Welcome to the 2010-11 Season!

Well, here we are -- October 15. NCAA basketball teams across the country, including the Illinois Wesleyan Titans, begin practicing today.

Titan fans have a lot of reason to be excited about the 2010-11 campaign. Their team returns all 5 starters, and most reserves, from a 23-win team that advanced to the Elite 8. This should be a great season of basketball in Bloomington.

In terms of personnel, my best guess at IWU's top 10 heading in is...

PG - Travis Rosenkranz, 6-0 Sr (Eliud Gonzalez, 5-9 Jr)
SG - Sean Johnson, 6-1 Sr (Stephen Rudnicki, 6-3 Jr)
SF - Jordan Zimmer, 6-5 Jr (Matt Schick, 6-4 Sr)
PF - John Koschnitzky, 6-6 Jr (Kevin Reed, 6-7 So)
C - Doug Sexauer, 6-7 Sr (Ryan Connolly, 6-9 Jr)

(I'd probably have Dan Oswald included if healthy, but he's been dealing with knee problems.)


There is a very talented group of players behind these guys ready to push for spots though...especially at the PG, SG, SF, and PF reserve positions. Competition at practice should be fierce all season long...which is a very healthy thing.

I'm interested to see how Ron Rose's rotation looks on November 15 (opener at Benedictine), and then on January 5 (first CCIW game, vs NCC).

Here we go again...go Titans!