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[Titan Q]

Opponents Points per 100 Possessions (Defensive Efficiency)
1   William Paterson (10)   81.4
2   Franklin & Marshall (15)   82.1
3   MIT (11)   84.6
4   Chapman (12)   84.6
5   Middlebury (7)   85.8
6   St. John Fisher (25)   86.9
7   St. Mary's (18)   87.0
8   Eastern Mennonite (16)   88.4
9   St. Norbert (14)   89.3
10   Randolph-Macon (17)   90.1
11   Cabrini (24)   90.3
12   UW-Stevens Point (6)   90.7
13   Virginia Wesleyan (5)   90.8
14   Williams (2)   92.5
15   St. Thomas (4)   93.5
16   Guilford (1)   93.9
17   Brandeis (21)   93.9
18   Wash U (3)   94.6
19   Wooster (19)   95.1
20   Texas-Dallas (20)   97.4
21   Whitworth (8)   97.9
22   Ill. Wesleyan (23)   99.8
23   Carthage (22)   100.9
24   UW-Whitewater (9)   101.2
25   Anderson (13)   102.0

[Titan Q]

Differential (Points per 100 possessions – Opponent Points per 100 possessions)
1   Williams (2)   30.0
2   Chapman (12)   25.6
3   UW-Stevens Point (6)   24.9
4   William Paterson (10)   23.7
5   Eastern Mennonite (16)   21.4
6   St. John Fisher (25)   21.1
7   Guilford (1)   20.6
8   Whitworth (8)   20.1
9   Franklin & Marshall (15)   20.1
10   St. Thomas (4)   19.8
11   Middlebury (7)   19.7
12   MIT (11)   19.7
13   St. Norbert (14)   19.7
14   Texas-Dallas (20)   19.1
15   Wash U (3)   18.2
16   Cabrini (24)   17.6
17   Carthage (22)   17.1
18   Randolph-Macon (17)   14.9
19   St. Mary's (18)   13.8
20   Ill. Wesleyan (23)   13.7
21   Virginia Wesleyan (5)   13.4
22   UW-Whitewater (9)   13.2
23   Anderson (13)   13.0
24   Wooster (19)   12.6
25   Brandeis (21)   11.0

[Titan Q]

Average Total Possessions per game (team + opponent)

1   Eastern Mennonite (16)   162.4
2   St. Mary's (18)   151.6
3   Cabrini (24)   146.2
4   Virginia Wesleyan (5)   144.9
5   Whitworth (8)   143.6
6   Middlebury (7)   143.0
7   Williams (2)   142.2
8   Randolph-Macon (17)   142.1
9   Guilford (1)   140.6
10   UW-Whitewater (9)   138.8
11   Franklin & Marshall (15)   138.7
12   Texas-Dallas (20)   137.8
13   Ill. Wesleyan (23)   137.6
14   MIT (11)   136.8
15   Brandeis (21)   134.3
16   St. John Fisher (25)   133.9
17   St. Norbert (14)   133.6
18   William Paterson (10)   132.3
19   Chapman (12)   131.4
20   Wooster (19)   131.2
21   Anderson (13)   130.4
22   UW-Stevens Point (6)   130.0
23   Carthage (22)   129.6
24   Wash U (3)   129.2
25   St. Thomas (4)   128.9

[magicman]

#5 Virginia Wesleyan falls to #17 Randolph-Macon 64-62 on a basket by Danny Jones with .01 second left to play.

[nescac1]

Congrats to Williams who should (deservedly) be the new number one in the country.  I know the Ephs have had some doubters here, but they have really improved throughout the course of the year, especially on the defensive end; as the schedule has gotten tougher, they have performed better and better.  They have two guys (Schultz and Wang) playing at an all-American level right now, and five other very solid players at the top of the rotation, any of whom are capable of having big nights on any given day.  The Ephs' shooting has been off the charts of late, and today they hit 15-22 threes on the road against a team that supposedly defends the three well. 

Craziness continues in ODAC ... at this point I don't see how they CAN'T get four into the NCAA's ...

[Ralph Turner]

Congrats to Williams who should (deservedly) be the new number one in the country.  I know the Ephs have had some doubters here, but they have really improved throughout the course of the year, especially on the defensive end; as the schedule has gotten tougher, they have performed better and better.  They have two guys (Schultz and Wang) playing at an all-American level right now, and five other very solid players at the top of the rotation, any of whom are capable of having big nights on any given day.  The Ephs' shooting has been off the charts of late, and today they hit 15-22 threes on the road against a team that supposedly defends the three well. 

Craziness continues in ODAC ... at this point I don't see how they CAN'T get four into the NCAA's ...

Unless they "WIAC" themselves out of the tournament.

[deanslist]

EMU up 63-45 at the half! Both teams shooting lights out. EMU is 9 for 15 from 3 point range. George Johnson with 18 at the half!

[Mr. Ypsi]

Woo trailing Witt (IN Wooster) at the half, 37-23.

Perhaps it's true about rivalry games - 'throw out the records'!

[Titan Q]

Live video of #23 IWU vs Wheaton, from Bloomington, IL...

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iwu_basketball

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth in control 71-39.   

[Mr. Ypsi]

Woo falls to Witt, 67-56.

I guess that old cliche is true!

[John Gleich]

Unless they "WIAC" themselves out of the tournament.

The WIAC hasn't WIAC'd themselves out of the tournament since expansion...

In the four seasons from 2006-2009, the WIAC has had:

2006: 3 teams
2007: 1 teams
2008: 2 teams
2009: 3 teams

They're on pace to get two this year and possibly 3 if Point and Whitewater both get upset in the conference tournament.  In 2007, Point won the league by a full 3 games.

[frodotwo]

Unless they "WIAC" themselves out of the tournament.

The WIAC hasn't WIAC'd themselves out of the tournament since expansion...

In the four seasons from 2006-2009, the WIAC has had:

2006: 3 teams
2007: 1 teams
2008: 2 teams
2009: 3 teams

They're on pace to get two this year and possibly 3 if Point and Whitewater both get upset in the conference tournament.  In 2007, Point won the league by a full 3 games.

I'm guessing he meant 2007, which was the year that Oshkosh got "snubbed" at 21-6 because of the 3 losses to La Crosse, who also didn't get in at 19-8

[Ralph Turner]

Unless they "WIAC" themselves out of the tournament.

The WIAC hasn't WIAC'd themselves out of the tournament since expansion...

In the four seasons from 2006-2009, the WIAC has had:

2006: 3 teams
2007: 1 teams
2008: 2 teams
2009: 3 teams

They're on pace to get two this year and possibly 3 if Point and Whitewater both get upset in the conference tournament.  In 2007, Point won the league by a full 3 games.

I'm guessing he meant 2007, which was the year that Oshkosh got "snubbed" at 21-6 because of the 3 losses to La Crosse, who also didn't get in at 19-8

+1!  Yes.  Increasing the Pool C bids according to the 1:6.5 ratio has made a big difference.

[John Gleich]

Unless they "WIAC" themselves out of the tournament.

The WIAC hasn't WIAC'd themselves out of the tournament since expansion...

In the four seasons from 2006-2009, the WIAC has had:

2006: 3 teams
2007: 1 teams
2008: 2 teams
2009: 3 teams

They're on pace to get two this year and possibly 3 if Point and Whitewater both get upset in the conference tournament.  In 2007, Point won the league by a full 3 games.

I'm guessing he meant 2007, which was the year that Oshkosh got "snubbed" at 21-6 because of the 3 losses to La Crosse, who also didn't get in at 19-8

I'm thinking he meant years before expansion...

2005 Co-champ Platteville didn't get a bid
2004 Champ River Falls didn't get a bid, Whitewater 20-6 tied second place didn't get a bid
2002 Tri-champs Point and Whitewater didn't get bids
2001 Co-champs Point and Whitewater didn't get bids