University Athletic Association

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Halftime of early games--

Emory 34, Brandeis 28

NYU 45, Rochester 28

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Finals of early games--

Emory 58, Brandeis 57

NYU 73, Rochester 47

NYU gets their first sweep over Rochester since the 2000-01 season.

NYU gets first win at Rochester since Dec. 1, 2000

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Halftime of Midwest games--

Chicago 38, CWRU 9

Wash U 28, Carnegie Mellon 26

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1 quarter left, but it is safe to say that Chicago and NYU will finish the weekend tied for first at 8-3 in the UAA coming into next Friday's pivotal game at the Goldstein Fitness Center at Pace U's Westchester Campus in Pleasantville, NY.

Chicago has tiebreaker advantage for AQ based on a 1-0 head to head vs NYU.

Last time UAA games were played at Pace's Westchester Campus was the 2016-17 season, where NYU played Wash U and Chicago at Pace on the next to last weekend of the season.

The CUNYAC basketball tournaments have their first round games on Saturday of that particular weekend, so Hunter does not make the Sportsplex available to anyone other than their own teams the day before the CUNYAC playoffs for practice reasons.

Pace's Westchester Campus is 30 miles north of New York City.

If you want to take at look at some D2 basketball games played at Pace, these games are archived on NE10NOW, which is an OTT app on Roku.  Pace has purple bleachers, and has more seats than the Hunter Sportsplex.  The only drawback is that Pace's Goldstein Fitness Center is an hour's drive from Manhattan.

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Finals of Midwest games--

Chicago 83, CWRU 41

Wash U 66, Carnegie Mellon 52

Wash U has clinched a winning season.

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On Friday, the NYU women will try to play for a much better result than what happened the only 2 other times the Violets played home games in.Westchester County.

Lifetime record at Pace -- NYU is 0-2

Friday, Feb. 17, 2017-- Wash U def NYU, 66-37.

Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017-- Chicago def NYU, 59-37.

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Carnegie Mellon has declared for the ECAC tournament.  The Tartans will need to win out to become eligible for selection.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The second week Regional Rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/women-regional-rankings-second

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The second week Regional Rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/women-regional-rankings-second

Chicago -- #2 in Central

NYU-- #4 in East

Emory -- #8 in South

Emory needs to win out for a shot at a Pool C bid.

Emory could still be co-champion with a shot at an AQ on tiebreaker, but Emory, Chicago, and NYU need to finish at 10-4 in UAA.

I have not run that tiebreaker scenario, because it depends on what takes place this weekend.  If Chicago wins on Friday, then the Maroons are favored to come to the Wash U game at 10-3 in UAA.  NYU hosts Wash U on Sunday, while Chicago historically has won at Brandeis over the past five years.

[deiscanton]

NYU has filed a declaration for the ECAC Women's Basketball Tournament, but the declaration will be automatically withdrawn if NYU wins the UAA AQ or gets selected on a Pool C bid.

[deiscanton]

Game day today--

2 Big games on the women's sife--

1.). Battle for first place as co-leaders Chicago and NYU play in Westchester County on the D2 NE10 court at the home of the Setters, Pace University in Pleasantville, NY.  Winner heads into Sunday with a 1 game lead with 2 to play.  Chicago can clinch the AQ this weekend on tiebreaker advantage with wins at NYU and Brandeis.  In that case, the worst case scenario would be Chicago, NYU, and Emory tied at 10-4 in UAA, and Chicago would be 3-1 vs NYU and Emory head to head.

2.). Emory faces the first of 3 must win situations at Carnegie Mellon tonight.  Emory has no RROs remaining, but they must win out to move up in the South Region and get a shot at a Pool C bid.

[deiscanton]

It looks like the Chicago at NYU doubleheader will be streamed on NE10 Now through Pace's channel as a special presentation.  Last minute update.

[deiscanton]

It looks like the Chicago at NYU doubleheader will be streamed on NE10 Now through Pace's channel as a special presentation.  Last minute update.

The game is archived on NE10 Now, and I am watching the Chicago v NYU game on demand right now on Roku TV.

Chicago def NYU this evening and can clinch the AQ on Sunday by virtue of tiebreaker advantage with a win on Sunday at Brandeis.  Chicago swept NYU 2-0 in head to head.

Chicago is now solely in first place at 9-3 in UAA with a 1 game lead over NYU and Emory, and a 2 game lead over Wash U with 2 to play.

[deiscanton]

Congratulations to Chicago on becoming the first team to make this year's NCAA Tournament by clinching the UAA automatic bid by virtue of tiebreaker advantage.  Chicago is assured of at least a UAA Co-Championship.

[gordonmann]

Thinking about at-large bids, the resumes for New York University (19-5) and Emory (18-6) look a lot like those of 2019 Emory (which got an at-large bid) and 2019 Whitman (which did not). They also look a lot like each other. With one game left...

2020 NYU: 19-5....0.577 SOS...2-4 vRRO...East Region #4
2020 Emory: 18-6...0.573 SOS...2-3 vRRO...South Region #8
2019 Emory: 19-6...0.571 SOS...3-4 vRRO...South Region #4
2019 Whitman: 19-5...0.556...2-3 vRRO...West Region #5

NYU might drop a spot in the next East Region rankings and fall behind SUNY Geneseo.