University Athletic Association

[WLCALUM83]

Kean 16, Chicago 2  less than 13 minutes to go in 1st.

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Kean 36, Chicago 22  half

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Kean 54, Chicago 43  Just less than 10 minutes left in 2nd.

[nobody]

Please keep the updates coming...I am unable to get the audio or live stats to work.  Thanks!

[WLCALUM83]

Kean up by 15 with less than 2 minutes left.

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Kean 70, Chicago 56-- final

[newtonnancy]

When all is now said and done, I think the UAA was down this year as a whole but I also think the schools are all tightening up (save CMU). Next year will be interesting as I think WU,  Emory, Case and NYU will be improved. I think UC could improve (a lot of turnovers this year that should decrease nect season), I think RU should be the same (but Shieble gets a lot out of his talent so they could improve), I think Brandies could go either way (I think guard play will be better).

Probably shouldn't have had 4 in NCAA's, but seems like the "rep" of the teams, like the Polar Bears and others will always get them the benefit of the doubt.

Fun season, not enough online fan support so the board hasn't been as much fun.....Where are Sandman and Allan when you need them......

[Pat Coleman]

Bowdoin might not've belonged by your definition but they beat a conference champ on that team's home floor so the numbers -- which were overwhelming -- were borne out in the tournament.

[newtonnancy]

Pat,

These were just thoughts but I am thinking that The Polar Bears, Wash U, Brandeis etc have rep, and deservidly so. But there were teams out there that had better records, for example I watched LVC after Isaw an update on D# Hoops realized that Goclowski was the coach and he was a former assistant at Brandeis. They lost 5 games ALL to 2 teams that were in the tourny, Albright and a final 4 team Messiah. They lost 2 games in season to them but beat Albright in the conference semi's, then went on to lost a 7 point decision in the Conference Championship at Messiah. At 23-5, that seems better to me then Wash U or Brandeis who was 18-7 (18-6 in region) and needed nailbiters and final shot wins beating the likes of Case only to get somoked at Kean (as did Chicago).

Piont is I think like NYU a couple years ago, reputation helps....Quality of Wins or not.

[Pat Coleman]

I think the point of strength of schedule measurements is to say that not all 22-5 records are the same. Lebanon Valley likely would not have been 22-5 against Brandeis' schedule, as Brandeis' opponents were .614 on the season, compared to Leb Val's .514.

[Pat Coleman]

Feature on the front page of interest to Final Four participants and fans here.

Faces of a champion

[Wydown Blvd.]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/andy_staples/07/11/small.colleges/index.html?eref=T1

Article about travel in D3 from another poster. They use the UAA as an example of smart traveling.

[kate]

Great article on a really crappy situation.  i know darn well that i'd pay $5.00 a pop to see my Aggies play - more actually as most play-off games run at least six dollars a game.   Lucky for us here in the MAC Freedom, the longest distance is to Manhattanville in Purchase, NY.  Maybe schools could negotiate for lower gas prices for a season - there's got to be some way!

[Wydown Blvd.]

Well done to Emory Women's Basketball for their excellent commitment to the student aspect of being student-athletes!

http://www.d3hoops.com/pressreleases.php?release=2356

[deiscanton]

Hello, I just wanted to give my comments on some recent developments.

I could not have imagined back in March that Brandeis would hand both Janice Quinn and Gary Fifield their final losses of their careers as head coaches of their respective basketball teams. 

It is the end of an era for NYU women's basketball as Janice Quinn announced her retirement from coaching basketball yesterday due to personal health issues.  Janice Quinn will still run the day to day operations of the NYU athletics department as associate Athletic Director, but she will be missed on the UAA scene.    I was present at Coles Center when Emmanuel beat NYU in the NCAA tournament in 2001, and then a few years later when the Brandeis women's basketball team won at NYU.  Although other UAA women's basketball teams were able to win at NYU last year, Brandeis is still looking to get its 2nd victory in women's hoop as the road team at NYU. 

In other news, the Brandeis schedules are now up on for both men's and women's basketball teams.    I'm looking forward to see Brandeis play Widener in November, as well as seeing Emmanuel come to the Auerbach Arena for the first time.  The Brandeis women will also go to Providence, RI to play RI College in the non-conference portion of the schedule.  Wheaton (MA) and Tufts are also games of interest in the local portion of the schedule as well.

Update:  The Brandeis v. Widener game is the first game of this year's so-called "Brandeis Women's Basketball Tip-off Tournament"  (Technically now being held on the second weekend of the season instead of the first under the new rules.)   Bowdoin and Western Connecticut will also be coming to the Auerbach Arena, with Brandeis playing one of these teams the following day.

I hope to hear from others soon....