MBB: Coast 2 Coast Athletic Conference

[Matt Letourneau]

I say only one CAC men's team to the dance this year. The Spartan loss yesterday pretty much ensured that.

This should be an outstanding tournament with more than a few upsets quite possible.

Good luck to all teams.

Oh, lets be honest.  That actually means "Go York, and hopefully everyone else will screw up."   

[ycp]

It's always Go York with me, I think everyone knows that by now

[bbald eagle]

quiet here considering the tournament's on tonight

[ycp]

Live stats for tonight's York-Salisbury game in York.

http://faculty.ycp.edu/~sguise/mbb/xlive.htm

[Salem, VA]

I have

York by 15
Mary Wash by 4
St Mary's in OT
and Hood gets upended by Marymount

[kitchenrat]

Wow, York by 15? I'm as big a Spartan fan as they come, but this is still the Tourny, and Salisbury has been a thorn in our side before. I think it'll be closer than that.

[bbsquared]

Well, at the half York is up by 1 and Mary Wash is down by 10. The plot thickens!

[bbsquared]

Mary Wash in OT with VJ and York down by 3 with 12 seconds left. God, I love tourney time!

[bbsquared]

Well, the good old CAC. York loses by 5 and Mary Wasj wins by 3 in OT. Let the games begin!

[ex_mu14]

MU over Hood by 3...What are the match ups for the second round?

[Brett Adams]

#4 St. Mary's host #8 Salisbury
#2 U. Mary Wash. host #6 Marymount

DMAC, the strength of the CAC maybe more of an OOPS of the OWPI and the OOOPPS of the OOWPI.

Meaning, any team that plays conference games (and the more the worst effect) has a OWPI of .500 = each conference opponent (not including the results of their own individual game) will be exactly .500.  One team will win and one team will lose. This also true for the opponents opponents winning percentage because each conference opponent will have played each other again making it .500.  So both are more of a result of there games head to head (which is already calculated in there win loss in region) and their out of conference games.  Therefore, a conference like the Centennial will be skewed closer to .500 and a conference like the NESCAC (which only plays one game in conference) will be less skewed to .500.  Therefore, if teams are playing a lot of games out of conference, they have a better opportunity to have their scores (OWPI and OOWPI) more reflective of their out of conference and their head to head games.  If you really want to look at true strength of schedule, eliminate the conference games from the formula and also add back in a percentage for away games.  I hope that we can tweak that a bit for next year.

Just some thoughts on the math and the percieved strength of schedule... I may have missed something here, but I am sure that someone will call me on it.

[bbald eagle]

Got to admit I thought UMW was gonna lose it last night.

Salisbury win over York means Mary Wash will host two CAC championship games Saturday if it wins both games tomorrow. I bet that would be a first.

[ex_mu14]

I'm hoping MU and Salisbury in the CAC championship game at the verizon..

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

As great as Salisbury win was... I don't see them pulling it off twice.

And nothing against MU, but they got an easy team to beat in the first round. That being said, SMC has not convinced me they can play consistent basketball.

Championship is at UMW... and it's against SMC.

[mwcsid]

Live stats link for the two UMW games tonight:
http://livestats.prestosports.com/umw/