Top 25 talk

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	623	Middlebury	12-0	def. RPI, 123-111; def. Bates, 79-57; def. Tufts, 82-69
#2	571	Virginia Wesleyan	11-1	def. Hampden-Sydney, 100-80; def. Haverford, 99-47
#3	563	Augustana	11-2	def. Millikin, 64-39; LOST to North Central (Ill.), 62-67
#4	537	MIT	14-0	def. Springfield, 67-59; def. Wheaton (Mass.), 87-54
#5	516	Emory	12-0	def. Piedmont, 95-78; def. #27 Rochester, 83-81
#6	497	Amherst	12-1	def. Wesleyan, 66-64; def. Connecticut College, 74-62
#7	493	Williams	12-2	def. Castleton State, 107-82; LOST to Tufts, 71-80; def. Bates, 67-47
#8	418	Franklin and Marshall	13-0	def. Misericordia, 68-55; def. Hobart, 81-71; def. Oneonta State, 65-46; def. Swarthmore, 74-50
#9	410	Mary Hardin-Baylor	12-0	def. University of the Ozarks, 90-78; def. #46 Texas-Dallas, 64-56
#10	357	UW-Whitewater	13-1	def. #40 Edgewood, 79-51; def. UW-River Falls, 84-70
#11	327	Whitworth	11-2	def. Pacific Lutheran, 103-94; def. #16 Puget Sound, 80-67
#12	317	Hope	12-1	def. Alma, 103-78; def. Adrian, 69-60
#13	305	UW-Stevens Point	11-3	LOST at UW-River Falls, 70-73; def. UW-Eau Claire, 85-74
#14	275	Cabrini	11-1	def. York (Pa.), 83-66; def. Immaculata, 87-81
#15	202	Wooster	11-2	def. Geneva, 100-48; def. Oberlin, 70-58
#16	198	Puget Sound	11-2	def. Whitman, 68-63; LOST to #11 Whitworth, 67-80
#17	197	Wabash	12-1	def. Hiram, 77-70; def. Allegheny, 61-47
#18	175	St. Thomas	8-3	LOST at St. John's, 66-68; def. Augsburg, 68-53
#19	151	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	12-0	def. Mount St. Mary, 74-55; def. Caltech, 77-42
#20	148	Oswego State	9-2	LOST at Tex.-Pan American, 54-59
#21	120	Buffalo State	10-2	LOST at Buffalo, 59-111
#22	89	Birmingham-Southern	12-1	def. Millsaps, 89-62; def. Rhodes, 70-48
#23	80	Wheaton (Ill.)	10-3	LOST at #45 Illinois Wesleyan, 77-87; def. Elmhurst, 67-55
#24	75	Rhode Island College	11-1	def. Wheaton (Mass.), 71-53; def. Mass-Boston, 88-51
#25	66	Transylvania	11-2	def. Franklin, 76-55; LOST at Defiance, 64-74

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	61	WPI	11-2	def. Coast Guard, 64-53; def. Babson, 70-68
#27	59	Rochester	9-3	def. Rochester Tech, 76-62; LOST at #5 Emory, 81-83
#28	51	Western Connecticut	12-1	def. Mass-Dartmouth, 91-87
#29	43	William Paterson	11-2	LOST at Montclair State, 79-80; def. Richard Stockton, 73-71
#30	22	Wittenberg	10-3	def. Huntingdon, 75-62; def. Maryville (Tenn.), 77-70; def. #33 Ohio Wesleyan, 57-55
#31	21	Grinnell	9-0	def. Beloit, 117-107
#32	20	Marietta	9-4	def. Heidelberg, 99-78
#33	17	Ohio Wesleyan	11-2	def. Capital, 76-55; LOST to #30 Wittenberg, 55-57
#34	16	Bethany	13-1	def. Washington and Jefferson, 79-60; def. Waynesburg, 73-45
#35	13	Hardin-Simmons	11-1	def. Louisiana College, 82-64; def. Mississippi College, 82-75
T#36	11	Hartwick	12-1	def. Elmira, 71-60; LOST at Alfred, 66-72
T#36	11	St. Mary's (Md.)	11-3	def. Marymount, 81-63; def. Wesley, 80-70
T#36	11	Washington U.	9-3	def. Chicago, 79-72
T#36	11	Catholic	11-3	LOST at Moravian, 69-71; LOST at Scranton, 76-80
#40	10	Edgewood	10-3	LOST at #10 UW-Whitewater, 51-79; LOST at Milwaukee Engineering, 59-64
T#41	8	Gustavus Adolphus	7-4	def. St. Mary's (Minn.), 62-45; LOST to UW-Stout, 62-64
T#41	8	Lycoming	12-1	def. Penn State-Abington, 106-73; def. Mount Union, 91-75; LOST at King's, 80-82
#43	7	New Jersey City	10-2	LOST at Ramapo, 74-78; def. Rutgers-Camden, 65-54
#44	5	Lake Forest	9-1	def. St. Francis (IL), 76-51; def. Illinois College, 64-46
#45	4	Illinois Wesleyan	11-2	def. #23 Wheaton (Ill.), 87-77; def. North Park, 76-70
#46	3	Texas-Dallas	9-4	def. Austin, 67-62; LOST to Concordia (Texas), 91-92; LOST to #9 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 56-64
#47	2	Farmingdale State	8-3	def. Mount St. Vincent, 101-85
#48	1	Salem State	7-6	LOST at Endicott, 89-93; LOST at Westfield State, 54-85

[smedindy]

In the new Top 25: http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/men/2011-12/week6

it seems voters self corrected, perhaps. Wabash now ahead of Wooster after being behind them in the last poll and neither team losing during that time frame.

[Hugenerd]

Routine win for MIT over Coast Guard, 83-55. Hollingsworth had 24 points in 27 minutes. Tashman had 21 points and 14 boards in 27 minutes. MIT ties the Institute record for consecutive wins at 15, they look to break the record at Babson on Saturday.

VWU overcomes a halftime deficit to defeat Randolph by 14.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  #16 Wooster 92  Hiram 64 

Wooster was led tonight by Josh Claytor with 18 points (9 of 10 FG's), Justin Hallowell with 14 points (3 three pointers), Matt Fegan with 11 points (3 three pointers), Xavier Brown with 11 points and Ryan Snyder with 10 points.

Wooster is now 12-2 and their next game is at DePauw on Saturday 1/14.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Final:  #16 Wooster 92  Hiram 64 

Wooster was led tonight by Josh Claytor with 18 points (9 of 10 FG's), Justin Hallowell with 14 points (3 three pointers), Matt Fegan with 11 points (3 three pointers), Xavier Brown with 11 points and Ryan Snyder with 10 points.

Wooster is now 12-2 and their next game is at DePauw on Saturday 1/14.

DePauw appears to be not very good, but they just defeated arch-rival #14 Wabash tonite - can they pull off two upsets in a row, or was Wabash just different?

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  #16 Wooster 92  Hiram 64 

Wooster was led tonight by Josh Claytor with 18 points (9 of 10 FG's), Justin Hallowell with 14 points (3 three pointers), Matt Fegan with 11 points (3 three pointers), Xavier Brown with 11 points and Ryan Snyder with 10 points.

Wooster is now 12-2 and their next game is at DePauw on Saturday 1/14.

DePauw appears to be not very good, but they just defeated arch-rival #14 Wabash tonite - can they pull off two upsets in a row, or was Wabash just different?

Impressive win by DePauw as they won AT Wabash tonight 64-55.  DePauw shot 52% and made 7 of 14 three pointers compared to 43% shooting and only 1 of 15 on three pointers for the Little Giants.

Wooster has to play AT DePauw on Saturday which should pose a tough test.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Final:  #16 Wooster 92  Hiram 64 

Wooster was led tonight by Josh Claytor with 18 points (9 of 10 FG's), Justin Hallowell with 14 points (3 three pointers), Matt Fegan with 11 points (3 three pointers), Xavier Brown with 11 points and Ryan Snyder with 10 points.

Wooster is now 12-2 and their next game is at DePauw on Saturday 1/14.

DePauw appears to be not very good, but they just defeated arch-rival #14 Wabash tonite - can they pull off two upsets in a row, or was Wabash just different?

Impressive win by DePauw as they won AT Wabash tonight 64-55.  DePauw shot 52% and made 7 of 14 three pointers compared to 43% shooting and only 1 of 15 on three pointers for the Little Giants.

Wooster has to play AT DePauw on Saturday which should pose a tough test.

Obviously not a game to take lightly (are any?), but I never take Wabash/DePauw results at face value - too much emotion there.  Woo should be a heavy favorite, even in Greencastle.

(Though I'll root for DePauw.  As a Titan, DePauw is the biggest threat in women's hoops, but in men's, it is Wabash and Wooster. )

[David Collinge]

Final:  #16 Wooster 92  Hiram 64 

Wooster was led tonight by Josh Claytor with 18 points (9 of 10 FG's), Justin Hallowell with 14 points (3 three pointers), Matt Fegan with 11 points (3 three pointers), Xavier Brown with 11 points and Ryan Snyder with 10 points.

Wooster is now 12-2 and their next game is at DePauw on Saturday 1/14.

DePauw appears to be not very good, but they just defeated arch-rival #14 Wabash tonite - can they pull off two upsets in a row, or was Wabash just different?

Impressive win by DePauw as they won AT Wabash tonight 64-55.  DePauw shot 52% and made 7 of 14 three pointers compared to 43% shooting and only 1 of 15 on three pointers for the Little Giants.

Wooster has to play AT DePauw on Saturday which should pose a tough test.

I've only seen DePauw once (and under adverse circumstances), but that afternoon they were dominated by a mediocre Hiram team that Wooster thoroughly dismantled tonight. My gut tells me that DPU's upset win tonight had a large portion of rivalry fever in it. These same two rivals played in November on DPU's court, and Wabash eased to a 15-point win.

[smedindy]

DPU was extra motivated and Wabash couldn't hit shots. Rivalry plus a bad shooting game = Wabash loss.

Bigger shock in the league was Denison beating OWU.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	623	Middlebury	12-0	01/13 at Connecticut College; 01/14 at Wesleyan
#2	584	Virginia Wesleyan	12-1	def. Randolph, 76-62; 01/14 vs. Roanoke
#3	563	MIT	15-0	def. Coast Guard, 83-55; 01/14 at Babson
#4	546	Emory	12-0	01/13 at New York University; 01/15 at Brandeis
#5	527	Amherst	12-1	01/13 vs. Hamilton
#6	460	Augustana	11-3	LOST at #25 Illinois Wesleyan, 63-73; 01/14 at Elmhurst
#7	450	Franklin and Marshall	13-0	01/12 vs. Muhlenberg; 01/14 vs. Washington College
#8	434	Mary Hardin-Baylor	13-0	def. Concordia (Texas), 94-73; 01/12 at Schreiner; 01/14 vs. Texas Lutheran
#9	420	UW-Whitewater	14-1	def. UW-Platteville, 75-70; 01/14 vs. UW-Superior
#10	368	Whitworth	11-2	01/13 vs. Pacific; 01/14 vs. Linfield
#11	363	Hope	13-1	def. Albion, 78-61; 01/14 at Kalamazoo
#12	354	Williams	12-2	01/13 at Wesleyan; 01/14 at Connecticut College
#13	296	Cabrini	13-1	def. Centenary, 108-92; def. Rosemont, 94-66; 01/14 vs. Marywood
#14	271	Wabash	12-2	LOST to DePauw, 55-64; 01/14 vs. Oberlin
#15	249	UW-Stevens Point	12-3	def. UW-Stout, 71-56; 01/14 at UW-La Crosse
#16	239	Wooster	12-2	def. Hiram, 92-64; 01/14 at DePauw
#17	201	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	13-0	def. La Verne, 73-63; 01/14 vs. Redlands
#18	167	Puget Sound	11-3	LOST at Pacific Lutheran, 62-80; 01/14 at George Fox
#19	150	Birmingham-Southern	12-1	01/13 at Southwestern; 01/14 at Trinity (Texas)
#20	141	Rhode Island College	12-1	def. Southern Maine, 73-40; 01/14 at Keene State
#21	110	Buffalo State	11-2	def. Fredonia State, 74-71; 01/13 at Brockport State; 01/14 at Geneseo State
#22	102	Oswego State	9-3	LOST at Medgar Evers, 68-73; 01/13 vs. New Paltz State; 01/14 vs. Oneonta State
#23	86	Western Connecticut	13-1	def. Keene State, 94-87; 01/14 at Plymouth State
#24	61	WPI	12-2	def. Trinity (Conn.), 66-65; 01/14 vs. Wheaton (Mass.)
#25	56	Illinois Wesleyan	12-2	def. #6 Augustana, 73-63; 01/14 vs. Carthage

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	51	St. Thomas	9-3	def. Carleton, 66-59; 01/14 at Concordia-Moorhead
#27	28	Wittenberg	11-3	def. Kenyon, 71-63; 01/14 vs. Denison
#28	26	William Paterson	12-2	def. Rutgers-Newark, 69-67; 01/14 at Kean
T#29	19	Ohio Wesleyan	11-3	LOST at Denison, 66-69; 01/14 at Allegheny
T#29	19	Hardin-Simmons	11-1	01/12 at Sul Ross State; 01/14 at Howard Payne
T#29	19	Bethany	13-2	LOST to Thiel, 57-69; 01/14 at Westminster (Pa.)
#32	18	Wheaton (Ill.)	11-3	def. Millikin, 82-49; 01/14 vs. North Central (Ill.)
T#33	17	St. Mary's (Md.)	11-4	LOST to Mary Washington, 55-65; 01/14 at Frostburg State
T#33	17	Grinnell	10-0	def. Illinois College, 115-113; 01/13 at Lawrence; 01/14 at Carroll
#35	14	Washington U.	9-3	01/13 at Case Western Reserve; 01/15 at Carnegie Mellon
#36	13	Rochester	9-3	01/13 at Brandeis; 01/15 at New York University
T#37	10	Marietta	9-5	LOST at Capital, 66-82; 01/14 at T#37 John Carroll
T#37	10	John Carroll	10-3	LOST at Muskingum, 69-82; 01/14 vs. T#37 Marietta
#39	8	Eastern Connecticut	10-1	def. Mass-Dartmouth, 83-70; 01/12 vs. Maine-Presque Isle; 01/14 vs. Mass-Boston
T#40	7	Transylvania	12-2	def. Hanover, 72-67; 01/14 vs. Rose-Hulman
T#40	7	Lake Forest	10-1	def. Knox, 57-54; 01/13 at Ripon; 01/14 at Beloit
T#42	5	Hartwick	12-1	01/13 vs. Ithaca; 01/14 vs. Utica
T#42	5	Farmingdale State	8-4	LOST to St. Joseph's (L.I.), 72-83; 01/14 vs. Sage
T#42	5	Christopher Newport	11-3	def. Methodist, 77-70; 01/14 vs. Ferrum
#45	3	New Jersey City	12-2	def. John Jay, 83-71; def. Montclair State, 70-62; 01/14 at Richard Stockton
#46	2	Hampden-Sydney	11-3	def. Lynchburg, 90-67; 01/14 at Bridgewater (Va.)
#47	1	Randolph-Macon	12-3	def. Eastern Mennonite, 74-71; 01/14 at Emory and Henry

[magicman]

#21 Buffalo State loses to Brockport State 94-70. Bengals without 2nd leading scorer and leading rebounder Justin Mitchell who was out with an injury.

[Hugenerd]

Spirited effort for Babson today, but MIT comes away with the 72-63 victory. MIT was led by point guard Mitch Kates in about every way possible, as he had team and game highs in points (20, 8-12 FG), rebounds (8), assists (6), and steals (2). MIT's frontcourt, Tashman and Hollingsworth, each added 16 points, while Billy Bender had 11, and Jamie Karraker was 3-3 from 3 for 9 points.  MIT now has a week break until they host WPI on January 21.

[smedindy]

Significant NCAC results today:

Wabash rights the ship and thwacks Oberlin 65-42.
Wooster falls to DePauw 75-66.
Witt lost a 15-point lead, but recovered to beat Denison 67-58.
OWU beat Allegheny 72-55.

[Hugenerd]

F&M loses to Washington College.

[scottiedawg]

#1 Middlebury escapes with a 65-62 win over Wesleyan CT. Wesleyan is in the middle of a brutal 3-game stretch against Williams, Middlebury and Amherst.