Top 25 talk

[Hugenerd]

If VWU beats RMC, it seems very possible that 4 ODAC teams will be ranked come next week (if the teams win out this weekend).

4 teams are ranked right now.   I assume you meant "ranked in the Top Ten".

You are correct, sir.

[John Gleich]

#1 Point beats Eau Claire 74-68
#6 Whitewater beats Platteville 73-63

[Hugenerd]

Wittenberg loses to Wabash tonight, 57-64.  They had picked up votes in the Top 25 poll this week, for the first time since week 2.  This result also takes some of the shine off the matchup with Wooster this weekend.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Is it possible that RMC is the fourth best team in the ODAC and the fifth best team in the country?

[Hugenerd]

Is it possible that RMC is the fourth best team in the ODAC and the fifth best team in the country?

I dont think so.

[Mugsy]

#17 Illinois Wesleyan loses to Wheaton, 66-65 on a last second put back. 

Wheaton was up by 6 with 53 seconds left and IWU took the lead with 12 seconds remaining.

[Hugenerd]

#17 Illinois Wesleyan loses to Wheaton, 66-65 on a last second put back. 

Wheaton was up by 6 with 53 seconds left and IWU took the lead with 12 seconds remaining.

Wheaton is pretty good at home, not so much on the road.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Wittenberg loses to Wabash tonight, 57-64.  They had picked up votes in the Top 25 poll this week, for the first time since week 2.  This result also takes some of the shine off the matchup with Wooster this weekend.

Perhaps some of the shine, but Witt/Woo is right up there with Amherst/Williams or (top dog) Hope/Calvin.  There is ALWAYS plenty of shine left.

[Greek Tragedy]

#17 Illinois Wesleyan loses to Wheaton, 66-65 on a last second put back. 

Wheaton was up by 6 with 53 seconds left and IWU took the lead with 12 seconds remaining.

7 points in 41 seconds? (assuming Wheaton didn't score).  Wow.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared -- Midweek report

Apologies for the spurious smiley inserted toward the end. The Beavers had a long wait for their first W.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	625	UW-Stevens Point	16-1	def. UW-Eau Claire, 74-68; 01/23 at UW-Oshkosh
#2	588	Guilford	16-1	def. Roanoke, 96-62; def. Bridgewater (Va.), 79-67
#3	534	Randolph-Macon	14-2	LOST to #12 Virginia Wesleyan, 69-72; 01/23 at Randolph
#4	510	Washington U.	12-2	01/22 at Case Western Reserve; 01/24 at Carnegie Mellon
#5	508	Williams	15-1	def. New Paltz State, 70-68; 01/22 at Wesleyan; 01/23 at Connecticut College
#6	457	UW-Whitewater	15-2	def. UW-Platteville, 73-63
#7	430	Eastern Mennonite	14-1	def. Emory and Henry, 101-69; 01/23 at Bridgewater (Va.)
#8	428	MIT	16-1	def. Springfield, 67-56; 01/23 vs. Wheaton (Mass.)
#9	418	St. Thomas	14-2	def. Hamline, 80-63; def. Concordia-Moorhead, 71-63; 01/23 at St. Olaf
#10	412	Middlebury	14-1	01/22 at Connecticut College; 01/23 at Wesleyan
#11	373	Anderson	16-1	def. #40 Manchester, 77-75; 01/23 at Mount St. Joseph
#12	350	Virginia Wesleyan	15-2	def. #3 Randolph-Macon, 72-69; 01/23 vs. Roanoke
#13	326	St. Norbert	12-1	01/22 at Illinois College; 01/23 at Knox
#14	280	Chapman	14-2	01/22 vs. UC Santa Cruz (n); 01/23 vs. University of Dallas (n); 01/24 at La Sierra
#15	272	Brandeis	11-2	01/22 vs. #27 Rochester; 01/24 vs. Emory
#16	248	St. Mary's (Md.)	14-2	def. Hood, 65-54; 01/23 at Salisbury
#17	220	Illinois Wesleyan	13-3	LOST at T#36 Wheaton (Ill.), 65-66; 01/24 vs. North Park
#18	190	Whitworth	14-2	def. Whitman, 110-83; 01/22 vs. Linfield
#19	181	Franklin and Marshall	13-3	def. Dickinson, 71-49; 01/23 at Haverford
#20	165	Amherst	10-3	01/21 at Curry; 01/23 at Trinity (Conn.)
#21	124	William Paterson	17-1	def. Baruch, 87-81 2OT; def. Montclair State, 54-43; 01/23 vs. Rutgers-Camden
#22	122	Texas-Dallas	13-3	def. University of the Ozarks, 92-76; 01/21 vs. Texas-Tyler
#23	92	Mississippi College	12-2	01/21 at LeTourneau; 01/23 at East Texas Baptist
#24	84	Medaille	16-1	def. La Roche, 66-56; def. D'Youville, 76-60; 01/23 at Penn State-Altoona
#25	50	Wooster	12-4	def. Oberlin, 66-58; 01/23 at T#38 Wittenberg

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	32	Cabrini	12-1	01/21 vs. Neumann; 01/23 at Immaculata
#27	23	Rochester	12-2	01/22 at #15 Brandeis; 01/24 at New York University
#28	19	Wilmington	12-4	01/23 at Baldwin-Wallace
#29	9	Carthage	12-4	def. North Central (Ill.), 85-71; 01/23 vs. Millikin
T#30	7	Defiance	13-4	LOST at Bluffton , 83-91; 01/23 at Rose-Hulman
T#30	7	Gustavus Adolphus	11-5	def. St. John's, 76-65; LOST to Carleton, 55-60; 01/23 vs. Concordia-Moorhead
T#30	7	Richard Stockton	14-4	def. Eastern, 82-74; def. Rowan, 85-72; 01/23 vs. Ramapo
T#30	7	UW-La Crosse	13-4	def. UW-Oshkosh, 61-55; 01/23 vs. UW-Eau Claire
T#34	5	Lycoming	14-2	def. Elizabethtown, 89-74; 01/23 at Alvernia
T#34	5	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	12-3	def. La Verne, 76-61; 01/23 vs. Whittier
T#36	4	Maryville (Tenn.)	15-2	def. Transylvania, 75-69 OT; 01/23 vs. Huntingdon
T#36	4	Wheaton (Ill.)	11-5	def. #17 Illinois Wesleyan, 66-65; 01/23 vs. Elmhurst
T#38	3	Wittenberg	13-3	LOST at Wabash, 57-64; 01/23 vs. #25 Wooster
T#38	3	Worcester Polytech	13-3	def. Clark, 67-57; 01/23 at Springfield
#40	2	Manchester	11-6	LOST to #11 Anderson, 75-77; 01/23 at Hanover
#41	1	Central	13-3	01/21 at Loras; 01/23 at Simpson

[ScotsFan]

Wittenberg loses to Wabash tonight, 57-64.  They had picked up votes in the Top 25 poll this week, for the first time since week 2.  This result also takes some of the shine off the matchup with Wooster this weekend.

Perhaps some of the shine, but Witt/Woo is right up there with Amherst/Williams or (top dog) Hope/Calvin.  There is ALWAYS plenty of shine left.

I would say that some of the shine is gone, but as Mr. Y said, there is definitely still plenty left.

The rivalry lost some shine last year with Witt going through one of their worst seasons that I can remember.  But there is still no love loss between these schools.  Witt's loss to Wabash took away this game being for first place in the NCAC, but the Tigers are still going to come out ready to play vs. the Scots. 

Wooster may have a 2 game lead in the conference standings, but this has to be the most uncomfortable 2 game lead at this stage of the season that I can remember the Scots having.  With as poorly as Wooster has been playing since the start of the new year, and unless they find a way to start making some of their shots fall, the race for the NCAC is far from over.  Not only is Witt still in it, but Wabash is very much a player in this race and OWU just might have something to say before it's all said and done as well.

[Mugsy]

Video of the last 21 seconds from the IWU/Wheaton game.

Includes Sean Johnson's 3-pointer to give IWU their first lead of the second half and Ben Panner's pull up jumper to set up Andrew Jahn's put back layup as time expires.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsw28ZxBoH4

[toooldtoplay]

Mugsy, Great video. What a great atmosphere for a D3 hoops game. The fans went crazy. Is that a big rivalry game?

[usee]

Wheaton is 7-0 at home and 4-5 away from King Arena this year. 3 of their 5 losses are by a combined point total of 5 pts. Their other 2 losses were by 13 @ Carthage and by 25 @Hope.

[Mugsy]

Mugsy, Great video. What a great atmosphere for a D3 hoops game. The fans went crazy. Is that a big rivalry game?

If you were to ask basketball players from Wheaton who their top rival is in the CCIW, they'd say IWU.  Over the past 15 years, it seems as if almost every game between these two teams goes down the the wire - several with the CCIW championship on the line.

Football would be North Central and Augustana.