WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[iwu70]

Greg, I thought on both men and women's side, only CCIW games counted or were considered for All-conference honors, and MOP awards etc.  Was this changed recently?   Pls. advise.   So, you are saying that all the pre-CCIW season games are also considered in the voting?

The way IWU is playing, utilizing their depth etc., and the big three playing well, -- I think they have a chance to win out.   Five games to go.  Tough ones for sure, esp. @CC and @ WC. 

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[RogK]

Current Road Wins - Home Losses :
+4 WHE
+3 IWU
+1 AUG, ELM
-1 CTG, NCC, NPU
-2 MIL
-4 CRL
Remaining opportunities to improve the above numbers : CTG 4, AUG 3, ELM 3, IWU 3, NCC 2, WHE 2, CRL 1, MIL 1, NPU 1.

[lmitzel]

Molly McGraw earned POW honors for the past week, her second award of the season.

http://cciw.org/news/2017/2/6/WBB_0206175618.aspx

[Gregory Sager]

Saturday afternoon's contest in the crackerbox was a big event, as the Vikings honored former NPU guard Bethany (Conrad) Hart and attempted to raise money for her and her husband, former North Park football player Kevin Hart, as she continues her fight against a rare form of cervical cancer that has already cost them the life of their unborn daughter Hallie. The Vikings wore shootaround shirts that honored the Harts; Bethany's former NPU teammate, assistant coach Lauren (Martin) Rosengarden, organized the entire event; the North Park football team held a benefit raffle in the lobby; and North Park President David Parkyn, women's basketball coach Amanda Crockett, and football coach Mike Conway were on hand to present gifts to the Harts as part of a pregame ceremony. Bethany blogged about the event: https://beatsccc.wordpress.com/2017/02/05/north-park-for-the-win/

[GoPerry]

Saturday afternoon's contest in the crackerbox was a big event, as the Vikings honored former NPU guard Bethany (Conrad) Hart and attempted to raise money for her and her husband, former North Park football player Kevin Hart, as she continues her fight against a rare form of cervical cancer that has already cost them the life of their unborn daughter Hallie. The Vikings wore shootaround shirts that honored the Harts; Bethany's former NPU teammate, assistant coach Lauren (Martin) Rosengarden, organized the entire event; the North Park football team held a benefit raffle in the lobby; and North Park President David Parkyn, women's basketball coach Amanda Crockett, and football coach Mike Conway were on hand to present gifts to the Harts as part of a pregame ceremony. Bethany blogged about the event: https://beatsccc.wordpress.com/2017/02/05/north-park-for-the-win/

Thank you for sharing that Gregory.

[iwu70]

Congrats to Molly McGraw on POW.  Great Job!  Keep going.  Key games upcoming.

IWU'70

[Mr. Ypsi]

New poll out.  Wheaton loses all but 13 of their points and falls to (#26).  In better news for conference pride, IWU got 3 points after being totally ignored for several weeks.

[RogK]

Under the category of good things to build on next year : in her last 10 games, Carroll's Morgan Lund has made 61 free throws (out of 72 att, .847) and has grabbed 71 rebounds.

[lmitzel]

Key games upcoming.

To that point, here's what's at stake tomorrow night regarding the tournament:

-Nobody can clinch a tournament berth quite yet. Wheaton and Illinois Wesleyan are close though.
-North Park is eliminated from the CCIW Tournament with a loss to Illinois Wesleyan.
-North Central is eliminated from the CCIW Tournament with a loss to Millikin AND wins by Augustana and Elmhurst.

[iwu70]

Key games upcoming.  GO TITANS!   

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[Gregory Sager]

Greg, I thought on both men and women's side, only CCIW games counted or were considered for All-conference honors, and MOP awards etc.  Was this changed recently?   Pls. advise.   So, you are saying that all the pre-CCIW season games are also considered in the voting?

Men's basketball and women's basketball are two different sports, and they're treated as such by the CCIW. Every sport in the league has its own set of policies regarding awards, and men's basketball is as different from women's basketball as softball is from baseball and as football is from volleyball in that regard. While both men's basketball and women's basketball have moved to All-CCIW teams consisting of two sets of eight players apiece this season, it's not because the two sports move in lockstep; it's because the expansion to nine schools made a corresponding expansion of the All-CCIW teams from fifteen to sixteen players a sensible response independently reached by both sets of head coaches.

Men's basketball coaches use CCIW-only results in their voting. Women's basketball coaches may use all games in their voting, although I suspect that some of them may stick primarily or even entirely to CCIW-only games in their deliberations, given the variability in non-conference competition from one CCIW program to the next.

[iwu70]

Greg, thanks for the clarification on the voting.  Seems on the women's side things may be a bit in flux, with different coaches potentially having a different criteria in their voting.  It will be interesting to see how it plays out on both sides and whether those on this Board feel the choices are good ones.  Of course, the coaches know best. 

Looking forward to the Titans vs. NPU.  Should be a very competitive game now that everyone on both teams seems to be back and both squads closer to full health (save for Holness for IWU).  Very fortunate for the TITANS on the Ehresman ankle sprain earlier.

Every W important now as we head down the stretch -- last two weeks of the regular season.

IWU70

[Gregory Sager]

Greg, thanks for the clarification on the voting.  Seems on the women's side things may be a bit in flux, with different coaches potentially having a different criteria in their voting.

Things are always "in flux," if that's what you want to call it, because coaches always approach All-CCIW voting with different criteria in mind besides which games they're considering as applicable. That's just one variable among many.

Looking forward to the Titans vs. NPU.  Should be a very competitive game now that everyone on both teams seems to be back

NPU is still without one of its ballhandling guards, Elise Estelle.

[lmitzel]

First batch of regional rankings just dropped.

The CCIW is well represented (Wheaton 4th, IWU 5th, Elmhurst 9th). I've been skeptical about the conference getting multiple bids for much of the season so far, but if the title comes down to the Titans and Thunder, there's a pretty good chance both teams make The Dance given where they're at now. It'll depend on how much chalk rocks other conference tournaments obviously, but the loser between these two (again, assuming they finish 1-2 in some order) would come to the Pool C table pretty early.

[iwu70]

Glad to see that on the regional rankings.  I think WC and IWU very deserving, though their records may put them on the bubble. 

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