Top 25 talk

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

No SOS numbers this time (they're on my other computer).  A few team schedules were not updated with conference tournament games, so they show up as blank ... and I did not have time to track those down this morning.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	617	Williams	24-1	02/26 vs. Trinity (Conn.)
#2	576	Whitworth	24-1	02/24 vs. Pacific Lutheran
#3	571	Middlebury	23-1	02/26 vs. #7 Amherst
#4	546	UW-Stevens Point	22-3	02/24 vs. UW-Superior
#5	540	Wooster	24-2	def. Allegheny, 62-57; 02/25 vs. Ohio Wesleyan
#6	490	Augustana	22-3	LOST at Illinois Wesleyan, 68-70; 02/25 vs. Wheaton (Ill.)
#7	475	Amherst	22-2	02/26 at #3 Middlebury
#8	426	Randolph-Macon	21-4	02/25 vs. Roanoke
#9	413	St. Thomas	22-3
#10	403	Virginia Wesleyan	22-3	02/25 vs. Washington and Lee
#11	381	Eastern Mennonite	21-4	02/25 vs. Hampden-Sydney
#12	303	WPI	21-4	02/26 vs. Coast Guard
#13	285	Marietta	23-3	def. Wilmington, 84-73; 02/24 vs. Heidelberg
#14	240	Rochester	20-4	02/26 at #38 Emory
#15	226	Chapman	22-3	def. La Sierra, 61-56; 02/25 vs. University of Dallas; 02/26 at TBA
#16	225	Wabash	20-5	def. Kenyon, 72-61; 02/25 at #33 Wittenberg
#17	224	Western Connecticut	21-4	02/25 vs. Eastern Connecticut
#18	214	St. Mary's (Md.)	20-5	02/24 vs. Mary Washington; 02/26 at CAC Championship
#19	134	Franklin and Marshall	20-5	02/26 vs. Haverford
#20	122	St. Norbert	18-5	02/25 vs. Ripon
#21	115	Concordia (Wis.)	23-3	def. Wisconsin Lutheran, 90-58; 02/25 vs. Edgewood
#22	96	UW-River Falls	19-6	02/24 vs. UW-Platteville
#23	85	Becker	22-3	02/25 vs. Newbury
#24	63	Oswego State	23-3	def. Potsdam State, 64-50; 02/25 vs. Brockport State
#25	59	Ramapo	20-6	LOST to Montclair State, 64-67

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	55	Ferrum	22-4	def. Averett, 70-47; 02/25 vs. Christopher Newport
#27	51	Texas-Dallas	20-4	02/25 vs. Concordia (Texas)
#28	43	Manchester	19-6	02/26 vs. TBA
#29	34	Penn State-Behrend	22-3	02/25 vs. Medaille
#30	23	Centre	18-5	02/25 vs. Hendrix
#31	19	La Roche	23-2	02/25 vs. Hilbert
#32	17	Hope	20-6	def. Alma, 110-77; 02/25 vs. Adrian
#33	16	Wittenberg	18-7	def. Denison, 77-63; 02/25 vs. #16 Wabash
T#34	8	Carleton	18-7
T#34	8	Ithaca	20-5	02/25 vs. St. John Fisher
#36	7	North Carolina Wesleyan	19-6	02/25 vs. Greensboro
#37	5	North Central (Ill.)	15-10	02/25 vs. Illinois Wesleyan
#38	4	Emory	19-5	02/26 vs. #14 Rochester
#39	3	New Jersey City	18-9	def. Kean, 75-61; 02/25 vs. Montclair State
#40	2	UW-Whitewater	17-9	LOST to UW-Superior, 72-78
#41	1	Salem State	19-6	02/24 vs. Westfield State

[Ralph Turner]

+1!  Darryl!

Thanks for providing this service!  It helps tremendously!

[Greek Tragedy]

Great job, Darryl!

[wooscotsfan]

Darryl - thanks for all your excellent work on the Top 25 updates this season! k+

[John Gleich]

#4 Stevens Point demolishes Superior 84-52

[nwhoops1903]

#2 Whitworth and Whitman both win Thursday night.  This sets up a third game with the only team Whitworth lost to this season.  Game at 7pm Saturday at Whitworth.  Winner gets the Pool A, loser gets thrown in Pool C pool.

Shame Whitman lost last Friday at Pacific.  I think without that loss they could have been a serious contender for Pool C even if they lose Sat.  Whitworth is a lock for tournament, but a loss Saturday would be a major blow and would probably force yet another Whitman game in round 1.

[Ralph Turner]

#2 Whitworth and Whitman both win Thursday night.  This sets up a third game with the only team Whitworth lost to this season.  Game at 7pm Saturday at Whitworth.  Winner gets the Pool A, loser gets thrown in Pool C pool.

Shame Whitman lost last Friday at Pacific.  I think without that loss they could have been a serious contender for Pool C even if they lose Sat.  Whitworth is a lock for tournament, but a loss Saturday would be a major blow and would probably force yet another Whitman game in round 1.

I predict either a 3-team or a 4-team bracket of teams from the West Coast.

Not to worry...

The mischief in the East Region (SUNY Oswego and St John Fisher) probably had more effect on Whitman tonight than the Pacific loss.

[nwhoops1903]

Is there a poll this weekend?

[Mr. Ypsi]

Is there a poll this weekend?

Both d3hoops.com and the Posters' Poll come out after conference tourneys, then not again 'til after the FF.

[magicman]

Middlebury certainly hopes there is after taking down #1 Williams. Now the question for the voters will be: Does Middlebury leap over Whitworth to claim the top spot. Middlebury avenged their only defeat of the season, a 69-64 loss to Williams, in Williamstown, back on January 29th. The Panthers were without the services of leading scorer and rebounder Ryan Sharry in that game. With Sharry today, who had a double-double of 14 points and 12 boards, Middlebury held Williams to 54 points, their lowest output of the season, and 27 points below their season average of 81.8 ppg. And they did it at Williamstown. I know I'll have them #1 in the Posters' Poll.

[nescac1]

I think it should go Midd-Williams-Whitworth, but we'll have to see.  At full strength, I believe Midd and Williams are very, very even teams (I note that Williams was without a key player today, Nate Robertson, who is second on the team in minutes and assists and is one of two primary ball-handlers, as well as their top perimeter defender).  Midd really played tremendously this weekend and deserves the top spot after beating two top-ten teams, including number one, back-to-back on the road.

I really hope Midd and Williams are placed in different quarters of the bracket, the way the NCAA did with Amherst and Williams back in 2004 (with both ultimately making the Final Four). 

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth did some avenging last night as well. Whitworth should reclaim the top spot by virtue of having wins over stronger non conference opponents. I think we can almost all agree who the top 4 teams are. BTW Point isn't a bad pick either.

[nwhoops1903]

That's some sweet conference punch you drink NESCAC. Williams will likely fall to 4 but I agree it would be great to get those 2 teams away from each other. One will be playing Amherst early, that much is pretty certain.

[John Gleich]

I think it should go Midd-Williams-Whitworth, but we'll have to see.  At full strength, I believe Midd and Williams are very, very even teams (I note that Williams was without a key player today, Nate Robertson, who is second on the team in minutes and assists and is one of two primary ball-handlers, as well as their top perimeter defender).  Midd really played tremendously this weekend and deserves the top spot after beating two top-ten teams, including number one, back-to-back on the road.

I really hope Midd and Williams are placed in different quarters of the bracket, the way the NCAA did with Amherst and Williams back in 2004 (with both ultimately making the Final Four). 

I wonder if Stevens Point will pick up some more #1 votes too...  They're the defending national champ, of course, and have won 12 straight and 19/20. 

[Ralph Turner]

I think it should go Midd-Williams-Whitworth, but we'll have to see.  At full strength, I believe Midd and Williams are very, very even teams (I note that Williams was without a key player today, Nate Robertson, who is second on the team in minutes and assists and is one of two primary ball-handlers, as well as their top perimeter defender).  Midd really played tremendously this weekend and deserves the top spot after beating two top-ten teams, including number one, back-to-back on the road.

I really hope Midd and Williams are placed in different quarters of the bracket, the way the NCAA did with Amherst and Williams back in 2004 (with both ultimately making the Final Four). 

I wonder if Stevens Point will pick up some more #1 votes too...  They're the defending national champ, of course, and have won 12 straight and 19/20. 

I think that Pat Coleman will sell you a banner ad to plug your team for #1 amongst the voters.