MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I understand why the all-region voters might have resisted putting more than three CCIW players on the Region 8 First Team, but it's unfortunate for Filip Bulatovic that he ended up down on the Third Team.  It's not a significant difference but a Second Team honor would look better on his resume as he sits in the transfer portal, hoping for someone to give him a scholarship for his fifth year of eligibility.  He's such a versatile player that he would be a great pickup for a team looking for a final piece or some additional depth for a championship run.

Fun fact: Two of the fifteen all-region players hail from the same hometown (Tyson Cruickshank and Dan Carr from Highlands Ranch, Colorado), which is nowhere close to Region 8.

I also wonder if like, statistically, this year wasn't quite as good as last year or maybe on par, if that influences these votes as well - wanting to reward improvement over a steady performance.  Clearly, he's on the list, people know he's good.  I'm just not sure all the psychology of these things.

[iwu70]

Congrats to Cody Mitchell of IWU on his All-Region honor. 

'70

[Aconsmu]

News from Wheaton coming soon. Stay tuned.

[Gregory Sager]

Let me guess ... Mike Schauer is stepping down as head coach to become the permanent full-time AD at Wheaton.

[Aconsmu]

Worst kept secret in the CCIW

[Gregory Sager]

Saw it coming months ago.

[Pat Coleman]

Or a year.

[Wildcat]

 Seems logical to me that Ben Panner would at the very least. Get an interview for the Head Coach position , if Coach does move up to Athletic Director.

[Gregory Sager]

I can't imagine Mike wanting anybody else for the job besides Panner, but the school may require him to open it up to a general job search to fill the position. I don't know the inner workings of the Wheaton administration well enough to know what sort of hiring latitude the school's AD has, but I doubt that there's many D3 schools left in which the AD can just unilaterally hire (or, in this case, promote) a coach.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

We sure Schauer as AD was the big news and not Cruickshank as a Jostens Finalist?

I didn't think Mike was really keen on the top job right now.

[Gregory Sager]

Does Cruickshank qualifying as a Jostens finalist qualify as "big news"?

Besides, Aconsmu's quote:

News from Wheaton coming soon. Stay tuned.

... makes it clear that the news was coming from Wheaton, not from Owatonna, MN.

(Owatonna is where Jostens is based.)

[Stertorous Thunder]

Seems logical to me that Ben Panner would at the very least. Get an interview for the Head Coach position , if Coach does move up to Athletic Director.

You referenced the wrong Panner brother.  Jon Panner is the assistant coach, and would be a logical choice for consideration as a future head coach, but I suspect that Ben Panner will remain in his current profession as a minister.

[petemcb]

I can't imagine Mike wanting anybody else for the job besides Panner, but the school may require him to open it up to a general job search to fill the position. I don't know the inner workings of the Wheaton administration well enough to know what sort of hiring latitude the school's AD has, but I doubt that there's many D3 schools left in which the AD can just unilaterally hire (or, in this case, promote) a coach.

Just for fun, I'm going to throw out the reminder that former Wheaton Assistant and Anderson Head Coach Owen Handy is back in town. That's a resume worthy of consideration if he's interested.

[kiko]

Owatonna, MN.

That's pronounced 'Ozz-Way-Go', correct?

[GoPerry]

I can't imagine Mike wanting anybody else for the job besides Panner, but the school may require him to open it up to a general job search to fill the position. I don't know the inner workings of the Wheaton administration well enough to know what sort of hiring latitude the school's AD has, but I doubt that there's many D3 schools left in which the AD can just unilaterally hire (or, in this case, promote) a coach.

I would think a national search would be conducted.  And I would have to believe that Handy would be interested and given strong consideration.