MBB: University Athletic Association

[Rhodes Scholar]

Carnegie Mellon lost a ton of talent from last year's excellent team: Mauer, Barlow-Wilcox, Johnson, and Straub are all gone. They took the biggest hit in the conference. I was surprised that they started out as strong as they did. The Tartans had wins over Capital, NYU and Brandeis. Prior to their loss to Lycoming and subsequent blowout losses to Wash U and Chicago, Carnegie looked like it might be a candidate for the Top 25.

[hugenerd]

Carnegie Mellon lost a ton of talent from last year's excellent team: Mauer, Barlow-Wilcox, Johnson, and Straub are all gone. They took the biggest hit in the conference. I was surprised that they started out as strong as they did. The Tartans had wins over Capital, NYU and Brandeis. Prior to their loss to Lycoming and subsequent blowout losses to Wash U and Chicago, Carnegie looked like it might be a candidate for the Top 25.

Don't forget Dunn (who started a few games and was named the MVP of CMU's holiday tournament) and Greg Gonzalez (who would have been a senior this year if not for injury, he was solid inside and their leading shot blocker).  That Lycoming game seemed to be the turning point of their season and they havent been able to really get anything going since.

[Hoop Dreams]

Anybody know anything about the official UAA site going down?

http://www.uaa.rochester.edu

Haven't been able to get on for a few days now.

[Rhodes Scholar]

Anybody know anything about the official UAA site going down?

http://www.uaa.rochester.edu

Haven't been able to get on for a few days now.

I haven't been able to get on since Sunday, and I have no information about what the problem is.

[sean-o]

It's worked for me since yesterday. I did have to use www.uaa.rochester.edu instead of uaa.rochester.edu for some odd reason, though...

[mark_reichert]

Anybody know anything about the official UAA site going down?

http://www.uaa.rochester.edu

Haven't been able to get on for a few days now.

When I e-mail them to point out that the records books hadn't been updated, the feedback I got was that they are in the midst of revising the site.

[sean-o]

That would be nice. I still don't understand how they're building the site such that if you highlight things like the coming schedule, you see all sorts of invisible text.

[pce01]

Based on the information that's out there now, the top three are in the tournament, and NYU and Brandeis are on the bubble.

Note that WU, Chicago, and Rochester finish the season in a round-robin plus each plays Carnegie Mellon. I think the only way any one of them misses the tournament is by being swept, as the strength of schedule will stay up high with these opponents.

NYU and Brandeis are firmly on the bubble (at 15 and 16 by my numbers). If they avoid the upsets with Case and Emory, the winner of the season finale is in, and the loser is where Wash U was a year ago, under consideration but under 50% chance.

Just to clarify on the top three, when I say swept, I mean go 0-3.

A question relative to the UAA QOWIs: 

In calculating Rochester's point total as 219 for 21 regional games vs. the table's 216.

Have the 1/10-Nazareth at RIT, 1/12-St. John Fisher at Roberts Wesleyan, and 1/13 Geneseo at Roberts Wesleyan games (all Chase Tournament)been id'd as neutral, and therefore "away" victories?

[hugenerd]

The new regional rankings are out (compiled by NCAA):

NYU dropped out of the east rankings

Rochester moved up to 3 in the east rankings

WashU and Chicago are 2 and 3 in the Midwest

Brandeis is 7 in the Northeast

Looks like 3 teams have a chance at making it, but they all still play eachother.  Rochester can really make a statement with home games vs. WashU and Chicago this weekend.  Brandeis is hovering outside of the bubble at this point, as is NYU, in my opinion.

[Gregory Sager]

A question relative to the UAA QOWIs: 

In calculating Rochester's point total as 219 for 21 regional games vs. the table's 216.

Have the 1/10-Nazareth at RIT, 1/12-St. John Fisher at Roberts Wesleyan, and 1/13 Geneseo at Roberts Wesleyan games (all Chase Tournament)been id'd as neutral, and therefore "away" victories?

Roberts Wesleyan isn't a D3 school, and therefore any and every game played against them is irrelevant in the eyes of the NCAA.

The RIT win over Nazareth (on 1/12, not 1/10) is listed as a home game for RIT and an away game for Nazareth on this site.

[pce01]

A question relative to the UAA QOWIs: 

In calculating Rochester's point total as 219 for 21 regional games vs. the table's 216.

Have the 1/10-Nazareth at RIT, 1/12-St. John Fisher at Roberts Wesleyan, and 1/13 Geneseo at Roberts Wesleyan games (all Chase Tournament)been id'd as neutral, and therefore "away" victories?

Roberts Wesleyan isn't a D3 school, and therefore any and every game played against them is irrelevant in the eyes of the NCAA.

The RIT win over Nazareth (on 1/12, not 1/10) is listed as a home game for RIT and an away game for Nazareth on this site.

A clarification of my question:

The UR-Nazareth game on 1/10 was played at RIT (neutral court) as part of the Chase Tournament.  The UR-St. John Fisher and UR-Geneseo games on 1/12 & 1/13 were played at Roberts Wesleyan (neutral court) as part of the Chase tournament as well.  The UR-Geneseo game is listed as a home game for UR on this site.  I was curious if all the games were tallied as neutral (therefore away) in the QOWI.

[Gregory Sager]

A question relative to the UAA QOWIs: 

In calculating Rochester's point total as 219 for 21 regional games vs. the table's 216.

Have the 1/10-Nazareth at RIT, 1/12-St. John Fisher at Roberts Wesleyan, and 1/13 Geneseo at Roberts Wesleyan games (all Chase Tournament)been id'd as neutral, and therefore "away" victories?

Roberts Wesleyan isn't a D3 school, and therefore any and every game played against them is irrelevant in the eyes of the NCAA.

The RIT win over Nazareth (on 1/12, not 1/10) is listed as a home game for RIT and an away game for Nazareth on this site.

A clarification of my question:

The UR-Nazareth game on 1/10 was played at RIT (neutral court) as part of the Chase Tournament.  The UR-St. John Fisher and UR-Geneseo games on 1/12 & 1/13 were played at Roberts Wesleyan (neutral court) as part of the Chase tournament as well.  The UR-Geneseo game is listed as a home game for UR on this site.  I was curious if all the games were tallied as neutral (therefore away) in the QOWI.

OK, I see.

Any regional game played on a neutral court is considered to be an away game for both teams in the eyes of the selection committee, re: QOWi.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Wow, Sager, it might be time to take a nap.

[pce01]

Thanks. I started looking at the potential impact of the remaining regular season UAA games on regional rankings.  Easy to get lost in the forest for the trees. 

[Gregory Sager]

Wow, Sager, it might be time to take a nap.