Confessions of a Sportscaster

Final Score NCC 76, Augustana 69 Game Summary After a tough loss to open CCIW play on Wednesday, the Cardinals (6-2, 1-1) opened with a pair...

Final Score NCC 72, Augustana 60 Game Summary After trading baskets to open the game, the Vikings (3-5, 1-1) went on a 7-2 run to take early...

Final Score NCC 75, Augustana 59 Game Summary After two weeks' worth of postponements due to COVID issues and a tough road loss at Wheat...

Final Score Augustana 57, NCC 51 Game Summary Things started well enough in this one, as the Cardinals (0-4) scored on the game's openin...

Final Score NCC 71, Augustana 62 Game Summary This one had the hallmark of a classic NCC-Augie matchup as defenses ruled the opening minutes...

The women's tournament preview is in the books. Let's move onto the men. This is one I'm more able to write about, as I did...

I'm trying to get these out a little earlier this year. For one thing, North Central is playing Tuesday, so I need to preview that. Fo...

The regular season concludes tomorrow for the CCIW... which means we have to look at how the CCIW Tournament races are shaping up. This ...

Somehow, someway, I keep coming up with new titles for this annual post. Like many of the conferences in Division III, the CCIW plays a ...

Final Score NCC 54, Augustana 53 Game Summary In another classic between these two rivals, the Vikings (11-6, 5-3) opened the game on ...

To be honest, this year's preview is coming a little late. Last year I did it on a Friday and things were fine, but last year the CCIW...

Part of my annual series on North Central basketball includes a final look at the conference tournament picture. So with one more day of g...

Final Score NCC 68, Augustana 63 Game Summary Tipping off a day late due to extreme cold, the Cardinals (18-3, 10-2) managed to stay t...

Final Score NCC 58, Augustana 49 Game Summary The Cardinals (5-14, 3-7) got hot to start this one off, hitting some early threes to ta...

I'm running out of titles. I was going to go with "Once More Unto the Breach," but I used that in 2015 . One of my many an...

Tonight... the madness begins. I suppose it has technically already begun; many conference tournaments around Division III are already w...

Final Score Augustana 86, NCC 63 Game Summary This one started okay for the Cardinals (5-20, 3-13), who were able to keep pace early w...

It's an annual tradition, though maybe not unlike any other. Tomorrow is the final day of the regular season in the CCIW, and actual...

Final Score Augustana 71, NCC 65 Game Summary The Vikings (17-5, 9-4) pretty quickly silenced the crowd in this one, opening the game ...

I'm running a little behind on this feature, but it's one that I need to run. Ever since I took over the PA gig at North Central...