MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Response didn't bother me here. It's not like his no-thought-required ax grinding on other issues, the posts I simply delete and suspend him for a few days for.

It's almost like a hobby, huh Pat?  And you thought you didn't have time.

[Jim Matson]

I like Hillsdale's story - pushing off the increasingly burdensome hand of big government!

How good is Drew's brother? - compared to Drew?

[Titan Q]

A story about Zach Freeman's invitation to the CBI...

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/04/05/sports/doc46147e905e974917384036.txt


And a blog entry about Andrew Gilmore's surgery/recovery...

http://iwuhoops.blogspot.com/

[TitanBacker]

A story about Zach Freeman's invitation to the CBI...

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/04/05/sports/doc46147e905e974917384036.txt


And a blog entry about Andrew Gilmore's surgery/recovery...

http://iwuhoops.blogspot.com/

Great to hear about both Zach and Andrew.  Q and others, how do you think Zach will stack up to the rest of the competition?  Also, who is the rest of the competition, have all the names been released?

[petemcb]

For any Chicagoland CCIW fans (or others willing to make the drive):

The Elgin Racers of the International Basketball League have started off their season with two opening victories.  Why do I care, you may be asking yourselves:  They feature three CCIW basketball alums.  Drew Wessels, Nick Michael, and Jon Steven, the Wheaton gunslinger from a couple of years ago.  They are some level of a pro team that plays their home games at Elgin Community College. 

There is also a team from Holland whose roster includes Mike Van Hekken, who I believe is/was a player for Hope, maybe until just a couple of weeks ago.  In Holland's division there is also a team in Grand Rapids featuring 7'9" Sun Ming Ming from China.   

Does anybody know of any other CCIW alums playing in the midwest in similar situations?

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Jon Steven actually played part of last year on the Holland team. 

[Mr. Ypsi]

[Totally from left field...]

Greg,

You've never failed us on esoteric information, so a question.  In this week's New Yorker I learned something I never new: residents of Manchester (in England, at least; can't say about New Hampshire, etc.) are known as 'Mancunians'.  Why??

(The only clue I could dig up is that the Roman name was ''Mamucium", which seems vaguely similar enough to have evolved, but there must be a better answer.)

I await your Delphic pronouncement with bait on my breath (eeewww - I mean 'bated breath').

[Gregory Sager]

[Totally from left field...]

Greg,

You've never failed us on esoteric information, so a question.  In this week's New Yorker I learned something I never new: residents of Manchester (in England, at least; can't say about New Hampshire, etc.) are known as 'Mancunians'.  Why??

(The only clue I could dig up is that the Roman name was ''Mamucium", which seems vaguely similar enough to have evolved, but there must be a better answer.)

I await your Delphic pronouncement with bait on my breath (eeewww - I mean 'bated breath').

There is no better answer. That is the answer, Chuck. The demonym "Mancunian" is derived from the Latin name for the town, Mamucium (which in turn was derived from the Keltic word mamma, meaning "breast"; etymologists seem to think that the pre-Roman village of Britons there called their home "breast-shaped hill"). Mamucium + the Anglo-Saxon term ceaster "town" (which was in turn a borrowing from the Latin castra, "fort") = Manchester.

There are other examples of English demonyms having Latin origins. The residents of Melbourne, Australia (and the three English towns that share its name) are called "Melburnians", rather than what you'd expect -- Melbournians -- because of the Latin name, Melburnensis. And the demonym for Cambridge, "Cantabrigian", comes from the Latin name for the town and the university, Cantabrigensis, even though that's derived from the Anglo-Saxon Grantebrycge ("bridge over the River Granta") rather than the ancient Roman name for the town, Duroliponti.

I don't know if the residents of that New Hampshire city refer to themselves as Mancunians, but I can say for certain that the residents of the Syracuse, NY suburb where I grew up, Liverpool, refer to themselves as Liverpudlians -- just as do the residents of the English seaport from whence the Beatles came.

[Drake Palmer]

[Totally from left field...]

Greg,

You've never failed us on esoteric information, so a question.  In this week's New Yorker I learned something I never new: residents of Manchester (in England, at least; can't say about New Hampshire, etc.) are known as 'Mancunians'.  Why??

(The only clue I could dig up is that the Roman name was ''Mamucium", which seems vaguely similar enough to have evolved, but there must be a better answer.)

I await your Delphic pronouncement with bait on my breath (eeewww - I mean 'bated breath').

There is no better answer. That is the answer, Chuck. The demonym "Mancunian" is derived from the Latin name for the town, Mamucium (which in turn was derived from the Keltic word mamma, meaning "breast"; etymologists seem to think that the pre-Roman village of Britons there called their home "breast-shaped hill"). Mamucium + the Anglo-Saxon term ceaster "town" (which was in turn a borrowing from the Latin castra, "fort") = Manchester.

There are other examples of English demonyms having Latin origins. The residents of Melbourne, Australia (and the three English towns that share its name) are called "Melburnians", rather than what you'd expect -- Melbournians -- because of the Latin name, Melburnensis. And the demonym for Cambridge, "Cantabrigian", comes from the Latin name for the town and the university, Cantabrigensis, even though that's derived from the Anglo-Saxon Grantebrycge ("bridge over the River Granta") rather than the ancient Roman name for the town, Duroliponti.

I don't know if the residents of that New Hampshire city refer to themselves as Mancunians, but I can say for certain that the residents of the Syracuse, NY suburb where I grew up, Liverpool, refer to themselves as Liverpudlians -- just as do the residents of the English seaport from whence the Beatles came.

Sheesh!      And people wonder why this is the most frequently read board on D3hoops! Nice question Mr. Ypsi, good stuff Sir Sager. 

[devildog29]

Sager, what I'd like to know is what is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

[John Gleich]

African or European?



Just learned a new word... "demonym."

Surprisingly, it's not in webster's online dictionary, but there is a Wikipedia page, found HERE.

Ironically, my wife and I were just talking about different demonyms for various states (heh, I just used my new word in a sentence... That's almost as exciting as when I incorporated defenestration in describing a mauling by one MIAC school of another a season or two ago!).  I THOUGHT that Wisconsin was the only state whose inhabitants were describes as "-ites" (Wiscsoninites), and I find this now to be true!  Though there are certain municipalities who refer to themselves as "-ites" (Denverites, Wheatonites, Manhattanite), there aren't any other States who do.

... Ok, just discovered I was wrong, those New Jerseyites are referred to in such a manner... Oh well.


Btw, I think I want to move to Baker Island, so I can be described as "uninhabited"

...

(Ok, look here to understand what I'm talking about...)

[Mr. Ypsi]

There has never been an 'official' term for residents of Michigan (or even consensus) - while most prefer either Michigander or Michiganian, there is a minority who prefer Michiganite.

[Titan Q]

The final player list and rosters for the Collegiate Basketball Invitational...

http://www.mccarthysports.com/player_rosters.html

Looks like 7 Division III players were invited:

Zach Freeman (6-7), Illinois Wesleyan
Tom Port (6-5), Wooster
Tori Davis (6-4), Baldwin-Wallace
Kerry Gibson (7-1), UW-Oshkosh
Brandon Adair (6-5), Virginia Wesleyan
Tyler Ousley (6-8), Otterbein
Isaac Rosefelt (6-9), St. Thomas

[Dennis_Prikkel]

And what pray tell (as if I didn't know I am opening myself up for all sorts of jibes), do we call someone from:

Athol - Kansas, Massachusetts or South Dakota?

Inquiring minds want to know?   

MW 70:3

[goodknight]

And what pray tell (as if I didn't know I am opening myself up for all sorts of jibes), do we call someone from:

Athol - Kansas, Massachusetts or South Dakota?

Inquiring minds want to know?   

MW 70:3

Colonists?