MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[theseguysaregood]

Illinois Wesleyan (19-7, 10-4 CCIW) vs UW-Stevens Point (20-7, 12-4 WIAC)...


PG
(UWSP) Tyler Tillema, 6-3/175 Jr - 17.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 4.5 apg (missed last 3 games with thumb injury - "day-to-day")
(IWU) Eliud Gonzalez, 5-9/170 Sr - 6.5 ppg, 3.6 ppg, 5.3 apg

SG
(IWU) Jordan Zimmer, 6-5/190 Sr - 15.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 0.9 apg (87-210 3-point, .414)
(UWSP) Jordan Giordana, 5-10/180 Jr - 8.7 ppg, 1.7 ppg, 0.8 apg (53-116 3-point, .457)

G/F
(UWSP) Dan Tillema, 6-4/195 Sr - 16.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 2.3 apg (55-137 3-point, .401)
(IWU) John Koschnitzky, 6-6/205 Sr - 8.7 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.3 apg

F
(IWU) Victor Davis, 6-5/225 So - 10.4 ppg, 5.0 rpg (103-201 FG, .512)
(UWSP) Trevor Hass, 6-4 190 So - 9.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg (44-112 3-point, .393)

F/C
(UWSP) Jordan Brezinski, 6-8/240 SR - 11.9 ppg, 7.1 rpg (124-230 FG, .539)
(IWU) Kevin Reed, 6-7/225 JR - 9.5 ppg, 6.1 rpg (108-173 FG, .624)

Bench
(UWSP) Austin Ryf (G), 6-0/185 Fr - 3.7 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.0 apg
(UWSP) Joe Ritchay (G/F), 6-3/210 Fr - 3.0 ppg, 1.6 rpg
(UWSP) Alex Richard (F), 6-4/210 Fr - 2.4 ppg, 1.1 rpg
(UWSP) Jason Ziemer (F), 6-4/215 So - 1.2 ppg, 0.8 rpg

(IWU) Andrew Ziemnik (F), 6-5/225 So - 7.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg
(IWU) Stephen Rudnicki (G), 6-3/173 Sr - 5.3 ppg, 2.2 apg
(IWU) Nick Anderson (C), 6-9/200 So - 4.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg
(IWU) Eric Dortch (F), 6-3/210 So - 3.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg

Team stats...

PPG
IWU 76.1
UWSP 72.1

FG%
UWSP .477
IWU .470

3-point FG %
UWSP .380
IWU .366

FT%
UWSP .781
IWU .681

A/TO
IWU 1.1
UWSP 1.0


Opp PPG
UWSP 65.1
IWU 65.7

Opp FG%
IWU .411
UWSP .419

Rebound Margin
IWU +6.2
UWSP -0.2

Opp A/TO
IWU 0.7
UWSP 1.0

This one has a pitbull feel...at some point it is going to bite them...

FT%
UWSP .781
IWU .681

[Titan Q]

This one has a pitbull feel...at some point it is going to bite them...

FT%
UWSP .781
IWU .681

I don't think there is any question it already has (during the CCIW schedule).

[diehardfan]

Congrats to IWU for getting in! I guess we don't need to argue about whether we should get rid of the conference tournament anymore, hahaha... (this board seriously needs an angel face)

I don't agree with the logic that NCC shouldn't host due to their gym, and it goes back to the whole argument that Lawrence, in its heyday, shouldn't host because the gym was sooo small. It's super anti in the spirit of D3. Just like it would be unfair if Wheaton got to host because their gym was nicer and they were lower ranked. But I didn't think that either CCIW school would get it based on merit. Now if Wheaton had taken care of Carthage, and hosted the conference tourney, and won, and.... yeah...

BTW, The best part of the whole bracket is that VA Wesleyan is the top seed in Wheaton's Bracket, and that just happens to be 3 hours from my house. Win two games! You can do it!!

Speaking of Lawrence and tiny Alexander Gym, you might want to note that VWC's Batten Center only seats 1,100 fans. That means that, as was the case when Lawrence hosted a sectional, you'd probably have to buy two tickets for the sectional semis if VWC hosted, since a gym that small would probably be forced to hold a split session.

(Apropos of nothing, I love the Batten Center's nickname: The Fish Tank.)

That's fine, I probably couldn't make a Friday game anyway, and besides, I make more money than I used to, and I used to spend a whooooooole lot more money on my d3hoops hobby than I do on any of my current hobbies now, hah. I am mostly just a little scared I will run into whoever my mom met at VWC when she was at a TaeKwonDo seminar who was like.... "OMG YOU'RE DIEHARDFAN's MOM!??!!!!" like I am Justin Bieber.

Not to burst April's hopeful Sweet 16 viewing bubble, but I see that bracket being hosted in the Midwest which would require probably 2 flights and one bus ride......vs 3 plane rides to Va Wesleyan.

Root for Claremont.....if they advance that bracket could require 3 flights, then Va W has something going.

Maybe it's just my being away for a while, but to me it seems better in terms of their willingness to move people around. It also seems like VWC is pretty darn clearly the number one seed in that section since there's soooo many people they could have picked for them instead in your bracket, and one extra flight isn't a super big deal. To me it seems more like they set it up so it was "eh, we'd pretty much have to fly everyone anyway..."

I'll be rooting for CMS anyway, since I am still a little bit a SoCal girl at heart. There's NO way they make it through though. I don't even have to watch them this year to know that there's a veeeery small chance the WIAC's best is worse than the SCIAC's best.

Worst case scenario I could always come hang out with you and David.

[Mr. Ypsi]

This one has a pitbull feel...at some point it is going to bite them...

FT%
UWSP .781
IWU .681

I don't think there is any question it already has (during the CCIW schedule).

"Lo how the mighty have fallen."  Doesn't IWU hold the all-division single-game record, going something like 33-34 from the line?  (A vague memory from a number of years ago, and I can't find such a record listed.)

[Gregory Sager]

Wesleyan made 35 of 36 from the line in a double-overtime comeback win against North Park back in 2003 at the crackerbox. It's tied for the all-time NCAA record for best FT% for a team that had at least 35 makes in a game, as three D1 teams have also gone 35 for 36 in a game.

I would've been more than happy to let the Titans have any single-game NCAA record they liked if the refs hadn't blown what most certainly should've been a charge on IWU's Eric Starkey in the final seconds of the second OT by instead calling a block on NPU's Javier Sanchez. Jav got to the spot in time to make and eat an entire jibarito before Starkey drove into him. But the refs didn't see it that way, and Starkey made IWU free throws number 34 and 35 to turn what should've been a 97-96 win for the Park into a 98-97 win for the greenies.

(Bitter? Who, me? )

[petemcb]

OK, thanks.

(Made my pick. You're not gonna like it, Chuck.)

Why not?  I'd love for the Titans to knock your #1 pick out early!

(Actually, despite the IWU/Hope potential matchup, I'm strongly considering Nate Snuggerud at #10 or #11.)

As Schwartz said in A Christmas Story, I triple-dog dare ya!

Excellent out-of-season reference.  +k

[Mr. Ypsi]

OK, thanks.

(Made my pick. You're not gonna like it, Chuck.)

Why not?  I'd love for the Titans to knock your #1 pick out early!

(Actually, despite the IWU/Hope potential matchup, I'm strongly considering Nate Snuggerud at #10 or #11.)

As Schwartz said in A Christmas Story, I triple-dog dare ya!

Excellent out-of-season reference.  +k

I came up with two I preferred to Nate (who is now gone at #19).  Besides, I just HATE it when my tongue sticks to a flagpole.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Wesleyan made 35 of 36 from the line in a double-overtime comeback win against North Park back in 2003 at the crackerbox. It's tied for the all-time NCAA record for best FT% for a team that had at least 35 makes in a game, as three D1 teams have also gone 35 for 36 in a game.

I would've been more than happy to let the Titans have any single-game NCAA record they liked if the refs hadn't blown what most certainly should've been a charge on IWU's Eric Starkey in the final seconds of the second OT by instead calling a block on NPU's Javier Sanchez. Jav got to the spot in time to make and eat an entire jibarito before Starkey drove into him. But the refs didn't see it that way, and Starkey made IWU free throws number 34 and 35 to turn what should've been a 97-96 win for the Park into a 98-97 win for the greenies.

(Bitter? Who, me? )

Thanks, Greg.  I knew I could count on you to correct (and sorta confirm) a vague memory!

[Gregory Sager]

triple-dog dare > triple monkey stomp

[Jim Matson]

Weak.

Sorry. I had to jump in when I saw eight posts in a row from old, old, old timers.

[Gregory Sager]

And all of 'em old enough to remember when you used to work the mic at King Arena, Jim!

[Titan Q]

And old enough to call you "Hiker Jim", Mr. Matson.

[Pat Coleman]

BTW, The best part of the whole bracket is that VA Wesleyan is the top seed in Wheaton's Bracket, and that just happens to be 3 hours from my house. Win two games! You can do it!!

How fast do you drive??

[Mr. Ypsi]

(Chiming in late)

And also old enough to recall fondly your hosting me at the CCIW/MIAA challenge (in 2005?) and showing me around the soccer pitch (which is a helluva lot nicer than many d1 facilities).

[AndOne]

NCC lost to St. Norbert's in the first round of the 1984 NCAA D 3 tournament, the next night in the consolation game, NCC won at UW Whitewater vs Illinois Wesleyan, 1985 NCC lost to UW Whitewater in the First Round and Lost in a Consolation game to Monmouth.  In 1989 NCC beat Millikin in the first round before losing in the Regional Final to UW Whitewater. In 1990 NCC lost to Illinois Wesleyan for the right to go to the sweet sixteen.

All of which means nothing from 22-28 years later.