The NPU SID also attends a practice and/or media day for each team and asks every player how to pronounce their names (Greg does the same) before providing a pronunciation guide to the home and away on-air talent before every game...

No shade to anyone else in the league, but Greg is the only person on air that makes a true effort for the Scandinavian names, in addition to the harder-to-pronounce names on visiting rosters. That, in addition to how he calls 10 different sports, is why he's recognized the way he is!

Quote from: Gregory Sager on August 24, 2026, 05:33:32 PMI typically tell both the PA announcer and our color commentator how to pronounce the names. Pronouncing names properly is part of my job as a broadcaster.

Thank you all for the well wishes... everyone is returning to normal at home.


I checked out the boards for the first time in awhile today to see what you all thought about the CCIW streaming channel and saw the post about the roster. It's now live online:

Roster Available Here

GO VIKINGS!

Congrats on your selection to the Viking Hall of Fame, Greg, and thanks for all you do to support NPU Athletics, at the mic and away from it!

Press Release:
https://athletics.northpark.edu/news/2023/8/9/baseball-north-park-athletics-announces-viking-hall-of-fame-2023-class.aspx

Quote from: mr_b on August 08, 2023, 04:20:45 PM
Congratulations to Greg Sager on his induction into the North Park Viking Hall of Fame!  He is well deserving of this honor, given his dedication to and support of all Viking sports and his work as announcer in many of them (and at times, two different sports on the same day!).  The ceremony will take place on December 2nd.

Congrats, Greg, and thanks for all you do to support NPU Athletics, at the mic and away from it!

Press Release:
https://athletics.northpark.edu/news/2023/8/9/baseball-north-park-athletics-announces-viking-hall-of-fame-2023-class.aspx

Quote from: mr_b on August 08, 2023, 04:22:01 PM
Congratulations to Greg Sager on his induction into the North Park Viking Hall of Fame!  He is well deserving of this honor, given his dedication to and support of all Viking sports and his work as announcer in many of them (and at times, two different sports on the same day!).  The ceremony will take place on December 2nd.

Congrats, Greg, and thanks for all you do to support NPU Athletics, at the mic and away from it!

Press Release:
https://athletics.northpark.edu/news/2023/8/9/baseball-north-park-athletics-announces-viking-hall-of-fame-2023-class.aspx

Quote from: Gotberg on August 08, 2023, 03:06:59 PM
This note could probably be added to any of the boards, since Greg is a great contributor with all of them.  But I know Greg's passion for NPU sports probably started with basketball.

Congratulations to Greg Sager for receiving the call to the NPU Viking Hall of Fame with his induction scheduled for December 2nd.

Congrats, Greg, and thanks for all you do to support NPU Athletics, at the mic and away from it!

Press Release:
https://athletics.northpark.edu/news/2023/8/9/baseball-north-park-athletics-announces-viking-hall-of-fame-2023-class.aspx

This feels good:
https://twitter.com/vikingsnpu/status/1629678616467451904?s=46&t=BtV67KlVdffK25-cq4Vtcg

Despite a flood of doubt and criticism, the hiring done by AD John Born and the leadership of Coach Sean Smith and his staff led the Vikings to a CCIW Tournament Championship.

Onward.

Quote from: GoPerry on February 22, 2023, 10:48:02 AMI am beginning to think that NPU has a decent chance of hosting the first round (provided they put in a bid which I assume they did).

Yes, we did.

Quote from: GoPerry on February 22, 2023, 10:48:02 AM
Also, I believe Wash U women, currently #2 Reg 8, get preference for hosting this year.

Correct.

Quote from: WUPHF on January 26, 2023, 09:28:33 AM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 26, 2023, 01:07:21 AM
I'm thinking of printing out that quote from itsnotmeitsmyposts, framing it, and giving it to John Born to hang on his office wall.

He'd get a kick out of it.

If nothing else, you gotta email it to him.

Oh, he's well-aware of that specific banter on here.

Quote from: itsnotmeitsyou on April 14, 2022, 12:31:02 AM

Always a sign of good leadership when you decide to make a coaching change, with no particular candidate in mind, go thru the process and end up with a coach possessing exponentially less qualifications than the person he replaced. 

Looks like Vegas has set the Over/Under on number of times that the NPU Vikings will finish 7th or higher in CCIW league play during the remainder of the decade at: .5    I'm taking the Under.

Nothing set in stone with the CCIW standings, of course, but I do enjoy looking back on the opinions from last April. I won't call anyone out, but some posters owe HC Sean Smith and AD John Born a good ol' online apology.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 07, 2022, 05:52:42 PM
Cool story -- I think the eight coaches and eight SIDs who vote would be surprised to learn they vote in "the media poll," however!

Whoops, good time for me to stop by and see this. Corrected.

Also, my two cents before I fade into the abyss again... As someone that sees NPU teams nearly every day, this is the most energized, passionate, and talented men's basketball team I've seen in six seasons. They're going to ruffle some feathers for sure - if not for the wins and losses - for the way they play with a chip on their shoulder and don't bow down to teams that expect them to wave the white flag before warmups conclude.

Dare I say, they're "much improved"...

Best of luck to everyone and specific kudos to all of you spreading the good news, as it comes out, about NPU hoops.

Quote from: WUPHF on March 01, 2022, 11:00:07 AM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 01, 2022, 10:56:15 AM
What defines going rate? Just curious as to how many first-weekend sites this represents.

Do the hosts set their own ticket prices?

I'll chime in here.

Our league (the CCIW) sets league tournament ticket prices and then the NCAA sets regional (and beyond) playoff ticket prices for the host institution. Every cent goes back to the CCIW/NCAA at the conclusion of the respective tournament - ticket sales, NCAA merch, etc.

Hosts "bid" what the cost will be to host and the NCAA reimburses them, but nothing more. At the Division III level, it's an honor and an advantage to host but there is certainly no monetary gain from it.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 21, 2021, 07:36:23 PM

Quote from: Next Man Up on December 21, 2021, 06:08:10 PM

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Quote from: Next Man Up on December 21, 2021, 04:04:07 PM

Quote from: Titan Q on December 21, 2021, 02:09:55 PM

Quote from: Next Man Up on December 20, 2021, 11:34:56 PM
My follow-up question was, in men's basketball, who ultimately picks the winner? The response was "The SIDs." Y
There you have it.

This is not accurate for basketball.  The CCIW league office picks the winner.

The SIDs do vote in some sports, like swimming, track, bowling, and cross country.

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Quote from: Next Man Up on December 20, 2021, 11:34:56 PM

Quote from: GoPerry on December 20, 2021, 08:07:35 PM

Quote from: npbaseball40 on December 20, 2021, 06:29:41 PM

Quote from: GoPerry on December 20, 2021, 05:15:25 PM

I would have had no problem recognizing Mr Boyd's excellent performance with the weekly accolade.  Unfortunately, I've not found the SIDs to be too deeply analytical in their weekly voting.  This is not a knock on them because they are very busy people and likely don't have the time or bandwidth to evaluate the nuances of individual performances.

FWIW, I nominated Jordan with plenty of supporting info, including everything Greg said in his above post. I have no idea who officially "votes" for the players in the league office, but I can tell you it isn't us SIDs. To throw all SIDs under the bus with this kind of blanket statement is, putting it mildly, ill-informed and/or just plain ignorant.

I'd argue we care the most about awards like this, as we are always looking for something positive to post, especially in the current climate.

Didn't mean to offend and certainly wasn't throwing anybody under the bus nor making a blanket statement.  I was under the impression that it is the conference SID's that do the voting for the Player of the Week awards in contrast to the year end All Conference selections which are the coaches.  But your post makes it sound like there are nominations from the SIDs and then someone in the league office determines the recipient?  If that's true I wasn't aware of that extra step.

I think they pretty much get it right most of the time and one might say the selection of Adom this week wasn't wrong either.  My point was that if SIDs miss certain subtleties of individual performances during the week prior to nominating, for lack of time or bandwidth for a deeper dive beyond just stats, then that is perfectly understandable to me.

Due to both my own curiosity, and the general level of confusion which seems to exist on this question, I thought it would be nice if we could get a definitive answer.

As such, I contacted CCIW Executive Maureen Harty and asked who does the nominating for POW. I was initially advised that "The process varies from sport to sport. In all cases the coaches are involved in the nominations." My follow-up question was, in men's basketball, who ultimately picks the winner? The response was "The SIDs."
There you have it.

No, not "there you have it". I don't want to create a stink out of this, but that response from Mo is simply not true. Feel free to email any SID in the CCIW to verify what I'm saying.

The Executive Director of the CCIW runs the league. As such, I figured it was logical that she would be the most familiar with the procedures associated with various conference awards, and could clear up any confusion. That's why I went right to the top and contacted her directly with questions, and then reported her answers. I would think she would have the correct information on this. Do you really mean to say such is not the case here?

Refer to my previous post and take the requested action, if this is truly a question meant without sarcasm.

I assure you there was no more sarcasm in my question than I assume there was in your No, not "there you have it" comment. 
And, I'll not be Ypsied into taking any further action as TQ has very sufficiently confirmed the true situation.

For crying out loud, Mark, there is absolutely no need to belabor this point.

Tyler is a CCIW SID. He has told you twice now that CCIW SIDs do not pick the men's basketball POW. That's it, period, finito, end of story.

You don't need Bob to confirm it. He's not a CCIW SID. You don't need Mo to give you a "definitive answer." She's not a CCIW SID, either.

If you're so convinced that Tyler is lying about his job, why don't you take out your phone and call Clark Teuscher and ask him if he votes for men's basketball POW?

Sheesh.

Thanks Greg (and Bob). I'll consider this matter addressed now... silly of me to stoop after my original clarification.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone. Appreciate all of you that help cover Division III basketball and Division III sports in general!

Quote from: Next Man Up on December 21, 2021, 04:04:07 PM

Quote from: Titan Q on December 21, 2021, 02:09:55 PM

Quote from: Next Man Up on December 20, 2021, 11:34:56 PM
My follow-up question was, in men's basketball, who ultimately picks the winner? The response was "The SIDs." Y
There you have it.

This is not accurate for basketball.  The CCIW league office picks the winner.

The SIDs do vote in some sports, like swimming, track, bowling, and cross country.

Quote from: npbaseball40 on December 21, 2021, 01:38:51 PM

Quote from: Next Man Up on December 20, 2021, 11:34:56 PM

Quote from: GoPerry on December 20, 2021, 08:07:35 PM

Quote from: npbaseball40 on December 20, 2021, 06:29:41 PM

Quote from: GoPerry on December 20, 2021, 05:15:25 PM

I would have had no problem recognizing Mr Boyd's excellent performance with the weekly accolade.  Unfortunately, I've not found the SIDs to be too deeply analytical in their weekly voting.  This is not a knock on them because they are very busy people and likely don't have the time or bandwidth to evaluate the nuances of individual performances.

FWIW, I nominated Jordan with plenty of supporting info, including everything Greg said in his above post. I have no idea who officially "votes" for the players in the league office, but I can tell you it isn't us SIDs. To throw all SIDs under the bus with this kind of blanket statement is, putting it mildly, ill-informed and/or just plain ignorant.

I'd argue we care the most about awards like this, as we are always looking for something positive to post, especially in the current climate.

Didn't mean to offend and certainly wasn't throwing anybody under the bus nor making a blanket statement.  I was under the impression that it is the conference SID's that do the voting for the Player of the Week awards in contrast to the year end All Conference selections which are the coaches.  But your post makes it sound like there are nominations from the SIDs and then someone in the league office determines the recipient?  If that's true I wasn't aware of that extra step.

I think they pretty much get it right most of the time and one might say the selection of Adom this week wasn't wrong either.  My point was that if SIDs miss certain subtleties of individual performances during the week prior to nominating, for lack of time or bandwidth for a deeper dive beyond just stats, then that is perfectly understandable to me.

Due to both my own curiosity, and the general level of confusion which seems to exist on this question, I thought it would be nice if we could get a definitive answer.

As such, I contacted CCIW Executive Maureen Harty and asked who does the nominating for POW. I was initially advised that "The process varies from sport to sport. In all cases the coaches are involved in the nominations." My follow-up question was, in men's basketball, who ultimately picks the winner? The response was "The SIDs."
There you have it.

No, not "there you have it". I don't want to create a stink out of this, but that response from Mo is simply not true. Feel free to email any SID in the CCIW to verify what I'm saying.

The Executive Director of the CCIW runs the league. As such, I figured it was logical that she would be the most familiar with the procedures associated with various conference awards, and could clear up any confusion. That's why I went right to the top and contacted her directly with questions, and then reported her answers. I would think she would have the correct information on this. Do you really mean to say such is not the case here?

Refer to my previous post and take the requested action, if this is truly a question meant without sarcasm.

Quote from: Next Man Up on December 20, 2021, 11:34:56 PM

Quote from: GoPerry on December 20, 2021, 08:07:35 PM

Quote from: npbaseball40 on December 20, 2021, 06:29:41 PM

Quote from: GoPerry on December 20, 2021, 05:15:25 PM

I would have had no problem recognizing Mr Boyd's excellent performance with the weekly accolade.  Unfortunately, I've not found the SIDs to be too deeply analytical in their weekly voting.  This is not a knock on them because they are very busy people and likely don't have the time or bandwidth to evaluate the nuances of individual performances.

FWIW, I nominated Jordan with plenty of supporting info, including everything Greg said in his above post. I have no idea who officially "votes" for the players in the league office, but I can tell you it isn't us SIDs. To throw all SIDs under the bus with this kind of blanket statement is, putting it mildly, ill-informed and/or just plain ignorant.

I'd argue we care the most about awards like this, as we are always looking for something positive to post, especially in the current climate.

Didn't mean to offend and certainly wasn't throwing anybody under the bus nor making a blanket statement.  I was under the impression that it is the conference SID's that do the voting for the Player of the Week awards in contrast to the year end All Conference selections which are the coaches.  But your post makes it sound like there are nominations from the SIDs and then someone in the league office determines the recipient?  If that's true I wasn't aware of that extra step.

I think they pretty much get it right most of the time and one might say the selection of Adom this week wasn't wrong either.  My point was that if SIDs miss certain subtleties of individual performances during the week prior to nominating, for lack of time or bandwidth for a deeper dive beyond just stats, then that is perfectly understandable to me.

Due to both my own curiosity, and the general level of confusion which seems to exist on this question, I thought it would be nice if we could get a definitive answer.

As such, I contacted CCIW Executive Maureen Harty and asked who does the nominating for POW. I was initially advised that "The process varies from sport to sport. In all cases the coaches are involved in the nominations." My follow-up question was, in men's basketball, who ultimately picks the winner? The response was "The SIDs."
There you have it.

No, not "there you have it". I don't want to create a stink out of this, but that response from Mo is simply not true. Feel free to email any SID in the CCIW to verify what I'm saying.