Top 25 talk

[sac]

Can someone tell a west coast guy why St. Mary's is the best 4 loss team in D3? 
Truly just curious.

One of those losses is to D1 The Citadel, also have a win over top 25 Franklin and Marshall

Sweet 16 team a year ago with high expectations this year.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Yeah - that sums it up for St. Mary's! They also have one loss to a team that is surging and did the same thing last year to make the NCAA Tournament (Wesley).

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

First Regional Rankings: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2011/02/02/ncaas-mens-regional-rankings/

[John Gleich]

The #10 Stevens Point onslaught against the WIAC appears to be continuing...  They're up 56-21 at the half against UW Stout.

Elsewhere in the WIAC, #9 River Falls is in a tight game at Eau Claire.  After trailing much of the first half, the Falcons lead the Blugolds 41-35 going into the half.

See the WIAC in-game board for updates.

[John Gleich]

#10 Stevens Point beats Stout 101 to 50
#9 River Falls slips by Eau Claire 76-70.  EC had a few chances but couldn't keep up with the Falcons.  RF now 12-0 in the league.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared--Midweek Report

Ordinarily when a score is missing, my program prompts me to track it down.  I disabled that part of my program this time around; I assumed that missing scores (there were just a couple) were actually postponed games that had not yet been updated in the d3sports database.  Let me know if you see a missing score from a game that was actually played.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	620	Wooster	19-0	02/03 at Hiram; 02/05 vs. #15 Wabash
#2	589	Whitworth	19-0	02/04 at Puget Sound; 02/05 at Pacific Lutheran
#3	573	Augustana	19-0	02/03 vs. North Park; 02/05 vs. Carthage
#4	540	Williams	19-1	02/04 at Bowdoin; 02/05 at Colby
#5	509	Amherst	18-0	02/01 at Rhode Island College; 02/04 vs. Tufts; 02/05 vs. Bates
#6	489	Virginia Wesleyan	18-1	02/05 vs. Roanoke
#7	471	St. Thomas	18-2	LOST to St. Olaf, 68-73; def. St. Mary's (Minn.), 75-66
#8	467	Middlebury	16-1	02/04 at Colby; 02/05 at Bowdoin
#9	443	UW-River Falls	19-2	def. UW-Eau Claire, 76-70; 02/05 vs. UW-Whitewater
#10	400	UW-Stevens Point	18-3	def. UW-Stout, 101-50
#11	352	Randolph-Macon	18-3	def. Christopher Newport, 67-49; 02/05 vs. Washington and Lee
#12	341	St. Norbert	15-3	02/04 at Monmouth; 02/05 at Grinnell
#13	314	WPI	17-3	02/05 at Wheaton (Mass.)
#14	305	Western Connecticut	17-2	02/03 at Connecticut College; 02/05 at Plymouth State
#15	290	Wabash	16-3	02/03 at Denison; 02/05 at #1 Wooster
#16	236	St. Mary's (Md.)	17-4	def. Hood, 71-67; def. York (Pa.), 82-75; 02/05 vs. Marymount
#17	190	Centre	15-3	02/05 vs. DePauw
#18	171	Eastern Mennonite	15-4	def. Lynchburg, 88-79; 02/05 vs. T#39 Randolph
#19	150	Ferrum	18-2	02/05 at Greensboro
#20	123	Marietta	18-2	def. Wilmington, 76-70; 02/05 vs. Ohio Northern
#21	119	Chapman	17-3	02/05 vs. La Sierra
#22	112	Franklin and Marshall	16-4	def. Ursinus, 69-61; 02/05 vs. Muhlenberg
#23	81	Ramapo	16-4	02/05 vs. Montclair State
#24	71	Illinois Wesleyan	14-5	02/04 at Elmhurst
#25	29	Wittenberg	14-5	02/03 vs. Kenyon; 02/05 vs. Allegheny

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	24	Rochester	14-4	02/04 vs. New York University; 02/06 vs. Brandeis
T#27	20	Becker	16-3	02/05 at Wheelock
T#27	20	Ithaca	15-4	02/05 vs. Utica
#29	19	Anderson	14-5	02/05 vs. Franklin
#30	11	Concordia (Wis.)	17-3	IDLE
T#31	8	Lewis and Clark	15-5	def. Linfield, 86-71; 02/05 at George Fox
T#31	8	Manchester	13-6	02/03 at Defiance; 02/05 vs. Rose-Hulman
T#31	8	Mary Hardin-Baylor	15-4	02/03 vs. Howard Payne; 02/05 vs. Sul Ross State
#34	7	Emory	14-4	02/04 vs. Brandeis; 02/06 vs. New York University
T#35	3	North Carolina Wesleyan	14-6	02/05 at Christopher Newport
T#35	3	Penn State-Behrend	16-2	02/03 at D'Youville; 02/05 at Pitt-Greensburg
T#37	2	Hope	14-5	02/03 vs. Trine; 02/05 at Alma
T#37	2	Oswego State	15-3	def. Oneonta State, 81-70; 02/04 vs. Cortland State
T#39	1	Elizabethtown	15-3	02/03 vs. Messiah; 02/05 at Albright
T#39	1	Randolph	14-5	def. Washington and Lee, 68-60; 02/03 at Johnson & Wales (NC); 02/05 at #18 Eastern Mennonite

[wooscotsfan]

Final: #1 Wooster 70  Hiram 64

Wooster played a sloppy game with 15 turnovers but still got the road win tonight.  Nathan Balch with 20 points and Ian Franks with 13 points (9 boards) led Wooster in scoring.

Wooster is now 20-0, 11-0 NCAC

Congratulations to Wooster Coach Steve Moore and his staff on 15 consecutive 20 win seasons!

[magicman]

Darryl,
Here are the scores you're missing. These are all games that were played on Feb. 3rd.

Augustana beat North Park 76-66.

Western Connecticut beat Connecticut College 71-66.

Wabash lost to Denison 62-65.

Manchester beat Defiance  72-64.

Mary Hardin-Baylor beat Howard Payne   115-69.

Penn State-Behrend beat D'Youville  57-39.

Hope beat Trine  81-64.

Elizabethtown lost to Messiah  62-66.


EDITED by DC to correct a pervasive misspelling of 'Denison'

[David Collinge]

How They Fared--Midweek Report

Top 25

#25

29

Wittenberg

14-5

02/03 vs. Kenyon; 02/05 vs. Allegheny

Darryl, I'm not sure how your program is going to handle this.  The Wittenberg/Kenyon game, scheduled for 2/2, postponed until 2/3, and then re-scheduled for 2/4, has been canceled and (evidently) will not be played.  It does not go down as either a win or loss for Wittenberg, just a non-game for purposes of their overall record (they do get credit for the victory from the standpoint of the league's seeding for the conference tournament, since Kenyon was responsible for the cancellation.)

[ronk]

How They Fared--Midweek Report

Top 25

#25

29

Wittenberg

14-5

02/03 vs. Kenyon; 02/05 vs. Allegheny

Darryl, I'm not sure how your program is going to handle this.  The Wittenberg/Kenyon game, scheduled for 2/2, postponed until 2/3, and then re-scheduled for 2/4, has been canceled and (evidently) will not be played.  It does not go down as either a win or loss for Wittenberg, just a non-game for purposes of their overall record (they do get credit for the victory from the standpoint of the league's seeding for the conference tournament, since Kenyon was responsible for the cancellation.)

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What far-ranging thinker came up with this idea?

[David Collinge]

How They Fared--Midweek Report

Top 25

#25

29

Wittenberg

14-5

02/03 vs. Kenyon; 02/05 vs. Allegheny

Darryl, I'm not sure how your program is going to handle this.  The Wittenberg/Kenyon game, scheduled for 2/2, postponed until 2/3, and then re-scheduled for 2/4, has been canceled and (evidently) will not be played.  It does not go down as either a win or loss for Wittenberg, just a non-game for purposes of their overall record (they do get credit for the victory from the standpoint of the league's seeding for the conference tournament, since Kenyon was responsible for the cancellation.)

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What far-ranging thinker came up with this idea?

The game was scheduled according to conference rules, and Kenyon chose not to play it.  Thus it goes down as a 2-0 victory for Wittenberg on the conference books. 

If the conference just ignored the game, Oberlin would cite academics and back out of every game, thus finishing 0-0 and about 5th place, qualifying for the conference tournament every year.

[ronk]

  Ah, yes, the infamous Oberlin manuever! I see your point.

[nwhoops1903]

Final: #2 Whitworth 89  UPS 67

Whitworth shot well and took a 22 point lead early second half at UPS and coasted in to get the road win tonight.  Felix Freidt led with a double double 24 points and 14 rebounds.

Whitworth is now 20-0, 11-0 NWC

Congratulations to Whitworth Coach Jim Hayford and his staff on 6 consecutive 20 win seasons!

[David Collinge]

#1 Wooster suffers their first loss of the season, to #15 Wabash, 69-68 in OT.

[nwhoops1903]

And now it is in Whitworth's hands to take over the top spot. Early game start at 6pm PST. Listen in and hear Bob Castle on KSBN.  Go Pirates!