MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[robberki]

Hey guys, why don't you ease up on Nebraska. Okay thanks.

[Titan Q]

I'm wondering what happened to the entry from one of our most prolific posters that appeared yesterday regarding his receiving a note advising that 1st team all-conference member, freshman Landon Gamble of North Central, was supposedly "shopping himself to scholarship schools"?

I'd love to know more about this:
*Who wrote the note? Is the source a usually reliable informant, someone with inside information, or just a voice out of the blue?
*Is it a case of the player shopping himself, or of a scholarship school approaching the player? Of course, that would be illegal and no scholarship school would ever do anything like that.  
*What was the source of the mystery author's information?
*Why does this post no longer appear on the board? Was it a hoax/attempt to stir up trouble? If so, was the perpetrator our prolific poster or the mystery author??

I don't believe the original post made any reference to the mysterious author being a usually reliable source of information. If such is not the case, perhaps the missing post was, in the least, a bit irresponsible without first checking the reliability factor.  

I've spoken with both a couple of North Central players and coaches. None advised of any knowledge of such activity. Accordingly, if the the player in question has made inquires, he is doing a good job of keeping his cards close to the vest. In all honesty, if the coaches, and possibly the players, did know this was going on, they likely wouldn't confirm it to me anyway. Especially not until they had the opportunity to further investigate. However, I have no reason to question their denial at this time. Also, I know the player mentioned to be a stand up type of individual who it seems likely would go to the coaches first if it was his intention to make inquires regarding a possible transfer. I'm not saying this isn't possible. There are all kinds of reasons a player might want to transfer including a desire to fulfill a dream to play at a scholarship institution, family financial matters, or even chasing unrequited love. The list goes on.

A curious scenario to say the least.
And inquiring minds would like to know.  

I removed it because the person who told me (who has provided me with nothing but credible information over the years) asked me to, out of respect for North Central.  But hey, if you want to stir it up (after it was deleted after being here for just 15 minutes), that is your call.

[Gregory Sager]

Hey guys, why don't you ease up on Nebraska. Okay thanks.

We're just trying to draw you out of your off-season bunker, Rob.

I removed it because the person who told me (who has provided me with nothing but credible information over the years) asked me to. 

Works for me. Thanks for the explanation, Bob.

[Dennis_Prikkel]

enjoyed meeting the new North Park coach Howard at Tre Kronor this evening - a real nice guy.  There were about ten former Vikings in attendance.  Thanks to Marc Horner for arranging the dinner.

[Gregory Sager]

enjoyed meeting the new North Park coach Howard at Tre Kronor this evening - a real nice guy.  There were about ten former Vikings in attendance.  Thanks to Marc Horner for arranging the dinner.

I should point out that I saw Coach Howard and his wife eating at the Pit (aka Charcoal Delights to the uninitiated) on Wednesday, so he's clearly sussed out the pecking order of NPU's neighborhood eateries (Charcoal Delights and Tre Kronor, good; McDonald's, Subway, and Jimmy John's, bad).

Don't know if he's crossed the threshold of Smokey Bears yet.

[sac]

Hey guys, why don't you ease up on Nebraska. Okay thanks.

Oh I love Nebraska, how can you not love a place that has this...which is awesome.

http://www.carhenge.com/

or the Kool-aid museum in Hastings, which I somehow missed.

[Dennis_Prikkel]

my family and i got to experience the flooding of the north platte river when we drove off interstate 80 to see the pony express station in gothenburg - definitely six inches deep and a mile wide.

I've also driven from Chadron to Valentine in northern Nebraska (and it is a big long state).

[RogK]

A beautiful ballpark has opened in downtown Omaha:
http://www.omaha.com/article/20110504/BLUEJAYS/705039792
Lucky Creighton players, I'd say.

[Titan Q]

The player commitment lists I have been tracking (IBS Large School/Small School all-state teams) have really filled in over the course of the last 30 days...

[Titan Q]

Seniors from the Illinois Basketball Services "Large School" all-state team:

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
CHASSON RANDLE, 6'2", Senior, Rock Island  Stanford (D1)

FIRST TEAM:
MAX BIELFELDT, 6'8", Senior, Peoria Notre Dame  Michigan (D1)
WAYNE BLACKSHEAR, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Morgan Park  Louisville (D1)
RYAN BOATRIGHT, 5'10", Senior, Aurora East  U Conn (D1)
ANTHONY DAVIS, 6'10", Senior, Chicago Perspectives MSA  Kentucky (D1)
NNANNA EGWU, 6'9", Senior, Chicago St. Ignatius  Illinois (D1)
MYCHAEL HENRY, 6'6", Senior, Chicago Orr  Illinois (D1)
JORDAN NELSON, 5'11", Senior, Lincoln Evansville (D1)
MIKE SHAW, 6'8", Senior, Chicago De LaSalle  Illinois (D1)
SAM THOMPSON, 6'7", Senior, Chicago Whitney Young  Ohio St (D1)

SECOND TEAM:
TRACY ABRAMS, 6'1", Senior, Chicago Mt. Carmel Illinois (D1)
MACARI BROOKS, 6'3", Senior, Richton Park Rich South  DePaul (D1)
JAMIE CROCKETT, 6'4", Senior, Crete-Monee  DePaul (D1)
JOHNNY HILL, 6'3", Senior, Lombard Glenbard East  Illinois State (D1)
ROOSEVELT JONES, 6'4", Senior, O'Fallon  Butler (D1)
FRANK KAMINSKY, 6'10", Senior, Lisle Benet Academy  Wisconsin (D1)
GEORGE MARSHALL, 5'11", Senior, Chicago Brooks  Wisconsin (D1)
DAVID SOBOLEWSKI, 6', Senior, Lisle Benet Academy  Northwestern (D1)
DONIVINE STEWART, 6'1", Senior, Bartonville Limestone  Bradley (D1)

THIRD TEAM:
AARON ADEOYE, 6'6", Senior, Marion  Ball State (D1)
JACCOBY ANDERSON, 5'11", Senior, Springfield Southeast  Chicago State (D1)
D'LANDO CARTER, 6'0, Senior, Danville  Southeastern Community College (JC)
QUINTON CHIEVOUS, 6'5", Senior, Niles Notre Dame  Tennessee (D1)
DESHAWN DELANEY, 6'6", Senior, Chicago Carver  Vincennes U. (JC)
ZACH MILLER, 5'9", Senior, Lombard (IL) Glenbard East  Northern Illinois (D1)
KEANTE MINOR, 6'2", Senior, East St. Louis  Arkansas (D1) - football
ABDEL NADER, 6'6", Senior, Niles North  La Lumiere Academy (prep)
JOSH PIPER, 6'8", Senior, Champaign Centennial  Eastern Illinois (D1)
MIKE POWELL, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Brooks  Rhode Island (D1)

FOURTH TEAM:
JEROME BROWN, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Morgan Park  Illinois-Chicago (D1)
JULIUS BROWN, 5'10", Senior, Country Club Hills Hillcrest  Toledo (D1)
JOEY MILLER, 6'3", Senior, Charleston  Eastern Illinois (D1)
DAVID MOLINARI, 6'1", Senior, Peoria Notre Dame
KANE SWEENEY, 6'4", Senior, Belleville West  Morehead State (D1) - baseball
KIEFER SYKES, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Marshall  UW-Green Bay (D1)
DEMETRIUS TOLLIVER, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Farragut
MIKE TURNER, 6'8", Senior, Chicago University  Northwestern (D1)
TY NEAL, 5'11", Senior, Carbondale  Murray State (D1)
DARIAN WHITE, 6'3", Senior, Peoria Central  Chicago State (D1)

FIFTH TEAM:
DAVARIS DANIELS, 6'3", Senior, Vernon Hills  Notre Dame (D1) - football
MIKE DOMBROWSKI, 5'11", Senior, Johnsburg  Carthage (D3)
JAKE EVERLY, 6'2", Senior, Woodstock Marian Central Catholic  Hope (D3)
DAVID FRANKLIN, 6'3", Senior, Belleville Althoff
NIC HOEPFNER, 6'5", Senior, East Moline
NICK HOFMAN, 6'3", Senior, Algonquin Jacobs
RYAN JACKSON, 6'1", Senior, Riverside-Brookfield  Lewis (D2)
LUKE JOHNSON, 6'9", Senior, Wheaton Academy  Carthage (D3)

HONORABLE MENTION:
DREW ANDERSON, 6'7", Senior, Rockford Christian  U. of Illinois (D1) - football walk-on
KORY BILLUPS, 6'3", Senior, Chicago Crane
DREW BLUMENSHINE, 6'9", Senior, Peoria Notre Dame Illinois Wesleyan (D3)
TONY BRADLEY, 6'3", Senior, Alton  Southwestern Illinois (JC)
KRIS BREWER, 6'4", Senior, Carbondale Brehm Prep  Kent State (D1)
ROBERT CALMESE, 5'11", Senior, Decatur Eisenhower
JEFF CLARK, 6'2", Senior, Marion
RAKEEM DICKERSON, 6'1", Senior, Carbondale Brehm Prep  Arkansas State (D1)
JONATHAN DOSS, 6'4", Senior, Chicago Taft
GEORGE EDWARDS, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Foreman  Gillette College (JC)
DYLAN ENNIS, 6'2", Senior, Lake Forest Academy  Rice (D1)
JAMES FARR, 6'8', Senior, Evanston  Xavier (D1)
AHMAN FELLS, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Simeon  Illinois-Chicago (D1)
ARMANI FLANNIGAN, 6'7", Senior, Rockford Boylan Catholic
MARK GILCHRESE, 5'9", Senior, Springfield
KEITH GRAY, 6'7", Senior, Chicago Brooks  Northern Illinois (D1)
DESHAWN GREER, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Hyde Park
LUKE HAGER, 6'6", Senior, Chicago Whitney Young  UNC-Wilimington (D1)
ANDRE HENLEY, 6'4", Senior, Chicago De La Salle  Northern Illinois (D1)
SHAQUILLE HINES, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Harlan
GARRETT JONES, 6'1", Senior, Evanston  New Hampshire (D1)
DEJI IBITAYO, 6'3", Senior, Rich Central  Akron (D1)
WILL JENKINS, 6'3", Senior, Peoria Richwoods
TRAVIS KELLUM, 6'6", Senior, Peoria Central
JACK KRIEGER, 6'4", Junior, Plainfield North  St. Xavier (NAIA)
KISTON LEE, 6'3", Senior, Decatur (IL) MacArthur
TYLER LUNDEEN, 6'6", Senior, Morton  Triton (JC)
BRIAN MADSON, 6'5", Senior, McHenry  Lake Forest (D3)
STANLEY MALCOLM, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Brooks
DERRICK MARKS, 6'2", Senior, Plainfield (IL) Central  Boise State (D1)
GREG MAYS, 6'8", Senior, Crete-Monee (IL)  UW-Green Bay (D1)
RASHAUN MCGREW, 6'7", Senior, Chicago Vocational  Chicago State (D1)
RASHAWN MCELRATH, 6'6", Senior, Chicago Simeon
ZACH MONAGHAN, 6'2", Senior, Fremd (IL)  South Dakota St (D1)
MATT PALUCKI, 6'7", Senior, Park Ridge Maine South  Washington U. (D3)
TYWON PINCKNEY, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Simeon
TREVOR RICHARDS, 6'1", Senior, Breese Mater Dei  Drury (D2) - baseball
T.J. RIGGS, 6'3", Senior, Bloomington  Ashland U. (D2)
REMY ROBERTS-BURNETT, 5'10", Senior, Joliet West  Western Illinois (D1)
LATREE RUSSELL, 6'6", Senior, Bolingbrook  Des Moines Area Community College (JC)
RYAN SAWVELL, 6'8", Senior, Mundelein  Evansville (D1)
NATHANIEL SMITH, 6'4", Senior, Lincoln  Loras (D3)
CARSON SONNENBERG, 6'5", Senior, Belleville Althoff
DYLAN SPARKMAN, 6'9", Senior,, East Peoria  Illinois-Springfield (D2)
TYRONE STAGGERS, 6'5", Senior, Chicago St. Ignatius Prep
WILL SULLIVAN, 6'2", Senior, Elmhurst York  Northern Illiinois (D1)
MIKE SUTTER, 6'4", Senior, Woodstock  Trinity Christian (NAIA)
KEIFER SYKES, 5'9", Senior, Chicago Marshall UW-Green Bay (D1)
GREG TRAVIS, 5'11", Senior, Chicago Curie  Illinois-Chicago (D1)
DAN TRIMBLE, 6'8", Senior, Geneva  West Georgia (D2)
ELLIOT VAUGHN, 6'6", Senior, Batavia  Roosevelt (NAIA)
LETRELL VISER, 5'11", Senior, Aurora East
DEVANTE WILKINS, 6'2", Chicago Carver  Richard J. Daley (JC)
GABE WILLIAMS, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Farragut
JEREMY WOHLTMAN, 6'4", Senior, Effingham
NICK ZEISLOFT, 6'3", Senior, Lyons  Illinois State (D1)

[Titan Q]

Seniors from IBS "Small School" First through Fifth teams...

SMALL SCHOOL PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
AARON ARMSTEAD, 6'4", Senior, Chicago Hales Franciscan  UW-Green Bay (D1)

FIRST TEAM:
KYLE ANDERSON, 6'2", Senior, Newark  Delaware (D1)
SAM FORD, 6'2", Senior, Oregon  
JERROD GASTON, 6'2", Senior, Murphysboro  Vincennes U. (JC)
BRAD HAMILTON, 6'1", Senior, Pittsfield  John Wood (JC)  
JAKOB JUNIS, 6'3", Senior, Rock Falls  North Carolina State (D1) - baseball
JOEL LEARNARD, 6'5", Senior, Catlin Salt Fork  Illinois State (D1) - baseball
TYLER MCLANE, 6'2", Senior, East Dubuque  Wayne State (D2)


SECOND TEAM:
KYLE FLOYD, 6'2", Senior, Windsor  Kaskaskia (JC)
HAYDEN HOERDEMANN, 6'3", Senior, Bloomington Central Catholic  Western Michigan (D1)
JENS KENNEDY, 6'9", Senior, Dwight  Quincy (D2)
COLLIN MINGO, 6'7", Senior, Springfield Calvary Academy  Lindenwood-Belleville (USCAA)
DYLAN OVERSTREET, 6'3", Senior, Paxton-Buckley-Loda  Illinois Wesleyan (D3)
NICK SCHUMACHER, 6'5", Senior, Teutopolis  
CONNOR WHEELER, 6'1", Senior, DuQuoin  Illinois Wesleyan (D3)

THIRD TEAM:
JOHN AVERY, 6'5", Senior, Newark
PAUL BEENE, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Leo
DEREK BOURKE, 6'2", Senior, Nokomis
DYLAN CRAIG, 6'1", Senior, Murphysboro  Illinois State (D1) - baseball
CODEY FUNK, 6'6", Senior, El Paso-Gridley  Western Illinois (D1) - football
DYLAN GUTHRIE, 6'1", Senior, Winchester West Central MacMurray (D3)
PHIL KUNZ, 6'7", Senior, Trenton Wesclin
BRAYDEN TEUSCHER, 6'2", Senior, Rockford Christian  Washington U. (D3)

FOURTH TEAM:
ANDY ADAMS, 6'1", Senior, Orion
COREY AYALA, 6'1", Senior, Metropolis Massac County  Rend Lake (JC)
SAM BROWN, 6'2", Senior, Nashville
MATT CARLSON, 6'1", Senior, Kewanee
EANN COX, 6'2", Senior, Erie  Kirkwood Community College - baseball
MATT KRAUSE, 6'1", Senior, Deer Creek-Mackinaw  Wheaton (D3) - baseball (basketball?)
ADAM KUNKEL, 5'10", Senior, Red Bud  John A. Logan (JC) - baseball
DAN OLSON, 6'9", Senior, Cullom Tri Point
DRAKE VERMILLION, 6'8", Senior, Beardstown  Quincy (D2)
CLAYTON WHITLOCK, 6'8", Senior, Springfield Calvary Academy  MacMurray (D3)

FIFTH TEAM:
NATE DEVENNEY, 6'0", Senior, Manlius Bureau Valley
JAKE DEJAEGER, 6'2", Senior, Annawan
MAURICE JOINER, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Leo
ALEX KOCH, 6'5", Senior, Chillicothe Illinois Valley Central
CALVIN LEWIS, 6'5", Senior, Toulon Stark County  Joliet Junior College - football
MATT MASER, 6'2", Senior, Westville
KODY MICHAEL, 6'9", Senior, Forreston
MICHAEL MURRAY, 6'2", Senior, Princeton  Illinois Valley Community College
CODY OWEN, 6'1", Senior, Chrisman
TERREL WILLIAMS, 5'9", Senior, South Beloit

[AndOne]

Hey guys, why don't you ease up on Nebraska. Okay thanks.

Oh I love Nebraska, how can you not love a place that has this...which is awesome.

http://www.carhenge.com/

or the Kool-aid museum in Hastings, which I somehow missed.

Nebraska is also home to two of the best ever high school nicknames;
Omaha Benson Bunnies
Minden Whippets

[Mr. Ypsi]

Did Minden steal the name from Garrison Keillor, or were they they whippets even before A Prairie Home Companion?  A fantastic name, especially for wide receivers (or shortstops)!

Robberki, I don't think anyone meant any harm with the Nebraska shots - and even you would have to admit that for someone anxious to arrive somewhere else, Nebraska is one LONG and somewhat tedious (if you don't get off and explore it) drive!  Consider it 'rookie hazing' into the Big Ten!

[upnorth]

Whitewater High School in Wisconsin is also the Whippets, ever since the 40's or 50's.  (Before that they were the Quakers.  Why?  no idea).

Of course, for truly strange nicknames a person needs to travel to northern Wisconsin or the U.P.  Examples:  The Hurley Midgets or the ever-popular Watersmeet Nimrods.  (Both are iron mining terms, not comments on the people who live there.)

[Dennis_Prikkel]

Did Minden steal the name from Garrison Keillor, or were they they whippets even before A Prairie Home Companion?  A fantastic name, especially for wide receivers (or shortstops)!

Robberki, I don't think anyone meant any harm with the Nebraska shots - and even you would have to admit that for someone anxious to arrive somewhere else, Nebraska is one LONG and somewhat tedious (if you don't get off and explore it) drive!  Consider it 'rookie hazing' into the Big Ten!

i feel the same way driving across ohio on my way to upstate new york's adirondack mountains - not much to see along interstate 90.