MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[lmitzel]

Fun nugget to see this afternoon: Terrance Moncrief is working out with the Texas Legends of the NBA G-League.

[Green Beer]

The Titan roster is up. Owan Nelson and Alex Maas dropping off. Seven new-comers. If I could wave my magic wand and ask for the ideal recruiting class, this would be it. At the end of last season, I would've said we have four lock-in starters for this season. Now I'm down to one (Colak). Funk and Fridman are truly going to have to come into practice and bring their A game. Yeah, Fridman.

[kenoshamark]

https://athletics.carthage.edu/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Carthage roster and schedule is up.  Doesn't include freshmen or potential transfers, but the roster up this early is not par for the course.  Whole starting five is back which includes the Johnson brothers who were first team all conference and Ryan was MOP.  Also, second team, Riley Brooks is back. Additionally, Antuan Nesbitt is listed as a graduate senior.  He was out all last year and was a first team all conference the year before.  If he can come back, that leaves them with likely one of the most talented and experienced teams in the nation. 

[GusD]

The North Central roster is also up. However, you really can't accept it as gospel yet as all returning players were automatically given numbers with all the freshman just being listed as being team members. After a few weeks of official practice the varsity team will be determined and there's a good chance 1 or 2 of the freshman will make the varsity, and assume one of the jersey numbers currently listed as belonging to an upperclassman. 

https://northcentralcardinals.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

[GusD]

North Central will host Wabash for a scrimmage @ noon on Sun., November 2nd.
They will also travel to D1 Bradley in Peoria for an exhibition at a time to be determined on Sun., December 14th.

[mwunder]

Additionally, Antuan Nesbitt is listed as a graduate senior.  He was out all last year and was a first team all conference the year before.  If he can come back, that leaves them with likely one of the most talented and experienced teams in the nation. 

I don't see a number by his name, so I'm not quite sure what to make of his addition. I missed watching him play last season so I hope he's able to come back and get his last year of eligibility in. His addition to the lineup would create some tough matchups.  I do think that Carthage lacks a big body to play behind Ryan Johnson.

Does anyone know what the injury was to Nesbitt last season? I don't know that I've seen anything on the board on that situation.