Top 25 talk

[Ralph Turner]

+1!  Darryl!

David did a great job of reviewing past top 25's, too.

I hope that you can automate his database.

I look forward to your work every Sunday!

(Can you really spoil us and give us updates more frequently than once-a-week?    )

[Titan Q]

I'm one of the 25 voters in the D3hoops.com Top 25 poll.  As long as David C was doing the weekly breakdown here, this is where I'd come every Monday morning to prepare my ballot.  I found the layout to be picture for that process.

Thanks to David for all the past work and for getting this started, and thanks to Darryl for keeping it going! Again, it's a huge help.

[magicman]

Scottiedawg, I'm not trying to steal your karma, but I needed a distraction from grading this week, so I thought I would try to write a program to automate the process of posting "How they fared".

Where were you when I needed you?!?

David, you always made it seem so effortless ...
Please accept +k as penance for taking you for granted...

If you've got 50 teams, it would be nice to see how they fared.(If it's not to much work)

It's no additional work (for me ... the computer program does the work).  Once all the games are finished this weekend, I'll re-run my program and post the whole list.

Darryl, I was hoping you would say that. Thanks, + k

[magicman]

#22 Ithaca passes their biggest test so far with a 95-89 win on the road against St. Lawrence, to up their record to 8-0. Bombers opened up a 20 pt lead in the 1st half before settling for a 56-39 halftime advantage. The Saints come roaring back to cut the lead to 73-69 with 10 min. left and eventually pull to within 1 at 87-86 at the 3 min. mark. Ithaca off until Jan. 2nd when they open Empire 8 league play against Elmira, the 1st of 5 league games in 10 days.

[Hoosier Titan]

David, you always made it seem so effortless ...
Please accept +k as penance for taking you for granted...

Amen to that, after doing it by hand for one week!
+k to both of you!

It's no additional work (for me ... the computer program does the work).  Once all the games are finished this weekend, I'll re-run my program and post the whole list.

And for the women's side, too, please, Darryl? Thanks!
And now for the grading....

[Darryl Nester]

How they fared -- complete (includes three scores not yet in the d3sports database, in italics)

#1 Washington U. (8-0): def. Fontbonne, 89-78
#2 Wheaton (Ill.) (8-0): def. Webster, 78-59; def. Wartburg, 88-76
#3 UW-Platteville (9-0): def. UW-Eau Claire, 83-54; def. UW-River Falls, 69-62
#4 St. Thomas (7-0): def. Augsburg, 86-58; def. St. Mary's (Minn.), 102-64
#5 UW-Whitewater (7-1): def. UW-Superior, 82-72
#6 UW-Stevens Point (7-1): def. #31 UW-La Crosse, 82-69; def. #7 Elmhurst, 62-53
#7 Elmhurst (6-1): LOST (at home) to #6 UW-Stevens Point, 53-62
#8 Amherst (7-0): def. Emmanuel, 63-61
#9 Augustana (6-2): def. Cornell, 76-54; def. Knox, 72-54
#10 Capital (7-1): LOST at Wilmington, 53-82; def. John Carroll, 81-75
#11 Buena Vista (7-1): def. Grand View, 66-59
#12 Ursinus (5-1): IDLE
#13 Carnegie Mellon (7-0): IDLE
#14 St. Mary's (Md.) (7-1): LOST at Baruch, 54-73
#15 Gettysburg (4-2): LOST at T#48 Widener, 75-80
#16 Elms (9-0): def. #19 Worcester Polytech, 77-61
#17 Illinois Wesleyan (4-2): IDLE
#18 Centre (5-1): IDLE
#19 Worcester Polytech (8-2): def. Mass-Boston, 84-52; LOST (at home) to #16 Elms, 61-77
#20 Whitworth (6-1): IDLE
#21 Puget Sound (5-2): IDLE
#22 Ithaca (8-0): def. Oneonta State, 79-77 OT; def.  St. Lawrence, 95-89
#23 Richard Stockton (9-1): def. Brooklyn, 92-74
#24 Mass-Dartmouth (7-1): def. Johnson and Wales, 99-77; def. Southern Maine, 65-46
#25 Trinity (Texas) (6-1): IDLE
T#26 North Carolina Wesleyan (8-2): LOST at Virginia Wesleyan, 59-84
T#26 Rhode Island College (5-3): def. Springfield, 68-60; LOST (at home) to Keene State, 81-85 OT
#28 Texas-Dallas (8-0): def. S'western Assemblies, 79-53
#29 Salem State (7-2): LOST at Springfield, 68-69; def. Mass-Boston, 85-67
#30 Lawrence (5-2): IDLE
#31 UW-La Crosse (4-4): LOST at #6 UW-Stevens Point, 69-82; LOST at UW-Eau Claire, 66-71
#32 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (7-1): def. La Sierra, 78-45
#33 Transylvania (4-1): IDLE
#34 DeSales (8-0): def. Centenary, 82-80; def. Elizabethtown, 71-65
T#35 Bowdoin (7-2): def. Maine Maritime, 74-50; LOST at Colby-Sawyer, 57-63
T#35 Loras (5-3): LOST at North Park, 66-78
#37 Middlebury (7-2): IDLE
T#38 Brandeis (5-4): def. Clark, 72-63; LOST (at home) to Framingham State, 61-70
T#38 Roanoke (8-1): def. Goucher, 64-61
#40 Bluffton (6-2): LOST (at home) to Franklin, 81-92
#41 Gordon (7-1): def. Wheelock, 72-53
T#42 Carthage (4-2): LOST at Olivet Nazarene, 73-87
T#42 Mary Hardin-Baylor (2-4): LOST at LeTourneau, 47-60
T#42 William Paterson (7-1): def. York (N.Y.), 71-66; def. SUNY-Old Westbury, 71-54
#45 Coast Guard (7-3): LOST (at home) to Becker, 68-78
T#46 Bethel (6-1): def. Macalester, 73-50; def. North Central (Minn.), 80-52
T#46 Carleton (5-1): def. Concordia-Moorhead, 60-54; def. St. Olaf, 65-47
T#48 Millikin (8-0): def. Blackburn, 81-56; def. Eureka, 77-49
T#48 Widener (7-3): LOST (at home) to Gwynedd-Mercy, 76-86; def. Rowan, 73-60; def. #15 Gettysburg, 80-75
T#50 Maryville (Tenn.) (4-3): LOST at Rust, 74-92
T#50 Potsdam State (5-2): LOST (at home) to St. Lawrence, 84-90

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[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

So St Lawrence beat Potsdam in Potsdam and then lost a close one at Ithaca.  Do they get some looks this week?  That Upstate New York area might be pretty strong this season.

[magicman]

So St Lawrence beat Potsdam in Potsdam and then lost a close one at Ithaca.  Do they get some looks this week?  That Upstate New York area might be pretty strong this season.

St. Lawrence did lose a close one but it wasn't at Ithaca. It was a home game for the Saints. Don't think they'll get much support this week but wouldn't rule out an appearance down the road. Ithaca appears to be the class of the East region this year, with NYU, Hamilton, St. Lawrence, Geneseo, Univ. of Rochester, Oneonta, Stevens, and Potsdam, also in the mix.

[scottiedawg]

+101 Elms
+79 Carnegie Mellon
+58 Illinois Wesleyan
+57 Centre
+52 UWSP
+52 Ithaca
+50 Richard Stockton
+48 Texas Dallas
+47 Trinity Texas
+44 Whitworth
+44 DeSales
-27 Salem State
-29 UW La Crosse
-31 Ursinus
-53 NC Wesleyan
-70 Elmhurst
-74 WPI
-82 St. Mary's
-105 Capital
-229 Gettysburg

[Titan Q]

+101 Elms
+79 Carnegie Mellon
+58 Illinois Wesleyan
+57 Centre
+52 UWSP
+52 Ithaca
+50 Richard Stockton
+48 Texas Dallas
+47 Trinity Texas
+44 Whitworth
+44 DeSales
-27 Salem State
-29 UW La Crosse
-31 Ursinus
-53 NC Wesleyan
-70 Elmhurst
-74 WPI
-82 St. Mary's
-105 Capital
-229 Gettysburg

A good illustration of "poll dynamics."  Carnegie Mellon and Illinois Wesleyan are the 2nd and 3rd biggest movers this week....and neither played a game.

[Titan Q]

Also note, a Wash U defector!  I am finally not the only voter on Platteville!

[Ralph Turner]

Also note, a Wash U defector!  I am finally not the only voter on Platteville!

What are you, a Wheaton hater!?!?!?   

[bouttime]

The Dec. 20th match up between CMU and Richard Stockton keeps getting more interesting as both teams rise in the polls. Should be a good test for both squads.

[nwhoops1903]

+101 Elms
+79 Carnegie Mellon
+58 Illinois Wesleyan
+57 Centre
+52 UWSP
+52 Ithaca
+50 Richard Stockton
+48 Texas Dallas
+47 Trinity Texas
+44 Whitworth
+44 DeSales
-27 Salem State
-29 UW La Crosse
-31 Ursinus
-53 NC Wesleyan
-70 Elmhurst
-74 WPI
-82 St. Mary's
-105 Capital
-229 Gettysburg

A good illustration of "poll dynamics."  Carnegie Mellon and Illinois Wesleyan are the 2nd and 3rd biggest movers this week....and neither played a game.

Perhaps a good indicator of OWP and OOWP beginning to take shape?