Opening Tip
•   The Washburn Ichabod men's basketball team returns to action this weekend at the 2016 Puerto Rico Clasico with three games starting with Northwood University (Mich.) on Nov. 23 followed by a Nov. 25 game vs Metropolitan University (San Juan) and then Lubbock Christian (Texas) on Nov. 26.
•   Washburn is 3-0 this season after picking up a 93-72 win last time out over Rockhurst in its home opener on Nov. 19.
•   The win improved the Ichabods to 32-1 all-time in home openers in Lee Arena.
•   Washburn was picked second in the MIAA preseason coaches poll.
•   This season will be Bob Chipman's last season on the bench at Washburn … Chipman announced prior to the start of the season this year would be his last … Chipman has recorded a career-record of 791-343 at Washburn needing only 10 wins to reach 800 for his career becoming only the 14th coach to reach that milestone.
•   Washburn has never faced any of its three opponents this weekend in its 111 years of basketball.
•   Through three games, Cameron Wiggins is ranked fifth in the MIAA in scoring at 22.3 ppg and Javion Blake is 14th at 16.7 ppg … Wiggins' 3-point field goal percentage of 61 percent (17 of 28) is second in the MIAA and his 5.7 made 3-pointers per game is first and ranked third in the nation.
•   Brady Skeens leads the league in rebounding at 11.3 rpg and also leads the MIAA in field goal percentage at 72 percent (18 of 25) and in blocks at 3.3 per game.
•   Randall Smith's 8.7 assists per game is first in the MIAA this season and ranked third in the nation.
•   Brady Skeens' 83 blocks is fourth on the career chart at Washburn … he trails Bobby Chipman (94), Dan Buie (96) and Ewan Auguste (100) on the all-time chart.
•   David Salach is 10th in the MIAA in rebounding at 7.0 per game.
•   As a team the Ichabods are fifth in the nation in blocked shots per game at 6.3 and sixth in the nation in assists per game at 21.7.
•   The Ichabods received votes in this week's NABC Division II Top 25 poll and was ranked 17th in the D2SIDA/Media Poll.         
 
  Ichabods on Radio
Washburn games will be broadcast on KTPK 106.9 FM radio with Jake Lebahn and Dan Lucero calling the action. Game will also be streamed live on the wusports.com website by following the listen live links on the men's basketball schedule page.

 The Coaches
Washburn Ichabod head basketball coach Bob Chipman
•   is in his 38th season at the helm of the Ichabods.
•   a 1973 graduate of Kansas State earning both his undergraduate and master's degree in Manhattan.
•   is 791-343 overall.
•   has 552 wins since the Ichabods joined the MIAA, the most of any conference school since the 1989-90 season.
•   is the MIAA's all-time winningest coach by victories with 552.
•   has led the Ichabods to 12 MIAA regular season titles and a MIAA-coaching tops of five postseason MIAA tournament championships.
•   has led the Ichabods to 12 NCAA National Tournament appearances.
•   in home games, he is 463-92 going 412-81 in Lee Arena.
•   is third in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•   his 791 coaching wins is 17th in all-time NCAA coaches at all levels.
•   led the Ichabods to the 1987 NAIA National Championship and a 2001 NCAA National game, which was later vacated by Kentucky Wesleyan.
•   Chipman played for legendary coach Jack Hartman earning two letters.
 
Northwood head coach Jeff Rekeweg
•   is in his seventh season as the Thunderwolves head coach going 89-85.
•   is in his 20th season overall and has a 354-283 coaching record.
•   is a graduate of Nebraska and played for the Cornhuskers from 1986-88.
•   was a tri-captain his senior year when he led the team in field goal percentage and free throw percentage while starting every game.
•   also played a pair of seasons professionally, spending one year in Europe before finishing his playing career in the California Pro-Am League.
 
Lubbock Christian head coach Todd Duncan
•   is in his sixth season as the head coach going 87-57.
•   has a pair of Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament appearances finishing at least third place or better in each season they have been in the Heartland Conference. 
•   has coached seven All-SAC selections and five Heartland All-Conference players.
•   in 2015-16, which was their first season eligible for postseason play he led the team to a 14-1 home record qualifying for the NCAA Tournament, which led to LCU upsetting top-seeded Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, Texas at the South Central Regional Tournament.
 
Last Time Out For The Ichabods
Washburn 93, rockhurst 72 -- Nov. 19, 2016
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods shot a blistering 51 percent in the first half and improved to a ridiculous 65 percent in the second half rolling to a 93-72 win over Rockhurst in its home opener on Saturday in Lee Arena.
The Ichabods took a 43-38 lead into the break after the Hawks also hit more than half of their shots at 51 percent, but Washburn opened the second half on a 12-2 run to go up 15 at 55-40 with 17:29 to play in the game. Javion Blake hit a pair of 3-pointers on assists from Randall Smith, who finished with 14 assists in 23 minutes.
A mini 7-0 run by the Hawks cut the Ichabod lead to 10 with 8:25 to play at 70-60, but the Ichabods (3-0) pushed the lead back to as many as as 21 cruising to the 19-point win.
Blake and Cameron Wiggins each had 23 points in the game and went a combined 9 of 13 from 3-point range. Wiggins finished 5 of 6 from behind the line and Blake was 4 of 7. Brady Skeens scored 15 points hitting 7 of 8 shots from the field adding six rebounds, four blocks and three assists. David Salach had 12 points with a team-high seven rebounds. The 14 assists by Smith were the most by an Ichabod since he recorded 16 against Missouri Southern last season.
Washburn outrebounded the Hawks (2-1) 38 to 24 and outscored Rockhurst 15-0 in fast break points.
The Ichabods finished the game shooting 57 percent from the field hitting 35 of 61 shots and 12 of 19 3-pointers for a 63 percent clip. Rockhurst was 46 percent from the field hitting 26 of 57 shots overall and 9 of 26 from 3-point range. 
 
About Northwood
•   The Thunderwolves are 0-4 this season entering the trip to San Juan.
•   Northwood also had an exhibition game against an NCAA Division I school falling to Michigan State 96-69.
•   Northwood lost to Cedarville 73-61 last time out on Nov. 19.
•   Matt Crowl leads the team in points (13.0) and rebounds (7.5).

 Series History with Northwood
•   Wednesday's meeting will be the first between the two schools.
 
Last time out for Northwood
(Nov. 19, 2016) MIDLAND, Mich. -- Cedarville scores the first two points of the game and never looked back, eventually taking a 41-32 lead to the locker room.
The Yellow Jackets eventually got into a groove hitting 50 percent from the floor (16-32) and three-point range (5-10). The Timberwolves shot 36 percent from the field (9-25), 40 percent mark from behind the arc (4-10) and 76.0 percent from the foul line (10-13).
The Timberwolves came out with the first five points of the half to again come close to tying the game trailing by four, but a subsequent 10-2 run by Cedarville lead to as much as 14 (60-46) with 12 minutes remaining.
Northwood caught fire after the ten-minute mark. An 11-0 run made it 60-57 as the home team came close once again with six minutes to play. As was the theme of the contest, however, when the Timberwolves came close, the Yellow Jackets found a way to pull away again, ending the game on a 13-4 run to win by 12.
Cedarville shot 35.5 percent from the field (11-31) including 44.4 percent from behind the arc (4-9) after the break. Northwood shot 31.0 percent in the second half (9-29) and 27.3 percent from three-point range (3-11).
 
About Metropolitan University
•   Information about the school has been hard to track down.
•   On Nov. 13, they defeated Concordia-St. Paul 83-73 and on Nov. 24 they will take on Tiffin (Ohio).

 Series History with Metropolitan
•   Friday's game will be the first between the two schools.
 
About Lubbock Christian
•   Saturday's game will be the first between the two schools.
•   The Chaps are 4-2 this season and have a win over No. 16-ranked West Texas A&M winning 95-86 and won 93-67 over our Lady of the Lake for their fourth-straight win.
•   Marcus Schuster leads the team with 18.5 ppg. Brennen Fowler is scoring 15.5 ppg followed by Ridrell Holman at 12.5 ppg and Jay Workman is at 12.5 ppg while Tyler Rogers at 10.7  ppg.
•   The Chaps average 86.8 ppg while allowing 74.7 ppg.

 Series History with Lubbock Christian
•   Saturday's game will be the first between the two schools.
 
 Ichabod basketball history
•   The Ichabods are 1,523-1,049-2 (.592) all-time in the 112th year in the program's history.
•   Washburn is the eighth-winningest program in NCAA Division II history by victories.
•   Washburn is the winningest MIAA program since the 1989-90 season with an overall record of 552-262 since joining the conference and the NCAA.
•   The Ichabods have recorded 25 20-win seasons and they have one 30-win seasons after going 35-4 during the 1986-87 NAIA Championship season.
•   Washburn has won 21 conference championships including 10 MIAA titles.
•   Washburn has received 12 NCAA Tournament bids going to three Elite Eight's appearing in the 2001 NCAA National Championship game.

 Home sweet home
•   The Ichabods are 412-81 (.848) all-time in Lee Arena.
•   The 2016-17 season marks the 32nd season of play in Lee Arena.
•   The Ichabods recorded a school-best 28-game winning streak from Nov. 19, 1993 to Feb. 8, 1995 in Lee Arena.
 
 Up next
•   The Ichabods will return home to take on Manhattan Christian on Dec. 1 and Newman on Dec. 3 before opening MIAA play at Fort Hays State on Dec. 7 and at Nebraska-Kearney on Dec. 10. Washburn will wrap up the 2016 calendar year with MIAA contests against Lindenwood on Dec. 17 and Lincoln on Dec. 19.