University Athletic Association

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The youngsters are starting to figure things out...especially winning close games on the road.  And they are gaining quite a bit of confidence in short order.

Jessica Brooks, Karisa Grandison, Brenna Loftus, Sabrina DelBello, and Lauren Chao have all made significant strides so far this season. They have bolstered the efforts of veterans Maya Arnott, Samantha Weaver, Molly Gannon, and Sammi Mautoush.  WashU has kept winning even when Arnott missed a couple of games.  I think the Bears are still a year away from UAA championship contention, but they might just speed that timetable up a bit.  We'll see. 

While I certainly understand that 23 points vs. Greenville and 32 points in her first UAA opener does not cinch a UAA POY award, I think it merits putting Jessica Brooks on that radar.  Lots of basketball left to be played, to be sure.  But. after an 0-4 start, WashU has won 7 of its last 8 and is fast becoming a team to be reckoned with in the UAA.  Brooks figures to be a central figure in that reckoning.

Jessica Brooks probably has qualified to be on the UAA POY ballot, but if the vote were held now, the sample size of data is too limited to justify voting her POY at this time.  However, Wash U was picked second in the UAA women's preseason coaches poll, so the win over Chicago (the 4th place pick) at the Ratner Center yesterday perhaps wasn't too surprising.   One test is going to be if Wash U can sweep NYU in what may end up a modern day revival of the classic rivalry from the late 1990s between the Nancy Fahey coached Wash U teams and the Janice Quinn coached NYU teams,  (which also extended to the years when NYU had Jessica McEntee playing and the two teams met for a third time in the season in Springfield, MA in a national semifinal for the DIII title) only this time, with a new generation of coaches.  The more immediate test is going to come this upcoming week when Wash U plays Rochester and Emory on the road-- let's see if the Bears can sweep that road trip and return to the Wash U Field House at 3-0 in the UAA.

And of course, while the first of the four losses of the 0-4 start was by double digits, the other 3 were by a single possession and could have been wins in other years with a more experienced Wash U team.   So, Wash U could easily have been a 10-2 team right now with a more experienced roster.

My hope right now is that we can successfully complete a UAA season at this time and not be forced to have the athletic directors (Primary Athletic Administrators) ask the university presidents to cancel the entire winter sports season in the middle due to being prevented by Omicron from safely travelling and playing a complete slate of UAA games.  Hopefully the athletic directors can come up with a reasonable solution to reschedule any UAA games that cannot be played right now and not have too many UAA games in February to make up.

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One other note right now:

Coach Ellonya "Tiny" Green (a DIII basketball pioneering legend in his own right-- played for Upsala on the national semifinal team in 1980) may have been a little disappointed that one of his former students, Chloe Teter, did not see action on Saturday vs Brandeis, but he would certainly be pleased at the performance of Erin Martin in her UAA debut vs Rochester, and he definitely would be proud of the fact that Kerry Tanke got her first 20 point game of her college career on Saturday vs NYU.  (All three went to his "Nothing But Skills" basketball school in New Jersey.)

I am starting to believe that ronk has a position similar to what Coach Green does-- develop players when they are young and make sure they get to go to good colleges that fit their skill levels academically and athletically.

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 No, Tiny does the hard work of training the youngsters, prepping them to play better at whatever level they choose; I, on the other hand, as an avocation, evaluate prospects in high school for suitability to play at the highest level of D3, no work at all except for traipsing from court to court for many hours in a 30-court facility.   

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No, Tiny does the hard work of training the youngsters, prepping them to play better at whatever level they choose; I, on the other hand, as an avocation, evaluate prospects in high school for suitability to play at the highest level of D3, no work at all except for traipsing from court to court for many hours in a 30-court facility.   

Also, ronk, you don't blog about the players like Tiny does.   

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Scheduled games for week of Monday, January 10 to Sunday, January 16, 2022

One non-conference game between Geneva and Carnegie Mellon scheduled for this evening was cancelled last week.

Association games

Friday, January 14, 2022

1.)  Carnegie Mellon at Brandeis-- 5:30 PM Eastern
2.)  Chicago at Rochester-- 7:30 PM Eastern
3.)  Wash U at Emory-- 7:30 PM Eastern
4.)  Case Western Reserve at NYU-- 8 PM Eastern

Sunday, January 16, 2022

1.)  Wash U at Rochester-- 1 PM Eastern
2.)  Case Western Reserve at Brandeis-- 1 PM Eastern (Note time change-- updated as of January 12, 2022)
3.)  Chicago at Emory-- 2 PM Eastern
4.)  Carnegie Mellon at NYU-- 2 PM Eastern

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NYU Press Release at 11:04 AM Eastern Monday January 10, 2022--

Together Again: NYU Athletic Adminstrators and Coaches Have Moved to 196 Mercer Street in Manhattan

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UAA has just announced their athletes of the week for the week of Jan 3 to Jan 9, 2022

Congratulations to Jessica Brooks of Wash U on becoming the first Wash U women's basketball player to get Athlete of the Week for this season.

uaasports.info/information/aow/011022

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Starting this Friday, all NYU home games will be streamed live on Team1Sports.com, which means that they will be able to be viewed on a Roku TV as well as other streaming TVs.

Live stats will continue to be provided by Sidearm Stats.

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As of 10 AM Eastern Friday, January 14, 2022-- we are still on schedule for a full slate of UAA women's basketball games this weekend.

Just a few reminders:

(1)  No in-person spectators allowed this weekend at any UAA basketball games per COVID-19 protocols.  All games will be live streamed.

(2)  NYU's new live streaming channel for home basketball games is team1sports.com/nyu  The NYU home basketball games can now also be streamed to your Roku TV or other streaming TV device via the Team1Sports app.

Scheduled games for week of Monday, January 10 to Sunday, January 16, 2022

One non-conference game between Geneva and Carnegie Mellon scheduled for this evening was cancelled last week.

Association games

Friday, January 14, 2022

1.)  Carnegie Mellon at Brandeis-- 5:30 PM Eastern
2.)  Chicago at Rochester-- 7:30 PM Eastern
3.)  Wash U at Emory-- 7:30 PM Eastern
4.)  Case Western Reserve at NYU-- 8 PM Eastern

Sunday, January 16, 2022

1.)  Wash U at Rochester-- 1 PM Eastern
2.)  Case Western Reserve at Brandeis-- 1 PM Eastern (Note time change-- updated as of January 12, 2022)
3.)  Chicago at Emory-- 2 PM Eastern
4.)  Carnegie Mellon at NYU-- 2 PM Eastern

NYU comes into the weekend ranked at #10 on the D3Hoops.com Top 25 poll, and at #5 on the WBCA DIII Coaches poll.

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Carnegie Mellon at Brandeis women's game about to start.

Jonah White on PxP commentary for Brandeis.

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Brandeis off to an 11-2 start with 7:19 left in first quarter.

Brandeis shooting 4 of 5 from the field, 3 of 3 from 3 pt range.

Caitlyn Clendenin with Carnegie Mellon's first 2 points.

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Carnegie Mellon and Brandeis now tied at 15-15 with 2:34 left in first quarter.

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NYU's home UAA games will be played and streamed from the DI St. Francis of Brooklyn gym this season. (NEC).

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Halftime at Auerbach Arena in Waltham, MA--

Brandeis 36, Carnegie Mellon 32

Leading scorers for Brandeis--

Camila Casanueva and Caitlln Gresko with 10 points a piece

Kerry Tanke with 7 rebounds

Camila Casanueva with 4 assists


Leading scorer for Carnegie Mellon--

Caitlyn Clendenin with 12 points

Leah Weslock with 5 rebounds for Carnegie Mellon

Brandeis shot 13 of 32 from the field,  7 of 16 from 3 pt land, and 3 of 5 from the charity stripe

Carnegie Mellon shot 13 of 37 from the field, 1 of 3 from 3 pt land, and 5 of 9 from the charity stripe

Second half about to get underway.

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Carnegie Mellon outscored Brandeis, 31-12 in the third quarter to take a 63-48 lead over Brandeis with 10 min left to play.

Live stats down at Brandeis right now.