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| WBB» College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Tournament Feb. 25-26 at Millikin University's Griswold Center
Participating Teams - Elmhurst College (No. 4 seed) Illinois Wesleyan University (No. 3 seed) Millikin University (No. 1 seed) Wheaton College (No. 2 seed)
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The No. 6 ranked Millikin traveled to Carthage on Feb. 22, wrapping up a 72-60 win and its fifth CCIW title in the last six years. Millikin has now won or shared 10 of the last 12 league titles, and captured 11 since the CCIW began recognizing a women's champion in 1987. With the win, Millikin improves to 23-2 overall and finishes the CCIW regular season with a 13-1 record. The Big Blue shares this year's title with No. 18 ranked Wheaton. The Thunder beat North Central in overtime on Feb. 22, 70-64, to improve to 22-3, 13-1.
According to the fifth criteria in conference's tiebreaker procedure (record in last nine games), the Big Blue has home-court advantage for this weekend's CCIW Tournament. The tournament's winner will receive the league's automatic NCAA playoff spot. CCIW Tournament action begins on Friday night with games at 6 and 8 p.m. in Decatur. The title game will be played on Saturday at 2 p.m. Millikin locks up the No. 1 seed followed by Wheaton, Illinois Wesleyan and Elmhurst.
With Elmhurst in the No. 4 spot, all eight CCIW schools have now earned at least one berth in the conference tournament's three-year existence.
2005 CCIW Tournament Schedule
Fri., Feb. 25 @ 6 p.m.
Illinois Wesleyan def. Wheaton, 75-73
Fri., Feb. 25 @ 8 p.m.
Millikin def. Elmhurst, 74-52
Sat., Feb. 26 @ 2p.m.
Millikin def. Illinois Wesleyan, 82-64
With the win, Millikin receives the CCIW's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA will announce its field for the 2004-05 Championships on Sunday night at 9 p.m.
Order Tournament Apparel
Special College
Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) apparel is now available
through Impact Sports and the CCIW. Fans have
the option of ordering two different T-shirts, one short sleeve and
one long sleeve, and two different sweatshirts featuring the 2005 CCIW
Women's Basketball Tournament logo. Fans may also order two special
CCIW T-shirts featuring the CCIW primary logo and all eight
school logos in full color.Fans should print the
attached order form Order
Tournament Apparel (pdf) and
mail it to the CCIW office at the following address:
CCIW
30 N. Brainard St. #402
Naperville, IL 60540
All orders must be received by Monday, March 14. Orders will be filled shortly after that date and will be shipped directly to the address provided on the form. Cash or checks made payable to the CCIW may be used for any of the apparel. The shipping and handling fee is $5.00, not $8.00 as incorrectly listed on the order form. Thanks for your support of the CCIW.
2005 CCIW Regular Season Final Standings
| CCIW | Overall | Streak | |
| Millikin * | 13-1 | 22-2 | 9-game win streak |
| Wheaton | 13-1 | 22-3 | 3-game win streak |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 8-6 | 15-10 | 1-game win streak |
| Elmhurst | 6-8 | 15-10 | |
| North Central | 5-8 | 15-9 | |
| Carthage | 4-10 | 13-12 | |
| North Park | 4-10 | 11-13 | |
| Augustana | 3-11 | 6-18 |
* - wins fifth tiebreaker criteria (record in last nine games) and right to host tournament
Recent Action of CCIW Tournament Teams
Millikin defeated Carthage on Feb. 22, 72-60
Wheaton defeated North Central in overtime on Feb. 22, 70-64
Elmhurst lost to Illinois Wesleyan on Feb. 22, 64-55
Past CCIW Tournament Championship Results
2003-04: Wheaton defeated Millikin, 74-49 in Decatur
2002-03: Illinois Wesleyan defeated Wheaton, 54-53 in Bloomington