Top 25 talk

[David Collinge]

Babson is presently giving Amherst all they care to handle; the Beavers lead by 1 and have possession with 14:28 remaining.  Live stats.

UPDATE:  Amherst responds with a 15-4 run, including back-to-back-to-back 3's, and leads by 10 with 10:18 left.

UPDATE:  Babson on a 9-0 run, is within 3 and has the ball with 0:42 left.

UPDATE:  Amherst (8-2) holds on to defeat Babson (3-8), 60-55.

[ILive4This]

Babson has traveled quite a bit this season, and in my opinion (which does not mean much) has the toughest non-conference schedule in the country, or certainly in the northeast.

They are 3-8 BUT....

they hung closer to undefeated Emerson, then just about anyone has this season (away)
They hung close to Trinity which was an may end up being one of the top teams in the northeast (away)
Lost AT Brandeis (#2 in the country, I believe number 7 when they played)
Lost AT Wash U by 2
Lost AT Tufts another, tough northeast team
Lost AT Chicago, a tough UAA team (thats three non-conference games against the UAA the toughest conference in D3 this season thus far)
And now loosing against Amherst (#4 in the country)

Their schedule included two teams that were at one point ranked first in the country this season, three top 2 teams, 4 top 25 teams, and one team unranked but is undefeated. They are battle tested even if they did not win, for when NEWMAC play starts against Clark on Wednesday.

[old_hooper]

This was Babson's only 3rd game at home this year.  They were there for the opening season tournament against Conn College and Bates.  The 3-8 record does not do justice to the competition that they have faced thus far.  They have not played a team with a losing record this year and the the combined record of their opponents 73-29.  I don't think that to many teams in the country can boost of anything close to that.  I don't think Babson will lose to many games at home this year and it will be very interesting to see hoe they do it conference because that will be their only chance in the tournament.

[sac]

According to massey, Babson's schedule is ranked #5, so they're definately in the conversation.

1. Ohio Wesleyan
2. UT- Tyler
3. Hardon Simmons
4. John Carroll
5. Babson

My personal favorite would be Augustana, who comes in at #8, but with only CCIW games remaining they're sure to climb the charts.

[old_hooper]

Interesting Sac!  Looking at the other teams mentioned, Ohio Wes has had a difficult schedule with good teams Trinity TX, Rochester, Wooster & Capital.  Texas Tyler and Hardon Simmons have a couple D1 schools on their schedules and maybe 1 strong D3 team thus far.  John Carroll has had Capital, Ohio Northern and D1 Cleve State.  Babson's schedule has been as tough as anyone and they have done most of it on the road.  You can dispute the record of 3-8 but they deserve a lot of credit for the aggressive schedule and with the exception of maybe one game they have been really competitive.  I would not be surprised to see them go on a run here in the last couple months of the season.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Elizabethtown loses tonight to York (Pa.) 80-74... the Blue Jays first loss of the season.

[Mr. Ypsi]

David, you've got a game missing for Elmhurst - they host winless Alma tomorrow (barring the upset of the year, I think you can change them to 10-1 right away ).  EDIT: thanks; changed!

Rough week for Brockport - in five days from #11 to probably 0 votes!  And I wonder how far UWSP will fall?  Neither loss is particularly embarassing, but #3 is not supposed to lose 2 in one week (I'll guess around 13th).

[David Collinge]

Rough week for Brockport - in five days from #11 to probably 0 votes! 

The odd thing is that all three of Brockport's losses were with All-American Sherod Harris, who sat out the entire first semester for eligibility reasons. 

[ILive4This]

With loses above them, UMD should move up nicely they beat Framingham State by a much larger margin then either Brandeis or Williams.

[smedindy]

Yes, UMD would probably move up, but comparing scores for games against Framingham would only be part of the equation.

[sac]

I don't see how UMD moves up more than 2 or 3 places. 

[Cyclone0205]

How far does Stevens drop in the poll?  I figure to see them around 15-17

[Greek Tragedy]

Not sure about Stevens, but it was a tough week for Stevens Point.  With two losses since the last poll, Point will probably drop out of the top 10 with Oshkosh most likely jumping fellow WIACer Whitwater, possibly as high at 10.  Whitewater will probably still hover around the 15 mark.

[ILive4This]

I think one would assume Brockport would have to fall off the poll completely at 4-4

Stevens should drop a few sports

Point out of the top 10 is a good guess, but perhaps right around 10th is fair

L&C either bottom 5 or out of the poll, same for Plattsburgh

UMD should be a top 20 team by next week, maybe higher.

[LogShow]

Conference play always starts to shake things up in the polls.  Old School, when was the last time Point lost back to back games?