MBB: University Athletic Association

[WUPHF]

Correction: Emory has Carnegie, Case and Rochester on the road.  Emory edged Rochester at home by two to start conference play.

[Marty Peretz]

Looking forward to seeing Wash.U.-NYU in person next weekend, as the game now appears to have serious title implications. In fact, assuming Wash.U. wins at Deis on Friday (hardly a safe assumption), would not a win over the Violets give them the championship outright? Or am I missing something?

Anyway, very excited to see the 2011-2012 Bears live, as I haven't done so in two years. There is a Wash.U alumni event at the Coles Center and those always draw a ton of WUSTL people, so I'd imagine fans of the Red and Green might even create a home court advantage here in the Big Apple. Some fan bases travel well; ours just relocates well.

[WUPHF]

...would not a win over the Violets give them the championship outright? Or am I missing something?

A win over New York on Sunday would give them the championship outright no matter what happens against Brandeis and Chicago as the only team that could get to 10 wins under that scenario would be Emory and the Bears are 2-0 against the Eagles this season.

EDIT: I have no idea what I was thinking yesterday, but it usually takes me a few times to get it somewhere close to right.  Apparently, I should not be left alone on this board as I am prone to simple mistakes.  Washington University needs to either: 1) win at New York, as it holds the head to head with Emory; or 2) win at Brandeis and Chicago to get to 11 wins.

Anyway, very excited to see the 2011-2012 Bears live, as I haven't done so in two years.

EDIT: Let me try that again. To shamelessly quote another New Yorker and famous Washington University alum:you are going to like the way they look, I guarantee it.

[WUPHF]

UAA Championship Tiebreaker Scenarios

If a champion cannot be determined by won-loss percentage, co-champions shall be declared
and the representative to NCAA post-season competition determined by the following criteria,
applied to regularly-scheduled Association games:

1) Best record in head-to-head UAA competition between the co-champions;
2) Best record in head-to-head UAA competition between the co-champions and the
subsequent finishers until a representative is determined;
3) Best record in UAA road games;
4) If this process fails to determine a representative, the representative to NCAA post-season
competition shall be determined by a coin flip administered by the Executive Secretary.

[ADL70]

Wow!!! Three upsets last night:  CWRU 76 UR 73     Brandeis 79 WUStL 69    CMU 82 Emory 79

[howardjp]

Wow!!! Three upsets last night:  CWRU 76 UR 73     Brandeis 79 WUStL 69    CMU 82 Emory 79

Can't believe the Judges still have a chance at the conference title, as the only contender to play their last two games at home (Chicago, NYU), Wash U has NYU and Chicago on the road, no givens, NYU comes to 'Deis and Emory goes to Rochester, so if the home team won in each of these games, they would take it by head to head vs NYU. Strange year.

[WUPHF]

All games have tipped but no video or audio for the big game in New York.  22-18 as we approach the midway point of the first half.  18-16 in Boston.  Emory leads Case Western 29-16.

[WUPHF]

Chicago leads Brandeis 40-30 at the half.  Matt Johnson with 12 points.  Washington leads New York 46-40

[WUPHF]

Another title in the books.  Go Bears.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

All games have tipped but no video or audio for the big game in New York.  22-18 as we approach the midway point of the first half.  18-16 in Boston.  Emory leads Case Western 29-16.

Strange - because I watched the game on video today.

[Titan Q]

I watched the Wash U @ NYU game too.

[WUPHF]

All games have tipped but no video or audio for the big game in New York.  22-18 as we approach the midway point of the first half.  18-16 in Boston.  Emory leads Case Western 29-16.

Strange - because I watched the game on video today.

Good. Great. Helpful.

[toooldtohoop]

tried live stats of that game and could not get info for second half.  this is all new to me....so please extend a little grace for my questions....but in the year 2012, why are the video feeds so poor most of the time, and what are the complications that seem to occur frequently with the stats? 

I'm really not complaining, I'm really curious.  What are the complications?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I heard the broadcaster say he was struggling with live stats as well tonight... so, not sure what was going on.

But to try and answer your question... there are so many factors in play, especially with video streaming. First and foremost, if the college or the IT department isn't able to give the necessary resources to provide enough bandwidth and such... it will always be difficult to provide a clean feed without issues. There is also costs in mind. I know a school that spend $4500 on just a package to include multiple cameras, the computer, and everything else just to stream games. That money isn't just floating around many schools. Even the basics can be a challenge financially... especially if you are adding audio.

At the same time... the end-user can have their own issues... if your computer is old, your internet connection weak, whatever the reason... that can hurt.

Technology is great... but that doesn't mean it is fool-proof or perfect.

[toooldtohoop]

I understand the different levels of complexity....but my hardware is new and good....live stats were down all over the place...video quality is often really bad, bad enough that you have to squint or guess at jersey numbers (not just because of my aged eyes)....and a school like NYU doesn't have the funds to have good hardware?

don't get me wrong...it's a blessing to sit in my comfy recliner and watch games from all over the country and have a library of archived games to watch....but I get much higher quality from youtube crap recorded from someones home recorder.