WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

Well Roger no Chicago IWU this year for Rose but they will be playing Elmhurst and North Park in North Park tournament in November so i will have my first visit to North Park

That may not happen. The situation for winter sports is different than the situation that fall sports are currently facing, but there's nothing written in stone yet about winter competition even taking place, let alone competition that takes place across conference lines. The OAC just announced that four of its fall sports will be confined to conference-only play in the regular season, and the possibility exists that other leagues, such as the CCIW and the HCAC, could follow suit. There's also the matter of proximity; a number of D3 institutional administrators have talked about the need to reduce travel and keep student-athletes close to home during this time of restricted campus activity. In all likelihood, NPU is going to have to cancel its football road game at Bethel, as well as the men's soccer trip to Cleveland to play Case Western Reserve and numerous trips by the men's and women's soccer teams and the women's volleyball team to play MIAA schools. That might hold up in terms of winter as well, which would mean no home games or road games where long distances are involved.

NPU, Elmhurst, and the other CCIW schools aren't acting as free agents. I know that they're trying to present a unified approach to scheduling and competition in the face of the pandemic.

[Jester1390]

Roger Ill find out I dont think that tournament was on the schedule yet or at least i wasn't aware.  I dont know who the 4th team will be at north park just that Rose will play both elm and north as they cant play each other.  I guess I will see you in Chicago.  Viewpoint of a player on Sosa my kid had guarded some great shooters in Minnesota Paige Bueckers even though she is more of  a driver ,Mckenna Hofschild who is beyond ridiculous from 3 point line is currently at seton hall , Gabbie Hack and others but she said Sosa had the quickest release of anyone she has guarded.

[Jester1390]

Roger here are the teams participating


IWU is the host school this year (Wash. U, DePauw and Rose

[RogK]

At this point, it seems likely that college presidents will see it as their duty to protect students, staff and faculty from unnecessary risk of exposure to COVID-19.
One such unnecessary risk is public attendance at indoor sports this winter. Fans are known to yell, sneeze, cough.
Many of our fellow citizens (even some D3 fans, most likely) are uncooperative lackwits (and willing spreaders) whose cavalier behavior has produced increased ICU admissions.
And, of course, people of good will (the vast majority of D3 fans) may unknowingly spread the virus.
There is no reason for colleges to add this risk to what already exists among the essential on-campus population.

[Jester1390]

Most schools from at least what i have been told will allow parents of players to attend and will have plenty of room to distance in the gyms.  Considering letting fans and students into games will be a judgment each school will make according to circumstances. I also have heard that concessions will probably be not offered but still not decided. 

[RogK]

https://www.elmhurst.edu/news/introducing-elmhurst-university/
Elmhurst College no longer.
When I see EU, I think European Union. I suppose that, in time, my rattling cranium will accept EU in lieu of EC.

[iwu70]

Congratulations to Elmhurst University (EU) on their new designation.  I hope it leads to a stronger and better institution, with more resources and more support from alums. 

IWU'70

[RogK]

the '20-'21 Augustana schedule is here :
https://athletics.augustana.edu/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
eight of the first nine at home

[Enginerd]

Jester1390, the RHIT schedule now shows "@ Midwest Challenge - Illinois Wesleyan" for 28th-29th of November.
Does that one feature pre-determined 2nd day matchups, or do the day 1 winners play each other on day 2?
Am I remembering correctly that in a four-team "classic tournament" the day 2 matchups are pre-determined? Not sure there's an agreed-upon name for the other type.

I was told a few years ago when Rose bagan playing this event that the opponents for the following year's Midwest Classic would be whomever each team had not played in the previous year's edition. Therefore, RHIT should open this year vs. DePauw and the winner would play the winner of IWU/WashU.

[Jester1390]

I can't remember but I know coach told me that both games were predetermined because the conference schools can't play each other that was for the north park tournament. I haven't talked to you in awhile hope all is well with you  Good news kid is getting her cast off and wire out next Friday so she might miss first week of practice but will be good she played last year with a torn ligament in her non shooting wrist.  Her words I better average more then 4pts this year

[Jester1390]

Well Rog

I think it was you who got scorn for saying refs will wear masks during the game. I thought no way but im watching a AAU game for recruiting and the refs have masks on

[RogK]

How many refs were working that game? Were they moving around less than normal?
Oh, and did they use some sort of handheld electronic whistle?

[Jester1390]

I watched other games it was the refs choice. They were pulling down or they had a hole where the whistle gos hard to tell not hi def

[Ultimate Titan Fan]

Congratulations Coach Olivia Lett. D3Hoops All-Decade Team: Honorable Mention.

https://www.iwusports.com/news/2020/7/27/womens-basketball-olivia-lett-named-to-d3hoops-com-all-decade-team.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2C2rTbJswoLsvghCXee4W73vTnHirur8RNyM4W7Ti8XTHcBQO-Gec0iFE

[Gregory Sager]

CCIW women's basketball dodged a bullet in today's announcement by the league that fall sports are being postponed. A number of D3 leagues and schools have stated as part of their fall postponement or cancellation press releases that they won't play any intercollegiate sports at all until January 1, 2021. The CCIW didn't do that, so it's still possible that competition will start on time for CCIW women's basketball.

Problem is, will there be non-conference teams for them to play in November and December? F'rinstance, the MWC announced today that it has joined the list of leagues that have canceled all competition scheduled to take place before New Year's Day. That in and of itself cuts out a chunk of games that CCIW teams had scheduled against MWC foes for November and December.

I'd say that the chances that this league will start on time in mid-November, and that there will be any regular-season games at all against non-CCIW opponents, is starting to look remote.