NCAA Tournament

[7express]

Kean outplays Western to win 82-64.  Closer then the score indicated but Kean was clearly the better team on the court today.  Its too bad we couldn't have been swapped with Muhlenberg, Mount St. Mary or DeSales because we would've won those 3 pods.  This team had the talent to be playing in the sweet 16 or elite 8, but because of bad pairings their going home earlier then they should be.  Kean started the game with a 30-11 run, and that was the difference.  In the second half we cut it to 3 at 47-44 and then again at 67-61 with 6:15 to play but we only hit 1 field goal and scored 3 points the remainder of the game.

[GuyFormerlyPSBBG]

I am pretty upset about my bracket challenge.  Somehow my bracket got screwed up after I submitted.  I publicly stated CNU and Amherst on the side of the bracket.  I just looked at it there is stevens and williams.  How did that happen?  My bracket is therefore now "charlie sheened"  

Is there a bug in the mix or sabotage

Is this still displaying as such?

No its working now.  It has been a busy day Spring Training baseball games.


deiscanton and Mr Ypsi:

I believe I am probably in the same range.  I haven't checked yet.

[David Collinge]

Thanks in large part to Wash U., my bracket is deader than Julius Caesar.  In fact, I only got one of the four winners in that quarter of the bracket.   

[Mr. Ypsi]

Thanks in large part to Wash U., my bracket is deader than Julius Caesar.  In fact, I only got one of the four winners in that quarter of the bracket.   

Since I had Hope (losing) in the title game, I think I'm also kaput.

[GuyFormerlyPSBBG]

Well I do have 11 of the 16 sweet 16 teams.  Luckily not many of those loses were big loses in later rounds with the exception of Hope, but they were just a final 4 team.


Gordonmann:

You are no longer allowed to pick Greensboro.  The game was closer than it needed to be as a fan.  It might have been this comment that set things in motion.

I think they'll handle Juniata tomorrow night.

Personally, I think Greensboro's coach should be the d3 national coach of the year.  The team went from 8 wins last season to at least a Sweet 16 appearance.  That is not heard of in many levels of college basketball, especially on the women's side.


Now I am going to complain about brackets.  Thomas More bracket the last 4 teams remaining they are grouped pretty tough.  For Greensboro it will be David meets 3 Goliaths.

Average d3hoops ranking by sectional.

Thomas More: 8.5
Kean: 14
Illinois Wesleyan: 14.75
Amherst 18.

Maybe the national title contender comes out of that Thomas More bracket, or those teams are so beat-up they lose in the final 4 game.

[deiscanton]

Well I do have 11 of the 16 sweet 16 teams.  Luckily not many of those loses were big loses in later rounds with the exception of Hope, but they were just a final 4 team.

In the interests of full disclosure, I experimented with a "Massey-style" selection system for my picks this year.  I probably would have had more teams right if I had not experimented.

I also have 11 of the 16 sweet 16 teams, and if I went all UAA instead of a Massey system, I would have had 13 of the 16 sweet 16 teams.   However, I don't mind that my bracket only has 11 of the Sweet 16 teams and 3 of the Final 4 teams remaining-- I am just glad that my conference has 2 teams left on the women's side in this tournament (Wash U and Chicago-- which Massey did not pick for the Sweet 16-- stupid Massey system!!!     My "Massey" bracket may not be pleased with Saturday's results, but I am privately pleased.-- I wished all 3 UAA teams made the Sweet 16.)

11-5 in the second round for my bracket on the women's side-- for a total of 50 points through 2 rounds.  I went 28-4 in the first round.

(Note for the D3Photography.com bracket maintenance guy(s)-- (Is Ryan Coleman running the bracket challenge this year?)-- I noticed that W. Connecticut and E. Connecticut, who I correctly picked to win their first round games-- were incorrectly crossed off my bracket as losing their first round games.   Please correct this.)

[sunny]

In my non-entered bracket, I have 13 of the final 16 ... Muhlenberg, Wash U, and Thomas More are the party crashers ... seven of my final eight are alive (UW-Stevens Point, Illinois Wesleyan, Chicago, Kean, Lebanon Valley, Amherst, Babson) as are all four of my final four (UW-Stevens Point, Chicago, Kean, Amherst).

[7express]

Since the Stevens Point men aren't hosting, what are the odds the SP women host again for that sectional??

[gordonmann]

Illinois Wesleyan was ranked in front of them in the last public regional rankings. So my guess is IWU or Coe host. My semi-educated guess is Kean, Amherst and Thomas More are the other three.

[BAK4LVC]

Just released on Lebanon Valley's website that they will be hosting William Paterson, Christopher Newport, and Kean.   

[7express]

Illinois Wesleyan was ranked in front of them in the last public regional rankings. So my guess is IWU or Coe host. My semi-educated guess is Kean, Amherst and Thomas More are the other three.

I'd guess IWU, Thomas More, Kean & Amherst are the 4 sites.

[7express]

Just released on Lebanon Valley's website that they will be hosting William Paterson, Christopher Newport, and Kean.   

Thats surprizing if they do.  I would think the 2 NJAC schools would be first in line.

[BAK4LVC]

It's a done deal.  LVC was informed about it just about a half an hour ago.

[7express]

Stevens Point, Lebanon Valley, Amherst & Thomas More 4 sectional sites.

I was hoping to go back to Kean next Friday for the CNU Kean and WPU Leb Valley games, but definatly won't be driving 4 hours to see that.

[Just Bill]

Thrilled that UWSP is hosting, but very surprised. Both IWU and Coe were #1 seeds in the last public rankings. UWSP was #2. Could UWSP have jumped IWU in the final ranking that we didn't get to see?