WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

Roundball999 · October 22, 2013, 06:40:46 AM

Quote from: iwu70 on October 21, 2013, 09:35:41 PM
RogK, agree with you. That memo is a bunch of garble. What will officials and coaches make of that? What does it really mean? Seems to be targeted at aggressive trapping defences and strong on-ball defence. Strange. ?

Hope College will be, often is very tough, no doubt. Surely ranked in the top 25 going in.

IWU70

Yes, it is an interesting memo but I wonder how it will be used? Is it a specific directive for the refs? Or is it something for further discussion that may or may not lead to some rules revisions in the future? It may also be aimed less at DIII and more at D1. In any case, it will be interesting if it causes the refs to call the game differently.

Hope is preseason #13 in DIIINews rankings...

iwu70 · October 22, 2013, 11:45:41 AM

RHIT, glad to have you in the room . . . and hope for more info and assessments of the MU program in coming weeks.

Injury bug has hit the IWU women's program too, with Emily Considine out with an injury, then a concussion. Likely out 2-3 weeks, then be evaluated re: the concussion. No fun.

Titans have an exhibition game vs. DePaul on November 1st, then open the regular season vs. Washington and Jefferson in a tip-off tournament in Baltimore, MD. on November 16th. IWU's pre-CCIW run of games will be a tough test, quite a gauntlet.

Looking forward to the season, coming soon.

IWU70

badgerwarhawk · October 22, 2013, 02:44:42 PM

Quote from: Roundball999 on October 22, 2013, 06:40:46 AM
Quote from: iwu70 on October 21, 2013, 09:35:41 PM
RogK, agree with you. That memo is a bunch of garble. What will officials and coaches make of that? What does it really mean? Seems to be targeted at aggressive trapping defences and strong on-ball defence. Strange. ?

Hope College will be, often is very tough, no doubt. Surely ranked in the top 25 going in.

IWU70

Yes, it is an interesting memo but I wonder how it will be used? Is it a specific directive for the refs? Or is it something for further discussion that may or may not lead to some rules revisions in the future? It may also be aimed less at DIII and more at D1. In any case, it will be interesting if it causes the refs to call the game differently.

Hope is preseason #13 in DIIINews rankings...

It's intended to advice the officials that these are points of emphasis this year. So they should be enforcing the rules more effectively in these situations. My experience is that they do enforce them more effectively for about a month and then it's back to business as usual which I think is more confusing to the players than NCAA creating them in the first place.

iwu70 · October 23, 2013, 11:20:21 AM

Agree with you, Badger. Could be quite confusing if things revert during the season.

Some very positive news from the IWU program, as Olivia Lett, former national play of the year and CCIW MOP, rejoins Coach Mia Smith as an assistant coach. Welcome back, Olivia! According to the Pgraph piece today, she's not returning to Spain to play pro (due to sports financial troubles in recession hit Europre), but still hoping to sign on with a team in Australia to play pro again, starting in March. Going "downunder" likely a good move. Hope it works out for her. March as the new November . . .

Looking forward to the 2013-14 edition of the Titans, with Olivia Lett assisting from the sidelines.

IWU70

Hoosier Titan · October 23, 2013, 12:30:40 PM

I think the areas of concern make sense, IF, as others have said, they are consistently noted and called. While it could be the case that assertive (one might say aggressive) defenders would get called more, it could also happen that offensive players who throw the non-dribbling arm out would be called more often. There are a lot of "coulds" and "woulds" in that sentence, so we'll just have to see whether the memo is read and taken to heart by officials. With a father and a brother who were officials, I have sympathy for their job, especially the need for consistency.

Great news about Olivia Lett. She always seemed like a coach in training, anyway.

badgerwarhawk · October 23, 2013, 12:34:28 PM

Oliva Lett was one of the best women basketball players that I've ever seen. I imagine she would be a tremendous addition to an already good coaching staff. The rich get richer.

RogK · October 23, 2013, 03:56:38 PM

Elmhurst's roster is here :
http://www.elmhurstbluejays.com/roster.aspx?path=wbball
Eleven newcomers join sixteen returning players. Not only did I need to take off my shoes and socks to count up to 20, I also had to make use of another person's hands to count 21 through 27! Holy moly, that's enough players to sub 7 or 8 at a time.

keith45 · October 23, 2013, 04:07:26 PM

Was Tess G.'s departure widely known?

RogK · October 23, 2013, 05:48:28 PM

Depends on how you define "widely known." Probably not in places like Asuncion or Chengdu or on Neptune. Ha!
She left the Jays late in the season, missing the last three games. I'm sure the word got around among CCIW coaches quickly.
I've heard rumors that she may join another CCIW team in '14-'15, but I wouldn't count on anything that far off. CCIW rules do not allow playing for another league team immediately, as in '13-'14.

keith45 · October 23, 2013, 05:50:55 PM

hahahaha, good point.

She is enrolled in a CCIW school and will play next year. I'll let the suspense build since I'm headed home from work now and may not log back on here until tomorrow... but an educated guess should tell you.

RogK · October 23, 2013, 05:58:18 PM

She would fit the "4" position very well on North Central, given her talent for offensive rebounding and putbacks.
We'll see.

iwu70 · October 23, 2013, 08:56:36 PM

Yes, glad to have Olivia Lett back at The Shirk, in a new role. We are indeed blessed. I agree, surely one of the best D3 women's basketball players seen in quite a few years. Hope she gets back to the pro game in Australia later on, too.

EC = now that is a roster! 27 strong and some real size there too. Perhaps EC is one of the teams that will also have a JV schedule, like the IWU roster. Good for the overall CCIW women's game.

About three weeks now . . . let's the games begin.

IWU70

RogK · October 24, 2013, 05:46:12 PM

keith45, I heard that around this time last year, the NC women played a scrimmage against Coach Porter's previous team, Olivet Nazarene. If that happens again this fall and if you happen to see it, you could tell us how peculiar a game it is (one System team vs another). Also, I'd like to know what you observe regarding Olivet Naz's 6'4" freshman. Thanks.

Hoosier Titan · October 24, 2013, 05:49:59 PM

Word is that there will be a women's scrimmage at Shirk at 11:00 on Saturday, following the men's at 9:00.

iwu70 · October 24, 2013, 06:21:48 PM

Thanks, Hoosier. I'll go have a look. Will be interesting to see what Coach Smith and new Assistant Coach Lett (and others) come up with for the new IWU line-up for this year's edition. We'll have a look at the newbies. Very tough pre-CCIW phase this year.

Shirk is gonna be jumping on Saturday with basketball, -- then football at 1 p.m. -- the BIG game with WC.

IWU70