MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

Juwan Henry finished up his amazing career with 24 points last night, climbing to 14th place all-time in career scoring among CCIW players:

The CCIW's 2K Club

1. Leon Gobczynski, Millikin	1972-75	2,635
2. Dave Shaw, Carroll	1974-77	2,563
3. Steve Djurickovic, Carthage	2008-11	2,547
4. Mel Peterson, Wheaton	1957-60	2,542
5. Kent Raymond, Wheaton	2005, 2007-09	2,308
6. Jack Sikma, Illinois Wesleyan	1974-77	2,272
7. Bill Warden, North Central	1952-55	2,249
8. Jesse Price, Millikin	1966-69	2,222
9. Scott Steagall, Millikin	1948-51	2,127
10. Jason Wiertel, Carthage	1999-2002	2,113
11. Michael Thomas, North Park	1978-81	2,085
12. Blaise Bugajski, Illinois Wesleyan	1980, 1982-84	2,062
13. Marv Johnson, Wheaton	1948-51	2,044
14. Juwan Henry, North Park	2014-17	2,040
15. Justyne Monegain, North Park	1982-85	2,039
16. John Laing, Augustana	1970-73	2,035

I certainly hope that he gets an invite to the All-Star game in Salem next month. After all, how many 2,000-point seniors will there be in D3 this season?

[Gregory Sager]

Juwan also slipped into second place on North Park's all-time scoring list, passing Justyne Monegain by a single point in the game's waning minutes:

1. Michael Thomas	1978-81	2,085
2. Juwan Henry	2014-17	2,040
3. Justyne Monegain	1982-85	2,039
4. Michael Harper	1977-80	1,880
5. Modzel Greer	1977-80	1,826
6. Greg Crawford	1967-70	1,690
7. Keith McDonald	1970-73	1,609
8. Rick Alspach	1997-2000	1,562
9. Mike Barach	1986-88	1,507
10. Michael Starks	1986-88	1,499
11. Jordan Robinson	2015-17	1,480

I had the chance to introduce Justyne and Juwan to each other after the game, which felt a little bit surreal. Justyne was there at Tarble not to watch the Vikings but rather the Red Men; he's one of the group of former Vikings who are Bosko loyalists who long ago switched their allegiances to Carthage, but he had some really nice things to say about Juwan and about his alma mater's team.

[Gregory Sager]

Radio interview with Matt Nadelhoffer from this am...

http://cdn.stationcaster.com/stations/wsoy/media/mp3/2_24_____Hour_3-1487963438.mp3

Thanks for sharing this, Bob. Appreciate it.

Yes, thanks for that, Bob. It was hard to listen to it, because I feel so badly for Matt. He's one of the quality individuals in the college coaching business, and it stings to know that there's some unfairness in what happened to him. But he seems to have accepted it, and I admire the fact that he's calling out Millikin not to justify himself but to make things better for his former players and his former MU coaching colleagues.

[Gregory Sager]

Back on line to see Ebel throw yet another elbow at Lake.  Ebel undercut* Henry big time in the first half, sending him hard to the floor.  None of these obvious fouls were called and none influenced the overall game.

*I deeply dislike this hip maneuver as one sent my friend Wade Seifer to the hospital that resulted in a coma back in the late '80s.

Actually, Wade got low-bridged, not hip-checked. He went sky-high to grab a rebound -- my 6'1 former roommate was one of the great leapers in North Park history -- and the Purdue-Calumet player who was attempting to box him out tucked in his body to get his center mass low on Wade, catching the bottom of Wade's legs and causing him to flip right over the PUC player's back. He hit the floor with the top of his head and wasn't able to get his arms out enough to fully break the fall. Wade spent the better part of a week in the hospital due to that temporary coma and Grade III concussion, and, although he was able to return to classes, he was forced by doctor's orders to sit on the bench in street clothes for the rest of the 1986-87 season (this happened in late December '86) and watch his teammates go on to win the national championship without him.

There's nothing scarier than seeing a player's legs get taken out from under him while he's in mid-air, causing him to land on his head. I've seen it happen a couple of times (neither time due to a deliberate intent to injure), and it's a reminder that this really can be a dangerous sport.

Speaking of AndOne, had the pleasure of meeting him and chatting during halftime and after the game.

Sorry I didn't get a chance to bump into you last night, K-Mark. I left on the NPU team bus when the score was 19-15 in favor of North Central.

Speaking of the team bus, on the ride up to Kenosha yesterday the NPU coaches and I were joking as to whether or not the ink was still wet on Millikin SID Bryan Marshall's press release when Todd Kelly's résumé came through the Millikin athletic office fax machine.

[kenoshamark]

Hi Greg,

Yes, would have liked to catch up.  I sat across from the NP bench during the second half of your game and then moved for the NC - Carthage game.  Wasn't exactly sure where you were broadcasting until talking to AndOne later on.

[Gregory Sager]

Thanks for the research, Greg.  I didn't know Henry would be down that far on the NPU list.  I knew Alspauch led the Vikings, and I believe he still sits on top of the league.

Nope. In fact, Alspach's not even close. This is the list of each school's leader in career treys:

Augustana	Kirk Anderson	1990-93	237
Carroll	Jamie Walz	1988-91	225
Carthage	Malcom Kelly	2010-12, 2014	217
Elmhurst	Ryan Knuppel	1998-01	303
Illinois Wesleyan	Jordan Zimmer	2009-12	264
Millikin	Chris Wetzel	1992-95	250
North Central	Reid Barringer	2007-10	228
North Park	Rick Alspach	1997-2000	251
Wheaton	Kent Raymond	2006, 2007-09	241

It will be interesting to see whether or not Aston Francis, who set a new Wheaton season record with 94 treys this campaign, can make a run at Ryan Knuppel's record in spite of only having three seasons in which to do so.

[iwumichigander]

Re: Francis - Greg, I for one am certainly not betting against him

[Gregory Sager]

Hi Greg,

Yes, would have liked to catch up.  I sat across from the NP bench during the second half of your game and then moved for the NC - Carthage game.  Wasn't exactly sure where you were broadcasting until talking to AndOne later on.

Yeah, I would've liked to have hung around for the rest of the game, but the NPU coaches had other plans and I doubt that many from the NPU contingent in general stuck around until the end of the second game.

BTW, I agree with you about Baltimore over Perry for FOY. I do kind of wonder about Baltimore, though. He's clearly a very gifted player who has what it takes to excel in this league, but more than one Carthage insider has told me that Baltimore is a handful for Bosko from a coaching standpoint ... and it's not as though Bosko's spent the past thirty-plus years exclusively coaching obedient and well-mannered choirboys, either. Bosko's even kind of alluded to that in a sideways manner in one of Phil Burwell's gamers:

Kienan Baltimore plays with as much confidence as any player that I have coached.  There are sometimes that you would like to get a line and reel him in a little bit because he makes plays that are very interesting.

It may turn out to be an interesting battle of wills for as long as Baltimore wears a Carthage uni.

[kiko]

Thanks for the research, Greg.  I didn't know Henry would be down that far on the NPU list.  I knew Alspauch led the Vikings, and I believe he still sits on top of the league.

Nope. In fact, Alspach's not even close. This is the list of each school's leader in career treys:

Augustana	Kirk Anderson	1990-93	237
Carroll	Jamie Walz	1988-91	225
Carthage	Malcom Kelly	2010-12, 2014	217
Elmhurst	Ryan Knuppel	1998-01	303
Illinois Wesleyan	Jordan Zimmer	2009-12	264
Millikin	Chris Wetzel	1992-95	250
North Central	Reid Barringer	2007-10	228
North Park	Rick Alspach	1997-2000	251
Wheaton	Kent Raymond	2006, 2007-09	241

It will be interesting to see whether or not Aston Francis, who set a new Wheaton season record with 94 treys this campaign, can make a run at Ryan Knuppel's record in spite of only having three seasons in which to do so.

He may do so, but I suspect there will be an inverse relationship between the number of three he takes and the Wheaties' development as a team.  I'm guessing that the less they need to rely on him to carry as much weight as he does now, the better for the teams' overall prospects.

[Gregory Sager]

In all of my years of watching this sport, I don't think that I've ever seen back-to-back five-seconds inbound violations before.

[kenoshamark]

Greg,

Interesting insight on Baltimore...

The other player I have been interested in is Reggie Banks.  He saw some good minutes early in the year and there was some hype on him too.  Look very talented, but then he was nowhere to be found on the bench after say the first 7 games...wonder what happened there. 

Between Perry, Baltimore and Banks, it appeared they had a nice trio of freshmen along the front line for the next few years.

[markerickson]

Greg, Justyne has not switched his allegiance to Carthage.  When I sat next to him during the Viking home loss to Carthage, he told me he still bleeds Viking colors, not Carthage red.  He is quite fond of Bosko, which we all know.

[Gregory Sager]

North Central beats Augustana, 69-64.

[Gregory Sager]

Greg, Justyne has not switched his allegiance to Carthage.  When I sat next to him during the Viking home loss to Carthage, he told me he still bleeds Viking colors, not Carthage red.  He is quite fond of Bosko, which we all know.

Then why does he only go to games when Carthage is in town? Why does he sit in the visitors' fan section behind the Carthage bench? And why did he show up at Tarble last night to watch the second game and not the first?

[kiko]

Some friendly rims on a couple of those free throws at the end, but we will take it.

Love the result today.  Still not a fan of the conference tournament...