2012 Division III NCAA Tournament

[old ends]

Coast Guard wins over Rochester Upset city

Coast Guard 57  - Rochester 48

Now they wait for Ursinus vs Gettysburg winner.

[Greek Tragedy]

Ohio Wesleyan  63  No. 1 Hope  71         
No. 3 Amherst  85  Richard Stockton  77           
No. 5 Brandeis  74  No. 7 Plattsburgh State  63       
Coast Guard  57  No. 13 Rochester  48       
St. Mary's (Md.)  73  No. 14 Millsaps  82         
Gettysburg  55  No. 16 Ursinus  79         
Wheaton (Ill.)  76  Whitworth  67

Holy Coast Guard!  Seven of eight finals are in and only one upset.

I'm not sure if you qualify Wheaton (IL) over Whitworth an upset.

Buena Vista, according to live stats, is up 46-40 with 17 remaining.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Ohio Wesleyan  63  No. 1 Hope  71         
No. 3 Amherst  85  Richard Stockton  77           
No. 5 Brandeis  74  No. 7 Plattsburgh State  63       
Coast Guard  57  No. 13 Rochester  48       
St. Mary's (Md.)  73  No. 14 Millsaps  82         
Gettysburg  55  No. 16 Ursinus  79         
Wheaton (Ill.)  76  Whitworth  67

Holy Coast Guard!  Seven of eight finals are in and only one upset.

I'm not sure if you qualify Wheaton (IL) over Whitworth an upset.

Buena Vista, according to live stats, is up 46-40 with 17 remaining.

I wouldn't call Wheaton over Whitworth an upset (I liked Wheaton by 5 or 6), but others may differ.

Since Brandeis was AT Plattsburgh, that is arguably an upset.

If BV holds on, THAT is an upset!

[Greek Tragedy]

Wash U is up 69-66 with 1 minute or so to go.

I wouldn't call Brandeis an upset over Plattsburgh.  Many posters kind of questioned Plattsburgh's legitimacy, even though they went undefeated in their region, while Brandeis plays in one of the toughest conferences in the country.  D3hoops had Brandeis ranked higher as well.  I'm on the fence if that's an upset since I know nothing about either of them, really.

[Greek Tragedy]

71 all going into OT.  Go BV (makes Point's loss look "better" lol )

[Cards7580]

Brandeis IS the best team Plattsburgh played.

Including U of R.

However, Plattsburgh could have played better and was close up to the Foul-a-thon at the end of the game.

#1 (forgot his name) was the difference.  He hit 3pts, drove to the hoop, dished off for assits and was the best player on the court most of the game. Their leading scorer basically hit key 3pts when necessary, usually off good passed from #1.    Good Luck Brandeis, they may destroy Amherst.  For being the #1 ranked team, Amherst had all it wanted to get from The Stockton team.  Stockton spotted them 17 points at the start of the game on 5-5 from the 3pt area.  When Stockton started playing defense they held their own.   

Good luck to all of the senior players on all the teams who are eliminated.  May you all graduate and become great citizens, leaders and family men in your future.   Lots of quality sportsmen in division III.

[howardjp]

Classy post, Cards, hope your starters next year play as hard as this year's team did tonight.  Solid team.

#1 is Andre Roberson, carried 'Deis through much of the game, til Coppens, Olson, etc could weigh in.

[eazye1334]

Brandeis IS the best team Plattsburgh played.

Including U of R.

They didn't play this year.

[Greek Tragedy]

85-77 Wash. U. in OT.

[OshDude]

Funny how winning the boards by 13 and shooting 51% from the floor can be offset by 31 turnovers.

GREAT run by BV can't overcome sloppy play.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Funny how winning the boards by 13 and shooting 51% from the floor can be offset by 31 turnovers.

GREAT run by BV can't overcome sloppy play.

Yeah, and according to Pat and Q, the TOs were not even mainly due to Wash U defense - they were just carelessness.

Unfortunate end to a great season.

[LogShow]

...And then there was 8.

[eazye1334]

Funny how winning the boards by 13 and shooting 51% from the floor can be offset by 31 turnovers.

GREAT run by BV can't overcome sloppy play.

Yeah, and according to Pat and Q, the TOs were not even mainly due to Wash U defense - they were just carelessness.

Unfortunate end to a great season.

Even with the shooting and rebounding, it's almost a minor miracle that they were even in the game with 31 TOs, not even mentioning how they were up.

[magicman]

Great game tonight at Memorial Hall in Plattsburgh. Unfortunately Plattsburgh St ended up on the short end of a 74-63 ballgame. The Cards and the Judges played a back and forth 1st half with neither team gaining much of an advantage and with 3 1/2 mins to go the score was tied at 28. Brandeis closed with an 11-2 run to grab a 39-30 lead at the break. Plattsburgh was hampered by foul problems as Anthony Williams was called for his 3rd foul with about 5 mins. left in the half and was taken out of the game. The 2nd half was more of the same with Brandeis maintaining their lead but the Cardinals slowly chipped away and finally pulled to within 2 around the 7 min. mark. Plattsburgh finally caught the Judgesat 56 apiece with 4:50 to go, but Brandeis came down and hit a 3 to re-capture the lead and were never headed. Another 3 by Joe Coppens extended their lead to 6 and they stretched it to 8 at 66-58 with 1:52 remaining. Plattsburgh cut it to 5 on a 3 pointer by Williams but would get no closer as the Judges hit their foul shots to close the game out. Brandeis was led by Andre Roberson, who came off the bench to score 20 pts. Joe Coppens knocked down 4 treys to finish with 16 pts, and Terrell Hollins chipped in with 14.
Plattsburgh State All American Williams led all scorers with 28 pts, Antwane Miller had 12 pts. and Travis Gorham added 11 to pace the Cardinals. 
Congratulations to Brandeis for their success tonight and good luck against Amherst tomorrow night. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

We're going to see four incredible games Saturday night.  These teams are all playing well; it's going to be a strong final four.