Top 25 talk

[smedindy]

Yeah, the UW branches are pretty good - most of them normally dust their non-conference opponents regularly before beating up on each other during the conference season.

[gordonmann]

No. 13 Whitworth vs. No. 18 Puget Sound on the air right now.

http://www.klay1180.com/live_radio.htm

[Ralph Turner]

UPS leads in OT,  UPS 93-84, 1:06.

UPS trailed by 5 with under a minute.

[David Collinge]

Top 25 Schedule and Scores, Feb. 5-11 (UPDATED through Saturday):      

#   1   Amherst (23-1) lost at Trinity (CT) 62-59
#   2   UW-Stevens Point (20-2) won at UW-Whitewater 83-80 and def. UW-Stout 73-72
#   3   St. Thomas (21-3) won at Augsburg 80-75 (2 OT), lost at Gustavus Adolphus 80-74 (OT), and def. Concordia-Moorhead 77-57
#   4   Virginia Wesleyan (21-3) def. Eastern Mennonite 87-60 and won at Randolph-Macon 77-69
#   5   Wooster (20-3) def. Hiram 90-73 and won at Wabash 68-63
#   6   Hope (19-3) won at Albion 78-71, lost to Calvin 77-71, and def. Adrian 84-71
#   7   Wittenberg (20-3) def. Ohio Wesleyan 71-64 and def. Hiram 78-41
#   8   UW-Oshkosh (19-4) won at UW-Eau Claire 77-54
#   9   Mississippi College (20-2) def. Louisiana College 88-52 and def. U. of the Ozarks 89-63
#   10   Augustana (19-4) def. #25 Wheaton (IL) 63-60 and def. Millikin 71-59
#   11   Washington U. (17-3) def. Emory 74-62 and hosts Case Western Reserve Sun.
#   12   Elmhurst (18-4) def. #15 Carthage 81-59 and def. North Park 83-80
#   13   Whitworth (20-3) lost at #18 Puget Sound 95-90 (OT) and won at Pacific Lutheran 65-63
#   14   Occidental (15-5) lost at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 68-51 and def. Pomona-Pitzer 76-59
#   15   Carthage (14-8) lost at #12 Elmhurst 81-59 and lost to North Central 62-60
#   16   NYU (16-5) lost to Rochester 58-53 and hosts Carnegie Mellon Sun.
#   17   Johns Hopkins (20-3) lost to McDaniel 70-68 and def. Ursinus 74-68
#   18   Puget Sound (17-5) def. #13 Whitworth 95-90 (OT) and lost to Whitman 106-99
#   19   Ohio Northern (17-6) def. Wilmington 75-53 and lost at Capital 74-70
#   20   Worcester Polytech (19-2) def. Mass.-Boston 89-67 and def. MIT 68-47
#   21   Aurora (21-2) def. Edgewood 90-62 and won at Dominican 83-80 (OT)
#   22   UW-La Crosse (15-7) def. UW-Platteville 54-32
#   23   Chicago (17-4) def. Case Western Reserve 77-73 and hosts Emory Sun.
#   24   Guilford (17-3) def. Hampden-Sydney 86-72, won at Bridgewater (VA) 74-52, and plays at Eastern Mennonite Sun.
#   25   Wheaton (IL) (15-7) lost at #10 Augustana 63-60 and won at Illinois Wesleyan 93-84

[Greek Tragedy]

I always see about a zillion UW-* teams in the top 25.  Are these teams really that good?  It seems improbable, but it could be true.

Smedindy is right, but the CCIW and UAA can be the same way.  The CCIW has FOUR teams in; Carthage, Wheaton, Elmhurst and Augustana and the UAA has three as well, NYU, Chicago and Wash. U.  You might see Rochester in there next week depending on their result on Sunday, and we know diehardfan would love to see that happen!

The WIAC at this time has three, Oshkosh, La Crosse and Point.  Whitewater and Platteville were also in the Top 25 earlier in the year (with UW-W ranked 2nd in the preseason).  I believe North Central was previously in the Top 25 on the CCIW side as well, as was Ill. Wesleyan.  So, that makes 5 of 9 for the WIAC and an amazing six of 8 for the CCIW.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  #5 Wooster 68  Wabash 63

Wooster escapes Crawfordsville, IN with the road win.  Scots won this game with their defense as they held Wabash to only 27 points in the 2nd half.    

Wooster was led today by Tom Port with 23 points, James Cooper with 17 points and Marty Bidwell with 14 points.

Wooster is now 20-3, 13-1 NCAC  

GO SCOTS!

[Ralph Turner]

Trinity CT 62, Amherst 59 (from the scoreboard!)

Congratulations, formerbant!

[hope1]

hope 84  adrian  71  final

[wooscotsfan]

With #5 Wooster's record now at 20-3, it is time to offer.....

Congratulations to Wooster Coach Steve Moore on his 11th Consecutive Season of 20 Wins or More!    

This is an impressive streak and the last time Wooster failed to win 20 games was in 1995-1996 when the Scots finished 19-7.

GO SCOTS!

[formerbant10]

Trinity CT 62, Amherst 59 (from the scoreboard!)

Congratulations, formerbant!

Thanks Ralph.  I heard it was quite a battle and a great crowd.  1800+ is the most I've heard of at Oosting gym.

[gordonmann]

Formerbant:

I told Pat this story and thought you'd enjoy it.

I was with my girlfriend today and couldn't follow the Trinity/Amherst game.  About 9 PM I couldn't take it any more and sent a text message to Pat asking how the Bants did.  He responded back, "Your boys won."

So I have these happy thoughts running through my head the rest of the night.  I'm very glad my girlfriend never asked the dreaded "What are you thinking about?" question.  Because I'm a bad liar and  the answer would've been "I'm thinking about the Bants taking down the No. 1 team in the country!  THE BANTS ARE IN THE DANCE, BABY!!!!"

And that really would've spoiled the moment.

[Ralph Turner]

Formerbant:

I told Pat this story and thought you'd enjoy it.

I was with my girlfriend today and couldn't follow the Trinity/Amherst game.  About 9 PM I couldn't take it any more and sent a text message to Pat asking how the Bants did.  He responded back, "Your boys won."

So I have these happy thoughts running through my head the rest of the night.  I'm very glad my girlfriend never asked the dreaded "What are you thinking about?" question.  Because I'm a bad liar and  the answer would've been "I'm thinking about the Bants taking down the No. 1 team in the country!  THE BANTS ARE IN THE DANCE, BABY!!!!"

And that really would've spoiled the moment.

Oh Gordon!      You have a lot to learn.

She knows the difference between that "I am so happy to be spending quality time with you" look and your "I'm thinking about the Bants taking down the No. 1 team in the country!  THE BANTS ARE IN THE DANCE, BABY!!!!" look. 

Who do you think you are fooling?   

(And I think that my wife and I have been married long enough to be your parents.      Trust me...She knows!)

[diehardfan]

LOL... awesome story gordon.... I had a funny night as I thought the Oxy-Pomona game was at Pomna and showed up at a very empty rush gym.... unfazed, I hopped over to next door CMS's gym to catch the redlands game... door locked. Drove to Oxy and watched a close game quickky become a blowout.... so a half a game and a beat down was my reward for 4hrs of driving tonight.... but I am in a great mood cause wheaton won... hah!

[diehardfan]

And Ralph is right, we're all knowing. But since she loves you she'd just be happy for you, I'm sure.

[David Collinge]

Top 25 Schedule and Scores, Feb. 5-11 (UPDATED with Sunday scores as I get them):      

#   1   Amherst (23-1) lost at Trinity (CT) 62-59
#   2   UW-Stevens Point (20-2) won at UW-Whitewater 83-80 and def. UW-Stout 73-72
#   3   St. Thomas (21-3) won at Augsburg 80-75 (2 OT), lost at Gustavus Adolphus 80-74 (OT), and def. Concordia-Moorhead 77-57
#   4   Virginia Wesleyan (21-3) def. Eastern Mennonite 87-60 and won at Randolph-Macon 77-69
#   5   Wooster (20-3) def. Hiram 90-73 and won at Wabash 68-63
#   6   Hope (19-3) won at Albion 78-71, lost to Calvin 77-71, and def. Adrian 84-71
#   7   Wittenberg (20-3) def. Ohio Wesleyan 71-64 and def. Hiram 78-41
#   8   UW-Oshkosh (19-4) won at UW-Eau Claire 77-54
#   9   Mississippi College (20-2) def. Louisiana College 88-52 and def. U. of the Ozarks 89-63
#   10   Augustana (19-4) def. #25 Wheaton (IL) 63-60 and def. Millikin 71-59
#   11   Washington U. (18-3) def. Emory 74-62 and def. Case Western Reserve 86-65
#   12   Elmhurst (18-4) def. #15 Carthage 81-59 and def. North Park 83-80
#   13   Whitworth (20-3) lost at #18 Puget Sound 95-90 (OT) and won at Pacific Lutheran 65-63
#   14   Occidental (15-5) lost at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 68-51 and def. Pomona-Pitzer 76-59
#   15   Carthage (14-8) lost at #12 Elmhurst 81-59 and lost to North Central 62-60
#   16   NYU (17-5) lost to Rochester 58-53 and def. Carnegie Mellon 78-57
#   17   Johns Hopkins (20-3) lost to McDaniel 70-68 and def. Ursinus 74-68
#   18   Puget Sound (17-5) def. #13 Whitworth 95-90 (OT) and lost to Whitman 106-99
#   19   Ohio Northern (17-6) def. Wilmington 75-53 and lost at Capital 74-70
#   20   Worcester Polytech (19-2) def. Mass.-Boston 89-67 and def. MIT 68-47
#   21   Aurora (21-2) def. Edgewood 90-62 and won at Dominican 83-80 (OT)
#   22   UW-La Crosse (15-7) def. UW-Platteville 54-32
#   23   Chicago (18-4) def. Case Western Reserve 77-73 and def. Emory 89-71
#   24   Guilford (17-3) def. Hampden-Sydney 86-72, won at Bridgewater (VA) 74-52, and plays at Eastern Mennonite Sun.
#   25   Wheaton (IL) (15-7) lost at #10 Augustana 63-60 and won at Illinois Wesleyan 93-84