D3 Championship Belt

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Eph yeah!

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2025-26 "The Scenario" Belt^Tm Path
3/20/25: Trinity (CT)
1/24/26: Wesleyan
1/31/26: Connecticut College
2/7/26: Amherst
2/14/26:  Williams

Fin!

[mailsy]

We've gone from this^TM

OK, this is kind of a corny thing that me and my college buddies used to do for various leagues.  We start the season with the previous year's national champion and award them the "Championship Belt" (think boxing).  That team can then hold the belt until they lose to another D-III team.  Then that team holds the belt as long as they can.  It's kind of a take-off of being "the team, that beat the team, that beat the team." Almost always the Belt winner is also the national champion.  I've tracked it back to the start of this season.  I'll keep track of it for a while and see if any else thinks its fun (or not).

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan (lost to Averett 81-73)
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett (lost to Guilford 74-69)
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford (lost to Virginia Wesleyan 75-55)
Jan. 7-Current - Virginia Wesleyan

Next Championship Belt game:  Tonight, Hampden-Sydney at Virginia Wesleyan

Since we are firmly entrenched in conference play it doesn't appear the Belt will get out of the ODAC until tournament time.

To This^TM

2025-26 "The Scenario" Belt^Tm Path
3/20/25: Trinity (CT)
1/24/26: Wesleyan
1/31/26: Connecticut College
2/7/26: Amherst
2/14/26:  Williams

Fin!

Over 19 years! It is kinda Glorious^TM

[Gregory Sager]

We've gone from this^TM

OK, this is kind of a corny thing that me and my college buddies used to do for various leagues.  We start the season with the previous year's national champion and award them the "Championship Belt" (think boxing).  That team can then hold the belt until they lose to another D-III team.  Then that team holds the belt as long as they can.  It's kind of a take-off of being "the team, that beat the team, that beat the team." Almost always the Belt winner is also the national champion.  I've tracked it back to the start of this season.  I'll keep track of it for a while and see if any else thinks its fun (or not).

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan (lost to Averett 81-73)
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett (lost to Guilford 74-69)
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford (lost to Virginia Wesleyan 75-55)
Jan. 7-Current - Virginia Wesleyan

Next Championship Belt game:  Tonight, Hampden-Sydney at Virginia Wesleyan

Since we are firmly entrenched in conference play it doesn't appear the Belt will get out of the ODAC until tournament time.

To This^TM

2025-26 "The Scenario" Belt^Tm Path
3/20/25: Trinity (CT)
1/24/26: Wesleyan
1/31/26: Connecticut College
2/7/26: Amherst
2/14/26:  Williams

Fin!

Over 19 years! It is kinda Glorious^TM

It's just a shame that the thread's creator, Curator of The Belt^TM Just Bill, hasn't been on the site for the past two years. Bill would be secretly proud of how long it has lasted, although he'd dismiss it all with one of his trademark self-deprecating quips.

[lmitzel]

We've gone from this^TM

OK, this is kind of a corny thing that me and my college buddies used to do for various leagues.  We start the season with the previous year's national champion and award them the "Championship Belt" (think boxing).  That team can then hold the belt until they lose to another D-III team.  Then that team holds the belt as long as they can.  It's kind of a take-off of being "the team, that beat the team, that beat the team." Almost always the Belt winner is also the national champion.  I've tracked it back to the start of this season.  I'll keep track of it for a while and see if any else thinks its fun (or not).

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan (lost to Averett 81-73)
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett (lost to Guilford 74-69)
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford (lost to Virginia Wesleyan 75-55)
Jan. 7-Current - Virginia Wesleyan

Next Championship Belt game:  Tonight, Hampden-Sydney at Virginia Wesleyan

Since we are firmly entrenched in conference play it doesn't appear the Belt will get out of the ODAC until tournament time.

To This^TM

2025-26 "The Scenario" Belt^Tm Path
3/20/25: Trinity (CT)
1/24/26: Wesleyan
1/31/26: Connecticut College
2/7/26: Amherst
2/14/26:  Williams

Fin!

Over 19 years! It is kinda Glorious^TM

It's just a shame that the thread's creator, Curator of The Belt^TM Just Bill, hasn't been on the site for the past two years. Bill would be secretly proud of how long it has lasted, although he'd dismiss it all with one of his trademark self-deprecating quips.

If nothing else, we know the Weasels^TM have to still be lurking around somewhere...

[Just Bill]

Yes, I had taken my leave of this place some time ago. I established a new business venture designing paper mache eggs for hikers on Easter Island at an extraordinary markup. Apparently Easter Island has little to do with easter eggs so it failed spectacularly and required two years of my life as a stowaway on various ships just to get back to a place with WiFi.

But I see what this has become and I can see you're all somehow worse for it. Mission accomplished.