Pool C

[magicman]

Trinity(Conn) beats Middlebury 72-63 to advance to the Championship of the NESCAC conference against Bowdoin on Sunday afternoon at 2:30

Virginia Wesleyan beats Hampden-Sydney 68-55 to advance to the Championship game of the ODAC against Guilford who beat Roanoke 67-57.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

St. Thomas wins the MIAC 76-73; they took the lead in the last minute.  Another problem averted.

[magicman]

St Thomas beats Gustavus Adolphus 76-73 to win the automatic bid from the MIAC conference.

[Ralph Turner]

Updated list and updating his list even more...

Here's my list

Locks, no Pool A chance (5)

Rochester
Wooster
Brandeis
Washington U.
Mass-Dartmouth

Loser of Pool A game is a lock (3)

Ursinus or Gettysburg
Centre or Millsaps
UW-Whitewater Pool A or UW-Stevens Point

Locks if they don't win Pool A (7  6)

Hope Pool A
Capital
Augustana Pool A
Amherst
Bowdoin (Plays Trinity CT at Amherst for Pool A)
Worcester Tech
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Guilford or Virginia Wesleyan
St. Thomas Pool A

Lock if loses final, good chance if loses SF (2)

Middlebury lost to Trinity in SF
Trinity CT  (Plays Bowdoin at Amherst for NESCAC Pool A)

Good chance (2)

Occidental
William Paterson

17 (after the NESCAC Pool A) to this point.

Good chance if loses (2)

Heidelberg Pool A
Buena Vista or Loras

Some chance (5)

Brockport State
Cal Lutheran
UW-Platteville
DeSales
Emerson

Little chance (10)

St. Lawrence
Stevens
Albion
York (Pa.)
Elmhurst
Randolph-Macon
Mississippi College
Bates
Illinois Wesleyan
Wheaton (Ill.)

I'm starting to get a little nervous on some of the count numbers; there may be too many locks on the list.

[CityD3]

farmingdale state beats st. joe's-LI to get the automatic bid from the skyline conference.

[Hugenerd]

Amherst should be in the Lock column, they no longer have a chance at the Pool A since they lost to Bowdoin.

[Greek Tragedy]

Not sure if STEVENS POINT is a lock.  A lot of higher regionally ranked teams lost.  With Whitewater and St. Thomas taking care of business, Point should move up to the top Pool C bid in the West Region since Oxy lost in the semis, Buena Vista lost the IIAC final (ranked behind Point) and Cal. Lutheran also losing in the SCIAC semis.  Still, it's going to be a nervous wait for us Pointer fans.

Can we get an update of the regional rankings and results of those teams, or will we wait until games are over tonight?

I was at the WIAC championship game tonight.  I'll try to update the list, if that's what you mean, Hoops Fan.

[pabegg]

Last update for the night, includes some re-running

Most are in order, give or take a couple of places

Locks, no Pool A chance ( 8 )

Amherst
Mass-Dartmouth
Brandeis
Rochester
Capital
Washington U.
UW-Stevens Point
Wooster

Loser of Pool A game is a lock ( 4 )

Ursinus or Gettysburg
Bowdoin or Trinity CT
Guilford or Virginia Wesleyan
Centre or Millsaps

Locks if they don't win Pool A ( 2 )

Worcester Tech
Mary Hardin-Baylor

Contenders ( 8 )

Buena Vista
Middlebury
Occidental
Emerson
Cal Lutheran
William Paterson
Brockport State
St. Lawrence

So 12-14 bids will be gone for the locks, and that means 3-5 of the final 8 will make it.

Any thoughts on this list?

[Mr. Ypsi]

I would think that Oxy would be a lock, especially since IWU will (presumably) be back in the regional rankings.

[Hugenerd]

Is Trinity (CT) really a lock if they lose?  They would have 7 losses (6 in-region, i believe, they also have a a bad loss at home vs. Springfield).  I, personally, have no opinion, just curious as to why they would be considered a lock at this point?  What makes a 7 loss Trinity team a lock over a 5 loss Oxy team, for example?

[magicman]

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps hit a 3 at the buzzer against Pomona-Pitzer to send it to overtime tied at 45.

Pomona-Pitzer wins 53-55 in OT to grab the automatic bid in the SCIAC conference.

[Greek Tragedy]

#6 Lakeland defeats #1 Aurora in oT 82-77.  Lakeland won the NATHC Tourney title by winning three straight overtime road games.  I wonder if that's EVER happened before.

Wow, what a great run by my Muskies!  3 road OT wins is quite a feat, especially against the top 3 seeds in the league!  For some reason I thought that game was tomorrow afternoon and I was planning on heading down to the Chicago area to watch it.  I wanted to see the Chicago v Washington U. matchup, but that game started at 3 pm and I wasn't going to make the WIAC final in Whitewater at that time...so, I only made 7 games in 6 days during "Championship Week"!!  lol 

Monday:  Stevens Point's win over La Crosse was a lot harder than expected thanks to La Crosse's freshman guard Tony Mane going off for 37 before the Pointers prevailed in OT.  To make matters even more stressful, I was getting updates via text message of Eau Claire's upset win over #2 Platteville, meaning we got to host again!

Tuesday:  I went down to Wisconsin Lutheran College to witness the first of three overtime road victories for Lakeland College.  The other time they met during the regular season, WLC was 20-38 from beyond the arc while Chris Salibrech (sp?) for Lakeland hit 10 of them himself on his way to 39 pts, I think!  He started out good on Tuesday going 6-8 in the first half.  Contraversial call at the end as the ref blew the whistle a split second before the buzzer went off at the end of regulation.  He pointed to the Lakeland bench for a timeout and then waived off his own call!  After a meeting with his fellow refs, they decided the timeout was called too late!  Uh?  Lakeland pulls it out in OT.

Wednesday:  I'm back at Point for a surprisingly easy win over Eau Claire.  I get updates via text message as Whitewater is taken into overtime against Superior, hoping for an upset so Point can host the Final.  It doesn't go our way as Whitewater wins at OT after we win by 20+ (I think).

Thursday:  I'm in Whitewater for the first of two times this week to see the women Pointers take on 2nd seeded Whitewater.  They win a great game to knock off the Warhawks and set up a road meeting with Eau Claire for the tourney title.  Today the Pointer women knocked off Eau Claire to get the AQ.  Point knocked off Whitewater and Eau Claire twice EACH in a span of about a week and half.  WW and EC tied for 1st in the league at 14-2.

Friday:  Headed to Appleton to see two fantastic games in the MWC tourney as #3 Carroll College held off #2 Grinnell 124-122 and Lawrence survived #4 St. Norbert 59-58.  Both games came down to the last possession.  I didn't think the MWC final would hold up to the two semi-final games, but I was wrong at LU was taken into OT vs. Carroll College before prevailing to clinch the AQ.

Saturday:  Back down in Whitewater to see the #1 seed hold off a big rally by #3 Stevens Point.  Rebounding (WW had 10 offensive rebounds), clutch baskets by Whitewater and some poor free throw shooting (9-14) by Point doomed the visitors who now have to wait until Monday for their Pool C fate.

Hopefully they have 6 games left in their season!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

As for Trinty CT... I don't think they are lock. And if Bowdoin losses, that means 6 regional losses for them as well... not sure if that locks them into the tournament, either.

BTW - watched the semis from the NESCAC - besides no audio in the first game (which actually caused me to miss the end of that game, when you are work, audio usually helps clue you in if you aren't watching ), it was a very good job and production by D3Cast.

[magicman]

Whitworth beats Puget Sound 96-69 to claim the NWC automatic bid.

[Greek Tragedy]

As for Trinty CT... I don't think they are lock. And if Bowdoin losses, that means 6 regional losses for them as well... not sure if that locks them into the tournament, either.

I think there will be a lot of teams with 6 in-region losses getting in...at least I hope, with Stevens Point being one of those teams with 6 in-region losses.