Top 25 talk

[Titan Q]

Yesterday #3-Randolph Macon won by 12 at #9-Roanoke.

RMC has wins over #22-Emory, #13-Marietta (road), and #9-Roanoke (road)...their loss is at #17-CNU in OT.

RMC will continue to be my #1.

https://www.rmcathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22/boxscores/20211204_15nr.xml?view=boxscore

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Not too many losses on my ballot this week, but it's still too early to work off last week's for me.  I'll be starting from scratch sometime around 9pm tonight.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (almost Complete)

Colby/Bowdoin game not yet underway (6:00 start time).
Cal Lutheran/UCSB - not sure what's going on there, as it's on the master schedule, and the team home page, but not the CLU team page at d3hoops. (Edit: It is underway; CLU currently trailing 46-58 midway through the second half.)

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	603	Yeshiva	10-0	won at Farmingdale State, 80-66; def. SUNY-Old Westbury, 105-77
#2	586	Illinois Wesleyan	7-0	def. Chicago, 83-50; def. Carroll, 63-44
#3	583	Randolph-Macon	8-1	def. Virginia Wesleyan, 65-53; won at #9 Roanoke, 62-50
#4	562	UW-Platteville	9-0	won at #8 UW-La Crosse, 73-67; def. UW-River Falls, 74-59
#5	471	Wheaton (Ill.)	7-1	won at Carthage, 65-64; LOST at #7 Elmhurst, 75-76
#6	435	St. Joseph (Conn.)	6-0	won at Dean, 98-67
#7	420	Elmhurst	7-1	LOST at T#42 Calvin, 57-75; def. #5 Wheaton (Ill.), 76-75
#8	402	UW-La Crosse	7-2	LOST to #4 UW-Platteville, 67-73; LOST to #10 UW-Oshkosh, 53-56
#9	385	Roanoke	6-1	def. Bridgewater (Va.), 83-58; LOST to #3 Randolph-Macon, 50-62
#10	376	UW-Oshkosh	8-1	def. T#40 UW-Eau Claire, 69-60; won at #8 UW-La Crosse, 56-53
#11	354	Mary Hardin-Baylor	4-0	def. University of the Ozarks, 87-67
#12	351	Mount Union	5-1	LOST to Heidelberg, 72-91
#13	320	Marietta	4-2	def. Ohio Northern, 94-59
#14	281	Trine	5-1	IDLE
#15	271	Johns Hopkins	7-1	def. Washington College, 92-61; won at Muhlenberg, 76-58
#16	253	Whitworth	6-1	won at Willamette, 94-81
#17	221	Christopher Newport	6-2	def. Averett, 76-54
#18	220	Swarthmore	6-1	won at Haverford, 81-50; def. Dickinson, 87-57
#19	159	Wesleyan	7-1	def. Worcester State, 81-73; LOST to #29 Williams, 60-69
#20	146	Washington U.	7-1	def. Hendrix, 80-46; def. St. Thomas (Texas), 59-51
#21	128	Amherst	7-0	def. Thomas, 79-54; won at St. Elizabeth, 73-51
#22	105	Emory	4-2	def. LaGrange, 95-65
#23	78	RPI	6-0	def. Hobart, 75-64; def. Rochester Tech, 69-51
#24	71	Maryville (Tenn.)	6-1	def. Asbury, 85-63; def. Huntingdon, 88-67
#25	59	DeSales	8-0	won at Wilkes, 65-61; def. Arcadia, 61-52

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	50	Berry	6-1	def. Huntingdon, 76-53; LOST at Oglethorpe, 80-83
#27	36	WPI	7-1	won at #33 Brandeis, 79-60; won at Worcester State, 85-63
#28	29	Lynchburg	5-1	won at Washington and Lee, 82-69; def. Bridgewater (Va.), 91-74
#29	23	Williams	7-0	def. Worcester State, 70-57; won at #19 Wesleyan, 69-60
T#30	21	Mass-Dartmouth	7-1	IDLE
T#30	21	Cal Lutheran	7-2	def. Occidental, 76-60; LOST to Chapman, 75-93; LOST at UCSB, 66-87
#32	19	Trinity (Texas)	7-1	won at Schreiner, 95-84 OT
#33	18	Brandeis	5-2	LOST to #27 WPI, 60-79; def. Babson, 72-65; def. Tufts, 108-102 5OT
#34	13	Case Western Reserve	8-1	won at Adrian, 98-90
#35	12	Wooster	4-1	won at Oberlin, 62-51; def. DePauw, 73-59
#36	9	Colby	5-3	LOST to Southern Maine, 71-74; won at Bates, 78-72; LOST at Bowdoin, 61-74
#37	7	Rochester	6-2	IDLE
T#38	5	Dubuque	5-3	won at Buena Vista, 66-51; def. Central, 76-58
T#38	5	Linfield	4-2	won at Puget Sound, 69-67; def. Lewis and Clark, 87-60
T#40	4	UW-Eau Claire	6-3	LOST at #10 UW-Oshkosh, 60-69; won at UW-Stevens Point, 72-56
T#40	4	Hanover	5-0	def. Anderson, 67-52; def. Bluffton, 75-64
T#42	3	Calvin	5-2	def. #7 Elmhurst, 75-57
T#42	3	LeTourneau	6-0	def. Sul Ross State, 67-58; def. Howard Payne, 81-80
T#44	1	Baldwin Wallace	5-2	LOST to Heidelberg, 59-92; won at Wilmington, 78-66
T#44	1	Catholic	7-1	LOST to Marymount, 69-74; def. Scranton, 75-73
T#44	1	Nichols	7-0	won at Salve Regina, 67-66; def. University of New England, 88-65

[Fifth and Putnam]

As always Darryl, thanks for doing this every week. Always have your recap as part of the many tools I have open when voting each week.

[Titan Q]

My Q-cast conversation with WashU head coach Pat Juckem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC9ApvWGNlA

0:00 Grilling in the Lou
2:00 Last year
4:53 Disadvantage of not playing in 2020-21
11:45 2019-20 Sweet 16 that never was
14:58 7-1 start to 2021-22
18:29 Jack Nolan
26:45 Hayden Doyle
30:07 6-10 Kevin Davet and 6-10 Jake Wolf
35:54 Justin Hardy
40:20 Pat's D3 story
44:18 Tips for aspiring young coaches
49:53 Coe and the IIAC (ARC)
52:54 Building the Oshkosh program back up
58:17 Deciding to pursue the WashU job
1:01:20 Pat's kinda guys
1:04:20 Replacing a legend
1:08:40 The best non-conf rivalry in D3 MBB
1:13:49 The UAA
1:23:24 Final thoughts

[Titan Q]

Darryl, thank you as always for compiling "How they Fared."  It's a tremendous help to me both as a fan and as a Top 25 voter.

Really appreciate all the time that goes into that.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

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[PauldingLightUP]

The new top 25 came out last night. For completeness sake, is Rochester receiving 4 or 5 ranking points? If 5 they should be ahead of LeTourneau. If 4 then there is a typo.

[PoppersMacsLive]

Here's my breakdown of the Week 2 Top 25:
https://www.macslive.com/post/d3hoops-top-25-week-2-breakdown-analysis-and-opinions

[jknezek]

I'll throw this out there one more time in case it got lost in the shuffle. If anyone wants to do a weekly basketball fan poll I'm happy to organize it. Just message me and if I can get a group together I'll let the interested people know.

[y_jack_lok]

Here's my breakdown of the Week 2 Top 25:
https://www.macslive.com/post/d3hoops-top-25-week-2-breakdown-analysis-and-opinions

Again, good stuff. And thanks for including the W/L records. Would you be willing to add a brief description of your methodology? Or is it proprietary? I ask because you mention one aspect of it in your comments re #13 (your #10) UW- La Crosse.

I really enjoy reading what you write. Keep up the great work!

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

Note that my program was not sure what to do with the vote-tally issue pointed out by PauldingLightUP, so the rankings at that point in the table are a little strange.

The new top 25 came out last night. For completeness sake, is Rochester receiving 4 or 5 ranking points? If 5 they should be ahead of LeTourneau. If 4 then there is a typo.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	603	Yeshiva	11-0	won at Brooklyn, 94-48; 12/09 vs. Washington College; 12/12 vs. Medgar Evers
#2	591	Randolph-Macon	8-1	IDLE
#3	590	Illinois Wesleyan	7-0	12/11 at #8 Wheaton (Ill.)
#4	563	UW-Platteville	9-0	12/10 at Olivet; 12/11 at Hope
#5	487	St. Joseph (Conn.)	6-0	12/09 vs. Elms; 12/11 vs. Anna Maria
#6	479	UW-Oshkosh	8-1	12/11 vs. North Central (Ill.)
#7	395	Elmhurst	8-1	won at Millikin, 79-61; 12/11 at North Park
#8	388	Wheaton (Ill.)	8-1	won at Carroll, 81-57; 12/11 vs. #3 Illinois Wesleyan
#9	379	Mary Hardin-Baylor	4-0	12/09 at McMurry; 12/11 at T#38 Hardin-Simmons
#10	357	Marietta	4-2	12/12 at Baldwin Wallace
#11	356	Roanoke	6-1	IDLE
#12	320	Johns Hopkins	7-1	IDLE
#13	310	UW-La Crosse	7-2	12/11 at #16 Trine
#14	300	Christopher Newport	6-2	12/12 vs. #27 Lynchburg
#15	276	Whitworth	7-1	def. Whitman, 82-71; 12/12 vs. Colorado College
#16	229	Trine	5-2	LOST to #36 Heidelberg, 67-72; 12/11 vs. #13 UW-La Crosse
#17	218	Mount Union	6-1	won at John Carroll, 93-83; 12/11 at Ohio Northern
#18	205	Washington U.	8-1	def. Fontbonne, 71-48
#19	197	Swarthmore	7-1	won at Susquehanna, 88-60
#20	164	Williams	7-0	12/09 vs. Union; 12/11 at Springfield
#21	121	Amherst	8-0	won at Springfield, 75-61
#22	106	RPI	7-0	won at Bard, 75-45; 12/11 at Mount St. Mary
#23	103	Emory	4-3	LOST at Covenant, 58-69 OT
#24	58	Maryville (Tenn.)	7-1	def. Johnson (Tenn.), 85-68
#25	51	DeSales	9-0	won at Stevens, 64-44; 12/11 vs. Misericordia

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	46	Wesleyan (Conn.)	7-1	12/09 vs. Manhattanville; 12/11 at Farmingdale State
#27	38	Lynchburg	5-1	12/11 at Salisbury; 12/12 at #14 Christopher Newport
#28	37	WPI	7-1	12/11 at Husson
#29	24	Calvin	5-2	IDLE
#30	19	Case Western Reserve	8-1	IDLE
#31	14	Wooster	5-1	def. Allegheny, 77-60; 12/11 vs. Hiram
#32	11	Widener	4-4	LOST to Eastern, 82-89; 12/11 vs. Ursinus
T#33	10	Oswego	6-1	12/11 at Fredonia
T#33	10	Cal Lutheran	7-1	IDLE
T#33	10	Mass-Dartmouth	7-2	LOST at Eastern Connecticut, 73-75
#36	9	Heidelberg	7-1	won at #16 Trine, 72-67; 12/11 vs. Wilmington
#37	8	Berry	6-1	IDLE
T#38	6	Colby	6-3	def. Maine-Farmington, 86-81 OT; 12/11 at #43 Brandeis
T#38	6	Hardin-Simmons	7-1	12/09 vs. Concordia (Texas); 12/11 vs. #9 Mary Hardin-Baylor
T#38	6	Trinity (Texas)	7-1	IDLE
T#41	4	LeTourneau	6-0	12/09 vs. Belhaven; 12/11 vs. East Texas Baptist
#42	5	Rochester	7-2	won at Ithaca, 81-76 OT
#43	4	Brandeis	6-2	def. Lasell, 88-44; 12/11 vs. T#38 Colby
T#44	2	Nazareth	6-1	won at SUNYIT, 79-78
T#44	2	Wartburg	7-1	12/09 vs. UW-Eau Claire; 12/11 at Simpson
T#46	1	Hanover	5-0	12/11 at Defiance
T#46	1	Mary Washington	8-2	12/11 vs. Eastern Mennonite
T#46	1	Nichols	8-1	def. Trinity (Conn.), 85-82 OT; LOST at Wentworth, 79-95; 12/11 at Tufts
T#46	1	Stockton	8-1	def. TCNJ, 75-55; 12/11 vs. Montclair State

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Did anyone just add up the total points? That would give us an answer.

[SpringSt7]

Operating from a completely unfair premise of extra practice time, resources, etc, but is it fair to say this St. Thomas team would be #1 in D3 as of right now? They're 4-5 in their first year in D1 and are loaded with seniors. Seems like they should be moderately competitive in the Summit as well.

[WUPHF]

I don't think it was meant to work this way, but it is interesting.

St. Thomas is No. 301 in Massey.  Platteville is ranked No. 464 until you filter for Division III. 

I love the St. Thomas story, but I would ask: did they pick up anyone who would not have attended otherwise?  I think they got a Northwestern transfer in Dom Martinelli though he probably has to sit out.