MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[AndOne]

Wheaton came alive in the second half and beat Hope by a dozen.
KRay's 34 points set a game record breaking Lil Bosko's 33 set last night.
Panner finally found his touch hitting 4 threes in a row to start the 2nd half ending up with 20 plus in the half.
The infamous bald headed ref, one Mr. Jacobson, tee'd up Hopes coach, without so much as a moments hesitation.  Seems like the ref doesn't like to answer any questions...
Wiele went over 1000 points today for his career.
A surprisingly close game, and hard fought.
Nice job Wheaton.

It appears a correction needs to be made. Or should I say correctionS. The refs in the NCC-Whitewater game Wed night were Reuben Norris, Bill Jacobson, and Tom Turckes. After hearing that he had a shaved head, my sources thought it was Mr. Jacobson who made the erroneous blocking call and sebsequent "I'm the boss" technical on Reid Barringer. However, the refs at today"s Wheaton-Hope game, which I attended, were Terry Murphy, Bill Jacobson, and Ken Faulkner. Jacobson was the one constant. And, now that I know who he is, it was NOT Bill Jacobson who made the blocking and T calls on Reid Barringer. It had to be TOM TURCKES. Sincere apologies to Mr. Jacobson.

Likewise, the ref who called the T on the Hope coach today had to be Terry Murphy, a black gentleman with a shaved head. Again, the people I gave a description of the offending referee to overwhelmingly thought the ref was  Bill Jacobson rather than the evident true culprit, Tom Turckes, and the record and corresponding report needed to be corrected to reflect the fact that Tom Turckes, not Bill Jacobson, was the offending referee.

[markerickson]

In order for North Park to finish above .500 during conference play, Mr. Nick Williams cannot be asked to spend too much time defending the low post.  He is a gifted scorer who can create a shot, but during  his first two years he's spent too much energy defending bigger guys down low.

Kudos, NP, for winning both games in the tournament.

Go OU!

[John Gleich]

Wheaton came alive in the second half and beat Hope by a dozen.
KRay's 34 points set a game record breaking Lil Bosko's 33 set last night.
Panner finally found his touch hitting 4 threes in a row to start the 2nd half ending up with 20 plus in the half.
The infamous bald headed ref, one Mr. Jacobson, tee'd up Hopes coach, without so much as a moments hesitation.  Seems like the ref doesn't like to answer any questions...
Wiele went over 1000 points today for his career.
A surprisingly close game, and hard fought.
Nice job Wheaton.

It appears a correction needs to be made. Or should I say correctionS. The refs in the NCC-Whitewater game Wed night were Reuben Norris, Bill Jacobson, and Tom Turckes. After hearing that he had a shaved head, my sources thought it was Mr. Jacobson who made the erroneous blocking call and sebsequent "I'm the boss" technical on Reid Barringer. However, the refs at today"s Wheaton-Hope game, which I attended, were Terry Murphy, Bill Jacobson, and Ken Faulkner. Jacobson was the one constant. And, now that I know who he is, it was NOT Bill Jacobson who made the blocking and T calls on Reid Barringer. It had to be TOM TURCKES. Sincere apologies to Mr. Jacobson.

Likewise, the ref who called the T on the Hope coach today had to be Terry Murphy, a black gentleman with a shaved head. Again, the people I gave a description of the offending referee to overwhelmingly thought the ref was  Bill Jacobson rather than the evident true culprit, Tom Turckes, and the record and corresponding report needed to be corrected to reflect the fact that Tom Turckes, not Bill Jacobson, was the offending referee.

... So, to sum up, you don't like bald/shaved refs.  Got it!

[bbfan44]

AndOne, thanks for the correct ID on the ref.  They get maligned enough without me adding to it with wrong info...  
Murphy showed no interest in taking time to explain any of his calls to players or coaches.  Faulkner, on the other hand, seemed very patient while responding to questions.  

[MilkMan25]

So what are the thoughts on that La Crosse Elmhurst Augy comparison now???

[Thunder Dutch]

Question to those who would know....
Will either of the Calvin/Hope games count as in-region wins for Wheaton?

[April]

Question to those who would know....
Will either of the Calvin/Hope games count as in-region wins for Wheaton?

Hope does, Calvin is just outside the in-region mark. It's a favorite subject around these parts.

[Titan Q]

Coming off back-to-back losses, IWU (3-2) faces D3 Hamilton College (4-1) today at Wash U. 

Hamilton (Clinton, NY) is from the Liberty League, which includes Clarkson, Hobard, RPI, Skidmore, St. Lawrence, Union, and Vassar.  I don't think IWU has ever played a team from the LL.  Last season Hamilton finished second in the league with a 9-5 record...17-9 overall.

Hamilton's starters are:

G Lance Wilson-Peques (So.), 5-11 - 15.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 4.8 apg
G James Simpson (Jr.), 5-10 - 5.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 2.5 apg
F Harlee Wood (Sr.), 6-4 - 18.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg
F Jon Ciriello (So.), 6-6 - 4.8 ppg, 4.6 ppg
F Tim Shaw (Jr.), 6-7 -  4.0 ppg, 3.8 rpg

Russ Rosenband (6-1 G) averages 11.0 off the bench.

Wash U had no trouble with Hamilton...

http://bearsports.wustl.edu/releases/mbk12-5-08.html

[Titan Q]

I believe Wash U's live stats should work for the IWU/Hamilton game today (12:00pm CST)...

http://bearsports.wustl.edu/mensbball/LiveStats/xlive.htm

WJBC radio link...

http://wjbc.com/WJBCcomWebcasts/tabid/1708/Default.aspx

[Gregory Sager]

In order for North Park to finish above .500 during conference play, Mr. Nick Williams cannot be asked to spend too much time defending the low post.  He is a gifted scorer who can create a shot, but during  his first two years he's spent too much energy defending bigger guys down low.

That shouldn't be an issue for NPU, Mark. Right now the Vikings are playing their third- and fourth-string centers (Mike Ventura and Emmanuel Crosby), due to Stephano Jones's illness and Phil Schniedermeier's broken hand. Jones should be back this week, and Schniedermeier's due to get his cast removed and make his season debut in the Valparaiso game at the end of the month.

Nick Williams will be playing power forward, which isn't his ideal position (small forward is where he could make the best use of his talents), but that's where NPU needs him. But he won't be playing the low post.

Here's the box score from last night's North Park win over Indiana-Northwest:

http://www.northpark.edu/athletics/mbasketball/stats/2008stats/12-6mbb.htm

Freshman PG Roshawn Russell had a fantastic game: 34 points on 11-13 from the field, 5-5 from downtown, and 7-7 from the line. Ro is the first Viking in five years to break the 30-point barrier. Too bad that it's gonna get obscured by the great weekends by Djurickovic and Raymond when it comes time for the league office to select the Player of the Week tomorrow. Williams, as Mr. B indicated, was named tourney MVP, as he had a 25 and 8 game against IUN, while Ventura contributed seven caroms as well.

NPU is now 5-2 and will entertain Loras next Saturday night in the crackerbox.

[The Roop]

Crackerbox ?? When did they expand it to make it so big ?? 

[REDMENFAN]

Here's the article from the Kenosha News on the Redmen's victory yesterday.  Congrats to Wheaton as well as both CCIW teams went 2-0!

http://www.kenoshanews2.com/sports/red_men_on_a_roll_3951954.html

[dansand]

For the second year in a row, UW La Crosse takes down Augustana:

La Crosse 61 #3 Augustana 54 BOX

Amazingly, Augustana's last basket was at 4:52, where they took a 53-49 lead.  La Crosse hit a 3 with 4:34 (their last basket).  La Crosse made 9 free throws the rest of the way, to Augustana's 1, and that provided the final margin.  I can't wait to read a report from someone who was there to find out about what looks like a very, very strange ending!

It's always hard to put these early season, non-conference games in perspective, but this seems like a significant in-region loss for Augustana...one that will hurt come tournament time.

The Vikes lost to LaCrosse last year also, so if they they take care of business the rest of the way it shouldn't be too damaging. PointSpecial hit it on the head. "Very strange" is an understatement. Up by 14 with about 15 minutes left, Augie's offense just completely shut down down the stretch. Lots of factors involved, but the bottom line is just really poor offensive execution in those last 15 minutes. Impatient and forcing stuff at times and tentative at others. Augie played well defensively, but were only able to force nine turnovers. I think that also contributed to their offensive struggles as they did a great job of converting turnovers into easy points in their wins over Oshkosh and St. Ambrose.

Historically Coach G's teams have been very good at shaking off clunkers like this one. Hopefully that'll be the case against Cornell Wednesday.

[Thunder Dutch]

Even after graduating 1st Team All American center Troy Ruths (20.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg), the 2008-09 Bears have 3 All-American-caliber players in point-guard Sean Wallis, shooting guard Aaron Thompson, and wing Tyler Nading.  Wash U's perimeter game is about as good as it gets in Division III. 

I'm just curious, how do some of the CCIW groups of perimeter players stack up to Wash U and the rest of DIII, offensively and defensively?

IWU seems to have a talented though young collection, Wheaton with Raymond/Panner (who is playing great defense, having shut down Hon.Mention AA Caleb Veldhouse) is definitely very good, and their threes started to fall (9-15), and Carthage of course has Steve but not perhaps the best talent around him, Augie has Delp and Wessels and some other good guards to complement them. Just curious what you guys think in comparing them to other good perimeter players around the nation.

[Titan Q]

IWU 70
Hamilton 55

http://bearsports.wustl.edu/mensbball/hc-iwu.htm

* Sean Johnson: 16 pts (2-4 3-pt)
* Jordan Zimmer: 15 pts (5-7 3-pt)
* John Koschnitzky: 14 pts (2-3 3-pt)
* Travis Rosenkranz: 7 pts, 7 reb, 5 assists


The Titans got 29 points out of their two varsity rotation freshmen today, with Jordan Zimmer and John Koschnitzky combining to shoot 7-10 from 3-point range.  IWU led by 13 at the half and by 20 with 13:22 to play in the game.  The margin was also 20 with 2:16 to play.  The Titans never trailed and the game was only close for about the first 6 minutes or so.

IWU was too sloppy with the basketball today - 21 turnovers, which was 10 more than their per game average coming in - but overall, the Titans played pretty well today against a Hamilton team that was not terrible by any stretch, but would also not finish above last in the 2009 CCIW field.  IWU defended well today, holding Hamilton to 29.4% from the field, and hit the boards hard, finishing with a huge 52-31 rebounding advantage.  The Titans were just much bigger than Hamilton.

IWU's sophomore backcourt duo of Travis Rosenkranz and Sean Johnson made the Lopata Classic All-Tournament team.  Wash U's Tyler Nading was named MVP.