University Athletic Association

[deiscanton]

Archmadness--

I will be in Springfield, MA on March 17 and 18 to watch the national semifinals and championship game and see what happens.  It will be my first appearance at a DIII Women's Basketball Final Four since the event was held in Danbury, CT.  This will be regardless of which teams make it to Springfield.

[bearswatcher]

Arch, you da man.

I worry though, I believe everything is centered on Kmann and I disagree, I don't think the other four are as strong as last year, I mean there is no Hutchens out there. But they are goooooooooooodddddddddddddd

[WBRSsports]

For all who are interested, our men's and women's broadcast schedule (for Brandeis basketball) is posted here: http://my.brandeis.edu/athletics/team_doc?group_id=1385&file_id=3599

It may change slightly, but these, right now, are the games we're planning to cover for next semester

This one ended on a good note with wins for both the men (though it says Fitchburg State and it should be Framingham State on the website) and women...

I'm curious too to see where Brandeis and Wash U end up this week in the polls...

[deiscanton]

Top 25 is out...

This week, Brandeis got the #3 national ranking, with a 6-0 record and 541 pts. in the poll.

Wash U is #4 with a 9-0 record and 533 pts. in the poll.

Southern Maine is the new #1 with 623 pts. and 24 out of the 25 first place votes.  The other first place vote went to George Fox, which is ranked at #6 this week.

Bowdoin is ranked at #2 with 544 pts. in the poll.

Capital is #5, while Millikin dropped to #7.

So, for the second time, Brandeis reaches the highest national ranking ever received by d3hoops.com.  The last time Brandeis was ranked at #3 was on Jan. 18 of this year, after the Judges defeated NYU last season.

This will probably only last for a week until Wash U plays Fontbonne on Saturday..... 

[deiscanton]

The top 4 teams in the UAA are nationally ranked in this week's d3hoops.com top 25:

1.)  Brandeis-- #3
2.)  Wash U-- #4
3.)  NYU-- #17
4.)  Chicago-- #22  (Chicago broke into the top 25 this week.)

[newtonnancy]

CONGRAT's to the University of Chicago on their top 25 ranking and Brandeis and Washu U on top 5, can't wait to see some UAA games here in Chicago, although I do miss the Boston area

[jagluski]

Wash U defeats Fontbonne to move to 10-0 in their last game of 2005.  WU returns to action January 4th.

[bearswatcher]

Jag,

another 10-0 with NYU, 9-0 also winning and just waiting for Chicago score to extend them to 9-0 and Brandeis done for the semester at 6-0. Again the premier conference in the Nation and with Case and Emory Playing so well as well as Rochester   tough top to bottom

[LA RAMS]

Got to watch Chicago play twice this weekend as they were up here in the Twin Cities to play a couple of MIAC teams (St. Kate's and Augsburg) and got relatively easy wins in both contests.  I was very impressed with their quickness and overall athleticism.  Their one sophomore guard, Nofi Mojidi, literally took over both games in the second half; she's very quick.  Also, Susie Gutowski notched her 1,000 point during the game as she's very impressive as well.  And their 6'0" force down low, Jennifer Kaiser, is no slouch either and shoots unusually well for someone her size from the perimeter.  Just from glancing UAA board I don't see the Maroons getting a lot of love over here but I would say they're definitely a team to keep your eye on.

[whateve32]

Watch out for the young talent at Rochester. They are something special.

[jagluski]

New Top 25 is out

Brandeis is #2, just 4 points behind Southern Maine
Wash U is #4, but with 7 votes, has more first place votes than anyone else in the poll.  (And as a biased fan, how in the world do they get passed by George Fox?)

NYC is #16
Chicago is #21

[deiscanton]

My comment--

I can see rewarding a team for playing a tough opponent on the road, but giving a reward for playing that game and taking finals on the same day-- never mind the same week?  I thought in DIII, student-athletes were students first.  Shouldn't the weekend have been used solely for studying for finals?

The top 5 look right, but now that the results are out, here is how I would have ranked this group this week if I voted:

1.)  Wash. U.
2.)  Brandeis
3.)  S. Maine
4.)  Bowdoin
5.)  George Fox

And don't get me started on how the rest of the top 25 would be ranked, because it would be tougher....

[jagluski]

I would agree with Allen on 3/4, although I'd say Wash U/Brandeis are fairly interchangable.  The only thing going for Wash U is that they beat DePauw this year while Brandeis doesn't have a marquee win yet this year(I think).


That being said, this is another argument for why preseason polls should potentially be eliminated.  The reason Brandeis is ahead of Wash U(and why Auburn football didn't make the BCS last year) is that they started higher.  Wash U's been passing all teams who have lost, but can't pass Brandeis because they're still undefeated.  Whether they should or not is a separate question, one I'm not ready to answer until UAA season. 

[bearswatcher]

Jag, I am pumped for the UAA play to start. In fairness, your comment about Brandeis not playing anyone of merit, If I remember correctly, they had the 1st match up of top 25 teams  this year, playing Bates in their conference final. Everybody have a great Christmas and/or Holiday....See ya next year....GO UAA

[jagluski]

I do remember Brandeis playing Bates, although I did a quick check before posting and Bates is no longer ranked.


Reviewing this now, Bates is 4-3, with losses to Brandeis/Southern Maine/Maine-Farmington(Who?)