MBB: University Athletic Association

[sandman]

Washington 55, New York 51, :37.3 2nd
NYU ball after a timeout.

[sandman]

Washington 55, New York 53, :30 2nd

Wash U shoots 1-and-1.

Both free throws are good.

NYU shoots an air ball.  Rebound (and 2 FTs) to Wash U.

Score is 57-53 with :18.3 to play.

[sandman]

Washington 63, New York 59, Final

The Bears were able to finish off the Violets at the free throw line, despite two late threes for the home team.  Wash U improves to 9-4 while NYU falls to 7-6 and is eliminated from title contention.

[sandman]

Halftime in Cleveland:

Carnegie Mellon 42, Case 37

[deiscanton]

Halftime at Auerbach Arena:

Brandeis 34, Chicago 30

[fisheralum03]

emory beats UR 78-66

[sandman]

Case rallied to tie it after being down 9, but CMU's Nate Maurer just hit a 3 (so far he has 26 points and Case has no answer for him).

At a timeout:
Carnegie Mellon 65, Case 63, 7:56 2nd

[sandman]

CMU leads 74-70 with 1:24 to play.   Can Case pull this one out at home?

[deiscanton]

Final from Auerbach Arena:

Brandeis 68, Chicago 51

[sandman]

CMU missed the front end of a 1-and-1.

Mason Conrad scored a layup in transition for Case.

Kozak is back on the line for CMU.  The shot's no good, but CMU got the rebound.

Timeout, CMU with the ball and a 2-point lead, :43 to go.

[sandman]

Nate Maurer is on the line shooting 2.
First shot is good.  Second shot is good.  :35 to play.

Turnover, Rich Mullen was called for a double dribble, although it looked like an interrupted dribble.

Maurer is back on the line.  Both shots are good; he has 30 points.

After a miss by Case, Maurer was fouled in transition.
He missed both shots with :07 left.  Timeout for Case.

Carson Oren made a quick 3.  Matta is fouled with :02.8.
Both shots are good.

Final score: Carnegie Mellon 80, Case 75

So Wash U will win the UAA if and only if they beat Chicago on the road and CMU loses to Rochester.  In any other situation, CMU wins the title.  All other teams are now eliminated.

[hugenerd]

Looks like it will be a fun saturday in the UAA.  Both the WashU/Chicago game and the CMU/UR game will be played at the same time (4 EST, 3 CT) so nothing will be decided until both games are over at about 6pm.  CMU still controls their own destiny since they swept WashU in the season series, they just need to take care of Rochester at home, something they could not do last year at Rochester to win the league (although they did beat UR at Rochester this year behind 41 from Nate Maurer, 31 in the second half).

A note on the league in general, there is much more parity in the league this year than last.  CMU's conference record from a year ago, 10-4, will get them the conference title this year, whereas last year they were 2 games out of the top spot.  Also, there 4 teams one game above or below .500.  Overall, every team but two have winning records and the other two have marks of 11-13 (due to being 5 games and 7 games below .500 in the league, respectively).

[cmubobcat]

Carnegie Mellon's only sports talk radio show, "Sportsline," takes to the airwaves tonight at 10:00 on WRCT.  Listen at 88.3 FM Pittsburgh or over the regular streams at www.wrct.org.

Tartan fans and UAA fans, you are all welcome to join in on the discussion of the upcoming weekend in the UAA, as the first half of "Sportsline" is always dedicated to Tartan talk and UAA hoops discussion.

Call 412-621-9728 to join in on the discussion, or to complain about missing the first ten minutes of the Case game on Sunday.

To all the Tartan fans on the d3 boards, including hugenerd and theFence, we'd love to hear from you!

[hugenerd]

Ill try to get there, I have a game of my own to coach at 7.

If I cant make it, I hope its a good one.

[Pat Coleman]

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