WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[RogK]

The full North Central roster is posted.
The annual forecast of the CCIW standings occurred earlier this week. The coaches jointly foresee (1) IWU, (2) Carthage, (3) Millikin, (4) EC, (5) Wheaton, (6) North Central, (7) Augie, (8) North Park.
I think I'd put the top four as IWU, EC, Carthage and North Central.
I don't know any inside information such as injuries.

[RogK]

That emoticon in lieu of "8" in the prior post appeared without my putting it there and resists removal. Oh well.

[Mr. Ypsi]

That emoticon in lieu of "8" in the prior post appeared without my putting it there and resists removal. Oh well.

Quite a few people have discovered that problem on various boards, and found a variety of solutions.  My most common are to use periods instead of parens, or to leave a space - (8 ).

[RogK]

Thanks, Mr. Ypsi. I'll know what to do next time.

[RogK]

Wheaton's web site has a preview of the upcoming season. Mention is made of Coach Baker being on medical leave.
Best of luck to her in defeating whatever ailment it is. We at D3hoops wish her a prompt return to King Arena's courtside.

[jshoops]

Hey, just TWO weeks until IWU plays DePauw on the Big Muddy.  What a crazy first matchup of top 10 rated teams!  I might just see if I can catch a ride down there with a buddy.

[OshDude]

If anyone's interested in the D-III regional volleyball tournaments, I have a fairly extensive blog that covers the St. Thomas and Oshkosh (where CC will be) regionals. It's not bad in national terms, either. Stop by and tell me what you think.

I think one or two CCIW VB teams IMO got hosed.

[mr_b]

North Park dropped its first contest under new coach Amanda Reese, 69-64, to visiting Carroll College.  Greg Sager will provide his analysis later -- he was keeping the book on the game -- but from this outsider's perspective, the results look very promising.  Carroll is coming off a 19-5 record, and the Vikings hung close with the Pioneers throughout the whole game.  Kostreva (21 points), Phillips (17), and newcomer Larisa Coldebella (10) paced the Viking attack, and North Park outrebounded Carroll 40-28.

[RogK]

NP did indeed look promising, mr b. They're better than last year's team, in my early opinion. It was something of a disjointed contest, probably because the coaches reacted to problems, making adjustments which changed the feel of the game several times.
Elsewhere, Wheaton was outrebounded 54-38 by Ripon, but topped them anyway, 63-47. The Thunder had 18 steals.
Augustana lost to Coe 72-66. I think Augie will be improved over '07-'08 as well. A positive stat for them was 85% (17/20) at the foul line.
North Central's game is in progress.

[RogK]

North Central had not-too-good of a start, committing 33 turnovers, losing 87-70 to Stout. Only 6 offensive rebounds total. Even worse if you exclude the two "team rebounds."

[RogK]

North Central and Augustana evened their records at 1-1 with Sunday victories. The Cardinals made 31 free throws in a 70-60 win over Northland.
The Vikings beat Martin Luther (the college) 66-48, despite turning it over 33 times. Since they should be able to reduce the frequency of turnovers in future games, we might expect Augie to be scoring in the 70s with some regularity.
Congrats to Wheaton's Kathleen Fidelia on being CCIW player of the week, very likely to occur a few more times.

[RogK]

The Lady Reds of Carthage won their '08-'09 opener last night, getting past Aurora, 55-49.
They have eleven more road games up next on the schedule. I suspect they'll handle it pretty well, since they have a good and experienced bunch of players.
I wonder, will Coach Bernero sing "On the Road Again" to start each trip?

[RogK]

Augustana took Loras into OT, but couldn't prevail : 81-71. Augie assistant SID Adam Strand did a good write-up summarizing the game -- see their web site.
Millikin debuted the season with a 62-51 loss at NAIA McKendree. The always-energetic Tracie Yantis had 7 steals for the Big Blue. Kayla Pembrook had 12 rebounds.

[Mr. Ypsi]

What a tourney in St. Louis this weekend!   #10 IWU faces #3 DePauw; the winner gets to face (presumably) #1 WashU (their first-round opponent is Central, who won 4 games last year).

I'm sure there must have been early season tourneys even more stacked than 1, 3, and 10, but not by much!

BTW, over/under on how much Central loses by this weekend: 67.5.

[gottaluvhoops]

That is a tournament!  Should be a fun one to watch!! 

I'll take the under on the Central game.  If I remember correctly it was in this same tournament two years ago that Central beat Wash U.  Or am I mistaken?