Top 25 talk

[zander]

How can Anderson be receiving votes, and RHIT and Transy not?

denny- hanover is winning the league

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared

Not too many games in the rearview mirror yet.  I believe that there is no poll next week (is that correct?), so this lists upcoming games through January 2.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	594	Wooster	9-0	def. #37 Anderson, 89-48; 12/28 vs. #38 John Carroll; 12/29 vs. Wilmington; 01/01 vs. William Carey; 01/02 at Baruch
#2	574	Williams	9-0	12/28 at North Park; 12/29 at Salem State; 01/02 vs. Westfield State
#3	561	Virginia Wesleyan	11-0	01/02 at Lynchburg
#4	530	UW-Stevens Point	5-2	LOST at #7 St. Thomas, 54-61; 12/27 at #20 Ramapo; 12/28 at Colorado College; 12/29 at Simpson; 12/30 at Linfield
#5	506	Middlebury	6-0	01/02 vs. RPI
#6	489	Whitworth	9-0	12/28 vs. #33 Ripon; 12/29 at Colorado College
#7	472	St. Thomas	9-0	def. #4 UW-Stevens Point, 61-54
#8	454	Wabash	11-0	12/29 at Franklin
#9	425	Eastern Mennonite	8-1	IDLE
#10	388	Augustana	8-0	def. MacMurray, 53-50; 12/29 at UW-Stout; 12/30 at TBA; 01/02 at Chicago
#11	384	Randolph-Macon	8-2	12/30 vs. Hood; 12/31 vs. Johns Hopkins
#12	306	St. Norbert	7-1	12/29 vs. Lakeland; 12/30 vs. TBA
#13	302	St. Mary's (Md.)	9-2	IDLE
#14	284	Franklin and Marshall	7-1	01/02 vs. SUNY-Old Westbury
#15	270	Brandeis	8-0	IDLE
#16	258	UW-River Falls	9-1	12/29 vs. Macalester; 12/30 vs. Sioux Falls
#17	243	Amherst	9-0	12/30 at Johnson & Wales (Fla.)
#18	203	Illinois Wesleyan	7-2	12/29 vs. Gettysburg; 12/30 vs. TBA
#19	187	MIT	9-1	12/31 at Harvard
#20	116	Ramapo	8-1	12/27 vs. #4 UW-Stevens Point; 12/28 vs. Scranton
#21	113	Plattsburgh State	6-1	IDLE
#22	90	Chapman	10-1	def. Whittier, 78-65; 12/29 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps; 12/31 vs. George Fox
#23	86	WPI	7-2	12/28 at #25 Western Connecticut; 12/30 vs. #34 Becker; 01/02 at University of New England
#24	42	Carthage	7-3	01/02 at Transylvania
#25	39	Western Connecticut	8-1	12/28 vs. #23 WPI

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	26	Manhattanville	8-1	12/30 at York (N.Y.); 01/02 at Muhlenberg
T#27	25	Marietta	10-0	def. Wilmington, 89-78; 12/29 at Redlands; 12/30 at La Verne
T#27	25	Wheaton (Ill.)	7-2	12/31 at Husson
#29	24	New York University	7-0	12/30 at SUNY-Maritime; 01/02 vs. Drew
#30	20	Ferrum	9-0	12/30 at Covenant; 12/31 at LaGrange
#31	19	Centre	6-1	12/28 vs. Allegheny; 12/29 vs. TBD; 01/02 at DePauw
#32	17	Keene State	8-1	IDLE
#33	14	Ripon	6-1	12/28 at #6 Whitworth; 12/29 vs. Scranton
#34	13	Becker	8-1	12/30 at #23 WPI
#35	10	Rhode Island College	7-2	IDLE
#36	9	Emory	7-1	12/30 vs. Washington and Lee; 01/02 vs. Huntingdon
#37	4	Anderson	5-3	LOST to #1 Wooster, 48-89; 12/28 at Richard Stockton; 12/29 at TBA
#38	2	John Carroll	7-3	def. Baldwin-Wallace, 82-73; 12/28 at #1 Wooster; 12/29 vs. Spalding
#39	1	Catholic	8-2	01/01 vs. CCNY; 01/02 vs. TBD

[David Collinge]

How They Fared

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	594	Wooster	9-0	def. #37 Anderson, 89-48; 12/28 vs. #38 John Carroll; 12/29 vs. Wilmington; 01/01 vs. William Carey; 01/02 at Baruch

FYI, Wooster's games against William Carey and Baruch are both neutral site, in Daytona Beach.

[Titan Q]

I believe that there is no poll next week (is that correct?)

Correct.

[Greek Tragedy]

Top 25

#4

530

UW-Stevens Point

5-2

LOST at #7 St. Thomas, 54-61; 12/27 at #20 Ramapo; 12/28 at Colorado College; 12/29 at Simpson; 12/30 at Linfield

The first two are in Vegas, the 2nd two are in Phoenix.  Wow.  Four games in four days with a 6 hour bus trip squeezed in there.  Hope they have time to go to the Heart Attack Grill outside Phoenix.

[David Collinge]

Top 25

#4

530

UW-Stevens Point

5-2

LOST at #7 St. Thomas, 54-61; 12/27 at #20 Ramapo; 12/28 at Colorado College; 12/29 at Simpson; 12/30 at Linfield

The first two are in Vegas, the 2nd two are in Phoenix.  Wow.  Four games in four days with a 6 hour bus trip squeezed in there.  Hope they have time to go to the Heart Attack Grill outside Phoenix.

Good thing that Hoover Dam bypass is now open!

[Pat Coleman]

Reads like a regular barnstorming tour.

[Hugenerd]

Top 25

#4

530

UW-Stevens Point

5-2

LOST at #7 St. Thomas, 54-61; 12/27 at #20 Ramapo; 12/28 at Colorado College; 12/29 at Simpson; 12/30 at Linfield

The first two are in Vegas, the 2nd two are in Phoenix.  Wow.  Four games in four days with a 6 hour bus trip squeezed in there.  Hope they have time to go to the Heart Attack Grill outside Phoenix.

I hope the traffic during the holidays from Vegas to Phoenix isnt like the traffic from LA to Vegas, a few hour drive can turn into a whole day affair.

[Darryl Nester]

Because of the small numbers of games over this two-week stretch, and an impending trip to visit family in Illinois, I am not going to post a "How They Fared" report tonight, or this Wednesday.  The final report will be posted next Sunday night.

[Ralph Turner]

Enjoy the holidays!

Take the time off.

We'll pester you enough next year!      Get your break now!

+1!   

[ECSUalum]

This video is sort of spooky!!!

Did not know were to put this

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/crazy-basketball-free-throw/1jrvi0zgd?q=College+basketball&rel=msn&from=en-us_msnhp&form=msnhed&gt1=42007

[Ralph Turner]

This video is sort of spooky!!!

Did not know were to put this

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/crazy-basketball-free-throw/1jrvi0zgd?q=College+basketball&rel=msn&from=en-us_msnhp&form=msnhed&gt1=42007

Top 25 video highlights of the season!  +1!   

[ECSUalum]

Thanks Ralph,

That video spooked me out, 1 in a billion shot perhaps?

Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

AGAIN, You guys did a superb job with the D-III web sites this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wooscotsfan]

Final: #1 Wooster 89  John Carroll 76

Wooster notched a convincing win tonight over a scrappy JCU team.  Wooster's depth and scoring balance won this game as they had 4 players in double figures with Ian Franks 28 points, Justin Hallowell 19 points, Nathan Balch 16 points and Josh Claytor 13 points.

Scots outshot JCU 53% to 36%, outrebounded the Blue Streaks 43 to 29, passed well with 18 assists and kept their turnovers to 15 against JCU's press.

[nwhoops1903]

#6 Whitworth easily defeats Ripon 76-65.  Played great and led at half by 19 with no turnovers.  Probably shot their lowest FG and 3pt %'s all season but never really seemed to care.  Sr. Michael Taylor had 36 points/9 reb's to claim top honors for the night. 

Ripon played hard and with pride to keep the game from being a blowout.  Probably another good team that will be playing for their conference title AQ.