Big games today

ronk · December 14, 2017, 11:15:09 AM

Quote from: hopefan on December 14, 2017, 05:56:29 AM
Yesterday's Big Game Results

CAC York (Pa.) H (7 - 0) vs CC Swarthmore A (8 - 0) York (Pa.) wins battle of undefeateds 83-79, should move in to top 25

2 big MIAC games:
MIAC Carleton H (3 - 0) (5 - 1) vs Augsburg A (3 - 1) (6 - 1) Carlton wins 66-64, stays undefeated in MIAC with St. John's
MIAC St. Thomas H (1 - 2) (3 - 4) vs Gustavus Adolphus A (4 - 0) (6 - 2) (is this it for St Thomas?) NO.. St. Thomas wins 64-51

Today's Big Games

Closest we can come to a Big Game is an OAC Matchup:
OAC Heidelberg H (2 - 0) (4 - 2) vs Baldwin Wallace A (1 - 1) (4 - 2)

I saw the 1st 12 mins but left early to avoid pending snowstorm on trip home. One of the refs was a former work acquaitance of mine and we got to talk for a couple pregame. Swarthmore was ahead 30-23 when I left; teams appeared evenly matched and balanced within each team(offense,defense,subs,etc.). to be factors in the post-season.

gordonmann · December 14, 2017, 12:34:27 PM

If you take this board and Darryl Nester's work on the Top 25, you've provided a great way to cut through the chaos of Division III basketball scheduling where there are 10 to 10,000 games a night to monitor.

Edited to correct the spelling of Darryl's name. The red is an homage to him.

Team First · December 14, 2017, 02:19:54 PM

QuoteI saw the 1st 12 mins but left early to avoid pending snowstorm on trip home. One of the refs was a former work acquaitance of mine and we got to talk for a couple pregame. Swarthmore was ahead 30-23 when I left; teams appeared evenly matched and balanced within each team(offense,defense,subs,etc.). to be factors in the post-season.

Watched the game online. It was a good one. Swarthmore does have a good inside presence, but their bigs got into foul trouble which limited their advantage there. York is solid. They hit some long range threes from all over the place and they have guys that can drive the ball. Swarthmore had some trouble with the defensive pressure and York had trouble rebounding early but both teams can make up for those problems with strengths in other areas; they both looked like top 25 teams. I'll get to see York live when they visit Dickinson next week. That should also be a good one as both teams seem aggressive on defense and can score from all over the place. Can't wait.

hopefan · December 14, 2017, 04:49:43 PM

Quote from: gordonmann on December 14, 2017, 12:34:27 PM
If you take this board and Darryl Nester's work on the Top 25, you've provided a great way to cut through the chaos of Division III basketball scheduling where there are 10 to 10,000 games a night to monitor.

Edited to correct the spelling of Darryl's name. The red is an homage to him.

Readers don't be fooled... the maximum amount of D3 games we see each year on a given day (Saturday) is around 200... that says there are some games vs non-D3 teams to add to the pot, but also some teams that don't play that Saturday that bring the number of games down..

I'm a numbers nut..
Saturday Nov 18 187 games involving a D3 team
Saturday Nov 25 95 games (Thanksgiving break)
Saturday Dec 2 189 games
Saturday Dec 9 160 games
Saturday Dec 16 Scheduled 88 games.... nope, not every team goes to Florida

Saturday Jan 13 scheduled... (full conference sked, but not all conferences play on Saturday) Scheduled 189 games

Still as Gordon mentioned and as I intended, for those of us who want to follow things on a national level up to the tourney, this makes things much easier...

Darryl Nester · December 14, 2017, 05:14:58 PM

Quote from: gordonmann on December 14, 2017, 12:34:27 PM
If you take this board and Darryl Nester's work on the Top 25, you've provided a great way to cut through the chaos of Division III basketball scheduling where there are 10 to 10,000 games a night to monitor.

Edited to correct the spelling of Darryl's name. The red is an homage to him.

I appreciate the correction, but I use red to denote losses on the Top 25 report. Are you saying I'm a loser?

gordonmann · December 14, 2017, 05:57:39 PM

No, but I am for not spelling your name right.

hopefan · December 14, 2017, 11:28:43 PM

Yresterdays (12/14) Big Game result:

OAC Heidelberg H (2 - 0) (4 - 2) vs Baldwin Wallace A (1 - 1) (4 - 2) BW beats the Berg 92-86... Ohio Northern alone at 3-0 in OAC

Today's Big Games 12/15
Again a very light schedule...Best game of day might be:
WIAC UW-Eau Claire H (5 - 3) vs MIAC Carleton A (6 - 1)
or
SCAC Trinity (Texas) TH (5 - 2) vs ASC East Texas Baptist TA (3 - 2)

on the other end of the spectrum:
SCIAC La Verne H (0 - 6) vs MWC Knox A (1 - 7)

hopefan · December 16, 2017, 03:42:45 AM

Yesterday's Big Game results:
WIAC UW-Eau Claire H (5 - 3) vs MIAC Carleton A (6 - 1) Eau Claire beats Carleton 63-56... provides good argument for WIAC rating over MIAC
or
SCAC Trinity (Texas) TH (5 - 2) vs ASC East Texas Baptist TA (3 - 2) E Tex Bap wins 99-92.... ASC still rules Texas..

on the other end of the spectrum:
SCIAC La Verne H (0 - 6) vs MWC Knox A (1 - 7) Knox keeps La Verne winless, 69-65 in OT

Today's Big Games 12/16
Surprisingly few big games on a Saturday that has 88 games scheduled... very few winner vs winner nonconference matchups or conference games that could change the standings dramatically..

GNAC Albertus Magnus H (5 - 2) vs NJAC New Jersey City A (8 - 0) the lone juicy non-conference game
WIAC UW-Stevens Point H (4 - 2) vs MIAC St. Thomas A (4 - 4) Throw it in with the big names
UAA Emory H (5 - 2) vs ODAC Guilford A (4 - 3) Will help show us who is a threat in the South

the OAC has two good conference games
OAC John Carroll H (2 - 1) (6 - 1) vs Ohio Northern A (3 - 0) (5 - 2)
OAC Mount Union H (2 - 1) (6 - 2) vs Heidelberg A (2 - 1) (4 - 3)

the SLIAC has two good games that will further establish the pre Christmas pecking ordre, but 1st place Blackburn should handle winless Iowa Wez
SLIAC Eureka H (2 - 1) (6 - 2) vs Webster A (2 - 1) (5 - 4)
SLIAC Westminster (Mo.) H (2 - 1) (4 - 3) vs Principia A (2 - 1) (2 - 4)

NOTE... undefeated Lycoming plays York today.. not the undefeated York (Pa.) team, but the CCNY York (NY) (3-5) team....hardly a Big Game

hopefan · December 17, 2017, 04:05:08 AM

Yesterday's Big Game Results:

GNAC Albertus Magnus H (5 - 2) vs NJAC New Jersey City A (8 - 0) New Jersey City stays unbeaten 81-80
WIAC UW-Stevens Point H (4 - 2) vs MIAC St. Thomas A (4 - 4) Throw it in with the big names UWSP 70-66
UAA Emory H (5 - 2) vs ODAC Guilford A (4 - 3) Will help show us who is a threat in the South Emory 84-58 (shows who ISN'T a threat....)

the OAC has two good conference games
OAC John Carroll H (2 - 1) (6 - 1) vs Ohio Northern A (3 - 0) (5 - 2) JCU over ONU 101-95 OAC now has 5 way tie for first with 1 loss
OAC Mount Union H (2 - 1) (6 - 2) vs Heidelberg A (2 - 1) (4 - 3) Mount over the berg 75-63

the SLIAC has two good games that will further establish the pre Christmas pecking order, but 1st place Blackburn should handle winless Iowa Wez

SLIAC Eureka H (2 - 1) (6 - 2) vs Webster A (2 - 1) (5 - 4) Shea shows, Eureka wins 81-70
SLIAC Westminster (Mo.) H (2 - 1) (4 - 3) vs Principia A (2 - 1) (2 - 4) Westmin dominates, sends Prin to Hawaii 73-53
AND Blackburn loses to Iowa Wesleyan!!! 4 way tie with one loss in the SLIAC

Today's Big Games: TWO HUGE GAMES!!

CCIW Illinois Wesleyan H (7 - 1) vs UAA Washington U. A (7 - 1) A GREAT Rivalry!!
SCIAC Occidental H (6 - 1) vs NWC Whitman A (6 - 0) Can NUMBER 1 Whitman be threatened by the SCIAC???

hopefan · December 18, 2017, 06:42:06 AM

Yesterday's Big Game results:

CCIW Illinois Wesleyan H (7 - 1) vs UAA Washington U. A (7 - 1) The rivalry is ugly this year Wash U 95-69
SCIAC Occidental H (6 - 1) vs NWC Whitman A (6 - 0) Can NUMBER 1 Whitman be threatened by the SCIAC??? YES, but Whitman prevails 73-69

Today's Big Games
Several good non conference matchups:

NCAC Wooster TN (6 - 3) vs SUNYAC Brockport TN (7 - 2)
MACC Messiah TN (6 - 3) vs NWC Pacific TN (8 - 0)
CCIW Elmhurst H (5 - 2) vs IIAC Buena Vista A (5 - 2)
MACC Lebanon Valley H (7 - 2) vs CC Dickinson A (5 - 2)
ODAC Virginia Wesleyan H (8 - 1) vs CAC Christopher Newport A (6 - 2)

The best conference matchup:
CSAC Gwynedd Mercy H (3 - 0) (6 - 1) vs Rosemont A (2 - 1) (5 - 2)

hopefan · December 19, 2017, 05:40:50 AM

Yesterday's Big Game Results:

NCAC Wooster TN (6 - 3) vs SUNYAC Brockport TN (7 - 2) Wooster 81-67
MACC Messiah TN (6 - 3) vs NWC Pacific TN (8 - 0) Messiah 80-62 Surprising
CCIW Elmhurst H (5 - 2) vs IIAC Buena Vista A (5 - 2) Buena Vista 74-66
MACC Lebanon Valley H (7 - 2) vs CC Dickinson A (5 - 2) Lebo Val 86-55 Wow big margin
ODAC Virginia Wesleyan H (8 - 1) vs CAC Christopher Newport A (6 - 2) CNU 71-68 2 GOOD teams

The best conference matchup:
CSAC Gwynedd Mercy H (3 - 0) (6 - 1) vs Rosemont A (2 - 1) (5 - 2) Gwynedd 87-83

Today's Big Games: Some interesting inter-regional games
CSAC Cabrini TN (5 - 2) vs SCIAC Chapman TN (7 - 1)
LEC Eastern Connecticut TN (8 - 1) vs AMCC Penn State-Behrend TN (8 - 1)
MACC Albright H (7 - 1) vs MACF Wilkes A (6 - 2)
NWC Linfield H (7 - 2) vs NJAC Stockton A (7 - 4)
NWC Whitworth H (8 - 0) vs CCIW Wheaton (Ill.) A (6 - 3)

gordonmann · December 19, 2017, 01:19:32 PM

Not sure if it'll be a competitive game, but North Central (Ill.) coach Todd Raridon goes for his 500th win tonight against Albion.

hopefan · December 20, 2017, 05:31:59 AM

Yesterday's Big Game Results:

CSAC Cabrini TN (5 - 2) vs SCIAC Chapman TN (7 - 1) Cabrini wins in Miami, 83-79
LEC Eastern Connecticut TN (8 - 1) vs AMCC Penn State-Behrend TN (8 - 1) E Conn 63-60 PSB big comeback falls just short
MACC Albright H (7 - 1) vs MACF Wilkes A (6 - 2) Albright wins the MAC battle, 72-65
NWC Linfield H (7 - 2) vs NJAC Stockton A (7 - 4) NJAC wins out west, 76-64
NWC Whitworth H (8 - 0) vs CCIW Wheaton (Ill.) A , (6 - 3) Wheaton with a stunner 92-84, despite Francis only 21 pts!!

Today's Big Games:

CSAC Cabrini TN (6 - 2) vs LEC Eastern Connecticut TN (9 - 1)
HCAC Transylvania TH (6 - 1) vs ODAC Emory and Henry TA (7 - 0)
MACC Lebanon Valley H (8 - 2) vs CSAC Gwynedd Mercy A (7 - 1)

hopefan · December 21, 2017, 12:59:09 AM

Yesterday's Big Game Results:

CSAC Cabrini TN (6 - 2) vs LEC Eastern Connecticut TN (9 - 1) Cabrini 87-76
HCAC Transylvania TH (6 - 1) vs ODAC Emory and Henry TA (7 - 0) E&H stays undefeated 82-78
MACC Lebanon Valley H (8 - 2) vs CSAC Gwynedd Mercy A (7 - 1) Gwynedd easy 96-81

Today's Big Games:

Sorry there simply aren't any big winner vs big winner games.....

hopefan · December 22, 2017, 05:25:31 AM

Today's Big Games: YES, there is one!!!!

WIAC UW-Stevens Point H (6 - 2) vs CCIW Augustana A (8 - 1)

and keep your eye on :
LAND Juniata TH (10 - 0) vs MACF Manhattanville TA (5 - 3) Undefeated Juniata.. Manhattanville has beaten teams they should, gotten clobbered by good teams... maybe they'll change things up tonight...