Top 25 talk

[Ralph Turner]

Today I came across the Sporting News preseason poll (formerly Street & Smith's), release in the first week October...


1. St. Thomas, Minn.
2. Washington-St. Louis (Mo.)
3. Wheaton (Ill.)
4. Augustana (Ill.)
5. UW-Whitewater
6. Gettysburg (Pa)
7. Buena Vista (Iowa)
8. UW-Platteville
9. Brandeis (Mass.)
10. Capital (Ohio)

D3hoops.com had:

1 Washington U
2 Augustana   
3 Wheaton (Ill.)
4 UW-Whitewater
5 St. Thomas   
6 UW-Stevens Point 
7 UW-Platteville
8 Buena Vista 
9 Brandeis 
10 Mary Hardin-Baylor  UMHB is 17-7/ 17-7/ 15-5 this season.  The Cru is 3-3 vs regionally-ranked teams.  (Wins over UWW, at McMurry and over McMurry and losses at Trinity TX, to UTDallas and at Mississippi College in OT.  A UMHB win and a McM loss on Saturday will give UMHB the #1 seed in the West.)

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Unless someone lets me know that they want to see more reports, this will be my final submission for this season.  (There are considerably fewer games to keep track of this week, anyway.)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	617	St. Thomas	25-0	def. St. John's, 82-47; def. Hamline, 71-49
#2	608	Washington U.	22-2	def. #25 Carnegie Mellon, 77-63; LOST to Rochester, 69-70
#3	555	UW-Whitewater	21-4	LOST at UW-Oshkosh, 64-65; def. UW-River Falls, 72-68
#4	514	UW-Platteville	21-4	LOST at UW-Eau Claire, 60-65; def. #5 UW-Stevens Point, 55-52
#5	504	UW-Stevens Point	21-4	def. UW-La Crosse, 78-62; LOST to #4 UW-Platteville, 52-55
#6	495	Puget Sound	23-2	def. Pacific, 76-64; def. Willamette, 75-74
#7	466	Wheaton (Ill.)	22-3	def. Carthage, 73-69; def. #39 North Central (Ill.), 70-60
#8	450	Buena Vista	23-2	def. Luther, 69-61
#9	431	Ithaca	24-1	def. Nazareth, 113-86; def. #38 Rochester Tech, 101-74
#10	396	Richard Stockton	23-2	def. Rutgers-Camden, 78-63
#11	389	Capital	22-3	def. Heidelberg, 79-76; def. Otterbein, 83-78 OT
#12	341	Elms	24-1	def. Southern Vermont, 98-73; def. Lesley, 90-59; def. Newbury, 108-86
#13	308	Franklin and Marshall	21-4	LOST at Gettysburg, 60-72; LOST at Dickinson, 67-74
#14	271	Trinity (Texas)	22-3	def. Colorado College, 75-64; def. Austin, 88-55
#15	244	Middlebury	22-3	def. Connecticut College, 78-62
#16	235	John Carroll	20-4	def. Baldwin-Wallace, 86-71; def. Wilmington, 75-72
#17	191	Centre	20-4	def. Sewanee, 65-35; def. Oglethorpe, 81-71
#18	186	Rhode Island College	21-4	def. Western Connecticut, 70-68; def. Eastern Connecticut, 78-65
#19	185	Mass-Dartmouth	22-3	def. Mass-Boston, 108-68; def. Plymouth State, 86-75
#20	160	Guilford	21-4	def. Emory and Henry, 77-68; def. Randolph, 68-52
#21	129	Elmhurst	19-6	def. #39 North Central (Ill.), 74-63; def. Carthage, 76-53
#22	97	Texas-Dallas	21-4	LOST at East Texas Baptist, 58-72; def. LeTourneau, 66-59
#23	48	Amherst	20-5	def. Trinity (Conn.), 80-66
#24	42	Randolph-Macon	20-5	def. Hampden-Sydney, 69-67
#25	41	Carnegie Mellon	18-6	LOST at #2 Washington U., 63-77; def. Chicago, 68-56

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	32	Augustana	18-7	def. Illinois Wesleyan, 74-65
#27	31	Worcester Polytech	20-4	def. Wheaton (Mass.), 85-68; def. Babson, 72-42
#28	23	St. Lawrence	19-5	LOST to Vassar, 65-76; def. RPI, 82-75
T#29	21	William Paterson	20-6	LOST to #40 Montclair State, 57-58; def. Kean, 53-51
T#29	21	Chapman	22-3	def. West Coast Baptist, 78-62; def. Vanguard, 71-58
#31	16	DePauw	19-6	def. Oglethorpe, 85-58; def. Sewanee, 80-46
T#32	14	St. Norbert	18-5	LOST to Carroll, 51-64
T#32	14	Transylvania	19-5	def. Mount St. Joseph, 67-49; def. Anderson, 78-74
#34	11	Lawrence	17-6	def. Beloit, 92-68; def. Ripon, 97-75
T#35	10	St. Mary's (Md.)	21-4	def. Wesley, 79-73
T#35	10	Whitworth	19-5	def. Whitman, 97-87; 02/22 vs. Lewis and Clark
#37	8	Ohio Wesleyan	17-7	def. Oberlin, 64-61; LOST to Allegheny, 57-59
#38	5	Rochester Tech	17-8	LOST to Nazareth, 84-86; LOST at #9 Ithaca, 74-101
#39	4	North Central (Ill.)	16-9	LOST to #21 Elmhurst, 63-74; LOST at #7 Wheaton (Ill.), 60-70
#40	2	Montclair State	20-5	def. T#29 William Paterson, 58-57

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

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
---	---	Calvin	17-7	def. Albion, 67-62; LOST at Kalamazoo, 66-68
---	---	Franklin	16-9	def. Hanover, 92-84; LOST to Defiance, 89-92

[Mr. Ypsi]

Darryl, I would love to see one more after the conference tourneys are complete.

Thanks (and +k) for doing this.

[magicman]

Darryl, I would love to see one more after the conference tourneys are complete.

Thanks (and +k) for doing this.

Darryl,

I think most of us would love to see 1 more poll. Plus k from me as well.

[nwhoops1903]

How They Fared (Complete)

Unless someone lets me know that they want to see more reports, this will be my final submission for this season.  (There are considerably fewer games to keep track of this week, anyway.)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	617	St. Thomas	25-0	def. St. John's, 82-47; def. Hamline, 71-49
#2	608	Washington U.	22-2	def. #25 Carnegie Mellon, 77-63; LOST to Rochester, 69-70
#3	555	UW-Whitewater	21-4	LOST at UW-Oshkosh, 64-65; def. UW-River Falls, 72-68
#4	514	UW-Platteville	21-4	LOST at UW-Eau Claire, 60-65; def. #5 UW-Stevens Point, 55-52
#5	504	UW-Stevens Point	21-4	def. UW-La Crosse, 78-62; LOST to #4 UW-Platteville, 52-55
#6	495	Puget Sound	23-2	def. Pacific, 76-64; def. Willamette, 75-74

I'm thinking Loggers!!!  NWC has an important game going right now for 2nd seed in Conf. tourney..Lewis & Clark at Whitworth. 

mms://media.whitworth.edu/events

One more week would be fantastic!  Thanks

[Darryl Nester]

OK - you've convinced me.  I'll go one more week.

[kyballr]

D,

I know it is just math but lost I thousands betting on Franklin's 75% chance of winning the HCAC and only 25% on Transylvania U. "Vampires" going into last game yesterday.  Glad TU boys went against the numerical probability ..(although I guess since Grizzlies are co-champs the 75% is very accurate)...with a lot of help from Yellowjackets of  Defiance.  You going to make it to Lex if Beavers take care of Birds from Anderson?

Keep the reports coming!!!...only way I can keep up with the upper echelon teams....

   

[luvikings]

Lawrence University men's team is actually 17-6, not 16-6 as listed in the newest top 25 poll. The game at Ripon this past Saturday, which Lawrence won 97-75, is not included on their team page either.

[Darryl Nester]

Lawrence University men's team is actually 17-6, not 16-6 as listed in the newest top 25 poll. The game at Ripon this past Saturday, which Lawrence won 97-75, is not included on their team page either.

luviking:  I edited the report above to include this missing game.  (Someone else will have to put it on their team page.)

[Pat Coleman]

Yeah, it's unfortunate, but we've had big dropoff in participation from the MWC this year since the conference SID, Matt Troha, left.

[Greek Tragedy]

"I'm just a sweet transvestite, from transexual transalvania"

It would help the MWC faithful if Transylvania won the Pool A bid from the HCAC.

Midwest Region
1. Washington U. 21-1 20-1
2. Wheaton (Ill.) 20-3 16-3
3. Elmhurst 17-6 17-6
4. Transylvania 17-5 14-3
5. North Central (Ill.) 16-7 14-5
6. Lawrence 15-6 15-6
7. Augustana 17-7 16-7
8. St. Norbert 18-4 17-4

[wooscotsfan]

With its win tonight, Wooster is now 20-6.  They are 15-2 in their last 17 games with 5 total losses in DIII.

Wooster has now registered 20 or more wins in 13 straight seasons - the longest streak in Division III.

Congrats to Wooster Coaches Steve Moore, Doug Cline and the rest of their staff.

[sac]

With its win tonight, Wooster is now 20-6.  They are 15-2 in their last 17 games with 5 total losses in DIII.

Wooster has now registered 20 or more wins in 13 straight seasons - the longest streak in Division III.

Congrats to Wooster Coaches Steve Moore, Doug Cline and the rest of their staff.

Interesting bit about that wooscotsfan,  that streak started in 1997.   Wooster's season ended at the hands of Hope College in the NCAA Tournament that year.  I remember quite a bit about that game.  I believe Wooster had a Fr point guard who gave us fits.

At the time the perception around Holland was Hope had a really tough time competing with the Ohio D3's.  That year Hope beat Denison and Wooster, following a year where they beat John Carroll and Wittenberg.   Since then Hope's had a pretty awesome record vs their Ohio Great Lakes rivals.  So in some small part, Woosters streak began around the same time as another little Hope streak.

Hope 69, Denison, Ohio 66 (H)
Hope 67, Wooster, Ohio 56 (H)


That Hope team lost in the Sweet 16 at Nebraska Wesleyan, Wesleyan went on to finish runner-up to Illinois Wesleyan.  That was a strectch of four great years of Hope basketball, I still mantain that the 97 team might have actually been the better of the four.

Good memories and an awesome streak for Wooster.

[ronk]

With its win tonight, Wooster is now 20-6.  They are 15-2 in their last 17 games with 5 total losses in DIII.

Wooster has now registered 20 or more wins in 13 straight seasons - the longest streak in Division III. 

Congrats to Wooster Coaches Steve Moore, Doug Cline and the rest of their staff.

  That would be men's bball; Scranton's streak is 18 and counting on the women's side.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	624	St. Thomas	26-0	def. Gustavus Adolphus, 90-50; 02/28 vs. Bethel
#2	554	Washington U.	22-2	02/28 vs. Chicago
#3	542	Puget Sound	23-2	02/26 vs. Lewis and Clark
#4	517	Wheaton (Ill.)	22-3	02/27 vs. North Central (Ill.)
#5	491	UW-Platteville	21-4	02/26 vs. #7 UW-Whitewater
#6	487	UW-Stevens Point	21-4	02/26 vs. UW-Oshkosh
#7	486	UW-Whitewater	22-4	def. UW-River Falls, 86-81; 02/26 at #5 UW-Platteville
#8	471	Ithaca	24-1	02/28 vs. Nazareth
#9	462	Buena Vista	23-2	02/26 vs. Wartburg
#10	419	Richard Stockton	24-2	def. #35 William Paterson, 83-67; 02/27 vs. Rutgers-Newark
#11	381	Capital	23-3	def. Mount Union, 95-56; 02/27 vs. Ohio Northern (n)
#12	353	Elms	24-1	02/27 vs. Wheelock
#13	303	Trinity (Texas)	22-3	02/27 vs. Sewanee (n)
#14	276	Middlebury	22-3	02/28 vs. Bowdoin
#15	261	John Carroll	21-4	def. Heidelberg, 78-68; 02/27 vs. Muskingum
#16	221	Centre	20-4	02/27 vs. Austin (n)
#17	216	Rhode Island College	22-4	def. Southern Maine, 73-57; 02/27 vs. Keene State
#18	206	Mass-Dartmouth	23-3	def. Mass-Boston, 79-63; 02/27 vs. Western Connecticut (n)
#19	191	Guilford	21-4	02/27 vs. Washington and Lee (n)
#20	151	Elmhurst	19-6	02/27 vs. #26 Augustana (n)
#21	97	Amherst	20-5	02/28 vs. Williams (n)
#22	93	Randolph-Macon	20-5	02/27 vs. Virginia Wesleyan (n)
#23	67	Franklin and Marshall	21-4	02/28 vs. Muhlenberg
#24	53	Worcester Polytech	20-4	02/28 vs. Springfield
#25	36	Lawrence	17-6	02/27 vs. Carroll (n)

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	29	Augustana	18-7	02/27 vs. #20 Elmhurst (n)
#27	24	Transylvania	19-5	02/27 vs. Anderson
#28	23	Texas-Dallas	21-4	02/27 vs. Sul Ross State
#29	18	Whitworth	20-5	02/26 vs. Linfield
#30	17	Chapman	22-3	02/26 at La Sierra; 02/27 vs. UC Santa Cruz (n)
#31	14	Carnegie Mellon	18-6	02/28 at Rochester
#32	13	DePauw	19-6	02/27 vs. Southwestern (n)
T#33	10	Montclair State	20-6	LOST to Rutgers-Newark, 57-58
T#33	10	St. Mary's (Md.)	21-4	02/26 vs. Marymount
#35	4	William Paterson	20-7	LOST at #10 Richard Stockton, 67-83
T#36	2	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	19-6	def. Caltech, 89-55; 02/27 vs. Cal Lutheran
T#36	2	Widener	21-5	def. Messiah, 76-61; 02/28 vs. Elizabethtown
#38	1	Salem State	20-5	02/26 vs. Framingham State