University Athletic Association

[WUPHF]

The D3hoops.com scoreboard has the Bears leading 458-35.  Brandeis leads Chicago by one with 1.29 in the game.

[WUPHF]

Chicago takes a one point lead with .51 left.  The Maroons battling to keep their UAA championship hopes alive.

[WUPHF]

Brandeis, with a chance to tie it at the end, falls to Chicago 49-47.

[deiscanton]

Update on ECAC Basketball Tournament Declarations:

As of February 11, NYU and Carnegie Mellon filed declaration papers to the ECAC expressing interest in competing in their respective ECAC basketball championships.  The ECAC Tournament is designed as a secondary regional 1 week post-season tournament for teams that finish above .500 but do not qualify for the NCAA tournament.   There are four ECAC DIII regional basketball championships:  New England, Upstate, Metro and South.

NYU would be participating in the ECAC Metro Championship with the first round on March 3 and the semis and title game on March 6 & 7.   NYU currently stands with a record of 13-9 and is expected to get picked by the ECAC for that tournament on March 1-- barring a collapse.

Carnegie Mellon cannot finish at .500 or above on the season and therefore their season will end on February 27.

[Mr. Ypsi]

The D3hoops.com scoreboard has the Bears leading 458-35.  Brandeis leads Chicago by one with 1.29 in the game.

Just caught this - has the WashU coach no mercy!

[WUPHF]

The D3hoops.com scoreboard has the Bears leading 458-35.  Brandeis leads Chicago by one with 1.29 in the game.

Just caught this - has the WashU coach no mercy!

Why do you think I want that Bears-Titans rematch?  Seriously though, while I am sure that Illinois Weslyan is ready for the post-season, I do think that the Bears are playing very good basketball and could make a deep run, if not win it all.

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Washington University moved up one spot in the rankings to No. 6 while the University of Chicago are back in the rankings again.  And, deservedly so.  Rochester is getting votes.

[deiscanton]

Week 3-- NCAA regional rankings released

UAA teams ranked

Wash U-- #3 in Central
Chicago-- #4 in Central
Rochester-- #3 in East

[deiscanton]

Halftime of Brandeis at Rochester--

Jessica Chapin sat out the first half of the game, and I won't be surprised if Chapin sits out the rest of the game.  I don't know why-- it could either be health reasons or disciplinary reasons.  Chapin was sitting on the bench in her warmups.

Rochester took advantage of Chapin's absence to take a 43-25 lead going into the locker room.

[WUPHF]

Heading back to campus, but watching online at the moment.  Quite the battle between Washington University and Case Western.  The Spartans can execute the press like no other team I have seen this year.

[deiscanton]

Incredible second half comeback by the Brandeis women to hand Rochester their first home loss of the season.

Chapin came into the game with 17:47 left in regulation, and Lauren Rashford entered the game 2 minutes later.     With 10:30 left in the second half, the Rochester lead was back down to single digits, and Brandeis took the lead with 5:21 left, Brandeis took their first lead of the game.

Brandeis eventually won it, 67-65.  To be honest, I did not see this one coming.  I regret not staying to watch the second half on video, sorry....

[deiscanton]

Wash U 71, Case 54
Chicago 76, CMU 47

Wash U now at 11-1 in the UAA, with Chicago still a game behind at 10-2 in the UAA.

Brandeis now tied for third in the UAA with Rochester at 7-5 in the UAA, with Brandeis holding the season sweep over Rochester.

Rochester needs to go for a Pool C at large bid being 4 games out with 2 to play and now out of the race for the UAA title.

[deiscanton]

I was reading the recap of the Brandeis at Rochester game to find out exactly what happened in the second half to lead Brandeis to the comeback victory.  I had missed most of the second half on video because I was tuning in to find out what was going on in other games, and by the time I got back to the Brandeis contest, the men were warming up.

Once Chapin and Rashford entered the game (Jessica Chapin making her final visit in a Brandeis uniform back to her hometown, and Lauren Rashford doing the same-- Rashford is from the Syracuse, NY area)-- the Judges responded with the same trademark defense that they used last weekend to hold Wash U and Chicago to 50 and 49 points respectively.  That defense last night held Rochester without a field goal from 14:41 left in regulation until there were 13 seconds left in the ball game.    That was a key factor in leading Brandeis to the road win-- Rochester scored only 12 points in the final 14 minutes and 41 seconds of the ball game after taking a 53-33 lead up to that point.

That win by Brandeis last night now puts Rochester in danger of missing out on a Pool C bid-- Rochester is going to have to sweep their last 2 contests against NYU and Emory to finish with a regional percentage above .700 and stay in Pool C consideration.  Fortunately, Rochester's last 2 contests are at home, where the Yellowjackets have not lost prior to last night.

It may be too late for the Brandeis women to get a Pool C bid this year (Last year's road victory at Rochester helped the Judges to a Pool C bid), but this is probably the highlight win of the Brandeis season this year.

[WUPHF]

Congratulations to Washington University for clinching a share of the UAA championship.  The Bears pulled away early with a big run.  Final in St. Louis: 89-61.

Chicago is up one against Case Western at home in the second half.

Edit: watching the Chicago game and the gym looks empty.  Probably a few more fans out of view, but clearly many more fans on hand in St. Louis today.  Case Western leads by one with nine minutes to go.  The announcers need to announce the score more often.

[WUPHF]

The scoreboard: Case Western Reserve  69  Chicago, 76  Final, though I am watching it live on the Chicago website.  Chicago leads by three with two minutes.

Edit: Chicago wins a nailbiter by one.  Not sure about the score, since the announcers have not said the score in several minutes.

It looks like I may be driving to Chicago next weekend.

[ichouse]

question, did Brandeis lose alot of players from last years team? 

they were a strong group last year