Top 25 talk

[7express]

Bob Walsh and RIC will probably play anyone.  You think they'd say no to a game vs. Albertus??  I highly doubt it.

[Pat Coleman]

Bob Walsh and RIC will probably play anyone.  You think they'd say no to a game vs. Albertus??  I highly doubt it.

Good point.

[GnacBballFan]

Albertus wouldn't say no to them, I'll tell you that much

[sac]

scheduling is easy

From what I heard, it's sometimes not as easy as it sounds.  But, I'm not in the Northeast!

It was tongue in cheek because we all know, or at least most of us do, that its not.

[John Gleich]

Bob Walsh and RIC will probably play anyone.  You think they'd say no to a game vs. Albertus??  I highly doubt it.

Watch out though... he'll play you, then he'll blog about you!

[magicman]

Good point, but we all know sometimes we wonder what the heck the NCAA is doing.

That's so true and I'm sure those same questions will arise again this year. It won't surprise me when the Regional Rankings come out in a couple of weeks to see Union College ranked among the 6 schools in the East. They currently have a 13-3 regional record, one of the best in the East but the winning percentage of their opponents is somewhere around .350. Geneseo State with a regional record of 12-4  has an OWP of around .525. Plattsburgh State with a regional record of 11-4 has an OWP of around .625. I'm willing to bet that Union will be ranked ahead of both of these schools. Union has 10 of their 13 wins against schools that have an average record of 4-11. They don't have a signature win of any kind and have lost 3 of their 6 games against so-so teams that have a winning record. Massey has them as the 11th ranked school in the East with an SOS of 320 (out of 412) but when the Regional Rankings come out the NCAA will have them much higher (unless they stumble badly between now and then). 

[magicman]

Darryl,
Did you find my requests. Check your PM

[KnightSlappy]

Good point, but we all know sometimes we wonder what the heck the NCAA is doing.

That's so true and I'm sure those same questions will arise again this year. It won't surprise me when the Regional Rankings come out in a couple of weeks to see Union College ranked among the 6 schools in the East. They currently have a 13-3 regional record, one of the best in the East but the winning percentage of their opponents is somewhere around .350. Geneseo State with a regional record of 12-4  has an OWP of around .525. Plattsburgh State with a regional record of 11-4 has an OWP of around .625. I'm willing to bet that Union will be ranked ahead of both of these schools. Union has 10 of their 13 wins against schools that have an average record of 4-11. They don't have a signature win of any kind and have lost 3 of their 6 games against so-so teams that have a winning record. Massey has them as the 11th ranked school in the East with an SOS of 320 (out of 412) but when the Regional Rankings come out the NCAA will have them much higher (unless they stumble badly between now and then).

Rochester, Stevens, Cortland State, Geneseo, Oswego, and NYU all appear to be much better candidates than Union (SOS is currently .391). Probably Plattsburgh too if they can get a few more W's -- maybe even if not.

[sac]

#9 Williamas 64 #3 Middlesbury 63

[smedindy]

Tough loss for Ohio Wesleyan. DePauw knocks them off in OT 65-63. In the last minute of regulation, OWU was called for an intentional foul and a technical foul after the same play.

[Titan Q]

Video for #5 North Central @ #25 Wheaton...

http://www2.wheaton.edu/learnres/mediares/WETN/wetn_livewindow/WETN-TV.html


Should be a great CCIW game with a really good atmosphere at King Arena.  It's about a "pick 'em."

[Titan Q]

Highlights from the Wheaton/North Central game...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9fZHJh_wMU&feature=youtu.be

[sac]

Highlights from the Wheaton/North Central game...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9fZHJh_wMU&feature=youtu.be

looks like an awesome atmosphere.

Did anyone else chuckle when the number of shirtless Wheaton students seemed to quadruple for the overtime?

[Greek Tragedy]

Did anyone else chuckle when the number of shirtless Wheaton students seemed to quadruple for the overtime?

Yeah, noticed that too! 

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	619	St. Thomas	18-1	LOST at Concordia-Moorhead, 52-54; def. St. Mary's (Minn.), 87-46; def. Hamline, 81-46
#2	585	Rochester	18-0	def. New York University, 65-50; def. #19 Brandeis, 69-65
#3	583	Middlebury	16-1	won at St. Joseph's (Vt.), 75-46; LOST at #9 Williams, 63-64
#4	534	Whitworth	18-1	won at Puget Sound, 62-53; won at Pacific Lutheran, 71-68
#5	519	North Central (Ill.)	16-3	LOST at #16 Illinois Wesleyan, 61-69; LOST at #25 Wheaton (Ill.), 69-71
#6	506	WPI	19-0	def. T#38 Springfield, 69-66
#7	483	UW-Stevens Point	18-2	def. #13 UW-Whitewater, 67-57; def. UW-Superior, 82-55
#8	430	Wooster	17-2	def. Kenyon, 86-52; def. Hiram, 68-63
#9	393	Williams	17-2	LOST at #14 Amherst, 67-83; def. #3 Middlebury, 64-63
#10	358	Catholic	17-2	def. Goucher, 72-46; won at Merchant Marine, 54-42
#11	351	Ramapo	18-2	won at Kean, 70-55; won at TCNJ, 73-72
#12	317	St. Mary's (Md.)	18-2	won at Gallaudet, 63-47; won at York (Pa.), 84-51
#13	303	UW-Whitewater	15-4	LOST at #7 UW-Stevens Point, 57-67; won at UW-Eau Claire, 72-63
#14	278	Amherst	17-2	def. #9 Williams, 83-67; def. Trinity (Conn.), 83-55
#15	236	Christopher Newport	15-2	def. Averett, 76-52; def. Methodist, 78-57
#16	226	Illinois Wesleyan	16-3	def. #5 North Central (Ill.), 69-61; won at Elmhurst, 71-52
#17	207	Calvin	17-2	won at Olivet, 73-57; won at #32 Adrian, 50-47
#18	197	Albertus Magnus	17-2	LOST at Anna Maria, 88-97; won at Lasell, 73-63; def. Norwich, 90-59
#19	127	Brandeis	14-4	LOST at T#38 Emory, 55-69; LOST at #2 Rochester, 65-69
#20	123	Stevens	15-3	LOST at Hartwick, 56-63; LOST at Ithaca, 69-80; won at Elmira, 64-48
#21	119	Rhode Island College	16-2	def. Western Connecticut, 56-51; won at Eastern Connecticut, 60-50
#22	115	Ohio Wesleyan	14-4	won at Wabash, 77-53; LOST at DePauw, 63-65
#23	106	Hampden-Sydney	17-2	won at T#33 Randolph, 79-63; def. #30 Guilford, 76-52
#24	102	Washington U.	14-4	won at Carnegie Mellon, 84-76; won at Case Western Reserve, 74-69
#25	51	Wheaton (Ill.)	15-4	def. Elmhurst, 77-52; def. #5 North Central (Ill.), 71-69

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	48	Franklin and Marshall	14-5	LOST at Dickinson, 63-71; LOST at Haverford, 42-52
#27	47	Rose-Hulman	17-2	def. Manchester, 55-53; def. Mount St. Joseph, 60-39
#28	32	Virginia Wesleyan	13-5	def. Shenandoah, 84-51; LOST at Washington and Lee, 68-69
#29	25	Transylvania	15-4	def. Franklin, 87-68; won at Defiance, 66-59
#30	24	Guilford	14-5	LOST to Lynchburg, 66-86; LOST at #23 Hampden-Sydney, 52-76
#31	22	Wesley	16-4	won at Marymount, 68-45
#32	15	Adrian	15-4	won at Albion, 63-49; LOST to #17 Calvin, 47-50
T#33	12	Augustana	15-4	won at Millikin, 63-54; won at North Park, 90-61
T#33	12	Randolph	16-3	won at William Peace, 80-63; LOST to #23 Hampden-Sydney, 63-79; won at Shenandoah, 65-50
#35	8	St. Norbert	14-3	won at Lake Forest, 64-48; won at Knox, 82-59
#36	6	Marietta	14-5	LOST at Otterbein, 62-72; won at Ohio Northern, 69-60
#37	4	MIT	14-4	won at Clark, 55-50; won at Coast Guard, 92-66
T#38	1	Emory	13-4	def. #19 Brandeis, 69-55; def. New York University, 80-61
T#38	1	Springfield	14-6	LOST at #6 WPI, 66-69; LOST to Babson, 65-69

Other teams to watch (as suggested by posters on this board)

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
---	---	Mary Hardin-Baylor	16-3	won at Sul Ross State, 69-56; won at Howard Payne, 76-52
---	---	Cortland State	14-3	won at Oneonta State, 64-54; won at Oswego State, 75-69