The Undefeated and the Winless

[magicman]

In Undefeated Pool  action today:

#2 Middlebury Won at Tufts 70-69. Panthers were down 13 at 52-39 with 13 minutes to play but came all the way back to remain undefeated

#1 North Central (Ill.) 13-0            Won vs #8 Wheaton 69-55

#3 St. Thomas  11-0                    Won vs #31 Augsburg 94-52

#4 Rochester  12-0                       Won vs Emory 89-80

#14 WPI  11-0                             Won vs Babson 71-38

#27 Randolph  12-0                     Won vs Randolph-Macon 66-65

#31 Augsburg  9-0                      Lost at #3 St. Thomas 94-52

In Winless Pool  action today:

Principia 0-9                               Lost vs Blackburn 53-50       hopefan is a happy fellow
hopefan, as we suspected no Larry Patterson for Principia. Prin had a chance to tie it at the end but the 3 point attempt at the buzzer was no good. 

Franciscan 0-12                          Lost vs Penn State-Behrend 65-26   And so isn't sac

Houghton  0-11                           Lost vs Hartwick 81-73

Lancaster Bible 0-10                    Won vs Wells 57-48

New England College 0-11            Won vs Maine Maritime 89-82

Washington College 0-13              Lost at Gettysburg 69-53

Blackburn  0-11                            Won at Principia 53-50

[magicman]

Updated through 1-8-13:

Total of 6 Undefeated teams left in D3 through 1-8-13

Total of 8  Winless teams left in D3 through 1-8-13

Updated Players list with teams still in contention through 1-8-13:

UNDEFEATED POOL       magicman and Middlebury were winners of the Undefeated Survivor's  pool 
                                                   
1.   magicman                 #3 Middlebury 11-0    Won at Tufts 70-69 Next vs Connecticut College on 1-11                         
                     
   
Undefeated teams that were never claimed:

#1 North Central (Ill.) 13-0     Won vs Wheaton 69-55 on 1-5 Next at Carthage on 1-9
#2 St. Thomas  12-0              Won at Bethel 90-48 on 1-7 Next vs Gustavus Adolphus on 1-9
#4 Rochester  12-0                Won vs Emory 89-80 on 1-5  Next vs Chicago on 1-11               
#8 WPI  12-0                        Won  at Coast Guard on 1-8 83-49 Next at Worcester State on 1-10
#24 Randolph  12-0               Won vs Randolph-Macon 66-65 on 1-5  Next vs Roanoke on 1-9

         



WINLESS POOL                    Three left to battle it out.

                                   
1.   hopefan                      Principia 0-10            Lost at Spalding 103-45 on 1-8  Next at Fontbonne on 1-10
                               
2.   sac                            Franciscan 0-13        Lost vs Pitt-Bradford 62-44 on 1-6 Next vs La Roche on 1-9
                                   
3.   Hoops Fan                  SUNY-Maritime 0-7     Lost at St. Joseph's (L. I.) 78-65 on 1-7 Next vs non D3 Vaughn on 1-9


                                     
                                                                                                   

Winless Teams that were never claimed:

Houghton  0-11                                 Lost vs Hartwick 81-73 on 1-5 Next vs Keuka on 1-9
Regis (Mass.)  0-11                           Won vs Mitchell 74-69 on 1-8
Southern Vermont  0-11                    Lost at Daniel Webster 87-72 on 1-8  Next vs Regis (Mass.) on 1-10
Washington College 0-14                   Lost vs Dickinson 76-67 on 1-8  Next vs Franklin & Marshall on 1-12                     
Northland  0-9                                  Lost vs St. Scholastica 93-64 on 1-8  Next vs Crown on 1-11
Piedmont                                         Remainder of season cancelled. Record was 0-7                               

[sac]

Franciscan was close at the half but fell short to Pitt-Bradford 62-44 this afternoon and fall to 0-13.  They've now dropped 39 in a row.  I have to hand it to their SID for always finding a positive spin on their results. http://www.franciscanathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/MBKB010613BRAD

I'm starting to root for these guys and hope I lose this contest.  This has to be tough on them.

games in the next week.  LaRoche, @Medaille

[magicman]

In Undefeated Pool action on Monday night:

#2 St. Thomas  12-0              Won at Bethel 90-48


In Winless Pool action on Monday night:

SUNY-Maritime 0-7     Lost at St. Joseph's (L. I.) 78-65 
The Privateers played their 1st game in over a month and Hoops Fan has quietly sat by and watched the Winless Pool shrink to 3 players. The Privateers will host Vaughn College on Wednesday night (unless it magically gets cancelled like some of their other games were) and this is a game that could spell doom for Hoops Fan. Trying to find out anything about Vaughn's basketball team is almost impossible as the school doesn't really have much of an athletic website. You can get their schedule, with no results and you can get a roster but no stats. They play in the Hudson Valley Athletic Conference with teams like Albany Pharmacy, Sarah Lawrence, Culinary Institute...well you get the picture. They have a 4-6 record against some less than stellar competition. For comparison's sake I did see that they were crushed at CCNY 75-39. SUNY-Maritme lost at CCNY 65-36. Sounds like this one could be a real barnburner.
   

[Gregory Sager]

Trying to find out anything about Vaughn's basketball team is almost impossible as the school doesn't really have much of an athletic website.

The United Network Command for Law and Enforcement prefers to maintain a low profile for international security reasons.

[magicman]

In Undefeated Pool action tonight:

#8 WPI  12-0                                Won  at Coast Guard on 1-8 83-49


In Winless Pool action tonight:

Principia 0-10                                 Lost at Spalding 103-45  that's not a loss that's a monkey stomping.  hopefan sure chose wisely.

Regis (Mass.)  0-11                       Won vs Mitchell 74-69 on 1-8

Southern Vermont  0-11                Lost at Daniel Webster 87-72 on 1-8

Washington College 0-14               Lost vs Dickinson 76-67 on 1-8

Northland  0-9                               Lost vs St. Scholastica 93-64

[hopefan]

In Undefeated Pool action tonight:

Principia 0-10                                 Lost at Spalding 103-45  that's not a loss that's a monkey stomping.  hopefan sure chose wisely.

And Spalding gave their leading scorer, DeWhon McAfee, (24.8 ppg), the night off!!!!

[augie77]

Can't wait to hear about the big SUNY-Maritime vs Vaughn game!

[augie77]

In Undefeated Pool action tonight:

Principia 0-10                                 Lost at Spalding 103-45  that's not a loss that's a monkey stomping.  hopefan sure chose wisely.

And Spalding gave their leading scorer, DeWhon McAfee, (24.8 ppg), the night off!!!!

Was there a reason cited for the night off?

[hopefan]

In Undefeated Pool action tonight:

Principia 0-10                                 Lost at Spalding 103-45  that's not a loss that's a monkey stomping.  hopefan sure chose wisely.

And Spalding gave their leading scorer, DeWhon McAfee, (24.8 ppg), the night off!!!!

Was there a reason cited for the night off?

No, but on the SLIAC pages I speculate that it may have been a Coach's 'mercy' decision, as the leading Spalding Women's player also did not appear in the ladies box score...   poor Prin dressed only 6 players in the men's game and 6 in the women's game..

[smedindy]

Principia vs. Medgar Evers - women's matchup!

[augie77]

In Undefeated Pool action tonight:

Principia 0-10                                 Lost at Spalding 103-45  that's not a loss that's a monkey stomping.  hopefan sure chose wisely.

And Spalding gave their leading scorer, DeWhon McAfee, (24.8 ppg), the night off!!!!

Was there a reason cited for the night off?

No, but on the SLIAC pages I speculate that it may have been a Coach's 'mercy' decision, as the leading Spalding Women's player also did not appear in the ladies box score...   poor Prin dressed only 6 players in the men's game and 6 in the women's game..

I credit Principia for sticking with it.  When faced with similar numbers Piedmont (Ga) cancelled their season after starting 0-7.

[augie77]

Principia vs. Medgar Evers - women's matchup!

That would be brutal.  I believe Principia would grab the win.

[smedindy]

In Undefeated Pool action tonight:

Principia 0-10                                 Lost at Spalding 103-45  that's not a loss that's a monkey stomping.  hopefan sure chose wisely.

And Spalding gave their leading scorer, DeWhon McAfee, (24.8 ppg), the night off!!!!

Was there a reason cited for the night off?

No, but on the SLIAC pages I speculate that it may have been a Coach's 'mercy' decision, as the leading Spalding Women's player also did not appear in the ladies box score...   poor Prin dressed only 6 players in the men's game and 6 in the women's game..

I credit Principia for sticking with it.  When faced with similar numbers Piedmont (Ga) cancelled their season after starting 0-7.

I think Piedmont was going to have less than six based on the issues they were having.

[hopefan]

Interesting point regarding Principia ladies... they get a number of their student athletes from the Principia school in St Louis... just down the river from Principia College in Elsah Illinois... at least thru Mid December, the Principia School's women's team had been rated in the top 10 small schools Girls hoops rankings in the St Louis area, though they have dropped out of the rankings with an 8-5 record.. here's hoping that some of those young ladies consider attending Principia college in the future....