University Athletic Association

[deiscanton]

Second half game resets

Chicago 31, Wash U 27  13:10 left in regulation

Brandeis 43, NYU 41  12:19 left in regulation

Rochester 51, Emory 43  12:30 left in regulation

First half from Cleveland

Case 11, CMU 4  14:39 left in first

Chicago 34, Wash U 29   9:51 left in regulation-- Wash U's Kathryn Berger has fouled out with 2 pts.

Brandeis 48, NYU 45  7:22 left in regulation

Rochester 59, Emory 49  8:58 left in regulation

Case 18, CMU 12 8:13 left in first half.

Chicago 56, Wash U 43  1:44 left in regulation

Brandeis 56, NYU 54  0:21 left in regulation

Rochester 78, Emory 70  0:23 left in regulation

Brandeis 57, NYU 54  0:15 left in regulation  Timeout NYU

[deiscanton]

Final scores from 2 PM Eastern tips

Brandeis 57, NYU 54--  Brandeis gets their 3rd win over NYU at Coles-- First on a Senior Day at NYU

Rochester 81, Emory 72 

[martin]

Chicago defeats Wash 61-51 to go 14-0 in the UAA.  Two questions remain - does Wash U get a Pool C bid with a 20-5 record?  Does Chicago host?

[deiscanton]

  Final from the Wash U Field House in St. Louis

  Chicago 61, Wash U 51

  Chicago finishes the UAA season with a 14-0 mark in UAA play-- First team in UAA Women's Basketball history other than Wash U to go undefeated in UAA play.

  Wash U drops a UAA home conference game for only the 5th time in UAA history, and suffers their 6th ever loss at home (counting the JHU win over Wash U at the McWilliams Classic) versus a UAA opponent since the UAA began in 1986-87.

[deiscanton]

Chicago defeats Wash 61-51 to go 14-0 in the UAA.  Two questions remain - does Wash U get a Pool C bid with a 20-5 record?  Does Chicago host?

There will be some discussion in the UAA and Pool C forums later today-- please be patient.

[deiscanton]

Game reset from Cleveland--

Halftime score was Case 30, CMU 17

Case 47, CMU 28  9:47 left in regulation

[deiscanton]

Final from Cleveland--

Case 65, CMU 40

This concludes UAA Conference play on the women's side for the 2010-2011 season.

Case finishes at 7-7 in UAA play.

[martin]

The pre-season UAA coaches' poll (I assume one coach failed to turn in his/her ballot) (n) = first place votes:
1. Washington (5)
2. Rochester (2)
3. Chicago
4. Brandeis
5. NYU
6. Carnegie Mellon
7. Case Western Reserve
8. Emory

Final UAA standings (n) = preseason projection:
1. (3) Chicago  14-0  22-3
2. (1) Washington (Mo.)  11-3  20-5
3. (2) Rochester  10-4  20-5 
4. (7) Case Western Reserve  7-7  13-12 
5. (5) New York U.  6-8  12-13 
6. (4) Brandeis  4-10  12-13 
7. (8) Emory  4-10  11-14 
8. (6) Carnegie Mellon  0-14  2-23 

They got NYU right at 5.  They also had the top three - but not the order.  And no first place votes for the 14-0 conference champions.  You can argue that Case was the biggest surprise and Brandeis the biggest disappointment.

[deiscanton]

Chicago defeats Wash 61-51 to go 14-0 in the UAA.  Two questions remain - does Wash U get a Pool C bid with a 20-5 record?  Does Chicago host?

I have updated the Pool C forum with the tournament resumes of 20 Pool C candidates so far.  There will be some more to add later tonight and tomorrow, but there have been very few upsets on the women's side in the conference tournaments.  The NJAC and Skyline Conference tournaments played to form today, and the Northeast Region played to form today as well-- Babson is expected to defeat Smith tomorrow in NESCAC final, so there should not be any upsets coming out of the Northeast Region.

Update-- With Illinois Wesleyan winning the CCIW tournament tonight, the Central Region played to form-- no regionally unranked teams won an AQ in Central by virtue of knocking out all regionally ranked teams playing in that conference tourney.

Wisconsin Lutheran won the NATHCon AQ, so they will not need to go get a Pool C.

See Reply #400 , Reply #402 , and Reply #404 in the Pool C forum in "Women's Basketball" for further information that may answer your questions.

There have been only 2 conference tourney upsets so far involving unranked teams getting the AQ over the ranked team(s) in their conference-- those 2 involved regionally ranked teams with relatively weak tourney resumes:

1.)  #5 in South Maryville (TN) lost in Great South semifinal-- unranked Piedmont took Great South AQ.
2.)  #3 in East Medaille lost in AMCC final to regionally unranked in Great Lakes La Roche.

There will be 6 more games to follow on Sunday-- but I expect most of those games to play to form as well.

With 20 Pool C bids to hand out nationally, I think that Wash U is still in good shape to get a Pool C bid-- since outside of the UAA, all of the Pool C candidates will have lost this week in conference tourneys.  Rochester is the only Pool C candidate this week to go undefeated.

I don't know if Chicago will host-- the top 2 hosting sites in region would be Illinois Wesleyan and a WIAC team-- other factors involve if a WIAC school has both teams in NCAAs--- do men get preference in first/second round to host?  If so, Chicago may be in good shape-- although the loss by Chicago to UW-La Crosse earlier this season may have an influence in the hosting decision.  We will have to see how the bracket turns out on Monday.

[Mr. Ypsi]

In odd numbered years (like this one), women have preference first week, men the second.

Probably only relevant to UWSP in the Central/Midwest.

[KVD]

Well, Kathryn Berger of Wash U and Taylor Simpson of Chicago would certainly be the top two vote getters for UAA Player of the Year.

A Wash U victory over Chicago on Saturday would certainly seal the deal for Berger to be UAA Player of the Year, in my opinion.  Your mileage may vary, however-- I would not be surprised if Taylor Simpson won it.

Who gets UAA Rookie of the Year?  Initially, Laney Ming of Rochester was the early favorite, but she has missed too many UAA games due to injury to win it.

Carnegie Mellon got the last two UAA Rookie of the Year awards (Jacki Cortese and Brit Phillips, respectively), but I don't think that CMU's Jacquie Shaw will make it 3 in a row.  (Could be wrong, though, maybe the UAA coaches want to give CMU some awards for their UAA participation....)

I know that Jordan Rettig of Wash U had good non-conference numbers, but I don't believe that her UAA stats in league play make her the favorite for Rookie of the Year honors.

Kelly Loughney of NYU probably is the top rebounder among the rookie class in the UAA, but her scoring figures aren't tops in the UAA, although she has gotten some double-doubles late.

My personal vote would go to Hannah Lilly of Emory, with Savannah Morgan of Emory a close second.   I credit these two freshmen for taking the Eagles above a predicted last place finish in UAA play this season.

For Coaching Staff of the Year, I will give it to Chicago for now, although the Wash U coaching staff could get a share of the honors with a victory on Saturday.

I'll be interested in seeing who the UAA coaches pick for those honors after UAA play ends on Saturday...

you are right on about POY either Simpson or Berger- a no brainer. But as far as Rookie of the Year there is no contest.  The freshman from NYU, Kelly Loughney is #2 in Conference rebounding, #2 in FG percentage, #1 in blocked shots and is #2 in Conference double-doubles only behind probable POY Simpson...and she's scoring 9.2 ppg.  Nice that the girls at Emory have the team moving forward but this one is not even close.

[deiscanton]

Well, Kathryn Berger of Wash U and Taylor Simpson of Chicago would certainly be the top two vote getters for UAA Player of the Year.

A Wash U victory over Chicago on Saturday would certainly seal the deal for Berger to be UAA Player of the Year, in my opinion.  Your mileage may vary, however-- I would not be surprised if Taylor Simpson won it.

Who gets UAA Rookie of the Year?  Initially, Laney Ming of Rochester was the early favorite, but she has missed too many UAA games due to injury to win it.

Carnegie Mellon got the last two UAA Rookie of the Year awards (Jacki Cortese and Brit Phillips, respectively), but I don't think that CMU's Jacquie Shaw will make it 3 in a row.  (Could be wrong, though, maybe the UAA coaches want to give CMU some awards for their UAA participation....)

I know that Jordan Rettig of Wash U had good non-conference numbers, but I don't believe that her UAA stats in league play make her the favorite for Rookie of the Year honors.

Kelly Loughney of NYU probably is the top rebounder among the rookie class in the UAA, but her scoring figures aren't tops in the UAA, although she has gotten some double-doubles late.

My personal vote would go to Hannah Lilly of Emory, with Savannah Morgan of Emory a close second.   I credit these two freshmen for taking the Eagles above a predicted last place finish in UAA play this season.

For Coaching Staff of the Year, I will give it to Chicago for now, although the Wash U coaching staff could get a share of the honors with a victory on Saturday.

I'll be interested in seeing who the UAA coaches pick for those honors after UAA play ends on Saturday...

you are right on about POY either Simpson or Berger- a no brainer. But as far as Rookie of the Year there is no contest.  The freshman from NYU, Kelly Loughney is #2 in Conference rebounding, #2 in FG percentage, #1 in blocked shots and is #2 in Conference double-doubles only behind probable POY Simpson...and she's scoring 9.2 ppg.  Nice that the girls at Emory have the team moving forward but this one is not even close.

Welcome to the boards, KVD.   You make a good case for Loughney, and I would not be surprised to see her win that award.

(Note:-- a little ribbing here from me, but I was glad to see Brandeis win on NYU Senior Day and eliminate the Violets from ECAC consideration.  I needed some fun after a hard season.    If only Brandeis had won at NYU on NYU Senior Day in 2004-05 for the UAA Automatic qualifier, though....   Oh well, better late than never.   )

Taylor Simpson wrapped up sole possession of UAA Player of Year honors with her performance yesterday in leading Chicago to the road victory at Wash U. 

Chicago staff is definitely the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year-- the performance yesterday locked that up if winning the UAA title was not enough.

[KVD]

Well, Kathryn Berger of Wash U and Taylor Simpson of Chicago would certainly be the top two vote getters for UAA Player of the Year.

A Wash U victory over Chicago on Saturday would certainly seal the deal for Berger to be UAA Player of the Year, in my opinion.  Your mileage may vary, however-- I would not be surprised if Taylor Simpson won it.

Who gets UAA Rookie of the Year?  Initially, Laney Ming of Rochester was the early favorite, but she has missed too many UAA games due to injury to win it.

Carnegie Mellon got the last two UAA Rookie of the Year awards (Jacki Cortese and Brit Phillips, respectively), but I don't think that CMU's Jacquie Shaw will make it 3 in a row.  (Could be wrong, though, maybe the UAA coaches want to give CMU some awards for their UAA participation....)

I know that Jordan Rettig of Wash U had good non-conference numbers, but I don't believe that her UAA stats in league play make her the favorite for Rookie of the Year honors.

Kelly Loughney of NYU probably is the top rebounder among the rookie class in the UAA, but her scoring figures aren't tops in the UAA, although she has gotten some double-doubles late.

My personal vote would go to Hannah Lilly of Emory, with Savannah Morgan of Emory a close second.   I credit these two freshmen for taking the Eagles above a predicted last place finish in UAA play this season.

For Coaching Staff of the Year, I will give it to Chicago for now, although the Wash U coaching staff could get a share of the honors with a victory on Saturday.

I'll be interested in seeing who the UAA coaches pick for those honors after UAA play ends on Saturday...

you are right on about POY either Simpson or Berger- a no brainer. But as far as Rookie of the Year there is no contest.  The freshman from NYU, Kelly Loughney is #2 in Conference rebounding, #2 in FG percentage, #1 in blocked shots and is #2 in Conference double-doubles only behind probable POY Simpson...and she's scoring 9.2 ppg.  Nice that the girls at Emory have the team moving forward but this one is not even close.

Welcome to the boards, KVD.   You make a good case for Loughney, and I would not be surprised to see her win that award.

(Note:-- a little ribbing here from me, but I was glad to see Brandeis win on NYU Senior Day and eliminate the Violets from ECAC consideration.  I needed some fun after a hard season.    If only Brandeis had won at NYU on NYU Senior Day in 2004-05 for the UAA Automatic qualifier, though....   Oh well, better late than never.   )

Taylor Simpson wrapped up sole possession of UAA Player of Year honors with her performance yesterday in leading Chicago to the road victory at Wash U. 

Chicago staff is definitely the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year-- the performance yesterday locked that up if winning the UAA title was not enough.

Thanks for the welcome, this should be fun. I was at the game yesterday and your Judges team did very well to withstand a furious comeback attempt by NYU. Brandeis has good talent and their outside shooting was remarkable-shooting 50% from the field and 67% from the 3 in the first half enabling the Judges to take a lead that NYU only overcame temporarily when Loughney hit 2 free throws to go up 48-47 with 3 mins left. Brandeis nailed a 3 on the next possession and when Loughney fouled out trying to get the ball back, it was over. I'm very surprised Brandeis didn't have more wins in Conference play, they play very well as a team from what I saw yesterday.

[deiscanton]

Well, Kathryn Berger of Wash U and Taylor Simpson of Chicago would certainly be the top two vote getters for UAA Player of the Year.

A Wash U victory over Chicago on Saturday would certainly seal the deal for Berger to be UAA Player of the Year, in my opinion.  Your mileage may vary, however-- I would not be surprised if Taylor Simpson won it.

Who gets UAA Rookie of the Year?  Initially, Laney Ming of Rochester was the early favorite, but she has missed too many UAA games due to injury to win it.

Carnegie Mellon got the last two UAA Rookie of the Year awards (Jacki Cortese and Brit Phillips, respectively), but I don't think that CMU's Jacquie Shaw will make it 3 in a row.  (Could be wrong, though, maybe the UAA coaches want to give CMU some awards for their UAA participation....)

I know that Jordan Rettig of Wash U had good non-conference numbers, but I don't believe that her UAA stats in league play make her the favorite for Rookie of the Year honors.

Kelly Loughney of NYU probably is the top rebounder among the rookie class in the UAA, but her scoring figures aren't tops in the UAA, although she has gotten some double-doubles late.

My personal vote would go to Hannah Lilly of Emory, with Savannah Morgan of Emory a close second.   I credit these two freshmen for taking the Eagles above a predicted last place finish in UAA play this season.

For Coaching Staff of the Year, I will give it to Chicago for now, although the Wash U coaching staff could get a share of the honors with a victory on Saturday.

I'll be interested in seeing who the UAA coaches pick for those honors after UAA play ends on Saturday...

you are right on about POY either Simpson or Berger- a no brainer. But as far as Rookie of the Year there is no contest.  The freshman from NYU, Kelly Loughney is #2 in Conference rebounding, #2 in FG percentage, #1 in blocked shots and is #2 in Conference double-doubles only behind probable POY Simpson...and she's scoring 9.2 ppg.  Nice that the girls at Emory have the team moving forward but this one is not even close.

Welcome to the boards, KVD.   You make a good case for Loughney, and I would not be surprised to see her win that award.

(Note:-- a little ribbing here from me, but I was glad to see Brandeis win on NYU Senior Day and eliminate the Violets from ECAC consideration.  I needed some fun after a hard season.    If only Brandeis had won at NYU on NYU Senior Day in 2004-05 for the UAA Automatic qualifier, though....   Oh well, better late than never.   )

Taylor Simpson wrapped up sole possession of UAA Player of Year honors with her performance yesterday in leading Chicago to the road victory at Wash U. 

Chicago staff is definitely the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year-- the performance yesterday locked that up if winning the UAA title was not enough.

Thanks for the welcome, this should be fun. I was at the game yesterday and your Judges team did very well to withstand a furious comeback attempt by NYU. Brandeis has good talent and their outside shooting was remarkable-shooting 50% from the field and 67% from the 3 in the first half enabling the Judges to take a lead that NYU only overcame temporarily when Loughney hit 2 free throws to go up 48-47 with 3 mins left. Brandeis nailed a 3 on the next possession and when Loughney fouled out trying to get the ball back, it was over. I'm very surprised Brandeis didn't have more wins in Conference play, they play very well as a team from what I saw yesterday.

The Judges play great defense.   They just had a major problem on the scoring side of the game this year.  I'll PM you later on that with the details since you seem to be new to the UAA scene.  I have a busy day with 11 more title games to watch today...

[Wydown Blvd.]

First the Bracket of Death for the wustl men, now the Pod of Death for the wustl women... 

I actually think that UChicago and WashU got put in similar situations --- playing two teams with excellent records who play in very weak conferences. Then facing a top-ten opponent (probably on their home floor). Hope faces a tougher opponent than Calvin in the first round (imho), but for WashU and UChicago, the set-up for both of those teams is pretty similar. Calvin and Hope are the same caliber of team, both playing host to the pod.

I think WashU is probably glad to have played Hope earlier in the season to have a sense of how they match up and build on that experience this year with this squad which is dramatically different from last year's team. If they get off to a slow start (in either game this weekend), I think it may be tough for them to climb out of any hole.

Chicago's UAA wins on the road will hopefully be a forecast of their success against Calvin -- Beating UR in a high high pressure situation to set them up to secure the UAA and then obviously the big win against WashU which snapped the long home game winning streak of the Bears. I think they will be fine against Hanover, but @Calvin is an extremely hard game as we saw with Hope's season and two losses.