Downey's reply: Three CCIW centers who would have devoured Lieb: IWU's Jack Sikma, North Park's Michael Harper and Millikin's Leon Gobcznski. Carthage Point guard and scoring machine Steve Djurickovic would have been highly successful at any Big 10 school. He turned down D1 offers so he could play for his dad in college. I apologize for answering twice. Sometimes I'm not quite sure how to edit or delete.I graduated from a highest level D3 hoops school. Played pickup games for years with the guys that those starters cooked in practice. Play against some D3 guys still. And I swear on the Bible, Brandon Lieb would have dropped 30/10 easy on the best D3 schools every week and twice on Sundays. If Blieb wanted to be the Bill Russell of Whitewater, I don't think he'd have spent 3 years in Champaign. He's earned a bigger shot than that.
Downey's post took me down memory lane. I watched Sikma and Gobczynski play several times including against each other when I was a kid. While Gobzcynski was 6-10 and might have been listed as a center, I do not recall him being much of an interior player at all though it was a long time ago. He was a fantastic shot - saw him drop 60 one night. He would have been tough for Lieb to guard. I recall him as an unathletic Larry Bird. It was uncanny how he could catch a pass then turn and shoot before the defender could react. IWU successfully defended him by going for the block immediately when he caught the ball. Seem to recall Sikma blocking him more than once. That IWU team was pretty darn good - there was another guy besides Sikma that I think got a hard look by an NBA team as well.