MBB: University Athletic Association

[hopefan]

I watched the Wash U Emory broadcast... at one point in time during a timeout they put up a chart labelled D3hoops top 14.... Whitewater was first, Wash U was 12, all sorts of other silliness that I can'r remember.... What in the world was that? ..

And WUH, silly you missed a month of primetime with Wash U doing so well... smart decision to return....

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I figured out it was from Week 9 of the poll from two years ago. From what I was told, it wasn't supposed to have aired.

[Smitty Oom]

WashU is a fantastic team on both ends. Every roll is filled on this team. Simply put, a joy to watch.

[deiscanton]

Sorry that I had to miss watching the Wash U/Emory game by virtue of my being in attendance at Brandeis Alumni Day to watch Coach Meehan get tossed out of the game.😅. At least the Brandeis men are not in last place right now.....

I can watch the rematch next Sunday on-line while Brandeis plays at Carnegie Mellon.

[deiscanton]

FYI--

Here was last season's field of 12 for the ECAC DIII Men's Basketball Tournament.  Full field is 15 teams.

1.). PAC-- Bethany (WV), Westminster (PA).
2.). AMCC-- Penn State-Altoona, Penn State-Behrend
3.). CUNYAC-- Baruch
4.). NJAC-- Stockton (now reigning ECAC Champion)
5.). Independent-- Pine Manor, SUNY-Canton (Both teams in ACAA this season)
6.). Landmark-- Juniata, Moravian
7.). MAC-Freedom-- DeSales
8.). UAA-- Carnegie Mellon

This season--

Carnegie Mellon is guaranteed to finish under .500 and is not eligible for ECAC selection.

NYU needs to win 3 of the next 7 games to finish at .500 or better and become eligible for the ECAC tournament.

Dave McHugh and I talked about the future of the ECAC in Division III on the UAA Women's Basketball forum.  He knows a lot more about ECAC/Division III relations then I do-- there is a real possibility that the ECAC will cease to exist at the DIII level in the next 5 years, if not sooner, according to him.  He gave a good amount of detail as to why this will be the case.

[WUPHF]

NYU needs to win 3 of the next 7 games to finish at .500 or better and become eligible for the ECAC tournament.

NYU needs to go get Wheelock back on the schedule...

I did not get to see it, but the recap and box score indicate that NYU had two three point attempts in regulation and one in overtime against Case Western Reserve that may have been enough to win it.  This was the first ever 2-0 conference road trip for the Spartans.

[deiscanton]

NYU needs to win 3 of the next 7 games to finish at .500 or better and become eligible for the ECAC tournament.

NYU needs to go get Wheelock back on the schedule...

I did not get to see it, but the recap and box score indicate that NYU had two three point attempts in regulation and one in overtime against Case Western Reserve that may have been enough to win it.  This was the first ever 2-0 conference road trip for the Spartans.

Wasn't there supposed to be an emoticon after the word "schedule"?  😁 lol.

Adding Wheelock back doesn't work.  NYU would have to win 3 more games in addition to the victory over Wheelock for ECAC eligibilty, 2 wins + Wheelock makes NYU finish 1 game under .500

BTW, Ross Udine of NYU was injured during the game vs Case.    The Violets aren't the same without him.  I hope that Udine's injury is not season-ending.

Anyway, waiting till next season to play Wheelock won't work,-- Wheelock merges with Boston University this June, and the athletic dept will dissolve with the merger as Wheelock students will become B.U. Terriers.  Somehow, I don't think that any Wheelock students will get athletic scholarships in the Patriot League.😉

[deiscanton]

Just got a tweet from Wash U--

Mark Edwards of Wash U named HoopDirt DIII Coach of the week.

Congrats on the honor.

[deiscanton]

KnightSlappy's unofficial SOS calculations of UAA Men's basketball teams

Updated as of Jan. 28, 2018-- in order of standings

1.). Wash U-- .559, NCSOS of .557
2.). Emory-- .540, NCSOS of .543
3.). Rochester-- .562, NCSOS of .573
4.). Case-- .539, NCSOS of .520
5.). Chicago-- .550, NCSOS of .522
6.). NYU-- .470, NCSOS of .403
7.). Brandeis-- .560, NCSOS of .551
8.). Carnegie Mellon-- .585, NCSOS of .599

[WUPHF]

BTW, Ross Udine of NYU was injured during the game vs Case.  The Violets aren't the same without him.  I hope that Udine's injury is not season-ending.

I did not notice that when I glanced at the box score, but he only played 10 minutes.

If Ross Udine is not healthy and in every game, then NYU may lose out.  The Violets have to go on the road from here on out with the exception of the games against Chicago and Washington University.

[deiscanton]

Breaking news-- courtesy of Wash U.

Congrats to David Schmelter on being named UAA Men's Basketball Athlete of the Week for the week ending Jan. 28.

[deiscanton]

UAA Rookie update

January 29, 2018

Overall

Scoring

1.). Romin Williams, Emory-- 16.2 ppg, 27.8 points per 40.
2.). Jack Nolan, Wash U-- 12.2 ppg, 23.4 points per 40.
3.). Ignas Masiulionis, Case-- 11.2 ppg, 19.7 points per 40.
4.). Lawrence Sabir, Brandeis-- 10.7 ppg, 15.4 points per 40.
5.). Chandler Jones, Brandeis-- 9.0 ppg, 13.9 points per 40.

Rebounding

1.). Chandler Jones, Brandeis-- 4.8 RPG
2.). Lawrence Sabir, Brandeis-- 4.2 RPG
3.). Bobby Hawkinson, NYU-- 3.5 RPG
4.). Matt Davet, Emory-- 3.3 RPG
5.). Ignas Masiulionis, Case-- 3.1 RPG

Assists

1.). Lawrence Sabir, Brandeis-- 4.3 APG
2.). Romin Williams, Emory-- 3.1 APG
3.). Zach Watson, Carnegie Mellon-- 2.1 APG
4.). Antonio Ionadi, Case-- 1.9 APG
5.). Chandler Jones, Brandeis-- 1.6 APG

Steals

1.). Lawrence Sabir, Brandeis-- 1.4 SPG
2.). Romin Williams, Emory-- 1.3 SPG

No rookie with 1 or more blocks per game.

[jaybird44]

Great to see David Schmelter win the men's UAA POW this week, for the first time in his career!

He is having a ripple effect on the team's play on both ends of the floor...including opponent shooting inside the paint.

Emory shot only 26% inside the arc in the first half (6-23), and 31% total for the game.

13.2 ppg in last 5, and 12.1 rpg in the current 8-game winning streak.  Keep it rolling, big fella!!

[deiscanton]

UAA Men in D3Hoops.com Top 25, Week 9

Wash U-- #2
Emory -- #15

Looks like no one decided to give Wash U a #1 vote this Week-- waiting to next Sunday's match with Emory on Edwards-Fahey Court at WU Field House.

[WUPHF]

Looks like no one decided to give Wash U a #1 vote this Week-- waiting to next Sunday's match with Emory on Edwards-Fahey Court at WU Field House.

I have heard references to players reading the board in other threads.  I have long assumed that there was not enough discussion for UAA players to bother.

Rochester and Emory are going to come in the Field House hungry for the win, so in case any Washington University player happens to come here, I'll reiterate the point: you guys got zero No. 1 votes!