MBB: University Athletic Association

[WUPHF]

In that scenario, Washington University and Rochester are co-champions and a coin toss determines the AQ.

[magicman]

In that scenario, Washington University and Rochester are co-champions and a coin toss determines the AQ.

WUH,
Thanks for the reply.  plus K.

[Greek Tragedy]

Big game for Emory tomorrow. I'm keeping track of them for fantasy purposes, of course. If they win tomorrow, they should have their Pool C bid secured. Looking at the South region, Guilford and Concordia Texas already lost this week. Even if Emory lose next week to Rochester, ever other Pool C candidate will also have a loss. I think they're in if they win tomorrow.

[WUPHF]

Thanks for the reply.

Thanks for asking...

A Chicago win over Washington University is certainly possible.  Massey has the Rochester vs. Emory game as the best chance for an upset.  The prediction: 70% chance of a Rochester win with a 78-72 final score.

As for tomorrow, Brandeis has proven that they can play with tough teams, but they are not winning those games except for the home win over Emory.  But anything can happen on a Sunday, it seems...  Case Western Reserve on the other hand has no chance against Rochester.  The prediction: 97% chance of a Rochester win with a 86-64 final score.

[WUPHF]

Even if Emory lose next week to Rochester, ever other Pool C candidate will also have a loss. I think they're in if they win tomorrow.

A tough game for sure...

The enigmatic Eagles could score big wins over both Carnegie Mellon and Rochester, but it depends on what Eagles team shows up to play.

[deiscanton]

Sorry for not posting in a while, but I am posting to clear up a misstatement by WUH to magicman on the tiebreaker scenario involving a potential cochampionship between Wash U and Rochester with a 12-2 record, a 1-1 split between Wash U and Rochester, a 1-1 split with both teams vs subsequent finisher Chicago, and both teams sweeping all other subsequent finishers.

Under the UAA Basketball Code of Conduct, the first two tiebreakers do not solve this scenario, so the third tiebreaker is which team had the better road record in UAA league games.  Magicman is correct in that Wash U will get the AQ today with a win at Brandeis due to the fact that Wash U went 7-0 in UAA road games vs Rochester's 6-1 in UAA road games.-- Rochester lost at Chicago.

The coin flip is the last tiebreaker if all the cochampions have equal road records.  The coin flip was used to break the tie between the Wash U and NYU women in the 2000-2001 season.  In that case, both teams went 14-1 in UAA play, but the resulted vs Johns Hopkins could not be used in the tiebreaker, so it was effectively a situation where both teams finished 13-1, NYU lost at Wash U, and Wash U lost at NYU.  Since both cochampions that season went 6-1 in UAA road play (outside of Johns Hopkins, which was in the UAA at that time but only played a single round robin schedule, so you could not use the results vs Johns Hopkins to settle the tie), there was a coin flip that year, which NYU won for the AQ.  Wash U women went on to win their 4th national title that season, while NYU lost to Emmanuel in the Elite 8.

[deiscanton]

That is of course, assuming that the scenario posed by magicman comes to pass.  Regardless, Wash U men will get the AQ today with a win at Brandeis because of the tiebreaker scenario of the road record.

[WUPHF]

OK, thanks for the clarification.  My mistake.

[WUPHF]

Tight games in Boston, Atlanta and Rochester today.

Washington University leads Brandeis at the half, 46-44.  The Judges are in it thanks to a 10-17 performance from three point range.

Emory leads Carnegie Mellon, 39-31.

Case Western Reserve leads Rochester 35-31, with three minutes to go in the first half.

[Pat Coleman]

Good to see you, deiscanton. My daughter and I visited Brandeis but she has chosen to enroll elsewhere. (Now, if that particular UAA school will admit her, we'll be happier!)

[WUPHF]

Probably time to call an upset alert.

Brandeis is hanging with Washington University thanks to a 16-24 effort from three point range.  The Bears lead is now four with two minutes left.

[WUPHF]

Washington University holds on to win, 95-91.

Brandeis finished with a 17-28 performance from three point range.  Both teams finished with 25 assists, but the Bears had a decided advantage in turnovers and rebounds.
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Time to follow the back and forth game in Rochester.  Case Western Reserve leads Rochester, 73-72 with just over three minutes left.

[WUPHF]

SUNDAYS IN THE UAA!

7-16 (2-10) CASE WESTERN RESERVE KNOCKS OFF NO. 6 ROCHESTER, 76-72.

[WUPHF]

Boom!  No need to worry about tiebreakers as Washington University has clinched the UAA Championship.  Rochester will have to settle for second.

[deiscanton]

I was very glad to see the Brandeis men make a program record 17 3 pointers in a single UAA game today.  It fell 1 trey short of the conference record of 18 3 pointers made in a game, which was set by Rochester against Case Western last season (Rochester made 18 of 37 from 3 pt land vs Case on January 22, 2016.). I saw Chris Mitchell today, and he was asking me for the league record at halftime of the Brandeis men's game.  I did not have that record in my memory, but I was at the Ratner Center in 2006 when the Brandeis and Chicago women combined to make 24 treys, which is the record for most 3s made combined in a UAA women's basketball game.

Glad to hear from you, Pat.  I wish your daughter well in whatever school she chooses to attend.