MBB: University Athletic Association

[WUPHF]

A Student Life article about Dylan Richter and the recovery from his preseason injury:

http://www.studlife.com/sports/mens-basketball/2010/12/03/richter-makes-season-debut-after-quick-recovery-from-arm-injury/

The biggest question for me: does he still sport the headband?

[Hugenerd]

Incidentally, I talked to a few Tsinghua alumni this week and none were aware that Tsinghua even had a team.

then Tsinghua has something else in common with WashU...   

Tsinghua is a real good school.  The top undergrad chemical engineering student usually comes to our department at MIT for PhD each year. Not many international schools place students consistently in the US as they do.

[Hugenerd]

Nevermind, Spartans unable to handle burden of great potential.  Lose twice this weekend.

Turns out they are the same old CWRU we all know and love.

[Hugenerd]

Would also help them if they played some higher intensity defense, NYU has fallen a long way defensively since they lead D3 in Team Defense stats in 05-06.

Losing Jason Boone in the middle of your defense will do that, not to mention Falcon and the rest of the guys.

[WUPHF]

then Tsinghua has something else in common with WashU...

Tsinghua is a real good school.  The top undergrad chemical engineering student usually comes to our department at MIT for PhD each year. Not many international schools place students consistently in the US as they do.

Hence, the other thing Tsinghua has in common with Washington University.  We actually leapfrogged Tsinghua in the Times rankings this year.

I am actually a Peking fan.

[Wydown Blvd.]

WashU 80 Tsinghua 70

Anyone watch the game and have any comments on it? Unfortunately, I only had time to catch the women play New England.

[WUPHF]

As predicted, one of the largest groups of visiting fans to visit the Field House was actually a group of Washington University students.  My conservative prediction, and confirmed by a few Chinese students, was two-hundred to two-hundred and fifty Chinese students, employees and other friends and family.  It could have been more.

Overall, it made for a very cool experience.

In regards to the basketball, it was a joy to watch Aboona and Cooney for the first time.  On the other hand, I hate to watch Richter go 1-11 from the field, but all things in time.

The schemes looked familiar, but this team has a lot of work to do.  I will leave it at that.

The final score was not indicative of the game overall.  The Bears did go cold here and there, but had a comfortable 18-20 point lead for extended periods in the second half.  Coach Edwards was not going to embarrass his guests.

[pomonaalum]

Tsinghua has some nice players, and are certainly athletic.  More size and athleticism overall than Wash U, but struggled in the half-court offense.  A lot of turnovers (carrys and travels) and the offense looked almost NBA like...not a lot of sets, a little in the way of ball screens and a lot of guards trying to break people down off the dribble.  In general, the Tsinghua guards had trouble finishing near the basket.

On defense, Tsinghua had trouble defending against Wash U's sets, and gave up a lot of open looks.  A lot of gambling on defense leaving players out of position.

My overall take is that the Tsinghua team has some decent individual skill, but it's not put together in a system that takes full advantage.

[Hugenerd]

then Tsinghua has something else in common with WashU...

Tsinghua is a real good school.  The top undergrad chemical engineering student usually comes to our department at MIT for PhD each year. Not many international schools place students consistently in the US as they do.

Hence, the other thing Tsinghua has in common with Washington University.  We actually leapfrogged Tsinghua in the Times rankings this year.

I am actually a Peking fan.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html

All the UAA schools are in the top 61, I believe.  Good representation of d3 also.

[David Collinge]

All the UAA schools are in the top 61, I believe.

Chicago 12
CMU 20
WashU 38
NYU 60
Emory 61
CWRU 65
Brandeis NR
Rochester NR

Good representation of d3 also.

Caltech 2
MIT 3
Johns Hopkins 13
Tufts 53
RPI 104
...hope I didn't miss any...

[WUPHF]

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html

All the UAA schools are in the top 61, I believe.

This is one of the reasons why I love the UAA, even if under today's standards I would not be admitted (as an undergrad) to any of the UAA schools.

Incidentally, there were no less than four scholar-athletes and future WUSTL hall of famers from the national championship teams in attendance last night.  I could not help but feel a little nostalgic.

[Ethelred the Unready]

All the UAA schools are in the top 61, I believe.

Chicago 12
CMU 20
WashU 38
NYU 60
Emory 61
CWRU 65
Brandeis NR
Rochester NR

Good representation of d3 also.

Caltech 2
MIT 3
Johns Hopkins 13
Tufts 53
RPI 104
...hope I didn't miss any...

I believe U of R decided several years ago  not to participate in college ranking.  Of course this was the year after they were selected as one of the "new" Ivy schools by Time or Newsweek and #42 in the world by the Times of London.

[Hugenerd]

All the UAA schools are in the top 61, I believe.

Chicago 12
CMU 20
WashU 38
NYU 60
Emory 61
CWRU 65
Brandeis NR
Rochester NR

Good representation of d3 also.

Caltech 2
MIT 3
Johns Hopkins 13
Tufts 53
RPI 104
...hope I didn't miss any...

I knew I had probably missed some, thats why I threw in the "I believe." Thanks for checking.

[WUPHF]

Washington University moves to 4-3 (officially 3-3) on the year, handling the Claremont Colleges in the Lopata Classic final, 66-57.

A (mostly) good game all around for the Bears, who shot 51 percent for the game and did well enough with free throws and rebounds.

Spencer Gay earned the most valuable player honor with 19 points today, going 9-13 from the field.  Gay is leading the team in minutes played and points per game, scoring about 16 in each of seven contests.  The team could be 0-6 without him.

Richter and Cooney dropped in 7 and 8 respectively.  Great effort by both players.  Cooney looks like he has been around longer than a few weeks.

One of the big questions in the pre-season was regarding who would take over at the point.  Hoener got the start and shared time with Alboona.  Both played well enough, but I would give the edge to Alboona because I thought the team played a little better with Alboona on the court (thinking about the quick twelve point run by the Stags to start the first half) and those eight assists included a few sweet passes to Gay for easy layups.

Other quick thoughts: I enjoyed watching the cheerleaders use the slingshots to launch t-shirts in to what was one of the smallest crowds I have ever seen.  And, I also enjoyed watching the Tsinghua basketball team don Washinton University uniforms as well as the rousing cheers from the Bomb Squad as the Tsinghua players collected their trophies.  The tournament program indicates that Augustana is playing in the 2011 Lopata Classic, along with Whittier and California Lutheran.

[WUPHF]

Congratulations to the University of Chicago on the big win over No. 2 Illinois Wesleyan.