WBB: Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference

[bbald eagle]

By the way, the CUA strength of schedule is absolutely ridiculous. Just about everybody they've played has an excellent record. I understand they've picked up a couple loss and they'll probably pick up a few more because this league is very good this year, but I really hope its factored in at the end of the year.

Matt -
The NCAA criteria are on line in pdf form.
Go to: http://www2.ncaa.org/media_and_events/ncaa_publications/championship_handbooks/winter/basketball/womens/
then click on: 2006 Division III Championship Handbook
on pages 15-16 is the quality of wins index (applies only to in region games). The NCAA assigns "points" for each regional game. A win is always better than a loss.  Wins at home count less than those on the road. Wins against better teams count more than those against weaker teams. A loss against a team with a good record is worth more than a loss against a team with a poor record, and a loss at home hurts more than a loss on the road.
Nice win over Dickinson 

[bbald eagle]

A posting on another d3 board says Catholic & Goucher are pulling out of the CAC in fall 2007:

http://www.d3sports.com/post/index.php?topic=4134.new#new

[njacfan]

College of New Jersey 60  Marymount 55

Arlington VA: Marymount which led by 14 points with 15:30 left in the game, loses to TCNJ from the New Jersey Athletic Conference. Marymount was led by Randi Jones' 11 points and 8 rebounds and 4 assists. TNCJ wa sled by Margo Buchalski, who came off of the bench to score 14 points on 5 of 11 shooting from the floor. TNCJ imporves to 5-4 and Marymount drops to 5-2. Marymount hosts another NJAC opponent, undefeated Richard Stockton 3pm on Sat. Stockton defeated TNCJ 70-55 at TCNJ a week ago.

[bbald eagle]

Mary Washington: 16
Catholic: Gone (twice)

[bbald eagle]

I never even get on these things as I tend to believe they can really be full of it. However, I decided to log on because Stockton College is the best team we've played all year and it is obvious--and we played and beat Scranton and Scranton is very good so this has to say a lot. ...  At any rate, I want to say that Coach Fussner is the best head coach I've ever seen and I played agains him this year and it was very very difficult for the first time to root against him. However, he tuaght me all I know with coaching and this game. ... Thank you and good luck to all of you out there as this business is brutal but fun as hell.

Margaret Carey
Head Women's Basketball Coach
The Catholic University of America

Full Posting:
http://www.d3sports.com/post/index.php?topic=4135.new

[bbald eagle]

A posting in the Daily Dose says Villa Julie has announced it is joining the CAC:

"ryry Says:
December 16th, 2005 at 2:53 pm
From today's Baltimore Sun, Villa Julie College has accepted an invitation from the Capital Athletic Conference to join the league in 16 of VJC's 21 sports. The VJC field hockey and women's lacrosse teams will begin CAC play in 2006-2007, while the other teams will join in 2007-2008.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-sp.digest16dec16,1,3124997.column 
"

[Pat Coleman]

A posting in the Daily Dose says Villa Julie has announced it is joining the CAC:

"ryry Says:
December 16th, 2005 at 2:53 pm
From today's Baltimore Sun, Villa Julie College has accepted an invitation from the Capital Athletic Conference to join the league in 16 of VJC's 21 sports. The VJC field hockey and women's lacrosse teams will begin CAC play in 2006-2007, while the other teams will join in 2007-2008.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-sp.digest16dec16,1,3124997.column 
"

This was on the front page of the site earlier in the week, bbald eagle, if you'd read there.

[bbald eagle]

This was on the front page of the site earlier in the week, bbald eagle, if you'd read there.

Pat -

I did read the prediction on the front page of D3hoops.  It still had to be fulfilled. The prediction proved good - the Baltimore Sun was the first I've seen that in fact there was an invitation that was accepted. Did I miss that on D3Hoops?

[bbald eagle]

HONOLULU, HI - The sixteenth-ranked University of Mary Washington women's basketball team saw all twelve players score in a 75-48 win over Meredith College on Sunday at the Hoop N Surf Tournament in Honolulu, moving the Eagles record to 8-0, and tying last year's team's record of eight straight wins to open the season. The Eagles were led by All-American Debbie Bruen, who scored 17 points and added nine rebounds, and sophomore Liz Hickey, who added twelve points and six boards. Freshman Leigh Kampman had ten points and seven rebounds for the Eagles, and Jessica Shifflett added seven points. UMW held just a 32-27 lead at halftime, but committed just three second half turnovers and shot 50% from three point range (4-8) to push the final margin to 27 points. The Eagles will take on NAIA school Concordia (Neb.) on Monday at 11 am Hawaiian time.
http://athletics.umw.edu/index.html

Meanwhile, Catholic lost by 2 to Christopher Newport, which next plays Mary Washington. Catholic ends the year undefeated at DuFour Center, but without a win on the road, perhaps fulfilling a prediction:

But an alternative explanation for the results that have been mentioned is simply, "the home team won." 

[Pat Coleman]

It was on the front page of the site on Monday evening, yes. Still is:

One of those schools is Villa Julie, which has been trying to get into the league for the better part of the past decade. The school confirmed its acceptance of a slot in the CAC on Monday evening.

[bbald eagle]

Pat -

Thanks. I misread that article a couple of times. 

[bbald eagle]

Mary Washington, #12 in today's D3hoops poll, moves to 9-0, beating NAIA's Concordia (Neb.) 68-63 in Honolulu yesterday. 

[Balder Eagle]

USA TODAY POLL
December 20, 2005
Division III Women's Basketball Poll
#16. Mary Washington, Va. 9-0 61 19

[eaglemaniac]

It was on the front page of the site on Monday evening, yes. Still is:

One of those schools is Villa Julie, which has been trying to get into the league for the better part of the past decade. The school confirmed its acceptance of a slot in the CAC on Monday evening.

With the defection of Catholic and Goucher will the CAC look to only replace those two schools or is there a chance for expansion of the conference?

[bbald eagle]

Sophomore center Liz Hickey record her first career triple-double with 23 points, ten rebounds, and ten blocked shots in Mary Washington's victory over Concordia (Neb.) College last week. Also in double figures for the Eagles were Debbie Bruen and Sarah Flanagan, with twelve points each.

http://athletics.umw.edu/wbindex.htm