University Athletic Association

deiscanton · January 26, 2011, 09:07:14 AM

The "Eagle Watch" on the Emory Athletics web site put up some new video comments from Emory head coach Christy Thomaskutty. In this week's session, coach Thomaskutty reviews the Emory team performance against Case and Carnegie Mellon, and gives a short preview of Emory's upcomng road trip to play Brandeis and NYU this upcoming weekend.

These comments were recorded on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, and can be found at:

http://www.emoryathletics.com/sports/wbkb/index

deiscanton · January 27, 2011, 04:02:15 AM

From the Jan. 24, 2011 edition of the Chicago Maroon comes Maroon reporter Mahmoud Bahrani's article on the Chicago women's weekend at Brandeis and NYU. Comments from Chicago player Meghan Herrick and Chicago coach Aaron Roussell on that weekend can be found at:

http://www.chicagomaroon.com/2011/1/24/maroons-grab-uaa-lead-extend-win-streak

Wydown Blvd. · January 28, 2011, 12:19:44 AM

One of the most beautiful sports articles I have ever read:
Big Coach in the Little Gym: Scott Lang

A must read. I have a new favorite team to add.

Out_Of_My_Kitchen · January 28, 2011, 09:50:07 PM

Rochester goes down again tonight against New York. They played a couple tough teams lately (Wash U, Chicago) and have hit a little slide. We will see if they will rebound to finish the season and make the NCAAs. I would expect them to get a Pool C bid unless the wheels fall completely off.

deiscanton · January 29, 2011, 10:44:56 AM

Game recap from last night's NYU women's basketball victory over #12 Rochester:

http://www.gonyuathletics.com/news/2011/1/28/WBB_0128112451.aspx

The recap has comments from NYU coach Stefano Trompeo on the game, and also has a picture of NYU's #20 Tana Bertino, who scored a career high 18 pts last night.

Rochester's Melissa Alwardt also scored a career high 30 pts in the losing effort.

(At least the photo on the NYU game recap is that of an NYU player from the current team, as opposed to the file photo of the NYU v. Brandeis game from February 28, 2009 which D3Hoops.com put on the front page to commemorate last night's NYU victory.-- not that I enjoy a good photo of former NYU player Jessica McEntee at her best.)

NYU shot 35 of 39 from the charity stripe in the win. The 35 FT's made in a single game were the fourth most in NYU program history.

Rochester's rookie point guard Laney Ming was out for the second consecutive game-- she probably got injured after the game vs. Carnegie Mellon.

Pat Coleman · January 30, 2011, 12:17:38 AM

Can't put their vertical photo in our horizontal hole.

deiscanton · January 30, 2011, 04:54:40 AM

Please accept my apologies for any displeasure that one may have felt at my Saturday post regarding the picture of NYU.

It was not my intention to cast blame on anyone for this, and I will be moving on from here.....

deiscanton · January 30, 2011, 05:27:39 AM

Regarding the Brandeis performance from Friday's game vs Emory--

(1) I was relieved to finally see the Brandeis women score more than 70 in a contest. Prior to Friday, Brandeis had only broken the 70 pt mark twice this season-- vs Emmanuel and Lasell.

(2) I was glad to see Brandeis's Morgan Kendrew get a career high 26 points, and Brandeis's Amber Strodthoff getting her third double-double of the season (7th for her career.)

(3) After getting outrebounded in the previous 4 UAA contests, and only outrebounding NYU by 1 rebound, Brandeis was finally able to significantly dominate the boards in a UAA game for the first time this season.

(4) Brandeis was able to shoot over 40% for the game-- Brandeis is 5-0 this season when they shoot over 40% on the game.

I'm looking forward to today's game vs Rochester, and I hope that it will be an exciting contest....

Pat Coleman · January 30, 2011, 09:52:38 AM

Quote from: deiscanton on January 30, 2011, 04:54:40 AM
Please accept my apologies for any displeasure that one may have felt at my Saturday post regarding the picture of NYU. It was not my intention to cast blame on anyone for this, and I will be moving on from here.....

That's alright -- was just pointing it out, like you were. Not offended.

WUPHF · January 30, 2011, 05:11:41 PM

Washington University over Case Western, 80-58. The game was even until Kathryn Berger knocked down three consecutive three pointers. Berger finished with 21 overall.

Congratulations to Dani Hoover on what was the best game I have ever seen her play.

WUPHF · January 30, 2011, 05:26:45 PM

UAA Round-Up

Rochester 61, Brandeis 50
Emory 60, New York University 75
Carnegie Mellon 65, Chicago 90
Case Western Reserve 58, Washington 80

Chicago leads the UAA (7-0) with Washington University one game back (6-1) and Rochester, Case Western, and New York tied for third at 4-3. Chicago and Washington University play their toughest road stretch in two weeks at Rochester and Emory.

deiscanton · January 30, 2011, 05:55:57 PM

My recap of the Rochester v Brandeis game--

(1) The Brandeis defense held Rochester's Melissa Alwardt scoreless in the first half-- Alwardt went 0-4 from 3 pt land in that half. However, in the second half, Alwardt went 4-9 from the field, 2-5 from 3 pt land and went a perfect 12-12 from the charity stripe to end up with 22 points scored in that half.

(2) Brandeis's Mia DePalo played the best offensive game of her career today-- she went 8-14 from the field and 5 of 7 from 3 pt land to score a career high 21 pts. 0-2 from the charity stripe, but Mia DePalo can work on that aspect of her game for the second half of the conference season.

(3) Rochester's Jodie Luther had a double-double of 15 pts and 10 rebounds.

(4) Although Brandeis technically won the battle on the offensive glass by 2 rebounds, the Judges could not get offensive rebounds at the crucial moments of the game.

(5) Rochester went 25-33 from the charity stripe for the game, while Brandeis could only make 5-11 from the free throw line.

(6) Rochester point guard Laney Ming is anticipated to be back for next week's rematches vs Brandeis and NYU after missing her third game due to an injury that she sustained in practice after the CMU game.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · February 02, 2011, 03:23:49 PM

First Regional Rankings: http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2011/02/02/ncaas-mens-regional-rankings/
Yes - the link says "mens" but both regional rankings are posted there.

deiscanton · February 02, 2011, 03:46:19 PM

UAA Women's teams in regional rankings

Chicago-- #4 Central
Wash U-- #5 Central
Rochester-- #2 East

So far, the prospects look good for the UAA to send up to 3 women's teams to the NCAAs-- in addition to the automatic bid, 2 Pool C's look to be coming to the UAA women's basketball teams barring any collapses in the next seven games from any one of these three regionally ranked teams.

The next big weekend for these 3 regionally ranked teams looks to be the weekend of Feb. 11-13 when Chicago and Wash U go to Emory and Rochester. This weekend, Wash U and Chicago play at Case and Carnegie Mellon-- so far, Case is 0-3 vs Wash U, Chicago, and Rochester-- the Spartans will try to pull off some upsets this weekend at Horsburgh Gym. Rochester hosts NYU and Brandeis this weekend to start a 4 game UAA home stand, while Wash U and Chicago start a 4 game UAA road trip.

Going into this week, here is the current situation, as I see it:

(1) Although the Yellowjackets are currently ranked at #2 in the East, Rochester needs to pick up wins in this upcoming 4 game homestand if Rochester is still to be considered in the Pool C picture at the end of the season. Ideally, Rochester should do no worse than 3-1 over these next 4 games, and it will be a plus if UR can sweep all 4 of these games.

Rochester is 0-3 vs regionally ranked opposition this week, with all 3 of those losses coming on the road-- @ Medaille (#1 East), @ Chicago, and @ Wash U. Assuming that Rochester can sweep this weekend against NYU and Brandeis, the upcoming weekend vs Wash U and Chicago at the Palestra will prove a lot as to Rochester's Pool C chances.

(2) Chicago is the UAA leader with a 1 game lead over Wash U going into the final stretch of the season-- Chicago has a 2-1 record vs reg. ranked opposition, with wins over Wash U and Rochester, and a loss to Illinois Wesleyan (#1 Central). As long as Chicago stays in the UAA title hunt, their chances for an NCAA bid look good. Chicago plays at Rochester on Feb. 11, and then goes to Wash U for the final game of the UAA calendar on Feb. 26 as their upcoming games vs reg. ranked opposition.

(3) Wash U is 1 game back of Chicago right now and needs to stay within striking distance if the Bears are to go to the NCAAs. Wash U has a 1-2 mark vs regionally ranked opposition this week (loss vs Illinois Wesleyan (#1 in Central), loss @ Chicago, win vs Rochester. Wash U has the test on Feb. 13 @ Rochester, and then hosts Chicago on the final game day of the UAA calendar as their upcoming games vs regionally ranked opposition.

deiscanton · February 04, 2011, 06:45:34 PM

Halftime scores from Friday, Feb. 4 in the UAA--

1.) Wash U 39, Carnegie Mellon 22
2.) Chicago 30, Case 19
3.) Rochester 35, NYU 19
4.) Emory 30, Brandeis 29

Some short tidbits-- I am listening to JC DeLass's call of Rochester hosting NYU, and also watching some of the Chicago v Case game. I am following live stats for all 4 of the games.

Laney Ming of Rochester is out for the fourth straight game due to injury, and NYU's Tana Bertino is not playing today due to illness.

Although Melissa Alwardt of Rochester was held scoreless in the first half, the Yellowjackets managed to make a 21-0 run on NYU midway through the first half before NYU started a counter-rally led by Maggie Ely to cut the Rochester lead to 16 at the break.

Chicago has essentially led Case throughout the half, while Brandeis led most of the first half down in Atlanta before Emory took the lead in the final seconds of the half.