Webster with a slightly different geographic look to its non-conference schedule this season. They face two east coast teams -- Babon (Massachusetts) and Lynchburg (Virginia) -- in Nashville. They start the season hosting Macalaster (Minnesota) and play the winner of Hanover (Indiana) vs Sewanee (Tennesse). Three more nearby non-con opponents in Illinois College, Augustana, and Knox.

Webster/Westminster both finish 17-1 in conference.... Split with each other... Westminster be hosting next weekend.   Did it come down to Technical fouls?  Or coin flip?

Crazy.. I reviewed box scores .... Westmin 1 tech in 18 conference games, Webster 2 techs....tough way to lose host role, but everyone knew that this 5th level tie breaker was out there..

Principia beats Westmin on Westmin's court ?  What?  How???

So much for a Webster - Westmin  Championship game...

CRAZY

Principia wins its first ever tournament championship 69-67 over Webster in a wild finish. The SLIAC is almost always a one bid league when it comes to tournament selection. However, with the NCAA this season using NPI to determine at-large bids Webster may still have a shot. Preceding today's game Webster was ranked 41st in NPI. Most teams with NPI in the 40's were identified here https://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=2920.840 as likely getting the final seven Pool C bids -- depending, of course, on how conference tournaments play out. Principia was #230 in NPI, so Webster's loss today will drop them down a bit in NPI, but will it knock them out?

Webster will fall to about 56th.

^^^ As of this morning's NPI run on D3 Datacast and the NCAA https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/43136 Webster is #59 in NPI. That likely kills any shot the Gorloks had at a Pool C bid.

Prin Coach deserves recognition!!!
To beat Westmin and Webster back to back!!!  Really pretty incredible....

Quote from: hopefan on March 02, 2025, 09:08:08 PMPrin Coach deserves recognition!!!
To beat Westmin and Webster back to back!!!  Really pretty incredible....

Ditto that.