Top 25 discussion

[Mr. Ypsi]

It wasn't me, but I did think about it from the perspective, "If Sydney Moss is out for an extended period of time, then who's the best team in the country?"

Is Sydney Moss injured?  I missed that.  (Or were you just speaking hypothetically?)  Yes, that would definitely change things.

[mailsy]

It wasn't me, but I did think about it from the perspective, "If Sydney Moss is out for an extended period of time, then who's the best team in the country?"

Is Sydney Moss injured?  I missed that.  (Or were you just speaking hypothetically?)  Yes, that would definitely change things.

No. Dealing with a possible eligibility issue as seen on the front page.

[ronk]

One result (Maryville vs. Hendrix) will be entered when available. (Game started at 5:00; no live stats.)
ORV report to follow; when I tried to post the whole thing, I was told that it exceeded the limit of 16000 characters.

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	625	Thomas More	3-0	won at Denison, 62-48; def. #15 Ohio Northern, 75-61; def. Hanover, 89-66
#2	536	Amherst	3-0	def. Albertus Magnus, 97-39; def. Farmingdale State, 83-23; def. Wesleyan, 71-30
#3	525	Tufts	2-0	won at Brandeis, 69-52; def. #24 Eastern Connecticut, 71-43
#4	459	George Fox	4-0	def. Cal Lutheran, 71-69; def. Corban, 77-55; def. (n) Redlands, 62-55; won at UC Santa Cruz, 78-60
#5	443	New York University	5-0	def. Stevens, 94-79; def. MIT, 73-70; def. Springfield, 72-49; won at Baruch, 72-54; won at Johns Hopkins, 49-38
#6	418	UW-Oshkosh	4-0	def. Edgewood, 81-53; won at Anderson, 70-52; def. (n) Defiance, 74-49; def. (n) St. Mary's (Ind.), 70-51
#7	412	Bowdoin	2-2	def. (n) Clarkson, 68-61; LOST at Plattsburgh State, 60-67; LOST to #17 University of New England, 46-66; won at Salve Regina, 65-39
#8	396	Wheaton (Ill.)	3-1	won at Aurora, 72-42; def. St. Mary's (Ind.), 91-42; def. Defiance, 79-63; LOST to #11 Hope, 49-68
#9	370	Washington U.	4-1	won at Westminster (Mo.), 92-68; LOST to (n) UW-Stevens Point, 57-61; def. (n) Milwaukee Engineering, 64-40; def. Illinois College, 69-51; def. #19 DePauw, 47-41
#10	336	Calvin	4-1	won at #50 North Central (Ill.), 106-80; won at Illinois Tech, 87-19; def. (n) Martin Luther, 85-60; LOST at Wisconsin Lutheran, 80-86; won at Manchester, 85-48
#11	333	Hope	4-0	won at Defiance, 70-61; def. Monmouth, 83-41; def. Bethany, 102-44; won at #8 Wheaton (Ill.), 68-49
#12	332	Montclair State	4-0	def. #41 Ithaca, 77-62; won at Vassar, 67-40; def. TCNJ, 66-48; def. Kean, 73-48
#13	290	Maryville (Tenn.)	4-1	won at Centre, 58-51; def. (n) #22 Bethel, 65-43; won at #50 North Central (Ill.), 87-85; won at Rhodes, 48-43; LOST to (n) Hendrix 64-70
#14	268	FDU-Florham	4-1	def. (n) York (N.Y.), 49-41; won at St. Mary's (Md.), 99-55; won at Centenary (N.J.), 94-62; def. (n) Medgar Evers, 103-42; LOST at #35 Lebanon Valley, 60-73
#15	189	Ohio Northern	3-2	def. (n) St. Vincent, 95-47; LOST at #37 Rochester, 62-75; won at Defiance, 95-51; LOST at #1 Thomas More, 61-75; def. (n) Centre, 85-47
#16	167	Catholic	1-3	LOST at Randolph-Macon, 75-79; def. (n) Ferrum, 58-49; LOST to (n) T#54 Trinity (Texas), 51-66; LOST to (n) Pitt-Bradford, 68-73
#17	159	University of New England	3-0	def. Southern Maine, 74-62; def. Bates, 101-46; won at #7 Bowdoin, 66-46
#18	142	St. Thomas	5-0	def. #30 St. Norbert, 62-60; won at Buena Vista, 94-79; def. (n) Pacific Lutheran, 76-62; won at T#42 Puget Sound, 82-61; won at UW-Stevens Point, 51-48
#19	136	DePauw	3-2	won at Adrian, 68-42; LOST to (n) Franklin, 55-57; def. (n) Mount St. Joseph, 68-42; def. (n) Illinois Wesleyan, 70-54; LOST at #9 Washington U., 41-47
#20	120	Geneseo State	2-1	LOST to (n) Gettysburg, 47-50; def. (n) St. Joseph's (Bklyn.), 78-37; won at Vassar, 70-66
#21	109	Texas-Tyler	3-0	won at Southwestern, 94-92; won at Schreiner, 87-70; def. Rust, 94-50
#22	108	Bethel	2-2	won at Northland, 72-48; LOST to (n) #13 Maryville (Tenn.), 43-65; def. (n) Principia, 91-49; LOST at UW-River Falls, 59-61
#23	101	Luther	4-1	def. UW-La Crosse, 73-63; won at Macalester, 73-58; def. UW-Platteville, 83-64; def. (n) Carleton, 72-39; LOST at St. Olaf, 58-73
#24	96	Eastern Connecticut	3-1	def. Nichols, 86-48; def. Bridgewater State, 70-49; def. Emmanuel, 67-62; LOST at #3 Tufts, 43-71
#25	84	Baldwin Wallace	2-2	def. Case Western Reserve, 72-63; LOST to (n) Trine, 56-62; won at Anderson, 66-42; LOST at Oberlin, 61-63

Pope Francis grants you a dispensation because he wants to follow his Catholic U CARDINALS.

[Mr. Ypsi]

It wasn't me, but I did think about it from the perspective, "If Sydney Moss is out for an extended period of time, then who's the best team in the country?"

Is Sydney Moss injured?  I missed that.  (Or were you just speaking hypothetically?)  Yes, that would definitely change things.

No. Dealing with a possible eligibility issue as seen on the front page.

Thanks, I missed that before.  After playing all of last year, what in the world could the problem be?

[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	624	Thomas More	5-0	def. Waynesburg, 93-68; won at Westminster (Pa.), 93-47
#2	582	Amherst	6-0	def. Emmanuel, 59-48; won at T#41 Eastern Connecticut, 63-46; def. Bridgewater State, 72-33
#3	563	Tufts	3-1	def. #10 University of New England, 55-43; LOST at #27 Bowdoin, 43-61
#4	526	George Fox	6-0	def. Puget Sound, 92-66; won at Pacific, 75-64
#5	514	New York University	7-0	won at New Paltz State, 71-48; won at Emmanuel, 59-54
#6	496	UW-Oshkosh	6-0	won at Viterbo, 79-32; def. Mount Mary, 67-19
#7	480	Hope	6-0	def. Trine, 64-50; won at Olivet, 75-52
#8	431	Montclair State	6-1	LOST to #47 Moravian, 58-65; won at Rutgers-Newark, 69-51; won at Ramapo, 64-39
#9	391	St. Thomas	7-0	won at Concordia-Moorhead, 52-47; def. Carleton, 100-28
#10	345	University of New England	5-1	LOST at #3 Tufts, 43-55; def. Wentworth, 82-37; won at Western New England, 57-52
#11	334	Washington U.	6-1	def. Rhodes, 56-47; def. Simpson, 74-49
#12	333	Wheaton (Ill.)	5-1	won at Chapman, 77-61; won at Pomona-Pitzer, 88-50
#13	255	Calvin	6-1	won at Kalamazoo, 81-65; def. St. Mary's (Ind.), 91-45
#14	199	FDU-Florham	5-2	def. Misericordia, 62-54; LOST at King's, 57-66
#15	197	Texas-Tyler	5-0	def. Howard Payne, 89-86; def. Sul Ross State, 71-55
#16	172	Maryville (Tenn.)	5-1	def. Huntingdon, 72-52
#17	142	Capital	6-1	def. Wilmington, 67-45; LOST at Mount Union, 63-74
#18	132	Rochester	6-1	won at Nazareth, 57-43; LOST to #38 Geneseo State, 48-56; def. #28 St. John Fisher, 78-54
#19	122	Trinity (Texas)	7-1	LOST at Houston Baptist, 46-60; def. Incarnate Word, 61-55
#20	110	UW-Whitewater	6-0	def. Elmhurst, 81-65
#21	98	Muhlenberg	6-0	won at Haverford, 76-51; def. Gettysburg, 81-72
#22	95	Williams	6-0	won at Skidmore, 69-52; def. Pine Manor, 83-71; def. Clarkson, 81-59
#23	93	Carthage	4-2	LOST to Clarke, 61-63; LOST to T#56 UW-Stevens Point, 60-63
#24	86	Ohio Northern	5-2	def. Otterbein, 71-56; won at #50 John Carroll, 67-62
#25	83	Scranton	6-0	won at King's, 74-55; won at Juniata, 53-41

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	70	Christopher Newport	5-2	LOST to T#43 Salisbury, 48-54; LOST at Marymount, 44-49
#27	61	Bowdoin	4-2	won at Southern Maine, 77-46; def. #3 Tufts, 61-43
#28	51	St. John Fisher	5-2	def. (n) Brockport State, 87-78; LOST to (n) Roberts Wesleyan, 50-64; LOST at #18 Rochester, 54-78
#29	48	Luther	6-1	def. Mount Mercy, 69-53; won at Viterbo, 56-37
#30	42	Marietta	7-1	won at Muskingum, 62-53; LOST at Wilmington, 61-63
#31	41	Lebanon Valley	5-2	won at Arcadia, 72-44; LOST to #35 Albright, 49-55
#32	40	Chicago	5-1	def. Illinois Wesleyan, 67-39
#33	39	DePauw	5-2	def. Millikin, 87-60; won at Wooster, 61-48
#34	38	Wisconsin Lutheran	4-3	won at Rockford, 78-56; LOST to (n) Simpson, 60-62; LOST to (n) Rhodes, 50-53
#35	32	Albright	7-0	def. Hood, 79-48; won at #31 Lebanon Valley, 55-49
#36	30	Texas-Dallas	5-1	def. T#51 Austin, 79-62; won at University of the Ozarks, 67-57
#37	29	UW-River Falls	6-0	IDLE
#38	26	Geneseo State	4-2	def. (n) Rochester Tech, 58-56; won at #18 Rochester, 56-48; LOST to (n) Roberts Wesleyan, 51-54
#39	23	Eastern	6-1	won at Wilkes, 49-28; def. Delaware Valley, 68-58
#40	18	Mary Washington	6-0	def. St. Mary's (Md.), 67-45; def. Penn State-Harrisburg, 79-55
T#41	16	Eastern Connecticut	4-3	def. St. Joseph (Conn.), 83-39; LOST to #2 Amherst, 46-63; LOST to Southern Maine, 43-51
T#41	16	Plattsburgh State	4-2	def. St. Lawrence, 81-71; LOST at New Paltz State, 52-62; LOST at Oneonta State, 61-72
T#43	14	Salisbury	5-1	won at #26 Christopher Newport, 54-48; won at Frostburg State, 69-60
T#43	14	Wheaton (Mass.)	5-2	def. Me.-Augusta, 73-58; def. Coast Guard, 64-49
#45	13	St. Norbert	4-2	def. Ripon, 61-26; won at Grinnell, 71-60
#46	10	McDaniel	7-1	won at Johns Hopkins, 64-51; def. Franklin and Marshall, 58-53; def. Swarthmore, 61-42
#47	8	Moravian	8-1	won at #8 Montclair State, 65-58; won at Goucher, 84-64; def. T#48 Catholic, 81-67
T#48	7	Catholic	2-4	def. Susquehanna, 57-49; LOST at #47 Moravian, 67-81
T#48	7	Whitman	6-0	def. Linfield, 78-62; def. Lewis and Clark, 61-60
#50	6	John Carroll	4-3	LOST at Heidelberg, 62-79; LOST to #24 Ohio Northern, 62-67
T#51	4	Austin	5-2	LOST at #36 Texas-Dallas, 62-79; LOST to Hendrix, 56-63
T#51	4	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	4-2	LOST at Westmont, 53-61
T#53	3	Baldwin Wallace	4-2	def. Mount Union, 53-46; def. Otterbein, 75-67
T#53	3	York (Pa.)	6-0	def. Wesley, 74-54; won at Southern Virginia, 72-46
T#53	3	Bethel	3-3	def. St. Catherine, 76-61; LOST to Concordia-Moorhead, 55-62
T#56	2	Carnegie Mellon	6-0	def. La Roche, 81-73; def. Oberlin, 73-64
T#56	2	Cortland State	3-3	LOST at Ithaca, 48-62; won at Buffalo State, 71-67; LOST at Fredonia State, 71-75
T#56	2	UW-Stevens Point	4-2	won at #23 Carthage, 63-60

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

A light schedule this week ...

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	624	Thomas More	5-0	12/12 vs. Grove City
#2	588	Amherst	7-0	won at Rhode Island College, 63-39
#3	561	George Fox	6-0	12/11 at Whittier; 12/12 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
#4	530	New York University	7-0	IDLE
#5	521	UW-Oshkosh	7-0	def. Loras, 69-52; 12/12 vs. St. Norbert
#6	515	Hope	6-0	12/12 at Alma
#7	468	St. Thomas	8-0	won at Macalester, 76-50; 12/12 at St. Catherine
#8	421	Tufts	4-1	def. Bridgewater State, 76-40; 12/10 at Wheaton (Mass.); 12/12 at Connecticut College
#9	375	Washington U.	7-1	def. Webster, 90-39; 12/12 at Millikin
#10	365	Wheaton (Ill.)	5-1	12/11 at Dubuque; 12/12 at Loras
#11	342	Montclair State	7-1	def. William Paterson, 76-54; 12/12 at Stevens
#12	315	Calvin	6-1	12/12 vs. Albion
#13	281	University of New England	5-1	IDLE
#14	276	Texas-Tyler	5-0	12/12 at McMurry
#15	253	UW-Whitewater	6-0	12/12 at Coe
#16	219	Muhlenberg	7-0	def. Bryn Mawr, 85-40; 12/12 at DeSales
#17	162	Williams	7-0	def. Smith, 65-54; 12/12 at Wesleyan
#18	155	Scranton	6-0	12/13 vs. Merchant Marine
#19	154	Trinity (Texas)	7-1	IDLE
#20	152	Maryville (Tenn.)	5-1	12/11 vs. Oglethorpe; 12/12 vs. Covenant
#21	92	Rochester	6-1	12/12 at Ithaca
#22	90	Capital	6-1	12/12 at #24 Ohio Northern
#23	83	FDU-Florham	5-3	LOST at Drew, 55-61
#24	65	Ohio Northern	5-2	12/12 vs. #22 Capital
#25	63	Bowdoin	5-2	def. Maine-Farmington, 79-38; 12/12 vs. Colby

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	61	Albright	8-0	won at Keystone, 78-41; 12/12 at #27 Moravian
#27	58	Moravian	9-1	def. Wilkes, 79-37; 12/12 vs. #26 Albright
#28	57	Chicago	5-1	12/12 at North Park
#29	37	Texas-Dallas	5-1	IDLE
#30	35	UW-River Falls	7-0	won at St. Olaf, 71-59; 12/12 vs. #33 Luther
#31	26	Eastern	6-1	IDLE
#32	25	UW-Stevens Point	4-2	12/12 at Illinois Wesleyan
#33	24	Luther	7-1	won at UW-Eau Claire, 71-69; 12/12 at #30 UW-River Falls
#34	23	Mary Washington	6-0	12/12 at #46 York (Pa.)
#35	19	DePauw	6-2	def. Anderson, 68-41; 12/12 vs. Oberlin
#36	17	Salisbury	6-1	def. Penn State-Harrisburg, 65-55; 12/12 at Washington College
#37	13	Whitman	6-0	12/11 vs. Cal Lutheran; 12/12 vs. Southwestern
#38	12	Lebanon Valley	5-2	won at Misericordia, 73-62; 12/12 at Hood
#39	11	Carnegie Mellon	8-0	won at Bethany, 70-57; won at Grove City, 80-63
#40	8	St. John Fisher	5-2	12/11 vs. Fredonia State
#41	7	Carthage	4-3	LOST to Coe, 61-71; 12/12 at UW-La Crosse
#42	6	Hendrix	7-1	IDLE
#43	5	Plattsburgh State	4-2	12/12 at Middlebury
#44	4	Marietta	7-1	12/12 at Heidelberg
#45	3	Baldwin Wallace	4-2	12/12 at Muskingum
#46	2	York (Pa.)	7-0	def. Goucher, 72-65; 12/12 vs. #34 Mary Washington
T#47	1	McDaniel	7-1	12/13 vs. Elizabethtown
T#47	1	Mount Union	5-2	won at Heidelberg, 73-59; 12/12 at Otterbein

[San Juan]

Keep up the great work darryl?First year on d3hoops.com you do a great job every week!

[Darryl Nester]

Keep up the great work darryl?First year on d3hoops.com you do a great job every week!

Thanks, San Juan. I must confess that at this point, it's not too much work on my part, because I wrote a program to automate this task many years ago. In fact, I just checked, and I first posted a "How They Fared" report on December 12, 2008, after David Collinge had done it manually for several years. I've tweaked the program a fair amount since then, but that does not really feel like work.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	624	Thomas More	6-0	def. Grove City, 95-37
#2	588	Amherst	7-0	won at Rhode Island College, 63-39
#3	561	George Fox	8-0	won at Whittier, 83-62; won at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 64-63
#4	530	New York University	7-0	IDLE
#5	521	UW-Oshkosh	8-0	def. Loras, 69-52; def. St. Norbert, 62-48
#6	515	Hope	7-0	won at Alma, 83-56
#7	468	St. Thomas	8-1	won at Macalester, 76-50; LOST at St. Catherine, 63-67
#8	421	Tufts	5-2	def. Bridgewater State, 76-40; won at Wheaton (Mass.), 58-45; LOST at Connecticut College, 55-61
#9	375	Washington U.	8-1	def. Webster, 90-39; won at Millikin, 58-43
#10	365	Wheaton (Ill.)	7-1	won at Dubuque, 68-52; won at Loras, 67-64
#11	342	Montclair State	8-1	def. William Paterson, 76-54; won at Stevens, 47-41
#12	315	Calvin	7-1	def. Albion, 95-71
#13	281	University of New England	5-1	IDLE
#14	276	Texas-Tyler	6-0	won at McMurry, 82-45
#15	253	UW-Whitewater	7-0	won at Coe, 73-61
#16	219	Muhlenberg	8-0	def. Bryn Mawr, 85-40; won at DeSales, 86-78
#17	162	Williams	8-0	def. Smith, 65-54; won at Wesleyan, 81-62
#18	155	Scranton	7-0	def. Merchant Marine, 70-37 *** (3:52 remaining -- score is not final, but the result is correct)
#19	154	Trinity (Texas)	7-1	IDLE
#20	152	Maryville (Tenn.)	7-1	def. Oglethorpe, 59-43; def. Covenant, 55-35
#21	92	Rochester	7-1	won at Ithaca, 74-71
#22	90	Capital	6-2	LOST at #24 Ohio Northern, 46-58
#23	83	FDU-Florham	5-3	LOST at Drew, 55-61
#24	65	Ohio Northern	6-2	def. #22 Capital, 58-46
#25	63	Bowdoin	6-2	def. Maine-Farmington, 79-38; def. Colby, 71-55

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	61	Albright	9-0	won at Keystone, 78-41; won at #27 Moravian, 73-66
#27	58	Moravian	9-2	def. Wilkes, 79-37; LOST to #26 Albright, 66-73
#28	57	Chicago	5-2	LOST at North Park, 54-70
#29	37	Texas-Dallas	5-1	IDLE
#30	35	UW-River Falls	7-1	won at St. Olaf, 71-59; LOST to #33 Luther, 64-71
#31	26	Eastern	6-1	IDLE
#32	25	UW-Stevens Point	5-2	won at Illinois Wesleyan, 68-50
#33	24	Luther	8-1	won at UW-Eau Claire, 71-69; won at #30 UW-River Falls, 71-64
#34	23	Mary Washington	6-1	LOST at #46 York (Pa.), 49-55
#35	19	DePauw	7-2	def. Anderson, 68-41; def. Oberlin, 63-45
#36	17	Salisbury	7-1	def. Penn State-Harrisburg, 65-55; won at Washington College, 60-45
#37	13	Whitman	7-1	LOST to Cal Lutheran, 64-74; def. Southwestern, 64-48
#38	12	Lebanon Valley	6-2	won at Misericordia, 73-62; won at Hood, 57-38
#39	11	Carnegie Mellon	8-0	won at Bethany, 70-57; won at Grove City, 80-63
#40	8	St. John Fisher	6-2	def. Fredonia State, 97-79
#41	7	Carthage	4-4	LOST to Coe, 61-71; LOST at UW-La Crosse, 50-62
#42	6	Hendrix	7-1	IDLE
#43	5	Plattsburgh State	5-2	won at Middlebury, 68-62
#44	4	Marietta	7-2	LOST at Heidelberg, 48-51
#45	3	Baldwin Wallace	5-2	won at Muskingum, 70-56
#46	2	York (Pa.)	8-0	def. Goucher, 72-65; def. #34 Mary Washington, 55-49
T#47	1	McDaniel	7-2	LOST to Elizabethtown, 53-59
T#47	1	Mount Union	6-2	won at Heidelberg, 73-59; won at Otterbein, 76-72

[ronk]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	624	Thomas More	6-0	def. Grove City, 95-37
#2	588	Amherst	7-0	won at Rhode Island College, 63-39
#3	561	George Fox	8-0	won at Whittier, 83-62; won at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 64-63
#4	530	New York University	7-0	IDLE
#5	521	UW-Oshkosh	8-0	def. Loras, 69-52; def. St. Norbert, 62-48
#6	515	Hope	7-0	won at Alma, 83-56
#7	468	St. Thomas	8-1	won at Macalester, 76-50; LOST at St. Catherine, 63-67
#8	421	Tufts	5-2	def. Bridgewater State, 76-40; won at Wheaton (Mass.), 58-45; LOST at Connecticut College, 55-61
#9	375	Washington U.	8-1	def. Webster, 90-39; won at Millikin, 58-43
#10	365	Wheaton (Ill.)	7-1	won at Dubuque, 68-52; won at Loras, 67-64
#11	342	Montclair State	8-1	def. William Paterson, 76-54; won at Stevens, 47-41
#12	315	Calvin	7-1	def. Albion, 95-71
#13	281	University of New England	5-1	IDLE
#14	276	Texas-Tyler	6-0	won at McMurry, 82-45
#15	253	UW-Whitewater	7-0	won at Coe, 73-61
#16	219	Muhlenberg	8-0	def. Bryn Mawr, 85-40; won at DeSales, 86-78
#17	162	Williams	8-0	def. Smith, 65-54; won at Wesleyan, 81-62
#18	155	Scranton	7-0	def. Merchant Marine, 70-37 *** (3:52 remaining -- score is not final, but the result is correct)
#19	154	Trinity (Texas)	7-1	IDLE
#20	152	Maryville (Tenn.)	7-1	def. Oglethorpe, 59-43; def. Covenant, 55-35
#21	92	Rochester	7-1	won at Ithaca, 74-71
#22	90	Capital	6-2	LOST at #24 Ohio Northern, 46-58
#23	83	FDU-Florham	5-3	LOST at Drew, 55-61
#24	65	Ohio Northern	6-2	def. #22 Capital, 58-46
#25	63	Bowdoin	6-2	def. Maine-Farmington, 79-38; def. Colby, 71-55

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	61	Albright	9-0	won at Keystone, 78-41; won at #27 Moravian, 73-66
#27	58	Moravian	9-2	def. Wilkes, 79-37; LOST to #26 Albright, 66-73
#28	57	Chicago	5-2	LOST at North Park, 54-70
#29	37	Texas-Dallas	5-1	IDLE
#30	35	UW-River Falls	7-1	won at St. Olaf, 71-59; LOST to #33 Luther, 64-71
#31	26	Eastern	6-1	IDLE
#32	25	UW-Stevens Point	5-2	won at Illinois Wesleyan, 68-50
#33	24	Luther	8-1	won at UW-Eau Claire, 71-69; won at #30 UW-River Falls, 71-64
#34	23	Mary Washington	6-1	LOST at #46 York (Pa.), 49-55
#35	19	DePauw	7-2	def. Anderson, 68-41; def. Oberlin, 63-45
#36	17	Salisbury	7-1	def. Penn State-Harrisburg, 65-55; won at Washington College, 60-45
#37	13	Whitman	7-1	LOST to Cal Lutheran, 64-74; def. Southwestern, 64-48
#38	12	Lebanon Valley	6-2	won at Misericordia, 73-62; won at Hood, 57-38
#39	11	Carnegie Mellon	8-0	won at Bethany, 70-57; won at Grove City, 80-63
#40	8	St. John Fisher	6-2	def. Fredonia State, 97-79
#41	7	Carthage	4-4	LOST to Coe, 61-71; LOST at UW-La Crosse, 50-62
#42	6	Hendrix	7-1	IDLE
#43	5	Plattsburgh State	5-2	won at Middlebury, 68-62
#44	4	Marietta	7-2	LOST at Heidelberg, 48-51
#45	3	Baldwin Wallace	5-2	won at Muskingum, 70-56
#46	2	York (Pa.)	8-0	def. Goucher, 72-65; def. #34 Mary Washington, 55-49
T#47	1	McDaniel	7-2	LOST to Elizabethtown, 53-59
T#47	1	Mount Union	6-2	won at Heidelberg, 73-59; won at Otterbein, 76-72

Darryl's program has been so refined that it now predicts the winner of incomplete games.

[saratoga]

Agree with San Juan...so used to Darryl's work that we tend to take it for granted.
Thank you.
Also, might just be time for the "voters" to nudge Albright & Conn. College into the top 25.
Not quite sure what else the Lady Camels need to do to garner a little love.
Scranton's Lady Royals continue to develop...absolutely fantastic job done by Trevor with such a short window to come in & get things going his way.

[Darryl Nester]

Top 25

#18

155

Scranton

7-0

def. Merchant Marine, 70-37 *** (3:52 remaining -- score is not final, but the result is correct)

Darryl's program has been so refined that it now predicts the winner of incomplete games.

Maybe someday, computers will be able to play out the entire season for us, and we won't even bother to play the games.

For the record, the final score in that game was 76-42.

[gordonmann]

Also, might just be time for the "voters" to nudge Albright & Conn. College into the top 25.
Not quite sure what else the Lady Camels need to do to garner a little love.

Albright was right on the fringe of the Top 25 last week and will probably get in this week with others dropping out. If nothing else, the win over "others receiving votes" Moravian should help.

Conn College is tougher since they would have to go from no votes to the Top 25. When putting my ballot together last night, I looked at the Camels' schedule and realized why they had no votes. Before they beat Tufts, they didn't have a quality win. The only other opponents they've played who are over .500 are two 3-loss teams (Western Connecticut and Suffolk).

I looked at Conn College, UW-Stevens Point and a couple other teams for the final slot on my ballot. I went with the Pointers since they have a win over team that's higher ranked than Tufts on my ballot (Washington U). Plus I watched a little of the UW-Stevens Point/IWU game on Saturday and they pass the eye test. I'd favor them over Conn College on a neutral court.

While it won't be me, I hope someone votes for Conn College. Same goes for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps who narrowly lost to highly ranked George Fox (and Puget Sound earlier this year).

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far) Upcoming Games

If this year's schedule is like the last several, the next poll will come out on January 4. Rather than posting a partial update between now and then, here's a list of the games scheduled for the next three weeks. I'll post the final report on Sunday, January 3.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	625	Thomas More	6-0	12/16 vs. Centre; 12/19 at #11 Calvin; 12/30 at Illinois Wesleyan; 01/02 at Thiel
#2	591	Amherst	7-0	12/28 vs. Adrian (n); 12/29 vs. #34 Salisbury (n)
#3	559	George Fox	8-0	12/14 vs. Southern Virginia; 12/28 vs. Carthage (n); 12/29 vs. Bethel (n)
#4	532	New York University	7-0	12/30 at Brooklyn; 01/02 vs. Kean; 01/03 vs. Middlebury
#5	529	UW-Oshkosh	8-0	12/18 at Ripon; 12/29 at Wartburg; 12/30 vs. TBA (n)
#6	518	Hope	7-0	12/18 vs. Lawrence; 12/19 vs. Lake Forest; 12/29 vs. Mount Ida (n); 12/30 vs. Beloit (n); 01/02 vs. Adrian
#7	434	Washington U.	8-1	12/17 at Fontbonne; 12/31 at Loras
#8	405	Wheaton (Ill.)	7-1	12/29 vs. #10 St. Thomas (n); 01/02 at Augustana
#9	365	Montclair State	8-1	12/28 vs. #35 Lebanon Valley (n); 12/29 vs. #21 Rochester (n)
#10	360	St. Thomas	8-1	12/29 vs. #8 Wheaton (Ill.) (n); 12/30 vs. TBA (n)
#11	351	Calvin	7-1	12/19 vs. #1 Thomas More; 12/29 vs. Allegheny (n); 12/30 at TBA
#12	322	UW-Whitewater	7-0	12/20 vs. #15 University of New England (n); 12/21 vs. Hartwick (n); 12/30 vs. Edgewood (n); 12/31 vs. #25 Luther (n)
#13	317	Texas-Tyler	7-0	won at Hardin-Simmons, 86-66; 12/17 at LeTourneau; 12/19 at Austin; 12/29 vs. Texas Lutheran; 12/30 vs. #19 Trinity (Texas)
#14	268	Muhlenberg	8-0	IDLE
#15	266	University of New England	5-1	12/20 vs. #12 UW-Whitewater (n); 12/21 vs. Concordia (Wis.) (n)
#16	248	Williams	8-0	12/29 vs. T#41 Whitman (n); 12/30 vs. Meredith (n)
#17	236	Scranton	7-0	12/15 vs. Johnson and Wales; 12/16 vs. TBA; 12/20 vs. Emory and Henry (n); 12/21 at Bridgewater (Va.); 01/02 vs. Elizabethtown
#18	219	Tufts	5-2	12/29 at Baruch; 01/02 vs. Plattsburgh State (n); 01/03 at Springfield
#19	182	Trinity (Texas)	7-1	12/21 vs. McMurry; 12/29 vs. LeTourneau (n); 12/30 at #13 Texas-Tyler
#20	135	Maryville (Tenn.)	7-1	12/20 vs. Transylvania; 01/02 at Emory
#21	128	Rochester	7-1	12/29 vs. #9 Montclair State (n); 12/30 vs. Ramapo (n)
#22	101	Albright	9-0	12/20 at Cabrini; 01/02 at Stevenson
#23	82	Ohio Northern	6-2	12/19 at Muskingum; 12/30 vs. Case Western Reserve; 01/02 at Ohio Wesleyan
#24	71	Bowdoin	6-2	12/30 at MIT; 01/02 at Bates
#25	54	Luther	8-1	12/30 vs. T#27 UW-Stevens Point (n); 12/31 vs. #12 UW-Whitewater (n)

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	48	Connecticut College	8-0	12/29 at Chapman; 12/30 vs. Redlands (n)
T#27	28	UW-Stevens Point	5-2	12/19 vs. St. Mary's (Minn.); 12/30 vs. #25 Luther (n); 12/31 vs. Edgewood (n); 01/02 at St. Norbert
T#27	28	DePauw	7-2	12/28 vs. UW-Eau Claire; 12/29 vs. Heidelberg; 01/02 at Allegheny; 01/03 at Hiram
#29	23	Carnegie Mellon	8-0	12/29 at Westminster (Pa.); 01/02 at Muskingum
#30	21	Texas-Dallas	5-1	12/18 at Southwestern; 12/30 at Austin; 01/02 vs. Howard Payne
#31	19	York (Pa.)	8-0	12/28 vs. William Paterson (n); 12/29 vs. TBA (n); 01/02 vs. Penn State-Harrisburg
#32	15	Moravian	9-2	01/02 at Susquehanna
#33	11	St. John Fisher	6-2	01/02 at Medaille
#34	10	Salisbury	7-1	12/28 vs. Messiah (n); 12/29 vs. #2 Amherst (n); 01/02 vs. St. Mary's (Md.)
#35	6	Lebanon Valley	6-2	12/28 vs. #9 Montclair State (n); 12/29 vs. Simpson (n); 01/02 at Alvernia
#36	4	Capital	6-2	12/19 at Otterbein; 12/22 vs. John Carroll; 12/29 vs. Misericordia; 12/30 vs. TBA
T#37	3	Mary Washington	6-1	12/17 vs. Randolph-Macon (n); 12/19 vs. Stockton (n); 01/02 at Frostburg State
T#37	3	Hendrix	7-1	12/18 at Texas Lutheran; 12/19 at Schreiner; 12/30 vs. Centenary (La.)
T#39	2	Cal Lutheran	3-3	12/18 vs. Occidental; 12/21 vs. Pacific; 12/27 vs. UC Santa Cruz; 12/29 vs. Pacific Lutheran; 01/02 vs. Pomona-Pitzer
T#39	2	Chicago	5-2	12/18 at Pacific Lutheran; 12/19 vs. Puget Sound (n); 01/02 at Loras
T#41	1	Cornell	4-3	12/16 at Beloit; 12/19 at St. Norbert; 01/02 vs. Illinois Tech
T#41	1	FDU-Florham	5-3	12/18 vs. Belhaven (n); 12/19 at Oglethorpe; 12/29 vs. TCNJ (n); 12/30 vs. TBA (n)
T#41	1	Whitman	7-1	12/29 vs. #16 Williams (n); 12/30 vs. Penn State-Behrend (n)
T#41	1	UW-River Falls	7-1	12/18 vs. Augsburg; 12/29 vs. Iowa Wesleyan (n); 12/30 vs. Messiah (n)