WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Mr. Ypsi]

Pat/Dave:  Are we going to have to wait until after April 4 for the Womens D3Hoops All American team selections?

No... they should be released on Wednesday.

During the men's run to Atlanta in 2013... we actually featured them on Hoopsville the Thursday following the Salem weekend. While that sounds like a lovely idea this time around as well, today has been anything but smooth for the Hoopsville show (12-plus hours putting together, encoding multiple times due to failures/crashes, uploading, and processing)... so I am glad we aren't going that route this time.

Again... should be released Wednesday afternoon, I suspect.

Spoiler Alert:  Sydney Moss will be the POY again.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

To be honest... no idea. Can see arguments for and against.

[Mr. Ypsi]

To be honest... no idea. Can see arguments for and against.

The arguments for are obvious to all.  I'm curious about the arguments against?!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Because there are some good players and she missed a few games, has lower numbers in scoring and rebounding (though, up in assists), and puts pressure on her team when getting into foul trouble. Just being a devil's advocate in creating those.

But honestly, there are a lot of good players in the Division. I don't disagree with her selection as POY, but I think some could make some interesting arguments.

[gordonmann]

The team has been released and Moss is POY:

http://www.d3hoops.com/awards/all-americans/women/2016

[RogK]

Congratulations to 1st teamer Katie McDaniels! (she's a junior, by the way, unless she completed her undergrad studies in 3 yrs).

[gordonmann]

You didn't hear that she gave one year of her eligibility to Sydney Moss?

Just kidding -- we had their graduation years transposed.

[RogK]

Ha ha. If she did donate her final year of eligibility, the other 8 CCIW teams would really admire her generosity!

[GoPerry]

Yes.  Huge Congratulations to Katie McDaniels on her 1st team All American Selection.  This is a great accomplishment and a well deserved recognition.

[iwu70]

Congrats to Ms. McDaniels.  A great year.

IWU'70

[iwu70]

Any recruiting news out there? 

IWU'70

[CoachM]

Emily Nordsiek
PG
2015 2nd Team IBCA 1A/2A All-State
Athens High School
Committed to IWU






 

[RogK]

It looks to me that IWU should be as good, or better, next season as they were in '15-'16. They went 17-10 while breaking even rebounding-wise, 38 per game for them, 38 for opponents. I see no reason why their rebounding would decline; we could foresee individual Titans working on that skill.
Another thing to expect them to devote additional attention to is 3FG accuracy, wishing to improve on the .257 of this past year.
They were very good at getting to the foul line and had a nice plus 6 (roughly) turnover margin. Their overall quickness and agility should yield continued success in those areas.

[iwu70]

RogK, I agree.  IWU will continue to rise in the CCIW next year.  Once they get a big better at trey shooting and continue to improve with the young bigs they have, improve on rebounding and blocking out, I think they can challenge again for the CCIW crown, even make the D3 tournament in the next couple of years. We'll see what comes in newbies, in Mia's recruiting.  We sure could use some additional help in the paint, with interior defense and size.  I'm sure Mia will continue the high pace offense with Ehresman and McGraw and others and also continue the "run and jump" full court pressure on D, when called for.  That's her MO for many years now.  Everyone knows it's coming, but it still seems to work on most teams.  Only teams with excellent PGs and those who handle this kind of trapping, will overcome the "run and jump."  I hope Mia has a good full crop of freshmen, as in the next two years she loses a lot of experienced players that have been starting since their freshmen years.

IWU'70

[Titan Q]

Mia Smith and the Titans have landed Sydney Shanks, a 5-9 all-state G/F from Bloomington Central Catholic.

http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/high-school/basketball/girls/pantagraph-all-area-girls-basketball-team/article_f4abce62-ae10-5110-9289-90e850ad3eb2.html

http://www.ihsa.org/IHSAState/IHSAStateArticles/tabid/768/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/894/2015-16-IBCA-Girls-Basketball-All-State-Teams.aspx

http://www.ihsa.org/IHSAState/IHSAStateArticles/tabid/768/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/893/2015-16-Associated-Press-Girls-Basketball-All-State-Teams.aspx

http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/prep-sports/girls-basketball/2015-04-03/n-g-all-state-girls-basketball-first-team-second-team


IWU has added two strong perimeter players in G/F Shanks and PG Emily Nordsiek.