University Athletic Association

deiscanton · February 17, 2011, 08:08:59 AM

Quote from: GoGreenGoRed on February 17, 2011, 05:50:47 AM
Wash U's lack of a current Regional Ranking makes me nervous. Who would have thought that four losses to four ranked teams could equal a team being left out? Who were Chicago's losses to when they didn't get in but should have?

Chicago had a non-conference loss to Carroll earlier in that 2008-09 season which doomed the Maroons from getting in. The loss to Carroll justified St. Norbert being ranked ahead of Chicago in the regional rankings due to the fact that St. Norbert defeated Carroll in conference play, thus giving the Green Knights the advantage over the Maroons on better in-region records vs common opponents. The Maroons went 8-6 in the UAA that year for a 4th place finish in the UAA standings. 7 of Chicago's 8 losses were to regionally ranked opposition.- Illinois Wesleyan, and the 4 UAA teams that made it to the NCAAs. Chicago defeated NCAA tournament teams Brandeis and Rochester in league play.

Just a reminder that in the 2008-09 season, The Massey ratings had ranked the UAA as the toughest conference in DIII Women's hoop. All 4 teams from the UAA that made it to the NCAAs hosted first and second round games in the NCAAs and advanced to the Sweet 16, Brandeis made it to the Elite Eight (out of a 5th place 7-7 finish in the UAA) before falling to Amherst, and Wash U made it to the national title game before faling to George Fox.

For a flavor of the conversation from the selection process in the 2008-09 season and how it affected the UAA, see my discussion in Reply #1102 and Reply #1108 in talking about Chicago. See also the posts from bearsfan-- Reply # 1103 and Reply #1106. They are still up in this forum.

I apologize that I am not able to put up the exact quotes from these replies, but the cites are there for your reference-- I feel that a complete read of these replies will give people a sense of what it was like back then.

deiscanton · February 17, 2011, 10:15:13 AM

A UAA History lesson--

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the game where NYU's Dari Magyar hit the 3 pointer at the buzzer at NYU's Coles Center to give the Violets a 65-64 victory over Wash U, handing Wash U their 2nd loss of the season. Wash U had their then NCAA-record 81 game winning streak snapped just a few weeks before with a loss at Fontbonne. The NYU victory caused a tie in the UAA standings which eventually led to Wash U and NYU being declared UAA Co-Champions, and NYU winning the automatic bid via coin flip. To this date, it is the only time in UAA history that a UAA automatic bid in either men's or women's hoop was decided via the coin toss.

The Bears went on to win their fourth straight national championship.

Back in that day, the NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Tournament was a 50 team field, with only 7 teams getting Pool C bids. Automatic bids had just been implemented the year before, in the 1999-2000 season.

Here is a feature on the 2000-2001 NYU Women's Basketball Team courtesy of an article in the Village Voice that was written by Alisa Solomon. It was written on January 30, 2001-- just about a week before Magyar's "Miracle in Manhattan" shot:

http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-01-30/news/violet-behavior

deiscanton · February 17, 2011, 11:39:29 AM

To the UAA women's basketball fans:

Here is a picture of me at last Friday's Brandeis v Carnegie Mellon Pink Zone game.

I was wearing my "Real Men Wear Pink" t-shirt as my game uniform.

Enjoy!

PS-- Due to size restrictions, I am sending the best possible cropped picture that I can.

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deiscanton · February 18, 2011, 08:16:39 AM

ECAC Tournament News:

Brandeis and NYU Women's Basketball have declared that they wish to be considered for ECAC Tournament selection in their respective regions.

Brandeis and NYU have filed declaration papers asking to be considered for ECAC tournament selection for the New England and Metro Region Tournaments, respectively.

NYU will finish with a record over .500 and will be eligible for ECAC selection.

Brandeis needs to win 2 of their remaining 3 games to finish above .500 and become ECAC eligible.-- Teams with records under .500 cannot be picked for the ECAC tournament.

Both Brandeis and NYU are available to host for all rounds of the ECAC tournament should they get picked.

The first round of the ECAC tournament for each of the regions is scheduled for Wednesday, March 2, 2011, with the semis and championship game scheduled for the weekend of March 5-6, 2011.

deiscanton · February 18, 2011, 06:20:08 PM

UAA Women's Basketball has tipped out East, with Rochester at CMU and Emory at Case.

Brandeis at Chicago and NYU at Wash U tip off in approx 45 min at 6 PM Central/7 PM Eastern.

For Rochester, Kristyn Wright is a little banged up, so the Yellowjackets are trying to save her until Sunday's game at Case. Melissa Alwardt started at point for Rochester in place of Wright.

Rochester rookie guard Laney Ming is back in action at CMU-- She had missed the last 7 UAA games with a high ankle sprain.

Rochester has opened up a 21-8 lead over CMU with 8:43 to go in the first half.

Case leads Emory, 14-10 with 11:36 remaining in the first half.

deiscanton · February 18, 2011, 06:42:48 PM

Halftime scores from the 6 PM Eastern time tips:

1.) Emory 34, Case 27
2.) Rochester 36, Carnegie Mellon 17

Tipping off at 6 PM Central/7 PM Eastern--

3.) Brandeis at Chicago
4.) NYU at Wash U.

deiscanton · February 18, 2011, 07:23:40 PM

Early finals from the UAA--

1.) Rochester 63, Carnegie Mellon 39
2.) Emory 57, Case 53

Halftime updates from the Midwest games in the UAA

3.) Chicago 27, Brandeis 23
4.) Wash U 32, NYU 20

deiscanton · February 18, 2011, 08:03:34 PM

Game resets in the Women's UAA Midwest games--

Wash U 49, NYU 28 12:16 remaining

Chicago 30, Brandeis 25 17:36 remaining.

deiscanton · February 18, 2011, 08:27:15 PM

Final from Wash U Field House in St. Louis--

Wash U 68, NYU 50

Game reset from Ratner Center in Chicago--

Chicago 60, Brandeis 42 6:20 left.

deiscanton · February 18, 2011, 08:44:15 PM

Final from the Ratner Center in Chicago, IL--

Chicago 70, Brandeis 54

Chicago is assured of at least a UAA Co-Championship-- Maroons will clinch the UAA title and the automatic bid with a victory on Sunday over NYU.

deiscanton · February 20, 2011, 02:50:13 PM

Women's action now underway in the UAA

Rochester leads Case, 35-29 at the half.

Emory leads Carnegie Mellon, 29-16 with 6:21 remaining in the first.

Update: Emory leads CMU, 42-22 at the half.

Scheduled to tip shortly--

NYU at Chicago-- A Chicago win clinches the UAA title for the Maroons with the automatic bid to the NCAAs.

Brandeis at Wash U-- Wash U needs a victory today to stay in the hunt for a Pool C bid.

deiscanton · February 20, 2011, 03:15:47 PM

Midwest action now underway in the UAA

Chicago 11, NYU 4 15:59 left in the first

Wash U 2, Brandeis 1 18:53 left in the first

Game resets from the games back East

Rochester 51, Case 49 11:55 left in regulation

Emory 42, Carnegie Mellon 22 still at the half.

deiscanton · February 20, 2011, 03:31:48 PM

Game resets in the UAA--

Rochester 69, Case 64 2:57 left in regulation

Emory 46, Carnegie Mellon 33 14:33 left in regulation

Chicago 25, NYU 8 7:54 left in first half.

Wash U 23, Brandeis 12 9:25 left in first half.

Update-- Rochester 73, Case 68 Final

Update-- Emory 57, Carnegie Mellon 42 8:39 left in regulation

Update-- Chicago 40, NYU 18 2:09 left in first

Update-- Wash U 39, Brandeis 22 1:45 left in first

deiscanton · February 20, 2011, 03:50:40 PM

Halftime in the Midwest UAA games--

Chicago 45, NYU 21

Wash U 43, Brandeis 22

Game reset from Pittsburgh--

Emory 64, Carnegie Mellon 48 4:32 left in regulation.

deiscanton · February 20, 2011, 04:00:32 PM

Finals from the 2 PM Eastern tips in the UAA--

Rochester 73, Case 68

Emory 77, Carnegie Mellon 54

Second halves about to get under way in the UAA Midwest games-- it looks like Chicago is 20 min away from winning the UAA title and clinching the automatic bid to the NCAAs.