Top 25 discussion

[newtonnancy]

Looks like the Northeast Region is a wide open affair this year.....

[David Collinge]

HOW THEY FARED (week of Nov. 26-Dec. 2) (complete)

#   1   Mary Washington (5-0) def. Salisbury 97-54 and won at Hood 63-18
#   2   Howard Payne (4-0) def. Sul Ross St. 84-51 and def. U. of the Ozarks 88-24
#   3   Messiah (6-0) def. #23 Scranton 61-53, def. Allegheny 71-57 at Salisbury, and won at Salisbury 70-45
#   4   Hope (5-0) def. Carthage 80-60 and def. Wheaton (IL) 73-56
#   5   Kean (5-0) def. John Jay 110-36 and def. Baruch 95-72
#   6   Calvin (4-2) won at Kalamazoo 64-43, lost to Wheaton (IL) 59-52 at Hope, and lost to Carthage 52-50 at Hope
#   7   NYU (5-0) def. New Paltz St. 87-82
#   8   DePauw (4-1) won at Centre 80-55
#   9   Washington U. (5-2) won at Denison 87-76 and lost at Capital 66-58
#   10   UW-Whitewater (5-0) won at #18 Chicago 62-53 and def. #16 UW-Stevens Point 75-71
#   11   McMurry (4-1) def. East Texas Baptist 79-62
#   12   Southern Maine (5-0) def. #21 Bowdoin 77-58 and won at Keene St. 71-66
#   13   Simpson (5-1) won at Wartburg 71-44 and lost at St. Cloud St. 93-90
#   14   Illinois Wesleyan (3-1) def. MacMurray 99-55
#   15   Puget Sound (2-2) lost at Seattle Pacific 65-58 and lost at St. Martin's 67-58
#   16   UW-Stevens Point (5-1) lost at #10 UW-Whitewater 75-71
#   17   Thomas More (5-0) won at Bethany 71-60
#   18   Chicago (5-1) lost to #10 UW-Whitewater 62-53 and def. Presentation 68-48
#   19   George Fox (4-0) is idle
#   20   Lake Forest (7-0) def. Lawrence 65-59 and def. Beloit 73-65
#   21   Bowdoin (3-3) lost at #12 Southern Maine 77-58, def. Husson 65-36, and lost to Emmanuel 72-68
#   22   Randolph-Macon (5-0) def. Eastern Mennonite 75-61, won at Washington & Lee 81-57, and won at Roanoke 73-67
#   23   Scranton (3-1) lost at #3 Messiah 61-53 and def. Widener 68-48
#   24   Cortland St. (4-0) won at Fredonia St. 73-48 and def. Nazareth 63-48
#   25   Carroll (6-0) def. Lakeland 73-62, won at Monmouth 59-49, and won at Grinnell 80-64

[David Collinge]

Interim edition of "How They Fared"--
Current #11 McMurry is the only likely top 25 team to play on Monday, when they host LeTourneau.

McM 67, LeTU 51.  Final

McM hosts crosstown rival HSU on Sat pm 5:30 CST!  Big game!

Thanks for tracking this, David!

[ILive4This]

I would expect Bowdoins loss to Emmanual to raise many eyebrows, especially as another non-ranked NE team had a very sizable win AT Emmanual this past week.

[dballa]

David just to let you know Howard Payne's game against Dallas Christian has been postponed.  Dallas only had 4 available players and decided they didn't want to try a 2-2 zone

[dballa]

The Howard Payne game against Dallas Christian has been rescheduled for 7pm December 6th.

[David Collinge]

HOW THEY FARED (week of Dec. 3-9) (complete)   

#   1   Mary Washington (7-0) won at York (PA) 70-50 and won at Catholic 82-61
#   2   Howard Payne (6-0) def. Dallas Christian 91-35 and won at Sul Ross St. 73-53
#   3   Hope (7-0) def. Marygrove 92-40 and def. Albion 75-63
#   4   Messiah (8-0) def. Gettysburg 71-47 and won at DeSales 62-52
#   5   Kean (5-1) lost to William Paterson 82-79
#   6   NYU (7-0) won at Oswego St. 67-48 and won at Drew 86-70
#   7   UW-Whitewater (7-0) def. UW-Oshkosh 82-43 and def. UW-Superior 106-59
#   8   DePauw (5-1) def. Augustana 58-41
#   9   Southern Maine (7-0) def. Colby 69-40 and def. Mass.-Dartmouth 81-57
#   10   McMurry (6-1) def. LeTourneau 67-51 and def. Hardin-Simmons 72-45
#   11   Thomas More (7-0) def. Thiel 84-46 and def. Westminster (PA) 79-59
#   12   Illinois Wesleyan (5-1) won at Fontbonne 98-72 and def. Ill.-Springfield 97-62
#   13   Simpson (7-1) def. Luther 70-60 and won at William Penn 79-75
#   14   Lake Forest (8-1) lost to Carthage 68-61 and won at North Park 71-43
#   15   Randolph-Macon (5-0) is idle (until Dec. 29)
#   16   Chicago (5-2) lost at Wheaton (IL) 55-47
#   17   George Fox (5-0) def. Warner Pacific 71-30
#   18   Washington U. (5-3) lost at McKendree 76-49
#   19   Carroll (6-1) lost at Beloit 78-72
#   20   UW-Stevens Point (7-1) def. UW-La Crosse 74-61 and def. Lawrence 90-37
#   21   Cortland St. (6-0) won at Ithaca 67-52 and def. Buffalo St. 63-40
#   22   Capital (6-2) lost at Wilmington 76-68 and def. John Carroll 62-51
#   23   Calvin (5-2) won at St. Mary's (IN) 67-52
#   24   Puget Sound (4-2) def. UC Santa Cruz 75-47 and def. Northwest 75-45
#   25   Oglethorpe (7-0) def. Emory 87-78 and def. LaGrange 68-48

[newtonnancy]

Women's DIII college basketball looks a lot like the Dfootball season with so many teams in the top 25  getting knocked off.....can't wait to see what happens once conference play begins

[David Collinge]

HOW THEY FARED (week of Dec. 10-16) (COMPLETE)

#   1   Mary Washington (7-0) is idle (until Dec. 29)
#   2   Hope (8-0) def. North Central (IL) 70-59
#   3   Howard Payne (7-0) won at East Texas Baptist U. 87-43
#   4   Messiah (9-1) lost at Baruch 70-69 (OT) and won at St. Mary's (MD) 82-77
#   5   NYU (7-0) is idle (until Dec. 30)
#   6   UW-Whitewater (9-0) won at Edgewood 104-62 and won at Luther 78-72 (OT)
#   7   DePauw (5-1) hosts Wittenberg Sat. PPD.; rescheduled for Mon. 12/17, 3pm
#   8   Southern Maine (8-1) won at Univ. of New England 67-54 and lost at Salem St. 74-58
#   9   McMurry (6-1) is idle
#   10   Thomas More (8-0) def. Mt. St. Joseph 90-43
#   11   Illinois Wesleyan (6-1) def. Blackburn 86-45 at Millikin and plays Robt. Morris-Springfield Sun. at Millikin CANCELED*; no makeup information available
#   12   Kean (6-1) won at Hunter 89-26
#   13   Simpson (8-1) def. St. Thomas 79-52
#   14   Randolph-Macon (5-0) is idle (until Dec. 29)
#   15   George Fox (4-0) is idle
#   16   UW-Stevens Point (7-1) is idle (until Dec. 27)
#   17   Cortland St. (6-0) is idle (until Jan. 4)
#   18   Lake Forest (8-1) is idle (until Jan. 8 )
#   19   Oglethorpe (8-0) def. Methodist 92-70
#   20   Tufts (9-0) is idle (until Jan. 5)
#   21   Medaille (7-1) def. Buffalo St. 69-40 and def. SUNYIT 70-55
#   22   Wilmington (7-2) lost to Baldwin-Wallace 71-67
#   23   UW-Eau Claire (7-1) won at Carleton 76-53
#   24   Rochester (6-1) is idle (until Jan. 2)
#   25   Puget Sound (5-2) def. Oregon Tech 58-48

*Per the IWU website: "The Titans' scheduled game vs. Robert Morris-Springfield on Sunday, Dec. 16 has been cancelled and not due to weather. RMC is unable to field a team due to injuries sustained in last night's loss to Millikin."

[thebear]

William Smith should be in the national rankings mix.  They've won at #20 Medaille, and last night defeated # 16 George Fox on the west coast.  Their only loss is to # 23 Rochester (whose only loss is to Medaille). 

On Jan 8th the Herons are at #18 Cortland. 

Looks like a group of very strong teams in the Upstate NY (East) region, with these four, plus #4 NYU, Brockport, St. Lawrence, & whoever emerges from the Empire 8 among Stevens, Fisher, & Utica.

[Pat Coleman]

Yep, they will be in the mix.

[David Collinge]

Unbeaten and ninth-ranked Thomas More is in trouble at Wittenberg, trailing 51-48 with 3:00 remaining.
Live audio broadcast
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UPDATE: TMC pulls it out, 56-53.  Witt's Katie Gardner was at the line with a chance to tie with 0:02.x left, but missed the first and was the victim of a teammate's lane violation on the second, all but sealing the win for Thomas More.

[Ralph Turner]

The McMurry win at Mississippi College was a good one, because they did it without Tarra Richardson, who sprained an ankle at Louisiana College on Monday night.

She (Tarra) now has until Saturday, January 5th, a home game versus Ozarks (1-7).  She might even go easy in that game and wait for the road trip to UT-Tyler the next Thursday.

[bbald eagle]

23 of D3Hoops top 25 teams are also in the USA Today/ESPN/WBCA poll's top 25.  The top 6 teams are the same in both polls, altho in a different order.

The largest discrepancies are McMurry, rated #10 in D3Hoops, but #20 in the other poll, and Rochester, #23 in D3Hoops but #12 in USA Today.

D3Hoops' #18, Cortland State, isn't on the other poll's radar, not even receiving votes in the other poll.

http://www.wbca.org/DIIICoachesPoll.asp

[atn alum]

Wow...stuck it out till 2am to get the women's scores from Cancun. That's dedication!

Kudos.