Top 25 talk

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	617	Augustana	24-1	won at Wheaton (Ill.), 103-101
#2	607	Benedictine	25-0	won at Lakeland, 100-76
#3	563	Whitworth	24-1	won at Puget Sound, 67-65; won at Pacific Lutheran, 73-71
#4	534	Marietta	23-2	won at Otterbein, 80-56; won at Ohio Northern, 97-73
#5	519	Christopher Newport	24-1	def. St. Mary's (Md.), 69-53; def. Marymount, 89-59
#6	507	Hope	23-2	won at Kalamazoo, 90-79; won at Calvin, 65-61
#7	460	St. Thomas	23-2	won at St. Olaf, 78-72; def. St. Mary's (Minn.), 77-48
#8	414	John Carroll	22-3	LOST at Mount Union, 94-100; def. Muskingum, 99-76
#9	396	Whitman	22-3	won at Pacific Lutheran, 82-72; won at Puget Sound, 83-57
#10	367	St. Norbert	21-2	won at Cornell, 72-62
#11	337	Ohio Wesleyan	22-3	won at Oberlin, 93-75; def. DePauw, 81-57
#12	335	North Central (Ill.)	19-6	won at North Park, 84-74
#13	331	Elmhurst	20-5	LOST at Illinois Wesleyan, 67-77
#14	313	Alma	19-6	LOST at Albion, 66-71; won at Olivet, 97-85
#15	284	Lancaster Bible	24-0	won at Gallaudet, 76-64; won at Wilson, 91-64
#16	276	Amherst	21-4	def. Bowdoin, 83-76
#17	186	Johnson and Wales	23-2	won at Norwich, 74-41; def. Mount Ida, 89-69
#18	168	Susquehanna	22-3	won at Goucher, 67-53; def. Elizabethtown, 86-70; won at Elizabethtown, 83-69
#19	155	Tufts	20-5	def. Williams, 77-71
#20	113	Babson	19-5	won at Coast Guard, 80-73; won at #43 MIT, 94-80
#21	94	Roanoke	19-6	LOST at Lynchburg, 156-160; LOST at Randolph-Macon, 73-89
#22	81	Franklin and Marshall	20-5	won at Ursinus, 74-61; def. Gettysburg, 71-60; LOST to Dickinson, 86-88
#23	60	Plattsburgh State	21-4	def. SUNY Potsdam, 93-62; won at Brockport, 76-72; won at SUNY Geneseo, 76-72
#24	58	Penn State-Behrend	20-4	LOST at Hilbert, 59-63; LOST to (n) Pitt-Greensburg, 72-77
#25	48	Trinity (Conn.)	19-6	def. Colby, 71-60

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
T#26	43	New York U.	19-5	def. #35 Chicago, 72-59; LOST to Washington U., 70-71
T#26	43	Rochester	17-7	won at Case Western Reserve, 99-92; LOST at Carnegie Mellon, 97-102
#28	29	Northwestern (Minn.)	20-5	LOST at UW-Superior, 86-94; LOST at St. Scholastica, 69-76
#29	25	Emory	17-7	won at Carnegie Mellon, 83-68; LOST at Case Western Reserve, 78-88
#30	24	Albertus Magnus	18-5	won at Mount Ida, 96-91; def. Emmanuel, 90-87
#31	22	Salisbury	20-5	won at Marymount, 73-59; def. Frostburg State, 84-61
T#32	20	Texas Lutheran	19-6	LOST at Southwestern, 81-83
T#32	20	WPI	20-5	def. Wheaton (Mass.), 70-55; won at Clark, 88-60
#34	15	Scranton	19-6	won at Cabrini, 94-73; LOST at T#40 Catholic, 74-79
#35	11	Chicago	17-7	LOST at New York University, 59-72; won at Brandeis, 62-52
#36	9	New Jersey City	18-7	won at Rutgers-Camden, 76-53
#37	7	Carroll	19-4	won at Lawrence, 70-51; won at Lake Forest, 61-48
T#38	6	Wesleyan	18-7	LOST at Middlebury, 74-86
T#38	6	Virginia Wesleyan	17-8	LOST to Guilford, 60-71; LOST at Lynchburg, 75-80
T#40	5	Catholic	20-5	def. Juniata, 83-60; def. #34 Scranton, 79-74; def. Merchant Marine, 80-61
T#40	5	Wooster	19-6	won at Allegheny, 92-74; def. Oberlin, 97-56
#42	4	St. John's	18-7	LOST at Gustavus Adolphus, 62-63; won at Augsburg, 77-66
#43	3	MIT	19-6	won at Emerson, 67-49; LOST to #20 Babson, 80-94
#44	2	Stockton	19-6	won at Montclair State, 83-80
T#45	1	Dubuque	18-7	LOST at Wartburg, 56-67; def. Central, 67-57
T#45	1	UW-La Crosse	16-9	LOST at UW-Eau Claire, 57-64; def. UW-Stevens Point, 55-53

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The entire regular season has basically come down to this week: Championship Week.

Almost all conferences will determine their automatic bids to the NCAA tournament via their own tournaments. Those that haven't started already, will begin soon. And in a matter of a week, 87 teams on the men's and women's sides will know they are headed to the NCAA tournament.

Sunday night on Hoopsville, Dave McHugh talks to some of the teams who hope home court will be their ticket to the NCAA post-season play. Each of the teams featured tonight won their regular season conference titles and need to win their conference tournaments to get into the NCAA tournament.

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- Mike Ricks, Birmingham-Southern women's coach
- Bernard Tomlin, SUNY Old Westbury men's coach
- Mike McDevitt, St. Joseph's (Maine) women's coach
- Ryan Scott, Mid-Atlantic Region Report

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[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Final public regional rankings are out: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2016/02/24/third-ncaa-regional-ranking/

[Ralph Turner]

If TLU wins the SCAC tourney, do they host a regional? If so, who flies into Seguin (San Antonio is 40 miles west on I-10.)

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

From what I have been able to figure out... there is a chance TLU will NOT host because they made need a geographically centered team to pull it off.

Let me give you a "what if"
- TLU is in (AQ or at-large)
- ETBU is in (AQ)
- Birmingham-Southern is in (AQ)
- Emory (or someone else)

The committee can get BSC to ETBU by bus because it is 490 miles. That means they can get TLU to ETBU as well. Leaving just one flight in to ETBU for a pod. If they hosted at TLU, that is two flights.

A few years ago, we were told the committee was only giving geographic pods in the second weekend (I can explain that better another time), but I have since learned the NCAA forced them away from a geographic pod with Centre (featuring Emory) in 2014. This year they may be encouraging them to the other way.

Long story short... TLU probably only hosts if all the right things come into play and there is a third Texas team. The reality is - that isn't going to happen. SO the other way they host is if it is just TLU and ETBU by themselves.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

From what I have been able to figure out... there is a chance TLU will NOT host because they made need a geographically centered team to pull it off.

Let me give you a "what if"
- TLU is in (AQ or at-large)
- ETBU is in (AQ)
- Birmingham-Southern is in (AQ)
- Emory (or someone else)

The committee can get BSC to ETBU by bus because it is 490 miles. That means they can get TLU to ETBU as well. Leaving just one flight in to ETBU for a pod. If they hosted at TLU, that is two flights.

A few years ago, we were told the committee was only giving geographic pods in the second weekend (I can explain that better another time), but I have since learned the NCAA forced them away from a geographic pod with Centre (featuring Emory) in 2014. This year they may be encouraging them to the other way.

Long story short... TLU probably only hosts if all the right things come into play and there is a third Texas team. The reality is - that isn't going to happen. SO the other way they host is if it is just TLU and ETBU by themselves.

The interesting thing will be if there's three west coast teams and two texas teams.  A lot of possibilities with that one.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

If they have three west coast teams (being two from NWC)... they will have to fly two teams (one being SCIAC) to the NWC. However, it will already force other flights, so they can get creative.

However, NWC isn't going to avoid a second round game - that is almost guaranteed.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

If they have three west coast teams (being two from NWC)... they will have to fly two teams (one being SCIAC) to the NWC. However, it will already force other flights, so they can get creative.

However, NWC isn't going to avoid a second round game - that is almost guaranteed.

Unless one of them loses in the first round.

[ronk]

From what I have been able to figure out... there is a chance TLU will NOT host because they made need a geographically centered team to pull it off.

Let me give you a "what if"
- TLU is in (AQ or at-large)
- ETBU is in (AQ)
- Birmingham-Southern is in (AQ)
- Emory (or someone else)

The committee can get BSC to ETBU by bus because it is 490 miles. That means they can get TLU to ETBU as well. Leaving just one flight in to ETBU for a pod. If they hosted at TLU, that is two flights.

A few years ago, we were told the committee was only giving geographic pods in the second weekend (I can explain that better another time), but I have since learned the NCAA forced them away from a geographic pod with Centre (featuring Emory) in 2014. This year they may be encouraging them to the other way.

Long story short... TLU probably only hosts if all the right things come into play and there is a third Texas team. The reality is - that isn't going to happen. SO the other way they host is if it is just TLU and ETBU by themselves.

Was that the Scranton(Mid-Atlantic) lost hosting opportunity?

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

Just two losses among 12 games so far, but better match-ups are on their way this weekend. Final report for the season coming this Sunday.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	614	Augustana	24-1	02/26 vs. Illinois Wesleyan
#2	610	Benedictine	25-0	02/26 vs. Marian
#3	560	Whitworth	24-1	02/25 vs. Puget Sound
#4	537	Marietta	24-2	def. Wilmington, 93-78; 02/25 vs. Baldwin Wallace
#5	534	Christopher Newport	24-1	02/25 vs. St. Mary's (Md.)
#6	499	Hope	23-2	02/26 vs. Trine; 02/27 vs. TBA
#7	472	St. Thomas	23-2	02/26 vs. Bethel
#8	406	St. Norbert	21-2	02/26 vs. Lake Forest
#9	399	Whitman	22-3	02/25 vs. Pacific Lutheran
#10	388	Ohio Wesleyan	23-3	def. Wabash, 100-80; 02/26 vs. Denison
#11	350	North Central (Ill.)	19-6	02/26 vs. #17 Elmhurst
#12	330	John Carroll	23-3	def. Capital, 83-71; 02/25 vs. Mount Union
#13	327	Amherst	21-4	02/27 vs. #18 Tufts
#14	296	Johnson and Wales	24-2	def. St. Joseph's (Maine), 73-36; 02/25 vs. Emmanuel
#15	260	Lancaster Bible	25-0	def. Penn College, 98-72; 02/27 vs. SUNYIT
#16	232	Susquehanna	23-3	def. #32 Scranton, 77-72; 02/27 at #27 Catholic
#17	218	Elmhurst	20-5	02/26 vs. #11 North Central (Ill.)
#18	209	Tufts	20-5	02/27 vs. #13 Amherst
#19	184	Alma	19-6	02/26 vs. Albion
#20	170	Babson	19-5	02/27 vs. Emerson; 02/28 vs. NEWMAC Tournament Finals
#21	149	Plattsburgh State	21-4	02/26 vs. Oswego State
#22	75	Trinity (Conn.)	19-6	02/27 vs. Middlebury
#23	54	Salisbury	20-5	02/25 vs. Mary Washington; 02/27 vs. TBA
#24	44	WPI	20-5	02/27 vs. T#43 MIT; 02/28 vs. NEWMAC Tournament Championship
#25	43	Franklin and Marshall	20-5	02/26 vs. McDaniel or Gettysburg; 02/27 vs. TBD

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	27	Albertus Magnus	19-5	def. Mount Ida, 109-87; 02/25 at Lasell
#27	21	Catholic	21-5	def. Juniata, 79-66; 02/27 vs. #16 Susquehanna
#28	18	New Jersey City	18-8	LOST to TCNJ, 82-92
#29	16	Wooster	20-6	def. Oberlin, 78-63; 02/26 vs. Hiram; 02/27 vs. TBA
#30	14	Carroll	19-4	02/26 vs. Ripon
#31	11	Rochester	17-7	02/27 vs. T#34 Emory
#32	9	Scranton	19-7	LOST at #16 Susquehanna, 72-77
#33	8	St. John Fisher	20-5	02/26 vs. Stevens
T#34	7	Emory	17-7	02/27 at #31 Rochester
T#34	7	New York U.	19-5	02/27 at Brandeis
#36	6	East Texas Baptist	20-5	02/25 vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor
#37	5	Roanoke	19-6	02/26 vs. Randolph
#38	4	Stockton	20-6	def. Rutgers-Newark, 95-75
#39	3	Aurora	20-5	02/26 vs. Milwaukee Engineering
T#40	2	Chicago	17-7	02/27 vs. Washington U.
T#40	2	Penn State-Behrend	20-4	02/27 vs. Pitt-Greensburg/Medaille
T#40	2	UW-La Crosse	16-9	02/26 vs. TBD
T#43	1	MIT	19-6	02/27 vs. #24 WPI; 02/28 at TBA
T#43	1	St. John's	19-7	def. Augsburg, 99-86; 02/26 at St. Olaf
T#43	1	Texas Lutheran	19-6	02/27 vs. Winner of Game 1

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

From what I have been able to figure out... there is a chance TLU will NOT host because they made need a geographically centered team to pull it off.

Let me give you a "what if"
- TLU is in (AQ or at-large)
- ETBU is in (AQ)
- Birmingham-Southern is in (AQ)
- Emory (or someone else)

The committee can get BSC to ETBU by bus because it is 490 miles. That means they can get TLU to ETBU as well. Leaving just one flight in to ETBU for a pod. If they hosted at TLU, that is two flights.

A few years ago, we were told the committee was only giving geographic pods in the second weekend (I can explain that better another time), but I have since learned the NCAA forced them away from a geographic pod with Centre (featuring Emory) in 2014. This year they may be encouraging them to the other way.

Long story short... TLU probably only hosts if all the right things come into play and there is a third Texas team. The reality is - that isn't going to happen. SO the other way they host is if it is just TLU and ETBU by themselves.

Was that the Scranton(Mid-Atlantic) lost hosting opportunity?

That was the situation in some manner... there were a lot of trickle-down ramifications. Scranton losing the hosting was just one of a few.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The final days of the regular season are here. Results of games across the country are affecting other teams not even playing. How will it all shake out and how does one result affect another?

Thursday night on Hoopsville, Dave McHugh gives you the insight you need to know how the NCAA Tournament brackets are already taking shape. Dave will talk to many coaches around the country who are looking to lock up automatic bids, securing at-large opportunities, or knowingly playing for the postseason lives. Dave will even make sure you better understand the selection criteria and how something like the Strength of Schedule helps or hurts teams.

Hoopsville hits the air at 7pm ET. You can tune in below.

Guests include (in order of appearance)
- Michele Durand, No. 10 Ohio Northern women's coach
- Fred Richter, DeSales women's coach
- Warren Caruso, Husson men's coach
- Zach Frilen, No. 15 Lancaster Bible men's coach
- Todd Raridon, No. 11 North Central (Ill.) men's coach
- Marcus Kahn (Mary Washington) or Andy Sachs (Salisbury), CAC men's semifinal winner
- Matt Snyder, Strength of Schedule/Numbers guru

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[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (Complete)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	614	Augustana	26-1	def. Illinois Wesleyan, 83-74; def. #17 Elmhurst, 69-53
#2	610	Benedictine	27-0	def. Marian, 91-82; def. Milwaukee Engineering, 83-57
#3	560	Whitworth	26-1	def. Puget Sound, 75-58; def. Pacific Lutheran, 75-62
#4	537	Marietta	25-3	def. Wilmington, 93-78; def. Baldwin Wallace, 91-66; LOST to #12 John Carroll, 85-87
#5	534	Christopher Newport	26-1	def. St. Mary's (Md.), 57-56; def. #23 Salisbury, 68-67
#6	499	Hope	23-3	LOST to Trine, 77-82
#7	472	St. Thomas	24-3	def. Bethel, 63-46; LOST to St. Olaf, 66-72
#8	406	St. Norbert	23-2	def. Lake Forest, 63-48; def. #30 Carroll, 71-69
#9	399	Whitman	22-4	LOST to Pacific Lutheran, 68-82
#10	388	Ohio Wesleyan	23-4	def. Wabash, 100-80; LOST to Denison, 85-95
#11	350	North Central (Ill.)	19-7	LOST to (n) #17 Elmhurst, 58-60
#12	330	John Carroll	25-3	def. Capital, 83-71; def. Mount Union, 93-74; won at #4 Marietta, 87-85
#13	327	Amherst	22-5	def. (n) #18 Tufts, 86-83; LOST to (n) Middlebury, 79-81
#14	296	Johnson and Wales	26-2	def. St. Joseph's (Maine), 73-36; def. Emmanuel, 97-79; def. #26 Albertus Magnus, 86-75
#15	260	Lancaster Bible	27-0	def. Penn College, 98-72; def. SUNYIT, 75-57; def. Morrisville State, 97-71
#16	232	Susquehanna	23-4	def. #32 Scranton, 77-72; LOST at #27 Catholic, 80-83
#17	218	Elmhurst	21-6	def. (n) #11 North Central (Ill.), 60-58; LOST at #1 Augustana, 53-69
#18	209	Tufts	20-6	LOST to (n) #13 Amherst, 83-86
#19	184	Alma	21-6	def. (n) Albion, 77-64; def. (n) Trine, 62-54
#20	170	Babson	21-5	def. Emerson, 74-69; def. T#43 MIT, 81-69
#21	149	Plattsburgh State	21-5	LOST to Oswego State, 74-81
#22	75	Trinity (Conn.)	19-7	LOST to Middlebury, 58-70
#23	54	Salisbury	21-6	def. Mary Washington, 83-78; LOST at #5 Christopher Newport, 67-68
#24	44	WPI	20-6	LOST to (n) T#43 MIT, 80-96
#25	43	Franklin and Marshall	22-5	def. Gettysburg, 74-63; def. Swarthmore, 75-64

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	27	Albertus Magnus	20-6	def. Mount Ida, 109-87; won at Lasell, 87-80; LOST at #14 Johnson and Wales, 75-86
#27	21	Catholic	22-5	def. Juniata, 79-66; def. #16 Susquehanna, 83-80
#28	18	New Jersey City	18-8	LOST to TCNJ, 82-92
#29	16	Wooster	21-7	def. Oberlin, 78-63; def. (n) Hiram, 92-79; LOST to (n) Denison, 81-92
#30	14	Carroll	20-5	def. (n) Ripon, 58-55; LOST at #8 St. Norbert, 69-71
#31	11	Rochester	17-8	LOST to T#34 Emory, 75-84
#32	9	Scranton	19-7	LOST at #16 Susquehanna, 72-77
#33	8	St. John Fisher	21-6	def. Stevens, 85-62; LOST to Hartwick, 91-93
T#34	7	Emory	18-7	won at #31 Rochester, 84-75
T#34	7	New York U.	20-5	won at Brandeis, 71-50
#36	6	East Texas Baptist	21-6	def. (n) Mary Hardin-Baylor, 70-64; LOST to (n) Louisiana College, 44-56
#37	5	Roanoke	19-7	LOST to (n) Randolph, 62-74
#38	4	Stockton	21-6	def. Rutgers-Newark, 95-75; def. TCNJ, 60-53
#39	3	Aurora	20-6	LOST to Milwaukee Engineering, 96-100
T#40	2	Chicago	17-8	LOST to Washington U., 54-67
T#40	2	Penn State-Behrend	20-5	LOST to (n) Pitt-Greensburg, 64-67
T#40	2	UW-La Crosse	16-10	LOST to UW-River Falls, 61-72
T#43	1	MIT	20-7	def. (n) #24 WPI, 96-80; LOST at #20 Babson, 69-81
T#43	1	St. John's	19-8	def. Augsburg, 99-86; LOST at St. Olaf, 80-91
T#43	1	Texas Lutheran	21-6	won at Centenary (La.), 80-70; def. (n) Colorado College, 80-77

[wooscotsfan]

Utilizing the Feburary 28th Top 25 Ranking, here are the 13 teams now in the Sweet 16:

1. Augustana
2. Benedictine
4. Christopher Newport
7. St. Norbert
8. St. Thomas
10. Ohio Wesleyan
11. Whitman
12. Johnson & Wales
13. Alma
15. Amherst
16. Babson
20. Tufts
25. Emory

3 Teams Not Ranked in the last Top 25 that are in the Sweet 16:
Wooster
Oswego State
Keene State

[David Collinge]

3 Teams Not Ranked in the last Top 25 that are in the Sweet 16:
Wooster
Oswego State
Keene State

All in the same sectional.