The Undefeated and the Winless

[magicman]

Games today involving teams on our lists:
Undefeated vs D3:

Hope hosts Indiana Wesleyan  8 PM
Nebraska Wesleyan at Westminster (Mo.)  5 PM

Indiana Wesleyan is NAIA, so this game can't knock Hope off the list.

Picky, picky, picky! I never said it would knock them off the list, merely that they were playing today.  
This is what happens when people become the Dean of a college.

I never said that you said it would knock them off the list, merely that their game today wouldn't. 

So who's really the picky one? 

I left you that opening on purpose just to see if you'd take advantage of it. Glad that you didn't disappoint me! I figured that's what a Dean would do.

[hopefan]

No quibbling

[magicman]

Magic... you were a busy man last night!!!!! 
Quick hit contest for our fans

Which team will fall off our list today?

I'll go with Nebraska Wesleyan, Hoping for a SLIAC upset...

I'm hoping that Hamilton and one of my favorite coaches can pull off the upset at NYU so I'll take the Continentals, who are 9 point underdogs, to come away with a 68-66 win.

[Hugenerd]

I wouldn't consider NYU the favorite, I like Hamilton's chances.

[magicman]

I wouldn't consider NYU the favorite, I like Hamilton's chances.

Massey has predicted a 68-59 NYU win.  augie_superfan 's rating system has NYU favored by 9. Hence, the favorite tag that I applied to NYU. 

[Mr. Ypsi]

Neb Wes did indeed fall to Westminster, 71-69.  Probably good bye to Pool B, is Neb Wes was considering going that route.

[Hugenerd]

I wouldn't consider NYU the favorite, I like Hamilton's chances.

Massey has predicted a 68-59 NYU win.  augie_superfan 's rating system has NYU favored by 9. Hence, the favorite tag that I applied to NYU.

Ill have agree with you now that NYU is up 23 at the half.

In other news, Cabrini loses to Centre and falls off the undefeated list.

Middlebury holds on by 3 against Salem State, in a very close game that saw several lead changes over the final 10 minutes.

[magicman]

NYU just crushes Hamilton right from the git-go. Violets open up with a 13-0  start and extend the margin to 29-10 with 8:24 to play in the half. The lead only grows larger and it's 45-22 at the break. 2nd verse same as the first. NYU scores the first 10 points of the 2nd period and now has a 33 point lead that grew to 42 on several occasions. Final score was 83-46. Hamilton couldn't hit the proverbial barn part and the Violets were hotter than a pistol. NYU hit their first 2 shots of the game from 3 point land which was a sign of things to come. Violets ended up going 11 of 18 from beyond the arc (61%) and ended up 28x48 from the field. 

NYU moves to 7-0 and will host Clarkson on Jan.2nd.

[magicman]

Results of Friday's games:

Undefeated:

Middlebury 66  Salem State 63   

Cabrini 67  Centre 69      Cabrini drops off the undefeated list

Mary Hardin-Baylor 82  Concordia (Ill.) 61   

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 73  Babson 51 

NYU 83  Hamilton 46 


Winless:

Elmira 66  Rivier 72
Berry 61  Johns Hopkins 76   


Undefeated vs D3:

Hope 80   Indiana Wesleyan 66 
Nebraska Wesleyan 69  Westminster (Mo.) 71      Nebraska Wesleyan falls off the undefeated vs D3 list


Winless vs D3:

Colby 65  Curry 66 
Piedmont 77  Worcester State 84

[magicman]

Updated Lists:  Only three games on tap for today:

Undefeated:  Four players still alive for the Undefeated Crown

Hartwick
New York University
Franklin and Marshall    (nwhoops)
Lycoming
Grinnell
Middlebury     (Magicman)
MIT           (hugenerd)
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Emory                                                       Emory hosts Guilford  1 PM
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps      (stag44)

Dropped off: Medaille, Wabash, Bethany, Translyvania, Hardin-Simmons, Dubuque (moved to undefeated vs D3), Puget Sound, Cabrini and Catholic.
   


Winless:      Three Players still alive for the Winless Crown

Polytechnic       (pointspecial)
Elmira
SUNY-Cobleskill
Franciscan (Ohio)
Penn State-Altoona
Baptist Bible
Lancaster Bible
Penn State-Berks
Earlham
Principia         (hopefan)
University of New England                           University of New England at Springfield  3 PM
Lyndon State
Berry
Macalester           (knightslappy)
St. Mary's (Minn.)

Dropped off: Millikin, Martin Luther (moved to winless vs D3)




Undefeated against D3 only  (with a loss to a non D3)

Hope
Dubuque

Dropped off: Whitworth, Nebraska Wesleyan   Added: Dubuque



Winless against D3 only  (with a win against non d3 )

Goucher
Linfield
Piedmont
Maranatha Baptist
Presentation
La Verne
Averett
Colby
Martin Luther

Dropped off: Alma, Cal Lutheran      Added: Martin Luther


modified at 9:53 on 1-1 to kick Cal-Lutheran off the Winless vs D3 list.

modified again at 8:06 on 1-1 to boot Catholic off the Undefeated List

[David Collinge]

I can't quite believe that nobody picked Earlham in the winless pool. Is it too late to join? 

[hopefan]

We missed one from 12/3    Cal Lutheran falls off winless vs D3, beating Geneva  53-45

[magicman]

We missed one from 12/3    Cal Lutheran falls off winless vs D3, beating Geneva  53-45

That was on 12-30 and you're right I missed it. 

[Hugenerd]

Catholic falls off the undefeated list, losing to BSU by1.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I can't quite believe that nobody picked Earlham in the winless pool. Is it too late to join? 

FCGrizz and I both lamented having overlooked them only about 8 days into the competition.  Despite some serious rivals (there may be 3-4 winless teams this year), I'd say they are probably an 'excellent' pick