Top 25 talk

[Greek Tragedy]

Fresh off a victory over previously unbeaten Purchase, the sixteenth ranked Albertus Magnus team hosts Johnson and Wales, RI.  The J&W Wildcats are riding an 11 game win streak, and trail the first place Falcons by only one game in the GNAC title race.

Good work Steve! +1

More importantly, The Belt^TM is on the line!

[magicman]

Top 25 games of interest for January 28th  29th

Cabrini takes their new #2 ranking on the road and visits  13-4 Gwynedd-Mercy. The Griffins lost to Cabrini on the road 95-84, but are undefeated at home so far this year. Their other three losses are by a combined 7 points. Aaron Walton-Moss torched G-M for 29 points and 18 rebounds in the earlier meeting.

Rhode Island College invades Amherst, MA to take on the 15-2 Lord Jeffs. At 12-6 the Anchormen's streak of 7 straight 20 win seasons is in jeopardy. A big road win here would get them a little closer to that goal.

#17 Ohio Wesleyan travels to Wooster to take on the #5 Scots in the only matchup of the night featuring two top 25 teams. The Scots led from start to finish in their early December meeting. The Battling Bishops have won 5 straight since their OT loss at Wittenberg, including a road win against surging DePauw.

#9 Wesley will attempt to exact revenge for their only defeat of the season when Marymount travels to Dover, DE for a rematch. A 16-2 run midway through the first half propelled the Saints to an 80-73 victory over the Wolverines.

Platteville will look to even their season series against #10 Whitewater when the teams meet on Bo Ryan court in Platteville. The Pioneers fell to the Warhawks two weeks ago 77-58, a game in which they were within one point with 8 minutes left in the first half, but were then outscored 14-2 to trail by 13 at the half and never threatened the lead again.

North Central tries to get back into the CCIW tourney race when they travel to Rock Island, IL to take on the #14 Augustana Vikings. The Cardinals have lost five of their last six and must beat Augie in a rematch of a game the Cards lost at home by 12.

Fresh off a victory over previously unbeaten Purchase, the sixteenth ranked Albertus Magnus team hosts Johnson and Wales, RI.  The J&W Wildcats are riding an 11 game win streak, and trail the first place Falcons by only one game in the GNAC title race.

And Richard Stockton plays at TCNJ.

Slight correction.

[Just Bill]

Fresh off a victory over previously unbeaten Purchase, the sixteenth ranked Albertus Magnus team hosts Johnson and Wales, RI.  The J&W Wildcats are riding an 11 game win streak, and trail the first place Falcons by only one game in the GNAC title race.

Good work Steve! +1

More importantly, The Belt^TM is on the line!

That is ALWAYS the top story.

[Gregory Sager]

i guess they played 2 conselation games ? otherwise 15 losses in 13 appearances doesnt make any sense.

Yes, back in the 80's (and I don't know when they switched it), 4 teams would go to a regional for the first two rounds. There would be 2 games... and winners would take on winners, losers would take on losers. So, it would be possible to make it to a regional and come home with 2 losses.

do they still do that? have conselation games in the first 2 rounds for the gyms/arenas hosting?

Nope, not since the 80's (ish). Ask Gregory Sager, he likely knows.

The NCAA discontinued D3 regional consolation games after the '89 tournament. They went from a regional bracket structure to a sectional bracket structure for '90, and had sectional consolation games that year. They discontinued them after that one year. The national consolation game managed to hang on until it, too, got the kibosh after the '09 tournament.

[Greek Tragedy]

Did they have an all-star game last year in Salem even though they were playing the quarters and semis (twice as many games)?

Maybe we can do what the NFL did and let last year's NCAA tourney fantasy league winner and this year's winner pick the all-star teams next year!!

[Gregory Sager]

Maybe we can do what the NFL did and let last year's NCAA tourney fantasy league winner and this year's winner pick the all-star teams next year!!

Are you seriopus?

[frodotwo]

Fresh off a victory over previously unbeaten Purchase, the sixteenth ranked Albertus Magnus team hosts Johnson and Wales, RI.  The J&W Wildcats are riding an 11 game win streak, and trail the first place Falcons by only one game in the GNAC title race.

Good work Steve! +1

More importantly, The Belt^TM is on the line!

Wow how did I miss that

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Wesley avenges their only loss of the year with a win over Marymount tonight.

That is one tough conference this year.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

I had to look up and enter the Richard Stockton score myself.  C'mon, Pat, did you forget to send hplc his paycheck?

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Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	624	UW-Stevens Point	19-0	def. UW-Eau Claire, 74-50; 02/01 vs. UW-Superior
#2	599	Cabrini	17-0	won at Gwynedd-Mercy, 80-77; 02/01 at Rosemont
#3	551	Amherst	16-2	def. Rhode Island College, 80-60; 01/31 at Colby; 02/01 at #19 Bowdoin
#4	537	WPI	17-1	won at Coast Guard, 71-65; 02/01 vs. T#32 Springfield
#5	512	Wooster	15-3	LOST to #17 Ohio Wesleyan, 60-62; 02/01 vs. Wabash
#6	502	Illinois Wesleyan	16-3	def. Millikin, 86-52; 02/01 vs. North Park
#7	447	Washington U.	14-2	01/31 at Rochester; 02/02 at #30 Emory
#8	436	St. Norbert	16-1	won at Lake Forest, 72-52; 02/01 vs. Knox
#9	414	Wesley	16-1	def. Marymount, 78-70; 02/01 vs. Frostburg State
#10	393	UW-Whitewater	16-3	won at UW-Platteville, 80-68; 02/01 vs. UW-Stout
#11	382	Williams	15-3	won at Castleton State, 75-62; 01/31 at Middlebury
#12	291	Mary Washington	16-2	def. Frostburg State, 87-59; 02/01 vs. Marymount
#13	285	SUNY-Purchase	15-1	LOST at #16 Albertus Magnus, 79-87; def. Mount St. Vincent, 68-48; 02/01 at Farmingdale State
#14	276	Augustana	15-4	LOST to North Central (Ill.), 59-66; 02/01 vs. Wheaton (Ill.)
#15	258	St. Thomas	14-3	def. Macalester, 89-40; 02/01 at Carleton
#16	233	Albertus Magnus	17-1	def. #13 SUNY-Purchase, 87-79; def. Johnson and Wales, 78-74; 02/01 at St. Joseph's (Maine)
#17	227	Ohio Wesleyan	15-3	won at #5 Wooster, 62-60; 02/01 vs. Hiram
#18	223	Wittenberg	15-3	def. Wabash, 70-50; 02/01 vs. Denison
#19	169	Bowdoin	16-1	won at Thomas, 106-42; 01/31 vs. Trinity (Conn.); 02/01 vs. #3 Amherst
#20	140	Brockport State	15-1	def. Cortland State, 89-71; 02/01 vs. T#37 Geneseo State
#21	124	Virginia Wesleyan	13-4	01/30 vs. Bridgewater (Va.); 02/01 at Lynchburg
#22	88	Messiah	15-2	def. Elizabethtown, 80-65; 02/01 vs. Albright
#23	66	DePauw	14-4	won at Denison, 68-63; 02/01 at Oberlin
#24	60	Texas-Dallas	15-2	LOST to Hardin-Simmons, 74-79; 01/30 vs. Sul Ross State; 02/01 vs. Howard Payne
#25	50	St. Mary's (Md.)	13-4	def. #31 Christopher Newport, 73-62; 01/30 vs. Salisbury; 02/01 vs. Penn State-Harrisburg

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	42	Oglethorpe	15-2	01/31 vs. Millsaps; 02/02 vs. Birmingham-Southern
#27	37	Whitworth	13-4	01/31 vs. Willamette; 02/01 vs. Pacific
#28	20	Calvin	14-4	won at Albion, 68-49; 02/01 vs. Alma
#29	15	Dubuque	17-1	def. Simpson, 76-66; 02/01 vs. Coe
#30	14	Emory	12-4	01/31 vs. Chicago; 02/02 vs. #7 Washington U.
#31	13	Christopher Newport	12-5	LOST at #25 St. Mary's (Md.), 62-73; 01/30 vs. Southern Virginia; 02/01 vs. York (Pa.)
T#32	12	Staten Island	16-2	won at CCNY, 74-51; 01/31 vs. Baruch
T#32	12	Springfield	14-4	won at Emerson, 68-58; 02/01 at #4 WPI
#34	11	St. Vincent	16-2	won at Washington and Jefferson, 80-77; 02/01 vs. Westminster (Pa.)
#35	10	Randolph-Macon	14-4	won at Hampden-Sydney, 69-60; 02/01 vs. Guilford
#36	9	Babson	13-5	LOST at Clark, 70-71; 02/01 at Emerson
T#37	6	Geneseo State	14-2	def. Oswego State, 81-73; 02/01 at #20 Brockport State
T#37	6	Scranton	15-3	won at Moravian, 73-65; 02/01 at Juniata
T#37	6	Carthage	13-6	def. North Park, 89-72; 02/01 at North Central (Ill.)
T#40	5	Richard Stockton	15-3	won at TCNJ, 95-71; 02/01 at Rutgers-Newark
T#40	5	Dickinson	14-4	LOST to Muhlenberg, 72-75; 02/01 at Washington College
T#40	5	Centre	13-3	01/31 at Hendrix; 02/02 at Rhodes
#43	4	Marietta	14-4	def. Otterbein, 104-68; 02/01 vs. Ohio Northern
#44	3	Colorado College	12-4	01/31 at Southwestern; 02/01 at Trinity (Texas)
T#45	1	Plattsburgh State	13-3	01/31 vs. Oneonta State; 02/01 vs. New Paltz State
T#45	1	Rose-Hulman	14-4	def. Anderson, 68-66; 02/01 vs. Defiance
T#45	1	Eastern Connecticut	14-4	won at Western Connecticut, 84-72; 02/01 vs. Plymouth State

[Pat Coleman]

How They Fared (So Far)

I had to look up and enter the Richard Stockton score myself.  C'mon, Pat, did you forget to send hplc his paycheck?

TALOK ABOUT PEOPLE INJ TECNOLY INDUSTRY DROPPIONG TGHE BALL;

Yeah. Literally every Richard Stockton home game is like that and many of their road games. We clean up unreported scores when we can, as always. 

[gordonmann]

Sadly, Stockton is not alone in that regard in that conference.  Some schools -- NJCU, Montclair, Kean and Willy P -- post everything.  Others not so much.

[Gregory Sager]

T#40 5 Richard Stockton 15-3 won at TCNJ, 95-71

Looks like hplc2222's socks (and digestive tract) are safe until further notice.

[sac]

Cabrini 75 Rosemont 74

Walton-Moss did not play for Cabrini

[frodotwo]

Cabrini 75 Rosemont 74

Walton-Moss did not play for Cabrini

Any idea why he didn't play? It would be horrible for him to miss time with an injury.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Gonna be a shake up in the Top 25 this week - Darryl's 'How They Fared' will have a lot more red than usual.