MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[kiko]

The admin seemed to be vibing with my vision for the program.

First change: since the candy cane striped uniforms have brought more doorstops than we have doors for the cross country team, there's gonna be a new look to the team's uniforms.  With the boost we receive from NCTV-17's coverage, we expect these will go viral much in the way that "Mumford Phys Ed" shirts did after their star turn in "Beverly Hills Cop".  This will bring unimaginable riches to the athletic department, and will facilitate change #2.

This seems uncomfortably Indiana/Wabash-esque for an Illinois-based school. But, hey, you're the new boss.

Homewood-Flossmoor High School circa the 1970s-80s is deeply offended by your suggestion that this has no roots in the Land of Lincoln.

[itsnotmeitsyou]

The admin seemed to be vibing with my vision for the program.

Fourth change (this one is serious): why is our court not yet named Bill Warden Court at Gregory Arena?

All for this one... AFTER a complete rebuilding, reutilization, rebuilding of the Merner Filedhouse space. The shell of the building can be maintained, but the Ath Dept offices/space could be doubled and a better utilization of the arena area could provide one of the elite competition arenas in the Region/Country. This place needs to be brought into the 21st Century.

[Next Man Up]

The admin seemed to be vibing with my vision for the program.

Fourth change (this one is serious): why is our court not yet named Bill Warden Court at Gregory Arena?

All for this one... AFTER a complete rebuilding, reutilization, rebuilding of the Merner Filedhouse space. The shell of the building can be maintained, but the Ath Dept offices/space could be doubled and a better utilization of the arena area could provide one of the elite competition arenas in the Region/Country. This place needs to be brought into the 21st Century.

Several years ago I was shown blueprints for a plan to level the balcony at The Hangar, and to construct offices for the coaches there which were to have picture windows overlooking the arena. If I remember correctly, the plan also called for enhanced bowl type seating around the court with enough seats to make up for the number lost due to destruction of the balcony.
Two problems arose. First, due to construction methods in 1931 when Merner Fieldhouse was built, it was discovered that the floor of the balcony was something like a foot thick of solid concrete, the cost of which to flatten would have eaten a sizeable chunk of the total funds budgeted for the project. Secondly, about that time a principal donor delivered a bucket of money to the school, but specified it be used for construction of a residential/recreation center such as that which currently stands immediately east of The Hangar.

[lmitzel]

The admin seemed to be vibing with my vision for the program.

Fourth change (this one is serious): why is our court not yet named Bill Warden Court at Gregory Arena?

All for this one... AFTER a complete rebuilding, reutilization, rebuilding of the Merner Filedhouse space. The shell of the building can be maintained, but the Ath Dept offices/space could be doubled and a better utilization of the arena area could provide one of the elite competition arenas in the Region/Country. This place needs to be brought into the 21st Century.

Several years ago I was shown blueprints for a plan to level the balcony at The Hangar, and to construct offices for the coaches there which were to have picture windows overlooking the arena. If I remember correctly, the plan also called for enhanced bowl type seating around the court with enough seats to make up for the number lost due to destruction of the balcony.
Two problems arose. First, due to construction methods in 1931 when Merner Fieldhouse was built, it was discovered that the floor of the balcony was something like a foot thick of solid concrete, the cost of which to flatten would have eaten a sizeable chunk of the total funds budgeted for the project. Secondly, about that time a principal donor delivered a bucket of money to the school, but specified it be used for construction of a residential/recreation center such as that which currently stands immediately east of The Hangar.

Honestly all I want is a new scoreboard. Current one isn't bad, just older.

Okay, maybe a new scorers table too.

[Next Man Up]

North Park has a better scoreboard than North Central. At least it shows point totals.
Some CCIW fans might remember NCC's experiment with a large video screen scoreboard. $60,000 or something like that, and the thing was a piece of poop. At least they got a refund. The school never ventured in that direction again preferring, for some strange reason, to allocate the funds to academic expenditures.   

[itsnotmeitsyou]

The admin seemed to be vibing with my vision for the program.

Fourth change (this one is serious): why is our court not yet named Bill Warden Court at Gregory Arena?

All for this one... AFTER a complete rebuilding, reutilization, rebuilding of the Merner Filedhouse space. The shell of the building can be maintained, but the Ath Dept offices/space could be doubled and a better utilization of the arena area could provide one of the elite competition arenas in the Region/Country. This place needs to be brought into the 21st Century.

Several years ago I was shown blueprints for a plan to level the balcony at The Hangar, and to construct offices for the coaches there which were to have picture windows overlooking the arena. If I remember correctly, the plan also called for enhanced bowl type seating around the court with enough seats to make up for the number lost due to destruction of the balcony.
Two problems arose. First, due to construction methods in 1931 when Merner Fieldhouse was built, it was discovered that the floor of the balcony was something like a foot thick of solid concrete, the cost of which to flatten would have eaten a sizeable chunk of the total funds budgeted for the project. Secondly, about that time a principal donor delivered a bucket of money to the school, but specified it be used for construction of a residential/recreation center such as that which currently stands immediately east of The Hangar.

Glad to know that the wheels were in motion at one point. Time to restart that effort in an earnest and comprehensive way. Old buildings typically provide hidden "surprises" that can be time consuming and costly. It's gonna cost what it's gonna cost, so budget for it and get it done. Do it all: offices, competition arena; pool expansion; locker rooms; athletic training rooms; scoreboard/audio visual/broadcast capabilities... everything.

[kiko]

The admin seemed to be vibing with my vision for the program.

Fourth change (this one is serious): why is our court not yet named Bill Warden Court at Gregory Arena?

All for this one... AFTER a complete rebuilding, reutilization, rebuilding of the Merner Filedhouse space. The shell of the building can be maintained, but the Ath Dept offices/space could be doubled and a better utilization of the arena area could provide one of the elite competition arenas in the Region/Country. This place needs to be brought into the 21st Century.

Meh, I'd settle for a clock on the NCTV-17 stream.

[kiko]

Okay, maybe a new scorers table too.

The kind with a mini fridge underneath, correct? 

[lmitzel]

Okay, maybe a new scorers table too.

The kind with a mini fridge underneath, correct? 

Well, duh.

[Gregory Sager]

North Park has a better scoreboard than North Central. At least it shows point totals.

The horrors! It's so bad that even North Park has something better!

How can you possibly live with the infamy?! The shame of it all?!

[augie77]

North Park also has five banners on the wall.  The rest of us can only dream.

[Gregory Sager]

Getting into a flamewar with North Central fans about banners would fall under the category of "poking the bear."

The fact that the vast majority of the national hardware NCC has earned is the direct or indirect handiwork of one man (and I have no problem whatsoever with stating that Al Carius is, bar none, the greatest coach in CCIW history regardless of sport, especially since Al's also one of the nicest gentlemen this conference has ever had), and that, unlike men's basketball, the running sports are non-spectator competitions that don't draw a lot of attention under normal circumstances, really doesn't deflect much from NCC's accomplishments, no matter how much the rest of us might wish otherwise. The bottom line is that North Central had Al Carius, and the rest of our schools didn't, and that's that.

Still, if you've gotta settle for a mere five national championships, you could do worse than to have them all be men's basketball national championships. Dunno about you specifically, Steve, but I'm sure that there's a lot of Augie alumni who are quite happy that Augustana's four national titles were, likewise, all won in one of the two high-profile sports.

[Next Man Up]

North Park has a better scoreboard than North Central. At least it shows point totals.

The horrors! It's so bad that even North Park has something better!

How can you possibly live with the infamy?! The shame of it all?!

Inferiority Complex

An unrealistic feeling of general inadequacy caused by actual or supposed inferiority in one sphere, sometimes marked by aggressive behavior in compensation.

You really should get your's treated, Greg.

For several years many NCC fans attending games at NPU have discussed among themselves how nice it would be to have a scoreboard like NPU has to the right of its gym stage on the west wall of The Hangar. We complain all the time that our scoreboard doesn't show point totals or running foul totals for players currently in the game. It has long been held that the same type scoreboard you have would be ideal as it would provide the information we are missing during a game, and it's the perfect size for the amount of space available on the right side of The Hangar's west wall. The fact is, rather than being an object of scorn, we're envious of what you have that we don't. 

I'm not sure why you continue to assume you always know what other people are thinking when you truly have no clue, are are so often incorrect in your assumptions.

And, look at what YOU said, Greg——-"it's so bad that EVEN North Park has something better!"
Do you see the word EVEN in my post? No, you don't! If you had, you might be correct in your assumption/conclusion.

But the fact is that when I thought of what I/we would love to have, I first thought of what you have. I was knocking my school, not yours.
My post was meant as nothing but a compliment, and out of admiration for the Crackerbox setup. I'm sorry you misunderstood my intent.

[itsnotmeitsyou]

The admin seemed to be vibing with my vision for the program.

Fourth change (this one is serious): why is our court not yet named Bill Warden Court at Gregory Arena?

All for this one... AFTER a complete rebuilding, reutilization, rebuilding of the Merner Filedhouse space. The shell of the building can be maintained, but the Ath Dept offices/space could be doubled and a better utilization of the arena area could provide one of the elite competition arenas in the Region/Country. This place needs to be brought into the 21st Century.

Meh, I'd settle for a clock on the NCTV-17 stream.

From your lips... um, keyboard... to the basketball gods' ears... er, screen.

[iwu70]

Congrats to Matt Leritz on the DII scholarship, a full year of support for his MBA studies at Bentley University near Boston.  A very good opportunity and strong MBA program . . . as well as an excellent basketball program. 

Leritz, Lambesis and Noe all graduated this past Sunday -- all with academic honors . . . a great trio of Titans! 

Good luck to all three for future endeavors.


IWU'70