WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

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Gregory Sager

Sitting here courtside at the UIC Pavilion scorer's table. Time to set aside football, soccer, and volleyball and get back into basketball PBP mode, so forgive me if I make an inadvertent reference to a blitz, a through pass, or a side dig.  ;) Tipoff's at 7 pm. Video is courtesy of ESPN3; I'm doing the audio. http://athletics.northpark.edu/news/2016/11/3/womens-basketball-wbb-opens-season-with-exhibition-at-uic.aspx
"To see what is in front of one's nose is a constant struggle." -- George Orwell

iwu70

Titans played an exhibition vs. Quincy College, and gave them a good game, losing by about 4-5, after leading much of the first half.  McGraw with 23, Ehresman 16, and Maddie Merritt 13.  Some poor three point shooting again, so some of the others have to pick it up from the perimeter.  Mia has a lot of experience coming back and I expect the Titans to be very good, battled-tested by conference season time, playing again a tough pre-conference schedule, with two games vs. WIAC and a game at Wash U?  Schedule and roster now all up.  Should be a good season for the Titans. 

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RogK

When I spoke to Greg before the North Park - UIC game last evening, I forgot to ask him "Is that you I see?"
He would have replied "no," and, pointing at the host team, "that's UIC."

Gregory Sager

"To see what is in front of one's nose is a constant struggle." -- George Orwell

Gregory Sager

Last night turned into somewhat more of a mess than I had expected, even granted that NPU was playing a D1 team. The Vikings led for quite a bit of the first quarter, and they were up 18-16 with a minute and a half left before UIC suddenly remembered that it was a D1 program. And that was pretty much the end of it. The Flames went on a 17-0 run that went deep into the second quarter, and they never looked back. It was the first of what would turn out to be two NPU scoring droughts of almost five minutes apiece in the game. In the end, UIC won by about forty or so, as the Flames not only had five or six inches on the Vikings at every position but vastly more quickness as well -- and the size and quickness were the difference in the full-court press that the Flames used until well into the fourth quarter.

Of course, the whole point was for the Park to gain the experience of playing a team with superior personnel in a game that doesn't count, so that when the Vikings do play a game that counts (they travel to St. Mary's IN on the opening night of D3 basketball season) their opponents will look that much smaller and slower. But, aside from that, there's really no takeaway from this exhibition that I can share, other than the fact that the Vikings did a nice job of cleaning up the terrible free-throw shooting from the Benedictine scrimmage.
"To see what is in front of one's nose is a constant struggle." -- George Orwell

Backer

Is it anticipated that CCIW will do preseason coaches videos as they have in the past?

lmitzel

Quote from: Backer on November 08, 2016, 02:59:22 PM
Is it anticipated that CCIW will do preseason coaches videos as they have in the past?

I don't have inside knowledge on this, but considering they did it for football this year I'd imagine they'll do the video previews again this season. Last year they did them in the week leading up to the start of the season so I'd assume more of the same this year. Maybe tomorrow/Thursday/Friday?
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RogK

#5062
The Carroll season preview :
http://gopios.com/news/2016/11/14/carroll-womens-basketball-preview.aspx
Sounds like they know they're in for a very difficult couple of years. The article doesn't state the obvious : the previous coach (lauded as winningest in program history) left her successor very little to work with.

Gregory Sager

As the presser mentioned, Carroll has no seniors. The team's two juniors (Brittney Wald and Morgan Lund) are established players who were solid contributors last year, albeit for a Pioneers team that finished under .500 in an inferior league. The two returning sophomores are a 5 mpg rotation contributor who put up awful numbers last season and a player who rarely saw the floor last season, while the other soph is a soccer player who didn't play hoops for Carroll last season and didn't have much of a high-school hoops career.

The other seven Carroll players are freshmen. I'm surprised that Lindsay Schultz was able to bring in such a large class, considering that she wasn't even hired until late June. Kudos to her for really getting after it on the recruiting trail under difficult circumstances. Of course, the bigger question is whether or not she was able to land any quality at such a late date. It appears that three or four of them had decent high-school careers, but I'm just not familiar enough with Wisconsin girls basketball to be able to tell if the leagues in which they played were of a quality comparable to the level typical of the Chicagoland suburban leagues that produce most CCIW players.

My guess is that you're right, Rog. It won't be pretty for the Pioneers this year.
"To see what is in front of one's nose is a constant struggle." -- George Orwell

lmitzel

Quote from: lmitzel on November 08, 2016, 09:15:47 PM
Quote from: Backer on November 08, 2016, 02:59:22 PM
Is it anticipated that CCIW will do preseason coaches videos as they have in the past?

I don't have inside knowledge on this, but considering they did it for football this year I'd imagine they'll do the video previews again this season. Last year they did them in the week leading up to the start of the season so I'd assume more of the same this year. Maybe tomorrow/Thursday/Friday?

Well, I was close; the conference just posted previews for all nine schools on their Twitter feed.

Augie: https://t.co/POSqCGdqbK
Carroll: https://t.co/Hxy9U4r2No
Carthage: https://t.co/OYd2htJ47x
Elmhurst: https://t.co/AlJ7KUM9JQ
Illinois Wesleyan: https://t.co/lJpwG3CRKT
Millikin: https://t.co/iba7QnbjAg
NCC: https://t.co/C8mnvbbqt0
North Park: https://t.co/KSxjPfg7vk
Wheaton: https://t.co/KQTR4mytjz

My afternoon's booked.
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iwu70

Let the games begin!  Good luck to the Titans for a very successful season.

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Gregory Sager

In this video, NPU SID Kevin Shepke interviewed head coach Amanda Crockett for the NPU preseason preview.
"To see what is in front of one's nose is a constant struggle." -- George Orwell

Gregory Sager

"To see what is in front of one's nose is a constant struggle." -- George Orwell

Gregory Sager

Tonight's season openers

Carthage (9-16) @ Loras (16-8)
Elmhurst (13-13) @ Franklin (19-8)
North Park (16-9) @ St. Mary's (IN) (1-24)
Rockford (3-22) @ Augustana (10-15)
Monmouth (5-18) @ Millikin (9-16)
Wheaton (22-6) @ Hope (26-2)
"To see what is in front of one's nose is a constant struggle." -- George Orwell

Gregory Sager

#5069
North Park 84, St. Mary's (IN) 38

Liz Rehberger: 19 pts
Alicia Arnold: 18 pts
Gabby Sandoval: 11 pts
Brie Lippert: 6 rebs
Amani Davis: 4 stls, 6:1 a:to

I figured that NPU would win this one, but I wasn't expecting this big of a romp. The Vikings led by 54 at one point(!), and all 14 players on the roster got game time, with 12 of them scoring.

Congrats to Liz Rehberger on joining the Thousand Points Club tonight!
"To see what is in front of one's nose is a constant struggle." -- George Orwell