MBB: University Athletic Association

hugenerd · February 17, 2006, 10:03:17 PM

22 s left, Case up 6

hugenerd · February 17, 2006, 10:04:27 PM

10 s left, Case up 7 shooting 2

sandman · February 17, 2006, 10:11:07 PM

Final in Cleveland:

Case 51, Rochester 43

That's the lowest-scoring game, men or women, at Case since 2000. The Spartans win their first UAA home game in over two years and avenge a close loss at Rochester earlier this season.

CMU is next, on Sunday. Can the Spartans do it again?

David Collinge · February 17, 2006, 10:13:40 PM

Thanks for the updates, hugenerd. Are you switching to the CMU game now? All I get is (for lack of a better term) music when I try to tune it in via the web.

hugenerd · February 17, 2006, 10:17:33 PM

Yeah, it stopped working with like 2 minutes left, when CMU was down 10, so I dont know what happened. I would assume they lost by how the game was going but I dont know for sure.

hugenerd · February 17, 2006, 10:24:42 PM

CMU falls, its official.

hugenerd · February 17, 2006, 10:29:04 PM

New League rankings.

CMU, WashU 8-4 CMU holds tiebreaker (2-0 head to head)
NYU, Rochester, Chicago 7-5

Now there are a lot of interesting scenarios.

CMU still holds their own destiny (somehow) so if they win their last two, they win regardless of anyone else. If CMU loses one of two, they still have a good chance if WashU falls to NYU on sunday.

sandman · February 17, 2006, 10:32:36 PM

So we have five teams all within a game of each other. CMU and Wash U are tied for the league lead at 8-4, while Rochester, Chicago, and NYU are all 7-5. Remaining games are as follows:

CMU: Case, Rochester
Wash U: NYU, Chicago
Rochester: Emory, CMU
Chicago: Brandeis, Wash U
NYU: Wash U, Brandeis

In the unlikely event that CMU and Wash U both lose out, Chicago and NYU both beat Wash U but lose to Brandeis, and Rochester loses to Emory but beats CMU, we have a five-way tie at 8-6. What is likely, though, is that the UAA championship hinges greatly on both the Wash U/ Chicago and CMU/ Rochester games a week from tomorrow.

username1111 · February 17, 2006, 10:48:01 PM

Note on the NYU-Chicago tilt, from the box score:
New York, NY (Coles Sports Center) Attendance: 2137

hugenerd · February 17, 2006, 11:28:21 PM

Quote from: sandman on February 17, 2006, 10:32:36 PM
So we have five teams all within a game of each other. CMU and Wash U are tied for the league lead at 8-4, while Rochester, Chicago, and NYU are all 7-5. Remaining games are as follows:

CMU: Case, Rochester
Wash U: NYU, Chicago
Rochester: Emory, CMU
Chicago: Brandeis, Wash U
NYU: Wash U, Brandeis

In the unlikely event that CMU and Wash U both lose out, Chicago and NYU both beat Wash U but lose to Brandeis, and Rochester loses to Emory but beats CMU, we have a five-way tie at 8-6. What is likely, though, is that the UAA championship hinges greatly on both the Wash U/ Chicago and CMU/ Rochester games a week from tomorrow.

Dont forget about the WashU/NYU game on sunday. That one looks pretty big to as well (technically they are all big at this point).

sandman · February 18, 2006, 02:22:58 AM

Quote from: hugenerd on February 17, 2006, 11:28:21 PM
Dont forget about the WashU/NYU game on sunday. That one looks pretty big to as well (technically they are all big at this point).

Right, what I meant was that it would come down to those two games on the last day. A Wash U win over NYU would eliminate the Violets, but an NYU win would pull the teams even.

Rhodes Scholar · February 18, 2006, 02:27:13 PM

I watched the Chicago @ NYU game last night. The Maroons won, 62-60, but NYU almost pulled it out after trailing the entire game. NYU trailed 62-58 when Matt Basford was fouled on a three-point attempt with 3.2 seconds remaing. After making the first two free throws, he intentionally missed the third attempt and NYU's Mike Magee batted the ball into the corner where it was picked up by NYU point guard Jared Kildare, who missed a relatively unmolested three-pointer at the buzzer. It was a tough defeat for the Violets, but it was a game they really didn't deserve to win. Chicago had the opportunity to break the game wide open down the stretch, but they made a whole series of miscues that allowed NYU to make it a nailbiter.

Chicago is your typical UAA team. They have good outside shooters, physical big men who are fundamentally sound, a couple of good athletes, a pretty good bench, good ball movement and play good team defense.

It should be pointed out that NYU was without the services of Jason Boone, who missed the game with a foot injury. I don't know if he'll be available tomorrow against Washington University.

Rhodes Scholar · February 18, 2006, 02:44:38 PM

Quote from: username1111 on February 17, 2006, 10:48:01 PM
Note on the NYU-Chicago tilt, from the box score:
New York, NY (Coles Sports Center) Attendance: 2137

That figure might be a bit high, but it was the biggest crowd I can remember at Coles. There was some kind of promotion with the students. They were given T-shirts and free food and drinks (non-alcoholic, of course). The two main bleachers were filled, plus they opened the bleachers under the basket at the west end, which they rarely do, and they were packed as well.

gordonmann · February 19, 2006, 10:51:59 AM

Hopefully the NYU students match the crowd this afternoon.

NYU vs. Wash U tips off at 12:00 PM on D3hoopsNet

Five teams enter the day within 1 game of first place including these two.

sandman · February 19, 2006, 01:12:35 PM

We've got a barn-burner in New York! Wash U leads 53-49 with four minutes to play.