D3 Championship Belt

[sac]

Taco Belt^Tm

[HOPEful]

As I ponder the opportunity Hope has to get The Belt^TM back (they held it for many a week last season) I wonder...

Which team has held The Belt^TM the longest without keeping it for the summer? (Or, which school that has never won the D3 National Championship has held The Belt^TM the longest?

[Gregory Sager]

¡Yo quiero Taco Belt^TM!

[Smitty Oom]

UW-River Falls 74  St. Thomas 65

That....did not take long.  UWRF will taunt an NAIA foe with The Belt^Tm this Friday before playing Hope on Saturday.  (I think I've heard of them)  The game will be played at UW-Stout, a rare regular season The Belt^Tm match-up on neutral hard wood.

Freddy Falcon, I give it 9/10

Have we ever had a time where The Belt^Tm went into the hands of a NAIA or DII team? What are the "rules" on that?

[Greek Tragedy]

D3 only.

[Gregory Sager]

Rumor has it that NAIA people melt like Raiders Of the Lost Ark Nazis if they catch a glimpse of The Belt^TM.

[Just Bill]

Have we ever had a time where The Belt^Tm went into the hands of a NAIA or DII team? What are the "rules" on that?

Heresy. Say three Our Sagers and repent your wicked ways.

[Greek Tragedy]

I love this tread.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I love this tread.

It's bringing out NY accents in us now, too.

[Gregory Sager]

Da Belt^TM brings out da yute in alla us.

[Greek Tragedy]

I love this tread.

It's bringing out NY accents in us now, too.

nice catch.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

I love this tread.

It's bringing out NY accents in us now, too.

nice catch.

That was a yuge catch, YUGE!

[sac]

Gonna be a long year.

[Gregory Sager]

¡Yo quiero "long year"!

[lmitzel]

I don't know what the hell I just stumbled on, but I laughed way harder than I should have.

And because I'm a nerd with too much time on my hands and a desire to cross "Game For The Belt^TM" off my Announcer Bucket List after adding it 27 seconds ago...

• UW-River Falls wins out until losing to Carthage on November 22
• Carthage wins out until losing to North Central on December 7th
• Because I won't be at that game, I have to hope NCC runs the table until January 4th because that's their next home game against a D-III foe even though Robert Morris will have already melted in the presence of The Belt^TM and they play in Naperville on December 17th.
• 
• Profit.

The fatal drawback here being that both Hope will play for It^TM and Calvin would have a hypothetical shot in this scenario, neither option of which appeals to me, and likely puts this on my list between "Announce an NCAA Tournament Game" and "Announce a 100 Point Margin of Victory game," which freaking Hope fell TWO POINTS SHORT OF.

I'm way too excited about discovering this.