MBB: Northwest Conference

[Pio20]

UPS would get the bye and then play the winner of the Thursday game on Saturday.  The only question is would the other NWC team get to host the first game, or should it just be played at UPS since the Saturday game will be played there. 

Is UPS guaranteed a bye?

[LogShow]

UPS would get the bye and then play the winner of the Thursday game on Saturday.  The only question is would the other NWC team get to host the first game, or should it just be played at UPS since the Saturday game will be played there. 

Is UPS guaranteed a bye?

No, definately no guarantees.  That's just how I thought it might play out. 

[UPS4Life]

Speculation on how the top 25 and the West Regional Rankings are going to look after this weekend as UW-SP and UW-Platteville lost, both to #5 UW-Whitewater? 
I'm wondering if this opens the door for UPS to pass one of the two losing teams, but then again losing to the #5 team in a close game might not hurt either one enough.  I think if UPS wins out through the tournament they have a chance to jump up to 3rd or maybe 2nd in the West, but without further losses for Stevens Point or St. Thomas (which I don't anticipate) I think our relatively weak conference this year will keep the Loggers from anything higher than a 3rd or 4th seed.

[nwhoops1903]

Regional rankings and schedule strength play heavily in Pool C.  If WW wins out and then loses to UPS in tourney final, they would still have a shot at an at large.  Whoever said no guarantees is sooooooo right, however, I think UPS is safely in.  Where anyone or everyone ends up in NCAA's is like guessing where a meteor will fall.

[bbaddict]

Speculation on how the top 25 and the West Regional Rankings are going to look after this weekend as UW-SP and UW-Platteville lost, both to #5 UW-Whitewater? 
I'm wondering if this opens the door for UPS to pass one of the two losing teams, but then again losing to the #5 team in a close game might not hurt either one enough.  I think if UPS wins out through the tournament they have a chance to jump up to 3rd or maybe 2nd in the West, but without further losses for Stevens Point or St. Thomas (which I don't anticipate) I think our relatively weak conference this year will keep the Loggers from anything higher than a 3rd or 4th seed.

In what Universe is a conference that has more than 1/2 it's teams over .500 a weak one?

[Pat Coleman]

Speculation on how the top 25 and the West Regional Rankings are going to look after this weekend as UW-SP and UW-Platteville lost, both to #5 UW-Whitewater? 
I'm wondering if this opens the door for UPS to pass one of the two losing teams, but then again losing to the #5 team in a close game might not hurt either one enough.

On the road at that. It validates home-court advantage, really.

[logshock101]

i would not be surprised if 2 nwc teams made it to the NCAAs and then got matched up in the 1st round with the winner facing a sciac team simply because that is what would be the cheapest thing for the NCAA, which sucks, but they will pinch every penny they can because they dont make any money on the the D3 tourney

[Pugetsoundfan]

It's not been unusual on the women's side for NWC teams to face on another--UPS and George Fox have been together in the first bracket a couple of times recently, and last year ended up playing a second round game against one another (alas, lost by the Loggers).  Puget Sound and Fox  have been so evenly matched in recent years that their 4th game of the season (2 regulars plus NWC final plus NCAA) was kind of interesting, but it would have been nice to see how the NWC leaders stacked up against somebody else, to be honest.   

[Mr. Ypsi]

While the NCAA has often done rather nasty tricks to you guys a plane flight away from the rest of d3, I'm pretty sure they now have a rule against first-round match-ups of conference rivals EVEN if it costs them airfare.  Now, second round - probably you'd meet.

[LogShow]

yep, that's why I was thinking that if UPS gets upset in the conference tourney, the NCAA would fly a SCIAC team up here to the Pac Northwest and have them square off and the winner taking on UPS

[Pat Coleman]

While the NCAA has often done rather nasty tricks to you guys a plane flight away from the rest of d3, I'm pretty sure they now have a rule against first-round match-ups of conference rivals EVEN if it costs them airfare.  Now, second round - probably you'd meet.

Since when?

[Mr. Ypsi]

While the NCAA has often done rather nasty tricks to you guys a plane flight away from the rest of d3, I'm pretty sure they now have a rule against first-round match-ups of conference rivals EVEN if it costs them airfare.  Now, second round - probably you'd meet.

Since when?

Wasn't that the rationale for the switcheroo at Miss Col (or did that happen only because there WASN'T an extra plane flight involved)?

[Pat Coleman]

Bingo.

[UPS4Life]

Speculation on how the top 25 and the West Regional Rankings are going to look after this weekend as UW-SP and UW-Platteville lost, both to #5 UW-Whitewater? 
I'm wondering if this opens the door for UPS to pass one of the two losing teams, but then again losing to the #5 team in a close game might not hurt either one enough.  I think if UPS wins out through the tournament they have a chance to jump up to 3rd or maybe 2nd in the West, but without further losses for Stevens Point or St. Thomas (which I don't anticipate) I think our relatively weak conference this year will keep the Loggers from anything higher than a 3rd or 4th seed.

In what Universe is a conference that has more than 1/2 it's teams over .500 a weak one?

My bad, I meant weak when compared to the WIAC which I was discussing.  Three teams in the top 5?

[nwhoops1903]

While the NCAA has often done rather nasty tricks to you guys a plane flight away from the rest of d3, I'm pretty sure they now have a rule against first-round match-ups of conference rivals EVEN if it costs them airfare.  Now, second round - probably you'd meet.

Since when?

I also hear that the NCAA committee has already determined the field to save money and get 21 day advance fares in an effort to save even more money.  I wonder if Coleman will find this amusing?