MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[petemcb]

.......or the new and improved facility up at Carthage.  Purported to be one of the finest in D3.  Including seat backs  -  good for ol' geezers like myself.

[The Roop]

Springs in the floor ?? Sounds like they got it from Action Floor Systems. While it might sound high tech those "springs" are basically waffled rubber pads stapled to 2x4s (called sleepers) and the flooring is installed over the top of them.

[AndOne]

Jeez. Come on you basketball "fans." You've heard of a player having "springs" as in the ability to jump. The old floor at Merner has more "give" and rebound effect than many of the newer surfaces, and enables players to get up a little higher off the floor.
Merry X-Mas!

[AndOne]

.......or the new and improved facility up at Carthage.  Purported to be one of the finest in D3.  Including seat backs  -  good for ol' geezers like myself.

Pete--

You might be a geezer, but you're still a young geezer!   

[The Roop]

Sorry I bit on that one AndOne but I did work at Action Floor Systems for a while. I was merely explaining the "secret" technology.

[Gregory Sager]

Is Elmhurst playing a double-header on January 3rd -- as indicated on the CCIW website?

The upcoming games are culled straight from the Composite Schedule feature on the CCIW website, and the Composite Schedule has had an error in it since it was posted last fall. Elmhurst will be at Anderson on Saturday, Jan. 3, while Millikin will be taking on York (NY) in the first round of the Christopher Newport Captains Shootout in Newport News, VA.

[Thunder Dutch]

A look at all the conferences' non-conference record.

Conference	W - L	%
CCIW	60-11	0.845
WIAC	42-17	0.712
NEWMAC	45-20	0.692
Centennial	29-14	0.674
IIAC	44-25	0.638
NJAC	47-28	0.627
OAC	32-19	0.627
NESCAC	50-30	0.625
Empire 8	35-21	0.625
MAC Freedom	32-21	0.604
SCAC	52-35	0.598
Liberty	35-24	0.593
UAA	38-27	0.585
MASCAC	35-27	0.565
NWC	35-27	0.565
ODAC	41-33	0.554
MACC	38-31	0.551
MIAC	24-20	0.545
USAC	33-29	0.532
HCAC	29-28	0.509
SUNYAC	32-31	0.508
PRAC	32-34	0.485
Little East	27-29	0.482
GNAC	30-33	0.476
NATHC	30-34	0.469
Skyline	21-25	0.457
SCIAC	28-37	0.431
Capital Athl.	24-33	0.421
NCAC	29-40	0.420
MWC	23-32	0.418
CCC	50-70	0.417
Landmark	25-36	0.410
AMCC	18-26	0.409
MIAA	27-43	0.386
CUNYAC	25-44	0.362
SLIAC	22-39	0.361
North Atlantic	19-35	0.352
Independents	38-73	0.342
ASC	15-30	0.333
NEAC	25-52	0.325
UMAC	19-40	0.322
GSAC	11-24	0.314

Looking through all the conferences' standing, I'm pretty sure the CCIW is the only conference where every team is above .500 (all are 6-2 or better, in fact), and collectively we've won 49 more games than we've lost! Pretty amazing stuff. The WIAC is also really strong (don't the WIAC and CCIW have 6 of the top-10 teams in the top-25 poll?) but perhaps more top-heavy with UWW, UWSP, and UWP.

(edited by GS for formatting)

[Mr. Ypsi]

Thunder Dutch,

Thanks for compiling that - +K!

[petemcb]

Thunder Dutch,

Thanks for compiling that - +K!

Wouldn't "- +K"  = 0?

[sac]

Winning %'s of CCIW D3 opponents.

Augustana 9 games 33-50, .398
Carthage 6 games 29-23, .558
Elmhurst 10 games 49-41, .551
Ill Weslyan 6 games, 23-32 .418
Milliken 7 games, 25-42 .373
North Central 8 games, 35-37 .486
North Park 9 games, 35-42 .455
Wheaton 8 games, 23-44 .343

Total games vs D3 = 63
Games vs D3 teams w/ winning records = 18
    Games vs D3 teams above .750 = 8
Games vs D3 teams w/ .500 records = 6
Games vs D3 teams w/ losing records = 39
    Games vs D3 teams below .250 = 14

combined records of D3 opponents 252-311 = .448

[79jaybird]

Hope Santa was good to everybody.  I know the treadmill is calling me after this holiday. 

A few pages back there was a discussion about Carroll and the possible conference change. 
As many of you know, I often wonder why Elmhurst stays in the CCIW.  When the NAC was forming, I thought that would be a great fit for Elmhurst, and if Carroll was to leaving the MWC, perhaps the MWC would be good for Elmhurst.
I know there are many reasons for EC to stay in the CCIW, but as a former player and Alum, I just don't see Elmhurst "competitive" in many sports.  Recently perhaps, but historically no.  Just my two cents on the matter.

We have seen a lot of intense battles up to this point.  What would you say was the greatest upset so far this non-conference?

[AndOne]

Greetings CCIWers from the Embassy Suites in Columbus, Ohio.
The NCC bus will be leaving for Otterbein (10 minutes away) in about an hour. Hopefully, I'll be able to report another CCIW victory following the game.

[thundermike11]

Does anyone have any info on Mount St. Joseph? I know they played Elmhurst pretty even in November.

[cardinalfanrochelle]

If anyone is bored go to Otterbein school site and listen to the pre game show it's a riot ( funny) they have no clue who they are playing

[thundermike11]

North Central 73
Otterbein 56

Final

http://www.otterbein.edu/Athletics/Mbasketball/games/2009/game10.htm