WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[lmitzel]

Since we are at the end of the regular season, here is my opinion on all-CCIW :
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1st team : K Sosa IWU, A Tate WHE, J Johnson NPU, H Williams WHE, E Knudsen MIL, J Hildebrand MIL, R Brovelli IWU, E Behrndt CRL
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2nd team : H Swider WHE, K Christian CRL, S Molloy NPU, M Fox MIL, L Hall AUG, B Barrett CTG, I Leeuwenburgh NCC, C O'Donnell ELM
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Most Outstanding - K Sosa
Coach - K Madsen
Newcomer - E Knudsen
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In this small-sample season, per game averages meant less to me than did how many good games a player had. This entailed looking at the game logs of individual players, best done via the roster listings on the ncaa site, such as :
http://stats.ncaa.org/team/496/roster/15500
I further had in mind intangible value not measured by traditional individual stats. Also, a team with a crummy record is not going to get multiple players, even as we admire all the effort put in by each team across the league.
The easiest way to jump to another team's pages is to go to Schedule/Results and click on that opponent.

Without very much analysis at all, I'm thinking that NCC's Allison Pearson will probably sneak onto the second team before Leeuwenburgh.

Quick side by side:
Pearson: 10.7 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 4.4 APG, 1 stock per game (steal+block), 32/30/71 splits
Leeuwenburgh: 5.6 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 0.5 APG, 0.8 stocks per game, 49/0/52 splits

Pearson also has the benefit of being a 2nd team player last year, but her numbers this year were worse than last year (11.3 PPG on 40/37/89). No knock on Alli, and maybe this is just me being impressed with the leap IxChel made this year, but I'd advocate for her over Pearson this year.

[lmitzel]

Separate note, I guess the 8-9 NCC-Carthage game for tomorrow has been cancelled due to COVID protocol now too.

[Titan Q]

Wheaton WBB is out of the CCIW conference tournament due to COVID protocols.

NCC WBB is contract tracing, and there is still a chance the Cards play Thursday.  If NCC gets negative test results Wednesday, the Cards are good.

[iwu70]

Wow, what a mess.  With WC out, seems IWU has a good chance to get through . . . if everyone can stay well, test negative.  Hoping for a few more games.

Some disappointed players and coaches, no doubt.  Hope no one gets really sick.

Baseball and softball gearing up soon . . . outdoors!   I'm cleaning my golf clubs, getting ready to use my ISU DA Weibring championship course coupons.  Let the bashing begin . . .    Sure do look forward to more sunshine, warmer temps, after the many subzero weeks.  My thin Hong Kong blood never really enjoyed or adjusted to prairie winter . . .

'70

[lmitzel]

And NCC is clear. They head down to Decatur on Thursday to play Millikin.

[Gregory Sager]

North Park moves up to the #2 seed ... and in so doing will now host a team (Carthage) in the quarterfinals that gave the Vikings a lot more trouble this season than had the higher-rated team (Augustana) that NPU was originally going to play.

[itsnotmeitsyou]

And NCC is clear. They head down to Decatur on Thursday to play Millikin.

Well, NO!!! NCC is NOT in the clear. 3 starters (4 players total) are now quarantined for 14 days.

The protocols are a complete joke. What's the point of wearing a mask? Even if both teams are wearing a mask and someone then tests positive, it doesn't matter - 14 days!

Not a single case of player to opponent transmission occurred in 256 NFL games + the playoffs! Not. One. (Not to mention MLB, WNBA, NHL, NCAAM, NCAAW).

NCC wears a mask. Wheaton doesn't.  Thanks Wheaton! Save your apologies (which I'm sure you haven't even thought to offer)....Another example of facts matter and those that believe BS views cause all the problems.

[GoPerry]

Wheaton WBB is out of the CCIW conference tournament due to COVID protocols.

Hmm - okay then  . . .   How very unsurprising -not because I know or suspect anything.  But it's just that kind of season - nothing should really surprise at this point.

Also, is there such a thing as a post not worth acknowledging?

[iwu70]

I haven't done the count, but is it true that more games were postponed, or cancelled altogether, than there were games actually played?   It is a mess . . .  and makes for a rather confusing schedule.   Well, only a few more games likely, possible in this very strange season.  As I've said before, I just hope no one -- player, coach, staff or parent -- gets seriously sick.  Esp. those who have underlying health conditions and probably should not be involved  -- but we know some coaches who do have previous serious underlying health conditions and are now at greater risk, prior to being eligible for a vaccine.  This is the situation we are playing with . . .

'70

[lmitzel]

I haven't done the count, but is it true that more games were postponed, or cancelled altogether, than there were games actually played?

Not even close, at least in the CCIW.

5 of the 9 teams played their entire (shortened) regular season's worth of games. Two other teams were only short one game, and then Augie and IWU missed a few apiece.

Quick count says out of 54 games in total, that's a grand total of five games that got cancelled. I'll agree with the hope that no one has any serious issues... but I'd call just five missed games pretty good considering.

[RogK]

For comparison, I count approximately 510 NBA games played so far and 30 postponements that haven't been made up yet.
So, 30 postponed out of 540. CCIW WBB 5 not played out of 54.
I arrive at the 510 figure by 30 teams averaging 34 games played so far.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2021.html
The postponements are here :
https://www.nba.com/news/postponed-games-2020-21-index
This does not settle any dispute over whether some or all of the cancellations/postponements have ultimately kept people out of a hospital or crematory.

[Titan Q]

I haven't done the count, but is it true that more games were postponed, or cancelled altogether, than there were games actually played?   It is a mess . .

As actual data shows, it is not even close to that.

[Pat Coleman]

And NCC is clear. They head down to Decatur on Thursday to play Millikin.

Well, NO!!! NCC is NOT in the clear. 3 starters (4 players total) are now quarantined for 14 days.

The protocols are a complete joke. What's the point of wearing a mask? Even if both teams are wearing a mask and someone then tests positive, it doesn't matter - 14 days!

Not a single case of player to opponent transmission occurred in 256 NFL games + the playoffs! Not. One. (Not to mention MLB, WNBA, NHL, NCAAM, NCAAW).

NCC wears a mask. Wheaton doesn't.  Thanks Wheaton! Save your apologies (which I'm sure you haven't even thought to offer)....Another example of facts matter and those that believe BS views cause all the problems.

So ... uhh ... welcome to the board.

[Titan Q]

Millikin WBB will be playing tonight without multiple key players...including their leading scorer.

It's not COVID-related. Coach's decision on all.

[iwu70]

IWU cruising tonight, scoring 29 in the first quarter and never looking back, winning over EC 77 to 52

EC:
O'Donnell 15
Urso 12

IWU:
Sosa 18 and 6
Munroe finding her range, 18 and 7 assists
Brovelli 11 RBs, 4 steals, 3 blocks, and 2 assists

Good support from the rest of the squad, and all pine-sitters on both teams getting 3-4 minutes at the end.  This game never really in doubt after the 1st Q.

Nice games by:
Eck 9 and 7, 3 steals
Bowen 7 and 5, 2 steals

If everyone plays like this going forward, this team has a good chance for the CCIW tournament crown.

Keep it rolling, TITANS. 

IWU'70