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Quote from: Pat Coleman on April 11, 2025, 12:06:54 PMNot every WIAC school has reciprocity with Minnesota -- just the ones closer to the border.

Not true. It's a UW System/MN thing.  Lady Dawgs of UWSP are recruiting in MN with earnest.

Earnest? Is that one of their Assistant Coaches? 😉

This would be a reeeally nice addition for the Thunder if Facebook is to be believed. Reid Olson, from Niles North High School, is a major outside threat from as far out as 30 ft, has a high motor, and is not afraid of crunch time and pressure. He was 3rd team IBCA All-State. He might be the Thunder's best Chicagoland recruit since Tim McCrary. He had a lot of interest at a few levels, including a scholarship offer from D2 Purdue-Northwest. I know they had a coaching change after their season ended and suspect that might have played a role in this change of plans.

I'm thinking back to one of Coach Mike Schauer's post-game interviews which are always interesting for one reason or another, and after one towards the end of this past season he mentioned that if a few things fell into place he would be very excited about the combination of this year's Freshman class and this upcoming season's incoming Freshmen. Between the two brothers from Arizona already mentioned, and now this apparent addition, we might be starting to see what he was referring to.

https://www.hudl.com/profile/16984456/Reid-Olson

Quote from: PauldingLightUP on March 26, 2025, 02:13:18 PMWheaton schedule is posted.

Non cons at Concordia Chicago, vs Lake Forest, at Hope, vs Benedictine, vs Pfund Classic x2 TBA, at Manchester, at Wisconsin Lutheran, at Chicago.

https://athletics.wheaton.edu/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2025-26

Actually their first game looks to be a little more of a road trip up to the Wisconsin shores of Lake Michigan at Concordia, WI.

Quote from: markerickson on February 25, 2025, 10:55:27 AMIs the RESPECT Award comparable to tykes' 'everybody gets a trophy" award? /s  For example, what did DJ Wallace do to earn his award?

If you would spend five minutes with DJ, you wouldn't need to ask this question.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 04, 2025, 07:35:50 PMNorth Park 69
Carthage 68

John Gaines: 11 pts, 7 rebs
DJ Wallace, 10 pts, 3 stls
Tristan Arneaud: 4:1 a:to
Davante Robinson: 4 stls
Rico Powell: 3 stls

Riley Brooks: 19 pts
AJ Johnson: 18 pts (10-11 FT)
Ryan Johnson: 10 pts, 10 rebs, 3 blks

Taijon Barry made the first of two FTs to break a tie with one second left, and Rico Powell grabbed the offensive rebound after Barry missed the second. Kudos to Carthage for forcing the game to go down to the wire by closing late, as NPU led for the vast majority of the game but could never put away the Firebirds; the Vikings never led by more than 10.

North Park moves to 9-4, 4-0, and is the last undefeated team left in CCIW play. Carthage drops to 8-4, 2-1.

Big, big road win for the Park.

As exciting as Wallace's 10 pts are, his 5 rebounds are just as exciting, if not moreso!

Well, with tonight's Wheaton win over Concordia-WI, the CCIW moves to 17-7, for a winning percentage of almost 71%. I wonder what's improved over last year: our teams or our scheduling?

Because I'm not sure how well the evening will go for the CCIW, this might be a good time to point out that, at 14-5, the CCIW's non-con winning percentage is a fairly robust .700.  Let's enjoy that while we can.

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Quote from: Greek Tragedy on September 07, 2024, 07:04:42 AMI think posted elsewhere, but not here.

Carthage has 3 D2 transfers coming in.

https://twitter.com/WisBBYearbook/status/1831111266670428463?t=GUTEpuCe6Rma-bnL-uc4HA&s=19

Arnold and Montgomery played a combined 27 minutes last season, so I don't think we're going to see a lot of playing time out of either unless there's an injury, someone transferred out, or, in the immortal words of Herb Brooks, "someone's game goes to 'heck'".

Riley Brooks, on the other hand, played good minutes at NMU and could be just what SteveD needs to replace some of the void left by Fillip Bulatovic.

Looking forward to this season. Carthage returns a lot of pieces. Johnson, Johnson, Nesbitt, Campbell, Sigel, Williams...should be a fun year (just) north of the border.

Now can we do something about those Saturday 4:00 starts??

None of the transfers are on the roster...and neither is Campbell.

https://athletics.carthage.edu/sports/mens-basketball/roster

But no Freshmen are listed yet either so the transfers will likely appear when the roster is complete. Campbell,though, is a significant loss.

My son just sent me this.   https://athletics.augustana.edu/news/2023/12/20/mens-basketball-augustana-announces-leadership-change-for-mens-basketball-program.aspx

Quote from: Gregory Sager on September 16, 2023, 05:22:32 PM
North Park is playing two exhibition games against D1 teams this season:

Nov. 2 @ DePaul
Nov. 9 @ SIU-Edwardsville

Dick Vitale is finally getting his dream matchup 43 years later.

When/if you get a time and an actual address for the DePaul game, could you post that too? I'd love to get over there and see that.

Quote from: WUPHF on September 16, 2023, 09:54:29 AM
Understood.  I thought I would add that in case any Millikin were feeling nervous though long term, I guess we should all be nervous.

From your vantage point and experience, what are some of the warning signs of a Higher Ed institution that's in financial trouble? Is it the cutting of academic programs, athletic programs, an increasing use of adjunct faculty, declining enrollment (which might be more of a chicken/egg issue), a disproportionate and increasing reliance on online, off-campus learning? Maybe it's all of these things and more but are there any telltale signs that you (or anyone else on the board) are aware of?

Quote from: WUPHF on September 15, 2023, 11:57:57 PM
I waste a lot of my time thinking about the future of higher education including the enrollment and financial trends and for what it is worth, Millikin is far better off than Cabrini.

Oh, I wasn't meaning to equate the two situations - just to "justify" putting it on this board.

I realize the article I have linked below has no direct CCIW connection but it does discuss the closing of Cabrini University at the end of this academic year and mentions several other small Liberal Arts schools that have closed or are likely to close in the near future. I know there was talk on this board last Spring (?) of Millikin not refilling certain positions and maybe eliminating others. Scary times for a lot of Higher Ed institutions.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/business/financial-health/2023/06/26/cabrini-university-will-close#:~:text=After%20months%20of%20seeking%20a,deal%20to%20acquire%20its%20campus.

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Quote from: lmitzel on September 08, 2023, 04:47:16 PM
NCC sharing their incoming class for this season. Six freshmen, three transfers.

Albion's Ken Thomas was a 2nd team all-MIAA. 16 pts and 6.9 rebs.

Gaston was 1st team NJCAA D3 AA. A couple of high quality transfers.

Well that makes at least three quality additions then because Tyler Swierczek from Palatine High School is a Freshman who would add value to any CCIW rotation. Ive seen him play for four years now and he is the real deal. Solid all round player on both ends of the floor and particularly dangerous from beyond the arc.