Followup on Coach Al B and others

[user1]

A few updates:

Lance Stemler
Lance's Southwestern Illinois College has now gone to 11-2 with a win over the weekend against
highly rated and "archrival" Southeastern Illinois College 66-46.
In the game, Lance was 6 for 9 from 3 point range, and 6-6 from the line and totalled 30 points (out of the team's 66).
Lance now averages 22.6ppg and is the 8th leading scorer in junior college Division-I (NJCAA)

http://www.njcaa.org/sports.cfm?menu=3&sid=4&report_id=788&SR=1&sort=4&sortdirection=desc&gender=m&divid=1&slid=2&resort=no&stat=442&statmin=15.0&startrow=1&endrow=25&rankcounter=0&seasonselect=316

Joey Paul and Chris Mroz
Both are at Missouri-St. Louis (8-4)
Joey has started all 12 games and averaged 26.2mpg (3rd on the team), scoring 4.9ppg (8th on team).
Chris has played in all 12 games, averaging 19.7mpg and 6.4ppg.


Mike Rembert
is waiting in the wings at southeast Missouri and will be eligible next year. He will be a welcome addition,
as SEMO's top scorer, Roy Booker-senior 20.7ppg, and they have only 2 players over 6-4 (combining presently for 9ppg) that return.


Coach Al Biancalana
After starting 11-0, Coach Al's team went into last night's game on a 2-game skid, losing to St. Ignatius (62-50)
and to Hinsdale (50-27).
Last night they resumed their winning ways over Addison Trail, 62-41, and are 12-2 now.


Phillip Gilbert is still playing well.
His team, the Chester Jets is closing in on a playoff spot (despite their sub-.500 record), as Phillip continues to score in double digits almost every game.

http://sunstkitts.com/paper/?asknw=view&asknw=view,view,view,view,view,view,view,view&as=view&sun=494418078207132005&an=195631078501102006&ac=Sports&shwef=444145107001112006&pstamp=ASKNW&CFID=834992&CFTOKEN=85388662&jsessionid=8a306c3751164770447a

Jim Molinari's name was mentioned a couple times last night on ESPN's broadcast of the game between Wisconsin & Minnesota.
Mo was given credit a lot of for the outstanding Minnesota defense.


Also, last night, Osiris Eldridge's Chicago Phillips lost to Chicago Young (74-61), their 2nd loss in a row.
They are now 8-6.

Patrick Beverly's Chicago Marshall beat up on Sherron Collins' Chicago Crane 74-70.
Beverly's Chicago Marshall is now the top rated Chicago Area team, but in statewide polling, Simeon still ranks #1.
(Bruce Weber, Jerry Wainwright, and several other coaches (Big East, etc.) were there to watch Beverly.

[chitownBUB]

Lots of great teams and top players in the Chicago area this year.
The victory by Marshall at the Public League tourney came as a surprise to some, but Beverly is a real scorer.
Reminds some of Jameson Curry in high school, or a slight variant (city style) of Jon Scheyer. Will bet he ends at Champaign.
Thanks for the updates.

[Bravesguy]

With only 4 months to go until juco graduation, anyone heard if Lance Stemler is drawing D-I interest>
Maybe BU is interested?

[brainiac]

If he is the 8th leading scorer in junior college in the nation,
then I am puzzled why Lance is not listed at all in the data bases of jucojunction.com, Rivals, or insiders.

[user1]

Actually, someone at scout/insiders does know about Lance.

Here is a recent article about Lance, and in case it asks for registration, I will quote some below.
It says he has an offer from Southeast Missouri, but is also getting attention from Northern Illinois, Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois, Texas-El Paso, Hawaii, and Kent State
and they also mention Marquette and Creighton.

http://hsnewyork.scout.com/2/479473.html

"KIRKWOOD, Mo. -- Lance Stemler poured in 32 points, leading Southwestern Illinois Community College to an 83-61 victory over Moberly Area Community at the Meramec JUCO Shootout.

Stemler, a 6-7, 210 pound sophomore forward from Columbia, Ill., connected on five three-pointers as the Blue Storm opened up a 36-26 halftime lead on Moberly.

Stemler's three-pointer with 14:41 remaining in the second half extended the lead to 53-29 and essentially put things out of reach for the Greyhounds.

While the 32 point output was a season high for Stemler, it wasn't a total shock, as he averages 23 points per game this season for the Blue Storm.

"Lance can play at a school that needs a guy to face up," said SWIC Asst. Coach Steve Campo. "He's not a high flying athlete but he knows how to play."

Stemler is a versatile offensive player who must play the four slot on the defensive side of the floor. He can use either his left or right hand around the basket, and has nice shooting range on the perimeter.

"He could play at a Marquette or a Creighton, because of the way they play," Campo said. "He has to be in the right kind of program."

This is the second go around for Stemler at Southwestern Illinois. He spent the 2003-2004 school year at the Illinois JUCO, but red-shirted due to injury. Bradley University of the Missouri Valley Conference took a flyer on him last year, but he played sparingly for the Braves in 2004-2005, burning a year of eligibility in the process.

Campo said that Southeast Missouri State has offered Stemler a scholarship. Other programs like Northern Illinois, Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois, Texas-El Paso, Hawaii and Kent State have inquired about the third-year JUCO sophomore.

If Stemler continues to produce this winter and play like he did Sunday at the Meramec JUCO Shootout, it's likely that his number of scholarship offers will increase in the coming weeks and months. Stay tuned"

[chitownBUB]

I actually stumbled across a followup of one of the BU assistant coaches.
Jamie Angeli was an assistant in 88-89, is president and CEO of Camp of Champs, and he has his bio on this site, that confirms his stint as BU assistant.

http://www.campofchamps.com/aboutus.htm

Another ex-assistant in the Molinari era, George Barber is head coach at Greenville College, presently having an off year at 3-11.

[chitownBUB]

Coach Al Biancalana got the biggest win of his short career at Elmhurst York.

Last night they knocked off the #8 rated Bolingbrook squad,
66-62. D-I recruit Will Walker (DePaul) had 22 pts for Bolingborrk (15-2)
York is 16-3 and deserves some votes in the statewide ranking, and maybe this will get them the notice they need.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/prep/cst-spt-boys25.html

Also Patrick Beverley got 29 points/5 steals in a 100-77 rout of Farragut.

More trouble for the prestige of the Chicago Public League.
Last night at Chicago Collins High School, the Sherron Collins-led Chicago Crane whupped the home team 79-50, but the game had to be stopped and the gym cleared with 1:25 still left on the clock, and the outcome was forfeited to Crane as the home crowd incessantly threw debris onto the court and could not be controlled by the Collins officials.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/prep/cst-spt-boys25.html

[tornado]

Here is something interesting.
Coach Al Biancalana led his Elmhurst York to a very fine season in his first year there, despite predictions they would be going through a rebuilding year there.

You would have thought his job as head coach at York would be secure, but note this which appeared on illinoishighschoolsports.com:

"Saw the head coaching position is open here" (Elmhurst York)

http://www.illinoishighschoolsports.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=002346

And also this under a topic titled,
"Coaching Vacancies"
"Elmhurst York..."

http://www.illinoishighschoolsports.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=018990;p=11

Anyone know what's up at York?
Has Al B gotten another college job?

[tornado]

Al Biancalana must no longer be the coach at Elmhurst York!

The position of Basketball Varsity Head Coach
is listed as an opening on the IBCA web site:

http://www.ibca-il.org/jobsBoys.html

this listing was just posted April 11, 2006.

****************
Position Available: Varsity Head Coach
Teaching Openings:
School:York High School
Date Closed:
Contact Informationr. Lisa Smith, Ass't. Superintendent for Personnel
Personnel Department
130 W. Madison
Elmhurst, Illinois 60126
Phone: 630/617-2327
Fax: 630/617-2345

Date Posted: April 11
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[BUBraves06]

So where'd he go?

[user1]

Perhaps one of our knowledgable posters has heard a rumor.
One poster on another board has said that it is the girls coaching spot that is open, but that's not what was posted on the other boards linked above.

[user1]

Indeed one of our posters has made mention that Coach Al Biancalana has placed his name in the hat for the head coaching job at Illinois Wesleyan.

[user1]

A message board for Illinois Wesleyan and the CCIW Conference lists two other guys who have applied for the IWU head coaching job.

One is Washington, IL native and ex-Purdue player, and present Purdue assistant, Todd Foster.
The other is Illinois assistant Jay Price.

http://www.d3sports.com/post/index.php?topic=4387.5910

http://purduesports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/foster_todd00.html

http://fightingillini.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/price_jay00.html