Congrats to RMC for cracking the Top 25 in the final poll !!!

Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 11, 2007, 03:11:01 PM

Quote from: GAVA on March 11, 2007, 09:11:18 AM
Unfortunately with the ODAC's ranking being so low I think we may go a few years with no at large bids.

Please remember that "ranking" has no impact on at-large bids.

Sorry Ralph.  I might have used the wrong terminology. I thought it was the ODAC's ranking as a " weak conference" that was a major factor in VWC not getting an at large bid. Please clarify again. Thanks.

It is much harder to have the accurracy of a DI poll in DIII. I think we can all agree to that and recognize the obstacles we face.
Certainly hope to see RMC crack the poll at season end given their 3rd straight Sweet 16 apperance. Poll or no poll, the school believes they can be in the tourney at the end every year.

Unfortunately with the ODAC's ranking being so low I think we may go a few years with no at large bids.

The Yellow Jackets, who have advanced to three straight Sweet Sixteens, were led by Riesbeck, who had game-highs of 23 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks. Senior guards Salem Shaffer (Hampton, Va.) and Kristen Morgan (Brigantine, N.J.) closed out their collegiate careers with 14 points and 11 points, respectively.

Quote from: jagluski on March 09, 2007, 10:46:49 PM
Massey has the right margin, wrong winner.

Wash U defeats Puget Sound 59-58.

Quote from: Dark Knight on March 06, 2007, 07:44:14 PM
Massey's Sweet 16 predictions:

#1 Bowdoin over #19 Rochester, 62-53
#10 Mary Washington over #3 Scranton, 62-58
#9 DePauw over #13 Emmanuel, 72-60
#7 Calvin over #8 Southern Maine, 69-59
#2 Howard Payne over Puget Sound, 62-48
#25 Luther over #11 Washington U, 56-55
Kean over Randolph-Macon, 75-72
#6 NYU over Simpson, 79-67

These predictions are based on last week's Massey ratings, i.e. the same games as used in the d3hoops.com week 13 poll.

6 for 8 !!!!

Thanks David.

Great season ladies !!!!! Anyone know if Molly played tonight? Coach had her listed as very iffy in the morning paper.

3rd year in a row deep in the tourney. More equally good years await.
Guess RMC will be back as preseason conference pick next year.

I would like RMC's chances of taking out NYU much better if the Jackets leading scorer wasn't out of the tourney on medical leave. But they still found a way to win the first two rounds. What a great, great job Coach LaHaye has done with an unranked team during a rebuilding year post - Silva where they were picked preseason to finish 3rd in their conference.
To return again this year to the Sweet 16 with a whole new team is amazing.

Quote from: Scottie Too Hottie on February 27, 2007, 07:21:59 AM

Quote from: GAVA on February 27, 2007, 07:06:16 AM
http://www.d3hoops.com/scoreboard/womensrpi07.htm

The power ranking to be used next year will be even tougher on the ODAC.
Looks like no more at large bids in our future unless radical changes made, such as playing each league member once and scheduling another 10 nonconference games.

Do you have any idea how incredibly hard it would be to schedule FIFTEEN non-conference games??? A team would practically ahve to play 15 games before the January, because once January rolls around nearly every school is playing all conference games. A better solution would be to break into six team divisions by adding another school (which is more likely than not to happen in the near future) and play the teams in your division twice and the teams in the other division once, which would give you sixteen games (10 games in division, 6 out of division). Then all you have to do is schedule four more non-conference games, which can be easily handled.

The problem with ODAC is we have some very weak teams. You lose ranking when you play them, even when you win. 2 divisions might work if the stronger teams were in one division, and the weaker teams in the other.  6 games against Hollins, RMWC and E&H kills your power rating.

Quote from: hoopstermom on February 27, 2007, 07:19:13 AM
Are they for sure going to this rating system next year?

  pretty sure

Quote from: GAVA on February 27, 2007, 07:06:16 AM
http://www.d3hoops.com/scoreboard/womensrpi07.htm

The power ranking to be used next year will be even tougher on the ODAC.
Looks like no more at large bids in our future unless radical changes made, such as playing each league member once and scheduling another 10 nonconference games.

Under next year's rankings RMC finished 66 instead of 39, and VWC finishes 87 instead of 64.

http://www.d3hoops.com/scoreboard/womensrpi07.htm

The power ranking to be used next year will be even tougher on the ODAC.
Looks like no more at large bids in our future unless radical changes made, such as playing each league member once and scheduling another 10 nonconference games.

Quote from: Old School Marlin on February 27, 2007, 03:43:23 AM
  The Jackets should take care of business.  Anyone know who they'd get the second round?

My guess, McDaniel, rated in top 20. Should be a real test.