MBB: University Athletic Association

Pat Coleman · February 24, 2007, 01:58:52 AM

And he has a powerful calculator.

hugenerd · February 24, 2007, 10:09:36 AM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 24, 2007, 01:58:52 AM
And he has a powerful calculator.

It comes in handy when I have to do statistical analyses.

hugenerd · February 24, 2007, 04:52:39 PM

Halftime from Rochester, UR 38- CMU 33. CMU led for much of the first half and by as much as 10, but couldnt hold on at the end of the half.

hugenerd · February 24, 2007, 04:57:46 PM

Does anyone else listening to the WashU radio station feel like they are listening to a an old micromachines commercial? This guy has to be talking over 500 words per minute.

By the way, game tied at 20 with under 9 to go (1st half).

howardjp · February 24, 2007, 06:55:33 PM

Congratulations to the Brandeis Judges on an enormous, come from behind win today! Down 8 at the half at NYU, they storm back in the second half.

Have fun at the Dance, men!

Hoop Dreams · February 24, 2007, 07:00:44 PM

Today's women's-men's doubleheader at the Wash U Field House saw both home teams win by five points to claim conference titles and automatic Pool A bids.

The men's Bears team downed the Maroons, 79-74. In the official UAA record books, Chicago and Wash U will share the 2007 conference title at 11-3.

Tyler Nading played a terrific game for Wash U, compiling 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals. Sean Wallis handed out 16 assists -- one shy of Rusty Loyd's single-game UAA record -- and turned the ball over only twice.

For Chicago, Jesse Meyer went 0-7 from behind the arc, making him 1-17 in the two losses against Wash U this year (54.4% vs. other UAA opponents). The Maroons' starting backcourt of Meyer, Woodhead and Adams was just 2-14 from distance. Hopefully Chicago shoots better in the tournament next week.

I would think the Bears would be in line to host 1st/2nd round NCAA action, but we'll find out on Monday I guess.

hugenerd · February 24, 2007, 07:12:25 PM

Rochester won pretty easily today, so they should be in good shape for a pool C.

NYU, on the other hand, is most likely out with their poor out of conference schedule and relatively low QOWI. Brandeis really buttresses their tourney hopes with the win. The win at NYU will be a 15 point QOWI win and bump their overall QOWi to somewhere around 10.32, which should be in the top 20 in the country.

The UAA really has a chance at 4 teams in the tourney.

Hoop Dreams · February 24, 2007, 07:24:18 PM

Quote from: hugenerd on February 24, 2007, 04:57:46 PM
Does anyone else listening to the WashU radio station feel like they are listening to a an old micromachines commercial? This guy has to be talking over 500 words per minute.

He also broadcasted the women's game, which went into OT. That's 85 minutes of rapid-fire play-by-play! The micromachines guy did what, 30 seconds?

hugenerd · February 24, 2007, 07:27:03 PM

Quote from: Hoop Dreams on February 24, 2007, 07:24:18 PM
Quote from: hugenerd on February 24, 2007, 04:57:46 PM
Does anyone else listening to the WashU radio station feel like they are listening to a an old micromachines commercial? This guy has to be talking over 500 words per minute.

He also broadcasted the women's game, which went into OT. That's 85 minutes of rapid-fire play-by-play! The micromachines guy did what, 30 seconds?

I would rather buy toy cars from him than listen to him broadcasting a basketball game for sure.

Gregory Sager · February 24, 2007, 07:35:54 PM

Quote from: hugenerd on February 24, 2007, 07:12:25 PMThe UAA really has a chance at 4 teams in the tourney.

More than a chance. The more I look at the numbers, the more that four dancing UAA teams looks like a done deal to me.

Gregory Sager · February 24, 2007, 07:38:14 PM

It should also be mentioned that Case got off the UAA schneid with a one-point OT win over Emory down in Atlanta today.

Marty Peretz · February 24, 2007, 09:18:04 PM

Not to toot my horn but my prediction of 78-74 might be worthy of some karma points. WashU wins 79-74 and if it weren't for a foul shot with .2 seconds left, I would have been dead on.

Titan Q · February 24, 2007, 10:02:19 PM

Good game this afternoon in St. Louis. Chicago came out of the gates on fire from the perimeter. Wash U withstood that quick Maroons start and got it even, then took control of the game late in the 1st half. The Bears maintained control of the game the entire 2nd half and held off 3-4 Chicago runs.

Chicago and Wash U are both good, solid teams. As I have said since seeing both teams play early on this year, I think Wash U is the better team because of their balance. Wash U has a really good point-guard in Sean Wallis, a very talented wing in Tyler Nading, and one of D3's best big guys in Troy Ruths...plus plenty of nice role players like Nick Nikitas and Aaron Thompson. Chicago's best players (Woodhead, Meyer, Hainje) are primarily perimeter guys -- they just do not have that one guy you can give it to down low.

Chicago does a great job with the personnel they have. Again, almost everyone on the floor for Chicago at all times is a perimeter player, but the Maroons get a lot of points around the basket. They dribble penetrate really well and they also post up just about everybody. Those two things set up all of the great 3-point looks they get.

How 'bout the stat line for Sean Wallis today? 0-7 FG (0-5 3-pt) w/ 16 assists! That is a new Wash U school record. Just shows you the value of a great point-guard -- Wallis scored 3 pts, yet he had an outstanding game today in so many ways. Nading and Ruths were also a ton.

It's scary how good Wash U will be next year. Maybe the D3hoops.com preseason #1.

ILive4This · February 24, 2007, 11:40:22 PM

The Brandeis/NYU game today really was much more of a foul shooting contest. Also something random to point out, both teams seemed to have difficulty shooting on what i would describe as the banner side of the court. Anyway, at first it seemed like Brandeis was getting make up calls in their favor after a lopsided first half but with over 9 minutes remaining in the game, both teams were in the double bonus. Andre Roberson led Brandeis with 17 points a majority of which were from the charity stripe. Just some interesting observations.

Also it would appear that with the outcome of today's games, Wash U wins the Auto bid and the Conference title over chicago by the tie breaker of head to head, since both teams finished with the same record. Rochester and Brandeis tie for third, having split the season matchups home and home, with a 9-5 record. It looks as though all four of these teams will get in, while NYU's loss should push their numbers even lower, most likely out of the top 18 pool c teams. Congrats to case on a well deserved win, many close games this season, just did not go their way.

Ok my rant is over, to sum up, we should see the UAA get 4 bids, not just deserve 4 but actually receive four.

Bob · February 25, 2007, 12:47:10 PM

Here's some food for discussion.

I have created UAA first and second teams based solely on the final individual statistics. First, I used only UAA stats as these reflect performance against common opponents and, quite frankly, some of the teams had fairly weak pre-UAA opponents. Second I biased things towards scoring as this is typically what is valued in this kind of voting. What I did was to take the top 15 scorers and order them top to bottom. Then for each scorer, I gave them points for their ranking in assists and rebounding from 1-15. If someone was not in the top 15, I arbitrarily assigned them a score of 16. I then took the average ranks for the 3 categories and ordered everyone from lowest to highest rank. So here goes:

First Team Second Team

Federigos EU Nading WU
Boone NYU DeLuca Br
Ruths WU DeCorso NYU
Hainje UC Young Case
Wallis WU Sosa EU
Woodhead UC Conrad Case
Onyiriuka UR Einwag CMU
Meyer UC