NCAA Tournament

[BruinFan]

7express, I just watched the Whitman post-game NCAA presser. Coach Michelle Ferenz said that Whitman already knows that there is absolutely no chance that they will be hosting games next weekend. Since Whitman WBB also advanced to the Sweet 16 last year, she said she expects to be told where they will be heading to, in just a couple of hours, however. Since they are out west, she said the NCAA already knew who the other 15 advancing teams were, by the time their game vs Whitworth had even tipped off. Therefore, phone calls/arrangements were already being made, as to establishing the 4 Sweet 16/Elite 8 host sites, while their game was in progress. And that the winner of their pod (which we now know to be Whitman) would just be plugged in, as "the last domino", as it were. Ferenz said that last year she was told privately that her team was going out to Williams (MA) only a few hours after they won at Lewis & Clark last March. And she doesn't see any reason why it wouldn't be playing out that way for her again this season, even though a formal NCAA announcement may not come until Monday.

So glad Coach Ferenz was wrong on not getting to host.

[BruinFan]

I stepped away during the first half of Whitman vs. TM.
Where is Moss?  Injured?
I like to see teams playing at full strength with so much on the line.

[7express]

She got injured with about 8 minutes left in the first, and her knee was wrapped in an ice pack for the entire second half.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Tonight on Hoopsville we will recap the sectional weekend of basketball action and start previewing the championship weekend in Salem, Vir. and Stevens Point, Wis. Here are the guests you will hear from tonight:

- Williams head coach Mike Maker and senior center Mike Mayer
- Illinois Wesleyan head coach Ron Rose
- UW-Whitewater siblings Alex and Mary Merg
- Tufts senior forward Liz Moynihan

Pat Coleman will also join us to talk about what he saw this weekend and the tournament so far and we will announce the All-Region teams!

Show starts at 7 PM ET and will run until about 9:00 tonight.

You can tune in here: www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2013-14/mar16

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Thanks and enjoy the show!

[BruinFan]

I think the winner of the Whitman - Whitewater game will win the championship. Those teams represent conferences and regions that have been consistently strong in D3 women's hoops once we get to the Final Four.

[David Collinge]

I think I recall that, at Stevens Point, the women and the men each have their own gym for varsity games. If that is so, which one is being used for the Final Four games this weekend? I see that the court is named for Dick and Jack Bennett, which suggests to me that it is the men's gym (I confess I don't know who Jack Bennett was, apart from being Dick's brother), but I don't know that for sure.

[gordonmann]

Yep, you got it. Quandt Gymnasium is the home for the men and Berg is the home for the women. It's a nice gym, but smaller than I thought it would be.

[David Collinge]

Devils vs. Missionaries, and the Devils are unbeaten. Classic.

[BruinFan]

Congrats to Whitman. The Northwest Conference has now had a team in the championship game 3 times in the last 6 years.

[ronk]

Devils vs. Missionaries, and the Devils are unbeaten. Classic.

Cue Charlie Daniels' The Devil Went Down to Georgia(Stevens Point)'

[BruinFan]

Credit where credit is due. FDU-Florham was the better team on Saturday - congrats to them.
Whitman had a great season. I can't wait to see which teams in the Northwest Conference will rise to the top next year.

[7express]

Baruch wins the CUNYAC
Bridgewater upsets Westfield state in the MASCAC, sends Westfield (#6 in Northeast) likely to the wrong side of the bubble and looks like they'll be a blocker for the rest of the region which doesn't bode well for UMass-Dartmouth (#7) or Springfield (#8) should either of those teams lose in semifinals or finals.

[mailsy]

With Cabrini winning the conference what are the chances they host the first weekend?

[ronk]

With Cabrini winning the conference what are the chances they host the first weekend?

Despite being the #3 team in a strong regional, Cabrini has a decent chance of hosting by taking a nearby regional's 2nd hosting spot(thinking East, South, or Mid-Atlantic.

[7express]

I'll try to run down through the 21 selections, first record is overall record, second is record vs. D-3 opponents:

Round 1:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: NYU (21-4, 21-4)
GL: DePauw (24-2, 24-2)
MA: Scranton (24-3, 24-3)
NE: Bowdoin (23-4, 22-4)
S: Texas-Tyler (26-2, 26-2)
W: Puget Sound (23-4, 21-4)

Round 2:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: NYU (21-4, 21-4)
GL: Transylvania (25-2, 24-2)
MA: Scranton (24-3, 24-3)
NE: Bowdoin (23-4, 22-4)
S: Texas-Tyler (26-2, 26-2)
W: Puget Sound (23-4, 21-4)

Round 3:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: NYU (21-4, 21-4)
GL: Transylvania (25-2, 24-2)
MA: Scranton (24-3, 24-3)
NE: Amherst (23-3, 23-3)
S: Texas-Tyler (26-2, 26-2)
W: Puget Sound (23-4, 21-4)

Round 4:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: NYU (21-4, 21-4)
GL: Transylvania (25-2, 24-2)
MA: Scranton (24-3, 24-3)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Texas-Tyler (26-2, 26-2)
W: Puget Sound (23-4, 21-4)

Round 5:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: NYU (21-4, 21-4)
GL: Transylvania (25-2, 24-2)
MA: Scranton (24-3, 24-3)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Eastern Mennonite (22-4, 22-4)
W: Puget Sound (23-4, 21-4)

Round 6:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: NYU (21-4, 21-4)
GL: Transylvania (25-2, 24-2)
MA: McDaniel (24-3, 24-3)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Eastern Mennonite (22-4, 22-4)
W: Puget Sound (23-4, 21-4)

Round 7:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: NYU (21-4, 21-4)
GL: Transylvania (25-2, 24-2)
MA: McDaniel (24-3, 24-3)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Eastern Mennonite (22-4, 22-4)
W: Whitworth (21-5, 15-5)

Round 8:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: NYU (21-4, 21-4)
GL: Transylvania (25-2, 24-2)
MA: McDaniel (24-3, 24-3)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Maryville (TN) (25-3, 25-3)
W: Whitworth (21-5, 15-5)

Round 9:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: NYU (21-4, 21-4)
GL: Transylvania (25-2, 24-2)
MA: McDaniel (24-3, 24-3)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Randolph-Macon (20-5, 20-4)
W: Whitworth (21-5, 15-5)

Round 10:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: NYU (21-4, 21-4)
GL: John Carroll (22-4, 22-4)
MA: McDaniel (24-3, 24-3)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Randolph-Macon (20-5, 20-4)
W: Whitworth (21-5, 15-5)

Round 11:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: Ithaca (22-5, 22-5)
GL: John Carroll (22-4, 22-4)
MA: McDaniel (24-3, 24-3)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Randolph-Macon (20-5, 20-4)
W: Whitworth (21-5, 15-5)

Round 12:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: Ithaca (22-5, 22-5)
GL: John Carroll (22-4, 22-4)
MA: McDaniel (24-3, 24-3)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Trinity (TX) (22-6, 21-6)
W: Whitworth (21-5, 15-5)

Round 13:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: Ithaca (22-5, 22-5)
GL: John Carroll (22-4, 22-4)
MA: Albright (20-7, 20-7)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Trinity (TX) (22-6, 21-6)
W: Whitworth (21-5, 15-5)

Round 14:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: Ithaca (22-5, 22-5)
GL: Hope (23-4, 23-4)
MA: Albright (20-7, 20-7)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Trinity (TX) (22-6, 21-6)
W: Whitworth (21-5, 15-5)

Round 15:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: North Central (IL) (22-5, 21-5)
E: Ithaca (22-5, 22-5)
GL: Ohio Northern (20-6, 20-6)
MA: Albright (20-7, 20-7)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Trinity (TX) (22-6, 21-6)
W: Whitworth (21-5, 15-5)

Round 16:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: Chicago (18-7, 17-7)
E: Ithaca (22-5, 22-5)
GL: Ohio Northern (20-6, 20-6)
MA: Albright (20-7, 20-7)
NE: Williams (20-6, 20-6)
S: Trinity (TX) (22-6, 21-6)
W: Whitworth (21-5, 15-5)

Round 17:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: Chicago (18-7, 17-7)
E: Ithaca (22-5, 22-5)
GL: Ohio Northern (20-6, 20-6)
MA: Albright (20-7, 20-7)
NE: Westfield State (22-5, 22-5)
S: Trinity (TX) (22-6, 21-6)
W: Whitworth (21-5, 15-5)

Round 18:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: Chicago (18-7, 17-7)
E: Ithaca (22-5, 22-5)
GL: Ohio Northern (20-6, 20-6)
MA: Albright (20-7, 20-7)
NE: Westfield State (22-5, 22-5)
S: Trinity (TX) (22-6, 21-6)
W: Bethel (21-6, 21-6)

Round 19:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: Chicago (18-7, 17-7)
E: Stevens (22-4, 22-4)
GL: Ohio Northern (20-6, 20-6)
MA: Albright (20-7, 20-7)
NE: Westfield State (22-5, 22-5)
S: Trinity (TX) (22-6, 21-6)
W: Bethel (21-6, 21-6)

Round 20:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: Superior (19-8, 19-7)
E: Stevens (22-4, 22-4)
GL: Ohio Northern (20-6, 20-6)
MA: Albright (20-7, 20-7)
NE: Westfield State (22-5, 22-5)
S: Trinity (TX) (22-6, 21-6)
W: Bethel (21-6, 21-6)

Round 21:
A: Richard Stockton (21-6, 21-6)
C: Superior (19-8, 19-7)
E: Cortland (21-6, 21-6)
GL: Ohio Northern (20-6, 20-6)
MA: Albright (20-7, 20-7)
NE: Westfield State (22-5, 22-5)
S: Trinity (TX) (22-6, 21-6)
W: Bethel (21-6, 21-6)

Left at the table:
A: Eastern (22-5, 20-5)
C: Superior (19-8, 19-7)
E: Cortland (21-6, 21-6)
GL: Ohio Northern (20-6, 20-6)
MA: Albright (20-7, 20-7)
NE: Westfield State (22-5, 22-5)
S: Trinity (TX) (22-6, 21-6)
W: Bethel (21-6, 21-6)

Notes:  Not that it matters because both teams are easily in the field, but I think with the 2-0 series head-to-head record plus advancing further in the NESCAC tournament, Bowdoin will jump Amherst and therefore be selected before Amherst is.
Eastern matches up better against the field than Stockton does, but since both teams lost in their conference championship games and Stockton won the head-to-head matchup, I believe Stockton will remain in front therefore blocking the rest of the teams in the region.
In the East, I doubt it will happen since Ithaca won the season series 2-0 but could it be possible Stevens jumps Ithaca based on them being 2-1 against SJF who Ithaca lost in the finals too??  If that's the case, Ithaca's on thin ice.
Back to the Northeast where order will definitely be important will being in a better conference and losing to a better team on a neutral court make up for a worse record and losing in the finals and get Dartmouth pushed over Westfield for potential the first bid in the Northeast??  Dartmouth only has a 19-8 record and would have a below average winning percentage but they'd have a lot of games played against regionally ranked opponents (and even more if Norwich stays in the ranks and Johnson & Wales can join them) and would've played a very tough schedule to at least give them a chance to be selected.
My last pick came down to Stockton vs. Ohio Northern. I really wanted to pick Ohio Northern but I think Stockton being on the table since round 1 would've been enough to get them over the edge and that last spot.
My first 4 out: Ohio Northern, Westfield, Cortland, Bethel