Pool C

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I am suddenly very scared that the first regional rankings are only a week away...

[Greek Tragedy]

Yeah, I haven't followed too much this year, but in the West, there are these conferences below.  Strictly by overall record:

NWC
Whitworth 17-0 (8-0)
Lewis and Clark 14-3 (7-1)

WIAC
River Falls 16-2 (9-0)
Stevens Point 15-3 (7-2)
Whitewater 12-5 (5-3)

MIAC
St. Thomas 15-1 (10-1)
Gustavus Adolphus 11-5 (9-2)
Augsburg 11-5 (6-5)

UMAC-Best team is 11-6 in a bad conference (Northwestern)

IIAC
Coe 13-5 (7-2)
Luther 11-6 (8-1 in conf)
Dubuque 11-6 (5-3)

Independent
Chapman 16-3

SCIAC
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 9-6 (5-0)

Looks like in the past, there have been 9 teams in the West Region rankings.  Here's just a quick guess without any real research on strength of schedule or regional record.

1. Whitworth
2. St. Thomas
3. River Falls
4. Stevens Point
5. Lewis and Clark
6. Coe
7. Gustavus Adolphus
8. Whitewater
9. Chapman

Even though Whitworth hasn't lost yet, I could see St. Thomas being #1 with wins over River Falls and Stevens Point.  I could also see Whitewater ahead of Coe and Gustavus Adolphus.  Of course, Point and Whitewater play this week.

[Ralph Turner]

From the Handbook

Regional rankings. The men's basketball committee will release regional rankings
on the following dates:
• Wednesday, February 2
• Wednesday, February 9
• Wednesday, February 16
• Wednesday, February 23
• Sunday, February 27

The committee will rank 6.5 percent (equivalent to the bracket size ratio) of teams
in each region (or a minimum of four teams, whichever is greater), by applying the
championships selection criteria. Based on 2010 sponsorship reports, the following
number of teams will be ranked in each region:

Region	#of Eligible Team/Bracket Ratio	# of Ranked Teams
Atlantic Region	32/6.5	5
East Region	37/6.5	6
Great Lakes Region	40/6.5	6
Mid-Atlantic Region	57/6.5	9
Midwest Region	49/6.5	8
Northeast Region	73/6.5	11
South Region	51/6.5	8
West Region	60/6.5	9

Yes, 9 teams will be ranked regionally.

[KnightSlappy]

From the Handbook

Regional rankings. The men's basketball committee will release regional rankings
on the following dates:
• Wednesday, February 2
• Wednesday, February 9
• Wednesday, February 16
• Wednesday, February 23
• Sunday, February 27

The committee will rank 6.5 percent (equivalent to the bracket size ratio) of teams
in each region (or a minimum of four teams, whichever is greater), by applying the
championships selection criteria. Based on 2010 sponsorship reports, the following
number of teams will be ranked in each region:

Region	#of Eligible Team/Bracket Ratio	# of Ranked Teams
Atlantic Region	32/6.5	5
East Region	37/6.5	6
Great Lakes Region	40/6.5	6
Mid-Atlantic Region	57/6.5	9
Midwest Region	49/6.5	8
Northeast Region	73/6.5	11
South Region	51/6.5	8
West Region	60/6.5	9

Yes, 9 teams will be ranked regionally.

My favorite part of the handbook. The part where you have to know what they mean, not what they say. Good thing they give examples.   

[Ralph Turner]

From the Handbook

Regional rankings. The men's basketball committee will release regional rankings
on the following dates:
• Wednesday, February 2
• Wednesday, February 9
• Wednesday, February 16
• Wednesday, February 23
• Sunday, February 27

The committee will rank 6.5 percent (equivalent to the bracket size ratio) of teams
in each region (or a minimum of four teams, whichever is greater), by applying the
championships selection criteria. Based on 2010 sponsorship reports, the following
number of teams will be ranked in each region:

Region	#of Eligible Team/Bracket Ratio	# of Ranked Teams	Actual ratio
Atlantic Region	32/6.5	5	4.923
East Region	37/6.5	6	5.692
Great Lakes Region	40/6.5	6	6.153
Mid-Atlantic Region	57/6.5	9	8.769
Midwest Region	49/6.5	8	7.538
Northeast Region	73/6.5	11	11.230
South Region	51/6.5	8	7.846
West Region	60/6.5	9	9.230

Yes, 9 teams will be ranked regionally.

[frodotwo]

Yeah, I haven't followed too much this year, but in the West, there are these conferences below.  Strictly by overall record:

NWC
Whitworth 17-0 (8-0)
Lewis and Clark 14-3 (7-1)

WIAC
River Falls 16-2 (9-0)
Stevens Point 15-3 (7-2)
Whitewater 12-5 (5-3)

MIAC
St. Thomas 15-1 (10-1)
Gustavus Adolphus 11-5 (9-2)
Augsburg 11-5 (6-5)

UMAC-Best team is 11-6 in a bad conference (Northwestern)

IIAC
Coe 13-5 (7-2)
Luther 11-6 (8-1 in conf)
Dubuque 11-6 (5-3)

Independent
Chapman 16-3

SCIAC
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 9-6 (5-0)

Looks like in the past, there have been 9 teams in the West Region rankings.  Here's just a quick guess without any real research on strength of schedule or regional record.

1. Whitworth
2. St. Thomas
3. River Falls
4. Stevens Point
5. Lewis and Clark
6. Coe
7. Gustavus Adolphus
8. Whitewater
9. Chapman

Even though Whitworth hasn't lost yet, I could see St. Thomas being #1 with wins over River Falls and Stevens Point.  I could also see Whitewater ahead of Coe and Gustavus Adolphus.  Of course, Point and Whitewater play this week.

Knightslappy has his regional RPI rankings for the west as:


Reg.   Rank   Team   Conference   WP   wSOS   wRPI   Nat.   Pool   Status   REG   D3            OVR
WE   1   UW-River Falls   WIAC   0.933   0.568   0.659   2   A   C   14-1   14-1      16-2
WE   2   UW-Stevens Point WIAC  0.824   0.589   0.648   4   C   2   14-3   15-3      15-3
WE   3   Chapman   IND                   0.933   0.548   0.644   5   B   1   14-1   15-1      16-3
WE   4   St. Thomas   MIAC   0.933   0.544   0.641   6   A   C   14-1   14-1      15-1
WE   5   Whitworth   NWC          1.000   0.504   0.628   8   A   C   17-0   17-0      17-0
WE   6   Lewis and Clark   NWC   0.889   0.525   0.616   13   C   3   8-1   8-1      14-3
WE   7   Carleton   MIAC           0.692   0.575   0.604   26   C   8   9-4   9-4      9-6
WE   8   Whitman   NWC                   0.600   0.602   0.602   30   C   11   6-4   7-4      11-6
WE   9   Hamline   MIAC           0.563   0.614   0.601   31   C   12   9-7   9-7      9-7

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

A page exists for the regional rankings; there is just no content yet.

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d3/regional_rankings

[Hugenerd]

A page exists for the regional rankings; there is just no content yet.

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d3/regional_rankings

I am not sure if that is going to be the actual location of the rankings or not.

You can type anything after ".../d3/" and a blank page appears with the same heading.

For example:  http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d3/Hoops_Fan

[Ralph Turner]

A page exists for the regional rankings; there is just no content yet.

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d3/regional_rankings

My page was last updated Dec 31, 1969.

[Pat Coleman]

Dec. 31, 1969 is a system default date on some servers.

[KnightSlappy]

They're up now.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

First regional rankings: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2011/02/02/ncaas-mens-regional-rankings/

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'm surprised to see Montclair State so far down in the Atlantic.  They're listed as 10-4 in-region, but I don't think that's right.  Maybe 12 or 13 in region.  They have three wins over non-d3 opponents, but with the expanded region criteria, I think all their other games are in-region.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Hoops Fan - that is correct... 10 wins in region for Montclair State... checked their schedule on D3hoops.com: http://www.d3hoops.com/teams/Montclair_State/men/2010-11/index

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Hoops Fan - that is correct... 10 wins in region for Montclair State... checked their schedule on D3hoops.com: http://www.d3hoops.com/teams/Montclair_State/men/2010-11/index

Right.  I forgot NY and PA were separated out as their own geographical region.