MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

I've noticed that Mr. Robinson is a strong, effective, and tenacious defender who consistently always drives to his right when handling the ball.  Congrats!

Fixed it for you, Mark.

It's a standing joke with Rob and I on the North Park broadcasts that every time Robinson drives to the basket Rob says, "D.A. driving to the hole ... and he's going right!" A week ago last Wednesday, towards the end of the NCC @ NPU game, Robinson crossed over and went with his left hand on a drive down the lane. Rob and I looked at each other with mouths agape. We were absolutely speechless for a few seconds ... which may lead some of our viewers to hope that Robinson will do it again just so that it'll make Rob and I shut up.

I've noticed that Mr. Robinson is a strong, effective, and tenacious defender who consistently drives to his right when handling the ball.  Congrats!

The IWU coaching staff pointed that out to defenders more than once on Saturday night, to little avail! 

Neither Eliud Gonzalez nor Stephen Rudnicki played far enough off of Robinson to take away his penetration. He's not much of a three-point threat (2-13, .154 this season), so you don't have to guard him that honestly. By playing too far up on him they allowed him to get a burst to his right, and once he turned their shoulders he was more than quick enough to beat whichever one of the two Titans PGs was guarding him.

I can almost guarantee that Steve Djurickovic will not make the same mistake on Wednesday night in the Toolshed.

[dansand]

Congrats to North Park's D.A. Robinson upon being named CCIW Player of the Week, the first NPU player to win the award this season. I tend to think that this might be the first time that a player has won the award primarily due to his defense, since Robinson's numbers were fairly modest this past week. At least, it's the first time that I can remember that the award has seemed to have been handed out for primarily defensive contributions.

Congrats to D.A.

Not sure if you're talking about just this season or not Greg, but Nate Swetalla won it in 2005-06 in a week when he averaged 6.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg and 0.5 apg. He held (or was chiefly responsible for holding) Keelan Amelianovich and Chris Martin to a combined 22 points on 6-of-22 field goal shooting in a pair of Augie wins on the road. Although--he also had a game-winning tip-in at the buzzer at Elmhurst.

BTW, Augie up to #3 in that latest D3Hoops.com poll!

[BlueJay21]

Dansand- You beat me to the punch. Nate Swetella's week back in 05-06 was the first thing I thought of when Greg made that post. His game winning put back at the buzzer though was an absolute dagger. I can still picture that exact play in my mind. He was the only one on the right side of the basket and caught the brick and laid it in uncontested. Still hurts.

[dansand]

Dansand- You beat me to the punch. Nate Swetella's week back in 05-06 was the first thing I thought of when Greg made that post. His game winning put back at the buzzer though was an absolute dagger. I can still picture that exact play in my mind. He was the only one on the right side of the basket and caught the brick and laid it in uncontested. Still hurts.

Your post made me go back and check who threw up the "brick." It was (Elmhurst assistant coach) Rick Harrigan.   He didn't have too many that year (CCIW Player of the Year).

I guess, looking at the play-by-play, Nate's put-back wasn't at the buzzer, but with about four seconds left. Drew Wessels added a couple free throws to make the final 63-60.

[WheatonFanChris]

A few thoughts on the Wheaton @ Elmhurst game that has barely been mentioned here since Saturday:

-Wheaton jumped out to a huge 22-6 lead and at that point I thought it might be nice to actually have a game to semi-relax through, but as the Thunder have shown recently, they relax after a few minutes of intense play and let whatever other team back into the game.

-The interior defense was better for the Thunder than it was at the Shirk on Wednesday. But maybe because of that, James Robertson was left open often and really shot well from beyond the arc to help the Bluejays fight back and keep them in it til the end.

-Tim McCrary had a below average game for sure, he was hampered by constant foul trouble and picked up his 5th on a pointless over the back attempt at the 4:17 mark.

-Once Tim was out, Schauer took Jahns off the point and tried to make him the scoring guard running him off a hundred screens, which for the most part were ineffective and the Thunder struggled to get shots.

-Without Jahns, the Thunder imho would have lost by 25. He was the only player who showed constant intensity on both ends of the floor. At one point when Elmhurst had the momentum and Schauer called timeout, Jahns showed a lot of righteous anger and got to the bench and let his teammates have it for a bit before Schauer settled everything down.

-Down one with the ball and 20 seconds left, there was no doubt Jahns would take the last shot for the Thunder and as he released from 15 ft on the baseline, it was clearly going in nothing but net.

-The Bluejays advanced the ball to the front court and after a timeout at 4.3 secs left, they got 2 desperate shots off in the about 7 or 8 seconds the clock operator gave them (the clock wasn't started until it probably should have been at around zero). Needless to say, Schauer let the officials have it. But fortunately for the Thunder, neither Elmhurst shot was too close and time expired with the Thunder scrambling for a rebound.

[petemcb]

I've noticed that Mr. Robinson is a strong, effective, and tenacious defender who consistently always drives to his right when handling the ball.  Congrats!

Fixed it for you, Mark.

It's a standing joke with Rob and I on the North Park broadcasts that every time Robinson drives to the basket Rob says, "D.A. driving to the hole ... and he's going right!" A week ago last Wednesday, towards the end of the NCC @ NPU game, Robinson crossed over and went with his left hand on a drive down the lane. Rob and I looked at each other with mouths agape. We were absolutely speechless for a few seconds ... which may lead some of our viewers to hope that Robinson will do it again just so that it'll make Rob and I shut up.

I've noticed that Mr. Robinson is a strong, effective, and tenacious defender who consistently drives to his right when handling the ball.  Congrats!

The IWU coaching staff pointed that out to defenders more than once on Saturday night, to little avail! 

Neither Eliud Gonzalez nor Stephen Rudnicki played far enough off of Robinson to take away his penetration. He's not much of a three-point threat (2-13, .154 this season), so you don't have to guard him that honestly. By playing too far up on him they allowed him to get a burst to his right, and once he turned their shoulders he was more than quick enough to beat whichever one of the two Titans PGs was guarding him.

I can almost guarantee that Steve Djurickovic will not make the same mistake on Wednesday night in the Toolshed.

OK.  I don't have the hi tech skills you do Greg so I'm just going to point out the correction and you can make it:  "....whichever one of the two Titans PGs was ASSIGNED TO him".  I never could figure out how to use half that stuff.  I'm lucky if I can pull off the appropriate smiley face.

[Naperick]

-The Bluejays advanced the ball to the front court and after a timeout at 4.3 secs left, they got 2 desperate shots off in the about 7 or 8 seconds the clock operator gave them (the clock wasn't started until it probably should have been at around zero). Needless to say, Schauer let the officials have it. But fortunately for the Thunder, neither Elmhurst shot was too close and time expired with the Thunder scrambling for a rebound.

I was at that game and it seemed like the clock operator did not start the clock until Elmhurst fired their first shot.  It could have been a controversial finish.

[Naperick]

Dansand- You beat me to the punch. Nate Swetella's week back in 05-06 was the first thing I thought of when Greg made that post. His game winning put back at the buzzer though was an absolute dagger. I can still picture that exact play in my mind. He was the only one on the right side of the basket and caught the brick and laid it in uncontested. Still hurts.

It does still hurt.  I think that was a rare Sunday game if my fading memory is correct.

[Gregory Sager]

Congrats to North Park's D.A. Robinson upon being named CCIW Player of the Week, the first NPU player to win the award this season. I tend to think that this might be the first time that a player has won the award primarily due to his defense, since Robinson's numbers were fairly modest this past week. At least, it's the first time that I can remember that the award has seemed to have been handed out for primarily defensive contributions.

Congrats to D.A.

Not sure if you're talking about just this season or not Greg, but Nate Swetalla won it in 2005-06 in a week when he averaged 6.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg and 0.5 apg. He held (or was chiefly responsible for holding) Keelan Amelianovich and Chris Martin to a combined 22 points on 6-of-22 field goal shooting in a pair of Augie wins on the road. Although--he also had a game-winning tip-in at the buzzer at Elmhurst.

BTW, Augie up to #3 in that latest D3Hoops.com poll!

I had forgotten about the week five years ago when Swetalla won it. Good recall, Dan. The game-winning shot may have figured into it, though.

[dansand]

Congrats to North Park's D.A. Robinson upon being named CCIW Player of the Week, the first NPU player to win the award this season. I tend to think that this might be the first time that a player has won the award primarily due to his defense, since Robinson's numbers were fairly modest this past week. At least, it's the first time that I can remember that the award has seemed to have been handed out for primarily defensive contributions.

Congrats to D.A.

Not sure if you're talking about just this season or not Greg, but Nate Swetalla won it in 2005-06 in a week when he averaged 6.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg and 0.5 apg. He held (or was chiefly responsible for holding) Keelan Amelianovich and Chris Martin to a combined 22 points on 6-of-22 field goal shooting in a pair of Augie wins on the road. Although--he also had a game-winning tip-in at the buzzer at Elmhurst.

BTW, Augie up to #3 in that latest D3Hoops.com poll!

I had forgotten about the week five years ago when Swetalla won it. Good recall, Dan. The game-winning shot may have figured into it, though.

Yeah. That's why I figured I better mention it. Ya know, in the spirit of "full disclosure" and "transparency" and all. 

[Denny McKinney]

This goes out to in Chicago Area HS BBall fans from Mid 80's. These guys went on to play at Missouri Baptist in St. Louis. Directly or through Southeastern Ill. C.C.

Trying to match names to High Schools. Thanks in advance for any help.

Anthony Moore, Berlon Robinson, Shawn DuPlesis and Charles Washington.

Charles was killed in a car wreck on I-55 returning to school his senior year.

Any help is help.

[BlueJay21]

It does still hurt.  I think that was a rare Sunday game if my fading memory is correct.

Yes it was a Sunday afternoon game. The Bluejays suffered 2 devastating losses in the same CCIW season. That put back late in the game was nothing compared to the absolute dagger that Adam Dauksas threw in from just inside half court at the Shirk Center to send that game into overtime where the Titans eventually won it. We win those 2 games and things would've been a lot different in the CCIW standings. What might have been....

[Naperick]

It does still hurt.  I think that was a rare Sunday game if my fading memory is correct.

Yes it was a Sunday afternoon game. The Bluejays suffered 2 devastating losses in the same CCIW season. That put back late in the game was nothing compared to the absolute dagger that Adam Dauksas threw in from just inside half court at the Shirk Center to send that game into overtime where the Titans eventually won it. We win those 2 games and things would've been a lot different in the CCIW standings. What might have been....

I didn't attend that game in Bloomington but it hurt to read about it the next morning.  I think 3 teams tied for 2nd place at 9-5 in CCIW play that season but at least all 3 made the 1st CCIW tourney.  The conference was so good that year..........like most years.

[Gregory Sager]

Carthage 69
North Park 50

[Gregory Sager]

North Central 76
Elmhurst 58