Top 25 talk

[D3Navy]

TU 80, Centenary 59.

[D3Navy]

St. Thomas 67, Trinity 59.

[deiscanton]

Prepare for some votes to go Trinity's way.  13-4 with a 7-game winning streak.  One loss to #7 Rochester, one loss to Division I A&M Corpus Christi, one loss to #14 St. Thomas, and a narrow loss to 12-4 Centenary.

Lost their leading scorer before the season and other starters hurt.  Some now returning and the team is starting to gel.

Look for them to win the SCAC tournament and reach the playoffs.

First of all, wash't the game vs Texas A & M--Corpus Christi an exhibition game-- in other words, that result does not count vs Trinity (TX)?

Second of all, what about the loss to Sul Ross State, which does count in Trinity's record?

Third of all, Trinity has not gotten their home wins vs Centenary and St. Thomas yet.  Those home return fixtures vs these two teams are this upcoming weekend.  Beat both of them this weekend and you can then at least ask for a deep dive on the Trinity (TX) men on Hoopsville's Top 25 Double Take.

Fourth of all, St. Thomas is still the favorite to win the SCAC tournament, last I checked.

Just my two cents on the Trinity (TX) men from the New England area,but I do not vote on the Top 25 poll, and I thank my stars that I probably never will...... LOL.

PS-- The Trinity (TX) women are ranked #1 this week.  Enloy that.

It was exhibition.  They did lose to SRS.

I'm predicting votes (not Top 25) after a successful weekend.

Should Trinity face St. Thomas in the SCAC tournament, Tiger fans would be wise to not give the Celts any more bulletin board material which they can use as rope to potentially end the season for the Trinity men's basketball team.   Celts just held Trinity to under 60 points at Calgaard Gym and will most likely, as a result, go into the SCAC tourney as the #1 seed.  It is small comfort to Trinity that the SCAC designated Calgaard Gym as the predetermined host site of the SCAC tourney this year. 

BTW, as D3Navy himself just posted, final score tonight from Calgaard Gym-- #14 St. Thomas 67, Trinity (TX) 59.

[Darryl Nester]

How They Fared - Complete except Berry at Rhodes (tips 5:00 EST) and Mary Washington at Yeshiva (currently midway through 2nd half)


Top 25

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#1	618	St. Joseph (Conn.)	18-0	won at Dean, 81-54; def. Regis (Mass.), 86-49; def. Norwich, 97-50
#2	599	Randolph-Macon	17-1	def. Bridgewater (Va.), 62-41; won at #26 Roanoke, 58-46
#3	564	Mount Union	16-1	won at Muskingum, 81-55; def. T#31 Heidelberg, 94-71
#4	550	Keene State	17-1	LOST to #11 Middlebury, 82-86; def. Castleton, 102-49; def. Southern Maine, 93-68
#5	484	Christopher Newport	17-3	won at Eastern Nazarene, 98-59
#6	477	Williams	16-2	def. Amherst, 66-65; LOST to #11 Middlebury, 55-60
#7	466	Rochester	13-3	LOST at Brandeis, 72-83; won at #34 New York University, 72-55
#8	443	Wheaton (Ill.)	16-2	won at Carroll, 71-58; def. Illinois Wesleyan, 72-71
#9	391	John Carroll	15-2	def. Baldwin Wallace, 96-91; won at Muskingum, 96-67
#10	390	Swarthmore	16-1	def. Ursinus, 63-61; def. Dickinson, 70-50
#11	319	Middlebury	15-2	won at #4 Keene State, 86-82; won at #6 Williams, 60-55
#12	296	WPI	14-2	won at Clark, 83-75; def. Wheaton (Mass.), 78-68
#13	280	Johns Hopkins	14-3	def. Franklin and Marshall, 89-60; won at Muhlenberg, 77-65
#14	260	St. Thomas (Texas)	16-2	won at Schreiner, 74-69; won at Trinity (Texas), 67-59
#15	222	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	14-3	won at T#43 Redlands, 81-78; LOST to Pomona-Pitzer, 76-80 OT
#16	210	Trine	15-2	won at Alma, 80-60; LOST to #21 Calvin, 47-54
#17	206	Guilford	15-3	def. #26 Roanoke, 61-50; won at Virginia Wesleyan, 65-47
#18	196	Emory	13-3	won at #34 New York University, 95-91; won at Brandeis, 73-71 OT
#19	177	Case Western Reserve	12-3	def. #22 Washington U., 90-75; LOST to Chicago, 77-85
#20	160	Oswego State	15-2	won at SUNY Oneonta, 76-68; won at SUNY New Paltz, 106-75
#21	128	Calvin	14-3	def. Kalamazoo, 74-65; won at Trine, 54-47
#22	101	Washington U.	12-4	LOST at #19 Case Western Reserve, 75-90; LOST at #45 Carnegie Mellon, 58-71
#23	98	UW-La Crosse	15-4	won at UW-River Falls, 67-61; won at #33 UW-Eau Claire, 68-66
#24	57	Mary Hardin-Baylor	13-4	def. Concordia (Texas), 95-92
#25	47	Nazareth	13-2	def. Sage, 99-80; def. Hartwick, 89-56

Others receiving votes

Rank	Pts	Team	W-L	Results
#26	45	Roanoke	14-4	LOST at #17 Guilford, 50-61; LOST to #2 Randolph-Macon, 46-58
#27	44	Stockton	15-3	def. Rosemont, 86-75; LOST at Rowan, 69-107; def. Ramapo, 88-63
#28	40	Catholic	16-1	won at Elizabethtown, 97-50; won at Drew, 96-90 2OT
T#29	36	Hampden-Sydney	14-4	won at Randolph, 86-67; won at Salisbury, 77-64
T#29	36	Berry	15-2	won at Hendrix, 80-59; won at Rhodes, 94-74
T#31	27	UW-Oshkosh	14-5	def. UW-Stevens Point, 81-45; won at UW-Stout, 83-72
T#31	27	Heidelberg	12-5	LOST to Ohio Northern, 64-65; LOST at #3 Mount Union, 71-94
#33	22	UW-Eau Claire	12-7	def. UW-Stout, 95-86; LOST to #23 UW-La Crosse, 66-68
#34	21	New York University	12-4	LOST to #18 Emory, 91-95; LOST to #7 Rochester, 55-72
#35	19	RPI	13-4	won at Bard, 53-44; LOST at Vassar, 63-70 2OT; won at Skidmore, 70-57
#36	15	Wooster	14-3	def. Denison, 87-70; def. DePauw, 80-73
#37	13	Carthage	12-5	LOST to North Central (Ill.), 67-77; LOST to Elmhurst, 64-70
#38	10	Texas-Dallas	15-3	won at Sul Ross State, 82-68; won at Howard Payne, 96-66
#39	9	Western Connecticut	15-1	won at Eastern Connecticut, 98-91 OT; def. Plymouth State, 106-83
#40	6	Illinois College	17-1	def. Knox, 84-64; def. Beloit, 58-47
#41	5	Carleton	14-3	won at St. John's, 78-71; won at Hamline, 80-69; LOST to Gustavus Adolphus, 75-78
#42	4	East Texas Baptist	15-3	def. Hardin-Simmons, 85-81; def. McMurry, 98-90
T#43	3	Mary Washington	13-5	won at Eastern Mennonite, 89-71; won at Pratt, 65-45; LOST at Yeshiva, 64-69
T#43	3	Redlands	13-4	LOST to #15 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 78-81; won at Occidental, 72-66
#45	1	Carnegie Mellon	11-5	def. Chicago, 66-60; def. #22 Washington U., 71-58

[D3Navy]

Prepare for some votes to go Trinity's way.  13-4 with a 7-game winning streak.  One loss to #7 Rochester, one loss to Division I A&M Corpus Christi, one loss to #14 St. Thomas, and a narrow loss to 12-4 Centenary.

Lost their leading scorer before the season and other starters hurt.  Some now returning and the team is starting to gel.

Look for them to win the SCAC tournament and reach the playoffs.

First of all, wash't the game vs Texas A & M--Corpus Christi an exhibition game-- in other words, that result does not count vs Trinity (TX)?

Second of all, what about the loss to Sul Ross State, which does count in Trinity's record?

Third of all, Trinity has not gotten their home wins vs Centenary and St. Thomas yet.  Those home return fixtures vs these two teams are this upcoming weekend.  Beat both of them this weekend and you can then at least ask for a deep dive on the Trinity (TX) men on Hoopsville's Top 25 Double Take.

Fourth of all, St. Thomas is still the favorite to win the SCAC tournament, last I checked.

Just my two cents on the Trinity (TX) men from the New England area,but I do not vote on the Top 25 poll, and I thank my stars that I probably never will...... LOL.

PS-- The Trinity (TX) women are ranked #1 this week.  Enloy that.

It was exhibition.  They did lose to SRS.

I'm predicting votes (not Top 25) after a successful weekend.

Should Trinity face St. Thomas in the SCAC tournament, Tiger fans would be wise to not give the Celts any more bulletin board material which they can use as rope to potentially end the season for the Trinity men's basketball team.   Celts just held Trinity to under 60 points at Calgaard Gym and will most likely, as a result, go into the SCAC tourney as the #1 seed.  It is small comfort to Trinity that the SCAC designated Calgaard Gym as the predetermined host site of the SCAC tourney this year. 

BTW, as D3Navy himself just posted, final score tonight from Calgaard Gym-- #14 St. Thomas 67, Trinity (TX) 59.

I doubt my confidence and enthusiasm for the team is "rope" for opponents.

Looking forward to a rematch.

[CNU85]

Would someone be kind enough to remind me again who will have priority for hosting in the 1st round of NCAA...men or women? I can never remember the odd/even year rotation.

Thanks!

[SpringSt7]

Believe it's the women's turn for priority. They don't appear to have given it to the women in 2022 despite the men having priority in 2020 so with the year of no tournament I can't remember for certain.

[PoppersMacsLive]

Women have first weekend priority this year, and men have second weekend priority.

[CNU85]

Thanks! Now let's see if I can remember that in a few weeks! haha!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

It's always odd and even - skipping the no tournament year would've thrown everyone off.

[Pat Coleman]

Honestly, we didn't have a second weekend in 2020 anyway.

[ronk]

It's always odd and even - skipping the no tournament year would've thrown everyone off.

Hardly a sufficient reason not to do it.

[WUPHF]

Honestly, we didn't have a second weekend in 2020 anyway.

But, we did have second weekend host sites.

[Pat Coleman]

But nobody benefited from hosting that weekend.

[CNU85]

But nobody benefited from hosting that weekend.

Well, by staying home we were able to stock up on water and toilet paper!