Top 25 talk

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

There are several turning points during the Division III basketball season and we have arrived at yet another. The time in the season when many conferences start heading into the second half of round-robin play.

Thursday night on Hoopsville, Dave McHugh talks to some of the teams who are leading their conferences after the first half of play and looking to keep up their mometum. Some have also emerged as an unexpected frontrunner - a theme of the season so far. McHugh also talks to a coach who has one of the more interesting coaching challenges in the country - leading a service academy program with height, practice time, and other restrictions.

Hoopsville hits the air at 7:00 PM ET and you can watch the show here: www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2015-16/jan28. We will also have more information on next week's marathon show along with the third-annual fundraising efforts.

Guests include (in order):
- John Krikorian, No. 9 Christopher Newport men's coach
- Chad Shutler, No. 21 Bluffton women's coach
- Kevin Jaskiewicz, Coast Guard men's coach (NABC Coach's Corner)
- Marianne O'Connor-Ermi, St. John Fisher women's coach
- Brad Bjorkgren, Simpson men's coach

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[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	613	Whitworth	19-0	won at Linfield, 67-55; won at Lewis and Clark, 89-80
#2	590	Augustana	19-1	def. #6 Elmhurst, 97-84; def. North Park, 95-92
#3	578	Benedictine	20-0	def. Rockford, 95-72; def. Lakeland, 87-62
#4	541	John Carroll	19-0	won at Heidelberg, 95-78; def. Ohio Northern, 84-73
#5	535	St. Thomas	17-1	won at Concordia-Moorhead, 79-70; won at Macalester, 67-61
#6	496	Elmhurst	17-3	LOST at #2 Augustana, 84-97; def. Millikin, 85-56
#7	482	Ohio Wesleyan	17-2	LOST at Wooster, 90-91; def. Hiram, 123-95
#8	431	Hope	17-2	def. Calvin, 75-67; won at Albion, 74-66
#9	416	Christopher Newport	17-1	won at Southern Virginia, 82-73; def. Penn State-Harrisburg, 90-41
#10	410	Marietta	17-2	won at Muskingum, 108-97; won at Baldwin Wallace, 90-70
#11	381	Chicago	14-4	LOST to T#44 Emory, 63-69; LOST to Rochester, 76-84
#12	312	Susquehanna	16-2	LOST at Catholic, 80-101
#13	310	WPI	16-3	won at Coast Guard, 78-58; LOST to Springfield, 51-56
#14	246	Amherst	16-3	won at Williams, 71-50; won at #27 Trinity (Conn.), 89-82
#15	238	Alma	15-4	def. Olivet, 93-55; def. Kalamazoo, 85-80
#16	219	St. Norbert	16-2	won at Ripon, 83-63; won at #43 Carroll, 74-72
#17	208	North Central (Ill.)	15-5	won at Millikin, 94-60; def. Wheaton (Ill.), 71-67
#18	131	Lancaster Bible	17-0	won at Valley Forge, 100-75; def. Wilson, 101-73; def. Gallaudet, 91-73
#19	124	Franklin and Marshall	16-3	def. McDaniel, 68-48; won at Dickinson, 64-62; def. Haverford, 88-64
#20	122	Roanoke	15-4	won at Shenandoah, 85-68; LOST to Randolph, 86-91; LOST to #37 Virginia Wesleyan, 72-73
#21	120	Texas Lutheran	16-4	won at Colorado College, 80-66; LOST at Centenary (La.), 82-87
#22	108	New York University	14-3	LOST to Carnegie Mellon, 80-85; def. Case Western Reserve, 100-82
#23	89	Johnson and Wales	18-1	won at Emmanuel, 82-54; won at Anna Maria, 103-62
#24	86	Whitman	16-3	won at Lewis and Clark, 100-71; won at Linfield, 82-55
#25	48	Wesleyan	16-4	def. Connecticut College, 87-79

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	39	Mount Union	14-5	won at Baldwin Wallace, 80-79; def. Capital, 97-96
#27	30	Trinity (Conn.)	14-6	LOST at Merchant Marine, 60-67; LOST to #14 Amherst, 82-89
#28	29	Penn State-Behrend	17-1	won at Pitt-Bradford, 74-58; def. Penn State-Altoona, 71-44
T#29	27	Gettysburg	14-5	LOST to T#41 Swarthmore, 69-76; LOST to McDaniel, 65-67; won at Washington College, 79-61
T#29	27	Tufts	15-4	won at Newbury, 99-78; def. Bates, 90-75
T#29	27	Salisbury	14-4	won at St. Mary's (Md.), 73-41; LOST at York (Pa.), 68-76
#32	20	Brooklyn	16-4	def. Lehman, 100-99; LOST at Staten Island, 80-81
#33	16	Plattsburgh State	15-3	won at Buffalo State, 94-92; won at Fredonia, 89-75
#34	14	UW-Whitewater	12-7	LOST to UW-Platteville, 75-78; LOST at UW-River Falls, 68-73
#35	12	St. John's	14-5	LOST to Carleton, 72-75; def. Hamline, 91-82; LOST at Bethel, 72-81
#36	10	Delaware Valley	16-3	won at Misericordia, 74-70; def. Eastern, 72-70
#37	9	Virginia Wesleyan	13-6	LOST at Randolph-Macon, 59-88; won at #20 Roanoke, 73-72
T#38	7	Babson	13-5	won at Clark, 72-50; won at Emerson, 79-53
T#38	7	Northwestern (Minn.)	17-3	won at Minnesota-Morris, 78-67; won at Crown, 82-56
#40	5	Aurora	16-3	won at Concordia-Chicago, 100-82; def. Edgewood, 103-90
T#41	4	Albertus Magnus	13-3	def. Suffolk, 72-56; def. St. Joseph's (Maine), 105-58
T#41	4	Swarthmore	15-4	won at T#29 Gettysburg, 76-69; won at Haverford, 66-52; LOST to Johns Hopkins, 53-62
#43	2	Carroll	14-3	def. Beloit, 87-76; LOST to #16 St. Norbert, 72-74
T#44	1	Emory	13-5	won at #11 Chicago, 69-63; won at Washington U., 82-73
T#44	1	Trine	14-5	LOST at Albion, 65-74; def. Calvin, 80-67

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

There are just four weeks left in the regular season and teams are feeling the pressure to take care of business. Sunday night on Hoopsville, Dave McHugh talks to many coaches in the conference playoff mix. Whether they are trying to position themselves to stay at home for the tournament or just get into the playoffs, there is a lot on the line with less games to play.

You can watch Hoopsville starting at 7:00 PM ET here: http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2015-16/jan31

Tonight's guests include (in order):
- Brad Fischer, No. 11 UW-Oshkosh women's coach
- Casey Stitzel, Delaware Valley men's coach
- Mary Beth Spirk, Moravian women's coach (WBCA Center Court)
- Drew Gaeng, Hendrix women's coach
- Joe Reilly, No. 25 Wesleyan men's coach

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[scottiedawg]

Biggest vote gainers:
Johnson and Wales, 108
Amherst, 91
Lancaster Bible, 91
N. Central (IL), 82
F&M, 74
Whitman, 73
St. Norbert, 69
Alma, 68
Wesleyan, 59
Christopher Newport, 44
Penn St Behrend, 41
Marietta, 39
Plattsburgh St., 29
Hope, 28


Biggest vote losers:
Chicago, -226
WPI, -126
Susquehanna, -119
Roanoke, -105
Texas Lutheran, -90
NYU, -84
OH Wesleyan, -68
Elmhurst, -63
Gettysburg, -26
Salisbury, -25
Brooklyn, -19
UW-Whitewater, -14
Trinity (CT), -14
St. John's, -12

[magicman]

scottie,
This post from January 25th looks an awful lot like:

Biggest vote gainers:
N. Central (IL), 153
Alma, 131
St. Norbert, 125
Roanoke, 63
Susquehanna, 59
Texas Lutheran, 58
Johnson and Wales, 49
Wesleyan, 48
Chicago, 45
WPI, 37
John Carroll, 32
St. Thomas, 32
Gettysburg, 27
Marietta, 24


Biggest vote losers:
Amherst, -194
F&M, -155
Whitman, -127
Mt. Union, -126
Tufts, -105
NYU, -96
Elmhurst, -92
Carroll, -47
MIT, -25
UW-Whitewater, -24
WashU, -23
Babson, -18
Trine, -15

This post from February 1st: 

Biggest vote gainers:
N. Central (IL), 153
Alma, 131
St. Norbert, 125
Roanoke, 63
Susquehanna, 59
Texas Lutheran, 58
Johnson and Wales, 49
Wesleyan, 48
Chicago, 45
WPI, 37
John Carroll, 32
St. Thomas, 32
Gettysburg, 27
Marietta, 24


Biggest vote losers:
Amherst, -194
F&M, -155
Whitman, -127
Mt. Union, -126
Tufts, -105
NYU, -96
Elmhurst, -92
Carroll, -47
MIT, -25
UW-Whitewater, -24
WashU, -23
Babson, -18
Trine, -15

Did you get your weeks mixed up?   

[Greek Tragedy]

I don't see any similarities. 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'm pretty sure Susquehanna is among the biggest losers this week.

[scottiedawg]

scottie,
This post from January 25th looks an awful lot like:

Did you get your weeks mixed up?   

Yes I did. Easy to forget to do manual work. ;-)  Thanks for the catch.  Edited my original post.

[sac]

#20 Whitman beat #2 Whitworth 87-71 last night.

[John Gleich]

#20 Whitman beat #2 #1 Whitworth 87-71 last night.

Fixed it for you.

Calls into question... I wonder what the largest margin of defeat was for a team ranked #1?

16 isn't that rare... 8-10 pt game, plus some free throws at the end?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It kinda stinks that they're almost certainly going to end up facing each other twice more - NWC Championship and the second round of the NCAAs.  Both teams deserve a shot to prove themselves against someone from somewhere else in the post-season.

[Greek Tragedy]

Yeah, a likely senario is that Whitworth gets a bye and plays the winner of Whitman and a SCIAC team or a similar opponent. That's the life of living on a D3 island.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Yeah, I would love to sit here and tell you that it might find a way to work out and have a different option... but until the bracket is 64 teams (which would force maybe some different options depending on the season), they aren't going to avoid each other in the second round.

[KnightSlappy]

It kinda stinks that they're almost certainly going to end up facing each other twice more - NWC Championship and the second round of the NCAAs.  Both teams deserve a shot to prove themselves against someone from somewhere else in the post-season.

Whitman has to get into the tournament first. Very bubbly right now.

[Greek Tragedy]

I'd rather be bubbly than flat. I hate it when my wife doesn't put the cap on tight!