MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[ronk]

 Regional ranking forecast(after today's games)

1. Johns Hopkins
2. Catholic
3. Dickinson
4. Scranton
5. St. Mary's
6. F&M

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

ronk - you are seriously discounting the SOS... I think there are some strong arguments to flip those around with SOS numbers and head-to-heads coming to bear.

Johns Hopkins might stay ahead of Dickinson based on the head-to-head and the difference of one loss... however, the difference in SOS is JHU .505 and Dickinson .550 - that is over the .03 the committee will use to compare a two game reference. In other words, make JHU 17-4 and Dickinson 20-1 (not a perfect way they would do it, but using for arguments sake) and thus the head-to-head win might not keep JHU ahead of Dickinson.

Catholic currently has an SOS of .471... I can not imagine they are in second especially ahead of Dickinson and others with their SOS that low.

Now, there are certainly other criteria at play... I just don't think it ends up like you have it. My stab at it without looking at other factors:

1 - Dickinson
2 - Johns Hopkins
3 - Catholic
4 - Scranton
5 - St. Mary's
6 - Stevenson (better SOS than F&M who has a single WL difference)

[jesskleangda]

Alright - I'm new on here and ready to discuss the CAC!  UMW fan!

[Seahawk Pride]

Welcome jesskleangda!  It will be good to have another school represented on this board!  SMCM played a decent game on Saturday as Laguere put on a show once again.  He missed an amazing dunk that sent him to the line when he had his legs taken out from under him.  He calmly went to the line and made two free throws.

Game scores and picks below for Wednesday

SU @ WC - WC 75-72
SVU @ FSU - FSU 69-65
SMCM @ YCP - SMCM 82-70
CNU @ UMW - UMW 79-75
PSUH @ MMT - MMT 75-66

It is always tough to play at Wesley so I am picking an upset there.  I also think that UMW is playing pretty well and they will catch CNU looking past them.  Thoughts?

[jesskleangda]

It appears to me that UMW is building a team that will compete for a league title next year.  Very young, and improving greatly game by game.

[Seahawk Pride]

Pat:

Is there any way to find out if Nick Laguere was nominated for team of the week this week?  He had an impressive week and I thought he would have a good shot at that honor.  He is currently 15th in the nation in scoring, but this week he was great:

24.5 points, 4.5 assists, 3.0 rebounds, and 3.0 steals per contest while shooting 15-of-16 (93.8%) from the free throw line in a 2-0 week.

Thanks!

[Pat Coleman]

I know I've answered these questions in the past, but we don't answer them anymore. Looks like he also had a very good week!

[Seahawk Pride]

I understand.  I just thought I would ask.  Thanks

[mailsy]

It appears to me that UMW is building a team that will compete for a league title next year.  Very young, and improving greatly game by game.

They probably will with Coach Kahn at the helm. He did a fantastic job at Cabrini and I'm sure that he'll continue that success with UMW.

[jesskleangda]

Coach Kahn definitely has this program headed in the right direction.  I followed his program at Cabrini and it was nothing short of amazing what he was able to accomplish (best record in the country his final five years).  With UMW's facilities, and academics, hopefully he can replicate that success.  Any kid seeing those facilities and Coach K's success rate, will have to be impressed.  Who wouldn't want to be a part of the future at UMW!?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Regional Rankings are out: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2015/02/11/first-regional-rankings-released-today/

[Swish3]

Very solid win for CNU over Wesley, especially since 2 of their starters didn't play....they may not play tonight at MWU, which is another huge game coming down the stretch.

GO CAPS!

[Seahawk Pride]

St. Mary's slept through the first half, but crushed York in the first 5 minutes of the second half.  The commentators were blaming the refs for the loss, but SMCM shot 73% in the second half.  You could hear YCP's coach complaining about every call.  The refs did call the game very tight, but it looked to be consistent, but only SMCM adjusted to the way they were calling the game.  Both teams were in the bonus with 12 minutes to go.  SMCM now plays Alfred State today at 5pm, and then is home on Saturday versus Wesley College.

Thoughts on the regional rankings?  Losses by Dickinson, Scranton, Stevenson, and a win by Eastern Mennonite should help SMCM for next week.  The downfall for SMCM is their lack of games versus regionally ranked opponents....

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

St. Mary's might have a problem... their game against Alfred State may count towards criteria even though Alfred State is a provisional year two school. We are working to figure out if this is the case or not (remember, Southern Virginia did not count as a P2 school last year, but there were some changes in the provisional rules we are trying to get clarification on). If Alfred State counts towards criteria, SMC - even with a win - will take a huge SOS hit. If Alfred State does NOT count towards primary criteria (only counting towards the 70% in-region number of games), SMC will be okay... and that is all with the provision that the added game will be approved by the national committee (which you think they would do based on the fact SMC lost two games outside of their control).

[Seahawk Pride]

From my understanding it will be treated like a game versus a team outside of division 3, but if you learn different please let us know.