MBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[WashingtonWiz99]

That list is interesting. One Wisconsin guy in the mix. Truly interesting.

[wiacfamily]

Oshkosh

Incoming Recruits
Jack Ambrose 6'6" Batavia(IL)
Nicholas Kraftzenk 6'7" Fox Valley Lutheran
Mitchell Metcalf-Grassman 6'5" Shawano
Kaine Fort 6'9" Peshtigo
Max Tutas 6'3" Sheboygan North (ranked 39th Wissports Senior Rankings)
Tristan Johanknecht 6'9" Oshkosh West
Riley Rindfleisch 6'8" Wisconsin Lutheran
Seth Miron 6'5" Kimberly (ranked 32nd Wissports Senior Rankings)
Landon Key 6'4" Wisconsin Lutheran
Jamariea Dalton 6'2" Fon Du Lac (ranked 20th Wissports Senior Rankings)

Seniors
Eric Peterson 6'3"
Will Mahoney 6'2" Back
Hunter Plamann 6'0"
Nick Otto 6'4"
Quinn Steckbauer 6'0" Back
Levi Borchert 6'5" Not using Covid year
Cole Booth 6'1" - has multiple years of eligibility left but I heard he left the team, not sure the legitimacy of that

Losing Borchert and Plamann is absolutely huge, they are obviously 2 of the best players in the conference.  With that said, Lewis just keeps reloading.  The size of this incoming class is ridiculous, adding Miron and Dalton is extremely impressive on top of all the size.  I can't see Oshkosh being anywhere other than at the top or near the top of the conference in the foreseeable future.

Potential returners who averaged over 10 minutes per game.  Need to fill a lot of scoring, with about 35 ppg coming back:

Player                   GP   GS   MIN   AVG   FG-FGA   PCT   3FG-3FGA   PCT   FT-FTA   PCT   OFF   DEF   TOT   AVG   A   A/G   TO   TO/G   A/TO   BLK   STL   PTS   AVG
Quinn Steckbauer....   31   16   642   20.7   104-240   43.3   41-107   38.3   62-73   84.9   10   43   53   1.7   16   0.5   26   0.8   0.6   1   17   311   10
Will Mahoney........   29   1   418   14.4   78-183   42.6   31-81   38.3   30-33   90.9   7   68   75   2.6   31   1.1   35   1.2   0.9   1   10   217   7.5
Cole Booth..........   21   15   539   25.7   50-132   37.9   24-73   32.9   32-40   80   6   48   54   2.6   25   1.2   24   1.1   1   1   18   156   7.4
Jonah Rindfleisch...   31   31   774   25   74-158   46.8   6-14   42.9   26-41   63.4   46   123   169   5.5   23   0.7   28   0.9   0.8   36   25   180   5.8
Carter Thomas.......   28   0   398   14.2   26-61   42.6   18-43   41.9   21-33   63.6   15   19   34   1.2   13   0.5   10   0.4   1.3   2   11   91   3.3

[wiacfamily]

Platteville

Incoming Recruits
Luke Beighley 6'6" Whitehall
Matt Kirk 6'4" Milton
Will Gardner 6'2" Franklin
Seth Bunders 6'1" Wauzeka-Steuben (ranked 47th Wissports Senior Rankings)
Bristol Lewis 6'3" United Township(IL)
Max Lucey 6'4" Cuba City (ranked 33rd Wissports Senior Rankings)
Lucas Rameker 6'4" St Mary's Springs

Seniors
Brad Neis 6'7"

Platteville is set up very nicely with Pearson leaving the transfer portal and heading back to Platteville.  They will have a ton of experience which is invaluable in a conference like the WIAC.  The recruiting class is extremely solid, I was very impressed with Will Gardner and Max Lucey.  Platteville should continue to challenge at the top of the conference.

Besides UWW, UWP may have the most (potentially) coming back. 

Player          GP   GS   MPG  PPG   FG-FGA   3FG-3FGA  OFF   DEF   TOT   AVG   A      A/G  TO   A/TO  BLK  STL
Logan Pearson   26   26   30.7   20.2   190-394   46-127   32   115   147   5.7   73   2.8   55   1.3   13   32
Ben Probst           20   18   28.4   12.4   80-205   53-133   10   48   58   2.9   49   2.5   27   1.8   1   11
Brady Olson   23   23   27.5   8.3   70-170   30-83   29   60   89   3.9   53   2.3   38   1.4   8   35
Julian Samuels   26   8   19.7   8.3   79-177   16-44   18   47   65   2.5   41   1.6   37   1.1   6   12
Brad Nies           26   26   21.3   6.7   72-118   0-2           51   79   130   5   8   0.3   20   0.4   11   2
Carter Lancaster 26   26   25.5   5.9   60-118   15-50   33   85   118   4.5   43   1.7   32   1.3   7   22
Aiden Wieczorek 16   3   20.1   5.3   30-63   8-20     8   31   39   2.4   18   1.1   15   1.2   2   3
Max Love            26   0   16   4.9   45-116   22-76   18   44   62   2.4   18   0.7   28   0.6   5   20
Miles Hettinger   18   0   12.7   3   18-44   5-16           23   27   50   2.8   6   0.3   10   0.6   2   6
Gavin Ralph   17   0   12.6   2.2   13-32   2-10    7   17   24   1.4   9   0.5   15   0.6   6   3

[wiacfamily]

River Falls

Incoming Recruits
Reid Tengblad 6'6" Holmen
Drew Tengblad 6'6"
Micah Thompson 6'5" Perham(MN)
Zac Johnson 6'2" River Falls (transfer from D2 Augustana)

Seniors or Transfers
Rodrick Payne 6'8" Transfer to D1 Western Illinois
Noah Hanson 6'3" back

If Payne was coming back to UWRF, I would think this team has the talent and ability to win the conference.  They would have shooters all over the floor(Jedwabney, Johnson and Hanson) so you wouldn't be able to collapse on Payne.  They don't have that inside presence now so there can be much more defensive pressure out on the perimeter.  Adding Thompson and Johnson are 2 solid pieces for UWRF in this incoming class.  They will be a tough team but might lack that star when they had Payne.  They could certainly prove me wrong.

Potential returners, they also had Jake Reeck and Noah Hansen who dnp last season, but have potential eligibility left.  Very young group of returners with a lot of playing time coming back.

Player              GP   GS   MPG   PPG   FGM   FGA   3PM   3PA   RPG   A   TO   St   Bl
Jedwabny, Logan   26   26   30.8   13   112   269   69   181   3.6   21   49   28   1
Anderson, Mason   26   26   25.5   8.4   77   194   40   108   4   31   31   20   2
Parker, Dylan      26   26   27.3   7.2   61   146   7   29   3.3   61   47   33   13
Leifker, Jack      26   0   11.2   4.9   52   104   1   3   2.2   7   16   6   11
Holland, Marshall  26   26   25.3   4.1   38   107   14   55   5.4   39   42   23   14
Honstrom, Garret  12   0   13.2   4.1   15   22   0   2   3   8   4   2   4
Van Scoy, Will      24   0   16.9   4   37   103   8   30   1.3   37   29   11   0
Butler, Jacob     18   0   11.1   2.4   16   39   7   18   2.8   10   13   9   2

[wiacfamily]

Stevens Point

Incoming Recruits
AJ Uttech 6'1" Columbus (ranked 40th Wissports Senior Rankings)
Austin Schaumburg 6'4" Dunlap(IL)
Logan Baumgartner 6'4" Medford (ranked 43rd Wissports Senior Rankings)
Mason Prey 6'4" Wausau Newman (ranked 27th Wissports Senior Rankings)
Jackson Watson 6'1" Libertyville(IL) PWO transfer from D1 Bowling Green
Josiah Butler 6'3" Fox Valley Lutheran(class of 2022, took prep year) (ranked 35th in Class of 2022 Wissports Senior Rankings)

Seniors or Transfers
Zach Mootz 6'2"
Isaac Woelffer 6'5"
Dylan Ruder 6'11" transfer
Elijah Vander Velden 6'8" left team at the end of last season

There is still a humongous need for a big man, but if Dernbach can solve that problem before next season, I don't think it would be possible for him to have a better start as the Head Coach at UWSP.  It might take another year, but it certainly looks to me that UWSP is trending back where they were to the national scene of D3 Hoops.

Lots of experienced guards that could be coming back and a lot of incoming players, which may help UWSP make a move:

Player           GP   GS   MPG   PPG   FGM   FGA   3PM   3PA   RPG   A   TO   St   Bl
Makinen, AJ   25   18   31.1   8.6   78   183   39   107   2.6   83   32   36   3
Mootz, Zach   25   25   29.2   10.9   99   241   44   119   3.5   53   47   20   2
Buchanan, Jake   23   22   28.2   12.7   104   249   43   118   2.1   58   43   21   3
Genrich, Ryan   25   11   22.9   5.2   49   120   17   49   2.4   36   24   25   6
Timm, Brennan   25   22   21.5   7.8   69   147   6   23   4.2   28   24   26   1
Gillie, Josiah   25   10   15.4   6.9   79   145   0   1   2.9   5   32   5   2
VanCalster, L   12   0   15   5.8   23   52   13   25   1.8   7   5   6   2
Coleman, Myles   25   2   12.2   4.9   47   109   6   17   2.2   19   31   24   8
Warden, Luke   22   6   11.4   3.4   35   61   0   0   1.5   4   13   3   13
Peterson, Ryan   20   2   11.3   2.4   16   59   3   36   1.2   8   10   9   1

[wiacfamily]

Stout

Incoming Recruits
Collin Vick 6'2" Owatonna(MN)
Mason Stoik 6'5" Eau Claire Memorial
Jackson Wilhelmson 6'4" Kenosha Indian Trail
Dominic Croci 6'1" Hurley
Caden Hoffman 6'0" D2 Concordia-St Paul transfer
Nolan Staufacher 6'5" Columbus
Carson Hoffman 6'10" Osceola

Seniors
Preson Briggs 6'5"
Cory Hoglund 6'1"
Carson Moe 6'2"

I think this is a solid class for Stout, with Fox back they should be able to compete in the conference.  To move up the ladder is very tough though, I still see Stout at the bottom but they will beat some good teams on their good nights.

Quite a few players with significant minutes potentially coming back.  Amazed at how few outside shooters they had, with only 3 players making more than 5 3s on the season.  Brenden Weiss played minutes at the beginning of the year, then injured?

Player        GP   GS   MPG    PPG   FGM   FGA   3PM   3PA   RPG   A      TO   S    Block
Fox, Brody         16   16   33.1   25.9   163   288   5   23   4.8   31   33   22   3
Scharlau, G      25   25   30.8    11.2    95   229   43   117   6.4   55   61   24   20
Noll, Jackson     25   13   26.1    5.8    49   151   38   116   1.8   54   41   21   1
Shore, Aidan     25   25   24.3    12.1    134   270   0   1   6.1   25   42   10   40
Walczak, Jacob  25   11   18.8    5.7    50   133   30   89   2.8   15   19   8   1
Jungel, Nick     25   0   15.7    3.6    38   80   0   0   3.4   46   45   25   28
Diedrich, C      16   0   11.6    3.4    23   44   1   2   1.6   18   20   9   0

[wiacfamily]

And finally...

Whitewater

Incoming Recruits
Collin Madson 6'3" Mukwonago (ranked 30th Wissports Senior Rankings)
Jake Fisher 6'2" Oconomowoc (Walk on Transfer from D1 Western Illinois, ranked 37th in the 2022 Wissports Senior Rankings)
Tristian Lynch 6'6" Green Bay New Lutheran
Brock Marino 6'7" Lake Villa(IL)

Not much needs to be said here, they return everyone of note on a Final Four Team.  They should be the preseason favorite and rightfully so.  Getting Madson and Fisher are big gets for the Warhawks and should give them even more depth to their roster.  I don't know much on Marino, other than he had a lot of D3 options, so he seems like a good get with his size as well.  Should be a fun year for the Warhawks upcoming.

Potentially the best team coming back, lots of experience and talent.

Player           GP   GS   MPG   PPG   FGM   FGA   3-M   3PA   RPG   A   TO   S   Bl
Barnstable, D   33   33   32   11.8   145   302   36   98   6.1   43   48   39   23
Barnstable, M   33   33   29.8   16.2   161   328   65   150   3.2   46   69   33   14
Barker, Jameer   33   29   27.7   11   133   282   28   73   2.8   100   50   36   1
Chislom, Trevon   33   33   25.6   15.7   193   352   29   58   4.7   43   61   17   25
Capstran, Carter 32   27   24.6   9.3   117   213   15   35   4.6   38   34   20   18
Lambert, Elijah   33   4   21.4   5.5   66   168   3   23   4   38   53   22   4
Fisher, Drew   33   4   16.5   4.3   45   112   5   18   4   26   16   8   2
Hoytink, JT   32   0   11.4   2.6   28   83   11   36   1.1   30   22   15   1

[Greek Tragedy]

Nice work wiacfamily! +1k

[tomt4525]

Former Lakeland, Platteville, Wayne State and Carroll coach Paul Combs has been hired as the top assistant coach under Kent Dernbach at UW-Stevens Point. Combs has 320 victories during his career.

This seems significant to get Combs as an assistant coach.

[Greek Tragedy]

Former Lakeland, Platteville, Wayne State and Carroll coach Paul Combs has been hired as the top assistant coach under Kent Dernbach at UW-Stevens Point. Combs has 320 victories during his career.

This seems significant to get Combs as an assistant coach.

Wow. And in related news...

https://twitter.com/WisBBYearbook/status/1668342435565678592?t=sSDHq6ne5Um21INispWY9A&s=19

I'm not sure about the circumstances of Combs leaving Carroll at the beginning of the season last year. He was obviously success at Lakeland and Platteville and even Carroll to some degree (no idea about Wayne State). It's interesting that he decided to take an assistant job at Point. I would think he'd be able to get a head coaching job pretty easily given his track record.

Anyway, the high school will take advantage as well as Mark Miller noted that SPASH will be getting Paul's son.

https://twitter.com/WisBBYearbook/status/1668341326780456962?t=eoyu7p5tjfknANvhYaii4A&s=19

I'm guessing he's a good player, otherwise, Mark probably wouldn't have made note of it.

[Greek Tragedy]

Probably already posted and old news by now.


https://twitter.com/CalKrohn/status/1668656439223545857?t=JjSYpszBOKNl9qM6cXWF9g&s=19

[tomt4525]

Probably already posted and old news by now.


https://twitter.com/CalKrohn/status/1668656439223545857?t=JjSYpszBOKNl9qM6cXWF9g&s=19

That's new, but if you're continuing to use the "it's probably old news" thing every time you post because I made reference to AJ Uttech's commitment to Point in January when you recently posted it....then I'll just let you and other posters break the news, I can use my time elswhere.

[tomt4525]

New Pointer commit, Cal Krohn, went to Purdue-Ft Wayne to play volleyball last year.  This is some added height and athleticism Point badly needed. 

[PauldingLightUP]

Probably already posted and old news by now.


https://twitter.com/CalKrohn/status/1668656439223545857?t=JjSYpszBOKNl9qM6cXWF9g&s=19

That's new, but if you're continuing to use the "it's probably old news" thing every time you post because I made reference to AJ Uttech's commitment to Point in January when you recently posted it....then I'll just let you and other posters break the news, I can use my time elswhere.

Agreed. Please stop with the "probably old news".

[Greek Tragedy]

Probably already posted and old news by now.


https://twitter.com/CalKrohn/status/1668656439223545857?t=JjSYpszBOKNl9qM6cXWF9g&s=19

That's new, but if you're continuing to use the "it's probably old news" thing every time you post because I made reference to AJ Uttech's commitment to Point in January when you recently posted it....then I'll just let you and other posters break the news, I can use my time elswhere.

I'm just covering my bases in case it was posted earlier. I'm too lazy to scroll back pages and pages to see if it was posted or considered old news. Feel free to post. Don't mind me.