Top 25 talk

[Knightstalker]

I followed it on live stats from the woods, I decided to go bow hunting this afternoon.  I enjoy being out in the snow.  Maybe I should have stayed home and watched on video, looks like it was a great game.

[irapthor]

Knightstalker, since you already have the bow, come out and be the Gothic Knight mascot for the next game. It's a paying gig!

Special thanks to Gordon Mann of D3hoops, who came out and called the game for us here in Jersey City. Wish I could have provided a high def signal, but when your video budget is meager, you manage however you can!

[warriorcat]

I had the chance to watch a number of games online yesterday.  I realized how spoiled I have been by the quality of the high def signals that programs produce. Trying to watch some of the low def games I had to remind myself that not too long ago watching the games was only a dream.

Thank you to all of the Div 3 athletic programs who provide this service mostly free of charge. 

[jaybird44]

#20 Wash-U knocks off #3 Rochester at the Palestra this afternoon, 81-76.  Whitman now the lone remaining unbeaten team in men's D3 hoops.

Wash-U had a double-digit lead just past the midway point of the 2nd half, but withstood a determined Rochester rally.  Jackets got within 2, but Matt Highsmith's jumper with 29 seconds left with the shot clock winding down was huge, keeping the lead at 2 possessions for the rest of the final minute.  Andrew Sanders did yeoman work inside in 2nd half despite getting buzzed by Yellowjackets.  Michael Bregman had a clutch 3 as well down the stretch.  And, the Bears sprinkled in some important free throws to finish off the mild upset bid.
Wash-U was only 4-7 in its last 11 visits to Rochester, before today's victory.

As JC Delass mentioned throughout the radio broadcast, Rochester fell a little bit too much in love with the 3s...led to a big Wash-U edge in rebounding and kept the Jackets from parlaying their edge in FT shooting through attacks to the basket.  Bears also took good care of the ball throughout...at one point in the final 5 minutes or so, Rochester had 14 turnovers to Wash-U's 7.

Very, very big weekend for Wash-U's men!

Five road wins in a row for Wash-U...good robust sauce to use for some home cooking in the upcoming UAA home-opening weekend.

[jaybird44]

Added postscript:

Balanced scoring for the Bears:  Andrew Sanders 18, Clinton Hooks 16 (carried Wash-U early in 1st half), Michael Bregman 15 on 6-10 shooting, Highsmith 10 off the bench, and Jake Knupp added 9 from the bench.

Rochester's Mack Montague and Sam Borst-Smith had 18 apiece...SBS held to 18, on 5-12 shooting overall and 2-8 from 3-point range.  Andrew Lundstrom had 14 and Ryan Clamage 10, both off the bench, to help lead the comeback that fell just short in the final minute.

Wash-U had rebounding edges of 46-36 overall and 16-7 on the offensive glass.  That couplet of stats was the key to the win for the Bears, now 3-0 in early UAA play.  Rochester drops to 2-1.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The saying in the NFL is: "on any given Sunday." The idea being that anyone can win a game no matter the match up because, well, things happen. The same could be true in Division III basketball. On any given night, someone will pull off an upset. And in some weeks we see multiple upsets.

What to make of it all? Tune into Sunday's edition of Hoopsville as Dave tries to make sense of most of it with guests from around the country who can provide their insight.

Also on tap for tonight, can Amherst women run the table? What to make of William Peace men's basketball. And why one coach is highly regarded in the Chinese-American culture.

Tune in starting at 7:00 PM ET here: http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2016-17/jan15 - or via Facebook Live. If you can't watch the show live, you can catch up On Demand once it is off the air or download the podcast via SoundCloud or iTunes.

Guests scheduled (in order of appearance):
- G.P. Gromacki, No. 2 Amherst women's head coach
- Claude Shields, William Peace men's coach
- Carol Jue, Chapman women's coach - WBCA Center Court
- Mark Beinborn, Augustana women's coach
- Ira Thor, New Jersey City SID - Atlantic Regional Reporter

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[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	612	Babson	14-1	def. WPI, 65-59; def. Wheaton (Mass.), 76-57
#2	609	Whitman	15-0	def. Pacific Lutheran, 87-71; def. Puget Sound, 90-70
#3	549	Rochester	13-1	def. T#40 Chicago, 88-82; LOST to #20 Washington U., 76-81
#4	533	Christopher Newport	13-2	def. St. Mary's (Md.), 68-60; won at Penn State-Harrisburg, 73-55
#5	480	Amherst	10-4	LOST at T#27 Wesleyan, 59-73; LOST at Connecticut College, 76-83 OT
#6	458	Tufts	13-2	def. #15 Middlebury, 91-85; def. T#37 Hamilton, 94-81
#7	403	UW-River Falls	14-1	won at #21 UW-Whitewater, 90-74; def. UW-Stevens Point, 69-68
#8	400	Whitworth	13-2	def. Puget Sound, 77-65; def. Pacific Lutheran, 80-72
#9	399	St. Norbert	11-2	def. Illinois College, 83-60; def. Monmouth, 65-40
#10	398	UW-Eau Claire	12-3	won at UW-La Crosse, 62-58; LOST to UW-Oshkosh, 62-70
#11	377	Susquehanna	13-2	LOST to Scranton, 68-76; def. Elizabethtown, 73-61
#12	337	Salisbury	12-3	def. Marymount, 80-60; LOST at York (Pa.), 74-78
#13	314	Ramapo	14-1	def. Rowan, 96-78; LOST at #24 New Jersey City, 71-76 OT
#14	279	Benedictine	11-4	def. Concordia-Chicago, 109-84; LOST at Concordia (Wis.), 80-83
#15	268	Middlebury	12-2	LOST at #6 Tufts, 85-91; won at Bates, 79-71
#16	263	Swarthmore	12-3	def. McDaniel, 65-60 OT; LOST at Johns Hopkins, 52-70; LOST to Franklin and Marshall, 66-83
#17	251	Neumann	14-1	LOST at Rutgers-Camden, 67-68; won at Immaculata, 92-79; def. Centenary (N.J.), 95-56
#18	246	North Park	12-2	def. Wheaton (Ill.), 87-83; def. Elmhurst, 74-72
#19	221	Denison	14-1	def. DePauw, 74-61; won at Wabash, 66-53
#20	139	Washington U.	11-3	won at #36 Emory, 71-63; won at #3 Rochester, 81-76
#21	103	UW-Whitewater	12-3	LOST to #7 UW-River Falls, 74-90; def. UW-Platteville, 68-66
#22	98	Illinois Wesleyan	12-4	LOST at #26 Augustana, 77-92; def. T#27 Carthage, 77-74
#23	95	Marietta	11-4	def. Mount Union, 96-78; def. Heidelberg, 94-72
#24	52	New Jersey City	13-3	def. Rowan, 89-72; LOST at Stockton, 65-70; def. #13 Ramapo, 76-71 OT
#25	51	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	10-1	IDLE

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	40	Augustana	12-3	def. #22 Illinois Wesleyan, 92-77; def. Carroll, 85-66
T#27	19	Carthage	11-4	def. Illinois Tech, 81-79; LOST at #22 Illinois Wesleyan, 74-77
T#27	19	Wesleyan	13-3	def. #5 Amherst, 73-59; def. Trinity (Conn.), 65-61
#29	17	Ripon	11-2	LOST to Monmouth, 70-79; def. Cornell, 78-66
#30	16	Guilford	13-2	won at Randolph, 77-60; def. Bridgewater (Va.), 64-48
#31	14	Lycoming	15-2	won at Albright, 76-70; def. Arcadia, 69-67
#32	11	Hope	11-4	def. Alma, 88-77; won at Trine, 78-74
#33	10	Endicott	12-3	won at Salve Regina, 82-66; def. Nichols, 93-80
#34	9	Wartburg	11-5	LOST at Buena Vista, 79-86; LOST to Central, 90-94
#35	8	Hardin-Simmons	13-4	def. Howard Payne, 100-85; def. Sul Ross State, 84-80
#36	7	Emory	10-4	LOST to #20 Washington U., 63-71; def. T#40 Chicago, 80-72
T#37	5	Hamilton	10-4	LOST at Bates, 78-83; LOST at #6 Tufts, 81-94
T#37	5	St. Thomas	10-4	LOST to St. Olaf, 56-64; def. Concordia-Moorhead, 90-58
#39	4	Williams	12-4	won at Colby, 72-66; LOST at Bowdoin, 71-81
T#40	2	Chicago	8-6	LOST at #3 Rochester, 82-88; LOST at #36 Emory, 72-80
T#40	2	Maryville (Tenn.)	11-3	won at Covenant, 83-75; LOST at Greensboro, 77-81; LOST at Methodist, 76-80
T#40	2	UW-Stout	12-3	LOST at UW-Stevens Point, 68-71; def. UW-La Crosse, 65-60

[Gregory Sager]

Over half of the Top 25 lost this past week ... and a couple of them lost twice.

Ten of the seventeen ORVs lost this past week ... and four of them lost twice.

Have fun, pollsters!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Over half of the Top 25 lost this past week ... and a couple of them lost twice.

Ten of the seventeen ORVs lost this past week ... and four of them lost twice.

Have fun, pollsters!

There are no words...

[sac]

Newly minted top 10 North Park goes down at Manchester

Manchester 89  #9 North Park 77

Sager can clarify but it sounds like Manchester might have a pretty good transfer that arrived recently?

[mailsy]

New poll out.

http://d3hoops.com/top25/men/2016-17/week7

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Newly minted top 10 North Park goes down at Manchester

Manchester 89  #9 North Park 77

Sager can clarify but it sounds like Manchester might have a pretty good transfer that arrived recently?

The only person I think you could be talking about would be Tyler Alexander who was 2nd team All-Great Lakes last year for conference foe Defiance but he's been with Manchester all season.
It's not often I get to bring some HCAC knowledge to this room

[sac]

Newly minted top 10 North Park goes down at Manchester

Manchester 89  #9 North Park 77

Sager can clarify but it sounds like Manchester might have a pretty good transfer that arrived recently?

The only person I think you could be talking about would be Tyler Alexander who was 2nd team All-Great Lakes last year for conference foe Defiance but he's been with Manchester all season.
It's not often I get to bring some HCAC knowledge to this room

I only caught the last 6 or 7 minutes, heard the radio say "transfer" a couple times, just didn't know exactly what they were talking about, noted that Manchester had won 3 games since the calendar flipped.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Newly minted top 10 North Park goes down at Manchester

Manchester 89  #9 North Park 77

Sager can clarify but it sounds like Manchester might have a pretty good transfer that arrived recently?

The only person I think you could be talking about would be Tyler Alexander who was 2nd team All-Great Lakes last year for conference foe Defiance but he's been with Manchester all season.
It's not often I get to bring some HCAC knowledge to this room

I only caught the last 6 or 7 minutes, heard the radio say "transfer" a couple times, just didn't know exactly what they were talking about, noted that Manchester had won 3 games since the calendar flipped.

Indeed, Tyler Alexander is the guy who puts the MAN in Manchester.  He scored 30 in their earlier loss to NPU, but got no help.  This time he scored 23 but got lots of help.

[Gregory Sager]

New poll out.

http://d3hoops.com/top25/men/2016-17/week7

NPU seems to be allergic to the top ten.  That's twice now that the Vikings have climbed up that far this month, and twice that they've immediately gone and lost their first game after the promotion.

Newly minted top 10 North Park goes down at Manchester

Manchester 89  #9 North Park 77

Sager can clarify but it sounds like Manchester might have a pretty good transfer that arrived recently?

The only person I think you could be talking about would be Tyler Alexander who was 2nd team All-Great Lakes last year for conference foe Defiance but he's been with Manchester all season.
It's not often I get to bring some HCAC knowledge to this room

Alexander was also the HCAC MVP last season for Defiance. I'm not quite sure where you got "recently" from the broadcast, sac, since I merely mentioned that he had been the star of the Yellowjackets last season. As FCGriz mentioned, he's been a Spartan all season.