Quote from: markerickson on June 03, 2025, 10:52:06 PMMcCarrell won 295 and 284 games at North Park and Mankato State (D2-MN), respectively.  I wonder how many games he won in the bldg now known on campus as Hamming Hall, and maybe? into the years of Bosko's college playing days.

None. The crackerbox was already built and in use when North Park began playing other four-year colleges as a newly-minted varsity program the year before McCarrell matriculated at NPC. It's thus the only home court the varsity Vikings have ever had.

Quote from: markerickson on June 03, 2025, 10:52:06 PMI do not believe NPC competed off-campus for home games on a regulation-sized court.

Actually, they did. For at least the latter part of the school's junior college period the Vikings played their home games at nearby Roosevelt High School.

Two more NPU commits:

Noah Aguado, 6'6" F, Yorkville Christian
Timothy Key, 6'4" G/F, Eustis (FL) HS

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Quote from: markerickson on June 02, 2025, 09:57:43 PMhttps://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/06/scb-hof-announcement  Viking HC Dan McCarrell will be inducted into the HOF in October in Florida.  Very surprised he has not already entered!

Bo Ryan too.  What takes this committee so long?

"What takes this committee so long" seems like a very valid question. However, rather than McCarrell, who achieved greatness in 1978-1980, and Ryan, the question seems even more applicable to someone like North Central's Bill Warden, who graduated from NCC way back in 1955. Without the benefit of ever making a three point shot, Warden (NAIA at the time) scored 2,249 points! This is almost 500 more points than NCC's second all-time scorer, a 1st team All-American no less.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on June 03, 2025, 03:43:33 PMI think it's also inaccurate! Bo Ryan was inducted ages ago -- if you look at the page you linked, you see the 2019 feature we did on Bo Ryan when he was elected:

https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/10/bo-ryan-master-teacher

And in addition, Bill Warden is actually in this induction class. Again, I invite you to more fully read the page you linked to.

https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2025/06/scb-hof-announcement

NPU press release on Dan McCarrell's upcoming induction into the SCB Hall of Fame.

Only two men have coached an NCAA men's basketball program to three consecutive national titles. One was John Wooden. The other is Dan McCarrell.

Luther is moving from the ARC to the MWC.

Quote from: Ejay on May 27, 2025, 05:39:45 PMWill North Park be able to field a team 

Trust me, that's been on my mind nonstop since the Rubio announcement was made. And I don't find it funny at all.

Student visa difficulties would affect a lot more than just the MSOC team at NPU. The Vikings WSOC, WTEN, and MGOLF teams, and the track & field teams for both men and women, will be severely affected as well if the Scandinavian pipeline is cut. Above and beyond that, it will be a wrenching blow to the school, not just because there's a fairly large concentration of Norwegians and Swedes on campus (not all of whom are student-athletes) who would no longer be paying much-needed tuition dollars to North Park, but because they are an important and valued segment of the undergraduate student body, not least because they are a living reminder of the school's origins in the late nineteenth century as an institution of learning for and by Swedish immigrants.

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Quote from: Ejay on May 27, 2025, 05:39:45 PMWill North Park be able to field a team 

I looked up their roster.  Move the games to Sweden. 

That would result in a rather long commute for yours truly to broadcast NPU's home games.

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Quote from: GusD on May 21, 2025, 11:30:03 AM*** The NCC football uniforms, as well as those for all the other sports, may soon require a name change. While the move, as reported in the Chicago Tribune, is nowhere near finalized and requires further discussion and approval the NCC Board, as part of a larger strategic planning process, is strongly considering a potential name change from North Central College to Naperville University!

They should change it back to Plainfield College.

... with a nickname change to the Tornadoes.

I'm also interested in seeing what a traveling trophy based upon the design of a traffic light looks like.

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Quote from: Kuiper on April 13, 2025, 07:14:49 PMAlfred State

First season for Vince Correa after moving over from an AC position at SUNY Brockport. I, for one, am happy that they open the season hosting Alfred University so that no matter what happens, Alfred wins.

There's no good reason for these two schools to not play each other in every sport possible. This could naturally evolve into the one of the best D3 rivalries there is, alongside Calvin/Hope, Williams/Amherst, DePauw/Wabash, Carleton/St. Olaf, and Ithaca/Cortland.

It appears that you have spoken this into existence!

Alfred State and Alfred University Announce the Alfred State Cup Competition

QuoteToday, Alfred State College Athletics and Alfred University Athletics introduced 'The Alfred Cup' ahead of the 2025-26 competition season.

The Alfred Cup, sponsored by the Power and Construction Group, Inc. and SERVU Credit Union, will be an annual competition between Alfred State and Alfred University athletic teams. The Alfred Cup will highlight the unique setting of two NCAA Division III members located in the same upstate New York town.

In a Washington Post ranking of the Ultimate College Town, Alfred was ranked number one and reporter Andrew Van Dam called Alfred "the collegiest", a term he coined. In the data analysis by Van Dam, the Alfred community, with a population of 4,026, was shown to be made up of 85% college students. As Van Dam described, "If you go left at the town's only stoplight, you're on one campus. Turn right, you're on the other. Now that's a college town."

The competition, set to begin this fall, uses a point-based system that awards two points for a win, one point for a tie, and zero points for a loss in head-to-head match-ups or predetermined meets amongst varsity intercollegiate varsity programs.

Associate Vice President for Student Experience, Athletics & Recreation, Deb Steward from Alfred University and Director of Athletics, Jason Doviak, from Alfred State College collaborated to create this unique competition.

"As part of The Alfred Cup, besides outstanding competition, supporting our Alfred community will be an important aspect of this initiative," Steward said. "From our football teams' commitment to the National Marrow Donor Program to our other teams supporting families during the holidays and food drives, we are committed to The Alfred Cup making a positive impact on our community. We are also thrilled to partner with the Power and Construction Group to design and build the traveling trophy. The Power and Construction Group installed the infamous lone traffic light in Alfred which is located at the intersection of our two campuses. We are grateful for their shared excitement in The Alfred Cup."

With its roots in Western New York, the Power and Construction Group is a well-established utility services company that was founded in 1970.

"The Alfred Cup represents more than just competition—it's an opportunity to celebrate the uniqueness of our community where two NCAA Division III Institutions sit across the street from one another," Doviak said. "This competition will bring out the best in our student-athletes and create lasting moments for our campuses, community, and fans. We're excited to launch this annual tradition and look forward to the energy, excitement, and camaraderie it will bring to our village."

The sports eligible for The Alfred Cup competition are men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's swimming & diving, baseball, men's and women's lacrosse, softball, and men's and women's track & field. For the football head-to-head match-ups, Alfred State and Alfred University will additionally compete for the 'Traffic Light Trophy', which will be up for grabs each fall moving forward. Beginning in the fall of 2025, Alfred State College will compete as an Empire 8 affiliate member in the sport of football.

The points will be tracked throughout the fall, winter, and springs seasons and after competition concludes, a winner will be determined based upon the total amount of points earned. A trophy, designed to mirror the stoplight that separates both institutions on Main Street, will be presented to the winning institution annually in May.

I love it when I shout into the void, and the universe nods back in response.

Needs to happen more often.

Quote from: mwunder on April 27, 2025, 04:55:39 PMnebulous bordering on trivial, trite, and trifling.

Quote from: petemcb on April 27, 2025, 08:51:21 PMSounds like someone needs a Snickers.

The term used by Kankakee High boys basketball's X account -- not simply a mere "source" but the actual social media account of the Kays boys hoops program, and therefore presumably controlled by the coach -- is that Stipp was "recruited by" those nine schools. Make of that what you will. I'm comfortable with using the description that they were "after" Stipp. I don't see the need to delve into semantics regarding these schools' pursuit of the kid. This is, after all, D3, where such matters are nebulous.

According to his coach, Trine, Wabash, Benedictine, Illinois Tech, and Eureka were also after Stipp.

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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? 😉

"Hey, Vern! You don't want your girl to go to school in Minnesody, knowwhatimean? Send her to Stevens Point! We'll coach 'er up real good there!"

Keshaun Vaval, a 6'1 combo guard from Evergreen Park HS, has committed to North Park. He was one of the top scorers in Chicagoland this past season (25.5 ppg) and is an IBCA All-State selection. From what I've heard and read about him, he seems like a hard-working, solid Christian young man who'll be a great fit for NPU both on and off the court. Looks like the Vikings are getting a good one.

Quote from: Kuiper on April 13, 2025, 05:59:30 PMNorth Park

Lots of familiar teams, but replaces Wisconsin Eau Claire with Wisconsin Platteville

It's not entirely same-old, same-old for North Park in 2025. Trine is on the schedule; while NPU has played Trine in plenty of other sports before, this will be the first time ever that the Vikings and the "other" Thunder meet on the soccer pitch. MSOE is also back on the North Park docket after a dozen-year absence; the Vikings used to play the Raiders practically every season for awhile in the millennium's first decade when John Born, now North Park's AD, was the head coach of the Vikings; MSOE had been his previous stop as a head coach.

Quote from: Kuiper on April 13, 2025, 07:14:49 PMAlma

Not sure I understand why they agreed to play Calvin twice, adding them as a non-conference game before also playing them in conference, but maybe it's tough for them to get a mid-week game.

It's not as conspicuous an island school as are UMPI, Colorado College, UCSC, or the two West Coast conferences' teams, but Alma really does fall within the "you can't get there from here" category. Trust me on this, as I've been on the team bus to call road games against the Scots for both the NPU football and the NPU men's basketball teams, and the trips were mind-numbingly long. Alma, MI is located a third of the way up the index finger on its inside edge, if you're using the traditional "point at your outstretched left hand" method Michiganders use to identify locations on the Lower Peninsula. The only non-MIAA schools that are less than four hours away from Alma are Heidelberg and Bluffton, and they're both 3 1/2 hours distant. Alma coaches in a lot of sports have difficulty with midweek non-conference scheduling.

Quote from: Kuiper on April 13, 2025, 07:14:49 PMAlfred State

First season for Vince Correa after moving over from an AC position at SUNY Brockport. I, for one, am happy that they open the season hosting Alfred University so that no matter what happens, Alfred wins.

There's no good reason for these two schools to not play each other in every sport possible. This could naturally evolve into the one of the best D3 rivalries there is, alongside Calvin/Hope, Williams/Amherst, DePauw/Wabash, Carleton/St. Olaf, and Ithaca/Cortland.

Quote from: Kuiper on April 13, 2025, 07:14:49 PMSUNY Potsdam

Traveling to St. Lawrence on 9/17 for Saints fans.  Host SUNY ESF and the Baruch/Nazareth in the Potsdam College Cup

I'm happy to see that the Stumpies are still playing sports. When I was a kid I used to read the paragraph-sized recaps of ESF men's basketball games in the Syracuse newspapers. I can remember wondering how the heck the ESF coach was able to recruit basketball players to come to a school set up to train forest rangers and logging managers. Of course, since then I've learned that the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry produces graduates who cover a much more diverse spectrum of occupations than just forest ranger and logging manager, but it's worth noting that all ESF students are still called "Stumpies," regardless.

Quote from: Kuiper on April 15, 2025, 01:02:33 AMDominican

They replace Fontbonne (RIP) and Nebraska Wesleyan with Elmhurst and North Central

It's an upgrade in terms of competitive level, but I suspect that the reason that the Stars are doing this is to cut travel costs.

Quote from: markerickson on April 10, 2025, 09:49:19 PMSociety too often stigmatizes the decision to attend a community college.  Given the cost of D3 schools*, I'd like to see more student athletes use two years of cc/juco eligibility, earn undergrad credits, save the family money, and then transfer instead of the portal route more than once.

Yes. This doesn't get said often enough on d3boards. Thanks, Mark.

The longer you're involved with a school that serves a large working-class and immigrant constituency, the more you're aware of just how important that two-years-of-juco, two-years-of-a-four-year-school path is for a lot of people who otherwise can't afford either the tuition or the long-term burden of all of those student loans.