Pool C

[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.

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

Hey man... I wouldnt count them out... idk how familiar you are with the ODAC but in the ODAC Tournament, anything can happen lol..... they beat EMU the first time they met (lost by 30 the second time) and played RMC close, so you never know what could happen in a rematch... Virginia Wesleyan had already beat Randolph TWICE this season and look at what happened... you can't ignore that scenario

[John Gleich]

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.

That stat doesn't stand...  One of the Norbs subs jacked a 3 with :04 left!

SNC wins 89-67 to take the MWC bid

[DeWayneCarter]

And lookie here.. EMU trails Randolph Macon 40-29 at the half

[John Gleich]

Benedictine beats Edgewood 70-59 to take the NAthCon Tourney championship

This game didn't have direct Pool C consequences... but it's pretty clear that for the first time, the NAthCon will be getting two teams in.

[David Collinge]

Some parts of the Great Lakes Region don't get quite the ink that others do, and those parts roared up and knocked two teams squarely into Pool C contention tonight:

AMCC championship: LaRoche 55, Penn St.-Behrend 53 (Behrend was #3 in the latest GL ranking)
President's AC championship: Bethany 74, Thiel 67 (Thiel was #5 in the latest GL ranking)

LaRoche, a team you can't root against, was getting in anyway as the #1 in the Mid-Atlantic, but Bethany needed this win to punch their ticket.  These results leave Behrend nervous and Thiel in a flopsweat.

[magicman]

Augustana beats IWU 76-52 and helps a bubble team somewhere.

[magicman]

Randolph Macon defeats Eastern Mennonite 90-79 and will meet Randolph for the Championship.

[Gregory Sager]

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.

No, it isn't rare at all. Check out Grinnell's game-by-game team statistics. Lots of Pioneers games have lopsided trey-attempt statistics like that, particularly in MWC games (since the opposing teams in Grinnell's league are all well aware of the best methods to counteract the Arseneault System).

Take a look at the January 21 Beloit win over Grinnell, f'rinstance. Grinnell attempted 60 treys, while Beloit didn't attempt any. Ripon (twice), Lawrence, Carroll, and Beloit also played games against Grinnell in which they each attempted only one trey. In those five games Grinnell attempted 81, 60, 52, 52, and 43 treys, respectively.

In other words, there's nothing rare about that spread at all. It's just another day at the office for Grinnell.

[smedindy]

Unless you were in late game 'catch up' mode, why would you take a "3" against Grinnell?

[Gregory Sager]

Unless you were in late game 'catch up' mode, why would you take a "3" against Grinnell?

Exactly. I've been told by various MWC observers that attempting a trey against Grinnell is considered to be the ultimate no-no and a sure ticket to the bench for a chewing-out by the coach.

[Mr. Ypsi]

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.

No, it isn't rare at all. Check out Grinnell's game-by-game team statistics. Lots of Pioneers games have lopsided trey-attempt statistics like that, particularly in MWC games (since the opposing teams in Grinnell's league are all well aware of the best methods to counteract the Arseneault System).

Take a look at the January 21 Beloit win over Grinnell, f'rinstance. Grinnell attempted 60 treys, while Beloit didn't attempt any. Ripon (twice), Lawrence, Carroll, and Beloit also played games against Grinnell in which they each attempted only one trey. In those five games Grinnell attempted 81, 60, 52, 52, and 43 treys, respectively.

In other words, there's nothing rare about that spread at all. It's just another day at the office for Grinnell.

Grinnell is being outshown in their own state!   This week's SI reports that West Burlington HS attempted 103 treys on Feb. 12th - believed to be a national record.  Alas, they missed all but 8 of them and lost to Danville, 109-25!

Obvious questions:

a.  How can you get off 103 3-pointers in a 32 minute (I assume) game?

b.  How can you MISS 95 of them?

No word in the account on how many threes Danville took or made.

[nwhoops1903]

Whitworth taking care of business and saving a pool C for someone else. Pirates lead 69-47 with 2:16 left.
D trips in a row to March!!!!

[David Collinge]

D trips in a row to March!!!!

Say, that's pretty good.  Even Wooster, the winningest team in the entire NCAA since 2000, has only been to XVI of the last XVII tournaments. 

[nwhoops1903]

ROFL David!  Damn Blackberry...  D = 5 if you press the right button. Go Pirates!

[Gregory Sager]

D trips in a row to March!!!!

Say, that's pretty good.  Even Wooster, the winningest team in the entire NCAA since 2000, has only been to XVI of the last XVII tournaments. 

50 O 50!