MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[Gregory Sager]

D3hoops.com All-Region guard and 1,000-point scorer Kolden Vanlandingham is returning to NPU to finish his degree and wrap up his collegiate career in 2025-26.

[Greek Tragedy]

I imagine Campbell probably talked to the coaching staff and knows what his role is and what he needs to do. I don't think he would just randomly pick NPU before doing his homework. If he didn't, that's not real smart.

[Gregory Sager]

North Park has landed 6'0" rising junior PG Adrian Anderson from Morton College. Last season the Berwyn native averaged 14.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 4.4 apg, and 1.5 spg for the Panthers with a 1.7 a:to ratio and .500/.476/.838 shooting splits. He had the third-highest trey shooting percentage in all of NJCAA D2, and at 68-143 it's not as though he snuck in atop the leaderboard as a low-volume type who was extremely selective about when to attempt a trey.

He led the Panthers in scoring and assists, and this was for a 21-win Morton team that won the tough Skyway Conference.

I like this pickup for NPU.

[lmitzel]

I 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.

[GusD]

I 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.