Bumblin' B's

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

That loss dropped Maryville all the way down to 11.00, more than half a point in one night.  Even some of their wins the rest of the way will be hurting the QOWI, so a loss to Fisk could be really bad; they need those 14 points.

Aurora's dropped to 8.36 with an 8 point win.

No one else played.

[Pat Coleman]

Here is the Top 100 in QOWi through games of Thursday, Jan. 19. This is as complete as the schools' score reporting allows. I went through today and garnered as many regional games as I could out of what was missing.

1-10
Lawrence     12.182
Carnegie Mellon    12.111
Worcester Polytech    11.714
Cortland State    11.583
St. John Fisher    11.556
Trinity (Texas)    11.500
Occidental    11.400
Augustana    11.385
Amherst    11.364
Mississippi College    11.333
               
11-20
Tufts    11.333
Illinois Wesleyan    11.300
Albion    11.167
William Paterson    11.154
North Central    11.000
Maryville (Tenn.)    10.857
Wartburg    10.667
York (Pa.)    10.615
New York University    10.538
Lincoln    10.500

21-30
Wittenberg    10.455
Hope    10.444
Randolph-Macon    10.385
Baruch    10.357
Baldwin-Wallace    10.357
Albright    10.333
Catholic    10.333
Gordon    10.273
Utica    10.273
Bates    10.273
               
31-40
UW-La Crosse    10.250
Endicott    10.200
Norwich    10.167
Mary Hardin-Baylor    10.154
Howard Payne    10.154
Puget Sound    10.143
Fisk    10.125
Johns Hopkins    10.083
New Jersey City    10.000
Transylvania    10.000

41-50
Lake Erie    10.000
UW-Oshkosh    10.000
Plymouth State    9.933
Wilmington    9.875
St. Thomas    9.846
Wooster    9.833
Carroll    9.818
Averett    9.800
Wilkes    9.800
Coe    9.778

51-60
Salem State    9.769
MIT    9.769
Washington U.    9.750
UW-Whitewater    9.727
Rochester    9.700
Trinity (Conn.)    9.700
Virginia Wesleyan    9.688
UW-Stout    9.667
Loras    9.667
Widener    9.643

61-70
Ursinus    9.643
Hanover    9.636
Richard Stockton    9.615
Wheaton (Mass.)    9.571
Keene State    9.571
Messiah    9.538
Bluffton    9.444
Williams    9.429
Villa Julie    9.417
Alvernia    9.333

71-80
Bowdoin    9.333
Mount St. Mary    9.250
Calvin    9.250
Whitworth    9.231
Franklin    9.231
UW-Platteville    9.231
Alfred    9.222
Southwestern    9.182
Coast Guard    9.167
New Jersey    9.167
               
81-90
Oglethorpe    9.167
Ramapo    9.167
Western Connecticut    9.154
Rutgers-Newark    9.133
Mary Washington    9.125
Chicago    9.111
Penn State-Behrend    9.111
Gustavus Adolphus    9.083
Salisbury    9.083
UW-Stevens Point    9.077

91-100
Muskingum    9.077
Elizabethtown    9.077
Southern Maine    9.063
Middlebury    9.000
SUNY-Farmingdale    9.000
Carleton    9.000
McMurry    9.000
Lakeland    9.000
Connecticut College    9.000
Scranton    9.000

[Pat Coleman]

Win R/N Pts: 13 2005-11-180.500EmoryMaryville (Tenn.)Maryville (Tenn.)Emory y
Win R/N Pts: 26 2005-11-19 0.583 OglethorpeMaryville (Tenn.)Maryville (Tenn.)Oglethorpe y
Win R/N Pts: 39 2005-11-22 0.545 CentreMaryville (Tenn.)Maryville (Tenn.)Centre n
Win H Pts: 51 2005-11-26 0.545 Maryville (Tenn.)RustMaryville (Tenn.)Rust n
Win R/N Pts: 64 2005-12-01 0.500 EmoryMaryville (Tenn.)Maryville (Tenn.)Emory n
Win R/N Pts: 73 2005-12-04 0.286 MethodistMaryville (Tenn.)Maryville (Tenn.)Methodist n
Win H Pts: 87 2005-12-10 0.800 Maryville (Tenn.)TransylvaniaMaryville (Tenn.)Transylvania n
Loss R Pts: 94 2005-12-17 0.800 AverettMaryville (Tenn.)AverettMaryville (Tenn.) n
Loss N Pts: 101 2005-12-29 0.800 Maryville (Tenn.)TransylvaniaTransylvaniaMaryville (Tenn.) y
Win HPts: 111 2006-01-07 0.333 Maryville (Tenn.)LaGrangeMaryville (Tenn.)LaGrange n
Win H Pts: 121 2006-01-08 0.455 Maryville (Tenn.)HuntingdonMaryville (Tenn.)Huntingdon n
Win R/NPts: 136 2006-01-11 0.750 FiskMaryville (Tenn.)Maryville (Tenn.)Fisk n
Win R/N Pts: 149 2006-01-14 0.600 PiedmontMaryville (Tenn.)Maryville (Tenn.)Piedmont n
Loss R Pts: 152 2006-01-18 0.333 SewaneeMaryville (Tenn.)SewaneeMaryville (Tenn.) n

This is the dump of the Maryville results as it went through our QOW calculator. It came up with 10.857 instead of 11.000 for the Scots, but I know this doesn't always have the 100% best information. While I think we have all regional games affecting Maryville in the system, is it apparent where the discrepancy is based on your calculations?

That winning percentage is the opponent's percentage. The team names are listed home/road/winner/loser, I believe. The points are cumulative for a team at the end of each of the listed games, total of 152.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I didn't redo the whole thing after the loss, so one of the early opponents may have dropped a category.  That's probably what happened.

[njlincolnlion]

Lincoln beats Montclair State University 100 - 84 in the first round of the 29th Annual Manhattanville College Castle Classic.  The Lions take on host Manhattanville in the Championship tomorrow at 5:00, while Montclair State takes on Brooklyn College in the consolation game at 12:00 noon.

[Ralph Turner]

njlincolnlion, that is another good win.  I think that 14-4 is a lock, if you count a post-season tourney.

I just don't have a feel for what the Committee will do with Chapman and NebWes.

Neb Wes and Chapman should be in the same independent tourney.

Whether they will be...

[njlincolnlion]

Ralph:

I hope you're right about Lincoln's post seasons chances.  I just got back from Manhattanville College in Purchase NY and saw the Lions in person for the first time this season.  I had a chance to speak with Coach Yuille before the game, about the Lions season so far, and he was pleased with the teams performace for the most part.

Montclair got off to a early lead, and Lincoln chipped away and took the lead for good about three-quarters through the 1st half.  Gian Paul  Gonzalez finished with 51 points to Myricks 32 points, but Lincoln's depth and stamina took it's toll on The Red Hawks.  Myricks finished with another double double.  Unfortunately, a previous engagement will prevent me from going to the Championship game tomorrow.  Hopefully the Lions will prevail in this tournament also.

[Knightstalker]

Montclair is pretty much a one man team this year.  But he is one hell of a player, imagine if they had a couple more really good players to compliment him.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I don't think there were any surprises this weekend.  That Maryville loss was the only unexpected result recently.  Chapman's game score against Santa Cruz isn't in, but I can't imagine they lost that game.  Lincoln took the tournament, two games remain for them.

[TeeDub]

Isn't that a Chapman loss to UC Santa Cruz I see on the scoreboard?

UCSC          72
Chapman    66


That's gotta hurt!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Wow; they're done.

[smedindy]

Whoopsy!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The only Indy's still alive are:
Lincoln 10-4, MA Region- 11.00
St. Joe's (ME) 5-3, NE Region- 8.50
Chapman 7-4, W Region- 7.91
Nebraska Wesleyan 5-1, W Region- 9.33
Rust 7-5, S Region- 8.08

In the GSAC:
Fisk 7-2, S Region- 10.22
Maryville 12-3, S Region- 10.13
Piedmont 6-5, S Region- 8.36

In the NEAC:
Baptist Bible 8-3, MA Region- 9.00
Villa Julie 9-3, MA Region- 9.58
Keuka 6-3, MA Region- 8.11

In the PrAC:
Bethany 11-4, GL Region- 8.93

In the NIIC:
Aurora 7-5, MW Region- 8.50
Clarke 7-6, MW Region- 8.00

Even if any other team got the best possible finish they could, it would still not be enough to make them a contender.

[njlincolnlion]

Congratulations to Lincoln on regaining a top 25 position.  Lincoln is now ranked 24th with an 18-4 record with three games remaining excluding the DIII Independent East tournament.

The Lions travel to Delaware Valley College on 2/2, and finish at home with Richard Stockton on 2/2 and Penn State Abington on 2/13.  Richard Stockton could be tough, but I'd have to give the Lions the advantage playing at home in Manuel Rivero Hall which should be rockin.

I also feel that Lincoln playing so many games on the road, it should help the Lions in the post season being "Road Tested".

[r.w. mcnickels]

In case anyone hasn't seen this - it's a good story about Lincoln's Kyle Myrick.  I enjoyed watching him play in F&M's tournament.  You don't see guys with his talent in D-III very often.

"Myrick hoping to go from jail to NBA"
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?id=2290905