WBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Jester1390]

C.   No raining on my parade baldini. Lol. I know talent any team in d3 would take Hampton or cross.   Still sticking to this part

Berea has a a special place in American history it was the first university to allow black students to attend even before there was integration  according to the announcers of the game. It was a anti slavery city when slavery was allowed not a history major but the fact that they have free tuition for all their students is pretty amazing and helping low income young adults realize their potential rose lost to them but  they will be a team I'll be rooting for because of the mission of the university and the way their players represented  themselves and their university

[Baldini]

When did they make the sweet sixteen?

[Jester1390]

oh my have to give myself a smite i had a dad tell me that yesterday  I should know better  listen but verify they lost to Illinois in first round of tournament. I will point out that  teams starters were all freshman and sophomores against a deep and talented and older team

[Baldini]

oh my have to give myself a smite i had a dad tell me that yesterday  I should know better  listen but verify they lost to Illinois in first round of tournament. I will point out that  teams starters were all freshman and sophomores against a deep and talented and older team

HaHa, you do a lot of shooting from the hip and hope that the person you are talking to doesn't know what they are talking about. Bethanie Williams, Nakeisha Greene, Briana Lanham were all SR. starters on that Berea team.

[Jester1390]

lol now that on walter and the other announcers on the Indiana network that is what they said.  i wont spite myself on  that one lol

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Ok I'm assuming these Massey ratings are more realistic once there is a body of games to have berea like 200 something is ridiculous at worst they are top 30 team and I would bet they will be in top 20.   
Rose lost by 3 to them and fell 53 spots

Yeah, I've noticed the rankings are a bit wonky so far this season. It's basically a win and you're ranked high, lose and you're at the bottom regardless of who you play. Possibly a result of last year being strange. Things will look more realistic one we get further into the season I'm sure.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Typically, Massey relies on previous years for a certain percentage of the season. I'm not sure the exact number, but those ratings are always a bit questionable until Feb, and they tend to favor conferences that play d2 and d1 games.

[RogK]

If Massey issues rankings based on games played in previous seasons, the rankings should be labeled multi-season "2019-2022" or "2020-2022", not single-season 2021-22.
If there is such a thing as a "good loss" we won't know that it was one until we see how both teams do throughout the current season.

[Jester1390]

Massey game predictor

Has Rose beating North park 70-68n with 54 percent chance of winning . North Park Beating Bethany 76-73 60 percent       Elmhurst beating Bethany 82-72 81 percent and  also them beating Rose 74-68  72 percent

[Jester1390]

On the way to Chicago for the north park game tonight. Will be interesting to see how Bethany does vs elmhurst in the 4 pm game

[Jester1390]

Congrats to coach Prevo getting his 200th win.   Rose dominated elmhurst and won by 37 in thier best performance in the last 2 years.   Only 10 turnovers showing what they are capable of doing if they handle the ball.  I don't know if we can win the conference but with finals
Over you can see them mentally relaxing and focusing on basketball. I know they were really pissed they let the berea game go and felt that they took out a couple of stretches against north park they had a chance to win that game.  Big test next week with IWU who might end up regretting picking rose as their first round pick. Only time will tell

Greg and Rog. How would you compare north park to IWU. I told a dad north park was a above average team so to not get discouraged by losing

[RogK]

North Park is likely a better team than IWU, at least at this point in the season.
NPU's primary players know exactly what to do in their style of play.
I don't know if IWU has decided which style of play suits their current roster, or what to develop for coming seasons.
IWU's FT attempts may be a clue for analyzing them : 12 and 14 in their losses and 21 in the victory.

[Baldini]

Huge win for Transylvania on the road against #7 Tufts today. After Tufts took the lead 65-64 with 2 seconds remaining, Transylvania called a timeout and got the game winning buzzer beater by Madison Kellione and the 66-65 victory. Will be a nice ride home tonight for the Pioneers.

[Jester1390]

Great team win for rose in beating IWU in overtime.  Hein and Baum and Barlow plowing the field but the whole team watering it.   Just a great win

[Baldini]

Was a big day for the HCAC yesterday and another big one today.

Rose-Hulman 69, IWU 64 in OT
Transylvania 67, Berea 47
Manchester 75, Beloit 69

Today's schedule.

Earlham @ Kenyon
Centre @ Hanover
Piedmont @ Transylvania
Rose-Hulman vs. Depauw @ IWU