Top 25 talk

[Greek Tragedy]

With Amherst going down again, next week might be the 1st week in forever that no NESCAC teams make the Top 25 poll.

[njf1003]

McDaniel 59 #10 F&M 58

[wooscotsfan]

Here is one of the reasons that Wooster should be ranked in the Top 10  -- check out this Evan Pannell video clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUMhSGtD_xE   

Evan Pannell is one of the top athletes playing for Wooster and he had 30 points in the win tonight.  All-America guard Xavier Brown led with 33 points. 

[David Collinge]

Evan Pannell is one of the top athletes playing for Wooster and he had 30 points in the win tonight.  All-America guard Xavier Brown led with 33 points. 

First time in Wooster's long history that two players scored 30 or more points in the same contest. With the win, the Scots take a 55-54 advantage in the all-time series and move to within 55 wins of the Tigers, the winningest program all-time in D3.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	624	Augustana	15-1	won at #9 North Central (Ill.), 75-64; def. Wheaton (Ill.), 78-74
#2	578	UW-Whitewater	14-2	won at UW-Eau Claire, 62-61; won at UW-La Crosse, 71-64
#3	541	St. Thomas	12-1	won at Hamline, 75-41
#4	540	Dickinson	13-2	LOST at T#43 Johns Hopkins, 54-67; def. Haverford, 83-46
T#5	520	Emory	11-3	LOST at T#5 Washington U., 67-80; LOST at #23 Chicago, 74-80
T#5	520	Washington U.	13-1	def. T#5 Emory, 80-67; def. Rochester, 90-85
#7	426	Marietta	15-0	def. Capital, 80-56; won at Otterbein, 105-66
#8	403	Virginia Wesleyan	13-2	won at Shenandoah, 76-68; def. Emory and Henry, 85-62
#9	388	North Central (Ill.)	13-3	LOST to #1 Augustana, 64-75; LOST to #22 Elmhurst, 57-66
#10	381	Franklin and Marshall	14-1	def. Muhlenberg, 85-57; LOST at McDaniel, 58-59
#11	373	Richard Stockton	14-2	LOST to Ramapo, 63-65; won at Montclair State, 59-57; def. Kean, 74-53
#12	341	Albertus Magnus	13-1	won at Emmanuel, 84-58; def. Lasell, 109-90
#13	304	WPI	13-2	won at #15 Babson, 67-57; def. Emerson, 73-58
#14	294	Wooster	13-2	won at Hiram, 85-60; def. Wittenberg, 104-97
#15	283	Babson	13-2	LOST to #13 WPI, 57-67; def. Wheaton (Mass.), 65-63
#16	264	Randolph-Macon	13-2	won at T#32 Hampden-Sydney, 77-55; won at Roanoke, 101-73
#17	223	Ohio Wesleyan	12-3	LOST at Wabash, 70-75; def. T#43 DePauw, 76-64
#18	166	UW-Stevens Point	13-3	def. UW-La Crosse, 57-46; won at UW-River Falls, 58-51
#19	150	St. Norbert	13-1	def. Beloit, 73-53; def. Knox, 87-45
#20	131	Chapman	14-0	def. Pomona-Pitzer, 58-56; won at Caltech, 67-58
#21	99	St. Olaf	12-1	def. Augsburg, 79-60
#22	92	Elmhurst	13-3	LOST to Carthage, 68-70; won at #9 North Central (Ill.), 66-57
#23	77	Chicago	11-3	def. Rochester, 88-81; def. T#5 Emory, 80-74
#24	72	Scranton	12-4	LOST at Ithaca, 80-88; LOST at Catholic, 65-71
#25	59	Amherst	11-4	def. Wesleyan, 69-46; LOST to Tufts, 53-80; def. T#29 Bates, 70-53

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	42	Illinois Wesleyan	12-4	def. Millikin, 93-60; def. North Park, 76-66
#27	34	Eastern Connecticut	13-3	def. Mass-Dartmouth, 86-66; won at Southern Maine, 74-46
#28	32	Hardin-Simmons	13-2	LOST at Mary Hardin-Baylor, 81-90; won at Concordia (Texas), 92-88
T#29	25	Husson	12-2	def. Maine-Farmington, 72-52; won at Colby-Sawyer, 82-77; won at New England College, 82-79
T#29	25	Bates	11-4	def. Maine-Presque Isle, 60-47; LOST at T#36 Trinity (Conn.), 59-66; LOST at #25 Amherst, 53-70
#31	18	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	11-3	def. Whittier, 90-57; def. La Verne, 66-39
T#32	16	Hampden-Sydney	10-5	LOST to #16 Randolph-Macon, 55-77; LOST to Eastern Mennonite, 81-90
T#32	16	Williams	11-5	LOST at Bowdoin, 60-67; won at Colby, 72-65
#34	12	Rhode Island College	12-3	won at Southern Maine, 72-57; def. Plymouth State, 68-53
#35	9	Centre	11-3	def. Sewanee, 58-45
T#36	8	Rowan	12-3	LOST to #40 William Paterson, 84-86; LOST at Rutgers-Newark, 60-65
T#36	8	Whitworth	13-2	won at Pacific, 79-66; won at George Fox, 89-68
T#36	8	Trinity (Conn.)	13-4	LOST to Merchant Marine, 56-58; def. T#29 Bates, 66-59; LOST to Tufts, 55-59
#39	7	MIT	11-3	won at Coast Guard, 62-36; def. Springfield, 74-54
#40	6	William Paterson	13-2	won at T#36 Rowan, 86-84; def. TCNJ, 78-60
#41	5	Lynchburg	10-5	LOST at Guilford, 56-61; def. Washington and Lee, 69-62
#42	3	Dubuque	12-3	won at Luther, 68-65; LOST at Buena Vista, 78-85
T#43	2	DePauw	10-5	LOST at Wittenberg, 56-65; LOST at #17 Ohio Wesleyan, 64-76
T#43	2	Johns Hopkins	13-2	def. #4 Dickinson, 67-54; def. Ursinus, 67-50
T#45	1	Cal Lutheran	10-3	won at Caltech, 77-56; LOST to Occidental, 72-75
T#45	1	Case Western Reserve	12-2	def. New York University, 77-64; def. Brandeis, 83-81

[Ralph Turner]

The "at UMHB, at Concordia TX"  may be the hardest road trip in the ASC this season.  Don't knock HSU too hard for that 1-1 week.

[sac]

Is 5 losses in the last 8 enough to stop voting for Lynchburg?

or 5 losses in the last 7 for Hampden-Sydney?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Is 5 losses in the last 8 enough to stop voting for Lynchburg?

or 5 losses in the last 7 for Hampden-Sydney?

One would hope.

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks for all you do, Darryl!

Happy 300th (+) to your Karma!

[Pat Coleman]

Thanks for all you do, Darryl!

Happy 300th (+) to your Karma!

Darryl has to be the person with the highest perfect karma (most positive karma without a single negative one). And I don't know why anyone would ever give him negative karma. Thanks again for what you do!

[Darryl Nester]

Thanks for all you do, Darryl!

Happy 300th (+) to your Karma!

Darryl has to be the person with the highest perfect karma (most positive karma without a single negative one). And I don't know why anyone would ever give him negative karma. Thanks again for what you do!

Thanks, everyone.  I aim to please (and be otherwise inoffensive).

I live in dread of the day I (inadvertently or not) say something that earns my first mark on the minus side.  Maybe I should just hurl some blasphemous comments at some sacred D3 institution to get it over with.

[lildave678]

Hey I'm close! 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It was great to meet Darryl this past weekend at the NCAA Convention... though all attempts to have other than passing conversations failed. Every time we saw each other one of us was either headed in another direction or tied up with someone. Next time we will have to coordinate a bit better. Though, nice to put a face with a name!

Darryl - great work as always.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Call it an historic Top 25 on the men's side this week. No NESCAC team since February 25, 2002 and Johns Hopkins returns after a nearly seven year absence: http://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2015/01/no-nescac-teams-ranked - certainly thought provoking.

And in case you are curious, here is how I voted: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2015/01/19/daves-top-25-ballot-week-7-3/

[Pat Coleman]

With Amherst going down again, next week might be the 1st week in forever that no NESCAC teams make the Top 25 poll.

Just about forever, yep.