Pool C

[KnightSlappy]

Yeah. Been a busy week. I should have them up today (with results thru monday).

[edit] Men's rankings are now up on my blog.

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/2012/01/regional-rankings-1242012.html

I know this is on the Pool C board but do you know who the top Pool B team is that isn't in your regional rankings. Nebraska Wesleyan is in the West Rankings but there is questions as to whether they will be eligible for the D3 Tourney due to their lack of D3 games.

My current system ranks Pool B as:

1  Nebraska Wesleyan
2  UC Santa Cruz
3  Maryville (Tenn.)
4  St. Josephs (Bklyn.)
5  Rust

I think both Neb Wesleyan and UC Santa Cruz would require a waiver for the "50% of games being in-region D3" rule in order to receive the berth.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Plenty to talk about when it comes to Pool C... so make sure you tune into Hoopsville tonight!

Men's National Committee Chair Ken Schumann will join us to talk about the upcoming regional rankings (February 8th) and the slight changes in the selection process this year.

Show runs from 7 - 9 PM EST.

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[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

If you missed Hoopsville last night and the chat with MBB Championship Committee Chair Ken Schumann, here is the link to the archive:
http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2011-12/jan29

[KnightSlappy]

I went through the exercise of selecting tournament teams this morning (no actual bracketing):

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/p/d3-bracketology.html

[Greek Tragedy]

I went through the exercise of selecting tournament teams this morning (no actual bracketing):

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/p/d3-bracketology.html

Great work!

Not that it matters much, but I think Grinnell gets the Pool A over Lake Forest since the Pioneers beat the Foresters in their only meeting thus far.  They end the season at Darby.

[KnightSlappy]

I went through the exercise of selecting tournament teams this morning (no actual bracketing):

http://tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/p/d3-bracketology.html

Great work!

Not that it matters much, but I think Grinnell gets the Pool A over Lake Forest since the Pioneers beat the Foresters in their only meeting thus far.  They end the season at Darby.

Yeah, I'm not really concerned with the nitty gritty of tiebreakers and such since either one would need to win the tournament to receive the bid anyway.

[Falcons04]

KS -

I've started following your weekly projections for the regional rankings and wanted to say thanks for the information.  Also, I see you have 3 WIAC teams in your projected field, including UW-River Falls as a Pool C team.  I'm curious if you have some thoughts on how solid their position is at this point.  Their best wins are UW-Stevens Point (x2) and St. Thomas, but they have a couple in-region losses to middle of the pack teams.  Are they currently on pretty solid footing, or do they need to have another win over either Stevens Point or Whitewater to solidify a bid (unless they win conf. tourney, of course)?   

[7express]

I hope it happens, but I'm not counting on the LEC getting 4 teams in.   If they couldn't get Eastern in last year, I highly doubt they get in whoever finishes 4th.  Plus the conference is going to beat each up the next 2 weeks: Keene @ Western, Eastern @ Western, Eastern @ Keene, Western @ RIC, Keene @ RIC all matchups the final 5 LEC games.  Also, the dreadful road losses by Western to Plymouth & USM will probably come back to bite them.

I guess it's possibile if every other team that's supposed to get in wins their conference (i.e. Middlebury OR Amherst winning the NESCAC tournament since both are locks), and those 4 LEC teams comprise the top 7 in the Northeast, but really will be tough.

Also, I'm not entirely sure, but let's say hypothetically the 4 LEC teams at seasons end in the Northeast region are Keene at 3, Western at 4, Eastern at 5 and RIC at 7.  Let's say RIC wins the conference tournament to get the auto bid don't Keene AND Western have to get picked before Eastern does since both of those teams would've been higher in the regional rankings??

[WAlum]

Pool C contender Grinnell goes down to Ripon last night.

[KnightSlappy]

KS -

I've started following your weekly projections for the regional rankings and wanted to say thanks for the information.  Also, I see you have 3 WIAC teams in your projected field, including UW-River Falls as a Pool C team.  I'm curious if you have some thoughts on how solid their position is at this point.  Their best wins are UW-Stevens Point (x2) and St. Thomas, but they have a couple in-region losses to middle of the pack teams.  Are they currently on pretty solid footing, or do they need to have another win over either Stevens Point or Whitewater to solidify a bid (unless they win conf. tourney, of course)?

I wouldn't think they would need a win versus UWSP or UWW, but they probably can't afford to lose to someone else as well.

If any league deserves 3 bids, it's probably the WIAC.

[Greek Tragedy]

I think River Falls is in better position than Stevens Point, if Whitewater gets the Pool A.  River Falls only has 3 in-region losses, as compared to Point's 4.  River Falls also beat Point twice.  Granted, the Falcon's other in-region losses were to Whitewater, Puget Sound and Superior.  Point's other losses are to Augustana (who looked pretty good until a 3-game slide to start the month) and St. John's (who beat St. Thomas twice, but still has 6 conference losses).

If any league deserves 3 bids, it's probably the WIAC.

Throw in the NESCAC with Middlebury, Amherst and Williams, though Williams has 5 losses already.  Oops.

[KnightSlappy]

I think River Falls is in better position than Stevens Point, if Whitewater gets the Pool A.  River Falls only has 3 in-region losses, as compared to Point's 4.  River Falls also beat Point twice.  Granted, the Falcon's other in-region losses were to Whitewater, Puget Sound and Superior.  Point's other losses are to Augustana (who looked pretty good until a 3-game slide to start the month) and St. John's (who beat St. Thomas twice, but still has 6 conference losses).

If any league deserves 3 bids, it's probably the WIAC.

Throw in the NESCAC with Middlebury, Amherst and Williams, though Williams has 5 losses already.  Oops.

UWSP has the top SOS in D3. They're looking really good still.

[mailsy]

Knightslappy,

How much do you think the regional rankings, based on your fine work that you do, will change in the MidAtlantic region since both F&M and Keystone lost today?

Thanks
mailsy

[Gregory Sager]

Pool C contender Grinnell goes down to Ripon last night.

... and today as well, this time to the St. Norbert "No Apostrophe S" Green Knights.

[KnightSlappy]

Knightslappy,

How much do you think the regional rankings, based on your fine work that you do, will change in the MidAtlantic region since both F&M and Keystone lost today?

Thanks
mailsy

I haven't done a total update, but this is what I'm currently looking at (includes F&M and Keystone's results).

1   Cabrini
2   Franklin and Marshall
3   Keystone
4   St. Marys (Md.)
5   Lycoming
6   Mary Washington
7   Penn State-Harrisburg
8   Messiah
9   Misericordia
10   Catholic
11   Alvernia
12   Widener