I think Lincoln will make it all the way to the elite eight while Bethany will be facing Wooster in the 2nd round (they will need a lot of luck to get past that one) while Maryville and VJC will both have trouble and lose by 15.

Any projections on who's getting in from pool B?

Lincoln
Bethany
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Bethany beats Waynesburg in the conference championship 95-64.  That is now 18 in a row.  They improve to 23-4 and 20-4 in the region.  If Bethany isn't a lock for the tourny then they were robbed.  I don't see any other team in pool B beside Lincoln who is as deserving as this team.  What are the chances they will host a game in the first round if they get in? 

I think Lincoln and Bethany are both locks with 4 or 5 teams fighting for the last 2 spots

Bethany College also sports a Josten finalist and could've had two.  Matt Drahos is probably the favorite to recieve this award.  5 time PrAC Player of the week.  2 time ECAC player of the week.  1900+ points in his career ( 23.5 this year). 900+ rebounds (8.4 this year).  d3hoops team of the week.  PrAC Player of the year.  1st team al -academicl in the region.  Oh yeah, pick up the next issue of Sports Illustrated and Matt and his brother on on the "Faces of the Crowd."   Not a bad year so far!! 

Bethany handles Thiel College last night 94-70 to advance to the conference championship on Saturday.  They will meet Waynesburg who is 17-10.  With that win, will it improve their QOWI?  They currently are 22-4 and 19-4 in the region.  They are also riding a 17 game win streak.

Jack Johnson, that's an incredible stat in your previous post betwen Bethany and VJC.  Keystone being the only common opponent betwen these two, if they are in fact competing for the final pool B spot, really jumps out at me.  Given, every team can have a bad night but Bethany beat Keystone by 14 while VJC lost by 26.  That's a 40 point difference.  Wonderful stat Jack!!!

   Bethany wins it's last regular season game last night drumming another Thiel 99-64.  They improved to 21-4 and 18-4 in the region.  They've now won 16 in a row after a 5-4 start.  They will have homecourt throughout the conference tourny.  I don't see anyone in the conference coming close to beating this team in the their tourny.  The only team I think that might have a shot is Westminster who is playing very well in the conference as of late.  Look for Bethany to get 2 more wins and finish 23-4 and 20-4 in the region.  Looks like a shoe-in for the ncaa tourny to me.

Don't know who else is in competition for the fourth Pool B Bid. 


I believe Bethany of course will be a lock for the fourth bid.  Though the conference is a bit down this year from past years, they've played a pretty good nonconference schedule.  CMU, Lake Erie, Muskingum, Pitt-Greensburg, Keystone, and Wheeling Jesuit(d2) are all top teams in each respective conferences.  Bethany went 4-2 against those teams including a win against d2 Jesuit who is ranked 5th in their region for division 2.  Their QOWI may no show it but this team has played and beaten some great competition this year.  I think their conference hurts them more then some imagine.  But like I said before they've beaten those teams by an average of 20 a game. 

    I agree that Bethany since going 5-4 has pretty much played a cupcake schedule.  3 out of those 4 losses I believe were less then 3 points or more so they can compete with the CMU's of the nation.  I disagree with the notion that they're an above average team.  The one bad loss came to Marietta where Matt D. didn't play the whole 2nd half.  They are humiliating teams within the conference by an average of 20 points a game.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I think this team will make a little more noise in this postseason then they did last year.   

Bethany wins again tonight beating W&J 86-75 in a game where the score was actually closer then the game was.  Bethany led by 15-20 throughout.  They improve to 19-4 and 16-4 in the region.  This win was there 14th in a row.  They have 2 more regular season games and will be the #1 seed in the PrAC conference tourny.  With a first round bye they'll have 2 more games in the tourny.  They should go 4-0 in those games and finish 23-4 and 20-4 in the region.  Not bad for a team that started 5-4 and was left for dead.  Hard to keep a team with 23 wins and 20 wins in their region out of the tournament no matter how bad their QOWI is.  Do you think they are a lock even if they might get upset once?

Bethany smacks another crappy conference opponent last night by 24 (Thomas More).  Currently they stand 17-4 and 14-4 in the region.  I believe they have 4 more conference games left (3 on the road) including an away game against 2nd place W&J plus the conference tourny.  Do you really think it's likely Bethany could get a pool C bid rather then a pool B?  What are their chances if they happen to get upset in the next 4 games or in the conference tourny?  They should still finish with 20-plus wins either way.

   I agree totally.  I know their QOWI is much lower then last year being they beat all the bad teams they faced last year (which was 80% of their schedule).  The conference was also a lot better last year.  Their loss to Marietta is the only bad loss I see on their schedule. Their other three losses come against CMU, Case Western, and Lake Erie.  All with respectable records.  It would have been nice to get 2 of those games.   They lost on a buzzer beater at Case and Nate Maurer from CMU hit 2 free throws w/ a few seconds left to lift CMU to a 2-point win.  They win those 2 games we're not even having this discusiion about Bethany being on the bubble.  In fact, Bethany might even be ranked!!!     

    Bethany right now is playing their best basketball of the year.  They have won 10 in a row and currently are 15-4 after a 5-4 start.  I admit that the PrAC is at an all time low with Waynesburg being the only other team over .500 and they're not even in 2nd place. 
    What's impressive is how dominate this team is in conference play.  Conference games are always tougher no matter how bad the other teams are.  Right now they are winning by an average of 22.6 points a game in league action.  In my posting on the PrAC website (which no one visits haha) I believe I said they'll win all league games by an average of 20 a game.  Halfway through conference play it looks like I'm right.   Toughest game left: @ W&J, 2nd place right now at 5-1 in conference. 
     If Bethany doesn't get upset the rest of the way out they should finish 23-4 (including 2 conference touny wins).  Last yr. they finished 24-3 before the NCAA tourny.   

   I don't think one team other then Bethany will finish over .500 in their conference (PrAC).  How bad does this hurt them?  And if they get upset or lose in the conference tourny does this pretty much eliminate them from pool B consideration?  If they win out they'll prolly have 22 to 23 wins.