"Going away" is nothing new for Naperville kids. Of course there are athletes from Naperville at NCC, but often if recruiting a local kid you'll hear something on the order of "Sorry, but I'd never really consider NCC. I've lived in Naperville all my life. I need and want to spread my wings, and see what else is out there. Besides, if I went to school here my mom would expect to see me at least once every weekend."

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Quote from: hazzben on December 09, 2025, 11:45:05 AMLooks like snow in the forecast. I'd say that's advantage NCC. Bethel will need to be able to throw the ball. It depends how heavy the snow is I guess.

Right now the predicted high temp for Naperville on Saturday is 12 with 1-3 inches of snow.

They've now taken any accumulation of snow out of the predicted weather for Naperville on Saturday. There may be some flurries but that's it. The current forecast shows a game time temp of 9, with a "feel like" temp of -5.

Quote from: hazzben on December 09, 2025, 11:45:05 AMLooks like snow in the forecast. I'd say that's advantage NCC. Bethel will need to be able to throw the ball. It depends how heavy the snow is I guess.

Right now the predicted high temp for Naperville on Saturday is 12 with 1-3 inches of snow.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 08, 2025, 02:46:56 PMEvery team in the league has played from 6-9 games now, so they're all somewhere around a quarter or a third into the regular season. In other words, a good chunk of the campaign has gone by. And there's only one player in the CCIW who is ranked in the league's top ten in scoring, rebounding, assists, and steals -- he's 8th, 3rd, 1st, and 3rd in those categories.

Guess who it is? Here's two hints: He's from Indiana, and he's tied with Vinnie Adjahoungbeta for the longest last name of any starter in the league.

Kolden V., of course. Easy. 

Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 07, 2025, 09:41:40 AM

Quote from: kenoshamark on December 06, 2025, 10:55:52 PMInterestingly, McNabb, Riley Brooks and Antuan Nesbitt all started their college careers out at Northern Michigan (D2).

Perhaps we should start referring to NMU as the CCIW's farm team.

And the NMU——->CCIW pipeline is nothing new. Former North Central 3 point bomber Mike Pollack, now an Air Force jet pilot, began at NMU as did former NCC All-American and current assistant coach Alex Sorenson.

Quote from: NCC2010 on November 26, 2025, 10:57:20 AMI'd also add Donovan McNeal to this list; his health is currently my biggest concern for NCC's playoff run. From what I'm hearing, we will not see him play this Saturday. Assuming they get past Hanover, we'll have to wait and see if he's able to return the following week against the Hope/UWL winner.

Don't know if dreams will come true or not, but McNeal is listed as the starter for NCC on the 2-deep vs. LaCrosse.
Should he not be able to go, the running attack will be in good stead with Allen, Rashid, and Williams.

Quote from: mwunder on December 02, 2025, 03:30:22 PMSince it worked out so well last season, I will once again predict IWU to go undefeated through the CCIW conference this season.

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Quote from: USee on November 30, 2025, 04:22:51 PMWell, you can complain about NPI all you want but without it Wheaton is not in the field this year. No wins against RRO, though SOS may have been decent.

The new NPI encourages teams to schedule top 10 teams and particularly WIAC/OAC/HSC etc as the NPI boost will insure you are in the field at 8-2 and certainly 9-1.

Well my angst may be somewhat misguided then because while I certainly can't be accused of being a Wheaton fan, it is just plain craziness for anyone to assert they didn't belong in this season's playoffs solely because they had two losses.
But I just can't help but think a system that placed NCC 4th has some flaws. That's all.

Quote from: GusD on November 29, 2025, 07:00:29 PMWhile the field was swept prior to the festivities today, NCC employed the Shovel Brigade to keep the field playable during the game. Whenever there was a timeout, and as other opportunities such as changes of possession, walking off penalties, etc., presented themselves, the Brigade would run out on the field and shovel at 5 yard intervals - 5 yard line, 10, 15, and so on in order to keep the field as playable as possible. Each yard line seemed to have its own shoveler, so there was a sizable force involved. 
I was advised that the shovelers were freshmen members of the team that did not dress today. I live about 5 minutes from the stadium and when I got home I found we had already gotten about 5.5-6 inches, so their efforts were invaluable as far s keeping the field as playable as possible. The Brigade should get next Saturday off as the forecast for Naperville is sunny and 75! 

One of the crew that cleaned the field prior to kickoff, and again during halftime, was North Central President "GP." Nice to have a Pres and Administration that, while always putting academics first, so strongly supports the role athletics plays in the overall College experience.

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Quote from: GusD on November 29, 2025, 04:25:45 PMWheaton beats Wartburg 28-24! ⭐️
So much for the wonderful NPI analysis/rankings 🤪 🤯

BTW, Hansen Ratings had Wheaton as a 5-point favorite.

Exactly. Despite Wartburg being 10-0 AND playing at home, I wasn't surprised at all that Wheaton won. Not only Hansen but additionally, their only losses were to the numbers 1 and 2 in the county.
I'm just not a big fan of NPI.

While the field was swept prior to the festivities today, NCC employed the Shovel Brigade to keep the field playable during the game. Whenever there was a timeout, and as other opportunities such as changes of possession, walking off penalties, etc., presented themselves, the Brigade would run out on the field and shovel at 5 yard intervals - 5 yard line, 10, 15, and so on in order to keep the field as playable as possible. Each yard line seemed to have its own shoveler, so there was a sizable force involved. 
I was advised that the shovelers were freshmen members of the team that did not dress today. I live about 5 minutes from the stadium and when I got home I found we had already gotten about 5.5-6 inches, so their efforts were invaluable as far s keeping the field as playable as possible. The Brigade should get next Saturday off as the forecast for Naperville is sunny and 75!

Quote from: Mister36 on November 29, 2025, 05:20:36 PMLooks like a MIAC-WIAC border battle next week, and if LaCrosse could do us all a huge favor and take out NCC that'd be awesome 

Don't hold your breath. 

Wheaton beats Wartburg 28-24! ⭐️
So much for the wonderful NPI analysis/rankings 🤪 🤯

According to the Weather Channel, it's supposed to begin snowing in Naperville at 3AM tomorrow morning and continue until 3AM Sunday. 2.4 inches are supposed to fall by game time at noon, with an additional 1.7 inches by the end of the game. Total for the 12 hour window is predicted to be 8.4 inches. 🌨 🤪

North Central @ Hope 🏀 game scheduled for tomorrow afternoon has been postponed.
Rescheduled to 12/17.