MBB: University Athletic Association

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Final at the Palestra in Rochester, NY--

Wash U 70, Rochester 61

Wash U improves to 12-1, 2-0 in the UAA

Rochester drops to 9-4, 1-2 in the UAA

Leading scorers for Wash U

Jack Nolan-- 29 points

Charlie Jacob-- 13 points, 7 rebounds

Hayden Doyle-- 11 points, 5 assists

Leading scorers for Rochester--

Brian Amabilino Perez-- 17 points

Andrew Jackson-- 9 points, 6 rebounds

Dan Masino-- 9 points

Ross Gang led Rochester with 5 assists

Wash U shot 21 of 55 from the field (38.2%), 7 of 23 from 3 pt land (30.4%), 21 of 28 from the charity stripe (75%)

Rochester shot 25 of 54 from the field (46.3%), 4 of 20 from 3 pt land (20%), 7 of 11 from the FT line (63.6%)

Rochester outrebounded Wash U 36-32, but Wash U outrebounded Rochester 6-5 on the offensive glass

Wash U made 10 assists and turned the ball over 11 times--3 of which were Rochester steals

Rochester made 11 assists and turned the ball over 19 times-- 8 of which were Wash U steals

Points off turnovers:  Wash U won that category, 21-13

Points in the paint:  Rochester won that category, 38-20

Second chance points:  Rochester won that category, 5-3

Bench points:  Rochester won that category, 13-3

[Titan Q]

I don't see the UAA race being very close at the top.  I don't think any of those other teams are anywhere near WashU overall.

With road wins over Emory and Rochester already in hand, I can see 1 total UAA loss for the Bears...but not 2.

I think the battle for 2nd place will be very tight.

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Halftime at Brooklyn Heights, NY--

Carnegie Mellon 41, NYU 40

Leading scorer for Carnegie Mellon--

R.J. Holmes-- 12 points

Nolan Casey leading CMU with 5 rebounds

Josh Berry leading CMU with 4 assists

Leading scorer for NYU--

Bobby Hawkinson, 18 points and 8 rebounds

4 NYU players with 2 assists each

Carnegie Mellon shooting 16 of 35 from the field, 6 of 13 from 3 point land, 3-4 from the FT line

NYU shooting 12 of 26 from the field, 5 of 10 from 3 point land, 11 of 12 from the FT line

Carnegie Mellon outrebounding NYU, 19-15, 8-3 on the offensive glass

Carnegie Mellon-- 9 assists, 8 turnovers committed

NYU-- 7 assists, 9 turnovers committed

Steals:  CMU with 5, NYU with 4

Points off turnovers:  NYU leading 6-4

Bench points:  NYU leading, 14-9

Points in the paint:  CMU leading, 16-14

Second chance points:  CMU leading, 6-2

[deiscanton]

I don't see the UAA race being very close at the top.  I don't think any of those other teams are anywhere near WashU overall.

With road wins over Emory and Rochester already in hand, I can see 1 total UAA loss for the Bears...but not 2.

I think the battle for 2nd place will be very tight.

It would not surprise me to see Case Western Reserve take 2nd place when the season is over.

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Carnegie Mellon 58, NYU 49 with 13:16 left to play in regulation

For you UAA men's basketball fans who play fantasy picks--

Bobby Hawkinson of NYU has another 20/10 game today-- Bobby has 22 points and 11 rebounds so far.

RJ Holmes leading Carnegie Mellon with 23 points so far.

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Final from Brooklyn Heights, NY--

Carnegie Mellon 84, NYU 80

CMU improves to 8-4, 1-1 in the UAA

NYU drops to 9-3, 0-2 in the UAA

Leading scorers for Carnegie Mellon--

R.J. Holmes with a 20/10 game-- 29 points, 12 rebounds

Aidan Murphy with 14 points

Josh Berry with 13 points and 7 assists

Nick Nakasian with 10 points

Leading scorers for NYU--

Bobby Hawkinson with a 20/10 game-- 29 points and 16 rebounds

Zay Freeney with 15 points

Jacob Sussman with 12 points

Hayden Peek with 7 points

Freeney, Hawkinson, and Peek each had 3 assists to co-lead NYU in that category

Carnegie Mellon shot 28 of 63 from the field (44.4%), 10 of 22 from 3 pt land (45.5%), and 18 of 23 from the FT line (78.3%)

NYU shot 24 of 56 from the field (42.9%), 10 of 22 from 3 pt land, and 22 of 25 from the FT line (88%)

Carnegie Mellon outrebounded NYU 38-35, 13-9 on the offensive glass

Carnegie Mellon made 18 assists and turned the ball over 14 times

NYU made 15 assists and turned the ball over 17 times

Steals:  CMU made 9 steals, while NYU made 8 steals

Points off turnovers-- CMU won that category, 11-10

Points in the paint-- CMU won that category, 32-28

Second chance points-- CMU won that category, 10-6

Bench points-- NYU won that category, 22-21

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Scheduled games next week

Tip times at 5:30 PM local time on Friday and Noon local time on Sunday

Friday, January 21, 2022

1.)  Emory at Case Western Reserve
2.)  Rochester at Carnegie Mellon
3.)  Brandeis at Chicago
4.)  NYU at Wash U

Sunday, January 23, 2022

1.)  Emory at Carnegie Mellon
2.)  Rochester at Case Western Reserve
3.)  NYU at Chicago
4.)  Brandeis at Wash U

[WUPHF]

I don't see the UAA race being very close at the top.  I don't think any of those other teams are anywhere near WashU overall.

With road wins over Emory and Rochester already in hand, I can see 1 total UAA loss for the Bears...but not 2.

I think the battle for 2nd place will be very tight.

I do think those were the toughest two games for the Bears, but it's too early for this prediction.  I still think Emory is in it.  Case is in it.  And with Covid quarantines as an X factor. 

I thought Brandeis was going to be in the mix but I can barely remember what they look like it has been so long...

[deiscanton]

I don't see the UAA race being very close at the top.  I don't think any of those other teams are anywhere near WashU overall.

With road wins over Emory and Rochester already in hand, I can see 1 total UAA loss for the Bears...but not 2.

I think the battle for 2nd place will be very tight.

I do think those were the toughest two games for the Bears, but it's too early for this prediction.  I still think Emory is in it.  Case is in it.  And with Covid quarantines as an X factor. 

I thought Brandeis was going to be in the mix but I can barely remember what they look like it has been so long...

I really won't know the current condition of the Brandeis men's team until I see them return to competition-- hopefully this upcoming Friday.  Unfortunately, I already know the current condition of the Brandeis women's team, and I honestly do not see how the Brandeis women can win a UAA game when the first run of the opposing team puts the Judges in too deep of a hole to climb out of....  Brandeis women already lost 3 home UAA games this season (in the 0-3 sense).  The Brandeis women are already reminding me of the DIII version of the last place Big Ten women's basketball teams such as Illinois and Wisconsin.

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UAA games only-- Through games of January 16, 2022

Some notes--

1.)  Only Emory and Rochester have played 3 UAA games.

2.)  Brandeis has yet to start UAA play.

3.)  The remaining UAA teams have played 2 UAA games.

Top 5 scorers in UAA games--

1.)  Jack Nolan, Wash U-- 29 PPG
2.)  Bobby Hawkinson, NYU-- 25 PPG
3.)  R.J. Holmes, Carnegie Mellon-- 22.5 PPG
4.)  Robert Faller, Case Western Reserve-- 20.5 PPG
5.)  Matthew Schner, Emory-- 19.3 PPG

Top 5 rebounders in UAA games--

1.)  Bobby Hawkinson, NYU-- 13.5 RPG
2.)  R.J. Holmes, Carnegie Mellon-- 11 RPG
3.)  Nick Nakasian, Carnegie Mellon-- 8.5 RPG
4.)  Cole Frilling, Case Western Reserve-- 8 RPG
5.)  Griffin Kornaker, Case Western Reserve-- 7.5 RPG

Top 5 "dime droppers" in UAA games--

1.)  Griffin Kornaker, Case Western Reserve-- 6.5 APG
T-2.)  Josh Berry, Carnegie Mellon-- 5 APG
T-2.)  Sean Oberman, Carnegie Mellon-- 5 APG
T-4.)  Hayden Doyle, Wash U-- 4 APG
T-4.)  Nick Stuck, Emory-- 4 APG

[WUPHF]

Thanks for that summary of UAA stats...

I had handed over the first-year player of the year honors to Emory, though Hayden Doyle is very quickly making his case. 

RJ Holmes may as well be handed the sophomore player of the year honors today.  He may be the most talented player the Tartans have had in my time following the UAA (have to think about that).

It is a shame to see Brandeis at 0-0 after three scheduled games.

[deiscanton]

Thanks for that summary of UAA stats...

I had handed over the first-year player of the year honors to Emory, though Hayden Doyle is very quickly making his case. 

RJ Holmes may as well be handed the sophomore player of the year honors today.  He may be the most talented player the Tartans have had in my time following the UAA (have to think about that).

It is a shame to see Brandeis at 0-0 after three scheduled games.

Assuming the Brandeis men take the court to resume competition on Friday, it will be 41 days since Brandeis last played.  The Brandeis men already went 5 OTs vs Tufts, as well as winning their previous game over Colby by just 1 point.  I had initially thought that NYU would have been the program most affected thanks to a complete suspension of NYU Athletics that started on December 15, 2021 and looked like it was going to last at least a month, but eventually got lifted on January 4 to the extent that NYU could resume intercollegiate competition.  Even with Omicron rapidly circulating throughout the population, I was not anticipating that the Brandeis men's basketball team, out of all the UAA teams, would be the team most affected by the Omicron surge.

[WUPHF]

I think only two programs have cancelled games due to Covid and one more has played without players, but my memory may be failing me.

It will be interesting to see if other cancellations end up balancing out the number of games played over the new few weeks.

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I think only two programs have cancelled games due to Covid and one more has played without players, but my memory may be failing me.

It will be interesting to see if other cancellations end up balancing out the number of games played over the new few weeks.

Well, according to what I read in the St. Louis feature news articles that Wash U sent out today regarding Justin Hardy and his battle with stage 4 stomach cancer, it looked like Justin was one of many players who were placed in COVID-19 protocol recently, which may explain why he only played in the Rochester game over the weekend and not in the Emory game.

A quote from the article:-- "It's hysterical to me that I have missed more games due to COVID than cancer.  It's a tough one to swallow."-- Justin Hardy of Wash U as placed on the record in the St. Louis Today feature article of Sunday, January 16, 2022.

Brandeis did cancel at least 1 non-conference game (the game vs Union) due to COVID, and depending on how the rest of the season plays out, it may be possible that the athletic directors of the affected UAA institutions may not be able to come up with a satisfactory way to reschedule the 3 UAA games that Brandeis missed and would have to cancel them.  In addition, I also do not know if Wash U and Chicago will be able to make up the men's basketball game that Chicago had to postpone due to COVID-19 protocols.  Obviously, best efforts have to be made to see if these UAA games can be rescheduled.

[WUPHF]

Well, according to what I read in the St. Louis feature news articles that Wash U sent out today regarding Justin Hardy and his battle with stage 4 stomach cancer, it looked like Justin was one of many players who were placed in COVID-19 protocol recently, which may explain why he only played in the Rochester game over the weekend and not in the Emory game.

Well, this is the explanation, yes.

Washington University was my one more that played without players reference.

I am finding it harder to keep track of players this season, but yeah, I think Carnegie Mellon played down a guy and probably everyone else has too, but I do not remember Case Western Reserve, Emory or Rochester playing without anyone that averages 15-20 minutes or more per game.