MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[bbfan44]

Not much to say about last night's disappointing loss. UST simply was the better team and overcame the Augie home court advantage. The end of some great careers for he Augie seniors. Now it's back to the drawing board for a major rebuild at Augie.

I certainly hope the two remaining Midwest teams making the finals. I have not seen Benedictine play, but they certainly have dominated all year. I'll go with the Illinois team in the final.

Congrats to LeRoy High on their title. Mark E. Is fortunate to have had 6' 6" Matt Chastain leading his team to the title. I have followed Matt Chastain because he is close with a family I know in LeRoy. He is a rare DI prospect coming up of the tiny 1A classification in Illinois. He has scholarship offers from Valpo, Loyola and a few others. Bigger schools might be missing up on a hidden gem. The kid is very athletic.

Wouldn't you love to see a best 3 or best of 5 Augie v St Thomas? That would be outstanding.  I know, only in dreams.

[Gregory Sager]

Millikin SID Bryan Marshall has already posted the 2016-17 MU roster (as it currently stands) on the Millikin website. And T.J. Sims is not on it.

[Gregory Sager]

Following sac's lead in the MIAA room, I thought I'd look at next season's CCIW rosters as they're currently composed.

Here's the players that each program is losing (15 mpg players in italics):

Augustana
Hunter Hill
Jawon Straughter
Griffin Pils
Ben Ryan
Brandon Motzel
Tayvian Johnson
Jake Gylten
Jake Norcia

North Central
Jayme Moten
Kevin Honn
Geoffrey Godwin
Brian Harvey

Elmhurst
Pat Coleman
Kyle Wuest
Bryant Ackerman
Erik Crittenden
Will Nixon
Eric Leonard
Peyton Wyatt
Brandon Schwebke
Kenny Payonk

Illinois Wesleyan
Bryce Dolan
Joel Pennington
Ryan Coyle
Mike Marietti
Brian Nelms
Rob Mahlke

North Park
Michael Hutchinson

Carthage
Myles Olsen
Tony Pierce, Jr.
Sean Valentine
Mike Leazer
Kiston Lee
Ellis Matthews
Kevin Kozil

Millikin
T.J. Sims*
T.J. Griffin
Tommy Pilackas
Elijah Kinmon
Bryn Agnew

Wheaton
Jonathan Berntsen
Joel Smith
Michael Berg
Riley Teuscher

Going by overall stats, the league will be losing twelve of its 21 double-digit scorers and ten of its top 20 rebounders. In terms of CCIW-only stats, it loses thirteen of 20 double-digit scorers and twelve of the top 21 rebounders.

% of returning points & rebounds:

Augustana	25	32
North Central	72	79
Elmhurst	7	8
Illinois Wesleyan	59	73
North Park	92	87
Carthage	53	59
Millikin	27	45
Wheaton	49	56

[sac]

Wow, just out of curiosity whats the low bar for non-conference wins for the CCIW in say, the last 10-15 years?

[iwumichigander]

Wow, just out of curiosity whats the low bar for non-conference wins for the CCIW in say, the last 10-15 years?

taking a cue from Mr. Ypsi Sac?

[iwu70]

Greg, some great stats, perspectives on the returning teams.  Thanks.

No bold from me.  Fading to the off-season. 

Spinoza '70

[sac]

Wow, just out of curiosity whats the low bar for non-conference wins for the CCIW in say, the last 10-15 years?

taking a cue from Mr. Ypsi Sac?

No, I'm actually curious what the lowest number of non-conference wins has been.


That is some serious graduation losses, yes?

[Greek Tragedy]

Battle of the North next year...

[all blues]

Millikin SID Bryan Marshall has already posted the 2016-17 MU roster (as it currently stands) on the Millikin website. And T.J. Sims is not on it.

wow.  did NOT see THAT coming...   

[AppletonRocks]

Carroll wins the CCIW in 2016/17 

[veterancciwfan]

I don't think it's any secret that there has been some amount of friction between Nadlelhoffer and Sims. Maybe Sims decided to end is college experience.

[Gregory Sager]

... or maybe he's simply decided to continue it somewhere other than Millikin. We've had no indication that he's a poor or indifferent student; the only thing that we know about him, aside from his stellar basketball abilities, is that he's occasionally insubordinate and difficult to coach. It is therefore worse than unfair to infer from the fact that he's not on the 2016-17 MU roster that he may now be a college dropout (or will become one in May).

[AndOne]

....or perhaps veteran unintentionally implied that he would become a college dropout when his true meaning was that Sims may have decided to end his college basketball experience-at least at Millikin?

[Gregory Sager]

That could be. But I'm not a mind reader, nor do I play one on TV.

(Heck, I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. )

Seriously, though, Sims is such an outstanding player that I'd be shocked if he pulled a Kent Raymond (or, perhaps more fittingly, pulled a Drew Gensler) and gave up playing the sport on the intercollegiate level in order to become a regular student.

[AppletonRocks]

That could be. But I'm not a mind reader, nor do I play one on TV.

(Heck, I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. )

Seriously, though, Sims is such an outstanding player that I'd be shocked if he pulled a Kent Raymond (or, perhaps more fittingly, pulled a Drew Gensler) and gave up playing the sport on the intercollegiate level in order to become a regular student.

My 2003 logic 104 class from UW Fox Valley would suggest there is a distinct possibility he will end up a transfer player at UW Whitewater.  They like them you know.