MBB: University Athletic Association

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Named to the D3Hoops.com Team of the Week for Week 8 (Games played January 9-15, 2023)

Ethan Edwards, Brandeis

I have only seen him twice, but Edwards is going to be a future UAA player of the year candidate for sure.

Unfortunately, he will not get the rookie of the year honors as Benjamin Pearce is running away with it.  Pearce might be the front runner for the player of the year, but there are seniors and graduate students in the mix as well as Toby Harris so Pearce may have to wait his turn.

And speaking of Harris, I do not believe they continued with the sophomore of the year award in soccer so I assume that will not return for basketball either.

I am a little surprised by the choice on the Women's side given the elite performances by the Washington University and Chicago forwards, but hey...

The Team of the Week award selectors just seemed more impressed with Claire Brock's stat lines over the weekend on the women's side...  Plus, to be selected, one has to be nominated. 

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I did look at the stat lines and they were all very close, but two did it against the then No. 1 / currently No. 10 or whatever team.

Case and Carnegie Mellon are better than Brandeis, but not by a lot.

It may have been that they were not nominated, definitely.

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Just got a reply from Jeff Bernstein of NYU via e-mail.  He has confirmed to me what Dave McHugh feared last night.   The opening of the new Mercer Street gym for basketball has been delayed until the start of the 2023-24 season.  All remaining NYU home basketball games this season will be played at the small Brooklyn Athletic Facility on the Tandon campus at 6 Metrotech Center due to the pipe burst at the basement of the Paulson Center.

I have just converted my Amtrak reservation to an evoucher good on future Amtrak trips and have just cancelled my hotel reservation.  I will watch Brandeis at NYU on Feb.24 on livestream due to the very small seating capacity of the Brooklyn facility, and the fact that I was not going to make a basketball trip to NYU unless the game was on Mercer Street.

Hopefully, I will be able to make the trip next January of 2024, as Brandeis is scheduled to play the first UAA conference game of the season at NYU according to next year's rotation.

[WUPHF]

Mercer Street is cursed! Cursed, I tell you...

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Former Brandeis men's basketball head coach Chris Ford passed away yesterday at the age of 74.  An Atlantic City, NJ legend, Chris Ford made the first 3 pointer in NBA history.  Chris Ford was the head coach of the Judges from 2001-2003. 

RIP, Chris Ford.

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UAA Men's Basketball Athlete of the Week-- January 17

Matt Wiele, Rochester

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Friday, January 20, 2023

Daily score predictions for UAA Men's Basketball Games courtesy of:

tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/p/division-iii-mens-basketball-efficiency.html

I will be listing home team's predicted score first and away team's predicted score second.

These scorelines are based on Matt Snyder's efficiency ratings program going into today.

Warning: For entertainment purposes only-- Do not gamble on these scorelines!

1.)  Rochester at Brandeis

Brandeis 72, Rochester 72-- At end of regulation-- Game is predicted to go to overtime.

Brandeis has a 47% chance to win this game, and is a +0.5 point home underdog.-- To win or lose on the spread on this game, the final result must take place in regulation-- If the game goes in OT, the result is a push

Predicted game tempo is 69 possessions per team-- Regulation only

O/U total is 144 Regulation only

2.)  Emory at NYU

NYU 85, Emory 78

NYU has a 74% chance to win this game, and is a -7.0 point home favorite.

Predicted game tempo is 78 possessions per team.

O/U total is 162.5

3.)  Wash U at CWRU

Case Western Reserve 72, Wash U 72-- At end of regulation-- Game is predicted to go into overtime.

CWRU has a 52% chance to win this game, and is a -0.5 point home favorite.  To win or lose against the spread on this one, the final result must take place in regulation-- If the game goes in overtime, the result is a push

Predicted game tempo is 69 possessions per team. Regulation only

O/U total is 143.5 Regulation only

4.)  UChicago at Carnegie Melllon

Carnegie Mellon 72, UChicago 62

Carnegie Mellon has an 83% chance to win this game  and is a -10.5 point home favorite.

Predicted game tempo is 71 possessions per team

O/U total is 134.5

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Update on Paulson Center athletic facilities located in the basement of 181 Mercer Street--

NYU Athletics posted a document on their website today on the Facilities portion of their website indicating a rough timetable of when certain portions of the athletics facilities in the Paulson Center at 181 Mercer Street will be open for students to use.

At the end of January, 2023, the squash courts, the fencing salle, and the wrestling room are scheduled to be open for athletic use.

Last to open will be the basketball courts, as they will have to be redone due to the flooding caused by a burst pipe.  NYU is still awaiting a timetable by the constructors on an opening for at least general student use.   

To get to the document, go to the Facilities page on gonyuathletics.com and then click on the link for the John A. Paulson Center.

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Message to Josh Hertz and Asher Kaplan-- The Brandeis play by play and color commentator for this weekend, respectively--

If every voter with a top 25 ballot believes that this year's Brandeis men's basketball team belongs in the 26-30 range this week, that still means that Brandeis does not receive a top 25 vote.

If the Brandeis men go 2-0 this weekend, then you can at least ask for a deep dive on Brandeis for the Hoopsville Top 25 Double Take.

[Greek Tragedy]

It's always tough to go from zero points to enough points to crack the Top 25, but beating #7 Rochester and #18 Emory would go a long way into getting votes.

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Halftime in the UAA-- Friday, January 20, 2023

Home team listed first

1.)  Brandeis 43, Rochester 32
2.)  NYU 44, Emory 46
3.)  Carnegie Mellon 30, UChicago 36
4.)  CWRU 45, Wash U 26

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Reviewing the results from tonight--

Friday, January 20, 2023

Daily score predictions for UAA Men's Basketball Games courtesy of:

tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/p/division-iii-mens-basketball-efficiency.html

I will be listing home team's predicted score first and away team's predicted score second.

These scorelines are based on Matt Snyder's efficiency ratings program going into today.

Warning: For entertainment purposes only-- Do not gamble on these scorelines!

1.)  Rochester at Brandeis

Brandeis 72, Rochester 72-- At end of regulation-- Game is predicted to go to overtime.

Brandeis has a 47% chance to win this game, and is a +0.5 point home underdog.-- To win or lose on the spread on this game, the final result must take place in regulation-- If the game goes in OT, the result is a push

Predicted game tempo is 69 possessions per team-- Regulation only

O/U total is 144 Regulation only

2.)  Emory at NYU

NYU 85, Emory 78

NYU has a 74% chance to win this game, and is a -7.0 point home favorite.

Predicted game tempo is 78 possessions per team.

O/U total is 162.5

3.)  Wash U at CWRU

Case Western Reserve 72, Wash U 72-- At end of regulation-- Game is predicted to go into overtime.

CWRU has a 52% chance to win this game, and is a -0.5 point home favorite.  To win or lose against the spread on this one, the final result must take place in regulation-- If the game goes in overtime, the result is a push

Predicted game tempo is 69 possessions per team. Regulation only

O/U total is 143.5 Regulation only

4.)  UChicago at Carnegie Melllon

Carnegie Mellon 72, UChicago 62

Carnegie Mellon has an 83% chance to win this game  and is a -10.5 point home favorite.

Predicted game tempo is 71 possessions per team

O/U total is 134.5

Results-- Home team listed first

1.)  Rochester at Brandeis

Brandeis 83, Rochester 72-- Brandeis won outright in regulation and covered the +0.5 point home underdog spread--

Brandeis had approx 75 possessions in the win-- Game tempo slightly quicker than predicted.

Total was 155-- Over won that one.

2.)  Emory at NYU

NYU 91, Emory 95--  Emory won outright and covered the spread as the road underdog

Emory had approx 75 possessions in the win-- Game tempo just a little slower than predicted.

Total was 186--Over won that one.

3.) Wash U at CWRU

CWRU 90, Wash U 75-- CWRU won outright and covered the spread as the home favorite.

CWRU had approx 74 possessions in the win-- Game tempo a bit quicker than predicted.

Total was 165-- Over won that one.

4.)  UChicago at Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon 66, UChicago 60-- UChicago covered the +10.5 point road underdog spread.

Carnegie Mellon had approx 71 possessions in the win-- Game tempo approx as predicted.

Total was 126-- Under won that one.

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

Daily score predictions for UAA Men's Basketball Games courtesy of:

tomaroonandgold.blogspot.com/p/division-iii-mens-basketball-efficiency.html

I will be listing home team's predicted score first and away team's predicted score second.

These scorelines are based on Matt Snyder's efficiency ratings program going into today.

Warning: For entertainment purposes only-- Do not gamble on these scorelines!

1.)  Rochester at NYU

NYU 83, Rochester 77

NYU has a 71% chance to win this game, and is a -6.0 point home favorite

Predicted game tempo is 71 possessions per team

O/U total is 160.5

2.)  Emory at Brandeis

Brandeis 74, Emory 75

Brandeis has a 47% chance to win this game, and is a +1 point home underdog.

Predicted game tempo is 76 possessions per team.

O/U total is 149.5

3.)  UChicago at CWRU

Case Western Reserve 77, UChicago 64

CWRU has an 87% chance to win this game, and is a -12.5 point home favorite

Predicted game tempo is 68 possessions per team

O/U total is 140.5

4.)  Wash U at Carnegie Melllon

Carnegie Mellon 69, Wash U 70

Carnegie Mellon has a 48% chance to win this game, and is a +0.5 point home underdog.

Predicted game tempo is 72 possessions per team

O/U total is 139.0

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Halftime in the UAA-- Sunday, January 22, 2023

Home team's score listed first

1.). Brandeis 36, Emory 36
2.). NYU 24, Rochester 29
3.)  Carnegie Mellon 35, Wash U 22
4.). CWRU 35, UChicago 43

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Final scores in the UAA-- Sunday, January 23, 2023

Home team score listed first

1.)  Brandeis 71, Emory 73  (OT)

First half ended tied at 36-36; Game was tied 71-71 at the end of regulation; Emory won the overtime period 2-0

Game winner scored on a layup by Emory's Mason Johnson with 3:37 remaining in the overtime period.  Mason Johnson ended up my choice for Emory's player of the game with a team high 16 points.  Brandeis's Toby Harris scored a game high 26 points in the loss.

2.)  NYU 55, Rochester 72

3.)  Carnegie Mellon 71, Wash U 58

4.)  CWRU 77, UChicago 85

Road teams won 3 of the 4 Sunday games, with only Carnegie Mellon successfully defending home court.

UChicago gets first UAA win of the season, and will not go 0-14 on the slate.