Opening Tip
•   Washburn opens the 2017 postseason by playing host to Southwest Baptist on Monday, Feb. 27 in Lee Arena in the first round of the MIAA Tournament.
•   It will be the second meeting between the two schools in nine days as the Ichabods defeated the Bearcats 65-53 on Feb. 18 in Lee Arena.
•   Washburn also won the first meeting on Jan. 26 in Bolivar 76-63.
•   The Ichabods finished the MIAA slate in a tie for fourth place with Missouri Southern, Fort Hays State and Central Oklahoma, but will be the sixth seed in the tournament after the tiebreakers were applied. Southwest Baptist is the 11th seed.
•   Washburn improved to 19-9 and 11-8 in the MIAA after defeating Northeastern State last time in the regular season finale in Lee Arena on Feb. 25.
•   The Bearcats defeated Nebraska-Kearney last time out 66-62 in Bolivar behind 26 points from Logan Hovey.
•   The Ichabods lead the all-time series 37-17 and have won 26 of the last 34 meetings.
•   Washburn has won the last nine meetings over SBU played in Topeka … SBU's last win over the Ichabods in Lee Arena was on Jan. 17, 2007 in a 76-69 win.          
•   All-time the Ichabods are 33-19 in the MIAA Tournament going 1-2 in first round games, 17-5 in the quarterfinals, 10-7 in the semifinals and 5-5 in the championship game.
•   Washburn is looking for its first MIAA postseason crown since winning 67-63 over Pittsburg State on March 4, 2012 in Bob Chipman's record fifth MIAA postseason championship title.
•   Against Southwest Baptist, the Ichabods are 3-1 in the MIAA postseason tournament and the two teams have not played each other in the conference tournament since a 91-80 win on Feb. 27, 1995 by the Ichabods in Topeka in the quarterfinals.
•   The Ichabods (19-9), are looking for their first 20-win season since the 2011-12 season after recording 19 wins in 2015-16 and 2012-13.
•   The Ichabods are fifth in the nation in blocks at 5.5 per game and third in total blocks at 148 and Brady Skeens is fourth in the nation with 3.4 blocks per game and fourth in total blocks with 94.
•   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 a career-record of 807-352 at Washburn and became only the 17th coach to reach that milestone in the win against Central Oklahoma … he passed Eddie Sutton on the career wins list with his 807th victory against Northeastern State on Feb. 25.
•   In Washburn's 19 wins this season, the Ichabods are shooting 52 percent from the field and holding opponents to 38 percent … in the nine losses Washburn is shooting 45 percent while opponents are shooting 46 percent from the field … opponents have hit 32 more 3-pointers than the Ichabods this season in Washburn's nine losses (92 to 58) and are outshooting Washburn 44 percent to 33 percent from deep.
•   In the nine losses opponents are averaging 10.2 made 3-pointers per game and Washburn is hitting 6.4 3-pointers per game.
•   In the nine losses, opponents have attempted 36 more free throws (228 to 192) and have made 53 more free throws (182 to 129).
•   Brady Skeens leads the Ichabods in scoring and is ranked 11th in the MIAA in scoring at 13.8 ppg and Cameron Wiggins is 21st at 12.3 ppg … Javion Blake is 24th at 12.0 ppg.
•   Brady Skeens leads the league in rebounding at 11.3 rpg, field goal percentage at 66.3 percent (163 of 246) and blocks at 3.4 per game … he is also eighth in assists with 3.2 per game and 14th in minutes at 32.1 per game … Skeens is ranked fourth in the nation in field goal percentage, fourth in blocked shots and fourth in total blocks.
•   Randall Smith's 3.5 assists per game is seventh in the MIAA and Javion Blake is ranked 16th at 2.8 per game.
•   Brady Skeens' 167 career blocks are the most in school history after passing Ewan Auguste (100) on the all-time chart against Newman … he has broke his own school record of 61 set last season as a sophomore … this season he has 94 so far in 27 games.
 
Single Season Washburn Record Watch
Name                       Record                                  Current Stats             Record Name/Stats
Brady Skeens      FG Percentage            .663 (163-246)      Tom Meier (.670 - 276-412)
Brady Skeens      Blocks                       94 total                Old record - Skeens (61)
Brady Skeens      Block Average             3.4                      Skeens (2.2)
 
Single Season Washburn Record Watch By Class
Name                       Record (Class)                   Current Stats             Record Name/Stats
Brady Skeens      Blocks (Jr.)                 91 total                Old record - Dan Buie (50)
Brady Skeens      FG Percentage (Jr.)      .663 (163-246)      Tom Meier (.670 - 276-412)
Brady Skeens      Total Rebounds (Jr.)    317                     Brady Skeens (317)
Brady Skeens      Rebound Average (Jr.) 11.3                      Gregg Gibb (11.5)
 
Single Season Washburn Team Record Watch
Record                Current Stats            Record Name/Stats
Blocks           153                     125 (2003-04)
Block average  5.5                     3.9 (2003-04/2004-05)
 
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 and final season at the helm of the Ichabods.
•   a 1973 graduate of Kansas State earning both his undergraduate and master's degree in Manhattan.
•   is 807-352 overall.
•   has 568 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 568.
•   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 472-96 going 421-85 in Lee Arena.
•   is third in all-time coaching victories in active NCAA Division II coaches.
•   his 807 coaching wins is 16th 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.
 
Southwest Baptist head coach Clark Sheehy
•   is in his third season as the head coach at Southwest Baptist and has gone 36-49.
•   overall he is 218-155 in his 11th season overall after spending the previous nine seasons at John Brown University.
•   is 1-4 against Washburn.  
 
Last Time Out For The Ichabods
Washburn 69, Northeastern State 50 -- Feb. 25, 2017
TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabods wrapped up the sixth seed after finishing in a four-way tie for fourth place in the MIAA standings with a 69-50 win in head coach Bob Chipman's final regular season game in Lee Arena. Prior to the start of the game, the dedication of the naming of the court to "Bob Chipman Court" also took place.
Washburn (19-9, 12-8 MIAA) was propelled to its fourth-straight win by jumping out to a 9-0 after jumpers by Javion Blake and Randall Smith and a 3-pointer by senior Colton Anderson who was making his first career start followed by a layup by  fellow senior Jeremy Lickteig with 17:29 to play in the first half.
The teams traded baskets and Northeastern State, who earned the 12th seed, would score seven straight to cut the lead to four with 9:12 to play in the half, before an 809 by the Ichabods pushed the lead back to 12 at 29-17 as Washburn would go on to lead by 14 at the break at 38-24.
In the second half, the RiverHawks cut the lead to 10 after a 7-0 run at 51-41, but the Ichabods put the game away with a 16-5 run leading to the 19-point win.
Cameron Wiggins led the Ichabods with 16 points and Blake finished with 13 and Smith finished with 10 to lead the Ichabods. Brady Skeens finished with 19 rebounds adding seven points and three blocks.
Washburn shot 44 percent from the field hitting 14 of 27 shots in the second half holding the RiverHawks to 26 percent overall from the field including 7 of 26 in the second half.
Washburn outrebounded the RiverHawks (5-22, 4-15 MIAA) 51 to 25 in the game outscoring NSU 34 to 18 in the paint and using 16 offensive rebounds for 14 second chance points.
 
About Southwest Baptist
•   SBU is 15-13 this season and 8-11 in the MIAA.
•   The Bearcats have gone 4-7 in road games this season and 4-6 in MIAA road contests.
•   Logan Hovey leads the team in scoring as 13.3 ppg and Brain Patterson is scoring 9.9 ppg with a team-high 5.4 rebounds per game.
•   SBU is outrebounding its opponents 37.5 to 30.4 per game and they shoot 68 percent from the free throw line (494 of 725), 36 percent from 3-point range (195 of 548) and 46 percent from the field overall (648 of 1,411).                 
 
Series History with Southwest Baptist
•   Monday's meeting will be the 55th between Washburn and Southwest Baptist.
•   The Ichabods lead the all-time series 37-17.
•   In Topeka the Ichabods are 22-3 against SBU since joining the MIAA winning the last nine in Topeka.
•   Washburn has won 26 of the last 34 games.
•   Washburn is 32-12 against SBU in MIAA games.
•   The Ichabods have won the last nine games played in Topeka and have gone 3-1 against the Bearcats in the MIAA Tournament.
•   SBU's last win came in the last meeting in a triple overtime 104-98 win on Jan. 30, 2016.
•   In Bolivar, the Ichabods are 13-13 against SBU.
•   The Ichabods are 4-7 in the last 11 games in Bolivar.
•   The two team have not met in the MIAA tournament since Feb. 25, 1995 when the Ichabods won 91-80 in a first round game played in Topeka.
 
Last Meeting with Southwest Baptist
Washburn 65, Southwest Baptist 53 -- Feb. 18, 2017
TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabods won their ninth game in a row over Southwest Baptist in a 65-53 win over the Bearcats in Lee Arena to win its second straight game.
The Ichabods (17-9, 10-7 MIAA) led 31-29 at the break as Randall Smith broke a 29-all tie with two seconds left and then coming out of the break, he recorded three-straight layups to push Washburn to a 37-29 lead with 18:08 to play forcing the Bearcats into a timeout.
SBU (14-12, 7-10 MIAA) cut the lead to four at 46-42 with 11:02 to play, but the Ichabods used an 8-0 run over the next 2:42 with Brady Skeens scoring six of the points stretching the Ichabod lead to 12 with 8:20 to go.
Twice the Bearcats cut the lead to seven down the stretch, but would not get any closer as the Ichabods picked up the win.
Smith led the Ichabods with 18 points on 6 of 10 shooting and Brady Skeens recorded his 22nd double double of his career with 13 points and 19 rebounds adding four blocks. Javion Blake added 13 points.
Logan Hovey scored 11 for Southwest Baptist.
Washburn finished 21 of 36 from the free throw line while the Bearcats were 18 of 31 overall, but 5 of 14 in the second half. Washburn shot 40 percent in the game going 21 of 52 overall holding the Bearcats to 27 percent hitting only 7 of 26 shots in the second half, with five coming from 3-point range.
The Ichabods outrebounded the Bearcats 47 to 42 as SBU came into the game with a 7.9 rebound margin.
 
Last Time Out For Southwest Baptist
Southwest Baptist 66, Southwest Baptist 62 -- Feb. 25, 2017
Bolivar, Mo. - For the first time in five years the Southwest Baptist University men's basketball team has secured a winning record after knocking off Nebraska-Kearney 66-62 on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Bearcats improve to 15-13 (8-11 MIAA) on the season.
In a game in which neither team led by more than 7 points in the second half, it was tight from the start. UNK opened up the scoring, but Logan Hovey layup tied the game at 2-2 in the early going. With SBU holding a 17-16 lead with 11:26 left in the first half, the Bearcats went on a 10-0 run to extend their lead to double figures. Layups from Cartree Pettis and Karim Mouliom kicked off the run, followed by a 6-6 performance at the line from three different Bearcats. Kearney cut it to nine on two separate occasions, but a Brian Patterson layup with 2:53 left in the half gave SBU a 31-20 lead. However, UNK would end the half on a 7-0 run as the Bearcats went into the break with a 31-27 lead.
Hovey kicked off the second half with a layup to push the Bearcat lead to six before UNK responded with a 9-3 run to tie the game at 35-35 with 17:08 left in the contest. SBU answered back with a 5-0 run from Cartier Dean, but again the Lopers responded with five straight points to again tie the game at 40-40. Four lead changes occurred over the next two minutes of play, before UNK held a 49-46 lead with 11:18 remaining. SBU would re-take the lead on a Hovey three with 9:17 to go, but Kearney came right back to re-take a small lead. Trailing 58-56 with 3:01 remaining, the Bearcats used a 10-1 run to put the game out of reach for the Lopers. Hovey scored five straight to give SBU the lead, and a pair of free throws from Dean and Woodfall eventually gave SBU a 66-59 lead with 7 seconds to go. UNK would hit a three at the buzzer, but the Bearcats came away with the 66-62 victory.
Logan Hovey had a strong afternoon for SBU, scoring a game high 26 points on 8 of 12 shooting from the field, while Cartier Dean had 14 points and Brian Patterson chipped in 10. On the glass Kalehl Brown and Louis Baltazar each had 7 boards, while Baltazar dished out a team high 4 assists in the win. As a team SBU shot 41.2% from the field, 23.5% from beyond the arc, and 80.0% from the line.
 
Ichabods in the MIAA Tournament
• The Ichabods are 33-19 all-time in the MIAA Championship Tournament.
• The Ichabods are 1-2 in first round games (since expanding to 12 teams) … 17-5 in the quarterfinals, 10-7 in the semifinals and 5-5 in championship games.
• In games played in Kansas City, the Ichabods are 12-9.
• In quarterfinal games played in Kansas City, the Ichabods are 7-3. In semifinal games played in Municipal the Ichabods are 4-3 and in championship games in Kansas City the Ichabods are 1-3.
• As the No. 1 seed, the Ichabods are 21-3, at No. 2 they are 4-3, at No. 3 they are 0-2, at No. 4 they are 2-3, at No. 6 the Ichabods are 3-4, at No. 7 they are 0-1 and as the No. 8 seed they are 3-3.
• Washburn has never been the No. 5 seed.
• Head coach Bob Chipman has won more MIAA Tournament games than any other coach. He has won 33 games going 33-18 recording a .667 winning percentage.
• This season he is making his 25th appearance on the Ichabod bench in the tournament, which is the most by any MIAA coach.
• Bob Chipman's five tournament titles is the most by any coach. Tom Smith (MWSU), Steve Tappmeyer (NWMSU) and Ron Shumate (Southeast Missouri) and Kim Anderson (UCM) each have four titles.
• Overall, here's how the Ichabods have fared against MIAA opponents in the conference tournament by round and in Kansas City.
• First Round games were added for the MIAA Tournament starting in 2013 as the league expanded to 15 teams. The top four teams in the final standings received an automatic bye to Kansas City for the quarterfinals.
Team 1st Rnd    Qrts.   Semis   Finals  In KC   Total
UCM       —          4-0        1-1        —        3-1       5-1
ESU         —          4-1       —         —        3-1       4-1
FHSU      1-0          —          1-0       —        1-0       2-0
MSSU      —          1-0        2-1        0-1       1-1       3-2
MWSU    0-1          —          2-2     1-2       1-1       3-4
NSU        0-1          —          —       —         —       0-1
NWMSU   —         2-2        0-2        1-1       0-2       3-4
PSU         —          1-0        2-0        2-0       2-0       5-0
SBU         —          1-0        1-1        1-0       —       3-1
UCO        —          0-1        —         —        0-1       0-1
--- vs former members
MS&T    —          1-1        —         —        1-0       1-1
UMSL      —          1-0        —         —         —       1-0
SEMO    —           —          —       —         —       —
TSU         —          2-0        1-0         —        —       3-0
UNO        —           —          —       0-1       0-1       0-1
Totals    1-2         17-5       10-7    5-5      12-8    32-18
 
MIAA Tournament Schedule
Monday, February 27, 2017 (Campus Sites)
Game 1: #9 Lincoln at #8 Lindenwood                      7 p.m.
Game 2: #12 Northeastern State at #5 Fort Hays State  7 p.m.
Game 3: #10 Emporia State at #7 Central Oklahoma    7 p.m.
Game 4: #11 Southwest Baptist at #6 Washburn          7 p.m.
                                                 
Thursday, March 2, 2017 (Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo.)
Game 5: #3 Nebraska-Kearney vs. Winner Game 4     12 p.m.
Game 6: #2 Central Missouri vs. Winner Game 3   2:30 p.m.
Game 7: #1 Northwest Missouri vs. Winner Game 1   6 p.m.
Game 8: #4 Missouri Southern vs. Winner Game 2 8:30 p.m.
 
Saturday, March 4, 2017 (Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo.)
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6            12 p.m.
Game 10: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8       2:30 p.m.
 
Sunday, March 5, 2017 (Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Mo.)
Game 11: Semifinal Winners                               3:30 p.m.
 
 Ichabod basketball history
•   The Ichabods are 1,539-1,058-2 (.592) all-time in the 112th year in the program's history.
•   Washburn is the fifth-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 566-266 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 421-85 (.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 winner of the Washburn/Southwest Baptist game will travel to Kansas City to face the No. 3 seeded Nebraska-Kearney Lopers at noon on March 2 at Municipal Auditorium.