University Athletic Association

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Women's third regional rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/women-regional-rankings-third

[deiscanton]

 Pool C candidates

NYU-- #5 in East
Emory-- #7 in South

UAA AQ Chicago is #2 in Central.

[deiscanton]

Congratulations to Chicago-- 2019-2020 UAA Women's Basketball Champion -- 11-3 in the UAA.

[deiscanton]

Mock Hoopsville Women's Basketball National Committee has no Pool C picks for the UAA.  That makes sense if the East and South Regional rankings stay the same this week.

As long as NYU stays in the East Evaluation region, the Violets are going to have to try to play a SUNYAC team in the non-league schedule.  Hopefully, in the new evaluation regional realignment, NYU and upstate New York teams would be placed in separate evaluation regions.

By travel logistics, SUNY New Paltz and NYU are close enough (within 100 miles) to make a regular non-conference rivalry a possibility.

BTW, great to see Chris Mitchell of Wash U as one of the four members of this year's Hoopsville Women's Basketball National Committee.

[deiscanton]

Final regional rankings are out:

NYU-- #4 in East

Emory-- #7 in South-- did not reach the national table

Chicago-- AQ-- #2 in Central

Rensselaer ranked #8 in East ahead of Buffalo State, which gave NYU a third win against a RRO and allowed NYU to get a better Pool C resume than Geneseo (#5 in East).

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The Division III Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments are set to get going. It all starts at 1:00 p.m. ET on Friday with the first men's game.

However, before you get fully wrapped up in the games make sure you go into it fully informed.

That means tuning into Hoopsville on Thursday night for our tournaments preview episode. We will not only take a fresh look at the brackets, but we will also talk to a number of coaches getting their teams ready for first-round games. From a Conference Cinderella, to a couple of Conference Champions, and a coach looking to finish his career with a bang.

Guests Schedule (order subject to change):
- Kevin Jaskiewicz, Coast Guard men's coach
- Steve Moore, Wooster men's coach
- Brian Lane, Transylvania men's coach
- Carissa Sain, No. 18 Chicago women's coach
- Mike Miller, No. 19 Messiah women's coach

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Monday's show primarily covers the Atlantic, Central, South, and Northeast Regions. All men's coaches appear in the NABC Coach's Corner. And all guests are featured on the BlueFrame Technology Hoopsville Hotline

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[deiscanton]

NYU defeats Emmanuel 81-62 and sends Emmanuel player Yuleska Ramirez Tejeda to her second sport, softball.

NYU advances for a potential game tomorrow vs Bowdoin while.the Carnegie Mellon softball team may face Yuleska in Florida on Monday.  Even though a DIII player playing 2 sports is entitled to a one week break between seasons, Yuleska Ramirez Tejeda likes to join the softball team ASAP after basketball season ends.

[deiscanton]

Related to the UAA, but not for basketball --

Brandeis announced today that no spectators will be allowed at any Judges home games in any spring sport for the remainder of the academic year.  Alsi, just within the past hour, a state of emergency has now been declared in Massachusetts relating to the coronavirus outbreak.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

This will turn some heads: https://www.illinoistechathletics.com/sports/wbkb/2020-21/releases/20200520g5zavc

[Ron Boerger]

Would love to have some insight on *that* story.   Looks like you have a guest for an upcoming Hoopsville, Dave.

ITWBB has five wins total since the program started up seven years ago.  Would expect that number to at least double in the next season (whenever that might be). 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Would love to have some insight on *that* story.   Looks like you have a guest for an upcoming Hoopsville, Dave.

ITWBB has five wins total since the program started up seven years ago.  Would expect that number to at least double in the next season (whenever that might be).

I am a little surprised by the number of guest ideas I have this offseason ... need to figure out when I can slot this one in. I have an idea ...

[WUPHF]

I am not sure if this has anything to do with it, but the University of Chicago Athletic Director moved on to Harvard.  Not sure if they know who the new Director is though.

[WUPHF]

Chicago has hired a new coach, a former Bowdoin point guard who has been an assistant at the Division I level for quite a while.

https://athletics.uchicago.edu/sports/wbkb/2020-21/releases/20200826twn41w

[ronk]

 During my recent survey of 2021 commits, I gleaned that Wash U is the choice for a good pair of guards from northern VA, twins Christina and Mary Trivisonno. 
NYU is the choice for a good guard from NJ, Chloe Teter, said to have multiple D1 offers.

[jaybird44]

It seems that I have been the only member of the only (unofficial) fall sport at WashU, with my 100-mile ultramarathon attempt earlier this month to promote the fight for a cure during Rett Syndrome Awareness Month.  That attempt fell a bit short in miles and fundraising, so I'm going into overtime to try and reach $5,000 in donations.

Rett Gets Rocked 50K for $5K will commence Friday, October 30 at 8 pm Central, and end at 8 am Halloween morning.  Counting donations received (thanks to retired WashU men's basketball coach Mark Edwards and his wife Mary, and to Mike McGrath and his  University of Chicago men's basketball program for their donations!) and those yet to be sent and processed, I am at $4,440.53.  Very, very close to my goal...which will fund a researcher's work for a month.  Wouldn't it be cool if he or she cracked the code for a cure of Rett syndrome, on our dime?!

I reached 86 miles in my "Rett Gets Rocked Virtual Ultra Weekend" October 3-4.  I'm very proud of that result, but there's more work to be done.  Proceeds from the event will be split between Rettsyndrome.org (the only national organization spearheading research and providing resources for affected patients and their families) and the Rett Spectrum Clinic--a collaboration between the WashU School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital.

Rett syndrome is a rare, non-inherited neurological disorder that is caused by a gene mutation in the brain.  It primarily affects girls (1 in every 10,000 girls develop Rett).  It strikes typically when a child is 6-18 months old, and it has the characteristics of ALS, autism, epilepsy, and Parkinson's...all rolled into one sinister disorder.  It takes away the child's ability to move and communicate. 

In essence, Rett does to a child what Lucy in the "Peanuts" comic strip does to Charlie Brown when he tries to kick the football that she is holding.  The only difference is that Charlie Brown can get back up to try again.  Those who are afflicted with Rett syndrome don't get another chance to enjoy a vibrant life.

Researchers are working to re-engineer the gene mutation that turns on Rett, so it can be forever turned off.  Four drug therapies are in the FDA review pipeline, with one (trofanitide) one level away from review.  And, iPad tablets with retinal scan technology are giving those with Rett a voice they haven't had since they were toddlers.

The full court press on Rett is paying off.  You can help keep the pressure on Rett, by going to my Rett Racers donation page:  https://rettracer.everydayhero.com/us/rett-gets-rocked-2020

Thanks for your time and consideration, and hopefully there will be basketball to play and broadcast at the start of 2021!

Jay Murry
Play-By-Play Announcer, Washington University in St. Louis
Event Director, Rett Gets Rocked 50K for $5K