Pool C

[ronk]

In this table I first list this week's Regional Rankings numbers. Then I listed the team's results for the week and then I updated the D3 record, the winning % and the vRRO depending on if they played any RRO during this week. Obviously I didn't update the SOS, but the other two updates should help.

If there is a team with no updates, they are not finished (i.e., play Sunday).

WK3	TEAM	D3/Overall	W%/vRRO/SOS	WEEK	updated rec.	updated W%/vRRO
Atl#1	Rich. Stock. (NJAC)	20-5 20-5	.800/5-1/.573	2-0	22-5	.815/6-1/.573
Atl#2	Will. Pat. (NJAC)	19-6 19-6	.760/5-2/.557	1-1	20-7	.741/5-3/.557
Atl#3	Baruch (CUNYAC)	19-6 19-6	.760/3-2/.513	2-0	21-6	.778/4-2/.513
Atl#4	Brooklyn (CUNYAC)	21-5 21-5	.808/3-3/.491	1-1	22-6	.786/3-4/.491
Atl#5	Rut.-New. (NJAC)	18-8 18-8	.692/1-5/.566	0-1	18-9	.667/1-6/.566
Atl#6	Sage Coll. (SKY)	20-4 21-4	.833/1-1/.455	2-0	22-4	.846/1-1/.455
Atl#7	Misericordia  (MACF)	19-6 19-6	.760/1-3/.482	2-0	21-6	.778/1-3/.482
WK3	TEAM	D3/Overall	W%/vRRO/SOS	WEEK	updated rec.	updated W%/vRRO
C#1	Augustana (CCIW)	21-4 21-4	.840/5-2/.577	2-0	23-4	.852/7-2/.577
C#2	Whitewater (WIAC)	21-2 22-3	.913/2-2/.549	2-0	23-2	.920/2-2/.549
C#3	UWSP (WIAC)	21-4 21-4	.840/2-4/.575	0-1	21-5	.808/2-4/.575
C#4	Wash. U. (UAA)	19-5 19-5	.792/4-3/.563	1-0	20-5	.800/4-3/.563
C#5	St. Norbert (MWC)	22-1 22-1	.957/0-1/.494	2-0	24-1	.960/0-1/.494
C#6	IWU (CCIW)	18-7 18-7	.720/4-4/.576	1-1	19-8	.704/5-5/.576
C#7	Elmhurst (CCIW)	19-6 19-6	.760/4-3/.544	0-1	19-7	.731/4-4/.544
C#8	NCC (CCIW)	16-7 18-7	.696/3-5/.573	0-1	16-8	.667/3-6/.573
WK3	TEAM	D3/Overall	W%/vRRO/SOS	WEEK	updated rec.	updated W%/vRRO
E#1	SJF (E8)	21-4 21-4	.840/0-0/.508	2-0	23-4	.852/0-0/.508
E#2	Platts. St.  (SUNYAC)	18-7 18-7	.720/1-0/.527	1-1	19-8	.704/1-0/.527
E#3	Hobart (LL)	18-6 18-7	.750/3-1/.505	0-1	18-7	.720/3-2/.505
E#4	Skidmore (LL)	17-7 17-7	.708/2-4/.552	2-0	19-7	.731/3-4/.552
E#5	NYU (UAA)	16-8 16-8	.667/4-3/.547	1-0	17-8	.680/4-3/.547
E#6	Clarkson (LL)	18-6 19-6	.750/1-4/.493	1-1	19-7	.731/2-5/.493
WK3	TEAM	D3/Overall	W%/vRRO/SOS	WEEK	updated rec.	updated W%/vRRO
GL#1	Marietta (OAC)	23-2 23-2	.920/3-2/.506	2-1	25-3	.893/3-3/.506
GL#2	Ohio Wes. (NCAC)	21-4 21-4	.840/3-1/.534	1-1	22-5	.815/3-1/.534
GL#3	Wooster (NCAC)	20-5 20-5	.800/2-2/.543	2-1	22-6	.786/2-2/.543
GL#4	JCU (OAC)	19-5 19-5	.792/3-2/.517	1-1	20-6	.769/3-3/.517
GL#5	Mount Union (OAC)	19-6 19-6	.760/2-4/.530	3-0	22-6	.786/4-4/.530
GL#6	PS-Behrend (AMCC)	23-2 23-2	.920/0-1/.457	0-1	23-3	.885/0-1/.457
GL#7	Calvin (MIAA)	18-5 19-6	.783/2-1/.502	2-0	20-5	.800/3-1/.502
GL#8	St. Vincent (PAC)	18-6 19-6	.750/2-2/.516	3-0	21-6	.778/2-2/.516
GL#9	Hope (MIAA)	16-7 17-8	.696/2-5/.543	1-1	17-8	.680/2-6/.543
WK3	TEAM	D3/Overall	W%/vRRO/SOS	WEEK	updated rec.	updated W%/vRRO
MA#1	Johns Hop. (CC)	22-3 22-3	.880/3-2/.528	1-1	23-4	.852/3-3/.528
MA#2	Dickinson (CC)	20-5 20-5	.800/3-2/.539	2-0	22-5	.815/5-2/.539
MA#3	Catholic (LAND)	21-3 21-4	.875/1-1/.495	1-1	22-4	.846/1-2/.495
MA#4	Frank. & Marsh. (CC)	20-5 20-5	.800/3-2/.504	0-1	20-6	.769/3-3/.504
MA#5	Scranton (LAND)	20-5 20-5	.800/1-1/.514	2-0	22-5	.815/2-1/.514
MA#6	St. Mary's (Md.) (CAC)	18-4 20-4	.818/0-0/.480	0-1	18-5	.783/0-0/.480
WK3	TEAM	D3/Overall	W%/vRRO/SOS	WEEK	updated rec.	updated W%/vRRO
NE#1	Babson (NEWMAC)	23-2 23-2	.920/6-2/.559
NE#2	Trinity (Ct.) (NESCAC)	19-4 20-5	.826/4-0/.530	1-1	20-5	.800/4-1/.530
NE#3	Amherst (NESCAC)	19-6 19-6	.760/4-2/.568
NE#4	Bates (NESCAC)	19-6 19-6	.760/3-4/.611	0-1	19-7	.731/3-5/.611
NE#5	E. Conn. (LEC)	21-4 21-4	.840/2-2/.554	1-1	22-5	.815/2-2/.554
NE#6	WPI (NEWMAC)	21-4 21-4	.840/2-2/.507	0-1	21-5	.808/2-3/.507
NE#7	Albertus Magnus (GNAC)	24-1 24-1	.960/0-1/.473	3-0	27-1	.964/0-1/.473
NE#8	Bowdoin (NESCAC)	18-7 18-7	.720/1-4/.565	1-1	19-8	.704/1-5/.565
NE#9	Springfield (NEWMAC)	18-7 18-7	.720/2-4/.564
NE#10	S. Vermont (NECC)	21-2 22-3	.913/0-1/.478	1-1	22-3	.880/0-1/.478
NE#11	Wesleyan (NESCAC)	17-8 17-8	.680/3-4/.547
WK3	TEAM	D3/Overall	W%/vRRO/SOS	WEEK	updated rec.	updated W%/vRRO
So#1	RMC (ODAC)	23-2 23-2	.920/4-0/.536
So#2	Emory (UAA)	19-5 19-5	.792/5-3/.562	1-0	20-5	.800/5-3/.562
So#3	VWU (ODAC)	20-4 20-4	.833/0-3/.538
So#4	ETBU (ASC)	20-5 20-5	.800/4-2/.515	3-0	23-5	.821/4-2/.515
So#5	Centre (SAA)	19-4 20-4	.826/0-1/.517	1-1	20-5	.800/0-1/.517
So#6	Hard.-Sim. (ASC)	19-6 19-6	.760/3-3/.520	1-1	20-7	.741/3-3/.520
So#7	Rhodes (SAA)	18-5 18-6	.783/1-2/.497
So#8	MHB (ASC)	17-8 17-8	.680/2-5/.534	0-1	17-9	.654/2-5/.534
WK3	TEAM	D3/Overall	W%/vRRO/SOS	WEEK	updated rec.	updated W%/vRRO
W#1	St. Thomas (MIAC)	22-3 22-3	.880/5-0/.568
W#2	St. Olaf (MIAC)	21-4 21-4	.840/1-2/.522	0-1	21-5	.808/1-3/.522
W#3	Buena Vista (IIAC)	18-6 18-7	.750/2-1/.526	0-1	18-7	.720/2-1/.526
W#4	Whitman (NWC)	19-4 20-5	.826/2-3/.514	0-1	19-5	.792/2-3/.514
W#5	Whitworth (NWC)	22-3 22-3	.880/1-3/.480	2-0	24-3	.889/1-3/.480
W#6	Dubuque (IIAC)	19-5 20-5	.792/0-3/.523	2-0	21-5	.808/0-3/.523
W#7	Bethel (MIAC)	17-8 17-8	.680/3-2/.539

Catholic and Scranton each pickup a vrro loss from teams newly reranked this past week; Catholic(St. Vincent) should be 1-3 and Scranton(Misericordia) 2-2. 

[bopol]

Bracket Projection:

Cheeseland Bracket

UWSP
* Bye
Calvin
Elmhurst

Wash U
De Pauw
IWU
Ohio Wesleyan

Augustana
Northwestern
Dubuque
St Olaf

St Thomas
Concordia WI
Defiance
St. Norbert

Grits Bracket

Randolph Macon
Neumann
Franklin and Marshall
William Paterson

Johns Hopkins
Miscordia
Alvernia
Richard Stockton

Dickinson
Salisbury
Catholic
Va. Wesleyan

Marietta
SUNY-Oswego
St. John Fisher
Scranton

Cheeseland Bracket #2:

UWW
* Bye
North Central
John Carroll

East Texas Baptist
Texas Lutheran
Rhodes
Whitworth

Emory
Lagrange
Spaudling
Chapman

Wooster
Medaille
St Vincent
Mount Union

Maple Syrup Bracket

Babson
SUNY-Cobleskill
Westfield St
Skidmore

Trinity
Keene St
Sage
Albertus Magnus

Amherst
Colby-Sawyer
Springfield
Baruch

Eastern Conn
Regis
Endicott
Bates

Bold is for host of pod.  If all goes as planned, the hosts of the Sweet 16 will be Stevens Point, Randolph-Macon , Whitewater and Babson

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

There are so many holes in that... here are a few:
- why in the world would #1 regionally ranked Richard Stockton travel to #1 regionally ranked (maybe #2 after their loss) Johns Hopkins?
- how would UW-Stevens Point get/earn a bye? Not a chance.
- Wash U isn't going to host - women have priority and will host.
- St. Thomas won't host... see above.
- Chapman lost... they aren't going to the tournament.
- and you have WAY too many of the same region teams in pods together... it happens on occasion... but in nearly every pod like you have it.

Back to the drawing board.

[ronk]

Bracket Projection:

Cheeseland Bracket

UWSP
* Bye
Calvin
Elmhurst

Wash U
De Pauw
IWU
Ohio Wesleyan

Augustana
Northwestern
Dubuque
St Olaf

St Thomas
Concordia WI
Defiance
St. Norbert

Grits Bracket

Randolph Macon
Neumann
Franklin and Marshall
William Paterson

Johns Hopkins
Miscordia
Alvernia
Richard Stockton

Dickinson
Salisbury
Catholic
Va. Wesleyan

Marietta
SUNY-Oswego
St. John Fisher
Scranton

Cheeseland Bracket #2:

UWW
* Bye
North Central
John Carroll

East Texas Baptist
Texas Lutheran
Rhodes
Whitworth

Emory
Lagrange
Spaudling
Chapman

Wooster
Medaille
St Vincent
Mount Union

Maple Syrup Bracket

Babson
SUNY-Cobleskill
Westfield St
Skidmore

Trinity
Keene St
Sage
Albertus Magnus

Amherst
Colby-Sawyer
Springfield
Baruch

Eastern Conn
Regis
Endicott
Bates

Bold is for host of pod.  If all goes as planned, the hosts of the Sweet 16 will be Stevens Point, Randolph-Macon , Whitewater and Babson

  Let's send Misericordia to Marietta instead of Scranton; they're closer to Marietta by a few miles and I'd rather drive a shorter distance to Dickinson or Johns Hopkins to watch the Royals.

[Greek Tragedy]

Catholic and Scranton each pickup a vrro loss from teams newly reranked this past week; Catholic(St. Vincent) should be 1-3 and Scranton(Misericordia) 2-2.

Wouldn't that already been added?

[NEPAFAN]

I thought Hopkins couldn't host. Isn't their gym too small? Thanks for putting in the time to put that together.

[Greek Tragedy]

I find that interesting that the NCAA wouldn't update their vRRO.

I was basing my updated vRRO on if a team played a RRO this week. I didn't realize they weren't updated with newly ranked teams (and teams that dropped out as well).

[Greek Tragedy]

Just skimming the list...the NCAA has some work to do then.

Bethel is newly ranked, replacing Chapman.  So St. Thomas' vRRO should be 6-1, not 5-0. Same with St. Olaf, adding Bethel results. Wow.

Trust me, not going through the work looking at everyone's schedule!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I thought Hopkins couldn't host. Isn't their gym too small? Thanks for putting in the time to put that together.

They claim 1100 - and they could do it, although I doubt people would really sit close enough to each other to make that work.  I don't think they should host a sectional, but the first weekend could work alright, I think.

[bopol]

There are so many holes in that... here are a few:
- why in the world would #1 regionally ranked Richard Stockton travel to #1 regionally ranked (maybe #2 after their loss) Johns Hopkins?

I was a bit uncomfortable giving Dickinson and Johns Hopkins both hosting pods.  Maybe I'll split that up and give Richard Stockton a pod instead.

- how would UW-Stevens Point get/earn a bye? Not a chance.

It solved certain problems to put a bye out that way to get the hosts of the pods where I thought they should be without travel.  That said, if Wash U and St. Thomas can't host, that opens up the possibilities and gives me a chance to fix that.  And in the past, the byes haven't made much sense anyway.

- Wash U isn't going to host - women have priority and will host.
- St. Thomas won't host... see above.

Solves problems for this that make it fixable.

- Chapman lost... they aren't going to the tournament.

Yep, I was working on it before that game was over.  Should have checked again before I posted.  Not a big deal, where you see Chapman, replace with CMS.

- and you have WAY too many of the same region teams in pods together... it happens on occasion... but in nearly every pod like you have it.

I need to refocus on the Eastern teams and see what I can do.  In the Minnesota/Illinois/Wisconsin area, there isn't much of a choice unless the NCAA pays for travel.  In the east, distances are closer, so it's easier to shift around.

Back to the drawing board.

Thanks for your input and I'd like to compare mine to see the D3hoops.com's attempt that I am clearly missing.

EDIT: To fix quotes.

[WUPHF]

There are so many holes in that... here are a few:

Back to the drawing board.

Also, Wisconsin produces almost as much maple syrup as New York and more than New Hampshire, Connecticut and Taxachussets combined. 

[joelmama]

There are so many holes in that... here are a few:

Back to the drawing board.

Also, Wisconsin produces almost as much maple syrup as New York and more than New Hampshire, Connecticut and Taxachussets combined. 

Not sure why I know this but you are wrong about Syrup production at least in 2014  NY produced almost 3X as much as Wisconsin.  Your other statement is correct.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I thought Hopkins couldn't host. Isn't their gym too small? Thanks for putting in the time to put that together.

They are somewhere between 1100 and 1200 and have hosted many times in the past. Nothing wrong with having them host.

I find that interesting that the NCAA wouldn't update their vRRO.

I was basing my updated vRRO on if a team played a RRO this week. I didn't realize they weren't updated with newly ranked teams (and teams that dropped out as well).

The vRRO sometimes is based on what the team had for data coming into those rankings... not what they had after the rankings were done.

[ronk]

Bracket Projection:

Cheeseland Bracket

UWSP
* Bye
Calvin
Elmhurst

Wash U
De Pauw
IWU
Ohio Wesleyan

Augustana
Northwestern
Dubuque
St Olaf

St Thomas
Concordia WI
Defiance
St. Norbert

Grits Bracket

Randolph Macon
Neumann
Franklin and Marshall
William Paterson

Johns Hopkins
Miscordia
Alvernia
Richard Stockton

Dickinson
Salisbury
Catholic
Va. Wesleyan

Marietta
SUNY-Oswego
St. John Fisher
Scranton

Cheeseland Bracket #2:

UWW
* Bye
North Central
John Carroll

East Texas Baptist
Texas Lutheran
Rhodes
Whitworth

Emory
Lagrange
Spaudling
Chapman

Wooster
Medaille
St Vincent
Mount Union

Maple Syrup Bracket

Babson
SUNY-Cobleskill
Westfield St
Skidmore

Trinity
Keene St
Sage
Albertus Magnus

Amherst
Colby-Sawyer
Springfield
Baruch

Eastern Conn
Regis
Endicott
Bates

Bold is for host of pod.  If all goes as planned, the hosts of the Sweet 16 will be Stevens Point, Randolph-Macon , Whitewater and Babson

NCAA will need compelling reason to override 2 hosts/region; therefore, NE won't get 4 hosts and East/Atlantic none. Nice names for the brackets and a strawman that we can critique to influence the national committee.  

[7express]

So if I have it right the 2 conferences with bubble bursting opportunities today is the NESCAC (Amherst is safely in, Wesleyan isn't) and the MIAC (St Thomas is a lock, Bethel isn't making the tournament.)