D3 Championship Belt

[Gregory Sager]

12-21   UWSP vs St. Thomas, an excellent mid-season The Belt^TM showdown


A little known Mayan prophecy located in Appendix B of the Mayan Calender states that the should the calender encounter an object of greater lustrous glory, all cosmic authority shall be granted to that lustrous object.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to enter The Belt^TM Age

+1!   (Nothing more can be said.)

... but it will be said, anyway, in spite of that. Because that's how we roll in this room.

[John Gleich]

And again I say...

That seems silly and pointless...

But I'm holding high my copy of the miniBelt^TM that they issue to alums when their team holds the belt, all the same!

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

And again I say...

That seems silly and pointless...

But I'm holding high my copy of the miniBelt^TM that they issue to alums when their team holds the belt, all the same!

You properly attributed the miniBelt^TM but forgot to do so for the real thing? The Belt^TM might punish that by soon changing hands again

[magicman]

I think he was so happy he created this "the miniBelt^TM, that he forgot about that "The Belt^TM."

[John Gleich]

I think he was so happy he created this "the miniBelt^TM, that he forgot about that "The Belt^TM."

I think you mean I was elated to be holding a miniBelt^TM...

[Gregory Sager]

You've got to tuck in your shirt, John, so that everybody can see the miniBelt^TM.

[Falcons04]

Even though it has nothing to do with D3 basketball, I thought the following link might be of interest to some of you (1st 7 paragraphs):

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8754276/bill-barnwell-49ers-reigning-football-world-plus-rest-week-15-news

[sac]

Even though it has nothing to do with D3 basketball, I thought the following link might be of interest to some of you (1st 7 paragraphs):

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8754276/bill-barnwell-49ers-reigning-football-world-plus-rest-week-15-news

Congrats to the author for catching the spirit of this room in one simple quote.

"You can argue that the whole thing's a bit silly, of course, and I might not argue all that much with you. "

[Ralph Turner]

Even though it has nothing to do with D3 basketball, I thought the following link might be of interest to some of you (1st 7 paragraphs):

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8754276/bill-barnwell-49ers-reigning-football-world-plus-rest-week-15-news

I cannot imagine the ugly assemblage of baubles, spangles and bling that the NFL will cobble together to exceed the magnificence of The Belt^TM when NFL fans finally discover the joy of having a traveling trophy, such as The Belt^TM.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Even though it has nothing to do with D3 basketball, I thought the following link might be of interest to some of you (1st 7 paragraphs):

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8754276/bill-barnwell-49ers-reigning-football-world-plus-rest-week-15-news

I cannot imagine the ugly assemblage of baubles, spangles and bling that the NFL will cobble together to exceed the magnificence of The Belt^TM when NFL fans finally discover the joy of having a traveling trophy, such as The Belt^TM.

The magnificence of The Belt^TM CANNOT be exceeded.

Bling is just bling - The Belt^TM is sui generis.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

I was trying to go back and trace the path of The Belt^TM from the beginning (starting with the champs of the first D3 tourney in 1975) but obviously the d3hoops pages don't go that far back. Massey seems to have the games going back to the 02-03 season so I started with the 2002 champs Otterbein and went from there. I was shocked by 2 facts about that season (assuming all the games are listed and correct)... first that The Belt^TM spent most of the season in the HCAC with my Grizzlies holding it on two occasions and second... that The Belt^TM did not spend the summer with Williams who won the NCAA tourney. Transylvania managed to get The Belt^TM in their penultimate game and held on to it while not making the conference tourney. I haven't proceeded through the following years yet but my guess is that The Belt^TM has likely spent the other summers with the NCAA champs.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

I did go through the 03-04 season and if The Belt^TM started with Transy, then It^TM spent the entire year in the WIAC finishing with the champs UWSP

[Just Bill]

This. Is. Awesome.

http://www.ufwc.co.uk/

[Ralph Turner]

This. Is. Awesome.

http://www.ufwc.co.uk/

He takes it all the way back to the beginning of the series.

We tried doing this a few years ago.  Maybe in your spare time, you can post the Chronology of the travels of The Belt^TM.

(I cannot remember where I posted some research that I did on the Women's Belt...     )

[smedindy]

When is the starting point? 1974-1975?