MBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[Pat Coleman]

and Randolph today.

[Seatfiller]

and Randolph today.

Bridgewater
Emory and Henry
EMU
Ferrum
Lynchburg
Randolph Macon
Roanoke
Shenandoah
VA Wesleyan

Updated now.

edit: Added Lynchburg
W and L deleted

[thescottharris]

and Randolph today.

Bridgewater
Emory and Henry
EMU
Ferrum
Randolph Macon
Roanoke
Shenandoah
Washington and Lee
VA Wesleyan

Updated now.

I was told by the Lynchburg SID as of last night they still intend to play in the tournament

[y_jack_lok]

Saturday's R-MC game at W&L has been canceled. (Don't know what that means re W&L playing in the tournament.) In place of that game the Jackets go to VWU tonight then play the Marlins again on Sunday in Ashland.

[thescottharris]

And W&L is out.

So that means if the ODAC sticks with their minimum games rule for top four seeds then either E&H or Shenandoah will be the 4 and both are winless.

And for the record the rule is 50% of the games of the team worth the most games played. Ferrum will have 9 played, so 4.5, which rounds up to five. The only four teams who will meet that threshold are Roanoke, Ferrum, Bridgewater, Shenandoah, and Emory & Henry.

Bridgewater will have to win at Roanoke tomorrow to avoid having the #3 seed also having a losing record.

I don't know if they can change the rule at this point but it's just a bad look to have your #4 seed having a winless record and the #3 likely with a losing record.

[thescottharris]

At this point they might as well just seed 1-9 based on win percentage then have an 8/9 playin game.

[Seatfiller]

Just checked and saw that there's a big game tonight between what I would say is the #1 and #2 in the conference

Randolph Macon travels to VA Wesleyan today for a 6pm show down

[thescottharris]

Just checked and saw that there's a big game tonight between what I would say is the #1 and #2 in the conference

Randolph Macon travels to VA Wesleyan today for a 6pm show down

Also they play twice to finish out the season. Neither is a conference game despite them having not played each other yet.

[Macon]

Just checked and saw that there's a big game tonight between what I would say is the #1 and #2 in the conference

Randolph Macon travels to VA Wesleyan today for a 6pm show down

A tough, physical win at VWU.  Simply watching the game, it felt like a much closer game than the score indicates.  Will be interesting to see the rematch tomorrow in Ashland.

[thescottharris]

So the rule for minimum games rounds down, so a team needs 4, not 5, games to qualify for the top 4.

And I noticed that last night's RMC/VWU game has been marked a conference game after the fact. The rule has been all season that conference games postponed because of COVID can't be made up. Unless that rule has been changed during the middle of the season...

[Pat Coleman]

That marking was changed by one of the participating schools, rather than the conference office, so it might not be correct.

[Pat Coleman]

That marking was changed by one of the participating schools, rather than the conference office, so it might not be correct.

I checked on this and it is correct that this was not a conference game.

[Seatfiller]

That marking was changed by one of the participating schools, rather than the conference office, so it might not be correct.

I checked on this and it is correct that this was not a conference game.

Thanks.

Today Roanoke had a impressive win today against Bridgewater 84-41. Roanoke held Bridgewater to 6 points almost 10 minutes into the game. The conference tourney rankings come out tomorrow. Does anyone know how they're picking the rankings?

[thescottharris]

That marking was changed by one of the participating schools, rather than the conference office, so it might not be correct.

I checked on this and it is correct that this was not a conference game.

Thanks.

Today Roanoke had a impressive win today against Bridgewater 84-41. Roanoke held Bridgewater to 6 points almost 10 minutes into the game. The conference tourney rankings come out tomorrow. Does anyone know how they're picking the rankings?

Seeds 1-4: must have played at least four conference games, seeded by win %
Seeds 5-9: random draw is what I was told. So who knows. Things are going to be crazy. Not sure there is really a fair way to do it given the lack of balance in the schedules

So...
#1 - Roanoke
#2 - Ferrum
#3 - Lynchburg
#4 - Bridgewater
#5-9 - pick a random order of R-MC, VWU, EMU, E&H, and SU

Macon and VWU won't have four conference games as their game yesterday wasn't a conference game, so that needs to be corrected on the ODAC standings. They'll each only have three ODAC games so won't qualify for the top for.

W&L would have had enough games and a good enough win % to be the #2 but they are done for the year.

E&H and SU have 7 games apiece to be eligible for top four but have the worst win % in the league.

Not sure what the format is going to be. It's a fluid situation. My best educated guess would be an 8/9 play-in game then having four quarterfinal games.

[thescottharris]

That marking was changed by one of the participating schools, rather than the conference office, so it might not be correct.

I checked on this and it is correct that this was not a conference game.

Thank you for checking. I didn't want to hound JJ with questions this week!