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In my first installment of "Where are they now", I give you an update of Harrison Boushele, formerly of Augustana, who has transferred to D1 Houston to play out the remainder of his eligibility for the Cougars.

19   Boushele, Harrison   4.91 ERA   3.00 WHIP   0-0   6 appearances    3.2 IP   4H   4R   2ER   7BB   2K   15AB   .267 Avg

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 30, 2025, 11:28:35 AMThe CCIW's collective ERA right now is 6.35. That's not an indication of the strength of opposing non-conference hitters, either, because after one weekend of CCIW play the league's collective ERA through nine games is 6.29.

The league's overall ERA is up around eight-tenths of a run over last season, and the CCIW-only ERA is up about a run and a half.

Either the recruitment of position players has improved, or it's getting harder and harder to find good pitching for this league.

CCIW is 118-129 so far this season with only 3 teams over .500.  What gives?? Lowest Team ERA is 4.97 and the highest is 7.97. Is pitching that bad nowadays?

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 30, 2025, 11:28:35 AMThe CCIW's collective ERA right now is 6.35. That's not an indication of the strength of opposing non-conference hitters, either, because after one weekend of CCIW play the league's collective ERA through nine games is 6.29.

The league's overall ERA is up around eight-tenths of a run over last season, and the CCIW-only ERA is up about a run and a half.

Either the recruitment of position players has improved, or it's getting harder and harder to find good pitching for this league.

Torpedo bats.

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Quote from: BigPoppa on February 22, 2025, 12:56:20 PMCarthage opens their 2025 campaign at noon today vs Centre College in Kentucky, Augie Schmidt's 38th and final season. As usual, I'll be following every pitch as often as I can.

Last ride with The Chief. Let's Go, Boys!

Not sure if you saw this BP, but I definitely thought of you when your former teammate passed this onto me!  (Yes, I know it's outdated, but for old guys like me I just saw it for the first time last week!  )

https://www.instagram.com/dodgersnation/reel/C-3jJ-DyE2n/?hl=en

This might be the most awesome thing I've seen

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Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 17, 2025, 12:30:03 PMDoes Roper have a year of eligibility remaining?

He's eligible for a medical redshirt from sophomore year, so theoretically, yes.

But, alas! Illinois Wesleyan University does not offer graduate level programs. Who would have thought  ? So, already having his BA, what would Mr. Roper be doing next year? Retaking some classes?
I think not. Especially with the stratospheric cost of IWU tuition!

I heard he was going to transfer to Carthage for his last season of eligibility.  Lots of NIL money from their foray into pay-per-view.

Good to see that the NCAA didn't go to the same format (ESPN+) they had for watching all of the D3 Football playoffs.

UW-LaCrosse hosted pod:
UW-LaCrosse (22-5) vs Greenville (20-7)
Carthage (21-5) vs St. Norbert (22-6)


U-Chicago hosted pod:
St. John's (24-3) vs U-Chicago (18-7)
IWU (22-5) vs Bethany Lutheran (14-11)

Quote from: iwu70 on February 25, 2025, 11:34:55 PMIWU gets Augie on Friday night, first game.  Then, North Central comes in against Carthage.  I think NCC the more dangerous team right now, even with a lower seeding.  Of course, Augie beat IWU only a few days ago.  A tough road to the championship game and to the AQ. 

I still have IWU vs. Carthage, again, on Saturday night.

IWU'70

Game 1: Augie v IWU. The teams split over the season. IWU won by 30 at the Shirk. Augie won by 9, five days ago at home.  Since the humbling loss at IWU, Augie has gone 7-2. IWU is 5-3 since that game. IWU is 3-0 on neutral courts, Augie hasn't played a neutral court game this season. IWU led the conference in PPG and Points Allowed and outscored opponents by 11 PPG during the conference slate. Augie was number 2 in the conference in Points Allowed.  I'll take Williams, Roper, and Wilmsen over Knuth and Ambrose in this one, but I see a close game. The Rock Island Vikings are playing very good basketball right now.

Game 2: With my knack for reverse-predictions this season, I plead the 5th here. NCC scares me A LOT.

Having watched most of the Carthage games this season, I would agree that AJ Williams is representative of that award as well. I've seen numerous examples of him chasing down balls so that a ref wouldn't have to do it, handing the basketball to a ref rather than pass it to them, etc.  I've also never seen him bark at an official or lose his cool before, during, or after a game.

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Quote from: tjcummingsfan on February 24, 2025, 05:30:24 PMNot to open the can of worms again, and I apologize if this was already posted about (I went back a little ways, but not over the whole season)...  Does Carthage being the host for the tournament on the weekend mean that there will be no free livestream of the games? 

They have links for the games at their schedule to their YouTube page, which is free, so I think signs point to them being available.

The CCIW wouldn't allow Carthage to put the games on PPV even if the Carthage braintrust wanted to do so. Tournament games operate under the auspices of the CCIW, not the host school. That's why tickets have that fixed $10 price regardless of venue, and it's why we're asked as game staff to wear black, gray, or white, rather than the primary color of a participating school.

You said, "Carthage braintrust"....that's a good one!

Quote from: BigPoppa on February 23, 2025, 11:50:09 AMWell... that did NOT go as planned!

Day 2 went much better.  Too many walks day 1 for sure. Can't put runners on for free.

Quote from: bopol on February 20, 2025, 07:28:21 PMGriffin Daun is an underrated cog in the Carthage team and could be 2nd Team all-CCIW. 

10.6 ppg (23rd)
6.1 rpg (6th)
.567 FG% (3rd)
1.9 asg (16th)
0.8 bpg (7th)
1.3 spg (10th)

He's the guy that really lets the team play small because he plays bigger than his size but has guard skills and is a very good complement to bombers like Riley and AJ Johnson because he'd rather slam insides and bounce off of the big men.

I personally really like Jacob Nabor for 2nd team.  He is a monster on the boards.

Agree 100% here...I don't think he bumps anyone mentioned on the second team, but IF there was a most improved player award, I wouldn't hesitate to nominate Daun. I was not happy about the injury to Nesbitt and moving GD into the starting lineup at the beginning of the year, but like both of my published predictions this year, I was wrong and have no problem admitting it.  He can defend, rebound, harass, and is a selfless offensive player, only looking to score close to the basket.

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Quote from: mwunder on February 20, 2025, 11:03:17 AMOdd question. Where is Carthage getting the idea that they are ranked #17? It's all over their website, but they are not ranked on the nation's premier source of D3 basketball information and I don't see anything on the NCAA site outside of regional rankings.

Just found it odd.

They are likely referring to their ranking in NPI, the metric that is used for NCAA Tournament selection and seeding. They were #17 earlier this week but rank #15 through games played 2/19/25: https://d3datacast.com/npi/

Ahhh, I can't get to that site so I was unaware. I like the team, I like the coach, I really, really don't like the SID and whoever thought this was a good idea. Karma is real.

Odd question. Where is Carthage getting the idea that they are ranked #17? It's all over their website, but they are not ranked on the nation's premier source of D3 basketball information and I don't see anything on the NCAA site outside of regional rankings.

Just found it odd.