2014 D3 Season: National Perspective

[casualfan]

12 out of 16; Rochester, RU-N, Lynchburg, Dominican. Just a few too many upset picks on my end.

[NESCAC-fanatic00203]

Caught the OTs for Catholic/Muhlenberg, Catholic's forward got in behind off a missed clearance w/ 5 to go in the 1st OT and was 1on1 with the Muhlenberg keeper... took a touch around the keeper, got completely laid out, no call. One of the clearest PKs/biggest missed calls I've seen.

[Mr.Right]

I have this funny feeling that this is one of Messiah's best teams but for some reason they will not win it all this year. Just a hunch I guess and odds would look like this

Meesiah              9/5
Trinity                16/1
Wheaton Ill         20/1
Amherst             25/1
F&M                    25/1
Oneonta              25/1
Kenyon                30/1
Brandeis              30/1
Loras                   30/1
Tufts                    30/1
Whitworth            40/1
OWU                    40/1
Wartburg             40/1
Muhlenberg          60/1
CNU                      60/1
Cortland               75/1

[Durantula]

In the wartburg game the 4th official called a hand ball that happened about 40 sec before the goal. The Wartburg players were done celebrating and back to their spot when the 4th official called the center over. It was pretty odd.

[lastguyoffthebench]

I have this funny feeling that this is one of Messiah's best teams but for some reason they will not win it all this year. Just a hunch I guess and odds would look like this

Meesiah              9/5
Trinity                16/1
Wheaton Ill         20/1
Amherst             25/1
F&M                    25/1
Oneonta              25/1
Kenyon                30/1
Brandeis              30/1
Loras                   30/1
Tufts                    30/1
Whitworth            40/1
OWU                    40/1
Wartburg             40/1
Muhlenberg          60/1
CNU                      60/1
Cortland               75/1

Whitworth is going to reach the Final 4.... go into the half up 2-0 on Messiah before Payne takes over and scores two, assists one.    (2000 all over again for the NWC).

Whitworth beat Wheaton early in the year, but they don't get much cred because of the fanbase traffic.   I regret not watching them vs Berry...  Will definitely watch them vs CNU.


I would like 10 high fives on CNU at 60/1, and 20 loud chants on F&M at 25/1....  and the Final Four attendance on Messiah at 9/5.

[wingtips2]

This is a Kenyon College promotional video now on the front of the college website, so most likely done by admissions, but it is pretty cool with soph star Tony Amolo featured.  Less than 2 minutes.  Well done (although I'm biased).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mooxYdjcNU#t=34

"Tony Amolo '17 (Lagos, Nigeria) shows off his soccer skills while discussing life as an International Student at Kenyon College."

He must have been speaking pretty softly because I didn't hear a word...

[Mr.Right]

LOL....Cortland is better than 75/1 but they are playing Messiah so that immediately puts them there. Whitworth is 40/1 because of the immense travel as I liked them also against Covenant but for me their legs will be gone by halftime of the 2nd game if they get there. There are reasons for every team to be where they are. Muhleneberg has home field but maybe one of the weaker sides of the 16. On and on we go

[Mr.Right]

Amolo is a decent player from Berkshire School. I know of a couple Nescac's that passed on him and another couple who could not get him in.

[wingtips2]

I picked 12 of the 16 - St Lawrence, Babson, Dickinson, and Calvin all did me wrong...

11 of 16;  Bowdoin, MSOE, RU-N, Emory, MSU

F&M over Amherst
Wheaton over Trinity
Messiah over Tufts
Montclair St over OWU 

Wheaton over F&M
Messiah over MSU

Messiah over Wheaton

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2nd bracket:

11 of 16 in my 2nd one; RU-N, North Park, Calvin, Covenant, MSU

Oneonta St over Amherst
Wheaton over Trinity
Messiah over Tufts
MSU over Calvin

Messiah over Wheaton

F&M vs SLU (SLU is only team in my Elite 8 I'm missing - I think Brandeis advances now)
Wartburg vs Trinity
Messiah vs Mulhenberg
Kenyon vs Christopher Newport

Kenyon vs Messiah
Trinity vs SLU (Brandeis to break their duck)

Kenyon over Trinitiy

[oldonionbag]

Watched the Mules/Catholic game and was extremely unimpressed with the stream. Lagging, no announcer, difficult to see...anyone know if that was a one-time thing, or if the stream at Muhlenberg is just that bad?

[Mr.Right]

Must be nice in D1 the ACC, Big 10 and Pac 12 get 7 and 6 and 5 schools respectfully into the NCAA D1 tournament. Some of those ACC schools that got At-Large bids are like 11-7-1 and 13-7-2 etc. You lose about half your games and your in because you have a high RPI. With 24 At Large bids and 24 AQ's The ACC, Big 10 and Pac 12 get 15 of the 24 At-Large. That is top heavy.

[Mr.Right]

AGREE...Muhlenberg stream was like watching a game back in 2006 online.  Let's all send emails to their SID and watch them do nothing about it

[Sherlock Holmes]

Good luck with that. Their athletics site has to be one of the few remaining self-operated pages in the region, if not the country at this level. Was probably cutting edge a decade ago. Now it's stuck in the dark ages. It surprises me - it's not like they're a weak athletics program. I would've thought they'd have a fancy modern deal just like the rest of the region. And I'm not trying to be cruel, I know better than most that it's a pretty thankless job. Still, it seems like having a modern website would be one of the top priorities for an athletic department these days.

[oldonionbag]

Well that's unfortunate. I just clicked around it a bit and oof. It was like browsing Netscape with MS DOS on one of those red-colored Apple computers found in a late 90s middle school. Brutal. Not much hope for a quality stream if that's how the website operates...Surprised they have one in the first place!

[lastguyoffthebench]

Must be nice in D1 the ACC, Big 10 and Pac 12 get 7 and 6 and 5 schools respectfully into the NCAA D1 tournament. Some of those ACC schools that got At-Large bids are like 11-7-1 and 13-7-2 etc. You lose about half your games and your in because you have a high RPI. With 24 At Large bids and 24 AQ's The ACC, Big 10 and Pac 12 get 15 of the 24 At-Large. That is top heavy.

And 48 teams out of 204 make it vs 61 out of 409....

But the big boys should be the ones getting the bids.... it happens in hoops every year just the same.