Great Lakes Region

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The third public NCAA Division III regional rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/men-regional-rankings-third

[raiderpa]

Wish  they should have waited a day for the Great Lakes Regional ratings.  Marietta upset at home by John Carroll, that's a very poor end of season for them. Cap also stumbled a bit at the end.
Mount may have moved up a spot (obviously I am a fan). They did beat Capital at home and were unbeaten in their facility.

Hopefully the Raiders can take care of business tomorrow night against the Blue Streaks and finish first or second in the OAC tourney after sharing the conference title.  I am not familiar with NCAA selection procedures, but hope a win tomorrow night will get them into the field, even if they lose the final.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Well ... they never change the data on regional rankings in any sports, so ...

But the loss for Marietta will be registered in the Week 4 rankings and the final ones done by the committee for selections, bracketing, hosting, etc. These rankings aren't the be-all and end-all.

[sac]

Final Regional Rankings with  WP/SOS/RRO
data sheet:  http://web1.ncaa.org/champsel_new/exec/pdf/staticpdfrank

   Great Lakes        
1   Wittenberg   22-5   .815/.545/6-3
2   Marietta          20-6    .769/.549/6-4
3   Wooster          23-5     .821/.543/3-4
4   Capital          20-7     .741/.545/6-4
5   Baldwin Wallace   20-8     .714/.550/4-8
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6   Mount Union   22-6    .786/.511/5-4
7   Wilmington   17-8     .680/.544/5-6
8   Wabash          19-6      .760/.533/2-4
9   La Roche           24-3     .889/.510/0-1

Mt. Union needed a tougher non-conference schedule, bad luck Adrian wasn't better.
Wilmington had an open date they couldn't fill that might have helped them
Wabash had two out of division games that didn't help them
La Roche    I don't know.......join the OAC I guess.

BW would have been an interesting 'C' candidate


I'm not thrilled with the #1 ranked team in any region not getting a hosting opportunity.  But I don't know if Wittenberg put in to host, I assume they did.

[sac]

Great Lakes AQ's, 4 are different than last year and only 1 reg. season champion (Hanover)
OAC    Baldwin Wallace
NCAC  Wittenberg
MIAA   Albion
PAC     Chatham
AMCC  PSU-Behrend
HCAC  Hanover




Great Lakes Pool C's

2008--Capital, Wooster
2009--Capital, Carnegie-Mellon
2010--John Carroll
2011--Wittenberg, PSU-Behrend
2012--Wittenberg, Ohio Wesleyan
2013--Wooster
2014--Hope, Wittenberg, Ohio Wesleyan
2015--Marietta, John Carroll, Ohio Wesleyan, Wooster
2016--Marietta, Ohio Wesleyan, Wooster, Hope
2017--Hope
2018--Wooster, Marietta
2019--Wooster, Marietta, Capital

HCAC teams  Anderson(2010), Hanover(2011), Transylvania(2012, 2013) received Pool C's from the Midwest Region.

NCAC--13
OAC--9
MIAA--3
UAA--1
AMCC--1
PAC--0
HCAC--4 (all from Midwest Region)

[Fifth and Putnam]

Final Regional Rankings with  WP/SOS/RRO
data sheet:  http://web1.ncaa.org/champsel_new/exec/pdf/staticpdfrank

   Great Lakes        
1   Wittenberg   22-5   .815/.545/6-3
2   Marietta          20-6    .769/.549/6-4
3   Wooster          23-5     .821/.543/3-4
4   Capital          20-7     .741/.545/6-4
5   Baldwin Wallace   20-8     .714/.550/4-8
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6   Mount Union   22-6    .786/.511/5-4
7   Wilmington   17-8     .680/.544/5-6
8   Wabash          19-6      .760/.533/2-4
9   La Roche           24-3     .889/.510/0-1

Mt. Union needed a tougher non-conference schedule, bad luck Adrian wasn't better.
Wilmington had an open date they couldn't fill that might have helped them
Wabash had two out of division games that didn't help them
La Roche    I don't know.......join the OAC I guess.

BW would have been an interesting 'C' candidate


I'm not thrilled with the #1 ranked team in any region not getting a hosting opportunity.  But I don't know if Wittenberg put in to host, I assume they did.

Word on the NCAC board was that Wittenberg had a conflict with the gym and did not put in to host.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Final Regional Rankings with  WP/SOS/RRO
data sheet:  http://web1.ncaa.org/champsel_new/exec/pdf/staticpdfrank

   Great Lakes        
1   Wittenberg   22-5   .815/.545/6-3
2   Marietta          20-6    .769/.549/6-4
3   Wooster          23-5     .821/.543/3-4
4   Capital          20-7     .741/.545/6-4
5   Baldwin Wallace   20-8     .714/.550/4-8
----------------------------------------------------
6   Mount Union   22-6    .786/.511/5-4
7   Wilmington   17-8     .680/.544/5-6
8   Wabash          19-6      .760/.533/2-4
9   La Roche           24-3     .889/.510/0-1

Mt. Union needed a tougher non-conference schedule, bad luck Adrian wasn't better.
Wilmington had an open date they couldn't fill that might have helped them
Wabash had two out of division games that didn't help them
La Roche    I don't know.......join the OAC I guess.

BW would have been an interesting 'C' candidate


I'm not thrilled with the #1 ranked team in any region not getting a hosting opportunity.  But I don't know if Wittenberg put in to host, I assume they did.

If the #1 team in a region isn't hosting - and they're within 500 miles of at least three teams - assume if they're not hosting, the paperwork wasn't submitted.

[Riley056]

Aside from Caldwell at Capital - are there any players in the GL not playing this weekend because of injury?

[sac]

Final Regional Rankings with  WP/SOS/RRO
data sheet:  http://web1.ncaa.org/champsel_new/exec/pdf/staticpdfrank

   Great Lakes        
1   Wittenberg   22-5   .815/.545/6-3
2   Marietta          20-6    .769/.549/6-4
3   Wooster          23-5     .821/.543/3-4
4   Capital          20-7     .741/.545/6-4
5   Baldwin Wallace   20-8     .714/.550/4-8
----------------------------------------------------
6   Mount Union   22-6    .786/.511/5-4
7   Wilmington   17-8     .680/.544/5-6
8   Wabash          19-6      .760/.533/2-4
9   La Roche           24-3     .889/.510/0-1

Mt. Union needed a tougher non-conference schedule, bad luck Adrian wasn't better.
Wilmington had an open date they couldn't fill that might have helped them
Wabash had two out of division games that didn't help them
La Roche    I don't know.......join the OAC I guess.

BW would have been an interesting 'C' candidate


I'm not thrilled with the #1 ranked team in any region not getting a hosting opportunity.  But I don't know if Wittenberg put in to host, I assume they did.

Word on the NCAC board was that Wittenberg had a conflict with the gym and did not put in to host.

It doesn't appear to be athletics related as there are no sports teams on campus this weekend.  Their academic calendar says spring break starts Friday.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Final Regional Rankings with  WP/SOS/RRO
data sheet:  http://web1.ncaa.org/champsel_new/exec/pdf/staticpdfrank

   Great Lakes        
1   Wittenberg   22-5   .815/.545/6-3
2   Marietta          20-6    .769/.549/6-4
3   Wooster          23-5     .821/.543/3-4
4   Capital          20-7     .741/.545/6-4
5   Baldwin Wallace   20-8     .714/.550/4-8
----------------------------------------------------
6   Mount Union   22-6    .786/.511/5-4
7   Wilmington   17-8     .680/.544/5-6
8   Wabash          19-6      .760/.533/2-4
9   La Roche           24-3     .889/.510/0-1

Mt. Union needed a tougher non-conference schedule, bad luck Adrian wasn't better.
Wilmington had an open date they couldn't fill that might have helped them
Wabash had two out of division games that didn't help them
La Roche    I don't know.......join the OAC I guess.

BW would have been an interesting 'C' candidate


I'm not thrilled with the #1 ranked team in any region not getting a hosting opportunity.  But I don't know if Wittenberg put in to host, I assume they did.

Word on the NCAC board was that Wittenberg had a conflict with the gym and did not put in to host.

It doesn't appear to be athletics related as there are no sports teams on campus this weekend.  Their academic calendar says spring break starts Friday.

The hosting deadline is well before the end of the season.  It could simply be (if they didn't bid to host) that they thought they'd not be in position to do it and didn't want to do the paperwork for nothing.  Remember, it was a big run in the last two weeks that got them where they are.  They were an afterthought in January.

[wally_wabash]

The hosting deadline is well before the end of the season.  It could simply be (if they didn't bid to host) that they thought they'd not be in position to do it and didn't want to do the paperwork for nothing.  Remember, it was a big run in the last two weeks that got them where they are.  They were an afterthought in January.

Possible, but Wittenberg is no stranger to NCAA postseasons in multiple sports (men's basketball, certainly).  I have to believe that if they didn't file to host, there's a legitimate venue conflict that prevented it.  Maybe a secret John Legend homecoming concert at the Pam?  I don't know.  We'll have to wait and see. 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The hosting deadline is well before the end of the season.  It could simply be (if they didn't bid to host) that they thought they'd not be in position to do it and didn't want to do the paperwork for nothing.  Remember, it was a big run in the last two weeks that got them where they are.  They were an afterthought in January.

Possible, but Wittenberg is no stranger to NCAA postseasons in multiple sports (men's basketball, certainly).  I have to believe that if they didn't file to host, there's a legitimate venue conflict that prevented it.  Maybe a secret John Legend homecoming concert at the Pam?  I don't know.  We'll have to wait and see.

Best I can tell you ... there was an effort to host, so I am not sure if there was a conflict. I just know they didn't file to host by the deadline.

[raiderpa]

GOOD LUCK TO OHIO ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAMS IN THE TOURNEY.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Schedule for the GL tonight:
Baldwin Wallace vs Salisbury (Mid-Atlantic) @ Oswego St 5:30pm
Wittenberg vs Emory (South) @ Guilford 5:30pm
Hanover vs Wheaton (IL) (Central) @ Wooster 5:30pm
Albion vs Loras (West) @ North Central 6:30pm
Capital vs UW-Platteville (Central) @ Augustana 6:30pm
Penn St-Behrend @ Hamilton (Northeast) 7:30pm
Wooster vs Baruch (Atlantic) 7:30pm
Marietta vs Maryville (South) 8:00pm
Chatham @ North Central (Central) 8:30pm

No Great Lakes teams face each other and every region is represented except for the East.

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Schedule for the GL tonight:
Baldwin Wallace vs Salisbury (Mid-Atlantic) @ Oswego St 5:30pm 75-61
Wittenberg vs Emory (South) @ Guilford 5:30pm 100-88
Hanover vs Wheaton (IL) (Central) @ Wooster 5:30pm 73-84
Albion vs Loras (West) @ North Central 6:30pm 64-75
Capital vs UW-Platteville (Central) @ Augustana 6:30pm 78-76 OT
Penn St-Behrend @ Hamilton (Northeast) 7:30pm 70-72
Wooster vs Baruch (Atlantic) 7:30pm 81-57
Marietta vs Maryville (South) 8:00pm 101-77
Chatham @ North Central (Central) 8:30pm 48-77

No Great Lakes teams face each other and every region is represented except for the East.

5-4 record in the first round

Baldwin Wallace @ Oswego St (East) 7:00pm
Wooster vs Wheaton (Central) 7:00pm
Wittenberg @ Guilford (South) 7:00pm
Marietta vs Arcadia (Mid-Atlantic) 7:00pm
Capital @ Augustana (Central) 7:00pm