MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

Yeah, I'll have to hope for an auspiciously-timed rainout at some point. Otherwise, I'm out of luck. I wear too many hats in our league -- head coach, scorekeeper, and occasional designated hitter for my team, commissioner and frequent umpire for the league -- to get away with skipping out on softball in order to go up to Deerfield to watch summer-league basketball.

[RogK]

Greg, I figured you to be the prototype five-tool softball player, not just a DH.
By that, I mean your pockets might contain a wrench, hammer, screwdriver, drill and pliers (ha ha), making for noisy running and painful sliding.
Does your batting resemble that of Al Simmons 1930?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/simmoal01.shtml
or Biff Pocoroba 1978?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pocorbi01.shtml

[Gregory Sager]

I always thought it was a shame that the Mets and Braves couldn't work out a deal back in the '70s so that catcher Biff Pocoroba and reliever Bob Apodaca could've formed a battery.

[petemcb]

The Deerfield (JOG) Summer League schedule is out.
Games will be played at 7, 8, and 9 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning on June 7th. No games on 7/12. The regular season concludes on Aug 9th. Playoffs follow beginning either Aug 10th or sometime the following week.

CCIW teams in the league are:

North Central--2 teams
Carthage-------2 teams
North Park
Augie
Elmhurst
Wesleyan

Other teams---Lake Forest (2 teams), Lawrence, Wash U., Loras, St. Norbert.

Several other "independent" teams made up of college players from the area.
There are 23 teams in the league this year.

Based on history, changes to the schedule should be anticipated at any point in the season. Check with your team or JOG before hitting the road to Deerfield, especially during the last 2-3 weeks.

Mark, do you have a link to the schedule that you can provide by any chance?  When I went to the JOG website, I saw the league referenced but no clickable link to get to a schedule or any other information about it.  With the league starting in 5 days, I would think the schedule must be somewhere and with each team playing only once a week, there are bound to be some nights more interesting than others.

[AndOne]

Pete--

No direct link to JOG. Don't believe they put one up.
But, I did secure a copy of the schedule via e-mail from one of the players.
Is your check in the mail?   

[Gregory Sager]

Does he make the check out to you or to North Central? 'cause it's a little-known fact that Pete's lot in life is to write checks to as many CCIW schools as possible.

[AndOne]

Oh, in this case to me. 
But, I'm sure NCC would gladly accept a second check made payable to the MMP--Merner Modernization Project.      

[Dennis_Prikkel]

I always thought it was a shame that the Mets and Braves couldn't work out a deal back in the '70s so that catcher Biff Pocoroba and reliever Bob Apodaca could've formed a battery.

with montreal's cocoa laboy, and outfielder cocoa crisp
instead the Mets started out with Ed Kranepool from Monroe High School in the Bronx (from the roof of his high school he could see Shea Stadium); and Marvelous Marv Throneberry, and a lot of guys that were past their prime: Richie Ashburn, Frank Thomas, and Roger Craig.

[Dennis_Prikkel]

Oh, in this case to me. 
But, I'm sure NCC would gladly accept a second check made payable to the MMP--Merner Modernization Project.      

the MMP could only be accomplished with an atomic bomb and start over

[AndOne]

Oh, in this case to me. 
But, I'm sure NCC would gladly accept a second check made payable to the MMP--Merner Modernization Project.      

the MMP could only be accomplished with an atomic bomb and start over

Dennis---

You're not a fan of the "hanger?"   
Given what I understand is massively thick brick walls throughout, and over a foot of concrete supporting the balcony, it just might take an atomic bomb to make much of a dent in the hanger. Quite a contrast to North Park's palatial "crackerbox" which could likely be leveled with a cherry bomb or two.     

[Gregory Sager]

The crackerbox consists of cinderblocks and steel I-beams, so it's pretty sturdy. On the other hand, the adjacent classroom building, Carlson Tower, has a massive crack in the foundation that no doubt reflects some corners being cut in terms of the cost of materials and construction when ever-thrifty North Park erected the building in the 1960s. I keep waiting for Carlson Tower to topple over into the North Branch of the Chicago River like Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher.

[Dennis_Prikkel]

The crackerbox consists of cinderblocks and steel I-beams, so it's pretty sturdy. On the other hand, the adjacent classroom building, Carlson Tower, has a massive crack in the foundation that no doubt reflects some corners being cut in terms of the cost of materials and construction when ever-thrifty North Park erected the building in the 1960s. I keep waiting for Carlson Tower to topple over into the North Branch of the Chicago River like Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher.

El Correcto - North Park went everywhere - including the government for science grants - to build the carlson complex - which meant they had to use the lowest bidder on the project - I would imagine North Park has paid twenty times the original costs of the complex in correcting the shoddy original construction.

[Gregory Sager]

The crackerbox consists of cinderblocks and steel I-beams, so it's pretty sturdy. On the other hand, the adjacent classroom building, Carlson Tower, has a massive crack in the foundation that no doubt reflects some corners being cut in terms of the cost of materials and construction when ever-thrifty North Park erected the building in the 1960s. I keep waiting for Carlson Tower to topple over into the North Branch of the Chicago River like Edgar Allan Poe's House of Usher.

El Correcto - North Park went everywhere - including the government for science grants - to build the carlson complex - which meant they had to use the lowest bidder on the project - I would imagine North Park has paid twenty times the original costs of the complex in correcting the shoddy original construction.

That's exactly what I meant. The thriftiness that led NPC to apply for and use government funding resulted in the requirement to hire the lowest-bidding contractor, which in turn led to the shoddy construction. And I have no doubt that North Park has had to pay through the nose for remedial repairs ever since. The old adage, "You get what you pay for," was never more true.

Moral of the story: A parsimonious approach to the use of institutional funds, particularly when construction is involved, will often backfire and cause an institution to ultimately spend more money than it would've if it had spent the money to do it properly in the first place.

[Titan Q]

A few updates.  Seniors from IBS "Small School" First through Fifth teams...

SMALL SCHOOL PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
AARON ARMSTEAD, 6'4", Senior, Chicago Hales Franciscan  UW-Green Bay (D1)

FIRST TEAM:
KYLE ANDERSON, 6'2", Senior, Newark  Delaware (D1)
SAM FORD, 6'2", Senior, Oregon  Highland (JC)
JERROD GASTON, 6'2", Senior, Murphysboro  Vincennes U. (JC)
BRAD HAMILTON, 6'1", Senior, Pittsfield  John Wood (JC)  
JAKOB JUNIS, 6'3", Senior, Rock Falls  North Carolina State (D1) - baseball
JOEL LEARNARD, 6'5", Senior, Catlin Salt Fork  Illinois State (D1) - baseball
TYLER MCLANE, 6'2", Senior, East Dubuque  Wayne State (D2)


SECOND TEAM:
KYLE FLOYD, 6'2", Senior, Windsor  Kaskaskia (JC)
HAYDEN HOERDEMANN, 6'3", Senior, Bloomington Central Catholic  Western Michigan (D1)
JENS KENNEDY, 6'9", Senior, Dwight  Quincy (D2)
COLLIN MINGO, 6'7", Senior, Springfield Calvary Academy  Lindenwood-Belleville (USCAA)
DYLAN OVERSTREET, 6'3", Senior, Paxton-Buckley-Loda  Illinois Wesleyan (D3)
NICK SCHUMACHER, 6'5", Senior, Teutopolis  McKendree (NAIA)
CONNOR WHEELER, 6'1", Senior, DuQuoin  Illinois Wesleyan (D3)

THIRD TEAM:
JOHN AVERY, 6'5", Senior, Newark
PAUL BEENE, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Leo
DEREK BOURKE, 6'2", Senior, Nokomis
DYLAN CRAIG, 6'1", Senior, Murphysboro  Illinois State (D1) - baseball
CODEY FUNK, 6'6", Senior, El Paso-Gridley  Western Illinois (D1) - football
DYLAN GUTHRIE, 6'1", Senior, Winchester West Central MacMurray (D3)
PHIL KUNZ, 6'7", Senior, Trenton Wesclin  Southern Illinois (D1) - baseball walk-on
BRAYDEN TEUSCHER, 6'2", Senior, Rockford Christian  Washington U. (D3)

FOURTH TEAM:
ANDY ADAMS, 6'1", Senior, Orion
COREY AYALA, 6'1", Senior, Metropolis Massac County  Rend Lake (JC)
SAM BROWN, 6'2", Senior, Nashville  Lincoln Land (JC)
MATT CARLSON, 6'1", Senior, Kewanee
EANN COX, 6'2", Senior, Erie  Kirkwood Community College - baseball
MATT KRAUSE, 6'1", Senior, Deer Creek-Mackinaw  Wheaton (D3) - baseball (basketball?)
ADAM KUNKEL, 5'10", Senior, Red Bud  John A. Logan (JC) - baseball
DAN OLSON, 6'9", Senior, Cullom Tri Point  Olivet Nazarene (NAIA)
DRAKE VERMILLION, 6'8", Senior, Beardstown  Quincy (D2)
CLAYTON WHITLOCK, 6'8", Senior, Springfield Calvary Academy  MacMurray (D3)

FIFTH TEAM:
NATE DEVENNEY, 6'0", Senior, Manlius Bureau Valley
JAKE DEJAEGER, 6'2", Senior, Annawan
MAURICE JOINER, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Leo
ALEX KOCH, 6'5", Senior, Chillicothe Illinois Valley Central
CALVIN LEWIS, 6'5", Senior, Toulon Stark County  Joliet Junior College - football
MATT MASER, 6'2", Senior, Westville
KODY MICHAEL, 6'9", Senior, Forreston  Sauk Valley (JC)
MICHAEL MURRAY, 6'2", Senior, Princeton  Illinois Valley CC (JC)
CODY OWEN, 6'1", Senior, Chrisman  Danville Area CC (JC)
TERREL WILLIAMS, 5'9", Senior, South Beloit  Rock Valley (JC)

[Titan Q]

Seniors from the Illinois Basketball Services "Large School" all-state team:

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
CHASSON RANDLE, 6'2", Senior, Rock Island  Stanford (D1)

FIRST TEAM:
MAX BIELFELDT, 6'8", Senior, Peoria Notre Dame  Michigan (D1)
WAYNE BLACKSHEAR, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Morgan Park  Louisville (D1)
RYAN BOATRIGHT, 5'10", Senior, Aurora East  U Conn (D1)
ANTHONY DAVIS, 6'10", Senior, Chicago Perspectives MSA  Kentucky (D1)
NNANNA EGWU, 6'9", Senior, Chicago St. Ignatius  Illinois (D1)
MYCHAEL HENRY, 6'6", Senior, Chicago Orr  Illinois (D1)
JORDAN NELSON, 5'11", Senior, Lincoln Evansville (D1)
MIKE SHAW, 6'8", Senior, Chicago De LaSalle  Illinois (D1)
SAM THOMPSON, 6'7", Senior, Chicago Whitney Young  Ohio St (D1)

SECOND TEAM:
TRACY ABRAMS, 6'1", Senior, Chicago Mt. Carmel Illinois (D1)
MACARI BROOKS, 6'3", Senior, Richton Park Rich South  DePaul (D1)
JAMIE CROCKETT, 6'4", Senior, Crete-Monee  DePaul (D1)
JOHNNY HILL, 6'3", Senior, Lombard Glenbard East  Illinois State (D1)
ROOSEVELT JONES, 6'4", Senior, O'Fallon  Butler (D1)
FRANK KAMINSKY, 6'10", Senior, Lisle Benet Academy  Wisconsin (D1)
GEORGE MARSHALL, 5'11", Senior, Chicago Brooks  Wisconsin (D1)
DAVID SOBOLEWSKI, 6', Senior, Lisle Benet Academy  Northwestern (D1)
DONIVINE STEWART, 6'1", Senior, Bartonville Limestone  Bradley (D1)

THIRD TEAM:
AARON ADEOYE, 6'6", Senior, Marion  Ball State (D1)
JACCOBY ANDERSON, 5'11", Senior, Springfield Southeast  Chicago State (D1)
D'LANDO CARTER, 6'0, Senior, Danville  Southeastern Community College (JC)
QUINTON CHIEVOUS, 6'5", Senior, Niles Notre Dame  Tennessee (D1)
DESHAWN DELANEY, 6'6", Senior, Chicago Carver  Vincennes U. (JC)
ZACH MILLER, 5'9", Senior, Lombard (IL) Glenbard East  Northern Illinois (D1)
KEANTE MINOR, 6'2", Senior, East St. Louis  Arkansas (D1) - football
ABDEL NADER, 6'6", Senior, Niles North  Northern Illinois (D1)
JOSH PIPER, 6'8", Senior, Champaign Centennial  Eastern Illinois (D1)
MIKE POWELL, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Brooks  Rhode Island (D1)

FOURTH TEAM:
JEROME BROWN, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Morgan Park  Illinois-Chicago (D1)
JULIUS BROWN, 5'10", Senior, Country Club Hills Hillcrest  Toledo (D1)
JOEY MILLER, 6'3", Senior, Charleston  Eastern Illinois (D1)
DAVID MOLINARI, 6'1", Senior, Peoria Notre Dame Illinois Wesleyan (D3)
KANE SWEENEY, 6'4", Senior, Belleville West  Morehead State (D1) - baseball
KIEFER SYKES, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Marshall  UW-Green Bay (D1)
DEMETRIUS TOLLIVER, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Farragut
MIKE TURNER, 6'8", Senior, Chicago University  Northwestern (D1)
TY NEAL, 5'11", Senior, Carbondale  Murray State (D1)
DARIAN WHITE, 6'3", Senior, Peoria Central  Chicago State (D1)

FIFTH TEAM:
DAVARIS DANIELS, 6'3", Senior, Vernon Hills  Notre Dame (D1) - football
MIKE DOMBROWSKI, 5'11", Senior, Johnsburg  Carthage (D3)
JAKE EVERLY, 6'2", Senior, Woodstock Marian Central Catholic  Hope (D3)
DAVID FRANKLIN, 6'3", Senior, Belleville Althoff
NIC HOEPFNER, 6'5", Senior, East Moline  Parkland (JC)
NICK HOFMAN, 6'3", Senior, Algonquin Jacobs
RYAN JACKSON, 6'1", Senior, Riverside-Brookfield  Lewis (D2)
LUKE JOHNSON, 6'9", Senior, Wheaton Academy  Carthage (D3)

HONORABLE MENTION:
DREW ANDERSON, 6'7", Senior, Rockford Christian  U. of Illinois (D1) - football walk-on
KORY BILLUPS, 6'3", Senior, Chicago Crane
DREW BLUMENSHINE, 6'9", Senior, Peoria Notre Dame Illinois Wesleyan (D3)
TONY BRADLEY, 6'3", Senior, Alton  Southwestern Illinois (JC)
KRIS BREWER, 6'4", Senior, Carbondale Brehm Prep  Kent State (D1)
ROBERT CALMESE, 5'11", Senior, Decatur Eisenhower
JEFF CLARK, 6'2", Senior, Marion
RAKEEM DICKERSON, 6'1", Senior, Carbondale Brehm Prep  Arkansas State (D1)
JONATHAN DOSS, 6'4", Senior, Chicago Taft
GEORGE EDWARDS, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Foreman  Gillette College (JC)
DYLAN ENNIS, 6'2", Senior, Lake Forest Academy  Rice (D1)
JAMES FARR, 6'8', Senior, Evanston  Xavier (D1)
AHMAN FELLS, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Simeon  Illinois-Chicago (D1)
ARMANI FLANNIGAN, 6'7", Senior, Rockford Boylan Catholic
MARK GILCHRESE, 5'9", Senior, Springfield  Parkland (JC)
KEITH GRAY, 6'7", Senior, Chicago Brooks  Northern Illinois (D1)
DESHAWN GREER, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Hyde Park
LUKE HAGER, 6'6", Senior, Chicago Whitney Young  UNC-Wilimington (D1)
ANDRE HENLEY, 6'4", Senior, Chicago De La Salle  Northern Illinois (D1)
SHAQUILLE HINES, 6'5", Senior, Chicago Harlan
GARRETT JONES, 6'1", Senior, Evanston  New Hampshire (D1)
DEJI IBITAYO, 6'3", Senior, Rich Central  Akron (D1)
WILL JENKINS, 6'3", Senior, Peoria Richwoods
TRAVIS KELLUM, 6'6", Senior, Peoria Central
JACK KRIEGER, 6'4", Junior, Plainfield North  St. Xavier (NAIA)
KISTON LEE, 6'3", Senior, Decatur (IL) MacArthur
TYLER LUNDEEN, 6'6", Senior, Morton  Triton (JC)
BRIAN MADSON, 6'5", Senior, McHenry  Lake Forest (D3)
STANLEY MALCOLM, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Brooks
DERRICK MARKS, 6'2", Senior, Plainfield (IL) Central  Boise State (D1)
GREG MAYS, 6'8", Senior, Crete-Monee (IL)  UW-Green Bay (D1)
RASHAUN MCGREW, 6'7", Senior, Chicago Vocational  Chicago State (D1)
RASHAWN MCELRATH, 6'6", Senior, Chicago Simeon
ZACH MONAGHAN, 6'2", Senior, Fremd (IL)  South Dakota St (D1)
MATT PALUCKI, 6'7", Senior, Park Ridge Maine South  Washington U. (D3)
TYWON PINCKNEY, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Simeon
TREVOR RICHARDS, 6'1", Senior, Breese Mater Dei  Drury (D2) - baseball
T.J. RIGGS, 6'3", Senior, Bloomington  Ashland U. (D2)
REMY ROBERTS-BURNETT, 5'10", Senior, Joliet West  Western Illinois (D1)
LATREE RUSSELL, 6'6", Senior, Bolingbrook  Des Moines Area Community College (JC)
RYAN SAWVELL, 6'8", Senior, Mundelein  Evansville (D1)
NATHANIEL SMITH, 6'4", Senior, Lincoln  Loras (D3)
CARSON SONNENBERG, 6'5", Senior, Belleville Althoff
DYLAN SPARKMAN, 6'9", Senior,, East Peoria  Illinois-Springfield (D2)
TYRONE STAGGERS, 6'5", Senior, Chicago St. Ignatius Prep
WILL SULLIVAN, 6'2", Senior, Elmhurst York  Northern Illiinois (D1)
MIKE SUTTER, 6'4", Senior, Woodstock  Trinity Christian (NAIA)
KEIFER SYKES, 5'9", Senior, Chicago Marshall UW-Green Bay (D1)
GREG TRAVIS, 5'11", Senior, Chicago Curie  Illinois-Chicago (D1)
DAN TRIMBLE, 6'8", Senior, Geneva  West Georgia (D2)
ELLIOT VAUGHN, 6'6", Senior, Batavia  Roosevelt (NAIA)
LETRELL VISER, 5'11", Senior, Aurora East
DEVANTE WILKINS, 6'2", Chicago Carver  Richard J. Daley (JC)
GABE WILLIAMS, 5'10", Senior, Chicago Farragut
JEREMY WOHLTMAN, 6'4", Senior, Effingham
NICK ZEISLOFT, 6'3", Senior, Lyons  Illinois State (D1)