MBB: Northwest Conference

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The Division III basketball season has begun and tonight Hoopsville will hit the air for its 15th season!

In tonight's season premiere, Dave McHugh chats with the two preseason No. 1 teams, both national committee chairs, and gets an update on a new tournament featuring several Top 25 teams. Dave will also try and get everyone up to speed on the new season and take a look at what has already happened in early season games.

One thing fans may notice is no video for this season's debut. This is not a change in the production of the show, just a temporary decision. There has been a lot going on leading up to the premiere and not everything got up to speed in time. We hope to have actual video broadcasts return in short order. We appreciate everyone's patience.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. You can watch the show LIVE staring at 7:00 p.m. ET here: http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2017-18/nov16 --- or via the Facebook Live simulcast. If you missed any part of the show, you can watch it On Demand or listen to the podcast.

You can also send your questions to the show and have them featured on the Hoopsville Mailbag segment. Email them to hoopsville@d3hoops.com.

Guests include (in order of appearance):
- Bobbi Morgan, Haverford women's coach and DIII National Basketball Committee Chair
- Tim Pitzpatrick, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Athletics Director and DIII National Basketball Committee Chair
- Eric Bridgeland, No. 1 Whitman men's coach
- Carla Berube, No. 1 Tufts women's coach
- Ryan Whitnabe, Great Lakes podcaster and Great Lakes Invitational creator

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[gordonmann]

How is the new PLU coach doing?

So far he's PLU perfect. 1-0

GRAMMAR JOKE

By the way, ATN features Whitman prominently this week.

http://d3hoops.com/columns/around-the-nation/2017-18/old-is-new-again

[D O.C.]

You 'rats and ex-missionaries have fun on here until we take care of unfinished business in Texas.
Can't help notice Shannon's 2-0.

[D O.C.]

OK, then. Got dunked in the tank down in Belton to end another football season.
4-0 start here. Let's see if we can ruin someone's season by taking a couple games people think we can't.

[(509)Rat]

Linfield's non conference schedule has been slightly more impressive than Whitman's (though Whitman has some better competition coming up over winter break). I think Linfield, Fox, Pacific, and UPS will finish 3-6 in some order. I expect Whitman to steamroll the Tacoma teams this weekend. UPS could give Whitworth a game, though I'm probably giving them too much credit for the win over CMS. UPS isn't holding opponents to any sort of impressive fg% and they are getting out rebounded...they have done a good job of turning people over though. I don't expect Whitworth to have an issue with the pressure but they can get pretty inexperienced when they get very far into their bench. I'm excited for the Whit game, Whitman is the better team as long as Howell is eligible but I think this group of Pirates matches up better with the Blues. Losing Sears and Jurlina was probably good in terms of matching Whitman's athleticism. And having Lester and an improved (defensively) College is better than having Isaak. Hopefully its a good series and not a couple of 20 point blow outs.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Linfield's non conference schedule has been slightly more impressive than Whitman's (though Whitman has some better competition coming up over winter break).

Hang on. You think Linfield has a better non-conference schedule - though you do say slightly and hand Whitman the nod in the winter break???

Linfield's out of conference:
- Whittier
- Pomona-Pitzer
- La Verne
- Caltech
- Portland Bible
- Northwest Christian (Non-DIII)
- Evergreen State (Non-DIII)
- Portland State (Non-DIII)
- Stockton
- Central Washington (Non-DIII)

Whitman:
- Waynesburg
- Gallaudet
- Walla Walla (Non-DIII)
- Colorado College
- Occidental
- La Verne
- Redlands
- UW Stevens Point
- Ohio Wesleyan

Maybe because Linfield has FOUR games that essentially don't even count - even then they have most of those against "who?" teams - but of the two, I give the better non-con schedule to Whitman. They both aren't terrific, but I don't think it is that close.

[wildcat11]

Roll 'Cats!

[(509)Rat]

I said "has been"

Yes, I think Whittier, PP, LaVerne and Caltech is a better schedule than Waynesburg, Gallaudet and the 7th day adventists. As soon as Whitman gets into CC, some SCIAC teams and UWSP then they will finally have played  against someone that can stay within 20 pts.

[D O.C.]

Lemme screen shot 5-0 while it still looks good.

What the weird Linfield photo-man said!

[wildcat11]

Gonna try to be there on Friday for the Lin/Fox game. Hell, will see about trying to put together a little video too if I can get my schedule together.

Go 'Cats!

[wildcat11]

Wasn't able to make it (sick kid) but damn Linfield looks good this year. Great start of the year!

[(509)Rat]

Wasn't able to make it (sick kid) but damn Linfield looks good this year. Great start of the year!

Whitman beat PLU by 57. We'll know how good Linfield is January 19 and 20...

[(509)Rat]

UPS with a choke job at home. Could have knocked off Whitman. Couple of teams that don't play any defense just slugging it out, very entertaining.

[Smitty Oom]

UPS with a choke job at home. Could have knocked off Whitman. Couple of teams that don't play any defense just slugging it out, very entertaining.

111 to 108... I should have tuned in for some of that. Entertaining is right!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

UPS with a choke job at home. Could have knocked off Whitman. Couple of teams that don't play any defense just slugging it out, very entertaining.

Harrison and Wiggins are Whitman's two best defenders and they haven't played a minute this year.  I will admit, the guys on the floor were not playing much defense, although I do think Whitman is capable of it at full strength.