Top 25 talk

[hopefan]

I looked up the Iona website and they had a writeup on the game - nothing mentioned about any regulars sitting or out with injuries, though two Iona frosh were among the leading scorers mentioned   -  also, 5 from RIC in double figures!!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

RIC's been strong, but I never expected them to put on a performance like this.  I guess we'll see how they do before Christmas and determine if they are for real.  They got some votes in the Top 25, so someone has seen them coming.

[Spencer Beaty]

I think people should really consider Maryville (TN.) as a force to be reckoned with.  They only lost one senior and they have two good players in Bobby Golden and Bo Mason.  They are 8 or 9 deep and have a fairly easy schedule.

[Pat Coleman]

They are 8 or 9 deep and have a fairly easy schedule.

That's not something you want to brag about when trying to get ranked. It has the exact opposite effect.

[MC Boy]

I think that the Chocs will get the respect nationally this year by getting further than the Sweet 16 and hopefully winning it all. Mississippi College all the way!

[Maq Diesel]

RIC is good I'm sure but what you need to realize is that Iona graduated or lost 4 of their top 5 scorers from last year which accounted for 59 points out of their 79 points scored per game.  So RIC might be good but they beat D1 team but it is a D1 team from a weak conference that is reloading after one of the most succesfull runs in the schools history.  Will RIC be good for sure but don't get fooled into thinking they beat the Iona team that made the Big dance last year, it was a shadow of that team.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Well so has Maryville reached the point where their name regocnition trumps their schedule strength?  We'll have to wait and see.

[BVHawk]

Watch for Buena Vista to slowly creep into the Top 25.  They're still pretty young, but now the majority of them have a NCAA Tourny appearance under their belts from last year.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I've got BV on my sleeper list, although I know nothing about them really at all.  I just know they've got history and playoff experience.  They've also got a tough schedule, so we'll know what we've got pretty early on with them.

[Gregory Sager]

I saw them last December in the Elmhurst tournament. I was not impressed; they looked like a motley collection of odds and ends that didn't really fit together. They lost by ten to a team of streetballers from Olivet that wound up 6-20 on the season. Then, lo and behold, Buena Vista gets its act together and wins the IIAC tourney and a ticket to the big dance!

I'm still scratching my head over that one, but I'll say one thing about it -- Brian Van Haaften is one heckuva basketball coach.

[David Collinge]

Since the new Scoreboard doesn't seem to isolate the top 25 the way the old one did, I thought it might be useful to update top 25 scores here.  Additions and corrections are welcome.

Friday, Nov. 17:
at #2 Wooster 128, Cabrini 71
at #3 Amherst 101, NYC Tech 66
at #4 UW-Whitewater 85, Martin Luther 61
#5 Ohio Northern 74, DeSales 57 (at Elizabethtown)
#6 Baldwin-Wallace 110, Curry 70 (at Alvernia)
#7 William Paterson 84, Wentworth Tech 69 (at Drew)
at #8 Calvin 98, Concordia (Wis) 76
#9 St. Thomas 72, #20 Occidental 63 (at La Verne)
#10 Wittenberg 57, Swarthmore 46 (at Haverford)
at #12 Tufts 85, Lasell 80
#15 Randolph-Macon 106, Penn St.-Berks 59 (at Lycoming)
#16 Lincoln 98, Widener 91 (OT) (at Franklin & Marshall)
York (N.Y.) 98, at #18 Christopher Newport 92
at #19 North Central 97, East-West 58
#21 Hampden-Sydney 87, Roberts Wesleyan 85 (at Westminster Pa.)
at #22 Puget Sound 124, UC-Santa Cruz 86
at #24 Augustana 78, St. Norbert 57

Thanks to Robert Goulet and Algernon for the NCC and H-SC scores as posted in the CCIW Chat and ODAC Conversation rooms, respectively.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Thanks DC.  I'm worried about William Patterson now.  Wentworth is not that good and WPU had to shoot 51% to beat them.  I hope they weren't ranked too high.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  #2 Wooster 85  Mt. Union 60

Wooster made 13 three pointers tonight as they won easily in the championship game of the Al Van Wie Tournament.

Wooster was led by Tim Vandervaart with 22 points, James Cooper with 20 points and Tom Port with 12 points.  Scots won the battle of the boards 38 to 31.

Wooster is now 2-0 and next plays at NAIA Walsh on 11/25.

GO SCOTS!!

[David Collinge]

Sat. Nov. 18:
at #2 Wooster 85, Mt. Union 60
at #3 Amherst 98, Thomas 64
Illinois Wesleyan 69, at #4 UW-Whitewater 68 (OT)
#5 Ohio Northern 76, at Elizabethtown 60
at Alvernia 71, #6 Baldwin-Wallace 62
#7 William Paterson 55, at Drew 37
at #8 Calvin 79, Benedictine 60
#9 St. Thomas 60, at La Verne 46
#10 Wittenberg 68, Haverford 53 (at Swarthmore)
Rhode Island Coll. 95, at #12 Tufts 84
#15 Randolph-Macon 81, at Lycoming 66
#16 Lincoln 119, Delaware Valley 90 (at Franklin & Marshall)
#25 UW-Stevens Point 93, at #17 Carroll 75
at #19 North Central 63, Bluffton 49
#21 Hampden-Sydney 93, at Westminster (Pa.) 84
at #22 Puget Sound 130, Menlo 102

[Pat Coleman]

By the next poll we should be able to re-integrate rankings.