The Undefeated and the Winless

[hopefan]

big game in the winless pool with Bard taking on Caltech on Saturday... Caltech's best shot this season at coming off winless list... Mazillgd will be glued to the scoreboard!!!!  I'd feel very good regarding Caltech's chances for a win, except for Bard's close loss earlier this year to Sage.. Sage .. Sage has a couple of wins this year and is probably a middle of the pack team in the SKY conf....

[madzillagd]

As fate would have it I will be at Pasadena Poly high school again today watching Williams practice before the CLU tournament this weekend.  PP is next door to Caltech.  I may have to stop by and deliver a demotivating speech to the team. 

"Gentlemen, why are we here wasting a totally good holiday.  It's 64 degrees outside and we are in a gym, let's all head outside for some team building today.  How about we hike from here to the Griffith Observatory.  Stretch our legs with a nice 15 mile hike will do us well for the game tomorrow."

[hopefan]

As fate would have it I will be at Pasadena Poly high school again today watching Williams practice before the CLU tournament this weekend.  PP is next door to Caltech.  I may have to stop by and deliver a demotivating speech to the team. 

"Gentlemen, why are we here wasting a totally good holiday.  It's 64 degrees outside and we are in a gym, let's all head outside for some team building today.  How about we hike from here to the Griffith Observatory.  Stretch our legs with a nice 15 mile hike will do us well for the game tomorrow."

[madzillagd]

In a missed opportunity, Piedmont canceling the rest of their season which will guarantee a winless finish.  Story on d3hoops. Could have been the first winless winner in December I'm guessing.

[magicman]

In a missed opportunity, Piedmont canceling the rest of their season which will guarantee a winless finish.  Story on d3hoops. Could have been the first winless winner in December I'm guessing.

This is very close to what Mr. Ypsi wanted.     He had what he was looking for right in front of him and chose Martin luther instead.

Aha - my strategy for next season!  Find a team that due to some (not yet known) scandal will cancel their season!   A record of 0-0 is still winless, right!   Then I'll pick the same team for undefeated!  What a coup - one team, both titles!

[smedindy]

Seriously, I hope all is well at Piedmont. Had to be something serious for them to cancel the season. I know Macalester's women's team did a few years ago because of numbers and injuries.

[magicman]

Updated through 12-28:

Total of 8 Undefeated teams left in D3 through 12-28

Total of 16  Winless teams left in D3 through 12-28

Updated Players list with teams still in contention through 12-28:

UNDEFEATED POOL       magicman and Middlebury were winners of the Undefeated pool 
                                                   
1.   magicman                 #2 Middlebury    Next vs RPI on 12-30                         
                     
   
Undefeated teams that were never claimed:

#3 North Central (Ill.)    Won vs Ramapo 67-57 in Las Vegas    Next vs UW-Lacrosse on 12-29 in Las Vegas
#4 St. Thomas             Next vs Carleton on 1-2
#7 Rochester               Next vs RIT on 1-2
#10 Ramapo                 Lost vs North Central 67-57 in Las Vegas
#12 Adrian                   Next vs Mount Union on 12-29 at Defiance               
#18 WPI                      Next vs Colby-Sawyer on 12-30
Augsburg                     Next vs North Central (Minn.) on 1-4
Randolph                     Next vs Johns Hopkins on 12-29 at Hampden-Sydney, Va.
         




WINLESS POOL                    Down to the Fabulous Five

                                   
1.   hopefan                      Principia                                  Lost at Loras 80-57 on 12-15  Next vs Illinois College on 1-3-13                               
2.   sac                             Franciscan                               Lost at Waynesburg 95-44 on 12-20 vs Muskingum on 1-2-13                                   
3.   Hoops Fan                   SUNY-Maritime                         Lost at Yeshiva 72-50 on 12-6 at Lehman on  1-3-13                                                         
4.   madzillgd                    Caltech                                    Lost vs Puget Sound 97-70 on 12-16 vs Bard on 12-29   Big game, the Beavers could win this one                                         
5.   zander                         Elmira                                     Lost at Hilbert 71-66 on 12-15 vs Union on 12-29 at Daytona Beach, Florida                                                 

Note: Elmira was originally scheduled to play Merchant Marine on Friday 12-28. That game was postponed until Sunday 12-30


Winless Teams that were never claimed:

Houghton                               Lost vs Bridgewater (Va.) at Christopher Newport.  Next vs Heidelberg on 12-29 at C. Newport
Lancaster Bible                        Next vs Messiah on 1-2
Regis (Mass.)                          Next vs FDU-Florham on 12-29 at Trinity (Ct.)
Southern Vermont                    Next at Daniel Webster on 1-8.
New England College                 Next vs Husson on 1-4
Washington College                  Next at Randolph-Macon on 12-29                   
Muskingum                              Next at Waynesburg on 12-29
Blackburn                                Next vs Monmouth on 1-2
Northland                                Next at  Cal Lutheran on 12-29
Piedmont                                 Remainder of season cancelled. Record was 0-7                                   
SUNYIT                                   Next vs Methodist on 12-29 at Staten Island       

[sac]

Seriously, I hope all is well at Piedmont. Had to be something serious for them to cancel the season. I know Macalester's women's team did a few years ago because of numbers and injuries.

Piedmont had only 7 players on the roster, their press release mentions suspensions and dismissals (plural) and a possible season ending injury.  Though I don't know if those suspensions or dismissals are new or something they've been dealing with.

http://www.piedmontlions.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball&

press release
http://www.piedmontlions.com/news/2012/12/28/MBB_1228121940.aspx?path=mbball

[Mr. Ypsi]

Went to the CMS website looking for a score for the pickems contest, and found this quite amusing: a story about CMS's win over Caltech is headlined 'CMS wins over a strong Caltech squad'!   Shhh - don't tell Madzillagd how strong Caltech is!!

[smedindy]

I know Cairn's not on the list after beating PSU - Abington, but they got destroyed by Lycoming today 105-27. Charles Hopkins shot 1-15 from the field and had 10 turnovers. Ouch. They had more TO's (28) than points (27).

PSU - Abington then could be a win contender for a couple of our winless squads.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I know Cairn's not on the list after beating PSU - Abington, but they got destroyed by Lycoming today 105-27. Charles Hopkins shot 1-15 from the field and had 10 turnovers. Ouch. They had more TO's (28) than points (27).

PSU - Abington then could be a win contender for a couple of our winless squads.

I'm failing to find who PSU-A plays among the winless contenders?

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

I know Cairn's not on the list after beating PSU - Abington, but they got destroyed by Lycoming today 105-27. Charles Hopkins shot 1-15 from the field and had 10 turnovers. Ouch. They had more TO's (28) than points (27).

PSU - Abington then could be a win contender for a couple of our winless squads.

I'm failing to find who PSU-A plays among the winless contenders?

I see SUNYIT on Jan 13 and two against Lancaster Bible 1/23 and 2/13

[hopefan]

Bard up one on Caltech  at half..... the video stream is working and they have a chat system attached to it, but no one seems to respond to my comments....

[smedindy]

I know Cairn's not on the list after beating PSU - Abington, but they got destroyed by Lycoming today 105-27. Charles Hopkins shot 1-15 from the field and had 10 turnovers. Ouch. They had more TO's (28) than points (27).

PSU - Abington then could be a win contender for a couple of our winless squads.

I'm failing to find who PSU-A plays among the winless contenders?

I see SUNYIT on Jan 13 and two against Lancaster Bible 1/23 and 2/13

Not in the pool, but in the holistic winless as a whole, which I find important and fascinating.

[hopefan]

Caltech up one on Bard with 10 minutes left...