Top 25 talk

[smedindy]

Is anything an upset anymore?

[Gregory Sager]

Good question.

[jaybird44]

Only because there are polls to use as reference points.

Emory gets to take out its frustrations Friday night vs. winless Trinity TX in the Lopata Classic Friday night in St. Louis.  Wash-U will beware La Verne U., who plays very good defense and has a 6th man (Kendall McClain) who leads the team with 14.5 ppg and 53% 3-point shooting.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Knox over Augustana would be an upset!

[AndOne]

No, Ypsi.
Knox over Augie would be a miracle 

[Gregory Sager]

LOL!

[Mr. Ypsi]

No, Ypsi.
Knox over Augie would be a miracle 

Yeah, these 30-mile-apart schools would be a Chaminade over Virginia level of upset.

I'd agree that 'upsets' are becoming more rare as the great middle-ground seems to expand.  But there are still plenty of match-ups where 'upset' would be the go-to term.  Beyond (in both directions) that great middle-ground, there are some 'haves' and many 'have nots'.

[smedindy]

Now, the series is 47-28 in favor of Augie over Knox. It's not like the Witt / Oberlin series when Oberlin beat them this year!

[Gregory Sager]

I'd have to ask Augustana SID Dave Wrath, but I'm sure that the last time Knox picked up one of those 28 wins over Augustana was ancient history in college basketball terms. Aside from the shocking two-point win that Augie eked out over the Ex-Siwash three seasons ago, Augie has beaten Knox like a drum for as long as I can remember. Last season the Giovanine Brigade walloped Knox by 38, and the year before that by 35. And we're talking about an Augie program whose style of play doesn't really lend itself to blowout wins.

[smedindy]

Well, yeah, but the wins are in the book, ya know. They count the same....even if most of them happened during the center jump days.

I had the Augie media guide up but had to finish dinner and the girlfriend shanghai'd the laptop.

[sac]

1977   Knox 99 Augustana 96

To be fair to Knox, the two schools only met a handful of times until this latest stretch of 7 games in 8 years.

[sac]

Good early season Top25 and conference match-up between Ohio Wesleyan and Wooster tonight.

stats:  http://www.woosterathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/boxscores/20141203_cilo.xml
video:  http://portal.stretchinternet.com/wooster/

[David Collinge]

#4 OWU built a 26-point lead at Wooster, then held on as the #10 Scots closed to within 2. Final score OWU 92, Wooster 89.

[Titan Q]

Final from Pella, IA...

Central 89
#1-Augustana 78

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Final from Pella, IA...

Central 89
#1-Augustana 78

Oh good gosh.  We have no #1 team.  It just doesn't exist.  Everyone's going to end up voting for Amherst and the weakest schedule in d3 next week.