University Athletic Association

ILive4This · February 02, 2007, 10:09:52 PM

you are correct to say that she did not have a great game, but i think its a little harsh. chicago played well especially in the low post, and on defense guarding capra and malcom. that being said it, though i have not looked at the stats yet, it appeared to be another poor shooting night for both teams, although i'd venture to say quite a bit better than last weekend. For the judges Chase had a hell of a game hitting one of the 3's that put the judges up 6-0 at the start of the game.

the game was very physical, and very entertaining for the spectator as most close games are. The double bonus both saved and almost killed the judges as twice late in the game they only hit one of the two. the judges held on to win this nailbitter, and move to 5-3 in the UAA. with wash u falling to 6-2, and chicago now at 5-3 this sunday's games will decide a lot.

sean-o · February 04, 2007, 04:12:32 PM

Chicago loses 76-75 at NYU after leading for much of the game.

Wash U defeated Brandeis, and Rochester was a winner. It's not the five-way first-place tie that was possible, but three teams now deadlocked for first with Brandeis and Chicago trailing by two games.

newtonnancy · February 04, 2007, 06:57:45 PM

What a bad weekend for UC, can't believe that we lost another game, especially since it sounded like this was ours for the taking (again) down the stretch. I LIVE: Mojidi had a great game today but I am not giving her a pass against Brandeis, that was a game that they should be ashamed to have lost. Brandeis is ok, but have little or no ball distribution and Malcom is great but I am not giving anyone "props" for shutting down Capra. Capra shuts herself down. The end of last year she continually shot 2-13, 3-14, 3-16 etc and has done it the past couple weekends, again today she was I think 3-14. Just because she scores a lot and leads the team doesn't mean much when you force shots and build your stats against the out of confrenece teams that should be playing against high schools, NOT BEANDEIS and against the weak sisters in the UAA. So not excuse for Mojidi's terrible game Friday.

newtonnancy · February 04, 2007, 07:22:37 PM

Just to make sure I wasn't talking out of my butt, I went back and checked the stats and I again say you can't use Capra for any excuse, she folds against tough competition, today she was 4-17, Friday against UC she was 4-12, last Sunday against UC 1-13, last Friday against Wash U 3-11. Thats 12-53, and she is still shooting 40% on the year. At least Mojidi stepped it back up today:

## Player FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
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23 Mojidi, Nofi....g 9 12 2 3 6 6 0 6 6 4 26 3 4 0 2 35

Capra is one of those players that likes to chuck it up, good shot or bad, I agree you need to defend a kid like that but a little defense against that type of player goes a long way.

newtonnancy · February 04, 2007, 11:39:32 PM

Great weekend, to add insult to injury it is -4 degrees and the Bears lose, well next week can only get better, I hope

sean-o · February 05, 2007, 12:52:10 AM

By the way, the officiating sure was wonky between Chicago and Brandeis. How do the push-the-pace Maroons draw half the fouls that the chuck-em-up Judges do? I hate blaming the officials, and I am not trying to insult Brandeis. I just don't understand how it happens.

Pat Coleman · February 05, 2007, 02:54:34 AM

How is push the pace different from chuck em up?

sean-o · February 05, 2007, 11:21:29 AM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 05, 2007, 02:54:34 AM
How is push the pace different from chuck em up?

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I just believe in terms of the fouls they draw. Both can be great or awful play styles depending on their execution, but wouldn't fastbreak play draw more desperation fouls going to the basket? You rarely see fouls on jumpers it seems.

thx4playing · February 05, 2007, 11:23:18 AM

Excerpt from Women's DIII News interview with NYU Head Coach Janice Quinn:

WDIIIN: How would you describe the UAA as a basketball conference?
Quinn: Wow. Great competition. Really good level of basketball. Skilled players and great coaches. A great deal of parity. Every year individual teams get better and better, and then the others respond in kind by improving again. If you love college basketball, the UAA is an exciting conference that takes its basketball seriously. A fantastic theory from 20 years ago that research universities could compete on the national level has been realized many times over across every sport.

FULL ARTICLE: http://nyuhoops.com/press.htm

Pat Coleman · February 05, 2007, 01:20:29 PM

Quote from: sean-o on February 05, 2007, 11:21:29 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 05, 2007, 02:54:34 AM
How is push the pace different from chuck em up?

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I just believe in terms of the fouls they draw. Both can be great or awful play styles depending on their execution, but wouldn't fastbreak play draw more desperation fouls going to the basket? You rarely see fouls on jumpers it seems.

Gotcha. The words "push the pace" and "chuck em up" sound like they could be the same thing to me.

sean-o · February 05, 2007, 02:03:30 PM

Haha, my preference for hyphenated adjectives gets me in trouble again...

newtonnancy · February 07, 2007, 06:25:30 PM

well...........

UAA didn't fair to well in the regional rankings....

Perseph · February 08, 2007, 11:11:40 AM

The UAA is the toughest conference to play in, as much because of the travel situation as because of the teams that make up the conference. Two or three times per season a team will "fly" a considerable distance to play a game on Friday night and Sunday afternoon with often considerable travel between the Friday and Sunday game. I don't think any other conference challenges teams do to this. Yes, the NESCAC will often have teams play on Friday night and Saturday afternoon which is also a hardship, but these games don't involve air travel, though often they require hours of snow travel.
I would think that at some point in the future the UAA might want to consider whether it is worth it to continue as a conference because of the expense and the air travel.

sean-o · February 08, 2007, 12:23:48 PM

DAMNIT! I just type up a post and lost it when I accidentally navigated away (stupid backspace doubling up as a "back" key). I'm going to type this with far less explanation, but hopefully the points stand...

You bring up two concerns: cost and scheduling (both strength of and logistics). Regarding cost, travel is just one component of these athletics budgets. If playing against academic peers is a priority, then you can cut from facilities, uniforms, food, coach salaries, recruiting, etc. I know that in some cases, these institutions refuse to even consider other conferences (e.g. Chicago baseball and softball are independent, though Rochester football is in a different league).

As for scheduling, travel is definitely tough, but the advantage is strength of schedule. Consider UAA men's soccer this season: Five teams made the national tournament. Two of them had losing in-conference records (Chicago and Rochester). Granted, soccer conference season is only seven games long (of a total 18), so the committee's regard was also for the nonconference scheduling. Still, the teams that at least survive the UAA seasons get bonus points with NCAA selection committees.

Of course, there are other travel aspects commonly cited that may negatively affect these teams. Some feel that UAA teams don't always do as well as expected in tournament play because of the grueling end-of-season schedules. (To which you could argue that expectations are hogwash, there's a lot of luck, and there are plenty of counterexamples.)

As a fan, I love the UAA season because of all the great teams that I get to see and follow. I feel like these teams really earn their wins and championships and that their records carry a lot of weight. The recruiting and coaching races are also becoming more interesting. Considering the glowing review of the UAA in Reclaiming The Game, these institutions are willing to endure some costs for the overall institutional message. For that reason, I think it's here to stay.

deiscanton · February 09, 2007, 07:26:30 AM

Internet coverage of UAA Women's Basketball

Weekend of Feb. 9-11, 2007

1.) Rochester at NYU

Tip time 6 PM Eastern

Rochester audiocast: http://www.wysl1040.com (J.C. DeLass with the call)

NYU audiocast is on the Teamline service-- Free audiocast

http://www.teamline.cc Team Code: 1059

2.) Carnegie Mellon at Brandeis

Tip time 6 PM Eastern

Brandeis audiocast: http://www.wbrs.org

3.) Emory at Wash U

Tip time 6 PM Central/ 7 PM Eastern

Wash U audiocast: http://www.kwur.com

4.) Case at Chicago

Tip time 6 PM Central/7 PM Eastern

Chicago audiocast is on the Teamline service-- Free audiocast

http://www.teamline.cc Team Code: 3979

Live stats also available at http://athletics.uchicago.edu

Link provided on the Chicago Athletics page.

Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007

1.) Rochester at Brandeis-- Tip time 2 PM Eastern

Rochester and Brandeis audiocasts available-- see Friday's instructions for details.

2.) Carnegie Mellon at NYU-- Tip time 2 PM Eastern
3.) Emory at Chicago-- Tip time 2 PM Central/ 3 PM Eastern
4.) Case at Wash U-- Tip time 2 PM Central/3 PM Eastern

Live stats and audiocast available for Chicago game, and audiocasts are available for the other two games.

For details, please see Friday's instructions relative to the home site of the game you are interested in following.