University Athletic Association

[Hugenerd]

Thank you for sharing.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It is hard work just to get into the NCAA tournament in the first place. It is even harder to get out of the second two rounds. But which eight teams of the 32 left can get the job done and march on to the championship weekends?

Thursday night on Hoopsville, Dave McHugh chats with some of those who have already surprised and those who hope to keep their tournament dreams reality.

Hoopsville hits the air at 7pm ET. You can watch the show here: http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2015-16/mar10

Guests include (in order of appearance):
- Ryan Cain, Keene State men's coach
- Jim Scheible, No. 16 Rochester women's coach
- Kendra Hassel, No. 6 UT-Tyler women's coach
- Jason Zimmerman, Emory men's coach (NABC Coach's Corner)
- Dave Hixon, No. 15 Amherst men's coach
- Steve Moore, Wooster men's coach

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[WUPHF]

Just looking through the Washington University Women's Basketball roster: http://bearsports.wustl.edu/sports/wbkb/2016-17/roster

It looks like we have yet another Notre Dame de Sion product on the roster in Camille Keane.  Her older sister played for four years, including last season while enrolled at the Medical School.  Her brother is also a student according to the bio.

[ronk]

Just looking through the Washington University Women's Basketball roster: http://bearsports.wustl.edu/sports/wbkb/2016-17/roster

It looks like we have yet another Notre Dame de Sion product on the roster in Camille Keane.  Her older sister played for four years, including last season while enrolled at the Medical School.  Her brother is also a student according to the bio.

You also have a player from my local school - Ariana Phillips(Good Counsel). I saw them play once last season, but don't remember her play, specifically, but I will say that her team plays in what I consider the strongest girls' high school league in the country. I shouldn't have missed her.

[jaybird44]

Wash-U enters UAA play a week from tomorrow (January 7) with a 10-0 record, after getting a win today over previously-unbeaten Wartburg 87-84 in Wartburg's holiday tournament.  Wash-U was #6 and Wartburg #8 entering the game.

Madeline Homoly had a career-best 30 points in today's victory, to go along with 9 rebounds and 4 steals.  Jenn Dynis added 13 points, and Zoe Vernon scored all 17 of her points in the 2nd half.  Homoly was the tournament MVP, and Vernon was also on the all-tournament team.

Wash-U was down by double-digits in the 2nd quarter and down 7 at the end of the 3rd quarter, but outscored Wartburg 28-18 in the final quarter.  Dynis scored on a layup with :17 left to put the Bears up by a point, and Homoly added 2 FTs with no time left.

Wash-U is well-positioned for success in UAA play.  There is depth at every position...Homoly, Dynis, Lily Sarros, and Steph Botkin inside the paint; Vernon, Natalie Orr, and Rachael Sondag are very good 3-point shooters, and point guards Claudia Smith and Becca-Clark Callender are distributing the basketball to an assist-turnover ratio of 63-25 (2.52 to 1). 

The UAA fun is about to begin...

[jaybird44]

Here we go...the start of UAA play is upon us tomorrow (January 7).

Wash-U has an interesting quartet of games in the next eight days...UAA opener at Chicago tomorrow, a home game vs. Millikin Monday afternoon at 2:30 (rescheduled from the postponement on Dec. 17), then UAA games Friday and Sunday at Emory and at Rochester.

Similar to the Wash-U men, the ladies have a very tough UAA-opening trio of games, all on the road.  2-1 in that stretch would be great, a start of 3-0 would be euphoric.  They have the ingredients for securing the UAA championship and making a deep run in the NCAA tournament...but victories will have to be earned on the court.

Tipoff in Chicago tomorrow is at 1:00...

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

As the season continues to march along, we continue to see more and more twists. There aren't many more answers despite being about halfway through the season.

Sunday night on Hoopsville, Dave continues the coverage of the UWSP investigation and punishments. Athletics Director Brad Duckworth will join the show to discuss everything that lead up to the decision to suspend Bob Semling the rest of the season and why they handed the program over to Kent Dernbach.

Also tonight, the WBCA Center Court segment makes its season debut. The first guest this season will be Emory women's coach Christy Thomaskutty. Not only will we learn more about why Thomaskutty has been so intregal as a member of the WBCA board, but learn why she thinks it is important to give back to the game she loves. We will also learn more about the Eagles who have their first game in UAA action now complete.

We will also dip into the Northeast, Atlantic, South, and Central regions to get a sense of how some teams off the radar, and others very much on, are doing as the midseason turn arrives. You can also contribute to the new "Hoopsville Mailbag." Email questions you may have to the show at hoopsville@d3hoops.com.

Watch Hoopsville starting at 7:00 PM here (http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2016-17/jan8) or on Facebook Live. You can also watch the show On Demand download and or listen to the podcast(s). Information below.

Guests and/or topics include (in order):
- Brad Duckworth, UW-Stevens Point Athletics Director
- Alex Lang, Brooklyn women's coach
- Christy Thomaskutty, Emory women's coach (WBCA Center Court)
- Charlie Averkamp, Benedictine women's coach
- Kevin Bettencourt, Endicott men's coach

You can also tune into the podcast(s) after the show has aired:
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Don't forget you can always interact with us:
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[jaybird44]

Wash-U wins tonight 76-65 at Emory, recovering from its UAA-opening loss at Chicago last Saturday.

Perhaps the most notable difference was the Bears' 3-point defense tonight...limiting Emory to 29% shooting (5-17), after Chicago shot 42% from 3 last week.  Meanwhile, Wash-U's took its 3-point shooting up a notch, burying 9 of 19 3s (47%).  And, the Bears played well inside the paint, outscoring Emory 30-22 in that department and displaying a 12-2 edge in 2nd-chance points.  Several high-low plays with two players in the pivot were successful between Jenn Dynis, Madeline Homoly, and Lily Sarros.  Dynis had 17 points and Sarros added 14.

Wash-U trailed 42-40 at halftime, but enjoyed a 24-10 edge in the 3rd quarter to turn the game around.

On to Rochester to see if the Bears can end the UAA-opening trio of games on the road with a 2-1 result...

[jaybird44]

Massey Ratings predictions for Sunday, January 15th:

Wash-U 74, Rochester 65 (70% chance of a win)
Brandeis 70, Case-Western 67 (59% chance of a win)
Carnegie Mellon 68, NYU 63 (65% chance of a win)
Chicago 75, Emory 65 (80% chance of a win)

[augie]

Why is NYU playing Carnegie Mellon at Hunter and not at NYU?I know Hunter is just down the block from NYU

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Why is NYU playing Carnegie Mellon at Hunter and not at NYU?I know Hunter is just down the block from NYU

Um.. NYU doesn't have a gym! Their place was torn down starting at the end of last season, about a year later than planned. The Around the Region reporter wrote extensively about it recently: http://www.d3hoops.com/columns/around-the-region/east/2016-17/nyu-home-away-from-home

[deiscanton]

It has been a while since I last posted on this thread, but I briefly wanted to talk today about the change in the ECAC format for Division 3 tournaments which took effect this year.  In exchange for the ECAC providing some financial assistance to teams participating in their tournaments, the old format that had the ECAC crowning regional champions in their tournaments has been scrapped in favor of a format which has ECAC teams from all 4 regions of the ECAC (New England, Metro, North and South) competing for one championship title.  Since the Brandeis women will not have a winning season this year, Springfield will be the only New England representative that will be participating in the ECAC women's basketball championship (assuming that they do not win the NEWMAC tournament) this season.

Carnegie Mellon and NYU have declared for the ECACs as well-- therefore, if the Tartans do not get picked by the NCAA for a Pool C bid, there is a distinct possibility of a rematch between Carnegie Mellon and NYU in the ECAC semifinals and/or championship game this year (pending selection by the ECAC and good weather on the day of the game.)

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It has been a while since I last posted on this thread, but I briefly wanted to talk today about the change in the ECAC format for Division 3 tournaments which took effect this year.  In exchange for the ECAC providing some financial assistance to teams participating in their tournaments, the old format that had the ECAC crowning regional champions in their tournaments has been scrapped in favor of a format which has ECAC teams from all 4 regions of the ECAC (New England, Metro, North and South) competing for one championship title.  Since the Brandeis women will not have a winning season this year, Springfield will be the only New England representative that will be participating in the ECAC women's basketball championship (assuming that they do not win the NEWMAC tournament) this season.

Carnegie Mellon and NYU have declared for the ECACs as well-- therefore, if the Tartans do not get picked by the NCAA for a Pool C bid, there is a distinct possibility of a rematch between Carnegie Mellon and NYU in the ECAC semifinals and/or championship game this year (pending selection by the ECAC and good weather on the day of the game.)

Just FYI - the ECAC compensation isn't quite what it looks like. In football, transportation was covered, but schools had to buy 300 tickets as well. Not sure how much compensation is really happening.

This also reminds me I forgot to get someone from the ECAC on an earlier Hoopsville show this year. SMH

[deiscanton]

Yes, the ECAC financial assistance is very small.  For basketball, the school that hosts the final 3 rounds of the tournament gets a $4,000 stipend.  The 7 other travelling teams only get paid for 1 bus round trip from their school to the game site, with no provisions for room and board.  No financial assistance is provided by the ECAC to help with Wednesday preliminary games.  It is slightly better than the old format, which had every participating team cover their own costs of putting on the regional tournaments.  However, under this new format, I am not surprised that the only New England teams that filed declarations for the ECAC women's basketball tournament were Brandeis and Springfield.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Yes, the ECAC financial assistance is very small.  For basketball, the school that hosts the final 3 rounds of the tournament gets a $4,000 stipend.  The 7 other travelling teams only get paid for 1 bus round trip from their school to the game site, with no provisions for room and board.  No financial assistance is provided by the ECAC to help with Wednesday preliminary games.  It is slightly better than the old format, which had every participating team cover their own costs of putting on the regional tournaments.  However, under this new format, I am not surprised that the only New England teams that filed declarations for the ECAC women's basketball tournament were Brandeis and Springfield.

Trust me when I say this, the $4k stipend is a drop in the bucket for these kinds of thing. I know hosting Hoopsville Classic is a bigger endeavor, but knowing the costs of running that event... $4k is nothing. The ECAC is desperately trying to hold this together and those who have applied to participate (and could still back out) is an ever shrinking group. ECAC's end was written a few years ago... it is just a matter of when it will officially end, now.

FYI - no New England schools elected to participate in football this past year (for many reasons).