Bumblin' B's

[Ralph Turner]

Pool B update:

Teams are listed by winning percentage of in-region games. (Four bids awarded.)

Team/Conference/Overall/In-region/In-RegionPercentage/In-region games remaining

1)  Aurora/NAthCon/15-1/13-1/.929/9 + conf. tourney
2)  Westminster PA/PresAC/11-6/10-2**/.833/7 + conf. tourney (Win over Bethany)
3)  Maryville/GSAC/13-4/13-3/.813/6 + conf. tourney

4)  Lincoln PA/Ind/12-6/9-3/.750/2 (no tourney confirmed)*
5)  Bethany/Pres AC/12-5/10-4/.714/6 + conf. tourney (Loss to Westminster PA)
6)  Chapman/Ind/11-5/10-5/.667/2 + possible tourney (Assuming Chapman won today over Colorado College)
7)  Edgewood/NAthCon/10-5/9-5/.643/9 + conf. tourney

*My bad!  I forgot!  Thanks scotsbrod!  +1!

** Tip of the hat to wooscotsfan on catching the Westminster-Marietta "in-region" game! (+1 back at you!) 

Westminster PA lost to W&J tonight! (They went 1-1 this week!) 

I am not sure if they will fall far enough to let Lincoln sneak in.

[WLCALUM83]

Edgewood and Aurora have kept on winning of late.

[njlincolnlion]

Ralph:

I know it's selfish on my part, but I need Maryville to loose a few games (perhaps in the regular season, and during their conference tourney).  Hopefully FISK can get up for the Maryville game since it's such an intense rivalry and hand the Scots a loss  .

Lincoln still has to take care of business for the remainder of the season with a game at NJCU and Ramapo coming to Lincoln.

[Ralph Turner]

Ralph:

I know it's selfish on my part, but I need Maryville to loose a few games (perhaps in the regular season, and during their conference tourney).  Hopefully FISK can get up for the Maryville game since it's such an intense rivalry and hand the Scots a loss  .

Lincoln still has to take care of business for the remainder of the season with a game at NJCU and Ramapo coming to Lincoln.

I don't think that that is selfish.  I think that that is acceptable sports-fan schadenfreude.   

[gordonmann]

Programming note...

D3hoopsNet will broadcast Wednesday's game between Ramapo and Lincoln at 7 PM.

http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/

[njlincolnlion]

Gordon:

Thanks for the Ramapo/Lincoln broadcast.  I can't get the Lincoln games her in Northern New Jersey so I will be at my computer for this game.  I was at the Lincoln/Ramapo game in December when the Lions (without some starters and key reserves) lost to the Roadrunners.  Hopefully the Lions will exact some revenge and keep their home court winning streak intact.

I'm planning on going to Jersey City to the Lincoln/NJCU game in February.

[njlincolnlion]

Lincoln fefeats Ramapo 73-72 to keep the home court winning streak intact, and a slim chance of making the NCAA's.  The win over the Roadrunners evens the series for the season with each squad protecting the Home Court.

Gordon Mann, Thank you so much for an excellent broadcast!  The Lions have another NJAC foe coming against the NJCU Gothic Knights in Jersey City, which is another must win for the Lions.

The win over Ramapo should help Lincoln's SOS.

[gordonmann]

NJLincoln:

Glad we could bring it to you.

I'll miss visiting Lincoln.  The SID Rob Knox does a great job there and it's become a great place to watch a game in terms of the environment.

[njlincolnlion]

Gordon:

You have been a great friend to Lincoln helping to bring notice to a program that was a doormat for many years prior to Coach Yuille.  I remember the publicity you gave to Jarrett Kearse (and his story through the D1, D2, and finally the D3 ranks), and then to Kyle Myrick and his remarkable story.

I'll miss Lincoln in d3hoops also, but I'll still be on the board following my daughter's alma mater Salisbury.

By the sounds during the broadcast, it seemed like the crowd was pumped, and the two teams put on quite a show.

[Gregory Sager]

I'll miss Lincoln in d3hoops also, but I'll still be on the board following my daughter's alma mater Salisbury.

It's cool that you're hanging around here even though your alma mater is leaving the D3 ranks, njlincolnlion. It always made me a little sad when a school would evacuate the premises and take their posters with them. The Upper Iowa crew, for example, were good guys and very enthusiastic posters in a room that hasn't been the same since UIU left the IIAC.

[njlincolnlion]

Gregory:

Thanks for your comment, It was Salisbury's Football team that led to d3football, which eventually became d3sports with the merger of football and hoops.  Besides, I spent a ton of money paying out of state tuition to Salisbury to check out now  !  All joking aside d3 sports is really the last bastion of amateur athletics, and I for one have always enjoyed the purity of sport.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Anyone know who won the Fisk-Rust game?

[scottiedoug]

Well NJLincolnlion I am not ever sorry to report that Fisk did not beat Maryville tonight (but they almost did).  Two more potentially difficult D3 games for Maryville this weekend and then the tournament, which in effect is two more games unless (gasp) they were to lose the first one.  There is a Rust game at home in between.  I would not bet on a loss but if there were to be one, probably Sat. vs. LaGrange.

[Ralph Turner]

Pool B update:

Teams are listed by winning percentage of in-region games. (Four bids awarded.)

Team/Conference/Overall/In-region/In-RegionPercentage/In-region games remaining

1)  Aurora/NAthCon/15-1/13-1/.929/9 + conf. tourney
2)  Westminster PA/PresAC/11-6/10-2**/.833/7 + conf. tourney (Win over Bethany)
3)  Maryville/GSAC/13-4/13-3/.813/6 + conf. tourney

4)  Lincoln PA/Ind/12-6/9-3/.750/2 (no tourney confirmed)*
5)  Bethany/Pres AC/12-5/10-4/.714/6 + conf. tourney (Loss to Westminster PA)
6)  Chapman/Ind/11-5/10-5/.667/2 + possible tourney (Assuming Chapman won today over Colorado College)
7)  Edgewood/NAthCon/10-5/9-5/.643/9 + conf. tourney

*My bad!  I forgot!  Thanks scotsbrod!  +1!

** Tip of the hat to wooscotsfan on catching the Westminster-Marietta "in-region" game! (+1 back at you!) 

Westminster PA lost to W&J tonight! (They went 1-1 this week!) 

I am not sure if they will fall far enough to let Lincoln sneak in.

Lincoln appeared in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings this week, but no Pres Ac team did.  Also present in the Regional Rankings were Aurora and Maryville.

I think that Lincoln has a chance to make the playoffs as either a Pool B or a Pool C if the Pres AC gets a representative into the tourney as a Pool B.

More on Sunday...

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hey has anyone thought about St. Joe's of Maine in this debate?

They started off slow, but have been doing pretty well lately.

They're regional record is only 9-5 because they've played too many provisionals, but they do have a 14 point win over Husson and a (currently) 13 point win over Maine Maritime.  Most of their losses are to good teams.

Their current SOSI is 9.08.  They've got four in-region games left and only the one with Bowdoin should be tough.  Worst case they'll probably finish 12-6, best case 13-5 with a good shot at a 9 QOWI number.

I'm not pushing them, but they should probably be in the running at this point.  This is certainly the kind of team that can come out of nowhere and get a bid when we least expect it.