University Athletic Association

[deiscanton]

Plus, anytime Rochester can get a 20 pt. lead over a team in the Chase final, only to then lose it and have to play 2 overtimes against a Brockport team that proved that it belonged in the final, abd then finally win the game.-- that effort is deserving of the #1 ranking.

I wouldn't use this as a positive. Effort is fine and all but blowing a 20-point lead to Brockport isn't one of the classic signs of a No. 1 team.

Point taken.  Normally, a team that blows a 20 point lead would be predicted to lose that game, however, and the Chase Tournament final is not just an average non-conference game; especially to the fans in the Rochester area. 

If the voters choose to stay with Bowdoin as the #1 in the D3Hoops.com Top 25, the Polar Bears usually don't disappoint at this point in the season.   

[David Collinge]

If the voters choose to stay with Bowdoin as the #1 in the D3Hoops.com Top 25, the Polar Bears usually don't disappoint at this point in the season.   

Evidently some of the voters are having trouble deciding....
*drums fingers impatiently*
Harumph!

[Hoop Dreams]

Rochester travels to the Midwest and puts its #2 ranking on the line this weekend with road games against Wash U (storied program, tough team again this year) and 14-0 Chicago.

If the Yellowjackets can win Friday in St. Louis and the Maroons hold serve at home against CMU...two of the five unbeaten teams in D3 will tip at 2:00 Sunday in Hyde Park.

At that same time, the NFC Championship game will be kicking off just a few miles up Lake Shore Drive.

[newtonnancy]

It is quite a season in the UAA, I think the winner of Sunday's match up ( I will attend and report) between UC and UR will feature 2 teams that I anticipate will go deep in the NCAA's. More interesting will be if Wash U can hold serve against UR, if they do it will set up quite a run the rest of the way in the UAA and may catipult the Bears to an NCAA berth, although I think the team that finishes 4th (Brandeis or Wash U) will be the bubble team to get in the NCAA's and that means the games between the 2 will play a big role in determining that. I expect the Association to shake out:
1-UC
2-UR
3-NYU
4-Wash U
5-Brandeis
I also expect NYU and Brandeis to hold serve this weekend but wouldn't be supprised if Emory AND-OR Case beat Brandeis. I have talked to a couple friends who were at the NYU game and didn't like what I heard about the Judges.
Any other thoughts?

[martin]

So what is the probability that Rochester can win both its games this weekend and take over the top spot in the poll? 

Winning at both Washington and Chicago will be very tough.  I put the odds at:
UR wins twice - 10%
UR wins one - 45%
UR loses both - 45%

[ur2004]

I don't see what would be so spectacular about two wins for UR.  They already deserve to be #1 -- they are undefeated and knocked off previously unbeaten Brandeis, NYU, and Scranton, along with double-digit-win teams Medaille, Elmira, and Brockport.  A quick check shows they've beaten 9 teams with winning records.  A similar check shows 2 such wins for WashU.  The fact that WashU were good in 2000 doesn't make them any good right now.  As for Chicago, certainly a strong year for them, but after only a three point win over WashU at home, what makes them that much better?  For that matter, on what objective basis is Chicago any stronger than UR right now?

1. UR
2. Chicago
3. NYU
4. Brandeis
5. WashU

[deiscanton]

Internet coverage of UAA Women's Basketball action

Weekend of January 19-21, 2007

Friday, January 19, 2007

1.)  Case at Brandeis

WHK Radio in Cleveland is travelling with the Spartans this weekend.

Tip time 6 PM Eastern

Case feed:  http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/broadcast
Brandeis feed:  http://www.wbrs.org

2.)  Emory at NYU

Tip time 6 PM Eastern

Game can be heard on the Teamline service-- http://www.teamline.cc
Team code: 1059

3.)  Rochester at Wash U

Tip time 6 PM Central/7 PM Eastern

Rochester feed:  http://www.wysl1040.com
Wash U feed:  http://www.kwur.com

4.)  Carnegie Mellon at Chicago

Audiocast is on the Teamline service-- Team code 3979
Live stats also available at http://athletics.uchicago.edu

Follow instructions on the Chicago Athletics home page for the live stats.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

1.)  Emory at Brandeis
Tip time-- 2 PM Eastern

Game can be heard at http://www.wbrs.org

2.)  Case at NYU
Tip time-- 2 PM Eastern

Case feed:  http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/broadcast
NYU feed:  http://www.wnyu.org

3.)  UAA Game of the week-- Rochester at Chicago

Tip time 2 PM Central/3 PM Eastern

Rochester feed:  http://www.wysl1040.com
Chicago feed:  Teamline service-- Team code 3979
Live stats also available at http://athletics.uchicago.edu

Follow instructions on Chicago Athletics home page for live stats.

4.)  Carnegie Mellon at Wash U

Tip time 2 PM Central/ 3 PM Eastern

Game can be heard at http://www.kwur.com

[Hoop Dreams]

Final from St. Louis:

Rochester  36
Washington U.  57

Hmm, looks like Wash U. still has a pretty darn good team.

In other news, Chicago routs Carnegie Mellon 91-49 to improve to 15-0.  Six UC players scored in double figures, and two others added 8 points apiece.  Since their 54-51 win over Wash U. on Jan. 6, the Maroons are averaging 81.0 ppg in three UAA games.

[martin]

Final Scores - Friday Jan 19

at Brandeis 85, Case 58
at NYU 75 Emory 57
at Washington 57  Rochester 36
at Chicago 91 Carnegie Mellon 49


All the home teams won tonight.  Big game on Sunday - Rochester at Chicago.  Winning on the road in the UAA is always tough.  I think the Sunday games - the second of the road trip - are harder to win.  It will be interesting to see if Rochester can bounce back against the Maroons.

[y_jack_lok]

Amazing to me that the Rochester team I saw get destroyed tonight by Wash U could ever be ranked at all, much less ranked #2. I'm not sure Wash U even deserves votes for the top 25. Yet I see that Rochester has already defeated 3 other top 25 teams -- Scranton, NYU, and Brandeis. Something ain't right.

[Pat Coleman]

Wouldn't be the first Top 10 team to come to Wash U and get it handed to them, in my recollection.

[deiscanton]

Reactions from Friday night...

From the Brandeis/Case game.

1.)  It's a good sign when the Brandeis women lead Case by 24 at the half, and then have the bench to prevent any Case counter-rallies from taking place.  I thought that Case was going to press for the entire second half to get back into it, if not do it for the whole game.  (As it turned out, that would probably have been the Spartans's only chance for an "upset" victory, in my book.)  Brandeis's bench scores 29 points, and Lauren Rashford, despite her 6 turnovers (most of them came in the second half when the game was already decided), had her best game last night as a back-up point guard to Kiersten Holgash. 

2.)  Great efforts from Jaime Capra and Lauren Orlando on the starting side of the Brandeis team.  (All of the Brandeis players played well tonight.)

3.)  18 of Brandeis's 27 turnovers came in the second half, when Brandeis was already up 25 points-- the bench played well on the defensive end in the second half to prevent Case from doing any serious damage.

4.)  Biggest rebounding margin of the year-- Brandeis got 54 rebounds last night to Case's 20.  Brandeis also beats Case by the biggest margin that I have seen in my years of following the 'Deis/Case series.  I wonder what Coach Kristen Hughes would have done in this situation if she were still coaching Case.

From the other UAA games last night...

1.)  The Wash U women are to the UAA this year what the Princeton men were to last year's Ivy League race-- neither team had a terrific first semester in non-conference play, but they both bounced back to do well in league play.  (The Princeton men came back from losing to Carnegie Mellon last year to a second place finish in the Ivy League, I believe.)  In the case of Wash U, the women look like they are back in the title hunt-- which in most years means at least a share of the UAA title.

2.)  I'm not surprised that Rochester lost in St. Louis last night (maybe a little surprised by the margin of victory, though)-- the Rochester women have never won there.   Unfortunately, last night was the best shot in years that Rochester will probably get to win there, but Wash U rose to the challenge.  Wash U's Jill Brandt seems to be developing as a player in her own right to be a capable replacement for Shanna-Lei Dacanay this season.

[y_jack_lok]

I've seen enough Wash U women's basketball over the past 6 year to know that this year's team doesn't measure up to those of the past -- especially on offense. Credit a great defensive effort for last nights rout of Rochester. Since this is the only time I'll see Rochester play this year, I suppose it can be chalked up to a simply horrible, horrible night for them. If they are truly worthy of being in the top 25 they have to play light years better than they did last night.

[deiscanton]

I've seen enough Wash U women's basketball over the past 6 year to know that this year's team doesn't measure up to those of the past -- especially on offense. Credit a great defensive effort for last nights rout of Rochester. Since this is the only time I'll see Rochester play this year, I suppose it can be chalked up to a simply horrible, horrible night for them. If they are truly worthy of being in the top 25 they have to play light years better than they did last night.

Wash U usually does play great defense, but I don't see the Wash U women's basketball team making it to Springfield, MA this year even if they do make it into the NCAAs (which could still happen-- a 10-4 UAA mark would still lock the Bears in, and a 9-5 UAA mark could still get the Bears at least a Pool C bid-- I don't know about that for sure, though.)  I don't see the Bears doing any better than 10-4 in the UAA this year.    I pick NYU as favored to sweep the Bears, and Rochester to win the game at the Palestra over Wash U-- that gives the Bears at least 4 conference losses.

[newtonnancy]

Ok enough Wash U and Rochester, the real question becomes CAN CHICAGO LEAP EVERYONE IN FRONT OF THEM THIS WEEK AND BECOME #1 IN THE COUNTRY after they beat Rochester tomorrow? Undeafeated, only Howard P and make the same claim...............come on Maroon

Hey looked at stats, I see the Brandeis team loves padding the stats, you think they could slow down chucking up the 3's in the 2nd half up almost 30...I mean pay back is a bitch, especially in the UAA