MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Pat Coleman]

Totally understand where you're coming from. I'd bet there are a good number of other Division III players could average 10 points per game in the MVC, though.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It's really more than stats, though.  Tim Wendel has a decent chance to be an All-American, Oma Jammaleddine probably doesn't.  Both are in weaker conferences.  If you can play, you can play.  It's one of the reasons I'm glad we get lots of regional input for our all-region teams.  No one can possibly see enough of every candidate to make those kids of calls.

[USee]

And back by (un)popular demand are the starting lineups and key reserves for this years NCAA Tournament 1st round participants from the CCIW.

First up:

Elmhurst Blue Jays:
Jr., G, 5-11, Jake "The Snake" Rhode "Less Travelled"
Sr, F, 6-3, "Bo" Derek Dotlich "Schrempf"
Jr, F, 6-5, "Mc"Lavon  Thomas "The Tank Engine"
Jr, F, 6-4, "You Can Call Me" Jay Militello
Jr, G, 5-11, Nick "Katy" Perry
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Fr, F, 6-6, Jon "Snow" Zapinski
Jr, G, 6-3, Dominic Genco "Unchained"
Fr, G, 6-2, "Illinois" Wesley "TJ" Hooker
Jr, C, 6-9 "Blessings of" Ebrahim "And the Trials of" Jobe

vs. The Lycoming Warriors:
Jr, G, 5-8, Darius "Rucker Rodney" Dangerfield
Fr, C, 6-7, "Iron Mike" Dyson Harward
Fr, G, 6-1, Mo "Bamba" Terry
So, G, 6-1, "Been there, done" Matt Llodigwe
Sr, G, 5-10, Ryan Hollis-"Jefferson"
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So, F, 6-6, D'Andre "Agassi" Edmond
Fr, G, 6-3, Jon-Marc "Butterfly" Flores-Diaz
Fr, F, 6-5, DeAundre "Lin "Manuel "Miranda"
Fr, G, 5-10, Tobias "Bill" Walden Jr

[Titan Q]

And back by (un)popular demand are the starting lineups and key reserves for this years NCAA Tournament 1st round participants from the CCIW.

First up:

Elmhurst Blue Jays:
Jr., G, 5-11, Jake "The Snake" Rhode "Less Travelled"
Sr, F, 6-3, "Bo" Derek Dotlich "Schrempf"
Jr, F, 6-5, "Mc"Lavon  Thomas "The Tank Engine"
Jr, F, 6-4, "You Can Call Me" Jay Militello
Jr, G, 5-11, Nick "Katy" Perry
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Fr, F, 6-6, Jon "Snow" Zapinski
Jr, G, 6-3, Dominic Genco "Unchained"
Fr, G, 6-2, "Illinois" Wesley "TJ" Hooker
Jr, C, 6-9 "Blessings of" Ebrahim "And the Trials of" Jobe

vs. The Lycoming Warriors:
Jr, G, 5-8, Darius "Rucker Rodney" Dangerfield
Fr, C, 6-7, "Iron Mike" Dyson Harward
Fr, G, 6-1, Mo "Bamba" Terry
So, G, 6-1, "Been there, done" Matt Llodigwe
Sr, G, 5-10, Ryan Hollis-"Jefferson"
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So, F, 6-6, D'Andre "Agassi" Edmond
Fr, G, 6-3, Jon-Marc "Butterfly" Flores-Diaz
Fr, F, 6-5, DeAundre "Lin "Manuel "Miranda"
Fr, G, 5-10, Tobias "Bill" Walden Jr

I don't consider the tournament to have started each year until I read this.

[USee]

Other matchups will be posted later tonight.

[iwu70]

Thank you, as always, USee.  LOL.  Here we go . . . D3 dancing.

Good luck to EC and NCC this weekend.

'70

[USee]

For the other matchup involving a certain CCIW team:

North Central Cardinals:
Sr, F, 6-6, "Jimmy" Connor "Medium" Raridon
Sr, F, 6-5, Matt "Damon" Capelletti
Jr, G, 6-2, "Welcome" Matt Helwig
Jr, G, 6-4, "California" Blaise "Dandy Don" Meredith
Sr, G, 6-3, Aiden "And Abettin" Chang
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Sr, G, 6-0, "A"-aron "Tommy Lee" Jones
Jr, G, 6-3, Michael "Phelps" Pollack
Jr, G, 6-4, "Thou Shalt Not" Will Clausel

"Yo" Adrian Bulldogs:
Sr, F, 6-5, Jeremy "Irons" Kalonji
Jr, F, 6-3, Robert "DeNiro" Warrick
Jr, G, 6-1, "DeAndre" Jordan "All Shall" Harris
So, G, 5-9, "James Earl" Trey "What the" Helinski
So, F, 6-6, Kendall "Keep Your Friends Close, but Your" Bellamy "Closer"
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So, F, 6-6, Kaleb "Speak Softly and Carry a Big" Swick "Fil-A"
Jr, F, 6-4, "Sarah" Connor "Taking of" Pelham "123"
Jr, F, 6-5, "Chariots of" Tyler "Statue of" Gillery
Sr, F, 6-6, Ke'Shaun "Gluten Free" Wyatt-Morris

[mwunder]

So, F, 6-6, D'Andre "Agassi" Edmond---simple and effective.  Well played Mauer...

[79jaybird]

Good luck to both EC/NC.  Hope to see both advance past opening weekend. 

[79jaybird]

Appears it's 39-32 Elmhurst at the half.  The Bluejays had a larger lead and Lycoming chipped away. 

EC going to need a strong 2nd half to win this one.

[79jaybird]

Elmhurst with a strong 2nd half push,  up by 20 with 4:21 left.  Baines starting to empty the bench.

Glad to see they will be able to advance.

[Gregory Sager]

Elmhurst routed Lycoming,  97-73. The Bluejays, who led wire-to-wire, kept a double-digit lead throughout the second half and finished with a robust shooting line of .574/.500/.737. Dotlich scored 18, Thomas added 17, and Rhode put in 15.

[iwu70]

Congrats to Coach Baines and the EC team for advancing to the round of 32.  Keep going.  Get to the second weekend. 

IWU'70

[Gregory Sager]

Sounds like the NCAA has put the muzzle on Lucas's trademark "Three!" call.

That takes a little bit of fun out of the airplane hangar experience.

[Gregory Sager]

North Central 69
Adrian 54

Too much D from NCC for Adrian's liking, as the Bulldogs only shot .315 from the field. Their two 20-point-averaging superstars, Jordan Harris and Jeremy Kalonji, combined for only 10-35 from the field. That's your ballgame, right there.