Top 25 talk

[John Gleich]

LogShow,

It happened twice two years ago (05-06) when Point went 17-10, and in the first National Championship year (03-04).  Point actually lost 3/4 that year. 

It doesn't happen very often!

[Greek Tragedy]

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

It definitely will.  Prior to the holiday season, some WIAC teams were 3 games into the conference season and with some team having played a four going into next week's poll, Point, Oshkosh and Whitewater are all in the Top 25.  The NESCAC has yet to start league play and they have Amherst and Williams in the poll.  They play each other coming up and though that conference only plays each other once, it's still CONFERENCE rivalries that bring out the best of some teams.  Same goes for the UAA, with Rochester, Brandeis, Washington U and the CCIW with Augustana, Elmhurst and Wheaton (IL) all yet to start conference play.

[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?

It definitely will.  Prior to the holiday season, some WIAC teams were 3 games into the conference season and with some team having played a four going into next week's poll, Point, Oshkosh and Whitewater are all in the Top 25.  The NESCAC has yet to start league play and they have Amherst and Williams in the poll.  They play each other coming up and though that conference only plays each other once, it's still CONFERENCE rivalries that bring out the best of some teams.  Same goes for the UAA, with Rochester, Brandeis, Washington U and the CCIW with Augustana, Elmhurst and Wheaton (IL) all yet to start conference play.

I completely agree...and thats why conference is so exciting!

In the NWC Lewis and Clark (the favorite to win the NWC had to force overtime to win their first conference game and then dropped their second against Pacific Lutheran, a middle of the road team)...every game is crucial

[Jacketfan2011]

Not to nit-pick, but Rochester is 1-0 in UAA play having beaten CMU back in December.  OK, it's nit-picking....

[David Collinge]

HOW THEY FARED (week of Jan. 1-Jan. 6) (FINAL; games of Dec. 31 already accounted for in current poll)      
      
#   1   Rochester (9-0) is idle
#   2   Brandeis (9-1) is idle
#   3   UW-Stevens Point (9-3) lost at Cal. Lutheran 72-70 (OT) and lost to #18 UW-Oshkosh 73-62
#   4   Amherst (8-2) won at Babson 60-55
#   5   Williams (12-0) def. Keene St. 86-66, def. Mitchell 71-46, and def. Nichols 83-66
#   6   Augustana (9-2) is idle
#   7   Mary Hardin-Baylor (9-1) def. LeTourneau 74-73 and def. East Texas Baptist 83-55
#   8   Washington U. (8-2) is idle
#   9   Hope (8-2) is idle
#   10   Puget Sound (9-1) won at Pacific 82-61 and won at George Fox 90-78
#   11   Brockport St. (4-4) lost at Clarion 92-84, lost at Hamilton 72-62, and lost at St. Lawrence 86-78
#   12   Guilford (6-2) def. Averett 82-63 and won at Emory 82-67
#   13   Stevens (9-1) lost at Rochester Tech. 91-85 and won at Nazareth 100-97 (2OT)
#   14   Elmhurst (10-1) def. Manchester 76-62, won at Benedictine 82-72, and def. Alma 79-65 (game rescheduled from Dec. 1)
#   15   Wheaton (IL) (10-1) def. Rivier 72-65 (OT) at Caltech
#   16   Lewis & Clark (7-3) won at Pacific 80-75 (OT) and lost to Pacific Lutheran 108-95
#   17   UW-Whitewater (10-2) def. North Central (IL) 88-78 and won at UW-River Falls 88-82 (OT)
#   18   UW-Oshkosh (10-2) def. Finlandia 82-58 and won at #3 UW-Stevens Point 73-62
#   19   Plattsburgh St. (8-2) lost to Gordon 80-62 and def. SUNY-Purchase 98-61, both at Union
#   20   Capital (9-2) def. Baldwin-Wallace 103-76
#   21   Virginia Wesleyan (7-2) def. Methodist 79-51 and won at Salisbury 87-69
#   22   Wooster (10-2) def. Kenyon 81-63
#   23   Mass.-Dartmouth (10-0) def. Curry 87-80 and won at Framingham St. 79-63
#   24   St. Thomas (8-2) def. Carleton 81-71
#   25   Occidental (10-1) def. Chapman 69-45 and def. St. Scholastica 76-69

[ILive4This]

I have a predicament, at 12-0 I would in my personal rankings put Williams ahead of Amherst, ever so slightly, however, I think Amherst will win on their home court. Can you rank Williams ahead of Amherst if you think Amherst would win in a head to head match up even if the only variable is the home court?

[ILive4This]

Brandeis in some trouble against elms, Down by 1 with 4 seconds left

[Pat Coleman]

... and?

[ILive4This]

And I am waiting for the scoreboard to update...

I was supposed to attend this game, but then schedule changed. I had a bad feeling about this game. The last game I was supposed to go to but could not make.... was yeah you guessed it UMD.

[ILive4This]

81-81 end of regulation

[Pat Coleman]

And I am waiting for the scoreboard to update...

I was supposed to attend this game, but then schedule changed. I had a bad feeling about this game. The last game I was supposed to go to but could not make.... was yeah you guessed it UMD.

Unless you're normally in the starting lineup I don't think it's your fault.

[ILive4This]

Well to put it this way, i don't miss many, however my uniform does not get returned to the equipment room after the game. I am a bit superstitious what can I say.

[ILive4This]

Brandeis defeats Elms 96-94 in Overtime

[ILive4This]

Since the box score is still to come, some things of note from the Brandeis side of tonights overtime nail-biter at Elms:

Sr Guard Joe Coppens scores a career high 37 points w/ 6 from behind the arc
So Forward Terrell Hollins added 20 and 12 boards for I believe his fourth double-double of the season

[ILive4This]

Also to add, a game winning three pointer by Andre Roberson with 3 seconds left in the game. He had 12 points for the game.

Seems like a solid "homecoming" for the duo from Springfield MA (Hollins and Roberson combine for 32 points)