Bumblin' B's

[David Collinge]

I don't think you can say that Bethany doesn't want a Pool B bid.  I mean, they've won 17 games in a row.  They're doing the best they can with what they have to work with (i.e. schedule).

[scottiedoug]

Huntingdon REALLY wants a Pool B bid and might just get one unless Maryville can figure out ways to score points against them.  Nobody else has, including Fisk, who is a really good team that (usually) can score.  And the game is at Huntingdon.  And Maryville still does not have its leading scorer and their regular point guard is in a funk lately.   

[smedindy]

Well, yeah, but it seems that everyone who rises to the second spot tumbles down...

(Also, I was being teh funny...)

[jack johnson]

as of right now it looks like it sould be Lincoln, Bethany, the GSAC champion (Maryville or Huntingdon), and either Nebraska Wesleyan/Chapman/NIIC Champion...with the NIIC champion i think getting the nod

[joe smith]

I think Lincoln and Bethany are both locks with 4 or 5 teams fighting for the last 2 spots

[Pat Coleman]

If four West Region Pool B teams held a tournament and nobody reported the scores, would it count?

[Pat Coleman]

Updated QOWI through games of Friday, Feb. 24:

Does not include unreported scores of Chapman, UC Santa Cruz, Nebraska Wesleyan and Colorado College.

1-10
Amherst     12.000     22-1
Lawrence    11.571    21-0
Worcester Polytech    11.091    19-3
Tufts    11.000    19-4
St. John Fisher    10.864    21-1
Mississippi College    10.833    23-1
Lincoln    10.813    12-4
Gordon    10.560    22-3
Trinity (Texas)    10.526    16-3
Virginia Wesleyan    10.481    24-3
               
11-20
Augustana    10.478    19-4
Wittenberg    10.455    19-3
Cortland State    10.440    22-3
York (Pa.)    10.400    22-3
Carnegie Mellon    10.389    14-4
William Paterson    10.250    18-6
Bates    10.238    16-5
Transylvania    10.231    22-4
Carroll    10.227    19-3
Wooster    10.217    21-2
               
21-30
Washington U.    10.211    14-5
UW-Whitewater    10.136    17-5
Carleton    10.136    18-4
Illinois Wesleyan    10.100    15-5
Widener    10.083    20-4
Keene State    10.042    18-6
UW-Stout    10.000    18-4
Calvin    10.000    13-1
Baruch    9.958    21-3
Alvernia    9.958    21-3
               
31-40
Hope    9.944    16-2
Baldwin-Wallace    9.920    21-4
Lakeland    9.905    17-4
Trinity (Conn.)    9.895    15-4
UW-La Crosse    9.880    18-7
Utica    9.880    20-5
SUNY-Farmingdale    9.870    18-5
North Central    9.850    15-5
Randolph-Macon    9.840    19-6
Ursinus    9.826    18-5
               
41-50
St. Thomas    9.792    19-5
Occidental    9.750    12-4
Nebraska Wesleyan    9.714    6-1
Puget Sound    9.706    15-2
New York University    9.696    17-6
Whitworth    9.652    18-5
Williams    9.625    16-8
Lake Erie    9.571    17-4
MIT    9.565    16-7
Hamilton    9.476    17-4
               
51-60
Colby-Sawyer    9.458    16-8
Mary Hardin-Baylor    9.458    18-6
New Jersey    9.455    14-8
Rochester    9.450    13-7
Catholic    9.435    18-5
Bowdoin    9.429    13-8
Albright    9.409    14-8
Fisk    9.400    10-5
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps    9.400    15-5
Wheaton (Mass.)    9.391    15-8
               
61-70
Maryville (Tenn.)    9.381    15-6
Pomona-Pitzer    9.353    13-4
Messiah    9.348    16-7
Endicott    9.333    16-8
Mount St. Mary    9.333    18-6
Howard Payne    9.333    18-6
Manhattanville    9.320    17-8
Salem State    9.320    18-7
Rhode Island College    9.308    17-9
Bethany    9.304    19-4
               
71-80
UW-Stevens Point    9.292    15-9
Johns Hopkins    9.286    15-6
Wartburg    9.273    17-5
Scranton    9.250    18-6
Ohio Northern    9.227    17-5
McMurry    9.217    17-6
Franklin    9.208    18-6
Richard Stockton    9.208    15-9
Emmanuel    9.200    19-6
Willamette    9.200    16-4
               
81-90
Elms    9.174    19-4
Westfield State    9.167    16-8
New Jersey City    9.167    16-8
Coe    9.143    15-6
Villa Julie    9.143    17-4
UW-Oshkosh    9.136    13-9
Albion    9.125    12-4
Centre    9.095    14-7
Southwestern    9.048    15-6
Elmhurst    9.045    14-8
               
91-100
Norwich    9.042    19-5
Averett    9.000    16-5
Rutgers-Newark    9.000    17-9
Plymouth State    8.962    16-10
Ramapo    8.957    14-9
Hanover    8.952    13-8
Chicago    8.947    11-8
Oswego State    8.920    18-7
Ohio Wesleyan    8.917    17-7
Elizabethtown    8.913    13-10

101-110
Gettysburg     8.913     15-8
Brockport State    8.905    12-9
Aurora    8.900    13-7
Plattsburgh State    8.875    15-9
Mass-Boston    8.875    15-9
SUNYIT    8.870    13-10
Pitt-Greensburg    8.864    15-7
Milwaukee Engineering    8.857    14-7
Wilmington    8.852    20-7
Gustavus Adolphus    8.833    16-8
               
111-120
Coast Guard    8.826    16-7
Union    8.810    14-7
Bridgewater State    8.783    14-9
Christopher Newport    8.714    10-4
Clarke    8.714    14-7
Baptist Bible    8.706    13-4
Brandeis    8.696    13-10
Springfield    8.667    10-14
Wilkes    8.600    13-7
Huntingdon    8.588    11-6
               
121-130
King's    8.583    15-9
Edgewood    8.565    13-10
St. John's    8.545    15-7
Penn State-Behrend    8.524    15-6
Loras    8.478    14-9
Kean    8.440    13-12
Salve Regina    8.435    15-8
Wesley    8.435    16-7
Chapman    8.417    8-4
Potsdam State    8.409    13-9

[David Collinge]

Chapman defeated Colorado College, 87-60, per the LA Times.
Nothing about UCSC-NWU in the LA Times or UCSC website.

[pabegg]

Colorado College's web site says Nebraska Wesleyan won (no score given).

[Ralph Turner]

Keystone 84, Villa Julie 77.  Mustangs are out, IMHO. 

Huntingdon 61, Maryville TN 48.  Hawks are in, IMHO. (Maryville TN and Fisk are probably out.)

[smedindy]

Nebraska Wesleyan defeated the Banana Slugs 67-62. Just in case anyone still cared.

[njlincolnlion]

Lincoln beats St. Joseph (ME) 99-79 winning the D3 Northeast Independent tournament.  Kyle Myrick led the Lions with 49 pts, 8 boards, and 6 assists.

Lincoln is now 23-4 on the year,

[broke_ya_ankles]

so as everyone says it looks like Lincoln and Bethany are locks but it looks kinda wide open from there, Huntingdon looks like they've got a solid chance with a 20-7, 12-6 region record, but the fourth spot seems wide open.  Maryville, Nebraska Wesleyan, Chapman have all been mentioned but what about Saint Joseph's of maine? they lost today but still finish with a 19-8 record, 11-5 in region, there the only team i haven't seen mentioned with a chance at a pool b...is there any?

[Pat Coleman]

They have a terminally low QOWI, in my opinion.

[broke_ya_ankles]

thats what i figured as well, what does the rest of these guys' QOWI ratings look like any idea?


Nebraska Wesleyan
Fisk
Maryville
Villa Julie
Keuka
Chapman
St. Joe's