WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[RogK]

Turns out I was wrong about 63 of the 64 tourney teams ending their season with a loss. Sixteen ended it with a win.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Turns out I was wrong about 63 of the 64 tourney teams ending their season with a loss. Sixteen ended it with a win.

Ya see - Covid has a Silver Lining!  After they get over the shock and disappointment of play ending, 16 times as many teams finished the season on a high!

[RogK]

Incidentally, the NAIA today canceled their winter sports tourneys.

[iwu70]

Very sad ending to the winter and spring seasons.  I really feel for the coaches and athletes who have worked so so hard for these games, seasons, and these championships. 

Grim.  Get ready for the pandemic really roaring to life in the US . . . community outbreak is well apace.  It's going to be ugly.

Take all precautions, make preparations, practice good hygiene and limit fear and anxiety, think very seriously about "social distancing," which is no fun and really sucks! . . . .and wash your hands like Lady MacBeth.

Best to all . . .  welcome to my world.

IWU'70

[RogK]

I've figured the two point FG pcts for all CCIW players who made at least 50 (2 per game-ish) of them this season. I opted to disregard the fact that some teams played more than 25 games.
Again, this is 2FGs only, not total FGs.
.650 Kayla Stefka CRL 65/100
.543 Jordan Hildebrand MIL 138/254
.524 Maya Walls NCC 55/105
.523 Jayla Johnson NPU 169/323
.515 Kendall Sosa IWU 141/274
.512 Courtney O'Donnell ELM 84/164
.506 Riley Brovelli IWU 118/233
.505 Samantha Munroe IWU 52/103
.500 Kelsey Coshun CTG 66/132
.491 Josie Summerville NPU 57/116
.485 Alexis Jones AUG 150/309
.483 Gabriela Loiz AUG 86/178
.469 Bailey Coffman MIL 84/179
.469 Natali Dimitrova NCC 53/113
.466 Jill Berg WHE 54/116
.457 Sydney Shanks IWU 113/247
.455 Becca Gerke ELM 81/178
.450 Jordan Myroth WHE 54/120
.443 Abby Ratsch MIL 81/183
.442 Sammie Woodward CTG 73/165
.441 Hannah Williams WHE 78/177
.435 Kween Jean ELM 91/209
.431 Maggie Berigan CTG 66/153
.425 Briana Anthony MIL 54/127
.419 Jeni Crain AUG 54/129
.415 Hannah Frazier WHE 124/299
.406 Sierra Grubor CRL 82/202
.403 Lauren Hall AUG 54/134
.397 Brooke Lansford IWU 50/126
.384 Autumn Kalis CTG 66/172
As we see, there are some very well-regarded players at the end of the list. They certainly weren't the bottom of the 2FG shooters in the league, but of those who made 50 or more.
I think the NCAA will eventually show specific 2FG data in the stats and not necessitate subtracting 3FG numbers from total FG numbers.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Final poll is out:  Hope remains a near unanimous #1, IWU jumps from 1 point to 29 points.  Somewhat disappointed the Titans did not actually crack into the top 25, but at least many voters DID notice how tightly they played against #1!

[gordonmann]

Yeah. If Hope had won the title and romped through the bracket, then IWU's close loss would have looked really good. If Hope got mashed by a NESCAC team or lost in the sectional round, IWU's close loss would be less impressive.

Unfortunately we'll never know.

[RogK]

Congrats to Hannah Frazier, D3hoops Central Region Player of the Year! She's a 1st teamer, of course.
Also congrats to other 1st teamer Kendall Sosa, 2nd teamers Alexis Jones and Jayla Johnson, and 3rd teamer Autumn Kalis.
Pretty good representatives of the conference.
Well done!
https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-region/2019-20/central-women

[Jester1390]

Rog and Engine

I talked to my kid about if the NCAA gives winter athletes another year of eligibility. In my opinion if they do it for the teams still playing they will have to do it for all or open themselves up to lawsuits.  So i said to her if that should happen her and the other 6 freshman got a year of on the job training imagine what they will be like in their 5th year.  Her simple reply yea we will all be making six figures in our new jobs.  Lol i can only hope by then she wants a masters.  Everyone stay safe

One last thing has anyone heard what AAU is planning to do. I cant find anything online from them. Im going to do some recruiting for Rose this summer

[RogK]

Yeah, Jester1390, granting an extra year of eligibility would have to apply to all schools or none of 'em. I suspect it'll be none.

[iwu70]

Congrats to all the CCIW honorees on All-Region awards.  Especially to first-teamers Hannah Frazier and Kendall Sosa.  Great year by all of those recognised.

I'd love to see Syd Shanks back for the 5th year . . . and Raven Hughes returning to the IWU roster, . . . and Syd Shanks convincing her little sister to come out for basketball, as well as her stellar IWU soccer career so far.  Just hoping. 

'70

[RogK]

Time to look at the "effective FG %" leaders for the CCIW. I arbitrarily chose to limit the list to players who scored at least 150 pts from field goals. For someone on a team that played 25 games, it comes to 6 pts from FGs per game, such as 2 threes or 3 twos. Again I disregard the fact that most teams played more than 25 games.
For those not familiar with the stat, effective FG % is the shooting pct needed to score this many points via 2-pointers. This eFG% stat can be seen for NBA players on basketball-reference dot com.
Player A who made three 2FGs in 5 FG att and Player B who made two 3FGs in 5 FG att each scored 6 pts from 5 FG att; each has a .600 eFG%.
.577 Emily Czuhajewski NPU
.542 Kendall Sosa IWU
.539 Theresa Wichser CRL
.537 Jordan Hildebrand MIL
.524 Kristi Demski WHE
.517 Jayla Johnson NPU
.506 Courtney O'Donnell ELM
.504 Riley Brovelli IWU
.498 Samantha Munroe IWU and Allison Pearson NCC
.493 Autumn Kalis CTG and Kirsten Madsen WHE
.487 Bailey Coffman MIL
.485 Lauren Hall AUG
.484 Hannah Williams WHE
.481 Sammie Woodward CTG
.477 Abby Ratsch MIL
.475 Mia Lambert AUG and Gabriela Loiz AUG
.471 Hannah Swider WHE
.466 Brooke Lansford IWU
.459 Sydney Shanks IWU
.454 Hannah Frazier WHE
.452 Aubrey Staton MIL and Jeni Crain AUG
I think .450 is a reasonable cutoff. This is certainly not a full measure of a player's offensive abilities, but it does accurately value combined 2FG and 3FG shooting.

[iwu70]

Thanks, RogK, interesting stats. 

All five IWU starters on your list. 

Stay well, stay safe, wash those hands all.

'70

[RogK]

You're welcome iwu70.
I decided to look at some team stats, 16-game conference play only.
Own Pts / Own TOs
5.41 WHE
4.80 IWU
4.59 AUG
4.13 CTG
3.97 NPU
3.81 CRL
3.62 ELM
3.48 MIL
3.29 NCC
It seems that 4 is probably decent for D3 WBB.

[RogK]

another team stat from the 16-game conference season :
Pts from FTs / total Pts
AUG 18.3%
CRL  19.3
CTG  19.1
ELM  20.1
IWU  14.8
MIL  21.0
NCC 21.0
NPU  20.7
WHE 21.4
Eight of the nine clumped fairly closely; IWU certainly an outlier in this category.