2017 NCAA Tournament

[Gregory Sager]

UST blew an eight-point lead with under 40 seconds to go.

[Ralph Turner]

HSU 109, LaGrange 103. Just curious.

When was the last time 212 points were scored in a Playoff game?

When was the last time that 2 teams hit 100 in regulation in a playoff game?

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

HSU 109, LaGrange 103. Just curious.

When was the last time 212 points were scored in a Playoff game?

When was the last time that 2 teams hit 100 in regulation in a playoff game?

Most recent example I can find is Illinois Wesleyan over Hope 108-101 in 2OT back in 2012.
Johnson & Wales beat Ramapo 114-106 in OT in 2011
For a regulation game... I don't know

[Greek Tragedy]

Big congrats to the CCC as Nichols and Endicott both win. I think Endicott may have been one of the last teams in and they beat #16 Salisbury, a team Ryan had going to the Final Four. Nichols tops #11 Neumann on their home court. They had 2 losses all year. I'm not sure anyone picked both to win and set up a 4th meeting. Great stuff!

[Gregory Sager]

HSU 109, LaGrange 103. Just curious.

When was the last time 212 points were scored in a Playoff game?

When was the last time that 2 teams hit 100 in regulation in a playoff game?

Most recent example I can find is Illinois Wesleyan over Hope 108-101 in 2OT back in 2012.
Johnson & Wales beat Ramapo 114-106 in OT in 2011
For a regulation game... I don't know

Grinnell makes answering such questions much easier.

Wheaton (IL) defeated Grinnell, 131-117, in the opening round in 1996. It was a regulation game.

Roanoke beat Shenandoah, 128-110, likewise in regulation, in the opening round in that same tournament. Those two games answer Ralph's second question.

[fantastic50]

Looking ahead to next weekend's sectionals ...

In the top-left bracket, I'm guessing that the NCAA will fly two teams to Marietta rather than three to northwest, even assuming Whitman wins.

In the bottom-left, Babson should host, with short trips for Tufts & Keene State, while Christopher Newport flies up the coast.

In the top-left, Williams, Endicott, and Susquehanna will be heading to Middlebury.

In the bottom-right, it's interesting.  Hanover and Wartburg are too far apart for either to host, so I'm guessing Augustana, but it could be Hope.

[AppletonRocks]

Looking ahead to next weekend's sectionals ...

In the top-left bracket, I'm guessing that the NCAA will fly two teams to Marietta rather than three to northwest, even assuming Whitman wins.

In the bottom-left, Babson should host, with short trips for Tufts & Keene State, while Christopher Newport flies up the coast.

In the top-left, Williams, Endicott, and Susquehanna will be heading to Middlebury.

In the bottom-right, it's interesting.  Hanover and Wartburg are too far apart for either to host, so I'm guessing Augustana, but it could be Hope.

Hope did a great job of hosting this weekend.  The bar at the DoubleTree could be staffed a little better....they weren't ready for two Wisco teams. 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Looking ahead to next weekend's sectionals ...

In the top-left bracket, I'm guessing that the NCAA will fly two teams to Marietta rather than three to northwest, even assuming Whitman wins.

In the bottom-left, Babson should host, with short trips for Tufts & Keene State, while Christopher Newport flies up the coast.

In the top-left, Williams, Endicott, and Susquehanna will be heading to Middlebury.

In the bottom-right, it's interesting.  Hanover and Wartburg are too far apart for either to host, so I'm guessing Augustana, but it could be Hope.

Hope did a great job of hosting this weekend.  The bar at the DoubleTree could be staffed a little better....they weren't ready for two Wisco teams.

Why in the world weren't you hanging out at the New Holland Brewing Company... seriously! The DoubleTree probably expects everyone to be at New Holland, instead. LOL

[Greek Tragedy]

Looking ahead to next weekend's sectionals ...

In the top-left bracket, I'm guessing that the NCAA will fly two teams to Marietta rather than three to northwest, even assuming Whitman wins.

In the bottom-left, Babson should host, with short trips for Tufts & Keene State, while Christopher Newport flies up the coast.

In the top-left, Williams, Endicott, and Susquehanna will be heading to Middlebury.

In the bottom-right, it's interesting.  Hanover and Wartburg are too far apart for either to host, so I'm guessing Augustana, but it could be Hope.

So, Dave, does this look accurate? I was wondering who would be hosting. Announced around 2 pm tomorrow?

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Looking ahead to next weekend's sectionals ...

In the top-left bracket, I'm guessing that the NCAA will fly two teams to Marietta rather than three to northwest, even assuming Whitman wins.

In the bottom-left, Babson should host, with short trips for Tufts & Keene State, while Christopher Newport flies up the coast.

In the top-left, Williams, Endicott, and Susquehanna will be heading to Middlebury.

In the bottom-right, it's interesting.  Hanover and Wartburg are too far apart for either to host, so I'm guessing Augustana, but it could be Hope.

So, Dave, does this look accurate? I was wondering who would be hosting. Announced around 2 pm tomorrow?

Yep... that is our thinking. We chose Hope ahead of Augustana when we did our at-large selections, so in that case plus the fact Hope seats 3500 fans easy (ish)... I think it goes to Hope... but it could go either way.

[Greek Tragedy]

Looking ahead to next weekend's sectionals ...

In the top-left bracket, I'm guessing that the NCAA will fly two teams to Marietta rather than three to northwest, even assuming Whitman wins.

In the bottom-left, Babson should host, with short trips for Tufts & Keene State, while Christopher Newport flies up the coast.

In the top-left, Williams, Endicott, and Susquehanna will be heading to Middlebury.

In the bottom-right, it's interesting.  Hanover and Wartburg are too far apart for either to host, so I'm guessing Augustana, but it could be Hope.

So, Dave, does this look accurate? I was wondering who would be hosting. Announced around 2 pm tomorrow?

Yep... that is our thinking. We chose Hope ahead of Augustana when we did our at-large selections, so in that case plus the fact Hope seats 3500 fans easy (ish)... I think it goes to Hope... but it could go either way.

Not to take anything away from Hope, but I assume they hosted over Wash U because of the Wash U women hosting? Man, with that crowd, I bet that was a big bonus, especially in the close game vs Oshkosh. And now they get to host the sectionals, possibly.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Yes... they were hosting because WashU women had priority. And yep, very good chance they return. But again... I think it is a 50/50 guess at this point.

[HOPEful]

Looking ahead to next weekend's sectionals ...

In the top-left bracket, I'm guessing that the NCAA will fly two teams to Marietta rather than three to northwest, even assuming Whitman wins.

In the bottom-left, Babson should host, with short trips for Tufts & Keene State, while Christopher Newport flies up the coast.

In the top-left, Williams, Endicott, and Susquehanna will be heading to Middlebury.

In the bottom-right, it's interesting.  Hanover and Wartburg are too far apart for either to host, so I'm guessing Augustana, but it could be Hope.

So, Dave, does this look accurate? I was wondering who would be hosting. Announced around 2 pm tomorrow?

Yep... that is our thinking. We chose Hope ahead of Augustana when we did our at-large selections, so in that case plus the fact Hope seats 3500 fans easy (ish)... I think it goes to Hope... but it could go either way.

I feel like on paper Hope hosts over Augustana via every criteria. The only reason I could see them sending the pod to Rock Island would be as a kindness to Hanover and Wartburg. For Hanover, they wouldn't have to play a true away game on Friday and for Wartburg, the 456 mile trip would be shortened to a much more reasonable 164 miles.

Hope   - WP 0.800   SOS 0.525   RPI 0.594
Augustana - WP 0.704   SOS 0.542   RPI 0.583   

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Looking ahead to next weekend's sectionals ...

In the top-left bracket, I'm guessing that the NCAA will fly two teams to Marietta rather than three to northwest, even assuming Whitman wins.

In the bottom-left, Babson should host, with short trips for Tufts & Keene State, while Christopher Newport flies up the coast.

In the top-left, Williams, Endicott, and Susquehanna will be heading to Middlebury.

In the bottom-right, it's interesting.  Hanover and Wartburg are too far apart for either to host, so I'm guessing Augustana, but it could be Hope.

So, Dave, does this look accurate? I was wondering who would be hosting. Announced around 2 pm tomorrow?

Yep... that is our thinking. We chose Hope ahead of Augustana when we did our at-large selections, so in that case plus the fact Hope seats 3500 fans easy (ish)... I think it goes to Hope... but it could go either way.

I feel like on paper Hope hosts over Augustana via every criteria. The only reason I could see them sending the pod to Rock Island would be as a kindness to Hanover and Wartburg. For Hanover, they wouldn't have to play a true away game on Friday and for Wartburg, the 456 mile trip would be shortened to a much more reasonable 164 miles.

Hope   - WP 0.800   SOS 0.525   RPI 0.594
Augustana - WP 0.704   SOS 0.542   RPI 0.583

First RPI isn't considered - but just on WP and SOS it's pretty clearly Hope. Secondly, there are criteria to be considered for hosting and "being nice" isn't one of them. In my mind it's either Hanover with a flight for Warburg, or its Hope.

[Greek Tragedy]

If one host requires someone flying in and another doesn't, it's pretty obvious what team will be hosting...most of the time.