D3 Championship Belt

[Gregory Sager]

Right now Vegas is putting the odds on the home Scots to take The Belt^Tm, the only question is does it go over or under the kilt.  That folks is something I don't want to know.

I think that if Alma wins Just Bill is going to have to get out the baubles and gewgaws and glue again to construct a D3 Championship Sporran^TM to go with the D3 Championship Belt^TM.

[Just Bill]

I'm a little rusty, but I've still got the leather-making tools in the garage!

[smedindy]

Aye, laddie.

[KnightSlappy]

The Alma Scots win The Belt^TM by beating Hope 86-75!

Alma travels to Calvin on Saturday for their first defense of The Belt^TM. I'll be sure to don my sunglasses lest I burn my retinas at the sight of Its^TM brilliance.

[Mr. Ypsi]

The Alma Scots win The Belt^TM by beating Hope 86-75!

Alma travels to Calvin on Saturday for their first defense of The Belt^TM. I'll be sure to don my sunglasses lest I burn my retinas at the sight of Its^TM brilliance.

And don't forget that The Belt^TM will be accompanied by his new brother, The Sporran^TM - you might need welder's goggles rather than just sunglasses!

[sac]

As previously mentioned, The Belt^Tm so liked the MIAA equivalent of Siberia that it^Tm has chosen to reside in the very deserving hands of the Alma Scots.  All hail William Wallace and such.

Hope held The Belt^Tm for 58 calendar days which is right up there near a record in number of in-season days holding The Belt^Tm.  I hope my friends from Holland were good hosts if nothing more than boring.

The Belt's next action will be Saturday in Grand Rapids and that other cute arena in West Michigan where the Scots will take on the Calvin Knights.

  "Joust" Its gender neutral, no need for a Sporran^Tm

[Gregory Sager]

If you're a little strapped for time, Bill, you can always order a nice pre-made sporran from sportkilt.com, and then do that voodoo that you do so well with the baubles, bangles, gewgaws, bling, etc., in order to transform it into The Sporran^TM. Och, it's gonnae be stoatin', lad!

[David Collinge]

Now perhaps we'll get the answer to the age-old question, What does a Scotsman wear under his D3 Championship Belt^TM?

[sac]

Alma 86  Calvin 64   It was a pleasure^TM to be there.

In a not so shocking result it appears The Belt^Tm has given us its opinion of gender neutrality, a sporran^Tm it is.  However in a quite shocking development, Alma has fans.....a somewhat a lot of them.......who get in cars.......and drive to games......and watch basketball......without talking too much about football.   The Belt^Tm has turned this old conference upside down.


The Scots carry The Belt^Tm proudly across our Southern border to Angola, Indiana where the Thunder of Trine await.


  Storm

[sac]

Alma 96  Trine 91 OT

Alma got its first true taste of Belt^tm drama when they nearly blew a 23 point lead last night in Angola, Indiana and rescued their precious Sporran covered private bits in overtime.

The Scots renew their own version of Ye Olde Rivals as the Britons from Albion invade the Art Smith Arena on Saturday.  No doubt this will be the biggest battle between these two since the Raid of the Redeswire and I'm not just saying that because I looked it up.

I say winner gets to rule all of Brittania for a fortnight.

[sac]

Alma 75  Albion 64


Scots beat the Brits





Up next, the Scots host the Olivet Comets.  I would probably go watch them if a certain game of importance to me personally was not taking place on the same night.  I suspect there will be a lot of points scored.

[pg04]

I think I may have asked this before, but is there a log of the title history with dates of reign and teams. That would be interesting to look at. 

[sac]

2006-07 Season path
Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Next Season - Amherst

2007-08 Season path
Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to next season - Washington U.

2008-09 Season path
Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27-Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19 - Guilford
Mar. 20-Next season - Washington Univ.

2009-10 Season Path
Start-Dec. 28 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 29-Dec. 29 - Transylvania
Dec. 30-Feb. 12 - Wooster
Feb. 13-Feb. 16 - Wittenberg
Feb. 17-Feb. 25 - Wabash
Feb. 26-Feb. 26 - Wittenberg
Feb. 27-Mar. 11 - Wooster
Mar. 12-Mar. 18 - Guilford
Mar. 19-Mar. 19 - Williams
Mar. 20-Present - UW-Stevens Point




FINAL 2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:

Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Mar. 10 - UW-Stevens Point
Mar. 11-Present - St. Thomas


2011-2012
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


2012-2013
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
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst

2013-2014  Belt^TM path
4-7-13  Amherst
12-7-13  Emerson
1-4-14  Suffolk
1-9-14  Johnson & Wales
1-29-14  Albertus Magnus
2-1-14  St. Joseph's(Me)
2-22-14  Lasell
2-27-14  Albertus Magnus
3-14-14  Williams
3-22-14  Whitewater

2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary
3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park
2-11-15  Elmhurst
2-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
2-28-15  Augustana
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point


2015-2016 The Belt^Tm  with Sporran^Tm
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point
11-21-15  Hope
1-13-16  Alma

[Just Bill]

Sometimes I go back and read the first 4-5 pages of this thread and I think... what a ridiculous waste of time I created for all these people.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I feel like I might stop following if we ever end up with that magic year where the belt doesn't make the NCAA tournament.  I'm hoping for that every February.  One day it will happen.  Keep the faith.