WLC resurfaces back in the receiving votes category in this week's top 25 poll.

NACC Standings

WLC 16-5 (13-1) X
St. Norbert 13-6 (12-1) X
Aurora 17-4 (11-3)
MSOE 14-5 (11-3)
Benedictine 15-6 (10-4)
Edgewood 11-10 (10-4)
Lakeland 10-12 (8-7)
Concordia Chicago 8-13 (7-7)
Concordia Wisconsin 6-14 (7-7)
Dominican 10-11 (5-9)
Marian 2-19 (2-12)
Rockford 2-20 (2-12)
Illinois Tech 2-19 (2-13)
Alverno 0-17 (0-17)


Probably a one bid league here. WLC has the best shot of the bunch for an at large but it's a long shot.

A poor showing in non-conference doomed any shot for this league being a multi-bid league again this year.

WLC picked up another win today over Concordia Chicago but a 2 game gap is between them and the last conference tournament spot. Lot of underclassmen getting reps this year. Either way I feel WLC was a bit over rated coming into the year especially with what was returning.

Congrats UW-River Falls! Heck of a game and heck of a year!

Quote from: iwu70 on December 29, 2025, 04:17:50 PMIWU loses to (RV) Wisconsin Lutheran, in Florida, 71-61

For WLU:
Frey 26
Stevens 12
Cole 11 and 10

For IWU:
Bardic 22
Kobylarczyk 13
Balli 11

Seems the Titans may have run out of steam on the road.  WLU seems to have handled the IWU pressure pretty well.

IWU now 8-4 in the pre-CCIW games, 3-0 in league play.  13 games to go in the regular season, all league games.

I swear I don't understand this WLC team. Loses to Platteville, Loras and Messiah but has wins over Wartburg, Gustavus. Trine and IWU. Definitely a team to watch going forward.

WLC now #18 in the 1st regular season poll after their hot 4-0 start.

Longtime WLC Women's Basketball Coach Wayne Smith passed away yesterday.

https://x.com/WLCSports/status/1993057276329152700?s=20

Wartburg gets a first round bye in the playoffs while Coe gets in as at-large and travels to NACC Champ Concordia Wisconsin (9-1) in the first round. Winner plays Bethel in the second round.

Concordia Wisconsin hosts Coe (8-2) who finished runner up to Wartburg in the American Rivers Conference in the first round. Winner advances to face Bethel.

Pretty impressive first three games for the Warriors as they beat Trine, Gustavus and Wartburg (all three receiving votes) to start out 3-0.

Preseason Poll dropped today: https://naccsports.org/news/2025/10/25/cuw-edges-msoe-for-top-spot-in-2025-2026-nacc-mens-basketball-preseason-poll.aspx

CUW is atop the poll but the margin between 1st and 3rd was 10 points. WLC isn't far behind in 4th.

Alverno will not have a team for Women's Basketball this year and are leaving the NACC after this season for the Coast 2 Coast.

https://athletics.alverno.edu/news/2025/10/3/general-c2c-welcomes-alverno-college-as-newest-member.aspx

So that makes both of the all-female colleges in the MKE area making conference/association changes within the last few years (Mt. Mary went NAIA).

They have struggled in most if not all sports in the NACC for a while now. That and constant turnover in the coaching staffs hasn't helped.

I also figure the NACC might have nudged them out the door with what has happened this year. Though it begs the question what financial shape is Alverno in if the Athletics are in shambles at the moment.

NACC Non-Conf Slates

Aurora

11/7 vs Gustavus Adolphus
11/8 vs Bethany Lutheran
11/12 at North Central (IL)
11/19 at UW-Whitewater
11/25 at Ashbury
12/20 vs Albion
12/30 at Monmouth (IL)


Benedictine

11/7 vs Simpson (at Illinois College)
11/8 Either Illinois College or Principia
11/13 at Northern Illinois (Exhibition)
11/18 at Wheaton (IL)
11/25 vs North Central
12/3 at UW-Oshkosh
12/20 vs Dubuque
12/30 at Carthage

Concordia Chicago

11/8 vs Greenville
11/12 at Millikin
11/21 at Pacific (OR)
11/22 vs George Fox (at Pacific)
11/29 at Alma
12/14 vs Adrian
12/30 at North Park

Concordia Wisconsin

11/8 vs Wheaton (IL)
11/14 at Wartburg
11/15 Either UW-Eau Claire or Cornell (IA)
11/21 at Webster
11/22 vs Westminster (MO)
11/26 at Northern Michigan (Exhibition)
12/19 vs UW-La Crosse (at Just A Game Fieldhouse)
12/20 Either Calvin or Augustana (IL)

Dominican

11/7 vs Eureka
11/9 at Purdue-Fort Wayne (Exhibition)
11/15 at Kalamazoo
11/21 at Simpson
11/22 TBA
11/25 at UW-Milwaukee (Exhibition)
11/29 at Wartburg
12/13 vs Adrian
12/20 vs Lawrence

Edgewood

11/5 at Viterbo (Exhibition)
11/12 at Dubuque
11/15 at UW-Stevens Point
11/22 vs Chicago
11/25 vs UW-Oshkosh
11/29 at UW-Parkside
12/21 vs Carthage College (at Just a Game Fieldhouse)
12/30 at Carroll

Illinois Tech

11/6 at Indiana State (Exhibition)
11/12 vs Trine
11/15 vs Rose-Hulman
11/19 vs Lake Forest
12/13 vs Kalamazoo
12/15 vs Albion
12/20 vs Catholic (at San Juan PR)
12/21 vs Johns Hopkins (at San Juan PR)
12/29 at Illinois-Chicago (Exhibition)

Lakeland

11/7 vs Lawrence
11/14 vs Martin Luther
11/15 vs Northwestern (MN)
11/18 at Ripon
11/29 at Michigan Tech (Exhibition)
12/16 at Beloit
12/19 at Buena Vista
12/29 at UW-Stevens Point

Marian

11/8 at UW-Superior
11/9 Either Central (IA) or UW-River Falls (at Superior)
11/18 vs Augsburg (at Just A Game Fieldhouse)
11/29 vs St. Mary's (MN)
12/14 at Northern Michigan (Exhibition)
12/18 vs Beloit
12/20 at Carroll
1/27 at Maranatha Baptist

MSOE

11/8 vs UW-Stevens Point
11/15 vs Lake Forest
11/19 at Elmhurst
11/25 vs Carroll
11/29 vs Coe
12/29 vs Redlands (at Las Vegas NV)
12/30 vs Occidental (at Las Vegas NV)

Rockford

10/29 at William Penn (IA)
11/7 vs Bethany Lutheran (at Aurora)
11/8 vs Gustavus Adolphus (at Aurora)
11/15 vs Monmouth (IL)
11/20 at Illinois State (Exhibition)
11/29 at Eureka
12/16 at Maranatha Baptist
1/10 vs Maranatha Baptist

St. Norbert

10/30 at UW-Green Bay (Exhibition)
11/7 at UW-Eau Claire
11/12 vs Ripon
11/19 vs Lawrence
12/6 at UW-Superior
12/20 at UW-Oshkosh
12/29 vs St. Olaf
12/30 Either UW-La Crosse or North Central (MN)

Wisconsin Lutheran

11/8 vs Lawrence
11/11 at Augustana (IL)
11/15 at Elmhurst
11/21 vs Illinois Wesleyan
11/22 Either Kenyon or Albion
11/25 vs UW-Superior
12/31 vs Wheaton (IL)