Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 17, 2025, 05:39:10 PMCongrats to Mike Vuckovic upon being named CCIW Student-Athlete of the Week.

And, again, kudos to Mike for finding ways to help his team on Saturday afternoon, even as the UWL defense forced him to give up the ball. Six assists and six rebounds for a PG against a top ten team is nothing to sniff at, especially since he only committed two turnovers. Through NPU's first three games Vuckovic is averaging 23.7 ppg (with a .519 FG%), 7.0 rpg, and 4.7 apg (with a 2:1 ratio), plus he's on better than a steal-per-game pace.

Some quality background announcing going on in the picture connected with the link.

Quote from: iwu70 on January 15, 2025, 10:21:25 PMIWU @The Griz, over the Big Blue 77-60.  IWU to 14-2, 6-1.

For MU:

Thomann 24
Straughter 13
Travis 9

Shooting 47%, 35% from three, and 67% from the FT line.

For IWU:

Funk 16 and 9
Colak 14
Roper 12 and 7
Fridman 12, 1 TO
Wilmsen 11
Williams 8, 5 assists, 4 steals

IWU winning the rebounding line 39-25, the TO line 12-17 and the steals line 10-5.

IWU at 44%, 37% from three, and 65% from the FT line. 

It was 36-all at the half, IWU winning the second half 41-24 for the win.  77-60 Final.

IWU'70

It's like I always say...get to 77, win the game.

Quote from: GusD on December 15, 2024, 03:41:21 PM

Quote from: GusD on December 14, 2024, 05:27:13 PMAt the conclusion of today's festivities, both coaching staffs were observed bidding the officiating crew a very fond adieu and wishing them well in their next assignment(s )   

As delineated above by robertgoulet, North Central was especially upset with the targeting call that likely wasn't.

Springfield likewise found fault with several calls. However the Pride gave evidence of being an especially chippy outfit. They lost a TD on an illegal blindside crack back block, had two unsportsmanlike penalties called, and two of their players were ejected for their transgressions. Additionally, a Springfield player openly swung and connected with Cardinal Danny Nuccio. The incident occurred out in the open right in front of the stands and was visible to the majority of those in attendance but was either missed or ignored by the officials. If it had justifiably been called, it could have easily resulted in a 3rd ejection for the team from Massachusetts.

Welcome back, AndOne.

Quote from: iwu70 on October 21, 2022, 07:22:00 AM
Thanks, Mr_b, yes, some of us do have great joy in the history and traditions of our school's athletic programs.  Mine goes back to pre-Sikma days at IWU in the late 60s, when we still played ISU in basketball.  That was the Tommy Gramkow, Fred Evans and Sheldon Thompson team days.   Long trips to Kansas City instead of trips to Salem.  I believe I'm even a few years older that Mssr. Sager, the man of multiple eye rolls.  But, he is very olde.  As I'm "iwu 70" you can easily calculate my age . . . 

I did hear a WGLT report recently on the renovations now going on at the old ISU Horton Fieldhouse, so that high school basketball tournaments and games could be hosted there.  The ISU Athletic Department official describing the renovations even said that ISU was planning on approaching IWU again to see if a cross-town basketball renewal might be possible . . .  we do now play ISU in baseball, but not in basketball since 1969 or so, when IWU beat ISU in that last game . . . with Tommy Gramkow hitting the winning jumper from the free-throw line, as time expired.  One of the best days in IWU basketball history . . . 

Some students, I won't say who, were able to sneak a white chicken into the game under the cheerleaders' pompoms, and said chicken was tossed out on the playing surface just before tip - off.  Said students had a big banner that was paraded around Horton with the words, "The Real Redbird."   The series was being cancelled by ISU.  We had some fun in those days . . .

IWU'70

It doesn't bother me, all in good fun, but it is pretty funny how many times this story gets brought up on these boards.  Perhaps we can change the stats under our posting names on the left side to reflect this:

Name:
Rank:
Posts:
Karma:
Times Referencing the Last IWU/ISU Game:

Quote from: Titan Q on February 28, 2019, 02:16:22 PM

Quote from: USee on February 28, 2019, 09:22:09 AM
Friday, 5:30PM @Wooster

Wheaton Crusaders (Thunder)

Starters:
#1 Aston "Don't Call Me" Francis, G, 6-1, Sr
#10 Luke "Acts" Peters "Paul and Mary", G, 6-4, Sr
#35 Spencer "Khal Drago" Peterson, F, 6-6, Jr
#25 Spencer "Hakeem" Anjuwon, F, 6-8, Jr
#22 "Say My" Nameye Adom, G, 6-1, So

Key Reserves:
#33 Kobe "Bryant" Eichelberger, G, 6-5, Sr
#24 Luke "May" Anthony, G, 6-3, So
#33 Trevor Gunter "Gatherer", F, 6-6 Sr

Hanover Panthers

Starters:
#3 "My iPhone" Cam Fails, G, 5-11, Sr
#5 Isaac "Old Mother" Hibbard, G, 6-0, So
#21 Blake "Griffin" Robertson, G, 6-2, Jr
#40 Kevin "Durant" Williams, F, 6-5, Jr
#25 Ryan "Arcidiacono" Cloncs, F, 6-3, Jr

Key Reserves:
#14 Zach "LaVine" Harp, G, 6-3, Fr
#11 Logan "I Don't Give a" Ratts, G, 6-1, Jr
#52 "Evangelical" Christian Reed, F, 6-5, Jr
#35 Carlos "Jerry" Garcia, F, 6-2, Fr

Outstanding job, as always.

Special mention, I think, to Evangelical Christian Reed, My iPhone Cam Fails, and Trevor Gunter Gatherer.  Well done.

Quote from: AndOne on February 14, 2019, 11:55:48 PM

Quote from: kiko on February 13, 2019, 10:04:10 PM
North Central wins in Kenosha, 85-54.  I did not get home in time to watch this one live, but of note is the fact that Matt Cappelletti logged zero minutes tonight.  I'm sure someone can chime in with context as I'm not sure what led to this, but I hope it was a one-off.

Blaise Meredith with 22 and 14
Connor Raridon with 21 and 8 boards
Aaron Jones with 10 and 5 assists

For Carthage:
Kienan Baltimore with 16
Jordan Kedrowski with 14
Sean Johnson with 10


Carthage was just 4-of-29 from three in this one.

As kiko indicated, North Central was led last night by soph Blaise Meredith who had his best game as a Cardinal with a monster double-double with 22 and 14. The 31 point NCC advantage might have been even more if the Cardinals had offered even token resistance to the last 2 baskets of the game by Carthage, both 3 pointers by Jordan Kedrowski.

Even moreso than the large margin of victory, the most noteworthy features of this game were 1) the apparent surrender of the Redmen about midway through the first half, after which their play was pretty devoid of any sense of urgency, and lacking of any observable degree of sustained effort. Basically, just playing out the string. And 2) Bosko's seemingly detached approach to the game. It appeared to the majority of the NCC contingent that he really wasn't into the game very much. Rather than his usual degree of engagement, barking at the officials, and yelling instructions to his players, he just sat rather quietly on the bench much of the game, apparently resigned to what proved to be the ultimate outcome. Again, this was the feeling of not just a few, but of most of the NCC contingent in attendance. Perhaps he is looking forward to a fresh start next year when all but one of his players will be eligible to return.

AndOne-

You are probably correct in pointing out that I do tend to just lob a shot your way then disappear for awhile.  There is no vendetta against you.  But, I owe you an explanation and a reasoned well thought out post as to why I do disagree with a lot of your posts, and comment accordingly.  I guess it's posts like the one I quoted that bother me.  I fully respect your passion and dedication to your NCC Cardinals and your knowledge of basketball in general.  It is very impressive on all fronts.  But, I lurk quite a bit on these boards, and I think I have developed a pretty good sense of different posters and their contributions.  It seems like quite a bit of the other posters (Greg, Q, and the few Wheaton, Elmhurst and Augie guys are mostly who I'm referring to) seem to always provide fair, critiqued and nuanced insight into their teams, and will always point out and bring up the bad with the good.  I believe Greg and Q seem to post after every game win or lose.  Yes their posts seem to be much shorter after losses than wins, but they still report back on their insights.

With all that being said, you did not give us a game report after either of the two recent North Central losses.  But, as soon as they are back on the winning side of the ledger, you pop back up.  No huge issues here, lots of fans don't want to post about negatives of their own teams, so I don't begrudge you too much on this point.  The one that gets stuck in my craw a little deeper is when you turn towards other teams.  It's either a positive North Central post, or a negative post about another school.  Questioning the Carthage coach, bringing up technical fouls on other teams whenever you hear of them, mentioning the outlandish celebration styles of opponents, questioning the motivations of any number of transfer students, bringing up potential legal or grade issues with other students at other schools...that act just wears thin.  Especially the part where you imply something that we all know what you are talking about, and then go back and deny that you never technically said the thing you get called on.  The world is not black and white, the Cardinals do not do everything right, and other schools do not do everything wrong.  So many of us are drawn to D3 sports because the vast majority of people involved are in it for the right reasons.  Good students, good coaches, good kids, good basketball players.  That deserves to be celebrated and applauded.  Every once in awhile, people slip up.  I just personally feel like you take joy in the slip ups of others if they are wearing a non NCC jersey, and ignore when a cardinal red uniformed player or coach makes a similar slip up.

In anticipating your response, I am sure you will be able to cite different examples of when you were positive towards other teams and negative towards your own.  I don't begrudge you that point.  I just seem to recall those moments being few and far between, with more posts categorized in the manner I have listed above.

I fully don't intend to turn into a 2nd version of wheels81 and be your major foil on this board, but you asked, and I felt I owed it to you to give you a response.  I really don't harbor any ill will towards you (or anyone for that matter), I just get frustrated at times with your approach to posting on this forum.  I am sure this will elicit a response, and you deserve every chance to do so.  I just don't think I'll go back and forth very much on it.  It absolutely could be because I'm looking for these occurrences, so they seem more plentiful than actual reality proves.  I just think someone with your knowledge of basketball and the D3 landscape could do wonders to educate us on the good and bad of the entire CCIW instead of focusing on the things I've mentioned.

Quote from: AndOne on February 01, 2019, 01:39:57 PM
Wheaton fans,

1. The box score from last night shows the names of only two refs. Misprint or were there really just 2? if so, did it have a major effect on the flow of the game?

2. Also noted was Wheaton's Nyameye Adom, and 3 point shooting specialist Spencer Peterson were tagged with Technical fouls. Certainty the lads didn't utter a profanity. What were their transgressions?

I'm sure they were just good kids who got caught up in the competitive moment, much like Mike Pollack of North Central last night.  Wouldn't you agree?

Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 17, 2019, 11:56:47 AM

Quote from: mwunder on January 17, 2019, 11:31:12 AM

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 17, 2019, 11:20:08 AM
Doesn't look like a foul. They're just holding hands.

Hand's part of the ball.

... except that there's no ball. Francis has already released it.

Quote from: Titan Q on January 17, 2019, 11:33:39 AM

Quote from: Marmac on January 17, 2019, 10:52:15 AM
Fwiw, with Wheaton trailing by 2 in the final seconds, Francis appeared to be fouled on a 3-point attempt. No call. Augie secured the rebound, got fouled, and made both free throws.

I think Augie fans could probably make some screen shots too from last night's game though.  I watched a good portion of the game out of the corner of my eye (while watching IWU/EC) and just kept thinking, "Wow they are really letting them play at Wheaton."  There were a few plays on Augie's end with a lot of contact with no whistle.

That "really letting them play" scenario almost always works in Augie's favor, though, because more often than not Augie is the most physical team in the league.

Quote from: Titan Q on January 17, 2019, 11:33:39 AMObviously natural to zero in on that one huge shot attempt...but you also have to look at the context of the entire game.

OK, Augie fans, time to see your screen shots. We've got two more days until the next set of games, and that's a lot of time to kill.

Or we could go back to analyzing everyone's quotes that they use as signatures/bylines.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 19, 2018, 01:42:57 PM

Quote from: WUPHF on December 19, 2018, 01:30:09 PM
Possibly the most necessary and productive post I have seen all season.  Bra-vo!

I might have labeled Millikin as Bournemouth or Leicester City as being the most difficult to remember how to spell (is there an E in there somewhere?), but I like yours better.

No reference to Bournemouth and soccer is complete without this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejTTJmJSHkk

And none of these references are complete without this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KeG_i8CWE8

Quote from: AndOne on December 07, 2018, 02:53:21 PM

Quote from: pgkevin on December 07, 2018, 10:20:56 AM

Quote from: AndOne on December 06, 2018, 09:58:05 PM
After about 10 minutes of play last night in Naperville, North Central had scored a whopping 8 points. Their only saving grace was that Carroll had only 10 in a game for which the phrase helter skelter provides an apt description. Multiple misplays by both teams, and the officiating crew, combined to present more of a two part comedy/mystery than a basketball game. This was especially true in the first half during which the question "Whats going on"? was asked multiple times throughout the arena, and which found Carroll holding a 26-22 lead when the horn sounded. The opening act had featured multiple traveling calls, bad passes, and whistles blown (and not blown) for reasons unknown to almost everyone in attendance. Most comical among those calls were the 3 or 4 not made for five seconds after the play had been completed.

Carroll hit the first two baskets of the second half to take it's largest lead of the game at 30-22. NCC then held the visitors scoreless for the next 5 minutes while cutting the lead to 30-29. The teams basically traded baskets thereafter until NCC led 41-40 with 8:04 remaining, and the issue still very much in doubt. Over the next 4 and a half minutes NCC slightly increased it's advantage and held a 50-46 lead with 4:42 left. The Cardinals then closed the deal with 3 pointers by Aiden Chang, Mike Pollock, and Connor Raridon on the next 3 possessions.

* Soph Blaise Meredith led the Cardinal attack with a game and career high 19 points, and added 5 assists, also a game high.

* Matt Cappelletti had an 11-11 double-double.

* Aiden Chang hit for 10 points on 4/6 shooting, incl. 2/3 threes, and had 3 key steals.

* Freshman Joey Buggemi—-3 minutes, 3 points!

I will admit beforehand in full disclosure that this is going to be a bit of a loaded question before I even ask it.  But two questions (maybe 1 assumption and then 1 question)...

-I'm assuming that AndOne you were at the game on Wednesday night?

-Do I recall that a season or two ago you soundly criticized an opposing player for their histrionics after making several 3 point shots?  I don't possess the effort or the technological ability to go back and find it, but I'm pretty sure this was a topic of conversation for a few days on the boards correct?

1. Yes. I was definitely at the game.
2. Yes I did, but I believe it was 3 or 4 years ago. Kind of ancient history at this point. And that has what to do with the game described above?

After Aiden Chang made both his 3 pointers Wednesday night, he did something very similar to what you commented on those years ago.  It might be ancient history, but I was just curious if you'd condemn him in the same manner.  I believe it was the "bow and arrow" celebration that drew your ire a few years ago.  Chang used that exact same celebration right in front of the Carroll bench after making his last 3 pointer of the night.  Thoughts?

Quote from: AndOne on December 06, 2018, 09:58:05 PM
After about 10 minutes of play last night in Naperville, North Central had scored a whopping 8 points. Their only saving grace was that Carroll had only 10 in a game for which the phrase helter skelter provides an apt description. Multiple misplays by both teams, and the officiating crew, combined to present more of a two part comedy/mystery than a basketball game. This was especially true in the first half during which the question "Whats going on"? was asked multiple times throughout the arena, and which found Carroll holding a 26-22 lead when the horn sounded. The opening act had featured multiple traveling calls, bad passes, and whistles blown (and not blown) for reasons unknown to almost everyone in attendance. Most comical among those calls were the 3 or 4 not made for five seconds after the play had been completed.

Carroll hit the first two baskets of the second half to take it's largest lead of the game at 30-22. NCC then held the visitors scoreless for the next 5 minutes while cutting the lead to 30-29. The teams basically traded baskets thereafter until NCC led 41-40 with 8:04 remaining, and the issue still very much in doubt. Over the next 4 and a half minutes NCC slightly increased it's advantage and held a 50-46 lead with 4:42 left. The Cardinals then closed the deal with 3 pointers by Aiden Chang, Mike Pollock, and Connor Raridon on the next 3 possessions.

* Soph Blaise Meredith led the Cardinal attack with a game and career high 19 points, and added 5 assists, also a game high.

* Matt Cappelletti had an 11-11 double-double.

* Aiden Chang hit for 10 points on 4/6 shooting, incl. 2/3 threes, and had 3 key steals.

* Freshman Joey Buggemi—-3 minutes, 3 points!

I will admit beforehand in full disclosure that this is going to be a bit of a loaded question before I even ask it.  But two questions (maybe 1 assumption and then 1 question)...

-I'm assuming that AndOne you were at the game on Wednesday night?

-Do I recall that a season or two ago you soundly criticized an opposing player for their histrionics after making several 3 point shots?  I don't possess the effort or the technological ability to go back and find it, but I'm pretty sure this was a topic of conversation for a few days on the boards correct?

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on September 22, 2018, 10:11:44 PM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on September 22, 2018, 09:46:23 PM
Wheaton annihilated Millikin, 63-6.

My apologies to the Big Blue for that score!   After last week in Bloomington, Wheaton was gonna make someone pay big time!

Congratulations to Illinois Wesleyan for their victory over Millikin this past Saturday.

Ebel was the key for Augustana tonight.  I don't care about any of the statistics.  Just such a steadying presence and leader on the court.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 21, 2018, 04:51:37 PM
Congratulations to Colin Lake Illinois Wesleyan, for allowing Colin Lake to score 46 points against them and thus help him out towards making the All-CCIW team. After three years of playing in the shadow of two All-American teammates, this was his turn to shine -- and shine he did.

Last night's NPU gamer includes a clip of Colin being announced as the school's new trey king, after Tom Slyder had called a timeout that was as much to let P.A. announcer Tyler Woolbright announce the feat to the crowd as anything else. In a classy display of sportsmanship, the Red Men on the floor, led by Brad Kruse, all went over and shook Colin's hand. The end of the clip show's Colin's final trey of his career, a stick off of a truly sick stepback move that is as good a way to remember his playing days as any.

http://athletics.northpark.edu/news/2018/2/20/lake-becomes-npu-mens-basketball-three-point-leader.aspx?path=mbball

Fixed it for you.

Quote from: Titan Q on November 03, 2015, 04:14:47 PM

Quote from: badgerwarhawk on November 03, 2015, 03:39:01 PM
AO, you're an NCC guy aren't you?  What it is about Bosko that causes you to dislike him so much.  Your liking or disliking him doesn't really matter to me but I just curious why you might feel this strongly.   

* IWU's men's basketball roster/recruiting

* Grey Giovanine (who Mark calls "The Stomper")

* Bosko/Carthage recruiting

* Jordan Nelson


All things that are in the crosshairs for AndOne.

Luke Johnson