Top 25 discussion

[ronk]

No, both apply; priority for 1st weekend alternates each year, even-men, odd-women as does priority for 2nd weekend: even-women, odd-men. 

[Augie2020]

VT Alum I remember both men and women hosting the tournament same year.I think one off my head would be the 84-85 season UofS men hosted March 1st,2nd Women Hosted March 3rd and 4th!I personally i like seedings like they did back then,If your number one seed you should host.As far as Messiah,Hope and I think Millikin will not play on Sundays either.Move them to Friday,Saturday im sure the ncaa can adjust.Just my thought

[scottiedawg]

Another loss for Bowdoin. If they fall out of the regional rankings that's a lost RRO win for Tufts, Amherst, Smith.

Emory loses tonight. If they fall that's 2 lost RRO wins for NYU.

If Bethany Lutheran falls out that's a lost RRO win for Simpson.

[7express]

It's a policy. No hosting both men and women the same weekend.

but if both CNU men and women advance to sweet 16, will CNU women get shaft again and travel?

No.  The women would get hosting rights for the sweet 16 & elite 8 games so the CNU men would have to travel.

[gordonmann]

In 2013, the Division III men's championship game was played in Atlanta along with the Division I and II finals. The Division III tournament was spread out to accommodate the Division I schedule and the second week of the men's tournament had single games at each site. The Williams men hosted Catholic that weekend and the Williams women hosted the Sweet 16/Elite 8 with Emory, Whitman and Ithaca coming to Williamstown. So there were four Division III NCAA Tournament games in one place in the span of about 28 hours.

[Augie2020]

Thanks Gordon-I personally wish they would really go back to seedings in a pod 1 thru 16!Like VT alumni said can you imagine that school hosting and the impact it would bring in for that community also the NCAA would rack it in also having a school hosting mens and women's if you deserve it!I saw the U host Men's and Women's tournaments the same day 1,3 5,7 times it is very possible to do that!So NCAA if your seeing this try it out if your a top team you deserve to host also impressed with your top 16 teams(Love seeding teams)The way it should be like D1

[MrMaus]

Another loss for Bowdoin.

With Kay and Jones out for Covid, it was going to hard. Tan going down with an injury in the 4th pretty much sealed the loss.

With regards to Covid what is NCAA policy? Is there going to be consistent testing prior to all games of all players or each team uses its own policy? Or the home site's policy? Or?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I suspect the NCAA may change testing requirements for the tournament, but don't expect them to time it for the d3 tourney.  Schools are, of course, still free to hold their own students to a higher standard.

[IC798891]

Another quality win for Ithaca, taking down Vassar, the #4 team in R3, 80-72 on Senior Day.

Bombers finish the regular season 22-3, and earn the top spot in the LL tournament, facing either Skidmore or Union.

Ithaca has now won 20 games for 12 of the last 13 seasons.

[VT-Alum-NOVA]

Another hard fought win for CNU over Salisbury.   Congratulations on undefeated regular season.

[VT-Alum-NOVA]

It's a policy. No hosting both men and women the same weekend.

but if both CNU men and women advance to sweet 16, will CNU women get shaft again and travel?

No.  The women would get hosting rights for the sweet 16 & elite 8 games so the CNU men would have to travel.

I heard possibility of neutral sites for sweet 16 and Elite 8 .....

[Augie2020]

Ithaca is no pushover.Saw it with my own eyes first hand when they dominated my Lady Royals early on in the season.

[Augie2020]

VT I would love that idea.We have a local arena here called Mohegan Sun arena(Scranton/Wilkes Barre Pens affiliated with the big Pens).Im so surprised they never put in a bid to host D3 Men or Women final four in basketball or Hockey?

[IC798891]

Ithaca is no pushover.Saw it with my own eyes first hand when they dominated my Lady Royals early on in the season.

A win that really is not getting enough notice, I think. It was at Ithaca, and very early, but Scranton had just come off an impressive win over DeSales. So it's not like they weren't in form

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Still waiting on today's results from Tufts (close at halftime) and Trinity TX (blowout at halftime).

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	601	Christopher Newport	22-0	def. Salisbury, 76-62
#2	585	Hope	23-1	won at Adrian, 75-45; won at Kalamazoo, 94-23
#3	583	Trine	22-2	def. St. Mary's (Ind.), 95-44; won at Adrian, 70-34
#4	555	Transylvania	22-0	def. Hanover, 77-54; won at Earlham, 69-49; def. Manchester, 90-44
#5	533	Simpson	23-1	def. Nebraska Wesleyan, 96-46; won at Central, 109-64
#6	498	Whitman	24-1	def. Lewis and Clark, 61-48; def. George Fox, 54-34
#7	472	UW-Whitewater	22-3	LOST at #31 UW-Oshkosh, 57-60
#8	446	New York University	21-1	def. Washington U., 63-45; def. Chicago, 80-64
#9	387	Amherst	20-2	def. New Jersey City, 56-52; def. Colby, 65-35
#10	386	Baldwin Wallace	18-4	LOST to #13 John Carroll, 54-67; def. Capital, 75-46
#11	365	Tufts	20-3	def. Wesleyan, 58-55
#12	340	DePauw	22-2	def. Denison, 81-33; won at Ohio Wesleyan, 71-53
#13	306	John Carroll	20-3	won at #10 Baldwin Wallace, 67-54; def. Wilmington, 85-59
#14	291	Mary Hardin-Baylor	21-3	def. Belhaven, 61-53; LOST to #22 East Texas Baptist, 57-71
#15	259	Wisconsin Lutheran	20-1	LOST at St. Norbert, 56-59
#16	257	Messiah	20-3	def. Hood, 74-29; LOST at Widener, 66-72
#17	214	Scranton	23-2	def. Susquehanna, 69-41; def. #23 Catholic, 72-68
#18	174	Trinity (Texas)	23-2	won at Schreiner, 88-75; won at University of Dallas, 73-42
#19	155	Wartburg	20-4	won at Coe, 72-59; def. Loras, 95-86
#20	128	Smith	21-2	won at Emerson, 79-34; 02/19 vs. Wellesley canceled; def. New England College, 89-49
#21	101	St. John Fisher	23-2	def. Elmira, 80-50
#22	99	East Texas Baptist	19-4	won at Concordia (Texas), 65-54; won at #14 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 71-57
#23	72	Catholic	19-4	LOST at Elizabethtown, 57-65; LOST at #17 Scranton, 68-72
#24	44	Springfield	21-3	def. Coast Guard, 76-43; won at Mount Holyoke, 84-47
#25	43	Hardin-Simmons	18-4	def. Sul Ross State, 79-62; def. Howard Payne, 86-60

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	39	Marietta	21-4	won at Capital, 71-44; won at Heidelberg, 58-41
T#27	31	Ithaca	22-3	won at Rochester Tech, 76-51; def. Bard, 75-36; def. Vassar, 80-72
T#27	31	UC Santa Cruz	15-3	def. Simpson (Cal.), 67-57
#29	28	DeSales	18-3	won at Delaware Valley, 86-48; def. Lycoming, 74-39
#30	22	Gettysburg	22-3	won at McDaniel, 59-47; won at Swarthmore, 61-49
#31	19	UW-Oshkosh	18-5	def. #7 UW-Whitewater, 60-57
#32	14	Rhodes	21-2	def. Hendrix, 68-62; def. Hendrix, 62-44
#33	13	Albion	18-7	def. Alma, 56-43; LOST at Calvin, 52-67
#34	10	Gustavus Adolphus	19-4	won at Hamline, 62-47; def. St. Benedict, 57-36
T#35	7	UW-Eau Claire	18-7	def. UW-Platteville, 73-53
T#35	7	Webster	23-0	won at Spalding, 91-64; def. Spalding, 84-44; won at Blackburn, 98-66
#37	6	Trinity (Conn.)	17-5	def. Williams, 57-46
#38	3	Roger Williams	22-2	won at Suffolk, 63-57; def. Western New England, 65-51
#39	1	Augsburg	19-5	won at Macalester, 67-51; won at Concordia-Moorhead, 70-59