D3 vs. D1/D2/NAIA/NCCAA

[cawcdad]

IWU beat Puget Sound which beat DI UC-Riverside which last night beat Pacific (Stockton, CA) which made it to the second round of the DI NCAA tourney last year (and 9-5 so far this year). Hmmm. Just having some fun. 

[Rhodes Scholar]

I saw the CCNY @ Columbia game yesterday. City played the Lions tough for most of the first half. Columbia led by only three, 22-19, with seven minutes left in the opening half. Then it became real ugly. Columbia went on a 39-2 run, holding the Beavers to a grand total of two points over the next 16 minutes.

The two teams were comparable in terms of athleticism, but Columbia had a huge size advantage (two to five inches at each position) and were much more physical than CCNY. Plus, Columbia's players were more skilled and far sounder on fundamentals.

[hugenerd]

cawcdad, Ive got one for you:

CMU beat Princeton, who beat Wyoming, who beat Charlotte, who beat Dayton, who beat Cincinnati, who beat LSU, who beat West Virginia, who made it to the D1 Elite 8 last year!

[Ralph Turner]

The Ivy League is an unusual circumstance.  There are a select demographic group of national athletes with at least mid-level D1 talent and 1500+ SAT scores who want the prestige and cachet of playing Ivy League basketball.

They could ride the bench at State U, but instead find a cohort of similar players who have chosen to attend an Ivy League school more to their goals and interests.

I would say that same for the UAA, the NESCAC and a few other regional premier D3 schools.

This is not to belittle this group of athletes, but rather to understand the demographic base from which they come.

[cawcdad]

I like that one hugenerd. I enjoy playing the game, but really all these connections do though is create discussion and prove that on any given day . . .

[gordonmann]

I figured I'd repost this here.

Bad comedy is a like a virus.  A virus that must be wiped out with the Biola vaccine.

FAVORITE RANDOM OPPONENTS ON D3 SCHEDULES

1 - Logan Chiropractic: Reigning champs until someone schedules Panhandle State.

2 - Life Pacific:  Sounds like a Fox show.  "This week on Life Pacific, after the O.C..."

3 - East-West: That about covers it. 

4 - Valley City State: I humbly submit that they should be the Hill Villages of Valley City State.

5 - Anything with "Pharmacy" in it:  Go Fightin' 'Phetamines!

6 - Dordt: Just fun to say.  Go ahead and say it out loud.  A guaranteed smile. "Dordt." 

7 - Davis & Elkins: I think they opened for Emerson, Lake and Palmer in 1976

8 - Toogaloo: Back end of the dreaded Philander Smith-Toogaloo road trip

9 - The Master's:  A tradition unlike any other.  Viva former Laker Mike Penberthy!

10 - Colorado School of Mines:  I couldn't skip them.  After all, a mine is a terrible thing to waste (ducking tomato).

[Mr. Ypsi]

gordonmann,

I just want to see more Chiropractic vs. Pharmacy match-ups!  Talk about a grudge match!

[Ralph Turner]

Can you find the Doane's Pills at Albany Pharmacy?

I just wish that Christian Bible College, in Rocky Mount NC,

http://www.christianbiblecollege.org/

had a basketball team, so they could play Baptist Bible College.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Ralph,

You couldn't be satisfied with Catholic vs. Methodist?

[Gregory Sager]

Can you find the Doane's Pills at Albany Pharmacy?

No, but I'm sure that you could find them in the NAIA's Great Plains Athletic Conference, also the home of D3's equivalent of the abandoned prairie outpost to which Kevin Costner was sent in Dances With Wolves, Nebraska Wesleyan.

Doane (which is actually called the Tigers, not the Pills) is one of two Nebraska schools that should really consider changing their nicknames. The other is Creighton, which should jettison the nickname Bluejays and start calling its teams the Barrels.

[Ralph Turner]

Ralph,

You couldn't be satisfied with Catholic vs. Methodist?

However, D3 Methodist might play D2 Presbyterian in some sports!

[smedindy]

Give me Luther vs. Martin Luther any day of the week! 

[Rhodes Scholar]

Score from 1/8

UW-Oshkosh 69, Robert Morris-Springfield (USCAA) 58

[Rhodes Scholar]

Scores from 1/9

Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne (D1) 75, Tri-State 61
Judson, IL (NAIA 2) 96, Principia 65
Mount Saint Joseph 106, Cincinnati Christian (NCCAA) 69
Wright State (D1) 88, Kenyon 47

[Rhodes Scholar]

Scores from 1/10

Hendrix 75, Rhema Bible (USCAA) 61
Martin Luther 86, North Central, MN (NCCAA) 46
Nebraska Wesleyan 59, Midland Lutheran (NAIA 2) 56
Walla Walla (NCCAA) 95, Whitman 85