Confessions of a Sportscaster

Final Score NCC 86, NPU 81 Game Summary Taking on its second top-three conference opponent in as many games, the Cardinals (13-9, 6-7) trade...

Final Score NCC 82, NPU 71 Game Summary Senior Day got off to a great start for the Cardinals (9-13, 5-8) as they started all four of their ...

Final Score NPU 55, NCC 53 (OT) Game Summary It sure seemed like we were in for a very long night as the Vikings (2-0) opened the game on a ...

Final Score NCC 69, NPU 49 Game Summary Playing for the first time in almost a full calendar year, the Cardinals (1-0) got off to a slow sta...

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 ...

Final Score NCC 90, NPU 66 Game Summary After losing The Belt TM on Wednesday night, the Cardinals (16--4, 9-2) opened with a dunk on...

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 ...

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...

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...

Final Score NPU 95, NCC 88 Game Summary The Cardinals (6-1, 2-1) got off to their usual immediate good start, winning the tip and scor...

Final Score NPU 83, NCC 82 (OT) Game Summary This was a tough one as the Cardinals (2-5, 1-2) and Vikings (5-4, 2-1) traded leads in t...

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 NCC 61, NPU 60 Game Summary The Vikings (4-16, 1-11) crashed an emotional Senior Night party with an early barrage from be...

Final Score NCC 71, NPU 61 Game Summary The Cardinals (5-16, 3-9) jumped out to the immediate lead, but it was the Vikings (8-12, 3-8)...

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...

In years past, I've done a women's tournament preview as well, and done that first. This year, since North Central didn't make...

I didn't get to watch any of it live, but I'm reveling in the upset pulled off by NCC against Illinois Wesleyan. I guess if you ma...

This is a feature I've run almost annually since I started Confessions of a Sportscaster, but it's the first year with nine teams....

Final Score NPU 76, NCC 73 Game Summary The Cardinals (8-6, 2-3) got off to a good start inside, and went outside a little bit as well...