MBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[kiltedbryan]

Manchester loses a heartbreaker 47-45 to Wooster at Wooville.  Shot at the buzzer just missed.  Congrats on a great year Manchester.

I also congratulate Manchester on a great year...you put up a huge fight at Wooster tonight. Neither team seemed to be at their best offensively, but the defensive intensity was top-notch all night. You always need a little luck to advance deep into the NCAAs, and perhaps Wooster's was that the last three was just that little bit short.

[dc_has_been]

Congrtats to Manchester and Hanover for representing the HCAC in tourney play.  Hanover played a tough first round and Manchester played in a nail biter in the second round.   Already looking forward to next year. 

[zander]

Does anyone know how many total eligible men's Div3 teams there are in the country?

[Darryl Nester]

There are 411 D3 men's basketball teams (and 435 women's teams).

[BUBeaverFan]

There are 411 D3 men's basketball teams (and 435 women's teams).

Is there a list of teams that have never made the NCAA DIII tourney? Probably a Pat Coleman question.

[Gregory Sager]

There are 411 D3 men's basketball teams (and 435 women's teams).

Is there a list of teams that have never made the NCAA DIII tourney? Probably a Pat Coleman question.

I have that very list somewhere, but it's not handy. To the best of my recollection, there are about eighty schools on it.

[BUBeaverFan]

Dang it! When I typed Pat Coleman I was so close to adding GregorySager as well. If there is ever a question of D3 hoops history I always know you folks will have the answer.

[WAlum]

Earlham names Marcus Gill, former assistant at Ohio Wesleyan and Albion at their new coach.

http://www.goearlham.com/news/2011/5/25/MBB_0525110337.aspx

[Darryl Nester]

MSJ named their new head coach a few weeks ago (WAlum's news spurred me to look it up today).

[Ralph Turner]

In the ASC alone, you have 10 ten teams which do not have an NCAA Post-season appearance in the 11-year history as a Pool A conference:  UOzarks, Louisiana College, UT-Tyler, ETBU, LeTourneau, Concordia-TX, Texas Lutheran, Schreiner, Howard Payne, and Hardin-Simmons.   

[Gregory Sager]

Yep, the ASC provides a big chunk of the roster of D3 tourney virgins. Many of the rest are schools in the lesser conferences in the New England and metro New York areas, or schools from the ASC's fellow relative newcomer leagues such as the SLIAC, the NWC, and the GSAC.. Most of the "established" conferences (i.e., leagues that have been D3 since the division's very beginning, or close to it) have had all of their teams make it into the tourney at least once by now, although there's still a few strays (e.g., Fredonia State in the SUNYAC, St. Mary's MN in the MIAC, Juniata in the MAC and now the Landmark, etc.). The MIAA is the big anomaly in that regard, as half of the schools in that eight-school league (Alma, Adrian, Olivet, and Trine) have never tasted March Madness, D3 style. That's a testament to the strength and persistence of Hope's and Calvin's twin domination of that circuit.

Among HCAC members, the current virgins are Earlham, Bluffton, and Mount St. Joseph.

[BUBeaverFan]

Yep, the ASC provides a big chunk of the roster of D3 tourney virgins. Many of the rest are schools in the lesser conferences in the New England and metro New York areas, or schools from the ASC's fellow relative newcomer leagues such as the SLIAC, the NWC, and the GSAC.. Most of the "established" conferences (i.e., leagues that have been D3 since the division's very beginning, or close to it) have had all of their teams make it into the tourney at least once by now, although there's still a few strays (e.g., Fredonia State in the SUNYAC, St. Mary's MN in the MIAC, Juniata in the MAC and now the Landmark, etc.). The MIAA is the big anomaly in that regard, as half of the schools in that eight-school league (Alma, Adrian, Olivet, and Trine) have never tasted March Madness, D3 style. That's a testament to the strength and persistence of Hope's and Calvin's twin domination of that circuit.

Among HCAC members, the current virgins are Earlham, Bluffton, and Mount St. Joseph.

Great info, thanks.  I keep hoping that Bluffton can get off this particular list.

[sac]

Sorry if this is old news...........Transylvania is going to play Kentucky in an exhibition game this November 2nd.

http://www.kentucky.com/2011/05/12/1738180/uk-transylvania-will-renew-basketball.html

[zander]

Just wondering if anyone knows when Div. 3 teams can start practicing with coaches present and is it the same date for all teams?

[Pat Coleman]

The first permissible date is Oct. 15, although some conferences restrict that further. I don't believe the HCAC is one.