University Athletic Association

sandman · February 05, 2006, 03:58:44 PM

Colleen Martin just fouled out. Amanda DiMartino is on the FT line for the 1-and-1. She missed, but Brandeis got the rebound.

LaVonne Sherald stole the ball and scored a layup!
54-50 with :34.7 to go. 'Deis ball following a timeout.

deiscanton · February 05, 2006, 03:59:05 PM

Brandeis 54, Case 50 34.7 seconds left in regulation.

Full timeout called by Case.

jagluski · February 05, 2006, 04:00:26 PM

Shanna Lei-Dacanay made both free throws.

Wash U survives at Rochester 66-62 to move to 18-2(8-1).

sandman · February 05, 2006, 04:03:55 PM

Jaime Capra is on the line now for 2 shots.
First shot is good. Second shot is good. 13 points for Capra.

Dana Dempsey made a fadeaway jumper. 56-52 'Deis with :20 to go. Time-out.

Case in a full-court press. Christine Clancy is fouled.
First shot is good. Second shot is good. 14 for Clancy.

Case misses a shot, 'Deis gets the rebound. Game over.

Brandeis 58, Case 52 Final
6 wins in a row for the 'Deis vs. the Lady Spartans.

Case has lost 7 of 8 now. Throwback Weekend gave us four close games, but Case lost them all.

jagluski · February 05, 2006, 05:09:02 PM

Emory beat NYU 70-55. If I'm corrrect, this gives Emory a season sweep over NYU.

UAA Standings
Wash U 8-1
NYU 6-3
Rochester 6-3
Brandeis 6-3
Chicago 4-5
Emory 4-5
Case 2-7
CMU 0-9

fortheloveofbball · February 05, 2006, 11:25:45 PM

So who else thinks that the UAA should have 5 teams in the tournament in March. Is there another conference as strong as the UAA. Shouldn't the tournament officials look at the tournament in Division III and the officials do in Division. In the ACC men's conference they can have at least 7 strong teams attend the tournament. Why are we different. We are all NCAA.

Pat Coleman · February 06, 2006, 01:29:25 AM

Why are we different? Because CBS isn't paying a billion dollars to broadcast this tournament.

Division III's base philosophy is around regional competition. That is another place where we are not all the same.

jagluski · February 06, 2006, 08:02:39 AM

Quote from: fortheloveofbball on February 05, 2006, 11:25:45 PM
So who else thinks that the UAA should have 5 teams in the tournament in March. Is there another conference as strong as the UAA. Shouldn't the tournament officials look at the tournament in Division III and the officials do in Division. In the ACC men's conference they can have at least 7 strong teams attend the tournament. Why are we different. We are all NCAA.

I don't care how strong the UAA is, if a team isn't at/over .500 in their conference, they probably shouldn't be in the tournament. And the ACC men are only going to get 3/4 teams in the tournament this year, so it probably isn't the best comparison. At this rate, I would expect 3 from the UAA and no more than 4. Keep in mind that Rochester, NYU, Brandeis, and Wash U still have to lose at least another 5 games between the 4 of them.

jagluski · February 06, 2006, 05:19:17 PM

New Top 25

#3 Wash U
#15 Brandeis
#17 NYU

Rochester is the only UAA team receiving votes and they would place 26th.

deiscanton · February 07, 2006, 10:40:02 AM

I am now reading the on-line newspaper of today's edition of the Brandeis Justice-- http://www.thejusticeonline.com

There is an article talking about the women's trip to Emory and Case, and I am getting very concerned that the Brandeis media is putting some unwarranted pressure on the women's basketball team. There is pressure and it is nearing a crisis, but it has not yet reached the crisis point.

The media seem to be writing about this year's NCAA tournament as if the bracket has not been expanded and that there are still only 7 NCAA Pool C bids rather than the 21 Pool C bids now available. The Brandeis Justice and the Brandeis Hoot are convinced that the only way for the Judges to make the NCAA tournament is to go 5-0 the rest of the way.

Here is some analysis:

Against the bottom half of the UAA (currently consisting of Chicago, Emory, Case, and Carnegie Mellon)-- Brandeis is 2-1 on the road against those teams. Brandeis plays at Carnegie Mellon on Sunday-- a win would give Brandeis a record of 3-1 on the road against the bottom half of the UAA, a very good record on a Priority #2 perspective to be successful in a tough conference-- beating the bottom half of your conference on the road.

Brandeis is 0-2 on the road against the top half of the UAA (currently consisting of NYU, Wash U and Rochester, as well as Brandeis.) Rochester is currently in the top half of the UAA, taking over where Chicago used to be. Because Brandeis lost last Friday in Atlanta, Brandeis will need to get a victory at Rochester this upcoming Friday to have a chance to get a winning conference record on the road. Because it is tough to win on the road in the UAA, a 4-3 overall conference road mark would be very good.

The final 3 game home stretch will be very critical for NCAA purposes because priority #1 in a tough conference such as the UAA is taking care of your business at home. Brandeis is currently undefeated at home this season, and lost only 1 game at home last season.

Winning 4 out of 5 will give Brandeis one of the 21 Pool C bids this season-- 4 wins gives Brandeis a 19-4 mark, winning regional pct. of .826, and Brandeis is very secure in the Quality of Wins Index perspective at this moment-- the currently QWI of Brandeis after Sunday's games currently stands at 11.000 even, according to my calculations. Winning 3 of 5 gives Brandeis an 18-5 mark (.783 regional pct.) and probably gives Brandeis a "bubble" Pool C, although I would have to check the conference tourney results at that point. If Brandeis only wins 2 of 5 or worse, then Brandeis will have to defend the ECAC title.

All the same, I do want Brandeis to win every game that they can-- the more wins the Judges get, the better that they will do. And I do want Brandeis to win at Rochester on Friday and get the sweep (partly for my local pride).

Pat Coleman · February 07, 2006, 03:33:22 PM

I agree that Brandeis is not in a must-win situation. However, the team captain is quoted as saying otherwise. You gotta run with how the team feels.

jagluski · February 08, 2006, 04:19:29 PM

First Regional Rankings out.

Of Interest to the UAA:

Central
1. Maryville (Mo.) 10-0 16-4
2. Washington U. 12-2 18-2

East
1. Rochester 15-4 15-5
2. St. John Fisher 15-2 17-2
3. New York University 17-3 17-3

Northeast
1. Southern Maine 18-1 19-1
2. Bowdoin 15-2 18-2
3. Williams 15-3 18-3
4. Brandeis 15-3 15-3

Wydown Blvd. · February 09, 2006, 12:14:17 AM

Maryville over Wash U.?...I blinked and then refreshed my computer when I saw that. Someone please explain... I know it is a numbers game, but the Bears have one conference loss and of course the non-conference loss at Maryville. Is that enough to Maryville on top? and what about Strength of Schedule?

Ralph Turner · February 09, 2006, 01:01:12 AM

Quote from: BlakcMajikc on February 09, 2006, 12:14:17 AM
Maryville over Wash U.?...I blinked and then refreshed my computer when I saw that. Someone please explain... I know it is a numbers game, but the Bears have one conference loss and of course the non-conference (In-Region) loss at Maryville. Is that enough to Maryville on top? and what about Strength of Schedule?

Respectfully, this time, it is not numbers. The Handbook lists Head-to-Head is one of the Primary Criteria, and Maryville beat WashStL head-to-head.

Most accurately, Maryville should be ranked above Wash StL!

Wydown Blvd. · February 09, 2006, 09:25:25 AM

Even with the teams who Wustl has beaten? Seems like the conference schedule of Wustl would play a larger part in the ranking. And placing all that weight on one loss. Seemingly the true reason they are higher is that they are undefeated in-region, simply because the only non-SLIAC team that they played was Washington University. On the other hand, Wustl's in region included their loss to NYU in addtion to the Maryville loss. Besides Wustl, has Maryville beaten a top 25 team in-region?

Is there a link to the criteria for Regional Rankings?