Top 25 talk

[gordonmann]

The ODAC has a lot of good teams this year, I wouldnt be surprised to see one of those four teams make a run at the title either.

Unless the selection committee only puts one ODAC team in the tournament, one of them better make a run at the title given where we've had them ranked all year.

[Hugenerd]

The ODAC has a lot of good teams this year, I wouldnt be surprised to see one of those four teams make a run at the title either.

Unless the selection committee only puts one ODAC team in the tournament, one of them better make a run at the title given where we've had them ranked all year.

I figured that was a statement that wouldn't draw too many arguments.

[nwhoops1903]

What the heck, I think Williams and Wash U go down tonight.  37-37 right now at Amherst and WASH U up 12, first half.

[John Gleich]

What the heck, I think Williams and Wash U go down tonight.  37-37 right now at Amherst and WASH U up 12, first half.

Wash U up 10  49-39 with 16 mins to go and Williams up 10 as well 54-44 with 13:00 mins.

Might be more worried about Whitworth... It's still early, 7 mins in the half, but they're down 27-20 against 8-13 Puget Sound.

[nwhoops1903]

What the heck, I think Williams and Wash U go down tonight.  37-37 right now at Amherst and WASH U up 12, first half.

Wash U up 10  49-39 with 16 mins to go and Williams up 10 as well 54-44 with 13:00 mins.

Might be more worried about Whitworth... It's still early, 7 mins in the half, but they're down 27-20 against 8-13 Puget Sound.

True dat..Loggers are playing pretty good.  Whitworth?, not so much.

[BUBeaverFan]

Wash U up five 13+ to go.  Bears in serious foul trouble.

[John Gleich]

Williams is running away with it.  66-45 with about 7

Wash U has hit 4 straight 3's and knocked down some FT's, up 72-60.

[BUBeaverFan]

Wash U 73-68 5:19

[John Gleich]

Now Wash U has missed 4 straight 3's and Brandeis has made 3/4... and we're back to 5  73-68.

And Whitworth has cut UPS's lead to 5 too, 39-34 at the half.

[nwhoops1903]

Williams plays strong and wins 81-60.  Shoots 61% from the field.  One more win to #1.

[John Gleich]

Wash U will pull it out, they're up 90-82 with :14 left.

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth pulling it together and has their first lead 49-47.  Bo Gregg 6-8 from 3pt...20 pts to lead Pirates.

UPS hanging with Whitworth.  WW up 5, 2:21 to go.

Whitworth makes the FT's and wins 82-71.  Go Bucs!!

[magicman]

Virginia Wesleyan leads Randolph-Macon 33-32 at the half.

[Titan Q]

I've been tracking Points per Possession and Opponent Points per Possession on the CCIW board this season.  I decided to run for the Week 10 Top 25 teams.  Results are in the posts below.  Obviously this is not a great measure of one team vs another because strength of schedules vary so much, but I do think it paints a helpful picture.  It shows who the great offensive teams are, the great defensive teams, etc.

Possessions, which are obviously not in a boxscore, are estimated using:

Possessions = FGA – Off Reb + T.O. + (.475 * FTA)

[Titan Q]

Points per 100 Possessions (Offensive Efficiency)
1   Williams (2)   122.4
2   Carthage (22)   118.0
3   Whitworth (8)   118.0
4   Texas-Dallas (20)   116.5
5   UW-Stevens Point (6)   115.6
6   Anderson (13)   115.0
7   Guilford (1)   114.5
8   UW-Whitewater (9)   114.4
9   Ill. Wesleyan (23)   113.5
10   St. Thomas (4)   113.4
11   Wash U (3)   112.8
12   Chapman (12)   110.3
13   Eastern Mennonite (16)   109.8
14   St. Norbert (14)   109.0
15   St. John Fisher (25)   107.9
16   Cabrini (24)   107.9
17   Wooster (19)   107.7
18   Middlebury (7)   105.5
19   William Paterson (10)   105.1
20   Randolph-Macon (17)   104.9
21   Brandeis (21)   104.9
22   MIT (11)   104.3
23   Virginia Wesleyan (5)   104.2
24   Franklin & Marshall (15)   102.3
25   St. Mary's (18)   100.8