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FCGrizzliesGrad

The coaches poll looks very similar to my predictions from 6 months ago...

1) Rose-Hulman       96 (7)
2) Transylvania        86 (1)
3) Hanover               80 (2)
4) Anderson             62
5) Mount St. Joseph 61
6) Franklin               50
7) Bluffton               39
8) Earlham               36
T9) Defiance             20
T9) Manchester        20
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Early into conference play and it's a cluster at the top.
6 teams (Anderson, Bluffton, Franklin, Hanover, Rose-Hulman, Transylvania) all sit at 2-1.
Earlham, Manchester and Mount St Joseph are on the board at 1-2.
Then there's Defiance who currently have the 3rd longest losing streak in D3 (Curry, Clarks Summit) at 25 games, their last win coming on this date 1 year ago when they beat Franklin 76-72.
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Defiance end their 26 game losing streak with a last second win at Spalding 73-72.
Spalding was up 1 with 6.0 left and at the line for a one and one... missed the front end, Defiance got the rebound and ran the length of the court for a layup with less than a second left.
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1/3 of the way through conference play and there's a split between the top half and bottom half.

Transylvania and Rose-Hulman both at 5-1 with the Pioneers having a H2H win.
Bluffton, Hanover, and Anderson all a game behind at 4-2. Andrew Renner of the Beavers perhaps the early leader for HCAC PotY, Cam Fails for the Panthers also in the running.

Earlham, Franklin, Manchester, and Mount St Joseph all sit at 2-4 and tied for the last tournament spot. Plenty of time for any of these teams to get hot.
Defiance rounds things up at 0-6 but they did pick up a couple wins in December to end their losing streak. Only one of their conference losses has been by more than 10 points.
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Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 06, 2019, 07:23:12 AM
1/3 of the way through conference play and there's a split between the top half and bottom half.

Transylvania and Rose-Hulman both at 5-1 with the Pioneers having a H2H win.
Bluffton, Hanover, and Anderson all a game behind at 4-2. Andrew Renner of the Beavers perhaps the early leader for HCAC PotY, Cam Fails for the Panthers also in the running.

Earlham, Franklin, Manchester, and Mount St Joseph all sit at 2-4 and tied for the last tournament spot. Plenty of time for any of these teams to get hot.
Defiance rounds things up at 0-6 but they did pick up a couple wins in December to end their losing streak. Only one of their conference losses has been by more than 10 points.

The cream seems to be rising to the top a bit in Hulman and Transy...those were the preseason #1 and #2. Been super impressed with Bluffton so far this year, and if you dig into their roster a bit...Coach Neal may have something built for the future as well. 3 of the starting 5 are sophomores and freshman and Renner will be around again next year. If they can't finish up top this year, they'll certainly be in the conversation next year.

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Big game tonight in Manchester between the Spartans and Quakers. Winner improves to 6-6 in conference and tied with Anderson for 5th place. Earlham took the first meeting 86-62 and a win would put them in a great position to make the conference tournament for the first time.

At the 2/3 mark:
Hanover (10-2), Rose (9-3), Bluffton (8-4), and Transy (8-4) all look pretty solid to be in the tournament, just a matter of who will get the byes.
Anderson (6-6) and tonight's winner (6-6) will have control of their fates.
Tonight's loser (5-7), MSJ (4-8), and Franklin (4-8) all still in the hunt.
Defiance (0-12) is just about mathematically eliminated from contention.
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FCGrizzliesGrad

Final week before the conference tournament. Still plenty to play for.
Hanover should lock up #1.
Transy and Rose both have winnable games but not easy games. 2nd seed gets a bye while the 3rd seed could have a challenge waiting for them
Bluffton and Anderson look like they're headed for the 4/5 matchup and will probably be hosted by the Beavers.
Franklin has been good lately, winning 5 of their last 6 and been competitive in just about every game since the holidays. I think the Grizzlies get in, but an upset somewhere could change things. Earlham has the easiest schedule remaining. Conceivable that 7-11 could make the tournament.


Battle for the two byes
Hanover (13-3) finish @ MSJ and @ Defiance which are two games they should win. They swept Transy and split with RHIT.
Transylvania (12-4) finish @ Franklin and @ Anderson. Two games that they probably should win, but will not have it easy. They swept RHIT.
Rose-Hulman (12-4) finish @ Anderson and vs Manchester.

In the tournament
Bluffton (10-6) finish vs Manchester and @ Franklin. They were swept by Anderson
Anderson (9-7) finish vs RHIT and vs Transy. Ravens have the tiebreaker over Bluffton but it's hard to see how they'll catch Bluffton based on schedules.

Last team in
Franklin (7-9) vs Transy and vs Bluffton. Split with Manchester.
Manchester (6-10) @ Bluffton and @ RHIT.
Mount St Joseph (5-11) vs Hanover and vs Earlham.
Earlham (5-11) @ Defiance vs MSJ

Also participating
Defiance (1-15)
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Not a good night for the top 3 teams
MSJ knocks off Hanover by 2
Anderson beats Rose-Hulman by 10
Franklin hits the century mark for the first time this season and blitzes Transylvania 101-81

With Franklin's win and Manchester's loss to Bluffton, the tournament field is set. With Anderson's win, Franklin is locked in as the 6 seed, top 5 seeds will be set Saturday.
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1)  Hanover (14-4)
2) Transylvania (13-3)
3) Rose-Hulman (13-3)
4) Bluffton (11-7)
5) Anderson (10-7)
6) Franklin (9-9)

Friday
5 Anderson vs 4 Bluffton (Anderson won 69-61 and 56-49)
6 Franklin vs 3 Rose-Hulman (Rose won 74-71 in OT and 67-65)
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At the halfway point in conference play with everyone having played each other once, the standings looked like this:
Hanover (7-2)
Transylvania (7-2)
Rose-Hulman (7-2)
Bluffton (6-3)
Anderson (5-4)
Earlham (4-5)
Mount St Joseph (4-5)
Manchester (3-6)
Franklin (2-7)
Defiance (0-9)

The second half of conference play went like this:
Franklin (7-2)
Hanover (7-2)
Transylvania (6-3)
Rose-Hulman (6-3)
Bluffton (5-4)
Anderson (5-4)
Earlham (3-6)
Manchester (3-6)
Mount St Joseph (2-7)
Defiance (1-8)

2nd half change:
+5 Franklin
+1 Defiance
0 Hanover, Anderson, Manchester
-1 Transy, Rose, Bluffton, Earlham
-2 MSJ
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Late to the party as most conferences had already started earlier in the week, but the HCAC finally gets their tournament underway.

4th seed Bluffton with a fairly easy win over #5 Anderson 79-68. Beavers led by as much as 21 in the 2nd half. They'll take on top seed and hosts Hanover. They split the regular season with Bluffton winning by 3 at home in December and Hanover winning by 23 at home a month ago.

6 seeded Franklin pulls out the upset against #3 Rose-Hulman 88-87 in double OT to avenge their only loss in the previous 8 games. Engineers led by as much as 10 in the 2nd half but Grizzlies got a layup with 11 seconds left in regulation to tie the game and hit two free throws with 5 seconds left in OT to tie it again. Franklin will face second seed Transylvania who they split with. Transy won by 4 at home January 16th while Franklin won by 20 just 10 days ago.
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