MBB: University Athletic Association

WUPHF · January 29, 2016, 10:41:19 AM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on January 29, 2016, 09:03:24 AM
^^^ Excellent article, informative and well written.

Student Life is one of the best student run newspapers I have ever seen and they do a great job covering sports. They even live Tweet most games.

WUPHF · January 29, 2016, 10:53:00 AM

Chicago (5-0) hosts Emory (4-1) in what is the most important game of the weekend. Emory will ~~probably~~ need to pull the upset to have a chance at the conference title. Chicago hosts Rochester (3-2) who plays at Washington University tonight (2-3). NYU (3-2) and Brandeis (2-3) host Carnegie Mellon (0-5) and Case Western Reserve (1-4).

WUPHF · January 29, 2016, 09:58:10 PM

Carnegie Mellon upsets NYU on the road 85-80 for their first conference win.

Elsewhere, Emory leads Chicago by nine and Washington University and Rochester are tied 39-39 at the half.

WUPHF · January 29, 2016, 10:39:52 PM

Coming down to the wire in Chicago and St. Louis.

WUPHF · January 29, 2016, 10:48:46 PM

Washington University loses yet another heartbreaker at home to Rochester 75-73.

WUPHF · January 29, 2016, 10:49:55 PM

Emory downs Chicago on the road to force a tie at the top of the conference.

Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) · January 29, 2016, 10:56:55 PM

If I were picking the UAA games prior to play this evening, I would've gotten every one of them wrong.

WUPHF · January 29, 2016, 11:14:27 PM

Quote from: Hoops Fan on January 29, 2016, 10:56:55 PM
If I were picking the UAA games prior to play this evening, I would've gotten every one of them wrong.

I was going to make a prediction that Carnegie Mellon and Case Western Reserve would go 1-1 or 2-0 on the road this weekend and then I deleted it. Seriously.

I definitely did not think Washington University would lose tonight, but after an explosive run to start the game and push the lead to 13, Rochester battled back and both teams were close the rest of the way. Sam Borst-Smith got the last Rochester field goal and the foul to take the lead 71-70, but then the Bears coughed up the ball giving Rochester two more free throws. At 73-71, Luke Silverman-Lloyd was yet again asked to take a three pointer to tie the game, but this one rimmed in and out.

If Emory wins on Sunday against Washington University, they will host for two more weekends before finishing on the road against Carnegie Mellon, Case Western Reserve and Rochester. Just like that, the Emory Eagles are in the driver's seat.

y_jack_lok · January 30, 2016, 08:11:30 AM

Quote from: WUH on January 29, 2016, 11:14:27 PM
I definitely did not think Washington University would lose tonight, but after an explosive run to start the game and push the lead to 13, Rochester battled back and both teams were close the rest of the way. Sam Borst-Smith got the last Rochester field goal and the foul to take the lead 71-70, but then the Bears coughed up the ball giving Rochester two more free throws. At 73-71, Luke Silverman-Lloyd was yet again asked to take a three pointer to tie the game, but this one rimmed in and out.

I was following the live stats. Sometimes that gives you a perspective you don't get when seeing the live action. I was struck by how frequently Wash U was putting a single point on the board followed sometimes by a second single point, sometimes not. So I started adding up Rochester's fouls. They got whistled for 30 and three players fouled out. Wash U made 25 of 34 free throws -- a decent 73%. But it seems like Rochester, or the officials, gave the Bears every opportunity to win the game at the line, but they didn't.

hopefan · January 30, 2016, 10:08:09 AM

Quote from: y_jack_lok on January 30, 2016, 08:11:30 AM
Quote from: WUH on January 29, 2016, 11:14:27 PM
I definitely did not think Washington University would lose tonight, but after an explosive run to start the game and push the lead to 13, Rochester battled back and both teams were close the rest of the way. Sam Borst-Smith got the last Rochester field goal and the foul to take the lead 71-70, but then the Bears coughed up the ball giving Rochester two more free throws. At 73-71, Luke Silverman-Lloyd was yet again asked to take a three pointer to tie the game, but this one rimmed in and out.

I was following the live stats. Sometimes that gives you a perspective you don't get when seeing the live action. I was struck by how frequently Wash U was putting a single point on the board followed sometimes by a second single point, sometimes not. So I started adding up Rochester's fouls. They got whistled for 30 and three players fouled out. Wash U made 25 of 34 free throws -- a decent 73%. But it seems like Rochester, or the officials, gave the Bears every opportunity to win the game at the line, but they didn't.

Wash U... seemingly the first St. Louis D3 team eliminated from a chance to play post season basketball.. doubtful that they can turn things around enough to win an UAA championship, more doubtful that a winning-out 18-7 record would get them to the tourney. Disappointing given the close losses that could have been close wins....

WUPHF · January 30, 2016, 11:01:37 AM

No one is going to listen to what I have to say about the officials but Washington University did a lot to work to get those fouls. In my opinion, the disparity is a reflection of the offense Rochester ran.

Free throw shooting could have been the difference against Augustana, Chicago, NYU and more. But the team just not seem to be able to close out games and have also had costly turnovers and so forth.

y_jack_lok · January 30, 2016, 12:35:39 PM

Quote from: WUH on January 30, 2016, 11:01:37 AM
No one is going to listen to what I have to say about the officials but Washington University did a lot to work to get those fouls. In my opinion, the disparity is a reflection of the offense Rochester ran.

Not sure what you mean with your non-comment about the officials, but when your opponent gets whistled for 30 fouls and you get whistled for 17 (and probably 3-4 of those were in the last minute plus to stop the clock) it would seem that saying anything about the officiating that would suggest they were biased against you would be hard to comprehend without considerable explanation. Maybe that's not what you meant, though. I'm also curious about how Rochester's offense contributed to their fouling. That would seem to imply a lot of offensive, and thus non-shooting, fouls. Wash U took a few more shots from the field than Rochester, but made fewer. The Bears had a 12 point scoring advantage from the foul line. Maybe Rochester simply was the better team last night, both offensively and defensively.

WUPHF · January 30, 2016, 02:27:55 PM

The Yellow Jackets are not going to draw a lot of fouls with an offense predicated on creating open looks for their guards. The Bears looked to capitalize on their size advantage by getting the ball to the post and letting Sanders, Highsmith, Schmelter, and Meyer go to work. They drew fouls in the process.

The best team won last night and nothing I said suggested otherwise. I was merely explaining the disparity in fouls to counter to the suggestion that the officials gave the Bears every opportunity to win.

y_jack_lok · January 30, 2016, 02:46:12 PM

I get it now. Thanks for the clarification.

Gregory Sager · January 30, 2016, 04:44:26 PM

Emory simply outplayed Chicago last night. The Maroons couldn't get any open looks to drop, but the Eagles definitely outhustled the Maroons and were more aggressive on offense. Emory led for most of the game, although Chicago caught up late in the contest and tied it at 57-57, thanks in large part to the fact that Emory didn't really have a good defensive match for Waller Perez. But Chicago missed some important shots down the stretch, and Emory finally pulled away at the FT line in the waning seconds.

Emory is very good. If Chicago doesn't return the favor in Atlanta next weekend, I think that the UAA could end up in a co-championship.