D3 Championship Belt

[sac]

Seeing the heartbreak on those kids faces in Atlanta when you tell them they won't get The Belt^Tm is not something any human being should look forward too.

[smedindy]

I always hope for that because I root for the underdogs. Having a non-conference tourney making team get possession of The Belt^TM is the most underdog-rooting experience ever!

[hickory_cornhusker]

Perhaps The Belt^TM will choose to sit this postseason out by landing in the hands of a non-conference tournament qualifying team so it does not tempt Division I and Division II schools to try to make heinous yet ultimately futile attempts to steal The Belt^TM for themselves.

[Gregory Sager]

out of curiousity...what happnens to The Belt if it ends the regular season in the possession of a team that does not make postseason play?  For example, what if Macalester takes The Belt from Carleton and goes on an EXTREMELY unlikely season-ending win streak to retain posssession at the close of the regular season. Mac can not make the MIAC Playoffs, much less the NCAA field. In this Bizaro univerese hypothetical....does Mac keep The Belt untill November? or are there rules in place to prevent this from happening?

The Belt^TM has neither to time nor the inclination to worry about the results of some other inferior competition to determine a "champion". The Belt^TM stands alone in its glory and is retained only by those who rightly wrest it from the grasp of a fallen enemy. To suggest the Belt^TM must comply with the rules laid forth by any other entity is an afront to they very baubles and gewgaws that make the Belt^TM the legendary object of desire it has become.

I'm sorry, what was your question?

[Pat Coleman]

Site should be working better now. Knock on wood.

[magicman]

Site should be working better now. Knock on wood.

It certainly LOOKS better!!

[Just Bill]

out of curiousity...what happnens to The Belt if it ends the regular season in the possession of a team that does not make postseason play?  For example, what if Macalester takes The Belt from Carleton and goes on an EXTREMELY unlikely season-ending win streak to retain posssession at the close of the regular season. Mac can not make the MIAC Playoffs, much less the NCAA field. In this Bizaro univerese hypothetical....does Mac keep The Belt untill November? or are there rules in place to prevent this from happening?

The Belt^TM has neither to time nor the inclination to worry about the results of some other inferior competition to determine a "champion". The Belt^TM stands alone in its glory and is retained only by those who rightly wrest it from the grasp of a fallen enemy. To suggest the Belt^TM must comply with the rules laid forth by any other entity is an afront to they very baubles and gewgaws that make the Belt^TM the legendary object of desire it has become.

I'm sorry, what was your question?

That's actually Greg in the front row, right there. No, not there. He's the one in the little strapless number. It was a different era.

[Gregory Sager]

I remember that night well. Veronica Lake showed up late for the party carrying a rhinestone-studded clutch purse, and Jean Harlow and the rest of the girls and I were gossipping about how it looked like she had had Gucci cut off a piece of The Belt^TM to make it for her.

[sac]

Carleton retains the Belt^Tm with its 84-71 win over Macalaster.  Carleton hosts Gustavus Adolphus next Wed.

[sac]

Gustavus Adolphus proclaimed its right to the thro......uh, Belt^Tm with a 54-52 win over Carleton Monday night.

Gustavus takes the Belt^TM almost to Fargo where they'll take on Concordia-Morehead.

This guy


vs this guy



Win or lose the Belt^Tm will be in the MIAC Tournament which means it will be in the NCAA Tournament.

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

Gustavus Adolphus proclaimed its right to the thro......uh, Belt^Tm with a 54-52 win over Carleton Monday night.

Gustavus takes the Belt^TM almost to Fargo where they'll take on Concordia-Morehead.

This guy


vs this guy



Win or lose the Belt^Tm will be in the MIAC Tournament which means it will be in the NCAA Tournament.

Conc ordia defeated GAC 69-62, taking possession of The Belt^Tm. They next play on Friday at home vs. either Augsburg, Carleton or Bethel.

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

Augsburg wrestled The Belt^Tm from the hands of Concordia with a 74-67 win last night. They bring The Belt^Tm to battle at St. Thomas on Sunday.

[northb]

Augsburg wrestled The Belt^Tm from the hands of Concordia with a 74-67 win last night. They bring The Belt^Tm to battle at St. Thomas on Sunday.

Wrestle/shmestle--The Belt^Tm decides where It^TMwants to go.

[sac]

St. Thomas trounces Augsburg 92-65 and will carry the belt^tm into the national tournament.


Apparently that's a Tommie.

[sac]

The Belt^Tm  2012-2013 itinerary.

UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas

Congratulations to the MIAC for nearly matching last years Belt^TM sharing drama of the SCIAC with the Belt^TM being held by someone 11 times.   Last year the SCIAC held the belt^TM 12 times.

2011-12
St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-25-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3-2-12  St. Thomas
3-3-12  UW-Whitewater