CC leaving SCAC must have been a misunderstanding from a conversation I heard about a team leaving.  I thought they were talking about CC because I didn't think DePauw would leave.  I hate to see them go.  HX heads into the break with a nice win.  This team went 20-5 last year and went to Italy this summer and beat 3 of 4 regional all star teams that Villanova had went 2-2 the week before.  They have good talent but are really struggling to execute the new coach's system.  Coach Cummins made some personnel changes to fit her system and it looked more in sync.  They enter the break at 2-3 but should be 5-0.  It will be interesting to see if they continue good play after the Thanksgiving break.  I think the Coach has them on the right track but time will tell.  Happy Thanksgiving.

HX drops a game by 2 pts thanks to a lot of turnovers and missed free throws.  HX juniors still trying to adapt to the system of the new coach.  This game should have been an easy win but I believe HX has the talent to win the conference division. 

Westminister played today as well and their fast break and press was very impressive.  Great point guard. 

Thanks.  I had heard Dallas was joining but thought Colorado was leaving due to the distance.  Dallas is certainly easier travel than Indiana (for some I guess).  The SCAC has done a nice job of managing its conference.  I am excited the bball season is underway.  Playing D1 teams early is rough but it also provides a good measuring stick. 

I hadn't heard that DPW was leaving the SCAC.  That will be a big hole in quality.  They were a long trip but one worth the drive.  Any idea on who may fill their spot in the SCAC?

Congrats to Centre. Too much Huter to open the second half. Congrats to HX as well on a great season. 20-5 is fun for the girls as well as the fans. Great job to a first year head coach McCracken (our coach of the year).  I am excited for the SCAC. Hx and Centre has several players that are Sophomores which bodes well for the future. I enjoyed the board.

My posts are merely trying to understand the process. A response to one of my first posts was the rankings for D3 was a "mathmatical" process using the metrics I used in my later posts. If this is not the case that's fine.  I personally believe that only conference champs or tournament champs whichever the conf chooses should go to the NCAA tournament with no selection process but what fun would that be. I wouldn't have had anything to post about. I enjoy the dialogue but know you must win or go home!

I think everyone agrees that DePauw belongs and should be granted a host site. 

This weeks regional rankings just came out and again HX is left out even with superior metrics.  DePauw is the strongest champ over the season but HX is champ over the western division which had more wins against eastern division than the east had against the west (19 vs. 17) and 6 of those included Millsap which played tough at home.  Of the rankings only Christopher Newport and Ronoke can be justified ahead of HX based only on the winning % metric.   I did note that HX at least got 5 votes in the Top 25 poll.

Looks like the regional rankings are heavily skewed to the ASC but the SCAC western teams went 8-4 against ASC teams.  The only 'black eye" was HX loss to Mississippi College.

We can statistically justify HX but they could still run the risk of losing the first game (don't want to jinx them).  It is still about winning on the court but I would just like to see them get a chance because the voting for the national ranking seems to be heavily emphasized to the midwest and northeast areas.

Good info to know.  The Regional Ranking from last week (17th) was disheartening.  While HX had better ranking criteria in most areas, they dropped out of the regional ranking. 

         Win %      OWP      OOWP        SOS
HX     .810         .507       .510         .508

CN    1.000        .495       .510         .500
Ron    .909         .489       .501         .493
MHB   .792         .492       .504         .496
LC      .900         .483       .508         .491
MC     .760         .490       .501         .494
HP      .800         .484       .504         .491

As you can see HX ranked 4th in Win %, 1st in OWP, 1st in OOWP, and 1st in SOS.  How do they get eliminated when ranking is supposed to be "mathematical"?  Since then we have added two more victories and if we get to the championship game, I don't see how they can be left home.  Oh well, based on the math, only conference tournament winners will get to go from the south since DePauw will be playing the the Great Lakes region.

Wes,  i know I am new to D3 playoffs but what does the men having priority have to do with DePauw playing at home?  Also any change in opinion on HX getting an at large bid (hopefully they won't need it).   

I must say that DePauw was the best tuned of any team I saw this year.  She definately deserves strong consideration.  A lot goes into coaching that most never see.  Adams produced a big turn around for AC and McCracken took a group of girls that had lost their appetite for ball and really got them to love it again.  Tough call for voters!

Congrats to HX for finishing strong.

I will be in Jackson.  Hopefully HX didn't use up all of their shooting carma today.

   

Probably not worth getting worked up about at this stage.  You are right, there is still a lot of important games to play before worrying about national tournaments.  HX still has to play two tough teams this weekend.

Wow, the third regional rankings are in and HX wins two more games and gets kicked out of the rankings???  I guess coaches will have to try to run up the score on opponents instead of trying to get as many girls playing time as possible.  I like seeing girls who practice all week get an opportunity to play some.  This sends the signal that you have to kick someone when they are down.  Not sending the right message in my opinion.  If they take HX out at least put AC in.  SCAC deserves 1 rep in the rankings.

Granted!

Why would they announce it at half-time when possibly the Coach of the Year and/or Player of the Year are in the locker room getting ready for the second half?  Seems like a post game event would be more meaningful or possibly half time of the Mens game???

In looking at possible second teamers, I realize that there are a lot of talented Sophomores in the conference which bodes well for national recognition in the years to come, provided they don't knock each other off with parity play. 

Interesting choices.  I was thinking about this last week and to me stats do not always tell the whole story.  However, it is what most look to especially scoring.  Here is my selection for 1st team SCAC (oddly enough 1st team is much easier to decide than 2nd team)

Post/Center - Katy Williams (AC)
Forward - Becky Luetjen (CC)
Forward - Christina Byler (HX)
Guard - Maggie Prewitt (CEN)
Guard - Hubenak (TU)/Morris (HX)

Player of the Year - Maggie Prewitt (Cen) 2nd in scoring, 6th FG%, 1st in Assists, 4th in FT%, 2nd in Steals, 4th in Assist/TO, all without having to be on the floor the whole game. 


New Comer of the Year - Alex Adams  I know she doesn't have the stats because of how her coach distributes minutes but I saw great potential and believe she is a star in the making.

Coach of the Year - I agree with the three choices, I would say if one of these three wins the tournament, they deserve the COTY.

Choosing a second team and honorable mention can be a whole portfolio of options.  In this league finding multiple true Post players can be tough to fill the traditional 5 spot teams (only AC and MC list a Center/Post).