Quote from: lmitzel on July 23, 2025, 04:56:11 PMI haven't looked at other schedules around the league yet, but I've noticed an oddity this year with the double round robin. Usually you face everyone once before you start the rematches. Yet for NCC, they face North Park in back to back CCIW contests (in Chicago on 12/13 and Naperville on 1/3). They don't face Elmhurst until 1/24 and then again on 2/14.

Well, nowhere in the CCIW rule book does it say any of the scheduling has to make sense. This is nowhere near being unusually unusual for the CCIW. While this is a perfect example of an "oddity" in 🏀 scheduling it's really nothing new. For instance there have been several instances of scheduling one 🏀 team to play their last 3 conference games on the road while a rival is afforded the advantage of playing their last 3 in front of a very supportive home crowd. Likewise, in football, when one team has to play away against the same team 2, maybe 3, years in a row. Baffling CCIW scheduling is something that seems to occur on a fairly consistent basis.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on July 09, 2025, 03:53:52 AMTyvin Garrison, a rising junior 6'7" G/F from Springfield, is transferring to North Park. He played for D2 Lincoln (MO) in 2022-23 and 2023-24, achieving modest stats in limited playing time (eight games as a frosh, 14 games as a sophomore), then transferred to a USCAA school in Florida last fall but decided not to play there, thus retaining two more seasons of eligibility.

Fun fact: Until he joined the Springfield HS team as a sophomore, he'd never played organized basketball before. He was a hockey player up until then. I doubt that you see a lot of downstate 6'5" fourteen-year-olds playing hockey instead of basketball.

Quote from: tomt4525 on July 08, 2025, 02:07:35 PMFormer Carthage Big Man, Julian Campbell, is transferring to North Park.

Campbell verbally committed to NPU last fall. Not sure why it took him this long to finally announce it on X, but the Vikings are glad to have him!

If Garrison has a hockey background it wouldn't be surprising if he brings an elevated level of physicality to the hardwood. A nice asset in the rough and tumble CCIW. With his not playing last year it will be interesting to see if his 🏀 skills have depreciated to any significant degree.

Concerning Campbell —— Did he attend NPU or any other institution as a student last year? If he attended another school, did he play basketball there? Two years ago at Carthage he weighed close to 300 pounds. Has he managed to trim down any or is he even more corpulent currently? If he hasn't lost any weight, or especially if he's gained any, NPU will basically be playing defense with only 4 guys. Diametrically opposed to last year's swarming D.

NCC TRANSFER

6'8" PF Ethan Marlowe is transferring from D2 Northwest Missouri State to North Central. He will have two years of eligibility remaining. Ethan attended high school at St. Charles North where was All-Area 3 times, and All-State as both a junior and senior.
No doubt a big addition for the Cardinals.

Alex Sorenson, Head Assistant at Loras the last two years has taken the same position at North Central of the CCIW, where he previously starred as an All-American.

Additional info on the CCIW board (Region 8), if interested.

Quote from: GusD on June 02, 2025, 11:01:47 PMNCC NEWS

With the background check and other vetting processes almost complete, an announcement should be forthcoming fairly soon as to the identity of NCC's new Head Assistant Coach, who will replace Alex Washington. Alex, who did some good work for the Cardinals, recently resigned to enter a profession outside of coaching.

Alex Sorenson '18/M'23 is North Central's new Head Assistant coach. Alex spent the last 2 years as the Head Assistant at Loras of the ARC before ascending to NCC and the CCIW. Prior to that he was the Cardinals 🏀 Graduate Assistant in 2021-2022, and 2022-2023.

Alex began his college playing career at D2 Northern Michigan before transferring to North Central for his final 3 years of eligibility. Despite playing for the Cardinals for only 3 years he ranks in the top 10 for career points scored (1,443), field goals made (594), points per game (17.2), and rebounds (731).

Had Alex played all 4 years at NCC, he would likely be the #2 all-time scorer. He is the Cards all-time blocks leader with 146 over his three year playing career. He also holds the all-time NCC record for most points scored in a single game with 54 against Robert Morris-Chicago (now part of D2 Roosevelt) on Dec. 30, 2017.
Sorenson earned All-CCIW First Team honors each year he played at North Central, and was named a D3Hoops All-American in the 2017-2018 season.

Inquiring minds want to know! 😉 LOL.

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Quote from: The Third Division on May 28, 2025, 01:41:45 PMIt should be "The College of North Central That Is North Central of Absolutely Nothing"

Not even in the center of Naperville, or DuPage County for that matter.

In 1926, when then name was adopted, the college would have been nearly directly North of the population center of the United States.

And in 1926 when Naperville was a sleepy small town of about 4,500 NCC, being adjacent to downtown, was certainly right in the center of Naperville.
Currently, it's in the northern part of the city as over the years the population has expanded in a southerly direction. Wheaton, to Naperville's north, also grew southward forcing Naperville to expand mostly in the same direction into Will County now as well as DuPage.

RPI window sticker on a mini van in the Naperville Plaza Shopping Center at Washington and Gartner
in Naperville, IL.

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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.
So yes, it does appear this committee needs to emerge from hibernation a little more frequently. 🤗

The group is still pretty new. They're still working through decades of basketball players and coaches.

Ah, a succinct explanation of the "delay." Thank you.

NCC NEWS

With the background check and other vetting processes almost complete, an announcement should be forthcoming fairly soon as to the identity of NCC's new Head Assistant Coach, who will replace Alex Washington. Alex, who did some good work for the Cardinals, recently resigned to enter a profession outside of coaching.

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.
So yes, it does appear this committee needs to emerge from hibernation a little more frequently. 🤗

Quote from: WUPHF on May 28, 2025, 10:13:34 AM

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.

Calling something in Naperville Plainfield anything would never fly. The Putin' on the Ritzers with their noses in the air who comprise Naperville's upper echelon would view anything Plainfieldeze as an insult to the Empire. 🤬

Quote from: Ccrfer on May 29, 2025, 01:21:36 PMHow about Greenfield U?

The Lehnen contingent would mount a strong counter proposal. 🤗

Quote from: WUPHF on May 28, 2025, 10:13:34 AM

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.

One of the names reportedly under consideration was North Central College in Naperville.
Wonder where someone got an idea like that? 🤗 😏

Quote from: robertgoulet on May 27, 2025, 02:43:34 PM

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!

I suppose it makes sense. Would be interested to see the article if you've got a link. I can't find it anywhere.

Actually saw it in a NC article that referenced "as reported in the Chicago Tribune." Googled but couldn't find any actual article from the Tribune.