Pool C

[Titan Q]

Remember, teams sitting at spots 16 through 20 are probably out -- every year there are about 5 major upsets where presumed Pool A teams steal Pool C bids.

[Titan Q]

The top current Presumed Pool A teams that would be in position to steal Pool C bids...

1. Swarthmore (MA/CC)  1.000/.584/6-0 (*Johns Hopkins)
2. UW-Platteville (C/WIAC)  .857/.602/4-1 (*UW-La Crosse)
3. Wooster (GL/NCAC)  .867/.589/4-2 (*Wittenberg)
4. Nebraska Wesleyan (W/ARC)  .882/.556/2-1 (*Buena Vista)
5. St. John's (W/MIAC)  .933/.515/3-1 (*St. Thomas)
6. Marietta (GL/OAC)  .933/.507/3-0 (*Mount Union)
7. Randolph Macon (S/ODAC)  .938/.507/2-0 (*Virginia Wesleyan)
8. Colby (NE/NESCAC) 1.000/.522/1-0 (*Tufts or Middlebury)
9. Springfield (NE/NEWMAC)  .800/.616/1-3 (*Babson)
10. Albion (GL/MIAA)  .867/.563/1-2   
11. Christopher Newport (MA/CAC)  .778/.573/2-3
12. Whitworth (W/NWC)  .800/.544/2-3
13. Benedictine (C/NACC)  .800/.523/3-0
14. North Central (C/CCIW)  .813/.513/1-1 (*Elmhurst)   
15. St. Norbert (C/MWC)  .867/.554/1-2
16. Wash U (C/UAA)  .846/.533/1-1 (*Emory or Brandeis)
17. RPI (E/LL)  .846/.505/2-1 (*Hobart)

*Potentially not a huge deal if a swap out with a current Pool C projected team.

I have bolded that ones that seem to be the most likely to cause Pool C drama.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The Division III basketball season has reached the point where many conferences are making the turn into the second half of their double-round robins. The landscape of those conferences has gotten a little more in focus ... and there are some surprises.

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[D3RetiredHooper]

Courtesy of Drew Pasteur and his @d3bubble twitter account, here is the data broken into conferences. 

Looks like NESCAC, WIAC, and UAA could really gobble up a good amount of the Pool C's this year if things stay the course. There will be some interesting decisions made with high win/loss % and low SOS numbers this year. Witt/Yeshiva/St John's/both GNAC teams (St Joes CN/Magnus) all could present interesting problems for the committee!

NESCAC: (5 Contenders / 3 IN): Middlebury (VERY SAFE) / Colby (VERY SAFE) / Tufts (SAFE) / Amherst (BUBBLE OUT) / Wesleyan (MARG)
WIAC: (5 Contenders / 3 IN): Platteville (VERY SAFE) / La Crosse (BUBBLE IN) / Oshkosh (BUBBLE IN) / Stevens Point (BUBBLE OUT) / Eau Claire (MARG)
UAA: (4 Contenders / 3 IN): Emory (VERY SAFE) / Wash U (BUBBLE IN) / Rochester (BUBBLE IN / Brandeis (FARTHER OUT)
NEWMAC: (4 Contenders / 2 IN): Springfield (VERY SAFE) / WPI (SAFE) / Babson (BUBBLE OUT) / Emerson (MARG)
ODAC: (4 Contenders / 2 IN): Macon (VERY SAFE) / VA Wesleyan (BUBBLE IN) / Guilford (FARTHER OUT) / Lynchburg (MARG)
CENT: (2 Contenders / 2 IN): Swat (VERY SAFE) / Hopkins (VERY SAFE)
OAC: (2 Contenders / 2 IN): Mt Union (VERY SAFE) / Marietta (SAFE)
ARC: (2 Contenders / 2 IN): Neb Wesleyan (VERY SAFE) / Buena Vista (BUBBLE IN)
CCIW: (3 Contenders / 1 IN): Elmhurst (SAFE) / Augustana (BUBBLE OUT) / N Central (FARTHER OUT)
NCAC: (3 Contenders / 1 IN): Wooster (SAFE) / Witt (BUBBLE OUT/Low SOS) / Ohio Wes (MARG)
LL: (3 Contenders / 1 IN): Hobart (BUBBLE IN) / RPI (BUBBLE OUT) / Union (MARG)
SUNYAC: (3 Contenders / 1 IN): Brockport (BUBBLE IN) / Oneonta (MARG) / Oswego (MARG)
MIAC: (2 Contenders / 1 IN): St Thomas (VERY SAFE) / St John's (BUBBLE OUT/Low SOS)
CAC: (2 Contenders / 1 IN): CNU (SAFE) / York (FARTHER OUT)
MWC: (1 Contender / 1 IN): St Norbert (VERY SAFE)
MIAA: (1 Contender / 1 IN): Albion (SAFE)
SAA: (1 Contender / 1 IN): Centre (SAFE)
MAC COM: (1 Contender / 1 IN): Widener (BUBBLE IN)
MAC FRE: (1 Contender / 1 IN): Stevens (BUBBLE IN)
NACC: (1 Contender / 1 IN): Benedictine (BUBBLE IN)
ASC: (3 Contenders / 0 IN): Letourneau (BUBBLE OUT) / Texas Dallas (FARTHER OUT) / E Tex Baptist (FARTHER OUT)
GNAC: (2 Contenders / 0 IN): St Joes CN (FARTHER OUT/Low SOS) / Magnus (MARG/Low SOS)
LAND: (1 Contender / 0 IN): Drew (BUBBLE OUT)
NWC: (1 Contender / 0 IN): Whitworth (BUBBLE OUT)
CCC: (1 Contender / 0 IN): Endicott (FARTHER OUT)
E8: (1 Contender / 0 IN): Utica (MARG)
NJAC: (1 Contender / 0 IN): TCNJ (MARG)
HCAC: (1 Contender / 0 IN): Hanover (MARG)

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

We are just turning into the second half of conference seasons. The SOS numbers are going to change wildly. So will WL numbers.

I know everyone is fascinated, but we won't get a good sense of where teams sit for two more weeks at the very least ... and even when the Regional Rankings first come out, we see dramatic changes by the end of most seasons.

[sac]

...or we could just let people discuss Pool C

[Pat Coleman]

I'm in the camp that says it's OK to let people talk.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Some of these Pool C projections actually project end of year SOS as well, as part of the algorithm.

[smedindy]

"Let them all talk" - Elvis Costello.

[Pat Coleman]

"I talk talk, I talk to you in the night, in your dream, of love so true." - Real McCoy

[WUPHF]

We are just turning into the second half of conference seasons. The SOS numbers are going to change wildly. So will WL numbers.

I know everyone is fascinated, but we won't get a good sense of where teams sit for two more weeks at the very least ... and even when the Regional Rankings first come out, we see dramatic changes by the end of most seasons.

Yeah, I mean half of the things that are said here need a disclaimer.

I think you should do everything you can to encourage more content.

I do not have data, but it seems to me that there has been a continued slide in posting for the past few years.

[Pat Coleman]

The nature of community on the Internet definitely shifted toward social media and away from standalone forums such as this one several years back. But we continue.

[Gregory Sager]

"Everybody's talkin' at me.
I don't hear a word they're sayin',
Only the echoes of my mind."

-- Harry Nilsson

[thebear]

Just wondering why Potsdam is left out of the SUNYAC projections? 

They have wins over Brockport by 16, and Oswego by 10, and lost by 2 on a shot with :04 left at Oneonta.
They have added a major new piece in soph Isaiah Brown, who is averaging 24.6 points and 9.6 rebounds since joining the team. 
The Oneonta loss was first semester, Brown hadn't joined the team and second leading scorer Jayquan Thomas 17.5 ppg did not play in that game.

I guess the computer isn't able to handle nuances like this?

[WUPHF]

The nature of community on the Internet definitely shifted toward social media and away from standalone forums such as this one several years back. But we continue.

There is some truth to this, but if you look at Twitter engagement, as an example, I can go through most posts of the 5-10 most prolific handles and see next to no conversation on most Tweets.  There are always a lot of likes and such, but if Twitter is moving people away from d3boards.com, then people are talking far less than they used to.  Maybe they all moved to TikTok?

I think people want more d3boards.com content because why else would so many people be reading the UAA thread when for most of the year, it is just me rambling on about God knows what...