The Coppin St Eagles , a Baltimore City university, who've been floundering in the MEAC for a few seasons beat Loyola of Chicago (MVC) early in November and just as I thought the Ramblers had stumbled in to a ditch, they upset Vandy(SEC) 76-72 last night .Krutwig (22 pts, 10 assists)
DePaul (BIG East) has done well in pre conference play with wins over Iowa, Cincy, and Minnesota. Their sole loss was to Buffalo (MAC).
UIC Horizon) and Chicago St(WAC) have struggled big time.
Northwestern(Big10) had a nice win over Providence in November and came close against Sparty last night.
dec 21
It never fails: I mentioned UIC's struggles and they go out out and beat UC Irvine(BIG West) 76-67. Ottey scored 18 for #UIC .
dec 25
On Sunday Dec 22 Chicago St Cougars lost to Indiana St(MVC) 85-64.Xavier Johnson and Isaiah Lewis led each scored 17 points in the defeat. Cougars head to Missouri(SEC) for a game on Dec 30Loyola of Chicago lost to Davidson (A10). Marquise Kennedy scored 16 points off the bench for the Ramblers in the loss.
DEC 29
#GodrenBoahen scored 21 points off the UIC bench in a 71-66 win over Cleveland St
jan 5, 2020
#depaul is missing those pre Xmas days. They're 0-2 in the Big East. Paul Reed had 24 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks for the Blue Demons in a 66-65 loss to Providence who won when Nate Watson sank a free throw with a second left. Depaul lost to Seton hall 74-63 on Dec 30.
jan 19
DePaul got its first Big East win this season by knocking off # 5 Butler . #paulreed was the top Blue Deacon (23 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST) 79-66. Northwestern(B10) hung close but lost to Illinois 75-71. Tarkus Ferguson(16 PTS, 9 REB, 9 AST)
led UIC to a 75-66 win in Horizon Conference action.
feb 6
Loyola of Chicago only scored 16 points in the second half of 68-39 loss to Indiana St in MVC game . Both teams are tied for third with 7-4 records. NIU (9-2) SIU( 8-3) are ahead of them in the MVC
feb 15
My occasional interest in Chicago area teams caused me to check in on the UIC((12-15, 7-7)/Wright St(22-5, 12-2) game last night. Tarkus Ferguson scored 18 points for UIC in its 75-58 loss. Wright St has a one game lead over Northern Kentucky(19-7,11-3) , who hasn't appeared to be miss a beat since Coach Brannen moved on to Cincy, in Horizon League.
March 10
Tarkus Ferguson scored 25 points for Illinois-Chicago in 73-56 win over Wright St to advance to its first Horizon League title game since 2004. They'll face Northern Kentucky. Wright St finished first in Horizon in regular season play but may miss the Dance.
March 11
UIC made a run at NKU late and their press did some damage , but NKY punched the Horizon Dance ticket with a 71-62 win. | T. Ferguson (ILLCH)I15 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST |
| T. Sharpe (NKY)16 PTS, 3 AST
March 26
UIC has been talking a lot about getting to the Dance since they haven't punched a Dance ticket since 2004. They hired LukeYaklich, an assistant coach at Texas and a native of Illinois, to replace Steve McLain, who had three consecutive winning seasons. I bet McLain gets another HC gig soon.
april 3
#DaveLeitao received a contract extension through 2023-24. I guess Depaul ADMIN saw signs of improvement, but after starting 12-1 last season they finished16-16
overall. The Blue Demons had solid victories against Iowa,
Texas Tech and Butler but collapsed during the Big East Conference
season.
may 19, 2020
I was reading through my blog to see if I missed any hints that Green Bay would fire Linc Darner who had a
winning record in three of the past four seasons and took them to Dance in 2016, his first season. He was 96-80 in five seasons and had Amari Davis, Horizon League Freshman of the Year, returning this season.The "Zoom" coach search begins.June 9, 2020 |
Green Bay(Horizon) announced Will Ryan , the son of former Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan, as its next HC. He was HC at Div II Wheeling U in West Virginia last season. I'm still looking for published reasons as to why Darner was canned.
June 17, 2020
Robert Morris(NEC) is joining the Horizon League beginning in the 2020-21 academic year for everything except football. The school is located in Moon Township, Pennsylvania and most of the Horizon League is located in the Midwest. RMU will join Fort Wayne as the conference’s 11th and 12th members this fall.
July 15, 2020
Robert Morris stays in the news. They will replace Fordham on Hawaii's 2020 football schedule. The football team is a 1AA Independent this season before moving to the Big South.
Nov 22, 2020
#carmitacoleman , a former Chicago State University professor, faces federal charges for allegedly
embezzling over $650,000 from Student
National Pharmaceutical Association, a national organization geared toward
providing opportunities to minority students. Perhaps this is one of many reasons Chicago St, a WAC member, has so many financial problems.
Feb 14, 2021
Checking back in with Chi-town hoops. It's appears those Catholics at Loyola-Chicago are getting into Dance mode. Aher Uguak sparked the Ramblers (18-3, 13-1 MVC) scoring eight points in a two-minute span and finishing with 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting in 81-54 win over Drake (19-2, 10-2 MVC).
UIC was swept by IUPUI, a Horizon League foe.
DePaul Blue Demons (3-9 Overall | 1-9 Big East - 11th) lost to Providence and sits alone in the Big East cellar.
Chicago St (0-9) hasn't played since just before Xmas 2020 and did play a WAC opponent. It sure appears as if its sports program is nearly dead.
Feb 15, 2021
In the season of back to back matchups, Tremell Murphy scored 17 points, for Drake who rallied past No. 22 Loyola Chicago 51-50 on Sunday.
Aug 1, 2023
Appears NW football is setting up Skip Holtz, now a special assistant, to be the HFC in 2024. Somehow NW hoops HC Chris Collins has escaped the "hazing " storm?
Loretta Lynch will likely try to emasculate football at NW. Big 10 may need to raid another conference.
She stayed loyal to the Clintons during email scandal etc.
Aug 4, 2023
Here come the lawyers: Packers CEO Mark Murphy, the NW AD from 2003-07, is a defendant in a lawsuit by two former players, who both filed under "John Doe," were at Northwestern from 2004 to 2008.
Aug 10, 2023
'Cats Against the World' t-shirts," worn by players. NW AD says tone deaf. HC says I don't censor.
Sept 4, 2023
Rutgers 24 NW 7. It going to be a long season in Chicago. UTEP(CUSA) comes to NW- Cats looking at (0-2)?
Also, NW plays Chicago St in hoops this December.
