Top 25 talk

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Great work as always, Darryl! I wish I had seen you in San Antonio... had my head on a swivel looking for you... would love to have caught up.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Each and every week there are games that will surprise. Each and every season there are programs that will surprise. This season there may be more than the rest.

Tonight on Hoopsville, Dave returns from the NCAA Convention in San Antonio where he got more than a taste of Texas basketball. Plus, there are a few teams making a statement in their conferences and it's time to shine a light on their success.

Dave also got a chance while at the NCAA Convention to talk to the parents of one of the more influencial student-athletes the NCAA has seen. Brent and Lisa Hill talk about the legacy left by their daughter Lauren and the recognition she got from the NCAA.

You can watch the show starting at 7pm ET tonight right here: http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2015-16/jan17

Guests include (in order):
- Janson Hightower, Southwestern men's coach
- Cameron Hill, No. 17 Trinity (Texas) women's coach
- Jessica Ott, Milwaukee Engineering women's coach - WBCA Center Court
- Bill Geitner, Eastern Connecticut's men's coach
- Steven Schulman, Lehman's men's coach
- Bill and Lisa Hill, Lauren Hill's parents

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[Darryl Nester]

Great work as always, Darryl! I wish I had seen you in San Antonio... had my head on a swivel looking for you... would love to have caught up.

It would probably be easier if I had not had so much extra stuff to do in my room in the evenings. I should have at least tracked you down to say "hello" following the issues forum (I had a pretty good idea of where you were in the room from the picture you tweeted.)

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Ha! There is pretty much just one place I can be in that room without being up on the dais. LOL

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

This week's Top 25 ballot and thoughts: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/01/19/daves-top-25-ballot-week-6-3/

[HOPEful]

This week's Top 25 ballot and thoughts: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/01/19/daves-top-25-ballot-week-6-3/

Something must be wrong with me because I agree with your ballot and a lot of your reasoning! 

Just nitpicking a bit, but Hope did not struggle at all against Olivet. They were up 43-21 at half and Hope put in their third string very early. Every player on their team had at least 9 minutes of playing time. However, a fall of 4 spots is more than justified by their loss to Alma coupled with their other struggles this season.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

My comment about Hope was I expected them to end the game stronger even with the reserves in.

As for your agreeing with my ballot... I could say something snarky like it's about time you saw things my way... but that isn't right because I don't necessarily agree with how I see things. LOL

[ronk]

 Catholic and Juniata play tonight; winner gets Dave's #25 position on next week's ballot.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Um... no. Not a chance.

[sac]

This week's Top 25 ballot and thoughts: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/01/19/daves-top-25-ballot-week-6-3/

Something must be wrong with me because I agree with your ballot and a lot of your reasoning! 

Just nitpicking a bit, but Hope did not struggle at all against Olivet. They were up 43-21 at half and Hope put in their third string very early. Every player on their team had at least 9 minutes of playing time. However, a fall of 4 spots is more than justified by their loss to Alma coupled with their other struggles this season.

It was 34-7 and Olivet finally reached double-digit points with 5 minutes to play in the first half.  It was never close.

[scottiedawg]

Biggest vote gainers:
Whitman, 126
Alma, 101
F&M, 82
Chicago, 77
Christopher Newport, 63
Texas Lutheran, 38
John Carroll, 34
Lancaster Bible, 34
Carroll, 32
St. Norbert, 31
Johnson and Wales, 29
OH Wesleyan, 25


Biggest vote losers:
UW-Whitewater, -248
Hope, -121
Susquehanna, -101
NYU, -76
WPI, -75
Roanoke, -52
Scranton, -50
Tufts, -39
Hiram, -27
Bethel, -24
Oswego St., -23
Cortland State, -20


**10 teams went from receiving votes to receiving 0. We're finally moving to more consolidation and consensus as we get more and more data.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

Delaware Valley at FDU-Florham might be wrong; the live stats are stuck at 0:18.
UW-River Falls vs. UW-Stevens Point score is missing; live stats stuck at half time, and I was unable to determine the final score while watching the 90-second free preview of the video archive. (corrected; thanks, magicman)

Also corrected a typo ("Eatern Connecticut" instead of "Eastern ...") which resulted in that team showing up as IDLE with a record of 0-0.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	602	Whitworth	15-0	01/22 vs. Pacific Lutheran; 01/23 vs. Puget Sound
#2	588	Elmhurst	16-1	def. North Park, 91-88; 01/23 at #25 North Central (Ill.)
#3	576	Augustana	16-1	won at Illinois Wesleyan, 77-60; 01/23 vs. Millikin
#4	557	Benedictine	17-0	won at Dominican, 91-67; 01/23 at Milwaukee Engineering
#5	509	John Carroll	16-0	won at Baldwin Wallace, 102-89; 01/23 vs. Wilmington
#6	503	St. Thomas	14-1	def. St. Olaf, 75-66; 01/23 at Carleton
#7	474	Ohio Wesleyan	15-1	def. Oberlin, 81-69; 01/23 vs. Denison
#8	440	Amherst	13-2	LOST at Wesleyan, 44-71; 01/22 at Bowdoin; 01/23 at Colby
#9	420	Hope	14-2	won at Adrian, 76-73; 01/23 vs. Kalamazoo
#10	393	Christopher Newport	15-1	won at St. Mary's (Md.), 83-67; 01/23 at Frostburg State
#11	386	Marietta	14-2	won at #18 Mount Union, 98-85; 01/23 vs. Heidelberg
#12	336	Chicago	12-2	01/22 vs. #17 New York University; 01/24 vs. Brandeis
#13	279	Franklin and Marshall	13-3	LOST at Gettysburg, 57-73; 01/23 vs. McDaniel
#14	273	WPI	14-2	def. Clark, 67-66; 01/23 at Wheaton (Mass.)
#15	253	Susquehanna	16-1	def. Goucher, 98-67; 01/23 vs. Elizabethtown
#16	213	Whitman	13-2	01/22 vs. Puget Sound; 01/23 vs. Pacific Lutheran
#17	204	New York University	12-1	01/22 at #12 Chicago; 01/24 at #31 Washington U.
#18	165	Mount Union	11-5	LOST to #11 Marietta, 85-98; 01/23 at Otterbein
#19	132	Tufts	12-3	01/22 at Wesleyan; 01/23 at Connecticut College
#20	114	Lancaster Bible	12-0	01/21 vs. Keuka; 01/22 vs. Wells
#21	107	Alma	12-4	won at T#34 Trine, 96-91; 01/23 vs. Albion
#22	94	St. Norbert	13-2	def. #26 Carroll, 82-58; 01/23 vs. Monmouth
#23	62	Texas Lutheran	13-3	01/22 vs. Colorado College; 01/23 vs. Centenary (La.)
#24	59	Roanoke	14-2	won at Emory and Henry, 98-90; 01/23 at Shenandoah
#25	55	North Central (Ill.)	12-5	def. Carthage, 97-68; 01/23 vs. #2 Elmhurst

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	49	Carroll	12-2	LOST at #22 St. Norbert, 58-82; 01/23 vs. Illinois College
#27	40	Johnson and Wales	15-1	def. Emmanuel, 116-74; 01/23 at St. Joseph's (Maine)
#28	38	UW-Whitewater	12-4	won at UW-Oshkosh, 66-60; 01/23 vs. UW-Eau Claire
T#29	25	MIT	12-3	won at T#29 Babson, 71-66; 01/23 vs. Emerson
T#29	25	Babson	10-5	LOST to T#29 MIT, 66-71; 01/23 vs. Coast Guard
#31	23	Washington U.	10-4	01/22 vs. Brandeis; 01/24 vs. #17 New York University
#32	22	Plattsburgh State	12-2	won at Potsdam State, 83-71; 01/23 vs. Brockport State; 01/24 vs. Geneseo State
#33	19	Salisbury	13-3	def. Marymount, 72-65; 01/23 at Penn State-Harrisburg
T#34	16	Trine	12-4	LOST to #21 Alma, 91-96; 01/23 vs. Olivet
T#34	16	Brooklyn	14-3	def. CCNY, 87-78; 01/22 at John Jay
#36	14	Trinity (Conn.)	12-4	def. Keene State, 83-65; 01/22 at Colby; 01/23 at Bowdoin
#37	7	Virginia Wesleyan	11-5	def. Bridgewater (Va.), 86-65; 01/23 vs. Lynchburg
T#38	6	Oneonta State	10-3	01/22 vs. Buffalo State; 01/23 vs. Fredonia State
T#38	6	Penn State-Behrend	13-1	def. Hilbert, 69-58; 01/21 vs. D'Youville; 01/23 at La Roche
T#40	5	Bethel	12-3	won at Carleton, 71-61; 01/23 at Concordia-Moorhead
T#40	5	Hampden-Sydney	12-4	LOST at Randolph, 55-57; 01/23 at Eastern Mennonite
#42	4	St. John Fisher	11-3	01/19 vs. Utica postponed; 01/22 at Hartwick; 01/23 at Stevens
T#43	3	Albertus Magnus	11-3	def. Rivier, 80-64; 01/23 at Norwich
T#43	3	St. John's	12-3	def. Gustavus Adolphus, 87-83; 01/23 at St. Olaf
#45	2	Northwestern (Minn.)	13-3	01/22 vs. Finlandia; 01/23 vs. Northland
T#46	1	Delaware Valley	13-3	won at FDU-Florham, 72-60; 01/23 vs. DeSales
T#46	1	Eastern Connecticut	12-5	def. Western Connecticut, 71-63; 01/23 at Southern Maine
T#46	1	UW-River Falls	11-5	def. UW-Stevens Point, 56-48;; 01/23 at UW-Platteville

[magicman]

Darryl,

UW-River Falls won that game 56-48.

The Delaware Valley-FDU-Florham score is correct.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Darryl,

UW-River Falls won that game 56-48.

The Delaware Valley-FDU-Florham score is correct.

Speaking of which, River Falls is looking pretty good.  Undefeated in conference and three of those five losses don't look so bad.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It isn't easy to coach at any level. It is a joy to coach Division III says many a coach. Some enjoy it on their way up the ladder, others on their way closer to retirement, and others as their passion.

Tonight on Hoopsville we talk to many coaches in different aspects of their careers with varying teams who are succeeding on the court and off of it because of what coaching has taught them including facing the challenges no one should face especially off the court.

Hoopsville hits the air tonight at 7:00 pm ET with a jam packed show. Talking to programs who are leading their conferences or in the hunt facing the challenge that not everyone expect them to be competitive. We also talk to a few coaches who are taking care of more than Xs and Os. They are taking care of their team after a horrific circumstance of a player's murder or looking out of their own battling cancer.

You can watch the show starting at 7pm ET tonight right here: http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2015-16/jan21

Guests include (in order):
- Scott Hemer, SUNY Geneseo women's coach
- Chris Downs, St. Lawrence men's coach
- Dan Priest, Kenyon men's coach (NABC Coach's Corner)
- Guy Rancourt, Lycoming men's coach
- Amanda Bailey, Luther women's coach
- Jacquie Hullah, Carngie Mellon women's coach

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