MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

iwu70 · May 16, 2020, 10:04:18 PM

Q, great news on the Oregon trip. Glad to hear it, two quality games against quality programs. My son now lives in Portland, OR. so perhaps I'll make a Christmas trip out that way and take in the two TITAN games! Such a tremendously beautiful part of the country, along the Columbia River Gorge and out on the coast too.

Hope all CCIW Chatsters are staying safe and well.

'70

lmitzel · May 17, 2020, 02:10:32 PM

I saw on my Twitter feed last night that Millikin is redoing the floor color at the Griswold Center. Honestly... I kinda dig it.

Gregory Sager · May 17, 2020, 03:38:43 PM

I haven't decided yet whether I like it or not.

It's different. I'll give them that.

Pat Coleman · May 17, 2020, 03:49:05 PM

I like that a lot. Very nice!

iwu70 · May 17, 2020, 10:35:35 PM

Shades of Boise State? Not sure I can go with it . . . Big Blue is OK, up to a point.

'70

RogK · May 17, 2020, 11:21:57 PM

My speculation is that a dark floor is probably bad for still photos of game action, maybe for video too.
Perhaps still photographers can compensate by using settings for reduced contrast.
I'd be interested to hear from videographers and photogs on this issue.
(I shorten photographer to photog because I was amused when Joe Friday did so on Dragnet)

WUPHF · May 18, 2020, 01:49:27 AM

The darker floors can make photography more difficult, but there are ways around it.

For example, Oglethorpe has a glossy-black floor and so they use photos such as:

You can also sit on the floor.

Pat Coleman · May 18, 2020, 10:20:52 AM

Sitting on the floor is actually a great place to shoot basketball. My dad taught me that way back in the film days.

RogK · May 18, 2020, 02:54:38 PM

I was thinking that for floor-level photography, there'd be less light reflected upward. Also, perhaps some blue hue would alter skin tones.
We wouldn't want anyone to get blue in the face over it!

lmitzel · May 18, 2020, 03:31:31 PM

Quote from: RogK on May 18, 2020, 02:54:38 PM
I was thinking that for floor-level photography, there'd be less light reflected upward. Also, perhaps some blue hue would alter skin tones.
We wouldn't want anyone to get blue in the face over it!

Titan Q · May 19, 2020, 10:12:26 AM

I'm going to add Jake Lenschow to the Augie recruit list. He is a football commit first, but I have heard he is going to play both sports...I cannot confirm the basketball part.

* Jake Lenschow, 6-4 F (Burlington Central HS), 13.9 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 2.4 apg

https://basketball.dailyherald.com/sports/20200320/the-fox-all-area-boys-basketball-team

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/sports/ct-ecn-spt-boys-basketball-all-area-st-032920-20200328-uhyopfnkmvgwzk4bi646xzawyi-story.html

Titan Q · May 19, 2020, 10:14:54 AM

Gregory Sager · May 19, 2020, 11:59:25 AM

Bob, you left out Jordan Boyd, plus the kid from up north of Green Bay that I added here last week:

Quote from: Gregory Sager on May 14, 2020, 02:57:56 PM
Payton Nelson, a 6'1 guard from Coleman (WI) High School, has deposited at North Park.

He won't play varsity right away, but Tom Slyder likes his potential. Big, solid, athletic kid who was a football standout as well.

Titan Q · May 19, 2020, 06:19:02 PM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on May 19, 2020, 11:59:25 AM
Bob, you left out Jordan Boyd, plus the kid from up north of Green Bay that I added here last week:

All I saw on Jordan Boyd is speculation here - nothing "official" from the kid. I checked his Twitter and no tweet about committing to North Park. So I didn't include him.

Just now I sent him a direct message on Twitter to ask if NPU is official. He responded, "I will make my decision next Monday or Tuesday."

Mr. Ypsi · May 19, 2020, 10:17:40 PM

Went into a building other than my own house for the first time in 2+ months this evening! A gas station/party store for cigs etc. I was quite appalled that the clear majority of customers (and one of the clerks) were not wearing masks and generally not distancing (to their credit, they had put up plexiglass screens for the clerks).