Top 25 talk

[Iron Mike]

Final:  Amherst 72, Bates 68

Amherst wins with help of an eight-point possession.  Trailing 37-35 early in the second half, Olson sets a screen for Wheeler.  Wheeler drains a three and the Bates player is called for a foul for running into Olson.  The officials allow the three and give Amherst the ball out-of-bounds.  The inbounds pass goes to Wheeler who drills another three.  Reilly the Bates coach is called for a technical for protesting the officials' calls and Olson hits two free throws.  Bates finally gets the ball trailing 43-37.  Amherst didn't trail the rest of the game.

[hope1]

hope beat  tri state  today   78 to  59 at tri state

[golden_dome]

Mississippi College ended their regular season today with a 61-37 road win at UT-Tyler after beating UT-Dallas on the road Thursday 70-67.

With one day left in the season this is not official, but MC should end the regular season tops in the nation in scoring defense (55.9) and field goal percentage (.533). They are second in field goal percentage defense (.363).

[David Collinge]

Top 25 At-a-Glance, Week of Feb. 12-18 (FINAL)

#   1   UW-Stevens Point (22-2) def. UW-Platteville 69-58 and won at UW-Superior 103-64
#   2   Virginia Wesleyan (22-3) def. Lynchburg 90-73
#   3   Amherst (24-1) def. Bates 72-68 (NESCAC quarterfinal)
#   4   Wooster (22-3) won at Kenyon 87-62 and def. Ohio Wesleyan 95-89
#   5   UW-Oshkosh (20-5) lost at UW-Whitewater 88-71 and won at UW-Platteville 67-51
#   6   Wittenberg (21-4) def. Wabash 82-59 and lost at Allegheny 62-57
#   7   Mississippi College (22-2) won at UT-Dallas 70-67 and won at UT-Tyler 61-37
#   8   St. Thomas (22-3) def. St. John's 74-59
#   9   Augustana (20-5) won at Illinois Wesleyan 80-77 and lost to North Central 85-81
#   10   Hope (21-3) won at Alma 88-62 and won at Tri-State 78-59
#   11   Washington U. (19-4) won at Carnegie Mellon 94-73 and lost at Rochester 66-61
#   12   Elmhurst (19-5) lost at North Central 89-74 and def. #25 Wheaton (IL) 80-74
#   13   Worcester Polytech (21-2) def. Wheaton (MA) 73-57 and won at Coast Guard 67-57
#   14   Chicago (20-4) won at Rochester 76-73 and won at Carnegie Mellon 82-75
#   15   Aurora (23-2) def. Concordia (IL) 109-86 and won at Rockford 97-77
#   16   Whitworth (22-3) won at Whitman 84-72 and def. Willamette 81-66
#   17   Guilford (21-3) def. Washington & Lee 95-77 and won at Emory & Henry 108-107
#   18   UW-La Crosse (17-7) def. UW-River Falls 80-63 and won at UW-Stout 69-58
#   19   Occidental (17-5) def. Cal Lutheran 41-40 and won at Redlands 116-106
#   20   NYU (19-5) won at Case Western Reserve 65-47 and won at Emory 69-66
#   21   Puget Sound (18-6) lost at Lewis & Clark 98-86 and won at Linfield 83-76
#   22   Trinity (CT) (21-3) def. Bowdoin 77-67 (NESCAC quarterfinal)
#   23   Mary Hardin-Baylor (21-4) lost at McMurry 80-76 (OT) and won at Hardin-Simmons 75-72
#   24   Johns Hopkins (21-4) lost at Gettysburg 65-58 and def. Franklin & Marshall 84-68
#   25   Wheaton (IL) (16-8) def. Millikin 83-72 and lost at #12 Elmhurst 80-74

[mrmike88]

#   19   Occidental (17-5) def. Cal Lutheran 41-40 and won at Redlands 116-106

Talk about versatility.  Could you win in two more distinct fashions?

[David Collinge]

Top 25 At-a-Glance, Week of Feb. 19-25 (UPDATED with Monday's score)

#   1   UW-Stevens Point (22-2) hosts UW-Eau Claire Tue. (WIAC quarterfinal); semifinals Thu., finals Sat.
#   2   Virginia Wesleyan (22-3) plays Washington & Lee Thu. at Salem, VA (ODAC qtr.); semis Sat., finals Sun
#   3   Amherst (24-1) hosts Colby Sat. (NESCAC semifinal); finals Sun.
#   4   Wooster (22-3) hosts Earlham Tue. (NCAC quarterfinal); semifinals Fri., finals Sat.
#   5   Mississippi College (22-2) hosts Concordia-Austin Fri. (ASC quarterfinal); semifinals Sat., finals Sun.
#   6   St. Thomas (22-3) hosts St. Olaf Wed. (MIAC semifinal); finals Sat.
#   7   UW-Oshkosh (20-5) hosts UW-River Falls Tue. (WIAC quarterfinal); semifinals Thu., finals Sat.
#   8   Hope (21-3) hosts Alma Wed. (MIAA quarterfinal); semifinals Fri., finals Sat.
#   9   Augustana (20-5) hosts TBD Fri. (CCIW semifinal); finals Sat.
#   10   Wittenberg (21-4) hosts Hiram Tue. (NCAC quarterfinal); semifinals Fri., finals Sat.
#   11   Chicago (20-4) plays at #12 Washington U. Sat.
#   12   Washington U. (19-4) hosts #11 Chicago Sat.
#   13   Worcester Polytech (21-2) hosts TBD Sat. (NEWMAC semifinal); finals Sun.
#   14   Elmhurst (19-5) plays at Millikin Wed. and plays TBD Fri. at Rock Island, IL (CCIW semifinal); finals Sat.
#   15   Aurora (23-2) hosts TBD Fri. (NATHCON semifinal); finals Sat.
#   16   Whitworth (22-3) hosts TBD Sat. (NWC championship)
#   17   Guilford (21-3) plays Bridgewater (VA) Thu. at Salem, VA (ODAC qtr.); semis Sat., finals Sun
#   18   UW-La Crosse (17-7) hosts UW-Stout Tue. (WIAC quarterfinal); semifinals Thu., finals Sat.
#   19   Occidental (18-5) def. La Verne 85-54 and plays at Whittier Thu.
#   20   Trinity (CT) (21-3) plays Williams Sat. at Amherst (NESCAC semifinal); finals Sun.
#   21   NYU (19-5) hosts Brandeis Sat.
#   22   DePauw (21-4) plays Sewanee Fri. at Memphis (SCAC qtr.); semifinals Sat., finals Sun.
#   23   Puget Sound (18-6) plays at Lewis & Clark Wed. (MWC semifinal); finals Sat.
#   24   Ohio Northern (19-6) hosts Otterbein Wed. (OAC quarterfinals); semifinals Fri., finals Sat.
#   25   Mary Hardin-Baylor (21-4) plays Louisiana Coll. Fri. in Clinton, MS (ASC qtr.); semis Sat., finals Sun.

[njlincolnlion]

Lincoln defeats NJCU in Jersey City (and for the 2nd time this season) and receives no votes, and NJCU picks up a vote (from the previous poll)   

[pg04]

Lincoln defeats NJCU in Jersey City (and for the 2nd time this season) and receives no votes, and NJCU picks up a vote (from the previous poll)   

Step in line of those who think their team deserves to be at least receiving votes...lol.

I won't however say anything at the risk of contradicting myself on another board...

[pg04]

#   19   Occidental (17-5) def. Cal Lutheran 41-40 and won at Redlands 116-106

Talk about versatility.  Could you win in two more distinct fashions?

From what I know about Redlands, isn't it impossible not to play a high scoring game like that with them?

[njlincolnlion]

pg04:

I'm lining up now  .

[Greek Tragedy]

Lincoln defeats NJCU in Jersey City (and for the 2nd time this season) and receives no votes, and NJCU picks up a vote (from the previous poll)   

Apparently that win against Ramapo was more impressive than their loss to Lincoln! lol :-)

From what I know about Redlands, isn't it impossible not to play a high scoring game like that with them?

Grinnell, from the Midwest Conference, plays a "system" style like Redlands.  They recently beat Carroll 113-104 and then the next night beat St. Norbert 90-66.  Not as extreme, but...

I've seen Grinnell play several times this year and at the end of the game, they basically run a "normal" offense to slow things down, and press a little less on defense.

[Ralph Turner]

Lincoln defeats NJCU in Jersey City (and for the 2nd time this season) and receives no votes, and NJCU picks up a vote (from the previous poll)   

Apparently that win against Ramapo was more impressive than their loss to Lincoln! lol :-)

From what I know about Redlands, isn't it impossible not to play a high scoring game like that with them?

Grinnell, from the Midwest Conference, plays a "system" style like Redlands.  They recently beat Carroll 113-104 and then the next night beat St. Norbert 90-66.  Not as extreme, but...

I've seen Grinnell play several times this year and at the end of the game, they basically run a "normal" offense to slow things down, and press a little less on defense.

Just like football, if you think that you can outscore a team, then you push the game (and especially the amount of time that you hold onto the ball) to provide you with more possessions.  If you think that you need to have fewer possessions and score with greater efficiency, then slow down the game.

[Greek Tragedy]

It's usually when Grinnell has the lead, so they basically stall to prevent the opposing team from scoring at all.    And unlike past years, Grinnell does a good job of "looking for" twos, instead of just launching threes.

[njlincolnlion]

Old School/ Ralph:

Lincoln came back from a 20 point deficit aganist NJCU on their home court to win.  Lincoln swept NJCU posting their only two wins aganist the Gothic Knights in the series between the two schools.  Granted NJCU beat Ramapo the next day at Ramapo, I still thought Lincoln would have gotten a point or two.

[Ralph Turner]

Old School/ Ralph:

Lincoln came back from a 20 point deficit aganist NJCU on their home court to win.  Lincoln swept NJCU posting theire only two wins aganist the Gothic Knights in the series between the two schools.  Granted NJCU beat Ramapo the next day at Ramapo, I still thought Lincoln would have gotten a point or two.

Lincoln, I think that Lincoln has fallen into the "26-35 no-man's-land" of teams that have been there (the Top 25) but have fallen out of favor. 

I think that Lincoln may have a very good chance of making the Sweet 16, if they can stay away from VWC or an OAC team.