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#1
Quote from: WUPHF on April 29, 2020, 11:30:07 PM
Thanks for continuing to post on the Brandeis recruits.

Emory picked up a 6-4 point guard out Lincoln, Nebraska.

Jaxson Barber averaged 22.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.

I'm not sure I would call him a point guard, but he should be a very good player for Emory. Pretty long and athletic, and rebounds well for a 6-4 player.
#2
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 10, 2020, 01:10:53 PM
Thanks. Good post about NWU. However, I meant in terms of conference foes. The usual suspects, BVU, Wartburg? Loras or even Coe?

I really don't know about any recruits anyone has, but based on returning players, I would say Loras has the most returning. NWU loses almost everyone, Coe loses a lot, BVU loses their best player in Jeffries, Simpson loses a lot. It should be pretty wide open. Wartburg has some good returnees, but they will need to get better.
#3
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 09, 2020, 10:38:19 PM
So...looking at next year, as NWU graduates everyone and their mother, who's taking the reigns?

That is an interesting question. Not counting any transfers that may come in, there will be 0 seniors on the team next year. No one will have started a game for NWU. The most minutes this year of any returning player is 190, and the next highest is 79.

When the current 4 year run started, the Garver/Cook class were sophomores and the Schimonitz/Hiller/Dirks/Bahe/Hall class were freshmen. Cook played quite a bit as a freshman, but Garver only played a total of 138 minutes. They were young, but they also had some seniors on the team, along with junior transfer Wells-Ross, who gave them some good guidance and direction.

Next years team will not have that senior leadership and guidance, so the young players will have to figure it out. Hopefully, the last 2 years of seniors left them with some knowledge and guidance on how to proceed as a team. There is some good talent returning, and from what I hear some talented newcomers, but it will be young. They will be learning on the fly.

Coach Wellman and the rest of the coaching staff will definitely earn their money next year. I know they will be up to the task, and will have the team be as competitive as it can be.

 
#4
I guess NWU better not lose anymore, or they will drop completely out of the rankings. They drop 2 spots after winning their only game and are passed by 2 teams that did not even play. Sheesh.
#5
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 26, 2019, 12:00:06 PM
St. Thomas might have their number. Sometimes that happens. Also, we have to remember St. Thomas got hammered at Whitworth, while NWU did beat ranked St. John's by 20+ on their home floor.

The NWU/St. Johns game was a neutral court game.
#6
You are absolutely correct come tournament time, but throughout the year, they played more guys.

Last year for example, Jack Hiller missed 9 complete games, and parts of a few others with injuries, and Nate Schimonitz missed 3 complete games and parts of others with injuries. NWU was undefeated in all of those games. NWU beat Loras by 18 points with both Hiller and Schimonitz not playing. Clay Reimers also only played 21 minutes because of foul trouble. They went to Simpson, the number 4 team in the league, and won by 12. Hiller and Schimonitz again did not play, and Reimers played only 10 minutes because of foul trouble. They were able to do this because the 8th, 9th and 10th players on the bench played well when called upon.

The bench was really shortened in the tournament though.



Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 09, 2019, 01:33:17 PM
Quote from: rlgyank on November 08, 2019, 04:07:21 PM
I haven't seen NWU practice or anything, but I don't think their depth will be as good this year, at least at the start of the season. The top 7 will have a lot of prior season minutes under their belts, but after that they will need a couple of less experienced players to step up. I am looking forward to the opening game tonight against St. Johns, it will be a good early season test of where both teams stand.



They won a national title two years ago playing six guys.  They were a national contender last year playing seven guys.  I don't think "depth" has ever been a real hallmark for NWU.
#7
I haven't seen NWU practice or anything, but I don't think their depth will be as good this year, at least at the start of the season. The top 7 will have a lot of prior season minutes under their belts, but after that they will need a couple of less experienced players to step up. I am looking forward to the opening game tonight against St. Johns, it will be a good early season test of where both teams stand.


Quote from: Smitty Oom on November 08, 2019, 03:28:17 PM
Quote from: Goldy97 on November 06, 2019, 01:48:38 PM
Was able to find the video on the Twitter-sphere. That's Duhawk freshman Ocean Johnson with the crossover and big-time slam over a pair of defenders. Lot of exciting youth on the Duhawks after losing the trio of DiCanio, Ruggles, and George. Here's the link to the dunk... https://twitter.com/breakawaybball/status/1191230626516606976?s=21

Not too shabby from the young Duhawk..

Would love to read something from one of the Prairie Wolves fans about their team heading into the post Garver-Cook era in Lincoln. What does the depth look like this year? Schimonitz will for sure be a player of the year candidate, but will he stay as effecient with the defenses focusing on him and more of a work load?

I know Simpson brings back stud Connor Riordan as well as their other top 3 scorers, but think it will be a solid first test for the Storm., especially on the road. Bethany Lutheran returns 4 of their 5 starters and 4 of their top 5 scorers. Cire Mayfield was one of the most impressive freshman in the entire nation last year by box score. Admittedly did not watch much of him last year but he was a great recruit for BLU, very athletic and good shooter (49% FG and 40% 3PT FG last year, while scoring 20 ppg). They also return Trenton Krueger, a D2 transfer big man, who is a very good complimentary piece to Cire.
#8
My condolences to the BVU community on the passing of Canyon Hopkins. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
#9
Congratulations to the teams that received the NABC team academic excellence awards for this year. Those teams are NWU, Coe, Simpson, & Wartburg. Those were the number 1, 3, 4, and 5 teams in the standings, so they got it done both on the court and in the classroom.
#10
It would be much easier for St. Thomas to join the ARC than the WIAC if you are looking at the name of the conference. The ARC has already changed their name to account for non Iowa schools, where as the WIAC might have to change their name if they added St. Thomas.    ;D


Quote from: doolittledog on May 24, 2019, 08:54:04 AM
I think the WIAC needs St Thomas more than the ARC would like St Thomas.
Basketball wise St Thomas would be a great addition to the ARC, and would add to an already strong lineup of schools. They are on a river 😅 That could be a fun road trip for everyone. Likewise in other sports they would be at or near the top in all of them and I think the trip to the cities would be enjoyable.
But this is really about football. The WIAC schools struggle to fill 3 non-con games each year. If they bring in St Thomas that schedule making becomes much easier. The WIAC schools open a new recruiting area. The travel isn't outrageous. And competitively they wouldn't be overwhelmed by St Thomas.
#11
Congratulations to Trevor Johnson on his new job as head coach of Buena Vista. As a former Prairie Wolf, I know he will do a great job. I will be rooting for him except for 2 times each year, and possibly more if they meet in the post season!!!!!
#12
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 29, 2019, 02:19:57 PM
Who are the prime candidates to take over for Garver and Cook in the starting lineup at NWU? Any big transfers coming in?


Not aware of any transfers at this point. Nate Bahe will probably be one of the new starters. I would say the other one would come from a group of Cordell Gillingham, Dylan Dirks, Austin Hall, or Peyton Priest. This could change depending on any transfers that end up coming in.

NWU will miss Cook and Garver. On a national level, I think NWU was known as an offensive team, and they were, but Cook and Garver will leave NWU as the all time leaders at NWU in 2 defensive statistics. Cook in blocked shots and Garver in steals. Those areas will not be as easy to replace as the scoring will be.
#13
Quote from: Drake Palmer on March 12, 2019, 12:50:49 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 12, 2019, 06:27:27 AM

Yeah, the West was super stacked this year.  Personally I would've had Gabbard in there, but sometimes UCSC gets overlooked by people because of their largely non-d3 schedule.  I can't speak for how voters were thinking.

As for Coplin, maybe I watched the wrong games; he doesn't seem as well-rounded to me as Garver.  He's got a year, though.  Honestly, I feel like his junior year was a lot like Aston Francis's, so I guess the sky's the limit!

Well Rounded? Trust me, Coplin is well rounded.  Garver had the distinct advantage of working with a full complement of other uber talented players, and thus his assist average is higher than Coplin's, 7.6 apg vs. 3.5 apg. Steals per game were a push, 2.4 steals/game for Coplin, 3.0 steals for Garver, but in virtually every other statistical category, Coplin came out way ahead. 

Points
Coplin 28.0ppg - Garver 15.9ppg

Rebounds
Coplin 9.4rpg - Garver 4.3 rpg

3FGA
Coplin 43.4% - Garver 35.3%

Both players won the POY for their respective conference, and each were selected to their conference's All Defense team. The MIAC doesn't award a defensive player of the year as the ARC does, which Garver won, but if the MIAC did award a Defensive player of the year award, I'm sure Coplin would have nabbed that one as well.

Much like Francis with Wheaton, Coplin had a different role to fill for Augsburg than Garver did with Nebraska Wesleyan. Wheaton wouldn't be in the Final Four without Francis. Augsburg wouldn't have reached the MIAC tourney final and come within a hair of qualifying for the Big Dance without Coplin.   I think Neb Wes would have still won the ARC without Garver.   Having said this, Ryan Garver is certainly a solid choice, but my guy would have been Booker Coplin.

While I am not here to debate who is a better player, they are both very deserving, but if you are going to throw stats out there, at least use the correct info.

The ARC does not have an all defensive team.
Coplin averaged 2.2 steals per game, not 2.4. And to call steals a push is not correct. 3.0 steals over 2.2 steals is a 36% difference.
Coplin averaged 3.3 assists per game, not 3.5.
Garver averaged 5.9 rebounds per game, not 4.3.

Just a few other stats to compare:
FG % - Coplin .521, Garver .629
FT % - Coplin .897, Garver .745
Total Blocks - Coplin 27, Garver 6
Assist/TO Ratio - Coplin 1.16, Garver 3.96

So each player had their stronger categories over the other player. Overall both players are very good. And I see Coplin was named the West district Player of the year by the NABC, so they both received a POY award.

The stats are public info for anyone to see them, when you use the wrong stats, and they all happen to go in the favor of the argument you are making, that doesn't look very good, in my opinion.

Congrats to both players.
#14
Quote from: Smitty Oom on March 11, 2019, 09:16:44 PM
I dont know if there is anyone here, but I posted this in the MIAC thread. My condolences to Jaran Sabus and the Knights. I think you got snubbed, by whomever dropped the ball in not getting you nominated for All-Region.

Quote from: Smitty Oom on March 11, 2019, 09:09:32 PM
This was my projected All-Region teams...
Quote from: Smitty Oom in the All-American Thread
   Player of the Year   Booker Coplin    Augsburg
   Coach of the Year   John Tauer   St. Thomas
   Freshman of the Year   Anders Nelson   St. Thomas
         
   FIRST TEAM     
   PLAYER   TEAM   YEAR
G   Austin Butler   Whitman   Sr
G   Ryan Garver   Nebraska Wesleyan   Sr
G   Ryan DiCanio   Loras   Sr
F   Daniel Rosenbaum   Pomona Pitzer   Sr
F   Booker Coplin   Augsburg   Jr
         
   SECOND TEAM     
   PLAYER   TEAM   YEAR
G   Kyle Roach   Whitworth   Sr
G   Jaran Sabus   Wartburg   Sr
G   Josh Ruggles    Loras   Sr
F   Tim Wendell   Crown   Jr
F   Cooper Cook   Nebraska Wesleyan   Sr
         
   THIRD TEAM     
   PLAYER   TEAM   YEAR
G   David Stokman   St. John's   Sr
G   Joey Hewitt   Whitman   Sr
G   Ben College   Whitworth   Jr
F   Zach Baines   Occidental   Sr
F   Austin DeWitz   Occidental   Sr

I think they got the first team right. Those 5 were pretty clearly the top choices. Roach and Cooper Cook were locks for the second team and from there I had a tougher time determining a handful of players for those last 3 spots on the second team. No qualms about having Hewitt, Baines and College bumped up a team.

I think the biggest snub was senior Jaran Sabus of Wartburg. He scored 21 ppg/6 reb/4.4 ast while shooting over 50% from the field while leading a very good Wartburg team that finished 3rd in a tough ARC with a 17-9 record and was flirting with that 8th spot in regional rankings all of Feb. Not only are his counting stats better than Kent Hanson's, but his team was much better.

I agree with you, Jaren Sabus was certainly deserving.  I would also throw in Conor Riordan from Simpson and Nate Schimonitz of NWU as deserving players. I don't know how they compare to the other players, but they were certainly very good.
#15
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: 2019 NCAA Tournament
March 09, 2019, 12:48:39 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 09, 2019, 10:09:54 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 08, 2019, 10:22:05 PM
Biggest upset of the night: Wheaton 93, Augustana 79 at the Carver P.E. Center.

Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 08, 2019, 10:19:33 PM
For all the endless talk about sectional hosts that's raged on for a full week, the hosts have gone 1-3 tonight with only UW-Oshkosh surviving into the elite 8.

They're dancing in the streets of Oshkosh tonight.

On the mens side for 2018, Augustana is in bold, but Oshkosh went to the final 4, not Augustana.

Sectional hosts are not as successful as one might expect:
https://www.d3hoops.com/playoffs/sectional-hosts-chart