MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[iwu70]

YUP, as expected, an all Midwest national title game, Augustana vs. Point.  Two very good defensive teams, should be a GREAT game.  Augie has an advantage inside, Point has shooters, advantages on the perimeter.  I say Point in OT.

IWU70

[Gregory Sager]

UWSP vs. Augie should be a great national championship game. These are clearly the two teams that have played the best in this tournament. Augie's had one nailbiter, against DePauw, but has otherwise been dominant. UWSP has been dominant all the way, although Virginia Wesleyan made the Pointers work for it tonight.

Wish I could watch it, but, alas, I have to call a baseball doubleheader tomorrow. Maybe I'll put it on the press box computer with the sound turned down.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Weird fun fact: the WIAC (11) and CCIW (6) have SEVENTEEN national titles between them, yet tomorrow will be the first time they have ever met in the title game.

[Gregory Sager]

That's not really weird at all, Chuck, given the bent of the NCAA to construct geographically-based brackets for the D3 tourney since the very first one back in 1975.

[Mr. Ypsi]

That's not really weird at all, Chuck, given the bent of the NCAA to construct geographically-based brackets for the D3 tourney since the very first one back in 1975.

Good point.  I'm not about to check 40 years of tourney results, but I wonder how many times one has knocked out the other.  Just last year, IWU was beaten in the semis by UWW.

[Gregory Sager]

I was curious myself, and, since this is bound to come up tomorrow, anyway, I looked it up:

1982: Augustana 70, UW-Milwaukee 63
1983: UW-Whitewater 63, Millikin 61
1984: UW-Whitewater 75, Illinois Wesleyan 67
1985: UW-Whitewater 72, North Central 53
1985: North Park 83, UW-Whitewater 81 (ot)
1986: Illinois Wesleyan 79, UW-Whitewater 75
1986: UW-Whitewater 89, North Park 73
1988: Millikin 101, UW-Whitewater 86
1989: UW-Whitewater 95, North Central 83
1993: Augustana 100, UW-Platteville 86
2000: UW-Eau Claire 74, Carthage 62
2006: Illinois Wesleyan 85, UW-Whitewater 71
2006: Augustana 77, UW-Stout 70
2009: UW-Whitewater 81, Elmhurst 79
2009: Wheaton 74, UW-Platteville 69 (ot)
2010: UW-Stevens Point 72, Illinois Wesleyan 56
2011: Illinois Wesleyan 83, UW-River Falls 76
2012: Illinois Wesleyan 69, UW-Stevens Point 61
2012: UW-Whitewater 67, Wheaton 56
2013: North Central 64, UW-Whitewater 60
2014: UW-Whitewater 87, Augustana 68
2014: UW-Whitewater 71, Illinois Wesleyan 63

The two leagues are deadlocked at 11-11. This will be the first D3 tourney meeting between Augie and UWSP.

[Just Bill]

I was curious myself, and, since this is bound to come up tomorrow, anyway, I looked it up:

1982: Augustana 70, UW-Milwaukee 63

Point of order honorable Sager! UW-Milwaukee was not a WSUC/WIAC member in 1982. They were D-III from 1980-87, but they were an independent. They had left the league way back in 1964.

That makes the tally 11-10 WIAC.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I was curious myself, and, since this is bound to come up tomorrow, anyway, I looked it up:

1982: Augustana 70, UW-Milwaukee 63

Point of order honorable Sager! UW-Milwaukee was not a WSUC/WIAC member in 1982. They were D-III from 1980-87, but they were an independent. They had left the league way back in 1964.

That makes the tally 11-10 WIAC.

Well, another reason to say 'Go, Augie!!'

[Gregory Sager]

I was curious myself, and, since this is bound to come up tomorrow, anyway, I looked it up:

1982: Augustana 70, UW-Milwaukee 63

Point of order honorable Sager! UW-Milwaukee was not a WSUC/WIAC member in 1982. They were D-III from 1980-87, but they were an independent. They had left the league way back in 1964.

That makes the tally 11-10 WIAC.

Thanks for the 411, Bill. I knew that UWM had been a WSUC/WIAC member, but I wasn't sure when that particular branch campus had left the fold.

[John Gleich]

I was curious myself, and, since this is bound to come up tomorrow, anyway, I looked it up:

1982: Augustana 70, UW-Milwaukee 63

Point of order honorable Sager! UW-Milwaukee was not a WSUC/WIAC member in 1982. They were D-III from 1980-87, but they were an independent. They had left the league way back in 1964.

That makes the tally 11-10 WIAC.

Also, UWSP beat IWU in round two.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I was curious myself, and, since this is bound to come up tomorrow, anyway, I looked it up:

1982: Augustana 70, UW-Milwaukee 63

Point of order honorable Sager! UW-Milwaukee was not a WSUC/WIAC member in 1982. They were D-III from 1980-87, but they were an independent. They had left the league way back in 1964.

That makes the tally 11-10 WIAC.

Also, UWSP beat IWU in round two.

Hey, I have NO memory of any such thing!

(Just because I had already talked Mrs. Y into another trip to Salem, just in case, doesn't mean I remember it!  I wonder of Greek is in the room we would've had? )

[Gregory Sager]

I was curious myself, and, since this is bound to come up tomorrow, anyway, I looked it up:

1982: Augustana 70, UW-Milwaukee 63

Point of order honorable Sager! UW-Milwaukee was not a WSUC/WIAC member in 1982. They were D-III from 1980-87, but they were an independent. They had left the league way back in 1964.

That makes the tally 11-10 WIAC.

Also, UWSP beat IWU in round two.

Yep. I had momentarily forgotten about that. I was just copying down what was in the NCAA archives, which doesn't include this tournament's games.

[Greek Tragedy]

Did you book at Holiday Inn? Neither did we.

[Gregory Sager]

Updated for the sake of accuracy:

1983: UW-Whitewater 63, Millikin 61
1984: UW-Whitewater 75, Illinois Wesleyan 67
1985: UW-Whitewater 72, North Central 53
1985: North Park 83, UW-Whitewater 81 (ot)
1986: Illinois Wesleyan 79, UW-Whitewater 75
1986: UW-Whitewater 89, North Park 73
1988: Millikin 101, UW-Whitewater 86
1989: UW-Whitewater 95, North Central 83
1993: Augustana 100, UW-Platteville 86
2000: UW-Eau Claire 74, Carthage 62
2006: Illinois Wesleyan 85, UW-Whitewater 71
2006: Augustana 77, UW-Stout 70
2009: UW-Whitewater 81, Elmhurst 79
2009: Wheaton 74, UW-Platteville 69 (ot)
2010: UW-Stevens Point 72, Illinois Wesleyan 56
2011: Illinois Wesleyan 83, UW-River Falls 76
2012: Illinois Wesleyan 69, UW-Stevens Point 61
2012: UW-Whitewater 67, Wheaton 56
2013: North Central 64, UW-Whitewater 60
2014: UW-Whitewater 87, Augustana 68
2014: UW-Whitewater 71, Illinois Wesleyan 63
2015: UW-Stevens Point 73, Illinois Wesleyan 53

The tally thus far is WIAC 12, CCIW 10.

[Greek Tragedy]

So in other words, the WIAC is dominating the series.