University Athletic Association

[deiscanton]

Brandeis 63, NYU 60 Final

It was close, but I think that Brandeis will now get in as a Pool C invite on the women's side.

[jagluski]

Congratulations to University of Chicago for ending Wash U's streak of 10 straight UAA titles with a 76-53 win today.  Chicago takes the Pool A bid from the UAA.

That being said, as a Bears fan, I'll take 10-4 and 2nd in the UAA after Jaimie McFarlin got hurt...I thought all chances for a title/successful season were gone at that point.

Wash U, Rochester, and Brandeis will need Pool C bids if they are to get into the NCAA Tourney.

[jagluski]

The UAA gets 4 bids to the NCAA Tournament.

Chicago was already in with a Pool A bid, while Rochester, Brandeis, and Wash U all get Pool C bids.

[deiscanton]

Women's matchups released for Friday/Saturday first round/second round games:

Rochester will head to Scranton, PA  (due to the fact that Rochester is hosting a pod on the men's side this weekend-- thanks to pabegg for the updated correction-- as a result, Scranton is now hosting this pod.)

1.)  E. Connecticut St. v.  Rochester
2.)  Medaille at Scranton

Wash U will head to Greencastle, Indiana (DePauw hosting)

1.)  Wash U v. Wilmington (OH)
2.)  Denison at DePauw

Brandeis will head to Union, New Jersey (Kean College hosting)

1.)  Brandeis v. S. Maine
2.)  Utica at Kean

Chicago will head to Stevens Point, Wisconsin (UW-Stevens Pt. hosting)

1.)  St. Thomas (MN) v. Chicago
2.)  St. Norbert at UW-Stevens Point

[pabegg]

Rochester is not hosting.

Probably because someone realized that their men were hosting.

[jagluski]

Rochester is not hosting.

Probably because someone realized that their men were hosting.

I wonder if that someone happened to work for the University of Rochester...

[mark_reichert]

2.)  Medaille v. Scranton also at the Palestra in Rochester, NY
1.)  Brandeis v. S. Maine

Go Brandeis and Medaille!   Or anybody who plays Scranton and Southern Maine before the sectional.  We'll get different sectional hosts.

Wash U will head to Greencastle, Indiana (DePauw hosting)

At least some members of the Bears have experience playing DePauw in their arena, though this year it was just playing in their arena having been knocked off by Illinois Wesleyan in the first game.

Chicago will head to Stevens Point, Wisconsin (UW-Stevens Pt. hosting)

So their reward for winning the UAA championship is heading into the Stevens Pt. buzzsaw.  Well, the WashU men managed to win there last year.

[deiscanton]

I have updated the pairings for the UAA with the update that Scranton is hosting the women's pod including Rochester this weekend.

[martin]

2007-08 UAA Women's Basketball Honors

Players of the Year: Jaime Capra • Brandeis University; Jessica McEntee • New York University

Rookie of the Year: Alex Hoover • Washington University

Coaching Staff of the Year: University of Chicago • Head Coach Aaron Roussell,
Assistant Coaches Molly Dullea, Steve White, Korry Schwanz

2007-08 UAA WOMEN'S ALL-ASSOCIATION BASKETBALL TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Jaime Capra Brandeis 5-10 Sr. G Old Bridge, NJ (Old Bridge) † Player of the Year
Janice Evans Washington 5-10 So. F Bolingbrook, IL (Neuqua Valley)
Molly Hackney Chicago 6-0 So. F East Lansing, MI (Lansing Catholic)
Julie Marriott Rochester 5-11 Jr. F/C Fairport, NY (Fairport)
Jessica McEntee New York 5-11 Jr. F Flushing, NY (Archbishop Molloy) † Player of the Year
Ashleigh Tondo Case 5-9 So. PG McDonald, OH (McDonald)
Lora Turner Emory 5-11 Jr. F Florence, AL (Mars Hill Bible School)

SECOND TEAM
Stacie Aleski Carnegie Mellon 5-5 Jr. PG Pittsburgh, PA (Chartiers Valley)
Jessica Chapin Brandeis 5-6 So. G Mendon, NY (Honeoye Falls-Lima)
Mary Herendeen Case 5-9 Sr. G Austinburg, OH (Jefferson Area)
Ashley Horton Case 5-11 Sr. F Akron, OH (Archbishop Hoban)
Erica Kaplan Emory 5-7 Jr. PG Commack, NY (Commack)
Nofi Mojidi Chicago 5-8 Sr. G Silver Spring, MD (Bullis School)
Alex Porter Rochester 5-10 Jr. F Rockville, MD (Walter Johnson)

HONORABLE MENTION
Brandeis: Kiersten Holgash, Lauren Orlando; Carnegie Mellon: Leah Feola; Emory: LeShonda Lillard; Chicago: Alex Leach; Rochester: Melissa Alwardt, Helen Baroody; Washington: Jill Brandt, Alex Hoover † Rookie of the Year, Zoë Unruh, Halsey Ward

[theBroadcaster]

For extensive live coverage of Brandeis basketball in the NCAA tournament, click on over to www.wbrs.org. WBRS, 100.1FM Waltham, will be both in NJ with the women and at home with the men!  Here's the broadcast schedule for tonight:

5PM- Taped interview with Brian Meehan, head coach of the Mens squad
5:20- Womens Pregame
5:30- Womens basketball vs. Southern Maine @ Kean University
    * Brian Raab, Ravi Kotecha, and Zach Aronow on the call
    * Taped interview with Stephen Hill, mens center at half-time
7:45-Mens Pregame
8:00PM-Mens basketball vs. Lasell College @ Red Auerbach Arena
    * Steven Gross, Ben Gellman-Chomsky, and Ian Guss on the call

[Pat Coleman]

And if Brandeis wins and you want to find out who you play next, switch over to D3hoopsNet, where we'll have the entire Kean regional.

http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/

[nobody]

Great opening night for the UAA on the women's side...all 4 teams advanced to the 2nd round.  All games were close...

Chicago by 3
Wash by 1
Brandeis by 3
Rochester by 5

Looks like the close UAA games helped in these tight games.  Great start...let's keep it going!

[nobody]

Chicago beats to St Norbert to advance to the Sweet 16!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Rochester also won, but Brandeis and WashU came out on the short end.

[Pat Coleman]

D3hoops.com will be broadcasting audio of the entire Kean sectional on the Net:
http://www.d3hoops.com/audio/

[WLCALUM83]

Kean 6, Chicago 0, just underway in 1st half