Top 25 talk

[Mr. Ypsi]

Waiting on Darryl Nester's wrap-up before I submit my posters' poll.   

Me too!

My M. O. is to do my own my ballot after seeing Darryl's wrap-up - THEN compile whatever other ballots have come in.  Darryl, we have become totally dependent on you!

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared

So sorry ... got wrapped up in grading, and watching the Olympics (hockey, not ice dancing).

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	609	Washington U.	22-2	def. Case Western Reserve, 65-62; def. Carnegie Mellon, 95-58
#2	603	Williams	24-1	def. Wesleyan, 77-62
#3	563	St. Thomas	23-2	def. Gustavus Adolphus, 75-51; def. Hamline, 80-69
#4	528	Guilford	23-2	def. Washington and Lee, 91-80; def. Emory and Henry, 94-65; def. Randolph, 71-58
#5	511	UW-Stevens Point	21-4	def. UW-Platteville, 78-56; LOST at UW-La Crosse, 76-88
#6	449	Middlebury	23-2	def. Green Mountain, 76-57; def. Trinity (Conn.), 56-52
#7	430	Whitworth	23-2	def. Whitman, 70-57; def. Linfield, 77-53
#8	428	William Paterson	23-2	LOST at Rutgers-Newark, 46-55; def. New Jersey City, 66-55
#9	423	UW-Whitewater	21-4	def. UW-Oshkosh, 62-50; def. UW-Superior, 70-63
#10	404	Virginia Wesleyan	21-4	LOST at #12 Eastern Mennonite, 68-88; def. Hampden-Sydney, 89-79
#11	378	MIT	22-3	LOST at Wheaton (Mass.), 77-84; def. Springfield, 66-62
#12	345	Eastern Mennonite	21-3	def. #10 Virginia Wesleyan, 88-68; def. Bridgewater (Va.), 86-81; def. Washington and Lee, 83-62
#13	330	Chapman	22-2	02/19 at West Coast Baptist
#14	296	St. Norbert	20-3	LOST at Carroll, 68-77
#15	282	Franklin and Marshall	21-4	LOST to Johns Hopkins, 45-46; def. Dickinson, 90-49
#16	274	Randolph-Macon	20-5	def. Lynchburg, 84-62; LOST to Hampden-Sydney, 61-66
#17	233	St. Mary's (Md.)	22-3	def. Wesley, 75-73; def. Gallaudet, 92-69; def. York (Pa.), 82-63; def. Mary Washington, 76-54
#18	193	Anderson	21-4	def. Manchester, 83-64; LOST at Hanover, 75-78 OT
#19	183	Texas-Dallas	21-4	def. Texas-Tyler, 63-62; def. East Texas Baptist, 72-64; def. LeTourneau, 76-61
#20	129	Carthage	20-5	def. North Park, 61-55; def. Millikin, 70-63
#21	101	Wooster	20-5	def. Ohio Wesleyan, 94-78; def. Earlham, 90-72
#22	90	Cabrini	23-2	def. Gwynedd-Mercy, 93-86; def. Centenary, 79-77; def. Neumann, 89-87 OT
#23	75	St. John Fisher	21-4	def. Nazareth, 64-58; def. Utica, 73-66
#24	57	Medaille	21-4	LOST to Pitt-Bradford, 63-79; LOST at Pitt-Greensburg, 68-72
#25	49	John Carroll	19-5	def. Heidelberg, 95-91; def. Ohio Northern, 109-83

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	45	Brandeis	18-6	def. Rochester, 87-70; LOST at Emory, 63-64
#27	31	Illinois Wesleyan	19-6	def. Augustana, 62-59; LOST at North Park, 67-70
#28	24	Wittenberg	19-6	LOST to Wabash, 69-72; def. Oberlin, 107-74
#29	18	Central	21-4	def. Coe, 74-67; def. Cornell, 74-64
#30	17	Merchant Marine	21-4	def. Drew, 75-62
#31	8	Defiance	20-5	def. Bluffton, 70-60; def. Franklin, 73-60
#32	5	Hope	18-7	LOST at Adrian, 68-73; def. Trine, 58-53
T#33	4	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	19-5	def. Whittier, 67-54; LOST to Pomona-Pitzer, 56-70
T#33	4	Gordon	21-4	def. University of New England, 64-61; def. Salve Regina, 89-62
T#33	4	Wheaton (Ill.)	18-7	def. Millikin, 65-61; def. Elmhurst, 82-61
#36	2	SUNY-Old Westbury	19-6	def. Polytechnic, 75-66; def. Sage, 95-75

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth climbs to #5!!  Perfect conference record, complete dominance of Linfield at LF last Saturday, longest winning streak in the country this year (22 games and running), playing their best defense of the season. Go Bucs!!

[Greek Tragedy]

Whitworth looking pretty good. 

They could jump Point in the West Region rankings.  It will probably be Whitewater, St. Thomas, Whitworth and Point, though they make look at Point beating Whitworth at the beginning of the year.

[ziggy]

Whitworth looking pretty good. 

They could jump Point in the West Region rankings.  It will probably be Whitewater, St. Thomas, Whitworth and Point, though they make look at Point beating Whitworth at the beginning of the year.

They will also see Whitworth's win over Whitewater. My money is on the Pirates checking in at number 3.

[John Gleich]

Whitworth looking pretty good. 

They could jump Point in the West Region rankings.  It will probably be Whitewater, St. Thomas, Whitworth and Point, though they make look at Point beating Whitworth at the beginning of the year.

They will also see Whitworth's win over Whitewater. My money is on the Pirates checking in at number 3.

To further complicate matters though, Point also beat UST... All of these teams are going to get in, so it won't  really matter... but it might factor into hosting possibly, which certainly COULD matter

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth looking pretty good.  

They could jump Point in the West Region rankings.  It will probably be Whitewater, St. Thomas, Whitworth and Point, though they make look at Point beating Whitworth at the beginning of the year.

They will also see Whitworth's win over Whitewater. My money is on the Pirates checking in at number 3.

To further complicate matters though, Point also beat UST... All of these teams are going to get in, so it won't  really matter... but it might factor into hosting possibly, which certainly COULD matter

Hosting beyond the first weekend is not something that we even dream, talk or think about.  Not even at an Irish wedding on a Sat night in July.

[John Gleich]

Whitworth looking pretty good.  

They could jump Point in the West Region rankings.  It will probably be Whitewater, St. Thomas, Whitworth and Point, though they make look at Point beating Whitworth at the beginning of the year.

They will also see Whitworth's win over Whitewater. My money is on the Pirates checking in at number 3.

To further complicate matters though, Point also beat UST... All of these teams are going to get in, so it won't  really matter... but it might factor into hosting possibly, which certainly COULD matter

Hosting beyond the first weekend is not something that we even dream, talk or think about.  Not even at an Irish wedding on a Sat night in July.

There is a precedence when UPS did it in 03-04, but they were the top seed in the West.  There's a chance it could happen again, I guess, depending who the teams are.

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth looking pretty good.  

They could jump Point in the West Region rankings.  It will probably be Whitewater, St. Thomas, Whitworth and Point, though they make look at Point beating Whitworth at the beginning of the year.

They will also see Whitworth's win over Whitewater. My money is on the Pirates checking in at number 3.

To further complicate matters though, Point also beat UST... All of these teams are going to get in, so it won't  really matter... but it might factor into hosting possibly, which certainly COULD matter

Hosting beyond the first weekend is not something that we even dream, talk or think about.  Not even at an Irish wedding on a Sat night in July.

There is a precedence when UPS did it in 03-04, but they were the top seed in the West.  There's a chance it could happen again, I guess, depending who the teams are.

That's not gonna happen.....

[David Collinge]

There is a precedent when UPS did it in 03-04, but they were the top seed in the West.  There's a chance it could happen again, I guess, depending who the teams are.

UPS is not in Spokane.

[John Gleich]

There is a precedent when UPS did it in 03-04, but they were the top seed in the West.  There's a chance it could happen again, I guess, depending who the teams are.

UPS is not in Spokane.

True.  But Stevens Point isn't in Milwaukee either, and they hosted the next year (although they were defending champs, had the best record, and only 2 teams had to fly there, I think).

[Greek Tragedy]

I could see Whitworth hosting the winner of Chapman and CMS as Whitworth gets a bye in the 1st round.

[stag44]

I could see Whitworth hosting the winner of Chapman and CMS as Whitworth gets a bye in the 1st round.

I think that's a no brainer. SCAIC vs Chapman, winner goes up to Spokane and prays for an off night from Beal, Riley, Gregg, and Montgomery. That hangar is a HUGE advantedge.

Would love if the SoCal teams could get to go outside of the NWC to play in the tourney (hasn't happened since 04-05), but this years geography just wont allow otherwise.

[KnightSlappy]

There may be a similar situation with a couple Texas teams playing then flying as well, so maybe that winner goes to Spokane, and the SoCal winner flys to St. Thomas or something?

[ziggy]

I could see Whitworth hosting the winner of Chapman and CMS as Whitworth gets a bye in the 1st round.

I think that's a no brainer. SCAIC vs Chapman, winner goes up to Spokane and prays for an off night from Beal, Riley, Gregg, and Montgomery. That hangar is a HUGE advantedge.

Would love if the SoCal teams could get to go outside of the NWC to play in the tourney (hasn't happened since 04-05), but this years geography just wont allow otherwise.

A flight is a flight, whether it is SoCal to Whitworth or Texas to Whitworth. If two teams come out of SoCal and Texas then I would expect the committee may reward Whitworth based on seeding and send them the winner of the weaker pair which is probably the Texas pairing. This was the thinking in putting together the mock bracket.