Top 25 talk

[Mr. Ypsi]

Wow! Last undefeated goes down.

So ... who's #1 this week?  Whitman, WashU, and SJU all lost; Whitworth didn't.  My money's on Whitman staying there.  They are still the only 1-loss team, and went 2-1 over Whitworth for the season.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The regular season is over. Conference titles have been crowned and most teams are either getting ready for the NCAA tournament or packing up their locker rooms.

However, there are quite a few programs who are now sitting and waiting ... waiting to hear whether they have been selected to compete for a national title as well.

Who may be in and who may be left out of the NCAA selections? On Sunday's Hoopsville Special, Dave McHugh is joined by those who know Division III inside and out to try and figure out who will make up the two 64-team brackets.

The Hoospville Special: Selection Sunday gave us plenty of time to not only make our mock selections, but also talk to programs who have either earned NCAA berths or are waiting to find out if they will make it.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. You can watch it the show LIVE here: http://bit.ly/2GI6LA6

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Guests scheduled (in order of appearance and subject to change):
- Josh Loeffler, No. 16 Johns Hopkins men's coach
- Kerry Jenkins, Oberlin women's coach
- Todd Skrivseth, Monmouth men's coach
- Brad McAlester, Lebanon Valley men's coach
- ODAC men's winning coach (TBD)
- Tim McDonald, Cabrini men's coach (to air during mock selections)
- Dale Wellerman, Nebraska Wesleyan men's coach (to air during mock selections)
- Carey Harveycutter, Dir. of Tourism, City of Salem, Division III men's basketball Tournament Director
- Megan Haughtey, Stevens women's coach (to air during mock selections)
- Ruth Sinn, No. 8 St. Thomas women's coach (to air during mock selections)
- Alex Lang, Brooklyn women's coach (to air during mock selections)

Men's mock selections experts for the show:
- Dave McHugh, Hoopsville Host
- Ryan Scott, D3hoops.com columnist
- Bob Quillman, D3 basketball aficionado

Women's mock selections experts for the show:
- Dave McHugh, Hoopsville Host
- Gordon Mann, D3hoops.com Editor-in-Chief
- James Wagner, CSAC Assistant Commissioner
- BJ Spigelmyer, DeSales Sports Information Director

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[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

The WIAC championship game result will be edited in when it finishes (currently at halftime).

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	625	Whitman	26-1	def. Linfield, 87-76; LOST to #4 Whitworth, 88-91
#2	600	Washington U.	22-3	LOST at Chicago, 77-86
#3	560	St. John's	23-3	LOST to Augsburg, 68-80
#4	538	Whitworth	24-3	def. Puget Sound, 97-79; won at #1 Whitman, 91-88
#5	533	UW-Platteville	22-4	LOST to #37 UW-River Falls, 66-71
#6	459	Wittenberg	26-2	def. Oberlin, 70-54; def. Denison, 97-73; def. Ohio Wesleyan, 82-70
#7	457	Emory	21-4	won at Rochester, 71-61
#8	421	Williams	22-5	def. (n) #13 Hamilton, 76-73; def. (n) #14 Wesleyan, 70-58
#9	389	Augustana	22-5	def. Elmhurst, 79-77; def. Wheaton (Ill.), 72-64; def. North Central (Ill.), 77-74
#10	376	Eastern Connecticut	25-3	def. Plymouth State, 107-67; def. Western Connecticut, 92-82; def. Keene State, 79-62
#11	359	Swarthmore	22-5	def. Ursinus, 68-49; LOST to #16 Johns Hopkins, 57-61
#12	320	York (Pa.)	23-4	def. Salisbury, 75-59; won at #35 Christopher Newport, 82-73
#13	312	Hamilton	22-4	LOST to (n) #8 Williams, 73-76
#14	279	Wesleyan	21-6	won at #30 Amherst, 65-63; LOST to (n) #8 Williams, 58-70
#15	218	Illinois Wesleyan	19-7	LOST to North Central (Ill.), 74-83; LOST to North Central (Ill.), 64-70
#16	202	Johns Hopkins	23-4	def. (n) #27 Franklin and Marshall, 50-49; won at #11 Swarthmore, 61-57
#17	199	Wooster	21-6	def. DePauw, 70-63; LOST to (n) Ohio Wesleyan, 87-88 OT
#18	170	Middlebury	19-6	IDLE
#19	165	UW-Oshkosh	20-7	def. UW-La Crosse, 76-74; LOST at #23 UW-Stevens Point, 63-71
#20	135	Salem State	22-4	LOST to Fitchburg State, 81-90 OT
#21	92	Plattsburgh State	22-4	def. Oswego State, 89-76; def. SUNY Oneonta, 93-80
#22	91	Nichols	25-3	def. Western New England, 100-68; def. Roger Williams, 89-75; def. Endicott, 98-89
#23	85	UW-Stevens Point	19-8	def. #19 UW-Oshkosh, 71-63; def. #37 UW-River Falls, 59-44
#24	83	Marietta	21-6	def. Wilmington, 86-71; LOST to Ohio Northern, 88-94
#25	82	MIT	22-5	def. (n) Babson, 70-61; def. (n) WPI, 63-57

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	81	John Carroll	23-5	def. Heidelberg, 86-65; def. Baldwin Wallace, 93-72; def. Ohio Northern, 94-77
#27	61	Franklin and Marshall	20-6	LOST to (n) #16 Johns Hopkins, 49-50
#28	59	Hobart	21-5	LOST to Skidmore, 60-63
#29	58	Cabrini	24-3	def. Rosemont, 91-72; def. Neumann, 89-76
#30	26	Amherst	17-9	LOST to #14 Wesleyan, 63-65
#31	24	Nebraska Wesleyan	24-3	def. Wartburg, 94-77; def. Central, 82-78
#32	18	Lycoming	19-7	LOST at Lebanon Valley, 75-76 OT
#33	14	St. Olaf	19-7	LOST to Bethel, 57-79
#34	13	Juniata	22-5	def. Catholic, 77-70; LOST to Moravian, 78-81
#35	10	Christopher Newport	21-6	def. Mary Washington, 90-74; LOST to #12 York (Pa.), 73-82
#36	7	Albright	20-6	def. Arcadia, 58-45; LOST to Lebanon Valley, 68-70
#37	2	UW-River Falls	18-9	def. UW-Whitewater, 79-68; won at #5 UW-Platteville, 71-66; LOST at #23 UW-Stevens Point, 44-59
T#38	1	Brockport	19-7	LOST to (n) SUNY Oneonta, 77-82
T#38	1	Lehman	22-5	def. (n) John Jay, 78-55; LOST to (n) Staten Island, 75-77

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

We forgot to post this yesterday... or more realistically, didn't have time...



The NCAA Division III tournaments are set. We know which 128 teams will be playing for the national championship. But there were some surprises, maybe some controversy, and certainly a lot of questions.

On a special edition of Hoopsville, Dave McHugh was joined by Ryan Scott as they answered questions, tried to understand some of the decisions made, and pointed to some of the more interesting games to watch.

Dave also had a chance to talk more in depth about one of the big stories in the men's bracket, Yeshiva. Men's coach Elliot Steinmetz discussed the team's first ever conference title, NCAA tournament berth, and some of the scheduling changes that will take place to accommodate the school's religious background.

Dave will also talked to the men's committee chairs, Tim Fitzpatrick (Coast Guard Athletics Director), later in the show.

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[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The Division III men's and women's national tournaments are set, teams are where they need to be, and practices underway. Now, it's just a matter of tipping off the games.

But before we tip them off, we need some final thoughts.

Tune in Thursday night to Hoopsville where Dave will talk to a number of guests about their programs and their chances in the NCAA tournament. You can't starting heading down the Road to Rochester or the Road to Salem without getting an idea of who may be joining you, either. Dave will give some insight on how some of the pods just may shake out as well.

Also, earlier in the day, Dave talked with Women's Basketball Nationall Committee chair Bobbi Morgan (also head coach at Haverford) and asked her a lot about the selection process and bracketing for this year's tournament. You can hear that special podcast here: http://bit.ly/2GUbfE0

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Guests Schedule (order subject to change):
- Marc Brown & Sam Toney, New Jersey City men's coach and star player
- Nate Davis, Gettysburg women's coach
- Jeff Rogers, Berry men's coach
- Alex Richey, Oglethorpe women's coach (WBCA Center Court)
- Dan Englestad, Southern Vermont men's coach
- Ken Scalmanini, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's coach

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[4samuy]

Not sure how much they follow D 3 Hoops, but just got a peek at Street and Smiths preseason top 10.

1. Babson (31-2)
2. Ramapo (26-3)
3. Williams (23-9)
4. Whitman (31-1)
5. Augustana (24-9)
6. Wisconsin Whitewater (22-7)
7. Hanover (26-4)
8. St. Johns (19-9)
9. Swarthmore (23-6)
10. North Central (18-11)

Yeah, most of us know what a crap shoot pre season rankings can be, but sometimes it can be fun to go back and share the rankings of other publications as they prognosticated the '17-'18 season.

[Gregory Sager]

Street and Smith generally has a laughable preseason top 10, but this one's actually turned out to be not too bad as prognostications go -- once you get past the ridiculous #1 pick of Babson, that is. ("Joey Flannery? Who's that?") Hanover probably didn't belong in the top 10, either, although including the Panthers wasn't as glaring an error as picking Babson to repeat, but the rest of these picks actually make sense in hindsight. UW-Whitewater would've been a powerhouse if preseason All-American Chris Jones (the WIAC's leading scorer last season at 17.9 ppg) hadn't gone AWOL and 6'8 Scotty Tyler (14.4 and 6.0 in 2016-17) hadn't been limited to forty minutes spread out over five games before Christmas due to injury. And Williams and North Central would've been much more effective postseason participants this season if they hadn't lost Kyle Scadlock (18 and 8.6) and Erwin Henry (13.8 ppg), respectively, to season-ending injuries.

[4samuy]

I agree with you Greg on Street and Smith.  I do however, find it interesting that 3 out of the ten are now hosting sectionals this week in the sweet 16.

[Greek Tragedy]

Yet Williams was probably still the favorite to come out of that part of the bracket.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The Sectional Round games are here. Soon 16 teams on both the men's and women's brackets will be whittled to eight ... and before we know it just four will remain.

Who will advance, who will fall short of the final weekend, and who is best prepared? Hard to answer all of those questions, but on Thursday's edition of Hoopsville Dave will have plenty of guests who will give us their insight on their programs.

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Guests include (in order of appearance):
- Bob Amsberry, No. 2 Wartburg women's coach
- Brian Morehouse, No. 4 Hope women's coach (WBCA Center Court)
- Glenn Robinson, Franklin & Marshall men's coach
- Charlie Brock, Springfield men's coach
- Eric Bridgeland, No. 1 Whitman men's coach
- Jim Scheible, No. 16 Rochester women's coach

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[Just Bill]

This would be a year in which the Top 25 voters would be entirely justified in not voting the national champion as the #1 team in the final poll. I'm pretty sure that's never happened, but I wouldn't object if it played out that way this year.

[gordonmann]

I was also wondering if that would happen.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

I hope this doesn't come out sounding accusatory or anything like that.  I truly appreciate the work it has taken (especially this year) to try to vote for the 25 best teams in the nation.  And I also fully acknowledge that winning the Walnut & Bronze does not mean you are necessarily the best team in the nation.   I just think this a legitimate question to ask and debate.

Do you/we think that is likely to happen because:

a) the best team(s) were simply upset by "lesser" teams in the tournament

OR

b) the voters are "protecting" themselves from missing out on their evaluation of teams throughout the year that lead them to their votes.

I do not have a horse in this race either way - the comments by Just Bill and gordonmann just put that thought in my head and I'm curious on others thoughts...

[Pat Coleman]

In all the years of the poll, we've only had one person inquire about actually voting for someone other than the champion No. 1 and I told that person I would really appreciate it if they voted for the champ.

I could see that being different this year but I expect to be casting a ballot and I'll cast it for the team that wins Saturday.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

We'll have to see how things play out but on my posters poll ballot I'm very open to not voting the champ #1 because I take into account the whole season. Going into the tournament I had Nebraska Wesleyan 16, Oshkosh was just off, with Springfield and Ramapo not too close. If Nebraska Wesleyan wins then they'll probably be my #1. Oshkosh I'm sure many would put #1, I'd have to think about it. Springfield and Ramapo I don't see any reason why I'd move them ahead of a team such as Whitman who was #1 going in to the tournament and made the Elite 8.

Just as an extreme example... let's say Berry ended up going all the way and were champions. They were 11-17 entering the tournament. I bet a couple people would vote them #1 simply because they were champs but most wouldn't. The question then becomes where's the line of how bad of a regular season can you have before it outweighs a great tournament.