Top 25 talk

[Greek Tragedy]

Pretty big backlash on WPI, don't you think? I mean, the loss to Emerson is definitely a surprise, but losing on the road to Babson, who they only beat by 4 at home can't be a complete shocker. Babson is a respectable 16-5 (7-3 in conference).

There are more than a few teams that have had hiccups along the way. Is WPI too high at #3? I think they are, but they have been winning a lot of their games by double-digits.

[7express]

Pretty big backlash on WPI, don't you think? I mean, the loss to Emerson is definitely a surprise, but losing on the road to Babson, who they only beat by 4 at home can't be a complete shocker. Babson is a respectable 16-5 (7-3 in conference).

There are more than a few teams that have had hiccups along the way. Is WPI too high at #3? I think they are, but they have been winning a lot of their games by double-digits.

Even the 2 games they won last week: 6 @ Coast Guard, 1 vs. Springfield at home weren't very impressive either.  They should be lucky they won the Springfield game.

[Pat Coleman]

After losing Marco Coppola before the season began, I'm surprised they did this well.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	624	UW-Stevens Point	20-1	LOST at #7 UW-Whitewater, 76-81
#2	600	Cabrini	18-0	02/03 vs. #6 Wesley postponed; 02/06 vs. Immaculata postponed
#3	556	WPI	18-3	LOST to Emerson, 67-71; LOST at #43 Babson, 62-71
#4	513	Washington U.	18-2	def. Rochester, 77-61; def. Emory, 94-80
#5	479	Illinois Wesleyan	18-3	def. #23 Augustana, 84-69; def. Elmhurst, 80-68
#6	471	Wesley	18-2	02/03 at #2 Cabrini postponed; LOST at York (Pa.), 48-62; def. T#32 Christopher Newport, 66-63
#7	467	UW-Whitewater	19-3	def. #1 UW-Stevens Point, 81-76; won at UW-Superior, 77-44
#8	446	St. Norbert	18-1	won at Lawrence, 79-69
#9	444	Amherst	20-3	won at Lasell, 95-74; def. Connecticut College, 77-65; def. Wesleyan, 81-56
#10	396	Williams	19-3	won at Stevens, 83-68; def. Bates, 92-70; def. Tufts, 93-70
#11	393	Wooster	18-3	def. Kenyon, 86-56; won at Denison, 78-73
#12	348	Mary Washington	18-3	won at T#39 St. Mary's (Md.), 67-61; LOST to Salisbury, 71-81
#13	309	Ohio Wesleyan	17-4	LOST to #22 Wittenberg, 55-66; won at Kenyon, 68-65
#14	282	St. Thomas	18-3	won at Hamline, 89-53; def. Bethel, 65-56; def. St. Mary's (Minn.), 92-59
#15	241	Brockport State	17-2	LOST to Plattsburgh State, 89-92; def. Potsdam State, 88-60
#16	207	Virginia Wesleyan	16-5	LOST to Eastern Mennonite, 82-85; won at Randolph, 65-63
#17	182	Messiah	17-3	LOST at Lycoming, 73-81; won at Arcadia, 81-70
#18	172	Bowdoin	18-3	def. Plymouth State, 58-49; LOST at Middlebury, 66-69
#19	157	Albertus Magnus	19-2	won at Anna Maria, 109-104; def. Mount Ida, 88-52
#20	153	SUNY-Purchase	19-1	def. Mount St. Mary, 76-70; def. SUNY-Maritime, 72-50; won at Yeshiva, 75-59
#21	92	Whitworth	17-4	won at Puget Sound, 84-74; won at Pacific Lutheran, 70-58
#22	90	Wittenberg	17-4	won at #13 Ohio Wesleyan, 66-55; won at Oberlin, 70-63
#23	74	Augustana	16-6	LOST at #5 Illinois Wesleyan, 69-84; won at Carthage, 65-58
#24	60	Texas-Dallas	19-2	won at Mississippi College, 78-69; won at Louisiana College, 72-67
#25	57	Centre	17-3	def. #34 Oglethorpe, 77-67; def. Berry, 82-72

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	49	Dubuque	20-1	won at Wartburg, 83-65; won at Simpson, 86-75
#27	36	Calvin	16-5	LOST at T#39 Hope, 65-83; won at Adrian, 68-55
#28	28	Staten Island	20-2	won at Lehman, 86-76; won at St. Joseph's (Bklyn.), 95-73; won at John Jay, 78-67
T#29	24	Randolph-Macon	17-4	won at Bridgewater (Va.), 76-60; def. Lynchburg, 84-72
T#29	24	Eastern Connecticut	16-5	LOST at Wesleyan, 62-68; won at Mass-Boston, 71-58
#31	18	Marietta	17-4	won at Muskingum, 78-66; def. Heidelberg, 76-56
T#32	16	Christopher Newport	14-7	def. Southern Virginia, 91-76; LOST at Salisbury, 58-83; LOST at #6 Wesley, 63-66
T#32	16	Mount Union	17-3	won at Baldwin Wallace, 104-98; won at Otterbein, 76-66
#34	14	Oglethorpe	17-4	LOST at #25 Centre, 67-77; won at Sewanee, 78-66
#35	12	Geneseo State	16-3	def. Potsdam State, 78-61; def. Plattsburgh State, 60-51
#36	9	St. Vincent	18-3	LOST at Thiel, 121-124; won at Grove City, 68-52
#37	7	Wheaton (Ill.)	16-6	def. Carthage, 87-54; def. Millikin, 73-48
#38	6	Scranton	18-3	won at Merchant Marine, 75-63; def. Susquehanna, 77-73
T#39	5	Hope	15-6	def. Kalamazoo, 76-61; def. #27 Calvin, 83-65; def. Albion, 88-73
T#39	5	St. Mary's (Md.)	15-6	LOST to #12 Mary Washington, 61-67; won at Frostburg State, 72-54
T#39	5	DePauw	15-6	LOST to Allegheny, 66-69; def. Hiram, 84-71
#42	3	Rose-Hulman	17-4	won at Earlham, 65-54; won at Manchester, 85-65
#43	2	Babson	16-5	def. Wheaton (Mass.), 67-48; def. #3 WPI, 71-62
T#44	1	Rutgers-Newark	16-6	LOST at William Paterson, 50-74; def. TCNJ, 87-53
T#44	1	Springfield	16-5	def. MIT, 59-51; won at Wheaton (Mass.), 73-72

[Gregory Sager]

After losing Marco Coppola before the season began, I'm surprised they did this well.

Did he drop out in order to enroll in film school?

[Pat Coleman]

After losing Marco Coppola before the season began, I'm surprised they did this well.

Did he drop out in order to enroll in film school?

That's something one might transfer, say, to Emerson for.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

New Top 25 is out... and here is my take: www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2014/02/10/daves-top-25-ballot-week-10-2/

[sac]

I watch some of the St. Olaf/St. John's game this weekend.  I really can't believe St. Olaf is only getting 2 votes in the poll.

Losses to Augustana, Stevens Point and St. Thomas(by 1) and Augsburg over 2 months ago now. 

Looked like a big strong team that would be a tougher match-up for a lot of D3 squads.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Cairn had a lights out shooting night, and AWM sat out, but Cabrini only won by seven.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

This is going to be a tough week for Cabrini... especially with a monster storm looking for Thursday...

[sac]

East coasters and their monster storms.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Well... I remember working at the station back in 2010 when we got back-to-back 30-inch blizzards in four days... so you can pretend you have it worse, but we do get our big storms. This looks to be the biggest of the year with some predictions today starting at a foot for my area ... and already climbing. Also, we have many more people located in our target zones and that makes things much more difficult .

By the way... Cabrini had their game(s) against Immaculata postponed twice last week because of an ice storm... their game on Thursday looks very doubtful... and it is supposed to be Immaculata.

[SgtPaul]

Give me snow, -20 in Stevens Point again tonight.  It's warmer when it snows.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Yeah... I feel bad for you guys to be sure... and my sister in Anchorage is pointing out they basically have had a non-winter and events like the Iditirod (sp?) are in real trouble.

[Greek Tragedy]

Facebook said this week's poll was not the closest vote. What was? Just curious if you knew off hand.