MBB: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[bulk19]

"WIAC bias (I am a little) and public vs private aside the best should play."

Stout survivor - I'd have to say you have a "big" bias, seeings you could eat soup off my head! Good to see you, as someone who has played all three teams, speaking up on behalf of the other WIAC teams on the bubble...

And yep, I agree with this site being the ESPN of D3 hoops. Matter of fact, I don't watch ESPN. The type of ball I like to watch - i.e. Pointer basketball, and Dick/Jack Bennett-style defense - doesn't make the highlights...

And the athletes I prefer to watch are those who play the game for the love of it, not to make the highlight reels, or under the delusions of pro careers...

[UWPSUPERFAN77]

Stout Survivor and Bulk 19: well said ! God Bless!

[BDshotblocker]

STOUTGUY  BUYS BEER   AT LEAST FOR TWO OF US THAT WAS AT THE ALE AFTER THE WOMEN WON  

Darn it.  I should've gone.

And the athletes I prefer to watch are those who play the game for the love of it, not to make the highlight reels, or under the delusions of pro careers...

Easy bulk, I'm on of those players having "delusions" But i know what you mean.

I'm beginning to believe in Old School's theory that to get 3 teams in, Lax would have had to win tonight.  Tomorrow's gonna be interesting.

D3Hoops.com does so much to bring nation wide Dlll basketball together.  And the poll is accurate.  The "power conferences" should get more teams in the dance, and with the expanded feild it will probably happen.  The WIAC and CCIW are the top in my mind.

[Blue Devil Backer]

HE was waiting for you to show for a at least an hour then he brought mine and Champs and said their loss

[BDshotblocker]

3 v 3 tournament


And the winner is...........
Diehardfan

I'm a sucker for cookies!!!!!!!!!!

[frodotwo]

All those upsets all over the country today are the death knell for LX and Oshkosh will be very lucky to get a berth as well. Point is in great position to host as long as they keep winning and if they play as well as they did tonight that is a distinct possibility. A one point lead at the half tonight was extended by playing great defense again and that is what won them the game. Of course 5 players in double figures and shooting over 50% for the game helps as well. LX came out on fire and the Pointers weathered the storm until the defense took over. http://www.uwsp.edu/athletics/mbb/06-07/Lacrosse3.htm

[Gregory Sager]

D3Hoops.com does so much to bring nation wide Dlll basketball together.  And the poll is accurate.  The "power conferences" should get more teams in the dance, and with the expanded feild it will probably happen.  The WIAC and CCIW are the top in my mind.

You and your brother are definitely preaching to the choir on this one. I think we'd all like to see the power conferences duly represented. The idea of the WIAC, CCIW, OAC, and NJAC only getting in one team apiece -- which could very well happen -- is absolutely mystifying, and extremely unfortunate. Alas, just as in the D1 tourney there are a lot of weaker leagues that are each given an automatic bid. Problem is, the D3 tourney has a smaller field, and more automatic-bid conferences, than does the D1 tourney. That means fewer at-larges, and since D3 doesn't have national media access that would allow the members of the selection committee to fairly and objectively compare every team out there competing for an at-large bid by seeing them all firsthand, they have to resort to formulae to (mostly) make their decisions for them.

It's unfortunate, and the process is maddening and seems very unfair. Heck, the D3 championship handbook even openly admits on page 12 that not every championship-caliber team is guaranteed to make the field. But, alas, it's the system we have ... and I don't foresee it changing in the near future.

[bulk19]

Congrats to the Pointers - Here's hoping you will be having some of the incredible lines of people waiting two hours for tickets at your box office window again, like the year I went to every home game but got shut out when you hosted during your title run!

[titan2000]

Bulk:

Don't feel bad--the families of the opponent were shut out of Quandt that year as well. 

T2K

[BDshotblocker]

........Problem is, the D3 tourney has a smaller field, and more automatic-bid conferences, than does the D1 tourney. That means fewer at-larges, and since D3 doesn't have national media access ........

I didn't even think of how automatic-bids compare between D1 and D3.  I suppose that's why I'm just a Junior Varsity poster

As far as national media access.......... the big boys at D3hoops need to secure that ESPN tv contract. lol

[Pat Coleman]

Sager:

We might need to retire the NJAC as a power conference if they don't live up to it this year.

[diehardfan]

And the winner is...........
Diehardfan

I'm a sucker for cookies!!!!!!!!!!

Yesssss! 8) Eat that boys... oh wait, never mind, you don't get any! .....Now, if only guys liked me because I was kind and beautiful and intelligent and funny, and not just for my cookies. 

When do we start practice? When is our first game? Can we get a corporate sponsor to fly you and who ever else is on our team out here to Cali for practice so I don't have to miss much work? Maybe that free trip to Cali will be enough to sway a great player to be our third player...  (cough cough Point Special cough)

[Greek Tragedy]

NOT A LOT OF HELP FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, WHICH MEANS BAD NEWS FOR OSHKOSH AND LA CROSSE

so it's on the most current page, and it has been updated thru Saturday's games!

I've added the current records and the overall current rank of the QOWI according to Pat's most recent chart...

Atlantic Region
1. (44) Stevens 21-6 21-6 (LOST in Skyline Semis)
2. (13) Ramapo 21-7 20-5 (Won NJAC AQ)
3. (39) Manhattanville 23-5 22-5 (Won Skyline AQ)
4. (55) New Jersey City 18-9 17-8 (LOST to Ramapo in NJAC Final)
5. (74) Rowan 20-6 15-6  (LOST to Ramapo in NJAC Semis)

East Region
1. (19) Brockport State 23-5 22-5 (LOST to Plattsburgh State in SUNYAC Final)
2. (15) St. John Fisher 22-5 21-5 (Won Empire 8 AQ)
3. (11) St. Lawrence 22-5 21-5 (Won Liberty League AQ)
4. (46) New York U. 19-6 18-6 (lost to Brandeis, needs a Pool C)
5. (20) Rochester 18-7 18-6 (beat Carnegie Mellon, still needs a Pool C)

Great Lakes Region
1. (4) Lake Erie 25-2 21-1 (Won AMCC AQ)
2. (27) Wooster 25-3 20-2 (Won NCAC AQ)
3. (31) John Carroll 19-9 18-7 (LOST to Capital in OAC Final)
4. (36) Hope 23-4 16-4 (LOST to Calvin in MIAA Final)
5. (52) Ohio Northern 19-7 14-7 (LOST to Otterbein in OAC Quarters)
6. (62) Wittenberg 22-5 17-5 (LOST to Ohio Wesleyan in NCAC Semis)

Middle Atlantic Region
1. (30) Johns Hopkins 22-4 21-3 (plays Haverford in Centennial Finals)
2. (32) Messiah 19-6 16-4 (LOST to Widener in MAC-Commonwealth Semis)
3. (42) Alvernia 23-4 22-2 (Won PnAC AQ)
4. (25) Lincoln (Pa.) 18-8 11-3-IND:  POOL B
5. (21) Catholic 22-5 21-5 (Won CAC AQ)
6. (40) Hood 21-7 20-6 (LOST to Catholic in CAC Final)
7. (37) King's (Pa.) 19-8 19-7 (Won MAC-Freedom AQ)
8. (45) Scranton 19-7 17-7 (LOST to DeSales in MAC-Freedom Semis)

Midwest Region
1. (12) Chicago 20-5 19-5 (LOST to Washington U., needs Pool C bid)
2. (18) Augustana 22-5 22-4 (Won CCIW AQ)
3. (9) Washington U. 12-4 18-4 (defeats Chicago in UAA, gets UAA AQ)
4. (14) Aurora 25-2 24-2 (Won NathCon Final:  POOL B
5. (57) Elmhurst 21-6 17-6 (LOST to Augustana in CCIW Final)
6. (73) Carthage 16-9 13-8 ([Reg. season complete, did not make CCIW tourney)
7. (64) Grinnell 17-7 16-7 (LOST to Lake Forest in MWC Semis)
8. (70) Wheaton (Ill.) 17-9 13-8 (LOST to Elmhurst in CCIW Semis)

Northeast Region
1. (2) Amherst 25-1 24-1 (plays Williams in NESCAC Final)
2. (8 ) Salem State 24-2 24-2 (Won MASCAC AQ)
3. (7) Trinity (Conn.) 21-4 17-4 (LOST to Williams in NESCAC Semis)
4. (3) WPI 22-2 20-2 (plays Coast Guard in NEWMAC Final)
5. (6) Rhode Island 24-3 24-3 (Won LEC AQ)
6. (26) Keene State 23-5 20-5 (LOST to Rhode Island in LEC Final)
7. (17) Brandeis 19-6 19-6 (defeated NYU, still needs a Pool C)
8. (47) Bates 18-7 17-7 (LOST to Amherst in NESCAC Quarters)
9. (49) Husson 22-6 22-4 (LOST to Elms in NAC Final)
10. (80) Western New England 19-8 19-8 (LOST to Emmanuel in GNAC Semis)

South Region
1. (10) Mississippi College 24-2 22-1 (plays Hardin-Simmons in ASC Final)
2. (24) Va. Wesleyan 23-4 22-4 (LOST to Hampden-Sydney in ODAC Semis)
3. (51) Guilford 21-4 20-4 (LOST to Bridgewater (Va) in ODAC Quarters)
4. (38) DePauw 22-5 19-4 (LOST to Trinity (TX) in SCAC Semis)
5. (43) Mary Hardin-Baylor 22-5 22-5 (LOST to Hardin-Simmons in ASC Semis;a 5-pt QOWI loss)
6. (33) Maryville (Tenn.) 21-6 21-3 (defeated LaGrange in GSAC Final)-POOL B
7. (23) Centre 22-4 16-4 (plays Trinity (TX) in SCAC Final)
8. (54) McMurry 20-7 19-5 (LOST to Mississippi College in ASC Semis)

West Region
1. (1) UW-Stevens Point 25-2 24-1 (Won WIAC AQ)
2. (5) St. Thomas 24-3 24-3 (Won MIAC AQ)
3. (23) St. John's 20-7 20-4 (LOST to St. Thomas in MIAC Final)
4. (34) UW-Oshkosh 21-6 18-6 (LOST to La Crosse in WIAC Semis)
5. (16) Occidental 19-5 14-3 (Won SCIAC AQ)
6. (28) Whitworth 23-3 20-3 (Won NWC AQ)
7. (29) Loras 21-6 19-4 (Won IIAC AQ)
8. (41) UW-La Crosse 19-8 17-7 (LOST to Stevens Point in WIAC Final)

[Greek Tragedy]

Taking a close look, here are some teams to blame if Oshkosh and/or La Crosse get shut out this year for a Pool C bid... lol 

• Brockport State losing to Plattsburgh State in the SUNYAC Final
• John Carroll losing to Capital in the OAC Final
• Hope losing to Calvin in MIAA Final
• Trinity (CT) losing to Williams in NESCAC Semis
• The Whole South Region!! 

[John Gleich]

West Region
1. (1) UW-Stevens Point 25-2 24-1 (Won WIAC AQ)
2. (5) St. Thomas 24-3 24-3 (Won MIAC AQ)
3. (23) St. John's 20-7 20-4 (LOST to St. Thomas in MIAC Final)
4. (34) UW-Oshkosh 21-6 18-6 (LOST to La Crosse in WIAC Semis)
5. (16) Occidental 19-5 14-3 (Won SCIAC AQ)
6. (28) Whitworth 23-3 20-3 (Won NWC AQ)
7. (29) Loras 21-6 19-4 (Won IIAC AQ)
8. (41) UW-La Crosse 19-8 17-7 (LOST to Stevens Point in WIAC Final)

So, basically what is going to happen is that, with the (secret) regional rankings from tomorrow, whichever team sits atop the regional rankings from each region will be scrutinized against the top team from every other region for each of the primary categories.  I have a feeling that St. Thomas will be one of the first picks, which means that, probably, either La Crosse or Oshkosh will be next on the docket.  This bodes well for the two WIAC foes... they will be "up to bat" as it were fairly early in the discussion, so the possibility of them being chosen would be far greater than, say, a team that is 7th in line in a region with lots of other Pool C candidates.

However, UWO (or UWL, whichever is ranked higher) will have to stand up against the top contenders of the other regions.  This means that there may be 4 or 5 straight South region teams selected, eating up the Pool C bids (the South is one area in particular where lots of upsets occured).  I'm not holding my breath for multiple WIAC bids... and if they occur, I really don't forsee the WIAC splitting the teams up too much.  It's always possible it would occur two years in a row, but...