Top 25 talk

[sac]

Okay, so maybe those votes in the preseason poll were unjustified.

Wittenberg's had two 13-13 seasons, 2009 and 1968 otherwise they have not had a losing record since 1956.  It was really 1957 that Wittenberg basketball started to be "Wittenberg basketball."


Two things:
Witt joined the NCAC in 1990 and have failed to win 10 conference games only twice, both years going 9-7 in 2009, 2013.  Wittenberg is currently 0-3 with 13 games remaining, 6 vs Ohio Wesleyan, Wooster and DePauw.  To reach 9 wins they have to win 2 from these 3 teams and win everything else.


To reach 13 wins the Tigers need to win 12 of their remaining 18 scheduled games.   At 1-6, with no conference wins and 6 games remaining vs Wooster, DePauw and Ohio Wesleyan the Tigers are fully on losing record watch.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	616	Augustana	6-1	LOST at Central, 78-89; def. Fontbonne, 116-62
#2	567	Amherst	5-0	def. Westfield State, 78-67; def. Emerson, 80-59
#3	561	UW-Whitewater	6-1	won at UW-Oshkosh, 78-59; def. UW-Platteville, 76-60
#4	542	Washington U.	8-0	def. La Verne, 83-48; def. Trinity (Texas), 79-77
#5	502	St. Thomas	5-1	LOST at Gustavus Adolphus, 65-68; won at St. John's, 77-69
#6	458	Emory	6-1	LOST at Piedmont, 85-87; def. Trinity (Texas), 83-74; won at La Verne, 80-59
#7	427	Virginia Wesleyan	6-1	LOST to #26 Randolph-Macon, 47-55; won at Guilford, 84-66; won at Ferrum, 86-67
#8	417	Richard Stockton	8-0	won at TCNJ, 78-56; def. William Paterson, 53-45
#9	411	Illinois Wesleyan	6-1	def. #17 Chicago, 61-56
#10	377	Wooster	4-2	LOST to #14 Ohio Wesleyan, 89-92; won at #18 DePauw, 76-63
#11	349	MIT	6-1	LOST to Mass-Boston, 52-59; won at Salem State, 73-37; won at Framingham State, 64-61
#12	304	Dickinson	6-1	def. McDaniel, 53-38; won at Swarthmore, 68-60
#13	300	WPI	6-1	won at Tufts, 68-65; won at Fitchburg State, 75-61
#14	271	Ohio Wesleyan	7-0	won at #10 Wooster, 92-89; def. Denison, 76-74
#15	236	Centre	6-0	def. Asbury, 74-61
#16	221	Albertus Magnus	6-1	def. Anna Maria, 96-80; def. Johnson and Wales, 94-91; won at Suffolk, 98-84
#17	179	Chicago	5-3	LOST to T#43 Wheaton (Ill.), 51-62; LOST at #9 Illinois Wesleyan, 56-61
#18	174	DePauw	4-2	LOST at Denison, 65-67; LOST to #10 Wooster, 63-76
#19	143	Calvin	5-3	LOST at T#43 Wheaton (Ill.), 66-70; won at Carthage, 75-73
#20	106	St. Olaf	5-1	won at Macalester, 68-58; LOST at Bethel, 57-67
#21	105	Scranton	5-1	def. Juniata, 61-48
#22	91	North Central (Ill.)	6-0	won at Pomona-Pitzer, 79-77; won at Redlands, 64-47
#23	87	UW-Stevens Point	5-2	def. UW-Eau Claire, 64-50; def. UW-Superior, 77-54
#24	77	St. Norbert	6-0	won at Ripon, 80-68; def. Grinnell, 102-75
#25	74	Eastern Connecticut	8-1	won at #34 Rhode Island College, 53-47

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	64	Randolph-Macon	5-2	won at #7 Virginia Wesleyan, 55-47; def. T#32 Lynchburg, 53-52
#27	58	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	5-1	IDLE
#28	47	Babson	7-1	def. #29 Bowdoin, 68-48; def. Tufts, 68-63; def. Salem State, 73-71
#29	42	Bowdoin	4-3	LOST at #28 Babson, 48-68; LOST at T#43 Bates, 51-71; LOST to Colby, 48-61
#30	39	Marietta	7-0	won at Muskingum, 84-74; won at Wilmington, 71-69
#31	30	Williams	7-2	won at RPI, 86-69; won at T#38 Springfield, 67-59
T#32	29	Lynchburg	6-1	def. Randolph, 76-57; LOST at #26 Randolph-Macon, 52-53
T#32	29	Chapman	5-0	def. Bristol, 85-65
#34	25	Rhode Island College	6-2	won at Elms, 67-52; LOST to #25 Eastern Connecticut, 47-53
#35	24	Dubuque	7-0	def. Clarke, 95-85
#36	23	Misericordia	7-2	def. FDU-Florham, 81-72; LOST at DeSales, 59-60
#37	19	Cabrini	5-3	def. Neumann, 81-60; won at Centenary (N.J.), 91-72
T#38	15	Springfield	4-3	LOST at Trinity (Conn.), 76-81; LOST to #31 Williams, 59-67
T#38	15	Christopher Newport	5-1	def. Southern Virginia, 89-79; won at Frostburg State, 85-67
#40	12	Marymount	7-0	won at Wesley, 62-57; def. St. Mary's (Md.), 66-62
T#41	10	Ohio Northern	5-1	def. Otterbein, 78-67; LOST at Mount Union, 70-77
T#41	10	Franklin and Marshall	8-0	won at Ursinus, 64-49; def. Haverford, 92-42
T#43	8	Bates	7-0	def. Colby, 76-70; def. #29 Bowdoin, 71-51
T#43	8	Wheaton (Ill.)	5-3	won at #17 Chicago, 62-51; def. #19 Calvin, 70-66; LOST at Hope, 55-66
#45	6	Widener	7-1	def. Albright, 80-77; def. Messiah, 83-67
T#46	3	Rutgers-Newark	7-1	won at Montclair State, 62-60; def. TCNJ, 66-56
T#46	3	Texas-Dallas	5-2	won at University of the Ozarks, 68-64; won at Texas-Tyler, 63-55
#48	4	Gettysburg	5-2	LOST to Johns Hopkins, 52-68; won at Washington College, 59-58
#49	3	Whitworth	3-2	IDLE
#50	2	Stevenson	6-2	won at Arcadia, 86-80
#51	1	Keene State	7-0	won at Colby-Sawyer, 91-83; def. Mass-Boston, 107-97

[sac]

Trine 87 #6 Ohio Wesleyan 82

[howardjp]

From Amherst:

Brandeis Judges 78 - #2 Amherst 58

[Mr. Ypsi]

Wow - with #1 @ #4 on Wed. and #5 @ #3 on Sat., we're guaranteed at least 4 of the top 6 losing this week.

Looks like another shake-up comin' on!

[WUPHF]

From Amherst:

Brandeis Judges 78 - #2 Amherst 58

You have got to be kidding!  Go Judges!

[Gregory Sager]

Where's Allen M. Karon when you need him?

[magicman]

Where's Allen M. Karon when you need him?

Exactly. You'd think Brandeis' favorite son would be all over this one.

It was just a short week ago we were discussing Brandeis on the Undefeated and Winless board and it wasn't the Undefeated Pool we had them listed in. Starting out 0-4 the Judges were the only team in the UAA that hadn't won a game. Now they have back to back wins over 2 NESCAC opponents in the past 3 days.   

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I give up... I am going to just throw darts at a wall full of Division III teams with records above .500 each week and see what my ballot looks like accordingly. I probably have just as good a chance that way!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Yep... darts I say.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

Reminder: Do not throw darts at your computer screen.  Print out this report first, and throw darts at the paper.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	593	UW-Whitewater	6-2	LOST at #4 Augustana, 94-96
#2	586	Amherst	5-1	LOST to Brandeis, 58-78; 12/11 vs. #23 Babson
#3	582	Washington U.	9-0	won at Webster, 80-70; 12/13 vs. #5 Illinois Wesleyan
#4	524	Augustana	7-1	def. #1 UW-Whitewater, 96-94
#5	496	Illinois Wesleyan	6-1	12/13 at #3 Washington U.
#6	450	Ohio Wesleyan	7-1	LOST at Trine, 82-87; 12/13 vs. Hiram
#7	404	Richard Stockton	9-0	won at Rutgers-Camden, 82-66; 12/13 at Rutgers-Newark
#8	398	St. Thomas	6-1	def. St. Mary's (Minn.), 75-43; 12/13 at Augsburg
#9	391	Emory	7-1	won at Covenant, 72-59
#10	381	Dickinson	6-1	12/12 at #16 North Central (Ill.); 12/13 vs. TBD
#11	356	Virginia Wesleyan	6-1	12/14 at #31 Christopher Newport
#12	317	WPI	7-1	won at Newbury, 65-53; 12/12 vs. Massachusetts College
#13	272	Albertus Magnus	6-1	12/13 vs. New Jersey City
#14	271	Centre	6-0	IDLE
#15	269	MIT	7-1	def. Emmanuel, 63-42; 12/11 at #43 Rhode Island College; 12/13 at Bridgewater State
#16	234	North Central (Ill.)	6-0	12/12 vs. #10 Dickinson
#17	218	Wooster	4-2	12/13 vs. Wabash
#18	167	Scranton	5-1	12/14 vs. Merchant Marine
#19	160	Eastern Connecticut	8-1	IDLE
#20	153	St. Norbert	6-0	12/13 at UW-Eau Claire
#21	138	UW-Stevens Point	6-2	won at UW-Stout, 73-56; 12/13 at Lawrence
#22	110	Randolph-Macon	5-2	IDLE
#23	94	Babson	7-1	12/11 at #2 Amherst
#24	79	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	5-1	12/13 at West Coast Baptist
#25	68	Marietta	7-0	12/13 at Heidelberg

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	38	Chapman	5-0	12/13 vs. La Sierra
T#27	35	Calvin	5-3	IDLE
T#27	35	Williams	7-2	IDLE
#29	34	Lynchburg	6-1	IDLE
#30	31	St. Olaf	6-1	won at St. John's, 84-73; 12/13 vs. Carleton
#31	29	Christopher Newport	5-1	12/14 vs. #11 Virginia Wesleyan
#32	26	Franklin and Marshall	8-0	12/13 vs. Albright
#33	25	Bates	7-0	IDLE
#34	23	DePauw	5-2	def. Earlham, 69-49; 12/13 at Oberlin
#35	19	Cabrini	5-3	IDLE
#36	18	Dubuque	8-0	won at Bethany Lutheran, 85-62; 12/13 at Elmhurst
#37	16	Hardin-Simmons	6-0	12/13 vs. Southwestern
#38	15	Keene State	7-0	12/13 vs. Southern Maine
#39	14	Chicago	5-3	12/13 at Kalamazoo
T#40	10	Widener	8-1	won at Swarthmore, 70-65; 12/13 at T#47 Stevenson
T#40	10	Marymount	7-0	IDLE
T#40	10	Cortland State	6-0	12/13 at SUNYIT
#43	5	Rhode Island College	6-3	LOST at Johnson and Wales, 65-77; 12/11 vs. #15 MIT; 12/13 at Mass-Boston
T#44	4	Middlebury	7-0	IDLE
T#44	4	Western Connecticut	6-0	def. Pine Manor, 114-99; 12/11 at Worcester State
#46	3	Bowdoin	5-3	def. Maine Maritime, 71-49; 12/12 at Maine-Farmington
T#47	2	DeSales	7-2	won at Penn State-Berks, 80-64; 12/13 at Muhlenberg
T#47	2	Whitworth	3-2	IDLE
T#47	2	Stevenson	6-2	12/13 vs. T#40 Widener
T#50	1	Gustavus Adolphus	6-1	won at Carleton, 63-57; 12/13 vs. Hamline
T#50	1	Misericordia	7-2	IDLE
T#50	1	Wheaton (Ill.)	5-3	12/13 at Alma
T#50	1	Central	5-1	won at Westminster (Mo.), 91-68; 12/12 vs. Mount Mercy; 12/13 at St. Ambrose

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Yep... darts I say.

Darts may be to defining - might want to use water balloons

[Pat Coleman]

No. 1 losing in double overtime at No. 4 is no cause for alarm. Great game.

[Titan Q]

No. 1 losing in double overtime at No. 4 is no cause for alarm. Great game.

Yes.

Wasn't Augustana the favorite last night (in Rock Island)?  #1 @ #4 (where #4 is presenting a hostile crowd of 2600), shouldn't #4 win a close game?

[Pat Coleman]

I would think so, yes.