MBB: University Athletic Association

[deiscanton]

Final from the Wash U Field House in St. Louis--

Wash U 67, NYU 61

Game reset from Chicago

Brandeis 68, Chicago 61  52 seconds remaining.

Final from Chicago

Brandeis 71, Chicago 63.

[deiscanton]

Here is the update on the UAA tiebreaker situation:

The victory by Brandeis over Chicago today puts Brandeis in a tie with Wash U for 3rd place in the UAA.

Brandeis is 1 game ahead of 5th place Chicago in the standings.

As a result, Rochester currently has the tiebreaker advantage for the automatic bid over Emory should both end up as UAA Co-Champions due to the fact that Rochester went 4-0 vs Brandeis and Wash U this season in UAA play, while Emory went 3-1 vs the pairing.

Rochester swept Brandeis this season, while Emory went 1-1 vs Brandeis.

[magicman]

deiscanton,
Thank you for the tiebreaker info. I must have missed it earlier. Plus k.

[Gregory Sager]

I was very impressed by your Judges last night, Allen. Their quickness really hurt the Maroons at both ends of the floor. Freeman and Hughes, in particular, are lightning-fast. Hard to believe that Yemga is the only Brandeis senior. The Judges should be a real force next season.

Chicago is very young as well (no seniors) and plays very well as a team, but it's a squad that needs more guys who can put the ball in the hole consistently. Matt Johnson can't do it all by himself.

[deiscanton]

UAA Men's action underway--

Emory at CMU has just tipped, while Rochester at Case will tip in about a minute....

Coming up at Noon Central/1 PM Eastern-- Brandeis is at Wash U, while NYU is at Chicago.

Rochester will be assured of at least a UAA Co-Championship with a victory today over Case.

[deiscanton]

Halftime from the Noon Eastern tips in UAA action

Emory 31, Carnegie Mellon 29

Game reset from Case in Cleveland

Case 43, Rochester 35  1:23 left in first.

Update:  Case 45, Rochester 40  43 seconds left in first.

Update:  Case 47, Rochester 43  Halftime.

Rochester Chris Dende hit a "3" at the buzzer to cut Rochester's deficit to 4 going into the locker room.

Austin Fowler leads Case with 19 pts at the half-- 7 of 12 from the field in the first, 3-3 from 3 pt land, 2-3 FT.

[deiscanton]

Game resets from Noon Eastern tips

Rochester 58, Case 55  14:37 left in regulation

Emory 45, Carnegie Mellon 44 10:34 left in regulation

Update

Rochester 73, Case 63  9:18 left in regulation

Carnegie Mellon 53, Emory 52  5:13 left in regulation

Emory 54, Carnegie Mellon 54  3:52 left in regulation

Carnegie Mellon 57, Emory 55 1:10 left in regulation

A CMU win with a Rochester win today clinches the UAA title and automatic bid for Rochester.

CMU 57, Emory 57  51 seconds left in regulation

Rochester 85, Case 75  3:35 left in regulation

CMU 57, Emory 57   1 second left in regulation  Timeout  Emory

(Game clock reset to 1 second)

CMU 57, Emory 57    End of regulation

Rochester 95,  Case 85   Final-- Rochester is assured of at least a UAA Co-Championship

CMU  65, Emory 63  1:50 left in OT

CMU 66, Emory 64  1:18 left in OT

CMU 71, Emory 70  10 seconds left in OT  Timeout Emory

Carnegie Mellon 72, Emory 70   Final in OT-- Rochester wins UAA Championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA DIII Tournament

[deiscanton]

Game resets from Midwest UAA games

Wash U 14, Brandeis 13  12:54 left in first

NYU 11, Chicago 7  15:56 left in 1st

Halftime scores from these UAA games

Brandeis 37, Wash U 36

NYU 43, Chicago 40

Second half resets

Brandeis 57, Wash U 56  10:14 left in regulation

NYU 56, Chicago 53  13:50 left in regulation

Finals

Chicago 82, NYU 80

Wash U 77, Brandeis 75

[deiscanton]

Congratulations to the Rochester men on clinching the UAA title today and the automatic bid to the NCAAs.

Represent the UAA well in the NCAA tournament, Yellowjackets.

To recap,  Rochester clinched the UAA title today as a result of Rochester's victory over Case combined with CMU's win over Emory today.

[WUPHF]

Let me hear you say yeah! Washington University wins a close one thanks to a career game by Caleb Knepper (28 points, 8-12 shooting from three point range, 5 rebounds).  Glad to see him get in one great game at home after struggling with injuries for much of the season.  Dylan Richter had yet another great game with 21 points.

Coach Edwards played Kevin Bischoff at the point for 19 minutes, mostly in the second half while Alan Aboona did not play at all.  Ben Hoener had established himself as the primary point guard in the second half of the season, but Bischoff played solid, mistake-free basketball.

Of course, Tyrone Hughes is one of the most exciting to watch players I have seen all season. 

[Ethelred the Unready]

Congratulations to the Rochester men on clinching the UAA title today and the automatic bid to the NCAAs.

Represent the UAA well in the NCAA tournament, Yellowjackets.

To recap,  Rochester clinched the UAA title today as a result of Rochester's victory over Case combined with CMU's win over Emory today.

That's the great thing about sports... results are determined on the court/field/whatever.   I am the first to admit that I did not give Rochester even a remote chance of winning the UAA this year, believing that too many players had left the program for them to be effective.  I was wrong and gladly tip my hat to Coach Flockerzi.  He had the guys playing outstanding team basketball right from the beginning.  Congratulations!

[deiscanton]

Let me hear you say yeah! Washington University wins a close one thanks to a career game by Caleb Knepper (28 points, 8-12 shooting from three point range, 5 rebounds).  Glad to see him get in one great game at home after struggling with injuries for much of the season.  Dylan Richter had yet another great game with 21 points.

Coach Edwards played Kevin Bischoff at the point for 19 minutes, mostly in the second half while Alan Aboona did not play at all.  Ben Hoener had established himself as the primary point guard in the second half of the season, but Bischoff played solid, mistake-free basketball.

Of course, Tyrone Hughes is one of the most exciting to watch players I have seen all season.  

I'm looking forward to Brandeis being in the ECAC New England Tournament, and I would like to see Brandeis go up against Johnson & Wales, to have the Judges play against Lamonte Thomas, who is DIII's current national leader in PPG, but I will prepare myself for a potential game on Wednesday, March 2 against whoever the ECAC picks to play Brandeis.   I have no doubt that Brandeis will get picked for the ECACs, as the Judges have declared that they want to be considered.

Of course, Johnson & Wales will have to lose in the GNAC tournament this upcoming week to set that game up....

(PS-- and, of course, I would also like to play Albertus Magnus as well if the ECAC assigns Brandeis that opponent, but Albertus will also have to lose next week in order for that match to happen as well....)

Wash U gets their winning season-- congratulations.

[deiscanton]

Who knew the Case/CMU weekend would be so tough!

Who knew that Rochester would be the only UAA team to sweep the Great Lakes road trip this season!

In addition, who knew that Carnegie Mellon would be the kingmaker!

[uaabballfan]

How did Rochester improve so much over last year?  Is it the new coach?  They really didn't have too many new impact players, mostly the same as last year.  Novosel, DiBart, Lab, were all there last year?  Discuss....

[Ethelred the Unready]

How did Rochester improve so much over last year?  Is it the new coach?  They really didn't have too many new impact players, mostly the same as last year.  Novosel, DiBart, Lab, were all there last year?  Discuss....

Totally different style of play - one that matches  the talent that is there.  And you could make an argument that the loss of some players was beneficial.  There were FAR too many players the last couple of years, making it tough for guys to figure out what their roles were.  IMO.