Top 25 talk

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

If anyone wants to give it a read, here is my Top 25 ballot for this week: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/?p=2603

[D3HoopJunkie]

Don't give me that "no team to put in the 11 spot" bologna Dave  You are coming around and warming up to the Falcons!!!I can just tell!!!

Great break down as usual!

[stag44]

Surprising that Claremont-Mudd-Scripps dropped out completely this week - I'm guessing only one voter had them on, but wins by 31 and 6 only to be overtaken by Cal Lutheran who they beat.

Big game tonight between them and Chapman - Winner has the inside lane to winning the SCIAC

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Don't give me that "no team to put in the 11 spot" bologna Dave  You are coming around and warming up to the Falcons!!!I can just tell!!!

Great break down as usual!

Ha... keep on believing

Surprising that Claremont-Mudd-Scripps dropped out completely this week - I'm guessing only one voter had them on, but wins by 31 and 6 only to be overtaken by Cal Lutheran who they beat.

Big game tonight between them and Chapman - Winner has the inside lane to winning the SCIAC

The losses by Chapman might have hurt them here. I have CMS on my ballot until a couple of weeks ago. I think voters have been considering Chapman, CMS, and Cal Lu all season, but there is no way two of them belong in the Top 25 at the same time. I wouldn't be surprised if the lone voter who may have been voting for CMS decided on something different this week - I've been known for doing that

[Gregory Sager]

If anyone wants to give it a read, here is my Top 25 ballot for this week: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/?p=2603

You made a slight error in your blog comment about Augustana, D-Mac. NPU isn't "at the bottom of their conference." The team that is at the bottom of the CCIW is a certain orange-colored team in west suburban DuPage County whose first initial is "Wheaton" and whose second initial is "College."

And, yes, if you think that you're detecting a hint of schadenfreude in this post, you are correct.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Ha yes... I was also being somewhat generic since NPU was tied with said orange-colored team prior to their game with Augustana... though the hint of schadenfreude is rather strong

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

So.... Whitworth?

[njf1003]

#16 F&M plays better against a top 15 team but still falls to #13 Hopkins 50-46.

[John Gleich]

According to the scoreboard, North Central just beat Augustana 72-70. That's Augie's second straight loss and third in five games and stood atop the poll.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	615	UW-Whitewater	18-2	02/07 vs. UW-Eau Claire
#2	597	St. Thomas	18-1	won at St. Mary's (Minn.), 79-57; 02/07 vs. Carleton
#3	580	Marietta	20-0	won at Capital, 85-73; 02/07 vs. Wilmington
#4	542	Dickinson	18-2	won at Gettysburg, 72-60; 02/07 at Ursinus
#5	510	Randolph-Macon	18-2	def. Eastern Mennonite, 76-73; 02/07 at Washington and Lee
#6	472	Augustana	17-4	LOST to T#39 North Central (Ill.), 70-72; 02/07 vs. Carthage
#7	458	Albertus Magnus	18-1	won at Lasell, 96-86; 02/07 vs. Suffolk
#8	432	Virginia Wesleyan	17-3	def. Bridgewater (Va.), 77-59; 02/07 at Emory and Henry
#9	409	St. Norbert	18-1	def. Lawrence, 81-63; 02/07 at Beloit
#10	348	WPI	17-3	won at Emerson, 81-73; 02/07 vs. #11 Babson
#11	347	Babson	18-2	won at Wheaton (Mass.), 75-50; 02/07 at #10 WPI
#12	338	Washington U.	15-3	02/06 at Carnegie Mellon; 02/08 at #28 Case Western Reserve
#13	284	Johns Hopkins	18-2	won at #16 Franklin and Marshall, 50-46; 02/07 at Swarthmore
#14	256	Emory	14-4	02/06 vs. Brandeis; 02/08 vs. New York University
#15	251	UW-Stevens Point	17-4	def. UW-River Falls, 63-40; 02/07 at UW-Platteville
#16	246	Franklin and Marshall	17-3	LOST to #13 Johns Hopkins, 46-50; 02/07 at Washington College
#17	227	Richard Stockton	18-3	def. Rutgers-Camden, 58-51; 02/07 at Ramapo
#18	222	Whitworth	17-3	LOST at Whitman, 44-68; 02/07 at Linfield
#19	208	Elmhurst	17-4	won at Carthage, 78-75; 02/07 at Wheaton (Ill.)
#20	169	Wooster	16-4	won at Kenyon, 93-91; 02/07 vs. Denison
#21	105	St. Olaf	16-3	def. St. John's, 71-67; 02/07 at Gustavus Adolphus
#22	85	Chapman	17-2	won at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 65-62; 02/07 vs. Occidental
#23	84	Catholic	18-3	def. Elizabethtown, 68-65; 02/07 vs. Drew
#24	48	St. John Fisher	17-2	02/06 vs. Elmira
#25	47	William Paterson	17-3	02/02 at New Jersey City postponed; won at Montclair State, 70-67; 02/07 vs. Rutgers-Newark

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	45	Ohio Wesleyan	16-4	won at Wittenberg, 49-47; 02/07 vs. Kenyon
#27	38	NYU	13-5	02/06 at Rochester; 02/08 at #14 Emory
#28	37	Case Western Reserve	14-4	02/06 vs. #30 Chicago; 02/08 vs. #12 Washington U.
#29	29	Illinois Wesleyan	16-5	won at Millikin, 80-61; 02/07 vs. T#39 North Central (Ill.)
#30	24	Chicago	13-5	02/06 at #28 Case Western Reserve; 02/08 at Carnegie Mellon
T#31	12	MIT	14-5	LOST at Springfield, 38-66; 02/07 vs. Coast Guard
T#31	12	Eastern Connecticut	16-4	02/07 vs. Mass-Boston
T#33	9	Centre	14-4	02/06 vs. Rhodes; 02/08 vs. Hendrix
T#33	9	Hardin-Simmons	16-4	LOST to Texas-Dallas, 62-68; 02/07 at Louisiana College
T#33	9	Penn State-Behrend	18-2	02/07 vs. Franciscan (Ohio)
#36	7	Amherst	15-5	won at Rhode Island College, 72-63; 02/06 at Connecticut College; 02/07 at Wesleyan
#37	5	Trinity (Conn.)	16-5	02/06 at Wesleyan; 02/07 at Connecticut College
#38	4	Cal Lutheran	14-4	def. Pomona-Pitzer, 63-61; 02/07 at Redlands
T#39	2	Bates	15-4	def. Maine-Farmington, 77-64; 02/06 vs. Williams; 02/07 vs. Hamilton
T#39	2	North Central (Ill.)	16-5	won at #6 Augustana, 72-70; 02/07 at #29 Illinois Wesleyan
#41	1	Bethel	12-6	LOST at Hamline, 75-76; 02/07 at St. John's

[Greek Tragedy]

Grinnell anyone?

http://m.espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=12274993&src=desktop&ex_cid=espnFB

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Grinnell anyone?

http://m.espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=12274993&src=desktop&ex_cid=espnFB

Maybe the coach thought he'd get suspended if he ran up the score any further. 

[Greek Tragedy]

Not sure where to put this.

Ripon's Ty Sabin hit the 1,000 - point plateau in just his 43rd game. Thought that was impressive.  Surely not a record though. Any idea what is? Regardless, congrats!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Not sure where to put this.

Ripon's Ty Sabin hit the 1,000 - point plateau in just his 43rd game. Thought that was impressive.  Surely not a record though. Any idea what is? Regardless, congrats!

Greg Grant from TCNJ has the single season scoring record - 1,044 points in 1989, 32 total games.  Assuming he didn't have 45 in the final game, I'd guess 31 is the record.

You mean to start a career, though, huh?

Do transfers count?  Kyle Myrick transferred into Lincoln as a Junior and scored a bunch really fast.  He might be up there.  Or are you talking just freshmen coming in and scoring 1,000 quickly?

I'm guessing John Grotberg from Grinnell is probably the fastest to 1,000 starting with freshman year.

[Pat Coleman]

The NCAA doesn't list a record in its record book, but Andre Foreman, the all-time leading scorer in D-III, scored 616 in his first season in 25 games and 663 in the 26 games in his sophomore year.

By the way, Foreman was just 2-for-6 from 3-point range those two seasons.