NE Region General Questions

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Bold are teams in Pool C consideration, red is Pool A winners, everyone else is still alive for a Pool A bid.

At this point, I'd call Bowdoin the bubble team.  No one below them is getting into the tournament - and maybe not even them.  If Springfield doesn't win tomorrow, they're the bubble.

1   Amherst   22-2   22-3
2   Williams   21-3   22-3
3   Babson   20-5   20-5
4   Eastern Connecticut   20-5   20-5
5   WPI   22-3   22-3
6   Springfield   18-6   19-6
7   Bowdoin   19-5   19-5
8   Albertus Magnus   23-1   23-2
9   Nichols   20-5   20-5
10   Rhode Island College   17-8   17-8
11   Middlebury   16-8   17-8

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Bowdoin may not make it to the table... WPI and possibly Springfield (should they lose) are going to be nasty blockers.

[GnacBballFan]

Dave what would you say albertus' chances of hosting are?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Below 50/50... they are so low ranked and can be shipped easily to so many locations. If they were in the top four I would be pretty sure they could host, but being in the second four makes me think they can easily be shipped into the East, Mid-Atlantic, maybe the Atlantic (trying to avoid Purchase) or down South maybe to RMC or VWC.

[GnacBballFan]

Appreciate the info Dave!

[GnacBballFan]

If Springfield loses to MIT today, I would expect albertus to jump them, Bowdoin. Wpi and east conn lost as well but doubt albertus would jump that far in one week.

[Hugenerd]

The MIT result is interesting, because if MIT were to move into the final regional rankings, it would likely help teams like Babson and WPI, who are 2-0 and 2-1, respectively, against the MIT squad.  With the result today, Springfield is 1-2 against MIT, so it likely wont help them so much.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It would help Springfield as it would add three "results" to their vRRO category...

[Hugenerd]

I dont disagree, I just meant that it would help the other two NEWMAC teams more, as they each had two wins against MIT this season.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Well the other two teams were already ahead of them in the rankings... so...

[Hugenerd]

Yeah, in terms of relative rankings to eachother, it may not make a difference.  But would be interesting to see what happens in some other scenarios, like WPI/East Conn, etc.

[pjunito]

Welcome back Hugenerd!

[Hugenerd]

Thanks, today's NEWMAC final was the first game I had a chance to watch all season.  Kids and corporate life have drastically cut into my D3 time.

[NEHoopsFan99]

So who's getting a bid from the NE?

[Hugenerd]

So who's getting a bid from the NE?

I'm not qualified to answer that question. I've watched 1 game this year!