MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Wildcat]

Coach Reade ran the Delaware wing-T at Augustana, and he used the wishbone in Geneseo in 1974. A phenomenal high school program to this day.

[Titan Q]

Bosko retiring...Steve is the guy.

https://athletics.carthage.edu/news/2020/7/13/mens-basketball-bosko-djurickovic-announces-retirement-steve-djurickovic-to-be-named-head-coach.aspx

[Titan Q]

I have always loved talking to Coach Djurickovic about CCIW basketball.  He always has such great perspective to share.  And he just genuinely loves and respects the CCIW.

The CCIW will really, really miss Bosko's personality.  One of the true "CCIW guys"...a league legend.

Congratulations and best of luck, Coach.  It has been a pleasure watching my Titans battle your teams.

[Titan Q]

With the retirements of Grey Giovanine (433 wins) and Bosko Djurickovic (567), the CCIW has lost exactly 1,000 careers wins this off-season.

[GoPerry]

With the retirements of Grey Giovanine (433 wins) and Bosko Djurickovic (567), the CCIW has lost exactly 1,000 careers wins this off-season.

Echo the sentiments on Bosko- both congratulations on his retirement and thank you for such long service in the league which will miss his colorful presence. 

I was wondering if it's been the generally-accepted whisper that Stevie D would take over (as opposed to a search)?  I'm not trying to infer any judgment as to whether that's a good or bad decision mind you.

[Gregory Sager]

I wasn't sure exactly when Bosko would announce his retirement, although I knew that it would be soon. It's a shame that the pandemic sort of forced his hand. But, if he didn't go out under ideal circumstances, at least he went out the way that he wanted -- by handing the reins over to his son.

I wouldn't say that Bosko is going to be missed altogether, because he's still going to be around. I suspect that Steve will want to have him in the vicinity to help with practices and to pick his brain. I fully expect Bosko to show up with the team at Charcoal Delights after the Red Men @ Vikings game, ordering his usual gyros plate and explaining to the Katsis brothers behind the counter exactly how he plans to spend his retirement.

But, like Grey Giovanine, his departure from the head coaching ranks takes a lot of the personality and flavor out of CCIW game nights for the rest of us. The rest of the league's coaching fraternity just has a hard time matching them in that regard, although Mike Schauer's trying his best. Most of all, though, a lot of wins has packed up and left a couple of coach's offices. In Bosko's case, his retirement means that we no longer have anybody in this league who's earned any national championship rings as a coach -- there's just John Baines's as a player.

So, congrats, Bosk ... and I hope that the track reopens soon so that you can spend some quality time with the horses.

[Gregory Sager]

This is a good day for the league, though, because a good guy got the job that he earned and deserves.

Congrats to you as well, Steve. And, just as was the case with your old man, I wish you all the luck in the world ... 363 days a year.

[Mr. Ypsi]

This is a good day for the league, though, because a good guy got the job that he earned and deserves.

Congrats to you as well, Steve. And, just as was the case with your old man, I wish you all the luck in the world ... 363 days a year.

What if NPU meets him in the conference tourney?  and in the post-season?  Or are you willing to forfeit the regular season games as long as you win when it REALLY counts?

[kenoshamark]

Here's an article from the Carthage website as well.

https://athletics.carthage.edu/news/2020/7/13/mens-basketball-bosko-djurickovic-announces-retirement-steve-djurickovic-to-be-named-head-coach.aspx

[kenoshamark]

Bob,

Sorry, didn't see the link right away, was caught off guard by the announcement.

[Gregory Sager]

This is a good day for the league, though, because a good guy got the job that he earned and deserves.

Congrats to you as well, Steve. And, just as was the case with your old man, I wish you all the luck in the world ... 363 days a year.

What if NPU meets him in the conference tourney?  and in the post-season?  Or are you willing to forfeit the regular season games as long as you win when it REALLY counts?

[jamtod]

This is a good day for the league, though, because a good guy got the job that he earned and deserves.

Congrats to you as well, Steve. And, just as was the case with your old man, I wish you all the luck in the world ... 363 days a year.

What if NPU meets him in the conference tourney?  and in the post-season?  Or are you willing to forfeit the regular season games as long as you win when it REALLY counts?

The college basketball gods will ensure that you can't meet a rival 4x in a year, as we saw with Tommie-Johnnie 4.0 this year. Although I'm certain we would have been victorious

[iwumichigander]

Coach D enjoy your retirement but we look forward to seeing you at the Shirk or Tarble.  Stevie D, congratulations young man.

[John Gleich]

This is a good day for the league, though, because a good guy got the job that he earned and deserves.

Congrats to you as well, Steve. And, just as was the case with your old man, I wish you all the luck in the world ... 363 days a year.

What if NPU meets him in the conference tourney?  and in the post-season?  Or are you willing to forfeit the regular season games as long as you win when it REALLY counts?

The college basketball gods will ensure that you can't meet a rival 4x in a year, as we saw with Tommie-Johnnie 4.0 this year. Although I'm certain we would have been victorious

It's happened at least twice to my knowledge... Both times in 2003-04, ironically. UWSP played UW Oshkosh twice in the regular season, once in the conference tournament, and once in Vegas at a Christmas tournament.
That same year, Williams and Amherst played once in the NESCAC, once in the "Little Three" matchup, once in the NESCAC tournament, and in Salem in the National Semi's.

In fact, it's probably on the likely(ish) end for teams that meet in the NCAA tournament from the same conference.
Ironically, Wheaton and Augie only met three times in 2018-19, as North Central prevented the meeting by dispatching the Thunder in the second round of the CCIW tournament, before they could meet the hosts for a (then third, to be followed by fourth)... Time.

[Gregory Sager]

This is a good day for the league, though, because a good guy got the job that he earned and deserves.

Congrats to you as well, Steve. And, just as was the case with your old man, I wish you all the luck in the world ... 363 days a year.

What if NPU meets him in the conference tourney?  and in the post-season?  Or are you willing to forfeit the regular season games as long as you win when it REALLY counts?

The college basketball gods will ensure that you can't meet a rival 4x in a year, as we saw with Tommie-Johnnie 4.0 this year. Although I'm certain we would have been victorious

It's happened at least twice to my knowledge... Both times in 2003-04, ironically. UWSP played UW Oshkosh twice in the regular season, once in the conference tournament, and once in Vegas at a Christmas tournament.
That same year, Williams and Amherst played once in the NESCAC, once in the "Little Three" matchup, once in the NESCAC tournament, and in Salem in the National Semi's.

In fact, it's probably on the likely(ish) end for teams that meet in the NCAA tournament from the same conference.
Ironically, Wheaton and Augie only met three times in 2018-19, as North Central prevented the meeting by dispatching the Thunder in the second round of the CCIW tournament, before they could meet the hosts for a (then third, to be followed by fourth)... Time.

It's happened more often than that. F'rinstance, I can remember back in '85, when Wittenberg was still in the OAC, Wittenberg and Otterbein faced each other four times -- twice in league play, then again in the OAC tourney championship, and a fourth time in the D3 tourney.

Calvin and Hope have met each other four times in a season on numerous occasions, particularly in the days when they were playing in their annual local tourney with Cornerstone and Aquinas before it went from championship format to classic format. In fact, they played each other five times in at least one campaign, 2006-07 -- once in the Grand Rapids tourney, twice in the MIAA, once again in the MIAA tourney championship game, and a fifth time in the second round of the D3 tourney. That fifth game was the first (and, thus far, only) Hope vs. Calvin game that I've been able to see live, since it was played in Thornton Gym at Aurora, where the Dutch and the Knights shared a pod with Chicago and the host Spartans. A whole bunch of us CCIW types sat in a section we dubbed "Switzerland" in between the Hope and Calvin sections. Funny thing is, several of the fans that were there from both sides of the Rivalry (sac being one of them) told me that they thought it was a little too much to be playing the other team for a fifth time. I guess that even contests against your archrival can reach a certain emotional saturation point.