Bumblin' B's

[RustCollege]

Markeith Wilson played like an all american today with 31pts an 7 rebs for Rust

[Ralph Turner]

Maryville has started 4-6 overall, in-region 3-5.  The competition for the single Pool B bid is wide open.

http://www.d3hoops.com/teams/Maryville_(Tenn.)/men/2010-11/index

(Marietta is Administrative Region #3 and counts.  Covenant is Provisional Year #2.  Games against it do not count in 2010-11.  Carson-Newman is D-2.)

Chapman (8-1 overall, 7-0 in the West Region) is making the strongest case.

http://www.d3hoops.com/teams/Chapman/men/2010-11/index

[KnightSlappy]

Here's what I have for Pool B teams so far. In region WP and SOS (unadjusted SOS).

Team	WP	SOS
Chapman	1.000	0.766
Huntingdon	0.667	0.543
Maryville (Tenn.)	0.375	0.578
UC Santa Cruz	0.444	0.476
Rust	0.625	0.408
Nebraska Wesleyan	0.500	0.400
North Central (Minn.)	0.167	0.500
Lancaster Bible	0.333	0.441
Piedmont	0.333	0.432
LaGrange	0.000	0.527
Finlandia	0.000	0.420

Chapman has the #1 in-region RPI in the country right now.

[augie_superfan]

KnightSlappy,

I know your rankings system results are only as good as the data input into them so I wanted to give you a heads up on Occidental (4-2 reg. - actually only 0-1) and Whittier.  Their D3Hoops schedules have a bunch of games marked as regional that aren't.  I'm sure there are plenty of others but I just came across those when exploring Chapman's large SOS.

Hopefully Pat or another person with the power sees this post.

[KnightSlappy]

KnightSlappy,

I know your rankings system results are only as good as the data input into them so I wanted to give you a heads up on Occidental (4-2 reg. - actually only 0-1) and Whittier.  Their D3Hoops schedules have a bunch of games marked as regional that aren't.  I'm sure there are plenty of others but I just came across those when exploring Chapman's large SOS.

Hopefully Pat or another person with the power sees this post.

Thanks for the heads up. I should have originally included a formula to discount the "regional" games against teams not on my D3 list. I didn't, so I have a bunch of bogus games showing up. I'm adding the (very easy) fix when I see it. Thanks again.

[scottiedoug]

Maryville is having an "interesting" season.  Lots of injuries and as a result a very young team.  Three projected starters, all returners from last year, are not playing.  It is unclear to me if they can figure this out in time, but the four in-region losses are by 20 points total.  There is recent precedent at Maryville for an undefeated post-Christmas schedule after a shaky start....

[RustCollege]

Here's what I have for Pool B teams so far. In region WP and SOS (unadjusted SOS).

Team	WP	SOS
Chapman	1.000	0.766
Huntingdon	0.667	0.543
Maryville (Tenn.)	0.375	0.578
UC Santa Cruz	0.444	0.476
Rust	0.625	0.408
Nebraska Wesleyan	0.500	0.400
North Central (Minn.)	0.167	0.500
Lancaster Bible	0.333	0.441
Piedmont	0.333	0.432
LaGrange	0.000	0.527
Finlandia	0.000	0.420

Chapman has the #1 in-region RPI in the country right now.

what are the pool B rankings looking like

[KnightSlappy]

Here's how RPI ranks them:

Rnk	Team	WP	wSOS
1	Chapman	0.909	0.569
2	Huntingdon	0.500	0.615
3	Maryville (Tenn.)	0.500	0.595
4	Nebraska Wesleyan	0.571	0.478
5	UC Santa Cruz	0.364	0.545
6	Rust	0.667	0.440
7	North Central (Minn.)	0.364	0.454
8	Piedmont	0.200	0.501
9	LaGrange	0.083	0.530
10	Finlandia	0.273	0.454
11	Lancaster Bible	0.300	0.424
12	Maine-Presque Isle	0.000	0.509

[scottiedoug]

I think the RPI winning percentage record for Maryville in region (.500) is correct (not .375).  Their SOS is higher than it often is, which may have something to do with the low WP!

[Ralph Turner]

I think the RPI winning percentage record for Maryville in region (.500) is correct (not .375).  Their SOS is higher than it often is, which may have something to do with the low WP!

Some readers may have not heard that the NCAA is using a different SOS formula that multiplies the home game SOS by 0.6 and the road games by 1.4.

[RustCollege]

Here's how RPI ranks them:

Rnk	Team	WP	wSOS
1	Chapman	0.909	0.569
2	Huntingdon	0.500	0.615
3	Maryville (Tenn.)	0.500	0.595
4	Nebraska Wesleyan	0.571	0.478
5	UC Santa Cruz	0.364	0.545
6	Rust	0.667	0.440
7	North Central (Minn.)	0.364	0.454
8	Piedmont	0.200	0.501
9	LaGrange	0.083	0.530
10	Finlandia	0.273	0.454
11	Lancaster Bible	0.300	0.424
12	Maine-Presque Isle	0.000	0.509

How rust is looking as for making the playoffd

[KnightSlappy]

Here's how RPI ranks them:

Rnk	Team	WP	wSOS
1	Chapman	0.909	0.569
2	Huntingdon	0.500	0.615
3	Maryville (Tenn.)	0.500	0.595
4	Nebraska Wesleyan	0.571	0.478
5	UC Santa Cruz	0.364	0.545
6	Rust	0.667	0.440
7	North Central (Minn.)	0.364	0.454
8	Piedmont	0.200	0.501
9	LaGrange	0.083	0.530
10	Finlandia	0.273	0.454
11	Lancaster Bible	0.300	0.424
12	Maine-Presque Isle	0.000	0.509

How rust is looking as for making the playoffd

Bleak

[RustCollege]

Here's how RPI ranks them:

Rnk	Team	WP	wSOS
1	Chapman	0.909	0.569
2	Huntingdon	0.500	0.615
3	Maryville (Tenn.)	0.500	0.595
4	Nebraska Wesleyan	0.571	0.478
5	UC Santa Cruz	0.364	0.545
6	Rust	0.667	0.440
7	North Central (Minn.)	0.364	0.454
8	Piedmont	0.200	0.501
9	LaGrange	0.083	0.530
10	Finlandia	0.273	0.454
11	Lancaster Bible	0.300	0.424
12	Maine-Presque Isle	0.000	0.509

How rust is looking as for making the playoffd

Bleak

i kno rust my end the season at 19-6 an 14-4 in D3 so why is it Bleak

[Ralph Turner]

Here's how RPI ranks them:

Rnk	Team	WP	wSOS
1	Chapman	0.909	0.569
2	Huntingdon	0.500	0.615
3	Maryville (Tenn.)	0.500	0.595
4	Nebraska Wesleyan	0.571	0.478
5	UC Santa Cruz	0.364	0.545
6	Rust	0.667	0.440
7	North Central (Minn.)	0.364	0.454
8	Piedmont	0.200	0.501
9	LaGrange	0.083	0.530
10	Finlandia	0.273	0.454
11	Lancaster Bible	0.300	0.424
12	Maine-Presque Isle	0.000	0.509

How rust is looking as for making the playoffd

Bleak

i kno rust my end the season at 19-6 an 14-4 in D3 so why is it Bleak

Because there is only 1 Pool B bid and Chapman almost has it locked down.  Rust is 8-4 in-region.

As I look at the Pool B teams getting a Pool C bid, I don't even think that Maryville is in shape to get one this year.  I would expect Rust to need at least 11-2 in-region record to get a bid.

You had a good schedule that could have given you a chance at a Pool B/C bid,  I definitely see 2 too many losses.   

[RustCollege]

Here's how RPI ranks them:

Rnk	Team	WP	wSOS
1	Chapman	0.909	0.569
2	Huntingdon	0.500	0.615
3	Maryville (Tenn.)	0.500	0.595
4	Nebraska Wesleyan	0.571	0.478
5	UC Santa Cruz	0.364	0.545
6	Rust	0.667	0.440
7	North Central (Minn.)	0.364	0.454
8	Piedmont	0.200	0.501
9	LaGrange	0.083	0.530
10	Finlandia	0.273	0.454
11	Lancaster Bible	0.300	0.424
12	Maine-Presque Isle	0.000	0.509

How rust is looking as for making the playoffd

Bleak

i kno rust my end the season at 19-6 an 14-4 in D3 so why is it Bleak

Because there is only 1 Pool B bid and Chapman almost has it locked down.  Rust is 8-4 in-region.

As I look at the Pool B teams getting a Pool C bid, I don't even think that Maryville is in shape to get one this year.  I would expect Rust to need at least 11-2 in-region record to get a bid.

You had a good schedule that could have given you a chance at a Pool B/C bid,  I definitely see 2 too many losses.   

Aw ok berry and Webster is not a d3 win