WBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[BH2OFan]

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Guilford would seem to have the stronger position for end of year regional ranking. 
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Admins, when will the NCAA begin posting regional rankings?

[wmjofva]

I'm not going to pretend I understand any of it, but over at Masseyratings.com Guilford (with a U ) is rated 97th with a strength of schedule of 267th, EMU 101st with SOS 187. It's a one bid league IMHO
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Only the conference tournament winner is for sure, but the ODAC HAS gotten two teams to the dance.  RM in 2004-2005 was Nalt finalist, played for NCAA Div 111 title. They have been ranked thru the seasons often.

Both Guilford and EMU are having great season's.  Let's hope things work out that the conference gets two teams.   **I think the regional ranking will come 3rd week of Feb

[hasanova]

wmjofva, your use of "u" is noted.  Thanks. 

Guilford and EMU still play each other at EMU.  Either Guilford will leave with a 4th loss or EMU will get their 6th.  If you win the ODAC tournament, you're in, of course.  However, if you lose in the ODAC tournament, you'll get another loss.  If Guilford loses once and only has 4 losses, they "may" get a second chance.  If EMU loses another game or two, I think it's over for an at-large bid.

[wmjofva]

One needs to look at the other conferences when your checking your chances.  USA Athletic South has three teams in ranking... Maryville 10-1 (16-2); Ferrum 10-1 (16-2) and Chris Newport 9-2 (16-2).

Chris Newport doesn't play Maryville or Ferrum again and Maryville and Ferrum play Feb 6th.  So you have three teams ranked and will end season with solid records & that's just one other conference.  They beat ODAC teams like a drum this year!

Throw in upsets at conference tournaments and these teams will take the 'at large'.

[wmjofva]

EMU 81- RMC 70; enjoyed the game last night.  Game went back and forth and at 4:24; RMC had cut it to 61-68.

Big difference was EMU converted wide open putbacks or layups and RMC made shots over the EMU defenders.  Wouldn't want to get into a game of 'horse' with RMC.

EMU pressed the whole game, yet the fouls were 15-18 for RMC and 20-31 for EMU.  Helps to play at home.

[hasanova]

Congratulations to Guilford, Coach Flamini and her staff for last night's 56-42 win over E&H.  With the victory, the Quakers got their 20th win of the season and Coach Flamini earned the 200th win of her head coaching career.

[wmjofva]

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-women/d3

Regional ranking as of 2/13/2013

[Pat Coleman]

Yep, new ones tomorrow.
http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/category/ncaa-stuff/regional-rankings/

[y_jack_lok]

Congrats to R-MC on the tournament road win at Roanoke last night. After giving up 100 points to Roanoke in Ashland just 16 days before, the Jackets held them to 64 last night. I believe that's the 4th lowest point total R-MC has allowed all season. It often takes a young team a while to learn to play good defense. Maybe the Jackets are getting better in that department.

[Bammer]

Great effort by the Generals.  EMU wins by getting to the line (24-27), making their free throws and keeping the Generals off the line (4-4).  One of the keys to beating EMU for the last several years is to keep them off the line and make them run their offense.  Have to pick Guilford to win the tournament.  Strong coaching job this year for the Generals Coach Clancey.       

[Brookland]

Boy, this board has been awfully quiet this year, and I apologize for my part in that. More chatter about who might get to the NCAAs than discussion of players or games. Not what I'm used to!

Anyway, I can't not say something about the great job Lynchburg's Coach Pyzik has been doing this year, even if no one else has noticed enough to comment. With today's win over Bridgewater she has tied the all-time record for wins at LC, has advanced to the ODAC semifinals for the first time in 23 years, and has recorded the program's first ever win at Salem Center. And she has done it in only her third season at LC, with most of the minutes being played by freshmen and sophomores. Remember, she got the job the August before her first season, too late to do any recruiting, making this accomplishment even more impressive. She has this young team playing with heart and determination, despite the ups and downs of so young a team. She is definitely building a winner, and with only one senior graduating and two All-ODAC sophomores, the future looks bright for Hornet fans.

Today's win was not a fluke. The Hornets took an early lead, the Eagles fought back, and then the game momentum went back and forth until LC finally put it away with clutch FTs at the end. Bridgewater led by as many as 6 and LC never led by more than 9 before winning 51-47. Neither team shot well but the Eagles were colder, shooting only 29% from the field, including a very atypical 3-13 performance and only 8 pts by Jessica Mullen. At one point the commentator said "It's not Lynchburg, the Eagles are just missing their shots" but I disagree. Both teams were playing defense with intensity, and it showed.
In the end LC's better play in the paint, a 15 pt, 12 rebound performance by All-ODAC First Teamer Shannon Allen, a near double-double (9pts, 9 rebounds) by freshman Chaney Forbush, balanced effort from the rest of the team and those final FTs made the difference.

Congratulations to Coach Pyzik and the Hornets. Win or lose this weekend against EMU, they have already made history.

Let me also extend my congratulations to Jessica Mullen on her Player of the Year honors and a great career with the Eagles.

[hasanova]

As you would expect, EMU and GC in tomorrow's championship game.  Go Quakers!

[hasanova]

Congratulations, Quakers ... 61-59 over EMU!  Hopefully, both of these fine teams will make the NCAA tournament.

[hoopstermom]

 Two teams in the tourney!  Good luck to Guilford and Eastern Mennonite. 

[hasanova]

Two teams in the tourney!  Good luck to Guilford and Eastern Mennonite.

The way the bracket's structured, if they both win on opening day, they'd have to face each other in the second round.  Somehow, that just doesn't seem right ... but first things first!