MBB: University Athletic Association

[EagleATL]

I believe that Washington University is the only team with a pre-season exhibition.  They play Mizzou on November 3rd rather than November 2nd as originally posted.  Mizzou has a new coach an almost entirely new roster of grad transfers so hard to forecast how the Bears will do.

Emory has a pre-season exhibition vs D2 Augusta on 11/5 (went 33-4 and played in the D2 NC game last year). Augusta is #3 in the D2 pre-season power rankings released this week.

[deiscanton]

I believe that Washington University is the only team with a pre-season exhibition.  They play Mizzou on November 3rd rather than November 2nd as originally posted.  Mizzou has a new coach an almost entirely new roster of grad transfers so hard to forecast how the Bears will do.

Emory has a pre-season exhibition vs D2 Augusta on 11/5 (went 33-4 and played in the D2 NC game last year). Augusta is #3 in the D2 pre-season power rankings released this week.

Here are the games in which UAA teams are playing exhibition games against D1 or D2 teams this upcoming season so far:

Pre-season exhibition games

1.)  Thursday, November 3, 2022-- Wash U at Mizzou Tigers (DI-SEC)-- 7 PM Central/8 PM Eastern-- SEC Network Plus has streaming rights to the game-- Game will most likely be streamed on SEC Network+;  I will be surprised if SEC Network broadcasts this one on cable.  SEC Network Plus is available by free streaming on the ESPN app to anyone who gets SEC Network and internet through their cable or streaming provider.

Wash U at Mizzou is a pre-season exhibition game for both teams-- Game and stats do not count for either Mizzou or Wash U.

2.)  Saturday, November 5, 2022-- Emory at Augusta Jags (DII-- Peach Belt)  5:30 PM Eastern.  Augusta Jags are the 2021-2022 Peach Belt Conference AQ champions, the 2021-2022 DII Men's Basketball Southeast Regional Champion, and lost to Northwest Missouri State in the 2021-2022 DII Men's Basketball National title game.

Emory at Augusta is a pre-season exhibition game-- Game and stats do not count for either Augusta or Emory.

3.) Monday, November 7, 2022-- Brandeis at U. New Hampshire (a/k/a UNH) Wildcats (DI-- America East)-- 7:30 PM Eastern-- UNH went 15-13, 10-8 in America East play last season, and lost as the #3 seed in the AE tourney to #6 seed Binghamton in the AE Quarterfinals.  Vermont is defending America East Champion, while Hartford (now reclassifying to DIII) went 12-20, 9-9 in AE play last season in their final season as a full member of DI.

For Brandeis, this is an exhibition game.   This is the regular season opener for UNH, and the game and stats do count on UNH's W/L record and season stats.

Since 2005, UNH has played 13 DIII opponents in games that counted for UNH, but were exhibition games for the DIII opponent.  UNH has always won these games by 25 or more points, with the closest game being a 85-60 win over Lesley in 2016.  UNH has played Suffolk 7 times since 2005 and blown out the Suffolk Rams each time.  UNH's DIII opponents have come from the New England area, with the exception of a game vs Mt. St. Vincent of the Skyline Conference in 2015 which Mt. St. Vincent "lost", 100-61.

UNH played Keene State and St. Joe's Maine last season, and will play St. Joe's Maine this season in addition to Brandeis.

Regular season exhibition game for Carnegie Mellon--

4.) Tuesday, November 15, 2022-- Carnegie Mellon at Walsh Cavaliers (OH) (DII-- Great Midwest)-- 5:30 PM Eastern

This is a regular season contest for Walsh, and the game does count on Walsh's W/L record and season stats.

Walsh went 24-7, 16-4 in Great Midwest play last season.

Walsh won the 2021-2022 Great Midwest AQ, but lost in the semifinals of the DII Midwest Regional (Round of 32) to the UMSL Tritons.

Third "meeting" between Carnegie Mellon and Walsh, "exhibition series" tied at 1-1, with Carnegie Mellon "winning" 85-79 last season over Walsh.  CMU "lost" the first meeting by 20 points in 2019.

[WUPHF]

Thanks guys. 

The Emory exhibition is still not on the Emory schedule and no video information on the Augusta Athletics website, but that will be a great test for an Eagles squad that lost so much.

I did not mention the Walsh game as the season will have started by that point.  A game with Walsh is only mildly intriguing.

[deiscanton]

Thanks guys. 

The Emory exhibition is still not on the Emory schedule and no video information on the Augusta Athletics website, but that will be a great test for an Eagles squad that lost so much.

I did not mention the Walsh game as the season will have started by that point.  A game with Walsh is only mildly intriguing.

By the time Walsh plays Carnegie Mellon, D2 Missouri-St. Louis may already have beaten Walsh in the regular season opener for both teams.  UMSL at Walsh is a rematch from their Round of 32 DII tournament appearance last March..  Therefore, I agree on the fact that CMU at Walsh is only mildly intriguing.

I am more interested to see if, at Lundholm Gym in Durham, NH, Brandeis can hold UNH to a much closer "game" than other DIII opponents have shown so far in previous years vs the Wildcats.  If UNH only beats Brandeis by 20 or fewer points on Nov. 7, Brandeis will have had a great showing in that exhibition match (for Brandeis, that is -- Game counts for UNH).  I would have UNH over Brandeis by 35 in the spread line (for entertainment purposes only-- No money allowed to be bet on the game.)

Emory at Augusta, if it gets streamed, will most likely be on the Peach Belt Network OTT channel, and will be able to be seen on a Roku TV and other streaming TVs.

The video info has not been put up yet on any of the home teams involved, but as game time gets closer, we will have a sense of where to find these games on streaming video.

[WUPHF]

By the time Walsh plays Carnegie Mellon, D2 Missouri-St. Louis may already have beaten Walsh in the regular season opener for both teams.  UMSL at Walsh is a rematch from their Round of 32 DII tournament appearance last March.

This is surely only interesting to me, but UMSL at Walsh was a rematch of both the quarterfinal and their season opener in 2021-2022 as Walsh traveled to St. Louis.  UMSL was loaded and barely beat Walsh at home.

In hindsight, that Carnegie Mellon win was one of the best of the UAA teams last season.  I know exhibition and all, but Walsh had a great season.  The Tartans shot 15-31 from three point range include a 7-8 performance by Nick Nakasian.

The Tartans return all five starters from that game.  I had them third in my pre-season rankings before the Case Western Reserve roster news, but if I had a reason to take my rankings seriously, I would have no idea what to do with them.

The Tartans were one of the two teams to play an abbreviated Spring 2021 season (playing 7 games), but still only went 11-13, 4-10 last season.  That was against a tough schedule and by the time conference season arrived, their leading scorers were sophomores so yeah, definitely a team to watch.

[WUPHF]

Case Western Reserve is the last team to officially publish a roster so I thought I would update my post from March.

https://athletics.case.edu/sports/mbkb/2022-23/roster

Case Western Reserve

Few teams picked up more graduate transfer minutes than the Spartans this seasons.  They lose Hines, Kornaker and Prendergast along with seniors Newton and Faller.

They return Frilling along with three other players who averaged 10-15 minutes per game including Drenth, Florey and Thorburn.

Prendergast and Frilling were so good last season and both should have all-UAA season.  And with the addition of Frauhenheim and the post-season run they had last season, I completely understand the Top 25 talk.

But after those three guys, as an outsider, this team is a mystery.

[ADL70]

Case Western Reserve is the last team to officially publish a roster so I thought I would update my post from March.

https://athletics.case.edu/sports/mbkb/2022-23/roster

Case Western Reserve

Few teams picked up more graduate transfer minutes than the Spartans this seasons.  They lose Hines, Kornaker and Prendergast along with seniors Newton and Faller.

They return Frilling along with three other players who averaged 10-15 minutes per game including Drenth, Florey and Thorburn.

Prendergast and Frilling were so good last season and both should have all-UAA season.  And with the addition of Frauhenheim and the post-season run they had last season, I completely understand the Top 25 talk.

But after those three guys, as an outsider, this team is a mystery.

As I noted earlier this week. Sole not graduating big man Hunter Drenth is not on the roster.

[WUPHF]

Case Western Reserve lost a ton of veteran experience to graduation and the loss of Hunter Drenth is big, but they might be the only team that has two UAA player of the year candidates.  And everyone except Carnegie Mellon lost a ton.

I did acknowledge the loss of Drenth last week (see above). My previous quote was from April.

[ADL70]

https://www.d3hoops.com/top25/men/2022-23/preseason

Rochester #11
WashU #16
CWRU #19
Emory RV (27th most)

[WUPHF]

It is interesting to see a difference between the pre-season coaches poll and #d3hoops poll.  I am referring mostly to Emory.  The Eagles lost so much, but surely have a ton of talent yet to be realized.

UAA:

1. Rochester
2. Wash U
3. Emory
4. CWR
5. CMU
6. Chicago
7. Brandeis
8. NYU

[Greek Tragedy]

https://www.news-herald.com/2022/10/30/john-carroll-mens-basketball-loses-to-case-in-scrimmage/

[ADL70]

Thanks Greek Tragedy

From the article -- Drenth absence due to season ending injury.

Prendergast out for five weeks, so should be back for UAA play.

[ADL70]

https://www.news-herald.com/2022/10/30/john-carroll-mens-basketball-loses-to-case-in-scrimmage/

The John Carroll team that CWRU beat 87-80 in the exhibition/scrimmage was the last place team in the OAC, but have brought in a passel of transfers from D! and D2. So many that they are third in the pre-season poll and got one first place vote.
https://pioneers.marietta.edu/news/2022/11/4/mens-basketball-no-2-in-oac-preseason-poll.aspx

Spartans open Tuesday with Denison (4th in NCAC preseason poll).

[WUPHF]

Lipscomb > Belmont > Louisville.  Matt Schner finished with 17 points and 8 rebounds in the win over rival Belmont tonight.

Lipscomb would have been the first ever opponent for Schner who was a freshmen for Emory that year.  The Eagles lost a close one at Lipscomb in 2017.  Schner did not play that year however as he was injured.

[PauldingLightUP]

Any word on status Brandeis game on Tuesday? On as scheduled, or postponed or canceled? How did that bus hit the tree anyways?