Pool C

[PauldingLightUP]

It appears the data sheets have now been updated to now include "Results vs All Division Ranked Opponents" which is the vRRO we are used to.

[USee]

My conversation with Mike Schauer about regional ranking #2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6e1mPneK7s

0:00 Process for ranking #2
4:17 Are we ranking too many teams?
7:45 Evaluating dramatically different resumes
9:45 Impact of teams ranked at bottom of regions
11:28 Buena Vista
13:35 St. Thomas (TX) error
15:48 SOS under .500
17:50 Common opponents & head-to-head
21:20 Quality of RRO wins
22:50 Does committee factor in injuries?
23:25 Results in November vs February
25:09 Top 16 reveal this week
28:00 Bracketing
29:35 Balancing time between nat'l committee and Thunder
31:51 Watching #d3hoops
33:14 Final thoughts

This is fabulous content Q. Thanks for taking the time and to Mike Schauer, who has embraced his leadership role and provided unprecedented transparency into the process. I hope this becomes the standard by which future chairs try to emulate. If you want to really understand what the process for ranking and selection is, these Q-casts with Chair Mike Schauer are must watch!

[Titan Q]

My conversation with Mike Schauer about regional ranking #2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6e1mPneK7s

0:00 Process for ranking #2
4:17 Are we ranking too many teams?
7:45 Evaluating dramatically different resumes
9:45 Impact of teams ranked at bottom of regions
11:28 Buena Vista
13:35 St. Thomas (TX) error
15:48 SOS under .500
17:50 Common opponents & head-to-head
21:20 Quality of RRO wins
22:50 Does committee factor in injuries?
23:25 Results in November vs February
25:09 Top 16 reveal this week
28:00 Bracketing
29:35 Balancing time between nat'l committee and Thunder
31:51 Watching #d3hoops
33:14 Final thoughts

This is fabulous content Q. Thanks for taking the time and to Mike Schauer, who has embraced his leadership role and provided unprecedented transparency into the process. I hope this becomes the standard by which future chairs try to emulate. If you want to really understand what the process for ranking and selection is, these Q-casts with Chair Mike Schauer are must watch!

Thanks, USee!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Some interesting things we've learned about NCSOS this week - definitely relevant for this board.

https://www.d3hoops.com/columns/around-the-nation/2021-22/ncaa-tournament-inside-the-numbers

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The countdown is on! Ten more days until the regular season comes to a close and we find out who will be playing for the Walnut and Bronze!



Thursday on Hoopsville, there is plenty to keep track of throughout Division III.

Hoopsville starts immediately following the NCAA Division III National Committee's announcement of the Top 16 "seeds" in both men's and women's rankings aired. We chatted with both national committee chairs, Michael Schauer of Wheaton (Ill.) and Megan Wilson of Luther, about the release, how they came to the decisions, and what they hope to inspire with the announcements. Plus more.

Then we talk to coaches around the country about their programs and how they are positioning themselves for conference tournaments.

Guests include:

• National Committee Chairs


• Michael Schauer, No. 11 Wheaton (Ill.) coach
• Megan Wilson, Luther Associate Athletics Director
• Brendan Twomey, Farmingdale State men's coach
• Greg Mitchell, Hope men's coach
• Nick DiPillo, No. 17 Scranton women's coach
• Michelle Ferenz, No. 6 Whitman women's coach

We had scheduled to talk to Christine VanHook from PSU-Behrend women's basketball, but there was a last minute scheduling conflict. We hope to catch up with Coach VanHook in the next week.

Watch the show here: www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2021-22/feb17

Podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/hoopsville/1922-10-more-days?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Did you miss Monday night's Hoopsville? No worries, you can catch up On Demand or via the podcast!

The final week of the D-III regular season is here. And most conferences are in full voice to determine who will automatically play in NCAA Tournaments.



On Monday's Hoopsville, we get you set for the final week - the final sprint - to the regular season finish line. While most conferences will be crowning champions at the end of the week, some teams have already punched their tickets to March post-season play and others are already on the bubble. We prepare you for the craziest week of every season.

Plus, we chat with teams in Regions 1 and 2, 4, 6, and 8 to see how they are preparing themselves for their conference finishes.

Guests include:

• Heather Macy, Greensboro women's coach
• Glen Miller, No. 12 St. Joseph's (Conn.) men's coach
• Pat Coleman, Editor-in-Chief, D3hoops.com
• Joe Crispin, Rowan men's coach
• Amanda Leonhard-Perry, St. Norbert women's coach

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the NABC Studio. All guests appear on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

Watch the show here: www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2021-22/feb21

Podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/hoopsville/1923-conference-races?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

[Greek Tragedy]

Here is the link to the 2021-22 DIII Men's Basketball PreChampionships Manual:

ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/basketball/d3/men/2021-22D3MBB_PreChampsManual.pdf

Just bringing this forward because I keep losing it.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Conference tournaments are fully on. It is time for upsets and great games happening at all times. The results will not only be conference champions, but NCAA tourney dreams realized ... and dashed.

Thursday on Hoopsville, we catch up with a number of teams which realize they have to keep winning this week if they want to keep playing next week. "There is no more next game ..."

There are plenty of guests to talk to, so we are jamming them into a super-sized show. Some have quietly emerged on top, or near the top, of their conference races and hope to use home court advantage to win an automatic bid. Others knowing they have to win to make sure to keep playing this season. And one coach who shows that there is a lot of things that are important during basketball season.


Guests include (order subject to change):

• Chad Dickman, Hood men's coach
• Sean Coffey, Utica men's coach
• Pat McKenzie, St. John's men's coach
• Jacey Brooks, SUNY Cortland women's coach
• Christine VanHook, PSU-Behrend women's coach
• Stephany Dunmyer, Oberlin women's coach
• Todd Kent, UC Santa Cruz women's coach

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the NABC Studio. All guests appear on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline.

Watch the show here: www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2021-22/feb24

[Greek Tragedy]

Not an expert by any means...just a quick, general rundown going into this weekend.

Possible bubble bursters noted. If they lose, they could steal a Pool C spot.

AMCC - 1 bid league
ARC -1
ASC - 1 - UMHB is #4 in Region 10
AEC - 1
CC - 2 - Swarthmore #1 in Reg. 5, JHU #3. Both in if both make CC Final?
CUNYAC - 1
C2C - 1 - CNU #2 in Reg. 6
CCIW - 2 or 3 - IWU #1 in Reg. 8, Wheaton # 2, Elmhurst #4. Elmhurst plays Wheaton in CCIW semis.
CSAC -1
CCC - 1 - Nichols is #3 in Reg. 2
E8 - 1 Nazareth #4 in Reg. 3, Utica #5
GNAC - 1 - St. Joseph (CT) #2 in Reg. 1
HCAC - 1
LAND - 1
Liberty - 1 - RPI #3 in Reg. 3
LEC - 1 - MA-Dartmouth #2 in Reg. 2
MACC - 1 - Eastern #2 in Reg. 5
MACF - 1 - DeSales #2 in Reg. 4
MIAA - 1
MASCAC - 1
MIAC - 1 - St. John's #4 in Reg. 9
NECC - 1
NESCAC - 2 or 3 - Wesleyan #1 in Reg. 1, Williams #3, Middlebury #4. Middlebury and Williams play each other in the NESCAC semis.
NEWMAC - 2 - WPI #1 in Reg. 2, Babson #4, Emerson #5. Babson lost to Emerson in the semis.
NJAC - 2 - Stockton #1 in Reg. 4, Rowan #3. Both in Final
NAC - 1
NCAC - 1 - Wabash #3 in Reg. 7
NACC - 1
NWC - 1 Whitworth #1 in Reg. 10
OAC - 2 - Marietta #1 in Reg. 7, Mount Union #2. Both in Final
ODAC - 2 - RMC #1 in Reg. 6, Guilford #4. Both in semis
PAC - 1
SKY - 1
SAA - 1
SCIAC - 1 - Pomona Pitzer #2 in Reg. 10, Chapman #3
SCAC - 1
SLIAC - 1
SUNYAC - 1 - Oswego #1 in Reg. 3
UEC - 1
UAA - 3 or 4 - Emory (AQ), Rochester #2 in Reg. 3, CWR #4 in Reg. 7, Wash U #3 in Reg. 8
UMAC - 1
USAC - 1
WIAC - 3 - Oshkosh #1 in Reg. 9, Platteville #2, La Crosse #3. La Crosse lost in semis to Platteville.

[Greek Tragedy]

Elmhurst beat Wheaton in the CCIW semis, increasing their chances at a Pool C bid.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I think IWU, Wheaton, and Elmhurst are all locks for Pool C, but someone's bubble may be threatening to burst - last I checked, NCC was up on IWU by 9 with 12 to go.  Since the Cardinals were only 15-9 entering the game, IF they hold off the Titans and then upset the Blue Jays tomorrow, someone's hopes just went bye-bye.  (Update: NCC now up 13.)

Now a final: NCC 81, IWU 74.  (NCC and Elmhurst are about a mile apart, but they will now spend the night 100 miles south to play in Bloomington! )

[Gregory Sager]

NCC and Elmhurst are about a mile apart

Remind me never to get in a car in which you're the driver, Chuck.

The Elmhurst and North Central campuses are somewhere between 16 and 20 miles apart, depending upon which route through the western suburbs you take. Under normal driving conditions, it takes approximately a half-hour to get from one campus to the other.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

This is the current status of all the regionally ranked teams as of this moment plus the matchups for remaining teams.

Bold is Pool A locked
Italic is one of multiple RR teams alive in a single conference tournament so at least one will fall to Pool C
Regular is only RR team left in conference tournament
Red is in Pool C

Region 1           
1   Wesleyan    22-3   22-3
2   St. Joseph (Conn.)   22-1   23-1
3   Williams   16-3   16-3
4   Middlebury   18-5   18-5
5   Tufts   13-10   13-10
6   Trinity (Conn.)   16-8   16-8
7   Amherst   15-9   15-9
8   Albertus Magnus   15-6   15-6
9   Westfield State   20-4   20-4
NR   Husson

3 Williams vs 4 Middlebury in NESCAC semis 4:30pm
8 Albertus Magnus vs 2 St Joseph in GNAC final tomorrow
1 Wesleyan vs TBD in NESCAC final tomorrow

Region 2           
1   WPI   22-2   22-2
2   UMass Dartmouth   22-3   22-3
3   Nichols   22-3   22-3
4   Babson   18-6   18-6
5   Emerson   17-6   17-6
6   Brandeis   12-9   12-9
NR   Mitchell
NR   Keene St

Salve Regina vs 3 Nichols in CCC final 6pm
           
Region 3           
1   Oswego   23-2   23-2
2   Rochester   16-7   16-7
3   RPI   21-4   21-4
4   Nazareth   21-4   21-4
5   Utica   22-3   22-3
6   St. John Fisher   19-6   19-6
7   Ithaca   17-8   17-8
8   Yeshiva   21-3   22-3

SUNY Oneonta vs 1 Oswego in SUNYAC final 4pm
Skidmore vs 3 RPI
Vassar vs 7 Ithaca in LL semis 4:30pm
4 Nazareth vs 5 Utica in E8 final
Manhattanville vs 8 Yeshiva in Sky final tomorrow 1pm
           
Region 4           
1   Stockton   21-4   21-4
2   DeSales   21-4   21-4
3   Rowan   21-4   21-4
4   Rutgers-Newark   16-8   16-8
5   NYU   14-9   14-9
6   Montclair St.   13-9   13-9
7   Stevens   13-8   13-8
NR    Baruch
NR   UEC Champ

3 Rowan vs 1 Stockton in NJAC final 6pm
Lycoming vs 7 Stevens in MAC F final tomorrow 2pm
PS-Harrisburg vs Lancaster Bible in UEC final
           
Region 5           
1   Swarthmore   21-4   21-4
2   Eastern   19-4   19-5
3   Johns Hopkins   20-3   20-3
4   Susquehanna   21-4   21-4
5   Hood   17-6   17-6
6   Drew   17-8   17-8
7   Alvernia   17-6   18-6
8   Marymount   16-8   16-8
9   Neumann   16-7   18-7
NR   Wilson

3 Johns Hopkins vs 1 Swarthmore in CC final 7:30pm
5 Hood vs 2 Eastern in MAC C final tomorrow 2pm
6 Drew vs 4 Susquehanna in Land final 7pm

           
Region 6           
1   Randolph-Macon   24-1   24-1
2   Christopher Newport   22-2   22-2
3   Emory   18-5   18-5
4   Guilford   17-6   17-6
5   Roanoke   17-8   17-8
6   Maryville (Tenn.)   17-3   20-3
7   Berry   20-2   21-2
8   Virginia Wesleyan   16-8   16-9
NR    USAC Champ

8 Virginia Wesleyan vs 4 Guilford in ODAC semis
Mary Washington vs 2 Chris Newport in C2C final 7pm
Birmingham-Southern vs 7 Berry in SAA semi 4pm
1 Randolph-Macon vs TBD in ODAC final tomorrow
Averett vs Covenant in USAC final 6pm
           
Region 7           
1   Marietta   22-2   22-2
2   Mount Union   21-3   21-3
3   Wabash   21-3   21-3
4   Case Western Reserve   17-6   17-6
5   Heidelberg   17-6   17-6
6   Hope   18-5   19-6
7   Calvin   17-6   18-7
8   Otterbein   17-7   17-7
9   Trine   17-8   17-8
10   Baldwin Wallace   14-9   14-9
NR   AMCC Champ
NR   PAC Champ

2 Mount Union vs 1 Marietta in OAC final 7:30pm
Wooster vs 3 Wabash in NCAC final 4pm
7 Calvin vs 6 Hope in MIAA final 7pm
Medaille vs La Roche in AMCC final
Chatham vs Wash & Jeff in PAC final 7:30pm
           
Region 8           
1   Ill. Wesleyan   21-4   21-4
2   Wheaton (IL)   20-5   20-5
3   WashU   16-7   16-7
4   Elmhurst   19-6   19-6
5   Hanover   20-4   20-4
6   Rose-Hulman   15-9   15-9
7   North Central (IL)   15-9   15-9
8   Transylvania   15-8   16-8
9   Millikin   14-11   14-11
NR   NACC Champ
NR   SLIAC Champ

7 North Central vs 4 Elmhurst in CCIW final 8pm
Franklin vs 5 Hanover in HCAC final 6pm
Webster vs Blackburn in SLIAC final 5pm
Marian vs Concordia (WI) in NACC final tomorrow 3pm
           
Region 9           
1   UW-Oshkosh   20-3   20-3
2   UW-Platteville   20-4   20-4
3   UW-La Crosse   19-5   19-5
4   St. John's   20-4   20-4
5   UW-River Falls   14-9   14-9
6   UW-Whitewater   14-9   14-10
7   Dubuque   19-6   19-6
8   Buena Vista   14-11   14-11
9   UW-Stout   16-9   16-9
NR   MWC Champ
NR   UMAC Champ

2 Platteville vs 1 Oshkosh in WIAC final 6pm
Macalester vs 4 St John's in MIAC final tomorrow 3pm
8 Buena Vista vs 7 Dubuque in ARC final 5pm
Cornell vs Ripon in MWC final 4pm
Crown vs Northwestern in UMAC final tomorrow 3pm
           
Region 10           
1   Whitworth   20-4   20-4
2   Pomona-Pitzer   16-3   17-4
3   Chapman   17-3   19-3
4   Mary Hardin-Baylor   20-2   22-2
5   Claremont-Mudd-Scripps   15-6   15-6
6   Cal Lutheran   16-7   16-7
7   Linfield   15-5   18-6
8   Pacific Lutheran   15-6   18-7
NR   SCAC Champ

Whitman vs 1 Whitworth in NWC final 10pm
3 Chapman vs 2 Pomona-Pitzer in SCIAC final tomorrow 5pm
LeTourneau vs 4 Mary Hardin-Baylor in ASC final 7pm
St Thomas (TX) vs TBD in SCAC final tomorrow 1pm

[Greek Tragedy]

Keene St takes the Pool A and MA Dartmouth probably takes a Pool C from someone.

[Greek Tragedy]

RPI just lost their semi-final game. Really on the bubble now. Probably on the outside looking in.