Top 25 discussion

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	Record	Results
#1	610	FDU-Florham	5-0	won at Baruch, 80-68; won at T#35 Catholic, 84-59
#2	571	Amherst	3-0	IDLE
#3	559	Thomas More	4-0	def. Shawnee St., 68-58; def. La Roche, 97-46
#4	545	Tufts	5-0	won at T#41 Eastern Connecticut, 63-51
#5	528	UW-Oshkosh	5-1	won at Edgewood, 62-40; LOST at #24 St. Norbert, 50-62
#6	513	Hope	3-1	LOST to #15 Wheaton (Ill.), 75-82
#7	439	Scranton	5-0	def. King's, 74-52
#8	434	Washington U.	5-0	won at Illinois College, 79-52; won at #22 Illinois Wesleyan, 82-59
#9	429	DePauw	4-1	def. #46 Franklin, 71-51; LOST at #22 Illinois Wesleyan, 75-79; won at Illinois College, 70-39
#10	393	Montclair State	4-0	won at Kean, 83-55
#11	367	St. Thomas	4-0	def. UW-Stevens Point, 60-52
#12	347	Texas-Tyler	4-0	def. University of the Ozarks, 96-59
#13	324	New York University	5-0	won at St. Joseph's (L.I.), 85-40
#14	300	Williams	7-0	def. Springfield, 62-46; won at T#41 Eastern Connecticut, 70-64
#15	270	Wheaton (Ill.)	5-0	won at #6 Hope, 82-75
#16	193	George Fox	4-0	IDLE
#17	189	St. Mary's (Minn.)	6-0	won at UW-La Crosse, 64-49
#18	165	Whitworth	4-0	def. Eastern Ore., 63-62; won at Col. of Idaho, 57-54
#19	123	Transylvania	4-0	IDLE
#20	109	University of New England	3-1	def. T#35 Bowdoin, 68-64
#21	96	Lebanon Valley	5-1	LOST at Messiah, 65-78
#22	90	Illinois Wesleyan	4-2	LOST to #39 UW-Whitewater, 72-75; def. #9 DePauw, 79-75; LOST to #8 Washington U., 59-82
#23	68	Calvin	5-0	def. Manchester, 69-56; def. Finlandia, 88-50
#24	60	St. Norbert	5-1	LOST at UW-Eau Claire, 53-66; def. #5 UW-Oshkosh, 62-50
#25	57	Rhodes	4-1	def. Austin, 54-53

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	Record	Results
#26	53	Randolph-Macon	5-0	won at Hollins, 85-54
#27	41	Ithaca	3-1	LOST at #32 John Carroll, 51-65
#28	36	Rochester	5-0	won at Oswego State, 82-59
#29	32	Baldwin Wallace	3-1	def. Waynesburg, 74-38
#30	30	Salisbury	5-0	def. Stevenson, 80-70
#31	29	St. Mary's (Md.)	0-3	IDLE
#32	22	John Carroll	5-0	def. Medaille, 68-52; def. #27 Ithaca, 65-51
#33	18	Whitman	3-2	def. Iowa Wesleyan, 64-46; won at Colorado College, 77-55
#34	13	Luther	4-1	LOST at UW-Platteville, 59-77; def. UW-River Falls, 76-62
T#35	10	Bowdoin	4-2	LOST at #20 University of New England, 64-68; def. Salve Regina, 73-33
T#35	10	Catholic	3-2	LOST to #1 FDU-Florham, 59-84
T#37	7	Wilmington	4-0	IDLE
T#37	7	Wheaton (Mass.)	4-0	IDLE
#39	6	UW-Whitewater	2-3	won at #22 Illinois Wesleyan, 75-72
#40	5	Wittenberg	5-1	def. Otterbein, 85-36; LOST at Case Western Reserve, 55-66
T#41	4	Eastern Connecticut	4-2	LOST to #4 Tufts, 51-63; LOST to #14 Williams, 64-70
T#41	4	Puget Sound	5-0	won at Concordia (Ore.), 69-56
T#43	2	Carthage	3-2	LOST at Loras, 54-62; def. Chicago, 67-55
T#43	2	Texas-Dallas	4-1	LOST at Louisiana College, 65-70; def. Hardin-Simmons, 72-56
T#43	2	Eastern Mennonite	4-1	def. Mary Baldwin, 102-38; def. Emory and Henry, 76-56
#46	1	Franklin	2-1	LOST at #9 DePauw, 51-71

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

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[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	618	FDU-Florham	7-0	won at Misericordia, 85-58; def. King's, 83-56
#2	579	Amherst	6-0	won at Emmanuel, 72-61; def. Eastern Connecticut, 66-51; won at Bridgewater State, 71-46
#3	571	Thomas More	6-0	won at Waynesburg, 89-68; def. Westminster (Pa.), 110-38
#4	557	Tufts	7-0	won at T#33 Wheaton (Mass.), 71-42; def. Fitchburg State, 88-48
#5	515	Washington U.	6-0	def. Loras, 78-51
#6	485	Scranton	6-0	def. Juniata, 82-43
#7	448	Montclair State	7-0	won at Moravian, 86-58; def. Rutgers-Newark, 76-60; def. Ramapo, 71-34
#8	431	St. Thomas	6-0	def. Gustavus Adolphus, 76-43; def. St. Benedict, 75-58
#9	386	Wheaton (Ill.)	7-0	won at Chicago, 71-59; won at Roosevelt, 59-53
#10	382	Texas-Tyler	5-1	def. Hardin-Simmons, 64-61; LOST to Texas-Dallas, 47-55
#11	373	New York University	7-0	won at Brooklyn, 58-42; def. Emmanuel, 77-60
#12	346	Williams	9-0	def. Skidmore, 50-45; def. Wesleyan, 77-59
#13	312	UW-Oshkosh	6-1	won at #32 UW-Whitewater, 72-58
#14	304	Hope	5-1	def. Adrian, 77-59; won at Alma, 72-53
#15	274	George Fox	7-0	def. Northwest Chrst., 92-52; won at Cal Lutheran, 63-52; won at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 63-48
#16	257	St. Mary's (Minn.)	8-0	won at Hamline, 80-72; def. Augsburg, 66-57
#17	215	DePauw	5-1	def. Wooster, 92-69
#18	184	Whitworth	6-0	won at Texas Lutheran, 78-64; won at Southwestern, 73-57
#19	174	Transylvania	6-0	def. Mount St. Joseph, 75-42; won at Rose-Hulman, 53-51
#20	144	University of New England	5-1	def. Eastern Nazarene, 70-60; def. Endicott, 77-63
#21	112	Calvin	6-0	def. Albion, 84-57
#22	96	St. Norbert	7-1	won at Ripon, 62-39; def. Grinnell, 58-38
#23	78	Randolph-Macon	5-1	LOST to T#38 Eastern Mennonite, 76-81
#24	71	Illinois Wesleyan	4-3	LOST to Chicago, 63-69
#25	45	Rhodes	6-1	def. Hendrix, 74-60; def. Centenary (La.), 81-42

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	38	John Carroll	6-1	def. Heidelberg, 72-46; LOST at Ohio Northern, 70-73
#27	26	Salisbury	7-0	won at St. Mary's (Md.), 69-58; def. Penn State-Harrisburg, 89-42
#28	25	Rochester	7-1	won at Brockport State, 81-73; def. St. John Fisher, 88-79; LOST to Roberts Wesleyan, 63-69
#29	23	Baldwin Wallace	4-2	LOST at Mount Union, 59-68; won at Otterbein, 67-60
#30	10	Lebanon Valley	6-2	def. Hood, 80-51; LOST at Albright, 73-75
#31	7	Puget Sound	7-0	won at UC Santa Cruz, 53-51; def. Colorado College, 94-45
#32	6	UW-Whitewater	2-5	LOST to #13 UW-Oshkosh, 58-72; LOST at UW-Platteville, 84-90
T#33	5	Wheaton (Mass.)	5-2	LOST to #4 Tufts, 42-71; def. Clark, 79-54; LOST at Springfield, 43-55
T#33	5	Wilmington	6-0	def. Capital, 61-52; won at Marietta, 71-60
T#33	5	Whitman	4-3	won at Walla Walla, 74-33; LOST to Lewis-Clark St., 65-72
T#36	4	Maryville (Tenn.)	4-1	won at Salem, 76-58
T#36	4	Luther	5-1	def. Viterbo, 96-64
T#38	3	Eastern Mennonite	6-1	won at #23 Randolph-Macon, 81-76; def. Ferrum, 81-65
T#38	3	North Central (Ill.)	6-0	won at Redlands, 65-61; won at La Verne, 92-74
#40	2	Louisiana College	5-0	def. LeTourneau, 75-70
T#41	1	Catholic	4-3	LOST at Susquehanna, 59-67; def. Moravian, 75-69
T#41	1	Ithaca	5-1	won at Cortland State, 64-61; won at St. Lawrence, 63-57

[monsoon]

Thanks for putting these together each week, Darryl.

[Just Bill]

Thanks for putting these together each week, Darryl.

Absolutely. It's so helpful.

[Ralph Turner]

+1!  Thanks.

[Cruz]

UC Santa Cruz lost to UPS at PLU in Tacoma not at home.

[Darryl Nester]

UC Santa Cruz lost to UPS at PLU in Tacoma not at home.

Noted. Unfortunately, I have not had a chance to adapt my program to note when games are played at a neutral site.  The first version of my program was able to detect that, but that feature broke when d3hoops changed the way they displayed team schedules. (If I recall correctly, when that change first occurred, the schedules on team pages did not identify which games occurred at neutral locations.) When I have time, I will work on fixing my program.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

New this week: Games played on a neutral court are now identified: "def. (n)" means "defeated on a neutral court", and "LOST to (n)" means "lost on a neutral court."

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	618	FDU-Florham	8-0	def. Drew, 88-51
#2	574	Thomas More	6-0	IDLE
#3	573	Amherst	7-0	def. Rhode Island College, 74-35
#4	564	Tufts	8-0	won at Bridgewater State, 67-33
#5	522	Washington U.	8-0	won at Webster, 88-59; def. Millikin, 76-65
#6	476	Scranton	7-0	def. Merchant Marine, 70-43
#7	456	Montclair State	9-0	def. Vassar, 82-53; won at William Paterson, 68-52
#8	436	St. Thomas	7-0	won at Augsburg, 69-45
#9	421	Wheaton (Ill.)	9-1	LOST at UW-Whitewater, 63-66; def. Dubuque, 83-73; won at Illinois Tech, 69-37
#10	387	New York University	8-0	def. Farmingdale State, 72-51
#11	368	Williams	9-0	IDLE
#12	319	George Fox	7-0	IDLE
#13	305	UW-Oshkosh	7-1	def. T#37 UW-Platteville, 78-64
#14	299	Hope	7-1	def. St. Mary's (Ind.), 86-44; def. Chicago, 76-68
#15	260	St. Mary's (Minn.)	8-1	LOST to Bethel, 47-51
#16	210	DePauw	7-1	def. Spalding, 67-43; won at Oberlin, 77-48
#17	204	Transylvania	7-0	def. Defiance, 78-65
#18	200	Whitworth	8-0	def. (n) Corban, 82-65; def. (n) Walla Walla, 92-40
#19	180	University of New England	5-1	IDLE
#20	162	Texas-Tyler	6-1	won at University of the Ozarks, 88-62
#21	160	Calvin	7-0	def. Trine, 97-50
#22	143	St. Norbert	7-2	LOST at UW-Stevens Point, 59-71
#23	63	Salisbury	7-0	IDLE
#24	56	Rhodes	7-1	won at Westminster (Mo.), 66-52
#25	48	Wilmington	6-1	LOST to T#35 John Carroll, 57-67

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	20	Puget Sound	8-0	def. Evergreen St., 65-62
#27	19	Eastern Mennonite	6-2	LOST at Apprentice, 65-70
T#28	13	Louisiana College	5-0	IDLE
T#28	13	Rochester	8-2	won at Medaille, 67-50; LOST to Ithaca, 67-78
#30	11	Ohio Northern	7-2	LOST to Ohio Wesleyan, 73-75; won at Capital, 67-58
#31	9	Texas-Dallas	6-1	IDLE
#32	8	Bowdoin	7-2	won at Maine-Farmington, 75-49
T#33	5	Randolph-Macon	5-2	LOST to Virginia Union, 68-72
T#33	5	Wartburg	8-0	won at Bethany Lutheran, 69-49
T#35	4	Wheaton (Mass.)	5-2	IDLE
T#35	4	John Carroll	7-1	won at #25 Wilmington, 67-57
T#37	3	UW-Platteville	7-2	LOST at #13 UW-Oshkosh, 64-78; won at Coe, 68-65
T#37	3	Luther	7-1	won at Martin Luther, 81-73; def. Northwestern (Minn.), 72-60
#39	2	Gettysburg	8-0	won at Shenandoah, 52-34
T#40	1	McDaniel	8-0	won at Hood, 73-45
T#40	1	Franklin	5-1	won at Mount St. Joseph, 68-56

[BruinFan]

I picked this spot to post this update to spread the word beyond the Northwest on a D3 coach who is now excelling at D1.

Scott Rueck grew the George Fox University program to national prominence, including a national title in 2009. GFU continues to be a top tier team from a tough conference.

Rueck left George Fox in the summer of 2009 to take the head job at his alma mater, Oregon State University. The program was in disarray and he actually held open tryouts that first August in an effort to fill out his roster.

Fast forward to 2013-14. OSU finished 2nd in the Pac-12 conference and made it to the 2nd round of the national tournament.

They began this year, Rueck's fifth season, ranked in the top 25. On Tuesday, the #16 Beavers defeated the #6 UNC Tar Heels @ Chapel Hill by 15 to improve to 8-0 and the best start in Oregon State History.

Look for OSU to break into the top 10 in next week's rankings and cheer on one of the good guys who got his start in Division 3.

[gordonmann]

Wow, great to hear that.  Scott's a D3 guy at heart so very glad to hear he's doing so well with the Beavers.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)
Final report for this stretch will be posted next Sunday night.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	619	FDU-Florham	8-0	12/29 vs. UW-Stevens Point (n); 12/30 vs. UW-Platteville (n); 01/03 vs. William Smith (n); 01/04 vs. Swarthmore (n)
#2	580	Thomas More	8-0	won at Cumberlands (Ky.), 62-57; def. (n) Cabrini, 56-55; 12/29 vs. Plattsburgh State (n); 01/03 vs. Thiel
#3	567	Amherst	7-0	12/29 vs. Drew; 12/30 vs. Manhattanville
#4	564	Tufts	8-1	LOST to (n) #6 Scranton, 42-52; 12/29 vs. T#40 Baldwin Wallace (n); 01/03 vs. Regis (Mass.)
#5	523	Washington U.	9-0	def. Fontbonne, 88-35; 12/29 vs. Iowa Wesleyan (n); 12/30 vs. TBD (n)
#6	484	Scranton	9-1	def. Eastern, 71-57; LOST to Cabrini, 35-37; def. (n) #4 Tufts, 52-42; 12/29 vs. Babson (n); 01/03 at Elizabethtown
#7	464	Montclair State	11-0	def. Marymount, 63-55; def. Baruch, 72-62; 12/29 vs. TBA; 12/29 vs. #21 Salisbury
#8	439	St. Thomas	8-0	def. #27 Wartburg, 78-50; 12/29 vs. Manchester (n); 12/30 vs. Carthage Tournament (n); 01/03 at Carleton
#9	409	New York University	8-0	01/03 vs. Swarthmore; 01/04 vs. William Smith
#10	388	Williams	10-1	LOST to (n) Eastern, 40-51; def. (n) Lynchburg, 64-57
#11	355	George Fox	9-0	def. (n) T#29 Wheaton (Mass.), 87-50; def. (n) Lake Forest, 92-43; 01/02 at Linfield; 01/03 vs. #24 Puget Sound
#12	339	UW-Oshkosh	9-1	won at Oglethorpe, 72-59; def. (n) Elmhurst, 58-48; 12/31 vs. Ripon; 01/03 vs. UW-Superior
#13	318	Hope	8-1	won at Franklin, 54-34; 12/30 vs. York (Pa.) (n); 12/31 at Ohio Wesleyan; 01/02 at Capital
#14	283	Wheaton (Ill.)	9-1	12/31 at Loras; 01/03 at Elmhurst
#15	263	DePauw	7-1	12/29 vs. UW-Stout; 12/30 vs. Millsaps; 01/02 vs. Allegheny; 01/03 vs. Hiram
#16	248	Transylvania	8-1	def. Blackburn, 95-58; LOST to #35 Maryville (Tenn.), 59-74; 12/30 at Oglethorpe; 01/03 at Anderson
#17	212	Whitworth	8-0	12/30 vs. Northwest (Wash); 01/02 at Willamette; 01/03 at Lewis and Clark
#18	209	University of New England	5-1	01/03 at Bates
#19	190	Calvin	9-0	def. (n) Lewis and Clark, 58-44; won at UC Santa Cruz, 72-47; 01/03 at Olivet
#20	148	Texas-Tyler	7-1	won at LeTourneau, 82-53; 12/19 at East Texas Baptist; 12/30 vs. Texas Lutheran; 12/31 vs. Schreiner; 01/03 vs. Howard Payne
#21	121	Salisbury	9-0	def. Christopher Newport, 62-58; def. (n) Illinois Wesleyan, 57-51; 12/29 at #7 Montclair State; 01/03 at Southern Virginia
#22	111	St. Mary's (Minn.)	8-1	12/30 at North Park; 01/03 at Concordia-Moorhead
#23	73	Rhodes	10-1	def. Southwestern, 70-60; def. Augustana, 59-51; def. Rust, 64-46
#24	41	Puget Sound	9-0	def. Cal Lutheran, 71-63; 01/03 at #11 George Fox
#25	30	John Carroll	8-1	def. Marietta, 67-63; 12/31 at Case Western Reserve

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	29	Louisiana College	5-2	LOST at Mary Hardin-Baylor, 87-94; LOST at Concordia (Texas), 67-73; 01/03 vs. Hardin-Simmons
#27	17	Wartburg	8-1	LOST at #8 St. Thomas, 50-78; 12/29 vs. St. Benedict; 12/30 vs. TBD
#28	14	Rochester	8-2	IDLE
T#29	12	Wheaton (Mass.)	5-4	LOST to (n) Willamette, 57-65; LOST to (n) #11 George Fox, 50-87; 12/30 at Roger Williams; 01/03 vs. Mount Holyoke
T#29	12	Eastern Mennonite	6-2	12/30 at Christopher Newport; 01/03 vs. Washington College
#31	10	Wilmington	6-3	LOST to Point Park, 57-79; LOST at T#40 Baldwin Wallace, 29-55; 12/30 vs. Earlham; 01/03 at Ind.-Southeast
T#32	9	Ithaca	6-1	12/28 vs. Plattsburgh State (n); 12/29 vs. Cabrini (n); 01/02 vs. Elmira; 01/03 at Utica
T#32	9	Texas-Dallas	8-1	won at Sul Ross State, 70-41; def. Howard Payne, 81-79; 01/01 at Austin; 01/03 vs. Trinity (Texas)
T#32	9	St. Norbert	8-2	won at Illinois College, 72-45; 01/03 at Cornell
#35	8	Maryville (Tenn.)	7-1	def. Bridgewater (Va.), 70-69; won at #16 Transylvania, 74-59; 01/02 at Averett; 01/03 at Ferrum
T#36	5	Luther	7-1	12/29 vs. Curry (n); 12/30 vs. Kenyon (n); 01/03 at Mount Mercy
T#36	5	Gettysburg	8-0	01/04 vs. Hood
T#38	3	Bethel	6-1	12/29 vs. Redlands (n); 12/30 at Chapman; 01/03 at St. Benedict
T#38	3	Bowdoin	7-2	12/30 vs. Clark; 12/31 vs. MIT; 01/04 vs. Rhode Island College
T#40	1	Baldwin Wallace	7-2	won at Marietta, 73-62; def. #31 Wilmington, 55-29; 12/29 vs. #4 Tufts (n); 12/31 vs. Emmanuel (n)
T#40	1	McDaniel	8-0	01/03 at Hollins

[jaybird44]

#5 Wash-U is now 10-0 for the first time since the 2005-06 season, after a 73-49 victory over Iowa Wesleyan this afternoon in the first round of the Wartburg Holiday Tournament.  Maddy Scheppers was 6-for-7 from 3-point range and finished with a season-high 22 points, 19 of them in the first half.  That allowed the Bears to enjoy a 47-26 advantage at halftime; they shot 50% from the floor and 7-13 from beyond the arc.

Alyssa Johanson had 10 points, and Melissa Gilkey had 9 points (4-8 FGs) and 7 rebounds.  Katybeth Biewen and Natalie Orr each had 7 points, and Jordan Thompson added 6 assists.  Stephanie Vukotic had 6 rebounds in 10 minutes off the bench.

Wash-U forced 20 turnovers and had a 27-13 edge in points from turnovers, and also outrebounded Iowa Wesleyan 47-27.  Karla Vietinghoff and Lauren Grubb each had 12 points to lead IWC.  Wash-U faces host Wartburg (received votes, #27 in d3hoops.com poll) in the tournament championship game tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 CST.

[jaybird44]

Good game shaping up at Wartburg, as #5 Wash-U leads the host (received votes) 34-33 at halftime.  Wash-U 10-0 entering the game, Wartburg 9-1.

Wartburg raced out to early leads of 7-0 and 13-6, and eventually led 22-6 as Wash-U had 6 turnovers in the first 9 minutes.  But, Wash-U closed the half on a 27-11 run, fueled by better defense and enjoying a bonus advantage from the FT line for the final 10 minutes or so.  Wash-U ended up with 10 turnovers, Wartburg 8...but the Bears had a 7-4 edge in offensive rebounds and a 6-1 edge in FT scoring.

Alyssa Johanson has 9 points at the break, Jordan Thompson 8, Melissa Gilkey 6.  Wartburg is led by Bobbi Burrows' 12 points.  Kasey Kladivo has 6 points and 2 rebounds.

[jaybird44]

Wash-U up 58-47 with under 7 to play in 2nd half.  Jordan Thompson and Erika Hunt had back-to-back 3s to open up 9-point lead.