WBB: Landmark Conference

[ronk]

They are the type of players you dont want on your team!They bring the team down!Like bontemp!!

U went deep for that reference; thought u were laying some French on us when I 1st read it.

[saratoga]

Ronk:

Totally agree that even though she wasn't raining down the 3's as in the past, she was clearly a vital part to the team.

When she & Bridgett came in, the heat was certainly turned up on the defensive end.

Sometimes kids think the only way they help their team is by scoring & when that falters, they aren't being successful.

I love when she drove to the basket as it opened up a whole new set of options for her.

If you remember during their pivotal 4th quarter 14-0 run against Tufts, two of those points came from her from a fake 3 and drive to the basket for a layup.

Not sure of the circumstances but sorry to see a nice player ever leave.

[gordonmann]

She's been a big part of that team and is a really good defender. I assume she's devoted a lot of her life to basketball and to Scranton's program. I hope she has peace with walking away from the team now. It's the type of decision you can't do over later in life.

[saratoga]

Life only gives you so many games.

I think of Julia Gantz that had back to back torn ACL's in each knee that worked so hard to try & come back but just couldn't yet she was at every practice & on the bench at every game and was voted a team co-captain last year.

One would have given anything to play one more game and another walks away with almost a season and a half on the table.

Hard to figure sometimes.

[Roundball999]

I've seen starters leave D3 teams to care for a terminally ill family member, or because clinicals for their degree program were just incompatible with any kind of practice or game schedule.  These were mature, admirable decisions where D3 hoops rightfully took a back seat.  Whatever the circumstances here, I'm sure she's making the decision she feels is right for her.  Even if it's just that she's lost interest or is frustrated, IMO it's better that another player more committed to the program and the effort gets the PT.

[Rofrog]

Just laugh at the top 25

[saratoga]

Exactly.

At this rate, if they run the table in conference play, they should clearly be out of the Top 25 by then. 

[Tim the Enchanter]

I can see Augsburg leapfrogging the Lady Royals with their victory over St. Thomas, but I'm scratching my head about Oglethorpe doing the same.  I would take Scranton's double-digit victories over 13-6 Drew and 10-8 E-Town, versus Oglethorpe beating 13-8 Rhodes and the powerhouse that is 2-20 Hendrix...

[gordonmann]

Sometimes I can offer you a thoughtful guess on why teams move in the poll, but not this time.

Oglethorpe didn't do anything to justify moving in front of Scranton. Both teams gained points (i.e. moved up people's ballots overall) but I have no idea what Oglethorpe moved up more.

[Swish3]

If you put any stock in the Massey Ratings, Scranton and Austin are 42nd and 63rd respectively....

[Pat Coleman]

Those are three teams all within six points of each other, and last week it was four teams within 15 points. It doesn't take much to reshuffle that deck.

It helps to look at the number of points each team has -- some teams are stacked closely together and others are not.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Sometimes I can offer you a thoughtful guess on why teams move in the poll, but not this time.

Oglethorpe didn't do anything to justify moving in front of Scranton. Both teams gained points (i.e. moved up people's ballots overall) but I have no idea what Oglethorpe moved up more.

It could be one of those scenarios where they didn't pass Scranton on any individual ballots, but they moved up more spaces overall and thus earned more points.

[Rofrog]

Scranton redeems one of those losses by beating Etown at Etown so what happens when you go 4-0 in the last two weeks you drop in the polls!lol

[Royals81]

Posted by: saratoga
Today at 07:05:05 am »

Exactly.
At this rate, if they run the table in conference play, they should clearly be out of the Top 25 by then. 

Saratoga,
I was thinking the same thing.
If the Lady Royals with their remaining 6 regular season games, would their win total (22) still be higher than their ranking?

[Rofrog]

I just dont believe in massey for instance pick two teams out of the top 25 and try to compare by schedule if it makes sense.First up is Bethel 19-0 number 2 I think.on massey.This is their Schedule and records of teams they fast and then I will compare it to the Royals at 16-3!So Bethel first remeber 19-0 teams they played and records Northwest 12-8,Eau claire 12-7,River falls 5-14,Hamline twice 14-5,St olaf8-11,Carleton7-12,MacCalester,1-18 twice,St Catherine 9-10 twice,Vasser 13-6,Salisbury 9-12,St mary(minn)2-17,Augsburg16-3,Gustavus Adolphus14-5,St Benedctine 9-10 dont forget they played teams twice this is who massey has at no 2 plays absolutely no one in my opinion!Scranton 16-3 Ursinus7-13,Gwyned Mercy 10-9,Kings12-7,Wilkes8-11,Marywood 6-11,Desales 15-4,Elmira 4-16,Goucher 4-16,Misericordia 17-2(Still dont understand why not ranked),Rosemont6-13,George fox 16-4 (L),St Vincent 14-6,Moraivan 11-8,Etown 9-7(L),Catholic16-3(L),Susq12-7,Drew13-6,At Etown 10-8 look at those two and tell me how do you have a team that plays a crap schedule no 2 in massey and 5 in d3 hoops.By the Looks of it I think Scranton played a tougher schedule just compared to records of opponents!