University Athletic Association

deiscanton · February 25, 2006, 03:55:46 PM

Final from Auerbach Arena

Brandeis 67, NYU 62

It looks like NYU is really going to have to sweat it out.

(Corrected version.)

sandman · February 26, 2006, 01:13:07 AM

Case ends the season with a four-game winning streak, as the seniors who played their last game end up going 6-8 in the UAA all four years. The Lady Spartans beat Emory, 65-46, in a game that was somewhat of a blowout.

Case held Emory to two points in the first eight minutes and 13 in the first half; yet, their turnovers still allowed Emory to have a reasonable chance to come back. However, Case then opened up a 47-22 lead with 13 minutes to go, and the outcome was no longer in doubt. High scorers for the Lady Spartans were Dana Dempsey with 17, Andrea Haylett with 14, and Amber Hammell with 13; she finishes #10 on the all-time scoring list with 910 points.

This game was Case's 12th straight victory over Emory dating back to when I was a freshman. To keep the streak alive, Case has had to overcome some unusual obstacles or statistical anomalies:

2003: Trailed by 16 points in the second half
2004: Shot 21% from the field
2005: Trailed by nine with a minute to go (won in OT)
2006: Committed 22 turnovers

And the streak still stands. This was the fewest points Case had allowed all year, and the fewest in a half that I can remember. Most importantly, Case finishes the year at 13-12 for their first winning season since '02-'03 and fourth in six years.

whologins · February 26, 2006, 02:27:52 PM

Well, late night getting home....damn....if there was another 30 seconds, we could have counted on Capra to turnover the ball a couple more times and we would have smacked the Judgettes

So what, we still will get an NCAA bid, maybe we will get OUR REVENGE

jagluski · February 26, 2006, 02:45:31 PM

Quote from: whologins on February 26, 2006, 02:27:52 PM
Well, late night getting home....damn....if there was another 30 seconds, we could have counted on Capra to turnover the ball a couple more times and we would have smacked the Judgettes

So what, we still will get an NCAA bid, maybe we will get OUR REVENGE

This must be a bad joke?

deiscanton · February 26, 2006, 02:58:01 PM

Whologins--

Jagluski is right-- is this a bad joke?

After NYU won 2 consecutive times at Coles over Brandeis-- the first time on Senior Day on the final day of the season last year that denied Brandeis the UAA's automatic bid by giving it to Wash U (did Wash U ever thank you last year for helping them out?), and this season by 2 at Coles Center in January, (and Brandeis had a shot to win down there despite all the adversity-- it took an incredible play by Rochetti to beat Brandeis), there was no way that Brandeis was going to let NYU come into the Auerbach Arena and walk away with a victory yesterday.

You know what they say about payback, although I do give you credit, your team gave it their best shot, but it was simply not good enough yesterday.

And on another note, Kelly Manning of Wash U just took the single game UAA women's basketball scoring record away from NYU alum Marsha Harris yesterday-- answering any questions about her health and her knee in the process. Kelly Manning scored 39 points against Chicago yesterday, beating Marsha Harris's old UAA record of 37 pts. scored in a conference game. Congrats to Kelly Manning-- I think she gets UAA player of the year over a strong challenge from Wash U teammate Danielle Beehler.

jagluski · February 26, 2006, 03:04:24 PM

Quote from: deiscanton on February 26, 2006, 02:58:01 PM
Whologins--

Jagluski is right-- is this a bad joke?

After NYU won 2 consecutive times at Coles over Brandeis-- the first time on Senior Day on the final day of the season last year that denied Brandeis the UAA's automatic bid by giving it to Wash U (did Wash U ever thank you last year for helping them out?), and this season by 2 at Coles Center in January, (and Brandeis had a shot to win down there despite all the adversity-- it took an incredible play by Rochetti to beat Brandeis), there was no way that Brandeis was going to let NYU come into the Auerbach Arena and walk away with a victory yesterday.

You know what they say about payback, although I do give you credit, your team gave it their best shot, but it was simply not good enough yesterday.

Allen, we've even yet to mention the fact that:
1) NYU has now lost 5 of 6 games, not exactly a strong finish to get into the tourney
2) As seen on the Pool C board, NYU isn't even in the Top 40 nationwide among Pool C contenders in regional winning percentage

I would love to see as many UAA teams as possible in the tournament, but I think it's going to be tough to get more than 2, whereas earlier in the season, there could have been 4 or 5. The worst part of this is that I think the 3rd and 4th teams are good enough to get into the tourney, but neither one has played too strongly as of late.

Wash U and Brandeis are locks. Rochester is squarely on the bubble, while I think NYU will be on the outside looking in. At least they can win another ECAC title.

deiscanton · February 26, 2006, 05:32:07 PM

I hope everybody had a good time listening in to the conference title games this afternoon while waiting for the 10 PM Eastern time announcement tonight of the rest of the NCAA selections.

The final 5 automatic bids today on the women's side, to recap, went to DePauw, McMurry, Bowdoin, Springfield, and Muhlenberg-- in case you are just reading this now. Some very exciting games in those 5 title matchups.

Pairings come out tomorrow at 8 AM Eastern time.

deiscanton · February 26, 2006, 07:15:01 PM

I just saw the D3hoops.com "bracketologists"'s projection of the field.

From previous experience, the actual selections at 10 PM will only differ from the projections by about a team or two.

From the projections, it looks like the UAA will send 3 teams in when the rest of the field is announced later tonight. Brandeis and Rochester look to be securely in as Pool C's, as the projections indicate that the UAA would have sent 3 teams in even if the field had not expanded to 63 teams this season. (Brandeis and Rochester are in the top 7 of the projected Pool Cs according to this year's projections, with Brandeis coming in with the 3rd projected Pool C bid, and Rochester coming in on the 7th projected Pool C bid.)

jagluski · February 26, 2006, 10:25:54 PM

I stand corrected.

The UAA gets four bids to the NCAA Tournament. All four of these teams now wait until tomorrow morning to see who/where they will be playing.

Pool A
Washington University in St. Louis

Pool C
Brandeis
New York University
Rochester

Congratulations to all four teams and good luck in the tournament!

deiscanton · February 26, 2006, 10:29:49 PM

Well, the official selections are in, and they were different by at least one team.

NYU made it in, probably on the final Pool C bid.

The bubble burst for Illinois Wesleyan instead.

It is now official-- the UAA has claimed 3 Pool C bids.

Wash U-- UAA automatic qualifier.
Brandeis-- Pool C selection
Rochester-- Pool C selection
NYU-- Pool C selection.

Congratulations to NYU on getting a reprieve from the national committee and getting selected to the Big Dance.

As for my team, Brandeis, it is time to start preparing for Friday. I hope Brandeis gets to host-- but if not, I will travel to wherever Brandeis gets sent.

nyballer14 · February 26, 2006, 11:44:44 PM

It is about time the pool expanded to 63 teams. Now the UAA and the NESCAC can get the 4 teams in that they deserve and get to play in the real deal and not have to win the ECAC final scoring 92 points in the first 28 mins. I feel bad the for the teams in the previous years that have had to miss out on a bid because there were only 7 to be had and play in one of these 2 conferces where only having 2-3 losses is EXTREMELY hard to do. All I have to say to the other teams is WATCH OUT!! GO UAA

jagluski · February 26, 2006, 11:52:50 PM

Quote from: nyballer14 on February 26, 2006, 11:44:44 PM
It is about time the pool expanded to 63 teams. Now the UAA ...can get the 4 teams in that they deserve...I feel bad the for the teams in the previous years that have had to miss out on a bid because there were only 7 to be had and play in one of these 2 conferences where only having 2-3 losses is EXTREMELY hard to do. All I have to say to the other teams is WATCH OUT!! GO UAA

100% agreed. And while not possible(since NYU and Rochester will probably be in the same region), it would be nice to have a all-UAA Final Four. Of course, the NESCAC is probably saying the same thing.

As I hope everyone in the UAA is(with the exception of replace Wash U with your team), I'll be rooting for all four teams in the tourney, that is, until(if) they run into my Wash U Bears.

sandman · February 26, 2006, 11:53:37 PM

Well, at least one of my pre-season predictions came true: the UAA got four teams in the tourney... and Case finished fifth-- not too shabby. I was surprised to see NYU get in after losing their last four, but I'm definitely not complaining.

So Brandeis makes their first ever tournament appearance, which means that every UAA team has gone at least once to the tourney (Case went once in 2002, Emory last made it in 1997 or 98, Carnegie Mellon last went in 1991 or 92, and Chicago last went in 1989-- someone please correct me if I'm wrong).

And Case extends another streak-- in each of the last six years, they've beaten at least one team who made the NCAA Tournament:

00-01: Baldwin-Wallace
01-02: Ohio Wesleyan, Baldwin-Wallace, Mt. St. Mary
02-03: Wilmington
03-04: Rochester
04-05: Baldwin-Wallace
05-06: Rochester

Good luck to all four UAA teams in the tournament. Do our conference proud!

deiscanton · February 27, 2006, 05:26:09 AM

I know that the bracket has yet to come out, and that the bracket, when it does come out, probably won't have these matches in the first weekend, but I would love to see these matches in the first weekend.

First round: NYU v Marymount-- so that Bill Finney can get the match that coach Janice Quinn backed out of last November-- she first accepted an invite to the Marymount Tournament, but backed out of it in order that she could play Brockport and SUNY-Farmingdale instead.

or

Second round: NYU v. Mary Washington-- NYU takes on another Capital Athletic Conference foe that regularly plays against Bill Finney's Marymount squad, and Mary Washington could prove themselves against a UAA team.

Don't get me wrong, best of luck to all UAA teams in the tournament, but the Marymojjnt coach suffered an egregious wrong last November and deserves to be remedied.

deiscanton · February 27, 2006, 08:55:53 AM

Brackets just came out as of 8:45 AM Eastern today on http://www.ncaasports.com.

Wash U and Rochester are hosting regional pods.

NYU is playing in the first game on Friday in Grantham, PA-- Messiah College is hosting that pod.

Brandeis has to go to Brunswick, Maine on Friday.

Bowdoin College is hosting that pod.

As it relates to Brandeis, here is the pod.

First/second round games Friday/Saturday at Morrell Gym, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.

Game 1-- Brandeis v. Salem State
Game 2-- Bowdoin v. Colby-Sawyer

Winners play on Saturday.

Judi Clancy-- you don't have to travel too far, but Brandeis has to beat Tim Shea's Salem State squad, and Stefanie Pemper's Bowdoin squad to advance. Tough draw for the Judges.