University Athletic Association

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Final from Auerbach Arena in Waltham, MA

Brandeis 69, Babson 56

First win for the Judges over Babson since 2009-10 season.  This win snaps a 6 game losing streak to the Beavers, and is Brandeis's signature win of this semester.

Babson was ranked #4 in New England by the NCAA regional rankings last season.

My thoughts on this game to follow, but I literally have jury duty in the morning in Dedham, MA, and this Brandeis win really brightens my spirits going into it.

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Some quick thoughts on the game--

1.) I loved Brandeis's energy right from the start.  Judges led wire to wire.

2.). Brandeis shot 26 of 31 from the charity stripe.  Babson shot well from the foul line too as they went 18 of 23.

3.) Neither team shot well from 3 pt land, but Brandeis hit 3 from 3 pt range to Babson's 2.

4.) Still a lot of turnovers, but maybe it could not be helped given the quick pace of the game.

5.). Babson held to 28.8% shooting from the field.

6.). Top scorers for Brandeis-- Hannah Nicholson with 18 pts, Katie Goncalo with 12 pts, and Eva Hart with 9 pts.  I loved Goncalo's shot to end the first half.

Brandeis may have picked up their first win over a regionally ranked opponent of the season.  We will find out on Feb. 21, 2018, but for now, a great win for the Judges tonight.

Update-- Coming into last night's game, Babson received 1 vote in the d3hoops.com Top 25, in the week 2 poll just released.  The poll does not include the results from last night's game.

Recap of last night's game-- game #50 in the Brandeis/Babson rivalry--

www.Brandeisjudges.com/sports/wbkb/2017-18/releases/20171204wjptgd

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Top rookies to watch in UAA this season:

Scoring--

1.). Emily Todd, Case, 12.3 ppg
2.). Jillian Petrie, Brandeis, 7.9 ppg
3.). Marissa Igunbor, Chicago, 6.8 ppg
4.). Emily Cain, Case, 6.7 ppg
5.). Camila Casanueva, Brandeis, 6.4 ppg

Rebounding--

1.). Kylie Huffman, Carnegie Mellon, 6.5 rpg
2.). Jillian Petrie, Brandeis, 5.1 rpg
3.). Blair Ripley, Emory, 4.8 rpg
4.). Marissa Igunbor, Chicago, 4.5 rpg
5.). Rebecca Rowlands, Case, 4.3 rpg
6.). Emily Cain, Case, 4.2 rpg

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Top rookies to watch in UAA this season:

Scoring--

1.). Emily Todd, Case, 12.3 ppg
2.). Jillian Petrie, Brandeis, 7.9 ppg
3.). Marissa Igunbor, Chicago, 6.8 ppg
4.). Emily Cain, Case, 6.7 ppg
5.). Camila Casanueva, Brandeis, 6.4 ppg

Rebounding--

1.). Kylie Huffman, Carnegie Mellon, 6.5 rpg
2.). Jillian Petrie, Brandeis, 5.1 rpg
3.). Blair Ripley, Emory, 4.8 rpg
4.). Marissa Igunbor, Chicago, 4.5 rpg
5.). Rebecca Rowlands, Case, 4.3 rpg
6.). Emily Cain, Case, 4.2 rpg

Have seen Emily Todd play high school and AAU ball over the last 4 years; not surprised that she's a factor.

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Top rookies to watch in UAA this season:

Scoring--

1.). Emily Todd, Case, 12.3 ppg
2.). Jillian Petrie, Brandeis, 7.9 ppg
3.). Marissa Igunbor, Chicago, 6.8 ppg
4.). Emily Cain, Case, 6.7 ppg
5.). Camila Casanueva, Brandeis, 6.4 ppg

Rebounding--

1.). Kylie Huffman, Carnegie Mellon, 6.5 rpg
2.). Jillian Petrie, Brandeis, 5.1 rpg
3.). Blair Ripley, Emory, 4.8 rpg
4.). Marissa Igunbor, Chicago, 4.5 rpg
5.). Rebecca Rowlands, Case, 4.3 rpg
6.). Emily Cain, Case, 4.2 rpg

Have seen Emily Todd play high school and AAU ball over the last 4 years; not surprised that she's a factor.

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Only score tonight involving a UAA team--

Wash U 83, Greenville 56

Of note:

1.) Mary Bryggman becomes the first of the current Wash U first year players to score this season.  She scored 4 pts late in the fourth quarter.  She also grabbed 2 rebounds.

2.). Becca Clark-Callender left the game with an injury late.  She currently has 5.3 assists per game, according to jaybird44 on the Wash U Sports Network webcast.  Hopefully it is nothing serious, and she will be able to recover quickly.

The win is the 400th home victory in the history of the Wash U program.

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Tomorrow night is the first night of the second annual Mark's Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout in Rochester, NY.  This is a 4 team event between Rochester, St John Fisher, Nazareth, and RIT.  This is the event that replaced the Chase Tournament/Wendy's College Classic, which came to an end in 2015.

This year's event on the women's side is being hosted by Rochester at the Palestra, and will be played Thursday and Saturday.  It is played in a classic format with Rochester playing St John Fisher and Nazareth this week in the second game each night.

Rochester will also play RIT later this season in January.

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Glad to see that you revived this thread...

I went to the Oglethorpe vs. Washington University game over the weekend.

It was very weird watching a game without Coach Fahey on the sidelines.  Coach Henderson has her own style and that is cool, but there was something about the way Fahey patrolled the sidelines.

Becca Clark-Callender is an absolute joy to watch in person if you appreciate the art of no-look passes (as I do).  I hope she is OK.

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Glad to see that you revived this thread...

I went to the Oglethorpe vs. Washington University game over the weekend.

It was very weird watching a game without Coach Fahey on the sidelines.  Coach Henderson has her own style and that is cool, but there was something about the way Fahey patrolled the sidelines.

Becca Clark-Callender is an absolute joy to watch in person if you appreciate the art of no-look passes (as I do).  I hope she is OK.

I felt like an era had ended when then NYU coach Janice Quinn had to retire from coaching for medical reasons, and I have the same feeling about coach Nancy Fahey, and to a lesser extent, former Emory coach Christy Thomaskutty.     However, as coach Randi Henderson is a classmate of the current Bucknell and former Chicago coach Aaron Roussell, I have confidence that she will be a formidable coach.

When Nancy Fahey was last at Brandeis, I was telling her about how formidable the Amherst defense was.  I forgot to tell her that Tufts was like a "zero sugar" version of Amherst, but I'm sure she knew that before facing coach Berube.  I honestly did not know that Tufts was going to be her final d3 opponent, and I can't really invest in a BTN plus subscription to see Illinois in action.  I went to see Amherst play at Tufts last season, and it was then that I knew that both teams could defeat any team in our league last season.  I believe that both Amherst and Tufts will be formidable again should any UAA team face them in the NCAA tournament.

I share your feelings about Becca Clark-Callender.  Hopefully she will recover quickly.

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I was thinking about what I said and decided to return and say that I have full faith in Coach Henderson.  She may never be Coach Fahey in terms of her sideline demeanor, but no one really expects that.

That Tufts game was an unusually tough loss.

A few hours before the game, I was checking Twitter and noticed a Frank Cusumano Tweet in which he said something to the effect of Nancy Fahey would be a tremendous hire for Illinois.  Frank Cusumano is one of the more popular sports journalists in St. Louis, a big fan of Washington University athletics and a former small college basketball player.  I should have assumed he was on to something, but I remember laughing it off and then (true story!) checking the stats to see how many more years Fahey would have to coach to overtake Pat Summit.

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Yesterday, St Norbert was forced to cancel 10 games as a result of some of the women's basketball players being involved in an alcohol-related incident on campus.

One of the teams affected by this decision is Chicago.  Chicago was scheduled to play St Norbert in the opening round of the Fred Raizk Memorial Tournament at Wilmington College.  The other two schools in the tournament are Earlham and Wilmington, and this is a "winners advance" tournament with a consolation game.

I don't know if this tournament can be extended a day to allow for each of the 3 teams participating in the tournament to play the other two teams in a round robin format.

One possible scenario, which the NEWMAC women's soccer tournament used earlier this year, was to have the host school of the championship game get a bye to the final while the other two teams faced off on the first day with the winner advancing to the title game to play the host school.  Wheaton (MA) had been suspended from the women's soccer tournament due to an incident at a Halloween party on campus.  The NEWMAC had  Babson play Springfield in the semis, with the winner facing MIT, which hosted both games.

As a result, I would not be surprised if the revised schedule will now have Chicago play Earlham on Dec. 20, with the winner to play Wilmington on Dec. 21.  Wilmington gets the rest day as host school. 

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Current records of the 3 remaining participants in the Fred Raizk Memorial Tournament at Wilmington (OH), Dec. 20 and 21, 2017.

1.). Earlham is 1-5, 1-1 in the HCAC.  Earlham has 2 HCAC league games to play until the tournament.

2.) Wilmington (OH) is 4-2, 1-1 in the OAC.  The host Quakers have 2 OAC league games to play until the tournament.

3.). Chicago is 4-2, 0-0 in the UAA.  Chicago has 3 home games vs North Park, Elmhurst, and North Central to play until the Fred Raizk Tournament.

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New schedule for the Fred Raizk Memorial Tournament-- Wilmington, Ohio

All tip times Eastern

Tuesday, December 19, 2017-- Wilmington v Earlham-- 7 PM
Wednesday, December 20, 2017-- Chicago v Earlham-- 6 PM
Thursday, December 21, 2017-- Chicago v Wilmington-- 1 PM

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

First semester finals may have started, or about to start, but that hasn't stopped the action on the hardcourt from being formidable. Even the first winter storm of the season didn't stop the games on the East Coast.

On Sunday night's episode of Hoopsville, Dave tries not to scratch his hair (out) as he and guests try and decipher the action of the past few nights and week. While the women seem to have settled in this week, the men's side continues to produce results that make things more complicated. Are there any great teams in Division III?

It just may be too early, still, to really know.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. You can watch the show LIVE starting at 7:00 p.m. ET right here: http://bit.ly/2kjEiau

You can also send your questions to the show and have them featured on the Hoopsville Mailbag segment. Email them to hoopsville@d3hoops.com.

Guests include (in order of appearance):
- Carissa Sain Knoche, Chicago women's coach
- Brian Morehouse, No. 8 Hope women's coach
- Dan Raymond, Ithaca women's coach
- Jeff Brown, No. 2 Middlebury men's coach
- Matt Goldsmith, TCNJ men's coach

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Game of the week-- Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Rochester (#9 in d3hoops.com Top 25) at Ithaca (RV-- 30 pts)

Info as of Monday morning, December 11, 2017-- initial post.

Update-- New top 25 poll released after original post-- Ithaca jumped to #25 on d3hoops.com Top 25 with 35 points.  Post now modified with new info.

Rochester was ranked #3 in East by NCAA last season.

Ithaca was ranked #2 in East by NCAA last season.

Last year-- Ithaca won, 73-67, at the Palestra on December 10, 2016.

Ithaca will have video and live stats.
 

Further update--

December 5, 2017 WBCA NCAA DIII Coaches poll--

Rochester ranked #11 in that poll.

Ithaca ranked #21 in that poll.

December 12, 2017 WBCA NCAA DIII Coaches poll--

Rochester stays at #11

Ithaca now ranked at #20 by the WBCA.