University Athletic Association

[mark_reichert]

most of Chicago and Wash's talent is in their frosh/soph classes. 

There's a lot of talent there but McFarlin will be back as a senior next year which will make the team even better.  With both her and Evans, perhaps the team will have a real inside game again.

[jagluski]

Dear Wash U,

You have the worst online statistics of any team I've visited so far. PLEASE- if you can't do it better- DON'T BOTHER DOING IT AT ALL!

There were 10 minutes left and there wasn't an update for (still counting..) 11 minutes!

You know...if this was such a problem (and I agree it wasn't working), there was always a live radio feed from KWUR you could have listened to...

[jagluski]

most of Chicago and Wash's talent is in their frosh/soph classes. 

There's a lot of talent there but McFarlin will be back as a senior next year which will make the team even better.  With both her and Evans, perhaps the team will have a real inside game again.

From what I read earlier in the year, Jaimie McFarlin is actually going to be back as a redshirt senior next year.  She expects to get a waiver from the NCAA to play a 5th year due to when she tore her ACL and she's in a 5yr program at Wash U.  So, there's two more years of Jaimie McFarlin to go.  This team could be scary over the next couple of years!

[deiscanton]

I just checked the ECAC web site--

Brandeis and NYU have filed declarations to the ECAC to be considered for selection to the ECAC New England and ECAC Metro tournaments respectively.  Rochester has also declared to be considered for selection for the ECAC Upstate tournament, but I think that Rochester will get a Pool C invite to the NCAAs.

NYU, at 14-10, is playing on Saturday to get into the ECAC Metro tournament, with Brandeis on the bubble for a Pool C, but a definite lock for the ECAC New England tournament.  If Brandeis does not get a Pool C invite to the NCAA tournament, Brandeis will most likely be the #1 seed in the ECAC New England tournament.  At least, there will up to 3 more post-season games at home for Brandeis if the NCAA does not take them.  Brandeis needs a win on Saturday to keep their NCAA hopes alive, otherwise Brandeis will be going to the ECAC tournament.

(Comment:  3 games this season now where Brandeis shot less than 20% from the field in a half?  As Lurch of the Addams Family would say--oooooh.)

I'm also surprised that the Chicago women are also considered to be on the bubble-- I thought that Chicago would have clinched a Pool C invite with the 2 victories over the weekend.

[deiscanton]

According to the new regional rankings just posted today--

Brandeis-- #5 in Northeast
Rochester-- #2 in East
Wash U-- #5 in Central
Chicago-- #6 in Central

[TCHoops Jr.]

Gwynedd Mercy plays for the PAC championship on Saturday night and the GMC gang would love nothing better than getting back into the NCAA's and make a return trip up to NYU.....

Those lowlifes up at NYU talked a load of trash last year so the GMC gang really wanted to make a return trip for a rematch.....

oops... my bad... NYU is 3-10 and won't be going to the big dance this year..
hopefully they can get a game with a local youth team to get a few more wins under their belt !!!!!!!

[jagluski]

Gwynedd Mercy plays for the PAC championship on Saturday night and the GMC gang would love nothing better than getting back into the NCAA's and make a return trip up to NYU.....

Those lowlifes up at NYU talked a load of trash last year so the GMC gang really wanted to make a return trip for a rematch.....

oops... my bad... NYU is 3-10 and won't be going to the big dance this year..
hopefully they can get a game with a local youth team to get a few more wins under their belt !!!!!!!

By no means am I an NYU fan, but this comment is completely unnecessary and uncalled for. 

As an aside, I'd love to see how successful GMC would be in the UAA with Wash U, Chicago, Rochester, and Brandeis at the top.  Or a UAA-PAC challenge...that would be laughable.

[deiscanton]

I have been going over the regional rankings yesterday, and the situation with Brandeis seems to be similar to NYU's situation 2 years ago.  2 years ago, NYU was going into the game at Brandeis having lost 3 straight UAA contests.  After going 5-2 in UAA play in January of 2006, NYU suffered some injuries and went 2-4 in their next 6 UAA games.  As a result, everybody in the UAA including the NYU supporters thought that NYU needed a road win at Brandeis to get into the NCAA tournament.  After Brandeis won at Auerbach Arena on the final UAA game of the season to give NYU their 4th straight loss, even the NYU fans thought that NYU was out of the NCAAs-- 7 in region losses seemed to be too many to get into the NCAAs, and a 4th place UAA finish at 7-7 seemed to be too low to deserve a Pool C bid.  An uproar ensued the following night when NYU actually got a Pool C bid at 18-7 in region.  NYU then went on to lose the first round game to Williams.

I think that there will be even more of an uproar if the Brandeis women lose on Saturday and still get in to the NCAAs as a result-- although the #5 ranking in the Northeast seems to be correct when you take strength of schedule and results vs. common regional opponents into consideration.

[deiscanton]

Gwynedd Mercy plays for the PAC championship on Saturday night and the GMC gang would love nothing better than getting back into the NCAA's and make a return trip up to NYU.....

Those lowlifes up at NYU talked a load of trash last year so the GMC gang really wanted to make a return trip for a rematch.....

oops... my bad... NYU is 3-10 and won't be going to the big dance this year..
hopefully they can get a game with a local youth team to get a few more wins under their belt !!!!!!!

By no means am I an NYU fan, but this comment is completely unnecessary and uncalled for. 

As an aside, I'd love to see how successful GMC would be in the UAA with Wash U, Chicago, Rochester, and Brandeis at the top.  Or a UAA-PAC challenge...that would be laughable.

I'll let Messiah handle GMC this season-- the Messiah Falcons look to be the perfect team to knock off GMC this time around...

[Pat Coleman]

D3hoops.com will be broadcasting Saturday's Chicago/Wash U game.
http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/

[TCHoops Jr.]

Gwynedd Mercy plays for the PAC championship on Saturday night and the GMC gang would love nothing better than getting back into the NCAA's and make a return trip up to NYU.....

Those lowlifes up at NYU talked a load of trash last year so the GMC gang really wanted to make a return trip for a rematch.....

oops... my bad... NYU is 3-10 and won't be going to the big dance this year..
hopefully they can get a game with a local youth team to get a few more wins under their belt !!!!!!!

By no means am I an NYU fan, but this comment is completely unnecessary and uncalled for. 

As an aside, I'd love to see how successful GMC would be in the UAA with Wash U, Chicago, Rochester, and Brandeis at the top.  Or a UAA-PAC challenge...that would be laughable.

[nyufan]

OK- Obviously, NYU has had difficulties this year. Since I'm a newcomer, I'll defer to the organization to figure it out and have no doubt they will. But, after nearly a whole season- and some colorful history- I have to ask....

Why do you people hate NYU so much?

[pabegg]

OK- Obviously, NYU has had difficulties this year. Since I'm a newcomer, I'll defer to the organization to figure it out and have no doubt they will. But, after nearly a whole season- and some colorful history- I have to ask....

Why do you people hate NYU so much?

Isn't it obvious? The N and the Y in the name? Come on, how many athletic teams from New York get any love outside of WFAN's broadcast range?

But seriously, some times the coach comes across as a little too intense, and her team plays like they are a little too intense. I've never minded it, but it rubs some people the wrong way.

[TCHoops Jr.]

Hey... I LOVE New York...... Unfortunately the NYU players, fans think their poopie don't stink....

My guess is the entire conference has schools with populations of 12,000 plus....

Little Gwynedd-Mercy (w/ 1200 students) goes to NYU and fights them tooth and nail right to the end.... and the whole team and fan base gets pissed like the other team was supposed to roll over ?

Yea they were "supposed" to win.. 4th in the country and all that but the uppity attitude is what cracks me up....

btw.... the joker that proposed the AUU vs PAC challange belongs at NYU... yea the PAC teams would likely be overmatched but there would be no backdown.   

[jagluski]

Hey... I LOVE New York...... Unfortunately the NYU players, fans think their poopie don't stink....

My guess is the entire conference has schools with populations of 12,000 plus....

Little Gwynedd-Mercy (w/ 1200 students) goes to NYU and fights them tooth and nail right to the end.... and the whole team and fan base gets pissed like the other team was supposed to roll over ?

Yea they were "supposed" to win.. 4th in the country and all that but the uppity attitude is what cracks me up....

btw.... the joker that proposed the AUU vs PAC challange belongs at NYU... yea the PAC teams would likely be overmatched but there would be no backdown.   

1) It's the UAA...can't you read the message board title you're posting on?
2) Wash U: 5,500 undergrad   Case Western: 4,200 Undergrad  Univ of Chicago: 4,750 undergrad    Univ of Rochester: 4,500 undergrad  Emory: 6,600 Undergrad   Brandeis: 3,200 undergrad   CMU: 5,500 undergrad

Want to try your statement again?