Top 25 talk

[scottiedawg]

21/42 teams receiving votes lost.

4 of those 21 teams lost twice

6/25 losses were to teams receiving votes

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It might be a holiday for those romantically inclined, but it is also getting down to the end of the Division III basketball season. Just two weeks remain between now and the end of the regular season and nothing has been determined.

On Sunday night's Hoopsville, Dave McHugh will talk to some teams who have emerged from no where to be in a position to surprise when their conference tournaments begin. McHugh also talks to a few teams who can't seem to be knocked off their conference pedestal, but still feel they have something to prove. And the hectic schedule of conference travel can take it's toll.

Sunday's show start at 7:00 pm ET and promises to go well into overtime. You can watch the show here: www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2015-16/feb14

Guests included (in order of appearance):
- Tara Macciocco, Marywood women's coach
- Dr. George Barber, Greenville men's coach
- Ruth Sinn, No. 8 St. Thomas women's coach (WBCA Center Court)
- Rusty Eggen, Northeast Region Report, WPI Sports Information Director
- Angela Santa Fe, Regis (Mass.) women's coach
- Andy Partee, Colorado College men's coach

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[scottiedawg]

Biggest vote gainers:
N. Central (IL), 122
Tufts, 109
Amherst, 89
Babson, 86
Marietta, 83
Roanoke, 83
Whitman, 75
Alma, 51
St. Norbert, 45
Lancaster Bible, 45
Rochester, 41
Hope, 39
Christopher Newport, 36
Whitworth, 33
Trinity (CT), 33
Albertus Magnus, 24


Biggest vote losers:
John Carroll, -157
F&M, -155
Wesleyan, -143
Elmhurst, -96
St. Thomas, -83
Mt. Union, -76
Penn St Behrend, -74
OH Wesleyan, -73
Plattsburgh St., -70
Johnson and Wales, -68
Susquehanna, -65
Emory, -25
Wooster, -17
Aurora, -15

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

My Top 25 blog is complete. Enjoy, maybe? It went through a second consecutive week of turmoil: www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/02/16/daves-top-25-ballot-week-10-4/

That's what I get for having a least one week where it was relatively quiet.

[Swish3]

So Roanoke wins two home games against Washington and Lee and Bridgewater who are 10-13 and 6-16 respectively, yet that's enough for them to go from #31 to #21?  Doesn't make sense to me...

[John Gleich]

My Top 25 blog is complete. Enjoy, maybe? It went through a second consecutive week of turmoil: www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/02/16/daves-top-25-ballot-week-10-4/

That's what I get for having a least one week where it was relatively quiet.

Thanks, as always, for sharing.

One thing... on the picture for St. Norbert, it says this:

St. Norbert is still undefeated in conference. A feat that has them readily moving up the IIAC.

I think you meant "poll?"

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Ha! Yep! I will go fix that.

[Greek Tragedy]

So Roanoke wins two home games against Washington and Lee and Bridgewater who are 10-13 and 6-16 respectively, yet that's enough for them to go from #31 to #21?  Doesn't make sense to me...

The poll is not a bubble. Look at how teams around them did. I bet they lost.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

So Roanoke wins two home games against Washington and Lee and Bridgewater who are 10-13 and 6-16 respectively, yet that's enough for them to go from #31 to #21?  Doesn't make sense to me...

The poll is not a bubble. Look at how teams around them did. I bet they lost.

Yeah... a little more complicated. See what teams around them did and how they moved... see what the point differences are for all teams, including Roanoke, from week to week. You are looking at it in a vaccum of one team when there are a total of 45 teams being voted on and a number of other teams being considered.

[Ralph Turner]

How They Fared (Complete)

One loss at the top ...  and then a bunch of losses (32 of them) starting at #19.

As noted earlier, I added Hiram at the end as a "team worth watching."

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	625	Augustana	13-1	LOST at #5 Elmhurst, 75-77; won at North Park, 79-66
#2	596	Whitworth	13-0	def. #25 Whitman, 95-89; won at Pacific, 62-50
#3	538	Hope	12-1	def. Albion, 68-65; won at Olivet, 79-64
#4	530	St. Thomas	10-1	won at Gustavus Adolphus, 71-53; def. T#34 Bethel, 69-66
#5	510	Elmhurst	13-1	def. #1 Augustana, 77-75; won at Millikin, 73-65
#6	505	Benedictine	14-0	def. Dominican, 110-78; def. Wisconsin Lutheran, 81-67
#7	470	John Carroll	13-0	def. Capital, 75-74; won at Muskingum, 97-91
#8	457	Ohio Wesleyan	12-1	won at Wittenberg, 77-70; won at Allegheny, 89-77
#9	411	Amherst	11-1	def. Eastern Connecticut, 68-65; def. Williams, 78-66
#10	339	Marietta	11-2	def. Ohio Northern, 72-71
#11	333	Susquehanna	14-0	won at #21 Scranton, 78-63; def. Merchant Marine, 91-72
#12	329	WPI	12-1	won at Springfield, 69-56; def. #49 MIT, 70-62
#13	317	Christopher Newport	12-1	won at Penn State-Harrisburg, 77-65; def. Wesley, 81-68
#14	315	New York University	10-0	won at Wells, 89-67; def. Brandeis, 69-67
#15	224	UW-Whitewater	11-2	won at UW-Stout, 75-59; def. #19 UW-Stevens Point, 69-63
#16	197	Chicago	10-2	won at #30 Washington U., 70-69
#17	154	Franklin and Marshall	10-2	won at McDaniel, 59-43; def. Swarthmore, 57-54
#18	107	Mount Union	10-3	def. Heidelberg, 104-80; won at Wilmington, 82-79
#19	103	UW-Stevens Point	7-6	LOST at UW-Eau Claire, 59-63; LOST at #15 UW-Whitewater, 63-69
#20	88	Oswego State	8-2	LOST at Oneonta State, 52-90
#21	87	Scranton	11-3	won at Drew, 69-62; LOST to #11 Susquehanna, 63-78; won at Goucher, 78-77
#22	80	Tufts	11-2	won at Mass-Boston, 74-61; def. Bowdoin, 102-69; def. T#36 Colby, 92-65
#23	73	Trine	11-2	LOST at Calvin, 70-74; def. Kalamazoo, 77-59
#24	69	Brooklyn	11-3	won at York (N.Y.), 80-46; LOST to Baruch, 89-97
#25	68	Whitman	11-2	LOST at #2 Whitworth, 89-95; won at Pacific, 91-74

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
T#26	52	Lancaster Bible	10-0	won at Penn College, 109-52; def. Penn State-Abington, 108-60
T#26	52	St. Norbert	10-2	def. Lawrence, 82-62
#28	50	Pacific Lutheran	9-4	LOST at Linfield, 51-53; LOST at George Fox, 74-82
#29	47	Virginia Wesleyan	8-5	won at Shenandoah, 89-78; LOST to T#53 Roanoke, 84-93
#30	39	Washington U.	8-4	LOST to #16 Chicago, 69-70
#31	36	St. John's	10-2	won at Macalester, 81-56; LOST at Concordia-Moorhead, 65-83
T#32	30	Albertus Magnus	8-2	won at Anna Maria, 108-93; LOST to Lasell, 81-94; won at St. Joseph's (Maine), 56-52
T#32	30	Trinity (Conn.)	9-4	LOST at Plattsburgh State, 73-81; def. Elms, 92-63; def. Williams, 76-75
T#34	28	Bethel	9-2	won at St. Olaf, 76-66; LOST at #4 St. Thomas, 66-69
T#34	28	East Texas Baptist	9-4	LOST at Howard Payne, 65-67; won at Sul Ross State, 67-62
T#36	21	Colby	10-3	won at Pine Manor, 115-97; LOST at Bates, 69-73; LOST at #22 Tufts, 65-92
T#36	21	North Central (Ill.)	10-4	def. Millikin, 83-54; won at Wheaton (Ill.), 71-62
#38	20	Wesleyan	12-2	won at Rhode Island College, 79-77; LOST to Middlebury, 76-86; def. Hamilton, 82-76
T#39	15	William Paterson	7-6	LOST at Kean, 73-78; LOST to Rutgers-Newark, 65-78
T#39	15	Texas Lutheran	11-3	def. University of Dallas, 73-72; def. Austin, 96-93
#41	14	Delaware Valley	11-2	IDLE
#42	11	Northwestern (Minn.)	12-2	won at Bethany Lutheran, 84-66; won at Martin Luther, 97-71
T#43	10	Stockton	9-5	LOST to New Jersey City, 69-74; LOST at Ramapo, 64-70
T#43	10	Eastern Nazarene	9-4	LOST to Salve Regina, 74-83; LOST at Wentworth, 58-80; LOST to Nichols, 67-79
T#45	9	Alma	9-4	won at Kalamazoo, 86-85; def. Adrian, 85-66
T#45	9	Salisbury	10-3	def. York (Pa.), 75-56; won at Mary Washington, 81-70
T#47	8	Johnson and Wales	12-1	def. St. Joseph's (Maine), 93-51; def. Rivier, 91-53; def. Norwich, 84-48
T#47	8	Southern Vermont	9-3	LOST at Middlebury, 74-92; def. Mitchell, 103-87
#49	7	MIT	9-3	def. Clark, 56-51; LOST at #12 WPI, 62-70
T#50	6	Babson	8-4	def. Emerson, 80-63; def. Springfield, 91-76
T#50	6	Buffalo State	9-3	won at Brockport State, 81-73; won at Potsdam State, 84-78; LOST at Plattsburgh State, 91-98
#52	5	Juniata	11-3	def. Goucher, 69-62; won at Elizabethtown, 60-46; LOST at Eastern, 68-73
T#53	3	Carroll	11-1	def. Ripon, 72-66; won at Cornell, 59-55
T#53	3	Centre	10-4	def. Rhodes, 56-33; def. Hendrix, 77-74
T#53	3	Roanoke	12-1	won at Washington and Lee, 105-96; won at #29 Virginia Wesleyan, 93-84
T#56	2	Chapman	8-2	def. Pomona-Pitzer, 73-62
T#56	2	Geneseo	7-3	LOST to Fredonia State, 86-89; LOST to Oneonta State, 65-76; def. New Paltz State, 71-67
---	---	Hiram	11-2	def. DePauw, 91-60; won at Wittenberg, 72-68

Time to begin the NYU over/under for the number of wins this season for the Violets.  I say they go 20-5.

18-4!  Can they do it?

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	617	Augustana	23-1	02/20 at Wheaton (Ill.)
#2	607	Benedictine	24-0	02/20 at Lakeland
#3	563	Whitworth	22-1	02/19 at Puget Sound; 02/20 at Pacific Lutheran
#4	534	Marietta	22-2	won at Otterbein, 80-56; 02/20 at Ohio Northern
#5	519	Christopher Newport	23-1	def. St. Mary's (Md.), 69-53; 02/20 vs. Marymount
#6	507	Hope	22-2	won at Kalamazoo, 90-79; 02/20 at Calvin
#7	460	St. Thomas	22-2	won at St. Olaf, 78-72; 02/20 vs. St. Mary's (Minn.)
#8	414	John Carroll	21-3	LOST at Mount Union, 94-100; 02/20 vs. Muskingum
#9	396	Whitman	20-3	02/19 at Pacific Lutheran; 02/20 at Puget Sound
#10	367	St. Norbert	20-2	02/20 at Cornell
#11	337	Ohio Wesleyan	21-3	won at Oberlin, 93-75; 02/20 vs. DePauw
#12	335	North Central (Ill.)	18-6	02/20 at North Park
#13	331	Elmhurst	20-4	02/20 at Illinois Wesleyan
#14	313	Alma	18-6	LOST at Albion, 66-71; 02/20 at Olivet
#15	284	Lancaster Bible	22-0	02/18 at Gallaudet; 02/20 at Wilson
#16	276	Amherst	20-4	02/20 vs. Bowdoin
#17	186	Johnson and Wales	22-2	won at Norwich, 74-41; 02/20 vs. Mount Ida
#18	168	Susquehanna	20-3	won at Goucher, 67-53; 02/18 vs. Elizabethtown; 02/20 at Elizabethtown
#19	155	Tufts	19-5	02/20 vs. Williams
#20	113	Babson	18-5	won at Coast Guard, 80-73; 02/20 at #43 MIT
#21	94	Roanoke	19-5	LOST at Lynchburg, 156-160 (2OT); 02/20 at Randolph-Macon
#22	81	Franklin and Marshall	20-4	won at Ursinus, 74-61; def. Gettysburg, 71-60; 02/20 vs. Dickinson
#23	60	Plattsburgh State	19-4	def. SUNY Potsdam, 93-62; 02/19 at Brockport; 02/20 at SUNY Geneseo
#24	58	Penn State-Behrend	20-3	LOST at Hilbert, 59-63; 02/20 vs. Pitt-Greensburg
#25	48	Trinity (Conn.)	18-6	02/20 vs. Colby

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
T#26	43	New York U.	18-4	02/19 vs. #35 Chicago; 02/21 vs. Washington U.
T#26	43	Rochester	16-6	02/19 at Case Western Reserve; 02/21 at Carnegie Mellon
#28	29	Northwestern (Minn.)	20-3	02/19 at UW-Superior; 02/20 at St. Scholastica
#29	25	Emory	16-6	02/19 at Carnegie Mellon; 02/21 at Case Western Reserve
#30	24	Albertus Magnus	17-5	won at Mount Ida, 96-91; 02/20 vs. Emmanuel
#31	22	Salisbury	19-5	won at Marymount, 73-59; 02/20 vs. Frostburg State
T#32	20	Texas Lutheran	19-5	02/19 at Southwestern
T#32	20	WPI	19-5	def. Wheaton (Mass.), 70-55; 02/20 at Clark
#34	15	Scranton	19-5	won at Cabrini, 94-73; 02/20 at T#40 Catholic
#35	11	Chicago	16-6	02/19 at New York University; 02/21 at Brandeis
#36	9	New Jersey City	18-7	won at Rutgers-Camden, 76-53
#37	7	Carroll	18-4	won at Lawrence, 70-51; 02/20 at Lake Forest
T#38	6	Wesleyan	18-6	02/20 at Middlebury
T#38	6	Virginia Wesleyan	17-7	LOST to Guilford, 60-71; 02/20 at Lynchburg
T#40	5	Catholic	18-5	def. Juniata, 83-60; 02/20 vs. #34 Scranton; 02/21 vs. Merchant Marine
T#40	5	Wooster	18-6	won at Allegheny, 92-74; 02/20 vs. Oberlin
#42	4	St. John's	17-7	LOST at Gustavus Adolphus, 62-63; 02/20 at Augsburg
#43	3	MIT	19-5	won at Emerson, 67-49; 02/20 vs. #20 Babson
#44	2	Stockton	19-6	won at Montclair State, 83-78 (live stats stalled with 4 seconds remaining)
T#45	1	Dubuque	17-6	02/17 at Wartburg (Wartburg up 13 with 11 minutes remaining); 02/20 vs. Central
T#45	1	UW-La Crosse	15-9	LOST at UW-Eau Claire, 57-64; 02/20 vs. UW-Stevens Point

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

There isn't that much time left in the regular season as teams continue to fight to get into conference tournaments and position themselves for hopefully NCAA tournament bids. Second round of Regional Rankings are also out with plenty of answers... and questions. Plus, some teams are putting on some shows recently including a lot of buzzer beaters!

On Thursday night's Hoopsville, Dave McHugh rolls up his sleeves and takes a look at what is happening as we head into the last ten days of the regular season. McHugh will also get some insight on Wednesday's insane men's basketball game between Lynchburg and No. 21 Roanoke. Plus, get a preview of the NESCAC men's and women's tournaments along with talking to ranked teams on both the men's and women's side.

Hoopsville hits the air at 7:00 pm ET and promises to go at least 2 1/2 hours. You can watch the show here: http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2015-16/feb18

Guests scheduled (in order of appearance):
- Alex Graves, Lynchburg senior forward
- Howard Herman, Berkshire Eagle, NESCAC tournaments preview
- Brian Morehouse, No. 3 Hope women's coach
- Bill Broderick, No. 16 Christopher Newport women's coach
- Tom Curle, No. 23 Plattsburgh State men's coach
- Eric Bridgeland, No. 9 Whitman men's coach

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Thanks!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Every member of the Top 25 is playing a game today.  That might be the first time ever, perhaps - certainly the first time this season.  I imagine often the UAA prevents it from happening.

[sac]

Past most peoples bedtimes last night, #3 Whitworth beat Puget Sound on a rebound put-back at the buzzer 67-65

[John Gleich]

Past most peoples bedtimes last night, #3 Whitworth beat Puget Sound on a rebound put-back at the buzzer 67-65

Thanks for staying up late so we didn't have to!