MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Titan Q]

https://qctimes.com/pandemic-alters-recruiting-for-augie-basketball-programs/article_897d0399-5991-5a2d-8171-9fef05ac463f.html

And that in the middle of April the 6-foot-6 forward was Augie's first commit to the 2020 recruiting class.

"Recruiting is definitely changed," said Giovanine.

By this time each spring, both Giovanine and women's basketball coach Mark Beinborn have a pretty good idea of how their entire class is shaping up and they are putting a wrap on their recruiting efforts.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, that is not the case this spring. While Giovanine has just one commitment at this point, Beinborn is in a little better shape. Getting what he said are "unheard of early commitments," the women's program has landed what Beinborn calls three impact players. The process, though, continues.

Neither coach is sure how the next few months will play out and what that will mean for the incoming freshman group for each program.

"Everything is on hold; you've got kids that can't get to campus," said Giovanine. "So much of our recruiting is usually done now. ... Typically we have kids visiting in April and most kids and their families aren't visiting now."

Giovanine said that he did have two families on campus last week "and we practiced social distancing and toured the campus even with everything closed. ... Instead of having 15 recruits visit campus, we've had two. "

[Titan Q]

North Park...

https://twitter.com/IAmJordanMorris/status/1248683505594306563?s=20

https://twitter.com/AnionSports/status/1249745494315859968?s=20


* Jordan Morris, 6-5 F (Morton College JC; Proviso East HS) 6.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0MOGyDNwXQ


* Jakson Elliot, 5-10 PG (Bradley Bourbonnais)

[Titan Q]

https://twitter.com/Troy_Finao/status/1250091522948837378?s=20
Millikin PG Troy Burrows transferring to Illinois College.

[Titan Q]

Other Millikin players looking to transfer...

https://twitter.com/CMitch_24/status/1247898815333462018?s=20

https://twitter.com/_Sniperjones_32/status/1248648808529121281?s=20


That's the same basic tweet Burrows put out there.

[Titan Q]

Ron Rose and the Titans have landed Grant Taueg from Indianapolis Cathedral HS.

Taueg is an athletic 6-2 G that can play multiple perimeter positions; known as an elite defender. He was named a Top 60 Indiana Sr by Hoosier Basketball Magazine.

As a senior, Taueg averaged 12 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists per game.  I've heard really good things about him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LmKlc2IeSw

https://www.hudl.com/profile/10378507/Grant-Taueg

[Gotberg]

North Park...

https://twitter.com/IAmJordanMorris/status/1248683505594306563?s=20

https://twitter.com/AnionSports/status/1249745494315859968?s=20


* Jordan Morris, 6-5 F (Morton College JC; Proviso East HS) 6.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0MOGyDNwXQ


* Jakson Elliot, 5-10 PG (Bradley Bourbonnais)

Good to see some names for North Park on the board, thank you for posting!

[AndOne]

"Sports" in today's world..........

Today I'm watching the birds battle over the back yard worms. I know our friends from Elmhurst would take exception with at least some of my scoring decisions but, with 6:02 left in the 2nd half, the Cardinals lead the Bluejays 6-4!   

[petemcb]

"Sports" in today's world..........

Today I'm watching the birds battle over the back yard worms. I know our friends from Elmhurst would take exception with at least some of my scoring decisions but, with 6:02 left in the 2nd half, the Cardinals lead the Bluejays 6-4!   

Excellent post, Mark.  That's sure to help out your karma. 😉

[Greek Tragedy]

There's a video going around on Facebook, among other places, I'm sure, that has a British commentator doing play by play of his two dogs lying on the floor with one of the dogs with a toy bone in his mouth. Absolutely thrilling. Check it out, pretty funny.

[Gregory Sager]

There's a video going around on Facebook, among other places, I'm sure, that has a British commentator doing play by play of his two dogs lying on the floor with one of the dogs with a toy bone in his mouth. Absolutely thrilling. Check it out, pretty funny.

Saw that on John Krasinski's latest SGN webcast -- and, incidentally, I highly recommend watching those webcasts on YouTube. They're a welcome bit of happiness in an unhappy time for everyone.

[AndOne]

6:22 PM........

Spent much of the day trying to make Hand Sanitizer, but all my attempts came out as Jello Shots!
Time to decide which bottle of wine will be tonight's dinner. 🍾 

[iwu70]

We've been at this "social distancing" thing in HK for almost five months now . . . so you can imagine what mind-bending results it is having . . .

Semester rushing to an end now . . . presentations, research papers, finals and all the grading . . . all at distance.  These are students we have not seen and do not know, yet we know they are out there someplace in the cyber blue beyond.  It is rather unnerving for an old-fashioned, liberal arts educator like myself who revels in face-to-face and in class teaching and mentoring.  I find it very unsatisfying and very unsatisfactory from an educational and pedagogical point of view.   But, it is what it is . . . and a necessity a bit longer.  My university a quasi-quarantine zone, self-imposed, a higher education ghost town for all these months.

In Hong Kong, our curve is flat.  Yesterday, only one new case.  We are at 1,017 cases (in a city of 7.8 million souls), 4 deaths, and 458 recovered, returned home after hospital care.  Our public health infrastructure is holding up and our hospital capacity is managing things well.  So far.  I consider myself very very lucky to be in Hong Kong at this stage of the pandemic crisis.

IWU'70

[Greek Tragedy]

We've been at this "social distancing" thing in HK for almost five months now . . . so you can imagine what mind-bending results it is having . . .

Semester rushing to an end now . . . presentations, research papers, finals and all the grading . . . all at distance.  These are students we have not seen and do not know, yet we know they are out there someplace in the cyber blue beyond.  It is rather unnerving for an old-fashioned, liberal arts educator like myself who revels in face-to-face and in class teaching and mentoring.  I find it very unsatisfying and very unsatisfactory from an educational and pedagogical point of view.   But, it is what it is . . . and a necessity a bit longer.  My university a quasi-quarantine zone, self-imposed, a higher education ghost town for all these months.

In Hong Kong, our curve is flat.  Yesterday, only one new case.  We are at 1,017 cases (in a city of 7.8 million souls), 4 deaths, and 458 recovered, returned home after hospital care.  Our public health infrastructure is holding up and our hospital capacity is managing things well.  So far.  I consider myself very very lucky to be in Hong Kong at this stage of the pandemic crisis.

IWU'70

So no sports going on at all, like here? Are restaurants curbside pick up/delivery/ take out only? Are people working?

[iwu70]

Greek, no sports, no schools or universities in session, but not a total stay at home lockdown.  Subway still running, many still going to work, but civil servants and all University support staff working from home.  99.9 % wearing masks, hand sanitizer everywhere, and extreme social distancing by law.  Any gathering in public of over 4 people is now illegal.  Bars, casinos, nail places, massage parlours, etc. all closed for 2-3 weeks.  We are breaking the transmission vectors.  Travel bans, border closures, and contact tracing, along with mandated quarantines, all in place.  Likely into early May.  We want the flat curve, no local community transmissions for 14-28 days.  Most cases now imported, evacuees from Hubei, cruise ships, and a surge of cases of returned HK residents, students from UK, US and EU.  Of course they can return home to HK, but the main sources of our new infections now are these imported ones.  Let's hope we can keep new cases each day in single digits, treat those sick, put folks immediately into quarantine, and break the cycle of infections.  This is the way to go, but very hard to do now when you have massive community outbreak in the US.  Time for containment has basically been lost.  I fear what happens in other US cities, and when this virus really gets going in rural America.  Not pretty.  ms

[WUPHF]

5 months of lock down and we are going to have to rename threads, cancel the conference championship fantasy league.