MBB: University Athletic Association

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The Hoopsville Marathon Show ... is tomorrow!

Tune in starting at 12:00 p.m. ET as we talk to guests from around the country about nothing but #d3hoops.

It is all about celebrating the season, student-athletes, coaches, and an exciting season.

For more information, click here: http://bit.ly/2HGx0N3

We will share more about the show a little later.

[WUPHF]

Fridays in the UAA as seen by the computers.

This week I'll go with the FFTMAG Daily Score Predictions.

Chicago at Case Western Reserve
76-73 win for the Maroons

Washington University at Carnegie Mellon
80-75 win for the Bears

Emory at Brandeis
80-77 win for the Eagles

Rochester at NYU
69-63 win for the Yellowjackets

[hopefan]

how's that for a thriller Woooopifff!!!   Go Bears!!!

[WUPHF]

Rochester squeaked out a win against NYU, 66-63.

Chicago defeated Case Western Reserve, 81-72.

Emory destroyed Brandeis.

And, in the final game to finish with lots of drama as Carnegie Mellon gets the game tying jumper with 5 seconds left.  Washington University inbounds and Hardy brings in down, hands to Nester and some how he gets it off and off the back board for the buzzer beater...  YEAH!

The officials go to the live stream.  Basket good.  Washington University wins 87-85.

[WUPHF]

That was awesome! Let's Go Bears!

[jaybird44]

As retired head coach Mark Edwards reminded us tonight, WashU has secured its 35th straight winning season.

Bears are showing some nice resiliency for such a young team with a new head coach.  Hank Hunter only had 2 points before fouling out.  Jack Nolan scored 22, but he fouled out on a Carnegie Mellon 3-point attempt that allowed the Tartans to tie the game with a minute left.

No worries.  Along with Nester's last second heroics, DeVaughn Rucker led the team with 7 boards, Jonathan Arenas tallied 10 points and grabbed 6 rebounds.  When one star has problems, others are stepping up to fill the void.

A very fun team to watch...

[jaybird44]

As retired head coach Mark Edwards reminded us tonight, WashU has secured its 35th straight winning season.

Bears are showing some nice resiliency for such a young team with a new head coach.  Hank Hunter only had 2 points before fouling out.  Jack Nolan scored 22, but he fouled out on a Carnegie Mellon 3-point attempt that allowed the Tartans to tie the game with a minute left.

No worries.  Along with Nester's last second heroics, DeVaughn Rucker led the team with 7 boards, Jonathan Arenas tallied 10 points and grabbed 6 rebounds.  When one star has problems, others are stepping up to fill the void.

A very fun team to watch...

[WUPHF]

Case Western Reserve leads Washington University at the half, 32-25.

The Bears had 5 points and 5 turnovers after 8 minutes and finished the half shooting just 27%.

Interestingly, Hardy is 3-4 from three point range after going 4-6 on Friday.  Prior to this weekend, he was shooting in the 20 something percent range.

[WUPHF]

Carnegie Mellon defeats Chicago 71-69 in a game that went down to the wire. #parity

[WUPHF]

Washington University gets the 66-63 win over Case Western Reserve.

Hardy leads all players yet again with 25 points including a 5-6 effort from three point range and 8 rebounds.  Rucker also scored in double figures.  This team has work to do ahead of the road trip to Rochester and Emory.

Rochester and Emory also win.  NYU managed to keep that game close but the Eagles stretched the lead with free throws.
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The league standings with five games left to play and two teams tied for the lead.  Emory will host Washington University on Friday in Atlanta.

Emory 7-2
Washington University 7-2
Chicago 6-3
Rochester 6-3
Brandeis 4-5
Carnegie Mellon 4-5
Case Western Reserve 2-7
New York 0-7

[WUPHF]

I already mentioned the incredible finish to the 2012-2013 season.

The 2015-2016 season featured a very competitive two-team race between Rochester and Emory with NYU just behind.

Rochester had a one game lead on Emory going in to the final double-header weekend, but lost a double overtime thriller to Carnegie Mellon, 102-97.  Jack Serbin hit a three pointer late in regulation to force that overtime.  Jake Seltzer hit a jumper late in the first overtime to force the second.  Sundays in the UAA!

In the final game of league play and the league championship on the line, Emory defeated Rochester, 84-75 in the Palestra.  Rochester was relegated to a bubble-out team.

Incidentally, that was the season, I believe in which NYU defeated Emory with that incredible full court pass, deflection and lay-up buzzer beating win over Emory.  Just 1.2 seconds on the clock.
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As everyone certainly knows, we will have 7-2 Washington University traveling to 7-2 Emory and 6-3 Chicago traveling to 6-3 Rochester on Friday and the travel teams reversing on Sunday.

It is hard to imagine that we have a four-team race by the end of the weekend, but who knows...  As much as I like Emory to win it all, with the parity between these teams, no results over the next five games should be surprising.

By the way, for those Friday games, the HAL supercomputer has Emory with a 69% chance of a win with a 90-85 predicted result and Rochester with a 56% chance of a win with a 75-73 result.

[WUPHF]

The 2010-2011 season was a mildly competitive two-team race between Rochester and Emory.

Rochester held serve at home with a win over Emory to start league play, but lost the first Friday game on the road at Chicago.  Emory lost their second game a few weeks later, this time to Brandeis in OT and would lose a third game to Carnegie Mellon in OT.  Emory did close out the season with a win over Rochester to finish one game behind.

Rochester was the only UAA team to make the tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16.

[WUPHF]

The 2016-2017 season featured a good two-team race between Rochester and Washington University.

The Yellowjackets were picked to win the league by both the coaches (and many here) and entered league play with a No. 3 ranking, before losing at home to the Bears in just the third game of the season. 

A month later, the Rochester returned the favor in St. Louis but had dropped a close game at Chicago two days prior.  Washington University held on to a one game lead. 

Chicago would also get the road win in St. Louis, but not before Rochester had lost to Case Western Reserve.  Rochester would lose a fourth game to Emory and the Bears would finish with just two losses and a UAA championship in the books.

That Rochester team would go on to win three games in the NCAA tournament including a win over host Marietta.  They had Whitman tied at the 1:24 mark with a Final Four berth on the line and down 89-87 with 0:16 seconds, but ultimately fell short.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Here are the first rankings for the men this season: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/men-regional-rankings-first

[WUPHF]

I have no knowledge whatsoever of these seasons, but looking back, 5-7 of the modern-era league championships have come down to just one game.

2007-2008: Chicago 11-3, Brandeis and Washington University 10-4.
2006-2007: Chicago 11-3, Washington University 11-3.
2005-2006: Carnegie Mellon 10-4, Washington University 9-5, Chicago 8-6.
2004-2005: Rochester 12-2, wins by two game margin
2003-2004: Rochester 1-3, wins by two game margin
2002-2003: Washington University 13-1, Rochester 12-2, Chicago 11-3.
2001-2002: Washington University 14-0, Rochester 12-2

Modern era = post Johns Hopkins University