Top 25 talk

[deiscanton]

Romin Williams hit a huge three to go up on Guilford with three seconds left.  Guilford came  right down and hit a running three to win it.  Emory has been defeated.

Keys to the upset:

1.) Guilford slowed down the game.

2.). Spectacular performance from Guilford first year player Tyler Dearman 23 pts 10 rebounds -- 5-9 from 3 pt range.  Dearman did not hit the buzzer beater.

3.). Guilford Jr guard Jaylen Gore hit the 3 at the buzzer to win it-- first and only 3 pt attempt of the game for him.  He was 6-21 for the season from 3 pt range coming into the game and more known as an inside shooter statistically.

[WUPHF]

I was glancing at the scores and noticed the 104-97 win by Utica over Hamilton.

Utica was knocked off by Rochester so I thought I would look closer.

61 fouls between the two teams. 

Utica committed 25 fouls but the fouls were relatively evenly distributed.  Utica was 48-59 from the line.

Hamilton committed 36 fouls, had two players disqualified and had three others with four fouls.  They went 19-27 from the line.

Utica chain saw massacre!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I watched the last quarter of the Utica-Hamilton game ... Utica nearly lost it. They had a sizable lead with 6:30 left and Hamilton outscored them something like 24-12 to close it down. Got to within three at the end, but couldn't close out from there.

I wasn't watching that closely, but fouls I was seeing were pretty fair. Neither team seemed to want to back off.

[Colby Hoops]

I thought it was called extremely tight, some touch fouls that you don't often see called. But, I thought Hamilton did a pretty poor job adjusting to the way the officials were calling it. At a certain point you have to realize the game is being called a certain way and adjust.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I thought it was called extremely tight, some touch fouls that you don't often see called. But, I thought Hamilton did a pretty poor job adjusting to the way the officials were calling it. At a certain point you have to realize the game is being called a certain way and adjust.

Also, I don't know how often Kena Gilmour is going to go 2-10 from three.  He hits two of those or even passes off to someone shooting a little better that night, it's a totally different game.  He was like 50% from the floor, so it's not as though the defense was really troubling him - he was just off from deep.

Utica's a good team, though, and Hamilton is very young.  Young players, no matter how good, tend to struggle in tight games against good teams.  That's one thing - for most players anyway - that can only be learned by experience.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	621	Swarthmore	11-0	def. #31 Rochester, 59-56; won at Stevens, 74-71
#2	596	Emory	10-1	def. #26 UW-Oshkosh, 87-80; LOST to #21 Guilford, 69-70
#3	552	Wittenberg	11-0	def. Hanover, 69-52; def. Elmira, 81-51; def. Ohio Northern, 79-72; def. Kenyon, 75-65
#4	528	Middlebury	12-0	def. Morrisville State, 72-55; def. Colby-Sawyer, 91-80; won at #29 Springfield, 74-71
#5	502	St. Thomas	9-1	won at Concordia-Moorhead, 85-49
#6	476	Marietta	10-1	won at Transylvania, 107-61; def. (n) Albion, 96-70; LOST to (n) Salisbury, 80-88; def. (n) York (Pa.), 92-86; won at Wilmington, 75-64
#7	470	Randolph-Macon	12-0	def. Lebanon Valley, 94-56; def. Rowan, 73-66; won at Emory and Henry, 93-60
#8	469	Nebraska Wesleyan	11-2	LOST at UW-River Falls, 82-84; won at Loras, 99-85
#9	436	UW-Platteville	11-1	def. (n) LeTourneau, 74-66; LOST at #43 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 72-74; def. UW-Stout, 89-67
#10	429	Washington U.	9-2	won at #23 Illinois Wesleyan, 97-88; LOST at Millikin, 61-63
#11	346	St. John's	10-1	won at Linfield, 69-62; won at Willamette, 82-69; def. #30 Augsburg, 82-63
#12	320	Babson	10-1	LOST to Eastern Connecticut, 76-77; def. (n) Regis (Mass.), 84-59
#13	312	Johns Hopkins	9-2	def. (n) Drew, 81-70; LOST at Stevens, 65-72
#14	276	Whitworth	8-3	def. Mary Washington, 78-73; LOST to (n) John Carroll, 89-95; LOST at #24 Wooster, 82-87; def. Pacific Lutheran, 75-59; def. Puget Sound, 92-80
#15	244	UW-La Crosse	10-1	won at Willamette, 89-60; won at George Fox, 77-62; def. #41 Augustana, 64-62; LOST at #26 UW-Oshkosh, 63-79
#16	241	Elmhurst	11-1	won at La Verne, 97-64; won at Caltech, 87-78; def. Illinois College, 93-68; def. Principia, 89-64; won at Carroll, 82-81 2OT
#17	224	Colby	11-0	won at Maine Maritime, 79-59; def. Bowdoin, 108-62
#18	130	Carthage	9-3	def. (n) Albright, 73-65; def. (n) Birmingham-Southern, 92-75; LOST to (n) Olivet, 73-88; LOST to #41 Augustana, 68-84
#19	129	Benedictine	9-2	LOST at Concordia-Chicago, 72-90; def. Marian, 102-35
#20	104	Amherst	9-2	def. (n) Baruch, 89-63; def. (n) UW-Whitewater, 76-54; def. Lesley, 116-44
#21	100	Guilford	10-3	def. (n) LaGrange, 84-67; won at #2 Emory, 70-69; LOST at Hampden-Sydney, 52-54
#22	85	Hamilton	9-2	LOST to Utica, 97-104
#23	68	Illinois Wesleyan	9-4	LOST to #10 Washington U., 88-97; LOST at Concordia (Texas), 69-88; def. (n) Sul Ross State, 82-81; def. Millikin, 80-71
#24	63	Wooster	9-2	def. Brockport, 94-90; def. Keene State, 93-76; def. #14 Whitworth, 87-82; LOST at Ohio Wesleyan, 60-65
#25	51	North Central (Ill.)	10-3	won at Concordia (Texas), 83-71; def. (n) Sul Ross State, 83-79; def. T#35 Wheaton (Ill.), 74-71 OT

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	44	UW-Oshkosh	7-5	LOST at St. Norbert, 95-96 OT; LOST at #2 Emory, 80-87; def. (n) LaGrange, 93-76; def. #15 UW-La Crosse, 79-63
#27	43	Virginia Wesleyan	10-2	def. Cabrini, 104-64; won at FDU-Florham, 88-60; LOST at Lynchburg, 74-76
#28	41	UW-Stevens Point	9-3	LOST to #41 Augustana, 60-68; LOST at Texas-Dallas, 60-61; def. (n) T#44 East Texas Baptist, 62-60; won at UW-River Falls, 86-63
#29	31	Springfield	9-2	def. Bridgewater State, 77-45; LOST to #4 Middlebury, 71-74
#30	25	Augsburg	7-3	def. (n) Shenandoah, 72-60; def. (n) St. Mary's (Md.), 90-73; LOST at #11 St. John's, 63-82
#31	23	Rochester	8-2	LOST at #1 Swarthmore, 56-59
T#32	22	WPI	9-2	won at Framingham State, 90-38
T#32	22	Widener	10-2	LOST at Lafayette, 56-96; LOST to #46 Christopher Newport, 81-92
#34	20	Nichols	7-4	LOST to Emerson, 81-87 OT; LOST to Tufts, 65-75
T#35	12	Wheaton (Ill.)	9-4	def. St. Mary's (Minn.), 77-67; LOST to Hanover, 65-76; LOST at #25 North Central (Ill.), 71-74 OT
T#35	12	Whitman	7-4	LOST at #43 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 95-107; LOST to (n) LeTourneau, 105-111; def. Puget Sound, 89-84; def. Pacific Lutheran, 84-66
T#35	12	Yeshiva	12-1	def. New Jersey City, 97-92; won at Moravian, 85-78
#38	11	Pomona-Pitzer	9-2	def. Lake Forest, 84-67; def. Gustavus Adolphus, 110-91; won at Chapman, 66-55
#39	10	Albertus Magnus	11-1	won at York (Pa.), 76-73; def. (n) Coast Guard, 103-95
#40	7	Mount Union	8-3	def. (n) Alfred, 84-66; def. (n) Union, 78-65; LOST at Heidelberg, 67-68
#41	6	Augustana	8-4	won at #28 UW-Stevens Point, 68-60; LOST at #15 UW-La Crosse, 62-64; won at #18 Carthage, 84-68
#42	4	UW-Eau Claire	10-2	won at St. Olaf, 76-70; def. UW-Whitewater, 66-59
#43	3	Mary Hardin-Baylor	10-2	def. Concordia (Texas), 102-93; def. T#35 Whitman, 107-95; def. #9 UW-Platteville, 74-72; def. University of the Ozarks, 84-80; LOST to Texas-Dallas, 77-89
T#44	2	Centre	12-2	def. (n) Marymount, 72-62; def. (n) Lawrence, 85-60; def. Transylvania, 86-71; won at Birmingham-Southern, 77-68; won at Millsaps, 78-71
T#44	2	East Texas Baptist	9-2	def. Blackburn, 88-69; LOST to (n) #28 UW-Stevens Point, 60-62; won at Hardin-Simmons, 94-84 OT; won at McMurry, 92-77
#46	1	Christopher Newport	11-4	def. Bethany, 96-52; def. Wesley, 97-78; won at Washington College, 89-57; won at T#32 Widener, 92-81

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The break for the holidays always has plenty of games to enjoy. It also has it's handful of results that make one scratch their head or an upset to enjoy. This holiday "season" saw plenty of all of that. Top 25 teams were not safe. Nearly all seemed to lose. There were results every day that made Division III coaches, fans, and many others take note.

Sunday night Hoopsville returns to the air from the holidays with plenty to talk about, but not enough time. We chat with teams that impressed, got a big win, continue to stay unscathed, and may end up in the new Top 25 polls. We also try and read the Top 25 tea leaves to figure out how voters may fill out their ballots on Monday (hint: it might be anyone's guess).

While we try and cover all Division III basketball news, now that we have entered January we split up the regions to cover as many teams as possible each week. Sundays the regions are Atlantic, Central, Northeast, and South.

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Guests Schedule (order subject to change):
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- Bobby Hurley, Stevens men's coach
- Lynn Hersey, Smith women's coach
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[WUPHF]

2-8 Hamline and St Thomas are going to OT. #parity

[Smitty Oom]

2-8 Hamline and St Thomas are going to OT. #parity

Pretty surprising game, as Hamline has not been very good this year. With that said, Anders Nelson (Last years Freshman of the year) had a big performance scoring 42 points to prevent the huge upset. Already getting excited for the SJU/UST game, as it is always a huge rivalry game, but both of these teams are currently in the top 10, as if the rivalry needed anything else...

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	625	Swarthmore	11-0	01/09 at Muhlenberg; 01/11 at Franklin and Marshall
#2	578	Wittenberg	12-0	won at Denison, 80-63; 01/11 at Hiram
#3	562	Middlebury	13-0	def. Plattsburgh State, 99-60; 01/10 at #15 Amherst; 01/11 at T#32 Hamilton
#4	537	Randolph-Macon	12-1	LOST at Mary Washington, 65-70; 01/11 vs. Ferrum
#5	529	St. Thomas	11-1	won at Hamline, 92-83 OT; def. St. Olaf, 94-73; 01/11 vs. #7 St. John's
#6	518	Emory	10-1	01/11 vs. #26 Rochester
#7	429	St. John's	11-1	won at St. Olaf, 91-75; 01/11 at #5 St. Thomas
#8	414	Marietta	11-1	def. Muskingum, 95-73; 01/11 vs. Heidelberg
#9	410	UW-Platteville	12-1	won at #40 UW-Oshkosh, 74-70; 01/11 vs. T#37 UW-Eau Claire
#10	390	Nebraska Wesleyan	12-2	def. Simpson, 86-64; 01/11 vs. Luther
#11	375	Elmhurst	12-1	def. #36 Augustana, 80-71; 01/11 vs. North Park
#12	341	Colby	11-0	01/10 vs. Connecticut College; 01/11 vs. Trinity (Conn.)
#13	295	Washington U.	9-2	01/11 vs. Chicago
#14	271	Babson	10-2	LOST to #25 Springfield, 81-84; 01/11 at #23 WPI
#15	251	Amherst	9-3	LOST at Wesleyan, 77-79; 01/10 vs. #3 Middlebury; 01/11 vs. Williams
#16	249	Johns Hopkins	9-2	01/09 vs. Dickinson; 01/11 at Washington College
#17	247	UW-La Crosse	11-1	def. UW-River Falls, 80-72; 01/11 vs. #35 UW-Stevens Point
#18	162	North Central (Ill.)	11-3	def. #41 Illinois Wesleyan, 82-69; 01/11 vs. Carroll
#19	104	Guilford	10-4	LOST at Ferrum, 65-68; 01/11 vs. Bridgewater (Va.)
#20	99	Albertus Magnus	11-1	IDLE
#21	75	Benedictine	10-2	def. MSOE, 81-74; 01/11 at Wisconsin Lutheran
#22	72	Whitworth	8-3	01/10 vs. Willamette; 01/11 vs. Lewis and Clark
#23	66	WPI	10-2	def. MIT, 68-52; 01/11 vs. #14 Babson
#24	60	Wooster	10-2	won at Kenyon, 83-61; 01/11 at DePauw
#25	58	Springfield	10-2	won at #14 Babson, 84-81; 01/11 vs. Wheaton (Mass.)

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	49	Rochester	9-2	def. Rochester Tech, 76-57; 01/11 at #6 Emory
#27	45	Virginia Wesleyan	11-2	def. Hampden-Sydney, 77-65; 01/11 vs. Washington and Lee
#28	44	Mary Hardin-Baylor	10-2	01/09 at Belhaven; 01/11 at Louisiana College
#29	41	Pomona-Pitzer	10-2	won at La Verne, 88-63; 01/11 vs. Redlands
#30	36	St. Norbert	10-2	def. Illinois College, 96-67; 01/11 at Cornell
#31	28	Stevens	10-2	def. Delaware Valley, 85-73; 01/11 at Wilkes
T#32	23	Hamilton	10-2	def. SUNY Geneseo, 91-64; 01/10 vs. Williams; 01/11 vs. #3 Middlebury
T#32	23	Yeshiva	12-1	IDLE
#34	17	Tufts	10-2	01/10 at Wesleyan
#35	16	UW-Stevens Point	10-3	def. UW-Whitewater, 68-54; 01/11 at #17 UW-La Crosse
#36	15	Augustana	8-5	LOST at #11 Elmhurst, 71-80; 01/11 at Millikin
T#37	13	UW-Eau Claire	10-3	LOST to UW-Stout, 79-80; 01/11 at #9 UW-Platteville
T#37	13	Centre	12-2	01/10 vs. Berry; 01/12 vs. Oglethorpe
#39	10	Hobart	9-1	01/10 at Rochester Tech; 01/11 at Ithaca
#40	8	UW-Oshkosh	7-6	LOST to #9 UW-Platteville, 70-74; 01/11 at UW-Stout
#41	7	Illinois Wesleyan	9-5	LOST at #18 North Central (Ill.), 69-82
#42	5	Augsburg	9-3	won at St. Mary's (Minn.), 86-79; won at Bethel, 80-75; 01/11 vs. Macalester
#43	4	Loras	10-4	LOST to Buena Vista, 88-92 OT; 01/11 at Wartburg
T#44	3	Mount Union	9-3	won at Baldwin Wallace, 82-75; 01/11 vs. Capital
T#44	3	Christopher Newport	11-4	01/10 vs. York (Pa.)
T#46	2	Carthage	10-3	won at Carroll, 73-65; 01/11 at Wheaton (Ill.)
T#46	2	East Texas Baptist	9-2	01/09 vs. Texas-Dallas; 01/11 vs. University of the Ozarks
T#46	2	Widener	11-2	def. Messiah, 79-74; 01/11 at Stevenson

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

If you look at the calendar, we are midway through the 2019-20 regular season. While there are probably more games ahead than behind for many teams, we now find ourselves looking at the half of the campaign.

What have we learned so far? Anything?

We may not be able to answer all of those questions, but we will see if we can turn over a few more rocks to find more clues on Thursday night's Hoopsville.

We will chat with a men's program that has gone from obscurity to at least being in the conference and regional conversation (if not national). Another men's program is about as high as they can go in the national convo, but do we really know how good they are and is there pressure to win it all? Plus a women's team many of you might not be talking about now, but probably will be chatting about come tournament time.

Tonight is also the season debut of the WBCA Center Court segment. We talk to Randy Tuggle, the head coach at Greensboro, on why the season is the perfect distraction for a far bigger priority. Tuggle chats with us about his battle with pancreatic cancer and how his team (and family) have been there every step of the way.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. You can watch Sunday's show LIVE in the following ways:
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- Facebook Live Simulcast: www.facebook.com/Hoopsville (only the first 45 minutes aired; may have had a copyright problem haha)
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- Team1 Sports: www.team1sports.com/Hoopsville/
- Team1 Sports app (Android TV, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Roku) - you will either find it under the "live" section or search for the Hoopsville channel

Thursday's show primarily covers the East, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and West Regions while also featuring a women's coach in the WBCA Center Court segment. All men's coaches appear in the NABC Coach's Corner. And all guests are featured on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

If you have questions about Division III basketball, feel free to send them and we will answer them on a the show. Email them to hoopsville@d3hoops.com or use any of the social media options.

Guests Schedule (order subject to change):
- Rich Murphy, Redlands women's coach
- Randy Tuggle, Greensboro women's coach (WBCA Center Court)
- Sean Coffey, Utica men's coach
- Matt Croci, No. 2 Wittenberg men's coach

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[wooscotsfan]

Current Top 25:

22. Whitworth with 3 Losses
24. Wooster with 2 Losses

It would be nice if the Top 25 voters would acknowledge head to head games as Wooster beat Whitworth in the last two weeks. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Current Top 25:

22. Whitworth with 3 Losses
24. Wooster with 2 Losses

It would be nice if the Top 25 voters would acknowledge head to head games as Wooster beat Whitworth in the last two weeks. 

It was a close game and Whitworth was missing their PG (and second best player), plus it was at Wooster.  Lots of caveats to cling to in that one.  Wooster is definitely playing better now than they were in December, though.

[wooscotsfan]

and the dog ate my homework.....and it was a very long road trip.....the refs blew a few calls....

Any more excuses? ....that you would like to make to try to defend a ranking that makes no sense based on the FACTS!

BTW, in case you glossed over it, Whitworth has ONE MORE LOSS than Wooster AND Wooster beat them head to head.  Two reasons why this ranking makes no sense.

The correct response to my post was:  "You have a good point and we will highlight the head to head result in the notes that we send to the voters!"

Adios

[Titan Q]

and the dog ate my homework.....and it was a very long road trip.....the refs blew a few calls....

Any more excuses? ....that you would like to make to try to defend a ranking that makes no sense based on the FACTS!

BTW, in case you glossed over it, Whitworth has ONE MORE LOSS than Wooster AND Wooster beat them head to head.  Two reasons why this ranking makes no sense.

The correct response to my post was:  "You have a good point and we will highlight the head to head result in the notes that we send to the voters!"

Adios

I don't often read posts on the board where I think someone is a a complete jerk - maybe one or two a year?  But I read this three times and you come across as a complete jerk here.