Top 25 talk

[hplc2222]

the remaining  29  4-loss teams in the nation right now (no votes last vote, but may want to keep an eye out).

louisiana college 9-4
concordia 11-4
marian 14-4
lakeland 13-4
milwalkie engineering 13-4
marymount 12-4
mcdaniel 12-4
sunyit 8-4
nicols 11-4
eastern nararene 10-4

mitchell 11-4
daniel webster 11-4
gwynedd-mercy 12-4
alfred 10-4
johnson and wales 12-4
defiance 12-4
guilford 12-4
lynchburg 12-4
bethany 13-4
juniata 12-4

claremont-mudd scripps 11-4
cal lutheran 13-4
hobart 10-4
mount st mary 12-4
farmingdale state 11-4
hood 12-4
macmurray 11-4
st olaf 12-4
grinnell 11-4

[Greek Tragedy]

Hplc2222,

Can you post the 5-6-7 loss teams for Hoops Fan so he can make an argument for MHB being the best 7-loss team?   

[hplc2222]

no, thats too much for me.
there are 42 teams with no more than 3 losses, 44 teams with exactly 4 losses..... that is 86 teams
and they currently have one 5 loss team and two 6 loss teams with votes

auguburg-------------------------- 11-5 #34
hampden - sydney-----------------10-6 #45
carthage----------------------------11-6 #47

that is 89 teams

i am only going to keep track of the 42 teams with no more than 3 losses, and the additional 18 teams that had votes in the last poll.

to get into 5,6,7 loss teams right now is too much work and makes everything way too complicated

[hplc2222]

Mary Harden Baylor is 9-7

they beat on my list of 89 teams---concordia (76-74)

lost to on my list of 89 teams- concorodia, louisiana college, texas dallas

they are in 6th place of a 12 team conference in Texas, 7-6 in conference

i have no intrest in trying to figure out who the best 7 loss team in the nation is.

Top 25-35 is hard enough

[Greek Tragedy]

I was actually joking. 

[hplc2222]

And dont look now but Rutgers Newark, a preseason pick to win the  njac is sitting at 12-5 and tied for the conference lead at 8-2, and just won 6 in a row.. They play at Montclair on Saturday, where Stockton lost by 1 point earlier.

Could 3 NJAC teams receive votes next round?

(Kean 9-6 , 5-4 in the NJAC, is playing at  D1 Princeton  on Sunday.)

Richard Stockton plays at home on Saturday against William Paterson. The winner has hopes to crack inside the Top 25.

[pjunito]

Or the best 0 loss team. I say tomato, you say tomato! 

If you're saying tomato, than I must have said bacon.... Thanks for the catch Greek.

[hplc2222]

0 loss - 4
1 loss - 11
2 loss -  9
3 loss - 18
4 loss - 44
5 loss -  35
6 loss - 40
7 loss - 43

= 204 teams

204 teams out of 416 teams in D3 have no more than 7 losses.

161 teams have no more than 6 losses.

I predict by the end of the season, through the final game, including all games for everyone, there will be no more than 45 teams with 6 or less losses

Right now if you are one of the current 42 teams with no more than 3 losses, you have done well. Top 10% of the nation.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I know they've lost seven games already, but I would be absolutely terrified to play Mary Hardin-Baylor right now.  Best seven loss team in d3, I think.

UMHB has dealt with it all this year including two of their best players in car accidents at the beginning of the season. My interview with Coach DeWeese was very interesting as he talked about the challenges they have had to deal with this season. That being said, seven losses is seven losses and unless they win the conference the only teams that have to be terrified is their own conference.

They weren't the #1 seed in their conference tourney last year either, were they?  A good run towards the end of February and people will have to look out for them once again.

(Although I don't see any way they're getting by Texas-Dallas this year - that's a heck of a team.)

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I know they've lost seven games already, but I would be absolutely terrified to play Mary Hardin-Baylor right now.  Best seven loss team in d3, I think.

I believe that the established precedent on this board is that, if you are going to make such a statement, you must follow it up with detailed statistics.  Please begin with a list of all teams in D3 with 7 losses, and your analysis of the quality of those losses.  You can then move on to telling us why MHB deserves to be considered the best of that group. (And perhaps even better than some of the six- and five-loss teams.  We'll need a list of those, too.)  If, at some point, you feel obliged to post increasingly incoherent comments, and/or post in all caps, we would certainly understand.

TGHIJGSTO!!!

[hplc2222]

dont just say things to say things, lol

[hplc2222]

just found something weird. There are 32 teams in the nation with at least 13 wins and no more than 3 losses. Richard Stockton is 13-3 and ranked at number 32.

Four 4 loss teams are ranked higher than Stockton, and none of the 4 have 13 wins yet.

virginia wesleyan-------------- 12-4 #16
st marys md-------------------. 11-4 #24
whitworth-----------------------12-4 #28
stevenson-----------------------12-4 #31

The winner of William Patterson at Richard Stockton on Saturday should get into the Top 25

any opinions?

[hplc2222]

If Richard Stockton wins they will be 14-3, if William Paterson wins they will be 15-3

Currently as I type, there are only 21 teams in the nation with at least 14 wins and no more than 3 losses, and only 8 teams in the nation with at least 15 wins and no more than 3 losses.

This game means a lot to both teams.

[David Collinge]

Hplc2222,

Can you post the 5-6-7 loss teams for Hoops Fan so he can make an argument for MHB being the best 7-loss team?   

[Greek Tragedy]

dont just say things to say things, lol

I'm glad you find humor when we're taking friendly shots at you.