Top 25 talk

[Titan Q]

It is my pleasure -- my computer program means that most of the time it takes but a few minutes of my time (and the occasional times that I have to fix my program because of an unforeseen problem are a welcome diversion from grading homework).  I'm glad to hear that others find the reports useful.

My thanks as well, Darryl.  This is so helpful.

If it is a simple, quick fix (certainly not asking you to do anything major) can you indicate where the wins are played?  For example, above it does not show that NYU won two road games this week...just says they won two games.

Just something to consider.  Thanks again!

[Darryl Nester]

If it is a simple, quick fix (certainly not asking you to do anything major) can you indicate where the wins are played?  For example, above it does not show that NYU won two road games this week...just says they won two games.

Just something to consider.  Thanks again!

I think that should be a simple change, and I will try to put that in next week.  (Ideally, I would like to identify games at neutral sites, but that will take a little more work -- so for now it remains on my to-do-someday list.)

[Hugenerd]

I have # 2, 3, 6, 11, 12, and 21 falling this weekend.

For the week, it was quite a few more than that: 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 20, 21 all went down.  In addition, ORV 29, 31, T34, T34, T34, T34 (thats right, all 4 teams tied at 34), 38, T39, and 43 also all went down.

[scottiedawg]

I would love to see Lake Forest, E Conn, Rhode Island Col and NYU get some more love in the new poll.

[Wabash2011]

Interesting, for the NCAC ....http://www.d3hoops.com/top25/men/2011-12/week8

[scottiedawg]

Biggest movers in poll 8
NYU +105
Hope +99
F&M +99
E Conn +98
William Patterson +97
UW-W +95
Wooster +87
Emory +66
Williams +59
Cabrini +58
Birmingham Southern +57

Wittenberg -63
Amherst -65
CMS -72
IWU -78
VA Wesleyan -84
St. Thomas -84
MIT -87
Whitworth -89
MHB -91
Wabash -96
UW-SP -121

[Hugenerd]

In ORV news...

Springfield down 2 with 10.7 seconds left in OT, hits 2 FTs to tie it.  Then on WPIs next possesion, they get a long rebound and hit a buzzer beater to win it by 2.

Final: Springfield 65, WPI 63

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  #19 Wooster 78  Kenyon 68      Wooster is now 15-3 and plays at Hiram on Saturday.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

At Titan Q's request, road victories say "won at," while home victories say "def." (as they did before).

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	623	Middlebury	17-0	def. Plattsburgh State, 73-54; 01/28 vs. #13 Williams
#2	595	UW-Whitewater	17-2	LOST to #16 UW-Stevens Point, 60-71; 01/28 vs. UW-Eau Claire
#3	549	Hope	17-1	won at Trine, 85-62; 01/28 vs. Alma
#4	514	Emory	15-1	def. Case Western Reserve, 70-59; 01/27 at Chicago
#5	511	Virginia Wesleyan	15-2	won at Bridgewater (Va.), 72-52; def. Eastern Mennonite, 91-65; 01/28 vs. #34 Christopher Newport
#6	488	MIT	17-1	def. Clark, 64-46; 01/28 vs. Coast Guard
#7	482	Amherst	16-2	won at #13 Williams, 67-65; 01/28 at Trinity (Conn.)
#8	446	Cabrini	17-1	def. Immaculata, 81-74; 01/28 at Centenary
#9	409	Franklin and Marshall	17-1	def. Johns Hopkins, 65-40; 01/28 vs. Haverford
#10	403	Mary Hardin-Baylor	16-1	01/26 vs. Howard Payne; 01/28 vs. Sul Ross State
#11	339	Whitworth	14-3	01/27 at George Fox; 01/28 at Lewis and Clark
#12	323	Birmingham-Southern	16-1	01/27 at Colorado College
#13	296	Williams	15-4	def. Hamilton, 82-61; LOST to #7 Amherst, 65-67; 01/28 at #1 Middlebury
#14	256	William Paterson	16-2	01/28 at Rowan
#15	247	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	16-1	def. Occidental, 75-64; 01/28 vs. Cal Lutheran
#16	222	UW-Stevens Point	15-4	won at #2 UW-Whitewater, 71-60; 01/28 at UW-Superior
#17	192	New York University	14-1	won at T#35 Washington U., 89-75; 01/27 vs. Carnegie Mellon
#18	155	Eastern Connecticut	14-2	LOST to Keene State, 56-64; 01/26 at TCNJ; 01/28 at #24 Rhode Island College
#19	147	Wooster	15-3	def. Kenyon, 78-68; 01/28 at Hiram
#20	136	Augustana	14-4	def. #22 Wheaton (Ill.), 70-46; 01/28 vs. Millikin
#21	128	Illinois Wesleyan	15-3	def. Millikin, 75-53; 01/28 at #22 Wheaton (Ill.)
#22	123	Wheaton (Ill.)	14-4	LOST at #20 Augustana, 46-70; 01/28 vs. #21 Illinois Wesleyan
#23	115	Wabash	14-4	LOST at Ohio Wesleyan, 64-66; 01/28 vs. Denison
#24	76	Rhode Island College	14-3	LOST at T#37 Western Connecticut, 87-93; 01/28 vs. #18 Eastern Connecticut
#25	68	Transylvania	16-2	won at Franklin, 73-65; 01/28 vs. Defiance

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	49	Lake Forest	15-1	won at Illinois College, 71-47; 01/28 vs. T#42 Grinnell
#27	48	WPI	14-4	LOST at Springfield, 63-65
#28	40	Oswego State	13-3	won at Geneseo State, 63-49; 01/27 at Plattsburgh State; 01/28 at Potsdam State
#29	36	Wittenberg	14-4	def. T#42 DePauw, 66-62; 01/28 at Oberlin
#30	20	Randolph-Macon	16-3	won at Roanoke, 87-62
#31	19	St. Thomas	13-4	def. Hamline, 89-73; 01/28 at Gustavus Adolphus
#32	16	Bethany	17-2	won at Geneva, 71-54
#33	9	St. Joseph's (L.I.)	14-2	won at NYU-Poly, 84-60; 01/28 vs. SUNY-Purchase
#34	8	Christopher Newport	16-3	def. Salisbury, 81-65; won at Averett, 91-72; 01/28 at #5 Virginia Wesleyan
T#35	7	UW-River Falls	14-5	won at UW-Stout, 72-50; 01/28 vs. UW-Platteville
T#35	7	Washington U.	12-4	LOST to #17 New York University, 75-89; 01/27 vs. Rochester
T#37	4	Albertus Magnus	15-1	def. Lasell, 90-74; 01/26 at Emmanuel; 01/28 at Mount Ida
T#37	4	Lycoming	15-3	LOST to Elizabethtown, 66-69; 01/28 at Lebanon Valley
T#37	4	St. Mary's (Md.)	14-5	def. Hood, 64-46; 01/28 at Mary Washington
T#37	4	Wesleyan	14-5	01/28 vs. Connecticut College
T#37	4	Western Connecticut	15-3	def. #24 Rhode Island College, 93-87; 01/28 at Southern Maine
T#42	1	DePauw	12-6	LOST at #29 Wittenberg, 62-66; 01/28 at Ohio Wesleyan
T#42	1	Grinnell	14-1	won at Monmouth, 102-90; 01/28 at #26 Lake Forest
T#42	1	Hampden-Sydney	14-4	won at Lynchburg, 92-59; 01/28 at Randolph

[Titan Q]

U. of Chicago 103
#4 Emory 102

Chicago led 96-89 with 2:45 to play, but kind of fell apart - Emory went on a 12-1 run to go up 101-97 with :27 to go.  But Matt Johnson hit a 25-foot bomb at the buzzer to win the game.

Chicago's Matt Johnson has scored 93 points in his last two games (44 vs Brandeis, 49 tonight)!  I have to wonder where that ranks in D3 history in terms of back-to-back games...93 is just crazy!!

[howardjp]

4 way 4-2 tie in the UAA -- Emory, Wash U, NYU, Deis

U. of Chicago 103
#4 Emory 102

Chicago led 96-89 with 2:45 to play, but kind of fell apart - Emory went on a 12-1 run to go up 101-97 with :27 to go.  But Matt Johnson hit a 25-foot bomb at the buzzer to win the game.

Chicago's Matt Johnson has scored 93 points in his last two games (44 vs Brandeis, 49 tonight)!  I have to wonder where that ranks in D3 history in terms of back-to-back games...93 is just crazy!!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Sheesh - could the UAA or the Top 25 get any more confusing?

[howardjp]

Tough enough to figure out my Judges ... knock off Amherst, NYU at NYU, Chicago at Chicago and get blown out by Wash U and Emory. Our psych majors are having a field day!

Sheesh - could the UAA or the Top 25 get any more confusing?

[jaybird44]

No 4-way tie atop the UAA.

Wash-U's 83-78 victory at home over Rochester has placed the Bears in first place with a 5-1 UAA mark.  NYU, Brandeis, and Emory are in a 3-way tie, one game behind the Bears.

[sac]

Matt Johnson's shot for Chicago to beat Emory made Sportscenter's top plays this morning.