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Grinnell*#~ |
13-3 |
18-7 |
Lawrence*^~ |
13-3 |
19-7 |
| Carroll* |
12-4 |
16-8 |
St. Norbert* |
12-4 |
18-6 |
Illinois College |
8-8 |
11-12 |
| Ripon |
7-9 |
9-13 |
Lake Forest |
6-10 |
7-16 |
Monmouth |
5-11 |
8-15 |
Beloit |
2-14 |
4-19 |
Knox |
2-14 |
2-21 |
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| ^ 2009 MWC Tournament Winner, NCAA Qualifier |
| ~ 2008-09 MWC Champions |
| # 2009 MWC Tournament Host |
| * Qualified for 2009 MWC Tournament (Feb. 27-28) |
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| First Round at Elmhurst, Ill. |
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| Friday, March 6 |
| #2 Washington U. 67, #20 Lawrence 65 |
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| Friday & Saturday, February 27-28 |
| Hosted by Grinnell (Grinnell, Iowa) |
| Friday, February 27 - Semifinals |
| #2 (#25) Lawrence 90, #3 Carroll 66 |
| at #1 Grinnell 95, #4 St. Norbert 85 |
| Saturday, February 28 |
| Championship Game |
| #2 (#25) Lawrence 88, at #1 Grinnell 69 |
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| MWC Weekly Releases/Notes |
| Weekly Releases |
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| Final Release 2008-09 |
| March 9, 2009 |
| 2008-09 All-Conference/Award Winners |
| March 2, 2009 |
| 2009 MWC Tournament Preview |
| February 23, 2009 |
| February 16, 2009 |
| February 9, 2009 |
| February 2, 2009 |
| January 26, 2009 |
| January 19, 2009 |
| January 12, 2009 |
| January 5, 2009 |
| December 15, 2008 |
| December 8, 2008 |
| December 1, 2008 |
| November 24, 2008 |
| November 17, 2008 |
| 2008-09 Preseason Coaches Poll |
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| February 21 |
| Carroll 64, St. Norbert 51 |
| Lawrence 97, Ripon 75 |
| Grinnell 99, Monmouth 75 |
| Illinois College 68, Lake Forest 62 |
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| February 18 |
| Lawrence 92, Beloit 68 |
| Carroll 87, Ripon 82 |
| Monmouth 71, Lake Forest 60 |
| Illinois College 90, Knox 80 |
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| February 2 |
| Grinnell 126, William Penn 101 |
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| January 19 |
| Millikin 71, Knox 67 |
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 Grinnell, Iowa - Grinnell College’s John Grotberg proved he could match up with the nation’s best when he competed at the 21st Annual State Farm 3-Point Championships on Thursday, April 2. The event was held at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan, site of the NCAA Division I Final Four.
The senior tallied a score of 17 in the first round, which ranked fifth in the eight-person field and left him just one spot out of qualifying for the semifinals. Each player shot 25 balls from five different racks on the floor, with each made shot counting for one point except for the final ball in each rack which counted as two.
The four semifinalists, in order of finish, were Jimmy Baron of Rhode Island (score of 25), Erik Kangas of Oakland (23), Jack McClinton of Miami (22) and Craig Moore of Northwestern (19).
Kangas and McClinton advanced from the semifinals with scores of 19 and 15, respectively, and McClinton went on to win the title with a score of 22 compared to Kangas’ 17.
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Grinnell, Iowa - Grinnell College men’s basketball player John Grotberg will join seven other long-range bombers at the 21 st Annual State Farm College 3-Point Championships on Thursday, April 2 in Auburn Hills, Mich.
The event, which also includes a separate slam dunk competition, will be televised on ESPN at 8 p.m. Central time from the Palace of Auburn Hills, site of the 2009 NCAA Division I Final Four.
Joining Grotberg, the all-time NCAA leader in 3-pointers regardless of level, is the lone Division III player in the field. Joining him are Craig Moore of Northwestern, Kyle McAlarney of Notre Dame, Jimmy Baron of Rhode Island, Erik Kangas of Oakland, Booker Woodfox of Creighton, Alex Ruoff of West Virginia and Jack McClinton of Miami.
“It’s definitely an honor to be selected with all of these great Division I players,” said Grotberg. “I’ve been preparing all spring break for this, mainly on timing and technique of putting up a bunch of balls from different spots on the floor.”
The senior feels Grinnell’s fast style of play will give him an advantage. “I’m used to shooting a high volume of shots quickly,” he said. “I’ve learned how to shoot when I’m tired. Actually, I think we have three or four guys on our Grinnell team who could do pretty well in this contest.”
Grotberg doesn’t expect nerves to play a factor as he steps onto the court in the big arena. “Maybe I’ll be a little nervous at first, but for the most part playing in front of a big audience helps me,” he said. “I did well when we played at Wells Fargo Arena (in Des Moines) this season. I’ll have a lot of family and friends there on Thursday (Grotberg is from nearby Ann Arbor, Mich.), so that will help, too.” |
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 Appleton, Wis. - Lawrence University men's basketball star Ryan Kroeger (right) has been named to the D3hoops.com All-America team.
Kroeger, a senior guard from Glendale, Wis., and former star at Nicolet High School, received honorable mention.
Kroeger, who was named to the All-Midwest Region team by D3hoops.com and the National Association of Basketball Coaches for the second straight year, averaged 17.5 points and 2.8 rebounds per game while shooting 53.1 percent from the floor. Kroeger hit on 40.8 percent of his 3-pointers and shot 75.8 percent from the foul line.
A three-time All-Midwest Conference selection, Kroeger also averaged 3.6 assists per game and had a sparkling 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio.
The Midwest Conference Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009, Kroeger finished his career second on Lawrence's career scoring list with 1,537 points. He finished just 28 points shy of tying Chris Braier's career record of 1,565.
This is Kroeger's first All-America selection, and he is only the second Lawrence player to be named an All-American. Braier was chosen for the D3hoops.com team three times (2004, 2005, 2006), including a first-team selection as a senior.
Kroeger, who was named a preseason first-team All-American by the Sporting News, led the Vikings to their second consecutive Midwest Conference and MWC Tournament titles in 2008-09. The Vikings, who have won five of the last six conference championships, also qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament for the third time in Kroeger's career.
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Appleton, Wis. - Lawrence University men's basketball star Ryan Kroeger (right) has been named to the All-Midwest Region team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
A senior guard from Glendale, Wis., Kroeger was a first-team selection by the NABC after being named a second-team pick by D3hoops.com. The former star at Nicolet High School was a first-team pick by both the NABC and D3hoops.com in 2008.
Kroeger, who was named the Midwest Conference Player of the Year for the second straight year, averaged 17.5 points and 2.8 rebounds per game while shooting 53.1 percent from the floor. Kroeger hit on 40.8 percent of his 3-pointers and shot 75.8 percent from the foul line.
Kroeger finished his career second on Lawrence's career scoring list with 1,537 points. He finished just 28 points shy of tying Chris Braier's career record of 1,565.
A three-time All-Midwest Conference selection, Kroeger also averaged 3.6 assists per game and had a sparkling 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Kroeger led the Vikings to their second consecutive Midwest Conference and MWC Tournament titles in 2008-09. The Vikings, who have won five of the last six conference championships, also qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament for the third time in Kroeger's career.
In addition to the all-region honors, Kroeger was named a preseason first-team All-American by the Sporting News.
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Grinnell, Iowa - Those familiar with Grinnell College men’s basketball already know about John Grotberg’s prowess as a 3-point shooter. Now he’ll show those abilities to an even bigger audience.
Grotberg (right), a senior guard from Ann Arbor, Mich., has been chosen as one of eight men’s participants in ESPN’s 21st Annual College Basketball 3-Point Championships. The event will be held Thursday, April 2, in conjunction with the NCAA Tournament Final Four at The Palace of Auburn Hills, home of the Detroit Pistons.
Initial indications show Grotberg, who set the NCAA record for career 3-pointers regardless of level with 526, will be the lone Division III participant in the 3-Point Shooting contest. For the second season in a row, he leads the nation in scoring and 3- pointers per game with 31.0 and 6.2, respectively. He also ranks seventh nationally in steals per game this season with 3.3.
Grotberg finished his career as the D-III’s third-leading and Pioneers’ all-time leading scorer with 2,848 points, a 29.7 point per game average. His efforts in 2008-09 helped Grinnell earn a share of the Midwest Conference regular-season title.
The 3-Point Championships will be shown on ESPN on April 2, beginning at 8 p.m. Central time following the NIT championship contest.
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Four Midwest Conference student-athletes were named to the D3Hoops.com 2008-09 All-Midwest Region Men's Basketball Team.
Two-time MWC Player of the Year Ryan Kroeger (right) was selected for the second straight season. A 2007-08 First-Teamer, the senior guard was named to the Second Team after leading his Lawrence squad to a share of the 2008-09 MWC Title. Kroeger finished the season ranked in the top 10 of the MWC in numerous categories including:
points per game (17.5), field goal percentage  (.531), assists per game
(3.62), steals per game (1.31), three-point
percentage (.408), and assist-turnover ratio (2.19). Beloit's Andy Horton (left) garnered his second consecutive selection to the Second Team. The senior center was a First-Team All-MWC performer the past two season and led the league in rebounding (10.2) and blocked shots (1.57) en route to averaging a double-double (18.7 ppg).
Grinnell guard John Grotberg (right) was a Third Team selection this season after being named All-Region each year he's been on campus. The senior led the Pioneers to a share of the 2008-09 MWC Championship and finished his career as the NCAA's all-time leader in three-pointers (526) and third in D-III history in  scoring (2,848). Carroll's John Hoch (left) earned his inaugural trip to the All-Midwest Region Team. The junior guard was selected to the Third Team after leading the Pioneers to a 12-4 MWC mark. Hoch was a First-Team All-Conference performer and finished third in the league in scoring (24.1) and fourth in assists (5.17).
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Lawrence could not hold on for the upset over defending national champion Washington (MO), falling to the Bears 67-65. The Vikings end their season with a 19-7 mark while Washington advcances to play UW-Whitewater in the second round tomorrow.
Lawrence's Ryan Kroeger hit a three-pointer to put the Vikings up by one in the final :30 seconds, but was quickly answered with a triple by Washington's Aaron Thompson to put the Bears back on top. Lawrence would get another chance as Kroeger was fouled in the double bonus, but the 2008 and 2009 MWC Player of the Year split the pair from the line. Washington would go on to make one of its two free throws, but a Viking lay-up for the tie was missed at the buzzer.
Free throw shooting plagued Lawrence throughout the game as it went 6-for-14 from the line. Thompson had a game-high 26 points for the Bears while teammate Zach Kelly finished with nine boards.
John Dekker went 5-for-7 from behind the arc to lead the Vikings with 17 points.
Jayce Apelgren finished with a team-hign nine rebounds to go along with his 15 points.
Friday, March 6
#2 Washington U. 67, #20 Lawrence 65 |
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Lawrence, the 2009 Midwest Conference Co-Champion and Tournament Winner, travels to Elmhurst, Ill. tonight to take on defending national champion Washington (MO) at 6 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The game can be heard live via D3hoops.com while live stats will also be available (links to both below). The winner will square off with either Elmhurst or UW-Whitewater at 7 p.m. Saturday.
 Joel DePagter’s (right) Lawrence squad (19-6, 13-3) enters the tournament ranked 20th in the D3hoops.com Top 25 and will be led by the 2008 and 2009 MWC Player of the Year in guard Ryan Kroeger. The senior enters the Tournament ranked in the top 10 of the MWC in numerous categories including:
points per game (17.7), assists per game
(3.6), and steals per game (1.32). Senior forward Chris Page will look to continue his stellar play as the All-Conference performer averaged 27.0 ppg and 13.5 rpg during the MWC Tournament.
Washington (MO) enters as the second-ranked team in the country after earning the University Athletic Association's automatic berth. The Bears have won 14 of their last 15 and will be led by senior forward Tyler Nading (13.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg) and junior guard Aaron Thompson (17.8 ppg), who both started in the 2008 National Championship.
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 Grinnell, Iowa. - The Grinnell College men’s basketball team and its run-and-gun system is the subject of feature story scheduled to run during the “Race to March Madness” program Saturday, March 7, on ABC.
The hour-long show begins at 1:30 p.m. Central time and contains feature stories along with commentary about teams trying to make the NCAA Tournament.
A crew from Intersport, which created the feature, was on campus in early February to shoot game footage and interview coach David Arseneault (right), as well as senior guards John Grotberg, Bobby Long, and David Arseneault. |
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Ripon, Wis. - Lawrence guard Ryan Kroeger (left) has been named the 2008-09 Midwest Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year after leading the Vikings to a share of the 2008-09 MWC Championship and a 2009 MWC Tournament Title. Kroeger becomes the third player to win the award multiple times and only the second to win it in back-to-back seasons. Monmouth’s Lance Castle was named the South Division Player of the Year in ‘94 and ‘95 while Lawrence’s Chris Braier was Player of the Year in the ‘04 and ‘06 seasons.
Grinnell’s David Arseneault (upper right) and Lawrence’s Joel DePagter (lower right) have been named the 2008-09 Co-MWC Coaches of the Year. This marks first time since 2001 and the fourth time overall that Arseneault has received the award, while this is DePagter’s first time as a recipient. DePagter also becomes the only person in conference history to ever win Player of the Year (1997 North Division Winner) and Coach of the Year, both have been as a member of the Vikings.
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After cracking the D3Hoops.com Top 25 last week for the first time since the website's Preseason Poll, Lawrence has moved up to the No. 20 spot. Over the weekend, the Vikings beat Carroll and host Grinnell in the 2009 MWC Tournament to earn the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Tourney.
Lawrence will attempt to continue climbing in the poll while also attempting to continue their season as it takes on No. 2 Washington University (MO) Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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Appleton, Wis. - Head Coach Joel DePagter (right) and his Lawrence University men's basketball team will take on defending national champions Washington University in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.
The Vikings (19-6) will be part of a four-team regional at Elmhurst College. Lawrence faces Washington U. (23-2) on Friday in the first game of the evening. Elmhurst (20-7) takes on UW-Whitewater (22-5) in the second game of the night. The winners meet Saturday for a trip to the Sweet 16.
Information on game times and tickets will be released as soon as it is available.
This is Lawrence's second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, the fifth in the past six years, and the sixth overall. The Vikings earned an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament with an 88-69 win over Grinnell College this past Saturday in the championship game of the Midwest Conference Tournament.
Washington U. recently had its 14-game winning streak snapped, and the Bears are currently ranked second by D3hoops.com.Lawrence was ranked 25th in the last poll.
The Bears, champions of the University Athletic Association, are led by a trio of great players. Junior guard Aaron Thompson leads the team in scoring at 17.8 points per game, and he is joined in the backcourt by senior Sean Wallis, who averages 10.3 points and a robust 8.4 assists per game. The frontcourt is anchored by senior forward Tyler Nading, who averages 13.3 points and a team-high 5.6 rebounds per game.
Elmhurst recevied an at-large berth after losing in the championship game of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Tournament. Wheaton College beat the Bluejays 67-63. Whitewater, which finished third in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, also received an at-large berth after losing to UW-Platteville in the semifinals of the conference tournament.
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#2 Lawrence 88, #1 Grinnell 69 - Lawrence wins its second consecutive MWC Tournament Title and fifth of the last six as the second-seeded Vikings downed host Grinnell 88-69. Unable to overcome missing three-time Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year finalist David Arseneault, who missed his second straight game with a knee injury, Grinnell's offense looked out-of-sync, shooting under 28-percent for the game. It was close early until a 17-4 Viking run ended the half 45-30 in Lawrence's favor. The Pioneers would get no closer than 10 as foul trouble doomed them the entire game. Three Grinnell players would foul out while another three finished with four personals. The Vikings capitalized by going 46-for-58 from the line. Lawrence's Chris Page has been on a tear lately and continued that trend by leading the game in both points (27) and rebounds (19). John Dekker also chipped in 23 points for the Vikings while John Grotberg and Bobby Long led the way for the Pioneers with 21 and 19 points, respectively.
Lawrence has also won the conference's automatic berth to the 2009 NCAA Tournament where it hopes to avenge a first-round dismissal by Wheaton (IL) a year ago.
Saturday, February 28
#2 (#25) Lawrence 88, at #1 Grinnell 69 |
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#2 Lawrence 90, #3 Carroll 66 - It took over three minutes for Lawrence to score its first bucket of the game, but after Jayce Apelgren's three-pointer, the Vikings went on a roll, finishing off Carroll 90-66. The Pioneers took an early 8-0 lead on a triple by Nate Zimmerman, but Lawrence went on an 11-2 run for its first lead of the game. The two teams would go back-and-forth until a jumper by Ryan Kroeger at the 11:23 mark of the first half gave the Vikings a lead that they would never surrender. Lawrence's Chris Page led all scorers with 27 while teammate John Dekker finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Carroll was led by Player of the Year candidate John Hoch's 24 points, but the loss of Sporting News Preseason All-American Wes Ladwig proved to be too much as the Pioneers end their season at 16-8. Lawrence will now take on Grinnell at 3 p.m. Saturday for the Tournament title and the automatic berth into the 2009 NCAA Tournament. In their lone match-up of the season, Grinnell downed the Vikings in Appleton 101-100.
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#1 Grinnell 95, #4 St. Norbert 85 - In a game that saw 18 ties, Grinnell overcame the absence of Three-time Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year finalist David Arseneault to take down visiting St. Norbert 95-85. Arseneault, the nation's leader in assists, injured his knee in practice earlier in the week. The Green Knights took the first lead of the game on a lay-up by Tom Katzfey, but that was quickly erased by a John Grotberg three-pointer. The first period would see the scoreboard tied 11 times including at the half after a three-point buzzer beater by Grinnell's R.J. Roewe evened the score at 35. A Paul Mallers lay-up gave St. Norbert the advantage coming out of the break, but Bobby Long's triple at the 17:17 mark took the lead back again. There would be six more ties in the half until Matt Chalupa put the Pioneers up 77-75 with just over seven minutes left. The game would remain close, but Grinnell held on thanks in large part to Long's 33 points and Grotberg's 31.
Bryan Fleischmann
led the Green Knights with 22 points and nine rebounds. The Pioneers will now look to follow-up their Conference Championship with a Tournament title and the automatic berth into the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Standing in their way will be fellow Conference Champion Lawrence as the two teams are set to tipoff at 3 p.m. Saturday. In their lone match-up of the season, Grinnell downed the Vikings in Appleton 101-100.
Friday, February 27
#2 (#25) Lawrence 90, #3 Carroll 66
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 Grinnell plays host to the 2009 Midwest Conference Tournament this weekend as the Pioneers attempt to follow their seventh MWC Championship by winning the Tournament for the first time since 2001. The weekend will kickoff with Carroll vs. Lawrence at 5 p.m. Friday and conclude with the Championship game at 3 p.m. Saturday. All games will be broadcast live via the internet with full audio and video at www.midwestconference.tv.
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 Jacksonville, Ill. - Illinois College’s Mark Gillingham (right) is one of just 15 student-athletes from across the nation named February 26 to the 2008-09 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America College Division Men’s Basketball Team.
Gillingham, a three-year co-captain and senior guard from Carrollton, was named to the third team. The Academic All-America College Division squad includes student-athletes from NCAA Division II and III institutions along with NAIA schools.
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Grinnell, Iowa - Grinnell College men’s basketball player John Grotberg (right) became the NCAA career leader for 3-pointers, regardless of level, by hitting four in Saturday’s 99-75 victory at Monmouth College.
Grotberg, a 6-foot-2 senior guard from Ann Arbor, Mich. (Ann Arbor-Pioneer), has 517 treys in his career to break the mark of 516 by former Grinnell player Jeff Clement. |
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Andy Horton (right), a 6'7 forward from Beloit has been named to the D3hoops National Team of the Week for the week ending February 15 . This is Horton's second Team of the Week selection this season.
The senior from Janesville, Wisconsin averaged 29.5 points and 12.5 rebounds as the Buccaneers snapped an 11-game losing streak with a two-overtime win against Carroll. He shot 18-for-37 from the floor and 21-for-22 from the free-throw line for the week.
The Bucs play their final game of the season Wednesday at Lawrence . Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
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St. Norbert has fallen out of the D3hoops.com Top 25 for the first time in the last eight weeks. The Green Knights peaked at the No. 11 spot on February 3, but have since dropped three of their last five games.
St. Norbert is still in the Receiving Votes section while Lawrence is also receiving votes for the first time since the December 23 poll.
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Grinnell, Iowa - Grinnell College men’s basketball player John Grotberg (right) has been named to the D3hoops.com National Team of the Week.
Grotberg, a 6-foot-2 guard from Ann Arbor, Mich. (Ann Arbor-Pioneer HS), moved into the fourth spot on the NCAA Division III all-time career scoring chart as Grinnell easily beat William Penn University, Ripon College and Beloit College. He now has 2,702 points in his career and is just seven shy of moving up to third on the chart.
The senior averaged 43.0 points and 7.0 rebounds during the span, shooting 50 percent from 3-point range (26-of-52) and 91.2 percent from the free throw line (31-of-34). He also had 15 steals and seven blocks in the three games.
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After receiving their highest ranking in school history, St. Norbert fell from the No. 11 spot in the D3hoops.com Top 25 this week. The Green Knights now sit at 19th after dropping their first two MWC contests last week.
Even with the two losses to Lawrence and Monmouth, St. Norbert still sits atop the MWC with an 11-2 record and has already clinched a berth into the Conference Tournament.
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Jacksonville, Ill. - Senior Mark Gillingham (right) has become the first Illinois College basketball player to earn academic all-district honors in his sport for three consecutive seasons.
The standout guard and Carrollton native was named February 5 to the 2008-2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Five First Team in men’s basketball. Gillingham, a three-year co-captain for the Blueboys, was joined on the first team by Kent Raymond of Wheaton College, Mike Dowden of St. Norbert College, Tim Madson of Bethel (Minn.) University and Wes Ladwig of Carroll University.
The District Five College Division squad encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and includes student-athletes from NCAA Divisions II and III, along with NAIA schools. Each of the first-team honorees will now become candidates for the Academic All-America men’s basketball team.
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 Waukesha, WI - For the second consecutive season, Carroll University's Wes Ladwig (right) has been honored for his success in the classroom and on the hardwood.
The 6-0, 180-pound senior guard from New Berlin, Wis. (West) has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District (Five) Men's Basketball First Team. The All-District team is voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Ladwig, an athletic training major with a 3.72 cumulative grade point average, was a third team selection a year ago.
While Ladwig has worked hard for academic success, he has been equally successful as a member of the Pioneers basketball program. He is currently ranked second on the team in scoring (15.9 ppg) while grabbing 4.1 rebounds per game. He is the team's leader in steals (29) and has dished out 81 assists.
Earlier this season, Ladwig became just the 12th player men's basketball player in Carroll history to reach the 1,000 career point plateau. He has since moved up to seventh on the all-time list with 1,159 career points (prior to Feb. 5). |
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Grinnell, Iowa – Grinnell College guard John Grotberg (right) is featured in the “Faces in the Crowd” section of the Feb. 9 issue of Sports Illustrated.
The senior is the Pioneers’ all-time leading scorer with 2,621 points points, which ranks sixth nationally. This season, he is first in the nation in points per game (29.4) and second in 3-pointers per contest (5.9). His efforts have helped Grinnell to the top spot nationally in four team categories, including points per game (116.3) and 3-point field goals per game (21.3).
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 De Pere, Wis. - St. Norbert College men’s basketball player Mike Dowden (right) has been named first team College Division Academic All-District V as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and ESPN The Magazine.
Dowden, a Walworth native and a graduate of Big Foot High School, holds a 3.85 grade point average with a major in history. The senior guard currently averages 9.2 points, 2.6 assists and 1.8 rebounds per game for the Green Knights, and is shooting 47.1 percent (41-for-87) from three-point range. St. Norbert is currently 16-2 overall, 10-1 in the Midwest Conference and ranked No. 11 by D3hoops.com.
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 Grinnell, Iowa – For the third year in a row, Grinnell College men's basketball player David Arseneault (right) has been named a finalist for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award.
The 6-foot-2 senior, who led the nation in assists the last three years, is one of 17 finalists for the award presented by the Basketball Hall of Fame and The Hartford. Of those finalists, Arseneault is just one of two from an NCAA Division III school.
Arseneault is having another banner season, as he recently jumped into the D-III top five for career assists. He currently has 814 and, at a career rate of 9.5 assists per game, is on pace to become the D-III all-time leader in that category.
This season, Arseneault is averaging a double-double of 16 points and 10.8 assists per game. Among his career highlights is setting the NCAA record, regardless of level, for assists in a game with 34 during his junior year against North Central ( Minn.).
Fans can get in on the voting for the award. To vote for Arseneault, visit www.cousyaward.com. |
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St. Norbert once again received its highest ranking in school history in the D3hoops.com Top 25 this week. The Green Knights sit at No. 11 after previously hitting the school's high last week at the 14th spot.
Carroll was knocked out of the Top 25 after holding the 24th spot for a week. The Pioneers fell to St. Norbert and Lawrence to give them their only MWC losses this season.
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Grinnell, Iowa - Grinnell College guard David Arseneault (right) moved into the all-time NCAA Division III top five for career assists with his performance on Saturday, Jan. 31, against Lake Forest College.
The senior dished out 11 assists in the game, giving him 800 for his career to tie David Genovese of Mt. St. Vincent for the No. 5 spot. Arseneault, a multiple Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Finalist, also had 18 points and two steals as the Pioneers beat the Foresters 117-82 at Darby Gymnasium. |
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Illinois College men's basketball player Mark Gillingham (right) recently scored his 1,000th career point. The 6-foot senior joined the exclusive club during a 66-52 loss at Lake Forest. Gillingham now has 1,006 points during his four-year tenure and trails Bill Schildman by 16 points for 20th on the Blue Boys' all-time scoring list.
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 Grinnell, Iowa - Grinnell College men’s basketball player Bobby Long (right) recently eclipsed the 1,500-point mark for his career.
Following a 122-79 victory over Monmouth College on Tuesday, Jan. 27, the 6-foot senior now has 1,549 points and is seventh on Grinnell’s all-time scoring chart. He needs just eight points to move up to sixth.
The latest season statistics have Long ranked fourth in all of NCAA Division III in points per game (26.8) and second in 3-point field goals per game (4.7).
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St. Norbert received its highest ranking in school history in the D3hoops.com Top 25 this week. The Green Knights checked in at 14th in the Week 8 version of the poll while their previous high was 15th on Feb. 17, 2002.
Carroll also entered the Top 25 for the first time this season. The Pioneers have worked their way up to the 24th spot after appearing in the Receiving Votes section for the previous two weeks.
The two MWC leaders are set to square off Wednesday. St. Norbert enters on a 13-game winning streak, while Carroll has won their last eight.
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After a week that saw St. Norbert get roads victories over Knox and Grinnell, the Green Knights stayed at the 17th spot in the D3hoops.com Top 25 poll. The poll remained relatively unchanged as the same 10 teams remained in the top 10, and no school either passed or dropped behind St. Norbert. Once again, Carroll appears in the Others Receiving Votes section. The Pioneers sit at #32 with 10 points in this week's poll.
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St. Norbert jumped six spots from 23rd to 17th in the D3Hoops.com poll for the week ending Sunday, January 11. The Green Knights earned their highest ranking since hitting 15th during the 2001-2002 season thanks in part to their current nine-game win streak. On a four-game win streak of their own the Carroll Pioneers appear in the Others Receiving Votes section, notching 12 points in this week's poll.
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Waukesha, Wis. – In a short time, Carroll University's David Schultz (right) turned the men's basketball program from abysmal to dominant. Schultz took over a team prior to the 2002-2003 season that was coming off a 2-21 campaign the year before. In just six-plus seasons Schultz reached the 100-win plateau when his Pioneers knocked Lawrence University on Jan. 7.
His team finished 7-16 in his inaugural campaign in 2002-2003 but since then Carroll has won at least 15 games a year and has never reached double digits in losses. The program's best season was 2006-2007 when the team finished 21-5 and advanced to the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Tournament.
Carroll has played in four of the last five Midwest Conference Tournament finals and won the tournament title in 2007.
Many "firsts" have been accomplished under Schultz's tenure, including first 21 win season, first MWC Tournament title, first NCAA Tournament appearance and first National ranking just to name a few.
Following Wednesday's win over Lawrence, Schultz has amassed a career record of 100-59 while at Carroll, including a 66-33 mark in the Midwest Conference. He is just the second men's basketball coach in Pioneers history to reach 100 wins and is second on the all-time win's list, trailing only Dave Fink's 133 wins from 1978-1992.
Schultz and the Pioneers will look to remain perfect in the MWC this season when they return to the court on Saturday, Jan. 10. Carroll hosts Beloit College at 4 p.m. |
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Grinnell, Iowa – Monday’s game against Fontbonne University was not only a victory for the Grinnell College men’s basketball team, but also a double record-setting night.
John Grotberg (right) became the Pioneers’ all-time leading scorer and Grinnell established a new single-game scoring record in a 163-145 victory over the St. Louis-based school in non-conference action.
The Pioneers’ previous all-time best scoring output was 160 against Martin Luther College on Nov. 23, 2002. Grotberg’s 36-point performance gave him 2,385 points for his career, surpassing Steve Wood’s total of 2,379. Grotberg had 25 points at halftime and tied Wood’s record with a 3-pointer at the 17:11 mark of the second half. Another trey at the 13:44 mark made Grotberg the school’s all-time leading scorer.
Grotberg drained 10 3-pointers on the night, while teammate Bobby Long ’09 hit nine treys en route to a career-high 44-point performance.
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Minneapolis, Minn. -- Wheaton (Ill.) became the third No. 1 team in as many polls following UW-Platteville's two-point loss on the road at St. Norbert on Dec. 30. St. Norbert enters the ranking at No. 23.
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Beloit, WI – With a layin at the 6:42 mark of the opening half in Beloit’s 77-65 win over Marian University in Flood Arena on Saturday afternoon, Andy Horton (right) became the 18th Buccaneer Men’s Basketball player to top the 1,000 career point milestone. The basket put Horton right at 1,000 points.
The senior forward/center came into the 2008-09 season with 848 points. He finished the game with 18 points and 14 rebounds, his seventh double-double of the season.
Horton was a First-Team All-MWC pick following the 2007-08 season as well as a Second-Team D3Hoops.com All-Midwest Region player.
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Waukesha, WI -- On a layup with 12:49 remaining in Carroll's 84-60 win over Lake Forest College, Wes Ladwig (right) became the 12th player in Pioneer men's basketball history to score 1,000 career points. The layup gave Ladwig 1,001 career points.
The senior guard from New Berlin, Wis. entered the 2008-2009 season with 873 career points, many of which were scored last season when he put together the sixth best single season scoring total in program history (542 points). Ladwig was a D3hoops.com all-region selection a year ago and was named preseason honorable mention all-American this year by The Sporting News.
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 Waukesha, WI -- George Haas (right), an assistant coach for the Carroll University men's basketball team, will be inducted into the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The WBCA is comprised of 3,100 members who coach at the high school or collegiate level.
"It's something I didn’t think about 30 years ago when I started coaching but now looking back it’s a great honor to go in with some of the great people that I learned from," said Haas. "Paul Nowak, Win Parkinson, Ray Rozek, Jim Rebholz, these were all real mentors. I'd like to thank all the parents and players over the years at Wauwatosa East as they are part of this honor. This is not an individual honor, it’s a group honor."
The induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Marriott Hotel in Madison, Wis.
Haas, entering his second year on the staff of Pioneers head coach David Schultz, had a stellar 27-year career at Wauwatosa East High School coaching at both the junior varsity (13 years) and varsity (14 years) level.
"George is very deserving of this award. He has been involved in basketball in our state for a long time, contributing to the success of many teams and players along the way," said Schultz. "We are very happy to have him on our staff at Carroll."
Haas was a part of 482 wins overall at Wauwatosa East, including a 270-50 mark as the head varsity coach. During his tenure, East won 12 conference championships and advanced to the state tournament in 1997 and 2002. Haas has earned several conference coaching honors and was named Wisconsin's Coach of the Year in 2002.
Several former players under Haas have gone on to play collegiate basketball, while two went on to enjoy successful careers in the National Basketball Association – Tony Smith and Devin Harris. |
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Beloit, WI -- Andy Horton (right), a 6'7 forward for the Beloit College Men's Basketball team, has been named to the D3hoops National Team of the Week for the week ending November 23. The website announced the team on Tuesday.
In three games during the opening week of the season Horton, a senior from Janesville, Wisconsin, had double-doubles in each of the first two games, with 12 points and 14 rebounds in Beloit's opener at Benedictine and 25 points and 12 rebounds at Dubuque. He finished the week averaging 17.7 points and 10.0 rebounds in the three contests.
The Bucs play their final game before Thanksgiving, and their last outing before Midwest Conference action begins, on Wednesday night at Rockford College. Tipoff against the Regents is at 7:00 p.m.
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Joel DePagter's (right) Lawrence squad returned to the top of the Midwest Conference standings last season after a one-year hiatus the year before. They have been picked to finish in the lead again in the MWC Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll after receiving seven first-place votes of a possible nine. If the Vikings were to repeat, it will mark the fifth time in six seasons that they were able to do so.
Carroll and Grinnell are picked to finish second and third in the poll, respectively, but both teams have the talent to beat anyone in the country as well as the league. St. Norbert claimed the fourth-place spot which they finished in last year and will look to rebound from a one-point heartbreaking loss to Lawrence in the first-round of MWC Tournament. Two young, talented teams in Ripon and Monmouth hold the fifth- and sixth-place spots while Lake Forest edges Illinois College by two votes for seventh. Knox falls one vote short of eighth with Beloit taking the tenth and final spot.
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Appleton, Wis. -- Lawrence University men's basketball standout Ryan Kroeger (right) has been named a preseason First-Team All-American by the Sporting News.
Kroeger, a senior guard from Glendale, Wis., is the first player in Lawrence basketball history to be named a first-team preseason All-American. Three-time All-American Chris Braier was a second-team preseason All-American in 2004 and 2005.
A former standout at Nicolet High School, Kroeger is the reigning Midwest Conference Player of the Year. Kroeger also earned first-team All-Midwest Region honors from D3hoops.com and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Kroeger averaged 17.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game last season. He shot a stellar 55.3 percent from the floor, including 47.7 percent on 3-pointers, and hit 84.8 percent of his free throws. Kroeger now ranks 13th in career scoring at Lawrence with 1,082 points.
Kroeger led Lawrence to the MWC championship, the MWC Tournament title, and a berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament last season. Lawrence finished with a 22-3 record.
Kroeger was joined on the first team by Matt Goodwin of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Brooklyn College's Richard Jean-Baptiste, Wheaton (Ill.) College's Kent Raymond, and UW-Platteville's Jeff Skemp.
Two other Midwest Conference players, Carroll University's Wes Ladwig and Grinnell College's John Grotberg, received honorable mention.
Lawrence opens its season Nov. 18 when it travels to UW-Oshkosh.
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