D3 Championship Belt

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Well no matter how the final four goes, for the second consecutive season, the D3 champ will also have possession of The Belt^TM.  It's just a question as to what region it will go to spend the offseason. 

Just based on school locations, in theory, it has a 50% chance of going to Massachusetts for the summer.

But my prognostications have both Massachusetts schools losing tomorrow night and The Belt^TM Championship will, also for the second year in a row, will have a first time Final Four school - who also is undefeated, vying for the title.   While I think Whitman will be hard to stop, I thought that of (my) Benedictine Eagles last year, part of me hopes that Augustana brings it home to the Quad Cities...

The Belt, I believe, has always gone to the NCAA champ.  We've been rooting for the scenario where that's not the case, but I think it has been for as far back as we've tracked it.

[Gregory Sager]

True. The Belt^TM and the Walnut & Bronze have always ended up in the same hands on the last day of the season. As much as we all root for the Dream Scenario^TM, it's never happened. It requires a strategically-placed upset at the end of the regular season in which a team that's already been mathematically eliminated from post-season consideration upsets the current holder of The Belt^TM, and that's inevitably a longshot.

This season we actually came about as close to the Dream Scenario^TM as we ever have. Gustavus Adolphus, which ended the season with a 5-20 record, hosted the holder of The Belt^TM, Carleton (for whom Thee Most Exalted Bespangled Cincture^TM was redubbed "The Goat Belt^TM" for as long as the Carlies held onto it), on February 18, GAC's Senior Day and the season finale for the Gusties. GAC had the lead with a little over two minutes left in that game, but the Gusties couldn't manage to score over the course of the game's final 5:23, and they ended up losing, 63-60. They were two missed treys in the final ten seconds away from sending the game into overtime and possibly pulling off the upset that would've brought about the Dream Scenario^TM for the first time ever.

Alas, we're once again stuck with the spectacle of The Belt^TM being treated like an afterthought in Salem while all of the focus is upon the hoopla of the net-cutting and the handing over of the Walnut & Bronze national championship trophy. Bo-ring. When's the last time that somebody did a diving crossbody or a moonsault senton or a frankensteiner off of the top of the backboard onto an opponent, or hit an opponent over the head with a metal folding chair, in order to claim the Walnut & Bronze?

[redman822]

Well no matter how the final four goes, for the second consecutive season, the D3 champ will also have possession of The Belt^TM.  It's just a question as to what region it will go to spend the offseason. 

Just based on school locations, in theory, it has a 50% chance of going to Massachusetts for the summer.

But my prognostications have both Massachusetts schools losing tomorrow night and The Belt^TM Championship will, also for the second year in a row, will have a first time Final Four school - who also is undefeated, vying for the title.   While I think Whitman will be hard to stop, I thought that of (my) Benedictine Eagles last year, part of me hopes that Augustana brings it home to the Quad Cities...

The Belt, I believe, has always gone to the NCAA champ.  We've been rooting for the scenario where that's not the case, but I think it has been for as far back as we've tracked it.

Ah...I've only followed since the middle of last season ('16)...

[Just Bill]

Well no matter how the final four goes, for the second consecutive season, the D3 champ will also have possession of The Belt^TM.  It's just a question as to what region it will go to spend the offseason. 

Just based on school locations, in theory, it has a 50% chance of going to Massachusetts for the summer.

But my prognostications have both Massachusetts schools losing tomorrow night and The Belt^TM Championship will, also for the second year in a row, will have a first time Final Four school - who also is undefeated, vying for the title.   While I think Whitman will be hard to stop, I thought that of (my) Benedictine Eagles last year, part of me hopes that Augustana brings it home to the Quad Cities...

The Belt, I believe, has always gone to the NCAA champ.  We've been rooting for the scenario where that's not the case, but I think it has been for as far back as we've tracked it.

Ah...I've only followed since the middle of last season ('16)...

Then you have quite a bit of reading to catch up on.

[sac]

Congrats to Babson on attaining the highest level of accomplishment life has to offer by acquiring The Belt^Tm by defeating Augustana 79-78.

2016-17  Goat Belt^Tm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel
3-3-17   UW-River Falls
3-4-17   Wartburg
3-10-17  Augustana
3-18-17  Babson



Next year it will obviously be the Beaver Belt^Tm

[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
2-6-16  Hope
2-26-16  Trine
2-27-16  Alma
3-12-16  Benedictine
3-19-16  St. Thomas


2016-17  Goat Belt^Tm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel
3-3-17   UW-River Falls
3-4-17   Wartburg
3-10-17  Augustana
3-18-17  Babson

[Gregory Sager]

This is the first time that the Beavers have had possession of The Belt^TM. I hope that they don't use It^TM to help build a dam or something.

[Greek Tragedy]

Nice work, Sac +1

[northb]

Congrats to Babson on attaining the highest level of accomplishment life has to offer by acquiring The Belt^Tm by defeating Augustana 79-78.

2016-17  Goat Belt^Tm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel
3-3-17   UW-River Falls
3-4-17   Wartburg
3-10-17  Augustana
3-18-17  Babson



Next year it will obviously be the Beaver Belt^Tm

How about the Pelt Belt^Tm? Simply offered for consideration

[Gregory Sager]

I like it!

[Just Bill]

I kind of like the Dam Belt^TM. So easy to use in a sentence.

[PeterEscobar]

I kind of like the Dam Belt^TM. So easy to use in a sentence.

Seconded

[lmitzel]

I was looking through the history of The Belt^TM today, just out of curiosity. Since The Dream Scenario^TM hasn't happened yet, The Belt^TM always enters the NCAA Tournament, but I wanted to see how the team who brought it in has fared. Assuming I looked everything up correctly (brackets were tricky):

One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '15 Augustana
Champion: None

[Smitty Oom]

Good research! So if The Dream Scenario^TM is where the team in possession of The Belt^TM is not in the NCAA tournament, what is the name of the event where the team holding onto It^TM goes wire to wire? Both have been elusive thus far in the storied history of The Belt^TM

[Pat Coleman]

I'd suggest it could or should be named after Platteville or Bo Ryan.