The Undefeated and the Winless

[augie77]

UW-Stevens Point-undefeated

Blackburn-winless

[sac]

This probably won't last long, but I'm short on motivation for research.

Alma for winless

DePauw for unbeaten and  a total shot in the dark

Both have already been picked. And by your fellow MIAAers, I might add.

I'll give my share of the winnings to the other pickers for being first.

[David Collinge]

Tsk tsk, come on Sac, you can do better than that....  go with Oberlin... that's always a popular great lakes pick!!!!

Oberlin has a chance to be good this season.

Well, y'know, "good."  Everything is relative.

Good enough to be 1-0 and out of the Winless discussion before the first day is complete.  It seems that Westminster, at least, would have been a better choice.

[magicman]

Here are the players and their picks in the undefeated pool as of opening day.

hugenerd                 MIT
Hoops Fan               Wooster
Ralph Turner            UT-Dallas
Mr Ypsi                    IWU
KnightSlappy            Depauw (early favorite after beating D1 Evansville)
Ethelred                   Plattsburgh State
Flying Dutch Fan       Hope
hopefan                   Carthage
magicman                 Middlebury
nescac1                   Williams
PointSpecial              Amherst            
Old School                St. Norbert
scout                       Eastern Mennonite
smedindy                  St. Thomas
Greg Sager               Whitworth
augie 77                   UW-Stevens Point
sac                          Depauw

[OC_SID]

Alma gets the "W" tonight.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Alma gets the "W" tonight.

OOPS!  There go FDF and sac on the very first night!

[magicman]

Here are the players and their choices in the winless pool.

hopefan              Principia
Mr. Ypsi              Crown
KnightSlappy        Macalester
magicman            Caltech
Ethelred              Cazenovia    
Flying Dutch Fan  Alma        won on 11-15 over Indiana-Northwest 77-73
smedindy              John Jay
Greg Sager           Rockford
Hoops Fan            Hilbert
Zander                  Earlham
sac                        Alma
augie 77                Blackburn

[magicman]

Alma gets the "W" tonight.

OOPS!  There go FDF and sac on the very first night!

This probably won't last long, but I'm short on motivation for research.

Alma for winless

DePauw for unbeaten and  a total shot in the dark

Not many statements are as true as this one turned out to be.

[breakfromcoaching]

caltech will not go winless this year now with a couple years under the belt with their system, true basketball players with significant basketball playing experience who perfectly fit the academic model and a schedule that has winable games on it.  could be wins against carengie melon at MSOE (if they meet), against southwestern (AZ) or west coast baptist in the redlands tourney or ENU, Pac Luth or Wisc Luth at home.  maybe even a win against santa cruz.  conf wise, other than oxy who looks like they have lots of good, young talent, cms who just keeps on winning and redlands who's primed for a breakout year, everyone else in their conf is beatable.  i say that lightly based on history but look at what cal lu, pomona and whittier lost and if they're going to be beat, this is the year to do it.  no vested interest other than knowing how hard the players and staff have worked in the past and how much it would mean to everyone involved with the program after enduring so many lopsided losses.  i say at least 5 wins overall (including at least 1 that breaks the conf losing streak) is a real possibility.

trying not to look ahead, but other than losing one senior, they bring back the entire core of the 2010-2011 team, and with decent 2011 class they be a team that'll be fun to follow.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Since sac wanted to claim Alma as well, I'm willing to let him have the Scots and I'll just pick a different team   

Any prize for being eliminated on the first day?

[sac]

Since sac wanted to claim Alma as well, I'm willing to let him have the Scots and I'll just pick a different team   

Any prize for being eliminated on the first day?

We win the bubi prize

[hopefan]

Survivor Series   Undefeated  Games tonite:
Wooster (Hoops Fan) vs Cincinnati Christian


hugenerd                  MIT
Hoops Fan               Wooster
Ralph Turner            UT-Dallas
Mr Ypsi                    IWU
KnightSlappy            Depauw (early favorite after beating D1 Evansville)
Ethelred                   Plattsburgh State
Flying Dutch Fan       Hope
hopefan                   Carthage
magicman                 Middlebury
nescac1                   Williams
PointSpecial              Amherst            
Old School                St. Norbert
scout                       Eastern Mennonite
smedindy                  St. Thomas
Greg Sager               Whitworth
augie 77                   UW-Stevens Point
sac                          Depauw  dq'd   already picked by KnightSlappy


Survivor series    WinlessGames tonite:
Earlham (Zander) at Denison


hopefan              Principia
Mr. Ypsi              Crown
KnightSlappy        Macalester
magicman            Caltech
Ethelred              Cazenovia    
Flying Dutch Fan  Alma         won on 11-15 over Indiana-Northwest 77-73
smedindy              John Jay  won on 11-16 over Vaughn  66-53
Greg Sager           Rockford
Hoops Fan            Hilbert
Zander                  Earlham
sac                        Alma  dq'd already picked by Flying Dutch Fan
augie 77                Blackburn

[sac]

dq'd seems harsh. 

[hopefan]

All right Sac, you have til 6:00 tonight to pick a new undefeated team.... Alma takes you out of the winless......   but you gotta play by the rules!!!!!!

[David Collinge]

All right Sac, you have til 6:00 tonight to pick a new undefeated team.... Alma takes you out of the winless......   but you gotta play by the rules!!!!!!

go with Oberlin... that's always a popular great lakes pick!!!!