WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[RogK]

The Carthage players have the locker room to themselves, although there could be a training staff female who would also have access.
I don't know to what extent female WBB coaches treat the locker room as the players' domain.
If halftime is waning and the players haven't emerged, one of the coaches will need to knock on the door.

[Gregory Sager]

This time, rather than dish out a one-line quip, you took my setup for you in an unexpected and weirdly pragmatic direction, Rog.

You never cease to amaze.

[RogK]

My best recent quip was used at Sunday's Rosemont flea market (final one of the year), where I told several sellers that I was hoping to buy 8 or 9 pounds of them (fleas) to last through the winter.

[RogK]

Hey Greg, whom did NPU play in their home scrimmage?

[Gregory Sager]

The Vikings were supposed to play Lake Forest, but it was at minimum postponed due to a coronavirus positive among the Foresters. Since it was postponed, the idea was that it was going to be rescheduled, but if it was and the scrimmage was played, I never heard about it. If it wasn't played already, it certainly won't be now, because NPU starts its season on Friday evening in the crackerbox against St. Catherine.

[lmitzel]

Made my annual preseason run to the airplane hangar yesterday to go get pronunciations from Maggie McCloskey-Bax for Tuesday's opener against St. Mary's. Pretty straightforward roster this year.

Mood seems pretty optimistic in Naperville; I'm not saying we're going 25-0 or anything, but I think this team can hang with pretty much anyone in conference. Though someone may want to tell Mitrese Smith that her 90 points a game goal for the team is... ambitious, shall we say.

[RogK]

I'm in favor of North Central averaging 90 per game.
I'd also like that amount to rank 4th or 5th in the conference!

[Mr. Ypsi]

I'm in favor of North Central averaging 90 per game.
I'd also like that amount to rank 4th or 5th in the conference!

I take it you are a fan of the Grinnell men!

And (like me) mourn the graduation of Kendall Sosa.

[RogK]

I haven't seen a Grinnell men's game in 15 years or more. I did see the Greenville men three years ago when they played at North Park; 266 total pts scored in that one.
As for Sosa, I think IWU tried to get maximum minutes from her in recent seasons. To that end, they did not use a hectic pace on offense or a trapping defense that would risk foul trouble or necessitate frequent subbing players out to catch their breath.
IWU may very well play faster this season, without relying on any one player for a big chunk of their scoring.
Does that make sense?

[Mr. Ypsi]

I haven't seen a Grinnell men's game in 15 years or more. I did see the Greenville men three years ago when they played at North Park; 266 total pts scored in that one.
As for Sosa, I think IWU tried to get maximum minutes from her in recent seasons. To that end, they did not use a hectic pace on offense or a trapping defense that would risk foul trouble or necessitate frequent subbing players out to catch their breath.
IWU may very well play faster this season, without relying on any one player for a big chunk of their scoring.
Does that make sense?

Very much so.  But I'm hoping that Catie Eck goes off for 40 now and then!

[Gregory Sager]

I haven't seen a Grinnell men's game in 15 years or more. I did see the Greenville men three years ago when they played at North Park; 266 total pts scored in that one.

Sigh. Don't remind me. I came down from my broadcaster's perch and served as the scorekeeper for that game, because North Park SID Tyler Woolbright wanted to maximize his experienced table personnel for the expected difficulties that a scorer's table encounters when working a System game. It was ridiculous. I ran out of space in my book in several different categories, including the most important one: running score. As a crew we spent the entire game ping-ponging questions like, "Who took that shot?" "Who made that basket?" "Did anybody see who got that steal?" "Can you call out the numbers of the players who just came in?" back and forth between us at the table.

The guys who regularly work the table at Grinnell and Greenville don't get paid nearly as much as they deserve. I'm certain of it.

As for Sosa, I think IWU tried to get maximum minutes from her in recent seasons. To that end, they did not use a hectic pace on offense or a trapping defense that would risk foul trouble or necessitate frequent subbing players out to catch their breath.
IWU may very well play faster this season, without relying on any one player for a big chunk of their scoring.
Does that make sense?

Translation: Rog will not miss Kendall Sosa ... which is one more thing that we have in common.

Very much so.  But I'm hoping that Catie Eck goes off for 40 now and then!

Really, Chuck? That's the Titan you're promoting as a potential 40-point scorer? No offense meant to Eck, who is the best wing defender in the league, but if you're going to pick someone to fill up the bucket all night for your Greenies, perhaps you should've picked somebody who can actually shoot the ball. Eck is a career .337 shooter, and is only .186 from behind the arc through three seasons (or two-and-a-half, I guess) at Wesleyan. In ten games this past spring she went 15-55 (.273) from the field and 2-26 (.077) from downtown.

[RogK]

I'm willing to wager Greg's villa in Saint-Tropez that no Titan will score 40 in a game this season.

[Gregory Sager]

If Tom schedules enough home JV games, and if Amanda schedules some as well, I may be able to pay off the mortgage on that villa.

[lmitzel]

I haven't seen a Grinnell men's game in 15 years or more. I did see the Greenville men three years ago when they played at North Park; 266 total pts scored in that one.

Sigh. Don't remind me. I came down from my broadcaster's perch and served as the scorekeeper for that game, because North Park SID Tyler Woolbright wanted to maximize his experienced table personnel for the expected difficulties that a scorer's table encounters when working a System game. It was ridiculous. I ran out of space in my book in several different categories, including the most important one: running score. As a crew we spent the entire game ping-ponging questions like, "Who took that shot?" "Who made that basket?" "Did anybody see who got that steal?" "Can you call out the numbers of the players who just came in?" back and forth between us at the table.

The guys who regularly work the table at Grinnell and Greenville don't get paid nearly as much as they deserve. I'm certain of it.

Is this an advocation for back pay for five years of System ball when the NCC women ran it, because I can get behind that. Sucked though when we got to the point of only one non-conference home game a year though, so maybe it's a moot point.

[Gregory Sager]

I haven't seen a Grinnell men's game in 15 years or more. I did see the Greenville men three years ago when they played at North Park; 266 total pts scored in that one.

Sigh. Don't remind me. I came down from my broadcaster's perch and served as the scorekeeper for that game, because North Park SID Tyler Woolbright wanted to maximize his experienced table personnel for the expected difficulties that a scorer's table encounters when working a System game. It was ridiculous. I ran out of space in my book in several different categories, including the most important one: running score. As a crew we spent the entire game ping-ponging questions like, "Who took that shot?" "Who made that basket?" "Did anybody see who got that steal?" "Can you call out the numbers of the players who just came in?" back and forth between us at the table.

The guys who regularly work the table at Grinnell and Greenville don't get paid nearly as much as they deserve. I'm certain of it.

Is this an advocation for back pay for five years of System ball when the NCC women ran it, because I can get behind that. Sucked though when we got to the point of only one non-conference home game a year though, so maybe it's a moot point.

With all due respect to you guys in the hangar, the pace of the game makes working the table for a men's System game several degrees of difficulty tougher than it is for a women's System game. But I don't discount the trouble that the NCC table must've had during the System era. I remember the first time that Michelle Roof brought a System Cardinals team to the crackerbox. The game ended up 102-101 in regulation, and it took two hours to play despite the lack of overtimes. (Fortunately, it was a Saturday afternoon game.) There were 63 fouls called and 77 free throws attempted. I had already moved up from the table to the broadcaster's perch by then, but I recall our StatCrew operator mentioning afterwards how hard it would've been to keep tabs on all of NCC's substitutions if the refs hadn't constantly blown their whistles to stop play and call fouls.