University Athletic Association

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Case and Brandeis tied at 28 at the half.

Case has taken 20 3 pt attempts in the first half, which was their entire game average through 5 UAA contests.  The Spartans made 6 3's in the first half, which was their average per UAA contest for the whole game.

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Brandeis came out in the second half and did not fool around.  Brandeis gets its second UAA win of the season.

Happy birthday, Brynn Lauer. 2 FT in the final seconds to beat Wash U after giving the Bears a chance to win it at the end.  UR made the successful stop, and Layer went 2-2 from the line after going 0-2 the last time out on the FT line.  Rochester wins, 69-65.

NYU and Chicago won comfortably.

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Going into today--

Wins needed to finish .500 or better and become eligible for ECAC tournament selection:

1.). Brandeis needs 2 more wins.
2.). NYU needs 4 more wins.
3.). Carnegie Mellon needs 4 more wins.

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Brandeis won on Alumni Day, completing the Sunday home sweep for the Judges.

Brandeis defeated Carnegie Mellon, 55-52, today.

NYU beat Case by 42, while Wash U won at Emory.

Chicago women now lead the UAA as a result of their upset win at Rochester.

Tomorrow, I will have to watch the archived version on demand of that game on Univ. of Rochester's streaming service.  I don't have time to watch it tonight with Hoopsville now.

PS-- when d-mac interviewed Coach Carissa Sain-Knoche earlier this season, he seemed to me to really like this Chicago women's team.  I privately asked him if he was picking Chicago to win the UAA, but he was very careful not to confirm that. 

Well, Chicago now has a 1 game lead over Rochester with home court advantage for next weekend's rematch.

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Going into next weekend--

Brandeis needs 1 more win to finish .500 or better and become eligible for ECAC tournament selection.

NYU needs 3 more wins for ECAC eligibility.

Carnegie Mellon, the reigning ECAC champion, still needs 4 more wins to become eligible to defend their title.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Going into next weekend--

Brandeis needs 1 more win to finish .500 or better and become eligible for ECAC tournament selection.

NYU needs 3 more wins for ECAC eligibility.

Carnegie Mellon, the reigning ECAC champion, still needs 4 more wins to become eligible to defend their title.

How many of them will go? I know Carnegie Mellon has gone in the past, but the ECAC tournament is becoming less and less popular even as the ECAC changes how dues work to entice more participants. Personally: it is only a matter of time before the ECAC is now more in DIII.

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D-mac:

Perhaps in a few years the ECAC will become extinct at the DIII level.   I do not really know for certain.

I still believe that the UAA will support the ECAC until then.  At the moment, it seems that most of the ECAC 15 team field in both men's and women's basketball will come from the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, IMO.

Should the ECAC cease to exist at the DIII level, there is still the situation of the UAA not having a league tournament in basketball due to geographic distance. (At least 1000 miles from end to end).  Even the UAA is probably not going to pay for charter flights for teams just to have a league tournament for basketball-- as much as it would be fun to have 4 to 8 teams play at a neutral site for an AQ in the final week-- a lot would have to change regarding whether or not the UAA would have to sell tickets at d1 prices ($25 to $30) to make it worthwhile (currently the UAA does not charge for its women's volleyball tourney-- the only team sport in the UAA which gives its AQ to the winner of the tournament-- although each team in the UAA Women's Volleyball tourney is guaranteed 3 games.)

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BTW--

What D-mac is saying on Hoopsville now about Rochester having an off-night today, and the note from the Rochester SID confirming it is entirely true.  I just saw the archived video replay of the game just before airtime (I paid for the monthly subscription), and the student commentators on the feed said that Lena Ethington of Rochester was in concussion protocol and did not play today as a result.  Chicago won all 4 quarters, which you would not expect.

Hopefully, the rematch next Sunday will be more exciting.

Update-- I listened to d-mac on Hoopsville talk about the game.  I initially thought that the person sending the pm about the game was the Rochester SID, but upon further thought, I would not have been surprised if JC DeLass of WYSL 92.1 FM in Rochester sent that message about the Rochester women having an off-game vs Chicago.   He has been very reliable about d3 sports and the UAA in the past, and is a former d3hoops.com reporter for the East region.

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FYI

Here was last season's field of 15 for the ECAC DIII Women's Basketball Tournament, by conference:

1.). UAA-- Carnegie Mellon, NYU
2.). CSAC-- Cabrini, Neumann, Marywood, Centenary (NJ)
3.). CUNYAC-- Brooklyn
4.). MAC-Commonwealth-- Stevenson
5.). NJAC-- Rutgers-Camden
6.). MAC-Freedom-- Misericordia
7.). NEAC-- SUNY-Cobleskill
8.). NEWMAC-- Springfield
9.). Landmark-- Moravian
10.). PAC-- Waynesburg, Grove City

The field of 15 is selected from a list of teams who declare their interest to be considered for ECAC selection by Friday, Feb. 16, 2018.  These teams must have a record of .500 or better, and not have made the NCAA tournament.

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Primary reasons a team may not be interested in ECAC--

1.). Strain on athletic budget.  Teams have to be willing to travel great distances for Wednesday night games and for the final rounds.  Each team gets a small stipend for the weekend rounds, but must pay the rest of the costs.

2.). Tournament must be completed by the Sunday after Selection Monday per NCAA rules.  A team may have to win 4 games in 5 days to win the ECACs.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

There are a lot more reasons for ECAC has fallen out in the area... first off, you mentioned 15 teams in last year's event. It has gotten smaller and smaller. ECAC tried to get permission to run a multi-week tournament... it was denied, not surprisingly, by the NCAA.

Also, the yearly dues were twice as much as the NEW NCAA dues and schools basically get nothing for them. You mention a stipend, but it is a joke. Schools basically have to pay for everything in the post season whether they are traveling or hosting - more schools rather not host any more.

Great example of the ECAC being completely off... when they introduced the new one-site for ECAC football bowls (you know, in the one sport there wasn't a problem), they told schools they would pay for transportation ... BUT schools had to buy 300 tickets for the game. There was the transportation costs.

ECAC has now trying to save DIII, even though they have basically lost all of hockey as well. They have allowed a sport-by-sport dues fee just to try and entice people to stay involved, yet more schools tell me they are done. I don't blame them. ECAC stopped paying attention to DIII a number of years ago and their stop-gaps to save themselves have been less than impressive and far too late.

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UAA Rookie update

January 29, 2018

Scoring

1.). Emily Todd, Case-- 9.5 ppg-- 13.4 points per 40.
2.). Marissa Igunbor, Chicago-- 7.6 ppg-- 16.9 points per 40.
3.). Camila Casanueva, Brandeis-- 6.9 ppg-- 15.4 points per 40.
4.). Emma Cain, Case-- 6.7 ppg-- 11.2 points per 40.
5.). Jillian Petrie, Brandeis-- 6.4 ppg-- 12.6 points per 40.

Rebounding

1.). Blair Ripley, Emory-- 4.7 RPG
2.). Emma Cain, Case-- 4.5 RPG
3.). Rebecca Rowlands, Case-- 4.4 RPG
4.). Marissa Igunbor, Chicago-- 4.1 RPG
5.). Jillian Petrie, Brandeis-- 3.8 RPG

Assists

1.). Camila Casanueva, Brandeis-- 2.2 APG
2.). Jasmine Floyd, Case-- 1.5 APG
3.). Reiko Johnson, NYU-- 1.4 APG
4.). Emily Todd, Case-- 1.4 APG
5.). Katherine Puda, Brandeis-- 1.1 APG

Steals

1.) Marissa Igunbor, Chicago-- 1.6 SPG
2.). Emma Cain, Case-- 1.4 SPG
3.). Camila Casanueva, Brandeis-- 1.1 SPG

Blocks

1.). Blair Ripley, Emory-- 1.1 bpg

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SOS of UAA Women's Teams

January 29, 2018

1.). Wash U-- .635
2.). Rochester-- .619
3.). NYU-- .594
4.). Brandeis-- .590
5.). Case-- .590
6.). Emory-- .566
7.). Chicago-- .565
8.). Carnegie Mellon-- .535

[WUPHF]

The Post Dispatch also published a nice story on the Washington University Women's Basketball team: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/washington-u-women-s-baksetball-is-adjusting-to-new-style/article_199e8089-e961-53b5-aaf5-d20e9ac96acd.html

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The Post Dispatch also published a nice story on the Washington University Women's Basketball team: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/washington-u-women-s-baksetball-is-adjusting-to-new-style/article_199e8089-e961-53b5-aaf5-d20e9ac96acd.html

I read the article a few days ago.  I do agree that Coach Fahey and Coach Henderson run different types of offenses, but I would not characterize Coach Nancy Fahey's offense as "set".  Fahey ran motion off-the-ball and had her teams execute it extremely well.  Henderson's motion offense is the "read and react" style motion offense, where the team reads the defense and reacts to whatever the defense sets up.