MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

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This is, AFAIK, the complete list of CCIW triple-doubles. There are five CCIW schools that have no records of a triple-double, but I'm not sure if that's because the program in question has never had a player make a t-d before or because their SIDs have never put them in the record book. The latter seems unlikely, since the t-d has been a noteworthy achievement for at least since the NCAA began compiling official stats for assists and blocks (if I remember correctly, that was 1978). If there are that many CCIW programs that have never had a triple-double before, it only emphasizes just how rare an achievement a t-d is on the college level.

(If anyone knows of any other triple-doubles recorded by a CCIW men's basketball team besides these, please PM me. I'm trying to get Brainard Avenue to put triple-doubles in the CCIW MBB record book.)

CCIW triple-doubles

 
 
 
 
 
 

Lars Anderson, North Park	18 pts, 11 rebs, 10 blks vs. Carroll (Dec 12, 1984)*
Michael Starks, North Park	23 pts, 12 rebs, 13 asts vs. Illinois Wesleyan (Jan 31, 1987)*
Miguel Tharpe, North Park	19 pts, 10 rebs, 10 asts vs. Concordia IL (Dec 7, 1996)
Steve Djurickovic, Carthage	23 pts, 10 rebs, 12 asts vs. Wisconsin Lutheran (Nov 29, 2009)
Tim McCrary, Wheaton	35 pts, 18 rebs, 10 asts vs. Grinnell (Dec 12, 2009)
Connor Raridon, North Central	18 pts, 15 rebs, 12 asts vs. Greenville (Nov 15, 2019)
Fillip Bulatovic, Carthage	29 pts, 16 rebs, 15 asts vs. Greenville (Nov 23, 2021)
Kolden Vanlandingham, North Park	11 pts, 11 rebs, 11 asts vs. Cornell (Dec 18, 2026)

* CCIW game

Not surprised to see McCrary in there. One of the best passing bigs in CCIW history, IMO.

[Gregory Sager]

Another day, another final-minute melodrama for Elmhurst. This time, the magic didn't happen for the Bluejays, who got back on the bus for Chicagoland having suffered a 68-65 loss to Coe in Cedar Rapids. Dom Trelenberg had 17 and 7 while Vinnie Adjahoungbeta had 13 in the losing effort for EU.

For Greenville this was the Week of Diminishing Returns, as the Panthers played progressively worse through each of their three CCIW-opponent contests over the past five days. Tonight MU defended better than NPU and EU did, en route to a 133-83 thumping of the Panthers. But it should be noted that George Barber abandoned the safety on the press tonight, which allowed Millikin to baseball-pass over the top every time and turn the game into a cherry-picker's delight. Nate Straughter had 33 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals, as well as enough poster dunks to start his own YouTube channel; Lane Thomann had 17 and 6 assists without a single turnover; Ian Winkler pumped in 14; Chris Ketchum had a 12 and 10 double-double as well as 3 blocks; and McGrady Noyes pulled down 11 boards.

After trailing for the first three-quarters of the game, Augustana finally caught up to Calvin with seven minutes and change to go, seesawed with the Knights through crunch time, got the dagger it needed from a Dom Rhoden trey with 44 seconds left, and rode it out at the free-throw line to take down the #8 team in the country, 64-60, up in the Dells. Cam Atkinson paced the Rock Islanders with 14, with Jake Willems adding 11 and Ben Jurzak contributing 10 off the bench.

[Gregory Sager]

CCIW overall: 41-20 (.672)
Home: 18-10
Away: 18-8
Neutral: 5-2

vs. ARC: 0-3
vs. C2C: 0-1
vs. CCS: 0-1
vs. HCAC: 2-0
vs. MIAA: 6-1
vs. MIAC: 4-0
vs. MWC: 9-0
vs. NACC: 9-1
vs. NCAC: 2-0
vs. SLIAC: 4-0
vs. UAA: 2-1
vs. UMAC: 1-0
vs. WIAC: 2-12

Saturday's games:
North Central (3-5) @ Rhodes (6-2), 1 pm
Marian (6-3) @ Carroll (4-5), 2 pm
Augustana (5-4) vs. UW-La Crosse (8-0), 7 pm (@ Wisconsin Dells, WI)

[Gregory Sager]

I figured that the CCIW would get two out of three today, and I was right -- but it wasn't the two out of three I thought it would be.

North Central's one-step-forward, two-steps-back season continued according to form in the first round of the Rhodes Tournament, as the host Lynx took down the Cardinals in a game of runs, 71-65. Tyler Surin had 15 and Alejandro Diaz scored 14 in the losing cause for NCC, while Ethan Marlowe grabbed nine boards and swatted five blocks.

Carroll finally broke free from riding the seesaw with Marian for almost the entire game, using a late run to claim a 75-67 win at Van Male. Michael McNabb scored 23 (18 of those points coming in the second half), Peyton McKenna scored 15 on 4-8 shooting from downtown, and Lamar Smith had an all-around monster game with 14 points, nine rebounds, and an 8:1 ratio, as he was a kickout machine today.

Augustana came up with a really impressive 82-75 upset win over #3-ranked and previously unbeaten UW-La Crosse this evening -- and what was almost as impressive as the win itself was the way that Augie did it. Delp's crew was leading it the whole way, and in fact they were up by as many as a dozen halfway through the opening stanza. You knew that that wouldn't last, and eventually UWL crept up and caught Augie with 12 and a half minutes to go. That's usually a recipe in this scenario for the favored team to keep on going and pull away, but that never happened. Thirteen seconds after the Eagles took that initial lead, Jake Willems knocked down a jumper to put Augustana back in front -- and although UWL would briefly tie it up again six minutes later, the Eagles never led again. Augie was paced by Andre Klaver's 18, while Willems added 10 and Marieon Anderson had 10 points, nine rebounds, and three steals. Augie really won the game on the glass, outrebounding UWL by eight, although the Eagles did themselves in to a degree by shooting poorly from beyond the arc and at the stripe.

CCIW overall: 43-21 (.672)
Home: 19-10
Away: 18-9
Neutral: 6-2

vs. ARC: 0-3
vs. C2C: 0-1
vs. CCS: 0-1
vs. HCAC: 2-0
vs. MIAA: 6-1
vs. MIAC: 4-0
vs. MWC: 9-0
vs. NACC: 10-1
vs. NCAC: 2-0
vs. SAA: 0-1
vs. SLIAC: 4-0
vs. UAA: 2-1
vs. UMAC: 1-0
vs. WIAC: 3-12

Sunday's games:
North Central (3-5) vs. Mississippi U. for Women (6-2), 1 pm (@ Memphis, TN)
Carthage (6-4) vs. Edgewood (1-7), 2 pm (@ Wisconsin Dells, WI)
North Park (7-2) @ UW-Eau Claire (10-0), 3 pm

[Gregory Sager]

Final from the north woods:

#20 UW-Eau Claire 70
North Park 66

Marquis Vance: 17 pts, 9 rebs
Mike Vuckovic: 15 pts, 5:2 a:to
Julian Campbell: 13 pts, 8 rebs
Kolden Vanlandingham: 5:2 a:to

Vikings fell short in a grind-it-out affair, as UWEC made its free throws in the final minute to hang onto its narrow lead. The difference in the game was shot selection and free throws; the Blugolds did a better job than the Vikings in the second half of working the clock down to get higher-percentage shots, while the Vikings, quite frankly, threw up more than their fair share of bad looks from beyond the arc. NPU, which was averaging 20 free throws per game, only shot seven of them in this contest; the Vikings simply settled too often for the outside shot instead of driving.

Still, coming this close on the floor of an undefeated and nationally-ranked team after Vanlandingham and Vance had fouled out shows how solid this Vikings team really is.

[Gregory Sager]

Down the stretch North Central coughed up what had been a long-standing lead over Mississippi University for Women, clawed it back with two minutes and change remaining, and then hung on for a 71-68 win over the Owls to split a pair this weekend in Memphis. Ale Diaz paced NCC with 21 points and also had a really nice floor game (5:2, plus five steals), while Tyler Swierczek pumped in a dozen and Tyler Surin had 10 and 6. Sean Molloy also added eight caroms to the Cardinals' rebound total.

Carthage never trailed Edgewood, and pulled away down the stretch to a comfortable 78-58 win up in the Dells. Chris Schlesinger led the way for the Kenoshans with 21 off the bench, while Ryan Johnson had a strong day (13 and 11 with a 4:1 ratio), brother AJ also contributed 13, and Riley Brooks added 11.

CCIW overall: 45-22 (.672)
Home: 19-10
Away: 18-10
Neutral: 8-2

vs. ARC: 0-3
vs. C2C: 0-1
vs. CCS: 0-1
vs. HCAC: 2-0
vs. MIAA: 6-1
vs. MIAC: 4-0
vs. MWC: 9-0
vs. NACC: 11-1
vs. NCAC: 2-0
vs. SAA: 0-1
vs. SLIAC: 5-0
vs. UAA: 2-1
vs. UMAC: 1-0
vs. WIAC: 3-13

Monday, Dec. 29's games:
North Central (4-6) vs. Lake Forest (4-5), 4 pm (@ Dubuque, IA)
Illinois Wesleyan (7-3) @ Yeshiva (3-6), 6:30 pm