Bumblin' B's

[Ralph Turner]

Lincoln moves up to #3 in the MA Region.

Fisk and Maryville are tied for #7 in the South.

I want to place Huntingdon College of the GSAC on the Pool B watch list.

HC can clinch a co-championship tonight with a win over Piedmont.

The designated GSAC tourney host in 2006, HC is the #2 seed in the tourney.  They can win the tourney by defeating Fisk and then probably Maryville.  Those 3 wins will boost the in-region to 12-6 (.667), and would give them best 2 out of 3 over both Maryville and Fisk, if they remained ranked on Selection Monday.

[Coach C]

Ralph -

That is a pretty tough road you have mapped out for Huntingdon.  Those are 3 tough wins at a time when all the teams are scrapping.

C

[Ralph Turner]

Step 1:  Huntingdon 91, at Piedmont 86 (1 OT)

Huntingdon is GSAC Co-Champion!

Congratulations to Coach Duckworth and the Hawks!

[scottiedoug]

Well Huntingdon beat Piedmont at Piedmont tonight.  That leaves two.  They beat both Maryville and Fisk last weekend at their gym, where the tournament will be.  If Maryville is still without their leading scorer and best defender, which they probably will be (ACL), the Hawks have a shot.  Beating Fisk is never easy, though (some non-Southern teams ought to venture down to Nashville and try it some year).

[Ralph Turner]

ScottieDoug, congratualtions to MURVUL and to FISK!

Both are still regionally ranked!

[scottiedoug]

Thanks, Ralph, but we gotta stop this losing thing.   Your Huntingdon scenario seems all too realistic.   At least the GSAC ought to get a rep.

[njlincolnlion]

It's good to see Lincoln move up in the Mid Atlantic Regionals.  Widener surprised me with their run through what I thought would be some tough conderence games.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Revisiting my list of teams still "in the hunt" before this week's games:

Lincoln
Bethany
Fisk
Maryville
Baptist Bible
Villa Julie
Aurora
Clarke
Chapman
Huntingdon
Rust
St Joe's
Keuka

Baptist Bible is off completely and that is only because Pat informed us that they declared for the NCCAA and will not be elligible.  Aurora goes out after a huge beating at the hands of Clarke.  I think there might be an outside shot for them still if they run the confernece tournament, but I feel safe marking them off right now.

[Ralph Turner]

Great List, Hoops Fan!

Please keep the list up-to-date!

Rust hosts FISK on Saturday night. I have not heard of Rust participating in any indepedents' tourney, so a FISK win probably eliminates Rust.

[smedindy]

Here's where they're at, in my power rating amalgamation

Lincoln (10)
Bethany (51)
Fisk (112)
Maryville (48)
Baptist Bible (88 )
Villa Julie (173)
Aurora (99)
Clarke (130)
Chapman (84)
Huntingdon (110)
Rust (161)
St Joe's (137)
Keuka (192)

Except for Lincoln, this seems to be 'cannon fodder' in the tourney, as usual.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Are we positive the Indy-East tournament is going to happen?  Lincoln gets nothing out of it besides some tune-up games for the tournament.  St. Joes is the only school with reason to come, unless they can get Rust to fly up.  I guess they could bring a provisional school down from NE, but that seems silly.  Is there a chance this thing won't happen?  I suppose Hood and Newbury might be choices as well, although they both stink.

[scottiedoug]

Smedindy:  What does "cxannon fodder" mean really?  I acknowledge that Maryville has not advanced into the elite (playing after Elite 8) as  Pool B over the last decade, but they have one more than they have lost in the tournamant....

[smedindy]

Most of the "B"s seem to be one and done.  (Taken as a whole) - and this years group doesn't look like it's going to be that strong, except for Lincoln, to win a game.

The "Bs" will just be a tune up game for one of the top seeds, I feel. But of course, the NCAA may draw it differently, so we'll see.

[Pat Coleman]

Quality of Wins Index through games of Thursday, Feb. 17:

Amherst     12.000     21-1
Lawrence    11.842    19-0
Trinity (Texas)    11.188    14-2
Worcester Polytech    11.182    19-3
Carnegie Mellon    10.938    13-3
York (Pa.)    10.864    20-2
Tufts    10.864    18-4
Augustana    10.857    19-2
Cortland State    10.810    20-1
St. John Fisher    10.789    18-1
               
11-20
Mississippi College    10.727    21-1
Wooster    10.700    19-1
Lincoln    10.563    12-4
Gordon    10.545    20-2
Transylvania    10.522    19-4
Virginia Wesleyan    10.500    21-3
Wittenberg    10.368    16-3
New York University    10.333    17-4
William Paterson    10.318    16-6
Baruch    10.190    19-2
               
21-30
Calvin    10.182    10-1
Carroll    10.150    17-3
Baldwin-Wallace    10.136    19-3
Randolph-Macon    10.136    17-5
Trinity (Conn.)    10.111    14-4
Widener    10.091    19-3
Illinois Wesleyan    10.056    13-5
Rochester    10.056    13-5
Bates    10.050    15-5
Occidental    10.000    11-2
               
31-40
Nebraska Wesleyan    10.000    5-1
Carleton    10.000    16-4
Wartburg    10.000    16-4
Lakeland    10.000    16-3
St. Thomas    9.957    18-5
UW-La Crosse    9.955    17-5
Ursinus    9.955    18-4
Keene State    9.905    15-6
New Jersey    9.900    14-6
UW-Whitewater    9.895    14-5
               
41-50
Washington U.    9.875    11-5
Alvernia    9.864    19-3
UW-Stout    9.842    15-4
Puget Sound    9.800    13-2
Fisk    9.769    9-4
SUNY-Farmingdale    9.762    16-5
Hope    9.750    14-2
Rhode Island College    9.696    15-8
Whitworth    9.667    16-5
Catholic    9.650    15-5
               
51-60
Emmanuel    9.636    17-5
Christopher Newport    9.636    9-2
Maryville (Tenn.)    9.600    14-6
Westfield State    9.591    15-7
Williams    9.591    15-7
North Central    9.556    13-5
Johns Hopkins    9.500    15-5
MIT    9.476    14-7
Albion    9.462    10-3
Plymouth State    9.458    15-9
               
61-70
Richard Stockton    9.455    14-8
Salem State    9.435    17-6
Wheaton (Mass.)    9.429    13-8
Hanover    9.421    13-6
New Jersey City    9.409    15-7
Hamilton    9.389    15-3
Southwestern    9.389    13-5
Coast Guard    9.381    15-6
Howard Payne    9.364    16-6
Willamette    9.353    15-2
               
71-80
Bowdoin    9.350    13-7
Albright    9.350    13-7
Bethany    9.333    17-4
Lake Erie    9.278    15-3
Coe    9.263    13-6
Elms    9.263    15-4
Elmhurst    9.250    13-7
UW-Oshkosh    9.250    12-8
Norwich    9.190    16-5
Scranton    9.182    16-6
               
81-90
Mount St. Mary    9.143    16-5
Franklin    9.143    15-6
UW-Stevens Point    9.143    13-8
Loras    9.143    14-7
McMurry    9.143    16-5
Averett    9.111    13-5
Villa Julie    9.105    15-4
Brockport State    9.105    12-7
Mass-Boston    9.095    13-8
Colby-Sawyer    9.095    13-8
               
91-100
Elizabethtown    9.095    13-8
Mary Hardin-Baylor    9.091    16-6
Rutgers-Newark    9.087    15-8
Utica    9.048    16-5
Endicott    9.048    13-8
Centre    9.000    12-6
Manhattanville    9.000    15-8
Milwaukee Engineering    9.000    14-6
Gettysburg    8.955    14-8
Messiah    8.952    14-7
               
101-110
Gustavus Adolphus    8.952    15-6
Ohio Northern    8.947    14-5
Chicago    8.941    10-7
Baptist Bible    8.938    13-3
Ramapo    8.900    12-8
Wilmington    8.875    18-6
Brandeis    8.857    12-9
Ohio Wesleyan    8.810    15-6
St. John's    8.800    14-6
King's    8.773    14-8
               
111-120
Oswego State    8.773    16-6
Springfield    8.773    10-12
Hardin-Simmons    8.727    14-8
Montclair State    8.714    11-10
Mary Washington    8.688    11-5
Clarke    8.684    12-7
Aurora    8.667    11-7
Plattsburgh State    8.650    12-8
Potsdam State    8.650    13-7
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps    8.647    12-5

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Through last night:

13. Lincoln    10.563    12-4
45. Fisk    9.769    9-4
53. Maryville (Tenn.)    9.600    14-6
73. Bethany    9.333    17-4
87. Villa Julie    9.105    15-4
116. Clarke    8.684    12-7
117. Aurora    8.667    11-7