Pool C

[hopefan]

I'm embarrassed not to understand much of what is on these pages, being a huge D3 fan...  I think I'll make it my off season goal to learn about all of this so I can at least comment or question intelligently next year... highest props to all of you experts.. (no, I won't call you Geeks )

[KnightSlappy]

I'm embarrassed not to understand much of what is on these pages, being a huge D3 fan...  I think I'll make it my off season goal to learn about all of this so I can at least comment or question intelligently next year... highest props to all of you experts.. (no, I won't call you Geeks )

My social ineptitude puts me squarely in the "nerd" category.

[HOPEful]

It doesn't matter that JCU lost three straight when they had created a lot of buffer room to begin with.

I don't really see where the "buffer room" is. 2 good wins against Marietta and Mt. Union and wins against Birmingham Southern and Brockport St.? Very good. Yes. Enough to "buffer" a 3 game skid? I guess I'll agree to disagree...

[Greek Tragedy]

Obviously not much of a buffer since OWU is above JCU now.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It doesn't matter that JCU lost three straight when they had created a lot of buffer room to begin with.

I don't really see where the "buffer room" is. 2 good wins against Marietta and Mt. Union and wins against Birmingham Southern and Brockport St.? Very good. Yes. Enough to "buffer" a 3 game skid? I guess I'll agree to disagree...

Well... their win over Marietta set-up at worse a 1-1 in comparison with Marietta... that is creating some buffer. They also already had a win over Mount Union which allows them to absorb the loss to a point. Beat Mount tonight and it's back to an advantage (assuming Mount even stays ranked).

Brockport has a pretty good resume if you look at it. BSC is at least another WIN against a regionally ranked opponent.

[pg04]

There are 2 games that really sting for Brockport in terms of the overall season just for me. They especially shouldn't have lost to Fredonia. Right now, I'm hoping upon hope for a tourney upset!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The final days of the regular season are here. Results of games across the country are affecting other teams not even playing. How will it all shake out and how does one result affect another?

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[Titan Q]

Awesome stuff, fantastic50!

[David Collinge]

Thanks for giving me the blues, Greek.

[fantastic50]

Awesome stuff, fantastic50!

Thank you. I hope to see your insight here over the next few days, too, as we will each have slightly different interpretations of the same data.

[EttaFan1]

Marietta and John Carroll advance to the oac title game on Saturday, so the bubble teams can breathe a bit easier.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Marietta and John Carroll advance to the oac title game on Saturday, so the bubble teams can breathe a bit easier.

Salisbury and Christopher Newport both survived tough tests to get through to the CAC final.

[sac]

CNU almost lost in bizarre fashion.  Up two shooting ft's with 9 seconds left, a teammate steps into the circle after the ball had been handed to the ref which wipes out ft #1.  They miss ft #2 and Mary Washington's 30 foot heave at the buzzer glances off the front of the rim.

[Greek Tragedy]

Marietta and John Carroll advance to the oac title game on Saturday, so the bubble teams can breathe a bit easier.

Unless you're Mount Union. Doesn't look good for them now.

[sac]

Pacific Lutheran 81  Whitman 68

Whitman looks square on the back-end of the bubble to me now.