University Athletic Association

[gordonmann]

NYU leads Chicago 43-29 at the half on a very strong first half of defense by the Violets.

Because when I think defense, I think Violets.

[gordonmann]

McEntee has 20-20 night as NYU wins 75-66.

Howard Payne is the last undefeated team in Division III women's basketball.

[ILive4This]

cant say what the game looked like, but from the sound of it over the radio, wash u played amazing defense shutting the judges down to 3 for 20+ in the second half

brandeis had a lead of 6+ points during the first half before going down by 1 at half time, the first minute or two of the second half was fairly even with the judges only scoring from the foul line (started the second half 0-13), however wash u pulled away quickly winning the game big, with two players hitting double doubles i believe.

amazing game for wash u from the sound of it, and a pretty lack luster performance for the judges.

in other news with the nyu win at chicago, the top 3 teams in the UAA are tied at 4-1 thats wash u, nyu and chicago...deis drops to 3-3 in the conference.

[deiscanton]

I listened to the Brandeis at Wash U game last night as well.  From what I heard, it looks like the Judges have not yet solved the problem of how NYU beat them at the Auerbach Arena.   Brandeis is still getting mentally frustrated by very aggressive defenses that the other top UAA opponents are throwing at them-- the Judges have yet to figure out how to make baskets against those defenses.

If 'Deis cannot solve this problem, the Judges will have to settle for an ECAC New England title at best this year.

[thx4playing]

OK ALL I CAN SAY IS----BRING ON NYU AND BRANDEIS AND THOSE CREAM PUFF SCHEDULES THEY PLAY

Where's Nancy been?  :)

The best was when the NYU fans started chanting "NYU" near the end of the game on Friday night, and the Chicago fans only reply was "Safety School."  Great game all around - a lot of heart (and talent!) from both teams.  The UAA is one unbelievably tough conference and it's gearing up to be a great race to the finish...

[newtonnancy]

I have been licking my wounds!!

[newtonnancy]

It was a rough night and while NYU was in the middle of that 20 point run, you knew it was over. That being said, it was a great game and the atmosphere was great, also, as disappointing as the women's outcome was, the men's win was unexpected and a BLAST. So all was not lost and boy the student body was fun. Hopefully there won't be too much Saturday night hang over and the crowd today will be as large and enthusiastic.

The disappointment is that you don't often have undefeated teams lasting this long, I remember 3 years ago the Judges had a similar run, I think they too were the 2nd to last undefeated team left in the country. Also, being from Brandeis, NYU is the last team I wanted to see upset the applecart. But, nobody goes undefeated so it is time to pick up the pieces and get back on track today against the Judges. I still think that the Maroons will win the UAA based on what I have seen of everyone except Brandeis to this point (I won't be surprised when Wash U wins today) and that they will get an NCAA berth.

About Brandeis, from what I have followed in the stats and from what a couple friends have told me after attending several games, including the NYU game, the team has taken a step back. One friend said, they are back to the "same old same old" when "Curren and Sensinbrenner were here". They say that the team has no direction or offense, the try to run and "the guards just fire em up". In fact one friend said she is going to stick to the men's games because they work as a team and are "very good".

[Pat Coleman]

The disappointment is that you don't often have undefeated teams lasting this long, I remember 3 years ago the Judges had a similar run, I think they too were the 2nd to last undefeated team left in the country.

Actually, this year is the earliest that all undefeated women's teams have been eliminated since at least 1999, the last year we didn't do a Top 25. We've always had at least one unbeaten team last longer than this, and once as many as five.

[deiscanton]

Brandeis 57, Chicago 48
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It doesn't matter how it gets done in the UAA as long as it gets done.

Great victory for the Judges-- they were great at taking advantage of Chicago's less than stellar performance today.

First win for Brandeis this season over a Top 25 opponent, and hopefully this will build some confidence for a Brandeis team that really needed it.

I'll be cheering hard for Brandeis to pull off the home sweep over Chicago and Wash U next weekend.

The Bears currently up 10 on NYU?    I thought NYU could sweep them this season, but Wash U surely deserves to be ranked again if the Bears hold on and win.

[deiscanton]

Wash U 78, NYU 71

Wash U goes to 6-1 and takes sole possession of first place in the UAA.

Wash U is definitely a Top 25 team.  (I already considered them a Top 25 team when they beat Rochester last week, but the Bears have solidified it this week.)

Nancy Fahey is now the frontrunner for UAA Coach of the Year again on the women's side.

Sarah Schell got a career high 32 points for Wash U.

I'm now listening to the postgame on KWUR.

[y_jack_lok]

Good win for Wash U today. The second half was much better played than the first half for both teams. Wash U looked much better than they did 10 days ago against Rochester, even though they won that one handily. I have also seen Illinois Wesleyan and DePauw play, although against weaker competition than top tier UAA teams. While this is obviously an apples to oranges comaprison, I'd say both IWU and DePauw are as good, possibly better, than Wash U, NYU, and Rochester.

[newtonnancy]

what a nightmare.................

At least I know the info I have  been provided on Brandeis is acurate and the supastar and others need to get a grip............Unfortunately UC tried to play the same game......about as ugly as it gets....but like  Allen said...a win is a win

[deiscanton]

UAA Internet coverage

Weekend of Feb. 2-4, 2007

Friday, February 2

Tip times 6 PM Eastern

1.)  Wash U at NYU-- D3HoopsNet Broadcast

Webcast is at http://www.d3hoops.com/audio

Pat Coleman and Ray Martel on the call.

2.)  Chicago at Brandeis

Webcast is at http://www.wbrs.org

3.)  Carnegie Mellon at Case

Case audiocast:  http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/broadcast/

4.)  Rochester at Emory

Rochester audiocast is free at http://www.wysl1040.com

All Emory videocasts and audiocasts are on a pay per view or pay per listen basis.

Emory videocast:  http://www.hrptv.com
Emory audiocast:  Teamline service  http://www.teamline.cc
Team Code:  1028

Sunday, Feb. 4

All tips at 2 PM Eastern approx.

1.)  Wash U at Brandeis

Webcast is at http://www.wbrs.org

2.)  Chicago at NYU

Webcast is at http://www.wnyu.org  (WNYU may be doing this either live with a replay at the listed time on the WNYU Special Events Calendar, or WNYU may be doing this on tape delay.-- I'm not sure.)

3.)  Carnegie Mellon at Emory

Emory audiocasts and videocasts also available-- see Friday's instructions for details.

4.)  Rochester at Case

Games will be on both the Case audiocast and the Rochester audiocast-- see Friday's games for links to both audiocasts.

[mark_reichert]

Wash U 78, NYU 71

Wash U goes to 6-1 and takes sole possession of first place in the UAA.

Something I didn't expect after the 1-3 start.

Wash U is definitely a Top 25 team.  (I already considered them a Top 25 team when they beat Rochester last week, but the Bears have solidified it this week.)

I don't know about #11 though.  I'll be happy if they manage to split this weekend's games, which most likely would be beating the Judges and losing to the Violets.  But you never know, otherwise why would they play the games. 

Nancy Fahey is now the frontrunner for UAA Coach of the Year again on the women's side.

I've heard that she wondered at the preseason rankings given that she had five seniors, only two which had previously started, and fifteen sophomores and freshmen(freshwomen?).  Her reputation for making the most of what she has perhaps?

Sarah Schell got a career high 32 points for Wash U.

I knew Sarah was having a great game, I didn't know how good until I saw the box score.

I'm now listening to the postgame on KWUR.

I saw her heading over for that interview.  Any particularly memorable items?

P.S.  I never got around to reporting it over the weekend, but I attended the W Hall of Fame breakfast honoring Alia Fischer Keys among others.  Nice, though I felt out of place, not being part of the W Club and having been a bit underdressed. 

[newtonnancy]

Just listened to the UC-Brandeis game, you can't play worse then UC, Mojidi traveled about 6 times, had 3-4 offensives and was horrible, then within 5 sec down one they miss a layup and a put back, god awful game and Brandeis wasn't much better, obviously.