University Athletic Association

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Washington University leads Division I Bradley University 32-31 at the half.  Alex Hoover leads the way with 11 points.

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The Bears tried, but could not hold on as they fall to Bradley 66-53.

[Wydown Blvd.]

WashU falls 66-53 to Bradley. 3-pt shooting kept WashU in the game. Alex Hoover lead WashU with 14.
They definitely could have beat this D1, so good sign for the start of non-conference play.

Bradley's press release
WashU press release

[Wydown Blvd.]

Haven't posted all pre-season, but excited for the start of the season.

Alwardt was the only UAAer to be named a d3hoops preseason All-American, but that wasn't too surprising with a good chunk of talent graduating from the conference. Figured Wustl would have a shot to get maybe Alex Hoover in at best... but no one from their squad made all-american (or even all-region) last year. Alwardt would have my vote for unofficial pre-season POY as well, especially consider the scoring numbers she can put up. Id put Hoover and Hollinger as the dark horses for POY especially if WashU puts their money on Hoover to lead the charge or Case can pull out any victories against the "big boys" (ie Chicago, Brandeis, UR, Wustl). Hollinger is a little unorthodox at times and may have gaudy stats in non-conference play. Case has a solid nonconference sched. (based on program name alone) with Mount Union, Wilmington, Kenyon, and Denison on their slate.

Chicago and Brandeis both retooling. Should be interesting to see their team chemistry come January. Brandeis' nonconference schedule looks comfortable. Chicago is a stark contrast. Again, just based on program names alone, Luther, Loras, IWU, and Carthage are all formidable opponents.

I don't know how healthy CMU is. They had some awful injuries last year, but if healthy, can surprise some folks this year. I know Emory played the spoiler last year with wins over Rochester and Brandeis, and CMU will have the opportunity this year. Dont know too much about Emory's nonconference opponents, but the same as they usually are... without looking, they are probably: BirmSouthern, Oglethorpe, Sewanee, Maryville, Piedmont, Agnes Scott...yep.

Looks like WashU and Rochester will be the teams to beat in conference. Rochester not losing much to graduation and WashU in sharp contrast with a different cast than last year. But WashU's loss to Bradley was as good of a loss that you can have in D1 matchup. Reminded me of Wustl when they played SLU a few years ago, they stayed in the game, but didnt have enough to pull out the victory in the "4th quarter"

Im thinking 4 will be a stretch to get in the tourney this year. 3 is a more reasonable number. But, of course Im hoping for 5 

All in all, Im excited for the games to begin on Monday. Lets get-em UAA.

[Wydown Blvd.]

#5 Rochester loses to Medaille. Last year, Rochester only won this matchup by 2, so I could sort of see this upset coming.
CMU is the only other UAA squad losing their opener.

Emory threw down 94 pts against Oglethorpe... Gave up 74, but 50+ points of the bench is pretty impressive. Alot of young talent, frosh and sophs, leading the charge. They could be the spoiler this year like they were last year when they beat Rochester @ the Palestra.

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Washington University clearly regrets coughing up the lead to Illinois Wesleyan yesterday and leads DePauw, 45-40 with ten minutes to play.

Kathryn Berger is leading the charge with 13 points.

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Washington University with the buzzer beater!  Three shots at the end and Annie Sayers knocks down the shot with one second left!  58-56 is the final.

Washington University, DePauw and Illinois Wesleyan go 1-1-1 in the DePauw Tip-Off.

[sumfun]

Sounds like a great weekend of basketball.  Nothing like coming out of the chute with top competition in the country.  Will be interesting to see where each team goes from here.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Yeah, this is a great way to start the season!  DePauw, IWU, and WashU do this annually (rotating home court among the three teams).  All three are annually ranked very high going in (if I recall correctly, a couple of years ago all were in the top 5).

This year they began IWU #3, WashU #7, and DePauw #12.  With each team picking up a win and a loss, it'll be interesting to see how they rank next week.

[Wydown Blvd.]

I liked this three-team round robin format. The advantage for the home team is the day off between games, but its great competition instead of two games against a weaker fourth opponent.

Seems like the weekend proved these teams are certainly peers in the rankings, whether that means peers in the top 10-15, we should really know by january.

[Wydown Blvd.]

Looks like it might be a long season for CMU. They got beat badly by Denison

From the NCAC board:
Denison 91. CMU 44 -- DU hit nearly 60% of their shots, +16 on the glass, four players in double figures

[Wydown Blvd.]

Also wanted to note the offensive tallies by Emory. They sit at 2-2, but have put up solid pt totals of 94, 129, 53, and 83

[nyufan]

Haven't posted all pre-season, but excited for the start of the season....

All in all, Im excited for the games to begin on Monday. Lets get-em UAA.

No mention of NYU??? I'm interested to hear your comments on them...

[nyufan]

#5 Rochester loses to Medaille. Last year, Rochester only won this matchup by 2, so I could sort of see this upset coming.

NYU won against Medaille... any comment?

[nyufan]

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Haven't posted all pre-season, but excited for the start of the season....

All in all, Im excited for the games to begin on Monday. Lets get-em UAA.

No mention of NYU??? I'm interested to hear your comments on them...

Sorry- I meant to respond to a quote earlier posted.. not sure of the right process..

at any rate, the conference assessment had no reference to NYU and I was wondering why...