MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

Gregory Sager · May 21, 2020, 07:08:53 PM

Renaissance man, author, Fulbright recipient, and raconteuer Rus Bradburd is truly one of the most interesting CCIW men's basketball alumni ever. In this podcast interview from yesterday he talks a bit about his most recent book, All the Dreams We've Dreamed, and tells stories in his inimitable fashion about some of the fascinating things he's done, places he's been, and people he's met. Check this out ... it's fifty minutes of listening that will be worth your while:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1003825/3846554?fbclid=IwAR3uf38_5q74pcqzhZyuQjufHfPfClGOBvFryRUFej__f457d10WuKLTDSE

titanfan · May 21, 2020, 11:17:16 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on May 21, 2020, 01:12:19 PM
Quote from: Titan Q on May 21, 2020, 12:58:52 PM
The completed floor at the Griswold...

https://twitter.com/MillikinWBB/status/1263270456540487680?s=20

Ryan Scott is going to hate this.

I love it and will be glad to watch Millikin basketball with the sound off.

Your loss. How will you ever learn about amazing new insights like "the bad team theory" with the sound off?

lmitzel · May 22, 2020, 03:06:27 PM

Quote from: titanfan on May 21, 2020, 11:17:16 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on May 21, 2020, 01:12:19 PM
Quote from: Titan Q on May 21, 2020, 12:58:52 PM
The completed floor at the Griswold...

https://twitter.com/MillikinWBB/status/1263270456540487680?s=20

Ryan Scott is going to hate this.

I love it and will be glad to watch Millikin basketball with the sound off.

Your loss. How will you ever learn about amazing new insights like "the bad team theory" with the sound off?

That's what he ~~pays~~ allows the rest of us schmucks to have an account for, so we can bring it up for him to shake his head about later.

Titan Q · May 22, 2020, 03:42:17 PM

Highlights from Brady Rose's first professional season...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq5fw58ucqY&feature=emb_logo

Brady led the Dusseldorf Giants in scoring; was 6th in the German Pro B league. He averaged 18.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 3.8 apg; shot .561 FG, .430 3-point, .900 FT.

Brady was named All-Pro B. The other US All-Pro B players are from: D1 - Prairie View A&M, St. Francis, Utah; D2 - Kennesaw St, Glenville St, Hawaii-Hilo; D3 - Va Wesleyan. League POY Cameron Hunt (Southwestern College) was the NAIA POY in '19.

Gregory Sager · May 23, 2020, 03:33:24 PM

Congrats to NPU's sports information graduate assistant Sam Viebrock, who was just named as the new SID at Olivet Nazarene University.

Titan Q · May 23, 2020, 04:27:04 PM

Article about Grant Wolfe's road to recovery...

https://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/illinois-wesleyan/watch-now-illinois-wesleyans-grant-wolfe-trying-to-put-concussions-behind-him/article_70a24555-3ccb-59fc-bfb8-a4e291d87417.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_Pantagraph

AndOne · May 26, 2020, 06:35:37 PM

As we suspected, Jordan Boyd has tweeted his commitment to NPU, joining his brother Jalen.

Titan Q · May 26, 2020, 07:16:25 PM

Titan Q · May 27, 2020, 01:24:18 PM

Someone told me today that Steve Schafer is emerging as a lead candidate for the Augie job. Seems to make sense, but I can't confirm that at all.

http://www.benuredhawks.com/staff.php?staffID=1

tomt4525 · May 27, 2020, 01:48:21 PM

As a UWSP and WIAC fan, I don't follow the Illinois high school basketball scene much at all. With most of the CCIW recruits coming from Illinois, this might be a good question for you CCIW fans.

UWSP recently got a commitment from 6'4" Belvidere North wing, Anthony Espensen. I see that he isn't ranked at all in Illinois on prep hoops, which seemed odd to me considering so many D3 recruits are ranked there. Anyone have any knowledge on his situation?? Who was recruiting him?(From what I saw on twitter, other WIAC schools were also interested in him) I'm just curious because his highlights look really good to me. They show a very balanced offensive player, athletic and a good defender.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/13787002/Anthony-Espensen

Gregory Sager · May 27, 2020, 02:49:48 PM

Any online prep ranking needs to be taken with more than a grain of salt.

tomt4525 · May 27, 2020, 02:54:55 PM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on May 27, 2020, 02:49:48 PM
Any online prep ranking needs to be taken with more than a grain of salt.

Yes, I know you don't care about recruiting and rankings, I'm asking the ppl who follow it. I'm not really concerned about rankings...just thought it was odd he wasn't ranked at all considering how many D3 recruits are ranked on that site. Like I said, I'm very impressed with watching his highlights, shows a complete game on both sides of the floor.

Gregory Sager · May 27, 2020, 02:58:22 PM

Quote from: tomt4525 on May 27, 2020, 02:54:55 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on May 27, 2020, 02:49:48 PM
Any online prep ranking needs to be taken with more than a grain of salt.

Yes, I know you don't care about recruiting and rankings, I'm asking the ppl who follow it.

Who says that I don't care about recruiting? I care very much about it. And it's an overstatement to say that I don't care about online rankings. I simply don't put as much stock in them as some other posters do.

Quote from: Titan Q on May 27, 2020, 01:24:18 PM
Someone told me today that Steve Schafer is emerging as a lead candidate for the Augie job. Seems to make sense, but I can't confirm that at all.

http://www.benuredhawks.com/staff.php?staffID=1

He's a logical choice. Has his master's degree, Augie player and grad, assistant coach and chief recruiter at both North Park and Benedictine, ran a D3 program at Fontbonne, and has not only built a men's basketball program from scratch at Benedictine-Mesa, he's run the entire athletic department there as the AD since the inception of intercollegiate athletics at Ben-Mesa six years ago.

I'm kicking myself for not including him on my previous list -- especially since he was North Park's assistant coach under Paul Brenegan for five years, so I should've known better.

tomt4525 · May 27, 2020, 03:11:00 PM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on May 27, 2020, 02:58:22 PM
Quote from: tomt4525 on May 27, 2020, 02:54:55 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on May 27, 2020, 02:49:48 PM
Any online prep ranking needs to be taken with more than a grain of salt.

Yes, I know you don't care about recruiting and rankings, I'm asking the ppl who follow it.

Who says that I don't care about recruiting? I care very much about it. And it's an overstatement to say that I don't care about online rankings. I simply don't put as much stock in them as some other posters do.

You definitely fooled me then. You don't care about commitments, you're the first to mention how commitments mean little and to let you know when a kid makes a deposit at said school. That's not me, I want to see who commits where and the commitments I have seen have an extremely high success rate for those kids showing up at the school they have committed to.

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Titan Q · May 27, 2020, 03:52:08 PM

Quote from: tomt4525 on May 27, 2020, 01:48:21 PM
As a UWSP and WIAC fan, I don't follow the Illinois high school basketball scene much at all. With most of the CCIW recruits coming from Illinois, this might be a good question for you CCIW fans.

UWSP recently got a commitment from 6'4" Belvidere North wing, Anthony Espensen. I see that he isn't ranked at all in Illinois on prep hoops, which seemed odd to me considering so many D3 recruits are ranked there. Anyone have any knowledge on his situation?? Who was recruiting him?(From what I saw on twitter, other WIAC schools were also interested in him) I'm just curious because his highlights look really good to me. They show a very balanced offensive player, athletic and a good defender.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/13787002/Anthony-Espensen

I just asked someone in the know. He was recruited by:

* UW-Stevens Point
* UW-Platteville
* UW-Superior
* Benedictine
* Aurora
* Rock Valley JC

MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

AndOne