Top 25 discussion

[Darryl Nester]

Sorry this is so late; I'm back at my computer for the first time since just after noon. By now, I'm sure everyone has seen all the results, but for the sake of the historical record (or at least my personal sense of closure), here's the final report for 2019-20:

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	621	Tufts	26-1	def. Williams, 69-63; LOST to #5 Bowdoin, 60-70
#2	604	Hope	27-0	def. Calvin, 78-46; def. #24 Trine, 59-55
#3	545	DePauw	27-1	def. Hiram, 89-48; def. Ohio Wesleyan, 62-38; def. Denison, 66-47
#4	529	UW-Whitewater	23-3	LOST to UW-Oshkosh, 65-81
#5	522	Bowdoin	25-2	def. (n) #6 Amherst, 74-60; won at #1 Tufts, 70-60
#6	492	Amherst	22-4	LOST to (n) #5 Bowdoin, 60-74
#7	467	Whitman	24-3	def. Puget Sound, 72-66; LOST to #28 George Fox, 55-57
#8	461	Wartburg	24-3	def. Coe, 72-57; def. #11 Loras, 67-54
#9	410	Bethel	26-1	def. Gustavus Adolphus, 70-62; def. #16 Augsburg, 72-70
#10	384	Baldwin Wallace	26-2	def. Otterbein, 87-59; def. Marietta, 72-41; def. #25 John Carroll, 80-63
#11	356	Loras	23-4	def. Luther, 74-61; LOST at #8 Wartburg, 54-67
#12	349	Trinity (Texas)	23-4	def. (n) Texas Lutheran, 87-54; LOST to (n) #23 Austin, 67-76
#13	319	Oglethorpe	27-1	def. Millsaps, 64-53; def. Rhodes, 84-67
#14	274	Scranton	24-3	def. Moravian, 74-63; def. T#33 Catholic, 63-42
#15	270	Transylvania	25-2	def. Bluffton, 74-45; def. Hanover, 91-61
#16	252	Augsburg	22-5	def. #20 St. Thomas, 73-61; LOST at #9 Bethel, 70-72
#17	246	Mary Hardin-Baylor	24-4	def. (n) Belhaven, 98-55; def. (n) East Texas Baptist, 67-50; def. (n) Hardin-Simmons, 60-58
#18	212	Texas-Dallas	22-5	def. Concordia (Texas), 65-50; LOST to Hardin-Simmons, 78-81 OT
#19	154	Chicago	20-5	def. Washington U., 76-72
#20	137	St. Thomas	21-6	def. St. Catherine, 68-55; LOST at #16 Augsburg, 61-73
#21	103	DeSales	23-4	def. Eastern, 69-54; def. King's, 78-53
#22	90	Messiah	23-4	def. Stevenson, 78-44; def. T#35 Albright, 78-69
#23	74	Austin	23-4	def. (n) Southwestern, 76-58; def. (n) #12 Trinity (Texas), 76-67
#24	73	Trine	21-6	def. (n) T#35 Albion, 75-50; LOST at #2 Hope, 55-59
#25	52	John Carroll	23-5	def. Wilmington, 79-67; def. Ohio Northern, 64-49; LOST at #10 Baldwin Wallace, 63-80

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	42	Christopher Newport	23-4	def. Salisbury, 76-63; def. York (Pa.), 86-66
#27	20	UW-La Crosse	19-7	LOST to UW-Eau Claire, 56-59
#28	17	George Fox	21-6	won at Pacific, 56-47; won at #7 Whitman, 57-55
#29	11	Benedictine	24-3	def. Dominican, 63-60; LOST to Edgewood, 72-88
#30	8	Gettysburg	22-5	def. (n) Johns Hopkins, 63-49; LOST at T#33 Haverford, 46-49
T#31	6	Ithaca	22-5	def. RPI, 74-66 OT; def. Vassar, 73-71
T#31	6	New York University	20-5	won at Brandeis, 91-73
T#33	5	Catholic	21-6	def. Elizabethtown, 77-65; LOST at #14 Scranton, 42-63
T#33	5	Haverford	23-4	def. Dickinson, 67-57; def. #30 Gettysburg, 49-46
T#35	2	Albion	21-6	def. St. Mary's (Ind.), 71-57; LOST to (n) #24 Trine, 50-75
T#35	2	Albright	22-5	won at Widener, 81-73 OT; LOST at #22 Messiah, 69-78
T#35	2	SUNY New Paltz	24-3	def. Buffalo State, 78-49; def. T#38 Cortland, 63-53
T#38	1	Cortland	21-6	def. (n) SUNY Geneseo, 42-33; LOST at T#35 SUNY New Paltz, 53-63
T#38	1	Rowan	24-3	def. TCNJ, 82-62; def. Montclair State, 64-54
T#38	1	William Peace	23-4	LOST to (n) Piedmont, 49-59

[scottiedawg]

Massey Ratings for each host pod, bracket quadrant, and side:
** This is to help show which pod, quadrant and side may be the most competitive.

Host, AVG Massey
UW-Whitewater, 24.25
Bethel, 32.5
Trinity TX, 36
Wartburg, 36.5
Hope, 40.25
DePauw, 41.25
Marymount, 62.5
Baldwin Wallace, 66.25
Scranton, 71.5
Transylvania, 73.25
SUNY New Paltz, 79.25
Ithaca, 87.25
Bowdoin, 89.5
Amherst, 91
SUNYIT, 97.75
Messiah, 124.5

Quadrant, AVG Massey
BottomRight, 45.0625
BottomLeft, 55.875
TopRight, 65.25
TopLeft, 97.1875

Side, AVG Massey
Right, 55.15625
Left, 76.53125

Should be better now. Thanks Ron!

[Ron Boerger]

Massey Ratings for each host pod, bracket quadrant, and side:
** This is to help show which pod, quadrant and side may be the most competitive.

Host, AVG Massey
Trinity TX, 23
UW-Whitewater, 24.5
Baldwin Wallace, 33.5
Hope, 42
SUNYIT, 44
Bethel, 46
Marymount, 47.5
Wartburg, 52
DePauw, 70
Transylvania, 74.5
Amherst, 87.5
Scranton, 94.5
Bowdoin, 115
SUNY New Paltz, 122
Ithaca, 127
Messiah, 173

Quadrant, AVG Massey
BottomRight, 47.875
TopRight, 63.125
BottomLeft, 66.5
TopLeft, 116.5

Side, AVG Massey
Right, 55.5
Left, 91.5

How you calculate these, scottiedawg?   The Trinity pod has UMHB (18), UTD (28), Trinity (35), Austin (63).

[scottiedawg]

Bad SUMIF. Google Sheet apparently doesn't take a multi column range as a sum target. Fixing.... Thanks!

[scottiedawg]

Pod Host, Best Team, Avg Opp Massey
Pod Host: UW-Whitewater, Best Team: UW-Whitewater, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 24.5
Pod Host: Baldwin Wallace, Best Team: Baldwin Wallace, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 33.5
Pod Host: Hope, Best Team: Hope, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 42
Pod Host: Bethel, Best Team: Bethel, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 46
Pod Host: Trinity TX, Best Team: Texas-Dallas, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 47
Pod Host: Scranton, Best Team: Chris Newport, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 48.5
Pod Host: Wartburg, Best Team: Wartburg, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 52
Pod Host: DePauw, Best Team: DePauw, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 70
Pod Host: Transylvania, Best Team: Oglethorpe, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 72
Pod Host: Marymount, Best Team: George Fox, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 77.5
Pod Host: Amherst, Best Team: Amherst, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 87.5
Pod Host: Bowdoin, Best Team: Bowdoin, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 115
Pod Host: SUNY New Paltz, Best Team: SUNY New Paltz, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 120.5
Pod Host: Ithaca, Best Team: Ithaca, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 127
Pod Host: SUNYIT, Best Team: Tufts, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 143
Pod Host: Messiah, Best Team: Messiah, Average Opponent Massey Rating: 173


This assumes that the higher ranked Massey team wins each 1st round game.

[Ron Boerger]

Thanks for the quick update (and all your good work on this during the year), +1 

[scottiedawg]

Thanks for the quick update (and all your good work on this during the year), +1 

You're welcome! I plan to update these numbers after each round. We know there will be upsets!

[scottiedawg]

Latest Poll:

Bethel, +67
Scranton, +55
Bowdoin, +54
Oglethorpe, +53
Chicago, +49
Wartburg, +46
Messiah, +46
Mary Hardin-Baylor, +43
Austin, +42
Baldwin Wallace, +35
Chris Newport, +34
George Fox, +31  ** Assuming them with 89 is an error since that puts the total votes too high.. I adjusted George Fox to make the total votes equal 8125.
DeSales, +21
Hope, +15

Trinity TX, -98
UW-Whitewater, -96
Texas-Dallas, -90
Whitman, -89
St. Thomas, -76
Loras, -47
Tufts, -43
Augsburg, -43
John Carroll, -32
Amherst, -18
UW-LaCrosse, -12

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The Division III Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments are set to get going. It all starts at 1:00 p.m. ET on Friday with the first men's game.

However, before you get fully wrapped up in the games make sure you go into it fully informed.

That means tuning into Hoopsville on Thursday night for our tournaments preview episode. We will not only take a fresh look at the brackets, but we will also talk to a number of coaches getting their teams ready for first-round games. From a Conference Cinderella, to a couple of Conference Champions, and a coach looking to finish his career with a bang.

Guests Schedule (order subject to change):
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- Brian Lane, Transylvania men's coach
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[scottiedawg]

Quadrant, AVG Massey
BottomRight, 7.25
BottomLeft, 11.25
TopRight, 21.5
TopLeft, 27.5

Side, AVG Massey
Right, 14.375
Left, 19.375

I'll change those numbers when Massey updates.

[scottiedawg]

will there be 3 NESCAC hosts?

[ronk]

will there be 3 NESCAC hosts?

Yes

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

will there be 3 NESCAC hosts?

Yes

UMHB could host instead of Amherst.  I don't think that one is a done deal.

[VT-Alum-NOVA]

will there be 3 NESCAC hosts?

Yes

UMHB could host instead of Amherst.  I don't think that one is a done deal.

Us fans are pulling for this host option so we can support players live.  NCAA giving Amherst host again after 90 minutes warning this past weekend would be bad experience for players.  No way fans would even attempt plane tickets with what happened this past weekend.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

What an opening weekend of the NCAA tournaments? Upsets a plenty. Gyms closed to fans. Incredible finishes. And so much more. Sunday night on Hoopsville we tried to cover it all.

The show started with extensive information on decisions surrounding COVID-19. We discussed decisions by Johns Hopkins and Amherst to close their doors to fans for the first weekend's games. We also had reactions and statements on the choice to return to Amherst this coming weekend for the Sectionals in women's basketball and the college's decision to, once again, ban fans from attending.

We also talked about the incredible stories coming out of the tournament of how teams are moving on and how seasons came to a sudden and emotional finish. 

Guests Schedule (order subject to change):
- Pat Coleman, Editor-in-Chief, D3hoops.com
- Todd Raridon, No. 11 North Central (Ill.) men's coach
- Jackson Meshanic (sophomore) & Stefan Thompson (coach), Hobart men's team (Frank Rossi interviews)
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