MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

Schauer, not Schaurer.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Sorry - I'm doing a dozen things right now and really not paying attention to something like that.

[iwu70]

Greg, what are you, schoolmarm and spellchecker of the Board?  Get a life.

'70

[Gregory Sager]

"Schauer, not Schaurer!"

[Gregory Sager]

One individual stat that interests me is the CCIW rebounding race. Matt Cappelletti currently leads Aston Francis by a tenth of a rebound per game for the CCIW rebounding title; Francis has grabbed seven more boards than has Cappelletti, but Francis only has one game remaining and Cappelletti has two.

For all of the ballyhoo over Francis's ridiculous scoring totals, he actually has a shot at pulling off the rare twofer of winning the CCIW scoring title and the CCIW rebounding title in the same year. The CCIW started keeping rebounding stats in the 1957-58 season, and since then the list of players that have won this twofer is not a long one:

1958-59 -- Tom Lewis, Lake Forest
1965-66 -- Jesse Price, Millikin
2002-03 -- Joel Kolmodin, Wheaton
2004-05 -- Chris Martin, Elmhurst
2006-07 -- Zach Freeman, Illinois Wesleyan

(Greg Crawford of North Park won the scoring title in 1968-69 and the rebounding title in 1969-70. Joel Kolmodin also won the scoring title in 2003-04 and the rebounding title in 2000-01, and Chris Martin also won the rebounding title in 2003-04.)

The amazing thing, incidentally, about Jesse Price winning the twofer in 1965-66 is that he was only a freshman. Now, granted, the CCIW was down to seven teams at that point (no Elmhurst or Wheaton), so he achieved it in only 12 games. But that's still pretty amazing.

Anyway, this is a perfect illustration that there's a lot more to Aston Francis's achievements this season than a truckload of points.

[Titan Q]

Here is what @D3bubble has for projected Central region rankings w/ data through Sunday...

http://www.fantastic50.net/d3h_men.html

1) Augustana (22-2, 14-1 CCIW, 0.917 WP, 0.549 SOS, 0.512 ncSOS, 5-2 vRRO)
2) UW-Oshkosh (22-1, 12-0 WIAC, 0.957 WP, 0.540 SOS, 0.471 ncSOS, 5-1 vRRO)
3) Wheaton_(Ill.) (17-7, 10-5 CCIW, 0.708 WP, 0.575 SOS, 0.591 ncSOS, 2-4 vRRO)
4) UW-Stevens_Point (15-7, 7-5 WIAC, 0.682 WP, 0.599 SOS, 0.566 ncSOS, 2-6 vRRO)
5) North_Central_(Ill.) (18-5, 10-4 CCIW, 0.783 WP, 0.526 SOS, 0.447 ncSOS, 2-2 vRRO)
6) UW-La_Crosse (15-8, 8-4 WIAC, 0.652 WP, 0.582 SOS, 0.537 ncSOS, 5-2 vRRO)
7) Illinois_Wesleyan (15-8, 8-6 CCIW, 0.652 WP, 0.579 SOS, 0.570 ncSOS, 2-7 vRRO)
8) St._Norbert (17-6, 15-1 MWC, 0.739 WP, 0.507 SOS, 0.610 ncSOS, 0-2 vRRO)
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Chicago (14-8, 7-4 UAA, 0.636 WP, 0.577 SOS, 0.561 ncSOS, 4-1 vRRO)
UW-Whitewater (15-8, 4-8 WIAC, 0.652 WP, 0.567 SOS, 0.520 ncSOS, 2-6 vRRO)
Washington_U. (14-8, 7-4 UAA, 0.636 WP, 0.572 SOS, 0.548 ncSOS, 2-5 vRRO)


This looks right.  I'd put Chicago ahead of St. Norbert.

[Titan Q]

The kinda things that puts basketball in perspective...

https://qconline.com/sports/college/augustana/coach-vs-cancer-as-team-wins-augie-s-giovanine-fighting/article_7aa63493-c8d2-5712-aecb-ef9debb3e34a.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

Thoughts with Coach G.

[Gregory Sager]

That's a good article, Bob. Thanks for posting it.

While we all like to poke fun at Grey Giovanine for his sideline antics, myself included, there's nothing funny about prostate cancer. My dad had it, and I know of at least one regular poster on this board who is a prostate cancer survivor. As Grey said, it's extremely common -- autopsies of men in their 50s in several countries who have died from other causes has revealed that as many as 30% of them had at least early-stage prostate cancer, and I've heard from health professionals that every man will inevitably get prostate cancer if he lives long enough. But it's also highly curable -- the five-year survival rate in the U.S. for prostate cancer is 99% -- and because of his family history Grey Giovanine made it a point to get tested this past fall, leading to detection. He's doing a good thing by going public to raise prostate screening awareness.

Best wishes to him. I fully expect to be seeing him in all of his maniacal sideline glory at Augustana games in 2019-20.

[duckfan41]

Prayers up for coach Giovanine! It's encouraging that they found the cancer early on. Hoping for a quick and full recovery for Grey.

[duckfan41]

Also this kinda snuck up on me, but here's the Top 25 for week 10.

https://d3hoops.com/top25/men/2018-19/week10

NCC nosedives from 13 to 23 after an 0-2 week last week. Augie stays at 4. Wheaton now receiving 9 votes, IWU cracks the poll again receiving 3 votes.

[WUPHF]

[...] and I've heard from health professionals that every man will inevitably get prostate cancer if he lives long enough. But it's also highly curable -- the five-year survival rate in the U.S. for prostate cancer is 99% -- and because of his family history Grey Giovanine made it a point to get tested this past fall, leading to detection. He's doing a good thing by going public to raise prostate screening awareness.

Scary and very true...

[Pat Coleman]

Also this kinda snuck up on me, but here's the Top 25 for week 10.

https://d3hoops.com/top25/men/2018-19/week10

NCC nosedives from 13 to 23 after an 0-2 week last week. Augie stays at 4. Wheaton now receiving 9 votes, IWU cracks the poll again receiving 3 votes.

Our voters are doing a good job getting their ballots in early over the past few weeks. Much happier to release a poll in the 12:00 hour rather than the 7:00 hour.

[duckfan41]

Also this kinda snuck up on me, but here's the Top 25 for week 10.

https://d3hoops.com/top25/men/2018-19/week10

NCC nosedives from 13 to 23 after an 0-2 week last week. Augie stays at 4. Wheaton now receiving 9 votes, IWU cracks the poll again receiving 3 votes.

Our voters are doing a good job getting their ballots in early over the past few weeks. Much happier to release a poll in the 12:00 hour rather than the 7:00 hour.

Always like the information sooner rather than later!

[fantastic50]

Something just struck me about the CCIW tourney format that could be relevant to the Pool C hopes of multiple teams.  With the move to a six-team format, there is also reseeding after the quarterfinals (just like after the NFL wild card round, but unlike the D1 NCAA tournament).  Suppose that the seeds are 1 Augie, 2 NCC, 3 Wheaton, 4 IWU, 5 Elmhurst, & 6 Carroll.  If IWU beats Elmhurst but the Carroll knocks off Wheaton, then the semifinals become Augie/Carroll and NCC/IWU.  This would give both IWU & NCC an easier route to the finals, but means that IWU would have a less-valuable win in getting there, if they were to lose the conference final. 

For both NCC (if they are the #2 seed) and IWU, a Wheaton loss in the semifinals could be a mixed blessing & curse.  It increases their chances of making the CCIW final, but also applies even more pressure to win the final if they reach it.

[duckfan41]

Make that the 9th POW honor for Francis. One of the most dominant single seasons I can remember by anyone in the conference is on full display for all of us.

https://cciw.org/news/2019/2/11/wheatons-francis-named-cciw-mens-basketball-player-of-the-week.aspx