2022-23 Men's Basketball Notebook (at Northwest / at Evergreen State)

Men's Basketball | 2/16/2023 10:00:00 AM

JUST WIN BABY:  With 25-straight wins, College of Idaho shares with St. Joseph (Conn.), the longest active winning streak in college men's basketball. The next game for the Blue Jays is on Tuesday, Feb. 21 in the GNAC Quarterfinals. The head coach for Saint Joseph is former UConn head coach Jim Calhoun.

WHAT'S NEXT: Two wins this weekend would make College of Idaho the second team in conference and in school history to go through the regular season undefeated in Cascade Collegiate Conference play. The 2019-20 team also went through CCC play undefeated.

WINNING FEELING: The win over Bushnell last Saturday was the 25th on the season for College of Idaho, who has won at least 25 games in 14 seasons. Plus, on 28 occasions - for the eighth time in 11 years - College of Idaho has won at least 20 games. 

CONFERENCE PLAY: The Cascade Collegiate Conference began play with the 1993-94 season. College of Idaho has won seven regular season titles and a league-leading 10 tournament titles. The seven regular season titles are second in the CCC, just behind the 10 won by Oregon Tech. With the exception of the COVID-19 and no full CCC season in 2020-21, College of Idaho has won at least 10 CCC games in all but four seasons en route to an all-time CCC mark of 370-104 (.781). The Yotes have won 60 of their last 62 conference games for a .968 winning percentage.

FAST STARTS: College of Idaho has outscored its opponents 307 (51.1)-160 (26.7) in the last six games on its way to an average lead of 24.5 points. The Yotes have shot 59.6% from the field and 52.6% from 3 and outrebounded opponents 137 to 70 (+11.1).

WINNING FEELING: The Yotes have won its last 25 games on the season and 30 Cascade Collegiate Conference regular season games; College of Idaho has won its last 33 home games, including the last 22 against CCC foes; the Yotes have won its last 14 games away from Caldwell - including 13 straight against CCC opponents.

STATISTICAL RANKINGS OF NOTE: College of Idaho is in the top 10 nationally in six categories:

• rebound margin (3rd, +11.9)
• field goals made per game (4th, 32.7)
• offensive rebounds per game (5th, 13.7)
• points per game allowed (6th, 63.3)
• total rebounds per game (7th, 42.3)
• points per game (7th, 86.2)
• assists per game (10th, 17.6)

STIFLING DEFENSE: Many of the Cascade Collegiate Conference teams have had some of their lowest scoring outputs against College of Idaho in 2022-23. Among the eight, Northwest (35 pts.), Southern Oregon (54 pts.) and Warner Pacific (42 pts.) were held to their lowest output of the season. 

BLISTERING THE NETS: Five times in the last six games, College of Idaho has shot at least 56% from the field. Also, in that same stretch, College of Idaho has made at least 10 3-pointers.

FAN FAVORITES: The Yotes lead the nation in NAIA attendance list with an average of 1,367 fans and a total attendance of 20,502.