Pool C

[Greek Tragedy]

I find it amusing that they are TRYING to find someone else beside Oshkosh. I know that winning % kills them though.

[Greek Tragedy]

How far down is Eau Claire? Oshkosh jumped and Augustana jumped them.

[gordonmann]

10 losses for a team that didn't win the AQ is a lot.

[TheOsprey]

IMO winning percentage is big for bids?

[Greek Tragedy]

I'm obviously not a Titan fan, but I am a WIAC fan, and I know the winning % kills them. But their vRRO and their SoS is far superior than anyone else. And their wins against RRO are Whitewater, River Falls, among others. If they get in, that's great, if they don't, I'm not going to be heart-broken. I don't have a dog in this race.

[Gregory Sager]

I find it amusing that they are TRYING to find someone else beside Oshkosh. I know that winning % kills them though.

It's unprecedentedly low. As D-Mac keeps repeating, .667 is the Mendoza Line for Pool C. There has never been a Pool C pick that failed to win two-thirds of its games. UWO is not only below the Mendoza Line, it's a whopping .037 below the Mendoza Line.

[gordonmann]

Except three of those teams are Williams, Wesleyan and Amherst who do play each other twice during the regular season (and once in the postseason for Amherst/William).

That said, I think it's reasonable to stick those teams in a pod with Middlebury or Tufts.

[Mr. Ypsi]

I find it amusing that they are TRYING to find someone else beside Oshkosh. I know that winning % kills them though.

It's unprecedentedly low. As D-Mac keeps repeating, .667 is the Mendoza Line for Pool C. There has never been a Pool C pick that failed to win two-thirds of its games. UWO is not only below the Mendoza Line, it's a whopping .037 below the Mendoza Line.

Yeah, IF the Hoopsville guys are right that Oshkosh goes to the table before IWU, we are dead meat.

[iwumichigander]

I find it amusing that they are TRYING to find someone else beside Oshkosh. I know that winning % kills them though.

It's unprecedentedly low. As D-Mac keeps repeating, .667 is the Mendoza Line for Pool C. There has never been a Pool C pick that failed to win two-thirds of its games. UWO is not only below the Mendoza Line, it's a whopping .037 below the Mendoza Line.

Yeah, IF the Hoopsville guys are right that Oshkosh goes to the table before IWU, we are dead meat.
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Yeah, if the Central did this it would be like eating cheese curds for a week and not a laxative in the world would uncork that 

[Greek Tragedy]

I understand where they are coming from. I don't expect a 10-loss team to get a Pool C. I just thought it was funny that they were actively trying to NOT pick Oshkosh, instead of actually making an argument for someone else.

[Gregory Sager]

I find it amusing that they are TRYING to find someone else beside Oshkosh. I know that winning % kills them though.

It's unprecedentedly low. As D-Mac keeps repeating, .667 is the Mendoza Line for Pool C. There has never been a Pool C pick that failed to win two-thirds of its games. UWO is not only below the Mendoza Line, it's a whopping .037 below the Mendoza Line.

Yeah, IF the Hoopsville guys are right that Oshkosh goes to the table before IWU, we are dead meat.

D-Mac was hinting that they have some insider info on how the regional committees have shaped their final rankings -- and how the national committee may have then tweaked those rankings in turn.

In other words, it sounded as though the three mock selectors have some behind-the-scenes insight into UWO being placed sixth in the Central, behind UWRF, Wash U, UWW, Benedictine, and Augustana.

[NEPAFAN]

I find it amusing that they are TRYING to find someone else beside Oshkosh. I know that winning % kills them though.

It's unprecedentedly low. As D-Mac keeps repeating, .667 is the Mendoza Line for Pool C. There has never been a Pool C pick that failed to win two-thirds of its games. UWO is not only below the Mendoza Line, it's a whopping .037 below the Mendoza Line.

Yeah, IF the Hoopsville guys are right that Oshkosh goes to the table before IWU, we are dead meat.

D-Mac was hinting that they have some insider info on how the regional committees have shaped their final rankings -- and how the national committee may have then tweaked those rankings in turn.

In other words, it sounded as though the three mock selectors have some behind-the-scenes insight into UWO being placed sixth in the Central, behind UWRF, Wash U, UWW, Benedictine, and Augustana.

Can we get some insight into those ratings now?

[Gregory Sager]

I understand where they are coming from. I don't expect a 10-loss team to get a Pool C. I just thought it was funny that they were actively trying to NOT pick Oshkosh, instead of actually making an argument for someone else.

Well, Bob and Ryan seemed pretty close to pulling the trigger on UWO.

Dave was the one who held them back ... and he's the one with the most experience at picking the brains of committee members over the years, so they deferred to him.

If the committee goes the other way tomorrow morning and opts to set a precedent by selecting UWO, D-Mac's the first one who gets to sit on the seat in the proverbial dunk tank.

Can we get some insight into those ratings now?

That would be a good, challenging question for D-Mac while he's still on the air, so I'd suggest that you e-mail or tweet it to him.

[KnightSlappy]

First pass at guessing hosting sites. Need one more, probably in the central region (a de facto Wash U. pod at a non-legitimate hosting site like Benedictine or Hope). Hardin-Simmons deserves a host but probably only gets one if they have 4+ flights approved instead of the minimum 3.

Middlebury
Babson
Tufts

UW-River Falls
UW-Whitewater

Whitman

Marietta
Hanover

Christopher Newport
Susquehanna / Scranton

Neumann
Ramapo

St. John Fisher
Rochester

Emory

[TheOsprey]

I understand where they are coming from. I don't expect a 10-loss team to get a Pool C. I just thought it was funny that they were actively trying to NOT pick Oshkosh, instead of actually making an argument for someone else.

I agree that the committee will not go down that road with double digit losses, however, I believe they are a pool C team.  I concur there will be no precedent this time.