WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[npbaseball40]

Congratulations to Greg Sager on his induction into the North Park Viking Hall of Fame!  He is well deserving of this honor, given his dedication to and support of all Viking sports and his work as announcer in many of them (and at times, two different sports on the same day!).  The ceremony will take place on December 2nd.

Congrats, Greg, and thanks for all you do to support NPU Athletics, at the mic and away from it!

Press Release:
https://athletics.northpark.edu/news/2023/8/9/baseball-north-park-athletics-announces-viking-hall-of-fame-2023-class.aspx

[RogK]

Congrats to Greg!
One of many admirable things he does : while preparing for a broadcast, he learns how to correctly pronounce the names on the visiting team roster. This shows respect for those players and coaches.
We've all heard lazy and/or disrespectful broadcasters from some other schools who are happy to mangle pronunciations of player names, even some on their own school's team.

[Gregory Sager]

Thanks, guys. Much appreciated!

[RogK]

Another good aspect of Greg's broadcasts is that he doesn't use the opportunity to editorialize on other topics.
But he almost made a political comment during a North Park baseball webcast in April.
North Park won in the bottom of the 9th with a perfectly executed squeeze bunt.
Greg wanted to do a quick postgame interview with that batter, but the guy couldn't be located.
Greg said : Hey, where is that bunter hidin'?

[Gregory Sager]

[Gotberg]

Another good aspect of Greg's broadcasts is that he doesn't use the opportunity to editorialize on other topics.
But he almost made a political comment during a North Park baseball webcast in April.
North Park won in the bottom of the 9th with a perfectly executed squeeze bunt.
Greg wanted to do a quick postgame interview with that batter, but the guy couldn't be located.
Greg said : Hey, where is that bunter hidin'?

+k

[RogK]

Here is the new IWU Titans' roster :
https://www.iwusports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/2023-24
All 13 players who were not seniors in '22-'23 are returning, joined by 6 newcomers.

[iwu70]

IWU will play an exhibition vs.  ISU on October 29th, at 1 p.m. at ISU.  It's a double-header with the men playing ISU after . . . all for a good caused, the B/N West side development . . . and a mental health initiative between the two Universities.   See the press release on the IWU sports site now.   

I was at the last men's game in 1970 (my senior year at IWU), when Tommy Gramkow hit the winning shot with seconds to play, IWU winning that last game, 53 years ago, 68-67.  We had some fun that night . . . with a live chicken pre-game . . .  "the real Redbird" for cancelling the series.     One of the great moments in IWU sports history.  Thank you Tommy Gramkow '70.   


IWU'70

[iwu70]

Strong returning roster for IWU.  Plenty of talent there, esp. if all are healthy.

No Katelyn Heller . . . I thought she was returning for another year, and doing a nursing major at IWU.   Looks like she's not back.  Kelly Carlson still around, working now for the Sports Information team. 

If Powers and Knutson are healthy, Mia Smith is going to have a very good 9-10 person rotation.  Sawyer White becomes the PG, and then Powers, Palmer, Knutson and Huber.   Plenty of good bench support.  Perhaps Mahlum challenges for a starting position.   

I look forward to the ISU exhibition game on October 29th. 

IWU'70

[RogK]

Millikin's new roster :
https://athletics.millikin.edu/sports/womens-basketball/roster/2023-24
All 14 of last season's non-seniors are back.
Bailey Coffman returns as a grad student.
There are five freshmen.
There are four other newcomers, including Matayia Tellis and Emily Brenneisen, who have transferred over from Augustana.

[RogK]

Carthage has revealed its schedule :
https://athletics.carthage.edu/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
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[RogK]

North Central has a 21 player roster :
https://northcentralcardinals.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
Looks like Elle Sutter will be back following the soccer season.
Six return from last season, joined by 9 freshmen and 5 non-freshman newcomers.
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North Park now has 9 nonconf opponents :
https://athletics.northpark.edu/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
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[Gregory Sager]

Yes, the Vikings just added a new season opener, which they will play against another set of Vikings (the Lawrence brand) up in Appleton on November 8. Works out well, since the NPU men's team plays at Lawrence the same night, so it'll be a women's/men's doubleheader and the school can save on the bus rental.

It will mark only the second time ever that North Park has played Lawrence. NPU defeated LU on December 19, 2019 by a score of 77-63 in the Loras Holiday Tourney in Dubuque. Lauren Lee had her best game ever as a Viking, leading the way with 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals.

[lmitzel]

North Central has a 21 player roster :
https://northcentralcardinals.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
Looks like Elle Sutter will be back following the soccer season.
Six return from last season, joined by 9 freshmen and 5 non-freshman newcomers.

She had been in the transfer portal for soccer, which is why she didn't play for NCC basketball last year. That's a huge return and I am giddy.

Super young team with just two seniors, only one of whom has been around for multiple years (Megan McClure). I'll be interested to see what the rotation ends up looking like and how this group gels.

[Gregory Sager]

North Park's 2023-24 roster is up.