Top 25 talk

[Fifth and Putnam]

Daryl,

Our first regular-season poll will come out a week from Monday, on Nov. 25. Thanks as always for putting that report together -- it's a nice at-a-glance look.

I echo Pat's thoughts Daryl. I appreciate the time you put into those each week...it certainly is one of the items sitting next to me as I put my ballot together each week. Certainly helps keep things in order and making sure I am not missing something.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The season is underway, so it is about time we get Hoopsville on the air.

Most Division III basketball teams have finally tipped up their first games. That means there is plenty to talk about on Hoopsville!

Sunday, Dave debuts the show for its 17th season live in studio - with plenty of changes in the offseason. We chat about the changes not only in studio, but around the game. Plus, we talk to the preseason D3hoops.com No. 1 teams - Amherst and Swarthmore.

And what do some of the gurus of D3 basketball think about the start so far and the season ahead? Bob Quillman and Ryan Scott join Dave for the first Top 25 Double-Take.

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[Titan Q]

Here is a team I will have in...and pretty high.

Texas-Dallas (24-5, 13-3 ASC)
* Gone: n/a
* Back: Dimitrius Underwood, 6-2 Sr. G (20.5 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 3.4 apg); Hans Burwitz, 6-7 Sr. C (14.8 ppg, 6.8 rpg); Jalen Weber, 6-0 Sr. G (12.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 3.5 apg); Michael Forster, 6-7 Jr. F (9.9 ppg, 6.1 rpg)

One thing I am confused about though - https://utdcomets.com/news/2019/10/17/mens-basketball-comet-men-picked-as-favorites-in-asc-east-division.aspx.

In that release about UT-Dallas being picked to win the ASC East, it says three Comets were named Preseason Players to watch -- Hans Burwitz, Jalen Weber, and Kelden Pruitt.  No Dimitrius Underwood (20.5 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 3.4 apg)? He was the ASC East Player of the Year last season, and is on the '19-20 roster - https://utdcomets.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster.

https://ascsports.org/news/2019/2/26/underwood-neal-highlight-asc-mens-basketball-award-winners.aspx

https://ascsports.org/news/2019/10/17/mens-basketball-utd-umhb-selected-to-win-asc-mens-hoops.aspx

Strange.

I wonder what the deal with Dimitrius Underwood is?  Per above, he was not mentioned as a "Player to Watch" in that ASC preview.

He is on UTD's roster, but is the only guy who doesn't have a 2019-20 season picture (they used his 2018-19 picture) - https://utdcomets.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster.

He is mentioned in the UTD season preview - https://utdcomets.com/news/2019/11/5/mens-basketball-season-preview-comet-men-have-high-expectations-for-2019-20.aspx.

He did not play last night vs Redlands - https://utdcomets.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2019-2020/redlands/boxscore/4710.

Went to the Texas-Dallas/Trinity TX game today - UTD won big.

Dimitrius Underwood is out indefinitely w/ a wrist injury he suffered last Spring.  He could be back around January 1...or he could be out for the year.

Texas-Dallas is not a #11 team without Underwood, but I do think they are a #24 or #25 team - somewhere at the end of the Top 25. They are athletic on the perimeter, they have some nice size at the 3/4/5 spots, have multiple guys who can shoot it, they play tough and unselfishly, and they defend and rebound.  They don't have a true 5 man that scores with his back to the basket in the low post...but that describes most Division III teams nowadays.

I was impressed with the Comets today.  They seem to be well coached and play well together as a team.

[Greek Tragedy]

Good investigative work, Bob! +1

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Yeshiva is still working through some injuries and figuring out roles for everyone, but they're much, much more talented than they were three years ago.  Definitely worth whatever Top 25 votes they receive.

[Greek Tragedy]

Yeshiva is still working through some injuries and figuring out roles for everyone, but they're much, much more talented than they were three years ago.  Definitely worth whatever Top 25 votes they receive.

If they even get any.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Yeshiva is still working through some injuries and figuring out roles for everyone, but they're much, much more talented than they were three years ago.  Definitely worth whatever Top 25 votes they receive.

If they even get any.

They had one point in the preseason ... you think that voter changes his mind? And others don't join him?

[Titan Q]

Yeshiva is still working through some injuries and figuring out roles for everyone, but they're much, much more talented than they were three years ago.  Definitely worth whatever Top 25 votes they receive.

If they even get any.

They had one point in the preseason ... you think that voter changes his mind? And others don't join him?

Yeshiva lost to Occidental in its opener by 12 (was a 16 point game at half and I think only got as close as 12 in the 2nd).

Occidental had a good year last year -- 22-5/12-4 SCIAC.  But they lost their top two scorers to graduation -- Zach Baines (20.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg) and Austin DeWitz (16.6 ppg, 8.1 rpg).

Probably a good chance a voter that took a flyer on Yeshiva at the #25 spot in the preseason poll would move away from them after an early loss and wait for a string of wins to go back to them.

[Greek Tragedy]

What Bob said. But I'm not a voter. 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

My gut feeling says with ALL the other results in the Top 25/50, it isn't a slam dunk Yeshiva will lose that vote. Maybe they will, but when you look around I think one-loss will look somewhat "normal" right now. LOL

[nescac1]

Very early, but so far the New England teams on the top 25 radar who aren't currently inside it:

Babson, Tufts, Springfield, Hamilton, Williams, Colby.  All talented teams without a loss.  I'd say Babson should prob replace WPI as NEWMAC's rep this week ... the rest need a few more weeks of winning ...

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

My gut feeling says with ALL the other results in the Top 25/50, it isn't a slam dunk Yeshiva will lose that vote. Maybe they will, but when you look around I think one-loss will look somewhat "normal" right now. LOL

They'll definitely be getting a few votes they weren't getting before.  I know that for sure.  They'd have to lay a couple of REAL stinkers this week for me to leave them off.  They looked very much like a Top 20 team to me.

[WUPHF]

I was just looking around.

Yeshiva is not going to have much of a chance to prove themselves this week with two winless teams on the schedule.

I have to think that voters will look at UW-Platteville, but I have my biases.

Johns Hopkins has York on the schedule this weekend.

Whitworth surely has the schedule this weekend to break in to the Top 25.

How many schools get dropped?

I guess we have to wait and see.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I was just looking around.

Yeshiva is not going to have much of a chance to prove themselves this week with two winless teams on the schedule.

I have to think that voters will look at UW-Platteville, but I have my biases.

Johns Hopkins has York on the schedule this weekend.

Whitworth surely has the schedule this weekend to break in to the Top 25.

How many schools get dropped?

I guess we have to wait and see.

I wouldn't even necessarily phrase it as "added" or "dropped."  We're finally seeing teams on the court.  I will, of course, take into consideration the past performance of the players who return, but most of my deliberation will be about what's happened on the court in this ten day period.

[SpringSt7]

Very early, but so far the New England teams on the top 25 radar who aren't currently inside it:

Babson, Tufts, Springfield, Hamilton, Williams, Colby.  All talented teams without a loss.  I'd say Babson should prob replace WPI as NEWMAC's rep this week ... the rest need a few more weeks of winning ...

Says the guy who picked Babson in the top 25 pool...