MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Titan Q]

Wash U's recruiting class...looks like a good one.

http://bearsports.wustl.edu/releases/mbk5-20-10.html

[Titan Q]

(Updated 5/23)

2009-10 IBCA all-staters heading to Division III schools...


3A/4A team


* Victor Davis (6-5 F, Galesburg), 3rd team - Illinois Wesleyan

* Sam Ficker (6-0 PG/SG, Jerseyville H.S., 3rd team - Elmhurst
   

* Alan Aboona (6-1 PG, St. Viator), 4th team - Washington U.

* Chris Klimek (6-5 F, Fremd), 4th team - Washington U.

* Andrew Ziemnik (6-4 F, Oswego), 4th team - Illinois Wesleyan  


* Kevin Bischoff (6-1 PG, Normal Community H.S.), Special Mention - Washington U.

* Landon Gamble (6-5 F/C, Lockport Township H.S.), Special Mention - North Central  

* Brad Hallstein (6-8 PF, Normal West), Special Mention - North Central  

* Nathan Haynes (6-6 F, Normal Community), Special Mention - Wheaton  

* P.J. Killean (6-3 G, Maine South), Special Mention - Augustana

* Joe LaTulip (5-10 PG, Prospect), Special Mention - Illinois Wesleyan

* Zeke Light (6-0 G, Salem), Special Mention - Illinois College  

* Brock Pezanoski (6-3 SF, LaSalle-Peru), Special Mention - North Central  


* Nick Bauch (6-7 F/C, Rockford Boylan), Honorable Mention - Carthage

* Pat Maher (Maine South), Honorable Mention - Grinnell  

* Josh Rappaport (6-3 F, Grayslake Central), Honorable Mention - St. Norbert

* Justin Wasik (6-3 G, Maine South), Honorable Mention - Macalester  


1A/2A team

* Chas Cross (6-8 F/C, Winnebago), 1st team - UW-Platteville  

* Brady Zimmer (6-4 G, Delavan), 1st team - Illinois Wesleyan


* Dylan Burton (6-4 G/F, Girard H.S.), 2nd team - MacMurray   new

* Reggie Greenwood (5-8 PG, Timothy Christian), 2nd team - Cornell  

* Nick Sanford (6-5 F, Decatur St. Theresa), 2nd team - Elmhurst  


* Brandon Berry (6-3 F, Olney East Richland), 3rd team - Illinois College  

* Logan Harris (6-3 F, Pleasant Plains), 3rd team - Dominican  

* Scott Suchy (6-1 G, Genoa-Kingston), 3rd team - Carthage


* Tyler Smeltzly (5-10 PG, Riverdale H.S.), Special Mention - North Central  

* Brian Suckow (6-6 G/F, Altamont H.S.), Special Mention - MacMurray   new


* Tyler Mitchell (6-2 G, Ziegler-Royalton), Honorable Mention - Greenville



Please let me know who I am missing and I'll update.

[Titan Q]

The CCIW does not have an All-Sports Award, but if it did, this is how points would look for the 2009-10 school year...

(The point system is based on conferences that have an All-Sports Award.  Take the number of teams that compete in the conference sponsored sport and then assign the highest regular season finisher to the highest point total and work your way down.)


IWU:  116 (1)
Carthage:  115 (2)
Wheaton:  107 (3)
North Central: 107 (3)
Augustana:  92 (5)
Millikin: 57 (6)
Elmhurst: 56 (7)
North Park: 37 (8)
Rose-Hulman: 7 (9)


Illinois Wesleyan has had a really good year athletically.  Just thinking about the sports I follow the closest, the football team advanced to Round 2 of the NCAA tournament, the men's basketball team made it to the Elite 8, the women's basketball team to the Sweet 16, and the baseball team is heading to Appleton.

Hats off to all of the coaches and student-athletes.  It's been a fun year to be a Titan.

[markerickson]

What's up with a ninth institution?

[dansand]

What's up with a ninth institution?

Rose-Hulman competes in the CCIW in swimming.

[clemac]

The best team of all, the women's track team hopes to bring another national trophy home this weekend.

[cardinalpride]

The best team of all, the women's track team hopes to bring another national trophy home this weekend.

I'll be pulling for them since they may have a better chance to win it than my NCC Lady Cards do!  The NCC Men's track team is seeking another outdoor title in track and field as well...let's go CCIW!

[HCACBBALL]

Is there a reason why the CCIW does not have a All Sports Trophy?

[sac]

Some might find this amusing.

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/ann-curry-names-alumni-of-wrong-wheaton-college-in-commencement-speech/19490229?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/ann-curry-names-alumni-of-wrong-wheaton-college-in-commencement-speech/19490229

[all blues]

Gasp. A Millikin recruit, McKinley Maples, 6' 1" guard from Tennessee, 12.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.2 apg, 2.3 spg

http://mountainpress.uber.matchbin.net/printer_friendly/7604403

Unofficial list of CCIW recruits (5/18/10)...


Augustana
* Curtis Allbaugh (6-0 G, North Crawford H.S., Ferryville, WI) - 22.2 ppg   new
* Sam Calcagno (5-10 PG, Mayo H.S., Rochester, MN) - 11.2 ppg, 2.4 apg
* Sean Finn (6-2 PG, Assumption H.S., Davenport, IA) - 10.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 5.0 apg
* P.J. Killean (6-3 G, Maine South H.S.) - 10.6 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 4.1 apg
* Austin Lusson (6-1 G, Lyons Township) - 8.2 ppg, 2.4 apg
* Sam Savaglio (6-1 G, Tremper H.S., Kenosha, WI) - 12.9 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 3.0 apg
* Kevin Schlitter (6-8 C, Maine South H.S.) - 13.6 ppg, 7.1 rpg (JR season)


Carthage
* Nick Bauch (6-7 F/C, Rockford Boylan H.S.) - 11.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg
* Nick Kladis (6-0 SG, Hinsdale Central H.S.) - 18.7 ppg  
* Marlon Senior (6-4 SF, Niles North H.S.) - 14.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg  
* Scott Suchy (6-1 G, Genoa-Kingston H.S.) - 21.5 ppg, 6.2 rpg
* Kevin Sykes (6-2 G, Lincoln-Way North H.S.) - 8.9 ppg, 2.4 rpg  


Elmhurst
* Sam Ficker (6-0 G, Jerseyville H.S.) - 17.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 3.6 apg
* Andy LePard (6-7 C, Beecher H.S.) - ?  
* Raphael Oglesby (6-3 F, Prairie State JC) - 13.9 ppg, 6.3 rpg  
* Justin Phipps (6-5 C, Lyons Township H.S.) - 8.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg  
* Nick Sanford (6-5 F, Decatur St. Theresa H.S.) - 18.3 ppg, 9.6 rpg  


Illinois Wesleyan
* Nick Anderson (6-9 F/C, Edwardsville H.S.) - 3.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg
* Victor Davis (6-5 F, Galesburg H.S.) - 17.8 ppg, 12.7 rpg
* Eric Dortch (6-4 F, Wilbaham & Monson Academy, Evanston H.S. '09) - ?
* Joe LaTulip (5-10 PG, Prospect H.S.) - 15.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.0 apg
* Mike Mayberger (6-5 SF, St. Louis U. High, Mo.) - 12.1 ppg, 5.5 apg
* Kyle Miklasz (6-3 SG, Hersey H.S.) - 13.2 ppg  
* Andrew Ziemnik (6-4 F, Oswego H.S.) - 18.5 ppg, 11.3 rpg
* Brady Zimmer (6-4 G, Delavan H.S.) - 29.3 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 2.4 apg


Millikin
* Matt Merrigan (5-11 PG, Glenbrook North H.S.) - ?  


North Central
* Mortell Flowers (6-4 F, Oak Park-River Forest H.S.) - ?  
* Landon Gamble (6-5 F/C, Lockport Township H.S.) - 9.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg  
* Brad Hallstein (6-8 PF, Normal West H.S.) - 16.4 ppg, 7.1 rpg
* Adam LeTourneau (6-4 G, Batavia H.S.) - 6.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.3 apg
* Eric Miller (6-0 SG, Willowbrook H.S.) - 15.8 ppg   new
* Kyle Pembrook (6-2 SG, Neuqua Valley H.S.) - 9.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg  
* Brock Pezanoski (6-3 SF, LaSalle-Peru H.S.) - 11.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg
* Charlie Rosenberg (6-6 F, Fremd H.S.) - 8.1 ppg  
* Tyler Smeltzly (5-10 PG, Riverdale H.S.) - 13.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 4.1 apg  


North Park
* Josh McNaughton (5-11 PG, McHenry H.S.) - 11.1 ppg  


Wheaton
* Billy Berglund (6-3 F, Elkhorn H.S., NE) - 13.5 ppg, 9.7 rpg
* Jonathan DeMoss (6-4 SG, St. Charles North H.S. '09) - 10.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.8 apg ('08-09)  
* Mickey DeVries (6-7 F, Lansing Christian H.S., MI) - 19.1 ppg, 10.3 rpg
* Tad Fisher (6-0 G, San Romano Valley H.S., CA) - ?  
* Nathan Haynes (6-6 F, Normal Community H.S.)  - 11.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg
* Phillip James (6-7 F, Trinity School, NC) - ?  
* Kyle Krogh (6-4 F, Jenison H.S., MI) - 7.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg  
* Michael Kvam (6-3 G, Cherokee H.S., GA) - 21.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.7 apg  
* Spencer McCreary (6-3 G/F, Red Lion H.S., PA) - 22.4 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 4.2 apg
* Tyler Peters (6-3 G, Medina H.S., OH) - 15.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 5.5 apg  
[/quote]

It would be fun to see what the full rosters are projecting to look like, but one thing that seems likely is that there should be a full contingent of JV games being played this year.  There were a number of times last year where it seemed like a couple of injuries eliminated JV teams for schools.

The new problem may be getting enough minutes for everyone during JV games and figurig out when to play them.
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[Titan Q]

Gasp. A Millikin recruit, McKinley Maples, 6' 1" guard from Tennessee, 12.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.2 apg, 2.3 spg

http://mountainpress.uber.matchbin.net/printer_friendly/7604403

Millikin University has a storied and long-lived men's basketball tradition, dating back 106 years to its inaugural 1903-04 campaign. The Big Blue battle in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin — regarded as one of the best small college conferences in the nation and the home of former L.A. Lakers and current Golden State forward Devean George — and at the NCAA Division III level after moving up from the NAIA level.

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For a Division III school, Millikin University has a strong following from its supporters.

"They average about 1,500 to 2,000 fans a game," said Placeres. "That's more people than a lot of Division I programs draw.


Coach Placeres must be counting the drop-down curtain as about 1500 people.

[dansand]

Some might find this amusing.

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/ann-curry-names-alumni-of-wrong-wheaton-college-in-commencement-speech/19490229?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/ann-curry-names-alumni-of-wrong-wheaton-college-in-commencement-speech/19490229

Gasp. A Millikin recruit, McKinley Maples, 6' 1" guard from Tennessee, 12.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.2 apg, 2.3 spg

http://mountainpress.uber.matchbin.net/printer_friendly/7604403

Millikin University has a storied and long-lived men's basketball tradition, dating back 106 years to its inaugural 1903-04 campaign. The Big Blue battle in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin — regarded as one of the best small college conferences in the nation and the home of former L.A. Lakers and current Golden State forward Devean George — and at the NCAA Division III level after moving up from the NAIA level.

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For a Division III school, Millikin University has a strong following from its supporters.

"They average about 1,500 to 2,000 fans a game," said Placeres. "That's more people than a lot of Division I programs draw.


Coach Placeres must be counting the drop-down curtain as about 1500 people.

Maybe they can get Coach Placeres to give the commencement address at Augsburg.

[cardinalpride]

Some might find this amusing.

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/ann-curry-names-alumni-of-wrong-wheaton-college-in-commencement-speech/19490229?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/ann-curry-names-alumni-of-wrong-wheaton-college-in-commencement-speech/19490229

Gasp. A Millikin recruit, McKinley Maples, 6' 1" guard from Tennessee, 12.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.2 apg, 2.3 spg

http://mountainpress.uber.matchbin.net/printer_friendly/7604403

Millikin University has a storied and long-lived men's basketball tradition, dating back 106 years to its inaugural 1903-04 campaign. The Big Blue battle in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin — regarded as one of the best small college conferences in the nation and the home of former L.A. Lakers and current Golden State forward Devean George — and at the NCAA Division III level after moving up from the NAIA level.

-----

For a Division III school, Millikin University has a strong following from its supporters.

"They average about 1,500 to 2,000 fans a game," said Placeres. "That's more people than a lot of Division I programs draw.


Coach Placeres must be counting the drop-down curtain as about 1500 people.

Maybe they can get Coach Placeres to give the commencement address at Augsburg.

Nice

[Gregory Sager]

Gasp. A Millikin recruit, McKinley Maples, 6' 1" guard from Tennessee, 12.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.2 apg, 2.3 spg

http://mountainpress.uber.matchbin.net/printer_friendly/7604403

Gasp. A Millikin poster!

Seriously, though, allblues, don't be a stranger. If it's been said once it's been said a thousand times: We need Millikin posters in this room. Millikin's the only CCIW school that doesn't have a regular presence here.

Millikin University has a storied and long-lived men's basketball tradition, dating back 106 years to its inaugural 1903-04 campaign. The Big Blue battle in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin — regarded as one of the best small college conferences in the nation and the home of former L.A. Lakers and current Golden State forward Devean George — and at the NCAA Division III level after moving up from the NAIA level.

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For a Division III school, Millikin University has a strong following from its supporters.

"They average about 1,500 to 2,000 fans a game," said Placeres. "That's more people than a lot of Division I programs draw.


Coach Placeres must be counting the drop-down curtain as about 1500 people.

Coach Placeres can be forgiven his ignorance. It's highly unlikely that a high-school basketball coach deep in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Tennessee would have even heard of Millikin University, let alone know anything about its gym or its average attendance. In fact, I'll bet that anyone in Gatlinburg who hears the word "Millikin" immediately pulls an Ann Curry and thinks of Milligan College, an NAIA school two hours' drive south down I-81.

I'm guessing that everything Coach Placeres has heard about Millikin is strictly secondhand, if not thirdhand. He and the rest of the Gatlinburg folks are clearly unfamiliar with Millikin specifically and with D3 culture and rules in general; notice the "signing ceremony" picture accompanying the article and the opening paragraph that refers to how McKinley Maples "signed to play" for Millikin. G-P High School (or perhaps it was just the coach and Maples' family) clearly staged a sham signing ceremony, because eastern Tennessee is NAIA country -- even the Maryville people would admit that -- and in NAIA country that's what a basketball player does when he decides upon a college: He signs a paper for the cameras while his family and coach stand around him.

Placeres apparently does know about Millikin's current status in terms of its basketball style, since he accurately referred to the Big Blue as a defense-oriented team that needs perimeter shooters. After all, Colby Long can't be the only person who attempts treys for Jimmy Millikin next season. My guess is that Placeres or Maples, or both, was told about MU's current style and need for an outside shooter by a Millikin coach during the recruiting process.

Some of the other amusing errors in the article -- the bit about Devean George, the statement that the CCIW moved up from NAIA to NCAA D3 (if the CCIW was ever an official NAIA conference, that knowledge must've been lost in the mists of time; at least two CCI schools, Wheaton and Augie, were NCAA College Division members in the '50s, at least North Park and Augie were NCAA College Division members in the '60s, and the CCIW was a majority-NCAA league throughout the '70s and into the '80s) -- are more likely the result of the writer not doing his homework.

Perhaps the funniest misconceptions in the article come from the player himself, though. It's not unusual to see these types of things -- anyone remember Luke Scarlata and the bit about Augustana's medical school? -- but young Master Maples seems to be under the impression that Millikin has a theology minor that he wishes to pursue. Millikin, a now thoroughly secular institution that has dispensed with its ties to the Presbyterian Church, USA, has neither a major nor a minor in theology ... or in any related field (Biblical studies, religion, etc.), for that matter. He also had this to say:

"I just hope all the Yankees aren't mean and rude to me, because I feel like I'm too nice. And man, it's going to get cold up there."

I won't argue that we Yankees are a less hospitable sort than our Rebel brethren -- some of us bluebellies do like to nitpick, after all -- but at least the local accent down yonder in Decatur ought to make Maples feel somewhat at home. And, just for the sake of accuracy, I note that the average winter temperature in Decatur is only about five degrees colder than it is in Gatlinburg.

[Mr. Ypsi]

And I'd bet the ranch that Decatur gets far fewer ice storms than Gatlinburg!

(I double-checked to see if Placeres was just clumsy in his sentence structure - if George was perhaps raised in Decatur?  But, no, he was a Minnesota lad from birth to the NBA.)