Top 25 talk

[NW Hope Fan]

Albion goes down tonight to Tri-State University 77-72. Sets up a big game in Holland on Sat.
(I guess it would have been a big game anyway, but Albion will come in fighting mad.)

[Pat Coleman]

Oof.

[smedindy]

Wow! Tri-State looked OK when I saw them at Wabash, but I didn't think they'd cause anyone grief in the MIAA. Oopsy!

[Mr. Ypsi]

(With apologies to Oldsmobile - and even that reference may be to old for some!) "This is not your father's Tri-State"!  I don't think anyone will mistake them for top 25 material, but they have gone and gotten downright respectable this year!

[smedindy]

 Yeah, but this is also what's wrong with the system. A loss to Tri-State should hurt Albion in seeding and in "C" purposes, and it doesn't at all because of their status.

[sac]

In MIAA play they've played everyone tough at home except Hope.

They took Calvin to OT before losing, and have won all their other homies except for Hope.

[John Gleich]

Oh, and btw, just when you thought you had the WIAC figured out (before last Saturday, Oshkosh was leading, tied with Whitewater, and they both lost)... well, Oshkosh lost again, and now it's Stout who's on top, leading Point and Whitewater by a 1/2 game and La Crosse and Oshkosh by a full game.

Each of these top 5 WIAC teams has to play at least 2 of the others in their last 4-5 games.  This ain't even CLOSE to being done yet.

And the crazy thing is that one of these 5 teams isn't going to host in the conference tournament... so which ever teams end up 4 and 5 are going to have to battle in the first round!

[Greek Tragedy]

And just think if the WIAC teams only played each other once! lol.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Well my voting for Stout only seems to be working out right now.

And after Albion's loss last night, I guess that whole conversation about top 6 shake-up goes right out the window.  There is definately going to be some movement now.

[bouttime]

Tonight's CMU/WashU game holds some extra meaning for Tartan's head coach Tony Wingen. A win tonight will make him the winningest coach in CMU history. A win for the Tartans will also give the the lead in the very tough UAA conference.

[NW Hope Fan]

Hope wins 74-55 against Albion.

Hope returns the favor  HOPE 74 Albion 55

Hope outscored the Brits 24-3 over a 9 minute stretch from 11:40 to 2:40

Phillips 12, Carlson 11,  Voisin 11, VanderHeide 9, Cramer 9, Immink 9....all in the last minutes.

Crawford 22 and 9 rbs

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  #2 Wooster 86  #1 Wittenberg 77

HUGE win for Wooster as they beat Witt on their home floor in a sold out building.  Wooster has virtually clinched the NCAC regular season title.

Wooster led the entire game after an early tie at 5-5.  Wooster won this game by shooting a higher percentage from the floor and by making 12 three pointers in this game.

Wooster was led by James Cooper with 24 points, Tom Port with 13 points, Tim Vandervaart with 12 points while Brandon Johnson and Andy Van Horn each had 11 points.

Wooster is now 20-1, 12-0 in the NCAC.  Sweet road win! 

GO SCOTS!!

[Mr. Ypsi]

Speculation, anyone?

Will Woo and Witt simply trade places, or will Witt fall below still undefeated Lawrence and once-beaten Hope (who won big over #6 Albion)?

Also, how far will Albion fall - losing (even big) to Hope probably wouldn't hurt much (afterall, they beat them big earlier), but they also lost to so-so Tri-State this week.  9th?  11th?  14th?

[David Collinge]

Witt trailed by anywhere from 4 to 13 points virtually the entire game; I don't recall that it was ever a "one-possession" game after the opening couple of minutes.  And the game was at home.  Wooster of course will move to #1, with upwards of 20 first-place votes.  I'd expect the Tigers to be passed by both Lawrence and Hope, and perhaps Augustana depending on how the Vikings do tonight.

[smedindy]

I could see Witt falling to fifth, possibly!