Top 25 discussion

[Roundball999]

How is UW-Superior Women not getting any votes in the Top 25 poll.  This is a team that won the regular season WIAC title last season and is currently 17-2 overall and 11-0 in the UMAC this season.  They have won 14 straight games and belong in the discussion.

I think it's because they won the WIAC last season -- and by the way, lost their best player, perhaps the best player in the program's history. Even with that, they are blowing the UMAC up. That's an indictment against the UMAC, not a feather in UW-Superior's cap.

Non-conference schedule (not including the Finlandia games):
11/13   at Concordia-Moorhead •   W, 86-77   (13-6, 9-3 MIAC, tied for third, not receiving votes)
11/15   vs. Dubuque •   W, 95-70   (6-13, 1-7 IIAC, tied for seventh)
11/20   vs. UW-La Crosse •   L, 66-62   (6-13, 0-8 WIAC, eighth place)
11/21   at UW-Eau Claire •   W, 61-58   (9-10, 4-4 WIAC fifth place)
11/24   at St. Benedict •   L, 62-51   (13-6, 8-4 MIAC, fifth place, not receiving votes)
12/29   vs. Marian •   W, 72-61   (5-14, 3-11 NACC, 10th place)

Massey has them at 54, on a very weak SoS.  At that rating, they've basically beaten everyone rated lower and lost to everyone rated higher.  Seems about right.

[Hoops Junkie]

Sally Linzmier was without a doubt the best player in the programs history and was one of the best in the entire country last year.  However i would argue having seen both teams play that they are potentially better this year.  They are much more well rounded and more difficult to key in on a single person.  Look at their numbers no one really jumps out at you as blowing away the competition.  They are undefeated in league play but do not have a single player chosen as UMAC player of the week because they are a team that is tough to stop with multiple weapons. They only have one player averaging double figures.  They are deep play hard.  I would agree that on the womens side the UMAC is very top heavy with Northwestern and Superior. 

[Pat Coleman]

Are they better this year or do they look better because they went from one of the top three conferences in D-III to one of the bottom three?

[Ralph Turner]

Are they better this year or do they look better because they went from one of the top three conferences in D-III to one of the bottom three?

May I ask, Pat?

IYHO, which are the Top 3 top-to-bottom women's power conferences?

Thanks

WIAC, I agree.  but whose #7 will beat another conference's #7?

[Just Bill]

Are they better this year or do they look better because they went from one of the top three conferences in D-III to one of the bottom three?

May I ask, Pat?

IYHO, which are the Top 3 top-to-bottom women's power conferences?

Thanks

WIAC, I agree.  but whose #7 will beat another conference's #7?

I'll go with WIAC and UAA for starters. The third one would be harder to figure.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

WIAC and UAA are a slam dunk there... then I would probably go MIAA, or NCAC maybe... of course the top of the NESCAC is pretty tough, but the bottom is weaker.

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How They Fared (So Far)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	625	Thomas More	19-0	def. Bethany, 104-43; 02/06 vs. Thiel
#2	594	Amherst	20-0	02/05 vs. Bates; 02/06 vs. #8 Tufts
#3	577	George Fox	19-0	02/05 at Pacific Lutheran; 02/06 vs. Lewis and Clark
#4	554	Hope	20-0	def. Alma, 62-45; 02/06 vs. St. Mary's (Ind.)
#5	505	Texas-Tyler	19-1	02/04 vs. East Texas Baptist; 02/06 vs. Louisiana College
#6	497	Scranton	20-0	won at T#43 Moravian, 70-65; 02/06 vs. Juniata
#7	458	New York University	17-1	02/05 at #31 Carnegie Mellon; 02/07 at Case Western Reserve
#8	443	Tufts	18-2	won at Rhode Island College, 60-41; 02/05 at Trinity (Conn.); 02/06 at #2 Amherst
#9	433	Washington U.	15-3	02/05 at #13 Rochester; 02/07 at Emory
#10	391	UW-Oshkosh	17-3	won at UW-Platteville, 76-45; 02/06 vs. UW-Stout
#11	352	St. Thomas	17-3	won at Gustavus Adolphus, 75-67; 02/06 at Hamline
#12	325	Muhlenberg	16-1	won at Franklin and Marshall, 86-48; 02/04 at Gettysburg; 02/06 vs. Johns Hopkins
#13	289	Rochester	15-3	02/05 vs. #9 Washington U.; 02/07 vs. Chicago
#14	284	Ohio Northern	17-3	won at Wilmington, 69-53; 02/06 vs. Mount Union
#15	277	UW-Whitewater	16-4	LOST to #16 UW-Stevens Point, 64-72; 02/06 at UW-La Crosse
#16	230	UW-Stevens Point	16-4	won at #15 UW-Whitewater, 72-64; 02/06 at #18 UW-River Falls
#17	212	Albright	19-2	def. Arcadia, 86-56; 02/06 vs. Messiah
#18	161	UW-River Falls	16-4	won at UW-Eau Claire, 60-55; 02/06 vs. #16 UW-Stevens Point
#19	150	Calvin	16-4	won at Albion, 58-53; 02/06 at Trine
#20	130	Wheaton (Ill.)	15-5	LOST at North Park, 51-60; 02/06 vs. Elmhurst
#21	107	Whitman	15-4	LOST to Whitworth, 52-55; 02/05 vs. Pacific
#22	96	Maryville (Tenn.)	15-3	LOST at Piedmont, 54-61; 02/05 vs. Ferrum; 02/06 vs. Averett
#23	93	Christopher Newport	18-2	won at Frostburg State, 80-43; won at Salisbury, 55-52; 02/06 at Wesley
#24	70	Capital	16-4	def. Marietta, 66-48; 02/06 at John Carroll
#25	59	Bluffton	19-1	won at Manchester, 58-41; 02/06 at Transylvania

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	46	Rowan	19-2	def. TCNJ, 87-66; 02/06 at Kean
#27	25	Stockton	17-4	won at Rutgers-Newark, 54-41; LOST at Rutgers-Camden, 44-59; 02/06 vs. Ramapo
#28	22	University of New England	17-3	def. Gordon, 96-31; 02/06 at Curry
#29	21	Trinity (Texas)	16-4	02/05 at Texas Lutheran; 02/06 at Southwestern
#30	18	Connecticut College	15-4	LOST to Eastern Connecticut, 51-59; 02/04 at Albertus Magnus; 02/07 at Williams
#31	16	Carnegie Mellon	14-4	02/05 vs. #7 New York University; 02/07 vs. Brandeis
#32	13	Bowdoin	15-5	02/05 vs. Hamilton; 02/06 vs. Middlebury
#33	9	Mary Washington	17-3	def. T#38 York (Pa.), 71-61; won at St. Mary's (Md.), 60-36; 02/06 at Salisbury
#34	8	Luther	16-4	won at Central, 80-52; 02/06 at Buena Vista
T#35	6	St. John Fisher	15-3	def. Utica, 92-60; 02/04 at Ithaca; 02/06 vs. Nazareth
T#35	6	WPI	19-1	won at Smith, 59-56; 02/06 vs. Springfield
#37	5	Guilford	16-2	02/06 at Eastern Mennonite
T#38	3	McDaniel	16-4	won at Dickinson, 67-64; 02/06 vs. Ursinus
T#38	3	Washington and Jefferson	17-3	won at Geneva, 87-72; 02/06 vs. Waynesburg
T#38	3	York (Pa.)	16-4	LOST at #33 Mary Washington, 61-71; won at Wesley, 72-62; 02/06 at T#43 Marymount
T#41	2	Denison	18-3	won at Oberlin, 45-44; 02/06 vs. Wooster
T#41	2	St. Mary's (Minn.)	17-3	def. St. Catherine, 62-60; 02/06 at St. Benedict
T#43	1	Birmingham-Southern	16-2	02/05 at Centre; 02/07 at Sewanee
T#43	1	FDU-Florham	15-5	def. King's, 66-55; 02/06 vs. Eastern
T#43	1	Marymount	17-3	def. St. Mary's (Md.), 52-30; def. Southern Virginia, 64-44; 02/06 vs. T#38 York (Pa.)
T#43	1	Moravian	15-5	LOST to #6 Scranton, 65-70; 02/06 vs. Susquehanna
T#43	1	Rose-Hulman	17-3	def. Franklin, 54-41; 02/06 at Mount St. Joseph

[gordonmann]

IYHO, which are the Top 3 top-to-bottom women's power conferences?

Fun question!

I'd define the best conferences as those with strength at the top (measured by success in the NCAA tournament) and balance within themselves (measured by changes in who wins the conference title and likelihood that one team will beat another sitting ahead of them in the conference standings).

Without doing a lot of data analysis beyond what's in the Conference Guidebook, my top four are:

#1: UAA

Final Four appearances in last 10 years: 6 (1 National Champion)
NCAA tournament record in last 10 years: 66-32 (.673 – 3rd best)
Programs participating in the NCAA tournament in last 10 years: 6 of 8
Teams that have won conference titles in last 10 years: 4 of 8

Wash U accounts for six of the Final Four appearances, including the national championship, but NYU and Rochester have also reached the Final Four while Chicago and Brandeis reached the Elite 8 at least once. The UAA benefits from having its teams spread across multiple regions, particularly Rochester, NYU and Emory who are in relatively weaker regions. But they also have the toughest road schedule in Division III and everyone except Carnegie Mellon (ranked earlier this year) and Case Western has won a title.

#2: NWC

Final Four appearances in last 10 years: 4 (1 National Champion)
NCAA tournament record in last 10 years: 44-20 (.668 – 2nd best)
Programs participating in the NCAA tournament in last 10 years: 6 of 9
Teams that have won conference titles in last 10 years: 5 of 9

The NWC is harder to measure against the other conferences because their teams are on a geographic island, which makes out-of-conference scheduling more difficult. The best team in the NWC is usually one of the best teams in the country. They've had a team in the Elite 8 each of the last seven seasons. And they are second to only the top-heavy MIAA (i.e. really Hope and Calvin) in NCAA tournament winning percentage since 2006. If there's any knock on the NWC, it's that the bottom half of the conference hasn't done much in a while. Linfield, Pacific, Pacific Lutheran and Willamette have had two winnings combined since 2010. So I slot the UAA in front of them.

#3: WIAC

Final Four appearances in the last 10 years: 3
NCAA tournament record in last 10 years: 34-22 (.607 – 8th best)
Programs participating in the NCAA tournament in last 10 years: 7 of 8
Teams that have won conference titles in last 10 years: 5 of 8

The WIAC is the poster child for depth. Every current member but Platteville has reached the NCAA tournament since 2006. More than half the teams have won the conference in the last 10 years. And upsets are very common, especially in road games. If there's any knock on the WIAC, it's that they haven't produced a national champion in over a decade. Lots of WIAC teams have been in the NCAA tournament, but only Whitewater has reached the Final Four. Some of that lack of success is attributable to being paired with other elite teams in the second weekend of the tournament (George Fox, Hope, Calvin, CCIW champion). You could argue that they should be higher.

#4: NESCAC

Final Four appearances in last 10 years: 8 (1 National champion)
NCAA tournament record in last 10 years: 73-39 (.652 – 4th best)
Programs participating in the NCAA tournament in last 10 years: 7 of 11
Teams that have won titles in last 10 years: 3 of 11

The NESCAC has posted a lot of NCAA tournament wins, and it has had the most at-large bids in the last 10 years. More than half the members have made the NCAA tournament, including Hamilton which reached the tournament as a member of the Liberty League. And its last place team often has a winning non-conference record. For example, Trinity may not win a game in conference this season but they were 10-1 before conference play began. Two knocks on the NESCAC place them below the other three conferences. Their elite teams have struggled against the elite teams of other conferences in the Final Four. The NESCAC has eight national semifinal appearances but five of them are fourth place finishes, and one of the third place finishes was inevitable because two NESCAC teams played each other. Second, the top teams in the NESCAC rarely lose to the bottom teams. That's partly a function of each team only playing each other once, which makes undefeated champions more likely.


Might be fun to return to this one during the off season, and do it for the men, too.

[sunny]

Gordon,

That's a pretty solid assessment and one that would reflect that the NWC (other than an unbeaten or one-loss front-runner) is often underrated in the polls. It's not so much voter bias, but what those NAIA and Division II non-conference games do as far as throwing monkey wrenches into the evaluation process. A very good NWC team may drop two to four games early on with multiple of them coming against non-Division III teams. Not to mention what those kind of losses do to the assessment process when they are suffered by also-rans in the conference who then upset one of the top teams in the league.  It does seem that, despite the league's track record, the NWC teams do not get as much benefit of the doubt as UAA or WIAC teams do when they take a loss in conference to a team further down the standings.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	625	Thomas More	20-0	def. Bethany, 104-43; def. Thiel, 105-41
#2	594	Amherst	21-1	def. Bates, 63-44; LOST to #8 Tufts, 51-52
#3	577	George Fox	21-0	won at Pacific Lutheran, 62-60; def. Lewis and Clark, 72-57
#4	554	Hope	21-0	def. Alma, 62-45; def. St. Mary's (Ind.), 95-58
#5	505	Texas-Tyler	21-1	def. East Texas Baptist, 76-63; def. Louisiana College, 105-52
#6	497	Scranton	21-0	won at T#43 Moravian, 70-65; def. Juniata, 71-55
#7	458	New York University	17-3	LOST at #31 Carnegie Mellon, 57-70; LOST at Case Western Reserve, 65-67
#8	443	Tufts	20-2	won at Rhode Island College, 60-41; won at Trinity (Conn.), 61-38; won at #2 Amherst, 52-51
#9	433	Washington U.	16-4	LOST at #13 Rochester, 51-56; won at Emory, 72-69
#10	391	UW-Oshkosh	17-4	won at UW-Platteville, 76-45; LOST to UW-Stout, 52-59
#11	352	St. Thomas	18-3	won at Gustavus Adolphus, 75-67; won at Hamline, 76-56
#12	325	Muhlenberg	17-2	won at Franklin and Marshall, 86-48; LOST at Gettysburg, 48-57; def. Johns Hopkins, 66-54
#13	289	Rochester	17-3	def. #9 Washington U., 56-51; def. Chicago, 75-64
#14	284	Ohio Northern	18-3	won at Wilmington, 69-53; def. Mount Union, 71-51
#15	277	UW-Whitewater	17-4	LOST to #16 UW-Stevens Point, 64-72; won at UW-La Crosse, 73-55
#16	230	UW-Stevens Point	16-5	won at #15 UW-Whitewater, 72-64; LOST at #18 UW-River Falls, 67-77
#17	212	Albright	20-2	def. Arcadia, 86-56; def. Messiah, 71-63
#18	161	UW-River Falls	17-4	won at UW-Eau Claire, 60-55; def. #16 UW-Stevens Point, 77-67
#19	150	Calvin	16-5	won at Albion, 58-53; LOST at Trine, 57-69
#20	130	Wheaton (Ill.)	16-5	LOST at North Park, 51-60; def. Elmhurst, 65-43
#21	107	Whitman	15-5	LOST to Whitworth, 52-55; LOST to Pacific, 46-50
#22	96	Maryville (Tenn.)	17-3	LOST at Piedmont, 54-61; def. Ferrum, 63-46; def. Averett, 87-57
#23	93	Christopher Newport	19-2	won at Frostburg State, 80-43; won at Salisbury, 55-52; won at Wesley, 65-56
#24	70	Capital	17-4	def. Marietta, 66-48; won at John Carroll, 59-48
#25	59	Bluffton	19-2	won at Manchester, 59-41; LOST at Transylvania, 57-65

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	46	Rowan	19-3	def. TCNJ, 87-66; LOST at Kean, 82-90
#27	25	Stockton	18-4	won at Rutgers-Newark, 54-41; LOST at Rutgers-Camden, 44-59; def. Ramapo, 52-37
#28	22	University of New England	18-3	def. Gordon, 96-31; won at Curry, 64-47
#29	21	Trinity (Texas)	18-4	won at Texas Lutheran, 57-53; won at Southwestern, 66-57
#30	18	Connecticut College	16-5	LOST to Eastern Connecticut, 51-59; won at Albertus Magnus, 86-52; LOST at Williams, 59-64
#31	16	Carnegie Mellon	15-5	def. #7 New York University, 70-57; LOST to Brandeis, 66-72
#32	13	Bowdoin	17-5	def. Hamilton, 80-51; def. Middlebury, 63-46
#33	9	Mary Washington	18-3	def. T#38 York (Pa.), 71-61; won at St. Mary's (Md.), 60-36; won at Salisbury, 79-53
#34	8	Luther	16-5	won at Central, 80-52; LOST at Buena Vista, 71-81
T#35	6	St. John Fisher	17-3	def. Utica, 92-60; won at Ithaca, 60-59; def. Nazareth, 61-58
T#35	6	WPI	20-1	won at Smith, 59-56; def. Springfield, 59-50
#37	5	Guilford	16-3	LOST at Eastern Mennonite, 63-70
T#38	3	McDaniel	17-4	won at Dickinson, 67-64; def. Ursinus, 71-62
T#38	3	Washington and Jefferson	18-3	won at Geneva, 87-72; def. Waynesburg, 90-84
T#38	3	York (Pa.)	16-5	LOST at #33 Mary Washington, 61-71; won at Wesley, 72-62; LOST at T#43 Marymount, 54-56
T#41	2	Denison	19-3	won at Oberlin, 45-44; def. Wooster, 56-42
T#41	2	St. Mary's (Minn.)	18-3	def. St. Catherine, 62-60; won at St. Benedict, 61-53
T#43	1	Birmingham-Southern	18-2	won at Centre, 67-51; won at Sewanee, 79-62
T#43	1	FDU-Florham	16-5	def. King's, 66-55; def. Eastern, 78-64
T#43	1	Marymount	18-3	def. St. Mary's (Md.), 52-30; def. Southern Virginia, 64-44; def. T#38 York (Pa.), 56-54
T#43	1	Moravian	16-5	LOST to #6 Scranton, 65-70; def. Susquehanna, 68-55
T#43	1	Rose-Hulman	18-3	def. Franklin, 54-41; won at Mount St. Joseph, 62-32

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	625	Thomas More	21-0	won at Geneva, 87-62; 02/13 at T#40 Washington and Jefferson
#2	596	George Fox	21-0	02/12 at Whitworth; 02/13 at T#38 Whitman
#3	578	Hope	22-0	def. Rochester (Mich.), 92-41; 02/13 vs. Albion
#4	518	Scranton	22-0	def. Susquehanna, 66-44; 02/13 vs. Goucher
#5	510	Texas-Tyler	21-1	02/11 at Belhaven
#6	506	Tufts	20-2	02/12 vs. Williams
#7	504	Amherst	21-1	02/12 at Middlebury; 02/13 at Hamilton
#8	420	St. Thomas	19-3	def. Augsburg, 67-45; 02/13 at Bethel
#9	414	Rochester	17-3	02/12 vs. Brandeis; 02/14 vs. #14 New York University
#10	372	Washington U.	16-4	02/12 vs. Case Western Reserve; 02/14 vs. #35 Carnegie Mellon
#11	364	Ohio Northern	19-3	won at Heidelberg, 70-51; 02/13 vs. Muskingum
#12	300	Albright	21-2	won at Lycoming, 65-57; 02/13 vs. Stevenson
#13	291	UW-Oshkosh	18-4	won at UW-Eau Claire, 57-44; 02/13 vs. UW-La Crosse
#14	290	New York University	17-3	02/12 at Emory; 02/14 at #9 Rochester
#15	287	UW-River Falls	18-4	won at UW-La Crosse, 67-49; 02/13 at UW-Platteville
#16	243	Muhlenberg	19-2	won at Dickinson, 84-71; def. Haverford, 62-35; 02/13 vs. Washington College
#17	211	UW-Stevens Point	17-5	def. UW-Stout, 63-51; 02/13 at UW-Eau Claire
#18	204	Christopher Newport	20-2	def. #23 Mary Washington, 59-53; 02/13 at York (Pa.)
#19	201	UW-Whitewater	18-4	def. UW-Platteville, 85-58; 02/13 at UW-Stout
#20	103	Capital	18-4	def. Muskingum, 71-53; 02/13 vs. Otterbein
#21	92	Maryville (Tenn.)	17-3	02/12 at Huntingdon; 02/13 at LaGrange
#22	72	University of New England	19-3	def. Endicott, 62-54; 02/13 at Roger Williams
#23	57	Mary Washington	18-4	LOST at #18 Christopher Newport, 53-59; 02/13 vs. T#33 Marymount
#24	55	Calvin	17-5	def. Olivet, 76-64; 02/13 at Adrian
#25	54	Wheaton (Ill.)	17-5	def. Millikin, 73-34; 02/13 at Carthage

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	45	Trinity (Texas)	18-4	02/12 vs. Colorado College; 02/13 vs. Centenary (La.)
T#27	28	Denison	20-3	won at Kenyon, 39-25
T#27	28	WPI	20-2	LOST to Babson, 51-62; 02/13 at Wheaton (Mass.)
#29	23	Stockton	19-4	won at New Jersey City, 85-45; 02/13 vs. Kean
#30	21	Birmingham-Southern	18-2	02/12 vs. Berry; 02/14 vs. Oglethorpe
#31	17	Bowdoin	17-5	02/12 at Wesleyan; 02/13 at Connecticut College
#32	14	St. Mary's (Minn.)	18-4	LOST at Bethel, 74-77; 02/13 vs. St. Olaf
T#33	11	St. John Fisher	18-3	won at Utica, 72-63; 02/12 vs. Elmira; 02/13 vs. Houghton
T#33	11	Marymount	19-3	won at Penn State-Harrisburg, 68-50; 02/13 at #23 Mary Washington
#35	10	Carnegie Mellon	15-5	02/12 at Chicago; 02/14 at #10 Washington U.
#36	8	Bluffton	20-2	def. Defiance, 74-60; 02/13 vs. Anderson
#37	7	Rowan	19-4	LOST to T#40 Montclair State, 70-71; 02/13 at Rutgers-Newark
T#38	6	McDaniel	18-4	def. Johns Hopkins, 51-48; 02/13 at Haverford
T#38	6	Whitman	15-5	02/12 vs. Willamette; 02/13 vs. #2 George Fox
T#40	4	Montclair State	17-6	won at #37 Rowan, 71-70; 02/13 at New Jersey City
T#40	4	Washington and Jefferson	19-3	won at St. Vincent, 76-58; 02/13 vs. #1 Thomas More
T#42	3	Moravian	17-5	def. Drew, 73-49; 02/13 at Elizabethtown
T#42	3	UW-Superior	19-3	LOST at St. Catherine, 72-77; 02/13 at St. Scholastica
T#44	2	Guilford	17-3	def. Hollins, 91-46; 02/13 vs. Bridgewater (Va.)
T#44	2	Piedmont	17-4	def. Covenant, 78-44; 02/13 at Methodist; 02/14 at Greensboro
T#44	2	Rose-Hulman	19-3	won at Earlham, 62-52; 02/13 at Manchester
T#44	2	St. Norbert	17-4	won at Lake Forest, 61-38; 02/13 vs. Knox
#48	1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	18-4	won at La Verne, 52-38; 02/13 vs. Cal Lutheran

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Regional rankings are finally out and with them comes plenty of upheaval around the country. What do the rankings really mean? What teams should everyone be watching this week? Who is jockeying to lock up their conference's regular season title?

On Thursday night's Hoopsville, Dave McHugh hopes to get a lot of these questions answered. McHugh will talk to coaches from around the country who have their teams poised to capture conference crowns or at while also positioning themselves the best they can in the regional rankings.

Hoopsville is on the air NOW, but you can also watch it On Demand or listen to the podcasts (when the show is done) here: www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2015-16/feb11

Guests include (in order of appearance):
- Janice Luck, No. 12 Albright women's coach
- Jon VanderWal, No. 8 Marietta men's coach
- Lance Loya, Mount Aloysius men's coach - NABC Coach's Corner
- Tom Glynn, Nichols' men's coach

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[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	625	Thomas More	22-0	won at Geneva, 87-62; won at T#40 Washington and Jefferson, 88-57
#2	596	George Fox	23-0	won at Whitworth, 65-57; won at T#38 Whitman, 68-61
#3	578	Hope	23-0	def. Rochester (Mich.), 92-41; def. Albion, 71-53
#4	518	Scranton	23-0	def. Susquehanna, 66-44; def. Goucher, 69-51
#5	510	Texas-Tyler	22-1	won at Belhaven, 76-46
#6	506	Tufts	21-2	def. Williams, 62-37
#7	504	Amherst	23-1	won at Middlebury, 77-24; won at Hamilton, 55-38
#8	420	St. Thomas	20-3	def. Augsburg, 67-45; won at Bethel, 69-67
#9	414	Rochester	18-4	LOST to Brandeis, 65-69; def. #14 New York University, 85-55
#10	372	Washington U.	18-4	def. Case Western Reserve, 78-59; def. #35 Carnegie Mellon, 57-54
#11	364	Ohio Northern	20-3	won at Heidelberg, 70-51; def. Muskingum, 68-53
#12	300	Albright	22-2	won at Lycoming, 65-57; def. Stevenson, 64-60
#13	291	UW-Oshkosh	19-4	won at UW-Eau Claire, 57-44; def. UW-La Crosse, 57-44
#14	290	New York University	17-5	LOST at Emory, 59-65; LOST at #9 Rochester, 55-85
#15	287	UW-River Falls	19-4	won at UW-La Crosse, 67-49; won at UW-Platteville, 75-59
#16	243	Muhlenberg	20-2	won at Dickinson, 84-71; def. Haverford, 62-35; def. Washington College, 78-49
#17	211	UW-Stevens Point	17-6	def. UW-Stout, 63-51; LOST at UW-Eau Claire, 57-59
#18	204	Christopher Newport	21-2	def. #23 Mary Washington, 59-53; won at York (Pa.), 59-50
#19	201	UW-Whitewater	19-4	def. UW-Platteville, 85-58; won at UW-Stout, 66-55
#20	103	Capital	18-5	def. Muskingum, 71-53; LOST to Otterbein, 53-55
#21	92	Maryville (Tenn.)	19-3	won at Huntingdon, 73-64; won at LaGrange, 70-43
#22	72	University of New England	20-3	def. Endicott, 62-54; won at Roger Williams, 76-68
#23	57	Mary Washington	19-4	LOST at #18 Christopher Newport, 53-59; def. T#33 Marymount, 48-34
#24	55	Calvin	18-5	def. Olivet, 76-64; won at Adrian, 89-67
#25	54	Wheaton (Ill.)	18-5	def. Millikin, 73-34; won at Carthage, 79-49

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	45	Trinity (Texas)	20-4	def. Colorado College, 74-46; def. Centenary (La.), 82-70
T#27	28	Denison	20-3	won at Kenyon, 39-25
T#27	28	WPI	20-3	LOST to Babson, 51-62; LOST at Wheaton (Mass.), 60-64
#29	23	Stockton	20-4	won at New Jersey City, 85-45; def. Kean, 77-63
#30	21	Birmingham-Southern	20-2	def. Berry, 60-49; def. Oglethorpe, 65-47
#31	17	Bowdoin	19-5	won at Wesleyan, 74-35; won at Connecticut College, 73-61
#32	14	St. Mary's (Minn.)	19-4	LOST at Bethel, 74-77; def. St. Olaf, 85-56
T#33	11	St. John Fisher	20-3	won at Utica, 72-63; def. Elmira, 82-60; def. Houghton, 77-44
T#33	11	Marymount	19-4	won at Penn State-Harrisburg, 68-50; LOST at #23 Mary Washington, 34-48
#35	10	Carnegie Mellon	16-6	won at Chicago, 93-90; LOST at #10 Washington U., 54-57
#36	8	Bluffton	21-2	def. Defiance, 74-60; def. Anderson, 68-47
#37	7	Rowan	20-4	LOST to T#40 Montclair State, 70-71; won at Rutgers-Newark, 82-68
T#38	6	McDaniel	19-4	def. Johns Hopkins, 51-48; won at Haverford, 53-50
T#38	6	Whitman	16-6	def. Willamette, 60-49; LOST to #2 George Fox, 61-68
T#40	4	Montclair State	18-6	won at #37 Rowan, 71-70; won at New Jersey City, 79-44
T#40	4	Washington and Jefferson	19-4	won at St. Vincent, 76-58; LOST to #1 Thomas More, 57-88
T#42	3	Moravian	17-6	def. Drew, 73-49; LOST at Elizabethtown, 80-86
T#42	3	UW-Superior	20-3	LOST at St. Catherine, 72-77; won at St. Scholastica, 65-48
T#44	2	Guilford	18-3	def. Hollins, 91-46; def. Bridgewater (Va.), 73-57
T#44	2	Piedmont	18-5	def. Covenant, 78-44; won at Methodist, 79-46; LOST at Greensboro, 65-67
T#44	2	Rose-Hulman	20-3	won at Earlham, 62-52; won at Manchester, 55-50
T#44	2	St. Norbert	18-4	won at Lake Forest, 61-38; def. Knox, 87-70
#48	1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	19-4	won at La Verne, 52-38; def. Cal Lutheran, 48-44

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It might be a holiday for those romantically inclined, but it is also getting down to the end of the Division III basketball season. Just two weeks remain between now and the end of the regular season and nothing has been determined.

On Sunday night's Hoopsville, Dave McHugh will talk to some teams who have emerged from no where to be in a position to surprise when their conference tournaments begin. McHugh also talks to a few teams who can't seem to be knocked off their conference pedestal, but still feel they have something to prove. And the hectic schedule of conference travel can take it's toll.

Sunday's show start at 7:00 pm ET and promises to go well into overtime. You can watch the show here: www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2015-16/feb14

Guests included (in order of appearance):
- Tara Macciocco, Marywood women's coach
- Dr. George Barber, Greenville men's coach
- Ruth Sinn, No. 8 St. Thomas women's coach (WBCA Center Court)
- Rusty Eggen, Northeast Region Report, WPI Sports Information Director
- Angela Santa Fe, Regis (Mass.) women's coach
- Andy Partee, Colorado College men's coach

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