MBB: University Athletic Association

[Ethelred the Unready]

Not sure if this has been posted somewhere, but it's a nice story about UofR senior Nate Novosel and his sister.


http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/preview2011/story/_/id/7201899/twin-brother-helps-natalie-novosel-success

[scottiedoug]

I saw Emory beat Maryville today at Maryville.  The Eagles have lots of offensive weapons, are well-coached, and played hard.  Looked like a serious team to me.

[WUPHF]

Not sure if this has been posted somewhere, but it's a nice story about UofR senior Nate Novosel and his sister.

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/preview2011/story/_/id/7201899/twin-brother-helps-natalie-novosel-success

That is a great story.  Thanks for posting.

[WUPHF]

Washington University matched up well with the fast paced, pressure defense of Whittier in the Lopata Classic to get a shot at No. 1 Augustana tonight in the Field House.

Alex Toth thrives in these games, finishing with 15 points and 10 rebounds.  Richter, good.  Had my first look at freshman Brayden Teuscher in his best game so far.  23 points on 7-11 shooting.  Nick Burt had an impressive 12 minutes of play.

[WUPHF]

One interesting tidbit from the Lopata Classic program: the 2012 Lopata Classic participants are listed as Trinity (TX), Tufts and Chicago.  Interesting.

[Wydown Blvd.]

One interesting tidbit from the Lopata Classic program: the 2012 Lopata Classic participants are listed as Trinity (TX), Tufts and Chicago.  Interesting.

They might play it in the Classic format instead of a tournament format with pre-set matchups so WashU won't face Chicago... I believe that occurred another year when only two other teams were invited to WashU. Just a possibility.

[WUPHF]

Washington University defeats No. 1 Augustana to take the Lopata Classic.  Dylan Richter is named tournament MVP with Brayden Teusher getting all-team honors.  Great weekend for both players. 

Augustana is a great team, but we were better tonight.  I imagine this may be the game of a lifetime for Richter who finished with 27 points including a free throw at the end to push the margin to three. 

Lots of credit to go around in a team effort, but this team has to get better at free throws.

[y_jack_lok]

It's the curse of being ranked #1 and having to play a good team. Happened to Virginia Wesleyan, now Augie. Who will be next?

[WUPHF]

There is very little to be said that has not already been said in the CCIW thread about the Washington University win over No. 17 Wheaton College.  I am a little surprised that two of the best games I have seen at the Field House involved only one player, Alex Toth, from the national championship team (Dylan Richer played but did not finish the season).  Incidentally, Toth looks far more fit than ever before and seems to be saving his best for last.

[ADL70]

Been mighty quiet here.  UAA play begins this weekend.

Here are the non-conference results:


Emory  0-0  11-0 1.000
New York U.  0-0  9-0 1.000
Rochester  0-0  9-2 0.818
Case Western Reserve  0-0  8-3 0.727
Washington (Mo.)  0-0  8-3 0.727
Chicago  0-0  7-4 0.636
Brandeis  0-0  6-5 0.545
Carnegie Mellon  0-0  5-6 0.455

Realistically CWRU's wins have been against mediocre competition.  And they are a young team with two starters and the sixth man being freshmen.

[Ethelred the Unready]

Been mighty quiet here.  UAA play begins this weekend.

Here are the non-conference results:


Emory  0-0  11-0 1.000
New York U.  0-0  9-0 1.000
Rochester  0-0  9-2 0.818
Case Western Reserve  0-0  8-3 0.727
Washington (Mo.)  0-0  8-3 0.727
Chicago  0-0  7-4 0.636
Brandeis  0-0  6-5 0.545
Carnegie Mellon  0-0  5-6 0.455

Realistically CWRU's wins have been against mediocre competition.  And they are a young team with two starters and the sixth man being freshmen.

I think the same can be said about NYU, which would explain why an undefeated team gets 0 votes in the top 25 poll.

[Wydown Blvd.]

NYU has historically had a weak non-con. No surprise there.

[7express]

NYU has historically had a weak non-con. No surprise there.

I was just gonna say NYU normally feasts on cupcakes in their non UAA portion of the schedule, no surprise they have no votes.  They get Brandeis, Emory and Rochester are all home the next 2 weeks, so a chance for them to at least get some votes with 3 wins (against 1 team in the top 15 and 1 in the ORV category).

[Ethelred the Unready]

NYU has historically had a weak non-con. No surprise there.

I was just gonna say NYU normally feasts on cupcakes in their non UAA portion of the schedule, no surprise they have no votes.  They get Brandeis, Emory and Rochester are all home the next 2 weeks, so a chance for them to at least get some votes with 3 wins (against 1 team in the top 15 and 1 in the ORV category).

It's always surprised me that NYU doesn't have a better out of conference schedule.  I get that they don't want to travel but it seems like they could find decent competition in the metro area.  Do they host a tournament?  I think that's how Rochester manages at least a decent SOS.  They host 2 tournament plus play in the Wnedy's Classic. 

[7express]

Yah, I think they host a tournament right around New Years, but none of the teams are any good: this year's tournament field included Clarkson (7-2), Regis (3-7) and Haverford (3-8).   They also hosted another one the first weekend with Baruch (8-6), TCNJ (6-5), and Colby (4-7) so likewise the teams weren't any good.