Pool C

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Becker is losing their championship game by 10 with five to play.  They've been down the whole game.  They're not nearly good enough to be a playoff team, but this loss would still give them a chance at a C.  Hopefully they'll lose and drop down far enough to be out of consideration.

This is exactly the case I've been talking about for a while now.  A decent team racking up gaudy numbers against other weak opponents with good records inflated by the number of teams in the NE region.

[hopefan]

Becker does lose to Elms and could take a C spot....

[magicman]

Buffalo State claims the SUNYAC Championship as they defeat Brockport State 67-50.

[John Gleich]

Stevens Point wins the WIAC conference tournament championship 79-56

[Mr. Ypsi]

Possible bubble-trouble: VWC falls by four to Randolph in the semis.  Bubble teams certainly hoped for a VWC/RMC final (EMU might make it anyway, but no way Randolph would have).

Does this lift Randolph to bubble territory, or are they too far down?

[nwhoops1903]

VW and RM I think are safe Pool C teams. EMU has to win IMO to get in.

[kiltedbryan]

Halftime in the OAC Championship and John Carroll leads Marietta 49-28.

That's bad news for Pool C bubble teams unless Marietta can pull off the second-half comeback.

[magicman]

VW and RM I think are safe Pool C teams. EMU has to win IMO to get in.

I think Randy-Macon, Virginia Wesleyan and Eastern Mennonite are all in unless Randolph wins the Championship. And even then they might get 4 teams in. It's happened before that a league got 4 bids.

Mr. Y, Randolph is too far down. They are not even regionally ranked. They would have to win it to get in.

[smedindy]

Halftime in the OAC Championship and John Carroll leads Marietta 49-28.

That's bad news for Pool C bubble teams unless Marietta can pull off the second-half comeback.

I think this kills Wabash and may make Wittenberg teeter as well. Elms' win did no favors to anyone but them.

[kiltedbryan]

Halftime in the OAC Championship and John Carroll leads Marietta 49-28.

That's bad news for Pool C bubble teams unless Marietta can pull off the second-half comeback.

I think this kills Wabash and may make Wittenberg teeter as well. Elms' win did no favors to anyone but them.

Don't count Marietta out yet.  Lead cut to 6 at 53-59 JCU, still 15 minutes left.  Great first five minutes for the Pioneers.

25 points for Marietta in the first 6 minutes of the second half after only scoring 28 in the entire first half...

[DeWayneCarter]

VW and RM I think are safe Pool C teams. EMU has to win IMO to get in.

I think Randy-Macon, Virginia Wesleyan and Eastern Mennonite are all in unless Randolph wins the Championship. And even then they might get 4 teams in. It's happened before that a league got 4 bids.

Mr. Y, Randolph is too far down. They are not even regionally ranked. They would have to win it to get in.

If Randolph wins the ODAC, especially if they win it over RMC instead of EMU, I think only 3 teams will get in... VWC, Randolph and RMC. Yeah 4 teams made it out of the ODAC last year, but the 4 teams that made it were all ranked 1-4 in the conference, all made it to the conference semi-finals, and were all ranked in the top 10 or top 15 at the time the selections were made. I think EMU at LEAST has to make it to the championship game of the ODAC if Randolph ends up winning the whole thing.

[magicman]

VW and RM I think are safe Pool C teams. EMU has to win IMO to get in.

I think Randy-Macon, Virginia Wesleyan and Eastern Mennonite are all in unless Randolph wins the Championship. And even then they might get 4 teams in. It's happened before that a league got 4 bids.

Mr. Y, Randolph is too far down. They are not even regionally ranked. They would have to win it to get in.

If Randolph wins the ODAC, especially if they win it over RMC instead of EMU, I think only 3 teams will get in... VWC, Randolph and RMC. Yeah 4 teams made it out of the ODAC last year, but the 4 teams that made it were all ranked 1-4 in the conference, all made it to the conference semi-finals, and were all ranked in the top 10 or top 15 at the time the selections were made. I think EMU at LEAST has to make it to the championship game of the ODAC if Randolph ends up winning the whole thing.

You may be right but I don't think Randolph wins the tournament.

[wooscotsfan]

Final:  Wooster 82  Wittenberg 68

Wooster clinches the NCAC automatic bid to the NCAA tourney.

[carletonsid]

Looks like St. Norbert will take care of business and take the MWC auto and keep others on the bubble rather than knocking someone out.

Not often you see this stat (with 4+ minutes left):

3-pointers attempted
Grinnell: 54
SNC: 0

And yes, well aware of the style Grinnell plays, but that spread is still rare.

[kiltedbryan]

Halftime in the OAC Championship and John Carroll leads Marietta 49-28.

That's bad news for Pool C bubble teams unless Marietta can pull off the second-half comeback.

I think this kills Wabash and may make Wittenberg teeter as well. Elms' win did no favors to anyone but them.

Don't count Marietta out yet.  Lead cut to 6 at 53-59 JCU, still 15 minutes left.  Great first five minutes for the Pioneers.

25 points for Marietta in the first 6 minutes of the second half after only scoring 28 in the entire first half...

69-69 in Marietta. Marietta has erased a 20+ point deficit to tie JCU with 6:30 to go...


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