WBB: Landmark Conference

[Rofrog]

Here is another stat for Bethel compared to Scranton Bethel has played 19 games out of them 19 games 7-teams Have a winning record!Scrantons schedule 12 out of 19 have a winning record!Say the same for oglethorpe etc.they attack Misericordia for not playing anyone but when you look at these teams that they played omg1-18 twice or 2-20 twice.Facts that dont lie

[saratoga]

Royals 81:

Would the Lady Royal win total possibly be higher than their final D3 ranking?

With the mindset of their voters over the past several weeks, unfortunately, I think that's a very safe bet.

[gordonmann]

Record against teams in Top 25:
Bethel: 1-0 (2-0 if you want to count Gustavus which was ranked when they played)
Scranton: 0-1 (1-1 if you want to count DeSales which was ranked when they played)
Oglethorpe: None
Misericordia: 0-1

Strength of Schedule index (this is a more precise measure of comparing opponents' records to each other because it also takes opponents' opponents winning percentage into consideration):
Bethel: 188th
Scranton: 90th
Oglethorpe: 105th
Misericordia: 277th

Record against teams in Top 50 for SOS:
Bethel: 4-0
Scranton: 2-2
Oglethorpe: None
Misericordia: None

Massey rating:
Bethel: 2nd
Scranton: 42nd
Oglethorpe: 32nd
Misericordia: 94th

Record against teams in Massey Top 50:
Bethel: 5-0 (Augsburg, Eau Claire, Gustavus, Hamline x 2)
Scranton: 0-1 (George Fox)
Oglethorpe: 1-0 (Emory)
Misericordia: 0-1 (Scranton)

[Rofrog]

Susquehanna gave Scranton everything they had tonight!The refs,home court and the clock!Great play again by the Freshman PG Monaghan and Mason with the winning basket with no time on the clock but they found 1 second for one last play!One other thing Freshman getting alot of playing time.

[Rofrog]

Love it the only time Scranton makes the pages when they lose or almost,But Amherst barely gets by a weselyan team that is not good and here no story but ryan runs a story how great the top 3 are in nescac!

[gordonmann]

Scranton was one of our top women's stories on Saturday when they beat Elizabethtown.

https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/wrapup-women-0201

In terms of Recap mentions, Scranton is mentioned in them almost every week. That's partly because they have an energized fan base, partly because their SID always posts stories to our site that we can reference and partly because they have final scores that are worth mentioning. I write these recaps and there's only so many ways to say "Top 25 team beats over matched opponent by 30 and all we have is the box score."

We assigned the NESCAC top three story before Amherst played Wesleyan, as a lead up to the Bowdoin/Tufts showdown. Take a look at how NESCAC teams have done in the NCAA Tournament over the last decade. You'll see why we thought that level of dominance merited a story.

NCAA Tournament Records by Conference

[ronk]

 Gordon,
   Ryan's column on Amherst, Bowdoin, and Tufts was well-done, appropriate and thorough, considering their recent dominance on the national scene. Their academics, coaches, student-athletes, and finances have long been a high bar to compete against for basketball prospects. Stated by 1 with former personal choices currently starting for Amherst(4), Bowdoin(2), and Tufts(1, + 1 would-have been except for a season-long injury + 3 reserves). They deserve such attention.

[Rofrog]

Nice point but you have 3 teams or 4 always going from the nescac,Usually you have 1 maybe two from the landmark now and then!So they do have advantage!

[Rofrog]

I just wish one of these times your prospect or prospects would show up at the University of Scranton!So I looked up Rochester womens basketball roster and I notice Jamie Boeheim(Head Coach of Syracuse mens basketball team daughter) is not on the roster I wonder what happened or did i miss her!

[ronk]

I just wish one of these times your prospect or prospects would show up at the University of Scranton!So I looked up Rochester womens basketball roster and I notice Jamie Boeheim(Head Coach of Syracuse mens basketball team daughter) is not on the roster I wonder what happened or did i miss her!

Actually, there r 2 on the current roster - Sophia and Kyra. I didn't c Bridget since her rising junior summer so I don't know if I would have included her as a prospect if I had seen her the following summer. Now, thankfully, Trevor liked her independently and she's made a major impact already.

Jamie Boeheim is a team manager this year(soph); 1 could speculate that she's recovering from injury/illness; don't know the reason.

[Rofrog]

Yes she has(Monaghan)Thanks for the update on jamie boeheim wasnt sure!They are not to good the last couple years(Rochester) been a couple down years in that league!

[saratoga]

Flipped back & forth last evening between the Amherst/Bowdoin and Tufts games and one thing became abundantly clear...Amherst's defense will keep them in any game, anywhere at any time.

When you can lock down and throw a first quarter and 2 minutes into the second quarter shutout at a team like Bowdoin, that's pretty impressive.


Naturally, Bowdoin made a run but watching the length and constant movement of Amherst and their relentless attempts at offensive rebounds and second chance shots is not to be overlooked.

Although watching the Lady Royals hold Tufts scoreless for nearly 8 minutes in last years Elite 8 game has a special place in my memory, the effort put forth by Amherst last night is right up there.

[ronk]

 Also watched the Amherst game and agree about their defense.

[amh63]

Agree wrt the Amherst defense.  It must be noted that Amherst's young front court players was the key.  Bowdoin's big all-American front court player scored most of her points on the foul line. Amherst's front court starter got into foul problems and Amherst rotated in younger forwards to guard the Bowdoin all-American.  Meanwhile, Amherst's all-American guards played well.  Possible rematch ahead in Nescac Tourny and/or Post season NCAA.

[Rofrog]

Way to redeem yourself Lady Royals!Big win