My Top 10 ACHA Rankings

We had to submit our Top 10 Rankings and here are mine: I have some not popular choices and I understand that, 1. Being Lindenwood at 1 and 2 no Central Oklahoma..I can bet that they wont build off of that to keep in the top 10 if thats they way its going to be voted for them.

1. Lindenwood
2. Illinois
3. Liberty
4. Penn State
5. Oklahoma
6. Delaware
7. Rhode Island
8. Iowa State
9. West Chester
10. UM-Dearborn

Friday and Saturday Games and Rick Gadwa Joins us Wednesday

Friday and Saturday Night OU Hockey games Live here and Wednesday at 5pm we will be joined by Rick Gadwa from the Davenport Panthers

The Show: With Oakland University Men's Head Basketball Coach Greg Kampe will return in January

Just an update on Coach Kampe's show which airs on WXOU 88.3FM and www.wxou.org. It will return in January every Tuesday from 2-3pm. The later start of the show this season is due to the travel schedule of the team.

Greg Kampe Photo: OU Athletics

OU Hockey Goals from this weekend

Fan Throws Stink Bomb On Ice During Flyers Game 10/25/08

Oakland Selected Third in Summit League Preseason Poll

ELMHURST, Ill. –Oakland University was picked to finish third in The Summit League Preseason Men’s Basketball Poll with 10 first-place votes, selected by the league’s 10 head coaches and media, announced by the league office on Thursday. Senior Derick Nelson (6-5, 235) and junior Johnathon Jones (5-11, 165) were selected to the preseason all-league first team, while senior Erik Kangas (6-3, 205) was named to the second team.



“My opinion of it is that it’s a nice thing for the media to be involved in this, but it means nothing,” said 25th-year head coach Greg Kampe. “Every year there is a team picked fifth or sixth and they are in the hunt.”



The Golden Grizzlies return five starters off last year’s 17-14, 11-7 (t-3rd) squad, and three letterwinners (Ricky Bieszki, Will Hudson and John Kast). Nelson (17.3 ppg, 7.4 rpg), Jones (14.9 ppg, 6.0 apg) and Kangas (14.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg) are joined by redshirt senior Dan Waterstradt (5.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg) and redshirt sophomore Keith Benson (5.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg) as returning starters for the Grizzlies. Hudson (3.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg) also made a pair of starts for OU last season.



Oakland also welcomes one of the most highly-touted recruiting classes ever seen in program history. Joining the mix will be junior transfer Larry Wright (6-2, 172), and freshmen Blake Cushingberry (6-4, 225), Drew Maynard (6-7, 220), Ilija Milutinovic (7-0, 255), Matt Samuels (6-0, 215) and Jay Thames (6-9, 220).



The Golden Grizzlies will be road warriors to start the season, playing their first nine games away from the Athletics Center O’Rena, opening the 2008-09 season at Cleveland State on Nov. 15 for a 7 p.m. start. OU will then travel to Oregon (Nov. 17), Syracuse (Nov. 21), Iowa (Nov. 23), Kansas State (Nov. 25) and head to Las Vegas, Nev. from Nov. 28-29, before entering league play at Southern Utah (Dec. 2) and UMKC (Dec. 4). The home schedule will begin on Dec. 7 against Toledo at 1 p.m. in the O’Rena.



MEN’S BASKETBALL POLL

1. Oral Roberts (13) 399

2. North Dakota State (6) 394

3. Oakland (10) 391

4. IUPUI (1) 315

5. IPFW 225

6. UMKC 199

7. Southern Utah 194

8. South Dakota State 154

9. Western Illinois 115

10. Centenary 64

(first-place votes in parenthesis)



FIRST TEAM

Ben Woodside, NDSU, G, Sr.

Brett Winkelman, NDSU, F, Sr.

Derick Nelson, Oakland, F, Sr.

Robert Jarvis, Oral Roberts, G, Sr.

Dane Brumagin, UMKC, G, Sr.

Johnathon Jones, Oakland, G, Jr.



SECOND TEAM

Gary Patterson, IUPUI, G, Sr.

Erik Kangas, Oakland, G, Sr.

Kai Williams, SDSU, F, Jr.

Mike Nelson, NDSU, G, Sr.

Marcus Lewis, Oral Roberts, F, Sr.



PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Ben Woodside, NDSU, G, Sr.

Oakland Hockey Stat

As we discussed on the OU Hockey Show today the combined record of the the teams that gave 4 OU losses and 2 shootout looses (Liberty, Illinois and UM-Dearborn) is 24-2 yep that good folks.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE TABBED AS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON FAVORITE

From The Summit League:

ELMHURST, Ill. - South Dakota State is the preseason favorite to win the 2008-09 Summit League Women’s Basketball Championship according to a poll of the league’s head coaches, sports information directors and selected media members. Oakland senior guard Jessica Pike earned recognition as the league’s preseason Player of the Year.

The Jackrabbits collected 23 of the 30 first place votes and totaled 428 points. Oakland and Oral Roberts had three first place votes each, with the Golden Grizzlies edging out the Golden Eagles for second place with 371 points compared to 358 points. IUPUI came in fourth with 313 points, while Western Illinois collected 241 points for fifth place. The remaining first place vote went to North Dakota State in sixth place with 226 points. IPFW (177 points), UMKC (140 points), Southern Utah (103 points) and Centenary (93 points) rounded out the voting.

Pike, a first team All-Summit League selection last season, returns after finishing fourth in the league in scoring a year ago with a 16.3 average. She has earned first team all-league status each of the last two seasons. Pike also finished fifth in the league at the charity stripe with an .802 clip.

IUPUI placed a pair of returnees on the first team in Jernisha Cann and Julia Whitted. A three-time all-league selection, Cann is the reigning Defensive Player of the Year after leading the league in rebounds (9.9 rpg) and steals (3.06 spg). Whitted finished first in the league and seventh nationally with 3.18 blocks per contest and also led the Jaguars in scoring (14.4 ppg). At last season’s basketball championships, Whitted set a new tournament single-game record with eight blocks against UMKC.

Chazny Morris of UMKC was a second team All-Summit League member a year ago and the 2006-07 Newcomer of the Year. She finished second in the league in scoring with a 17.6 average and tied for first in free throw percentage at .831. Oral Roberts’ Mariana Camargo earned first team honors after leading the Golden Eagles to the NCAA Tournament and finishing second in the league in assists with 5.0 per outing.

Also on the first team is South Dakota State’s Jennifer Warkenthien, who led the Jackrabbits in scoring last season with a 13.9 average and was named to the all-league first team last season. Warkenthien helped lead the Jacks to a 23-7 record and first-place league mark of 16-2, en route to a berth into the WNIT.

The second team consists of IPFW’s Jordan Zuppe, the lone underclasswoman on the two teams, who finished second in the league in three-point field goal percentage (.433). Melissa Jeltema of Oakland and Janae Voelker of Oral Roberts were also named after averaging over 10 points and eight rebounds per game last season.

Rounding out the second team are South Dakota State’s Maria Boever, who finished second in the league in field goal percentage (.533) and Southern Utah’s Anne Westwood-Higbee, who led the Thunderbirds in points and rebounds per contest.

This season, The Summit League Women’s Basketball Championship moves to Sioux Falls, S.D., with tournament dates set for March 7-10. The league’s top eight seeds will advance to Sioux Falls Arena to compete for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Eight teams kick off the season on Nov. 14, while the league portion of the schedule begins Dec. 4, when South Dakota State hosts Centenary.

The Summit League Men’s and Women’s Basketball Media Teleconference is slated for 10 a.m. (CST) Wednesday, Oct. 29.

Rank


School (first-place votes)


Points

1.


South Dakota State (23)


428

2.


Oakland (3)


371

3.


Oral Roberts (3)


358

4.


IUPUI


313

5.


Western Illinois


241

6.


North Dakota State (1)


226

7.


IPFW


177

8.


UMKC


140

9.


Southern Utah


103

10.


Centenary


93

FIRST TEAM

Name, School


Pos.


Yr.


Hometown


PPG


RPG


APG

Mariana Camargo, Oral Roberts


G


Sr.


Blumenau, Brazil


13.3


5.1


5.0

Jernisha Cann, IUPUI


F


Sr.


Kansas City, Mo.


12.7


9.9


3.1

Chazny Morris, UMKC


G


Jr.


Oakland, Calif.


17.6


5.8


2.4

Jessica Pike, Oakland


G


Sr.


Clawson, Mich.


16.3


4.1


2.9

Jennifer Warkenthien, South Dakota State


F


Sr.


Willow Lake, S.D.


13.9


6.6


2.3

Julia Whitted, IUPUI


C


Jr.


Staunton, Ind.


14.4


8.8


0.7



SECOND TEAM

Maria Boever, South Dakota State


F


Jr.


Worthington, Minn.


12.2


5.7


1.1

Melissa Jeltema, Oakland


G


Jr.


Grand Rapids, Mich.


13.4


8.0


1.1

Janae Voelker, Oral Roberts


G/F


Jr.


Newton, Okla.


11.4


8.4


1.7

Anne Westwood-Higbee, Southern Utah


F/C


Sr.


Cedar City, Utah


10.5


8.1


1.5

Jordan Zuppe, IPFW


G


So.


Aliquippa, Pa.


11.2


3.7


2.1



Preseason Player of the Year: Jessica Pike, Oakland

Grizzlies Defenseman Dennis Capa will join us Today

Dennis Capa will join us today on the "OU Hockey Show" which airs from 5-6pm on 88.3FM WXOU and www.wxou.org

Kyle Stansik Joins us Wednesday

Grizzlies Defenseman Kyle Stansik will join us in studio Wednesday at 5pm for "The OU Hockey Show"

OU Goal Highlights From EMU Game

OU Hockey Show Wednesday 5-6pm

This week on "The OU Hockey Show" it can be heard Live from 5-6pm Wednesday on 88.3FM WXOU or www.wxou.org

This week we will be joined in studio by Grizzly Defenseman Brian Jacobs

Former OU Hockey Color Analyst and current EMU Hockey Analyst Kyle Horner will join us in studio to talk EMU

We will recap the Weekend @ Liberty, and Did OU show us how good they really are despite a loss? We discuss and tell you why.

Preview the Weekend against Eastern

Discuss the Penalty Kill

How can OU rebound

More Goalie talk

Maybe its not so bad after all? How can that be? We Discuss.

Message is online at wxoudj or call us at 248-370-4274

2thegills

ok some of you know Scott Zimmerman former Ontario Hockey player with the Guelph Storm an Mississauga Ice Dogs (When that was them) well he is currently going to Oakland. He is in a marketing class and for his class has created the site 2thegills.com. So please visit it and comment on it as it will help out his grade. Let him know what you think about it!

OU Hockey Show Posted

Listen here to Wednesdays "OU Hockey Show"

OU Hockey Show Wednesday 5pm WXOU

Wednesday on "The OU Hockey Show"

We review the weekend @#1 Illinois

Preview this weekend @ #4 Liberty

Whats wrong with the winless Grizzlies through 4 games?

How can this season be saved?

Who should be the starting Goalie?

What part of the team is worse Forwards, Defense or Goalies?

How much blame do the coaches get?

Hoe can OU get a win this weekend?

Very Interesting show this week...Not sure if its going to be a positive tone from us at all.



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