Top 25 talk

[David Collinge]

Top 25 schedule and results, Jan. 1-7:

#1 UW-Stevens Point (11-1) def. UW-Superior 101-45 and plays at UW-Stout Sat.
#2 Ohio Northern (11-1) won at Muskingum 69-57 and hosts Capital Sat.
#3 Amherst (9-0) def. Babson 89-70 and plays at Williams Sat.
#4 Wooster (10-2) hosts Denison Sat.
#5 St. Thomas (9-1) won at Carleton 64-62 and plays at Bethel Sat.
#6 Whitworth (11-0) won at UC-Santa Cruz 89-44, plays at Linfield Fri. and plays at George Fox Sat.
#7 Wittenberg (10-2) won at Kenyon 72-67 (OT) and hosts Oberlin Sat.
#8 Virginia Wesleyan (9-2) won at Methodist 84-49, hosts Emory & Henry Sat. and hosts Guilford Sun.
#9 William Paterson (9-1) def. Tufts 79-57 and plays at Manhattanville Sat.
#10 Mississippi College (9-1) won at Sul Ross State 69-39 and plays at Howard Payne Sat.
#11 Averett (9-1) lost to Guilford 74-69, plays Richard Stockton Fri. at York (Pa.), and plays York (Pa.)/Hobart Sat. at York (Pa.)
#12 Augustana (10-2) def. North Park 62-48 and plays at Elmhurst Sat.
#13 Puget Sound (9-1) won at Pacific Lutheran 108-96 and plays at Pacific Sat.
#14 Hope (9-2) won at Kalamazoo 87-55 and hosts Olivet Sat.
#15 Bates (8-0) plays Elms Fri. at Union and plays Mt. St. Vincent/Union Sat. at Union
#16 Wheaton (IL) (8-3) won at Baruch 75-66 and hosts North Central Sat.
#17 Carthage (8-2) hosts Northland Fri. and plays at Illinois Wesleyan Sat.
#18 UW-Oshkosh (10-2) def. UW-Platteville 79-58, def. Grinnell 123-105, and hosts UW-Eau Claire Sat.
#19 Johns Hopkins (10-1) hosts Washington Coll. Sat.
#20 NYU (10-0) plays at Carnegie Mellon Fri. and plays at Rochester Sun.
#21 Lawrence (6-3) plays at Ripon Sat.
#22 Texas-Dallas (11-0) lost at Hardin-Simmons 75-56 and plays at McMurry Sat.
#23 Brandeis (10-1) won at Curry 81-73, plays at Rochester Fri., and plays at Carnegie Mellon Sun.
#24 Washington U. (9-1) won at Webster 81-65 and plays at Chicago Sat.
#25 UW-La Crosse (9-4) def. UW-Stout 57-42

Welcome to the wonderful world of conference play!

[Ralph Turner]

David, the Mississippi College to Sul Ross to HPU trip is brutal.

Mappoint shortest distance, 894 miles, 14 hours 9 minutes to Sul Ross.

Sul Ross to HPU -- Shortest Distance: 323.8 miles or 6 hrs 14 minutes.
Sul Ross to HPU -- Shortest Time:  377.4 miles or 5 hrs 48 minutes.

HPU back home -- Shortest Distance:  552.1 miles or 8 hrs 41 minutes.  (Shortest time is less than 0.3 miles and 5 minutes difference.)

(It is 19 miles closer going back, shortest distance, but an hour longer.     Go figure!)

Students will not have returned to HSU or McMurry this weekend for the UT-Dallas games.

[Greek Tragedy]

Top 25 schedule and results, Jan. 1-7:

#5 St. Thomas (9-1) won at Carleton 64-62 and plays at Bethel Sat.

How much longer is their all-american center out?  That seems like a pretty close score!

[Gregory Sager]

Top 25 schedule and results, Jan. 1-7:

#5 St. Thomas (9-1) won at Carleton 64-62 and plays at Bethel Sat.

How much longer is their all-american center out?  That seems like a pretty close score!

Ike Rosefelt returned to action in this game and scored 10 points.

[Pat Coleman]

Was pretty close -- closer than UW-La Crosse's loss to Carleton.

He played 25 minutes, looks like a good first start back.

[cardinalpride]

Cardinal, congratulations on the CCIW and National championships.  From the data that I could glean from your posts, I did not know that.

The karma point was to indicate no malice!

I guess that we will agree to disagree.

(Now you can understand how jaded my following ASC football has made me over the past decade.  For you occasional fans of D3football, the 2002 post-season saw ASC Champion/ #5 ranked/ #3 South Region ranked UMHB Crusdaers sent to SCAC Champ/ #4 ranked/ #2 South Region Ranked Trinity Tigers in the first round.  This year, we saw #3 South Region Ranked HSU sent back to #2 South Region Ranked UMHB for a first round game.  Both teams were in the second half of the Top 10 (That board is currently down.  Sorry that I cannot be more precise).  Therefore a #9 regional seed going to a #8 regional seed just doesn't seem to unusual.)

Thank you Mr. Turner.  I know there was no malice intended by the Karma point.  I also know you are a long time, well respected, and admired poster on D3, but you're right, we'll have to agree to disagree on this one buddy.  By the way, happy New Year! 

[Greek Tragedy]

Was pretty close -- closer than UW-La Crosse's loss to Carleton.

low blow. lol 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Was pretty close -- closer than UW-La Crosse's loss to Carleton.

low blow.

But really funny.

[David Collinge]

David, the Mississippi College to Sul Ross to HPU trip is brutal.

It all depends on your perspective, Ralph.  I'd say the trip from Clinton to Alpine is sublime; it's the trip back that sucks! 

[Ralph Turner]

David, the Mississippi College to Sul Ross to HPU trip is brutal.

It all depends on your perspective, Ralph.  I'd say the trip from Clinton to Alpine is sublime; it's the trip back that sucks! 

You know, I agree with the thought, but only if my basketball legs are working after 900 or 1200 miles on a charter bus!

[Greek Tragedy]

Was pretty close -- closer than UW-La Crosse's loss to Carleton.

low blow.

But really funny.

Yes it was...but La Crosse's win over St. Thomas was bigger than Carleton's win over St...oh, wait a minute! lol 

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Just for the heck of it, I checked which regions had teams in the Top 25 this week.

Surprisingly all eight had representatives:

West - 6
Midwest - 5
Great Lakes - 4
South - 4
Northeast - 3
Atlantic - 1
Mid-Atlantic - 1
East - 1 (although has anyone ever come up with a good reason why NYU is in the East region when every other NYC school is in the Atlantic?)

Anyway, these numbers seem pretty indicative of the strength of the various regions.  The Mid-Atlantic is a bit down this year.

[FisherDynasty]

Those numbers are pretty indicative of the strength of the Regions and RESPECT of various regions.  Although, the East as a whole is weak, Id take the top teams in the East over the Atlantic and midatlantic anyday, split with the Northeast. 

[Ralph Turner]

Hardin-Simmons has defeated UT-Dallas in Abilene, 75-56.

Box score.

[Pat Coleman]

Which is why I wanted to wait until the Comets made this trip.