Top 25 talk

[Greek Tragedy]

#19 Stevens Point topped La Crosse 63-44 last night.

An impressive feat happened in the 1st half of that game. With La Crosse leading 9-4, the visitors went on a 27-0 run. Impressive,  right? But Stevens Point held La Crosse scoreless FOR THE REST OF THE HALF. The Eagles didn't score for the last 15:53 of the half. La Crosse is a decent team. They're 8-11 and 3-7 in conference. They have a nice win over D2 Winona St. A 2-pt loss to Aurora and they were respectable in a single digit loss to Wooster.

[D3HoopJunkie]

Wasn't sure where to post this but I figured this would be a good spot.

Pat or Dave or Anyone,

What is the longest Division 3 Men's basketball home winning streak of all time?

Albertus Magnus hit 50 in a row last night and I have to think they are closing in on whatever the record may be?

Thanks in advance for any info

[Pat Coleman]

Yes -- on Twitter this morning, in fact, Albertus Magnus showed it didn't know the difference between having the record and being the active leader in the category. The NCAA statistics folks corrected them and noted "The record is 62 by
North Park from Feb. 8, 1984, to Feb. 3, 1988."

[Gregory Sager]

Alas, I am forced to report that the NCAA statistics folks are incorrect. Williams won 64 straight on the home floor of the Ephs from 2001 to 2005, snapping North Park's record.

[Pat Coleman]

Ahh yes. This. http://www.d3hoops.com/seasons/men/2004-05/contrib/20150130y9zyxl

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Augie goes down at North Park.  Whitewater just barely survives... again.

[sac]

It always gets interesting when the calender starts to flip to February.

[magicman]

Five ranked teams, #4 Augustana, #6 WPI, #10 Wooster, #15 Chapman (for the 2nd time in 3 days), and #22 Eastern Connecticut all lose to unranked teams.  #25 William Paterson loses to #13 Richard Stockton.

[Greek Tragedy]

TGHIJGSTO! will probably be ranked #1 then.

[Gregory Sager]

Are you seriopus?

[Greek Tragedy]

I DONT JUSDT SAY TGHIJGSTO SAY THINGS, GREG.

[Darryl Nester]

I'm still basking in the afterglow of calling this game yesterday:

Thayne Recker lived up to his name with 53 points, 19 of them after regulation, as he led Bluffton to a 103-102 win in triple overtime over Hanover. Recker was an incredible 25-for-28 from the foul line. Austin Rohde added 22 points for the Beavers. Recker's 53 points is the most by a Division III men's basketball player this season.

The Super Bowl is going to have a hard time living up to that.

Meanwhile, there's still this ...
How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	611	UW-Whitewater	18-2	won at UW-Platteville, 65-64; def. UW-La Crosse, 68-67
#2	603	St. Thomas	17-1	def. Gustavus Adolphus, 64-52; def. Augsburg, 90-75
#3	561	Marietta	19-0	def. Muskingum, 93-77; def. Baldwin Wallace, 84-81
#4	541	Augustana	17-3	won at #16 Elmhurst, 77-73; LOST at North Park, 69-76
#5	489	Dickinson	17-2	won at Muhlenberg, 90-78; def. Washington College, 97-56
#6	447	WPI	16-3	def. Coast Guard, 69-45; LOST at Springfield, 59-63
#7	444	Washington U.	15-3	def. Carnegie Mellon, 79-59; LOST to T#26 Case Western Reserve, 78-89
#8	423	Randolph-Macon	17-2	won at Bridgewater (Va.), 58-55; won at Lynchburg, 72-68
#9	422	Albertus Magnus	17-1	def. Newbury, 109-57; def. Norwich, 99-72
#10	405	Wooster	15-4	LOST at #32 Ohio Wesleyan, 85-92; LOST at Wabash, 65-68
#11	355	Virginia Wesleyan	16-3	won at Randolph, 82-74; def. Roanoke, 84-66
#12	342	Emory	14-4	won at Brandeis, 65-51; LOST at #23 New York University, 92-96
#13	334	Richard Stockton	17-3	LOST at TCNJ, 63-66; won at #25 William Paterson, 61-57
#14	290	St. Norbert	17-1	def. Ripon, 85-65; def. Carroll, 75-30
#15	283	Chapman	16-2	LOST at Cal Lutheran, 66-69; LOST at Pomona-Pitzer, 87-89
#16	248	Elmhurst	16-4	LOST to #4 Augustana, 73-77; def. Millikin, 88-72
#17	208	Babson	17-2	def. Clark, 80-59; def. Emerson, 75-50
#18	176	Johns Hopkins	17-2	def. McDaniel, 65-59; def. Haverford, 96-54
#19	173	UW-Stevens Point	16-4	won at UW-La Crosse, 63-44; won at UW-Eau Claire, 49-40
#20	152	Franklin and Marshall	17-2	def. Gettysburg, 70-48; def. Swarthmore, 84-76
#21	95	Whitworth	17-2	def. Lewis and Clark, 68-60; def. Willamette, 90-83
#22	85	Eastern Connecticut	16-4	def. Western Connecticut, 82-68; LOST at Plymouth State, 57-65
#23	69	New York University	13-5	LOST to Rochester, 60-64; def. #12 Emory, 96-92
#24	63	St. Olaf	15-3	def. Macalester, 74-52; won at Carleton, 58-50
#25	52	William Paterson	16-3	LOST to #13 Richard Stockton, 57-61

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
T#26	47	Case Western Reserve	14-4	LOST at #33 Chicago, 72-81; won at #7 Washington U., 89-78
T#26	47	North Central (Ill.)	15-5	LOST to Millikin, 66-69; def. Wheaton (Ill.), 63-62
#28	36	Hardin-Simmons	16-3	won at Sul Ross State, 75-61; LOST to Howard Payne, 76-81
#29	27	Catholic	17-3	won at Susquehanna, 82-65; won at Moravian, 78-38
#30	26	St. John Fisher	17-2	won at Nazareth, 80-63; def. Utica, 100-65
#31	24	Illinois Wesleyan	15-5	def. Wheaton (Ill.), 79-70; won at Carthage, 77-65
#32	18	Ohio Wesleyan	15-4	def. #10 Wooster, 92-85; won at Hiram, 70-64
#33	10	Chicago	13-5	def. T#26 Case Western Reserve, 81-72; def. Carnegie Mellon, 86-65
#34	6	MIT	14-4	won at Wheaton (Mass.), 80-53; def. Clark, 80-57
#35	5	Brooklyn	17-4	LOST at Lehman, 78-81; def. Staten Island, 83-63
#36	4	Amherst	14-5	01/27 vs. Lasell postponed; def. Colby, 83-62; def. Bowdoin, 81-66
#37	2	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	14-4	def. Occidental, 82-51; won at Whittier, 76-70
T#38	1	Aurora	16-5	LOST at Rockford, 77-86; def. Illinois Tech, 101-38
T#38	1	Rhode Island College	14-5	LOST at Mass-Dartmouth, 62-72; def. Mass-Boston, 70-59

[HOPEful]

What a mess! Can we just admit that at this point the rankings mean nothing? What a crazy year! It seems as though their are 35 teams that could win it all and all of them could also lose in the first round.

[hopefan]

Thayne Recker.... any relation to Luke Recker?

[Darryl Nester]

Thayne Recker.... any relation to Luke Recker?

I don't believe so, although they might be cousins (second, third, ...).  I'll have to ask him next time I see him.  However, Luke's father, Clair Recker, played at Bluffton in the early 70's (still second in all-time scoring with 1667 points).