WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[iwu70]

Merry Christmas to all chatsters on this board.   May your new year be filled with happiness and good health.

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[RogK]

Thanks iwu70.
I wish you a verdant new year.
We think of you people in Bloomington as being very close to Normal !

[iwu70]

RogK, yes, I "returned to Normal" after 41 years in Asia. . . .

Seems some on the board are going to run out of eye rolls . . .

If North Park men beat Wheaton in early January, then I'll be convinced how great the North Parkers are . . . and, as for Wheaton looking like Wash U offensively, I was there and saw the game . . . and indeed they played in like Wash U back in the heyday of the Wash U teams offensively from back in the day.   Wash U comes to The Shirk in early January too, so we'll see how well they are doing in this version, this edition from down in St. Louis.   My Titans have not looked good at all, not played well so far and are lucky to be 6-4.   At least Ron Rose got his 300th win in that struggle of a game in OT over University of Chicago at Ratner last Tuesday.   I think both the men and women TITANS need a holiday break and will hopefully play better at the end of the month on the West Coast -- the men in the Pacific Northwest vs. Linfield and George Fox, and the women in Southern California.

The IWU women really let one slip away vs. Wheaton.  Had them down 8 several times in the second half but gave up the lead in the last 2-3 minutes, letting several Wheaton players drive through the lane for easy buckets late in the game.  Really poor, tired defense.     

I hope you and your family are safe, healthy and vertical!  Merry Christmas!

All best for 2023.   

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[lmitzel]

NCC was supposed to go play in a tournament in Daytona Beach this week, but their flight was a casualty of the mass of Southwest cancellations. Looks like they're trying to get makeup games.

[RogK]

That stinks for everybody involved.
They must have been booked for Orlando or some other airport and then were planning to bus to Daytona.
Checking flightradar24, it appears that Southwest doesn't go to Daytona :
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/dab/arrivals
They could have connected via Charlotte on American or via Atlanta on Delta.
Of course, maybe those flights to Daytona airport were very expensive or not available.
I don't know who arranged the flights, maybe the tournament organizers or ?

[GoPerry]

That stinks for everybody involved.
They must have been booked for Orlando or some other airport and then were planning to bus to Daytona.
Checking flightradar24, it appears that Southwest doesn't go to Daytona :
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/dab/arrivals
They could have connected via Charlotte on American or via Atlanta on Delta.
Of course, maybe those flights to Daytona airport were very expensive or not available.
I don't know who arranged the flights, maybe the tournament organizers or ?

That is indeed a real bummer for the NCC ladies.  I hope they can find a way to get down there today to play at least one game.

I'm sure some of the Wheaton players are having trouble getting back to campus as well.  Given that they are playing at Loras' tourney on Thursday, several might have had flights yesterday I would think, especially for the players returning from Calif or points west.   Certainly today at latest.  And given that MDW is a major Southwest hub . . oh boy.

[lmitzel]

That stinks for everybody involved.
They must have been booked for Orlando or some other airport and then were planning to bus to Daytona.
Checking flightradar24, it appears that Southwest doesn't go to Daytona :
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/dab/arrivals
They could have connected via Charlotte on American or via Atlanta on Delta.
Of course, maybe those flights to Daytona airport were very expensive or not available.
I don't know who arranged the flights, maybe the tournament organizers or ?

That is indeed a real bummer for the NCC ladies.  I hope they can find a way to get down there today to play at least one game.

I don't know what the exact itinerary was, only that they were supposed to fly down and their flight was one of the many cancellations.

Games in Florida are officially cancelled (schedule update got pushed out this morning), and they're looking for makeups. Haven't heard of anything yet.

[iwu70]

What a mess on scheduling.  I don't know if the IWU women can make their way to Southern California for the two games they have out there in sunny LA-LA-land.   Time will tell . . .


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[GoPerry]

What a mess on scheduling.  I don't know if the IWU women can make their way to Southern California for the two games they have out there in sunny LA-LA-land.   Time will tell . . .


'70

If they're on Southwest (does Southwest fly out of B/N?) then chances are low.  We flew on United yesterday and had zero problem. 

[lmitzel]

Well, NCC was able to get one back on the docket. Kenyon will be making a trip to the hangar on Friday.

They were supposed to play in the D3Hoops.com Classic in Vegas, so I'm glad this worked out for them too.

[RogK]

Carthage has a new opponent for their Thursday game at Welch College in Gallatin TN.
https://athletics.carthage.edu/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Webster replaces Framingham State.

[Gregory Sager]

Well, NCC was able to get one back on the docket. Kenyon will be making a trip to the hangar on Friday.

They were supposed to play in the D3Hoops.com Classic in Vegas, so I'm glad this worked out for them too.

Carthage has a new opponent for their Thursday game at Welch College in Gallatin TN.
https://athletics.carthage.edu/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Webster replaces Framingham State.

Both developments are great news. I hate to see anybody's season cut short from the 25-game standard.

[GoPerry]

In the days only matinee, the Augie ladies fell to Wisconsin - Platteville 56-46 at Carver.  The Vikings out rebounded the Pioneers by 10 boards, 38-28.  But that couldn't make up for 24 Augustana turnovers to Platteville's 15.

Not a productive offensive day for either team.  Not single player scored in double digits for the Lady Vikes.  Carly Stone led the way with 8 points, 7 rebs.

[iwu70]

GoPerry, no Southwest out of Bloomington.  Not sure what the IWU women were booked on.  So far their games are still listed on the IWU schedule as being played in Southern California.   I hope they bused to Chicago and perhaps flew on United.   We'll see soon enough.  Men's games cancelled, the two games in Oregon.

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[GoPerry]

Univ Wisc – Stevens Point   52
Wheaton  46

Caroline Sikkink  15 pts, 6 rebs
Annika Richardson 14 pts,  7 rebs

Josie Nies  15 pts, 8 rebs
Gabby Gawlitta 13 rebs
Alexa Thompson 10 rebs

The Pointers completed their 4-0 sweep through the CCIW this season with a 50-40 victory over Wheaton at the Loras Holiday Classic.

There was nothing pretty in this one.  Neither team had played in the last 12 days and both squads really looked it.  Play was quite sloppy and both teams shot very poorly – UWSP 18/57 31.6%, WC 15/52 28.8%.   The Pointers out-rebounded Wheaton in the 1st half 25-11 including 10-1 on the offensive glass and ended the game +18/+12.  Only SP's 22 turnovers kept that game somewhat close.