Top 25 talk

[WUPHF]

Well, IWU will either defeat Yeshiva, becoming the hottest team in the country (assuming a win tonight) or will lose to Yeshiva and surely fall below Wheaton, so...

Correction: Wheaton will move ahead of IWU when the team that lost to Webster defeats IWU on Sunday, lol. How did I forget about that game?

You guys probably thought I was joking.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

We are now into the holiday break period for Division III. Some programs are playing occasional games or in tournaments/classic, others are taking extended breaks as they prepare for the conference grind starting in January. So time to take the temperature of the season so far.

On Sunday's Hoopsville, Dave McHugh chatted with a couple of teams garnering headlines around DIII. He also got the perspective of the season so far from those who follow it the closest.

And we take the time to celebrate the life of Mike Freilich, an assistant coach who died unexpectedly on Friday and has left many saddened throughout Division III.

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- Gordon Mann, D3hoops.com Senior Editor
- Gabe Leifer, No. 1 Yeshiva graduate student
- Ryan Scott, D3hoops.com columnist

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[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared (So Far)

No games for a couple more days, but here's how things currently stand with one more week before the next poll.

I made a few manual adjustments to CNU's schedule; d3hoops's schedule showed them playing four games over the space of three days.

Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	605	Yeshiva	14-0	won at New Jersey City, 93-86; 12/30 vs. #4 Illinois Wesleyan; 01/02 vs. #17 Williams
#2	603	Randolph-Macon	8-1	12/29 vs. Rosemont; 12/29 vs. Gettysburg; 12/30 vs. TBD
#3	584	UW-Platteville	11-0	12/29 vs. Beloit; 12/30 vs. TBD
#4	517	Illinois Wesleyan	8-2	won at North Central (Ill.), 73-48; LOST at #15 Washington U., 61-71; 12/29 at Mount St. Vincent; 12/30 at #1 Yeshiva
#5	510	UW-Oshkosh	10-1	def. St. Norbert, 73-54; 12/29 vs. #29 Calvin; 12/30 vs. Ripon
#6	500	Wheaton (Ill.)	10-1	won at Olivet, 91-82; 12/29 vs. #36 Berry; 12/30 vs. Edgewood; 12/31 vs. TBD
#7	466	St. Joseph (Conn.)	8-0	IDLE
#8	396	Marietta	7-2	def. Otterbein, 87-62; won at John Carroll, 2-0; 12/28 vs. Chicago; 12/29 vs. Transylvania
#9	373	UW-La Crosse	9-2	12/15 at St. Mary's (Minn.) postponed; won at Crown, 67-43; 12/30 vs. Bethel
#10	371	Roanoke	7-2	won at #37 Wartburg, 70-66; LOST to Dubuque, 67-75; 12/29 vs. Keene State; 12/31 vs. Covenant
#11	355	Johns Hopkins	7-1	12/29 vs. Manhattanville; 12/30 vs. TBD
#12	341	Christopher Newport	10-2	won at Hampden-Sydney, 79-74; def. Virginia Wesleyan, 80-72; def. (n) Washington and Lee, 103-91; 12/21 at Catholic postponed; 12/29 vs. Shenandoah; 12/29 vs. Merchant Marine postponed; 12/30 vs. TBA (error?); 12/31 vs. Southern Virginia; 01/02 vs. Widener
#13	314	Whitworth	9-1	def. Schreiner, 88-70; 12/30 vs. UW-River Falls
#14	268	Elmhurst	10-2	def. Carroll, 85-78; won at Manchester, 101-75; 12/29 vs. Lake Forest
#15	260	Washington U.	9-1	def. #4 Illinois Wesleyan, 71-61; 12/31 vs. Westminster (Mo.)
#16	221	Mount Union	8-1	won at Wilmington, 89-71; 12/29 vs. Geneva; 12/30 vs. Lycoming
#17	204	Williams	9-0	12/29 vs. York (Pa.); 12/30 vs. TBA; 01/02 at #1 Yeshiva
#18	189	Swarthmore	7-1	12/30 at Immaculata; 01/02 vs. Stevens
#19	173	Mary Hardin-Baylor	7-1	def. Texas-Dallas, 79-69; def. T#40 LeTourneau, 91-86 OT; 12/29 vs. Pacific Lutheran; 12/30 vs. St. Mary's (Minn.)
#20	145	Amherst	8-0	12/28 at SUNY-Old Westbury; 12/31 vs. Babson
#21	144	RPI	8-0	12/29 vs. Oswego State; 12/30 vs. TBA
#22	79	Heidelberg	9-1	won at Muskingum, 96-76; 12/21 at Oberlin postponed
#23	75	Maryville (Tenn.)	9-1	def. (n) Ferrum, 84-47; won at Hampden-Sydney, 85-84; 12/28 vs. Pacific Lutheran; 12/29 vs. UC Santa Cruz
#24	71	DeSales	11-0	won at Muhlenberg, 72-60; 12/29 vs. Neumann; 12/30 vs. TBA
#25	68	Hardin-Simmons	10-1	def. University of the Ozarks, 77-49

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	43	Wesleyan	9-1	12/29 vs. Wilkes; 12/30 vs. TBA
#27	39	Lynchburg	7-2	won at William Peace, 92-60; 12/29 vs. Muskingum; 12/30 vs. Wooster or La Roche
#28	37	WPI	8-1	12/29 vs. Endicott; 12/30 at Salem State
#29	32	Calvin	6-3	def. (n) Texas Lutheran, 76-74 OT; LOST at #32 Trinity (Texas), 71-88; 12/29 at #5 UW-Oshkosh; 12/30 vs. UW-Stout
#30	29	Trine	6-4	LOST at Anderson, 57-65; def. UW-Stevens Point, 65-56; 12/30 vs. Concordia-Chicago
#31	23	Case Western Reserve	9-1	def. Kalamazoo, 94-74
#32	12	Trinity (Texas)	10-2	won at Austin, 89-80; LOST at Centenary (La.), 78-87; def. Alma, 103-64; def. #29 Calvin, 88-71
#33	11	Wooster	7-2	won at UC Santa Cruz, 80-71; LOST to (n) Lewis and Clark, 67-72; 12/29 vs. La Roche; 12/30 vs. TBA
T#34	10	Oswego	7-1	12/29 vs. #21 RPI; 12/30 vs. TBA
T#34	10	Rochester	7-2	01/02 at DePauw
#36	8	Berry	8-1	def. (n) Marywood, 79-46; def. (n) Albright, 74-54; 12/29 vs. #6 Wheaton (Ill.); 12/30 vs. Carthage
#37	7	Wartburg	10-2	LOST to #10 Roanoke, 66-70; won at Baldwin Wallace, 73-71
#38	6	Emory	4-3	12/29 vs. UW-Whitewater; 12/30 vs. Birmingham-Southern; 01/02 at Oglethorpe
#39	5	Cal Lutheran	8-2	def. Loras, 90-82; 12/28 vs. Northwestern (Minn.); 12/29 vs. Benedictine; 01/01 vs. Pomona-Pitzer
T#40	4	Brandeis	7-2	12/30 vs. Union
T#40	4	Chapman	9-1	def. SUNY Oneonta, 59-52; 12/28 vs. Bethesda University; 01/01 at Redlands
T#40	4	LeTourneau	8-2	LOST at #19 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 86-91 OT; LOST at Concordia (Texas), 87-89 OT; 01/01 at Austin
#43	3	Nazareth	6-1	12/29 vs. Edgewood; 12/30 vs. Carroll
T#44	2	Augsburg	9-2	LOST at UW-River Falls, 67-86; 12/19 vs. Stevenson cancelled; def. (n) Rhodes, 70-60; def. (n) DePauw, 82-68
T#44	2	Stockton	10-1	won at Rosemont, 69-66
T#44	2	Mary Washington	10-3	12/14 at Averett postponed; LOST at Hampden-Sydney, 71-84; def. (n) Ferrum, 86-55; 12/29 vs. Goucher; 12/30 vs. TBA

[Titan Q]

Darryl, just FYI, Mount Saint Vincent cancelled its game with IWU on 12/29 due to Covid issues.

[Darryl Nester]

Darryl, just FYI, Mount Saint Vincent cancelled its game with IWU on 12/29 due to Covid issues.

Thanks, Bob. With rare exceptions (like CNU), all of the upcoming schedules are taken from d3hoops, so that change should be reflected in the final report next Sunday, but I'll add it manually if not.

[CNU85]

Darryl, just FYI, Mount Saint Vincent cancelled its game with IWU on 12/29 due to Covid issues.

Thanks, Bob. With rare exceptions (like CNU), all of the upcoming schedules are taken from d3hoops, so that change should be reflected in the final report next Sunday, but I'll add it manually if not.

Great stuff. I look forward to this when you post it!

And you do have the CNU scheduled properly. They just changed the schedule slightly due to USMMA missing a tourney due to COVID. Shenandoah and SVU will play on the 30th at CNU. This way every team still plays 2 games and nobody has to stay an extra night in a hotel.

[y_jack_lok]

FYI, Rosemont has pulled out of the 12/29-12/30 tournament at Randolph-Macon, replaced by Gettysburg. https://rmcathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22/releases/20211222plts78

UPDATE: Here is the new Randolph-Macon schedule -- 12/29 vs Gettysburg, 12/31 vs Averett. https://rmcathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2021-22/releases/20211227lvtsqh?fbclid=IwAR2OLnvHMTDJneH2tI7-pCWxMEELdmTUOLvNsLh1GYiRHLzHsxiF4m6XMrc

[deiscanton]

Media timeouts tonight for #1 Yeshiva vs #4 Illinois Wesleyan, as the game is being broadcast live on JLTV-- Jewish Life Television, in addition to the usual Youtube broadcast on MacsLive and the Illinois Wesleyan radio away broadcast.

Coverage starts live on JLTV at 7:30 PM Eastern.  My DVR is already programmed to record this one.

(PS-- The JLTV broadcast is a simulcast of the MacsLive Youtube streaming feed, so if you cannot get JLTV on your cable, satellite, or streaming TV (For those of you with Roku TVs, JLTV is available as a separate streaming channel called "JLNow" on Roku at no extra charge), you can watch the game feed on Youtube.)

Poppers tweeted to TitanQ that the media timeouts are only in effect for this particular Yeshiva home game-- Yeshiva does not usually play with media timeouts in the regular season.  (Neither does Illinois Wesleyan).

[y_jack_lok]

^^^Thanks for that information. I am now set up to watch on my tv via Roku/YouTube.

[CNU85]

I predict IWU by double digits.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Late 1st half and the Titans lead the Maccabees 44-27... IWU is 8 of 12 from 3 while Yeshiva is 0 for 7.

[Caz Bombers]

Yeshiva can't be one of the top 50 teams in D3; #1 give me a frickin break.

[CNU85]

Yeshiva can't be one of the top 50 teams in D3; #1 give me a frickin break.

I was thinking similar yet not as harsh. But you could be right. They either had the worst game in program history or they're def  not a top 25.  Passing was horrible. They're slow on D. Can't deal with pressure. No bench. With 10 minutes left in game they had 9 rebounds. 9. How in the heck does that happen? I was highly disappointed. I thought I was going out on a limb by predicting a double digit win by IWU. And I certainly didn't see anyone who would come close to being POY.

[SpringSt7]

It feels pretty dumb to rain on the Yeshiva parade after they had a 50 game win streak snapped but the reality is none of those 50 wins were against ranked teams, and consisted of 2 NCAA tournament games---WPI (the first team in the country to have players opt out due to COVID concerns) and PSU-Harrisburg, not exactly a murderer's row.

They have never had interior size and it was pretty obvious at the start of this year that Armstrong wasn't really going to solve any of their rebounding problems. Williams will be a serious problem on that front Sunday (if that game gets played) and any good tournament team is going to pulverize them on that end as well.

[thebear]

Yeshiva can't be one of the top 50 teams in D3; #1 give me a frickin break.

They play in a conference that ranks 42nd out of 47.

Excluding Yeshiva's 7 non conference wins, their conference has 25 wins and 57 losses against other opposition.