MBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Gregory Sager]

... or the Bournemouth Gynecologists beating the Watford Long John Silver Impersonators.

[zander]

Good luck to Hanover tonight!!

[dc_has_been]

... or the Bournemouth Gynecologists beating the Watford Long John Silver Impersonators.

I thought the Impersonators had a chance but was way wrong!

[zander]

Good to see the Panthers playing aggressively again....Transy on Wed. Should be a good one.

[sac]

Transylvania took a significant loss last night losing at Hanover.  This loss puts Rose-Hulman 2 up in the loss column with Transylvania coming to Terre Haute on Saturday.  R-H could really put a solid grip on the HCAC regular season title with a win.  They continue to do some pretty amazing things defensively holding their last two opponents to 76 total points.

[zander]

Now that Hanover beat Transy and Transy beat RH the HCAC is wide open....Let's go Panthers!

[dc_has_been]

I see RHIT, Transy, and HC battling to the very end for the top spot.  I am hoping DC can make a push, but predict a four spot come tourney time.

[dc_has_been]

If you go to http://espn.go.com/nba/ right now, you'll see a picture of a player from Kentucky and in the background, a player from Transy.  Thought it was pretty cool!

[dc_has_been]

Two close ones for RHIT over their last two games.  Any news on their team like injuries?

[hotdawg]

The conference race is set for quite a finish these last few weeks. RHIT plays 5 of their next 6 on the road including at Transy, at Defiance and at Hanover.

Transy has the easiest remaining schedule of the Top 3 dogs... with RHIT and Hanover both having to make the trip to Lexington.

Hanover needs to get a road win against a dangerous Franklin team Wednesday - also play home vs RHIT and @ Transy the last 2 games of the year.

We will get the first glimpse at the HCAC at-large potential first on February 6th when the first regional rankings come out.

As of today the Massey Ratings (for whatever its worth) have these national rankings:

Transylvania ranked #22
RHIT ranked #29
Hanover ranked #58
Franklin ranked #108
Defiance ranked #114

I am pretty sure (Massey) every game counts no matter what division they are in so these are no where near the same criteria that D3hoops.com or the regional rankings would use... but I found it interesting.

Transy likley saw the biggest boost by beating #5 Wooster earlier in the year... the most impressive win by anyone in the conference.

[Titan Q]

I did some projected Midwest Region rankings yesterday on the CCIW board.  I have Transylvania #1.

http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=4592.32040

[dc_has_been]

Hanover drops a big one against Franklin today and there's a big game this Saturday as RHIT travels to Transy to try to take one back from them.  Hanover must be hoping for another Transy W so they'll still have a shot for the one seed. 

I'm hoping DC can finish strong to lock down that four seed or even make a push for the three spot if things go wrong for Hanover.  Time will tell as they still have several tough tests ahead of them. 

[dc_has_been]

The HCAC is wrapping up pretty close the way it was picked.  Transy needs to some help from RHIT's next three opponenets to lock down the crown while finishing unscathed.  Hanover has the toughest test because they face Transy and RHIT to finish out their schedule.
Personally, I would like to see Hanover drop at least two of their final three (actually all three) and DC to win their final three to have the same conference standings.  They split their games against eachother but not sure what the measure is after that to determine who gets the higher seed.

[zander]

Hanover has already beaten Transy once and only lost to RH by a last second shot after leading 33-22 at halftime at RH. Hanover is a deep team with many scoring threats. With a stronger defensive effort, the Panthers have the depth and leadership to win out the final 3 games. Go Panthers!

[dc_has_been]

Hanover has already beaten Transy once and only lost to RH by a last second shot after leading 33-22 at halftime at RH. Hanover is a deep team with many scoring threats. With a stronger defensive effort, the Panthers have the depth and leadership to win out the final 3 games. Go Panthers!

Never said they couldn't, just hoping they do!