WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[iwu70]

Add my congrats to Maddie Merritt. 

'70

[Mr. Ypsi]

Me, too!  Seems strange she would get an invite but not Hannah Frazier - I'm guessing that Kent Madsen may not be a WBCA member?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Me, too!  Seems strange she would get an invite but not Hannah Frazier - I'm guessing that Kent Madsen may not be a WBCA member?

I'm not sure about the reasoning with this case, but I do know the WBCA was asking all nominees if they would be willing to play in the game if chosen. Some may very well have turned that down for their own reasons (has happened on the men's side a few times).

In another situation I am aware of, the player decided she couldn't take any more time away from her studies (in her case, as a student-teacher), so the school didn't nominate her.

Yes, not being a member of the WBCA will be a factor as well. I don't know Madsen's membership off the top of my head. However, that isn't always the reason.

[duckfan41]

Me, too!  Seems strange she would get an invite but not Hannah Frazier - I'm guessing that Kent Madsen may not be a WBCA member?

I'm not sure about the reasoning with this case, but I do know the WBCA was asking all nominees if they would be willing to play in the game if chosen. Some may very well have turned that down for their own reasons (has happened on the men's side a few times).

In another situation I am aware of, the player decided she couldn't take any more time away from her studies (in her case, as a student-teacher), so the school didn't nominate her.

Yes, not being a member of the WBCA will be a factor as well. I don't know Madsen's membership off the top of my head. However, that isn't always the reason.

A different possibility for her omission is that the all-star game is for seniors and Hannah Frazier is a junior. Just a thought 😊

[Mr. Ypsi]

Duh!!  I thought she was a senior.

[Gregory Sager]

All-Star games are only open to seniors who have no remaining eligibility.

[RogK]

what does legibility have to do with anything

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

what does legibility have to do with anything

Penmanship is important.

[RogK]

While not long enough to be considered a ship, there is a Penmanboat :
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:3555163/mmsi:316030416/imo:0/vessel:G_M__PENMA
So there.

[GoPerry]

If there was any doubt about Thomas More's Madison Temple being POY, and I really don't think there was, her unbelievable performance tonight, 36 pts, 9 rebs, 7 asst, 3 stls just reinforces how dominant she can be.  She basically took over the game down the stretch against a good Wash U team.

[iwu70]

I guess we pretty much got the Final Four many of us expected, save for Tufts.  Scranton really the only little surprise. 

Thomas More, Bowdoin and St. Thomas into the FINAL FOUR next weekend.

Temple is awesome, dominant.

IWU'70

[Mr. Ypsi]

Yeah, not much suspense on national POY for either women or men.  Unless one of the men was truly dominant during the Sidney Moss era, I don't recall BOTH POYs being so obvious before.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

To answer the question - a player can't be able to play anymore because the flights, hotel rooms, and meals (some, most, not sure) are taken care of. Plus there are gift bags and such.

A player who has eligibility remaining cannot receive those items and still be eligible to play in future seasons. That is why the All-Star Games are senior-only (i.e. no playing time left).

[iwu70]

Final Four Semis:

St. Thomas vs. Bowdoin

Thomas More vs. Scranton

Should be grand -- TM likely to the final against either of those other top 5 teams.

IWU'70

[RogK]

Congrats to D3Hoops Central Region Player of the Year, Wheaton's Hannah Frazier! Also made 1st team, naturellement.
Congrats also to IWU's Maddie Merritt, who made 3rd team.