It's CCIW time again!

Saturday marked the beginning of the 63rd season of basketball in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, one of the nation's premier small college leagues. The all-time men's basketball standings through 2007-08 are (league play only):

Illinois Wesleyan 633-236 (.728) - 27 titles
Augustana 513-355 (.591) - 12 titles
Wheaton 436-337 (.564) - 8 titles
North Park 360-326 (.525) - 6 titles
Millikin 442-427 (.508) - 9 titles
Lake Forest* 85-112 (.432)
Carthage 321-437 (.423) - 4 titles
Illinois College* 28-41 (.406)
North Central 335-534 (.386) - 4 titles
Elmhurst 306-478 (.390) - 1 title
Carroll* 187-364 (.339)

* no longer in conference

The CCIW has six Division III national championships:
1978 North Park
1979 North Park
1980 North Park
1985 North Park
1987 North Park
1997 Illinios Wesleyan

(IWU left NAIA and joined NCAA Division III at the start of the 1983-84 season.)

Illinois Wesleyan has had 16 Fred Young Most Outstanding Player winners since the award began in 1968...

1970 Tom Gramkow
1975 Jack Sikma
1976 Jack Sikma
1977 Jack Sikma
1982 Greg Yess
1984 Blaise Bugajski
1989 Jeff Kuehl
1991 David Caldwell
1994 John Lipic
1995 Chris Simich
1997 Bryan Crabtree
1998 Brent Niebrugge
1999 Korey Coon
2000 Korey Coon
2004 Keelan Amelianovich
2005 Adam Dauksas