Bumblin' B's

[Pat Coleman]

Matt:

There was no evidence of any basketball improprieties. It was the baseball program that was being investigated when SCAD voluntarily left the NCAA.

[pabegg]

Wow. Nebraska Wesleyan goes down to UCSC.

They're done.

The last Pool B bid will be Chapman or the Landmark runner-up.

[elfinley]

West Region Independent Scores:

UC Santa Cruz 79, Nebraska Wesleyan 72.

Chapman 84, U of Dallas 54.

NWU v. U of Dallas @5pm
Chapman v. UCSC @7pm

Any comments on the scores and how each team is affected?

[elfinley]

Correction:

UCSC 68, Nebraska Wesleyan 62.


Sorry for the mixup.

I heard that Occidental and Cal Lu lost first round games tonight. Pomona Pitzer and Claremont will play in the championship tomorrow. Those are teams Chapman has beaten this year. How does that help/hurt them in the selection process?

[Gregory Sager]

West Region Independent Scores:

UC Santa Cruz 79, Nebraska Wesleyan 72.

Chapman 84, U of Dallas 54.

NWU v. U of Dallas @5pm
Chapman v. UCSC @7pm

Any comments on the scores and how each team is affected?

Yeah, I have three:

1. Chapman must be mighty ticked. The Panthers have by no means locked up a Pool B bid, so I'm sure that they were counting on the OWP boost that they would've gotten from playing (and beating) NebWes on Saturday night. Now they have to face the Banana Slugs instead -- a game that will actually put a dent in the OWP of the Panthers, even though it'll be another regional win for them.

2. If I'm the Banana Slugs, this makes my season. Tonight's win over NebWes ended an 18-game losing streak, boosts the UCSC record to 3-22 for the season, and it represents a win over a team that, unlike Caltech and West Coast Baptist, has actually enjoyed a modicum of respect over the years.

3. Losing to the Banana Slugs is completely unacceptable, especially with a tournament bid on the line. If I'm NWU head coach Cam Schuknecht, I make my guys walk home to Lincoln from southern California.

Correction:

UCSC 68, Nebraska Wesleyan 62.


Sorry for the mixup.

I heard that Occidental and Cal Lu lost first round games tonight. Pomona Pitzer and Claremont will play in the championship tomorrow. Those are teams Chapman has beaten this year. How does that help/hurt them in the selection process?

Neither PP nor CMS will be regionally ranked in that final secret ranking that the committee does on Selection Monday, so tonight's developments won't really help Chapman as far as the Sagehens and Stags are concerned. If Cal Lutheran drops out of the West Region rankings it won't affect Chapman's status, either, since the Panthers split with Cal Lu. Oxy won't drop out of the rankings, so there will be no change in ranking status of the Tigers that would affect Chapman.

I could be missing something, and if I am pabegg will catch it, but I don't see Chapman being affected one way or the other by the dual SCIAC upsets this evening.

[Ralph Turner]

Chapman lost to Oxy and split with Cal Lutheran.

They beat CMS and split with Pomona.

The best case for Chapman may be for CMS to win the tourney and end up in the regional ranking.

As for who might host a pod, I don't know.

We don't know how the ASC will end. UMHB might be shipped to a bracket in Millsaps, or HSU, HPU or Concordia-TX might be flown to southern California as a Pool A.

Miss College's first round departure in the ASC tourney really hurt the chances for UMHB to host a bracket, unless the NCAA wants to fly three teams to Texas, or Trinity TX earns a bid.

[Gregory Sager]

The best case for Chapman may be for CMS to win the tourney and end up in the regional ranking.

If CMS beats archrival PP tomorrow night and wins the SCIAC Pool A bid, the Stags will still only be 13-8 in region. That's nowhere near close enough to get them into the regional ranking, even in light of the chaos in the West Region this year.

[elfinley]

West Region Independent scores:

Neb. Wesleyan beats Dallas 63-54(Could be wrong on these!!)

Chapman beats Santa Cruz 75-50

[pabegg]

I think Chapman gets the last Pool B, joining clear Pool B teams Maryville, Aurora, and Scranton.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I think Chapman gets the last Pool B, joining clear Pool B teams Maryville, Aurora, and Scranton.

I thought there were only 3 pool B bids this year?

[Ralph Turner]

I think Chapman gets the last Pool B, joining clear Pool B teams Maryville, Aurora, and Scranton.

I thought there were only 3 pool B bids this year?

Women only have three Pool B bids.

[LogShow]

UC Santa Cruz, playing the role of spoilier...and gaining a legit win to boot!

Have to give credit where credit's due.  UCSC could have just mailed it in after losing 18 straight games, but they came out and beat Neb Wes...nice work

[smedindy]

Losing to John Jay at home? That's a bumble...

[Ralph Turner]

Losing to John Jay at home? That's a bumble...

of bumblical proportions! 

[Pat Coleman]

Yeah, but I'd pin this on the committee.