WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ron Boerger]

So how does the sweet 16 work?? Does it all get seared again or do we play #1 in the land?

Yes, Trinity plays CNU next week, no reseeding.  The only question is do they get screwed out of hosting to save a flight as Ryan mentioned.

Great second half tonight - the 2-3 minutes out of the locker room were amazing.  Glad I was here to see it.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

So how does the sweet 16 work?? Does it all get seared again or do we play #1 in the land?

Yes, Trinity plays CNU next week, no reseeding.  The only question is do they get screwed out of hosting to save a flight as Ryan mentioned.

Great second half tonight - the 2-3 minutes out of the locker room were amazing.  Glad I was here to see it.

I think they'd spend the flight to reward CNU under other circumstances, but the committee stuck themselves with FIVE other flights in the second weekend - there's no way the NCAA will let them have an extra.

[TroyP]

So how does the sweet 16 work?? Does it all get seared again or do we play #1 in the land?

Glad I was here to see it.

Wish, I could have been there, but I have a son who is a Senior in HS and he plays Tennis and had to commit to watch him this Friday.

I will be where everyone they tell us to be the next Friday! Sweet 16 Baby!

[Ron Boerger]

So how does the sweet 16 work?? Does it all get seared again or do we play #1 in the land?

Glad I was here to see it.

Wish, I could have been there, but I have a son who is a Senior in HS and he plays Tennis and had to commit to watch him this Friday.

I will be where everyone they tell us to be the next Friday! Sweet 16 Baby!

Have a great time, I'll be watching from home next week!   Refs let 'em play tonight (last night too) and that works to our advantage most of the time.  Hope the trend continues.

[TroyP]

Looks like we are headed to Amherst, MA

[ronk]

  Interesting for Maggie Shipley returning to Amherst this weekend although both Trinity and Amherst would have to win Friday in order to meet on Saturday.
  Also, Trinity's Kelly Simmons and CNU's Jess Foster were AAU teammates; all 3(Maggie, Kelly, and Jess) were on my prospect list so I've followed them throughout their college careers.
  I'll call this sectional a tossup.

[Ron Boerger]

Briefly looking at the four remaining brackets:

At Amherst:  #13 Trinity (27-2) vs. #1 CNU (26-0); #11 Tufts (22-4) at #8 Amherst (23-3)
At UW-Whitewater:  #16 Smith (25-2) at #12 UW-W (25-4); #10 Baldwin-Wallace (23-4) vs. RV UW-Oshkosh (21-6)

Those winners meet in the semis.

At Hope:  RV Millikin (21-6) at #2 Hope (28-1); #7 NYU (24-1) vs. #9 Scranton (27-2)
At Transylvania:  RV Springfield (24-4) vs. #5 Trine (26-3); #21 UMHB (24-4) at #3 Transylvania (26-0)

Winners meet in semis.

Tough luck for the two Texas teams to be matched up against the two remaining undefeateds, with UMHB on the floor of their opponent.  The UW-W bracket is possibly the least challenging of the four, which if true would bode well for whichever team makes it out of the Amherst bracket.  Hard to say which is the most challenging, but the Transy bracket could see a matchup of two top-five teams in the final. 

Looking at the losses for the top 25-ranked teams:
- Trinity has an OT loss to RV ETBU and a two-point loss at #22 Hardin-Simmons.
- CNU hasn't lost; their closest game was a three point win at #25 Gettysburg early in the season.
- Tufts lost by 1 to #3 Transy (at home), by 9 at #8 Amherst, by 18 at RV Trinity(CT), by 14 to Amherst (at home)
- Amherst lost by 3 at RV Bates, by 9 at NR Hamilton, by 9 to Bates (at home)
- Smith lost by 7 at NR Bowdoin, by 9 at #11 Tufts
- UW-W lost by 9 at NR Carroll, by 10 at #24 UW-EC, by 3 at RV UW-O, by 14 to UW-EC (at home)
- Hope lost to #5 Trine by 8 (at home)
- NYU lost at NR Rochester by 4
- Scranton lost at #19 Ithaca by 22; at NR Stevens by 10
- Trine lost at #24 UW-EC by 6; to #2 Hope by 9 (at home), to Hope by 4 (at home)
- UMHB lost to #13 Trinity by 13 (at home); at NR Colorado College by 9; at RV ETBU by 14; to NR UT-Dallas by 13 (neutral)
- Transylvania hasn't lost; their closest games were an OT win at NR Rose-Hulman and a one-point win at #11 Tufts

The thing about losses: with many teams dealing with COVID absences it's hard to know which of these, if any, might have been impacted.  The other thing:  past performance does not guarantee future returns. 

[D3Navy]

If you're not watching, the TU-CNU is a good one!

[D3Navy]

Observation: all the fans are wearing masks.  Haven't seen that here in Texas for months.

[Roundball999]

Observation: all the fans are wearing masks.  Haven't seen that here in Texas for months.

NCAA rule maybe?

[D3Navy]

Observation: all the fans are wearing masks.  Haven't seen that here in Texas for months.

NCAA rule maybe?

School policy.

[D3Navy]

TU BEATS #1!!!!!

[Ron Boerger]

Hailey.  Freaking.  Coleman.  28 points including 11-for-11 to start and 8 boards before being slowed by her 4th foul.

20 for Ashlyn Milton including 4 3's. 9 boards from the shortest Tiger, Maggie Robbins.  Maggie Shipley had her fourth foul early in the third quarter but had five assists and a huge basket on a drive late to keep CNU at arm's length.

CNU had not trailed by more than 9 all year, found themselves down 12 at half and as many as 16 in the third before a 11-0 run spanning the third and fourth quarters closed the gap to 4 with 5:31 remaining.  But Trinity would get enough timely baskets down the stretch and finally got in the bonus for the first time all game (3 FTs in the first 3 2/3 quarters) so that fouls turned into FTs.  A consolation three at the buzzer by the Captains made the final margin 76-71.

[D3Navy]

Hailey.  Freaking.  Coleman.  28 points including 11-for-11 to start and 8 boards before being slowed by her 4th foul.

20 for Ashlyn Milton including 4 3's. 9 boards from the shortest Tiger, Maggie Robbins.  Maggie Shipley had her fourth foul early in the third quarter but had five assists and a huge basket on a drive late to keep CNU at arm's length.

CNU had not trailed by more than 9 all year, found themselves down 12 at half and as many as 16 in the third before a 11-0 run spanning the third and fourth quarters closed the gap to 4 with 5:31 remaining.  But Trinity would get enough timely baskets down the stretch and finally got in the bonus for the first time all game (3 FTs in the first 3 2/3 quarters) so that fouls turned into FTs.  A consolation three at the buzzer by the Captains made the final margin 76-71.

Great rundown, Ron!  I'm sure the win is empowering, but the close end should provide a dose of playoff humility.

Go Tigers!

[TroyP]

LET'S GO!!! GREAT ATMOSPHERE!!! Besides the mask wearing! Lol. Had to provide booster or negative test results to get in door! Our girls played their asses off! I don't think CNU has ever seen that much energy from an opposing team!