Pool C

[MrMaus]

First 16 rounds (by region):
1 Trinity
2 Babson
2 E. Conn
3 Ithaca
3 SUNY New Paltz
4 Stevens
5 E Town
6 Mary Wash
7 Baldwin Wallace
7 Marietta
7 Trine
8 Wash U
8 Chicago
9 UW Oshkosh
9 UW Eau Claire
10 Hardin Simmons


Left "on the board" (by region) for 3 spots:
1 Amherst (17-8) #3
2 Springfield (17-8) #6
3 Rochester (16-8) #4
4 Misericordia (18-7) #4
5 Johns Hopkins (20-6) #6 then Catholic (18-7) #7
6 Randolph Macon (19-6) #4
7 Calvin (19-5) #6
8 Augustana (17-8) #5
9 Wartburg (20-5) #5
10 Puget Sound (19-4) #3

I would argue you could make strong arguments for and against all 11 of those teams listed above. Since we have to prognosticate I will give my three guesses: Amherst, Calvin & Wartburg, with Johns Hopkins and Puget Sound rightfully complaining.

Lastly, wanted to comment on the chain about making sure we have "the best" teams in the tournament. That is certainly not the purpose. These young ladies are Student-Athletes, in that order. They have chosen to play for their school, be part of a team and compete "for the love of the game". It is great we get participants from all over the country, from all sorts of conferences and from all kinds of backgrounds. And no ranking system will be perfect or get it all right, so we live with the one they have put in place.

I have a daughter who picked a NESCAC school over an Ivy so she could start as a freshman and have a real shot at the tournament every year and another who turned down D1 money for a better academic experience, and proceeded to get injured the summer before her freshman year badly enough she may never play in college. Can we please just congratulate those that make it, give condolences to those fall off the bubble and cheer each and every kid for putting their heart out on the court.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Regular season & conference tourny play completed!

--- Region 1 --- vs. D3 --- Overall --- Next game/Conf Tourney Exit
1 --- Tufts --- 19-6 --- 19-6 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
2 --- Trinity (Conn.) --- 21-4 --- 21-4 --- Lost 2/26 @ #1 Tufts
3 --- Amherst --- 17-8 --- 17-8 --- Lost 2/18 @ #2 Trinity (Conn)
4 --- Williams --- 18-7 --- 18-7 --- Lost 2/25 vs #2 Trininty (Conn)
5 --- Framingham State --- 17-5 --- 17-5 --- Lost 2/24 vs Westfield St
6 --- Bridgewater State --- 19-6 --- 19-6 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
7 --- Middlebury --- 15-10 --- 15-10 --- Lost 2/25 @ #1 Tufts

--- Region 2 --- vs. D3 --- Overall --- Next game/Conf Tourney Exit
1 --- Smith --- 24-1 --- 24-1 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
2 --- Babson --- 21-4 --- 21-4 --- Lost 2/26 @ #1 Smith
3 --- Rhode Island College --- 22-3 --- 22-3 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
4 --- Eastern Connecticut  --- 21-4 --- 21-4 --- Lost 2/25 vs #3 Rhode Island College
5 --- Roger Williams --- 22-3 --- 22-3 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
6 --- Springfield --- 17-8 --- 17-8 --- Lost 2/24 @ #1 Smith
7 --- Mass-Dartmouth --- 16-9 --- 16-9 --- Lost 2/23 @ #3 Rhode Island College

--- Region 3 --- vs. D3 --- Overall --- Next game/Conf Tourney Exit
1 --- Ithaca --- 22-3 --- 22-3 --- Lost 2/26 vs #6 Skidmore
2 --- SUNY New Paltz --- 22-3 --- 22-3 --- Lost 2/25 vs #3 Cortland
3 --- Cortland --- 21-4 --- 21-4 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
4 --- Rochester  --- 16-8 --- 16-8 --- Lost vs Reg 6 #5 Emory
5 --- St. John Fisher --- 23-2 --- 23-2 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
6 --- Skidmore --- 20-5 --- 20-5 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
7 --- Vassar --- 17-8 --- 17-8 --- Lost 2/24 vs #6 Skidmore

--- Region 4 --- vs. D3 --- Overall --- Next game/Conf Tourney Exit
1 --- NYU --- 21-2 --- 21-2 --- Conf Champ Pool A
2 --- DeSales --- 22-1 --- 24-1 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
3 --- Stevens --- 21-4 --- 21-4 --- Lost 2/25 @ #2 DeSales
4 --- Misericordia --- 18-7 --- 18-7 --- Lost 2/22 @ #3 Stevens
5 --- New Jersey City --- 14-8 --- 14-10 --- Lost 2/25 vs #6 Rowan
6 --- Rowan --- 18-8 --- 18-8 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
7 --- Kean --- 16-9 --- 16-9 --- Lost 2/22 @ #6 Rowan

--- Region 5 --- vs. D3 --- Overall --- Next game/Conf Tourney Exit
1 --- Scranton --- 25-0 --- 25-0 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
2 --- Messiah --- 23-2 --- 23-2 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
3 --- Gettysburg --- 19-6 --- 19-6 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
4 --- Marymount --- 21-4 --- 21-4 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
5 --- Elizabethtown --- 21-3 --- 21-3 --- Lost 2/25 @ #1 Scranton
6 --- Johns Hopkins --- 20-5 --- 20-5 --- Lost 2/26 vs #3 Gettysburg
7 --- Catholic --- 18-7 --- 18-7 --- Lost 2/22 @ #5 Elizabethtown

--- Region 6 --- vs. D3 --- Overall --- Next game/Conf Tourney Exit
1 --- Christopher Newport --- 23-0 --- 24-0 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
2 --- Mary Washington --- 18-5 --- 20-5 --- Lost 2/25 @ #1 Christopher Newport
3 --- Washington and Lee --- 19-6 --- 19-6 --- Lost 2/26 vs Shenandoah
4 --- Randolph-Macon --- 19-6 --- 19-6 --- Lost 2/23 vs Shenandoah
5 --- Emory --- 15-7 --- 16-7 --- Won 2/25 vs Reg 3 #4 Rochester
6 --- Guilford --- 20-5 --- 20-5 --- Lost 2/23 vs Randolph
7 --- Bridgewater (Va.) --- 19-5 --- 19-5 --- Lost 2/25 vs Shenandoah

--- Region 7 --- vs. D3 --- Overall --- Next game/Conf Tourney Exit
1 --- Ohio Northern --- 21-4 --- 21-4 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
2 --- Baldwin Wallace --- 21-4 --- 21-4 --- Lost 2/23 vs #4 Marietta
3 --- Hope --- 22-2 --- 23-2 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
4 --- Marietta --- 19-6 --- 19-6 --- Lost 2/25 @ #1 Ohio Northern
5 --- Trine --- 20-5 --- 20-5 --- Lost 2/25 @ #3 Hope
6 --- Calvin --- 19-5 --- 20-5 --- Lost 2/24 vs #5 Trine
7 --- Washington & Jefferson --- 23-2 --- 23-2 --- Lost 2/22 vs Chatham

--- Region 8 --- vs. D3 --- Overall --- Next game/Conf Tourney Exit
1 --- Transylvania --- 25-0 --- 25-0 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
2 --- Washington U. --- 17-7 --- 17-7 --- Lost 2/25 @ #3 Chicago
3 --- Chicago --- 20-4 --- 20-4 --- Won 2/25 vs #@ WashU
4 --- Millikin --- 21-4 --- 21-4 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
5 --- Augustana --- 17-8 --- 17-8 --- Lost @/25 @ #4 Millikin
6 --- Hanover --- 16-7 --- 16-7 --- Lost 2/25 @ #1 Transylvania
7 --- Webster --- 21-3 --- 22-3 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A

--- Region 9 --- vs. D3 --- Overall --- Next game/Conf Tourney Exit
1 --- UW-Whitewater --- 19-6 --- 19-6 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
2 --- Loras --- 21-4 --- 21-4 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
3 --- UW-Oshkosh --- 18-7 --- 18-7 --- Lost 2/24 @ #1 UW Whitewater
4 --- UW-Eau Claire --- 18-7 --- 18-7 --- Lost 2/26 @ #1 UW Whitewater
5 --- Wartburg --- 20-5 --- 20-5 --- Lost 2/25 vs #2 Loras
6 --- Gustavus Adolphus --- 23-2 --- 23-2 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
7 --- UW-Stout --- 18-7 --- 18-7 --- Lost 2/24 @ #4 UW Eau Claire

--- Region 10 --- vs. D3 --- Overall --- Next game/Conf Tourney Exit
1 --- Trinity (Texas) --- 24-1 --- 24-1 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
2 --- Hardin-Simmons --- 23-2 --- 23-2 --- Lost 2/24 vs Texas-Dallas
3 --- Puget Sound --- 19-4 --- 21-4 --- Lost SF 2/24 vs Pacific
4 --- Colorado College --- 18-7 --- 18-7 --- Lost 2/26 @ #1 Trinity (Texas)
5 --- East Texas Baptist --- 19-6 --- 19-6 --- Lost 2/25 vs Texas-Dallas
6 --- Mary Hardin-Baylor --- 18-7 --- 18-7 --- Lost 2/24 vs #5 East Texas Baptist
7 --- UC Santa Cruz --- 10-4 --- 17-6 --- Lost 2/24 vs Reg 6 #2 Mary Washington

[scottiedawg]

First 16 rounds (by region):
1 Trinity
2 Babson
2 E. Conn
3 Ithaca
3 SUNY New Paltz
4 Stevens
5 E Town
6 Mary Wash
7 Baldwin Wallace
7 Marietta
7 Trine
8 Wash U
8 Chicago
9 UW Oshkosh
9 UW Eau Claire
10 Hardin Simmons


Left "on the board" (by region) for 3 spots:
1 Amherst (17-8) #3
2 Springfield (17-8) #6
3 Rochester (16-8) #4
4 Misericordia (18-7) #4
5 Johns Hopkins (20-6) #6 then Catholic (18-7) #7
6 Randolph Macon (19-6) #4
7 Calvin (19-5) #6
8 Augustana (17-8) #5
9 Wartburg (20-5) #5
10 Puget Sound (19-4) #3

I would argue you could make strong arguments for and against all 11 of those teams listed above. Since we have to prognosticate I will give my three guesses: Amherst, Calvin & Wartburg, with Johns Hopkins and Puget Sound rightfully complaining.

I agree almost 100%.  I think Wartburg will struggle to be selected with just the single win vRRO.  And I think Calvin's SOS will keep them from being selected. But it's so close for those last 3 spots with varied types of resumes.

[deiscanton]

The NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Selection Show from earlier today is now available on Youtube on the official NCAA Championships channel.

If you missed the show earlier today, it will be easier to rewatch the show on Youtube, since Youtube will allow you to fast forward to get to your good part (or bad part, if the bubble burst on your team.)

[hoopstermom]

One correction to note below:

--- Region 6 --- vs. D3 --- Overall --- Next game/Conf Tourney Exit
1 --- Christopher Newport --- 23-0 --- 24-0 --- Conf Tourny Champ Pool A
2 --- Mary Washington --- 18-5 --- 20-5 --- Lost 2/25 @ #1 Christopher Newport
3 --- Washington and Lee --- 19-6 --- 19-6 --- Lost 2/26 vs Shenandoah    W&L was the ODAC Conference Champ Pool A winner
4 --- Randolph-Macon --- 19-6 --- 19-6 --- Lost 2/23 vs Shenandoah
5 --- Emory --- 15-7 --- 16-7 --- Won 2/25 vs Reg 3 #4 Rochester
6 --- Guilford --- 20-5 --- 20-5 --- Lost 2/23 vs Randolph
7 --- Bridgewater (Va.) --- 19-5 --- 19-5 --- Lost 2/25 vs Shenandoah

[deiscanton]

The NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Committee has released the official NCAA DIII NPI Summary Report for games played through Monday, February 17, 2025.

It is available at:

http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/42974

We expect official NCAA DIII Basketball NPI summary reports to be released on a daily basis now that we are now in the final 2 weeks of the regular season before the NCAA DIII Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments.   DIII programs requested the Championships Committee to ask the DIII basketball sports committees to release these reports on a daily basis for the final 2 weeks of the regular season  based on the experience of the NPI summary reports being released daily in the fall season during conference tournament week for soccer, among other fall sports. 

Of course, you can always follow the D3Datacast women's basketball NPI summary reports as well, which have done the parallel NPI daily runs since the beginning of basketball season at:  http://d3datacast.com/npi/wbb-npi  So far, the D3Datacast runs have effectively gotten the NPI numbers spot on. 

[deiscanton]

  Ticket punched to the 2024-25 NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Championship-- NYU

Congratulations to NYU on officially clinching the AQ out of the UAA.

NYU officially clinched the UAA AQ on Sunday by virtue of the UAA's second tiebreaker-- results vs teams in descending order down the UAA standings until the tie is broken.

Currently, Emory and Chicago are ahead of Brandeis in the standings.   Since both Emory and Chicago swept Brandeis head-to-head, the only way for Brandeis to finish ahead of both teams in the UAA standings is by the Judges winning out their final 3 home games.   The only way for the Judges to win out is have one of those wins come against Carnegie Mellon this upcoming Sunday.   Any Carnegie Mellon loss would lead NYU to clinch the UAA women's basketball championship outright.

So, if both NYU and Carnegie Mellon finish as UAA women's basketball co-champions at 11-3, Emory and Chicago would also finish ahead of Brandeis in the standings.

NYU finished 2-0 vs Emory and 2-0 vs Chicago, while Carnegie Mellon finished 1-1 vs both of these teams.

Therefore, NYU has clinched the AQ out of the UAA-- congratulations to the NYU women on officially getting their ticket punched to the NCAAs.

[deiscanton]

The NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Committee has released the official NCAA DIII NPI Women's Basketball Summary Report for games through Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025.

It can be found at:

http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/43056

Sorry, I did not publish links this week on a daily basis for the NPI reports for women's basketball even though they were released daily. Since it is much easier for data entry to be correct for DIII women's basketball due to the fact that there is no home/away multiplier for this sport, the daily review would be more likely for completeness of the data rather than an incorrectly entered game result.

My plan for completeness will be to put up daily links on this page this week so that people can see for themselves if the D3Datacast unofficial NPI runs through Massey match the official NPI runs through the NCAA Statistics system.  So far, so good.  Tonight's D3Datacast run conducted at 10:08 PM ET on Sunday, February 23, 2025 produced the exact NPI numbers as are seen in the official report.   If there is an error, it is a rounding error for the third place, and not an incorrect data entry.    

[deiscanton]

Note-- For purposes of Last 7 In/First 7 Out by NPI rankings, it is assumed that the team in the NPI rankings with the highest NPI in the conference will get the AQ.  As AQ's get claimed by conference tournament results, the picture will change.

  These projections are if selections were occurring right now, and not next Sunday evening.

D3Datacast's projected Last 7 In through games of Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025 by NPI and NPI ranking

1.)  #40-- Rhode Island College-- 58.155
2.)  #41-- Texas Lutheran-- 58.155
3.)  #42-- Hope-- 58.092
4.)  #43-- Endicott-- 57.997
5.)  #45-- Bridgewater (VA)-- 57.883
6.)  #47-- Mary Hardin-Baylor-- 57.747
7.)  #48-- WashU-- 57.744

D3 Datacast's projected First 7 Out by NPI and NPI rankings through games of Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025

1.) #49-- UW-La Crosse-- 57.615
2.) #51-- John Carroll-- 57.498
3.) #54-- Ohio Northern-- 57.393
4.) #56-- Capital-- 57.279
5.) #57-- Emory-- 57.207
6.) #59-- Hardin-Simmons-- 56.955
7.) #60-- DePauw-- 56.709

[deiscanton]

The D3Datacast computer has done another unofficial run of the NPI numbers through games of Monday, Feb. 24, 2025-- The run occurred on Monday, Feb. 24, at 10:19 PM ET, after the 3 conference tournament games played that day.  (2 GNAC play-in round games and the Atlantic East first round game.)

Note-- For purposes of Last 7 In/First 7 Out by NPI rankings, it is assumed that the team in the NPI rankings with the highest NPI in the conference will get the AQ.  As AQ's get claimed by conference tournament results, the picture will change.

  These projections are if selections were occurring right now, and not next Sunday evening.

D3Datacast's projected Last 7 In through games of Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 by NPI and NPI ranking

1.)  #40-- Texas Lutheran-- 58.155
2.)  #41-- Rhode Island College-- 58.151
3.)  #42-- Hope-- 58.092
4.)  #43-- Endicott-- 57.999
5.)  #45-- Bridgewater (VA)-- 57.830
6.)  #47-- Mary Hardin-Baylor-- 57.747
7.)  #48-- WashU-- 57.741

D3 Datacast's projected First 7 Out by NPI and NPI rankings through games of Monday, Feb. 24, 2025

1.) #49-- UW-La Crosse-- 57.615
2.) #51-- John Carroll-- 57.498
3.) #54-- Ohio Northern-- 57.394
4.) #56-- Capital-- 57.279
5.) #57-- Emory-- 57.205
6.) #59-- Hardin-Simmons-- 56.955
7.) #60-- DePauw-- 56.709

[deiscanton]

The official NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Summary Report for games played through Monday, February 24, 2025 has been released.  It is available at:

http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/43079

There are some discrepancies between the official NPI numbers this morning and the D3Datacast NPI numbers from last night's run.

This is most likely because there was actually an additional non-conference game DIII women's basketball game played last night as a makeup from a game that was originally scheduled to be played on Friday, January 3, 2025, but was postponed due to weather.

Last night, The York (NY) women out of the CUNYAC played that re-scheduled non-conference game at Old Westbury (Skyline) and won, 55-37.

The game originally scheduled on Friday, January 3, 2025, was supposed to be played at York (NY)'s gym,but the rescheduled game last night was moved to Old Westbury.  Since DIII women's basketball does not use a home/away multiplier, it is just a matter of including the result-- the location does not change the game score NPI result.

That score probably did not make it into the Massey system at the time of last night's run, but did make it into the NCAA Statistics system this morning.  Massey now has that score as well.

So, if there is a updated D3Datacast run this afternoon, the NPI numbers should match. 

[deiscanton]

The official NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Summary Report for games played through Monday, February 24, 2025 has been released.  It is available at:

http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/43079

There are some discrepancies between the official NPI numbers this morning and the D3Datacast NPI numbers from last night's run.

This is most likely because there was actually an additional non-conference game DIII women's basketball game played last night as a makeup from a game that was originally scheduled to be played on Friday, January 3, 2025, but was postponed due to weather.

Last night, The York (NY) women out of the CUNYAC played that re-scheduled non-conference game at Old Westbury (Skyline) and won, 55-37.

The game originally scheduled on Friday, January 3, 2025, was supposed to be played at York (NY)'s gym,but the rescheduled game last night was moved to Old Westbury.  Since DIII women's basketball does not use a home/away multiplier, it is just a matter of including the result-- the location does not change the game score NPI result.

That score probably did not make it into the Massey system at the time of last night's run, but did make it into the NCAA Statistics system this morning.  Massey now has that score as well.

So, if there is a updated D3Datacast run this afternoon, the NPI numbers should match. 

Last night's D3Datacast women's run also did not pick up Emmanuel's GNAC play-in win over Regis.  Emmanuel won last night's game 74-44 and will be playing at St. Joe's Maine in the GNAC quarterfinals this evening.   

All of last night's scores are now in the Massey database-- the 3 women's basketball conference tournament games from last night (2 GNAC play-in round games and 1 Atlantic East first round game) as well as the
York (NY) win at Old Westbury-- which contrary to my initial belief, the D3Datacast run did catch. 

Hopefully, an updated D3Datacast run this afternoon will produce the numbers that match this morning's official NPI report. 

[deiscanton]

The official NCAA DIII Women's Basketball NPI Summary Report for games played through Tuesday, February 25, 2025 has been released.  It is available at http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/43086

[deiscanton]

The D3Datacast computer did another unofficial run of the NPI numbers through games of Tuesday Feb. 25, 2025-- it was conducted on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7:22 AM ET.  These numbers have been confirmed by the official NCAA DIII Women's Basketball NPI Ranking Summary Report released this morning.

Note-- For purposes of Last 7 In/First 7 Out by NPI rankings, it is assumed that the team in the NPI rankings with the highest NPI in the conference will get the AQ.  As AQ's get claimed by conference tournament results, the picture will change.

  These projections are if selections were occurring right now, and not next Sunday evening.

D3Datacast's projected Last 7 In through games of Tuesday,Feb. 25, 2025 by NPI and NPI ranking

1.)  #40-- Rhode Island College-- 58.169
2.)  #41-- Hope-- 58.138
3.)  #42-- UW-La Crosse-- 58.010
4.)  #44-- Endicott-- 58.000
5.)  #45-- UW-Stevens Point-- 57.932
6.)  #46-- Mary Hardin-Baylor-- 57.809
7.)  #48-- WashU-- 57.763

D3 Datacast's projected First 7 Out by NPI and NPI rankings through games of Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025

1.) #50-- Capital-- 57.618
2.) #53-- Ohio Northern-- 57.404
3.) #56-- Emory-- 57.242
4.) #57-- Bridgewater (VA)-- 57.083
5.) #58-- Hardin-Simmons-- 56.993
6.) #59-- John Carroll-- 56.880
7.) #60-- DePauw-- 56.770

[deiscanton]

The D3Datacast computer did another unofficial run of the NPI numbers through games of Wednesday Feb. 26, 2025-- it was conducted on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7:20 AM ET. 

Note-- For purposes of Last 7 In/First 7 Out by NPI rankings, it is assumed that the team in the NPI rankings with the highest NPI in the conference will get the AQ.  As AQ's get claimed by conference tournament results, the picture will change.

  These projections are if selections were occurring right now, and not next Sunday evening.

D3Datacast's projected Last 7 In through games of Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 by NPI and NPI ranking

1.)  #39-- Hope-- 58.137
2.)  #40-- Rhode Island College-- 58.110
3.)  #42-- UW-La Crosse-- 58.020
4.)  #43-- UW-Stevens Point-- 57.940
5.)  #45-- Endicott-- 57.911
6.)  #46-- Mary Hardin-Baylor-- 57.809
7.)  #48-- WashU-- 57.718

D3 Datacast's projected First 7 Out by NPI and NPI rankings through games of Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025

1.) #50-- Capital-- 57.606
2.) #54-- Ohio Northern-- 57.363
3.) #55-- Emory-- 57.204
4.) #57-- Bridgewater (VA)-- 57.074
5.) #58-- Hardin-Simmons-- 56.992
6.) #59-- John Carroll-- 56.894
7.) #60-- Montclair State-- 56.857