MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

The CCIW season begins tonight with a single game, North Park @ Augustana. The most striking thing about this game is the imbalance in experience between the two teams. Augie is the most veteran team in the league, while NPU is the most inexperienced. Here's a comparison between the two in terms of minutes and games played, using the five likely starters and the five reserves who are most likely to be used:

NPU player	minutes	games	AC player	minutes	games
Roshawn Russell	380	11	Matt Pelton	1,473	58
Clayton Cahill	302	15	Jordan Delp	1,623	75
Issa Avery	127	9	Alex Washington	1,412	66
Nick Williams	1,504	60	Chandlor Collins	1,416	72
Phil Schniedermeier	69	8	Justin Bertrand	505	40
NPU STARTERS	2,382	103	AC STARTERS	6,429	311
Ryan Beigie	187	10	Brian DeSimone	178	10
Sean McNamee	325	39	Brett Wessels	988	44
D.J. Cooper	111	8	Mike Avallone	378	29
Joel Benson	135	11	Kyle Nelson	86	8
Mike Ventura	890	68	Bryant Voiles	157	10
NPU TOTAL	4,030	239	AC TOTAL	8,216	412

The minutes and games for Sean McNamee include his Lake Forest totals last season, and the minutes and totals for Brett Wessels include his Iowa totals as a sophomore.

[thunderstruck88]

Final score from Grinnell, Iowa

Wheaton 130
Grinnell 109

Looking forward to the CCIW!

[Gregory Sager]

Final score from Anderson, Indiana:

Anderson 83
Elmhurst 77

[Titan Q]

Final score from Anderson, Indiana:

Anderson 83
Elmhurst 77

I thought this would be a tough one for EC based on a couple earlier scores...

UW-Platteville 66
Anderson 64

Wash U 70
Anderson 68

http://www.d3hoops.com/school/AND/mens/2009


I assumed the Bluejays would find a way to pull it out though.

[Gregory Sager]

Anderson is a good team. The Ravens (9-3) lost by two apiece to UW-Platteville and Wash U. This was certainly not a shocker, although Elmhurst (9-2) has to have been considered the favorite. The 'jays must be disappointed in dropping a game that they were positioned to win; they were stymied on seven of their last ten possessions.

AU's 5'10 senior guard Mike Russell went wild, scoring 30 points.

Ruch had 16, Strzemp and Burks had 15 apiece for the 'jays.

[Gregory Sager]

Millikin's opponent in the opening round of the Christopher Newport Captains Shootout in Newport News, VA this afternoon, the York (NY) Cardinals, might be the most internationally-oriented D3 team I've ever seen. Three of their starters are foreign-born: Nahum Verna is from Haiti, Marcel Esonwune is from Nigeria, and Huntley Pinnock is from Jamaica. I guess it makes sense, because the neighborhood of Queens in which York College is located, Jamaica, has a very heavy immigrant population.

[Titan Q]

Elmhurst and Wheaton boxscores...

http://www.anderson.edu/athletics/mbasket/elmhurst.html#GAME.BOX

http://www.grinnell.edu//athletics/mbasketball/scheduleresults/includes/wheaton.htm

[Gregory Sager]

Millikin (8-1) was undressed today by York (NY), as the Cardinals cruised to an easy 88-68 win. The Big Blue's three-week layoff probably hurt them coming out of the gate, as the Cardinals broke out to a quick 11-0 lead. But after the two teams exchanged three points (MU's the traditional way, YC's via a trey), the Cardinals never relinquished their double-digit lead again, and in fact had the lead up over 20 for much of the second half. Millikin never really made a run in this game.

Tunde Ogunleye led the Decaturites with 19 points, while Robert Burton added 12. Joscar Demby led MU in rebounds with six. Millikin's defense was exposed pretty badly, as YC shot 58% from the field and 63% from downtown. The Cards outrebounded the Big Blue, 38-26, and had 24 turnovers to MU's 20.

This loss had to have been pretty bitter for Marc Smith and Co., as York (NY) came into the game sporting a 2-10 record, with one of those two wins being a triumph over mighty Lancaster Bible. Plus, YC is currently 0-2 in the CUNYAC, one of the weakest leagues in D3. Tomorrow Millikin will play the loser of the Christopher Newport Captains Shootout opening-round nightcap between Maryland Bible and host CNU. Maryland Bible beat the Captains earlier this season by three.

This is a shame, since Millikin came within 38 votes of cracking the d3hoops.com Top 25 for the first time in its history in the last poll. I strongly doubt that the Big Blue will get that close to sniffing the Top 25 again this season.

[Titan Q]

U. of Chicago fell by 4 today to MSOE, dropping the Maroons to 0-11.  Unbelievable.  Next up - at home, vs Wash U (1/10).

[Titan Q]

A tip of the cap to the Big Blue, but that bubble was due to burst.

[Mr. Ypsi]

U. of Chicago fell by 4 today to MSOE, dropping the Maroons to 0-11.  Unbelievable.  Next up - at home, vs Wash U (1/10).

If Chicago ends their nightmarish start with a win in that game, we may be in for another totally wacky year!

[Gregory Sager]

A tip of the cap to the Big Blue, but that bubble was due to burst.

Agreed, but getting de-pantsed by a 2-10 CUNYAC team is not exactly how I foresaw Millikin being brought back to Earth.

U. of Chicago fell by 4 today to MSOE, dropping the Maroons to 0-11.  Unbelievable.  Next up - at home, vs Wash U (1/10).

If Chicago ends their nightmarish start with a win in that game, we may be in for another totally wacky year!

Stranger things have happened. Is it too early for me to dish out the ol' "Throw out the records when these two archrivals play!" announcer's cliche?

[nwhoops1903]

Final score from Grinnell, Iowa

Wheaton 130
Grinnell 109

Looking forward to the CCIW!

Whats the odd's of Wheaton scoring 130 without hitting a 3?  Seriously, even against Grinnel.  Thats awesome!

[Titan Q]

Final score from Grinnell, Iowa

Wheaton 130
Grinnell 109

Looking forward to the CCIW!

Whats the odd's of Wheaton scoring 130 without hitting a 3?  Seriously, even against Grinnel.  Thats awesome!

On the season, Grinnell's opponents are averaging 105.6 points per game, and just over 2 made 3's per game.

http://wm.grinnell.edu/athletics/mbasketball/statistics/MBK0809/teamcume.htm

[Ralph Turner]

...
This is a shame, since Millikin came within 38 votes of cracking the d3hoops.com Top 25 for the first time in its history in the last poll. I strongly doubt that the Big Blue will get that close to sniffing the Top 25 again this season.

Yeah, I knew those Top 25 voters were giving too much attention to those CCIW teams!