MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Jim Matson]

Bollier's record is a CCIW conference record for CCIW games only.  I'm not sure about Knuppel's record.  It does look a bit confusing.

[Jim Matson]

I wonder who was on the all-CCIW team in 1904?

Wheaton was part of a 3 team demonstration sport during the 1906 Olympics in St. Louis.  I guess the world needed an introduction to basketball.  Here are the official results:

Hiram College def. Wheaton College, 23-20
Wheaton College def. Latter Day Saints University, 40-35
Hiram College def. Latter Day Saints University, 25-18

Thus, the medal standings were:

Hiram College, 2-0
Wheaton College, 1-1
Latter Day Saints University, 0-2

Hmmmmm.   

[diehardfan]

Well done Scott... Hours later and I'm still laughing at your joke!

...and as good as Chris Martin is at everything

Ah yes, the reason why Martin will always be my MOP for these past two years in simplified English. Good stuff.

Jason Kalsow and Chris Martin are the two most complete players I've ever seen step onto a d3basketball court. If only Martin could have ended his career the way that Jason did. It's awfully hard to watch guys like Joel Kolmodin and Chris Martin... the greatest of the great,  graduate without even having a shot at the dance.

I guess the nice thing about D3 as that at the moment they hang up their jerseys, their lives are truly only beginning.  

Jim: is the reason you know those facts because you were there? 

[Ralph Turner]

I wonder who was on the all-CCIW team in 1906?

Wheaton was part of a 3 team demonstration sport during the 1906 Olympics in St. Louis.  I guess the world needed an introduction to basketball.  Here are the official results:

Hiram College def. Wheaton College, 23-20
Wheaton College def. Latter Day Saints University, 40-35
Hiram College def. Latter Day Saints University, 25-18

Thus, the medal standings were:

Hiram College, 2-0
Wheaton College, 1-1
Latter Day Saints University, 0-2

Hmmmmm.   

Wow, the 1906 Olympics in St Louis!  I knew about the 1904's.  Thanks!

[Gregory Sager]

Somebody help me with the other first teamers from 1980 that Harper, Greer and Thomas (that trio won three straight D3 titles).

I don't know for sure, but I'm willing to bet that they were Gordy Zastrow of Carthage and Gary Jackson of Millikin. Zastrow led the CCIW in scoring that year, and he ended his career at Carthage with over 1,700 points scored. Jackson led the league in FT shooting, and he ended his career with over 1,100 points scored. His teammate Mark Kreke scored 1,400 points in his career, so perhaps he was the fifth first-teamer instead of Jackson. Augustana's Maxwell Artis and Bill Rapier are two other good candidates as well.

King Dennis: I couldn't find the 1980 1st team players. The earliest I could find was the 81/82 1st team CCIW team. I'm sure you remember them well:

Maxwell Artis, Augie
Blaise Bugajski, IWU (one of the coolest names in CCIW history)
Greg Yess, IWU
Wayne Dunning, Millikin
Fred Kruse, NPC (I don't remember him but I do remember Mike McFadden of NCC who made the 2nd team as a junior-he killed IWU that year)

Freddie Kruse was perhaps the best shooter I've ever seen at North Park. He was a standout at Buffalo Grove H.S., played two years for North Dakota, and then transferred to North Park where he was an All-American and All-CCIW first-teamer in 1981-82 and 1982-83. He was a remarkable player who scored a ton of points in spite of the fact that by the time he came to the Park he was playing on knees that were completely shot. I would've loved to have seen him play in the era where the three-pointer was part of the game, but he was three years too early.

This is not a shot at Carroll College or any other school, but I did notice that none of our 1st teamers are transfers.  Now that's cool.  They were recruited and came to their institutions from high school.

I don't think that that's either cool or uncool. Again, transfers are not lepers. I really and truly dislike the idea that there's some sort of caste system among college basketball players, that transfers are somehow tainted or of lesser quality as students or athletes.

[dansand]

King Dennis: I couldn't find the 1980 1st team players. The earliest I could find was the 81/82 1st team CCIW team. I'm sure you remember them well:

Maxwell Artis, Augie
Blaise Bugajski, IWU (one of the coolest names in CCIW history)
Greg Yess, IWU
Wayne Dunning, Millikin
Fred Kruse, NPC (I don't remember him but I do remember Mike McFadden of NCC who made the 2nd team as a junior-he killed IWU that year)

1979-80 All-CCIW:
1st Team
Michael Harper, 6-10 North Park
Michael Thomas, 6-0 North Park
Modzel Greer, 6-7 North Park
Greg Yess, 6-6 IWU
Mark Kreke, 6-5 Millikin
2nd Team
Craig Brittnum, 6-5 Augie
Bill Rapier, 6-5 Augie
Chuck Malm, 6-4 North Central
Henry Ellis, 6-7 Elmhurst
Gary Jackson, 6-2 Millikin
Rich Cary, 6-4 Carthage
Honorable Mention: Tony Bland, Carroll; Blaise Bugajski, IWU; Brad Gregurich, IWU; Gordy Zastrow, Carthage; Clyde Glass, Wheaton; Dave Kupish, Millikin.

[augiedad]

This is not a shot at Carroll College or any other school, but I did notice that none of our 1st teamers are transfers.  Now that's cool.  They were recruited and came to their institutions from high school.

I don't think that that's either cool or uncool. Again, transfers are not lepers. I really and truly dislike the idea that there's some sort of caste system among college basketball players, that transfers are somehow tainted or of lesser quality as students or athletes.

I know your alma mater used to build with transfers back when competitive Gregory (just as Bosko continues to try to do at Carthage), but I think there is something a little extra special about the 4-year CCIW player that deserves mention.

[Dennis_Prikkel]

Dennis, how about Mel Peterson? 

Well I never saw Mel play in person - just after at Camp of the Woods.  Knew his older brother Paul real well (Covie and all that).

Most of the all-CCIW teams of the late fifties were dominated by Wheaton players (heck the Crusaders were averaging winning their conference games by 30 or more points per game).  Tom Lewis of Lake Forest would be on those teams as well and he was a great three sport athlete, football, basketball and track.

MW

[Dennis_Prikkel]

I was looking over the all conference team and came across this on Tony Bollier, who led D3 in FT% this season.  I didn't realize that he also set the CCIW record:


Tony shot 93% (53-57) from the free throw line in CCIW games this year to set a new conference record. He surpassed the previous single-season mark of 92% (46-50) set by Millikin's Jerry Gray in 1974. Bollier's 90.56% (96-106) career free throw percentage in conference games is the second-best mark in league history, behind only Elmhurst's Ryan Knuppel of Elmhurst with 93.4% (185-198) from the charity stripe in his four seasons with the Bluejays.

Sorry HJ - that's just plain WRONG - Jerry Gray hit 49 of 50 free throws that year - I remember Ed Alsene, then CCIW PR guy, saying that Gray's record would probably last as long as the conference does.

MW

[Dennis_Prikkel]

I was looking over the all conference team and came across this on Tony Bollier, who led D3 in FT% this season.  I didn't realize that he also set the CCIW record:


Tony shot 93% (53-57) from the free throw line in CCIW games this year to set a new conference record. He surpassed the previous single-season mark of 92% (46-50) set by Millikin's Jerry Gray in 1974. Bollier's 90.56% (96-106) career free throw percentage in conference games is the second-best mark in league history, behind only Elmhurst's Ryan Knuppel of Elmhurst with 93.4% (185-198) from the charity stripe in his four seasons with the Bluejays.

Hiker Jim please explain how Bollier can set a record in FT % at 93% when Knuppel has a career mark of 93.4% which is slightly higher?  Just wondering....

Well actually that's easy - as I explained Gray was 49 of 50 so the single season record discussion is mute - but as far as career marks go (as happened several times at North Park), we had several players who were near or at perfect at the FT line as freshman and sophomores without having enough attempts to get in the single season listing.  Those numbers, though, helped their career percentage.

MW

[iwumichigander]

I was looking over the all conference team and came across this on Tony Bollier, who led D3 in FT% this season.  I didn't realize that he also set the CCIW record:


Tony shot 93% (53-57) from the free throw line in CCIW games this year to set a new conference record. He surpassed the previous single-season mark of 92% (46-50) set by Millikin's Jerry Gray in 1974. Bollier's 90.56% (96-106) career free throw percentage in conference games is the second-best mark in league history, behind only Elmhurst's Ryan Knuppel of Elmhurst with 93.4% (185-198) from the charity stripe in his four seasons with the Bluejays.

Tony's also tied for the lead in Division III FT % through games 2/26; and, in a four way tie for fourth among all Divisions in NCAA.  A great accomplishment.  Congratulations Tony!
NCAA Free-Throw Percentage (75 ranked):
Division I
Rank Name, Team Cl Ht Pos G FT FTA FT%
1 Steve Novak, Marquette Sr. 6-10 F 27 72 73 98.6
2 Daniel Horton, Michigan Sr. 6-3 G 26 106 114 93.0
3 Blake Ahearn, Missouri St. Jr. 6-2 G 27 105 113 92.9
Division II
1 Marcus Martinez, Cal St. Stanislaus So. - - 25 70 75 93.3
2 Zach Green, Alderson-Broaddus So. 6-3 G 25 78 84 92.9
Divsion III
1 Tony Bollier, Wheaton (Ill.) Sr. 6-0 G 25 104 112 92.9
1 Matt Secrease, Hendrix Jr. 6-2 G 24 65 70 92.9

[Greek Tragedy]

I don't think that that's either cool or uncool. Again, transfers are not lepers. I really and truly dislike the idea that there's some sort of caste system among college basketball players, that transfers are somehow tainted or of lesser quality as students or athletes.

I totally agree.  One Kyle Grusczynski transferred from UW-Madison, as in Wisconsin, to Stevens Point, not because he wasn't getting PT or because he had a big head and thought he could immediately start at a smaller school or anything like that.  I believe he was having some personal problems and coming to Point was the best thing that could happen to the guy.  He was a lot happier person, on and off the court.  He didn't start, but he was a big part of winning.  I think he also met his future (maybe current by now) wife when he came to Point (though Point Special will have to confirm this, he was much closer to the program that I was). 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

(though Point Special will have to confirm this, he was much closer to the program that I was). 

That's an understatement.

[True Basketball Fan]

Check out the DePauw halfcourt buzzer beater to get into the tournament.  Good stuff.

http://www.depauw.edu/av/bballtourney/winner2006.mov

Amazing play.  Heartbreaking for the losers, however.

If you (all posters) haven't viewed this yet, please do, it's incredible.

[Greek Tragedy]

(though Point Special will have to confirm this, he was much closer to the program that I was). 

That's an understatement.

Many don't know who he is, and he may want to keep it that way!