WBB: Landmark Conference

[Augie2020]

Just watched the #6 team take a beating at home to a team the Lady Royals beat by 42!Massey has this team ahead of the Lady Royals do they watch games?

[scottiedawg]

Just watched the #6 team take a beating at home to a team the Lady Royals beat by 42!Massey has this team ahead of the Lady Royals do they watch games?

Massey, by definition, watches zero games!

And While D3Datacast's Efficiency Data also, by definition, watches zero games, that metric matches my own personal eye test the best, and has Scranton clearly the 2nd best team in the nation.

[Augie2020]

So Lady Royals beat your top 15 team by 22 and gain 0 points in your poll.Sounds about right ✅️

[Pat Coleman]

So Lady Royals beat your top 15 team by 22 and gain 0 points in your poll.Sounds about right ✅️

They have 582 points, and the two teams ahead of them -- there are only two teams ahead of them -- each thumped everyone they played all week.

You might want to consider if what you are asking for is reasonable.

[Augie2020]

Pat IWU played two games since last poll In week 6 it was 584 to 582 IwU just barely got by a 7 and 9 team North Central 80-75 )so they thumped Carthage.Oshkosh beat your # 15 team in OT. In that week Scranton beat two teams one which was ranked in your top 15. IWU went from 584 to 589 Scranton 582 to 582 and Oshkosh 542 to 549.

[Pat Coleman]

Nope. IWU only played one game last week, against Carthage, and was off on Saturday, Jan. 18.

[scottiedawg]

IWU went from 584 to 589 Scranton 582 to 582 and Oshkosh 542 to 549.

I can tell you 2 of IWU's 5 point increase came from me and Riley Zayas moving IWU from 4th to 3rd (both have had Scranton #2).

[saratoga]

Clearly the Lady Royals are a Top 5 team.
Where exactly that plays out per D3 is always a point of conjecture.
What matters most is winning the Landmark & getting the automatic & then hoping the committee seeds you appropriately.
That is where things can go sideways in a hurry.

[scottiedawg]

The nice thing is that if you're a top 4 seed, you are not allowed to play another top 4 seed until the Final Four. And cannot play a top 8 seed until the Elite 8.

And even though it's not a requirement, there's no reason for the committee to not put 2/3 seeds on one side of the bracket and 1/4 on the other (meaning if chalk gets to Final Four 1 and 2 would not face each other in the Semifinals).

[saratoga]

The nice thing is that if you're a top 4 seed, you are not allowed to play another top 4 seed until the Final Four. And cannot play a top 8 seed until the Elite 8.

Great point.
And...thanks for your continued belief in the Lady Royals. 

[NEPAFAN]

Annual shout out to the 10 person Juniata Pep Band...

[saratoga]

Here's a nice article on a Lady Royal recruit for next season.

https://www.henhudschools.org/post-details/~board/hendrick-hudson-school-district-news/post/kaitlyn-raguso-named-coned-athlete-of-the-week

[Tim the Enchanter]

In the least suspenseful news of the evening, the Lady Royals clinch a conference playoff berth tonight with their win over Drew.  With a win on Saturday over Goucher, they clinch a home playoff game.

[NEPAFAN]

Stealing this from the Multi-Region board.

II Women's Basketball Committee has officially published its first NPI Summary report for the 2024-25 season.  The report includes games through Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.

With today's victory over WashU, NYU has officially retaken the #1 rating among all D3 women's basketball teams from Illinois Wesleyan.  In the report, NYU officially has an NPI rating of 65.637 (#1 in DIII), while Illinois Wesleyan is #2 at 64.940

All official NPI reports when published can be found at

http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties

Until the final week of the DIII season, The official NPI ranking reports are expected to be published once a week and include games through Sundays.  During conference tournament week (the final week of the DIII regular season), the official NPI reports are expected to be published daily.  The official selections NPI report when published on Selection Sunday will have the date and indicate (selections) on it.

NPI rankings for UAA women's basketball teams through Sunday Feb. 2, 2025, according to the published NPI report--

#1 NYU-- 65.637
#31  Carnegie Mellon-- 58.238
#37  WashU-- 57.085
#46  Emory-- 56.512
#51  UChicago-- 56.383
#80  Brandeis-- 54.989
#87  Rochester-- 54.497
#210  CWRU-- 49.073

[saratoga]

Big game on the women's side at E-town tomorrow with a visit from CUA.
As a Scranton fan I guess I'd like a CUA win so both schools will have 2 losses.
Should be a good one.