Top 25 talk

[David Collinge]

Top 25 Scores and Schedules, Jan. 15-21 (UPDATED with SATURDAY scores):

#1 UW-Stevens Point (16-1) won at UW-Platteville 73-68 and def. UW-River Falls 106-61
#2 Amherst (17-0) def. Elms 103-69, def. Middlebury 79-73, and def. Williams 72-51
#3 St. Thomas (14-2) lost at St. John's 64-59 and won at St. Mary's (MN) 73-46
#4 Wooster (15-2) won at Hiram 111-57 and won at Ohio Wesleyan 61-54
#5 Virginia Wesleyan (14-2) won at Eastern Mennonite 85-56 and def. Randolph-Macon 65-60
#6 Wittenberg (14-3) lost at Ohio Wesleyan 70-48 and def. Allegheny 83-51
#7 Mississippi College (15-1) won at Louisiana College 63-43 and won at U. of the Ozarks 65-47
#8 Ohio Northern (13-4) def. Otterbein 79-70 and lost at Marietta 72-68
#9 Elmhurst (14-2) won at North Park 79-76 and lost at Wheaton (IL) 77-74
#10 Whitworth (16-1) def. Whitman 62-59 and won at Willamette 79-66
#11 Hope (14-2) won at Adrian 81-42 and def. Alma 86-53
#12 UW-Oshkosh (15-3) def. UW-Whitewater 65-60 and won at UW-Superior 79-53
#13 Washington U. (13-1) def. Rochester 68-59 and hosts Carnegie Mellon Sun.
#14 Puget Sound (14-2) def. Lewis and Clark 94-88 and def. Linfield 70-64
#15 Augustana (14-3) won at Millikin 80-65 and won at North Central 60-59
#16 UW-La Crosse (11-6) lost at UW-River Falls 81-72 and lost at UW-Eau Claire 65-47
#17 Occidental (11-3) won at Pomona-Pitzer 70-54 and won at Cal Lutheran 68-56
#18 Worcester Polytech (14-1) won at MIT 64-43 and def. Springfield 76-56
#19 Aurora (15-1) won at Concordia (IL) 77-71, won at Concordia (WI) 95-71, and def. Rockford 90-47
#20 Guilford (12-2) lost at Roanoke 72-68, def. Bridgewater (VA) 70-66, and hosts Eastern Mennonite Sun.
#21 Bates (14-2) won at St. Joseph's (ME) 89-80, def. Husson 70-55, and def. Tufts 72-44
#22 Rhode Island College (14-2) def. Western Connecticut 85-61 and lost at #24 Keene St. 92-81
#23 Carthage (11-5) won at North Central 80-69 and def. Millikin 64-60
#24 Keene St. (14-2) lost to Eastern Connecticut 73-71 and def. #22 Rhode Island College 92-81
#25 Johns Hopkins (15-2) won at Franklin and Marshall 69-66 and won at Dickinson 77-40

[gordonmann]

ONU loses again, this time to Marietta who was winless (0-9) in the OAC.

Time to re-evaluate ONU along with Wittenberg.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  #4 Wooster 61  Ohio  Wesleyan 54

Great road win for Wooster as they take control of the NCAC race with now a 2 game lead over Wittenberg.

Wooster won this game with their defense...as they held OWU to a low shooting percentage and contained the Bishops top two scorers (Chojnacki-11, Rudegair-9) on the offensive end.

Wooster was led by Tom Port with 18 points, Brandon Johnson with 11 points and James Cooper with 10 points.

Wooster is now 15-2, 8-0 NCAC    Next game vs Kenyon at home on 1/24

GO SCOTS!

[hope1]

hope won today  86 to  53  over alma  today

[frodotwo]

Stevens Point dominated from start to finish in a 106-61 victory over a River Falls team that had been playing very well of late (beat #16 La Crosse on Wed). They hit 16-36 3's and the end of the bench was in the game for about the last 10 minutes of the game. Oshkosh comes into town on Wednesday in second place in the WIAC after beating Superior on the road. Get there early for the best seats!

[diehardfan]

#9 Elmhurst is down three at Wheaton at the half. You can watch the video or listen in at www.wetn.org

# 15 Augustana is down three at North Central at the half. You can listen in at www.wonc.org

[Mr. Ypsi]

Augie prevails by 1.  Elmhurst falls by 3.

If Carthage wins over Millikin, the CCIW will likely have 4 teams in the top 25 this week (since Wheaton was only 7 points shy of 25th last week).

[David Collinge]

#9 Elmhurst is down three at Wheaton at the half. You can watch the video or listen in at www.wetn.org

Elmhurst lost.

# 15 Augustana is down three at North Central at the half. You can listen in at www.wonc.org

Augie won.

See above for scores. 

[golden_dome]

Mississippi College (15-1) runs their ASC winning streak to 32 games with wins at Louisiana College (63-43) and Ozarks (65-47). The Choctaws are allowing just 48 points in six games this semester with four coming on the road. The three top scorers all shooting over 60 percent this season including guards D. J. Jones and Timothy Broomfield.

[ScotsFan]

ONU loses again, this time to Marietta who was winless (0-9) in the OAC.

Time to re-evaluate ONU along with Wittenberg.

I just can't figure ONU out.  I saw them beat Wooster and I came away very impressed with their team.  Combine that with how impressive a win they had over Wittenberg and I would have never guessed that they would be this inconsistent.  It's one thing to be losing OAC games.  That happens in that league.  But to be losing to teams like Marietta shouldn't be happening to a team with the talent that ONU brings to the floor every night.  Heck, they were fortunate to beat Otterbein the other night as well as Ott had an 11 point lead in the 1st half and ONU didn't take the lead until less than 10 minutes in that game.  Right now, it's looking like the only way they get into the tournament is if they win the OAC tournament and the way they have been playing lately, I wouldn't count on that happening.

[John Gleich]

Sounds a lot like UW La Crosse!  They've had some really big wins, but dropped two straight against questionable opponents...

[David Collinge]

Maybe ONU and UW-LaX infected each other when they played that excllent game for the championship of the "Mose" Hole Classic in Wooster.  (Game recap)

Since that game, ONU has gone 3-3 and La Crosse has gone 3-2.

[David Collinge]

Top 25 Scores and Schedules, Jan. 15-21 (FINAL):

#1 UW-Stevens Point (16-1) won at UW-Platteville 73-68 and def. UW-River Falls 106-61
#2 Amherst (17-0) def. Elms 103-69, def. Middlebury 79-73, and def. Williams 72-51
#3 St. Thomas (14-2) lost at St. John's 64-59 and won at St. Mary's (MN) 73-46
#4 Wooster (15-2) won at Hiram 111-57 and won at Ohio Wesleyan 61-54
#5 Virginia Wesleyan (14-2) won at Eastern Mennonite 85-56 and def. Randolph-Macon 65-60
#6 Wittenberg (14-3) lost at Ohio Wesleyan 70-48 and def. Allegheny 83-51
#7 Mississippi College (15-1) won at Louisiana College 63-43 and won at U. of the Ozarks 65-47
#8 Ohio Northern (13-4) def. Otterbein 79-70 and lost at Marietta 72-68
#9 Elmhurst (14-2) won at North Park 79-76 and lost at Wheaton (IL) 77-74
#10 Whitworth (16-1) def. Whitman 62-59 and won at Willamette 79-66
#11 Hope (14-2) won at Adrian 81-42 and def. Alma 86-53
#12 UW-Oshkosh (15-3) def. UW-Whitewater 65-60 and won at UW-Superior 79-53
#13 Washington U. (14-1) def. Rochester 68-59 and def. Carnegie Mellon 73-49
#14 Puget Sound (14-2) def. Lewis and Clark 94-88 and def. Linfield 70-64
#15 Augustana (14-3) won at Millikin 80-65 and won at North Central 60-59
#16 UW-La Crosse (11-6) lost at UW-River Falls 81-72 and lost at UW-Eau Claire 65-47
#17 Occidental (11-3) won at Pomona-Pitzer 70-54 and won at Cal Lutheran 68-56
#18 Worcester Polytech (14-1) won at MIT 64-43 and def. Springfield 76-56
#19 Aurora (15-1) won at Concordia (IL) 77-71, won at Concordia (WI) 95-71, and def. Rockford 90-47
#20 Guilford (13-2) lost at Roanoke 72-68, def. Bridgewater (VA) 70-66, and def. Eastern Mennonite 79-69
#21 Bates (14-2) won at St. Joseph's (ME) 89-80, def. Husson 70-55, and def. Tufts 72-44
#22 Rhode Island College (14-2) def. Western Connecticut 85-61 and lost at #24 Keene St. 92-81
#23 Carthage (11-5) won at North Central 80-69 and def. Millikin 64-60
#24 Keene St. (14-2) lost to Eastern Connecticut 73-71 and def. #22 Rhode Island College 92-81
#25 Johns Hopkins (15-2) won at Franklin and Marshall 69-66 and won at Dickinson 77-40

Top 25 teams went a composite 45-9; not too bad.

[balls a dunkin]

Could Mississippi College possibly break into the top 5?

[David Collinge]

Could Mississippi College possibly break into the top 5?

Possibly?  Sure; it all depends on how the voters feel about St. Thomas' loss to 13-3 St. John's.  UST was 81 points (= 3.25 placements) ahead of MC last week, and the Choctaws didn't do anything special in beating Louisiana Coll. and U. Ozarks.  I think they'll be close at #5/#6.