC baseball is one of the best conferences in D3 as well.

www.d3baseball.com

Greek Tragedy · March 18, 2009, 12:02:12 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 18, 2009, 10:53:23 AM
Well, it's the main page of D3hoops.com -- you should always go to it. Don't you like to get the news? $:-\$

Quote from: wcbsas on March 18, 2009, 11:05:11 AM
I have not in the past ... guess I'm going to have to start ... my apologies for not being better educated!

In order to get to the message board, d3boards, you usually go to d3hoops.com and then go to the "post" link at the top, right? Or, do you just have the d3boards.com link saved as a favorite? I guess I don't understand how you don't go to the front page first.

I wasn't trying to insult you, whether you are new to this or not. But, a lot of posters fail to realize what a great informational site this is and just treat it as a message board. And I'll disagree with you, I don't think it's that tough at all for newcomers, IMHO.

wcbsas · March 18, 2009, 12:18:56 PM

Quote from: Old School.... (Tom Doebler) on March 18, 2009, 12:02:12 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 18, 2009, 10:53:23 AM
Well, it's the main page of D3hoops.com -- you should always go to it. Don't you like to get the news? $:-\$

Quote from: wcbsas on March 18, 2009, 11:05:11 AM
I have not in the past ... guess I'm going to have to start ... my apologies for not being better educated!

In order to get to the message board, d3boards, you usually go to d3hoops.com and then go to the "post" link at the top, right? Or, do you just have the d3boards.com link saved as a favorite? I guess I don't understand how you don't go to the front page first.

I wasn't trying to insult you, whether you are new to this or not. But, a lot of posters fail to realize what a great informational site this is and just treat it as a message board. And I'll disagree with you, I don't think it's that tough at all for newcomers, IMHO.

For what its worth ... I go straight to the d3boards.com ... I wasn't offended and didn't mean to seriously sound that way either!

On that last point we'll agree to disagree!