2022 D3 tourney

[ADL70]

Story on CWRU https://www.cleveland.com/sports/2022/03/case-westerns-amazing-run-memory-of-a-deceased-father-and-a-local-kid-delivers-terry-pluto.html

[Greek Tragedy]

1st weekend hosts were just 8-8 getting out of the 1st weekend.

Mount Union and Swarthmore didn't even win 1st round games as hosts, but Stevens (topped Mount Union) and Keene St (beat Swarthmore) both lost in the 2nd round.

[Greek Tragedy]

How good are the Power Conferences?

The CCIW had 3 teams (2 hosts) in the tournament and all 3 advanced. The WIAC also had 3 teams and 2 hosts and NONE advanced to the 2nd weekend.  The NEWMAC had 3 teams in and only host WPI returns for the 2nd weekend. The OAC had 3 (2 hosts) and only Marietta plays the 2nd weekend. The UAA had FOUR teams (2 hosts) make the tournament, but only CWR moved onto the 2nd weekend.

Multiple Pool C teams from conferences

WIAC
Platteville (host): 1-1
La Crosse: 1-1

CCIW
IWU (host): 2-0
Wheaton: 2-0

NEWMAC
Emerson: 0-1
Babson: 1-1

OAC
Mount Union: 0-1
Heidelberg: 0-1

UAA
CWR: 2-0
Rochester: 1-1
Wash U (host): 1-1

[Greek Tragedy]

2 near upsets. WPI escapes with a 56-55 win and Elmhurst holds off Calvin 79-77. CNU smokes Stockton 93-54.

[TheOsprey]

What a great round of games today for berths to the final four. Starting with a massive tilt between #2 and #4 in a rematch!! 

[Greek Tragedy]

Marietta tops CNU after being down double digits in the 1st half. RMC has an easy game. Elmhurst gets by UMHB in OT and Wabash upsets IWU to finish out the Final Four.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I saw three of these four teams in person at the Great Lakes Invitational in November.  I'm happy to see them again at the end of the season.

[CNU85]

A pretty nice run for the CNU seniors. Even dealing with COVID, their careers included a Sweet 16 (COVID stopped that season), a final 4 and an Elite 8. a crazy time indeed!

[Greek Tragedy]

A pretty nice run for the CNU seniors. Even dealing with COVID, their careers included a Sweet 16 (COVID stopped that season), a final 4 and an Elite 8. a crazy time indeed!

Tough end for CNU. 3 losses and 2 of them to Marietta by a combined 5 points. Are all the seniors listed as seniors graduating? Any coming back for another year?

[CNU85]

A pretty nice run for the CNU seniors. Even dealing with COVID, their careers included a Sweet 16 (COVID stopped that season), a final 4 and an Elite 8. a crazy time indeed!

Tough end for CNU. 3 losses and 2 of them to Marietta by a combined 5 points. Are all the seniors listed as seniors graduating? Any coming back for another year?

Aigner and Beasley were 5th year players.
Peterson (love his game!) was a D2 transfer. I think he is done.
Brodie was a D1 transfer pre-Covid. Not sure about his status. He may be done. I guess it depends where he is academically.
Trimble  - not sure about his status

[thebear]

A friend of mine used to coach at JMU.

Brodie played there in 18-19 under the name Matthew Urbach.

He has only used 3 seasons of eligibility - 18-19, 19-20, and 21-22.

CNU played some exhibitions in 2020-21, but they are labelled as such.

[pedro12]

well, if you have to be in FW here are a few local places to eat. This is building off a post I made a few years ago.

within reasonable distance of the Coliseum:

Wu's - nicer local chinese restaurant with very good back menu.
Shigs in Pit - BBQ place about 5-10 minutes away.  Owned by a local microbrewery so they have their own beer on tap. reasonably priced.
Cork and Clever - steakhouse close to the coliseum with a good salad bar
Casa's - local italian chain across the street from the coliseum. nothing spectacular but good food and reasonably priced.
Baker Street- nicer restaurant with steaks and seafood close to the coliseum.
Burger Fi - Good burger place that also serves beer. reasonably price.
cebollas - mexican, fast service, reasonably price, close to the arena, my favorite salsa
liberty diner - my favorite breakfast place.  on the west side of coliseum blvd.



Dupont Rd area north of coliseum:
Black Canyon - nicer restaurant with quality food.
lucky moose - pub feel with a good variety. reasonably priced.
wings etc. - a little farther north on dupont rd, reasonably price with good wings and a full bar style menu
Ted's Beerhall – 30 microbrews on tap. Food. There is a "beercade" in the basement.
Nori – Asian Fusion/Sushi – I am not as sushi person so I have not eaten here but it gets very high review from people I talk to.
cebollas - mexican, fast service, reasonably price, close to the arena, my favorite salsa

Southwest FW:
Catablu - one of my favorites in town. nicer restaurant. they also usually have good items for special diets.
Eddie Merlot's - higher end steak house.  this is a chain but it is the original.
Chops – steakhouse with a wine bar
Umi Grill – higher end Japanese restaurant

donuts:
tom's donuts - south of the coliseum
rise and roll - north of the coliseum on dupont rd.  amish made donuts.  they are a little sweet for me but very popular.
Leo Donuts - Northeast of end of dupont rd almost out of town.

Unfortunately I will be out of town as my son has a U14 soccer tournament.

[Swish3]

A pretty nice run for the CNU seniors. Even dealing with COVID, their careers included a Sweet 16 (COVID stopped that season), a final 4 and an Elite 8. a crazy time indeed!

Come on, CNU85, it was better than that...comparatively, how many college basketball players can say they got to the Sweet 16, much less an Elite 8 and Final 4?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

A pretty nice run for the CNU seniors. Even dealing with COVID, their careers included a Sweet 16 (COVID stopped that season), a final 4 and an Elite 8. a crazy time indeed!

Come on, CNU85, it was better than that...comparatively, how many college basketball players can say they got to the Sweet 16, much less an Elite 8 and Final 4?

I don't know, if you're talking CNU, the answer is pretty much all of them.  Don't they have like eight straight classes of players who've been to a Final Four?  It's a very impressive run.  This CNU was playing their best basketball in March - they just ran into a team playing just a wee bit better.

[SpringSt7]

That reminds me---this Williams basketball class of 2022 is the first not to go to a Final Four since the Class of 2009. The classes of '08, '09, and now '22 are the only classes to graduate without a Final Four appearance since the NESCAC approved postseason participation.