WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

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[Gregory Sager]

Still no roster yet for NPU.

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[Titan Q]

An article on the Titans...

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/11/07/sports/doc473157aa9eeb8182311053.txt

[Gregory Sager]

Greg, you are influential. NP now shows their roster.

NPU only lists nine players on this season's roster. Only two of them are returnees, one a starter (junior guard Stylianee Damianides) and one a little-used reserve (senior guard Andrea Perez). The backup center from two seasons ago, senior Crissy Komperda, is also back for the Vikings. I've been told by the father of two NPU student-athletes that there was an attempt to solicit walk-ons for the women's basketball team via flyers and a campus-wide e-mail invitation after the school year began, and that's always a bad sign. Given the dangerously small size of the roster (brought on by four of last year's players not coming out for the team this year, in addition to the loss of the six who graduated), I can see why it came to that.

The big question is why All-CCIW second-teamer Evie Peterson, who is still an NPU student, isn't on the team. That's 13.0 ppg and 7.1 rpg lost right there. I know that her father is seriously ill, so I wonder if that might've factored into her decision not to play this season. At any rate, she's a catastrophic loss for NPU.

Looks like NPU has a big mountain to climb this season. I certainly hope that most or all of these six newbies can play right away at a CCIW level -- and that the shorthanded Vikings can stay healthy.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Very nice article on the front page (Around the Nation) about Lindsey Ippel (and Ben Strong).  As the article points out (and no surprise to most fans of the men), Mr. Strong will have an excellent shot at a career in the NBA.  There was no mention one way or the other concerning Ms. Ippel and the WNBA.  Anyone know whether there has been any interest from them?  (Or, I suppose, whether she would have any interest in them?!)

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IWU takes out #6 Washington 69-51 at DePauw's tournament.

The margin, not necessarily the win would surprise some people.

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On their home court, #13 Millikin gets a whooping from Whitewater 92-46.  Any details from anyone that went to the game?

[Gregory Sager]

NPU's new-look squad was taken to the cleaners by Concordia (WI) in the opener of the St. Norbert tourney last night, 82-42. The Vikings turned the ball over 39 times. Ouch. Looks like it could be a very unpleasant year for the North Park women's team.

The weird thing is that they only attempted two three-pointers for the entire game.

NPU will face Edgewood in today's consolation game.

Augie lost by 12 to Lakeland, and Elmhurst lost by 5 to Lake Forest. North Central beat Webster handily.

[Mr. Ypsi]

There may be something special brewing in Bloomington.  Last night they downed pre-season #6 WashU 69-51.  Today they couldn't quite match that feat, but only lost to pre-season #5 DePauw (AT DePauw) by a 77-66 margin.

Probably not quite enough to move from #17 pre-season into the top 10, but 11 or 12 seems plausible.  (Alas, part of that rise will be due to the fall of Millikin - 92-46: OUCH!)

[Gregory Sager]

Edgewood beat NPU in the St. Norbert consolation, 77-43. Yuck.

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