2012 Division III NCAA Tournament

[bamm]

Ranieri misses 3 pointer at buzzer -- Tufts wins 68 - 65.

[David Collinge]

#5 Wooster's late-season tumble is complete, as they drop a 91-88 thriller at Transylvania.

Wooster ends the season at 26-4, but just 3-3 in their last 6 games. 

#20 Transy moves into a tough-as-nails regional with #2 Hope, #3 Wittenberg, and either #8 Mississippi College or Maryville (TN).

Congratulations to Wooster's lone senior, Kyle Witucky, who started all 123 games of his collegiate career, setting a new record for games played in D3.  Not the way he wanted to go out, however.

[TigerFan_1973]

#1 Lawrence just gets by St. Thomas.

Witt - Hope should be great.

[sac]

#2 vs #3 in the Sweet 16.

[Ralph Turner]

#2 vs #3 in the Sweet 16.

It happens to Texas teams in football all the time!

We need to label this the "Geographical proximity rant" or Rant #2!

[titanhammer]

#2 vs #3 in the Sweet 16.

Also, pre-season #1 (IWU) against current #1 (LU).

[Greek Tragedy]

IWU was...en fuego tonight.  Wow.  What a team, what a performance.  Good luck.

[ephoops]

So much for the mighty WIAC...three teams in the tourney and none make it to the Sweet 16.

[John Gleich]

So much for the mighty WIAC...three teams in the tourney and none make it to the Sweet 16.

I'm not sure why that should surprize you... each WIAC team was beaten by a higher ranked (in the top 25) team.

Many WIAC fans have said all along this season that the WIAC was down compared to years in the past.  I think next year, the Wisconsin league will be up compared to this year, but in 2 and 3 years, the league will again be great (when the underclassmen are upperclassmen).

[Greek Tragedy]

So much for the mighty WIAC...three teams in the tourney and none make it to the Sweet 16.

Nice effort taking a shot at the WIAC.  I seem to remember that the CCIW is a pretty good conference too...some say the best this year. 

Whitewater ran into a buzz saw and it had IWU written on it's handle.  Wow.  IWU was also the preseason #1 ranked team.  So, i guess losing to them isn't a disgrace!  I don't think a D3 all-star team would've beaten the Titans tonight.  They were unbelievable.

Stout beat Augustana in Menomonie earlier in the season and this was the rematch in Illinois.  Augustana won the CCIW this year.  The Blue Devils shouldn't be ashamed for losing to the CCIW champs.

La Crosse, the 5th place team in the WIAC took on Calvin, winners of the MIAA...a very good conference at the top along with Hope and Albion.  I would say that Calvin was the favorite there too. 

The WIAC is still a very strong conference and I am looking forward to a new season next year.

[smedindy]

Better three teams in than just one...

[bamm]

There will be two more teams playing each other for the fourth time, as Utica goes 2-0 against NE region teams and Fisher disposes of Norwich.  They'll play in the Sweet 16 to guarantee an Empire 8 team in the Final 8.

[The Roop]

The Hoopsville Curse has apparently ended but has a new curse started There is a trend with teams that win by 8 in this years tournament. 6 teams have done so and the 4 that have played their next games have all lost. Puget Sound and Virginia Wesleyan need not show up for the next round.

[dothedew]

2 questions please:
What time are we expected to hear which schools will host??
Which school will host that AMAZING GL region?
THANKS and GO HOPE!!!

[Pat Coleman]

Sometime in the afternoon. There usually isn't a set time for the announcement.