MBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[ChickenHoops]

Interesting that pairs of high school teammates will battle each other in Oshkosh tonight:

Karter Thomas vs. Tristan Johanknecht--Oshkosh West
JJ Paider vs. Carter Thomas--Neenah Rockets  (state champs together)
Also Joey LaChappell from Appleton in the game, they all know each other's games from the FVA.

Should be a good fan turnout tonight there. I'll be at Quandt tonight to watch the Pointers host Whitewater. (Seth Miron of Pointers is also from the FVA.) My brother is feeding the chickens  tonight so might got to Hilltop after the Pointer win to see how the ladies game watch party turned out. 

[Greek Tragedy]

For La Crosse's sake, they hope JJ Paider isn't in Oshkosh tonight.

[ChickenHoops]

For La Crosse's sake, they hope JJ Paider isn't in Oshkosh tonight.

Sorry, go the scheduled teams mixed up.  Platteville has FVA stud Logan Pearson.  I will still go to Hilltop after the Pointer victory.

['95 Blugold]

That home loss against River Falls a few weeks back really looking bad on the Blugolds schedule right now. Hopefully they avenge it tonight in River Falls.

[tomt4525]

6'5" Baldwin-Woodville F, Evan Clausen, committed to UWRF.  He had some other WIAC interest, seems like a solid get for the Falcons.

['95 Blugold]

Blugolds go on the road and take care of River Falls 71-58. Strong finish in the first half led to a strong start in the 2nd that had a lead build up to 20. Falcons cut it to single digits about half way through the 2nd half, but the Blugolds tightened things up from there to solidify the W.

[palum]

Platteville takes care of Oshkosh 86-73 in Oshkosh. Platteville led 46-31 at halftime. Their lead grew to 23 points then Oshkosh started to chip away and got it down to single didgets. Brady Olson led Platteville with 21 points.

[Greek Tragedy]

To say that was unexpected by Point against Whitewater would be a gross understatement.

[Greek Tragedy]

Kind of some odd scheduling by the league. After last night's games, everyone has off this weekend. Why not have the bye last night marking the halfway point of the lead season? I would think you would want a Saturday game to get more butts in the seats. Not sure if there's some kind of conference scheduling conflict.

[PauldingLightUP]

Just when I give him a little praise, Platteville comes out with an excellent defensive performance against Joey LaChapell last night. Only six points last night and the Pioneers were all over LaChapell defensively after giving up 30 in Platteville. Couldn't find an open shot at all. Ended up having to bemore of a distributor with a team high five assists.

However, LaChapell was 4-4 at the line last night including two cold after a media timeout to up his season percentage to 95.3125%. Mike Christenson of Grove City missed a free throw last night, so LaChapell moves into fourth  in the NCAA in free throw percentage.

[Greek Tragedy]

Point jumps 19 spots in the rankings and 8 Pool C spots after their win vs Whitewater. Eau Claire and Oshkosh basically flip spots. Shows how volatile the NPI can be. It will be interesting what Monday's rankings will look like with the WIAC off and the UAA playing two this weekend and the NESCAC also doing the double dip, not to mention almost everyone else playing at least one more time.

https://d3datacast.com/npi/

2. Platteville 69.211 Pool A
5. La Crosse 66.112 C1
30. Stevens Point 59.908 C18
55. Eau Claire 58.628 C29
57. Oshkosh 58.433 C31

[ChickenHoops]

Point jumps 19 spots in the rankings and 8 Pool C spots after their win vs Whitewater. Eau Claire and Oshkosh basically flip spots. Shows how volatile the NPI can be. It will be interesting what Monday's rankings will look like with the WIAC off and the UAA playing two this weekend and the NESCAC also doing the double dip, not to mention almost everyone else playing at least one more time.

https://d3datacast.com/npi/

2. Platteville 69.211 Pool A
5. La Crosse 66.112 C1
30. Stevens Point 59.908 C18
55. Eau Claire 58.628 C29
57. Oshkosh 58.433 C31

I hope the Pointers finally figured something out, that drubbing by Oshkosh last week was apparently a wakeup call. Lady Dawgs fell hard last night, the guys need to get Point to the tourney.  It will be a tough road.

[tomt4525]

WIAC Recruiting Update  --slow going as of now it seems but do an update anyways.

Rankings are from PrepHoops

Eau Claire

Bryce Borowicz 6'1" West De Pere -ranked 96
Cole Wilcek 6'4" Farmington(MN)
Roan Demovsky 6'1" De Pere -ranked 38
Roman Thompson 6'4" Kettle Moraine -ranked 40

La Crosse

Jack Crowley 6'2" Downers Grove N(IL)
Eli Schroeder 6'1" Shakopee(MN)
Carter Wollan 6'3" Amery -ranked 34
Carson Bauer 6'4" West Bend West- ranked 41

Oshkosh

Oskar Kangas 6'5" Iron Mountain(MI)
AJ Ohrmundt 6'7" Arrowhead-ranked 63
Adam Guyette 6'4" Green Bay Notre Dame-ranked 93

Platteville

Elliot Bessen 6'1" Eau Claire North-ranked 105
Caleb Cunico 6'4" Rockridge(IL)
Ryan Prowicz 6'2" Hampshire(IL)
SaVont Johnson 6'3" Addams Friendship-ranked 109

River Falls

Daniel Cleary 6'7" Lake Country Lutheran- ranked 78
Evan Clausen 6'5" Baldwin-Woodville-ranked 74

Stevens Point

Drew Daoust 6'1" Southern Door-ranked 27

Stout

Gavin Johnson 6'4" Cannon Falls(MN)
2nd Unknown Commit

Whitewater

No commits that I've seen so far

[Greek Tragedy]

https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/tow/2024-25/week9

I don't recall it being mentioned, but Eau Claire's Andre Renta made the d3hoops team of the week.

[tomt4525]

Jameer Barker has made a post on social media saying goodbye to Whitewater basketball.  It doesn't allude to the reasoning behind him not finishing out the year but those are big shoes for Whitewater to fill for the rest of the season.