University Athletic Association

[deiscanton]

First of all, I am really glad that D3Boards is back.

Second, I just watched Hoopsville this afternoon where Scott Peterson was on the show talking with Dave McHugh about Pool C "play-in" games where the winner most likely gets a Pool C and the loser could be out of the NCAAs.

First on that list was Chicago at Wash U on Sat. Feb. 24, 2024-- (Sorry, Dave-- Wash U already played at UChicago on January 6. Scott--please check the schedules before you come on air again as to the game site-- but at least you admitted beforehand that you did not check where the game was to be played.)

Second-- I look at my alma mater, the Brandeis women-- if they are a better team than last year, the results do not indicate it.   I personally saw my alma mater got drubbed by 51 points at NYU in the Paulson Center, and when I saw the score at the end of the first quarter when the game was practically over 10 minutes in-- I said to myself that this current year's NYU team reminded me a lot of the Wash U women's teams from 1998 to 2001 that put together an 81 game winning streak.  The 2000-01 Wash U team in their prime (Tasha Rodgers in senior year) could defeat this year's Brandeis team by 45 to 50 points in both games in league play, too-- I strongly believe it.  The old 2000-01 Janice Quinn coached NYU team in their prime could beat this year's Brandeis team by 25 to 30 points on a regular basis, too.

On the results, I saw a Brandeis team that could not stand up to Babson, Tufts, and Roger Williams-- and these teams are not as strong as they were last year, either.  I saw a Brandeis team that lost to Eastern Nazarene, and should have lost to Bridgewater State were it not for the Bears losing focus late in the game and getting overconfident.  With the exception of the Brandeis UAA win at home over Carnegie Mellon, the Brandeis women haven't broken the 60 point barrier in scoring in UAA play all season.

Okay, maybe if Brandeis was a Heartland Conf.team playing Franklin, Defiance, et al, the Judges could get some league wins, but Brandeis would not come close to beating Transylvania this season either.

Current Brandeis acting head coach Jill Latanovich has a future in putting together and coaching a successful DIII women's basketball team-- I am just not sure that it is in this league given her previous playing and coaching experience so far.

I am sick and tired of seeing my alma mater only having the talent, depth, and athleticism to win no more than 1 or 2 games in the UAA in women's hoop and only winning 5 to 6 games overall-- especially after seeing the hey-days of 2006 to 2010 when the Brandeis women made NCAA tournament appearances.

(This is on top of a fall where the Brandeis women's soccer team was only able to score 1 goal in UAA play after going 6-1-3 in non-conference play under coach Mary Shimko-- fortunately, all 7 of Brandeis's UAA Women's soccer opponents made the NCAAs and I still have confidence in the management of the Brandeis women's soccer team.)

(Also, the Brandeis women's volleyball team only regularly wins just 1 or 2 UAA matches a year, too-- but I don't focus on volleyball.)

Obviously, I do not want Carol Simon back coaching this team either, especially after seeing that investigation into her conduct being revealed by Deadspin first hand last summer and not getting any public comment from Brandeis itself.   The lack of commentary from the Brandeis adminstration on this issue is speaking volumes.

I am sorry-- but this year, I have been more focused on watching the NYU women dominate this tough UAA on live-stream during the times when women's play has been going on, and on Saturday, the NYU women will most likely become the first UAA basketball team from the Eastern Time Zone-- men or women--to go  a perfect undefeated 14-0 in UAA play.   The accomplishment will be the 8th time in UAA women's basketball history since the founding of the UAA back in 1986-87, and the start of UAA play in 1987-88.

The previous 7 perfect UAA women's basketball seasons in league play--

1.)  1989-1990:  Wash U Bears-- 14-0  (Double round-robin wins over UChicago, NYU, Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, Rochester, and Emory-- single round-robin wins over CWRU and Johns Hopkins.)  Head coach:  Nancy Fahey.

2.)  1998-1999:  Wash U Bears-- 14-0  (Same schedule as the 1989-1990 season)  Head coach:  Nancy Fahey.

3.)  1999-2000:  Wash U Bears-- 15-0  (Double round-robin wins over UChicago, NYU, Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, Rochester, Emory, and CWRU-- single round-robin win over Johns Hopkins.)   Head coach:  Nancy Fahey.

(UAA charter member Johns Hopkins leaves the UAA after the 2000-01 season to stay in the Centennial Conference.)

4.)  2001-02:  Wash U Bears-- 14-0  (First season under the current double-round robin format)--

Head coach: Nancy Fahey

5.)  2010-11:  U. Chicago Maroons-- 14-0 in UAA play.  Head coach:  Aaron Roussell
5.)  2011-12:  U. Chicago Maroons-- 14-0 in UAA play.  Head coach:  Aaron Roussell

7.)  2017-18:  U. Chicago Maroons-- 14-0 in UAA play.  Head coach:  Carissa Sain (then married as known as Carissa Sain-Knoche.)

Whereabouts of these coaches who accomplished the feat as of present:

1.)  Nancy Fahey-- member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame-- retired from coaching at the end of the 2021-22 season after 5 years coaching in the D-I Big Ten at Illinois.)

2.)  Aaron Roussell-- current coach of the Richmond Spiders in the D-I Atlantic 10.

3.)  Carissa Sain-- current coach of DIII Illinois Tech in the NACC.

[deiscanton]

I had some trouble watching the video of the NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Selection Show on ncaa.com this afternoon.  The show was loaded onto the website on time, but the recorded feed seemed to stop about 5 announced pods in, and I had to reload and start all over again. I finally finished completing my viewing of the show around 3:30 PM Eastern.   Fortunately, Youtube's NCAA Championships channel now has this selection show up as of 3:20 PM Eastern.  (The men's DIII Selection show got dropped onto Youtube as of 1:30 PM Eastern.)

Well, FYI--

The UAA got 3 teams into the women's field this year-- NYU as the AQ, with Wash U and Emory getting Pool C bids.

Due to the men's teams getting priority this year and the seeding of the resumes of the UAA teams that got Pool C bids, no UAA women's basketball teams are hosting pods this weekend.

The first pod announced on the show had NYU going to DeSales's pod in Allentown, PA.

Here is the field for the DeSales pod in Allentown, PA--

1.)  NYU Violets vs Millsaps Majors  (NCAA is flying Millsaps, the SAA AQ, to Allentown, PA to play NYU in the first round.)

2.)  Southern Virginia Knights at DeSales Bulldogs.

The seventh pod announced on the show had Wash U travelling to Carroll's pod in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Here is the field for the pod in Waukesha, Wisconsin--

1.)  Puget Sound Loggers at Carroll Pioneers
2.)  Wash U Bears vs UW-Stout Blue Devils.

The eighth pod announced on the show had Emory travelling to Transylvania's pod in Lexington, Kentucky, where Emory could potentially be the second round opponent for Transylvania's attempt to get their 62nd straight win and take sole possession of third place for all-time consecutive game winning streaks in DIII Women's hoop.

Here is the field for the pod in Lexington, Kentucky--

1.)  Emory Eagles vs Ohio Wesleyan Battlin' Bishops.
2.)  Chatham Cougars at Transylvania Pioneers.

I watched a game or two on recorded stream of UW-Stout a few days ago.  I now need to get some info of Ohio Wesleyan and Millsaps.

[deiscanton]

I am so relieved that Carol Simon has finally decided to retire from Brandeis.   She should have done this act months ago while she was still on paid administrative leave-- it would have saved all of the Brandeis women's basketball players at least one month of grief.   I will not have much patience with the next hire-- I will give the new coach 5 years to get Brandeis to at least near the top half of the UAA, and definitely to qualify for the NCAA DIII tournament.  The days where a coach should be guaranteed lifetime tenure on a DIII program at any level should be long gone.   Hopefully we now can invest in our athletics and get our teams the ability to keep up with our UAA rivals in more sports. Brandeis cannot rest on concentrating on just one sport to the detriment of all the other sports.  Yes, Brandeis had success on the soccer pitch recently, and yes, Brandeis got itself a national women's sabre fencing champion this year.   Can't rest on our laurels on those accomplishments.  In June, Jessica Chapin will be returning to Brandeis as the new athletic director-- I hope that she can be as successful in her new job as she was at DII AIC. 

[RogK]

On the condition of anonymity for the source, I was told that the next U of Chicago head coach will be Anna Nimity.
(now there's a dumb pun for ya!)

[RogK]

Former Illinois Wesleyan player Michelle Bilek, who was an assistant WBB coach for U of Chicago last season, is now shown as the Maroons' Interim Head Coach.
https://athletics.uchicago.edu/sports/womens-basketball/coaches/2024-25
I'd assume she is in contention with others for Head Coach for the upcoming season.

[deiscanton]

Just to pass along some information about watching video streams of games from Puerto Rico College Sports Tours, which is sponsoring the D3 Women's Basketball Clasico, of which games are starting today, and is also sponsoring the D3 Women's Basketball After Christmas Clasico, of which Wash U is taking part in from December 28 to 30, 2024, when they play 2 games vs Dickinson and Bridgewater State from the 3,000 seat Coliseo Roger Mendoza in Caguas, PR, on Sunday, December 29 and Monday, December 30, respectively.

If you want to watch the live stream and on demand of the Wash U vs Dickinson game on Sunday, December 29, and the Wash U vs Bridgewater State game on Monday, December 30, respectively, from the Coliseo Roger Mendoza (a professional basketball arena in Puerto Rico's BNBL League, BTW), here are the details.

1.)  To my knowledge, Puerto Rico College Sports Tours does not provide free live stats of the games for those who cannot afford to pay for the video stream.

2.)  The tip times for the Wash U games on Dec. 29 and Dec. 30 are at 10:30 AM Atlantic Standard time.  That is 8:30 AM Central for those of you watching from Chicago or St. Louis, and 9:30 AM Eastern for people watching from the rest of the UAA cities. 

3.)  Both games are pay per view streams, (along with Saturday December 28's game between Bridgewater State and Dickinson which is also being played at Coliseo Roger Mendoza at 10:30 AM Atlantic time/9:30 AM Eastern.).

4.)  Puerto Rico College Sports Tours is charging $14.99 for each game's video stream.  To repeat, it is $14.99 for each game's video stream, not $14.99 for the entire package of games.   To confirm that is true, I just tested it with a purchase of today's game of CalTech vs College of St. Benedict, which is tipping off in Bayamon, PR at 9 AM Eastern today as the first game of the D3 Women's Basketball Clasico, and the $14.99 that I paid for it will only allow me to watch that particular game.

Why is FloSports not doing these games on their college package?  Sure, FloSports charges $19.99/month, but you get a lot more value for that deal.  Similarly, Rochester charges $10.95 a month, but you get live and on-demand access for all of Rochester's home games in the deal for that month as well.   Now, I am stuck with watching Cal Tech vs Saint Benedict this morning.   I hope the presentation is worth it.

[scottiedawg]

The streaming offering price is very bad. I think I ended up watching a single game last year. I seem to recall the actual video was okay, but no frills?

The officiating in PR is atrocious.

Pretty rough product all the way around.   I wonder if schools/teams/players look back fondly on the trip?  Did any schools who went in past years go again?

[deiscanton]

Hi, Scottiedawg.

I do not know if any UAA women's basketball teams have made multiple trips to Puerto Rico, but I know that Coach Andy Yosinoff and the Emmanuel College Saints out of the GNAC have made at least 2 trips to Puerto Rico.  One trip came in 2014, and the most recent trip was last year.  It seems that the sights and sounds outside of the game atmosphere-- with plenty of opportunities to tour and explore the island, make the trip seem worth it for the players, coaches, and immediate family members who choose to fly to Puerto Rico for their vacation.

Last year, Case Western Reserve and Rochester made the trip to Puerto Rico on the women's side.   As a matter of fact, today is the one year anniversary of the game between Case Western Reserve and Emmanuel that was played at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, PR.  CWRU won by 1 point over Emmanuel in overtime last year. Final score was 74-73, and the game was tied at 64 a piece at the end of regulation.   That was the first meeting (and for now, the only scheduled regular season contest) between the Case Western Reserve Spartans and the Emmanuel Saints.   CWRU also won over Norwich last year on the Puerto Rico trip.  That game was played at Coliseo Mario Morales in Guaynabo, PR.  Coliseo Mario Morales is not being used this year for the D3 women's basketball Puerto Rico games.-- The D3 Puerto Rico games this year are being played in Bayamon at Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, and in Caguas, PR at Coliseo Roger Mendoza.

(Correction-- Just about 24 hours after I originally posted this, Puerto Rico College Sports Tours announced on their website that the December 28-30, 2024 games that were originally scheduled to be played at Coliseo Roger Mendoza (home of the Puerto Rico BSN team Criollos de Caguas (Caguas Creoles)) would instead be played at the bigger 8,000 seat professional basketball arena Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz Abreu in Manait, PR-- the home of the pro basketball team Los Osos de Manati (Manati Bears).  (Seemed fitting that a field with 2 DiII women's basketball teams nicknamed the Bears would be played in Puerto Rico at the home court of the Manati Bears.)

Last year, Rochester defeated Mary Washington and lost to Westfield State at Coliseo Mario Morales in Guaynabo, PR.   Rochester made their Puerto Rico trip on the weekend after Christmas, while CWRU played their Puerto Rico games before Christmas.   This year, Wash U will play their 2 Puerto Rico games after Christmas vs Dickinson and Bridgewater State.

Coliseo Mario Morales is also a Puerto Rico professional basketball arena for the Guaynabo pro team, along with the pro basketball arenas in Bayamon and Caguas for those respective pro teams.

In case you are wondering, I did not watch the live video stream of CWRU v Emmanuel last year, nor did I watch any other live Puerto Rico games on video last year either.  Monday was my first experience watching a video stream of a D3 game from Puerto Rico, and the $14.99 fee was just for the live stream only with no ability to replay the game on demand.   

BTW, it seems that Wash U has set up Sidearm live stat links on their women's basketball page for their Puerto Rico games vs Dickinson and Bridgewater State.   I hope this means that they have talked to Rochester and CWRU about their experiences last year and decided to send their own live stats feed and send a live stats operator to fly with the women's basketball team in their travel party to cover the 2 games.  I am not holding my breath until I actually see the live stats feed working during those games. 

Just in case, maybe Jay Murry can spend $30 to Puerto Rico College Sports Tours ($14.99 for each game) to watch both live video feeds and live tweet on his experience watching those streams-- unless of course, Jay Murry is going to be in the travel party with the Wash U women's basketball team for that trip.   I want a lot of Wash U social media outside of the games about the women's basketball team experience.   A player blog will work, too.     

[deiscanton]

For our final UAA non-conference women's game before Christmas, we have our first ever Rashidcast!  (Umar Rashid, that is, of the CWRU MBB team joining Play by play announcer Ron Jantz in the booth at Horsburgh Gym on this one, but we know that Umar Rashid is running the broadcast today!)

Why, you ask?  Well, CWRU decided to have their anticipated first home win of the season come in a rematch against Pitt-Greensburg, who the Spartans already defeated 90-46 earlier this season at Pitt-Greensburg.

CWRU came into the game ranked #222 in the NCAA Power Index ratings at 47.65 according to D3Datacast.  Meanwhile, Pitt-Greensburg comes into today's matchup ranked near the bottom of DIII at 29.73 (ranked #413 of 417 D3 teams).  Pitt-Greensburg is currently winless vs D3 teams, and that streak is going to continue today.

CWRU leading 66-28 with 6:55 left in the 3rd quarter.

Update-- 7:20 PM ET,-- CWRU set a lot of single game individual and team program records today in their 108-52 win and congrats on setting those records, but I am not impressed that it had to come against what is practically the worst team in DIII women's basketball at this moment.    Brandeis could have played winless Regis (MA) this season if the goal was for Lulu Ohm to try to score 40 points in a game this season, for example.  Lulu Ohm has already scored a Brandeis WBB individual single game record 37 points vs Framingham State this season, and Framingham State is a much better team than Pitt-Greensburg.

Update #2-- 7:46 PM ET-- I could also have Brandeis play against Mt. Holyoke in a rematch of old charter NEW8 (now currently known as NEWMAC) opponents if my goal was to have Brandeis try to set the most individual and team single game program records right now, too.  However, Mt. Holyoke does have 1 D3 win right now.

[deiscanton]

Before I write about my viewing plans for UAA Women's Basketball non-conference games this weekend, I am going to write about some other D3 games that I am planning to watch on live stream today and tomorrow.

UAA teams resume play on Sunday.  I am also not forgetting about the D3Hoops.com Classic from Las Vegas, NV-- I will checking in and watching live and on-demand streams from this weekend's Las Vegas games  this weekend as well.

D3 Women's Basketball resumes play at noon ET today with a slate of 3 games scheduled for today-- 2 this afternoon from Lehman College in New York this afternoon with the co-main event of the day starting at Noon ET at the Apex Gym in the Bronx.   That game will be a "Hartford Clasico" where former UChicago head coach Maria Williamson will lead NESCAC's Trinity Bantams against the GNAC conference leading (by 1/2 game) Univ.of St. Joseph Bluejays, coached by UConn WBB pioneer Wendy Davis.   Univ. of St. Joseph has already defeated the Monks from St. Joe's Maine in the only GNAC conference game of the season so far.

I am definitely planning to watch the stream of that game at noon.   The second game from New York has Neumann playing the host school, Lehman, at approx 2 PM.

The main event tonight is Illinois Wesleyan (#1 in the current NCAA Power Index ratings, according to D3DataCast, and #3 in the D3hoops.com Top 25 poll) playing at Trinity (TX).   Game tips at 6 PM Central/7 PM Eastern, and is planning to be streamed on Trinity U's Youtube channel.

I am still waiting for the links to the live streams of the D3 Women's Basketball After Christmas Clasico games from Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz Abreu in Manati, PR to be posted, but I will purchase Saturday's game stream between Bridgewater State and Dickinson as soon as it goes on sale.  All 3 games of the Puerto Rico After Christmas Clasico will tip at 8:30 AM Central/9:30 AM Eastern/10:30 AM Atlantic with 1 game played each day from Saturday to Monday.   Wash U gets to play Sunday vs Dickinson and Monday vs Bridgewater State-- free live stats will be on Wash U's site for those who cannot afford to pay the $14.99 live streaming fee per game.

Coach Bridgett Casey of Bridgewater State will try for the second time to go for career win #400 tomorrow against Dickinson after seeing her first attempt come up short against Brandeis earlier this month.   Bridgewater State comes in to Puerto Rico ranked #9 in the NCAA Power Index according to D3DataCast.

Now-- here are my viewing plans for streams on Sunday and Monday---

1.)  I am planning to follow live stats on Sunday for Wash U vs Dickinson to save some money. 

2.)  Here are the remaining games for Sunday--

2024 Baldwin Wallace Women's Basketball Holiday Invitational from Berea, Ohio

Sunday, Dec. 29--

Carnegie Mellon vs UW-Eau Claire-- 3 PM Eastern.

(Alma at Baldwin Wallace is the second game of that slate-- scheduled for 5 PM Eastern tip)

(Consolation and Chamionship games on Monday, Dec. 30)

2024 Gratz Park Wealth Holiday Tournament from Transylvania U in Lexington, Kentucky

Case Western Reserve at Transylvania-- 3 PM Eastern.

Washington & Lee vs Concordia-Moorhead is the second game of that tournament, scheduled tip at 5 PM Eastern.

(Consolation and Championship Games on Monday, Dec. 30 at 5 PM Eastern)

St. Petersburg Classic presented by Eckerd College

All 8 St. Petersburg Classic games Sunday and Monday will be played at St. Petersburg Catholic HS in Florida.

Emory will play against Husson on Sunday at 5 PM ET, and against Bowdoin on Monday at 5 PM ET

Free live stats.

Streaming package of St. Petersburg Classic available for sale on SSC Digital Network.

Streaming video available on a streaming package from Eckerd College for $31.20 for live and on-demand rights for all 8 games.

Other participating teams in St. Petersburg, FL this weekend-- Catholic, Messiah, Denison, Johns Hopkins, and Vassar.  4 games daily starting at 11 AM ET each day.

Middlebury at NYU-- 5 PM Eastern-- Definitely planning to watch that one.

For the 3 PM games, I plan to primarily follow Carnegie Mellon's game while checking up on CWRU from time to time.

[deiscanton]

Here is an update for my Sunday watching plans on Wash U vs Dickinson.

After watching Dickinson handle Bridgewater State pretty handily in the second half of their victory today, I have purchased a $14.99 virtual ticket from Puerto Rico College Sports Tours for tomorrow morning's live stream from Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz Abreu in Manati, PR.

I am going to consider my purchases of these virtual streaming tickets the substitute this year for a trip to NYU.   Last year, I made the trip to NYU to watch the Paulson Center's first UAA games vs Brandeis.   The cost this year to make that same trip and spend a night in Stamford CT is too expensive for me this time around.  Even the cheapest alternate, a round trip same day ticket on Amtrak would mean that I would have to leave Boston at 6:30 AM on the Amtrak and not return home until just before midnight.  If I were 30 years younger, I would be doing just that-- taking the round trip from the Boston area to New York and back on the same day for the UAA doubleheader.

I will make my final decision on a virtual ticket for Wash U vs Bridgewater State tomorrow after I see the Wash U vs Dickinson match on live stream.   

[deiscanton]

My thoughts going into today--

1.)  I bit the bullet again.   At noon ET yesterday, I paid another $14.99 to Puerto Rico College Sports Tours to watch today's live stream of Wash U vs Bridgewater State.

I remember that FloSports had the live streaming and on demand rights for all of the Puerto Rico action in 2022.   I am wondering what happened with FloSports and Puerto Rico College Sports Tours for FloSports to lose those rights after 2022.

With FloCollege now available at $19.99/month and that package having a lot more value than the content that you would get in 2022 if you paid FloSports, I would have been able to watch a lot more DIII Puerto Rico Clasico games if they were available this year on the FloCollege package.  The on-demand rights would have been a selling point for me.

Based on the virtual attendance rate of only 32 who watched the live stream of yesterday's Wash U vs Dickinson game, it may have been better for the fans if that game were available live and on demand on the FloCollege package instead.   Free is always best, but FloCollege would have better for my finances on the PR Clasico slate of games than the $15 virtual live streaming ticket per individual game.  I would have been able to watch Univ of St. Joseph, Rhode Island College,and UMass-Dartmouth play in Puerto Rico (via video stream) if these games were available on FloCollege this year. Just my two cents on this.

2.)  NYU vs Middlebury-- As Scottiedawg says, "there are no pictures on the golf scorecard", and  "that goes the same for NPI."   It is still a win for NYU.   That is good enough in my book.

3.)  CWRU at Transy in Gratz Park Wealth Holiday Classic.-- CWRU's 3 point barrage (7 of 11 from 3 pt land in the first 10 minutes of the game) sends Transy to their first home loss in an non-NCAA tournament game since November of 2019.   

The CWRU win yesterday is the highlight of the season so far for the Spartans, even though no quality win bonus points came with the win as of right now.

As a reward, I would have liked to see CWRU play Wash and Lee today and have to deal with Mary Schleusner, but Concordia-Moorhead had other ideas.   So, the consolation game today between Transy and Wash and Lee will just be as interesting to watch as the championship game that follows.

Brandeis will have to take note of CWRU's streaky 3 point shooting, as the Judges will have to beat CWRU at least once this season to make their goal of 4 to 5 UAA wins this season achievable.  Preferable to sweep CWRU and Rochester this season if possible, but no game in the UAA is easy to win.  Coach Prichett has Brandeis on the right track, though, and I trust her to make the right decisions for the rest of the season.

4.)  Carnegie Mellon held form yesterday and will play in the title game of the BW Holiday Tournament.    Emory plays Bowdoin-- I will have to follow live stats on the game from St. Petersburg, FL.

5.)  Lexy Harris of Wash U dropped 24 on Dickinson yesterday.  She will be tough to handle in UAA play.

[deiscanton]

Since my previous post, I found something that may answer my previous question about why FloCollege does not have the streaming rights to Puerto Rico College Sports Tours Events.

It is because FloSports made a deal with Sport Tours International (the same company who sponsors the D3Hoops.com Classic) to do the streaming and on-demand rights for Sport Tours International's Discover Puerto Rico Shootout that annually takes place on Thanksgiving Weekend.

The Sport Tours Puerto Rico event invites mid and high major DI women's basketball teams to compete in Puerto Rico, and FloCollege has been streaming this event since 2023 and has the Discover Puerto Rico Shootout games from 2023 and 2024 in their FloCollege on-demand library.

[deiscanton]

  Scheduling guide for watching NYU women and other UAA women's basketball teams in conference play this season

Per the UAA Code of Conduct, traditionally the women have played first in Saturday UAA games, first on Friday nights, and second on Sunday afternoons.  This has been the tradition from the beginning of that particular format in UAA play.

However, for this season and next, the scheduling has been reversed.   Starting this season, the women will go second in Saturday games, and second in Friday night games.   The women will play first on Sundays.

This will be the schedule for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons.   Following those years, we will go back to the traditional schedule for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons, and every 2 years from this time forward, that will be the plan.

There has also been a change in game jersey policy.   The white uniforms will be the home uniforms for Friday night and Saturday games and the road uniforms for Sunday games.   The dark uniforms will be the road uniforms for Friday night and Saturday conference games and the home uniforms for Sunday conference games. 

[deiscanton]

On Sunday, January 26, 2025, the NYU women won a UAA conference game by 76 points when the Violets won at CWRU by a score of 107-31.

While the UAA record book does not keep track of largest margins of victory/defeat in a UAA conference basketball game, upon reviewing the records of the WashU Alia Fischer/Tasha Rodgers dynasty years of 1997-2001, I have concluded that Sunday's margin of 76 points is a new UAA conference record for single game margin of victory/defeat in UAA women's hoop.

The previous record that I could find courtesy of the WashU record book for UAA conference games was a WashU 97-33 victory over Brandeis (64 points) set in the 1997-98 season when Alia Fischer was a sophomore at WashU and Tasha Rodgers was a freshman.   Pat Coleman once described Fischer and Rodgers as the Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen of D3 women's hoop when describing their play back in the day. 

The 64 point margin of victory in the 1997-98 season broke an older record of a 60 point margin of victory in a UAA game set earlier that season when WashU defeated CWRU by a score of 104-44.

For D3 women's conferences overall, the most recent standards of dominance in conference play were set by former D3 institution Thomas More Saints of Kentucky when the GOAT of DIII women's hoop Sydney Moss transferred in from the Florida Gators to be with her family in Kentucky.  Sydney Moss was the SEC rookie of the year as a freshman, but the then Florida women's basketball coach did not handle Moss's transfer request very well when Sydney Moss requested a transfer out of Florida.  The mishandling of the request made national news.  Eventually, Moss was allowed to transfer out of Florida and she decided to go to Thomas More.

In Sydney Moss's sophomore year, in PAC conference play, Thomas More defeated Thiel in the regular season by 84 points (113-29) on January 11, 2014, and also defeated Thiel by a score of 127-34 (93 points) in the PAC quarterfinals on February 25, 2014.  The Thomas More Saints also defeated Bethany in PAC conference play by a score of 112-34 (78 points) on January 23, 2014.

In Sydney Moss's senior year, in PAC conference play, Thomas More defeated Westminster (PA) by a score of 105-31, on January 30, 2016.  (74 points.)

That is all that I am going to say on this matter.