MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[cardinalpride]

Congrats to a lot of happy Titan fans and also to Ol' Faithful, Mark/AndOne.  Looking forward to a great weekend of basketball at the hangar in Naperville!

Yes, congrats to Mark ... but he's only been waiting for seven years. The people I'd really like to congratulate the most are the long-term NCC fans who've been waiting since 1990 for this title.

I would have done that too, but wasn't sure if there were any of them on the board these days.  

Probably not. I'm not sure how far back cardpride goes.

I do go back to that 90 team! Its been a long time coming! Thanks!

[Gregory Sager]

Congrats to a lot of happy Titan fans and also to Ol' Faithful, Mark/AndOne.  Looking forward to a great weekend of basketball at the hangar in Naperville!

Yes, congrats to Mark ... but he's only been waiting for seven years. The people I'd really like to congratulate the most are the long-term NCC fans who've been waiting since 1990 for this title.

I would have done that too, but wasn't sure if there were any of them on the board these days.   

Probably not. I'm not sure how far back cardpride goes.

I do go back to that 90 team! Its been a long time coming!

In that case, an even bigger congrats to you, cardpride!

[Gregory Sager]

Millikin loses an absolute heartbreaker, 85-82. Down by as much as 15 in the second half, the Big Blue rallied and closed the gap to within three down the stretch. Trailing 83-80 with ten seconds left, an unlikely outside shooter for MU, center Kyle Taylor (29 pts, 9 rebs), attempted a three. He was fouled and went to the line with the chance to tie the game by making all three FTs. He missed the first, made the second and third. MU was forced to foul, James Robertson hit both FTs for Elmhurst, and a final trey attempt to tie by MU senior Justin Thompson was off the mark.

Millikin finishes a CCIW all-time-worst 1-23, 0-14. I feel very badly for those guys, who took their final two games of the season right down to the wire. My heart really goes out in particular to senior Kyle Taylor, who is going to be seeing that missed free throw in his sleep for awhile, methinks.

[Titan Q]

I do go back to that 90 team! Its been a long time coming!

I hope NCC's season ends the same way its '90 season did!

[Gregory Sager]

It's interesting how just a couple of weeks ago people were speculating about the possibility of Augie being the first team in 38 years to run the table in CCIW play ... and yet, at the end of the day, Augie and North Central tied for the title with comparatively pedestrian 11-3 records.

This makes five times in the past six seasons that the CCIW champion or champions has finished with an 11-3 record.

[iwu70]

Congrats to Ron Rose and the Titans for a great win tonight.

And, I add my congrats to Stevie D for his amazing CCIW career at Carthage. 

Doug Sexauer, as really needed, is picking it up these last several games.  Hope the Titans can continue to put all the pieces together in a more comprehensive and complete way. 

Titan women finish tonight, the regular season at 21-4, CCIW 13-1.  Congrats to Coach Smith and the Titans.  Keep it rolling ladies!

[iwu70]

Give me more of that green kool-aide . . . I'm ready to drink some at North Central too.

[Gregory Sager]

This is where Steve Djurickovic's most notable CCIW legacies will remain:

1,000 Points Scored in CCIW Play

Player	School	Last Yr.	Points
Leon Gobczynski	Millikin	1975	1662
Dave Shaw	Carroll	1977	1478
Steve Djurickovic	Carthage	2011	1348
Jesse Price	Millikin	1969	1343
Jack Sikma	Illinois Wesleyan	1977	1307
Blaise Bugajski	Illinois Wesleyan	1984	1220
John Laing	Augustana	1973	1209
Dave Rosenbalm	Carthage	1976	1202
Johnnie Butler	Carthage	1971	1168
Kent Raymond	Wheaton	2009	1152
Bill Simpson	Elmhurst	1975	1141
Bill Warden	North Central	1955	1136
Bart Barnes	Millikin	1988	1131
Greg Crawford	North Park	1970	1124
Justyne Monegain	North Park	1985	1122
Randy Pfund	Wheaton	1974	1119
Greg Yess	Illinois Wesleyan	1982	1107
Tom Dykstra	Wheaton	1970	1104
Gordy Zastrow	Carthage	1981	1104
Jason Wiertel	Carthage	2002	1074
Jack Lutz	Carthage	1969	1071
Michael Thomas	North Park	1981	1071
Barry Bennett	Carthage	1978	1047
Dan Parker	Millikin	1972	1047
Luke Kasten	Illinois Wesleyan	2003	1045
Gary Dietelhoff	Millikin	1974	1032
Luke Moo	Wheaton	2001	1029
Bill Harbeck	Wheaton	1977	1028
Steve Hoeft	North Central	1973	1020
Sheldon Thompson	Illinois Wesleyan	1971	1012
Rob Willey	Wheaton	1988	1012

The CCIW 2,000-Point Club (includes all games)

Player	School	Last Yr.	Points
Leon Gobczynski	Millikin	1975	2635
Dave Shaw	Carroll	1977	2563
Steve Djurickovic	Carthage	2011	2547
Mel Peterson	Wheaton	1960	2542
Kent Raymond	Wheaton	2009	2308
Jack Sikma	Illinois Wesleyan	1977	2272
Bill Warden	North Central	1955	2249
Jesse Price	Millikin	1969	2222
Scott Steagall	Millikin	1951	2127
Jason Wiertel	Carthage	2002	2113
Michael Thomas	North Park	1981	2085
Blaise Bugajski	Illinois Wesleyan	1984	2062
Marv Johnson	Wheaton	1951	2044
Justyne Monegain	North Park	1985	2039
John Laing	Augustana	1973	2035

If individual assists records were kept by the league, he'd own all of them.

Congratulations upon an absolutely phenomenal career, Steve. You were a pleasure to watch ... when you weren't playing NPU, that is. Get well soon after you have your foot operation, and best of luck to you in Europe, South America, or wherever you end up playing next season.

[Gregory Sager]

Incidentally, congratulations to Steve Djurickovic upon being named a first-team Academic All-American today.

[Greek Tragedy]

Nice shot. Titans got it done.

Either way though, it will be a tough road for the Thunder.

And Ypsi, I know of no good Norwegian soccer player. Biathlete yes, but nothing doing on the pitch.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - Baby Faced Assassin - Manchester United hero

[Gregory Sager]

Quite a day for Old School, who became a dad and trumped the d3boards.com soccer moderator on a trivia question all within 24 hours.

[cardinalpride]

I do go back to that 90 team! Its been a long time coming!

I hope NCC's season ends the same way its '90 season did!

I'm hoping for a similar outcome as 2006!:)  Will you guys utilize a box and 1 similar to the strategy in 1990?

[Mr. Ypsi]

I do go back to that 90 team! Its been a long time coming!

I hope NCC's season ends the same way its '90 season did!

I'm hoping for a similar outcome as 2006!:)  Will you guys utilize a box and 1 similar to the strategy in 1990?

Since IWU made the Final Four in 2006, I could live with that!

[CCIWchamps]

Final from Shirk:

Illinois Wesleyan 70
Augustana 68

Doug Sexauer hit a baseline jumper with one second left to win it.

Next Friday in Naperville:

#2 Augustana (22-3) vs. #3 Wheaton (18-7)
#4 Illinois Wesleyan (18-7) @ #1 North Central (15-10)

I can't believe we were talking just a few weeks ago about the "20-0" or whatever Augustana team, and today they're not the conference champions!  How quickly things can change in the CCIW.

[CCIWchamps]

Final from Shirk:

Illinois Wesleyan 70
Augustana 68

Doug Sexauer hit a baseline jumper with one second left to win it.

Next Friday in Naperville:

#2 Augustana (22-3) vs. #3 Wheaton (18-7)
#4 Illinois Wesleyan (18-7) @ #1 North Central (15-10)

I can't believe we were talking just a few weeks ago about the "20-0" or whatever Augustana team, and today they're not the conference champions!  How quickly things can change in the CCIW.

Also, thanks for keeping the location much closer for us Wheaton fans.