WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

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

Here is the entire list: https://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-decade/2010s/women/announcing-wbb-all-decade-team

[RogK]

Congrats to all three CCIW players :
2nd teamer Katie McDaniels (now Peltz)
honorable mentionees - Olivia Lett and Hannah Frazier.
Of the 1st teamers, I think I saw only one and for just one game.
That was Madison Temple, dazzlingly good with the ball, hitting a variety of shots with ease, dribbling through traffic and making superb "thread the needle" passes.
I remember thinking, "darn it, why can't every team have a player or two like her?"

[Mr. Ypsi]

Mildly surprised that Olivia Lett was only Honorable Mention, since she was national POY - guess it was because she only had that one spectacular year (while she was very good her junior year, I had forgotten that she even played before 2011-12)!

Very disappointed that Christina Solari didn't make it at all.  I REALLY wanted IWU and Hope to meet up in the post-season to see Christina take on 2nd team all-decade center Carrie Snikkers.  Perhaps I'm biased (ya think? ), but I really think our CS could have taken down their CS.  I would definitely have paid to see that match-up.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Mildly surprised that Olivia Lett was only Honorable Mention, since she was national POY - guess it was because she only had that one spectacular year (while she was very good her junior year, I had forgotten that she even played before 2011-12)!

Very disappointed that Christina Solari didn't make it at all.  I REALLY wanted IWU and Hope to meet up in the post-season to see Christina take on 2nd team all-decade center Carrie Snikkers.  Perhaps I'm biased (ya think? ), but I really think our CS could have taken down their CS.  I would definitely have paid to see that match-up.

Go through the list ... I think all or nearly all the POYs were listed. Some also made AA lists multiple times.

[gordonmann]

Yes, all the POYs from the last decade except Erica DeCandido and Kate Kerrigan ended up on our team. Lett got the nod over both because she won a title. Admittedly Erica didn't get the chance since the tournament was cancelled with Tufts still in it, and that sucks.

We started the review process by asking...

* Who made All-American multiple times with at least one first place finish?
* Who was Player of the Year and what did they do in that season?

That left one spot for someone who didn't meet one of those criteria. The person who filled that spot had one more AA placement than Solari did and it was a second place finish.

[RogK]

We haven't heard from iwu70 in a while.
Is it safe to assume he's a stowaway on a freighter bound for the Port of Los Angeles?

[RogK]

Elmhurst's gym has a brand new floor :
https://elmhurstbluejays.com/news/2020/7/22/general-faganel-hall-renovation-updates.aspx
It will be interesting to see the arrangement of the new seating.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

FYI ... CCIW will postpone start of season to January: https://twitter.com/d3hoopsville/status/1294016642800922625

[RogK]

another Elmhurst note -- congrats to them for this academic honor :
https://cciw.org/news/2020/8/12/elmhurst-womens-basketball-named-to-wbca-academic-top-25-team-honor-roll.aspx
Carthage, two seasons ago, was the previous CCIW team to make the list.

[RogK]

Heard on the radio how important Eye Tea Specialists are these days. Eye tea doesn't sound appetizing to me.

[RogK]

Trying to remember if it was G Sager or someone else who, circa 1998, had a dog that had great affinity for cantaloupe.
Didn't a vet determine that it was a melon collie?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Heard on the radio how important Eye Tea Specialists are these days. Eye tea doesn't sound appetizing to me.

It might not taste good, but it's full of Vitamin See.

[RogK]

Aha! (that pun was almost as bad as mine!)

[RogK]

North Central has posted a 2021-only schedule :
https://northcentralcardinals.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Six home games and seven away. If this is merely the 13th through 25th game list from an original 25 game '20-'21 schedule, we would know they were supposed to play three conference games in December, at Carroll and hosting North Park and Illinois Wesleyan.
It doesn't seem like a redone reduced CCIW schedule, which more likely would be six home, six road, if it was decided that 16 games were too much for the weeks available in Jan-Feb.
NOTE : "which more likely would be six home, six road" is not possible for a 9 team league

[RogK]

the new Titans of IWU roster :
https://www.iwusports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
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