2014 Conference Tournaments

[John Gleich]

Stevens Point 14-1 vs Stout

Whitewater 12-3 at Eau Claire

La Crosse 10-6 BYE...I think La Crosse clinches #3 because they beat Whitewater and Platteville didn't.

Platteville 9-6 vs River Falls

Stout 7-8 at Stevens Point...I think Stout clinches #5 because they beat Whitewater and Oshkosh didn't.

Oshkosh 6-9 vs Superior

Superior 4-11 at Oshkosh

Eau Claire 3-12 vs Whitewater

River Falls 3-12 at Platteville


I think the WIAC is set with one game day to go.

#1 Point bye
#2 Whitewater bye

#3 La Crosse vs #6 Oshkosh...La Crosse swept Oshkosh, but won by just one at home.
#4 Platteville vs #5 Stout...Platteville swept Stout.

Do you remember if the WIAC reseeds after the quarterfinals?

Yep.

http://wiacsports.com/sports/2014/1/9/MBB_0109145524.aspx?path=mbball

Friday, February 28
Semifinals
Lowest Remaining Seed at #1 Seed, 7 p.m.
Highest Remaining Seed at #2 Seed, 7 p.m


Also interesting...

*Conference policy indicates there will be no live video streaming of any WIAC Basketball Championship games

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Commonwealth Coast Conference:

With one game remaining (2/22):

Nichols is #1 regardless of outcome.

The winner of ENC-Gordon is #2, the loser is #3.

Salve and Endicott will be #4 and #5 - only home court up for grabs.  If tied, Salve wins the tiebreaker.

WIT and RWU will be #6 and #7; if they tie at 9-9, WIT wins the tiebreaker, if they tie at 8-10 then it comes down to which team is #4 (if SRU is #4, WIT gets the tiebreaker; if EC is #4, RWU gets the tiebreaker).

WNE is #8 (they have the tiebreaker over Curry).


Three rounds, games played Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday - higher seed hosts.

For what it's worth, the two best teams in the conference are Nichols and Salve.  Salve will end up as either #4 or #5 because of some injury trouble (now resolved), which means the two best teams will likely meet in the semis.

[John Gleich]

Yep, the WIAC is official:

Wednesday, February 26
First Round
UW-Stevens Point (#1) - Bye
UW-Whitewater (#2) - Bye
UW-Stout (#5) at UW-Platteville (#4), 7 p.m.
UW-Oshkosh (#6) at UW-La Crosse (#3), 7 p.m.

Friday, February 28
Semifinals
Lowest Remaining Seed at UW-Stevens Point (#1), 7 p.m.
Highest Remaining Seed at UW-Whitewater (#2), 7 p.m.

Sunday, March 2
Championship (at highest remaining seed)
Semifinal Winners, 2 p.m.

**Championship winner earns conference's automatic NCAA bid
**All start times are subject to change
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[mailsy]

CSAC
The 6 teams are set. Just waiting for seeding.

Cabrini #1. Hosts lowest remaining seed on Tuesday 2/25
Gwynedd Mercy #2. Hosts highest remaining seed on Tuesday 2/25
Both receive Byes

#6 at #3 Neumann on Saturday 2/22/14
#4 at #5.

Immaculata is currently # 4 at 9-7 in conference.  Have Gwynedd and Cabrini on the road. Lost to both already.
Rosemont is currently #5 at 8-9. Have Cairn at home. Split with Immaculata could earn the 4th spot with win and two IU losses. Don't know all tiebreakers yet.
Keystone is currently #6 at 8-9. Can get as high as 5th. With win at Cabrini and a Rosemont loss. Lost 2x each to Rosemont and Immaculata.

Update and Final Seedings.

#1 Cabrini
#2 Gwynedd Mercy

#6 Keystone at #3 Neumann Saturday 2/22 (Split season series) Home teams won
#5 Rosemont at #4 Immaculata Saturday 2/22 (Split season series) Home teams won

Highest remaining seed at #2 on 2/25
Lowest remaining seed at #1 on 2/25

[7express]

NJAC:

#5 New Jersey City (14-11, 9-9) (78)
@ 2/22 4:30
#4 Kean (13-12, 9-9) (79)
Winner onto #1 Mr. Richard Stockton (21-4, 15-3)

#6 Montclair (11-13, 8-10) (73)
@ 2/22 7
#3 Rutgers-Newark (18-7, 14-4) (84)
Winner onto #2 Bill Paterson (20-5, 14-4)

First round the 22, semifinals Wednesday the 26, finals March 1 at the highest seed after the semi's.

#3 Rutgers-Newark (19-7, 14-4) (66)
@ 2/26 7 PM
#2 Sir William Paterson (20-5, 14-4) (75)

#4 Kean (14-12, 9-9) (64)
@ 2/26 7:30 PM
#1 Mr. Richard Stockton (21-4, 15-3) (63)

#2 Sir Bill Patterson (21-5, 14-4) (44)
@ 3/1 7 PM
#1 Mr. Richard Stockton (22-4, 15-3) (65)
I wouldn't be surprised to see William Paterson in the NCAAs as well.

TGHIJGSTO!!!

[Pat Coleman]

Also interesting...

*Conference policy indicates the WIAC believes it is 2003.

Fixed.

[7express]

Liberty League:
Hobart has clinched the top seed; Vassar, Clarkson, Skidmore and RIT still in the running for the last 3 spots.  Vassar plays @ Clarkson & RIT plays @ Skidmore both on Saturday, both of those games likely decide the tournament.

#4 Clarkson (16-9, 10-6) (69)
@ 2/26 7 PM
#1 Hobart (19-6, 13-3) (78. [overtime])

#3 Skidmore (16-9, 10-6) (62)
@ 2/26 8 PM
#2 Vassar (18-7, 10-6) (66)

#2 Vassar (19-7, 10-6) (74)
@ 3/1 4 PM
#1 Hobart (20-6, 13-3) (75 [double overtime])
Likely 1 team as Vassar was 5th or 6th in the East last week.

[John Gleich]

Also interesting...

*Conference policy indicates the WIAC believes it is 2003.

Fixed.

Actually, I think it may have to do with a tv contract... the regional Fox SportsNet station is going to broadcast the championship (albeit on tape delay).

... or something like that.

[KnightSlappy]

The MIAA Tournament is set:

2/26/2014 - Semifinals
#4 Trine at #1 Hope
#3 Albion at #2 Calvin

2/29/2014 - Finals
Lower remaining seed at higher remaining seed.

[stag44]

SCIAC tournament field is set, though seeding still needs to be sorted out.

#1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS)
#2 Pomona-Pitzer (P-P)
TBD Cal Lutheran (CLU)
TBD Chapman

The CMS @ CLU game on Saturday will determine the 3/4 seeds. If CLU wins, then they are the 3 seed, if they lose they are the 4 seed.

Semifinals - 2/28 - Higher seed hosts
#1 CMS vs #4 
#2 P-P  vs #3

Finals - 3/1 - Highest remaining seed hosts

All game times TBD subject to when/where Women's games are

[ronk]

 The Landmark limits their postseason tourney to the top 4 regular season teams. There is a possibility of a 4-way tie for the 4th spot, leaving only 1 team out of the tiebreaking procedures for the NCAA AQ berth. It provokes an argument(weak though it may be) of having everyone get a shot in the conference tourney at the AQ and the following question for the D3 historians:
  Of the conferences that include everyone(are there any?) in their tourney, which team from the bottom half of the conference(who wouldn't have been able to win the AQ in the other conferences) won their AQ and went the farthest in the NCAA tourney?
  Dave, Goucher could be such a team this year-you might have been watching the NCAA champs all year, only to be eliminated by a coin flip.

[realist]

Here's an official list to keep track:

AMCC:
American Southwest
Capital Athletic
Centennial
CUNYAC
CCIW
CSAC
Commonwealth Coast:
Empire 8
GNAC
Heartland
Iowa IAC
Landmark
Liberty
Little East
MASCAC
Michigan IACCommonwealth
Freedom
Midwest
Minnesota IAC
NEWMAC
NECC
NJAC
NESCAC
North Atlantic
North Coast
North Eastern
Northern Athletics
Northwest
Ohio Athletic
ODAC
Presidents Athletic
Skyline
SAA (Still pool B I believe??)  Someone correct me if I'm wrong
SCIAC
SCAC
SLIAC
SUYNAC
Upper Midwest
USA South
WIAC
That should cover them all as Great South no longer supports men's basketball and obviously the UAA has no conference tournament.  If I missed one please let me know.  If there's regulars for one of these conferences, feel free to update if you wish, and I'll take care of any stragglers.

It should be MIAA  (Michiagn Intercollegiate Athletic Association).  The oldest athletic conference in the USA.  www.miaa.org

[7express]

The Landmark limits their postseason tourney to the top 4 regular season teams. There is a possibility of a 4-way tie for the 4th spot, leaving only 1 team out of the tiebreaking procedures for the NCAA AQ berth. It provokes an argument(weak though it may be) of having everyone get a shot in the conference tourney at the AQ and the following question for the D3 historians:
  Of the conferences that include everyone(are there any?) in their tourney, which team from the bottom half of the conference(who wouldn't have been able to win the AQ in the other conferences) won their AQ and went the farthest in the NCAA tourney?
  Dave, Goucher could be such a team this year-you might have been watching the NCAA champs all year, only to be eliminated by a coin flip.

The LEC last off season went back to all 8 after limiting it to 6 for a couple seasons.  Boston who will be the 8 has no chance to win it, neither does Southern Maine (will either be 6 or 7) but usually once you get out of the top 3 it's extremely difficult.  The closest I've seen of my 4 years watching was Keene in 2011 who was the 4 seed who lost in double overtime to the 1 seed RIC and I think would have beaten Eastern (the 3 seed that year) in the finals.

[Pat Coleman]

Also interesting...

*Conference policy indicates the WIAC believes it is 2003.

Fixed.

Actually, I think it may have to do with a tv contract... the regional Fox SportsNet station is going to broadcast the championship (albeit on tape delay).

... or something like that.

Last year it was one month later. Having no live broadcasts of the other four games is fairly short-sighted and indicates a severely outdated media policy.

[pjunito]

So the first four seeds have been locked up.

1. Albertus
2. St. Joes
3. JWU
4. Lasell

These teams will host quarterfinal action on Tuesday night.

As for who wants to travel to play these teams.. Well, that hasn't been decide yet. I don't know all of the tie breakers.. But,

currently, Emmanuel is the 8th seed, Suffolk 7th, Rivier 6th, and Anna Maria 5th... But, Emmanuel travels to Albertus this Saturday and Norwich travels to Suffolk. Norwich could win and Emmanuel could lose. At that point, I don't know who the the 8th seed would be. Anna Maria plays Rivier - If Rivier wins, they move to the 5 seed and Anna Maria plays JWU. Big game on Saturday, because I would rather play at Lasell then at JWU. Mt. Ida needs a miracle to to make the playoffs, and Suffolk could end as the 6th seed if they win and Riv losses.. So, lots to watch on Saturday.