MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Titan Q]

The IWU/North Park game can be heard on the on-air WJBC stream...

http://www.wjbc.com/

I've been asked a couple times why the on-air sound quality is so much better than the webcast (WJBC2.com) quality.  It's just a matter of equipment and technology.  For the on-air games we use a Vector mixer, made by Comrex...

http://www.comrex.com/products/vector_pots_codec.htm

I believe WETN, Wheaton College, uses the same mixer, which is why their sound quality is always so good.  The Vector takes a standard phone line connection and makes it sound like the broadcasters are in-studio.  I sure as heck don't know how it works, but it really does sound great.

For our WJBC2.com games, we're also using a dial up connection, but we do not have the advantage of using the Vector technology.  The Vector requires a piece of equipment to interface on the studio end as well, so when we are dialing a Stretch Internet stream directly (with no studio involvement), the sound quality is just of a standard dial-up connection.

I tend to think the listeners' ears adjust to whatever the sound quality is after a few minutes, but there is without question a huge difference.  The audio archive links for the IWU vs Elmhurst (on-air) game and IWU vs Millikin (web) which were mentioned above are good examples.

[iwumichigander]

For our WJBC2.com games, we're also using a dial up connection, but we do not have the advantage of using the Vector technology.  The Vector requires a piece of equipment to interface on the studio end as well, so when we are dialing a Stretch Internet stream directly (with no studio involvement), the sound quality is just of a standard dial-up connection.  -- Titan Q

I really can't tell too much difference in quality Titan Q between the on air Vector versus the Stretch Internet stream with a broadband connection.  Quality difference is apparent with dial up.  The Stretch Internet stream does tend to drop more than the on air Vector. 

Posters might want to consider taking advantage of DSL or Cable short term 6 month offers currently in the market place but be really sure to read the fine print first.  With DSL, also find out both a) how far your home is from the telcom central station and whether or not the telcom runs fiberoptic cable to your home or the field card station connected to your sub-division box  

Aside from broadcasts, on broadband, D3SPORTS.COM & D3HOOPS.COM screams across your computer & browser!!! The preceding was an unpaid endorsement of D3Sports and D3Hoops 8)

[armywife]

Thanks for letting me have my moment iwumichigander, I realize that the way this conference is, it could be short-lived. I'm looking forward to waking up tomorrow and seeing how all of the games turned out.

Q, I did mean it saved money for the school, I sure hope the Freeman's found some financial aid for college. I'm glad you are doing your part by losing on the golf course. That's nice of you. In another year it will be our turn to start down the "paying for college" road. I can't believe how fast those high school years go.

[tjcummingsfan]

iwumichigander,

i could've sworn 2003 was a 3OT game, maybe Greg or TQ could correct me (and if I'm wrong I'm sorry, I mya just be remembering things as way more dramatic than they were)

[Gregory Sager]

Back from the Chops Billinger Shootout to catch up on the Chat before heading back to the gym.

i could've sworn 2003 was a 3OT game, maybe Greg or TQ could correct me (and if I'm wrong I'm sorry, I mya just be remembering things as way more dramatic than they were)

It was a double OT game, with IW beating the Park, 98-97.

Current Titan senior's record in the Crackerbox:
Feb 19, 2003  at North Park * +   W 98-97 2OT 
Jan 21, 2004  at North Park * +   L 77-74 
Feb 23, 2005  at North Park * +   W 98-89 

IWU is 3 - 0 versus North Park in each of the last 3 seasons after two losses by the Titans in CCIW play (IWU is 3-2  in current CCIW standings)

None of that historical stuff matters, IWM. The only thing that's important is what the two teams look like in the here-and-now. And in the here-and-now, Wesleyan is talented, deep, experienced ... and angry. NPU is shorthanded, young, and badly bewildered in the wake of losing linchpin Jason Gordon. Believe me, there is nobody reading these words who wants to see NPU pull a Cassius Clay and shock the world tonight more than I do -- but it just isn't going to happen.

I'm just going to sit back and try to take whatever positives I can from this game. As I've said before, when you're in this sort of situation you look for incremental improvements on the part of the underclassmen and of the team as a whole -- and you look for a positive, heads-up, don't-quit attitude. If I see those things tonight, I can live with the inevitable 20-point loss.

I like NPU's kids. I think that two or three of them could really pan out and become something special in this league somewhere down the road, and there's a few others who could improve to become steady CCIW-level role players. But to expect them to hang with Illinois Wesleyan tonight would be going way overboard as a fan.

(I hope it's 20 points. My fear is that it'll be closer to 30.)

[dansand]

Speaking of Steve Yount, he was a good guy and a good coach. Think how good his program might have been had Kevin Skillett not transferred to Iowa after his freshman year. At least Steve realized his heart wasn't in the coaching any more and stepped down voluntarily.

It's interesting to speculate on what the '92-93 team would have looked like had Skillett stayed. Since he started as a freshman, he almost certainly would have still been starting as a junior, meaning either defensive stopper Tom Wise or, amazingly, Kirk Anderson, would have been coming off the bench (which Anderson did as a sophomore, playing behind the freshman Skillett). Wise was a tremendous defender, always assigned to the opponents' best offensive player, and a solid threat from behind the arc as well (.424). It's all meaningless speculation, but it's fun to wonder.

[Pat Coleman]

iwumichigander,

i could've sworn 2003 was a 3OT game, maybe Greg or TQ could correct me (and if I'm wrong I'm sorry, I mya just be remembering things as way more dramatic than they were)

He copied and pasted those scores straight off our Illinois Wesleyan schedule and results page. (And thanks for making use of the resource, michigander, that is precisely what it's here for!)

http://www.d3hoops.com/school_info.php?school=Illinois%20Wesleyan&team=m&year=2003

[tjcummingsfan]

Thanks Greg, and I'm sorry IWUM.  

Good luck to NP tonight.  This has been my favorite game of the last 3 seasons.  I love(d) it when IWU comes to NP, partially because of the tightness of the last few meetings (which I never cease to remind Adam about, although I have a feeling I won't be able to say anything after tonight), and partially because I get to see a fellow H-F alum (last year 2), and someone I consider a friend play some great basketball.  

I am an IWU fan any time they aren't playing North Park (until Adam, and Brian graduate, then just NP again)


thanks Pat, I guess I was just remembering the game much more dramatically in my head :-D

[Gregory Sager]

It's interesting to speculate on what the '92-93 team would have looked like had Skillett stayed. Since he started as a freshman, he almost certainly would have still been starting as a junior, meaning either defensive stopper Tom Wise or, amazingly, Kirk Anderson, would have been coming off the bench (which Anderson did as a sophomore, playing behind the freshman Skillett). Wise was a tremendous defender, always assigned to the opponents' best offensive player, and a solid threat from behind the arc as well (.424). It's all meaningless speculation, but it's fun to wonder.

I've always basically taken it as a given that if Augie had retained Skillett's services they'd have a national championship banner hanging in Carver. Skillett was that good. I still give him the ever-so-slight nod over Kent Raymond in the dominant-freshman-CCIW-guard sweepstakes.

But, then again, you never know. Chemistry is a weird thing. It's possible that the other Doggies never would've developed their games to the extent that they did if Skillett had stuck around as the main attraction.

I am an IWU fan any time they aren't playing North Park

You are the weirdest NPU graduate ever, EH. 

[Pat Coleman]

Two OTs is still pretty dramatic.

[dansand]

I've always basically taken it as a given that if Augie had retained Skillett's services they'd have a national championship banner hanging in Carver. Skillett was that good. I still give him the ever-so-slight nod over Kent Raymond in the dominant-freshman-CCIW-guard sweepstakes.

But, then again, you never know. Chemistry is a weird thing. It's possible that the other Doggies never would've developed their games to the extent that they did if Skillett had stuck around as the main attraction.

I agree Greg.

I think Skillett was the first freshman to earn first team All-CCIW since Jesse Price for Millikin in the mid-sixties (And the conference saw an awful lot of GREAT players during those 25-or-so years). He was a terrific player (and a great kid). But that '92-93 team had excellent chemistry and bunch of guys that fit perfectly into their roles. Who knows how the dynamics would have been changed.

[dansand]

By the way Greg, if you're headed back to the Ballinger tournament tomorrow, keep an eye out for my alma mater, Moline (I don't have a college alma mater ). If you need a North Park connection, it's also the alma mater of former Viking forward Jim Clausen.

[Stat]

"The Mausoleum"  in Iowa.

The only saving factor of that crypt was Mc Daniel's buzzer beater.

[augie_superfan]

North Central   79
Augustana       85

[augie_superfan]

Augustana

Rick Harrigan:  29 pts. on 10-24 shooting; 4-9 from 3pt.; 5-6 FT
McAdams-Thornton:  15 pts. on 5-11 shooting; 6 rebs.
Brusveen:  8 pts.
Rorer: 6 pts. and 6 rebs

North Central

Krumtinger:  20 pts. on 8-10 shooting; 11 rebs; 5 assists
Simmons:  19 pts.
Vicario:  14 pts.


The difference in this game was turnovers.  Augie committed only 6 TOs compared to NC's 16....and Augie therefore got 10 more shots on the game which made up for the difference in shooting percentage b/w Augie and NC; they shot 45% and 54% respectively

Congrats to Augie on the solid win and protecting the homecourt.