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Title: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 24, 2007, 02:41:09 PM
OK, this is kind of a corny thing that me and my college buddies used to do for various leagues.  We start the season with the previous year's national champion and award them the "Championship Belt" (think boxing).  That team can then hold the belt until they lose to another D-III team.  Then that team holds the belt as long as they can.  It's kind of a take-off of being "the team, that beat the team, that beat the team." Almost always the Belt winner is also the national champion.  I've tracked it back to the start of this season.  I'll keep track of it for a while and see if any else thinks its fun (or not).

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan (lost to Averett 81-73)
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett (lost to Guilford 74-69)
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford (lost to Virginia Wesleyan 75-55)
Jan. 7-Current - Virginia Wesleyan

Next Championship Belt game:  Tonight, Hampden-Sydney at Virginia Wesleyan

Since we are firmly entrenched in conference play it doesn't appear the Belt will get out of the ODAC until tournament time.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 24, 2007, 02:51:55 PM

That seems silly and pointless...






...which means it fits in nicely with half of the other boards on the site.  Cheerio.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 24, 2007, 03:20:08 PM
This is what 2005-06 looked like:

Start-Nov. 26 - UW-Stevens Point
Nov. 26-Dec. 6 - Lakeland
Dec. 6-Dec. 10 - Wisconsin Lutheran
Dec. 10-Dec. 29 - Dominican (Ill.)
Dec. 29-Feb. 3 - Southwestern (Tex.)
Feb. 3-Feb. 24 - Trinity (Tex.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Rhodes
Feb. 25-Mar. 3 - DePauw
Mar. 3-Mar. 4 - UW-Whitewater
Mar. 4-Mar. 17 - Illinois Wesleyan
Mar. 17-End - Virginia Wesleyan

Silly and pointless...absolutely.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 24, 2007, 03:29:13 PM
It reminds me of what they used to have here in the county back before the high schools consolidated. They had a traveling trophy and if two county teams played each other, and one had posession of the trophy, it was up for grabs.

Of course, the trophy was the "County Keg". I kid you not.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 24, 2007, 03:36:22 PM
Cool stuff...but, for some reason, I was expecting the list to be at least twice as long. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 24, 2007, 03:55:12 PM

It would be interesting to see if the "belt" could end up with a team other than the national champion at the end of the year, say a UAA squad picks up a big upset victory in the last game of the season and then doesn't get invited to the tournament.  That could be cool.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 24, 2007, 04:00:18 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on January 24, 2007, 03:55:12 PM

It would be interesting to see if the "belt" could end up with a team other than the national champion at the end of the year, say a UAA squad picks up a big upset victory in the last game of the season and then doesn't get invited to the tournament.  That could be cool.
Yes, the only way it could happen would be a situation like you described.  It would have to be a team without the resume for an at-large bid from a conference without a conf. tournament, or with a small field for the conference tournament (MWC comes to mind) that they fail to qualify for.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 24, 2007, 07:03:08 PM
I actually think this is a great idea... it isn't serious... and its fun to see what happens to the "belt" throughout the season!

Anyway... I will keep paying attention to the games (as I do) and this board... and maybe we will keep an update on the "Belt" every week on "Hoopsville (http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville)".
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Hoaf on January 24, 2007, 08:47:43 PM
I like this idea. Keep tabs on it and keep it up to date.

It's sort of like what they did on Sportscenter with the D-I BCS champion Florida Gators . They had such a long string of teams that lost to so and so that it went all the way down to a D-II school. So conceivably the NCAA D-I Football belt could have gone to a D-II school.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 24, 2007, 08:55:24 PM
Thanks for your support of weird, useless message board threads.

Virginia Wesleyan retains the belt with a 74-43 thrashing of Hampden-Sydney.  That's their fourth defense of the belt in a row.

Next Championship Belt match:  Saturday (1/27), Virginia Wesleyan at Emory & Henry

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 24, 2007, 10:56:25 PM
Quote from: Dave "d-mac" McHugh on January 24, 2007, 07:03:08 PM
I actually think this is a great idea... it isn't serious... and its fun to see what happens to the "belt" throughout the season!

Anyway... I will keep paying attention to the games (as I do) and this board... and maybe we will keep an update on the "Belt" every week on "Hoopsville (http://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville)".

Let's not go overboard. As was mentioned, it's not even going to leave the ODAC any time soon. This thing isn't likely to move for a while.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 25, 2007, 04:10:21 AM
Quote from: Dave "d-mac" McHugh on January 24, 2007, 07:03:08 PM
I actually think this is a great idea... it isn't serious... and its fun to see what happens to the "belt" throughout the season!

This would be even cooler if there actually was a giant leather belt with shiny baubles and gewgaws all over it, as in boxing and professional wrestling. Then it should be a mandatory NCAA rule that the head coach of the team possessing it has to wear it during games. Heck, if Bruce Pearl can wear body paint and look like an idiot during a Tennessee women's game, then the coach of the reigning "belt" team can certainly suffer a little discomfort and indignity around his midsection. It's not as though college basketball coaching is a dignity-laden occupation, anyway.

Besides, it'd make an even better article of clothing that he could remove and then slam to the floor in anger than a sportcoat.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on January 25, 2007, 08:40:01 AM
I can picture my old buddy Bob Johnson strutting around with the D3 world heavyweight championship belt on if his E&H system squad upsets Va Wesl this weekend  -  just laughed out loud and my next door office neighbor wanted to know what was so funny....... ;D ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 25, 2007, 08:55:19 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 25, 2007, 04:10:21 AM
This would be even cooler if there actually was a giant leather belt with shiny baubles and gewgaws all over it, as in boxing and professional wrestling.

Just Bill's To Do List:
1. Visit Leather shop (not that I know where it is  ;))
2. Visit Michael's Arts and Crafts
3. Construct Belt in garage
4. Write letter to NCAA
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 25, 2007, 08:56:06 AM

You might want to move #4 up a few notches, you know, just in case they don't jump on the idea as much as we have, God forbid.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 25, 2007, 09:08:20 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 25, 2007, 08:55:19 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 25, 2007, 04:10:21 AM
This would be even cooler if there actually was a giant leather belt with shiny baubles and gewgaws all over it, as in boxing and professional wrestling.

Just Bill's To Do List:
1. Visit Leather shop (not that I know where it is  ;))
2. Visit Michael's Arts and Crafts
3. Construct Belt in garage
4. Write letter to NCAA
Quote from: Hoops Fan on January 25, 2007, 08:56:06 AM

You might want to move #4 up a few notches, you know, just in case they don't jump on the idea as much as we have, God forbid.
Actually I think that it is do-able.

1.  Procure 8-figure financing for the "Just Bill's NCAA D3 Basketball Championship Belt" marketing campaign to sponsor the "Just Bill's NCAA D3 Basketball Championship Belt" on all media presentations, including bannerspace on D3hoops.com
2.   Outline marketing campaign to present to the NCAA for the "Just Bill's NCAA D3 Basketball Championship Belt".
3.  Write catchy advertising jingle for the "Just Bill's NCAA D3 Basketball Championship Belt", advertising what exactly "Just Bill" does.
4. Visit Leather shop.
5. Visit Michael's Arts and Crafts
6. Construct Belt in garage
7. Fly to Indianapolis to make the presentation and then go to Salem in March, 2008 to make your first presentation of the"Just Bill's NCAA D3 Basketball Championship Belt".  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 25, 2007, 10:23:42 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 25, 2007, 09:08:20 AM
3.  Write catchy advertising jingle for the "Just Bill's NCAA D3 Basketball Championship Belt", advertising what exactly "Just Bill" does.
This is the one that will do me in.  I still haven't figured out exactly what it is I do, although my wife has a long list of those things that I don't do.  I figure eventually she'll eliminate all possibilites and whatever is left will be what it is I do.

Wouldn't it be great to see a team enter the gym, led by the team manager and a security entourage holding the Belt over their heads?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 25, 2007, 06:02:25 PM
Not to beat you over the head with this foolishness, but I was curious who might be holding the Belt in Division I right now.  This list is unbelieveable, a veritable "who's that" of college basketball:

Florida
Kansas
DePaul
Alabama-Birmingham
Virginia Commenwealth
Appalachain State
Elon
Chattanooga
Wofford
Charleston

Yes, the D-I Championship Belt is currently being kicked around the Southern Conference where it will likely stay until the NCAA Tournament.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 25, 2007, 06:03:20 PM

A round of applause for Bill Self, ladies and gentlemen.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 26, 2007, 04:27:29 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 25, 2007, 06:02:25 PM
Not to beat you over the head with this foolishness, but I was curious who might be holding the Belt in Division I right now.  This list is unbelieveable, a veritable "who's that" of college basketball:

Florida
Kansas
DePaul
Alabama-Birmingham
Virginia Commenwealth
Appalachain State
Elon
Chattanooga
Wofford
Charleston

Yes, the D-I Championship Belt is currently being kicked around the Southern Conference where it will likely stay until the NCAA Tournament.

College of Charleston better make sure that some 6'8 kid doesn't steal the belt and spirit it off to Wilkes University.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on January 27, 2007, 04:09:53 PM
Well... the belt now belongs to Emory & Henry! Big win over Vir. Wesleyan today!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 28, 2007, 01:33:17 PM
Ah, the Belt changes hands!  Emory & Henry becomes the fourth different holder of the Belt this season.

Emory & Henry 124, Viriginia Wesleyan 101.

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan (lost to Averett 81-73)
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett (lost to Guilford 74-69)
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford (lost to Virginia Wesleyan 75-55)
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan (lost to Emory & Henry 124-101)
Jan. 27-Current - Emory & Henry

Next Championship Belt match:  Today, Randolph-Macon at Emory & Henry

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 28, 2007, 06:35:40 PM
Well, easy come, easy go I guess.  Emory & Henry barely had time to get the Belt resized before they handed it over to Randolph-Macon 106-102.

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Current - Randolph-Macon

Next Championship Belt match:   Lynchburg at Randolph-Macon, Wednesday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 31, 2007, 09:40:04 PM
The Yellow Jackets hold on the Belt in their first defense, beating Lynchburg 70-66.

Next Championship Belt match:  Saturday, Randolph-Macon at Washington & Lee
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 01, 2007, 03:29:46 AM
I wonder if Mike Rhoades took it off and horsewhipped Scottie2hottie with it after the game?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on February 01, 2007, 06:47:08 AM
I just had a thought  -  what if, in the non league part of the season, the belt passed on to a D2 or D1 school, or an NAIA school?   Or would those just be non title games???

Golly - a team could actuall hold dual titles!!!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 01, 2007, 08:47:20 AM
Quote from: hopefan on February 01, 2007, 06:47:08 AM
I just had a thought  -  what if, in the non league part of the season, the belt passed on to a D2 or D1 school, or an NAIA school?   Or would those just be non title games???

Golly - a team could actuall hold dual titles!!!!
On the first page, I limited it to D-III teams, but hell, it's all fictional anyway.  Perhaps we could set up a unification match!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 01, 2007, 08:59:10 AM

You can't have the title if you're not approved by the organization.  It's like all those boxing federations.  You have to get approved in order to fight for the title.  Certainly we're not about to approve D2, let alone NAIA. Eww.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on February 01, 2007, 09:06:49 AM
If the titleholder played a game against a team from a non sanctioned organization, could the commission strip them of the belt?  We'd have to set up a royal rumble of 8 teams on the court at once, first team to 100 hoops is the new champ.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 01, 2007, 09:18:17 AM

Well we'll probably have to have an actual belt before we put together a belt commission.

Also, you might have to handicap the royal rumble.  100 hoops is no fair to Wittenberg if Grinnell or UPS is involved.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 01, 2007, 10:19:23 AM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 01, 2007, 09:18:17 AM

Well we'll probably have to have an actual belt before we put together a belt commission.

Hey, cut me some slack, I'm working on it!  These hot glue guns aren't as easy to handle as they look!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 01, 2007, 10:23:35 AM
Just Bedazzle it!!! Heh!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 01, 2007, 10:38:16 AM
Quote from: smedindy on February 01, 2007, 10:23:35 AM
Just Bedazzle it!!! Heh!

It totally saves time and is a good value to boot.  (Although the shipping and handling can be a bear.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 01, 2007, 11:13:10 AM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 01, 2007, 09:18:17 AM

Well we'll probably have to have an actual belt before we put together a belt commission.

Also, you might have to handicap the royal rumble.  100 hoops is no fair to Wittenberg if Grinnell or UPS is involved.

Are you kidding?  Wittenberg would get to 100 hoops a hour before Grinnell.  One hundred points might be a bit closer, as it would only require about 35 hoops from Grotberg vs. 50 from Borchers, but I'd still take Witt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 01, 2007, 11:45:30 AM

Yeah, I was more going on the assumption that GC has 18 guys who are used to launching a million shots a minute, whereas the slow down teams are used to a more sedate pace.  They might miss more, but they essentially take more. 


We're well beyond where this analogy should have led us.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: diehardfan on February 01, 2007, 01:47:31 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 01, 2007, 11:45:30 AM
We're well beyond where this analogy should have led us.
That could be the motto of the CCIW Chat. :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: keith45 on February 01, 2007, 02:04:30 PM
This chat is HILLARIOUS :D ;D :D ;D
I actually read all three pages...does that make me a loser too..but still funny
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on February 01, 2007, 02:17:32 PM
I have to admit that an 8 team royal rumble, all teams on the court at the same time, score at either hoop, multiple balls in play, leaves a great deal to the imagination  -  all of a sudden I'm reminded of Mad magazine back in the 60s       a game they played called "squamish".....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: cawcdad on February 01, 2007, 02:32:55 PM
Quote from: hopefan on February 01, 2007, 02:17:32 PM
I have to admit that an 8 team royal rumble, all teams on the court at the same time, score at either hoop, multiple balls in play, leaves a great deal to the imagination  -  all of a sudden I'm reminded of Mad magazine back in the 60s       a game they played called "squamish".....
Was the Mad magazine game played in British Columbia? Click here (http://www.mysquamish.com/)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mrmike88 on February 01, 2007, 07:41:37 PM
I think it should be played NBA Jam style, with no fouls.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 02, 2007, 06:24:55 AM
Quote from: diehardfan on February 01, 2007, 01:47:31 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 01, 2007, 11:45:30 AM
We're well beyond where this analogy should have led us.
That could be the motto of the CCIW Chat. :)

Analogies per se aren't always the issue in CCIW Chat. Our multiple-page digressions come about in a fashion that is much more (to use April's favorite word) random. F'rinstance, I've been a fixture on CCIW Chat since it began nine years ago, and I never would've guessed that we'd have a three-day brouhaha over where a former CCIW coach and his wife chose to sit during a CCIW game.

Quote from: hopefan on February 01, 2007, 02:17:32 PM
I have to admit that an 8 team royal rumble, all teams on the court at the same time, score at either hoop, multiple balls in play, leaves a great deal to the imagination  -  all of a sudden I'm reminded of Mad magazine back in the 60s       a game they played called "squamish".....

Ready for a walk down memory lane, Hopefan? Here's that MAD piece on 43-Man Squamish from the June 1965 issue:

http://www.collectmad.com/madcoversite/index-quiz_olympics.html
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 02, 2007, 09:18:40 AM
I had that issue once upon a time...I got it at a garage sale. And of course, I sold it at a garage sale. Eeediot!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 02, 2007, 10:37:17 AM
I've been running a 43-man Squamish Fantasy League for a few years now.  If you want in let me know.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 02, 2007, 12:10:55 PM
I think the Grinnell System is based on 43-man Squamish to a very large degree.  The 'P' in 'Jeff P' must stand for 'Probate Judge.'   ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: diehardfan on February 02, 2007, 12:34:54 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 02, 2007, 06:24:55 AM
Quote from: diehardfan on February 01, 2007, 01:47:31 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 01, 2007, 11:45:30 AM
We're well beyond where this analogy should have led us.
That could be the motto of the CCIW Chat. :)

Analogies per se aren't always the issue in CCIW Chat. Our multiple-page digressions come about in a fashion that is much more (to use April's favorite word) random. F'rinstance, I've been a fixture on CCIW Chat since it began nine years ago, and I never would've guessed that we'd have a three-day brouhaha over where a former CCIW coach and his wife chose to sit during a CCIW game.
Hey, if I was Todd Raridon, I'd be a little miffed if my wife chose to sat in the opposing team's section.... :D

But I didn't mean just analogies. More like "We're well beyond where this (insert: analogy, dicsussion, argument, comment, word, game, etc) should have led us. I was just stating the obvious in that things tend to get discussed to death over there. :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 02, 2007, 12:57:21 PM
Quote from: diehardfan on February 02, 2007, 12:34:54 PM
Hey, if I was Todd Raridon, I'd be a little miffed if my wife chose to sat in the opposing team's section....

Hey, where I come from, if there's enough opposing fans in the stands anywhere to justify the use of the word 'section' we'd run for the hills as the apocalypse would be soon to follow.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 02, 2007, 01:16:58 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 02, 2007, 12:10:55 PM
I think the Grinnell System is based on 43-man Squamish to a very large degree.  The 'P' in 'Jeff P' must stand for 'Probate Judge.'   ;D
It wouldn't really be fair to force Grinnell to cut their roster down to 43.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 02, 2007, 01:18:42 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 02, 2007, 01:16:58 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 02, 2007, 12:10:55 PM
I think the Grinnell System is based on 43-man Squamish to a very large degree.  The 'P' in 'Jeff P' must stand for 'Probate Judge.'   
It wouldn't really be fair to force Grinnell to cut their roster down to 43.

It's ok, I think their conference makes them cut it for playoff games.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 02, 2007, 08:43:33 PM
I think Lawrence had 43 players on their team too! lol...not including the "angels"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 03, 2007, 07:25:14 PM
Randolph-Macon successfully defends the Belt with a 64-63 squeaker over Washington & Lee.  That's the equivalent of a split decision.  RMC's second defense of the Belt,

Next Championship Belt match: Sunday, Randolph-Macon at Roanoke
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 04, 2007, 05:26:10 PM
Randolph-Macon gets their third straight defense of the Division III Championship BeltTM with a 78-55 butt-kicking of Roanoke.  RMC is threatening to carry the BeltTM into the postseason, but they still have Viriginia Wesleyan (who has already held the Belt on two different occasions) and Hampden-Sydney standing in their way.

Next Championship Belt match: Wednesday, Bridgewater (Va.) at Randolph-Macon

P.S. Notice the special trademarking insignia.  I'm not about to let some corporate sponsor swoop in and steal my lame idea.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2007, 06:18:08 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 02, 2007, 10:37:17 AM
I've been running a 43-man Squamish Fantasy League for a few years now.  If you want in let me know.

:D!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 06, 2007, 06:20:10 AM
Ever since a guy at work heard that I play soccer (let it be known, it's a coed adult rec. league), he's wanted me to join his rugby team.  I think standing at 5'3" and 110 lbs or whatever I weigh, it's a good bet I'd get killed. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2007, 06:33:01 AM
Quote from: Old School on February 06, 2007, 06:20:10 AM
Ever since a guy at work heard that I play soccer (let it be known, it's a coed adult rec. league), he's wanted me to join his rugby team.  I think standing at 5'3" and 110 lbs or whatever I weigh, it's a good bet I'd get killed.

Just remember: They can't kill what they can't catch. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 06, 2007, 08:40:28 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2007, 06:33:01 AM
Quote from: Old School on February 06, 2007, 06:20:10 AM
Ever since a guy at work heard that I play soccer (let it be known, it's a coed adult rec. league), he's wanted me to join his rugby team.  I think standing at 5'3" and 110 lbs or whatever I weigh, it's a good bet I'd get killed.

Just remember: They can't kill what they can't catch.

Or you could just be one of those guys in the back who takes the long pass out of the scrum and then kicks it forward to gain field position.  Those guys always seem to have the easiest job.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Superfoot Wallace on February 06, 2007, 05:19:42 PM
Caught a match between the Royal High Corstorphine Rugy Club alternates against a local town team in Escocia.  The catch as catch can methodology worked for the town team for a while.  The Royal High Cougars fed me too many pints after the match and got lost trying to find my way home, luckily the winger for the town team was a night bus route driver and dropped me off near the pitch so I could gather my bearings and walk home.

In related news, the real Cowoboy Bob is Ellis, but Randys the man!  Too bad he doesnt get to grapple the BC alum at Wrassslemania.

Have some baubles and gugaws for the belt if interested. Howbout a manhole cover and some curb feelers.

signed,
Aziz the Busdriver (member of Jimmy the Kings posse)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 06, 2007, 05:30:21 PM
Quote from: MacLeod on February 06, 2007, 05:19:42 PM
Caught a match between the Royal High Corstorphine Rugy Club alternates against a local town team in Escocia.  The catch as catch can methodology worked for the town team for a while.  The Royal High Cougars fed me too many pints after the match and got lost trying to find my way home, luckily the winger for the town team was a night bus route driver and dropped me off near the pitch so I could gather my bearings and walk home.

In related news, the real Cowoboy Bob is Ellis, but Randys the man!  Too bad he doesnt get to grapple the BC alum at Wrassslemania.

Have some baubles and gugaws for the belt if interested. Howbout a manhole cover and some curb feelers.

signed,
Aziz the Busdriver (member of Jimmy the Kings posse)


Wow, that's the most grammatically correct drunk posting I've ever seen.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Superfoot Wallace on February 06, 2007, 05:54:39 PM
Actually very seldom drink Hoops.  Tends to get me in trouble.

Buddys took me out to Sullivans Steakhouse for our annual Christmas get together.  Fed me beers and vodka.  One of the guys in the group kept making toasts that were so obnoxious that I cant repeat them here (unless someone were to request?!? - probably shouldnt)

Well, to keep a brawl from breaking out between our neighboring tables the staff had to move our party of twenty or so to another section of the restaurant.  Why were their kids out with them at 10 oclock in a Restaurants wine cellar was the first thought that came to my mind?

Im pretty casual for the most part and was probably more annoyed than the neighboring tables with the conduct of my mates, so I kept my cool through the whole dinner, even though I had to drop an 80 spot for a steak and trimmings that I only partially received.

Well, after the dinner we are all walking out and as Im heading to my buddys truck, one of the wives in our group acts like shes gonna hit me with her SUV.  She stops short, but all full of built up angst from the dinner and some liquid courage, decided to drop to a three point stance and tackle the SUV.  As is usually the case I won the plank drill and the SUV folded up like tinfoil.

So,

steak with all the trimming only half served - 80 bucks
SUV turned into ball of foil -favor from my Honduran buddys body shop and $160
look on buddys wifes face - priceless

See why I dont drink.!

signed,
Dennis Hopper
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on February 06, 2007, 07:32:25 PM
The world will be watching Randolph Macon - Bridgewater tomorrow night for the big match.

(Well, I'll be watching Guilford - Hamden-Sydney, which should be a better game).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 07, 2007, 08:33:10 AM
Quote from: MacLeod on February 06, 2007, 05:54:39 PM
Actually very seldom drink Hoops.  Tends to get me in trouble.

Buddys took me out to Sullivans Steakhouse for our annual Christmas get together.  Fed me beers and vodka.  One of the guys in the group kept making toasts that were so obnoxious that I cant repeat them here (unless someone were to request?!? - probably shouldnt)

Well, to keep a brawl from breaking out between our neighboring tables the staff had to move our party of twenty or so to another section of the restaurant.  Why were their kids out with them at 10 oclock in a Restaurants wine cellar was the first thought that came to my mind?

Im pretty casual for the most part and was probably more annoyed than the neighboring tables with the conduct of my mates, so I kept my cool through the whole dinner, even though I had to drop an 80 spot for a steak and trimmings that I only partially received.

Well, after the dinner we are all walking out and as Im heading to my buddys truck, one of the wives in our group acts like shes gonna hit me with her SUV.  She stops short, but all full of built up angst from the dinner and some liquid courage, decided to drop to a three point stance and tackle the SUV.  As is usually the case I won the plank drill and the SUV folded up like tinfoil.

So,

steak with all the trimming only half served - 80 bucks
SUV turned into ball of foil -favor from my Honduran buddys body shop and $160
look on buddys wifes face - priceless

See why I dont drink.!

signed,
Dennis Hopper


Somehow this all makes sense to me.  It's like some gripping post-modern novel, plus the Hopper reference made me laugh out loud.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Superfoot Wallace on February 07, 2007, 04:16:41 PM
Prefer Kate Mansfield to James Joyce. 

signed,
the Vicar
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 07, 2007, 10:06:49 PM
Down goes Macon!  Down goes Macon!  Bridgewater scores the victory by a split decision 65-63 on the Yellow Jackets home canvas.  Bridgewater becomes the 6th different team to hold the Division III Championship BeltTM this season.  Bridgewater's first defense of the BeltTM comes against a team that's already held the leather once this year.

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Current - Bridgewater (Va.)

Next Championship Belt match:   Guilford at Bridgewater (Va.), Saturday.

P.S.  Current D-I Belt holder:  Furman (which is either a college in Greenville, SC or just a dude who likes to wear mink.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 07, 2007, 11:26:08 PM
I hereby predict that Guilford will hold the belt until the ODAC tourney.  At that time Va Wes will probably recapture it for the third time (though Guilford just might win that game), but neither will retain it past the sectional of the national tourney.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: TeeDub on February 08, 2007, 12:19:24 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 07, 2007, 10:06:49 PM
Current D-I Belt holder:  Furman (which is either a college in Greenville, SC or just a dude who likes to wear mink.  Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

O.J. comes to mind as well
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 09, 2007, 06:03:19 AM
Out of curiosity, I went back to see how the Belt would've traveled if it had started out with defending D3 champion Otterbein at the beginning of the 2002-03 season, the first season linked in the schedule pages on this site. Here's how it would've traveled since then:

Otterbein
* Lost to Tri-State, 11/22/02

Tri-State
* Lost to Albion, 11/23/02

Albion
* Lost to Ohio Northern, 11/30/02

Ohio Northern
* Lost to Hanover, 12/1/02

Hanover
* Lost to Franklin, 1/4/03

Franklin
* Lost to Manchester, 1/15/03

Manchester
* Lost to Anderson, 2/5/03

Anderson
* Lost to Bluffton, 2/8/03

Bluffton
* Lost to Franklin, 2/12/03

Franklin
* Lost to Anderson, 2/17/03

Anderson
* Lost to Transylvania, 2/19/03

Transylvania
INELIGIBLE FOR D3 TOURNAMENT (PROVISIONAL SCHOOL)
RETAINS BELT INTO 03-04 SEASON
* Lost to UW-Whitewater, 11/21/03

UW-Whitewater
* Lost to UW-River Falls, 1/3/04

UW-River Falls
* Lost to UW-Platteville, 1/17/04

UW-Platteville
* Lost to UW-Whitewater, 1/28/04

UW-Whitewater
* Lost to UW-Stevens Point, 2/10/04

UW-Stevens Point
WON D3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
RETAINS BELT INTO 04-05 SEASON
* Lost to UW-Whitewater, 1/4/05

UW-Whitewater
* Lost to UW-Eau Claire, 1/11/05

UW-Eau Claire
* Lost to UW-Stout, 1/15/05

UW-Stout
* Lost to UW-Platteville, 1/19/05

UW-Platteville
* Lost to UW-River Falls, 2/12/05

UW-River Falls
* Lost to UW-Stevens Point, 2/16/05

UW-Stevens Point
* Lost to UW-Oshkosh, 2/19/05

UW-Oshkosh
* Lost to UW-Stevens Point, 2/24/05

UW-Stevens Point
WON D3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
RETAINS BELT INTO 05-06 SEASON
* Lost to Lakeland, 11/26/05

Lakeland
* Lost to Wisconsin Lutheran, 12/6/05

Wisconsin Lutheran
* Lost to Dominican, 12/10/05

Dominican
* Lost to Southwestern, 12/29/05

Southwestern
* Lost to Trinity (TX), 2/3/06

Trinity (TX)
* Lost to Rhodes, 2/24/06

Rhodes
* Lost to DePauw, 2/25/06

DePauw
* Lost to UW-Whitewater, 3/3/06

UW-Whitewater
* Lost to Illinois Wesleyan, 3/4/06

Illinois Wesleyan
* Lost to Virginia Wesleyan, 3/17/06

Virginia Wesleyan
WON D3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
RETAINS BELT INTO 06-07 SEASON

... and thus the Belt travels onward to its current home in Bridgewater.

I don't know what's funnier: The idea that the Belt would have been denied to national champion Williams in March, '03 because it was held by a school (Transylvania) that was ineligible for the tournament; or the idea that the huge upset of two-time defending national champion UWSP last season by lowly Lakeland meant that the Belt was making the rounds in the lightly-regarded and now-defunct Lake Michigan Conference for over a month.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 09, 2007, 06:22:55 AM
I think it's interesting that one conference held it for two full calender years.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 09, 2007, 06:26:18 AM
Quote from: Old School on February 09, 2007, 06:22:55 AM
I think it's interesting that one conference held it for two full calender years.

It's pretty predictable, actually, that if it goes into the WIAC it isn't likely to come out again for awhile. WIAC teams rarely lose non-conference games. It just so happened that this stretch coincided with the two UWSP national titles.

That's what makes it so funny that, when it finally did come out of the grasp of the WIAC, it came out into the hands of humble Lakeland College.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 09, 2007, 11:34:25 AM
Two years bouncing around Wisconsin, we're lucky the Belt didn't choose to just strangle itself.  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 09, 2007, 01:05:57 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 09, 2007, 11:34:25 AM
Two years bouncing around Wisconsin, we're lucky the Belt didn't choose to just strangle itself.


Here, here!



(Says the guy who's never actually been to Wisconsin)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 09, 2007, 01:21:18 PM
Clearly two new rules must be instituted if the d3 Championship BeltTM is to become the revered institution we all long for:

1.  How can it be a Championship Belt if the champion does not win it?  Henceforth, if at the commencement of the national tournament the holder is ineligible for (or does not make) the tourney, the belt reverts to the last previous holder who is in the field (sorry, Transy; belated apologies, Williams).

2.  Belt holders are limited to d3 teams in good standing.  Otherwise we run the risk that a school from a different division (or organization) may cop the belt and it may be years before we even get a crack at winning back our own Belt.  Imagine the shame if our Belt were lost to a d1, then made the rounds of teams who never even PLAY a d3 school - oh, the humanity!  :o :'(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 09, 2007, 01:27:01 PM

No way, Ypsi.  If we're really copying boxing, the best fighters have to work really hard to get the belts and their constantly in the posession of inferior fighters.  You have to beat the holder to win the belt. 

The d3 only rule was already in effect.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: diehardfan on February 09, 2007, 02:23:51 PM
yeah, but provisional D3 shouldn't count as DIII!!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 09, 2007, 02:49:19 PM
Hmmm...I dunno about that. I think the more the merrier, as long as they are D-3 or on the way to be D-3.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 09, 2007, 03:00:55 PM

I say we go with the third and fourth years only, but still provisional should count at some point.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 09, 2007, 03:30:05 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 09, 2007, 06:26:18 AM
That's what makes it so funny that, when it finally did come out of the grasp of the WIAC, it came out into the hands of humble Lakeland College.

Unfortunately, Swampgoon and I were there to witness that fiasco...though Lakeland did play really well.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 09, 2007, 04:19:58 PM
I feel a strange sense of pride that I've sucked all of you people into debating the rules of this ridiculous competition.  If you can't improve yourself, the next best option is to pull others down to your level.  ;D  Mission accomplished!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 09, 2007, 05:11:29 PM
I'm heartbroken.  On the ODAC board, Pat called 'the belt thing' 'a little silly'.

Here I thought it was VERY silly! :-[ :'(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: diehardfan on February 09, 2007, 05:21:21 PM
What I love about our Hoopsville host friend is that he got all excited about it... and then Pat thoroughly shot it down.... sounds about right. :D

3rd and Forth year provisionals are okay.... I guess. But there is a bit of "does someone beating down ali who is wearing proper gloves with brass knuckles in a parking lot" sorta  similarities to the issue, IMHO.... especially when the provisional school was a scholarship school.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 09, 2007, 05:26:53 PM
Ali could take a punch; brass knuckles or no, he'd knock the sucka out!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 09, 2007, 06:29:13 PM
Hey... I'm still excited about it!!! Was going to mentioned it this week... including the incrediable work by Sager to work back a few years!!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 09, 2007, 10:57:08 PM
I think I mentioned it earlier, but back in the day, the local high schools in the county did a similar thing with a 'county keg' and it was all in good fun.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on February 10, 2007, 10:41:44 PM
Guilford beat Bridgewater (Va.), I the belt goes to Guilford.  Unless somebody has a rule against that.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 11, 2007, 10:00:16 AM
As reported earlier, Guilford strips the D-III Championship BeltTM back from Bridgewater 74-52.  The BeltTM is getting passed around faster than Paris Hilton's phone number.  Guilford earns the BeltTM for the second time this year.

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Current - Guilford

Next Championship Belt match:   Guilford at Eastern Mennonite, Sunday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 11, 2007, 11:17:16 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 11, 2007, 10:00:16 AM
Next Championship Belt match:   Guilford at Eastern Mennonite, Sunday.

Since Just Bill has glued all of the baubles and geegaws on the BeltTM, it seems like an exceptionaly "worldly" prize to be contested by teams of Quakers and Mennonites.  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 11, 2007, 02:17:18 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 11, 2007, 11:17:16 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 11, 2007, 10:00:16 AM
Next Championship Belt match:   Guilford at Eastern Mennonite, Sunday.

Since Just Bill has glued all of the baubles and geegaws on the BeltTM, it seems like an exceptionaly "worldly" prize to be contested by teams of Quakers and Mennonites.  :)
Maybe extra incentive to get rid of it?   ???   :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 12, 2007, 08:01:55 AM
Quote from: Dave "d-mac" McHugh on February 09, 2007, 06:29:13 PM
Hey... I'm still excited about it!!! Was going to mentioned it this week... including the incrediable work by Sager to work back a few years!!!

It was worth it just to have the laugh about Lakeland pilfering the Belt from the hands of the UWSP Goliaths ... or to watch the Marquess of Ypsilanti smack his velvet gloves across the chops of the Transylvania Vampires by unilaterally declaring Transy to be ineligible to hold the Belt back when they were a provisional.

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 09, 2007, 05:11:29 PM
I'm heartbroken.  On the ODAC board, Pat called 'the belt thing' 'a little silly'.

Here I thought it was VERY silly! :-[ :'(

Pat didn't like the Hoopsville Hex, either. He's got a blind spot when it comes to silly board fodder. ;)

Quote from: David Collinge on February 11, 2007, 11:17:16 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 11, 2007, 10:00:16 AM
Next Championship Belt match:   Guilford at Eastern Mennonite, Sunday.

Since Just Bill has glued all of the baubles and geegaws on the BeltTM, it seems like an exceptionaly "worldly" prize to be contested by teams of Quakers and Mennonites.  :)

The Quakers have reached consensus in meeting that Belt honor is not as odious as hat honor. As for the Mennonites, they've decided that if Just Bill constructs a Belt for D3 women's basketball as well, and one of the Mennonite schools should happen to possess it, they will alter it into a head covering. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 12, 2007, 08:58:52 AM
Guilford retains the D-III Championship BeltTM by winning the Holy War 84-75 over Eastern Mennoninte.  (Where exactly is Western Mennonite?)

Next Championship BeltTM match:   Washington & Lee at Guilford, Wednesday.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 12, 2007, 04:23:07 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 12, 2007, 08:58:52 AM
Guilford retains the D-III Championship BeltTM by winning the Holy War 84-75 over Eastern Mennoninte.  (Where exactly is Western Mennonite?)

Next Championship BeltTM match:   Washington & Lee at Guilford, Wednesday.

That's almost pay-per-view worthy!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: diehardfan on February 12, 2007, 04:29:12 PM
Quote from: Dave "d-mac" McHugh on February 09, 2007, 06:29:13 PM
Hey... I'm still excited about it!!! Was going to mentioned it this week... including the incrediable work by Sager to work back a few years!!!
I haven't gotten a chance to listen to this weeks show yet (though I did listen to about 4 hrs of hoopsville while cleaning my house yesterday) but I'm just going to guess you mentioned it despite Pat's protestations... And that also sounds about right. :D :P ;)

Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 12, 2007, 08:01:55 AM
Pat didn't like the Hoopsville Hex, either. He's got a blind spot when it comes to silly board fodder. ;)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Pat the one who took the pictures of the Hoopsville curse shirt that I made Dave?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 13, 2007, 12:56:52 AM
Quote from: diehardfan on February 12, 2007, 04:29:12 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 12, 2007, 08:01:55 AM
Pat didn't like the Hoopsville Hex, either. He's got a blind spot when it comes to silly board fodder. ;)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Pat the one who took the pictures of the Hoopsville curse shirt that I made Dave?

Pat may have a blind spot when it comes to silly board fodder, but he's also media-savvy enough to know a good promotional photo op when he sees one.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 14, 2007, 08:56:38 PM
D3Baseball.com has opened up a new door for me....The D-III Baseball Championship BeltTM.  Think about how many times it could bounce back and forth across the country on those Spring Break tournament trips to Florida.  It could even change hands then change back in the same doubleheader.  The timewasting possiblities are endless....

Plus, baseball players actually WEAR a belt.  It could be functional as well as idiotic.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 14, 2007, 09:56:58 PM
Guilford defeats Washington & Lee (both of them...at the same time!) 95-77.  That's two successful defenses in a row and three for the season for the Quakers.  One more win and Guilford will carry the D-III Championship BeltTM proudly into the ODAC Tournament.

Next Championship BeltTM match:    Guilford at Emory & Henry (both of them...at the same time!), Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 14, 2007, 10:07:39 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 14, 2007, 08:56:38 PM
D3Baseball.com has opened up a new door for me....The D-III Baseball Championship BeltTM.  Think about how many times it could bounce back and forth across the country on those Spring Break tournament trips to Florida.  It could even change hands then change back in the same doubleheader.  The timewasting possiblities are endless....

Plus, baseball players actually WEAR a belt.  It could be functional as well as idiotic.

Maybe Marietta will still have the belt when they play McMurry!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: diehardfan on February 15, 2007, 02:02:42 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 14, 2007, 08:56:38 PM
D3Baseball.com has opened up a new door for me....The D-III Baseball Championship BeltTM.  Think about how many times it could bounce back and forth across the country on those Spring Break tournament trips to Florida.  It could even change hands then change back in the same doubleheader.  The timewasting possiblities are endless....

Plus, baseball players actually WEAR a belt.  It could be functional as well as idiotic.
Too funny! Can you imagine sliding wearing such a thing? :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 15, 2007, 05:08:34 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 14, 2007, 08:56:38 PMThe timewasting possiblities are endless....

You really do have your finger on the pulse of what Posting Up is all about, don't you, Bill? :D

Quote from: Just Bill on February 14, 2007, 08:56:38 PMPlus, baseball players actually WEAR a belt.  It could be functional as well as idiotic.

I'd make the third-base coach wear it.

"If I point to this bauble right here, it means 'bunt'. If I point to this bauble over here, it means 'take'. If I point to the gewgaw right here in the middle, it means 'swing away'. If I point to the shiny brass medallion on my hip, it means, 'Disregard the next sign, and look for the second one' ..."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 15, 2007, 12:35:20 PM
Future exchange:

Player:  But coach, you said the green rhinestone was a hit-and-run!
Coach:  No! The YELLOW rhinestone is hit-and-run, the phony green emerald is steal and the faded photo of John L. Sullivan is bunt.
Player:  Who's John L. Sullivan?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 15, 2007, 02:01:23 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 15, 2007, 12:35:20 PM
Future exchange:

Player:  But coach, you said the green rhinestone was a hit-and-run!
Coach:  No! The YELLOW rhinestone is hit-and-run, the phony green emerald is steal and the faded photo of John L. Sullivan is bunt.
Player:  Who's John L. Sullivan?
Coach:  No, Who's on first.   :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on February 15, 2007, 04:30:50 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 15, 2007, 12:35:20 PM
Future exchange:

Player:  But coach, you said the green rhinestone was a hit-and-run!
Coach:  No! The YELLOW rhinestone is hit-and-run, the phony green emerald is steal and the faded photo of John L. Sullivan is bunt.
Player:  Who's John L. Sullivan?
BUT COACH... I told I was color-blind... I thought you pointed at the yellow rhinestones!!!

(Spoken by someone who knows about those color things... I tend to "go" when the light turns "white"! :))
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 17, 2007, 05:05:15 PM
Guilford retains the D-III Championship BeltTM with a 108-107 squeaker over Emory & Henry.  The Quakers survive the double team and will pack the BeltTM up for a trip to the ODAC Tournament.  I'm sure VWU is anxious to reclaim the leather.  Let's get ready to RUMBLE!

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Current - Guilford

Next Championship BeltTM match: Guilford vs. Bridgewater (Va.) on Thursday, Feb. 22  (That pairing is according to the good folks on the ODAC board. If it's wrong, yell at them.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 21, 2007, 11:49:21 AM
Constructing the Championship BeltTM in my garage has been harder than I thought.  Once I mastered the hot glue gun, I still had to figure out the appropriate number of baubles and gewgaws.  (Maybe the folks from MIT or CalTech could figure out the formula for that.)  Finding slightly aged photos of Sager and McHugh in a classic jump shot pose has also proved quite difficult.  Of course, it would all be easier if my wife would stop opening the garage door and shouting, "Why aren't you at work?!?"  She doesn't understand how to prioritize her life.

I'm considering outsourcing the job and I may have found just the right person (http://www.midwestwrestling.com/championshipbelts/belts.htm) to do it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 22, 2007, 09:55:39 PM
Strange that Pat didn't mention it in his front page recap, but Bridgewater strips the Division III Championship BeltTM back from Guilford 88-78!  Don't get too cozy with the hardware yet Bridgewater.  You've got to defend it tomorrow against seemingly the only ODAC team who hasn't held the BeltTM yet this year.

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Current - Bridgewater (Va.)

Next Championship BeltTM match: Roanoke vs. Bridgewater (Va.) on Saturday, Feb. 24
(P.S. It's also the ODAC Tournament semifinals for those who care about that sort of thing)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 24, 2007, 06:41:47 PM
Roanoke joins the D-III Championship BeltTM party!  They become the seventh different team to claim the BeltTM this season.

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Current - Roanoke

Next Championship BeltTM match: Roanoke vs. Hampden-Sydney on Sunday, Feb. 25.  The winner gets to the esteemed honor of taking the BeltTM to the Big Dance!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 25, 2007, 08:33:19 PM
THrow another shrimp on the barbie, mate!  My favorite Southern-Australian college, Hampden-Sydney rips the D-III Championship BeltTM from Roanoke ending their 24 hour reign.  HSC will take the BeltTM to the Big Dance!

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-Current - Hampden-Sydney

Next Championship BeltTM match: TBA vs. Hampden-Sydney
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 26, 2007, 08:33:13 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 25, 2007, 08:33:19 PM
THrow another shrimp on the barbie, mate!  My favorite Southern-Australian college, Hampden-Sydney rips the D-III Championship BeltTM from Roanoke ending their 24 hour reign.  HSC will take the BeltTM to the Big Dance!

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-Current - Hampden-Sydney

Next Championship BeltTM match: TBA vs. Hampden-Sydney

Will the Championship Belt be as highly coveted as the Walnut and Bronze?   :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pg04 on February 26, 2007, 08:48:29 AM
I have to say there have been a lot of transitional champions lately!!  Maybe HSC can hold on for a bit with a series of Disqualifications. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 26, 2007, 10:10:47 AM
The Walnut and what, you say?  I'm sorry I'm not familiar some other prize.  It's the BeltTM that they all want!

Next Championship BeltTM match: Hood vs. Hampden-Sydney (at Virginia Wesleyan).

It'll be kind of ironic if VWC ends up taking this thing back in round 2, huh?

(P.S.  Ralph, I've trademarked the term "Belt."  Anytime anyone else types it they owe me a quarter.  Check or cash is fine.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 26, 2007, 10:27:06 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 26, 2007, 10:10:47 AM
The Walnut and what, you say?  I'm sorry I'm not familiar some other prize.  It's the BeltTM that they all want!

Next Championship BeltTM match: Hood vs. Hampden-Sydney (at Virginia Wesleyan).

It'll be kind of ironic if VWC ends up taking this thing back in round 2, huh?

(P.S.  Ralph, I've trademarked the term "Belt."  Anytime anyone else types it they owe me a quarter.  Check or cash is fine.)

Fair warning.

Henceforth the "HoF approved" designation for the Bauble-Encrusted League Title-adornment shall be BELT and is not trademarked, so its admirers can avoid paying onerous royalties.

:D ;D :D ;) 8)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 26, 2007, 04:44:48 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 26, 2007, 10:10:47 AM
The Walnut and what, you say?  I'm sorry I'm not familiar some other prize.  It's the BeltTM that they all want!

Next Championship BeltTM match: Hood vs. Hampden-Sydney (at Virginia Wesleyan).

It'll be kind of ironic if VWC ends up taking this thing back in round 2, huh?

(P.S.  Ralph, I've trademarked the term "Belt."  Anytime anyone else types it they owe me a quarter.  Check or cash is fine.)

PayPal?  :P
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pg04 on February 26, 2007, 04:49:24 PM
I think the winner of the tourney should have to defend the b*lt throught the summer against all comers around the Nation! 

For some reason I really like this title idea  :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 26, 2007, 04:50:50 PM
Quote from: pg04 on February 26, 2007, 04:49:24 PM
I think the winner of the tourney should have to defend the b*lt throught the summer against all comers around the Nation! 

For some reason I really like this title idea  :D

It appears pg04 has found a loophole.  Damn.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 26, 2007, 05:39:49 PM
Quote from: pg04 on February 26, 2007, 04:49:24 PM
I think the winner of the tourney should have to defend the b*lt throught the summer against all comers around the Nation! 

For some reason I really like this title idea  :D

It looks kosher to me!   :D :D :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: diehardfan on February 26, 2007, 05:59:59 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 25, 2007, 08:33:19 PM
THrow another shrimp on the barbie, mate!  My favorite Southern-Australian college, Hampden-Sydney
P.Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney? :)

What about B#!+ ?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 26, 2007, 07:42:02 PM
My next hope for the D-III Championship BeltTM is that we can get a pre-game "weigh-in".  Both head coaches (and their entourage of assistants) talking smack, a posed picture of the two coaches nose-to-nose and then with fists up.  Maybe even occasionally a scripted melee breaks out.

I'm going to need someone to be the Don King of D-III basketball.  I'll take nominations now.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2007, 07:32:08 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 26, 2007, 07:42:02 PM
My next hope for the D-III Championship BeltTM is that we can get a pre-game "weigh-in".  Both head coaches (and their entourage of assistants) talking smack, a posed picture of the two coaches nose-to-nose and then with fists up.  Maybe even occasionally a scripted melee breaks out.

Plus, some head-shaving for the losing coach. Championship belts for the winners and shaved heads for the losers go together like Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson of the Rock 'n' Roll Express tag team.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 27, 2007, 06:55:58 PM
I like it.  I like it a lot.  But we do have a number of bald coaches in the country (I'm guessing. I've never taken a poll.)  What do we do with those guys?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2007, 06:30:54 AM
Shave their wives' heads. That'll double the incentive to win, above and beyond getting their own heads shaved.

Hell hath no fury like a woman shaved.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 28, 2007, 07:15:15 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2007, 06:30:54 AM
Shave their wives' heads. That'll double the incentive to win, above and beyond getting their own heads shaved.

Hell hath no fury like a woman shaved.

Ugh!  You have been looking at too many pictures of Britney Spears on the tabloids in the supermarkets!  :P
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2007, 07:30:26 AM
I was actually thinking of the two Sicilian prostitutes in the WWII novel Catch-22 when I posted it (their heads were shaved by the townspeople because they slept with German soldiers). But Britney Spears is even more in keeping with the general tenor of a D3 Championship Belt than is any literary reference. :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 28, 2007, 07:36:49 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2007, 07:30:26 AM
I was actually thinking of the two Sicilian prostitutes in the WWII novel Catch-22 when I posted it (their heads were shaved by the townspeople because they slept with German soldiers). But Britney Spears is even more in keeping with the general tenor of a D3 Championship Belt than is any literary reference. :D

So do we have Colonel Cathcart making out the men's brackets?  :P
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2007, 07:40:36 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 28, 2007, 07:36:49 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2007, 07:30:26 AM
I was actually thinking of the two Sicilian prostitutes in the WWII novel Catch-22 when I posted it (their heads were shaved by the townspeople because they slept with German soldiers). But Britney Spears is even more in keeping with the general tenor of a D3 Championship Belt than is any literary reference. :D

So do we have Colonel Cathcart making out the men's brackets?  :P

Yes. If he wins, it's a feather in his cap. If he loses, it's a black eye.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: wooscotsfan on February 28, 2007, 11:08:16 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 28, 2007, 07:36:49 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2007, 07:30:26 AM
I was actually thinking of the two Sicilian prostitutes in the WWII novel Catch-22 when I posted it (their heads were shaved by the townspeople because they slept with German soldiers). But Britney Spears is even more in keeping with the general tenor of a D3 Championship Belt than is any literary reference. :D

So do we have Colonel Cathcart making out the men's brackets?  :P

and could Milo Minderbinder be the bracket buster?  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 28, 2007, 11:30:36 PM
Quote from: wooscotsfan on February 28, 2007, 11:08:16 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 28, 2007, 07:36:49 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2007, 07:30:26 AM
I was actually thinking of the two Sicilian prostitutes in the WWII novel Catch-22 when I posted it (their heads were shaved by the townspeople because they slept with German soldiers). But Britney Spears is even more in keeping with the general tenor of a D3 Championship Belt than is any literary reference. :D

So do we have Colonel Cathcart making out the men's brackets?  :P

and could Milo Minderbinder be the bracket buster?  :)

No. the bracket buster is Lieutenant Scheisskopf.   ;D

I was sitting in senior high school AP English, bored stiff with another recitation of Beowulf and sneaking in some reading in Catch-22 when I came to the Colonel Cathcart chapter.

The sad thing about that is that I could not ROTFLMAO.  I had to squelch the best literary laugh that I have ever experienced.  :D

Who is Major Major Major Major?   ???  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2007, 07:13:01 AM
... and why does he bear such a tragic resemblance to Henry Fonda?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 03, 2007, 09:06:33 AM
G'day mates!  Hampden-Sydney keeps the D-III Championship BeltTM down under in the ODAC, by defeating Hood 68-65 in a first round NCAA tournament game.  The stage is now set for Virginia Wesleyan, BeltTM holders to start the season, to attempt to reclaim the "Leather and Baubles" (I might trademark that phrase too.)

Next D-III Championship BeltTM match:  Hampden-Sydney at Virginia Wesleyan, TODAY.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 03, 2007, 09:47:31 PM
Once, twice, three times a Marlin.  Va. Wesleyan takes back what they rightfully believe to be theirs, the D-III Championship BeltTM.  VWC holds the BeltTM for the third time season after beating Hampden-Sydney 61-51.  Yes, Viriginia, there is a Championship BeltTM.

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-Current - Virginia Wesleyan

Next Championship BeltTM match: Mississippi College at Virginia Wesleyan, Friday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on March 04, 2007, 09:00:25 PM
Well, site is regrettably VWC.  The Marlins carry the belt into 16, and they're in danger of hanging on to it into the final four.  Miss. College, Lincoln, and Guilford are obstacles that should provide plenty of fun, though.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 06, 2007, 02:06:03 AM
And just think, Guilford could have it for a 3rd time too.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on March 06, 2007, 09:35:41 PM
I think that to win the belt from VWC, you're going to have to pry it from their cold, dead hands.
Er something.  :P
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: TeeDub on March 07, 2007, 07:41:10 PM
Following the BeltTM thread here on D3hoops has become a favorite past time for me...I think the BeltTM may be Just Bill's ticket to future Hall of Fame status.

Good Luck on that Just Bill.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 07, 2007, 09:35:36 PM
"I wouldn't want to be in any club that would have me as a member." - Groucho Marx

Woe and misery will follow any entity which places me in the same group with Mr. Sager and Mr. Mann.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 08, 2007, 03:16:27 AM
I don't know about that. What could be worse than the maid knocking over the Ralph Turner bust and breaking it on the floor while dusting in the HOF rotunda? Now they'll have to sculpt a new one, which also means that we'll have to wait another year for the HOF bobbleheads to come out.

The good news is that the HOF Pez dispensers should be out in time to make great stocking-stuffers for the kids for Christmas. The one with Sac's head looks supersweet!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 10, 2007, 09:09:50 AM
Virginia Wesleyan retains the D-III Championship BeltTM 81-55 over Mississippi College.  I don't care whose ring you fought in, that's a whoopin'.  That sets up a tasty BeltTM rematch between two teams who have each held the leather multiple times this year.  It's Ali-Foreman!  It's Tyson-Holyfield!  It's Spears-Aguilera all rolled into one!

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-Current - Virginia Wesleyan

Next D-III Championship BeltTM match:  Guilford at Virginia Wesleyan, Saturday in the Sectional Final.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 11, 2007, 08:48:07 PM
It's always hard to know how the BeltTM will get to its final destination, but it seems approrpriate that last year's D-III Championship BeltTM holders will take it back to Salem.  Va. Wesleyan downs Guilford 81-71.  Ding! Ding! Let's get ready to rummmmble! [Damn, now I have to pay royalties to that hack Michael Buffer]  Let's get it on! [Ugh, more royalties!]

Next D-III Championship BeltTM match:   Washington (Mo.) vs. Virginia Wesleyan, Friday in a National Semifinal.

We'll see if the UAA can finally rip the leather out of the ODAC's hands.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 17, 2007, 07:12:19 PM
I'm a little behind so we'll just point out that Va. Wesleyan defeated Wash U. to hang out to the BeltTM.

Next D-III Championship BeltTM match:   Amherst vs. Virginia Wesleyan, Saturday in the National Championship Game.

Which brings us to....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 17, 2007, 07:21:30 PM
Amherst!  The Lord Jeffs treated Virginia Wesleyan like Lady Marmalade to claim rights to the D-III Championship BeltTM for at least the next six and a half months.  My inside sources in Amherstland tell me the BeltTM will be on display in the lobby of their gym, under guard and surveillance cameras.  It will be on display for only 10 minutes every hour due to the continued deterioration of Ralph Turner's photograph.  Lines are sure to be long.  Camp out, if necessary.

For the official record, the D-III Championship BeltTM path to Amherst:

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Next Season - Amherst

Thanks for indulging in this foolishness.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on March 18, 2007, 11:20:10 AM
Thanks.  I'm concerned about how long it may take to get the Belt back in the ODAC, where it belongs.

Also, I'm concerned about the deterioration of the Belt itself.  Perhaps the Smithsonian could help?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 18, 2007, 03:49:19 PM
Quote from: sludge on March 18, 2007, 11:20:10 AM
Thanks.  I'm concerned about how long it may take to get the Belt back in the ODAC...

I wonder if the NESCAC would deign wear it!  :o  ::)  :P  :D ;D :D 8)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 19, 2007, 09:30:46 AM

Plus, with the way the competition is for Amherst in the NE, they might not lose a game next year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 30, 2007, 11:13:00 AM
Did anyone watch the college slam dunk contest last night?  I certainly didn't.  I was glued to The Office marathon.  But I saw the highlights on Sports Center this morning.

I'm not clever enough to make this up, but they gave the winner of the slam dunk an honest to goodness championship belt!  I kid you not.  This thing is catching on like sudoku.  I'm sooo glad I got that trademark.

I'm searching for photo evidence.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 30, 2007, 01:36:19 PM
Williams is at the head of the list to take the belt away, they start 07-08 as the odds on leader at 4-1.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on March 30, 2007, 01:45:03 PM
The Big question is, will we be able to get the belt out of New England??  We may have to think about awarding regional championship belts..... 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on March 30, 2007, 01:48:08 PM
Quote from: hopefan on March 30, 2007, 01:45:03 PM
The Big question is, will we be able to get the belt out of New England??

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 30, 2007, 02:49:55 PM
Quote from: hopefan on March 30, 2007, 01:45:03 PM
The Big question is, will we be able to get the belt out of New England??  We may have to think about awarding regional championship belts..... 
Well, the South Region held the BeltTM all the way up until the last game this year.  Eventually, Amherst (or another NE team that's beaten Amherst) will have to play someone from somewhere else.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 30, 2007, 03:21:07 PM

Well you'd hope so, but we New Englanders sure don't like to give things up once we get them.

Anyone else see an Amherst loss to the #10 NESCAC team in the last game before the conference tournament?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 31, 2007, 03:46:37 PM
Quote from: hopefan on March 30, 2007, 01:45:03 PM
The Big question is, will we be able to get the belt out of New England??  We may have to think about awarding regional championship belts..... 

Not likely, untill sometime in the tournaments final four in my estimation.

I just hope it never leaves D3.........that would be embarassing.  :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 31, 2007, 11:41:31 PM
sac,

Such an unthinkable result has, in fact, already been thought of - non-d3 teams are not eligible to receive The BeltTM, as they are not members of the sanctioning body.  (The status of provisional d3s seems to have remained unresolved, but since they would play a d3 schedule The BeltTM would no doubt soon revert to good hands.)

I'm still troubled by the possibility of the tournament getting underway with The BeltTM in the possession of a team not in the field.  Imagine the scandal if the national championship team angrily rejected the Walnut-and-Bronze because they weren't given The BeltTM!  There might be rioting in the streets of Salem. :(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on April 02, 2007, 10:21:56 AM

It's not a Belt without some controversy.  It only invites press, which is never a bad thing.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on April 03, 2007, 04:23:26 PM

I'm not sure if you finished construction yet, but I searched for "gaudy 'championship belt'" today on google images and came up with this (http://www.extremesportdrumming.com/Images/Photos/2006WinterNAMM/2006%20Winter%20NAMM_02.jpg).

Apparently this guy's quite the drummer.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 02, 2007, 10:33:50 AM
Ah yes!  The season is upon us.  The smell of the hardwood fills the air.  And that glint of light in your eye?  It's merely the reflection of the sun off a well placed rhinestone or perhaps some exquisite sequins.  That's right...  the D-III Championship BeltTM will return for its second season.

A quick recap of the travels of the BeltTM in the 2006-07 season:

Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Present - Amherst

So many questions, so much drama.  Will the Lord Jeffs devour their non-conference opponents like crumpets at tea time, thus keeping the BeltTM in the NESCAC the entire season?  Will an upstart like Hunter or Lasell KO Amherst and take the BeltTM back to their own league?  Will Pat finally tire of the stupidest thread on the message board and pull the plug?  Only the basketball gods know!  (And they only know because Greg Sager told them.)

D-III Championship BeltTM primer:
1. The BeltTM is an imaginary title belt (think boxing or pro wrestling) which is held by one team until they are beaten by another.

2. The BeltTM despises all levels of basketball other D-III, so it cannot be won by a team from another division.

3. There is no #3.  Really, it's not brain surgery.

In the blue corner, making their first defense of the D-III Championship BeltTM: Amherst!  And in the not blue corner, the pride of the CUNYAC: Hunter!  Let's get ready to rumble!

Present - Amherst

Next Championship BeltTM match - Hunter at Amherst, November 16
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 02, 2007, 11:26:29 AM
Currently, Hunter is listed as 10,000-1 underdogs to beat Amherst and get the belt. Will Hunter be the Buster Douglas of D-3?

Um....no.  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 02, 2007, 04:00:51 PM
Sheridan's line has Amherst by 32.  :P
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 02, 2007, 09:40:57 PM
Is that at the half?

Seriously, is that the weakest opening game for a defending champion?

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 16, 2007, 01:55:42 PM
Gewgaws and baubles and leather, oh my!  Gewgaws and baubles and leather, oh my!

Let's get it started.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 17, 2007, 03:02:59 PM
Amherst is successful in their first BeltTM defense, scoring a TKO over Hunted, er, Hunter 103-79.

Next Championship BeltTM Match:  Southern Vermont at Amherst, Saturday
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 18, 2007, 10:40:08 AM
The Lord Jeffs lord over Southern Vermont 99-54.  Northern, Eastern and Western Vermont had no comment.  Next in line, oh come, oh come Emmanuel.  They're going to need every available Saint on their side.

Next Championship BeltTM Match:  Emmanuel at Amherst, Nov. 27
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on December 03, 2007, 09:48:22 PM
No more updates?  ??? ::) ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 04, 2007, 11:01:01 AM
Aaaagh!  I've got a new job and it's seriously cutting into my D3Hoops.com time.  I may have to quit.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ILive4This on December 04, 2007, 11:06:41 AM
are there ever real vegas odds set on D3 match ups, like top 5 teams or tournament games?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 04, 2007, 11:48:34 AM
Quote from: ILive4This on December 04, 2007, 11:06:41 AM
are there ever real vegas odds set on D3 match ups, like top 5 teams or tournament games?

No, in fact if you can't bet on it,  you can't even get a score while in Vegas. :(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: cawcdad on December 08, 2007, 01:30:12 PM
Quote from: Just BillAaaagh!  I've got a new job and it's seriously cutting into my D3Hoops.com time.  I may have to quit.
Quote from: Just Bill on November 18, 2007, 10:40:08 AM
The Lord Jeffs lord over Southern Vermont 99-54. . .

Next Championship BeltTM Match:  Emmanuel at Amherst, Nov. 27
I'll help a bit.
Nov. 27 Sucessful Belt defense: Amherst 99 Emmanuel 49
Nov. 30 Successful Belt defense: Amherst 98 Westfield Sate 49
Dec. 1  Successful Belt defense: Amherst 63 Western New England 51
Dec. 6  Successful Belt defense: Amherst 66 MIT 60

Nest Defense, tonight against Brandeis
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on December 08, 2007, 05:52:29 PM
The belt has changed hands!

"Down goes Frasier... down goes Fraiser!"

Brandies beat Amherst 72-62 tonight!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on December 08, 2007, 07:22:27 PM
First of all, as an alum of Brandeis University, tonight is a night for me to celebrate.  My school now has the D3 Championship Belt for the first time in its history.   As a fan, I expect Brandeis to defend this prestigious belt proudly against all challengers.  2 successful defenses will keep the belt in the UAA for the rest of the regular season, which is where I want this belt to stay.

Brandeis's first title defense is this Tuesday, Dec. 11, at home against the Curry College Colonels at 7 PM Eastern.  A successful defense will keep the belt in Brandeis's hands until January, so I want Brandeis to win on Tuesday.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 09, 2007, 12:44:12 AM

While I'm glad that the team I've been pimping for three years has finally stepped up in a big spot, Curry is in my home Commonwealth Coast Conference and surprisingly competitive this year.  They haven't done so well on the defensive end, but Guard Tim Jones is phenomenal.  You'll have to let me know what you think of him.  He's been hurt for most of the past three seasons, but seems to be playing great ball right now.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 10, 2007, 04:07:59 AM
Any truth to the rumor that "Deis! Deis! Deis!" spelled out in rhinestones has been added to the belt?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on December 10, 2007, 08:00:18 AM
The trophy shop was closed yesterday, on account of the Patriots game.  When I spoke on Saturday with the owner, he said that it would be a 3 day job to add these words to the belt and do it properly.

Rest assured, should there be a successful title defense tomorrow, the aforementioned words "Deis! Deis! Deis!" will be added to the belt.  The job would start on Wednesday, with the belt available to be picked up Saturday morning, 12/15.   No sense wasting the money only to lose the belt quickly.  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ILive4This on December 10, 2007, 08:08:31 PM
I remember that last year Curry gave Brandeis a bit of grief, and they were scouting hard during the tip-off tournament. I believe (although I could be wrong) that they play similarly to UMD, so it should be a good game, However I hope/believe Brandeis will win and keep the belt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 11, 2007, 12:33:58 PM

Curry played awful in their last match-up, so we'll see which team shows up.  The problem is their big guys don't like to be physical and their guards like to be too physical, so it can create some real foul trouble at times.

Tim Jones is a legit guard though.  I honestly think he'd be getting all-region consideration if he hadn't been hurt every season.  His numbers are ok, but you have to see him play and the difference he makes to this team to really understand.

I wish I could be there to check it out, even though I'd take Brandeis by 15.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on December 11, 2007, 08:32:10 PM
Successful title defense for Brandeis tonight.

Brandeis 78, Curry 67 Final

Next title defense:  1/7/2008 at Elms College Blazers

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on December 12, 2007, 09:07:57 AM
I just wanted to add that Rice University had no comment on the 'Deis v. Curry game last night. :D

Well, it is off to the virtual trophy shop today in order to get the words "Deis! Deis! Deis!" added in rhinestones to the b*lt.  In addition, I plan to have an imaginary replica b*lt created out of "l*ather and b*ubles".  The imaginary replica will have the "Deis! Deis! Deis!" on it, and it will also have a spinning version of the Brandeis mascot Ollie the Owl, also created out of rhinestones.   The original b*lt should be available for me to pick up on Saturday while the replica will be available by Dec. 30.

During title defenses, coach Meehan will wear the "original", while someone else will wear the "replica".  If I am not available to wear the "replica", then coach Tabb will wear the "replica", so that both will be worn at all Brandeis title defenses.  If the original changes hands, then the replica also changes hands as well. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 12, 2007, 11:14:37 AM
Now that we have a replica we may want to keep the original under tight security in a contaminant-free environment.  Perhaps we can reveal it for 10 minutes a day, provided all witnesses wear air exchange regulation devices.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 12, 2007, 03:12:45 PM

Well, I guess that game couldn't have gone any more closely to what I predicted.  Curry shot the ball well and played with Deis only to lose out because none of the CC players like to rebound.

I do suspect Brandeis will encounter more capable competition in the future, so we might see this belt change hands a few times this season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on December 12, 2007, 06:12:07 PM
In accordance with Just Bill's wishes, when the original b*lt comes out of the virtual trophy shop, it will head straight to a tightly secure, contaminant free environment in the metro "virtual Boston" area.  It will be transported in an armored van replicating the conditions that Just Bill specifies, under armed guard to every title defense.  Brandeis assumes all responsibility for the security of both b*lts until another team defeats the Judges to take possession.   Visitors to the environment are welcome under the conditions that Just Bill specifies, but each visitor must have written permission from the Brandeis athletic director to view the original b*lt.

The replica will stay in the "virtual trophy room" on the virtual Brandeis campus after it is made available on Dec. 30.   It will also be transported under armed guard to every title defense. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: frank uible on December 12, 2007, 07:29:58 PM
Do I need to wash my hands before I click my mouse in the virtual trophy room?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 12, 2007, 08:33:02 PM
Quote from: frank uible on December 12, 2007, 07:29:58 PM
Do I need to wash my hands before I click my mouse in the virtual trophy room?

At a minimum - (virtually) boiling your hands would be better! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on December 28, 2007, 12:47:04 PM
Update on the b*lt--

The original b*lt is now being stored in a secret, contaminant-free environment somewhere within the confines of the "virtual" metro-Boston area, and the replica will be ready by Dec. 30.

Meanwhile, representatives from other UAA teams are also inquiring about the status of replica b*lts in the "likely" scenario of Brandeis losing a title defense in UAA play.  Each UAA team will be responsible for creating its own replica b*lt according to each team's wishes.  Should any replica b*lt be forced to change hands, the replicas will be surrendered to "virtual" UAA headquarters in the "virtual Rochester, NY area" so as to prevent damage.  UAA headquarters have agreed to store any replica b*lts created by teams in the UAA that do not currently possess the original Just Bill's D3 Championship b*lt.

In addition, a rule has been proposed by the UAA "virtual men's basketball committee" that states that if a UAA team in possession of the Just Bill's D3 Championship b*lt at the end of regular season play on March 1 does not get invited to the NCAA tournament, then the University Athletic Association (UAA) gains ownership of the b*lt, and the UAA automatic qualifier will defend the belt in the NCAA tournament on the UAA's behalf.  In that scenario, should the UAA automatic qualifier win the Walnut and Bronze, then that team will also win the b*lt.  Unless there are any objections from representatives of other UAA teams, then this proposal will go up for debate on Monday, January 14, 2008-- unless Elms wins on Jan. 7.  I support this proposal, as I believe that the b*lt should in all fairness be able to be held by a national champion at the end of the season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 08, 2008, 10:32:12 AM
Wow! The Judges almost needed to declare a mis-trial, but managed to slip by Elms 96-94 in OT.  The Judges hold the belt and take it into UAA play.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 08, 2008, 01:06:51 PM
I would have loved to see the b*lt travel the North Atlantic Conference for a week, but I think that Amherst would have recaptured it from Elms next week.  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on January 10, 2008, 10:33:24 AM
Next title defense for Brandeis is in New York City, but unfortunately, it will not be at Madison Square Garden.  However, the Coles Center will do nicely.  :)

The original and replica b*lts are all set for travelling down "virtual I-95" to New York on Friday for Saturday's title defense against the NYU Violets.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on January 11, 2008, 02:12:10 PM
The b*lts have now arrived in the virtual version of "New York City" and are being secured.

ESPNZone in the virtual version of Times Square is asking me to at least put up the replica version for display tonight-- I'm looking into it.... :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ILive4This on January 11, 2008, 09:41:02 PM
As it is still technically spring break, and a number of Brandeis students and alumni live in the NYC area, and others are planning a bit of a "road trip" there should be a decent Brandeis contingent at the game. No fan bus like last years regular season ending game. That being said it will be quality of fans over quantity cheering on the Judges.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 11, 2008, 10:36:39 PM
Spring break already? Man ...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on January 12, 2008, 08:48:30 PM
It was a successful title defense for Brandeis today over NYU, and the b*lt still remains in Brandeis's hands until next Friday.

The original and replica b*lts are currently in the "virtual ESPNZone" for display while the Patriots play the Jaguars.  They will be back in the virtual Boston area tomorrow afternoon.

Next title defense for Brandeis:  Friday, Jan. 18, 2008 vs. Carnegie Mellon Tartans at Skibo Gym in Pittsburgh, PA.

A successful title defense on Friday will send the b*lts on to the virtual version of Rochester, NY-- where the Yellowjackets await.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on January 17, 2008, 03:37:52 PM
The b*lts are now being virtually transported to Pittsburgh, PA, where they will be secured tonight for tomorrow's game.

I will not be present for the title defense(s) this weekend, so Coach Tabb will be wearing the "replica b*lt", at least for Friday's defense.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on January 18, 2008, 10:09:42 PM
It was a successful title defense by Brandeis tonight, as the Judges def. the Tartans in Pittsburgh by a 60-48 score.

The b*lts will "virtually depart" Pittsburgh at 8 AM Eastern tomorrow to go on to Rochester, NY for Sunday's big title defense.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 20, 2008, 02:12:31 PM
Down go the Judges!  Down go the Judges!

Rochester approcahes the bench and swipes the D-III Championship BeltTM right from under their powdered wigs, 74-68.  May the Big R covet and protect the BeltTM as passionately as Brandeis did.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on January 21, 2008, 03:17:19 PM
I was not able to get to a computer with Internet access yesterday (I got updated by cell phone from Rochester on the title change), so I would like to send my congrats to Rochester on capturing the b*lts.

The replica b*lt is being kept at UAA Headquarters in nearby virtual Pittsford, NY, where it is up to Rochester now to decide on the security of the b*lts.  Treat and defend them well, Rochester, and I look forward to another chance to challenge for the Just Bill's b*lt later this season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on January 26, 2008, 01:01:55 AM
Like almost every visitor to Atlanta, it looks like the D-III Championship BeltTM turned right at the corner of Peachtree Av. and Peachtree St. , when it should have gone another block and turned left on Peachtree Ct., and ended up getting lost on Peachtree Blvd.  By the time it found its way, it's short-term owner had given it up for lost and skipped town.  So the BeltTM gets to spend the weekend (at least) visiting Underground Atlanta, Stone Mountain, and maybe even the World's Busiest Airport. 

But watch out; I hear there's some nasties from Pittsboigh headed South as we speak, and they've got BeltTM on their minds.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 26, 2008, 03:08:13 PM
I guess Rochester got 'belted', as it were!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 26, 2008, 07:04:36 PM
I'm thinking someone should hook the belt up with some kind of frequent flyer miles program.

It may change hands a few times in the UAA. 8)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 26, 2008, 07:10:11 PM
Quote from: sac on January 26, 2008, 07:04:36 PM
I'm thinking someone should hook the belt up with some kind of frequent flyer miles program.

It may change hands a few times in the UAA. 8)
Who knows, with all of the things that deiscanton did to the B*lt while he had in that "virtual" universe that he created, he may have set up an account and is getting the miles for himself!

:D  :o  8)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 27, 2008, 05:23:23 PM
Emory with a succesfull defense today, no trip to Pittsburgh for the belt.  Real or virtual.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 28, 2008, 11:01:13 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on January 26, 2008, 01:01:55 AM
Like almost every visitor to Atlanta, it looks like the D-III Championship BeltTM turned right at the corner of Peachtree Av. and Peachtree St. , when it should have gone another block and turned left on Peachtree Ct., and ended up getting lost on Peachtree Blvd.  By the time it found its way, it's short-term owner had given it up for lost and skipped town.  So the BeltTM gets to spend the weekend (at least) visiting Underground Atlanta, Stone Mountain, and maybe even the World's Busiest Airport. 

But watch out; I hear there's some nasties from Pittsboigh headed South as we speak, and they've got BeltTM on their minds.

Brilliant!  I can picture the scene at the Atlanta airport.  Duffel bags scattered around outside the team bus with players frantically searching through them...

Rochester Coach:  "C'mon everybody keep looking.  It HAS to be here somewhere!  Let's retrace our steps.  We had it when we landed.  We had it at the hotel.  We had it when we went INTO Emory's gym.  And now it's gone.  I just don't get it."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on January 28, 2008, 11:14:20 AM
Well, when the UR team was at the Atlanta airport, they were about to board a plane for Cleveland (to face Case Western Reserve), and anyone who knows anything about Cleveland knows that the words "sports" and "championship" don't work together there.  It's no wonder the BeltTM decided to stay in Atlanta!  :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on February 01, 2008, 10:14:00 PM
Well, old New York didn't want to wait until the Super Bowl on Sunday to start celebrating something.  They wanted to celebrate something tonight, and they got it. 

The NYU Violets plucked the b*lt from right under Dooley the Emory skeleton's bony fingers tonight, and NYU is the new Just Bill's D3 Men's Basketball champion.

The b*lt will finally head off to Cleveland for NYU's first title defense on Sunday against Case.  Case has 2 consecutive chances now to try to take the b*lt from NYU, as the b*lt will return to New York for next Friday's UAA game no matter who gets it on Sunday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 01, 2008, 10:19:11 PM
Great news!  I finally get to see the BeltTM in person, up at Case on Sunday.  And it will be a history-making event; I may be the first person in history to approach a the bearer of a Championship Belt as it is paraded into the ring for a title defense, yell "you're going down, Violet!", and live to tell about it. :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 13, 2008, 12:19:03 AM
In case anyone was wondering, the b*lt is still in New York.

Carnegie Mellon and Rochester get their shots this week in the Big Apple.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 13, 2008, 12:48:13 AM
While I doubt that the Violets could go unscathed in a gauntlet of CM, Rochester, @Chicago, @WashU, and @Brandeis, the possiblility exists that a 10-4 UAA, and 17-6 NYU could miss the post-season.  Is a crisis team up and running in case the b*lt is not up for grabs in the tourney? :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pabegg on February 13, 2008, 06:56:42 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 13, 2008, 12:48:13 AM
While I doubt that the Violets could go unscathed in a gauntlet of CM, Rochester, @Chicago, @WashU, and @Brandeis, the possiblility exists that a 10-4 UAA, and 17-6 NYU could miss the post-season.  Is a crisis team up and running in case the b*lt is not up for grabs in the tourney? :D

I believe the established protocol is that the UAA champion would carry the belt into the NCAAs. But could NYU take another copy into the ECACs?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 13, 2008, 07:37:20 AM
No, my understanding of the established protocol is that the BeltTM resides with whichever team won it until another team takes it away fair and square. Taking it away because that team does not appear in the tournament and giving it to the champion or tourney representative of that team's conference is not fair and square, since the BeltTM-holding team didn't lose it to a discrete opponent in a game of basketball.

Also, your way makes the BeltTM subservient to the dictates of the selection committee and to the process of a specific set of games (the tournament). That's like saying that Bruno Sammartino should've had his WWWF belt taken away from him in the mid-'70s because he missed several cards while recovering from a broken neck. Heresy!

When I composed the history of BeltTM holders last year it included at least one instance in which the BeltTM was retained over the off-season by a team that did not make the tournament. So be it. If the BeltTM holder isn't in the tournament, then the BeltTM holder isn't in the tournament. Simple as that. Other squads will just have to wait until next November to have an opportunity to snatch yon bespangled abdominal accoutrement from its current owner. You shouldn't be able to take away the BeltTM by selection committee fiat. You should only be able to take it away the fair-and-square way: By beating the BeltTM holder on the basketball court.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pabegg on February 13, 2008, 08:54:23 AM
My memory failed me - actually the proposal that had been made a while back was that the last Belt holder who made the tournament got to defend the Belt in the tournament.

So that would be Rochester, after DQ'ing NYU and Emory.

Or, there could be no Belt defenses until the Walnut and Bronze holder is crowned - now this sounds much more like a boxing approach. Cart the unworn belt around to as many venues as possible in the tournament, build a prominent display case to hold it at Salem, and then bring it out after the title game. Heck, you could even invite NYU to be there for the handover.

I'm still intrigued by the idea of the Belt in the ECACs, where NYU would be qualified for.

Anyway, this is probably silliness, because I think NYU will lose one game (likely) or make the tournament with five more wins.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 13, 2008, 07:48:48 PM
Quote from: pabegg on February 13, 2008, 08:54:23 AM
Anyway, this is probably silliness,

More true words have not been spoken on this topic in quite some time.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 13, 2008, 08:28:37 PM

Sager's right.  The belt stays with the team even if it doesn't make the tournament.  The belt was created to measure success in a different way, putting it into the tournament defeats that purpose.

NYU has it for now; they may have it until November.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 14, 2008, 10:18:49 AM
Yes, yes.  The BeltTM may only change hands in one of two ways:

1. By losing on the court to another D-III opponent.

2. By the head coach dramatically dropping the BeltTM into a garbage can, therefore setting up a "Royal Rumble" where 20 teams simultaneously attempt to score baskets while preventing the other opponents from climbing a ladder where the BeltTM is suspended high overhead.

#1 is far more common, but #2 is a LOT more fun.

That's it.  That's the list.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on February 14, 2008, 10:44:50 AM
If I was a head coach and my team had the belt I would have to fight the urge to not drop the belt in the garbage just so I can watch the Royal Rumble
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 14, 2008, 06:20:41 PM
Knowing the fate of the belt will help me sleep tonight.  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 15, 2008, 02:42:28 AM
Question of procedure, Bill: Are players allowed to hit each other with folding chairs in the event of a Royal Rumble?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 15, 2008, 10:57:22 AM
Yes, but they must use the padded side of the chair.  We're not animals, after all.

And of course, NCAA sponsorship agreements dictate that chairs may only have Coca-Cola or Powerade logos.  Don't you dare swing that Mountain Dew chair!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 15, 2008, 02:01:17 PM
Ah, actually during the royal rumble, players will be given time to make socratic arguments on why their team should have the belt, and then summarize Proust.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 15, 2008, 03:10:33 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 15, 2008, 10:57:22 AM
Yes, but they must use the padded side of the chair.  We're not animals, after all.

And of course, NCAA sponsorship agreements dictate that chairs may only have Coca-Cola or Powerade logos.  Don't you dare swing that Mountain Dew chair!

Hope's out!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 15, 2008, 04:07:21 PM
Interviewer asking a professional wrestler:

"What are those metal folding chairs made of?"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: wooscotsfan on February 16, 2008, 11:10:00 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 14, 2008, 10:18:49 AM
2. By the head coach dramatically dropping the BeltTM into a garbage can, therefore setting up a "Royal Rumble" where 20 teams simultaneously attempt to score baskets while preventing the other opponents from climbing a ladder where the BeltTM is suspended high overhead.

Question about the "Royal Rumble"?    Would this event be held in a steel cage court....and would it be overmarketed and hyped as a "death match"? ;D :D ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on February 16, 2008, 01:34:54 PM
Last night, we had another title change.

Carnegie Mellon came into the Coles Center in New York City last night, and knocked out the Violets by a 68-60 score to capture the Just Bill's B*lt.

The Tartans become the 5th UAA team to take possession of the b*lt this season (the other holders were Brandeis, Rochester, Emory, and NYU) , but as a Brandeis fan, I thank the Tartans for capturing the b*lt last night, because that means that Brandeis can recapture the b*lt with a victory tomorrow morning.  The b*lt made the trip from New York to Boston this morning, and arrangements are being made at the virtual UAA headquarters in Rochester for a Sunday night trip for the Brandeis replica b*lt to be transported back to Boston should Brandeis win tomorrow.

Brandeis will challenge for the b*lt at 11 AM Eastern tomorrow.  (Yes, the tip is one hour earlier than normal due to the early return flight for CMU back to Pittsburgh Sunday evening.)

PS-- I know that Just Bill and the rest of you vetoed the modest proposal from the UAA, so the original rules on possession of the b*lt at the end of the season still stand, but I believe that, in the end, the holder of the b*lt at the end of UAA play on March 1 will qualify for the NCAAs. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on February 17, 2008, 01:06:48 PM
The belt has once again changed hands!

Brandeis has just defeated Carnegie Mellon by a score of 84-81 to capture the Just Bill's b*lt for the second time!

Brandeis will defend the belt this upcoming Friday at Wash U.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on February 17, 2008, 01:26:38 PM
Quote from: wooscotsfan on February 16, 2008, 11:10:00 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 14, 2008, 10:18:49 AM
2. By the head coach dramatically dropping the BeltTM into a garbage can, therefore setting up a "Royal Rumble" where 20 teams simultaneously attempt to score baskets while preventing the other opponents from climbing a ladder where the BeltTM is suspended high overhead.

Question about the "Royal Rumble"?    Would this event be held in a steel cage court....and would it be overmarketed and hyped as a "death match"? ;D :D ;)

I think the court should be surrounded by chicken wire like they used to have for basketball about 90-100 years ago.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2008, 03:04:47 PM
Quote from: hickory_cornhusker on February 17, 2008, 01:26:38 PM
Quote from: wooscotsfan on February 16, 2008, 11:10:00 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 14, 2008, 10:18:49 AM
2. By the head coach dramatically dropping the BeltTM into a garbage can, therefore setting up a "Royal Rumble" where 20 teams simultaneously attempt to score baskets while preventing the other opponents from climbing a ladder where the BeltTM is suspended high overhead.

Question about the "Royal Rumble"?    Would this event be held in a steel cage court....and would it be overmarketed and hyped as a "death match"? ;D :D ;)

I think the court should be surrounded by chicken wire like they used to have for basketball about 90-100 years ago.

After all, that is why they called them "cagers"!  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 18, 2008, 02:24:30 AM
Quote from: deiscanton on February 17, 2008, 01:06:48 PM
The belt has once again changed hands!

Brandeis has just defeated Carnegie Mellon by a score of 84-81 to capture the Just Bill's b*lt for the second time!

Brandeis will defend the belt this upcoming Friday at Wash U.

Wow. That means that if the Judges can stave off the Bears in St. Louis on Friday, I could actually have a chance to see the BeltTM on Sunday in Chicago's Ratner Center.

My bellybutton will be puckering and unpuckering all week in anticipation.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on February 19, 2008, 11:27:12 AM
Greg--

I think that there is a very good chance that the Just Bill's B*lt may be visiting Chicago as well as St. Louis before the end of the season.  That would mean that the b*lt has visited all 8 cities of the UAA.

A successful Brandeis title defense on Friday will send the b*lt to Chicago for a Sunday title defense, but a Wash U sweep this weekend will also send the b*lt on to Chicago on March 1 as well.

If NYU does become a 2 time Just Bill's champion on Sunday, then that would prevent a visit by the b*lt to Chicago.

On another note, the Brandeis replica b*lt returned back to the virtual Brandeis campus on Monday, with the original once again being stored per order of Just Bill's conditions at a lab in the virtual Boston area.  Both b*lts will be flown to St. Louis on Thursday, with Coach Meehan bringing the original b*lt into the virtual Wash U Field House, with Coach Tabb bringing the replica b*lt in to the same gym.  Don't worry, the original b*lt was kept safe in good hands during the switches.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: gordonmann on February 19, 2008, 11:56:10 AM
A shout out to the belt on today's Daily Dose from Sean Wallis.  Check it out.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 19, 2008, 12:09:25 PM
Quote from: gordonmann on February 19, 2008, 11:56:10 AM
A shout out to the belt on today's Daily Dose from Sean Wallis.  Check it out.

Oh dear God. We have actual basketball players motivating themselves by playing for a fictional award.  This may have finally gone too far.

He even added in the Trademark logo!  (P.S. Sean, you owe me 75 cents for each use of that phrase. Check or PayPal is fine.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 19, 2008, 12:46:26 PM
For a refresher, here is the path the BeltTM has taken this season:

Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to Present - Brandeis

Being in the UAA has done wonders for the BeltTM's frequent flier account. At this rate, the BeltTM may be vacationing in Tahiti during the offseason.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 19, 2008, 06:46:43 PM
Quote from: gordonmann on February 19, 2008, 11:56:10 AM
A shout out to the belt on today's Daily Dose from Sean Wallis.  Check it out.

I imagine a very red-faced Pat with steam coming out of his ears right now.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 19, 2008, 06:55:31 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 19, 2008, 06:46:43 PM
Quote from: gordonmann on February 19, 2008, 11:56:10 AM
A shout out to the belt on today's Daily Dose from Sean Wallis.  Check it out.

I imagine a very red-faced Pat with steam coming out of his ears right now.
On the other hand, I can imagine Pat realizing that the B*lt is a creation of the D3fan base in our enthusiasm for our brand of hoops, and it started on this web site.

It prompts the casual question, "Who has the B*lt this week?"  The B*lt has adorned the Champions of our Division!   :)

What is our culture?  It is Salem VA, the Top 25, Hoopsville, the Coaches' Corner, the message boards, the Posters' Poll, etc.

"This is good!"   :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 19, 2008, 07:36:21 PM
Someone should seriously put together a belt and take it to Salem this year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 19, 2008, 07:39:58 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2008, 03:04:47 PM
After all, that is why they called them "cagers"!  ;)

It's bad enough that we have to play in this cage you call a gym, you're players are playing like a bunch of guerillas! 

Who you calling a guerilla?

You, for one!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 19, 2008, 07:42:56 PM
Quote from: Old School.... (Tom Doebler) on February 19, 2008, 07:36:21 PM
Someone should seriously put together a belt and take it to Salem this year.

What if the team that has possession of the BeltTM isn't in the Final Four? Will we simply have to send Allen's replica BeltTM to Salem for display purposes, much like the Baseball Hall of Fame sends out memorabilia to distant venues as a part of its traveling exhibitions, with the understanding that it has to be returned to the rightful owner after Final Four weekend?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 19, 2008, 08:12:03 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 19, 2008, 07:42:56 PM
Quote from: Old School.... (Tom Doebler) on February 19, 2008, 07:36:21 PM
Someone should seriously put together a belt and take it to Salem this year.

What if the team that has possession of the BeltTM isn't in the Final Four? Will we simply have to send Allen's replica BeltTM to Salem for display purposes, much like the Baseball Hall of Fame sends out memorabilia to distant venues as a part of its traveling exhibitions, with the understanding that it has to be returned to the rightful owner after Final Four weekend?

Near as I can figure, only Brandeis, Wash U, Chicago or NYU could be holding the BeltTM at the end of the regular season.  Brandeis and Wash U look like tournament locks, so they only chance of that happening is if Chicago or NYU hold it but get their bubble burst.

Of course, what selection committee could say no to a team led by a coach with colored rhinestones and gold leaf paint wrapped around his middle with high quality leather.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: petemcb on February 21, 2008, 07:12:11 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 18, 2008, 02:24:30 AM
Quote from: deiscanton on February 17, 2008, 01:06:48 PM
The belt has once again changed hands!

Brandeis has just defeated Carnegie Mellon by a score of 84-81 to capture the Just Bill's b*lt for the second time!

Brandeis will defend the belt this upcoming Friday at Wash U.

Wow. That means that if the Judges can stave off the Bears in St. Louis on Friday, I could actually have a chance to see the BeltTM on Sunday in Chicago's Ratner Center.

My bellybutton will be puckering and unpuckering all week in anticipation.


Hi everyone.  I'm new to this board, but a veteran of the CCIW board.  Wandered over here in search of possible info on tournament sites for this March and ran smack-dab into a nasty visual of Greg's midsection that I just didn't need this early in the morning.........Greg, I gave you positive karma and still haven't figured out why.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on February 21, 2008, 11:37:49 AM
Hmmm, not a bad idea to virtually send the replica b*lt to Salem for display purposes.  I'll have to think about that-- after all, I can't have a good b*lt destroyed needlessly...

Anyway, the b*lts will be virtually flown out to St. Louis this afternoon and secured tonight for tomorrow's title defense.  Coach Tabb will be "virtually" wearing the replica b*lt at least for Friday.

I'll be on the computer from Boston checking out the game.

Tip-off time Friday is 6 PM Central time/7 PM Eastern.

PS-- My new computer is being shipped, but I don't know whether or not it will be installed in time for me to follow the NCAA D3 tournament from my house.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ILive4This on February 21, 2008, 12:01:29 PM
Why are the games played so much earlier at Wash U?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pabegg on February 21, 2008, 12:14:03 PM
Quote from: ILive4This on February 21, 2008, 12:01:29 PM
Why are the games played so much earlier at Wash U?

They aren't. Allen gave the starting time of the women's game (6) as opposed to the men's game at 8.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 22, 2008, 03:25:19 AM
Quote from: petemcb on February 21, 2008, 07:12:11 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 18, 2008, 02:24:30 AM
Quote from: deiscanton on February 17, 2008, 01:06:48 PM
The belt has once again changed hands!

Brandeis has just defeated Carnegie Mellon by a score of 84-81 to capture the Just Bill's b*lt for the second time!

Brandeis will defend the belt this upcoming Friday at Wash U.

Wow. That means that if the Judges can stave off the Bears in St. Louis on Friday, I could actually have a chance to see the BeltTM on Sunday in Chicago's Ratner Center.

My bellybutton will be puckering and unpuckering all week in anticipation.


Hi everyone.  I'm new to this board, but a veteran of the CCIW board.  Wandered over here in search of possible info on tournament sites for this March and ran smack-dab into a nasty visual of Greg's midsection that I just didn't need this early in the morning.........Greg, I gave you positive karma and still haven't figured out why.

I'm using mind control to boost my karma rating, Pete. The viking-ship icon is actually a hypnotic device. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: LogShow on February 22, 2008, 04:18:45 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 22, 2008, 03:25:19 AM
Quote from: petemcb on February 21, 2008, 07:12:11 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 18, 2008, 02:24:30 AM
Quote from: deiscanton on February 17, 2008, 01:06:48 PM
The belt has once again changed hands!

Brandeis has just defeated Carnegie Mellon by a score of 84-81 to capture the Just Bill's b*lt for the second time!

Brandeis will defend the belt this upcoming Friday at Wash U.

Wow. That means that if the Judges can stave off the Bears in St. Louis on Friday, I could actually have a chance to see the BeltTM on Sunday in Chicago's Ratner Center.

My bellybutton will be puckering and unpuckering all week in anticipation.


Hi everyone.  I'm new to this board, but a veteran of the CCIW board.  Wandered over here in search of possible info on tournament sites for this March and ran smack-dab into a nasty visual of Greg's midsection that I just didn't need this early in the morning.........Greg, I gave you positive karma and still haven't figured out why.

I'm using mind control to boost my karma rating, Pete. The viking-ship icon is actually a hypnotic device. ;)

tracter beam...sucked me right in
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on February 22, 2008, 11:02:42 AM
My apologies to everyone.  I mixed up the start time of the UAA doubleheader with the start time of the men's game.

Men's tipoff for the b*lt should be at approx. 8 PM Central/9 PM Eastern-- the women go first on Fridays.

PS-- I also didn't realize that a big snowstorm is hitting Boston this afternoon-- this will probably mean that I won't be able to have Internet access tonight, so hopefully a friend of mine will reach St. Louis today and I will be able to call him.  If not, I'll check back in on Saturday in the public library and find out the scores.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: petemcb on February 22, 2008, 11:16:00 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 22, 2008, 03:25:19 AM
Quote from: petemcb on February 21, 2008, 07:12:11 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 18, 2008, 02:24:30 AM
Quote from: deiscanton on February 17, 2008, 01:06:48 PM
The belt has once again changed hands!

Brandeis has just defeated Carnegie Mellon by a score of 84-81 to capture the Just Bill's b*lt for the second time!

Brandeis will defend the belt this upcoming Friday at Wash U.

Wow. That means that if the Judges can stave off the Bears in St. Louis on Friday, I could actually have a chance to see the BeltTM on Sunday in Chicago's Ratner Center.

My bellybutton will be puckering and unpuckering all week in anticipation.


Hi everyone.  I'm new to this board, but a veteran of the CCIW board.  Wandered over here in search of possible info on tournament sites for this March and ran smack-dab into a nasty visual of Greg's midsection that I just didn't need this early in the morning.........Greg, I gave you positive karma and still haven't figured out why.

I'm using mind control to boost my karma rating, Pete. The viking-ship icon is actually a hypnotic device. ;)


You might want to consider hanging it across from the visitor's bench in Carlson if it's got that kind of power.  Maybe that was the missing ingredient in what should have been a more productive Vikings season......
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on February 23, 2008, 10:48:53 AM
Any thoughts on who would win a Royal Rumble if that ever came to pass?  I picture the rumble as something like an Australian rugby match, with chicken wire added.  Of the teams I've seen play this year, Hampden-Sydney would be a candidate, and I hear NC Wesleyan would make a splash.  Player for player, H-S brings a lot of poundage to the table.  Last year's Johns Hopkins team would have made a respectable showing also.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on February 23, 2008, 12:20:18 PM
B*lts are on their way to Chicago for Brandeis's next title defense.

Game v. Chicago is tomorrow (Sunday) at noon Central/1 PM Eastern.

Congrats to Brandeis on yesterday's successful title defense at Wash U.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 23, 2008, 01:23:34 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 18, 2008, 02:24:30 AM
Quote from: deiscanton on February 17, 2008, 01:06:48 PM
The belt has once again changed hands!

Brandeis has just defeated Carnegie Mellon by a score of 84-81 to capture the Just Bill's b*lt for the second time!

Brandeis will defend the belt this upcoming Friday at Wash U.

Wow. That means that if the Judges can stave off the Bears in St. Louis on Friday, I could actually have a chance to see the BeltTM on Sunday in Chicago's Ratner Center.

My bellybutton will be puckering and unpuckering all week in anticipation.

If I've correctly calculated the calorie expenditure of belly-button puckering, Greg must be down about 13 pounds this week. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 23, 2008, 11:23:12 PM
Quote from: petemcb on February 22, 2008, 11:16:00 AM

You might want to consider hanging it across from the visitor's bench in Carlson if it's got that kind of power.

It's just called "North Park University Gymnasium" -- the "Carlson" of "Carlson Crazies" is taken from the adjacent classroom building, Carlson Tower.

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 23, 2008, 01:23:34 PM
If I've correctly calculated the calorie expenditure of belly-button puckering, Greg must be down about 13 pounds this week. ;)

Look for my new workout regimen infomercial on late-night TV.

Chuck Norris, eat your heart out.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: petemcb on February 24, 2008, 06:56:49 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 23, 2008, 11:23:12 PM
Quote from: petemcb on February 22, 2008, 11:16:00 AM

You might want to consider hanging it across from the visitor's bench in Carlson if it's got that kind of power.

It's just called "North Park University Gymnasium" -- the "Carlson" of "Carlson Crazies" is taken from the adjacent classroom building, Carlson Tower.



Wow, no wonder they haven't had time to upgrade that historic facility  -  they spent all their administrative time/creative juices coming up with that dynamic moniker!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on February 24, 2008, 02:55:09 PM
Chicago has just defeated Brandeis to become the 6th UAA team to take possession of the Just Bill's b*lt this season.

The final today is Chicago 74, Brandeis 66 at the Ratner Center.

The original b*lt has just been surrendered to Chicago, while the replica b*lt has been surrendered to UAA personnel at the virtual Ratner Center.  The replica b*lt will be flown to virtual UAA Headquarters tonight for the remainder of the season.  The replica will probably be headed to a sports museum in the virtual Boston area at the end of the postseason.

The Just Bill's b*lt is now guaranteed to be defended in the NCAA tournament this year, with the winner of the Wash U at Chicago game next Saturday guaranteed to get the automatic bid out of the UAA to the NCAAs.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 25, 2008, 04:44:10 AM
Quote from: petemcb on February 24, 2008, 06:56:49 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 23, 2008, 11:23:12 PM
Quote from: petemcb on February 22, 2008, 11:16:00 AM

You might want to consider hanging it across from the visitor's bench in Carlson if it's got that kind of power.

It's just called "North Park University Gymnasium" -- the "Carlson" of "Carlson Crazies" is taken from the adjacent classroom building, Carlson Tower.



Wow, no wonder they haven't had time to upgrade that historic facility  -  they spent all their administrative time/creative juices coming up with that dynamic moniker!

According to Dennis Prikkel, the man who donated the money for NPC to build the gym back in the late fifties, A. Harold Anderson, was given the opportunity to have it named after him. He supposedly looked at it when it was completed and decided that he didn't want to have his name attached to such a third-rate facility.

That story makes the crackerbox's generic formal name even cooler.

Quote from: deiscanton on February 24, 2008, 02:55:09 PM
Chicago has just defeated Brandeis to become the 6th UAA team to take possession of the Just Bill's b*lt this season.

The final today is Chicago 74, Brandeis 66 at the Ratner Center.

The original b*lt has just been surrendered to Chicago, while the replica b*lt has been surrendered to UAA personnel at the virtual Ratner Center.  The replica b*lt will be flown to virtual UAA Headquarters tonight for the remainder of the season.  The replica will probably be headed to a sports museum in the virtual Boston area at the end of the postseason.

The Just Bill's b*lt is now guaranteed to be defended in the NCAA tournament this year, with the winner of the Wash U at Chicago game next Saturday guaranteed to get the automatic bid out of the UAA to the NCAAs.

The word here in town is that Richie Daley wants to house the BeltTM someplace special, but the Art Institute, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Field Museum have all turned him down and the Shedd Aquarium won't house it because the leather gets soggy in water.  The Museum of Science and Industry would seem to be an appropriate place for it, since the MSI is less than a half-mile east of the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park, but Daley nixed the MSI's plan to hang the BeltTM from the conning tower of the museum's centerpiece attraction, the U-505 WWII German U-boat, passing it off to the public as a war trophy. So Daley has instructed that the BeltTM is either going to be put in Al Capone's vault (which we know has room for it, thanks to Geraldo Rivera) or enshrined in its own D3 Championship BeltTM Museum -- if Da Mare can get past the civic groups who are adamantly against his building the shrine in Grant Park.

My guess is that the BeltTM will actually either end up draped around Jay Berwanger's 1935 Heisman Trophy in the Ratner Center rotunda, or displayed in the donut case in Morry's Deli at 55th and Cornell.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 25, 2008, 10:05:33 AM
I love Mayor Daley.  Last election I voted for him seven times.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on March 03, 2008, 08:32:29 AM
The Just Bill's B*lt is now headed to the NCAA D3 Tournament with a successful title defense by Chicago on Saturday.  As the UAA Champion, Chicago will learn about its next opponent later today when the bracket is released.

Wash U is now 0-3 in challenges for the b*lt.  The Bears's losses were to Virginia Wesleyan in last year's D3 final four in Salem, VA, to Brandeis when the Bears had home court advantage, and to Chicago on Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ILive4This on March 03, 2008, 01:27:09 PM
Chicago has a tough road ahead playing Wisconsin Steven's Point, I think the belt may be going at least temporarily to a WIAC school.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on March 03, 2008, 01:40:37 PM
Whoever captures the Walnut and Bronze in Salem, VA will also get possession of the Just Bill's B*lt going into next season.  At least the b*lt is being defended in the NCAAs.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiltedbryan on March 03, 2008, 01:59:27 PM
Quote from: deiscanton on March 03, 2008, 01:40:37 PM
Whoever captures the Walnut and Bronze in Salem, VA will also get possession of the Just Bill's B*lt going into next season.  At least the b*lt is being defended in the NCAAs.

Yes, clearly the B*lt legitimizes the NCAA tournament selections.   ::)    :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 03, 2008, 02:40:42 PM
UW-Stevens Point, a team very familiar with BeltTM tradition and protocol, will get the first chance to take it from Chicago.  But that won't be easy.

I asked my buddy Jim Malone how to get the BeltTM and he said, "You wanna know how to get the BeltTM? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way! And that's how you get the BeltTM. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that? I'm offering you a deal. Do you want this deal?"

Oh yeah, Mr. Malone.  Point wants that deal.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 04, 2008, 04:58:42 AM
The Maroons may be from da Sout' Side, but comparisons to Jimmy Malone or any other Sout' Side hardcase on either side of the law end there. The "Chicago way", in reference to the U of C, goes like this: "They pull a knife, you devote four years to building an atom bomb beneath the football bleachers. They send one of yours to the hospital, you send one of theirs to Regenstein Library to research the impact of the Coase theory upon economic auction and mechanism design."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 07, 2008, 11:22:44 PM
UW-Stevens Point takes Chicago on a ride to the top of the ferris wheel on Navy Pier...and leaves them there, taking the BeltTM in an NCAA Tournament game at St. Thomas.

UWSP has a permanent display class back on campus since they've held the BeltTM a lot over the last few years, but they'll have to win another game tomorrow before hiring the armored car to go back to Portage County.

Listen closely.  You can hear Old School shouting, "We're the king of the world!"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 07, 2008, 11:29:11 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 07, 2008, 11:22:44 PM
...
Listen closely.  You can hear Old School shouting, "We're the king of the world!"
I thought he was lip-synching Freddie Mercury (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdCrZfTkG1c)!

:D ;D :D

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 09, 2008, 12:05:01 PM
Well easy come, easy go.  Buena Vista takes the BeltTM into the sectionals, despite the fact they mispronounce their own name.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 09, 2008, 02:38:15 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 09, 2008, 12:05:01 PM
Well easy come, easy go.  Buena Vista takes the BeltTM into the sectionals, despite the fact they mispronounce their own name.
I wonder if the B*lt leaves Storm Lake with a different pronunciation.  ???

:D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 09, 2008, 04:20:48 PM

So it's the "buelt" now?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 10, 2008, 12:31:37 PM
Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to Present - Buena Vista
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SLP-O-8 on March 10, 2008, 07:49:16 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 09, 2008, 12:05:01 PM
Well easy come, easy go.  Buena Vista takes the BeltTM into the sectionals, despite the fact they mispronounce their own name.

haha nobody here has any idea what genius decided to pronounce it that way.  I pronounce it wrong quite often and have to correct myself.  However we will hold on to the belt with pride and hopefully hold onto it for a while.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 10, 2008, 08:10:41 PM
Is this the first time the buelt has been West of the Mississippi?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 10, 2008, 08:35:38 PM
Officially, yes.  Since I started the BeltTM with the 2006-07 season, it's the first time we've crossed Old Man River.

Unofficially, Sager went back and did a little retro-research (go back to Page 5 on this thread (http://www.d3sports.com/post/index.php?topic=5070.64)) going as far back as 2002-03.  In that history, Southwestern (Tex.) and Trinity (Tex.) each held it during the 2005-06 season.

I'm still waiting for Sager to keep going back until he can find his North Park Vikings holding the BeltTM.


Hyperlink inserted for convenience in memory of the Lake Michigan Conference...   Thanks for remembering the GS's research on the legacy of the B*lt -- Ralph Turner   ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 11, 2008, 02:23:41 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 10, 2008, 08:35:38 PM
Officially, yes.  Since I started the BeltTM with the 2006-07 season, it's the first time we've crossed Old Man River.

Unofficially, Sager went back and did a little retro-research (go back to Page 5 on this thread) going as far back as 2002-03.  In that history, Southwestern (Tex.) and Trinity (Tex.) each held it during the 2005-06 season.

I'm still waiting for Sager to keep going back until he can find his North Park Vikings holding the BeltTM.

I've almost finished translating the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs in those old box scores.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 11, 2008, 10:11:29 AM
I found a Box Score from the 1979 National Championship game (http://www.geocities.com/mayanglyphs/egypt1a.gif).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ILive4This on March 11, 2008, 11:42:46 AM
How many conferences have held the belt at some point this season?

started in the NESCAC before being taken by Brandeis and the UAA, then passed around the UAA like a head cheerleader, then WIAC nabbed it in the first round and now BV takes it back to the IOWA conference? So I guess that makes 4. The UAA has a good chance to grab it back though on Friday and bring it down to Salem.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 11, 2008, 07:29:59 PM
Quote from: ILive4This on March 11, 2008, 11:42:46 AM
How many conferences have held the belt at some point this season?


Remember, it's now the buelt until further notice.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ILive4This on March 11, 2008, 07:59:19 PM
8/10 for creativity, I am a tough grader, so you should be very pleased with that rating
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 11, 2008, 10:32:55 PM

And its pronounced b-(you)-lt not bwelt!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 11, 2008, 10:53:19 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 11, 2008, 10:32:55 PM

And its pronounced b-(you)-lt not bwelt!

I believe the 'correct' pronunciation would be 'bwaylt'. :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ILive4This on March 11, 2008, 11:20:20 PM
I think what is confusing to people is that the school and the street at disney world/production company are pronounced differently.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2008, 03:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 11, 2008, 10:53:19 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 11, 2008, 10:32:55 PM

And its pronounced b-(you)-lt not bwelt!

I believe the 'correct' pronunciation would be 'bwaylt'. :D

I think that Chuck's right on the pronunciation of "buelt".

Quote from: Just Bill on March 11, 2008, 10:11:29 AM
I found a Box Score from the 1979 National Championship game (http://www.geocities.com/mayanglyphs/egypt1a.gif).

You just haven't seen real basketball unless you've seen some guy with the head of a jackal dunk the ball while wearing a white linen skirt and a golden-serpent crown.

Quote from: ILive4This on March 11, 2008, 11:20:20 PM
I think what is confusing to people is that the school and the street at disney world/production company are pronounced differently.

Not to mention the Mexican-American War battle and the Cuban social club.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 12, 2008, 10:21:43 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2008, 03:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 11, 2008, 10:53:19 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 11, 2008, 10:32:55 PM

And its pronounced b-(you)-lt not bwelt!

I believe the 'correct' pronunciation would be 'bwaylt'. :D

I think that Chuck's right on the pronunciation of "buelt".

I'm not sure.  They pronounce it b-(you)-na vista, even though no one else would say it that way.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 12, 2008, 10:56:53 AM
I think the idea is that while the BueltTM is around Buena Vista's collective waist we should pronounce it the way they do, even if it defies the laws of the English (and Spanish) language.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 12, 2008, 11:43:53 AM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 12, 2008, 10:21:43 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2008, 03:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 11, 2008, 10:53:19 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 11, 2008, 10:32:55 PM
And its pronounced b-(you)-lt not bwelt!
I believe the 'correct' pronunciation would be 'bwaylt'. :D
I think that Chuck's right on the pronunciation of "buelt".
I'm not sure.  They pronounce it b-(you)-na vista, even though no one else would say it that way.
When the Bu*lt is in B-(you)-na vista, pronounce it B-(you)-*lt...  :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2008, 02:07:44 AM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 12, 2008, 10:21:43 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2008, 03:41:03 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 11, 2008, 10:53:19 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 11, 2008, 10:32:55 PM

And its pronounced b-(you)-lt not bwelt!

I believe the 'correct' pronunciation would be 'bwaylt'. :D

I think that Chuck's right on the pronunciation of "buelt".

I'm not sure.  They pronounce it b-(you)-na vista, even though no one else would say it that way.

Now that I think about it, you're right. When Buena Vista played at Elmhurst a couple of years ago, the P.A. announcer kept saying, "Beyoona Vista", and since no one on the Beavers bench or Beavers clothing in the stands protested, that was obviously the way that the P.A. announcer had been instructed to say it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ILive4This on March 13, 2008, 11:41:34 AM
If Wash U wins on friday, are we going to argue how to pronounce their name too? Wash You or Wash YOOOOOOOOO
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 14, 2008, 01:46:31 AM
Actually, in some parts of the country the word wash is pronounced "warsh".

I kid you not.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on March 14, 2008, 10:16:32 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 14, 2008, 01:46:31 AM
Actually, in some parts of the country the word wash is pronounced "warsh".

I kid you not.

Yep.  My grandpa (in central IL) has never washed his hands, or his car, or his clothes... but they've been warshed quite often!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Knightstalker on March 14, 2008, 10:21:33 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 14, 2008, 01:46:31 AM
Actually, in some parts of the country the word wash is pronounced "warsh".

I kid you not.

Actually most of the locals in Washington, NJ in Warren County in Northwest Jersey pronounce it Warshinton, and Port Murray is pronounced Port Mary.  I catch myself saying Warshington quite often, probably because the grammer gestapo, AKA grandma is no longer around to constantly correct everyones grammer.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ILive4This on March 14, 2008, 10:51:43 AM
I really wish there was a d3 team in Newark, DE and Newark, NJ as the two names are pronounced very differently. If the Belt went back and forth between these two hypothetical schools people would have nightmares...or at least headaches
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 15, 2008, 12:13:47 AM
Quote from: Knightstalker on March 14, 2008, 10:21:33 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 14, 2008, 01:46:31 AM
Actually, in some parts of the country the word wash is pronounced "warsh".

I kid you not.

Actually most of the locals in Washington, NJ in Warren County in Northwest Jersey pronounce it Warshinton, and Port Murray is pronounced Port Mary.  I catch myself saying Warshington quite often, probably because the grammer gestapo, AKA grandma is no longer around to constantly correct everyones grammer.

My old man pronounces it "warsh", and I've never figured that out. He's a born-and-bred Buffalonian, and I've never heard anyone else from Buffalo (including his father) pronounce wash as "warsh".

Quote from: ILive4This on March 14, 2008, 10:51:43 AM
I really wish there was a d3 team in Newark, DE and Newark, NJ as the two names are pronounced very differently. If the Belt went back and forth between these two hypothetical schools people would have nightmares...or at least headaches

I don't know how they pronounce it in Joisey or the Diamond State, but the original Newark in Nottinghamshire, England is pronounced "Nurk".
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 15, 2008, 12:47:20 AM
Well pronounce it however you like, but I pronounce them Knocked Out!  Washington University takes the D-III Championship BeltTM in an overtime split decision. (I heard one judge had it a draw on his card.)

Warsh U. becomes the seventh (out of 8 ) UAA team to hold the leather and baubles this season.  (Wow, Case Western must feel REALLY left out).

Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to present - Washington U.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 12, 2008, 05:54:13 PM
It's almost THAT time.  RING THE BELL!

In the Blue Corner from the Windy City, the mighty Norse of Northern Illinois....North Park University!

And in the Red Corner, hailing from the Gateway City in the Show Me State, defending the D-III Championship BeltTM the Big Bad Bears of....Washington University!

Let's get it on!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 13, 2008, 06:12:57 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 12, 2008, 05:54:13 PM
It's almost THAT time.  RING THE BELL!

In the Blue Corner from the Windy City, the mighty Norse of Northern Illinois....North Park University!

And in the Red Corner, hailing from the Gateway City in the Show Me State, defending the D-III Championship BeltTM the Big Bad Bears of....Washington University!

Let's get it on!

Bill, you ought to fly out to Colorado Springs and have the honor of throwing out the first metal folding chair.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 13, 2008, 10:07:51 AM
I'm worried that if North Park takes the BeltTM we'll never get it back from you, Greg.  We'll have a Charlton Heston "out of my cold, dead hands" situation.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 14, 2008, 01:04:31 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 13, 2008, 10:07:51 AM
I'm worried that if North Park takes the BeltTM we'll never get it back from you, Greg.  We'll have a Charlton Heston "out of my cold, dead hands" situation.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbfi.org.uk%2Feducation%2Fteaching%2Fimages%2F420%2Fapes_420.jpg&hash=36623175e75667a389ba7a3483d389320ceaa830)
Take your stinking paws off of my BeltTM, you damned, dirty ape!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 14, 2008, 10:02:26 AM
Silly Sager.  The BeltTM goes around your waist, not your neck!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on November 14, 2008, 11:10:21 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 14, 2008, 10:02:26 AM
Silly Sager.  The BeltTM goes around your waist, not your neck!

Well, maybe that's how YOU wear it...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on November 14, 2008, 11:25:45 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 14, 2008, 10:02:26 AM
Silly Sager.  The BeltTM goes around your waist, not your neck!
:D
Quote from: PointSpecial on November 14, 2008, 11:10:21 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 14, 2008, 10:02:26 AM
Silly Sager.  The BeltTM goes around your waist, not your neck!

Well, maybe that's how YOU wear it...
:D :D

Ah, the visual imagery is hilarious... 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 14, 2008, 10:35:05 PM
I looked for a pic of Chuck Heston dangling in the net when he said those pivotal "damned, dirty ape" words, but there wasn't one anywhere online. Which surprises me, what with it being such a seminal scene in the history of American cinema and all. ::)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 15, 2008, 01:01:50 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 13, 2008, 06:12:57 AM

Bill, you ought to fly out to Colorado Springs and have the honor of throwing out the first metal folding chair.

Why did they have to start games so early this year?  I'm going to be in Colorado Springs the following weekend when there are no d3 games.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on December 20, 2008, 07:29:26 PM
The Championship Belt has just moved to Elmhurst, Illinois as the Bluejays top the undefeated Bears of Washington U. 82-75.  Elmhurst may not hang onto it very long, though as they face a good Anderson team on the road on Jan. 3rd. The Ravens are 6-3 and travel to Texas over the holidays for 2 games there, before taking on Elmhurst, who is idle until that matchup with Anderson. 2 of the Ravens 3 losses have come against #1 Wash. U 70-68 and #3 UW-Platteville 66-64. If Elmhurst gets by the Ravens they're on the road against #8 Augustana on Jan. 7th.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 20, 2008, 08:02:11 PM
Ah you beat me to it!  The BeltTM also moves to the CCIW after being in the UAA for about...forever.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 20, 2008, 08:28:03 PM
And I've just become a rabid Blue Jay fan until the CCIW conference season begins! ;D

As deep and balanced as the CCIW seems to be this season, there may be a real possibility that The BeltTM ends up with a team that doesn't make the tournament.  I've forgotten whether or not a provision has been made for that contingency?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 20, 2008, 08:32:04 PM
The BeltTM stays with its rightful owner, Chuck, which is the last team to win possession of it. You can't lose it unless another team takes it away from you -- just like a wrestler can't lose his belt if he happens to miss a meet.

There have been seasons in which the BeltTM has resided with a team that didn't make the tournament, but which nevertheless won its last game of the season (and thus retained the BeltTM).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 20, 2008, 11:27:38 PM
Allow me to make it official:

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Current - Elmhurst
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 04, 2009, 01:39:34 PM
Ah, easy come easy go!  Quoth the Anderson Ravens to Elmhurst, you have the BeltTM NEVERMORE!  Anderson takes the D3 Championship BeltTM from Elmhurst 97-92.

The BeltTM seems likely to stay in the Heartland until the postseason unless 1-10 Earlham can shock the world.

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Present - Anderson

In honor of the new title holder, I'll offer a Karma point to the poster who can provide the most obscure reference connecting Edgar Allen Poe to anybody named Anderson.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 04, 2009, 02:18:52 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 04, 2009, 01:39:34 PM
Ah, easy come easy go!  Quoth the Anderson Ravens to Elmhurst, you have the BeltTM NEVERMORE!  Anderson takes the D3 Championship BeltTM from Elmhurst 97-92.

The BeltTM seems likely to stay in the Heartland until the postseason unless 1-10 Earlham can shock the world.

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Present - Anderson

In honor of the new title holder, I'll offer a Karma point to the poster who can provide the most obscure reference connecting Edgar Allen Poe to anybody named Anderson.
Isn't Anderson's Tobacco Emporium the place where Mary Rogers worked, the supposed subject of "Mystery of Marie Rogêt"?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 04, 2009, 08:54:24 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 04, 2009, 02:18:52 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 04, 2009, 01:39:34 PM
Ah, easy come easy go!  Quoth the Anderson Ravens to Elmhurst, you have the BeltTM NEVERMORE!  Anderson takes the D3 Championship BeltTM from Elmhurst 97-92.

The BeltTM seems likely to stay in the Heartland until the postseason unless 1-10 Earlham can shock the world.

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Present - Anderson

In honor of the new title holder, I'll offer a Karma point to the poster who can provide the most obscure reference connecting Edgar Allen Poe to anybody named Anderson.
Isn't Anderson's Tobacco Emporium the place where Mary Rogers worked, the supposed subject of "Mystery of Marie Rogêt"?


Ralph

My "telltale heart" tells me you just may have earned that karma point. :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on January 04, 2009, 09:09:04 PM
Quote from: magicman on January 04, 2009, 08:54:24 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 04, 2009, 02:18:52 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 04, 2009, 01:39:34 PM
Ah, easy come easy go!  Quoth the Anderson Ravens to Elmhurst, you have the BeltTM NEVERMORE!  Anderson takes the D3 Championship BeltTM from Elmhurst 97-92.

The BeltTM seems likely to stay in the Heartland until the postseason unless 1-10 Earlham can shock the world.

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Present - Anderson

In honor of the new title holder, I'll offer a Karma point to the poster who can provide the most obscure reference connecting Edgar Allen Poe to anybody named Anderson.
Isn't Anderson's Tobacco Emporium the place where Mary Rogers worked, the supposed subject of "Mystery of Marie Rogêt"?


Ralph

My "telltale heart" tells me you just may have earned that karma point. :D

Just in case Just Bill isn't ready to bestow the point yet, I will!  (And you too, magicman. ;))
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 04, 2009, 09:57:28 PM
Anderson's HCAC schedule.

01/10/2009 Defiance Home 3PM 
01/14/2009 Bluffton Home 7:30PM 
01/17/2009 Transylvania Away 4PM 
01/21/2009 Manchester Away 7:30PM 
01/24/2009 Franklin Home 3PM 
01/28/2009 Mt. St. Joseph Away 7:30PM 
01/31/2009 Hanover Away 3PM 
02/04/2009 Rose-Hulman Home 7:30PM 
02/07/2009 Defiance Away 3PM 
02/11/2009 Bluffton Away 7:30PM 
02/18/2009 Manchester Home 7:30PM 
02/21/2009 Transylvania Home 4PM


I don't think the Heartland has ever had an unbeaten team, in fact I think the Heartland has usually had some of the best parity around.  The belt will most certainly pass hands a few times in the coming months.

There's only 2 chances for the belt to leave the Heartland Conference.........the first the previously mentioned Earlham v Anderson game Jan 6, .........the second would be if the belt makes it into Transylvania's hand by  Jan 30 when Transylvania takes on Wittenberg.

takenote
Jan 17  Anderson @ Transylvania........though there is no guarantee Anderson will still be in posession of the belt by then.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 05, 2009, 09:50:05 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 04, 2009, 02:18:52 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 04, 2009, 01:39:34 PM
Ah, easy come easy go!  Quoth the Anderson Ravens to Elmhurst, you have the BeltTM NEVERMORE!  Anderson takes the D3 Championship BeltTM from Elmhurst 97-92.

The BeltTM seems likely to stay in the Heartland until the postseason unless 1-10 Earlham can shock the world.

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Present - Anderson

In honor of the new title holder, I'll offer a Karma point to the poster who can provide the most obscure reference connecting Edgar Allen Poe to anybody named Anderson.
Isn't Anderson's Tobacco Emporium the place where Mary Rogers worked, the supposed subject of "Mystery of Marie Rogêt"?

Stunning on three levels:
1. He answered the challenge.
2. He answered the challenge in just 39 minutes, 18 seconds
3. He knows how to put a "^" on top of the "e" to get the correct French spelling.

Karma earned.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 06, 2009, 09:45:52 PM
Anderson 81 Earlham 64

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 09, 2009, 10:26:16 AM
A whole ATN feature on Anderson and no mention of the precious Championship BeltTM that they loving polish and protect?  What would Rodney Dangerfield say about that?   ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 09, 2009, 01:30:39 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 09, 2009, 10:26:16 AM
A whole ATN feature on Anderson and no mention of the precious Championship BeltTM that they loving polish and protect?  What would Rodney Dangerfield say about that?   ;D

He'd say, "What, Matt Florjancic, when you buy a hat like that you get a free bowl of soup, huh?"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 09, 2009, 03:41:39 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 09, 2009, 01:30:39 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 09, 2009, 10:26:16 AM
A whole ATN feature on Anderson and no mention of the precious Championship BeltTM that they loving polish and protect?  What would Rodney Dangerfield say about that?   ;D

He'd say, "What, Matt Florjancic, when you buy a hat like that you get a free bowl of soup, huh?"
It looks good on you, though.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 09, 2009, 03:45:50 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DA0WTb_xOt2dJtecAGN2jzbkF%2FSIG%3D12b4d7is8%2FEXP%3D1231620302%2F%2A%2Ahttp%253A%2F%2Fmovies.infinitecoolness.com%2F23%2Fcaddyshack10b.jpg&hash=16305aa3aef8d8ac3034b9b3108310cc9d65b8ab)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 18, 2009, 03:42:01 AM
Once again the D3 Championship BeltTM has moved, this time to Lexington, KY as the Transylvania Pioneers take down conference rival Anderson 80-69. The one chance The BeltTM has to leave the Heartland might be on Jan 30th when Transy travels to Wittenberg of the NCAC.  Defiance is hoping they'll get a crack at The BeltTM when they meet up with Transy on Feb 4th in a grudge match with huge conference ramifications.

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Present- Transylvania 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 18, 2009, 11:26:59 AM
Hey! Who's running this foolishness around here!

Ah, I'm just kidding.  Thanks for keeping BeltTM fans around the world up to speed.  All six of them.

In honor of our new BeltTM holder Transylvania (Ky.), I'll offer a Karma point to whoever can connect Dracula/Bram Stoker to Horse Racing/Bluegrass Music.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 18, 2009, 12:20:57 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 18, 2009, 11:26:59 AM
Hey! Who's running this foolishness around here!

Ah, I'm just kidding.  Thanks for keeping BeltTM fans around the world up to speed.  All six of them.

In honor of our new BeltTM holder Transylvania (Ky.), I'll offer a Karma point to whoever can connect Dracula/Bram Stoker to Horse Racing/Bluegrass Music.
Transylvania!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 29, 2009, 12:04:20 PM
Gosh the BeltTM actually gathering dust this year.  Not many changes.  Are the current holders playing with more prode or are the challengers simply blinded by the shiny baubles?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on January 29, 2009, 12:44:42 PM
With the Transy-Witt game not being rescheduled it looks like the D3 Championship BeltTM will stay in the HCAC through the remainder of the regular season.  The Winner of the six-team HCAC tourney will carry the D3 Championship BeltTM into the post-season with pride.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 29, 2009, 12:54:22 PM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on January 29, 2009, 12:44:42 PM
With the Transy-Witt game not being rescheduled it looks like the D3 Championship BeltTM will stay in the HCAC through the remainder of the regular season.  The Winner of the six-team HCAC tourney will carry the D3 Championship BeltTM into the post-season with pride.
Unless the BeltTM holder finishes 7th!  Then they get to carry it all the way to next season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on January 29, 2009, 01:27:05 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 29, 2009, 12:54:22 PM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on January 29, 2009, 12:44:42 PM
With the Transy-Witt game not being rescheduled it looks like the D3 Championship BeltTM will stay in the HCAC through the remainder of the regular season.  The Winner of the six-team HCAC tourney will carry the D3 Championship BeltTM into the post-season with pride.
Unless the BeltTM holder finishes 7th!  Then they get to carry it all the way to next season.

Possible but not likely, but yes upsets are possible.  Hanover, Mt. St. Joe and Rose-Hulman are the three teams on the outside looking in a this point.  Postponed games from last night will be played tonight and then a full slate on Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2009, 04:18:58 PM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on January 29, 2009, 12:44:42 PM
With the Transy-Witt game not being rescheduled it looks like the D3 Championship BeltTM will stay in the HCAC through the remainder of the regular season.  The Winner of the six-team HCAC tourney will carry the D3 Championship BeltTM into the post-season with pride.

... or prode, whichever works better. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 29, 2009, 04:59:26 PM
I hope we have controversy and Rose-Hulman is holding the belt and fails to qualify for the HCAC tournament.  Then we get a snappy name and can call it the 'Rose-Hulman Clause' for when a team holds the belt but misses the NCAA tournament.   Sounds very official.


I'm a bit confused though, if this does happen who holds the belt during the HCAC tournament?  The commish?, a random team?, the top seed?, last team to beat the holder?, whatever school's fraternity where its found on the floor?.

.........the belt can't be vacated for a few days can it, I mean someone has to hold the belt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2009, 10:46:07 PM
In that case, Rose-Hulman holds the BeltTM -- or Mount St. Joseph, or whichever non-HCAC-tourney team happens to be holding it when its season ends. The BeltTM begins its long off-season nap once its holder has won its last game of the year. Whether that takes place after the national championship game in Salem, or after the ECAC championship game, or after the 25th game of the year for a team that didn't make its conference tournament, doesn't matter. You can't have the BeltTM taken away by default. You can only lose it by losing a basketball game.

The grand and exalted position of Holder Of The BeltTM is never vacated. It's just that on rare occasions the BeltTM is not up for grabs during postseason play.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 29, 2009, 10:49:35 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2009, 10:46:07 PM
In that case, Rose-Hulman holds the BeltTM -- or Mount St. Joseph, or whichever non-HCAC-tourney team happens to be holding it when its season ends. The BeltTM begins its long off-season nap once its holder has won its last game of the year. Whether that takes place after the national championship game in Salem, or after the ECAC championship game, or after the 25th game of the year for a team that didn't make its conference tournament, doesn't matter. You can't have the BeltTM taken away by default. You can only lose it by losing a basketball game.

The grand and exalted position of Holder Of The BeltTM is never vacated. It's just that on rare occasions the BeltTM is not up for grabs during postseason play.
Yes!

The only reason I can think that the Holder of the BeltTM might be vacated would be moral turpitude.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2009, 10:53:40 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 29, 2009, 10:49:35 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2009, 10:46:07 PM
In that case, Rose-Hulman holds the BeltTM -- or Mount St. Joseph, or whichever non-HCAC-tourney team happens to be holding it when its season ends. The BeltTM begins its long off-season nap once its holder has won its last game of the year. Whether that takes place after the national championship game in Salem, or after the ECAC championship game, or after the 25th game of the year for a team that didn't make its conference tournament, doesn't matter. You can't have the BeltTM taken away by default. You can only lose it by losing a basketball game.

The grand and exalted position of Holder Of The BeltTM is never vacated. It's just that on rare occasions the BeltTM is not up for grabs during postseason play.
Yes!

The only reason I can think that the Holder of the BeltTM might be vacated would be moral turpitude.

"This BeltTM is a bleeping valuable thing. You don't just give it away. I've got this BeltTM, and it's bleeping golden."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 29, 2009, 11:12:49 PM
moral turpitude?

Can a fictional belt be subjected to moral turpitude?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 29, 2009, 11:15:26 PM
and by the way I think every conference should have their own belt.

The MIAA's would be in Albion's hands by virtue of beating Alma.  This years MIAA belt chase would be.........

Hope
Hope
Hope
Calvin
Olivet
Alma
Albion
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 29, 2009, 11:21:31 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2009, 10:53:40 PM
"This BeltTM is a bleeping valuable thing. You don't just give it away. I've got this BeltTM, and it's bleeping golden."

+1!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 30, 2009, 02:49:36 AM
Quote from: sac on January 29, 2009, 11:12:49 PM
moral turpitude?

Can a fictional belt be subjected to moral turpitude?


No, but a real-life team that holds a fictional BeltTM can lose said fictional BeltTM due to moral turpitude.

As to whether or not the moral turpitude has to be real or fictional in order to lead to BeltTM removal, we'll have to get a ruling from the Grand Poobah of the D3 Championship BeltTM, Just Bill.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on January 30, 2009, 08:59:03 AM
Transy has an off day 1/31 so the next chance for the belt to move is 2/4 Defiance at Transy.  Bluffton has games with Anderson, Defiance and Transy in their final three games.  I'd love for the Beavers to have a crack at holding the belt, if even for a short time.  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 30, 2009, 10:15:46 AM
As we do whenever a question regarding the BeltTM arises we turn our eyes toward boxing and professional wrestling to arrive at a decision.  Really, I think most procedural and moral decisions should use the WWE, WBO, ECW, WBC, AWA and all other versions of alphabet soup as a guideline.

You have a filibuster in the Senate, you say?  That calls for a "Junior Senator Ladder Match (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esbgG5UT2C4)" with the Vice-President's gavel suspended 15 feet above the mat.

A rival is dispareging your family's good name and character?  Leap over an expensive car and unleash a flying drop kick in full view of police, media and bystanders (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAs6wfFGzl4).

That's how we get things done!

Back to the topic at hand.  If we've learned anything from Mike Tyson, Buster Douglas, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson (http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/jackson-arrested-on-a-rampage-13689) and essentially every pro wrestler on the planet (http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/17696302/) it's that no amount of moral turpitude can really lead to anything more than a slap on the wrist (or lengthy jail sentences).  So live it up, boys!

But so help me, if there's even one scratch on that leather masterpiece or a single gewgaw slightly out of place, there will be no place you can hide that will escape my wrath.  ARE YOU LISTENING, TRANSY!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 02, 2009, 05:25:59 PM
Ever since Sager called me the Grand Poobah, I've been thinking about getting one of those Royal Order of Water Buffalo hats like Fred and Barney used to wear.  I think that would sum up my position nicely.  Anyone seen one on eBay?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 02, 2009, 05:52:37 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 02, 2009, 05:25:59 PM
Ever since Sager called me the Grand Poobah, I've been thinking about getting one of those Royal Order of Water Buffalo hats like Fred and Barney used to wear.  I think that would sum up my position nicely.  Anyone seen one on eBay?
Actually, I was thinking of something more like this (http://cgi.ebay.com/Adult-Std-Adult-Ralph-Kramden-Lodge-Member-Costume-F_W0QQitemZ260154159025QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 04, 2009, 01:35:28 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 02, 2009, 05:52:37 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 02, 2009, 05:25:59 PM
Ever since Sager called me the Grand Poobah, I've been thinking about getting one of those Royal Order of Water Buffalo hats like Fred and Barney used to wear.  I think that would sum up my position nicely.  Anyone seen one on eBay?
Actually, I was thinking of something more like this (http://cgi.ebay.com/Adult-Std-Adult-Ralph-Kramden-Lodge-Member-Costume-F_W0QQitemZ260154159025QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116).

Spiffy!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on February 04, 2009, 09:17:41 PM
Transy 53 Defiance 48 Final  Belt stays with Transy. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 05, 2009, 12:46:30 AM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on February 04, 2009, 09:17:41 PM
Transy 53 Defiance 48 Final  Belt stays with Transy. 

They've been defiant about giving up the belt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 05, 2009, 01:08:56 AM
Why is it that, when I think of Transylvania owning the BeltTM, I get a mental image of Tim Curry as Dr. Frank N. Furter wearing it on top of his lingerie?

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moonbattery.com%2Farchives%2FDr_Frank-N-Furter.jpg&hash=a685160dc60deecb7d9e270e0b0621b5d0ae536f)

Let's do the Time Warp again!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 05, 2009, 01:23:00 AM

Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 05, 2009, 01:08:56 AM
Why is it that, when I think of Transylvania owning the BeltTM, I get a mental image of Tim Curry as Dr. Frank N. Furter wearing it on top of his lingerie?

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moonbattery.com%2Farchives%2FDr_Frank-N-Furter.jpg&hash=a685160dc60deecb7d9e270e0b0621b5d0ae536f)

Let's do the Time Warp again!

I don't want to know where the fictional belt is fictionaly in that picture.



I find it very hard to believe Tim Curry is 63 this year.


I'm sure people have some rather dark images of Transylvania fans, thinking they're all dressed in Goth gear, sipping drinks from lead goblets and stuff.

Truth is they're normal midwestern folks and there were alot of them at Wittenberg in 2006.

I can't believe none of them have a computer that can find this site. :-\
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 05, 2009, 01:25:47 AM
Quote from: sac on February 05, 2009, 01:23:00 AM
I can't believe none of them have a computer that can find this site. :-\

Well, their computers are probably covered in cobwebs, just like everything else in Transylvania. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: tu-fan on February 06, 2009, 05:04:53 PM
Alright Alright....Your call for a Transylvanian has been answered. You will all be glad to know the Championship Belt is secured in a vault beneatht the Beck Center Floor. Upon receiving The Belt, we first displayed at the entrance of the Arena. After numerous attempts of theft, we dedided it would be best to have it put in a safe place.

I assure you all, The Belt is safe and is in good hands.
Hopefully, it will stay in Lexington....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 06, 2009, 05:12:48 PM
I can again sleep well tonight.

A vault under the floor at Transylvania?  I am not going down there with out a wooden stake and a garlic necklace, thank you very much.  That might be the safest BeltTM storage location yet.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on February 06, 2009, 07:15:43 PM
If they were willing to store it down the road they could have used Fort Knox.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 06, 2009, 08:07:18 PM

Quote from: hickory_cornhusker on February 06, 2009, 07:15:43 PM
If they were willing to store it down the road they could have used Fort Knox.


You need a little more than a wooden stick and a garlic necklace to get past security there I hear.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 06, 2009, 08:19:07 PM
Quote from: sac on February 06, 2009, 08:07:18 PM

Quote from: hickory_cornhusker on February 06, 2009, 07:15:43 PM
If they were willing to store it down the road they could have used Fort Knox.


You need a little more than a wooden stick and a garlic necklace to get past security there I hear.

Soldiers with rifles don't scare me as much as vampires.  Good god, haven't any of you seen The Lost Boys?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2009, 08:23:10 PM
And Knox (College) is not that scary - they only recently made it off the winless list! ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 06, 2009, 08:33:26 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 06, 2009, 08:19:07 PM
Quote from: sac on February 06, 2009, 08:07:18 PM

Quote from: hickory_cornhusker on February 06, 2009, 07:15:43 PM
If they were willing to store it down the road they could have used Fort Knox.


You need a little more than a wooden stick and a garlic necklace to get past security there I hear.

Soldiers with rifles don't scare me as much as vampires.  Good god, haven't any of you seen The Lost Boys?

It might have done something for me if the head vampire (Edward Herrmann) wasn't shilling for Chrysler on the side.

Ya know they should have known it was Edward all along...........never trust a man with two first names.


I also didn't know they made a sequel.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 06, 2009, 10:03:58 PM
tu-fan -- Welcome, and bring friends!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 06, 2009, 11:09:52 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 06, 2009, 10:03:58 PM
tu-fan -- Welcome, and bring friends!

gone already?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: tu-fan on February 08, 2009, 09:23:11 PM
The Pioneers have retained the Belt another week! However, I am feeling alot of pressure being the official spokesperson from Transylvania. Hopefully, TU will keep winning and we will have visitors for the Conferency Tourney. It was an electric enviroment in 2005 when TU made the Elite 8 run. 
For those wishing for a sneak peak from "Vampire Land," I invite you to go youtube and seach "let it bain." There is a short clip from the semifinals of Heartland Tourney. Unfortunately, the video only shows a short clip of a miracle come from behind win as Marc "Bain" hit 4 consecutive 3's (from deep). I was at the game and student section had a handful of umbrellas they put up.

Enjoy!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 08, 2009, 09:33:22 PM
Is it true that after the next home game the local bar........"Counts", is having a have a belt with the belt promotion?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kyballr on February 08, 2009, 11:34:03 PM
tufan brought some friends.....uh friend...not sure if he/she has anymore.  vampireland was hopping at the beck center in that youtube video.  i forgot about those deep threes.  guess 2005 was a few years back... 

i have a mental image of this BELT tm thing but still have not figured out why Belt resides in Lex..... ??? ???
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 09, 2009, 12:58:21 AM
Quote from: kyballr on February 08, 2009, 11:34:03 PM
tufan brought some friends.....uh friend...not sure if he/she has anymore.  vampireland was hopping at the beck center in that youtube video.  i forgot about those deep threes.  guess 2005 was a few years back... 

i have a mental image of this BELT tm thing but still have not figured out why Belt resides in Lex..... ??? ???

kyballr,

Transy won possession of The BeltTM when they beat Anderson back on Jan. 17th. They keep it until someone beats them. Below is the history of who has held The BeltTM so far this year.


Once again the D3 Championship BeltTM has moved, this time to Lexington, KY as the Transylvania Pioneers take down conference rival Anderson 80-69.

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ. Who lost it to Elmhurst
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst    Who lost it to Anderson
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson  Who lost it to Transy
Jan. 17-Present- Transylvania 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kyballr on February 09, 2009, 08:17:45 AM
Thanks Magic... Hope  it likes southern hospitality and stays a while....at least one Lex team is winning....come on CATS! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 09, 2009, 05:29:58 PM
I'll give a Karma point to the first poster that can take that picture of the Transy player from the front page and photoshop the BeltTM onto him.  I won't be picky if the depiction of the BeltTM isn't completely accurate, since no one can cast their gaze directly on the BeltTM for any extended period of time anyway.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2009, 10:59:23 PM
This is one time I really wish I had photoshop.

I was going to use this one

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wildcatbelts.com%2Fimages%2F21.%2520Waffle%2520House%2Fwaffle2.jpg&hash=00aa028cf71d924213e629fad80057bbc96ca8af)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 09, 2009, 11:07:52 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2009, 10:59:23 PM
This is one time I really wish I had photoshop.

I was going to use this one

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wildcatbelts.com%2Fimages%2F21.%2520Waffle%2520House%2Fwaffle2.jpg&hash=00aa028cf71d924213e629fad80057bbc96ca8af)

Are you making a slur on Just Bill? :o ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2009, 11:10:25 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 09, 2009, 11:07:52 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2009, 10:59:23 PM
This is one time I really wish I had photoshop.

I was going to use this one

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wildcatbelts.com%2Fimages%2F21.%2520Waffle%2520House%2Fwaffle2.jpg&hash=00aa028cf71d924213e629fad80057bbc96ca8af)

Are you making a slur on Just Bill? :o ;)

Oh no I just want to make sure the belt is prepared for its long time stay in the 'South'.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 09, 2009, 11:13:01 PM

Here (http://clothing.shop.ebay.com/items/Belt-Buckles__W0QQ_armrsZ1QQ_mdoZClothingQ2dShoesQ2dAccessoriesQQ_msppZQQ_pcatsZ4250Q2c11450QQ_sacatZ86647) are 14700 to select from!  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2009, 11:14:09 PM
cancel that last post............see what you get don't even hit the links and just  ass ume
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2009, 11:18:03 PM
I dont' know, may have found a winner on page 1.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi20.ebayimg.com%2F04%2Fi%2F001%2F2f%2Fbe%2Feee8_2.JPG&hash=c4b3f7d3dc74347926f26b24b0d756f54c4b3b9e)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 09, 2009, 11:27:12 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2009, 11:18:03 PM
I dont' know, may have found a winner on page 1.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi20.ebayimg.com%2F04%2Fi%2F001%2F2f%2Fbe%2Feee8_2.JPG&hash=c4b3f7d3dc74347926f26b24b0d756f54c4b3b9e)

Naw!!!  Too frou-frou!  ::) 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 09, 2009, 11:29:59 PM
LED Bucket (http://cgi.ebay.com/Multi-color-SCROLLING-LED-BELT-BUCKLE-With-back-cover_W0QQitemZ310121301008QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_CSA_MWA_Belt_Buckles?hash=item310121301008&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50)

Maybe you could get one of these that would allow the current holder to program the school's name.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2009, 11:33:07 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 09, 2009, 11:27:12 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2009, 11:18:03 PM
I dont' know, may have found a winner on page 1.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi20.ebayimg.com%2F04%2Fi%2F001%2F2f%2Fbe%2Feee8_2.JPG&hash=c4b3f7d3dc74347926f26b24b0d756f54c4b3b9e)

Naw!!!  Too frou-frou!  ::) 

I was going for bling-bling.

The scrolling one looks nice, but who do we trust to replace the batteries?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 09, 2009, 11:36:01 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2009, 11:33:07 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 09, 2009, 11:27:12 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2009, 11:18:03 PM
I dont' know, may have found a winner on page 1.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi20.ebayimg.com%2F04%2Fi%2F001%2F2f%2Fbe%2Feee8_2.JPG&hash=c4b3f7d3dc74347926f26b24b0d756f54c4b3b9e)

Naw!!!  Too frou-frou!  ::) 

I was going for bling-bling.

The scrolling one looks nice, but who do we trust to replace the batteries?
Can you imagine the ignominy of the reputation of not knowing how to change the batteries of an LED display?    :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 10, 2009, 03:31:29 PM
I think I may have a sponsor for the belt...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadfood.com%2Fphotos%2Fx76.jpg&hash=4969cbc838b755011e31bed2d588d2521c6c75bb)

They may require that UWSP be given honorary "rights" to the belt for the seasons they won the Championship, as Belts' Soft Serve is located in beautiful Stevens Point, WI... but...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on February 10, 2009, 07:32:17 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fv5jnja.blu.livefilestore.com%2Fy1paRUWPzS-ySKTNRvrlTKuDv6b9xeOJo9lxA_AP5IoyPyIEk1RntZr24T-VtIkpLyRUQiTUr4xwo4%2Ftransybelt.jpg&hash=91ca43c9a907029a21043143f401e159d1098cf5)

First attempt looked even worse than this one, but there it is! Transy and the BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 10, 2009, 07:55:54 PM
Ding! Ding! The winner, and NEWWWWW Photoshop Championnnnnnnn! WashU33Fan!

+K
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: tu-fan on February 10, 2009, 09:37:32 PM
I just spoke with sources close to the Transy program and Tim Tierney is going to wear The Belt for warmups tomorrow night against Franklin!
Be sure to tune in to the Uk vs. Florida game tonight....Tierney is going to be the honorary "Y" in Kentucky at halftime to showcase The Belt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on February 10, 2009, 09:53:11 PM
Thanks Just Bill!

tu-fan,
Just tell him to reshine it with some Brassotm after he gets out of Rupp Arena tonight.  :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kyballr on February 10, 2009, 11:55:52 PM
I just spoke with sources close to the Transy program and Tim Tierney is going to wear The Belt for warmups tomorrow night against Franklin!
Be sure to tune in to the Uk vs. Florida game tonight....Tierney is going to be the honorary "Y" in Kentucky at halftime to showcase The Belt.


ashley judd is a better "Y" than Tim T.   Any chance we can get her to Transy to be the T or the Y?  It is only 3 blocks from rupp ?  :o   what the heck is he pointing at on the front page picture?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 11, 2009, 12:32:09 AM
I'm not sure the belt has ever had better hosts.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on February 11, 2009, 09:16:35 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fv5jnja.blu.livefilestore.com%2Fy1p0f0_T-esV3Ro0CBUEjA-sna9lobZ4bTHgczHDqCANQDaKr6gLkChDKBpwSxYX4eF3DRn6mh98FY%2Ffranklin.jpg&hash=ef64b0161ad3adb6b22869893176299f013a0cf9)

The BeltTM makes the move to Franklin!  Franklin 88  Transy 76
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 11, 2009, 09:42:20 PM
Now you're just showing off...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kyballr on February 12, 2009, 06:54:04 AM
does this mean ashley judd is not coming to Transy game?  >:(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 12, 2009, 09:14:08 AM
We've gone from Ravens to Transylvania to Grizzlies.  I'm thinking the HCAC is kind of a scary place.  The BeltTM was certainly collecting cobwebs with it's extended stay in Lexington.  I'm sure the good folks at Franklin will take all the necessary security precautions to keep the BeltTM safe.

For the record....

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania 
Feb. 11- Present - Franklin
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 12, 2009, 09:21:54 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 12, 2009, 09:14:08 AM
We've gone from Ravens to Transylvania to Grizzlies.  I'm thinking the HCAC is kind of a scary place. 

Lions - Panthers - Yellow Jackets to go.......... (@Mt. St Joseph, @Hanover, Defiance)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 12, 2009, 01:38:41 PM
Quote from: sac on February 12, 2009, 09:21:54 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 12, 2009, 09:14:08 AM
We've gone from Ravens to Transylvania to Grizzlies.  I'm thinking the HCAC is kind of a scary place. 

Lions - Panthers - Yellow Jackets to go.......... (@Mt. St Joseph, @Hanover, Defiance)

Mount St. Joe (6-16, 2-11) has been officially eliminated from HCAC tournament contention. (The Lions have clinched ninth place in a league that has an eight-team tourney.) That means that if the Lions upset Franklin on Saturday afternoon and win their final two games at Transylvania and Bluffton -- admittedly a tall order -- the BeltTM will start a very early off-season rest in Cincinnati as early as a week from Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: tu-fan on February 12, 2009, 03:58:26 PM
There is a better chance of Carrie Underwood "poking" me on facebook than the Belt spending the offseason in Cincy. Although it would go rather nice with Ocho Cinco's grill.  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kyballr on February 12, 2009, 10:31:32 PM
i don't think I have any cred on this board yet but whatever karma +1 is, I think u should get it with "poke me" by Carrie Underwear comment....

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kyballr on February 14, 2009, 10:19:07 PM
Da Belttm stays in Grizzlyland for another week (Frank beats Mount St. joseph)....could be there until NCAA tourney round 2 or 3...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on February 18, 2009, 09:34:42 PM
Franklin  92  Hanover  84  Final  Grizzlies maintain possession of the BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on February 21, 2009, 06:12:09 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fv5jnja.blu.livefilestore.com%2Fy1ptqzhe_8sUxyr_TgdmRjvZRINuLlCV1wpjUH-rPv3IMvwoNqb9B7JQFWIcxq5maTU8brdSxZh1mZllW9dd7k-eA%2Fdefiancebelt.jpg&hash=61df7f243f386703073547afe6de62f2ceac9a69)

Defiance 92 Franklin 89 Final   Yellowjackets take the BeltTM into the HCAC Tourney
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 22, 2009, 12:11:19 AM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on February 21, 2009, 06:12:09 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fv5jnja.blu.livefilestore.com%2Fy1ptqzhe_8sUxyr_TgdmRjvZRINuLlCV1wpjUH-rPv3IMvwoNqb9B7JQFWIcxq5maTU8brdSxZh1mZllW9dd7k-eA%2Fdefiancebelt.jpg&hash=61df7f243f386703073547afe6de62f2ceac9a69)

Defiance 92 Franklin 89 Final   Yellowjackets take the BeltTM into the HCAC Tourney

And the winner of the HCAC Tourney will take The BeltTM  into the 60 team NCAA field, thereby ensuring the eventual D3 National Champion will keep it until at least next Nov. 15th.   

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 22, 2009, 05:07:43 PM
On to the postseason!

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania 
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Present - Defiance
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on February 24, 2009, 09:13:06 PM
Defiance 69 - Hanover 68 on a Defiance buzzeer beater.  The BeltTM stays in Defiance at least until Friday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 24, 2009, 10:32:47 PM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on February 24, 2009, 09:13:06 PM
Defiance 69 - Hanover 68 on a Defiance buzzeer beater.  The BeltTM stays in Defiance at least until Friday.
It was almost "Han-over" the BeltTM!  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 24, 2009, 10:44:44 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 24, 2009, 10:32:47 PM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on February 24, 2009, 09:13:06 PM
Defiance 69 - Hanover 68 on a Defiance buzzeer beater.  The BeltTM stays in Defiance at least until Friday.
It was almost "Han-over" the BeltTM!  ;)

groan
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 25, 2009, 09:33:08 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 24, 2009, 10:32:47 PM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on February 24, 2009, 09:13:06 PM
Defiance 69 - Hanover 68 on a Defiance buzzeer beater.  The BeltTM stays in Defiance at least until Friday.
It was almost "Han-over" the BeltTM!  ;)

This is your first warning.  Subsequent puns will be dealt with harshly.  +K
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on February 27, 2009, 07:47:27 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fv5jnja.blu.livefilestore.com%2Fy1pEUKhYvEFY8y4zVOplkWYhSAlas3WUYZazM7ihe1n8-iHL2A23f3Q4cLj-YCCiCixyvEQs0hpTE4Kx_Mqe9BTJA%2Ffranklin2.jpg&hash=ab88b0f4a20ee9d41c0593d8b0f66a926279c281)

Back to the Grizzlies  73  Defiance 67


Sorry, corrected with new Griz!  I won't let it happen again.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 27, 2009, 08:06:25 PM
What's that?  A recycled BeltTM pic?  Clearly all this fame has gone to your head.

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania 
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27-Present - Franklin
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 27, 2009, 10:37:58 PM
You are the man. +K
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on February 28, 2009, 10:38:42 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fv5jnja.blu.livefilestore.com%2Fy1p0HjDp-XZJD9RKqjLhK-ofwtHNVDhbPHHb6aMd1mwl3-kBlx0p5SwvAPX6QCLKFBzF3mL8Ip_37BEgZHNbj0Yjg%2Ftransy2.jpg&hash=ed8677fd8610cd3d8696dca2162e1e230945af01)

Transy takes the BeltTM back from Franklin in the HCAC Championship Game 76-72.

Sorry I was a little late.  Sunday school soup supper ran a little long.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 01, 2009, 11:33:34 AM
Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania 
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Present - Transylvania
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:33:08 PM
The Belt will travel with Transylvania to Danville, KY this weekend where Guilford gets the first shot, followed by Averett or Centre in NCAA action.

In the Sweet 16, John Carroll, Brockport St., Medaille or Carnegie-Mellon will get a shot at the belt at a location yet to be determined.

Followed in the Elite 8 by UT-Dallas, Trinity, Maryville, Capital, Thomas More, Wooster or Gettysburg.


This is an exciting time of the year for the belt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on March 06, 2009, 10:37:45 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fv5jnja.blu.livefilestore.com%2Fy1p38eygV4edPiXR9f0BEyQeaK7SSA4BwkWDmU_vKxmv730ouexNYtHoeMvna2i_PogLmeygBT-X2lAGvttb8pASQ%2Fguilford.jpg&hash=d8bdb96ce574b12bf671b40314460fe5f0958fb3)

Guilford over Transy 71-67
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 06, 2009, 10:50:47 PM
We can't go back to the ODAC.  We spent all of last year over there.  Very well....

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania 
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Present - Guilford
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on March 06, 2009, 10:57:02 PM
It was two years ago in the 2006-2007 season the belt was in in the ODAC. Last year it racked up the most frequent flyers when it was in the UAA almost the whole year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 06, 2009, 11:04:13 PM
Wow, I didn't realize anyone was actually keeping track of this nonsense.  +K for the effort!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 06, 2009, 11:16:36 PM
With host Centre going down, I predict Guilford will retain the belt for a week, then give it up to either the OAC (JCU) or the UAA (CMU).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on March 07, 2009, 07:01:26 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 06, 2009, 11:16:36 PM
With host Centre going down, I predict Guilford will retain the belt for a week, then give it up to either the OAC (JCU) or the UAA (CMU).

Well, I certainly hope you're wrong on that one. ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on March 08, 2009, 11:38:22 AM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on March 06, 2009, 10:37:45 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fv5jnja.blu.livefilestore.com%2Fy1p38eygV4edPiXR9f0BEyQeaK7SSA4BwkWDmU_vKxmv730ouexNYtHoeMvna2i_PogLmeygBT-X2lAGvttb8pASQ%2Fguilford.jpg&hash=d8bdb96ce574b12bf671b40314460fe5f0958fb3)

Guilford over Transy 71-67

Guilford over Averett 91-81

Guilford v. John Carroll next
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 08, 2009, 03:10:46 PM
Guilford, John Carroll, Capital or UT-Dallas will carry the belt to Salem.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on March 13, 2009, 10:07:08 PM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on March 08, 2009, 11:38:22 AM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on March 06, 2009, 10:37:45 PM
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Guilford over Transy 71-67

Guilford over Averett 91-81

Guilford v. John Carroll next

Guilford over John Carroll 78-73 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 13, 2009, 11:34:34 PM
The poignancy of UTD competing for the The BeltTM cannot be understated for those of us who grew up listening to Dallas sports.

Bill Mercer is the PA announcer for UTDallas games and still instructs U North Texas students who do the web casts for UTD games.

Mr Mercer was one of the announcers of the one of the original professional wrestling groups, World Class Championship Wrestling, based in Dallas in the 1950's and 1960's.  (Fritz von Erich's group of wrestlers)

Here is the wikipedia listing.  Bill Mercer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mercer)

It would be a great honor for him to be the host announcer for The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 14, 2009, 09:54:29 PM
Guilford carries the belt to Salem.

Sean Wallis of Washington University was asked what it was like to be returning to the Final Four in the televised post game press conference on ESPND3.  His response "the heck with the Final Four we just want our belt back"

(this quote cannot be verified by credible sources)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on March 14, 2009, 10:04:33 PM
I knew we could get that belt back at Guilford.  It's been a long time since we fondled the leather and baubles.
Let's hope it stays here awhile.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 14, 2009, 10:38:57 PM
Just be gentle with my baubles.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on March 15, 2009, 01:30:03 AM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on March 13, 2009, 10:07:08 PM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on March 08, 2009, 11:38:22 AM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on March 06, 2009, 10:37:45 PM
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Guilford over Transy 71-67

Guilford over Averett 91-81

Guilford takes the BeltTM to Salem

Guilford v. John Carroll next

Guilford over John Carroll 78-73 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 15, 2009, 01:31:25 AM
Bill is the Do Ho of Wisconsin. Tiny baubles make him warm all over.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 15, 2009, 08:13:27 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 15, 2009, 01:31:25 AM
Bill is the Do Ho of Wisconsin. Tiny baubles make him warm all over.
I'll have you know, sir, that I will not stand for anyone underresprenting the size of my baubles.  You're on my list.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hasanova on March 18, 2009, 10:35:54 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 15, 2009, 01:31:25 AM
Bill is the Do Ho of Wisconsin. Tiny baubles make him warm all over.
It was so cold in Wisconsin, it froze Don's "n" off!  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hasanova on March 18, 2009, 10:37:21 PM
Quote from: sludge on March 14, 2009, 10:04:33 PM
I knew we could get that belt back at Guilford.  Let's hope it stays here awhile.
Amen, Brother Sludge.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 20, 2009, 07:08:43 PM
The Championship BeltTM has come full circle.

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania 
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19 - Guilford
Mar. 20-Present - Washington Univ.

I hope Wash U. didn't dismantle the Belt'sTM offseason secure storage location. One more win and it's heading home.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on March 20, 2009, 08:46:13 PM
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Wash U 77 - Guilford 58

Just left the Civic Center, sorry for being a little late! Go Bears! Had to go with AT!!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mellymel on March 21, 2009, 12:20:34 PM
Check out this live interactive blog from the championship game today:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/126/story/435213.html
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on March 21, 2009, 07:15:22 PM
It was nice of Washington U to let The BeltTM tour the Midwest and South before bringing it home to St Louis once again.   
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on March 22, 2009, 12:57:14 AM
Quote from: WashU33Fan on March 20, 2009, 08:46:13 PM
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Wash U 77 - Guilford 58

Just left the Civic Center, sorry for being a little late! Go Bears! Had to go with AT!!!

Great celebration for the Bears!  The BeltTM will be safe and sound in STL!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 06, 2009, 07:48:23 PM
Let the world tour begin again! The D-III Championship BeltTM spent the entire summer sunning under the Arch and watching the Cardinals at Busch.  But now, it's time again. The first challenger awaits!

Current BeltTM holder: Washington University

Next Battle for the BeltTM: Sun. Nov. 15 - Wash U vs. MacMurray


If you don't know what I'm talking about, you are required by law to start at Page 1 and read the entire thread from start to finish. Then submit an essay to me entitled "What the D-III Championship BeltTM means to me." 3-5 pages, 10-point Times New Roman, double spaced.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on November 06, 2009, 08:03:02 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 06, 2009, 07:48:23 PM
Let the world tour begin again! The D-III Championship BeltTM spent the entire summer sunning under the Arch and watching the Cardinals at Busch.  But now, it's time again. The first challenger awaits!

Current BeltTM holder: Washington University

Next Battle for the BeltTM: Sun. Nov. 15 - Wash U vs. MacMurray


If you don't know what I'm talking about, you are required by law to start at Page 1 and read the entire thread from start to finish. Then submit an essay to me entitled "What the D-III Championship BeltTM means to me." 3-5 pages, 10-point Times New Roman, double spaced.

Thank goodness I only had to only go back to the first dozen pages and didn't have to write the "essay"  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on November 12, 2009, 04:59:52 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 06, 2009, 07:48:23 PM
Let the world tour begin again! The D-III Championship BeltTM spent the entire summer sunning under the Arch and watching the Cardinals at Busch.  But now, it's time again. The first challenger awaits!

Current BeltTM holder: Washington University

Next Battle for the BeltTM: Sun. Nov. 15 - Wash U vs. MacMurray


If you don't know what I'm talking about, you are required by law to start at Page 1 and read the entire thread from start to finish. Then submit an essay to me entitled "What the D-III Championship BeltTM means to me." 3-5 pages, 10-point Times New Roman, double spaced.

We're just a few precious days away from the season's beginning! ;D

The Sunday (Nov. 15) matchup between Washington U. and MacMurray marks the 95th time the BeltTM has been up for grabs.

The Washinton U. Bears come in as the all time leader in D3 Championship BeltTM contest wins (15) and days held (522). The Bears maintain an overall record of 15-4 in games in which the BeltTM is on the line, including an astounding 13-1 record in BeltTM defense attempts.:o

This will be MacMurray's first shot at Belt,TM and the SLIAC's third overall attempt at D3 Championship BeltTM glory. The previous two SLIAC attempts, losses by Eureka and Fontbonne, were both at the hands of these same Washington U. Bears.:-\  The MacMurray Highlanders will become the 61st team to compete for the Belt.TM

Good Luck!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 13, 2009, 11:17:37 AM
I think I have a new vice-Grand Poobah.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 13, 2009, 11:43:47 AM
Very impressive!  When you have TWO colleges/universities named after you (check survivor league page for reference), you should know these types of things! lol :-)  I think Just Bill might have been unseated!  ::) ;D :D ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on November 13, 2009, 11:52:59 AM
Quote from: Old School.... (Tom Doebler) on November 13, 2009, 11:43:47 AM
Very impressive!  When you have TWO colleges/universities named after you (check survivor league page for reference), you should know these types of things! lol :-)  I think Just Bill might have been unseated!  ::) ;D :D ;)

I'm not here to unseat anyone, I merely needed a fix of D3 basketball in the offseason so I made tracking the BeltTM one of my projects (you know, one of those killing time while at work projects ;)) I now have a record of every game involoving the BeltTM since it was first retroactively awarded to Virginia Wesleyan for the 2006-2007 season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on November 13, 2009, 02:45:27 PM
Should Wash U retain the belt on Sunday against MacMurray I plan to be in Bloomington, IL the following weekend to inspect the Belttm to ensure that it has been treated well by the Bears.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 14, 2009, 06:53:57 PM
You don't unseat Just Bill. If you do, he'll take that metal folding chair you've unseated him from and give you a good whack with it. Then he'll climb up on the turnbuckle and give you an imploding senton bomb faster than you can say "Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan."

And you don't want that, do you?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on November 15, 2009, 07:06:41 PM
Wash U big win today over MacMurray.  AT finishes with 24.  Imaging software acting up.  Try to remedy soon. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on November 16, 2009, 11:34:36 AM
Bears Win! The BeltTM stays with Washington University!

The 88-53 win over the MacMurray Highlanders stretches the Bears' record for days held to 528. Their current streak of 247 days is the third longest in D3 BeltTM history (Amherst 266 days in 2007, WashU 281 days in 2008). Will this year's Bears become the first to win The Belt TM in March and retain it until the new year?

Next up for Washington U is Ohio Wesleyan on November 21.

This will be the first time the Battling Bishops have the opportunity to battle for The BeltTM. The NCAC had one previous attempt at The Belt,TM an 81-74 Earlham loss to Anderson last winter. Ohio Wesleyan would become the Great Lakes Region's second D3 BeltTM Champion (Carnegie Mellon, 2008).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 19, 2009, 04:34:10 PM
I have concern over the BeltTM falling into the hands of the Battling Bishops. Not that OWU wouldn't be worthy to hold it should they earn it, but I am afraid of the alterations they might make to the BeltTM.

Clergy are not exactly snazzy dressers, and the BeltTM is well-known for it's dynamic display of baubles and gewgaws.  What if the Bishops disapporve and strip it of it's rhinestone glory and turn the BeltTM into a belt?  I fear the BeltTM may not be welcome in a house of worship.  (It does have a rather unseemly history.)

Maybe we need an OWU fan to assure the security of the BeltTM should it pass hands on Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on November 19, 2009, 05:05:40 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 19, 2009, 04:34:10 PM
I have concern over the BeltTM falling into the hands of the Battling Bishops. Not that OWU wouldn't be worthy to hold it should they earn it, but I am afraid of the alterations they might make to the BeltTM.

Clergy are not exactly snazzy dressers, and the BeltTM is well-known for it's dynamic display of baubles and gewgaws.  What if the Bishops disapporve and strip it of it's rhinestone glory and turn the BeltTM into a belt?  I fear the BeltTM may not be welcome in a house of worship.  (It does have a rather unseemly history.)

Maybe we need an OWU fan to assure the security of the BeltTM should it pass hands on Saturday.

Fear not.  If by some inexplicable cosmic cataclysm, the Bishops take it; the Titans will immediately restore it to more experienced hands.  And I have every faith that the Titans would show proper decorum re: the BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on November 19, 2009, 06:38:38 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 19, 2009, 04:34:10 PMMaybe we need an OWU fan to assure the security of the BeltTM should it pass hands on Saturday.
Present.  Personally, I think the BeltTM looks good with a cassock, as shown below.  If and when OWU wrests the BeltTM from the claws of the Bears and defends it against those "other" Wesleyans, the Bishops will restore the Dignity that the BeltTM deserves but has long lacked.
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgeophysics.ou.edu%2Fbattling_bishop3.gif&hash=fe3789941257208e35d71fb68a04c64e9fc58d58)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 19, 2009, 11:29:23 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on November 19, 2009, 06:38:38 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 19, 2009, 04:34:10 PMMaybe we need an OWU fan to assure the security of the BeltTM should it pass hands on Saturday.
Present.  Personally, I think the BeltTM looks good with a cassock, as shown below.  If and when OWU wrests the BeltTM from the claws of the Bears and defends it against those "other" Wesleyans, the Bishops will restore the Dignity that the BeltTM deserves but has long lacked.
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgeophysics.ou.edu%2Fbattling_bishop3.gif&hash=fe3789941257208e35d71fb68a04c64e9fc58d58)

Actually, a complete lack of dignity (and taste, and style, etc.) is one of the BeltTM's most recognizable qualities.  If someone gets any dignity on it, warm water and mild soap on a lambskin washcloth should take care of it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on November 20, 2009, 12:03:07 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 19, 2009, 11:29:23 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on November 19, 2009, 06:38:38 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 19, 2009, 04:34:10 PMMaybe we need an OWU fan to assure the security of the BeltTM should it pass hands on Saturday.
Present.  Personally, I think the BeltTM looks good with a cassock, as shown below.  If and when OWU wrests the BeltTM from the claws of the Bears and defends it against those "other" Wesleyans, the Bishops will restore the Dignity that the BeltTM deserves but has long lacked.
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgeophysics.ou.edu%2Fbattling_bishop3.gif&hash=fe3789941257208e35d71fb68a04c64e9fc58d58)

Actually, a complete lack of dignity (and taste, and style, etc.) is one of the BeltTM's most recognizable qualities.  If someone gets any dignity on it, warm water and mild soap on a lambskin washcloth should take care of it.

I'm betting that IWU could handle that! ;D

Hoo, boy, I'm in trouble now! :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 21, 2009, 09:13:11 PM
Whew! Looks like I avoided going to church more than my standard twice a year. Wash U downs the Bishops 85-68.  The BeltTM seems to getting very comfortable in St. Louis.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 23, 2009, 09:25:12 PM
Not one mention of the BeltTM on the Washington U. athletic page.  It's all "National Champion volleyball team" this and "Final Four soccer team" that.  The nerve!  Give your fans what they really want!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on November 24, 2009, 12:09:16 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 23, 2009, 09:25:12 PM
Not one mention of the BeltTM on the Washington U. athletic page.  It's all "National Champion volleyball team" this and "Final Four soccer team" that.  The nerve!  Give your fans what they really want!


That is strange. Especially after all that research KnightSlappy did to verify the numerous records that Washington U has attained as the BeltTM holder. Records that quite possibly may never be broken. Rodney D got more respect than this.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on November 24, 2009, 09:08:32 AM
Happy 1103rd day of BeltTM play!

Well, the pesky Wesleyan's had their shot (twice), but both the Ohio variety and the Illinois variety fell to the heavyweight champions of the world.

The loss by OWU, in their first BeltTM challenge, drops the NCAC to 0-2.

IWU now falls to 0-2 in BeltTM play, with both losses coming to the mighty Washington University in St. Louis Bears. The loss drops the CCIW to 1-5, but fans of the conference needn't worry too much because if they Bears survive their next test, the CCIW will get two cracks at The BeltTM via Wheaton and Augustana.

So the BeltTM will be able to enoy a relaxing Thanksgiving feast in the city in which it's grown accustomed.

Up next for the Bears and The BeltTM will be either Pomona-Pitzer or Whitworth on December 5. I'm sure The BeltTM will be glad for the fresh meat; no team from the SCIAC (Pomona-Pitzer) or NWC (Whitworth) has yet to challenge for The Belt.TM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 06, 2009, 11:38:38 AM
The BeltTM is going to be in St. Louis so long we'll never get the smell of Budweiser out of it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 06, 2009, 06:30:30 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 06, 2009, 11:38:38 AM
The BeltTM is going to be in St. Louis so long we'll never get the smell of Budweiser out of it.

Two CCIW contenders get a crack at it this week (albeit in StL).  I'm not at all sure either Wheaton or Augie can pull it off, but getting the BeltTM back to the CCIW would work for me! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on December 11, 2009, 02:32:29 PM
Well folks, the Crusading Thunder from Wheaton tried valiantly to pry the BeltTM away from the Wash. U. Bears, but in the end the BeltTM didn't want to leave St. Louis.

The Wheaton loss drops the CCIW to 1-6 all-time in BeltTM contests.

The current Washington U. days held streak (268 days) has passed the 2007 Amherst streak (266 days) to become the second longest streak in the history of the D3 BeltTM (The longest streak is the 2008 Wash U. streak of 281 days that ended nearly one year ago.)

Next up is Augustana, who fell to Washington U. by an 87-82 score last November in their only previous BeltTM challenge. This marks the 100th (WOW!) time that the BeltTM will be contested (and the 25th time Wash U. has been involved.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on December 12, 2009, 02:55:19 AM
Good work, Knightslappy!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on December 18, 2009, 02:27:31 PM
So the SLIAC will get their second shot at the BeltTM this season tomorrow when Fontbonne hosts the reigning Heavyweight Champion of D3--Washington University in St. Louis.

The Fontbonne Griffins, in their only BeltTM attempt, fell by eleven points last December to the same Bears. Maybe some home cookin' will help Fontbonne wrestle the belt out of the death grip hold of Washington U.

A win for Wash U. would allow them to surpass last year's streak of 281 days to set a new BeltTM days held record.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 18, 2009, 04:56:54 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on December 18, 2009, 02:27:31 PMThe Fontbonne Griffins, in their only BeltTM attempt, fell by eleven points last December to the same Bears. Maybe some home cookin' will help Fontbonne wrestle the belt out of the death grip hold of Washington U.

The Fontbonne and Wash U campuses directly face each other across Wydown Boulevard. Is it really home cooking when the opponents can smell what's on the stove from their dorm rooms? ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on December 18, 2009, 05:25:55 PM
Last year's Fontbonne squad went into the championship match with a real chance to gain the belt, and gave the title holder everything they wanted for 35 minutes...  Alas graduation hit the Griffs hard, leaving little optimism that champagne will flow in the Fonbonne locker room tomorrow afternoon....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on December 18, 2009, 06:37:25 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 18, 2009, 04:56:54 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on December 18, 2009, 02:27:31 PMThe Fontbonne Griffins, in their only BeltTM attempt, fell by eleven points last December to the same Bears. Maybe some home cookin' will help Fontbonne wrestle the belt out of the death grip hold of Washington U.

The Fontbonne and Wash U campuses directly face each other across Wydown Boulevard. Is it really home cooking when the opponents can smell what's on the stove from their dorm rooms? ;)

Would it be considered a road game for the Griffins if it was held at Wash U?

Some people say that cucumbers taste better pickled.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on December 18, 2009, 11:02:47 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on December 18, 2009, 06:37:25 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 18, 2009, 04:56:54 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on December 18, 2009, 02:27:31 PMThe Fontbonne Griffins, in their only BeltTM attempt, fell by eleven points last December to the same Bears. Maybe some home cookin' will help Fontbonne wrestle the belt out of the death grip hold of Washington U.

The Fontbonne and Wash U campuses directly face each other across Wydown Boulevard. Is it really home cooking when the opponents can smell what's on the stove from their dorm rooms? ;)

Would it be considered a road game for the Griffins if it was held at Wash U?

Some people say that cucumbers taste better pickled.

They call it an "across the road" game.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mark_reichert on December 26, 2009, 02:01:44 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 18, 2009, 04:56:54 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on December 18, 2009, 02:27:31 PMThe Fontbonne Griffins, in their only BeltTM attempt, fell by eleven points last December to the same Bears. Maybe some home cookin' will help Fontbonne wrestle the belt out of the death grip hold of Washington U.

The Fontbonne and Wash U campuses directly face each other across Wydown Boulevard. Is it really home cooking when the opponents can smell what's on the stove from their dorm rooms? ;)

And it is the Wash U dorm rooms on the "South 40" that are across Wydown Boulevard from Fontbonne.

I've posted this before but Google 6800 Wydown Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63105 for a map.

Notice how the entire Fontbonne campus can fit inside of the "South 40".
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on December 29, 2009, 07:17:28 PM
Tonight, the champagne is flowing in the Transylvania locker room, as Transylvania has just defeated Wash U at Wooster, OH to become the new champion.

Transylvania's first defense (of this current title reign) is tomorrow as Wooster is playing in the second game to try to become the next challenger.  

Update:  Wooster will be the challenger.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 29, 2009, 07:20:34 PM
We now need WashU33fan to photoshop the BeltTM onto a picture of a vampire.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 29, 2009, 09:22:15 PM
If I'm not mistaken Transylvania has had the belt before.

Transy v Wooster tomorrow.........so the belt will remain in the NCAC for the remainder of the season, or the HCAC with one chance to go outside with a game at Maryville, Tn.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on December 29, 2009, 10:07:58 PM
Quote from: sac on December 29, 2009, 09:22:15 PM
If I'm not mistaken Transylvania has had the belt before.

Transy v Wooster tomorrow.........so the belt will remain in the NCAC for the remainder of the season, or the HCAC with one chance to go outside with a game at Maryville, Tn.

Transy won The BeltTM last year on Jan. 17th when they took it from the Anderson Ravens who only managed to hold onto it for 2 weeks after taking it from Elmhurst.  If Transy gets past Wooster tomorrow and then Defiance on Jan. 6th Anderson could possibly return the favor by knocking off Transy on Jan. 9th Here is a list of The Belt'sTM travels since the start of the 2008-09 season:


Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania 
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19- Guilford
Mar. 20-Dec. 28-Washington Univ.
Dec. 29-Present-Translyvania
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on December 29, 2009, 10:48:16 PM
Transylvania (now 8-2 in BeltTM play) joins Virginia Wesleyan and Guilford as the only teams to be three time champions.

The Belt TM is no stranger to the HCAC; it spent 62 days traveling the nation's heartland last winter.

Wooster will get their first shot at the BeltTM tomorrow. If the Scots win, they'll become only the 2nd Great Lakes team (Carnegie Mellon '08, 2 days) and first NCAC team to hold the honor.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 30, 2009, 12:34:49 AM
Whew! No offense to Wash U Bears, but I was getting a little bored with the whole thing.  Finally we see some true BeltTM action.  Congrats to Transy! (which is the exact same thing I said about my uncle after sex change surgery)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on December 30, 2009, 09:23:30 AM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpublic.blu.livefilestore.com%2Fy1pgt5soj506VBZ6L_XPIIKsbzPv-QV9edhnz7k-NImgSG0G2EohnBAmOUMcjV8jVSnx_0dp8OkCshiVwGplevCYA%2Ftransy2.jpg&hash=46c751d146f7a495d153097c80ce097fab96a665)

Sorry about the recycled image.  Haven't got my new software to replace the glitched old stuff.  Santa didn't put any in my stocking.  Hats off to Transy, they played great perimeter defense, shot the ball very well and controlled the tempo.  Will the The Belt tm rattle around the HCAC or the NCAC for awhile?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on December 30, 2009, 09:43:39 AM
Only in Division III would a fictious item like this get this much interest!  ::) ;D :D ;)  I love this stuff!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 30, 2009, 04:55:54 PM
Ficticious?  OS, you need to clap your hands and repeat, "I do believe in the BeltTM! I do believe in the BeltTM! I do believe in the BeltTM!"

Louder. LOUDER! CLAP LIKE YOU MEAN IT!

Only then will the bauble fairy visit your house and leave NCAA-approved team merchandise under your decorated basketball hoop.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on December 30, 2009, 09:13:48 PM
Wooster drives a stake through the hearts of Transylvania and seizes the BeltTM, 75-65.  The Scots will now hope to parade the BeltTM through some of the unlikeliest places for a championship BeltTM in D3, places like Oberlin (Jan. 20) and Earlham (Feb. 20, god willing).  First up, however, the Scots will put the BeltTM up against the SpeedoTM when Wooster hosts Kenyon on Jan. 9.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 30, 2009, 09:21:31 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on December 30, 2009, 09:13:48 PM
Wooster drives a stake through the hearts of Transylvania and seizes the BeltTM, 75-65.  The Scots will now hope to parade the BeltTM through some of the unlikeliest places for a championship BeltTM in D3, places like Oberlin (Jan. 20) and Earlham (Feb. 20, god willing).  First up, however, the Scots will put the BeltTM up against the SpeedoTM when Wooster hosts Kenyon on Jan. 9.

Ohhh! Do I really want to see the BeltTM worn by some SpeedoTM clad Kenyon player?   :o 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 30, 2009, 09:42:41 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 30, 2009, 09:21:31 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on December 30, 2009, 09:13:48 PM
Wooster drives a stake through the hearts of Transylvania and seizes the BeltTM, 75-65.  The Scots will now hope to parade the BeltTM through some of the unlikeliest places for a championship BeltTM in D3, places like Oberlin (Jan. 20) and Earlham (Feb. 20, god willing).  First up, however, the Scots will put the BeltTM up against the SpeedoTM when Wooster hosts Kenyon on Jan. 9.



Ohhh! Do I really want to see the BeltTM worn by some SpeedoTM clad Kenyon player?   :o  

You know you do Ralph, you know you do.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 30, 2009, 11:07:18 PM
Just keep my BeltTM away from that swimming pool when you go to Kenyon.  The water will crack the leather!

I guess there would be no point in having a D-III swimming championship belt, would there?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on December 30, 2009, 11:14:40 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 30, 2009, 11:07:18 PM
Just keep my BeltTM away from that swimming pool when you go to Kenyon.  The water will crack the leather!

I guess there would be no point in having a D-III swimming championship belt, would there?

No, but what about a traveling D-III championship Speedo...?  Swim cap?  Nose plug or snorkel?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 30, 2009, 11:20:14 PM
You'll all be interested (and flabergasted) to know, Denison won the NCAC Men's Swimming Championship last year over Kenyon.  But Kenyon won the NCAA Championship, their 30th in a row.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 31, 2009, 12:09:19 AM
Quote from: PointSpecial on December 30, 2009, 11:14:40 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 30, 2009, 11:07:18 PM
Just keep my BeltTM away from that swimming pool when you go to Kenyon.  The water will crack the leather!

I guess there would be no point in having a D-III swimming championship belt, would there?

No, but what about a traveling D-III championship Speedo...?  Swim cap?  Nose plug or snorkel?

I'm afraid whatever item we choose, once I bust out the hot glue gun and apply the requisite number of baubles and gewgaws, that piece is going act like an anchor and nail the poor bearer to the bottom of the pool like he's holding a barbell on Jupiter.

I can't have that on my conscience.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on December 31, 2009, 12:11:51 AM
Actually, the D3 Championship Swimming BeltTM floats around quite a bit (nyuk, nyuk).  Kenyon loses all the time in dual meets, it's just the nature of the beast.  Their men's squad is presently 3-3, and their women's team is 1-6.  But one and probably both will end up as national champions.  The Swimming BeltTM loves to see the USA during the season, but takes its summers in beautiful Gambier.

Wooster promises not to take the BeltTM anywhere near the Kenyon Athletic Center; the title match on Jan. 9 will be at Wooster's Timken Gymnasium, with 2000 or so BeltTM fans in attendance.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 31, 2009, 12:13:47 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 31, 2009, 12:09:19 AM
Quote from: PointSpecial on December 30, 2009, 11:14:40 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 30, 2009, 11:07:18 PM
Just keep my BeltTM away from that swimming pool when you go to Kenyon.  The water will crack the leather!

I guess there would be no point in having a D-III swimming championship belt, would there?

No, but what about a traveling D-III championship Speedo...?  Swim cap?  Nose plug or snorkel?

I'm afraid whatever item we choose, once I bust out the hot glue gun and apply the requisite number of baubles and gewgaws, that piece is going act like an anchor and nail the poor bearer to the bottom of the pool like he's holding a barbell on Jupiter.

I can't have that on my conscience.

Not even when it would give some other team a chance?

(We promise to revive the Kenyon recipient before he 'breathes his last'. ;D)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on December 31, 2009, 12:25:06 AM
For the record, the BeltTM will remain in the clutches of the North Coast Athletic Conference (barring any exercise of the "moral turpitude" clause, of course) into the NCAA tournament.  Wooster is now done with preseason non-conference play for the year.  By the time the Scots stage their first BeltTM defense, the only remaining non-conference game on an NCAC schedule will be Allegheny's Feb. 8 showdown with Penn St.-New Kensington, but as the Lions are a member of the USCAA, that'll be a non-sanctioned bout.  There is a tiny chance, however, that the BeltTM will fall into the hands of a team that then fails to qualify for the 8-team NCAC tournament, thereby taking early retirement.  It's pure fancy at this point, but it's not impossible that the BeltTM could wind up in Richmond, IN, on the campus of Earlham College, and thereby stealthily return to the HCAC through inactivity, as the EC has deigned to switch conferences this offseason.  Stay tuned!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 31, 2009, 02:35:07 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 30, 2009, 09:21:31 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on December 30, 2009, 09:13:48 PM
Wooster drives a stake through the hearts of Transylvania and seizes the BeltTM, 75-65.  The Scots will now hope to parade the BeltTM through some of the unlikeliest places for a championship BeltTM in D3, places like Oberlin (Jan. 20) and Earlham (Feb. 20, god willing).  First up, however, the Scots will put the BeltTM up against the SpeedoTM when Wooster hosts Kenyon on Jan. 9.

Ohhh! Do I really want to see the BeltTM worn by some SpeedoTM clad Kenyon player?   :o 

Call me perverse, but I'd crack up if WashU33Fan photoshopped the BeltTM onto a Kenyon swimmer if somehow Kenyon managed to Lord it over Wooster in their upcoming tilt.

I'd crack up even more if he photoshopped a Kenyon swimmer wearing the BeltTM while holding a barbell and standing atop Jupiter.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on December 31, 2009, 06:31:47 PM
I will try to get my software updated and see what I can do. Fear the Speedotm!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on December 31, 2009, 08:20:09 PM
Let's not count our SpeedosTM before they're stretched, now.  If there's any Photoshopping to be done, it should be of a BeltTM in the shape of a sporran:
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.offenburger.com%2Fimages%2FDrumMajorBrettDawson.jpg&hash=60734bb04aa331749545a832574778def6737014) (http://www.offenburger.com/images/DrumMajorBrettDawson.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 01, 2010, 06:09:51 PM
Realistically, the first stern Belt TM test will be Wooster @ Wittenberg on the 23rd.

However, the NCAC doesn't invite everyone to the post-season tournament. It is remotely possible that the Belt TM could be in the hands of someone that finishes 9th in the conference. All it takes is for that team to pull an upset.

Knowing the history of Wabash, they'd get the Belt TM, then lose to Oberlin, who'd lose to Denison who would upset Hiram and not make the NCAC tourney with a 4-12 record.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 02, 2010, 06:11:21 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on December 31, 2009, 08:20:09 PM
Let's not count our SpeedosTM before they're stretched, now.  If there's any Photoshopping to be done, it should be of a BeltTM in the shape of a sporran:
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.offenburger.com%2Fimages%2FDrumMajorBrettDawson.jpg&hash=60734bb04aa331749545a832574778def6737014) (http://www.offenburger.com/images/DrumMajorBrettDawson.jpg)

Where's Rowdy Roddy Piper when you need him?

Quote from: smedindy on January 01, 2010, 06:09:51 PM
Realistically, the first stern Belt TM test will be Wooster @ Wittenberg on the 23rd.

However, the NCAC doesn't invite everyone to the post-season tournament. It is remotely possible that the Belt TM could be in the hands of someone that finishes 9th in the conference. All it takes is for that team to pull an upset.

Knowing the history of Wabash, they'd get the Belt TM, then lose to Oberlin, who'd lose to Denison who would upset Hiram and not make the NCAC tourney with a 4-12 record.

If Oberlin, Kenyon, Earlham, or some other NCAC cellar-dweller gets to hold the BeltTM throughout the off-season by virtue of finishing at the bottom of the league standings and not making the NCAC tourney, I will laugh until my sides ache!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ScotsFan on January 03, 2010, 02:48:48 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 02, 2010, 06:11:21 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on December 31, 2009, 08:20:09 PM
Let's not count our SpeedosTM before they're stretched, now.  If there's any Photoshopping to be done, it should be of a BeltTM in the shape of a sporran:
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.offenburger.com%2Fimages%2FDrumMajorBrettDawson.jpg&hash=60734bb04aa331749545a832574778def6737014) (http://www.offenburger.com/images/DrumMajorBrettDawson.jpg)

Where's Rowdy Roddy Piper when you need him?

Right here  :P   ;D

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs209.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb296%2Ftnawrestlingfan%2Fus-piper01st-1.jpg&hash=513f155f3c6df5b8fa5c497c671ad9d910720ff4)  (https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2373%2F2320256353_c900619a44.jpg&hash=b075a375b5408c224bdc1f25b500023e0f29667d)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 04, 2010, 12:52:02 PM
Quote from: ScotsFan on January 03, 2010, 02:48:48 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 02, 2010, 06:11:21 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on December 31, 2009, 08:20:09 PM
Let's not count our SpeedosTM before they're stretched, now.  If there's any Photoshopping to be done, it should be of a BeltTM in the shape of a sporran:
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.offenburger.com%2Fimages%2FDrumMajorBrettDawson.jpg&hash=60734bb04aa331749545a832574778def6737014) (http://www.offenburger.com/images/DrumMajorBrettDawson.jpg)

Where's Rowdy Roddy Piper when you need him?

Right here  :P   ;D

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs209.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb296%2Ftnawrestlingfan%2Fus-piper01st-1.jpg&hash=513f155f3c6df5b8fa5c497c671ad9d910720ff4)  (https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2373%2F2320256353_c900619a44.jpg&hash=b075a375b5408c224bdc1f25b500023e0f29667d)

This is exactly what this website should be marketing: D3 action figures, complete with a small plastic replica of the BeltTM as an accessory.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 04, 2010, 04:40:02 PM
As long as I get my cut, I'm all for it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on January 23, 2010, 09:09:39 PM
Although Wooster's BeltTM defense has thus far been pretty tame, it has come against some pretty inferior competition, until tonight.  And tonight, against the all-time heavyweight champ, the Scots stepped it up a notch.  As a result of tonight's 66-56 vanquishing of archrival Wittenberg, Wooster gets to live the dream of parading around Wittenberg's Pam Evans Smith Arena holding the BeltTM aloft. ;D  This is Wooster's fifth successful defense of the BeltTM, and next face Hiram on Wednesday at Wooster's Timken Gymnasium, the first of three straight home games; Wooster plays five of their last eight at home, and with a full two-game conference lead, chances are very good that their conference tournament will be at home as well.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 25, 2010, 06:43:41 AM
Glad to hear it. I was afraid if Wooster fattened up on any mopre cupcakes they'd have to punch some extra holes into the BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 25, 2010, 04:58:28 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 25, 2010, 06:43:41 AM
Glad to hear it. I was afraid if Wooster fattened up on any mopre cupcakes they'd have to punch some extra holes into the BeltTM.

Now that's funny. Plus k
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 25, 2010, 07:21:44 PM
Let's see about Wooster keeping the Belt TM:

vs. Hiram - They're not playing up to potential, but have talent.

vs. Denison - Only three wins, two against dregs but one against Wabash. Still, a 3-14 team on the road? Not bloody likely.

vs. Allegheny - They have Witt before going to Wooster. Gators are competitive but that's not a good road stretch for them.

@ Wabash - This may be THE game for the Belt TM. LG's red hot and have a favorable schedule before Wooster. Scots were the last team to beat Wabash.

@ Hiram - They could upset the Scots at home.

vs. Wittenberg - Wooster handled the Tigers on the road, but this is an intense hoops rivalry.

vs. Ohio Wesleyan - Bishops up and down this year, but recently have won five in a row.

@ Earlham - They say goodbye to the NCAC with a trip to Wooster. How fun!

Then the NCAC tourney, which the Scots would face Kenyon first in the 1/8 game. If things shake out, they could play Witt in the semi-finals and not the finals. That could be...interesting...

So Wooster's claim on the Belt TM until the NCAA's isn't a cupcake walk, but it's not out of the question.

Still not out of the question is the Belt TM going into mothballs until next season. It looks like Earlham and Denison will be the teams left out of the tourney. The most unlikely event is that Wooster loses to Earlham on the final day of the season. One scenario is that Hiram upsets Wooster at Hiram, then holds it until the season finale against Denison. A Denison win would probably mean the Belt TM would be out of circulation during the NCAA tourney.

Wow....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ScotsFan on January 28, 2010, 04:33:09 PM
Another successful title defense for the Scots.  The Belt TM is starting to like it's digs up on the hill in the PEC at Wooster!  8-)

Up next for the Scots are two more title defenses at home and if the Scots survive those bouts, they will then again have to take The Belt TM on the road for what should be a most difficult title defense against the Lil Giants of Wabash.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 05, 2010, 10:24:35 AM
A D-III Championship BeltTM haiku...

Scots still own the BeltTM
Eight straight games is very good
But it is boring
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 05, 2010, 10:14:09 PM
Not much we can do;
Much of our conference is lame.
Should we sked Chapman?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2010, 08:32:02 PM
Chapman would be great;
Wooster could lose BeltTM, causing
OxyBob meltdown.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 08:36:56 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2010, 08:32:02 PM
Chapman would be great;
Wooster could lose BeltTM, causing
OxyBob meltdown.

OB's head would explode
With such force it would destroy
Southern California.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 06, 2010, 08:41:59 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 08:36:56 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2010, 08:32:02 PM
Chapman would be great;
Wooster could lose BeltTM, causing
OxyBob meltdown.

OB's head would explode
With such force it would end
Southern California.
Respectfully, Mr Ypsi...

I don't see how I can get five syllables out of "Southern California".

Now if we use a "Schwarzeneggerian" pronunciation, we can go with

"Cal - ee - for - nee - yah", and wipe out the entire state.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 08:43:39 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 06, 2010, 08:41:59 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 08:36:56 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2010, 08:32:02 PM
Chapman would be great;
Wooster could lose BeltTM, causing
OxyBob meltdown.

OB's head would explode
With such force it would end
Southern California.
Respectfully, Mr Ypsi...

I don't see how I can get five syllables out of "Southern California".

Now if we use a "Schwarzeneggerian" pronunciation, we can go with

"Cal - ee - for - nee - yah", and wipe out the entire state.

Yeah, not being Ah-nold, I exchanged 'end' for 'destroy'.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 06, 2010, 08:52:04 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 08:43:39 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 06, 2010, 08:41:59 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 08:36:56 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2010, 08:32:02 PM
Chapman would be great;
Wooster could lose BeltTM, causing
OxyBob meltdown.

OB's head would explode
With such force it would end
Southern California.
Respectfully, Mr Ypsi...

I don't see how I can get five syllables out of "Southern California".

Now if we use a "Schwarzeneggerian" pronunciation, we can go with

"Cal - ee - for - nee - yah", and wipe out the entire state.

Yeah, not being Ah-nold, I exchanged 'end' for 'destroy'.
I like "destroy".
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 06, 2010, 08:52:52 PM
Chapman in finals
Oxy Bob apoplectic
Would pay cash for that
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on February 06, 2010, 08:56:29 PM
What to watch Sunday?
The Super Bowl or Wooster?
The BeltTM may change hands.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 06, 2010, 09:19:10 PM
Shouldn't stats profs be
able to count to seven
e'en in Michigan?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 06, 2010, 09:20:30 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 06, 2010, 08:41:59 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 08:36:56 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2010, 08:32:02 PM
Chapman would be great;
Wooster could lose BeltTM, causing
OxyBob meltdown.

OB's head would explode
With such force it would end
Southern California.
Respectfully, Mr Ypsi...

I don't see how I can get five syllables out of "Southern California".

Now if we use a "Schwarzeneggerian" pronunciation, we can go with

"Cal - ee - for - nee - yah", and wipe out the entire state.

... Depending where you are Southern is attempted to be one syllable  (Suthrn) ... but not in Michigan.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 09:25:35 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 06, 2010, 09:19:10 PM
Shouldn't stats profs be
able to count to seven
e'en in Michigan?

I retired a stats
Lecturer, not professor.
Counting??! :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 06, 2010, 09:26:59 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on February 06, 2010, 09:20:30 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 06, 2010, 08:41:59 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 08:36:56 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2010, 08:32:02 PM
Chapman would be great;
Wooster could lose BeltTM, causing
OxyBob meltdown.

OB's head would explode
With such force it would end
Southern California.
Respectfully, Mr Ypsi...

I don't see how I can get five syllables out of "Southern California".

Now if we use a "Schwarzeneggerian" pronunciation, we can go with

"Cal - ee - for - nee - yah", and wipe out the entire state.

... Depending where you are Southern is attempted to be one syllable  (Suthrn) ... but not in Michigan.
I can speak the "su'thun" dialect.  There are two syllabes, anyway that you try to mumble it. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 06, 2010, 09:29:21 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 09:25:35 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 06, 2010, 09:19:10 PM
Shouldn't stats profs be
able to count to seven
e'en in Michigan?

I retired a stats
Lecturer, not professor.
Counting??! :D


Math majors e'rywhere
Shaking heads in disbelief
Disgrace to numbers?


:P (JK)


Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 06, 2010, 09:26:59 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on February 06, 2010, 09:20:30 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 06, 2010, 08:41:59 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 08:36:56 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2010, 08:32:02 PM
Chapman would be great;
Wooster could lose BeltTM, causing
OxyBob meltdown.

OB's head would explode
With such force it would end
Southern California.
Respectfully, Mr Ypsi...

I don't see how I can get five syllables out of "Southern California".

Now if we use a "Schwarzeneggerian" pronunciation, we can go with

"Cal - ee - for - nee - yah", and wipe out the entire state.

... Depending where you are Southern is attempted to be one syllable  (Suthrn) ... but not in Michigan.
I can speak the "su'thun" dialect.  There are two syllables, anyway that you try to mumble it. ;)

That's why I said attempt...  I didn't necessarily say they accomplished it!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2010, 09:31:25 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 09:25:35 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 06, 2010, 09:19:10 PM
Shouldn't stats profs be
able to count to seven
e'en in Michigan?

I retired a stats
Lecturer, not professor.
Counting??! :D

Chuck is responding
With a well-thought-out loophole;
I stand and applaud.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 09:36:40 PM
PS,

My brother was a math major (then a hs math teacher his whole career).  He always claimed math had NOTHING to do with arithmetic!

GS,

I want to thank the academy for this award.  I wish to thank all the people who helped me get here, but, alas, I can't count them all. :P
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 06, 2010, 09:44:48 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2010, 09:31:25 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 09:25:35 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 06, 2010, 09:19:10 PM
Shouldn't stats profs be
able to count to seven
e'en in Michigan?

I retired a stats
Lecturer, not professor.
Counting??! :D

Chuck is responding
With a well-thought-out loophole;
I stand and applaud.
So, at E.M.U
the ability to count
makes one tenure-track?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on February 06, 2010, 09:57:37 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 06, 2010, 09:44:48 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2010, 09:31:25 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 09:25:35 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 06, 2010, 09:19:10 PM
Shouldn't stats profs be
able to count to seven
e'en in Michigan?

I retired a stats
Lecturer, not professor.
Counting??! :D

Chuck is responding
With a well-thought-out loophole;
I stand and applaud.
So, at E.M.U
the ability to count
makes one tenure-track?

I grew up in SE Michigan, and rarely is EMU confused with an institution of higher learning. :D

.... I hope my mother-in-law (a Huron/Eagle) doesn't read these boards!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 06, 2010, 10:46:11 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 09:36:40 PM
PS,

My brother was a math major (then a hs math teacher his whole career).  He always claimed math had NOTHING to do with arithmetic!

Yeah, that's about right...  There were some other math majors I graduated with who couldn't do simple arithmetic but got some of the really heady, abstract upper level stuff pretty easily. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 11:15:25 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on February 06, 2010, 09:57:37 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 06, 2010, 09:44:48 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2010, 09:31:25 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 06, 2010, 09:25:35 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 06, 2010, 09:19:10 PM
Shouldn't stats profs be
able to count to seven
e'en in Michigan?

I retired a stats
Lecturer, not professor.
Counting??! :D

Chuck is responding
With a well-thought-out loophole;
I stand and applaud.
So, at E.M.U
the ability to count
makes one tenure-track?

I grew up in SE Michigan, and rarely is EMU confused with an institution of higher learning. :D

.... I hope my mother-in-law (a Huron/Eagle) doesn't read these boards!

EMU can be great.
It can be awful.
Depends on kid and prof.

For David:

EMU's professors
Gen'rally don't count.
Unsure whether they can. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 07, 2010, 03:12:59 AM
Chuck, I'm not quite sure
that you've grasped that Haikus are
Five, Seven, and Five.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 07, 2010, 04:18:52 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 07, 2010, 03:12:59 AM
Chuck, I'm not quite sure
that you've grasped that Haikus are
Five, Seven, and Five.
I was wond'rin when
One of you guys would tell him
'Xactly what they were

Sometimes he had six
When there should be only five
Man was I surprised

Then I would see eight
Plus the five would have no mate
Then seven was late
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 07, 2010, 01:33:34 PM
Oops!  My bad!  I just
Went for seventeen total.
Never was a bard. :-[
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 07, 2010, 03:56:32 PM
Woo keeps the BeltTM with a narrow victory over Wabash.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 07, 2010, 03:57:05 PM
The BeltTM stays with Woo!
Scots beat Wabash in C'ville
Hiram visits Wed.

There's a "Law" that says
Nazis get mentioned in time;
Works for Haikus too.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 07, 2010, 11:55:46 PM
Next challenge: iambic pentameter!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 08, 2010, 12:14:34 AM
Quote from: smedindy on February 07, 2010, 11:55:46 PM
Next challenge: iambic pentameter!
Here is one that Bill the Bard wrote...

When I do count the clock that tells the time,
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;
When I behold the violet past prime,
And sable curls, all silver'd o'er with white;
When lofty trees I see barren of leaves,
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,
And summer's green all girded up in sheaves,
Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard;
Then of thy beauty do I question make,
That thou among the wastes of time must go,
Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake,
And die as fast as they see others grow;
And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence
Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.   

;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 08, 2010, 12:20:15 AM
I prefer trochaic tetrameter...

   By the shores of Gitche Gumee,
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood the wigwam of Nokomis,
    Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis.
    Dark behind it rose the forest,
    Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees,
    Rose the firs with cones upon them;
    Bright before it beat the water,
    Beat the clear and sunny water,
    Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.

;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 08, 2010, 12:24:37 AM
There once was a BeltTM from Nantucket...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 08, 2010, 12:26:48 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 08, 2010, 12:24:37 AM
There once was a BeltTM from Nantucket...
Okay, hasanova...

He has set you up!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 08, 2010, 01:04:05 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 08, 2010, 12:24:37 AM
There once was a BeltTM from Nantucket...

There once was a BeltTM from Nantucket.
Wooster kept it today by a bucket.
The other teams cry
As hopes go bye-bye,
And at Wabash they just say {oh, darn}.

[Maybe I should have waited for hasanova! :P]
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 08, 2010, 09:04:42 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 08, 2010, 12:20:15 AM
I prefer trochaic tetrameter...

   By the shores of Gitche Gumee,
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood the wigwam of Nokomis,
    Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis.
    Dark behind it rose the forest,
    Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees,
    Rose the firs with cones upon them;
    Bright before it beat the water,
    Beat the clear and sunny water,
    Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.

;)

Hamm's, the beer refreshing???
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 08, 2010, 05:56:02 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 08, 2010, 09:04:42 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 08, 2010, 12:20:15 AM
I prefer trochaic tetrameter...

   By the shores of Gitche Gumee,
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood the wigwam of Nokomis,
    Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis.
    Dark behind it rose the forest,
    Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees,
    Rose the firs with cones upon them;
    Bright before it beat the water,
    Beat the clear and sunny water,
    Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.

;)

Hamm's, the beer refreshing???

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was hearing tom-toms and picturing a cartoon bear as I read Ralph's recitation of Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on February 09, 2010, 09:22:17 AM
Not too much action here in year 4 of The BeltTM.

Year 1 saw The BeltTM change hands 10 times before the tournament began.
Year 2 saw The BeltTM change hands 7 times before the tournament began.
Year 3 saw The BeltTM change hands 7 times before the tournament began.

This year, we've only had 2 BeltTM changes.

Should Wooster beat Hiram tomorrow, they'll break Brandeis' ('07-'08) record for consecutive days held (43) by an non-national champion. Wooster has held The BeltTM for 41 consecutive days (it will be 42 tomorrow).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 13, 2010, 08:59:01 PM
Imagine the Stanley Cup never being hoisted by the Canadiens.  Would it still be the World Cup if Brazil had never carried it off the pitch?  And really, can she be Miss Universe if Gamma Vega 2513 hasn't been heard from?

Such has been the problem with the D3 Championship BeltTM since its inception.  It's been held by some worthy hands, no doubt, but there's really only one All-Time Greatest in our game: the Wittenberg Tigers.   And as of tonight, they finally have custody of the BeltTM, and our long national nightmare is finally at an end.

Congratulations to the Tigers; wear it well!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 13, 2010, 09:00:51 PM
Now THAT is graciousness from a Woo diehard fan! :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 13, 2010, 10:40:10 PM
Big test for the BeltTM on Wednesday. Witt plays host to Wabash. The LGs bested the Tigers earlier in the season.

Also, it will help break up the three way tie for second with Allegheny. Second seed avoids a first round matchup with either Hiram or Ohio Wesleyan - two teams playing under their potential this year, but both potentially dangerous.

If Witt wins, they travel to Oberlin before probably hosting Denison in the NCAC first round, so the BeltTM would be safe until it got to Timken for the NCAC final four.

If Wabash wins, they against Kenyon at home. The Lords could possibly be on the outside looking in, guaranteed, so the nightmare scenario of the BeltTM sitting out the post season is still possible. A remote chance, yes, but possible.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 16, 2010, 05:40:02 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 13, 2010, 10:40:10 PM
Big test for the BeltTM on Wednesday. Witt plays host to Wabash. The LGs bested the Tigers earlier in the season.

Also, it will help break up the three way tie for second with Allegheny. Second seed avoids a first round matchup with either Hiram or Ohio Wesleyan - two teams playing under their potential this year, but both potentially dangerous.

If Witt wins, they travel to Oberlin before probably hosting Denison in the NCAC first round, so the BeltTM would be safe until it got to Timken for the NCAC final four.

If Wabash wins, they against Kenyon at home. The Lords could possibly be on the outside looking in, guaranteed, so the nightmare scenario of the BeltTM sitting out the post season is still possible. A remote chance, yes, but possible.

Isn't there also a possibility -- however unlikely -- that Oberlin could defeat Wittenberg in the Yeomen's season finale and then stay home with the BeltTM while the NCAC and D3 tourneys go on without them?

Frankly, I find the idea of Oberlin owning the BeltTM while the good teams are vying for the Walnut and Bronze a much more hilarious scenario than Kenyon doing the same thing. Imagine the comic possibilities: The BeltTM tie-dyed! The BeltTM buried in a solemn ceremony held by the campus PETA chapter because it contains animal hides! The BeltTM chopped up and converted into hackey-sacks or devil sticks ... or used to clean bongs!

The mind reels.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 16, 2010, 05:51:07 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 16, 2010, 05:40:02 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 13, 2010, 10:40:10 PM
Big test for the BeltTM on Wednesday. Witt plays host to Wabash. The LGs bested the Tigers earlier in the season.

Also, it will help break up the three way tie for second with Allegheny. Second seed avoids a first round matchup with either Hiram or Ohio Wesleyan - two teams playing under their potential this year, but both potentially dangerous.

If Witt wins, they travel to Oberlin before probably hosting Denison in the NCAC first round, so the BeltTM would be safe until it got to Timken for the NCAC final four.

If Wabash wins, they against Kenyon at home. The Lords could possibly be on the outside looking in, guaranteed, so the nightmare scenario of the BeltTM sitting out the post season is still possible. A remote chance, yes, but possible.

Isn't there also a possibility -- however unlikely -- that Oberlin could defeat Wittenberg in the Yeomen's season finale and then stay home with the BeltTM while the NCAC and D3 tourneys go on without them?

Frankly, I find the idea of Oberlin owning the BeltTM while the good teams are vying for the Walnut and Bronze a much more hilarious scenario than Kenyon doing the same thing. Imagine the comic possibilities: The BeltTM tie-dyed! The BeltTM buried in a solemn ceremony held by the campus PETA chapter because it contains animal hides! The BeltTM chopped up and converted into hackey-sacks or devil sticks ... or used to clean bongs!

The mind reels.

The Belt sitting home and watching the tournament is the scenario we've been hoping for since the beginning.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 16, 2010, 06:36:04 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 16, 2010, 05:51:07 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 16, 2010, 05:40:02 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 13, 2010, 10:40:10 PM
Big test for the BeltTM on Wednesday. Witt plays host to Wabash. The LGs bested the Tigers earlier in the season.

Also, it will help break up the three way tie for second with Allegheny. Second seed avoids a first round matchup with either Hiram or Ohio Wesleyan - two teams playing under their potential this year, but both potentially dangerous.

If Witt wins, they travel to Oberlin before probably hosting Denison in the NCAC first round, so the BeltTM would be safe until it got to Timken for the NCAC final four.

If Wabash wins, they against Kenyon at home. The Lords could possibly be on the outside looking in, guaranteed, so the nightmare scenario of the BeltTM sitting out the post season is still possible. A remote chance, yes, but possible.

Isn't there also a possibility -- however unlikely -- that Oberlin could defeat Wittenberg in the Yeomen's season finale and then stay home with the BeltTM while the NCAC and D3 tourneys go on without them?

Frankly, I find the idea of Oberlin owning the BeltTM while the good teams are vying for the Walnut and Bronze a much more hilarious scenario than Kenyon doing the same thing. Imagine the comic possibilities: The BeltTM tie-dyed! The BeltTM buried in a solemn ceremony held by the campus PETA chapter because it contains animal hides! The BeltTM chopped up and converted into hackey-sacks or devil sticks ... or used to clean bongs!

The mind reels.

The Belt sitting home and watching the tournament is the scenario we've been hoping for since the beginning.

Yes, but some BeltTM bystander locales are funnier than others.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 16, 2010, 06:44:14 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 16, 2010, 06:36:04 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 16, 2010, 05:51:07 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 16, 2010, 05:40:02 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 13, 2010, 10:40:10 PM
Big test for the BeltTM on Wednesday. Witt plays host to Wabash. The LGs bested the Tigers earlier in the season.

Also, it will help break up the three way tie for second with Allegheny. Second seed avoids a first round matchup with either Hiram or Ohio Wesleyan - two teams playing under their potential this year, but both potentially dangerous.

If Witt wins, they travel to Oberlin before probably hosting Denison in the NCAC first round, so the BeltTM would be safe until it got to Timken for the NCAC final four.

If Wabash wins, they against Kenyon at home. The Lords could possibly be on the outside looking in, guaranteed, so the nightmare scenario of the BeltTM sitting out the post season is still possible. A remote chance, yes, but possible.

Isn't there also a possibility -- however unlikely -- that Oberlin could defeat Wittenberg in the Yeomen's season finale and then stay home with the BeltTM while the NCAC and D3 tourneys go on without them?

Frankly, I find the idea of Oberlin owning the BeltTM while the good teams are vying for the Walnut and Bronze a much more hilarious scenario than Kenyon doing the same thing. Imagine the comic possibilities: The BeltTM tie-dyed! The BeltTM buried in a solemn ceremony held by the campus PETA chapter because it contains animal hides! The BeltTM chopped up and converted into hackey-sacks or devil sticks ... or used to clean bongs!

The mind reels.

The Belt sitting home and watching the tournament is the scenario we've been hoping for since the beginning.

Yes, but some BeltTM bystander locales are funnier than others.

I'm eager for UMPI to someday possess the BeltTM - the poor thing might never thaw out (or even be found or reported upon)! ::)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hasanova on February 16, 2010, 11:24:51 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 08, 2010, 12:26:48 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 08, 2010, 12:24:37 AM
There once was a BeltTM from Nantucket...
Okay, hasanova...

He has set you up!
Sorry, I haven't been in this room for about a week - didn't know I was on call.  :)

There once was a BeltTM from Willamette?
Whose prong was so long it could jam it.
And it said frame agape
As it wiped off its chape
If my bar had a beer, I could slam it!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2010, 10:44:58 AM
Quote from: hasanova on February 16, 2010, 11:24:51 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 08, 2010, 12:26:48 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 08, 2010, 12:24:37 AM
There once was a BeltTM from Nantucket...
Okay, hasanova...

He has set you up!
Sorry, I haven't been in this room for about a week - didn't know I was on call.  :)

There once was a BeltTM from Willamette?
Whose prong was so long it could jam it.
And it said frame agape
As it wiped off its chape
If my bar had a beer, I could slam it!
I learned a new word.

Chape - tip of scabbard: the metal tip of a scabbard
           - tongue of buckle: the tongue of a buckle

Thanks and +1!   ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hasanova on February 17, 2010, 11:39:30 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2010, 10:44:58 AM
Quote from: hasanova on February 16, 2010, 11:24:51 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 08, 2010, 12:26:48 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 08, 2010, 12:24:37 AM
There once was a BeltTM from Nantucket...
Okay, hasanova...

He has set you up!
Sorry, I haven't been in this room for about a week - didn't know I was on call.  :)

There once was a BeltTM from Willamette?
Whose prong was so long it could jam it.
And it said frame agape
As it wiped off its chape
If my bar had a beer, I could slam it!
I learned a new word.

Chape - tip of scabbard: the metal tip of a scabbard
          - tongue of buckle: the tongue of a buckle

Thanks and +1!   ;)
Thank you, Ralph - I appreciate that.  I was determined to work in a DIII reference and the four parts of a belt buckle I could identify:  the prong, the frame, the chape and the bar.   I was also determined to maintain the spirit of "There once was a man from Nantucket" yet still keep it PG-rated!  lol  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2010, 11:57:25 AM
Chape is a good Scrabble word, but you have to be careful about having it used for chapels or chaperone or chapeaux.   ;)

(Never leave an opening for a triple word score on an 8-letter word, especially when your foe uses an "x".)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hasanova on February 17, 2010, 01:53:48 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2010, 11:57:25 AM
Chape is a good Scrabble word, but you have to be careful about having it used for chapels or chaperone or chapeaux.   ;)

(Never leave an opening for a triple word score on an 8-letter word, especially when your foe uses an "x".)

I play Scrabble from time to time, so I understand!  An opponent once left me an opportunity to use all seven letters and connect on two triple word scores simultaneously (counts as nine times, I think).  At any rate it was only a 15-point word, but netted 185 points when you multiplied by nine and added the 50 points for a bingo.  To date, I'm pretty sure it's my best single play!  One of my brothers is a PhD in theology and he's a tough one to play as well - his vocabulary makes me look like a downright neophyte!  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2010, 02:46:15 PM
Quote from: hasanova on February 17, 2010, 01:53:48 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2010, 11:57:25 AM
Chape is a good Scrabble word, but you have to be careful about having it used for chapels or chaperone or chapeaux.   ;)

(Never leave an opening for a triple word score on an 8-letter word, especially when your foe uses an "x".)

I play Scrabble from time to time, so I understand!  An opponent once left me an opportunity to use all seven letters and connect on two triple word scores simultaneously (counts as nine times, I think).  At any rate it was only a 15-point word, but netted 185 points when you multiplied by nine and added the 50 points for a bingo.  To date, I'm pretty sure it's my best single play!  One of my brothers is a PhD in theology and he's a tough one to play as well - his vocabulary makes me look like a downright neophyte!  :)
So, is he pre-ordained to win the games you play, or by grace, do you win a few?  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hasanova on February 17, 2010, 03:32:03 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2010, 02:46:15 PM
Quote from: hasanova on February 17, 2010, 01:53:48 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2010, 11:57:25 AM
Chape is a good Scrabble word, but you have to be careful about having it used for chapels or chaperone or chapeaux.   ;)

(Never leave an opening for a triple word score on an 8-letter word, especially when your foe uses an "x".)

I play Scrabble from time to time, so I understand!  An opponent once left me an opportunity to use all seven letters and connect on two triple word scores simultaneously (counts as nine times, I think).  At any rate it was only a 15-point word, but netted 185 points when you multiplied by nine and added the 50 points for a bingo.  To date, I'm pretty sure it's my best single play!  One of my brothers is a PhD in theology and he's a tough one to play as well - his vocabulary makes me look like a downright neophyte!  :)
So, is he pre-ordained to win the games you play, or by grace, do you win a few?  ;)
Yeah, I suppose he is.  lol  By the grace of God, I can usually hold my own, but I'd give him a slight edge.  He's a southern Lutheran, so he can be distracted by a bowl of gumbo and a cold beer at the same time he's trying to figure out how to place lutefisk or hermeneutics!  All kidding aside, he's two years younger than me and read everything in sight growing up - guess it served him well at Guilford, UNC-CH, Duke and Cambridge.  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 17, 2010, 07:15:51 PM
I was in a big traffic jam on I-270 in Columbus the other day........turns out the belt was making its police escort through Columbus on its way to Springfield.

It was quite a sight.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 17, 2010, 07:47:38 PM
Quote from: sac on February 17, 2010, 07:15:51 PM
I was in a big traffic jam on I-270 in Columbus the other day........turns out the belt was making its police escort through Columbus on its way to Springfield.

It was quite a sight.

That's beautiful.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 17, 2010, 10:00:34 PM
And now the BeltTM is on its way to Crawfordsville.

Fitting, since the first basketball game played outside of Massachusetts was allegedly at the old C'ville YMCA.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hasanova on February 17, 2010, 10:07:10 PM
Imagine the fun we'll have if a Bible college or Rust ever win the thing!  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 18, 2010, 06:26:46 PM
Oh, and the BeltTM will be in play in the post season. Kenyon plays Wabash Saturday and the Lords are locked into #8 seed in the NCAC tourney. So no matter what - the BeltTM will be on it's way to the Walnut & Bronze.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 18, 2010, 07:02:58 PM
...of course if you make your way to Crawfordsville this weekend you'll get the super rare opportunity to see the Belt and the Bell in the same location.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 18, 2010, 07:52:06 PM
Quote from: sac on February 18, 2010, 07:02:58 PM
...of course if you make your way to Crawfordsville this weekend you'll get the super rare opportunity to see the Belt and the Bell in the same location.
I want to see the picture of the Monon Bell girded by the The BeltTM.   ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 18, 2010, 09:48:19 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 18, 2010, 07:52:06 PM
Quote from: sac on February 18, 2010, 07:02:58 PM
...of course if you make your way to Crawfordsville this weekend you'll get the super rare opportunity to see the Belt and the Bell in the same location.
I want to see the picture of the Monon Bell girded by the The BeltTM.   ;)

Paging WashU33Fan, paging WashU33Fan, please pick up the white courtesy phone ...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 18, 2010, 10:02:04 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 18, 2010, 09:48:19 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 18, 2010, 07:52:06 PM
Quote from: sac on February 18, 2010, 07:02:58 PM
...of course if you make your way to Crawfordsville this weekend you'll get the super rare opportunity to see the Belt and the Bell in the same location.
I want to see the picture of the Monon Bell girded by the The BeltTM.   ;)

Paging WashU33Fan, paging WashU33Fan, please pick up the white courtesy phone ...

That sounds like more a job for smedindy! :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 18, 2010, 10:32:23 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 18, 2010, 10:02:04 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 18, 2010, 09:48:19 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 18, 2010, 07:52:06 PM
Quote from: sac on February 18, 2010, 07:02:58 PM
...of course if you make your way to Crawfordsville this weekend you'll get the super rare opportunity to see the Belt and the Bell in the same location.
I want to see the picture of the Monon Bell girded by the The BeltTM.   ;)

Paging WashU33Fan, paging WashU33Fan, please pick up the white courtesy phone ...

That sounds like more a job for smedindy! :D

No, WashU33Fan is our official BeltTM Photoshop artist.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 19, 2010, 12:44:11 AM
And I can't get to C'ville when I have a day long function in Minnesota on Saturday.  :-\
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 23, 2010, 10:46:48 PM
Wabash has kept The BeltTM! Ok, it was against Kenyon and Denison, yes, but The BeltTM is on its way to the NCAC tourney where three of the last four holders will be in attendance.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiltedbryan on February 23, 2010, 11:28:34 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 23, 2010, 10:46:48 PM
Wabash has kept The BeltTM! Ok, it was against Kenyon and Denison, yes, but The BeltTM is on its way to the NCAC tourney where three of the last four holders will be in attendance.



With Wooster earning hosting rights and Wabash bringing The BeltTM back to town, I notice that it is possible that The Belt TM would be wrested from an opponent five times this season on the hardwood at Wooster's Timken Gymnasium.  The BeltTM has already staged three transfers of power at Timken this year, on back-to-back nights between Wash U, Translyvania and Wooster, and then later between Wooster and Wittenberg.

Has The BeltTM ever expressed a similar preference for drama in one BeltTM venue in a season?

If The BeltTM really has its druthers, it could even be exchanged a sixth...or seventh time on Wooster's court if the Scots were to win this weekend and then earn hosting rights in the NCAA tourney.  Maybe The BeltTM is carrying on a tryst with another Wooster uniform... (http://www.offenburger.com/woostergallery08.asp)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on February 24, 2010, 01:27:11 PM
Quote from: kiltedbryan on February 23, 2010, 11:28:34 PM
Has The BeltTM ever expressed a similar preference for drama in one BeltTM venue in a season?

I think we are witnessing history being made here!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 24, 2010, 02:38:24 PM
Quote from: kiltedbryan on February 23, 2010, 11:28:34 PMMaybe The BeltTM is carrying on a tryst with another Wooster uniform... (http://www.offenburger.com/woostergallery08.asp)

Perhaps Just Bill should also license The SporranTM to present to the school whose gymnasium sees the most BeltTM exchanges in one season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 24, 2010, 03:19:46 PM
Very interesting.  Although if Greg just put a TM on that I think he's claimed licensing rights.  Darn it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 26, 2010, 09:58:01 PM
Wabash no doubt enjoyed their temporary custody of the BeltTM, but just like an overdue library book, they had to give it back to the team they borrowed it from, as Wittenberg upended the Little Giants tonight, 61-60, at Wooster's Timken Gym.

Tomorrow night, Wittenberg will have the opportunity to also return the BeltTM whence it came into their possession, as they will face the hosts and regular season champion Wooster in the NCAC championship game.  The winner will have the honor of parading the BeltTM into the NCAA tournament arena.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 26, 2010, 10:30:19 PM
Have we ever had a case of reciprocity with the BeltTM? We could have double reciprocity if Wooster beats Witt.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 27, 2010, 08:57:50 PM
Wabash Always Fights?  Not this weekend.
Tiger Up?  Tiger Down!
Wooster reclaims the BeltTM with an 88-77 victory over their archrivals, and will proudly take it into the NCAA tournament with plans to hand-deliver it to the Salem Civic Center.  The BeltTM will probably be glad to see the door of Timken Gym, as it changed hands twice more in that venue this weekend. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiltedbryan on February 27, 2010, 10:46:00 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 27, 2010, 08:57:50 PM
Wabash Always Fights?  Not this weekend.
Tiger Up?  Tiger Down!
Wooster reclaims the BeltTM with an 88-77 victory over their archrivals, and will proudly take it into the NCAA tournament with plans to hand-deliver it to the Salem Civic Center.  The BeltTM will probably be glad to see the door of Timken Gym, as it changed hands twice more in that venue this weekend. 

Might as well just set up The RingTM in Timken Gym, with all The BeltTM exchanging going on.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 28, 2010, 11:12:42 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 27, 2010, 08:57:50 PM
Wabash Always Fights?  Not this weekend.
Tiger Up?  Tiger Down!
Wooster reclaims the BeltTM with an 88-77 victory over their archrivals, and will proudly take it into the NCAA tournament with plans to hand-deliver it to the Salem Civic Center.  The BeltTM will probably be glad to see the door of Timken Gym, as it changed hands twice more in that venue this weekend. 

Not so fast, the Scots may host...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 28, 2010, 12:50:47 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 28, 2010, 11:12:42 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 27, 2010, 08:57:50 PM
Wabash Always Fights?  Not this weekend.
Tiger Up?  Tiger Down!
Wooster reclaims the BeltTM with an 88-77 victory over their archrivals, and will proudly take it into the NCAA tournament with plans to hand-deliver it to the Salem Civic Center.  The BeltTM will probably be glad to see the door of Timken Gym, as it changed hands twice more in that venue this weekend. 

Not so fast, the Scots may host...
Yes, but Wooster is 7-1 in games at Timken with the BeltTM at stake.  Plus, my bracket projections (everybody's doing them, why not me?) have Wooster hosting surprise Pool C candidates Earlham, Bluffton, and Alma next weekend, so I'm cautiously optimistic.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 28, 2010, 11:09:55 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 28, 2010, 12:50:47 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 28, 2010, 11:12:42 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 27, 2010, 08:57:50 PM
Wabash Always Fights?  Not this weekend.
Tiger Up?  Tiger Down!
Wooster reclaims the BeltTM with an 88-77 victory over their archrivals, and will proudly take it into the NCAA tournament with plans to hand-deliver it to the Salem Civic Center.  The BeltTM will probably be glad to see the door of Timken Gym, as it changed hands twice more in that venue this weekend. 

Not so fast, the Scots may host...
Yes, but Wooster is 7-1 in games at Timken with the BeltTM at stake.  Plus, my bracket projections (everybody's doing them, why not me?) have Wooster hosting surprise Pool C candidates Earlham, Bluffton, and Alma next weekend, so I'm cautiously optimistic.

You're confused, thats the MemphisDave Invitational
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ScotsFan on March 06, 2010, 10:19:37 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 28, 2010, 12:50:47 PM

Yes, but Wooster is 7-1 in games at Timken with the BeltTM at stake. 

Make that 9-1!  Sadly, the Scots will have to take their defense of The Belt TM on the road to tobacco country and win on the road or at neutral sites here on out if they hope to bring the belt back to Timken where it seems to be more than comfortable!  8-)

Do it for The Belt TM Wooster!!!  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on March 08, 2010, 08:46:26 PM
OMG, is this really true?  Is the BeltTM coming to Guilford?
This is so exciting!

I think it passed briefly through our hands once or twice before, but to see it, to hold it...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on March 08, 2010, 09:15:22 PM
Quote from: sludge on March 08, 2010, 08:46:26 PM
OMG, is this really true?  Is the BeltTM coming to Guilford?
This is so exciting!

I think it passed briefly through our hands once or twice before, but to see it, to hold it...
You lookie, no touchie.(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fplanetsmilies.net%2Fnot-tagged-smiley-10538.gif&hash=02d6730539d8cbd7a8cf9b48c0bb30ab4ef574ed) (http://planetsmilies.net)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 09, 2010, 02:28:59 AM
Quote from: sludge on March 08, 2010, 08:46:26 PM
OMG, is this really true?  Is the BeltTM coming to Guilford?
This is so exciting!

I think it passed briefly through our hands once or twice before, but to see it, to hold it...

I must say, I didn't know Ed Grimley was a Guilford fan!   :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 09, 2010, 12:52:57 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on March 08, 2010, 09:15:22 PM
Quote from: sludge on March 08, 2010, 08:46:26 PM
OMG, is this really true?  Is the BeltTM coming to Guilford?
This is so exciting!

I think it passed briefly through our hands once or twice before, but to see it, to hold it...
You lookie, no touchie.(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fplanetsmilies.net%2Fnot-tagged-smiley-10538.gif&hash=02d6730539d8cbd7a8cf9b48c0bb30ab4ef574ed) (http://planetsmilies.net)

My legal team requires me to inform you that looking directly at that BeltTM is not recommended. The radiant glow is far too much for unshielded human retinas to handle. I suggest investing in a welder's shield.

Legal disclaimer: Just Bill is not responsible for visual disorders due to viewing the BeltTM. For further information contact the law firm of Dewey, Cheetum and Howe.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on March 13, 2010, 12:42:14 AM
After a lengthy stay in the NCAC, the BeltTM is moving on.  :(  It's now in the capable hands of Tyler Sanborn and his Guilford Quakers, and in one way or another will be in the custody of the ODAC for the rest of the tournament.

First up for the Guilford BeltTM Defense will be a rematch with the Runnin' Royals.  Who would have thought that something as gaudy, bespangled, and outrageously worldly as the BeltTM could cause a bunch of Quakers and Mennonites to forget themselves and do pitched battle.  May the plainest win!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on March 13, 2010, 09:05:45 AM
 :D  That's a terrific observation!

Interesting about custody in the ODAC for rest of tournament - I hope you are right, but it isn't a definite thing yet, right?  Anyway, ODAC will take it to Salem.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 13, 2010, 11:02:01 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on March 13, 2010, 12:42:14 AM
After a lengthy stay in the NCAC, the BeltTM is moving on.  :(  It's now in the capable hands of Tyler Sanborn and his Guilford Quakers, and in one way or another will be in the custody of the ODAC for the rest of the tournament.

First up for the Guilford BeltTM Defense will be a rematch with the Runnin' Royals.  Who would have thought that something as gaudy, bespangled, and outrageously worldly as the BeltTM could cause a bunch of Quakers and Mennonites to forget themselves and do pitched battle.  May the plainest win!

This is spectacular.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 13, 2010, 03:11:43 PM
Quote from: sludge on March 13, 2010, 09:05:45 AM
:D  That's a terrific observation!

Interesting about custody in the ODAC for rest of tournament - I hope you are right, but it isn't a definite thing yet, right?  Anyway, ODAC will take it to Salem.

I suspect David said that because the Final Four is in the custody of the ODAC as well.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on March 13, 2010, 08:29:45 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 13, 2010, 03:11:43 PM
Quote from: sludge on March 13, 2010, 09:05:45 AM
:D  That's a terrific observation!

Interesting about custody in the ODAC for rest of tournament - I hope you are right, but it isn't a definite thing yet, right?  Anyway, ODAC will take it to Salem.

I suspect David said that because the Final Four is in the custody of the ODAC as well.
Your deduction is correct, Pat, but more importantly...

What on earth are YOU doing in this room?!?  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on March 13, 2010, 11:21:28 PM
OMG, the belt is beautiful.  It was delivered and stored in a sort of Ark of the BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 14, 2010, 12:11:32 AM
Oh, I read. I made my peace with the concept of the Belt last season sometime. :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 15, 2010, 01:11:40 PM
Quote from: sludge on March 13, 2010, 11:21:28 PM
OMG, the belt is beautiful.  It was delivered and stored in a sort of Ark of the BeltTM.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnewton64.ca%2Fimages%2Fblog%2FRaidersDontLook.jpg&hash=12fc36e92c7f457388f4f8988e53fa20df3e9195)

"Don't look, Marian! Whatever you do, don't look!"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 16, 2010, 09:45:14 AM
Jeez, I didn't realize Pat was reading.  We better clean this place up.

Collinge, sweep all those spare baubles and gewgaws under the rug. I don't want Pat to trip on one.

Sager, put the leather punch away and get that hot glue gun off the couch! And stop pouting!  I don't care how much you whine we are not going to retroactively award the BeltTM to the 1985 North Park team, and that's final!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on March 16, 2010, 10:34:56 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 14, 2010, 12:11:32 AM
Oh, I read. I made my peace with the concept of the Belt last season sometime. :)

Sounds like our fearless leader is not yet a true believer! ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hasanova on March 16, 2010, 12:34:35 PM
sludge, so much for safe-keeping in the Ark of The BeltTM.  I was on campus this morning to pick up some signs to put in Guilford's Salem Hospitality Room this weekend and Nathan (aka the Quaker Man) was strutting around campus in nothing but a SpeedoTM and The BeltTM while drinking something from a brown bottle!  OMG!  He was picking up quite a following as he made the turn from Nathan Hunt Road to George Fox Road!  People are beginning to see The Belt'sTM inner light!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sludge on March 16, 2010, 06:00:05 PM
At least we're hanging on to it for a few days here.  ;-)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: frodotwo on March 22, 2010, 12:08:46 AM
I was there when the Walnut & Bronze was handed out to the Pointers, still waiting for the belt to make it ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on March 22, 2010, 12:17:32 AM
Quote from: frodotwo on March 22, 2010, 12:08:46 AM
I was there when the Walnut & Bronze was handed out to the Pointers, still waiting for the belt to make it ;D
You mean Just Bill wasn't there to make the presentation personally?  ???
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 22, 2010, 10:28:25 AM
Stupid interstate commerce laws, prevented me from transporting such a valuable piece of hardware across state lines.  After a long night in jail on the Indiana-Kentucky border I called an old Secret Service buddy of mine and had the BeltTM helicoptered to Stevens Point aborad Marine One.  It pays to have connections in high places.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 22, 2010, 01:32:21 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 22, 2010, 10:28:25 AM
Stupid interstate commerce laws, prevented me from transporting such a valuable piece of hardware across state lines.  After a long night in jail on the Indiana-Kentucky border I called an old Secret Service buddy of mine and had the BeltTM helicoptered to Stevens Point aborad Marine One.  It pays to have connections in high places.
Yep, if I hadn't seen it on C-span myself, I would never have believed it.  As Rep. David Obey D-WI (Representative from the 7th District in Wisconsin) was presiding over the House of Representatives last night, I saw him nod his head to one of his staffers, acknowledging that the appropriation to bring The BeltTM via Marine One to Stevens Point was listed on page 1092 of the Health Care Reform package.

(Just another example of pork associated with the legend of The BeltTM)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: altor on March 23, 2010, 09:16:20 AM
My apologies if this had already been discussed, but I'm not reading through 38 pages to find out.

How funny would it be if The Belt were to end the regular season in a conference where not everybody plays in the conference tournament, and then one of those non-qualifying teams upset The Belt holder in the last regular season game?  So The Belt never makes the trip to Salem and is put on display during the off-season at somewhere besides the NCAA Champion?

Or are there Belt By-laws or something to cover this scenario?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: fantastic50 on March 23, 2010, 10:06:29 AM
Had Earlham beaten Wooster on the last weekend of the regular season, that's exactly what would have happened.  However, the Quakers were 0-45 against the Scots during their 21 years in the NCAC, so The BeltTM didn't suffer the indignity of watching the NCAA D-3 Tournament by webcast in Richmond, IN.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 23, 2010, 10:07:56 AM
Didn't read the previous 38 pages?  You're officially going directly to double secret probation.  I'm watching you, altor.

That scenario is kind of the Holy Grail of BeltTM-lore. That is, if the Holy Grail was covered in baubels and gewgaws and paraded around by an entourage of Hebrews, but I digress.  We know it CAN happen, we're just waiting for the day it does happen.  It's our own little armegeddon. When it happens, the Earth will open up and swallow all D-III schools whole, starting with provisional members. (Think that membership lottery wasn't important, think again.)

The day may come when the BeltTM doesn't make a trip to Salem. We'll be ready.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 23, 2010, 02:00:27 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 23, 2010, 10:07:56 AM
Didn't read the previous 38 pages?  You're officially going directly to double secret probation.  I'm watching you, altor.

That scenario is kind of the Holy Grail of BeltTM-lore. That is, if the Holy Grail was covered in baubels and gewgaws and paraded around by an entourage of Hebrews, but I digress.  We know it CAN happen, we're just waiting for the day it does happen.  It's our own little armegeddon. When it happens, the Earth will open up and swallow all D-III schools whole, starting with provisional members. (Think that membership lottery wasn't important, think again.)

The day may come when the BeltTM doesn't make a trip to Salem. We'll be ready.

He's worried about it; I'm rooting for it.  That scenario makes who thing less predictable and thus more fun.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hasanova on March 23, 2010, 02:15:40 PM
There once was a BeltTM on his acre,
It fit and he loved it, did Quaker!
For one week, it adorned him,
'Til threes rained upon 'em,
When an Eph for a day was the taker!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on March 23, 2010, 04:11:53 PM
The Pointers and Ephs they did play,
A helluva game so they say!
The Pointers were down,
But they came around,
And hope the Belt'sTM in Wisconsin to stay!

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 23, 2010, 04:32:01 PM
Stevens Point Pointers
Parade gleefully The BeltTM
Enjoy the summer.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 23, 2010, 05:19:21 PM
+1 to all our poets.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hasanova on March 26, 2010, 05:25:42 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 23, 2010, 04:32:01 PM
Stevens Point Pointers
Parade gleefully The BeltTM
Enjoy the summer.
Ah, The BeltTM has gone haiku:

Wisconsin Point's way
Obi of leather and brass
Hoops with string cheese nets
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on April 09, 2010, 01:49:48 AM
Quote from: hasanova on March 26, 2010, 05:25:42 PM
Ah, The BeltTM has gone haiku:

Is this the MWC board?  ???
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 01, 2010, 06:59:04 PM
It's almost that time. Get your polish and leather oil ready, UWSP. It's about time to bring you-know-what out of it's protective bunker.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pg04 on November 02, 2010, 12:45:41 AM
is there a title history page or something like that???  I'd like to see those teams that have had it! 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 02, 2010, 11:20:25 AM
Well we started doing this in January of 2007, and I retroactively gave Virginia Wesleyan the BeltTM as the defending NCAA champion to open the 2006-07 season.

Since then the national champion has always won the BeltTM the list of title holders at the end of the season is the same.

2006-07 Season path
Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Next Season - Amherst

2007-08 Season path
Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to next season - Washington U.

2008-09 Season path
Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania 
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27-Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19 - Guilford
Mar. 20-Next season - Washington Univ.

2009-10 Season Path
Start-Dec. 28 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 29-Dec. 29 - Transylvania
Dec. 30-Feb. 12 - Wooster
Feb. 13-Feb. 16 - Wittenberg
Feb. 17-Feb. 25 - Wabash
Feb. 26-Feb. 26 - Wittenberg
Feb. 27-Mar. 11 - Wooster
Mar. 12-Mar. 18 - Guilford
Mar. 19-Mar. 19 - Williams
Mar. 20-Present - UW-Stevens Point

First BeltTM defense of 2010-11 - UW-Stevens Point at Lawrence on Nov. 16!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 07, 2010, 07:25:43 PM
I am still proud of the LG's for at least having the belt for a week. Kind of like Buster Douglas!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 16, 2010, 05:06:38 PM
Ding! Ding!

The first BeltTM defense of the year goes smoothly for the Pointers. A 20-point win over Balki's cousin Larry (University).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 04, 2010, 11:14:20 PM
Down go the Pointers! Down go the Pointers!

UW- River Falls now have The BeltTM!

Their first defense is against the Blugolds of UW-Eau Claire on the 8th. Get your tickets now!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 04, 2010, 11:14:53 PM
Quote from: smedindy on December 04, 2010, 11:14:20 PM
Down go the Pointers! Down go the Pointers!

UW- River Falls now have The BeltTM!

Their first defense is against the Blugolds of UW-Eau Claire on the 8th. Get your tickets now at Peaches, Karma, and any Ticketron outlet!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 04, 2010, 11:20:08 PM
Ah, yes. The BeltTM appears to be inching closer to Pat Coleman. River Falls is nearly a suburb of the Twin Cities.  Perhaps it's being called closer to the D3Hoops poobah by unseen forces of nature
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 05, 2010, 08:26:06 AM
Quote from: smedindy on December 04, 2010, 11:14:20 PM
Down go the Pointers! Down go the Pointers!

UW- River Falls now have The BeltTM!

Their first defense is against the Blugolds of UW-Eau Claire on the 8th. Get your tickets now!
Might that be another sign of the end times?

A Texas (Hardin-Simmons) Women's Soccer team beat Messiah for the Championship in San Antonio yesterday.

Oregon is going to the BCS Championship Game.

The Texas Rangers (former Washington Senators) beat the New York Yankees to win the American League pennant.

I could go on and on.  It makes you wonder.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on December 05, 2010, 10:34:39 AM
That brings the question... is there a Ladies Championship belt? ::)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 05, 2010, 11:12:26 AM
Quote from: hopefan on December 05, 2010, 10:34:39 AM
That brings the question... is there a Ladies Championship belt? ::)

Certainly there could be, but we haven't been able to afford pink ropes and turnbuckles yet.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on December 05, 2010, 03:36:46 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 05, 2010, 08:26:06 AM
Might that be another sign of the end times?

A Texas (Hardin-Simmons) Women's Soccer team beat Messiah for the Championship in San Antonio yesterday.

Oregon is going to the BCS Championship Game.

The Texas Rangers (former Washington Senators) beat the New York Yankees to win the American League pennant.

I could go on and on.  It makes you wonder.

It occurred to me this morning that the current holders of the three big professional sports championships are the San Francisco Giants, the New Orleans Saints, and the Chicago Blackhawks.  If that's not a sign of the Apocalypse, I don't know what would be.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 05, 2010, 04:03:19 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on December 05, 2010, 03:36:46 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 05, 2010, 08:26:06 AM
Might that be another sign of the end times?

A Texas (Hardin-Simmons) Women's Soccer team beat Messiah for the Championship in San Antonio yesterday.

Oregon is going to the BCS Championship Game.

The Texas Rangers (former Washington Senators) beat the New York Yankees to win the American League pennant.

I could go on and on.  It makes you wonder.

It occurred to me this morning that the current holders of the three big professional sports championships are the San Francisco Giants, the New Orleans Saints, and the Chicago Blackhawks.  If that's not a sign of the Apocalypse, I don't know what would be.

Even knowing your antipathy to the NBA (and personally being more a fan of the Red Wings than the Pistons), the LA Lakers might take issue with the NHL being the third 'big' professional sport! ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 05, 2010, 04:56:24 PM
Yeah, the Celtics and the Lakers are of the old order.

The Lakers did defeat some unlikely characters, the Thunder, Jazz and Suns.

The Celtics beat the Heat, Cavaliers and Magic.

The Heat won in 2006;  the Super Sonics (Thunder) in 1979. 

The NBA got close last season.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ScotsFan on December 06, 2010, 09:34:24 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on December 05, 2010, 03:36:46 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 05, 2010, 08:26:06 AM
Might that be another sign of the end times?

A Texas (Hardin-Simmons) Women's Soccer team beat Messiah for the Championship in San Antonio yesterday.

Oregon is going to the BCS Championship Game.

The Texas Rangers (former Washington Senators) beat the New York Yankees to win the American League pennant.

I could go on and on.  It makes you wonder.

It occurred to me this morning that the current holders of the three big professional sports championships are the San Francisco Giants, the New Orleans Saints, and the Chicago Blackhawks.  If that's not a sign of the Apocalypse, I don't know what would be.
Maybe if the Cubbies or Indians from MLB or the Leafs from the NHL and keeping the Cleveland theme, how about the Browns from the NFL...  :-\   :P

BTW, that's basketball they play in the NBA?   ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 09, 2010, 12:10:15 AM
UW-River Falls wins their first BeltTM defense over UW-Eau Claire 75-71.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on December 09, 2010, 12:40:24 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 09, 2010, 12:10:15 AM
UW-River Falls wins their first BeltTM defense over UW-Eau Claire 75-71.

Wrong score my friend... they won 75-51.  This one wasn't close in the second half.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 09, 2010, 10:07:55 AM
Quote from: PointSpecial on December 09, 2010, 12:40:24 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 09, 2010, 12:10:15 AM
UW-River Falls wins their first BeltTM defense over UW-Eau Claire 75-71.

Wrong score my friend... they won 75-51.  This one wasn't close in the second half.

Ah.  A TKO and not a split decision.  All the better.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 09, 2010, 12:59:51 PM

It doesn't look like there's much chance of the belt leaving the WIAC in the near future.

I'm always interested in ways the belt can miss the NCAA tournament - perhaps if Stout ends up with the Belt by Feb 15th and then surprisingly loses to Crown?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 09, 2010, 01:12:01 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on December 09, 2010, 12:59:51 PM

It doesn't look like there's much chance of the belt leaving the WIAC in the near future.

I'm always interested in ways the belt can miss the NCAA tournament - perhaps if Stout ends up with the Belt by Feb 15th and then surprisingly loses to Crown?

No confidence in Hamline or Macalester? (Checking W/L records...)  OK, no confidence in Hamline, then?

If UW-Oshkosh can grab the BeltTM on the 11th, they have four games coming up against four different conferences (IIAC, CCIW, MWC, NathCon).

Although I admit in that circumstance I'm worried about the BeltTM travelling to Las Vegas. Such a vaulable possession in a city so rich with temptation?  I can't imagine the horror of the D-III Championship BeltTM ending up under the bed of some cheap motel room rented by a call girl named Kiki.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 09, 2010, 01:14:47 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on December 09, 2010, 12:59:51 PM

It doesn't look like there's much chance of the belt leaving the WIAC in the near future.

I'm always interested in ways the belt can miss the NCAA tournament - perhaps if Stout ends up with the Belt by Feb 15th and then surprisingly loses to Crown?

Oh no, not that! :o  Crown is my entry in the winless pool! ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 09, 2010, 01:27:05 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 09, 2010, 01:12:01 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on December 09, 2010, 12:59:51 PM

It doesn't look like there's much chance of the belt leaving the WIAC in the near future.

I'm always interested in ways the belt can miss the NCAA tournament - perhaps if Stout ends up with the Belt by Feb 15th and then surprisingly loses to Crown?

No confidence in Hamline or Macalester? (Checking W/L records...)  OK, no confidence in Hamline, then?

If UW-Oshkosh can grab the BeltTM on the 11th, they have four games coming up against four different conferences (IIAC, CCIW, MWC, NathCon).

Although I admit in that circumstance I'm worried about the BeltTM travelling to Las Vegas. Such a vaulable possession in a city so rich with temptation?  I can't imagine the horror of the D-III Championship BeltTM ending up under the bed of some cheap motel room rented by a call girl named Kiki.

Kiki's got a heart of gold, though.

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 09, 2010, 01:37:34 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 09, 2010, 01:12:01 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on December 09, 2010, 12:59:51 PM

It doesn't look like there's much chance of the belt leaving the WIAC in the near future.

I'm always interested in ways the belt can miss the NCAA tournament - perhaps if Stout ends up with the Belt by Feb 15th and then surprisingly loses to Crown?

No confidence in Hamline or Macalester? (Checking W/L records...)  OK, no confidence in Hamline, then?

If UW-Oshkosh can grab the BeltTM on the 11th, they have four games coming up against four different conferences (IIAC, CCIW, MWC, NathCon).

Although I admit in that circumstance I'm worried about the BeltTM travelling to Las Vegas. Such a vaulable possession in a city so rich with temptation?  I can't imagine the horror of the D-III Championship BeltTM ending up under the bed of some cheap motel room rented by a call girl named Kiki.

If anything could add to the lore of the BeltTM, it's a Vegas hooker named Kiki.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 09, 2010, 06:48:36 PM

If I met any woman in vegas named Kiki, I'd be looking for the Adam's Apple.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BUBeaverFan on December 10, 2010, 03:39:03 PM
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 16, 2011, 02:32:35 PM
Close defense of The BeltTM at River Falls yesterday,

UWRF 56, UW-Platteville 53.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 16, 2011, 04:11:27 PM
Darn you River Falls!!  The BeltTM thrives on chaos and instability and you've locked it down.  If you love something, set it free, RF. Set it free.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 16, 2011, 08:49:24 PM
maybe the belt just likes River Falls and has decided to 'Grow with the Flow'

http://www.rfchamber.com/
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: UWRF on February 03, 2011, 03:30:40 AM
The Belt is gonna be seriously challenged in the next 10 days!! Whitewater and Point on the schedule.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 03, 2011, 10:18:13 AM
Quote from: UWRF on February 03, 2011, 03:30:40 AM
The Belt is gonna be seriously challenged in the next 10 days!! Whitewater and Point on the schedule.

I may have to enter the secret vault and check the sacred archives.  UWRF might have the longest run of BeltTM defenses ever.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 04, 2011, 02:51:46 AM
Not to mention, River Falls' last three conference games are on the road.  They start at Stevens Point, then head to La Crosse and Platteville.  Oh, it's only La Crosse and Platteville, you say?  River Falls beat La Crosse by just 6 and then Platteville by 3, both at home in back to back game days in mid-January.  La Crosse has one of the best scorers in the league in Tony Mane and Platteville has the 2nd best scoring defense in the conference. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 04, 2011, 11:01:05 AM
parish the thought, but is it possible for the belt to get stuck in the WIAC and never be available in the NCAA's?

The horror.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 04, 2011, 02:59:09 PM
Quote from: sac on February 04, 2011, 11:01:05 AM
parish the thought, but is it possible for the belt to get stuck in the WIAC and never be available in the NCAA's?

The horror.

I don't think so...  the four teams that River Falls has left on the schedule are all currently in the conference tournament.


2/5    vs. UW-Whitewater
2/12    at UW-Stevens Point
2/16    at UW-La Crosse   
2/19    at UW-Platteville

The Falcons beat WW by 6, SP by 13, LaX by 6, and Platte by 3.

If WW should wrest the Belt from the Falcons, they have the best chance to lose it to a non-WIAC Tourney participant... they finish the year with:

2/9    at UW-Platteville   
2/12    vs. UW-Eau Claire
2/16    vs. UW-Oshkosh   
2/19    vs. UW-Superior

after RF on Saturday.

They beat each of these 4 opponents, but just by 3, 12, 2 in 2 OT, and 6... so that's the most precarious... though probably most likely to lose to Platteville, who is in the tourney (at this moment).

But WW winning is the least-likely of RF's opponents. 

Should RF lose to Stevens Point on 2/12 (Massey has SP winning 71-62), SP plays:

2/16    vs. UW-Platteville
2/19    at UW-La Crosse

Both of these teams are (at least as of today), in the tourney.

LaX plays Point right after playing RF, so if the Pointers don't take it from RF, they may still take it from LaX in the last week of the season.

And if RF beats WW, SP, and LaX, their last game is against Platteville... and PVille, though currently the 5th place team, has a 2 game lead on the non-WIAC tourney field... and would need to have somebody get hot (and likely for them to lose their next 4) to have Platte get the belt and not bring it to the WIAC tourney.



So, the answer is that it's possible... but not probable. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 04, 2011, 03:06:25 PM
no other mythical trophy in modern sport could elicit such and thorough response.  +k
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on February 05, 2011, 03:09:04 AM
Quote from: sac on February 04, 2011, 03:06:25 PM
no other mythical trophy in modern sport could elicit such and thorough response.  +k

if you had used the word "title" instead of "trophy" I could have suggested the BCS can elicit a thorough analyzation.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 05, 2011, 07:41:47 PM
And The BeltTM finally changes hands as UW-River Falls loses to UW-Whitewater 70-66. The Warhawks never trailed in the entire game as they avenged an earlier 85-79 loss to the Falcons.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 05, 2011, 08:13:12 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 05, 2011, 07:41:47 PM
And The BeltTM finally changes hands as UW-River Falls loses to UW-Whitewater 70-66. The Warhawks never trailed in the entire game as they avenged an earlier 85-79 loss to the Falcons.

OK, PS, Mr. "WW is the least likely to beat RF" - time for a new analysis. :P  How likely is The BeltTM to finish out of the tourney? ;D

(Or will Platteville immediately grab it?)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 05, 2011, 09:05:07 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 05, 2011, 08:13:12 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 05, 2011, 07:41:47 PM
And The BeltTM finally changes hands as UW-River Falls loses to UW-Whitewater 70-66. The Warhawks never trailed in the entire game as they avenged an earlier 85-79 loss to the Falcons.

OK, PS, Mr. "WW is the least likely to beat RF" - time for a new analysis. :P  How likely is The BeltTM to finish out of the tourney? ;D

(Or will Platteville immediately grab it?)

Hmm....  Let me ponder that a bit.

At first look, the Pville/WW game is a toss-up... and WW should beat EC, though the Warhawks have historically had some difficulties with second-time-around games against the Blugolds (even Blugold teams that are less-than-impressive).  And I think Superior may be the best team out of their 4 opponents.

The WIAC tourney isn't set in stone yet.  A lot could happen (and I haven't even seen the other WIAC results as of this posting... just got off an airplane to a text from Old School saying that RF lost!).

I'll take a look and analyze a bit tomorrow!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 06, 2011, 02:45:39 PM
So Whitewater has the belt and the D3 football Championship trophy.

Unprecedented?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 06, 2011, 03:01:11 PM
Quote from: sac on February 06, 2011, 02:45:39 PM
So Whitewater has the belt and the D3 football Championship trophy.

Unprecedented?

Hmm.... well... has Mount Union ever had the belt?  They'd be the other team with this possibility!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 07, 2011, 10:46:55 AM
I know you saw the postgame celebration last night, and yes, that was in fact the D-III Championship BeltTM on loan to the Clay Matthews so he could present it to Aaron Rodgers (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Aaron-Rodgers-gets-a-real-actual-championship-b?urn=nfl-317685). Trust me, security was at an all time premium.  The rumor is when Matthews' hair touched the BeltTM the exponential greatness of the two objects caused a black hole to open a swallow a neighboring galaxy.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 07, 2011, 10:58:04 AM
I thought that I recognized it.  It's a good thing that The Belt TM was not hi-jacked  to the Presidents' Athletic Conference.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on February 07, 2011, 01:39:25 PM
Now that the history of the Diva Belt has been made public in the Diva Belt Chambers, I'm curious as to if and when both belts have been held simultaneously by the same school.....   I think there are at least 2 good candidates......
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 07, 2011, 01:47:10 PM
Quote from: hopefan on February 07, 2011, 01:39:25 PM
Now that the history of the Diva Belt has been made public in the Diva Belt Chambers, I'm curious as to if and when both belts have been held simultaneously by the same school.....   I think there are at least 2 good candidates......

Well, earlier this season UWSP just missed out.  The men lost it on Dec. 4; the women won it on Dec. 8.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 09, 2011, 09:17:48 PM
I didn't have my analysis complete prior to the game starting... but it's just sort of a "wait and see" after tonight's game.  Platteville has led by as many as 9, but Whitewater leads 47-42 with 11:00 left.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 09, 2011, 10:03:57 PM
The Belt will move west... UWP beats Whitewater 65-59

Platteville's remaining schedule:

2/12    vs. UW-Stout
2/16    at UW-Stevens Point
2/19    vs. UW-River Falls

Stout is out... they were eliminated tonight.  Stevens Point and River Falls are both in.

Should Stout beat Platteville and wrest the Belt away from the Pioneers, here's their schedule:

2/12    at UW-Platteville
2/15    vs. Crown
2/19    vs. UW-Eau Claire

That wouldn't be good... I'm not sure about the UMAC's conference tourney this year (if Crown would even be eligible), but EC is all-but-eliminated from the WIAC tourney, if they're not out already.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: AO on February 09, 2011, 10:30:39 PM
Crown has been effectively eliminated sitting 3 back of the last playoff spot with 4 to go.  The UMAC has moved to a 4 team playoff with no byes for the first year of the automatic bid.  But if Crown really is going to knock off Stout, they would probably return back to earth shortly thereafter and lose to Bethany Lutheran or Martin Luther.  Martin Luther would be their first game after stout; Martin Luther won't make the UMAC playoffs either, but their last game on the regular season is against my squad (Northwestern).  So basically, don't expect Crown to beat anyone from the WIAC in any game in the next decade and ignore everything I've just written.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 09, 2011, 10:43:28 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on February 09, 2011, 10:03:57 PM
The Belt will move west... UWP beats Whitewater 65-59

Platteville's remaining schedule:

2/12    vs. UW-Stout
2/16    at UW-Stevens Point
2/19    vs. UW-River Falls

Stout is out... they were eliminated tonight.  Stevens Point and River Falls are both in.

Should Stout beat Platteville and wrest the Belt away from the Pioneers, here's their schedule:

2/12    at UW-Platteville
2/15    vs. Crown
2/19    vs. UW-Eau Claire

That wouldn't be good... I'm not sure about the UMAC's conference tourney this year (if Crown would even be eligible), but EC is all-but-eliminated from the WIAC tourney, if they're not out already.

Are you kidding me, PS? It would be fantastic if Crown held The BeltTM going into the off-season! It's hard to think of a more unlikely place for it to rest than in the trophy case of an also-ran from a bottom-tier conference that only got an automatic bid this season. It would be madcap, hilarious, and quirkier than a three-legged dog in a greyhound race if Crown were to end the season with The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 09, 2011, 10:48:04 PM
Now. now, don't you guys goes making fun of Crown - they won me the 'winless' contest! ;D  Go, Crown - you did your duty for me, now go seize The BeltTM! :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 10, 2011, 09:10:12 AM
People were making some disparaging comments about The Diva BeltTM and how it spent a  summer in Alpine, Texas when Sul Ross State Lady Lobos held The Diva BeltTM but did not make the ASC post-season tourney.

Getting to spend a summer in the wilderness of Big Bend National Park seems to be a wonderful thing.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 10, 2011, 09:31:22 AM

Let's go Stout.  I've been rooting for this scenario since the Belt's inception.  We've never been closer to a Belt-less championship.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 10, 2011, 01:49:11 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 10, 2011, 09:31:22 AM

Let's go Stout.  I've been rooting for this scenario since the Belt's inception.  We've never been closer to a Belt-less championship.

It's not just the idea of a Final Four without The BeltTM present in Salem that tickles my fancy. It's the idea of Crown holding The BeltTM for the entire off-season.

It would be like if Megadeth held a tryout for a new lead vocalist, and Justin Bieber won the audition.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on February 10, 2011, 03:32:34 PM
Greg - I'm assuming that you have been reading the great turmoil in the Diva Belt room?   2 years in a row, 2003-04, and 2004-2005 the belt holder was in the ASC and DID NOT make the conference tourney...  consequently, when the Diva belt championship history was written up starting in 2005-2006 with Defending National champ Milikin holding the belt at the beginning of the season, it was in error....   you, as a hof'r, may be on the committee that will make a ruling on this unfortunate miscarriage of justice...  I'm expecting to be suppoena'd to testify.....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 10, 2011, 04:04:49 PM
I'm rooting for Crown just because a school called Crown holding a belt sounds pretty awesome.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 10, 2011, 04:11:39 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 10, 2011, 01:49:11 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 10, 2011, 09:31:22 AM

Let's go Stout.  I've been rooting for this scenario since the Belt's inception.  We've never been closer to a Belt-less championship.

It's not just the idea of a Final Four without The BeltTM present in Salem that tickles my fancy. It's the idea of Crown holding The BeltTM for the entire off-season.

It would be like if Megadeth held a tryout for a new lead vocalist, and Justin Bieber won the audition.

Dear Crown,

Just to be clear, in the above hypothetical, you are Justin Bieber.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 10, 2011, 04:14:33 PM
Sorry, Hopefan, but at the moment I'm fixated upon the idea of The BeltTM residing in Crown's trophy case all summer long.

Crown College: The NCAA Division III men's basketball answer to the Duchy of Grand Fenwick.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 10, 2011, 04:15:35 PM
If Crown keeps the BeltTM in the Royal Treasury for the offseason, they and whoever wins the NCAA tournament should both be invited to Las Vegas to hold a Unification Match at the D3hoops.com Classic.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 10, 2011, 04:17:17 PM
Quote from: sac on February 10, 2011, 04:04:49 PM
I'm rooting for Crown just because a school called Crown holding a belt sounds pretty awesome.

If Crown wins The BeltTM, Bill ought to create a scepter to mark the occasion.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 10, 2011, 04:18:42 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 10, 2011, 04:14:33 PM
Crown College: The NCAA Division III men's basketball answer to the Duchy of Grand Fenwick.

I'm required by law to declare every time a reference in a Greg Sager post requires me to use Google or Dictionary.com to decipher it. Check.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 10, 2011, 04:34:38 PM
Crown's record over the past five seasons:

2006-07  3-23
2007-08  8-20
2008-09  0-24
2009-10  4-21
2010-11 (to date)  3-17

This scenario for The BeltTM just keeps getting better and better.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 10, 2011, 04:47:24 PM
QuoteCrown College: The NCAA Division III men's basketball answer to the Duchy of Grand Fenwick.

Then is UMPI the Nagorno-Karabakh of D-3??
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 10, 2011, 04:53:05 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 10, 2011, 04:47:24 PM
QuoteCrown College: The NCAA Division III men's basketball answer to the Duchy of Grand Fenwick.

Then is UMPI the Nagorno-Karabakh of D-3??

Well played, sir.

After mentioning the Duchy of Grand Fenwick I was waiting for someone to come back with a quip about Fredonia. But the real-but-sounds-made-up obscure Caucasian territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is even better.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 10, 2011, 04:57:48 PM
And they'd be taking it from a likely candidate... Stout has lost 9/10.

But... on the other hand... Stout has lost 9/10.  I'm not sure if they've got it in themselves to beat Platteville...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 10, 2011, 05:29:57 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 10, 2011, 04:18:42 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 10, 2011, 04:14:33 PM
Crown College: The NCAA Division III men's basketball answer to the Duchy of Grand Fenwick.

I'm required by law to declare every time a reference in a Greg Sager post requires me to use Google or Dictionary.com to decipher it. Check.

Oh, that's just sad.  Everyone should know immediately what and where the Duchy of Grand Fenwick is.  Immediate corrective action (http://www.amazon.com/Mouse-That-Roared-Peter-Sellers/dp/B00009MEKJ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1297376903&sr=1-1) is called for.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on February 12, 2011, 03:22:18 AM
If Crown would retain the BeltTM over the summer it would be close to Pat so he could periodically check in on it to make sure it is safe and he could ensure no "National Championship" team would attempt to steal it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 12, 2011, 08:54:10 AM
Quote from: hickory_cornhusker on February 12, 2011, 03:22:18 AM
If Crown would retain the BeltTM over the summer it would be close to Pat so he could periodically check in on it to make sure it is safe and he could ensure no "National Championship" team would attempt to steal it.

Pat would be as likely to facilitate such a theft as to prevent it.  But it's a moot point; I believe the BeltTM and its handlers have obtained a restraining order, requiring Pat to stay at least 500 yards from the BeltTM at all times.  
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: AO on February 12, 2011, 11:28:12 AM
Don't look now, but Crown might put all this ridicule behind them by sneaking into the playoffs.  Last night they beat 2nd place Minnesota-Morris by 12 and have another winnable game today that could move them within a game of the last playoff spot.  So if Crown can make a earlier season loss by 5 into a 12 point win, I think we can safely assume that there will be a similar turnaround in the Stout game.  They only need 46 more points than last time!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 12, 2011, 08:04:48 PM
Quote from: AO on February 12, 2011, 11:28:12 AM
Don't look now, but Crown might put all this ridicule behind them by sneaking into the playoffs.  Last night they beat 2nd place Minnesota-Morris by 12 and have another winnable game today that could move them within a game of the last playoff spot.  So if Crown can make a earlier season loss by 5 into a 12 point win, I think we can safely assume that there will be a similar turnaround in the Stout game.  They only need 46 more points than last time!

Stout forced OT... but Platteville retained the Belt.  Next up is defending National Champ (and former Belt holder UW Stevens Point).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 16, 2011, 10:35:12 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on February 12, 2011, 08:04:48 PM
Quote from: AO on February 12, 2011, 11:28:12 AM
Don't look now, but Crown might put all this ridicule behind them by sneaking into the playoffs.  Last night they beat 2nd place Minnesota-Morris by 12 and have another winnable game today that could move them within a game of the last playoff spot.  So if Crown can make a earlier season loss by 5 into a 12 point win, I think we can safely assume that there will be a similar turnaround in the Stout game.  They only need 46 more points than last time!

Stout forced OT... but Platteville retained the Belt.  Next up is defending National Champ (and former Belt holder UW Stevens Point).

And, from the "it still doesn't matter" department... Stout destroyed Crown 109-67 last night.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 16, 2011, 10:43:38 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on February 16, 2011, 10:35:12 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on February 12, 2011, 08:04:48 PM
Quote from: AO on February 12, 2011, 11:28:12 AM
Don't look now, but Crown might put all this ridicule behind them by sneaking into the playoffs.  Last night they beat 2nd place Minnesota-Morris by 12 and have another winnable game today that could move them within a game of the last playoff spot.  So if Crown can make a earlier season loss by 5 into a 12 point win, I think we can safely assume that there will be a similar turnaround in the Stout game.  They only need 46 more points than last time!

Stout forced OT... but Platteville retained the Belt.  Next up is defending National Champ (and former Belt holder UW Stevens Point).

And, from the "it still doesn't matter" department... Stout destroyed Crown 109-67 last night.

Their moment of glory just eluded Crown
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 16, 2011, 10:44:32 PM
So Stevens Point has The BeltTM  by virtue of their 82-54 demolition of Platteville tonight, and the next defense is Saturday at La Crosse. Could prove interesting as La Crosse was an easy winner over former belt holder River Falls tonight 93-78.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 16, 2011, 11:51:36 PM
Are we witnessing belt history?  Could the belt champion from last year enter this years tournament with the belt after losing it during the season?  Has this ever happened before?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 17, 2011, 12:08:14 AM
Quote from: sac on February 16, 2011, 11:51:36 PM
Are we witnessing belt history?  Could the belt champion from last year enter this years tournament with the belt after losing it during the season?  Has this ever happened before?

To my knowledge it has never happened. But Bill will have the definitive answer I'm sure.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiltedbryan on February 17, 2011, 12:51:23 PM
Quote from: sac on February 16, 2011, 11:51:36 PM
Are we witnessing belt history?  Could the belt champion from last year enter this years tournament with the belt after losing it during the season?  Has this ever happened before?

I'm not sure The Belt has ever entered the following year's NCAA tournament from the same conference as the previous year's winner. But awaiting the official word from The Belt Historian.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 17, 2011, 02:46:08 PM
No, no team that held the BeltTM from the previous year has ever taken it into the NCAA Tournament.

As far as teams who have had the BeltTM, lost it, then regained it within the same season that list includes.

2006-07 (aka the ODAC year) - Va. Wesleyan (lost it and regained it twice, actually)
2006-07 - Guilford
2006-07 - Bridgewater (Va.)
2007-08 (aka the UAA year) - Brandeis
2008-09 (aka the HCAC year) - Wash U. (regained BeltTM in national title game)
2008-09 - Franklin
2008-09 - Transylvania
2009-10 (aka the NCAC year) - Wittenberg
2009-10 - Wooster
2010-11 (aka the WIAC year) - UW-Stevens Point
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 17, 2011, 02:52:01 PM
2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:

Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Current - UW-Stevens Point

Thanks to UWRF we are on our way to a record for fewest number of times the BeltTM has changed hands in a season. Currently we are at 4. The previous low was 9 in both 2008-09 and 2009-10.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SgtPaul on February 26, 2011, 05:59:55 PM
Point takes the belt back into the NCAA tournament as the defending champ.  They are not going to give it away so someone's got to try and rip it away.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 26, 2011, 10:54:48 PM
Illegal use of the term Belt TM by Sgt. Paul. Five yards. Repeat the down.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 26, 2011, 11:24:49 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 26, 2011, 10:54:48 PM
Illegal use of the term Belt TM by Sgt. Paul. Five yards. Repeat the down.
Okay, where do you step off the five yards?  It is five yards from the free throw line to the bucket.   ???
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 26, 2011, 11:27:27 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 26, 2011, 10:54:48 PM
Illegal use of the term Belt TM by Sgt. Paul. Five yards. Repeat the down.

Hey, we'll play River Falls again... but let's have it be in the tournament, not a WIAC tourney championship again...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 03, 2011, 01:46:57 AM
Will the Belt TM be prominently displayed by Stevens Point?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ziggy on March 03, 2011, 09:12:14 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 26, 2011, 11:24:49 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 26, 2011, 10:54:48 PM
Illegal use of the term Belt TM by Sgt. Paul. Five yards. Repeat the down.
Okay, where do you step off the five yards?  It is five yards from the free throw line to the bucket.   ???

It will obviously have to be half the distance to the goal
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 11, 2011, 07:48:58 PM
Down goes Frazier! The BeltTM has changed hands. St. Thomas beat UWSP tonight, and the Tommies will defend the BeltTM tomorrow night against either Mary Hardin-Baylor or sectional host Augustana.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on March 11, 2011, 08:41:55 PM
...and the BeltTM, like a Democratic lawmaker, won't return to Wisconsin this season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 11, 2011, 10:36:49 PM
But perhaps the BeltTM will be 'on ice' up at St. Thomas!

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: nwhoops1903 on March 12, 2011, 12:44:10 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on March 11, 2011, 08:41:55 PM
...and the BeltTM, like a Democratic lawmaker, won't return to Wisconsin this season.
Awesome!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 12, 2011, 03:21:56 AM
Augustana tries to take The  BeltTM from St. Thomas tomorrow!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 19, 2011, 05:20:39 PM
... and the BeltTM will be taking up residence in the Twin Cities this off-season.

Congrats to St. Thomas!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 20, 2011, 01:07:21 PM
FINAL 2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:

Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Mar. 10 - UW-Stevens Point
Mar. 11-Present - St. Thomas

By far the shortest list we've ever had and certainly the fewest frequent flier miles the BeltTM has ever logged. On the plus side, Pat can visit it throughout the offseason whenever he wants.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 20, 2011, 01:11:20 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 20, 2011, 01:07:21 PM
FINAL 2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:

Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Mar. 10 - UW-Stevens Point
Mar. 11-Present - St. Thomas

By far the shortest list we've ever had and certainly the fewest frequent flier miles the BeltTM has ever logged. On the plus side, Pat can visit it throughout the offseason whenever he wants.
Will you use the savings in those travel and security costs to add additional commemorative Baubles and Bling in the off-season?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 20, 2011, 07:17:12 PM
With only about 4 non-conference games per MIAC team, the belt may be spending next year in Minnesota.

Admittedly, of the MIAC's, St. Thomas is one that seems to have played in many different parts of the country recently or at least ventured out of its own immediate vicinity more.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 20, 2011, 11:40:01 PM
I can see the BeltTM traveling on the streets and avenues of the Twin Cities metro area, or perhaps a short jaunt down to Northfield. Maybe down to St. Peter if the Gusties get frisky. But definitely in the Star-Tribune circulation area!

I wonder if the sports yakkers will say that the Tommies are the best team in Twin Cities. (Of course, the Slumberwolves would kill 'em, but the Gophers were so awful in February that the Tommies could give 'em a game! )

PS - Sac, you forgot your superscript TM in your post. Tsk. Tsk. Improper protocol. 2 minutes in the box and a free kick. The next penalty means your choice of penalties in either Calvinball or 43-man Squamish.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 20, 2011, 11:58:51 PM
Do the Tommies yet have an out-of-conference schedule posted?

Are they likely to step back a bit with their graduation losses?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 21, 2011, 12:10:52 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 20, 2011, 11:58:51 PM
Do the Tommies yet have an out-of-conference schedule posted?

Are they likely to step back a bit with their graduation losses?
Do they play Crown?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ziggy on May 20, 2011, 02:34:31 PM
I suppose belts everywhere weep when a great wrestler dies. RIP Macho Man Randy Savage (http://sidelionreport.com/2011/05/20/macho-man-randy-savage-dies-his-part-in-silverdome-history-lives-on/).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on October 24, 2011, 05:27:09 PM
Mark November 22nd on your calendar, BeltTM maniacs.

After a season-opening road trip to California (facing Oxy and Pomona-Pitzer). St. Thomas will face a real test as it travels to Wisconsin - River Falls. The BeltTM could change hands early in the season!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 17, 2011, 04:51:31 PM
Tomorrow, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, it begins anew. Guard it well, ye Tommies of Minnesota, for while many desire and covet your treasure, only one can hold the one, true BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 22, 2011, 09:03:16 PM
BeltTM is in danger of changing hands. River Falls up at the half over the Tommies!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 22, 2011, 10:05:55 PM
The BeltTM did not stay for long in St. Paul this season. UW-River Falls takes posession of it with a convincing 79-64 win over the Tommies.

Next up for the Falcons, a long roadie. Games at Pacific Lutheran on Friday, and against Puget Sound in Parkland, WA on Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 22, 2011, 10:18:23 PM
If they come back from the Pacific Northwest its looking like the belt will be roaming Wisconsin this year.

Cheese is good so its not all bad.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on November 22, 2011, 11:27:56 PM
On the other hand, if The BeltTM does get captured on that road trip, how long might it stay in the Pacific Northwest?  Just Bill, has The BeltTM been properly protected from mold and mildew? 8-)

When it someday makes it to the CCIW, we don't wanna have to deal with some mangy old thing! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on November 23, 2011, 01:19:46 AM
Has The BeltTM ever been in serious danger of being kidnapped by an NAIA school?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: AO on November 23, 2011, 04:40:05 AM
I believe the belt isn't up for grabs in a game against a non-D3, but if it were, it could end up in Canada and never return.  River Falls loses to North Central who loses to Providence of Otterburne, Manitoba. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 23, 2011, 09:37:47 AM
I'm presuming D3 only, because if it isn't, it could end up in Duke's hand somehow.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 23, 2011, 05:29:19 PM

The belt is only for d3.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on November 24, 2011, 06:19:56 PM
Quote from: AO on November 23, 2011, 04:40:05 AM
I believe the belt isn't up for grabs in a game against a non-D3, but if it were, it could end up in Canada and never return.  River Falls loses to North Central who loses to Providence of Otterburne, Manitoba.

Quote from: Hoops Fan on November 23, 2011, 05:29:19 PM

The belt is only for d3.

Proofreading...

The BeltTM
is the proper way the term should be written on these boards.   ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SUMMIT!!!!! on November 24, 2011, 07:57:32 PM
The BeltTM will find its way back to St Paul when it counts the most....middle of March
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 24, 2011, 09:08:19 PM
Well, it all depends. A team can win the Walnut & Bronze and not claim The BeltTM! It all depends on if the current holder of The BeltTM makes their conference tournament. Stranger things have happened!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on November 24, 2011, 11:53:22 PM
Quote from: smedindy on November 24, 2011, 09:08:19 PM
Well, it all depends. A team can win the Walnut & Bronze and not claim The BeltTM! It all depends on if the current holder of The BeltTM makes their conference tournament. Stranger things have happened!
That was a debate that we had last season as we tried to find the Provenance of The BeltTM.  I believe that The BeltTM "summered" in Texas one season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 25, 2011, 04:56:46 PM
Rest assured that when the belt(sorry don't know how to do the TM thing) comes up against NAIA or upper division foes, it is brought out of its case and paraded around the gym just to taunt them.

Then its placed behind their basket for each half on a solid gold stand with a spotlight shining on it.  Its been said opposing players have wept at the ft line realizing such a thing of beauty can never be theirs.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on November 25, 2011, 06:01:40 PM
sac, on the second line of options above a message you're composing is "sup" (about in the middle).  Click that, then type TM between the results.

e.g., here is my first official statement of name ownership: Mr. YpsiTM!  (After all, Pat sarcastically called me that, but it was your post that pushed me to actually do it - p. 7 of CCIW bball board, August 2005.) ;))

Then and forever, despite Pat's name change, CCIW Chat! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 27, 2011, 11:21:06 AM
Quote from: sac on November 25, 2011, 04:56:46 PM
Rest assured that when the belt(sorry don't know how to do the TM thing) comes up against NAIA or upper division foes, it is brought out of its case and paraded around the gym just to taunt them.

Then its placed behind their basket for each half on a solid gold stand with a spotlight shining on it.  Its been said opposing players have wept at the ft line realizing such a thing of beauty can never be theirs.

One always covets most that which they can't have.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on November 27, 2011, 04:54:43 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on November 25, 2011, 06:01:40 PM
sac, on the second line of options above a message you're composing is "sup" (about in the middle).  Click that, then type TM between the results.

e.g., here is my first official statement of name ownership: Mr. YpsiTM!  (After all, Pat sarcastically called me that, but it was your post that pushed me to actually do it - p. 7 of CCIW bball board, August 2005.) ;))

Then and forever, despite Pat's name change, CCIW Chat! ;D
Yes, CCIW Chat was a classic moniker!  I, too, was sorry to see that one go.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on November 27, 2011, 06:01:49 PM
The BeltTM changes hands for the 2nd time this season as Puget Sound defeats UW-River Falls 67-64. The BeltTM could hang around the Northwest Conference for a spell. The Loggers 1st defense of The BeltTM will come on the road against Pacific on Dec. 2nd and if they're successful, they will travel with it again to Willamette on Dec. 3rd.

I believe this is the first time The BeltTM has taken up residence in the great Northwest part of the country. It apparently liked the area and wanted to stay more than a couple of days.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on November 27, 2011, 06:24:31 PM
Quote from: sac on November 22, 2011, 10:18:23 PM
If they come back from the Pacific Northwest its looking like the belt will be roaming Wisconsin this year.

Cheese is good so its not all bad.

UWRF lost to Puget Sound yesterday 67-64
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on November 27, 2011, 06:34:37 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on November 27, 2011, 06:24:31 PM
Quote from: sac on November 22, 2011, 10:18:23 PM
If they come back from the Pacific Northwest its looking like the belt will be roaming Wisconsin this year.

Cheese is good so its not all bad.

UWRF lost to Puget Sound yesterday 67-64

PointSpecial,  was my post invisible? ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 27, 2011, 06:36:22 PM
I think its safe to say The BeltTM  (how 'bout that) will be West of the Mississippi until the D3 tournament.

I really only see a chance to go to Redlands where it would bounce around Southern California, or to Southwestern, Tx where it would rack up the bus miles.

Otherwise The BeltTM will be in the Pacific Northwest this year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on November 27, 2011, 10:38:33 PM
Quote from: sac on November 27, 2011, 06:36:22 PM
I think its safe to say The BeltTM  (how 'bout that) will be West of the Mississippi until the D3 tournament.

I really only see a chance to go to Redlands where it would bounce around Southern California, or to Southwestern, Tx where it would rack up the bus miles.

Otherwise The BeltTM will be in the Pacific Northwest this year.

Let's see...

If Puget Sound loses to Pacific on 12/2,
and Pacific loses to Southwestern on 12/21
and Southwestern loses to Whitworth on 12/22
and Whitworth loses to Calvin on 12/29

then The BeltTM could spend the winter in Michigan

:)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 27, 2011, 10:41:20 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on November 27, 2011, 10:38:33 PM
Quote from: sac on November 27, 2011, 06:36:22 PM
I think its safe to say The BeltTM  (how 'bout that) will be West of the Mississippi until the D3 tournament.

I really only see a chance to go to Redlands where it would bounce around Southern California, or to Southwestern, Tx where it would rack up the bus miles.

Otherwise The BeltTM will be in the Pacific Northwest this year.

Let's see...

If Puget Sound loses to Pacific on 12/2,
and Pacific loses to Southwestern on 12/21
and Southwestern loses to Whitworth on 12/22
and Whitworth loses to Calvin on 12/29

then The BeltTM could spend the winter in Michigan

:)

I'm all for that
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on November 27, 2011, 11:00:05 PM
Quote from: sac on November 27, 2011, 10:41:20 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on November 27, 2011, 10:38:33 PM
Quote from: sac on November 27, 2011, 06:36:22 PM
I think its safe to say The BeltTM  (how 'bout that) will be West of the Mississippi until the D3 tournament.

I really only see a chance to go to Redlands where it would bounce around Southern California, or to Southwestern, Tx where it would rack up the bus miles.

Otherwise The BeltTM will be in the Pacific Northwest this year.

Let's see...

If Puget Sound loses to Pacific on 12/2,
and Pacific loses to Southwestern on 12/21
and Southwestern loses to Whitworth on 12/22
and Whitworth loses to Calvin on 12/29

then The BeltTM could spend the winter in Michigan

:)

I'm all for that

Far better for avoiding mold and mildew!  (I'll assume The BeltTM is immune to frostbite! 8-)

But how convenient (think Church Lady) that you plan to recover The BeltTM AFTER the MIAA/CCIW Challenge! ;D

I swear, you guys will come up with ANY scheme to keep The BeltTM from the rightful ownership of my Titans! :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 27, 2011, 11:07:07 PM
There is one thing that is predictable - the ownership of The BeltTM is unpredictable.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on November 28, 2011, 01:09:15 AM
Quote from: magicman on November 27, 2011, 06:34:37 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on November 27, 2011, 06:24:31 PM
Quote from: sac on November 22, 2011, 10:18:23 PM
If they come back from the Pacific Northwest its looking like the belt will be roaming Wisconsin this year.

Cheese is good so its not all bad.

UWRF lost to Puget Sound yesterday 67-64

PointSpecial,  was my post invisible? ;D

Yep, to me it was!!  It wasn't there when I posted, I swear!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on November 28, 2011, 07:07:07 AM
Quote from: smedindy on November 27, 2011, 11:07:07 PM
There is one thing that is predictable - the ownership of The BeltTM is unpredictable.

You can't own the BeltTM. You can only hope to contain it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 03, 2011, 01:07:57 AM
Puget Sound comes away with a victory in its first BeltTM defense, 67-61.  It was a close one.

They play Willamette Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 12, 2011, 09:56:12 PM
Checking in on the BeltTM. Puget Sound did dispatch Willamette and after a jaunt on the 17th to New Hope Christian, they travel to ol' San Antone to play Southwestern and Redlands. Odds are the BeltTM is safe in their hands until January, when they play host to Whitman and Whitworth on back to back nights.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on December 18, 2011, 08:36:20 PM
Puget Sound's last 2 opponents were drooling over the prospect of claiming a victory over the the current guardian of The BeltTM. Knowing they couldn't possess The BeltTM only made them play harder to win organizational bragging rights. Alas, it was all for naught, as the Loggers would have none of that. First they defeated NAIA Evergreen St. 69-59 but had some anxious moments as Evergreen came back from a 17 point deficit to get within 7 midway through the 2nd half. But the Loggers know what to do with evergreens and they cut them down to size. Ten days later on December 17th, the Deacons from NCCAA New Hope Christian College, had the same aspirations as Evergreen State and hoped to succeed where the Geoducks failed. Despite a multitude of prayers and litanies, the Deacons had no more success than the Geoducks did in their attempt to usurp The BeltTM, as the Loggers felled them 79-57.

On Tuesday a legitimate (but stingless) Southwestern Hornet team will try and earn their 2nd straight win after opening the season with 9 consecutive losses. They finally dropped off the winless list with a 63-52 win over the University of Dallas last night. A victory by the Hornets would go down as one of the greatest, if not "the greatest" upset in The Belt'sTM long and storied history.  I don't see that happening however, and after watching Redlands lose to Chapman last night I don't think the Bulldogs will be taking The BeltTM home to California either. I'm guessing The BeltTM will call the Pacific Northwest home until the NCAA tournament. It's just a question of who will be wearing it to the dance.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 18, 2011, 09:03:49 PM
Quote from: magicman on December 18, 2011, 08:36:20 PMIt's just a question of who will be wearing it to the dance.

If anyone actually is. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 18, 2011, 10:51:58 PM
Quote from: magicman on December 18, 2011, 08:36:20 PM
Puget Sound's last 2 opponents were drooling over the prospect of claiming a victory over the the current guardian of The BeltTM. Knowing they couldn't possess The BeltTM only made them play harder to win organizational bragging rights. Alas, it was all for naught, as the Loggers would have none of that. First they defeated NAIA Evergreen St. 69-59 but had some anxious moments as Evergreen came back from a 17 point deficit to get within 7 midway through the 2nd half. But the Loggers know what to do with evergreens and they cut them down to size. Ten days later on December 17th, the Deacons from NCCAA New Hope Christian College, had the same aspirations as Evergreen State and hoped to succeed where the Geoducks failed. Despite a multitude of prayers and litanies, the Deacons had no more success than the Geoducks did in their attempt to usurp The BeltTM, as the Loggers felled them 79-57.

On Tuesday a legitimate (but stingless) Southwestern Hornet team will try and earn their 2nd straight win after opening the season with 9 consecutive losses. They finally dropped off the winless list with a 63-52 win over the University of Dallas last night. A victory by the Hornets would go down as one of the greatest, if not "the greatest" upset in The Belt'sTM long and storied history.  I don't see that happening however, and after watching Redlands lose to Chapman last night I don't think the Bulldogs will be taking The BeltTM home to California either. I'm guessing The BeltTM will call the Pacific Northwest home until the NCAA tournament. It's just a question of who will be wearing it to the dance.
The post-season tourney in the NWC is now 4 teams.  A good #5 could keep The BeltTM in the northwest for the summer.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 18, 2011, 11:07:05 PM
If so, I certainly hope The BeltTM has been adequately rust-proofed. ;)

I will yield to a more knowing poster on this, but does the NWC really have a capable #5?  I'm pretty confident that The BeltTM will be up for grabs in March (if there are no more opportunities to bring it back to 'real' d3-land before then! ;)).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 18, 2011, 11:35:30 PM
It almost slipped by but I caught it...........Evergreen Street is nicknamed the Geoducks.

I find it fascinating that a college could choose something that looks like this...
(NSFW)

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flh5.ggpht.com%2Fabramsv%2FSEtR_z_G-lI%2FAAAAAAAATzI%2F2KxkwOvzC84%2F45750968_c93f3604ba_b.jpg&hash=614964a8df686b3bb5f7d82427307ac5243158c0)

...as a school mascot.   

but, behold the Evergreen State mascot 
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.evergreen.edu%2Fathletics%2Fimages%2Farchive%2FSPEEDYgeoduck.jpg&hash=920d13a1d4c2c32b473b23b9b380781671d7d432)

This is not some cute, cuddly furry creature you want to photograph your kids with.  Ever!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on December 19, 2011, 03:22:33 AM
I'm still trying to picture how harmonious it must sound when the student body gives a rousing rendition of the Geoduck's fight song.

The Geoduck Fight Song

words and music by Malcolm Stilson, 1971

Go, Geoducks go,
Through the mud and the sand,
let's go.
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.

Go, Geoducks go,
Stretch your necks when the tide
is low
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.

Must be something to that swivelling all about, because these critters can live up to 146 years!! :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 19, 2011, 10:47:00 AM
Wow. That makes a banana slug seem appealing. Questions I have:

1. How good were the drugs up at Evergreen State when they decided that was the mascot?
2. Can we go back in time and get some?

I am not advocating illicit (or even licit) drug use. This is strictly for research. For all I know it may have been quarts of Rainier.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: wally_wabash on December 19, 2011, 12:27:49 PM
Oh my...y'all are talking CCC hoops here!  That's my neck of the woods.  Geoducks are definitely gross and nobody is sure how they decided to make that thing a mascot.  I was about to say that a win over Evergreen St. is a pretty good win, but now I see that they are 1-9 this year.  Wasn't long ago that Evergreen was a very good NAIA II team and the Cascade league is generally pretty brutal (brutal as in super competitive).  My hometown Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls have been a force out there for a long time...head coach Danny Miles I think is up to about 950 wins which is insane. 

Sorry for the Pacific Northwest interlude...back to the belt talk, gents. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 22, 2011, 11:14:03 PM
That sound you heard was silence and weeping in the Pacific Northwest, and the sound of joyous revelry in Southern California.

Redlands has The BeltTM! Redlands has The BeltTM!

And The BeltTM will be paraded against a D-1 team on Dec. 30 when the Bulldogs face San Diego State.

You know what this means, right?

It means that CalTech could have posession of The BeltTM.

That would be...tremendous!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on December 23, 2011, 02:30:05 AM
Quote from: magicman on December 18, 2011, 08:36:20 PM
On Tuesday a legitimate (but stingless) Southwestern Hornet team will try and earn their 2nd straight win after opening the season with 9 consecutive losses. They finally dropped off the winless list with a 63-52 win over the University of Dallas last night. A victory by the Hornets would go down as one of the greatest, if not "the greatest" upset in The Belt'sTM long and storied history.  I don't see that happening however, and after watching Redlands lose to Chapman last night I don't think the Bulldogs will be taking The BeltTM home to California either. I'm guessing The BeltTM will call the Pacific Northwest home until the NCAA tournament. It's just a question of who will be wearing it to the dance.

Well I got the first part right but couldn't have been more wrong about the second part. Redlands beat Puget Sound almost as badly as the Loggers beat Southwestern the night before. Either the SCIAC is underrated or the NWC is not as good as advertised. Redlands' bench players outscored Puget Sound's starters 46-42. Of course when you get outshot 61.4% to 37.5% from the field and you make 5 three pointers to 11 for the other team, you're usually going to lose.

San Antonio wasn't very kind to the Northwest Conference these past 3 days. Their teams went 6-8 in the 14 games they played and when you throw out the 3 wins they had over 1-12 Southwestern they look even worse.

Redlands first defense of The BeltTM will be January 7th against the  Whittier Poets. Since none of the members of the league will play new member Chapman after that date The BeltTM will be residing in the SCIAC for the remainder of the regular season. League favorite Claremont-Mudd-Scripps must be licking their chops over this turn of events. I believe this is the first time The BeltTM has ever resided in the Golden State. (I'm sure "Just Bill" will correct me on this if I'm mistaken) Perhaps it's only fitting since The BeltTM will now be on display in our most populous state in the nation and countless millions will finally get to see this wondrous artifact.

If Redlands defeats Whittier on Jan. 7th and Pomona-Pitzer upsets Redlands on Jan. 11th, then Caltech could be playing for The BeltTM on Jan. 14th.

On the other hand, if Redlands successfully defends The BeltTM in their first two attempts then #21 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps will get the chance to wrest The BeltTM from the BUlldogs' paws on Jan. 14th.   
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 23, 2011, 09:57:10 AM
How many teams qualify for the SCIAC tourney? Could this be a realistic chance of the BeltTM sunning itself in Cali while the NCAA tourney rolls on?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: stag44 on December 23, 2011, 10:46:36 AM
Quote from: smedindy on December 23, 2011, 09:57:10 AM
How many teams qualify for the SCIAC tourney? Could this be a realistic chance of the BeltTM sunning itself in Cali while the NCAA tourney rolls on?

The SCIAC traditionally gets 1 team in. In 05/06 and 07/08 the SCIAC got two teams in, but usually the conference performs poorly in their non-conference schedule so at-large bids are difficult.

This year, though, it looks like the SCIAC could get 2 teams. CMS is currently ranked 21st in the nation and are undefeated. They are as good as any team I've seen this year and could put the school on the national radar this year!

Very excited that the SCIAC has staked claim to the Belt and even more pumped to see CMS have a chance at the Belt!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 23, 2011, 12:34:02 PM
How many teams in the actual SCIAC conference tourney?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: dahlby on December 23, 2011, 12:38:13 PM
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 23, 2011, 03:18:27 PM
Well, it's definitely plausible that the BeltTM could be staying home, if the 5th place team (or lower) has possession of it when the regular season ends. If the BeltTM gets into the SCIAC tourney then it will wind up in the hands of the champs.

Cal Tech for the BeltTM!

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: 7express on December 27, 2011, 10:51:45 PM
I know I've only been here less than a year, but what's the belt??

And the better question is, how do you get the cool trademark sign (TM)??
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 27, 2011, 11:08:42 PM
Quote from: 7express on December 27, 2011, 10:51:45 PM
I know I've only been here less than a year, but what's the belt??

And the better question is, how do you get the cool trademark sign (TM)??

The BeltTM, a supposedly mythical entity (but then, so is Santa Claus - wanna dispute it at this time of the year?! ;D), is patterned on the boxing championship belts, and was created by Just Bill a few years ago.  (The rather hilarious early history can be found on the first few pages of this thread.)

The trademark sign is easy: just hit 'sup' (midway on the second row of options above), then type TM between the notations.

And you are wise to ask.  Anyone typing just The Belt (or worse, the belt) without acknowledging Just Bill's trademark (and sending royalties, of course ;)) is dismissed as a hick! :P
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 28, 2011, 12:03:32 AM
Quote from: 7express on December 27, 2011, 10:51:45 PM
I know I've only been here less than a year, but what's the belt??

It's an ongoing spoils-of-victory totem that passes from school to school as one school defeats another on the hardwood.

Half of the fun of following The BeltTM is seeing where it travels throughout the season. It started the 2011-12 season in the Twin Cities in the hands of last year's national champion, St. Thomas, and has since wandered through Wisconsin (the WIAC), the Pacific Northwest (the NWC), and is now in the hands of Redlands in southern California's Inland Empire (the SCIAC).

The other half is the ongoing speculation as to whether The BeltTM will partake in the annual festivities surrounding the tournament in March, or if by some unexpected detour it will stay on the sidelines throughout the D3 tournament. F'rinstance, since the SCIAC has a four-team conference tourney, what if The BeltTM ends the regular season in the hands of the SCIAC's fifth-place team -- a team that wins its last regular-season game but which nevertheless misses out on the chance to play for the SCIAC's automatic bid to the D3 tourney? It would mean that The BeltTM would miss out on the tourney entirely and would remain in the hands of that lowly fifth-place SCIAC team for the off-season, a quirk that makes the whole thing even more interesting.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 28, 2011, 12:22:32 AM
Greg,

magicman needs to know - are we 'quibbling' or 'squabbling'? 8-)

I'm kinda rooting for Caltech to take The BeltTM but miss the SCIAC tourney.  Just think of the new superpowers The BeltTM might have if it spends the off-season in that location! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on December 28, 2011, 01:33:32 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on December 28, 2011, 12:22:32 AM
Greg,

magicman needs to know - are we 'quibbling' or 'squabbling'? 8-)

quibbling :  make trivial objections: to argue over unimportant things and make petty objections

squabbling:  squab·ble (skw b l) intr.v. squab·bled, squab·bling, squab·bles. To engage in a disagreeable argument, usually over a trivial matter; wrangle.

Mr. Y,
It would appear to me that you're quibbling and squabbling over whether you and Greg are quibbling or squabbling. In the future and to compromise, I'm going to refer to the two of you as "squibbling" with each other. ??? (Wait till smedindy get a hold of that line. ;D) 

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 28, 2011, 10:44:56 AM
I'd be a fribble that we all will squibble about something or other!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 28, 2011, 11:01:02 PM
Sorry I've been lacking, but I caught wind of a possible trademark violation and my yacht could use a new pinstriping. Please submit your check forthwith or face the wrath of my law team from the firm Duey, Cheetum and Howe.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 28, 2011, 11:15:42 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 28, 2011, 11:01:02 PM
Sorry I've been lacking, but I caught wind of a possible trademark violation and my yacht could use a new pinstriping. Please submit your check forthwith or face the wrath of my law team from the firm Duey, Cheetum and Howe.

If you're gonna infringe on the trademark of Click and Clack, at least get the spelling right (or was that your legal defense strategy?): it's "Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe"! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 08, 2012, 11:20:00 PM
Redlands still has The BeltTM

Great controversy erupted when San Diego State thought they had claimed The BeltTMwith a last second 94-43 victory over Redlands on December 30.  Students had stormed the court and in the chaos the San Diego State mascot made off with The BeltTM.

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Wait wrong picture......

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yes that's the guy occifer. 

SWAT teams surrounded Viejas Arena.  For some reason the San Diego Chicken was there and threatened to eat small babies until The BeltTM was returned.

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After some intense negotiations and a promise to introduce the Aztec mascot to the young women in picture number one, The BeltTM was returned to Redlands without incident.

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Steve Fisher and former Aztec mascot Zuma the Jaguar were not amused



Next week Pomona-Pitzer and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps will get their shots at the belt, hopefully Redlands doesn't succumb to hyphen envy.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on January 09, 2012, 05:17:54 PM
Outstanding analysis. +1
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 09, 2012, 09:50:56 PM
Excellent reporting!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 09, 2012, 09:55:41 PM
That was beautiful. It always makes me so happy when someone really captures the essence of this board. I think I might cry.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 09, 2012, 10:41:39 PM
I dunno. I saw the first picture, and my eyes glazed over. I hope the rest of his post was good.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 11, 2012, 06:52:49 PM
Pomona-Pitzer travels to Redlands tonight to take on the Bulldogs. Can the Sagehens fly away with The BeltTM or will Claremont-Mudd-Scripps have their chance to take it when Redlands makes a visit on Saturday night?  Word has come out of Claremont that the Stags are sharpening their hooves in anticipation. They would prefer their opportunity to be on Saturday, but if the Sagehens do make off with The BeltTM the Stags would get another crack at it on January 18th. Unless Caltech wins it from the Sagehens on January 14th.  How  8-) would that be. ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 12, 2012, 03:21:07 AM
The Sagehens of Pomona-Pitzer have some shiny new baubles and bling with which to line their nest as they carried off The BeltTM from Redlands Currier Gymnasium last night. The Sagehens grabbed the lead on a first half buzzer beating trifecta and used that momentum to score the first 6 points of the 2nd period. They never relinquished the lead as they went on to defeat the Bulldogs 60-51 which unleashed a wild celebration of the highest magnitude. They literally flew from rafter to rafter displaying The BeltTM in all its' splendor. This is the first time they have possessed The BeltTM and a security detail was quickly called upon to escort The BeltTM back to Claremont.

Their first defense of the fabled treasure will come on Saturday evening against none other than the Caltech Beavers. The irony that a team with one of the worst records in all of Division 3 could possibly become the next holder of The BeltTM has media representatives from every corner of the nation making plans to descend on the Rains Center this Saturday. The President of Caltech has declared the contest "the singular most important basketball game in the history of Caltech athletics". He exhorted all Caltech students and alumni to "pack the house this Saturday and make the Sagehens feel like a visiting team on their home court".

The Stags of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps were extremely disappointed when they discovered they wouldn't be playing for a chance to claim The BeltTM on Saturday when they take on Redlands. Their coach was heard to say that "this only delays the inevitable and one week from today The BeltTM will be ours." The players were happy to hear that at least The BeltTM was taking up residence in their city, even if it is in the hands of their crosstown rivals. On Wednesday January 18th, the Staggs will travel to the Rains Center and put their, most likely, 14-0 record (barring an upset by Redlands Saturday) on the line. Only now, the stakes for this game have risen to an all time high. A national ranking, an undefeated record, D3's most sought after prize, all between 2 teams from the same city. It doesn't get any better than this. Only Caltech stands in the way of this historic meeting.     
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on January 12, 2012, 07:08:51 AM
The Sagehens become the first female holders of The BeltTM with their win tonight--judging gender by the mascot, that is. It had to happen in California!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 12, 2012, 09:21:06 AM
If Caltech could win the BeltTM that would be epic. I might have to retire it on the spot. I'm not sure we could have a more deserving holder.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 12, 2012, 10:15:00 AM
I think the ultimate would be for Redlands to have the BeltTM again on February 21, and then the Beavers win so the belt stays at Cal Tech for the entire SCIAC and NCAA tournament.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on January 12, 2012, 02:10:32 PM
Quote from: smedindy on January 12, 2012, 10:15:00 AM
I think the ultimate would be for Redlands to have the BeltTM again on February 21, and then the Beavers win so the belt stays at Cal Tech for the entire SCIAC and NCAA tournament.

I can imagine a lot worse places one could spend March than Pasadena.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 15, 2012, 06:40:03 AM
Quote from: smedindy on January 12, 2012, 10:15:00 AM
I think the ultimate would be for Redlands to have the BeltTM again on February 21, and then the Beavers win so the belt stays at Cal Tech for the entire SCIAC and NCAA tournament.

smeds,
You are in danger of being fined by Just Bill for trademark infringement. You've been getting pretty lackadaisical lately with the manner in which you been referring to The Belt.TM I've noticed that in a number of your posts you have been referring to The BeltTM as the BeltTM and on occasion you have failed to use the proper trademark and capitalization. I point this out as both offenses have occured in this one post. I'm not sure what to attribute this nonchalant usage to, as a seasoned veteran poster, you certainly know the rules and regulations that apply to The Belt.TM         
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 15, 2012, 07:03:02 AM
The Caltech players got their first ever glimpse of The BeltTM Saturday evening when The Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens paraded the coveted trophy around the Rains Center before their game. Apparently just viewing this treasured object was too much for the Beavers as the brilliance of The BeltTM seemed to leave them beltstruck. They immediately fell behind by double digits and were, at no point in the game, remotely close to winning the contest. The final score was 71-47.

The Sagehens will now ready themselves for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags who will invade the Rains Center on Wednesday January 18th. The Stags will bring an undefeated 14-0  record with them, in this battle for not only The Belt,TM but sole possession of first place in the SCIAC.   
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 15, 2012, 09:58:50 AM
Quote from: magicman on January 15, 2012, 06:40:03 AM
Quote from: smedindy on January 12, 2012, 10:15:00 AM
I think the ultimate would be for Redlands to have the BeltTM again on February 21, and then the Beavers win so the belt stays at Cal Tech for the entire SCIAC and NCAA tournament.

smeds,
You are in danger of being fined by Just Bill for trademark infringement. You've been getting pretty lackadaisical lately with the manner in which you been referring to The Belt.TM I've noticed that in a number of your posts you have been referring to The BeltTM as the BeltTM and on occasion you have failed to use the proper trademark and capitalization. I point this out as both offenses have occured in this one post. I'm not sure what to attribute this nonchalant usage to, as a seasoned veteran poster, you certainly know the rules and regulations that apply to The Belt.TM       

Another infraction and he'll be BeltTMed by my lawyer.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 15, 2012, 10:08:46 AM
Quote from: magicman on January 15, 2012, 06:40:03 AM
Quote from: smedindy on January 12, 2012, 10:15:00 AM
I think the ultimate would be for Redlands to have the BeltTM again on February 21, and then the Beavers win so the belt stays at Cal Tech for the entire SCIAC and NCAA tournament.

smeds,
You are in danger of being fined by Just Bill for trademark infringement. You've been getting pretty lackadaisical lately with the manner in which you been referring to The Belt.TM I've noticed that in a number of your posts you have been referring to The BeltTM as the BeltTM and on occasion you have failed to use the proper trademark and capitalization. I point this out as both offenses have occured in this one post. I'm not sure what to attribute this nonchalant usage to, as a seasoned veteran poster, you certainly know the rules and regulations that apply to The Belt.TM       

A weasel ripped my flesh and took control of my soul for a minute. It won't happen again!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 15, 2012, 10:58:21 AM
Quote from: smedindy on January 15, 2012, 10:08:46 AM
A weasel ripped my flesh and took control of my soul for a minute. It won't happen again!

Ah, so you've already met my lawyer.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 15, 2012, 02:37:46 PM
plus k to both of you for my laugh(s) of the day.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: CMSfan on January 18, 2012, 08:21:44 PM
I'm pretty excited to catch my first glimpse of The BeltTM tonight!  Go Stags!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: stag44 on January 19, 2012, 12:08:44 AM
In dramatic fashion, CMS gets the D3 Championship Belt, winning 57-55 on a last second layup by Remy Pinson. What a great finish.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: CMSfan on January 19, 2012, 12:48:00 AM
Mine eyes hath seen the glory of the coming of The BeltTM. 'Tis a thing to behold.  We shall treasure it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 19, 2012, 04:42:35 AM
Quote from: stag44 on January 19, 2012, 12:08:44 AM
In dramatic fashion, CMS gets the D3 Championship Belt, winning 57-55 on a last second layup by Remy Pinson. What a great finish.

If you thought that was dramatic, I wonder how you'll feel when Just Bill's legal team is through dealing with you for trademark infringement of The Belt.TM 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on January 19, 2012, 07:22:19 AM
Quote from: magicman on January 19, 2012, 04:42:35 AM
Quote from: stag44 on January 19, 2012, 12:08:44 AM
In dramatic fashion, CMS gets the D3 Championship Belt, winning 57-55 on a last second layup by Remy Pinson. What a great finish.

If you thought that was dramatic, I wonder how you'll feel when Just Bill's legal team is through dealing with you for trademark infringement of The Belt.TM
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 19, 2012, 08:05:27 AM
Quote from: magicman on January 19, 2012, 04:42:35 AM
Quote from: stag44 on January 19, 2012, 12:08:44 AM
In dramatic fashion, CMS gets the D3 Championship Belt, winning 57-55 on a last second layup by Remy Pinson. What a great finish.

If you thought that was dramatic, I wonder how you'll feel when Just Bill's legal team is through dealing with you for trademark infringement of The Belt.TM

It was an exuberant utterance, m'lord.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 19, 2012, 09:47:27 AM
Quote from: stag44 on January 19, 2012, 12:08:44 AM
In dramatic fashion, CMS gets the D3 Championship Belt, winning 57-55 on a last second layup by Remy Pinson. What a great finish.

They played the entire game with the D3 Championship BeltTM suspended high above a ladder. After Pinson's layup he pushed through the crowd, ascended the ladder, and claimed the prize.

At least that's what I'm told happened.

So do they need to share The BeltTM equally among the Claremont, Mudd and Scripps campuses? That kind of frequent transportation can really add to the security costs of possessing The BeltTM. Armored vehicles aren't cheap.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 19, 2012, 11:23:45 AM
I don't think they have to share with Scripps. Just saying. :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 19, 2012, 12:55:55 PM
Is The Belt TM organization insured against injuries if any occur while climbing the ladder to obtain the Holy Grail of D3 basketball?  That seems quite dangerous especially in hectic situations like last second wins?  Is The BeltTM liabel if the ladder falls on any court-rushing fan?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 19, 2012, 01:55:26 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 19, 2012, 12:55:55 PM
Is The Belt TM organization insured against injuries if any occur while climbing the ladder to obtain the Holy Grail of D3 basketball?  That seems quite dangerous especially in hectic situations like last second wins?  Is The BeltTM liabel if the ladder falls on any court-rushing fan?
You'll have to talk to my weasel.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 19, 2012, 03:36:53 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 19, 2012, 12:55:55 PM
Is The Belt TM organization insured against injuries if any occur while climbing the ladder to obtain the Holy Grail of D3 basketball?  That seems quite dangerous especially in hectic situations like last second wins?  Is The BeltTM liabel if the ladder falls on any court-rushing fan?

It's an honor to be injured in such a way.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hoopstermom on January 19, 2012, 07:11:22 PM
Reading this board makes my day, night, morning, afternoon, or evening, or whatever time of day it is that I'm reading it... ;D

It's just so fun reading about the escapades of The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 19, 2012, 08:35:52 PM
It may be fun reading, but The BeltTM is very serious business.  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 19, 2012, 11:22:17 PM
I have no trouble envisioning the belt draped across these antlers

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Rumor has it the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps cartel of colleges has been worried about security since acquiring The BeltTM.  Recently reports surfaced of suspicious looking men who looked way to smart to be on the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps campusi.

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The also looked suspiciously like they are from the wrong decade, but its California so no one really noticed.  Mostly they just wondered where the hot chick was.

As a result of these recent sightings and knowing that those no good sciencey folk at Cal Tech would do just about anything to get their hands on the belt, CMS has taken a very bold approach to security.

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.....well that's a novel idea but no not that......not that at all.

The BeltTM has been cleverly concealed inside a stag pinata.  CMS  provided this photo which they say has been doctored to look like the 1950's.

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I will sleep better tonight knowing The BeltTM is in secure hands.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on January 20, 2012, 10:10:38 AM
Quote from: sac on January 19, 2012, 03:36:53 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 19, 2012, 12:55:55 PM
Is The Belt TM organization insured against injuries if any occur while climbing the ladder to obtain the Holy Grail of D3 basketball?  That seems quite dangerous especially in hectic situations like last second wins?  Is The BeltTM liabel if the ladder falls on any court-rushing fan?

It's an honor to be injured in such a way.

Thank you sir may I have another?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 22, 2012, 12:39:55 AM
The BeltTM changes hands once again as Claremont-Mudd-Scripps gets taken down by the Whittier Poets 88-85 in overtime.
Apparently The BeltTM wants to be Rhymed and Dined to add to its' growing legend and figured the Poets were the best team for the job. The Stags join a growing list of teams that fail to have a single defense of their prized trophy. I have the special privlidge of winning the Survivor Undefeated Pool as my Middlebury Panthers are the last team standing. The gratitude I owe the Poets for their part in helping me achieve this lifelong ambition is immeasureable. I firmly believe that playing for first place in the SCIAC was secondary to the Poets intense desire to claim The BeltTM I'm not sure they could have pulled this off if it was just for first place. There will always be a first place to attain but the chance to possess The BeltTM may only happen once in a school's lifetime and may never hppen in a player's 4 years on the team. Congratulations to the Whittier Poets and to the undefeated Middlebury Panthers as well. They are sitting in the lovely Green Mountains of Vermont patiently waiting for their chance to play for The BeltTM. They know it will be weeks before that happens, if at all and already are studying up on The Belt'sTM lore and legend.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 22, 2012, 12:56:33 AM

PP gets a chance to reclaim the belt right away.  They stroll into Whittier Wednesday night.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 22, 2012, 01:03:16 AM
Magicman,

You do realize that since the SCIAC only takes four teams to its conference tourney, your lovely band of Green Mountaineers (not to be confused with Green Mountain, of course) may not see The BeltTM if they go all the way.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on January 22, 2012, 01:45:08 AM
Quote from: smedindy on January 22, 2012, 01:03:16 AM
Magicman,

You do realize that since the SCIAC only takes four teams to its conference tourney, your lovely band of Green Mountaineers (not to be confused with Green Mountain, of course) may not see The BeltTM if they go all the way.

I haven't bothered to check the SCIAC schedule (too many games left) to plot the odds, but if The BeltTM fails to make the tourney, please, please let it reside with Caltech for the summer!  Can the human imagination even envision the superpowers it might possess by next season? 8-)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 22, 2012, 02:15:04 AM
I was really looking forward to soldering a hyphen to The BeltTM

We are just one Whittier The BeltTM defense away from Cal Tech getting to play for The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on January 22, 2012, 10:05:43 AM
Quote from: magicman on January 22, 2012, 12:39:55 AM
The BeltTM changes hands once again as Claremont-Mudd-Scripps gets taken down by the Whittier Poets 88-85 in overtime.

I understand that the streets outside the Donald E. Graham Athletic Center erupted in joyous celebrations afte The BeltTM was secured.

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 22, 2012, 11:17:51 AM
Quote from: smedindy on January 22, 2012, 01:03:16 AM
Magicman,

You do realize that since the SCIAC only takes four teams to its conference tourney, your lovely band of Green Mountaineers (not to be confused with Green Mountain, of course) may not see The BeltTM if they go all the way.

The undefeated Middlebury Panthers remain optimistic that The BeltTM, with all the inherent mystical powers that it possesses, will simply not allow that to happen. They feel confident that should a team, such as Caltech, Laverne or any team that will miss the SCIAC playoffs, be in a position for a last second shot that might give them a victory, will find that shot mysteriously rim out. Should those teams run up a sizable lead, will find that lead magically disappearing. If a playoff bound team needs a buzzer beating three pointer to retain possession of The BeltTM, it will simply happen. The BeltTM, is not just an inanimate object. The true powers of The BeltTM are still not fully understood, even today. But rest assured, like the Ark of the Covenant, the enigmatic Spinx, and the Holy Grail before it, the sublime forces residing within The BeltTM will come forth to fulfill it's desire, to be paraded in front of the multitudes at the Salem Civic Center, come March.       
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 22, 2012, 03:19:55 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on January 22, 2012, 10:05:43 AM
Quote from: magicman on January 22, 2012, 12:39:55 AM
The BeltTM changes hands once again as Claremont-Mudd-Scripps gets taken down by the Whittier Poets 88-85 in overtime.

I understand that the streets outside the Donald E. Graham Athletic Center erupted in joyous celebrations afte The BeltTM was secured.

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Let me make this perfectly clear: Whittier intends to keep The BeltTM.

"No, we did not steal it from CMS," insisted Poets head coach Rock Carter. "I am not a crook!"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 22, 2012, 04:38:15 PM
Meanwhile, the coaches and ADs of the other SCIAC schools are now sweeping their offices for hidden microphones, and recording devices.

Also, security guards have posted pictures of G. Gordon Liddy with a notation "DO NOT LET THIS MAN ENTER!"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 23, 2012, 03:09:48 PM
surely with The BeltTM in the hands of the Whittier Poets we can come up with some poetic tributes.

I'll get us started........There once was a belt from Nantucket......
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 24, 2012, 12:59:20 AM
... that got flipped like a coin by Phil Luckett ...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 24, 2012, 01:06:10 PM
...It started the season in Minnesota...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 24, 2012, 11:55:22 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 24, 2012, 01:06:10 PM
...It started the season in Minnesota...

That's waaayy too many syllables for the next line GT. ???  You have to cut it down to 6.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on January 25, 2012, 01:00:32 AM
Quote from: magicman on January 24, 2012, 11:55:22 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 24, 2012, 01:06:10 PM
...It started the season in Minnesota...

That's waaayy too many syllables for the next line GT. ???  You have to cut it down to 6.

I can't find my book of Limericks, but IIRC lines 3 and 4 are just 5 syllables.

How about:

Began with Tommies,
By now the swamis ...

[I'd be banned for life if I finished line five! 8-)]
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 25, 2012, 01:40:33 AM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 24, 2012, 01:06:10 PM
...It started the season in Minnesota...
It couldn't begin it in North Dakota

That is not 5 syllables either.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 25, 2012, 01:43:22 AM
Began with Tommies,
By now the swamis ...

To see where it summers, buy your Salem ducat.   ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 25, 2012, 02:05:54 AM
Since we've got a full poem now I'll do an entire one myself ;D

A belt with lore that's beyond belief
It won't be stolen by a damn thief
The trademark is sacred
Without it it's naked
Having The BeltTM is such a relief

Edit: Made a couple slight alterations suggested by magicman
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 25, 2012, 07:06:41 AM
Good one Grizz, all the right elements, plus k.

Check your messages I sent you a PM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 25, 2012, 08:59:03 AM
 I would like to publicly apologize for my lack of poetic knowledge.  :-X. I don't do well in the MWC board when they have their annual Haiku rants.  I've never been mistaken for...oh heck, I don't even know any poets!  :-[  ::)  Literature isn't one of my strong points.   :'(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on January 25, 2012, 09:29:38 AM
A The BeltTM haiku:

Poets have The BeltTM
Will Pomona reclaim it?
We'll find out tonight
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 25, 2012, 11:36:51 AM
The BeltTM
is
a wonderous glorious sight
to have hold
cherish
love
you cannot imagine
yet you
can dream
dream
dream of The BeltTM
dream
and it will follow you

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 25, 2012, 01:09:19 PM
From the "movie" COURT OF DREAMS:

"If you hold it, they will come!"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 26, 2012, 12:32:03 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 25, 2012, 01:09:19 PM
From the "movie" COURT OF DREAMS:

"If you hold it, they will come!"

And come they did, those Sagehens, and took which they felt was rightfully theirs. The BeltTM goes back to Claremont and once again takes up residence in the Rains Center as Pomona-Pitzer defeats Whittier 66-57 last night. I think The BeltTM was unhappy with the turnout last night for the Poets first title defense. After 2450 fans showed up when Claremont-Mudd-Scripps battled the Sagehens for The BeltTM last week, The BeltTM was taken aback at the pitiful turnout last night in Whittier. Slightly more than 300 people was all the Poets could muster for their first (and only) defense of The BeltTM. When interviewed after the game, the Sagehen's leading scorer wth 23 points, Michael Cohen stated, "we knew The BeltTM would be ours again when we took the court for warmups and saw how empty the Graham Athlectic Center was. That turnout was downright disrespectful".

The Sagehens become the first team this year to hold The BeltTM for a second time. Their next defense will come on Saturday Jan. 28th when they travel to Occidental and show off The BeltTM to the multitudes of Angelenos that will be seeing this treasured artifact for the first time.   
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 26, 2012, 03:40:48 PM
Somewhere a future particle physicist is weeping at the thought of having to wait another 4 days for Cal Tech's chances at the belt.


P-P schedule

@ Occidental
@ Cal Tech
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 26, 2012, 07:26:14 PM
I think NBC has been reading our board. A story tonight on the evening news featured a boat that was caught in a storm on a fishing trip to Nantucket, in August of 2008. The 2 men on the boat had to jump overboard and swim to shore as the huge waves capsized their vessal. Nearly 3 and a half years later the boat has washed up on the coast of Spain looking pretty roughed up but fully intact. Apparently it rode the gulfstream all the way across the Atlantic. The boat was named the Queen Bee but did have Nantucket printed on the boat in large letters. It prompted Brian Williams to say this: (or something similar as I'm doing this from memory)

There once was a boat from Nantucket
that rode 'cross the sea like a bucket
Through some wind and some rain
It ended up in Spain
And now must decide if they'll chuck it.

The question was posed: Will the boat  end up back in the U S. It appears the Spanish government says no. Legally the boat is theirs now.

Here's a link to an NBC story, but not the one that was on the news tonight:

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nbc-news/46148998/#46148998 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 26, 2012, 11:21:27 PM
Respectfully,

we can get 5 syllables in line #4 with

"It landed in Spain."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 26, 2012, 11:40:42 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 26, 2012, 11:21:27 PM
Respectfully,

we can get 5 syllables in line #4 with

"It landed in Spain."

Pffft. Network talking heads. They can't even do limericks properly.

Quote from: magicman on January 26, 2012, 12:32:03 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 25, 2012, 01:09:19 PM
From the "movie" COURT OF DREAMS:

"If you hold it, they will come!"

And come they did, those Sagehens, and took which they felt was rightfully theirs. The BeltTM goes back to Claremont and once again takes up residence in the Rains Center as Pomona-Pitzer defeats Whittier 66-57 last night. I think The BeltTM was unhappy with the turnout last night for the Poets first title defense. After 2450 fans showed up when Claremont-Mudd-Scripps battled the Sagehens for The BeltTM last week, The BeltTM was taken aback at the pitiful turnout last night in Whittier. Slightly more than 300 people was all the Poets could muster for their first (and only) defense of The BeltTM. When interviewed after the game, the Sagehen's leading scorer wth 23 points, Michael Cohen stated, "we knew The BeltTM would be ours again when we took the court for warmups and saw how empty the Graham Athlectic Center was. That turnout was downright disrespectful".

The Sagehens become the first team this year to hold The BeltTM for a second time. Their next defense will come on Saturday Jan. 28th when they travel to Occidental and show off The BeltTM to the multitudes of Angelenos that will be seeing this treasured artifact for the first time.   

I love how The BeltTM has now acquired intelligent life-form characteristics* and can now take umbrage at low turnouts for basketball games involving ItTM.

* Unlike network talking heads
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on January 26, 2012, 11:55:04 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 26, 2012, 11:40:42 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 26, 2012, 11:21:27 PM
Respectfully,

we can get 5 syllables in line #4 with

"It landed in Spain."

Pffft. Network talking heads. They can't even do limericks properly.

Quote from: magicman on January 26, 2012, 12:32:03 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 25, 2012, 01:09:19 PM
From the "movie" COURT OF DREAMS:

"If you hold it, they will come!"

And come they did, those Sagehens, and took which they felt was rightfully theirs. The BeltTM goes back to Claremont and once again takes up residence in the Rains Center as Pomona-Pitzer defeats Whittier 66-57 last night. I think The BeltTM was unhappy with the turnout last night for the Poets first title defense. After 2450 fans showed up when Claremont-Mudd-Scripps battled the Sagehens for The BeltTM last week, The BeltTM was taken aback at the pitiful turnout last night in Whittier. Slightly more than 300 people was all the Poets could muster for their first (and only) defense of The BeltTM. When interviewed after the game, the Sagehen's leading scorer wth 23 points, Michael Cohen stated, "we knew The BeltTM would be ours again when we took the court for warmups and saw how empty the Graham Athlectic Center was. That turnout was downright disrespectful".

The Sagehens become the first team this year to hold The BeltTM for a second time. Their next defense will come on Saturday Jan. 28th when they travel to Occidental and show off The BeltTM to the multitudes of Angelenos that will be seeing this treasured artifact for the first time.   

I love how The BeltTM has now acquired intelligent life-form characteristics* and can now take umbrage at low turnouts for basketball games involving ItTM.

* Unlike network talking heads

The BeltTM chooses the winner. That much has always been clear.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 29, 2012, 12:39:30 AM
Is this a Sign of the Apocalypse?  Occidental wins The BeltTM as they defeat Pomona-Pitzer 64-56.
Apparently no one in the SCIAC wants to keep possession of The BeltTM. It must be a California feel good thing. The BeltTM is such a wondrous and treasured artifact that once a team possesses it, they want another league team to experience the sensation. How else to explain The BeltTM being passed from team to team with barely a defense being rendered. The 5th SCIAC team has now been the recipient of The BeltTM as it changes hands for the sixth time, since Redlands first acquired it. In its 38 day visit to California there have been just two title defenses. One by Redlands and one by Pomona-Pitzer the first time they acquired The Belt.TMJust Bill would need to verify this but I don't believe The BeltTM has traveled so much, to so many, in such a short time span, in it's storied history. And to think, a number of people hoped that Caltech might win The BeltTM but this is even stranger. The team that Caltech BEAT has won The BeltTM. OxyBob is rolling over in clover.

The BeltTM will now travel back to Redlands on Tuesday, Feb. 1st as the Bulldogs hope to welcome back an old friend and try once again to recapture that, which they first brought forth, to the Golden State. Such is fate, such may be the power of The Belt.TM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 29, 2012, 05:31:30 AM
For the 3rd(?) straight time, Cal Tech's inevitable date with destiny will have to wait.

Occidental's schedule

Feb 1 @ Redlands
Feb 4 @ Cal Tech
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 29, 2012, 08:35:00 PM
There was a season in which 7 of the 8 UAA teams held the BeltTM, and with their Friday-Sunday schedule, it would often change hands fast. In fact, at times, the Friday winner would act as a courier, winning the BeltTM on Friday on the road, taking the BeltTM to the Sunday opponent and promptly losing it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 30, 2012, 10:11:34 PM
Quote from: magicman on January 29, 2012, 12:39:30 AMOxyBob is rolling over in clover.

If OxyBob ever found himself in clover, he'd complain that it gave him hay fever.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 31, 2012, 12:09:50 AM
We are talking California........"clover", is this what the kids call it these days?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 31, 2012, 07:34:45 AM

Is anyone else crazy Chilean Avocados right now?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 01, 2012, 05:52:06 PM
Both Massey and augie_superfan have made Redlands a 14 point favorite to reclaim The BeltTM tonight when they host Occidental. It could be another one and done in the SCIAC this evening.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 01, 2012, 06:08:43 PM
Unless Ken Massey and augie_superfan actually speak to The BeltTM beforehand and ascertain its wishes as to its final destination that night, I don't think that they have anything to contribute to this subject.

I think we've pretty much figured out now that The BeltTM will go where ItTM wants to go.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 01, 2012, 08:03:11 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 01, 2012, 06:08:43 PM
Unless Ken Massey and augie_superfan actually speak to The BeltTM beforehand and ascertain its wishes as to its final destination that night, I don't think that they have anything to contribute to this subject.

I think we've pretty much figured out now that The BeltTM will go where ItTM wants to go.

If the belt goes where it wants to go, why did it take so long to get to California?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 01, 2012, 08:18:10 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 01, 2012, 08:03:11 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 01, 2012, 06:08:43 PM
Unless Ken Massey and augie_superfan actually speak to The BeltTM beforehand and ascertain its wishes as to its final destination that night, I don't think that they have anything to contribute to this subject.

I think we've pretty much figured out now that The BeltTM will go where ItTM wants to go.

If the belt goes where it wants to go, why did it take so long to get to California?

It looks like a fine is about to be levied.   
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 02, 2012, 12:43:38 AM
Once again the Cal Techians are left wanting.......sadly there are a diminishing number of scenarios where Cal Tech would get a shot at The BeltTM.  This would be tragic.

Redlands 77 Occidental 55


The BeltTM has had a recent knack for going to teams who immediately go on the road.

Feb 4 Redlands @ Pomona-Pitzer
Reb 8 Redlands @ Whitter
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 02, 2012, 11:18:46 AM
The BeltTM seems to be enjoying it's transient California lifestyle.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 02, 2012, 01:25:49 PM
If the BeltTM stays in California any longer, I'm pretty sure it'll score a medical marijuana prescription. Then it may be impossible to get the BeltTM to ever move again.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 02, 2012, 03:24:19 PM
It seems to me that the BeltTM is behaving as if it is frustrated with its Southland adventure. It wants to see the sights, but it can't find anyone willing to take it to the beach, to Hollywood, or Disneyland; heck, even Watts Tower would do. But no, all it gets on this cut-rate California vacation are the dull sights of Whittier, Redlands, and Eagle Rock, and by now it knows every back alley in Claremont. If Coach Ducey looks away for a moment, he might find that the BeltTM has escaped out to hitchhike on the 10, heading east.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 02, 2012, 04:57:13 PM
The BeltTM could be soaking up the sights on non-game days. I heard unconfirmed reports that The BeltTM was seen checking out the party scene after the Golden Globes a couple of weeks back.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 02, 2012, 06:16:41 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 02, 2012, 03:24:19 PM
It seems to me that the BeltTM is behaving as if it is frustrated with its Southland adventure. It wants to see the sights, but it can't find anyone willing to take it to the beach, to Hollywood, or Disneyland; heck, even Watts Tower would do. But no, all it gets on this cut-rate California vacation are the dull sights of Whittier, Redlands, and Eagle Rock, and by now it knows every back alley in Claremont. If Coach Ducey looks away for a moment, he might find that the BeltTM has escaped out to hitchhike on the 10, heading east.
Next D-III stop would be Schreiner!

Not even Sul Ross State is on I-10!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 02, 2012, 06:22:43 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 02, 2012, 06:16:41 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 02, 2012, 03:24:19 PM
It seems to me that the BeltTM is behaving as if it is frustrated with its Southland adventure. It wants to see the sights, but it can't find anyone willing to take it to the beach, to Hollywood, or Disneyland; heck, even Watts Tower would do. But no, all it gets on this cut-rate California vacation are the dull sights of Whittier, Redlands, and Eagle Rock, and by now it knows every back alley in Claremont. If Coach Ducey looks away for a moment, he might find that the BeltTM has escaped out to hitchhike on the 10, heading east.
Next D-III stop would be Schreiner!

Not even Sul Ross State is on I-10!

I think The BeltTM has turn-by-turn GPS installed so it can find where it needs to go!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 02, 2012, 06:33:37 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 02, 2012, 03:24:19 PM
It seems to me that the BeltTM is behaving as if it is frustrated with its Southland adventure. It wants to see the sights, but it can't find anyone willing to take it to the beach, to Hollywood, or Disneyland; heck, even Watts Tower would do. But no, all it gets on this cut-rate California vacation are the dull sights of Whittier, Redlands, and Eagle Rock, and by now it knows every back alley in Claremont. If Coach Ducey looks away for a moment, he might find that the BeltTM has escaped out to hitchhike on the 10, heading east.

Cue the Partridge Family singing "Point Me In the Direction of Albuquerque".

Quote from: magicman on February 01, 2012, 08:18:10 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 01, 2012, 08:03:11 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 01, 2012, 06:08:43 PM
Unless Ken Massey and augie_superfan actually speak to The BeltTM beforehand and ascertain its wishes as to its final destination that night, I don't think that they have anything to contribute to this subject.

I think we've pretty much figured out now that The BeltTM will go where ItTM wants to go.

If the belt goes where it wants to go, why did it take so long to get to California?

It looks like a fine is about to be levied.   

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiltedsnowweasels.com%2Fimages%2Flt_weasel_frontal.jpg&hash=35089940325eed016b35f35a9879f77615f919dd)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 02, 2012, 09:15:11 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F_as9jS4-qUz0%2FRtOraRQ2dNI%2FAAAAAAAAAK0%2F3tIGSUatYxY%2Fs320%2Fbugs.gif&hash=35754e0cf860a0e5399667338fabfe49ba6a89f4) (http://www.megawavs.com/play.aspx?id=651)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 02, 2012, 11:37:48 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 02, 2012, 09:15:11 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F_as9jS4-qUz0%2FRtOraRQ2dNI%2FAAAAAAAAAK0%2F3tIGSUatYxY%2Fs320%2Fbugs.gif&hash=35754e0cf860a0e5399667338fabfe49ba6a89f4) (http://www.megawavs.com/play.aspx?id=651)
I knew I should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 03, 2012, 12:13:20 AM
Pismo Beach!

And all the clams we can eat!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 03, 2012, 01:01:44 AM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F_2oUmI3KMEnY%2FSPGGq814zHI%2FAAAAAAAAAzk%2FKq2_ZW1g-zo%2Fs320%2Fali%2Bbaba%2B3.jpg&hash=dc09f1ea3d02692454ae11191bb0f80cac6cb725)

I'm pretty sure Daffy's look replicates the look on most people's faces the first time they lay eyes on The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 04, 2012, 11:44:24 PM
The BeltTM is headed back to Pomona-Pitzer as they knock off Redlands 74-68

Feb 8   Cal Lutheran
Feb 11 @ LaVerne
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 05, 2012, 02:31:18 AM
I know Just Bill told us how The BeltTM was passed around the UAA conference repeatedly a few years ago but I wonder if any team has won The BeltTM 3 times in a 24 day span. That may be a new record. (And one that will be hard to beat) I'm thinking the Sagehens enjoyed winning The BeltTM so much, the first time they did so, that they are deliberately tanking in their defense of The BeltTM just so they can win it again and again.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 05, 2012, 03:37:16 PM
You'd think that The BeltTM would be opposed to that sort of capricious and self-serving behavior on the part of the Sagehens and would therefore block them from re-acquiring ItTM. But the ways of The BeltTM are mysterious and deep.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 07, 2012, 11:30:42 PM
Congratulations Hoops Fan! I've decided to honor your brilliant insight in my signature panel. The first response ever made about the D3 Championship BeltTM thread sums it up perfectly and efficiently. Amazing to think you've never said anything half as profound since then.  ;)

http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=5070.0
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 08, 2012, 12:55:35 AM
Just Bill that was great!! :) +1
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 08, 2012, 02:59:12 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 07, 2012, 11:30:42 PM
Congratulations Hoops Fan! I've decided to honor your brilliant insight in my signature panel. The first response ever made about the D3 Championship BeltTM thread sums it up perfectly and efficiently. Amazing to think you've never said anything half as profound since then.  ;)

http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=5070.0

Bill, I want that hour back that you just made me spend reading all 54 pages of the saga of The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 08, 2012, 11:04:11 AM
I don't do refunds. Take it up with my weasel.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2012, 02:25:23 AM
An Aaron Van Klaveren free-throw with 2 seconds left has given Cal Lutheran The BeltTM 47-46.

We should all rejoice as The BeltTM in its infinite greatness has chose this moment to take itself to our most sought after moment.  A moment that has eluded the populace for the past month.


The BeltTM will travel with Cal Lutheran to Saturdays game against.....Cal Tech!!!!


Feb 11   @ Cal Tech
Feb 15    Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 09, 2012, 09:45:58 AM
Wow. The Beavers have a chance to hold The BeltTM! Massey has Cal Lutheran with just a 77% chance of winning! How about that!

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 09, 2012, 10:11:53 AM
If Caltech pulls it off, this thread will see it's first ever full blown BeltTM-gasm.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2012, 12:36:44 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 09, 2012, 10:11:53 AM
If Caltech pulls it off, this thread will see it's first ever full blown BeltTM-gasm.

hold on to your baubles
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on February 09, 2012, 01:36:57 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2012, 02:25:23 AM
An Aaron Van Klaveren free-throw with 2 seconds left has given Cal Lutheran The BeltTM 47-46.

We should all rejoice as The BeltTM in its infinite greatness has chose this moment to take itself to our most sought after moment.  A moment that has eluded the populace for the past month.


The BeltTM will travel with Cal Lutheran to Saturdays game against.....Cal Tech!!!!


Feb 11   @ Cal Tech
Feb 15    Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Only a Caltech BeltTM challenge could possibly overshadow Saturday's Calvin-Hope game. Touche BeltTM, touche.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on February 09, 2012, 03:04:02 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on February 09, 2012, 01:36:57 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2012, 02:25:23 AM
An Aaron Van Klaveren free-throw with 2 seconds left has given Cal Lutheran The BeltTM 47-46.

We should all rejoice as The BeltTM in its infinite greatness has chose this moment to take itself to our most sought after moment.  A moment that has eluded the populace for the past month.


The BeltTM will travel with Cal Lutheran to Saturdays game against.....Cal Tech!!!!


Feb 11   @ Cal Tech
Feb 15    Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Only a Caltech BeltTM challenge could possibly overshadow Saturday's Calvin-Hope game. Touche BeltTM, touche.

Which leaves me with the every growing desire to have the ultimate occur at some point in my lifetime: 

The Rivalry be a battle for The BeltTM

Should that ever occur, I would fear a cataclysmic event on the level of  "imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 09, 2012, 03:27:25 PM
Don't cross the streams...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xenafan.com%2Fmovies%2Fghostbusters%2Fegonfiring.jpg&hash=be711b53ce41d7221c2057da75bf67bc5353ddb8)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on February 09, 2012, 04:05:01 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on February 09, 2012, 03:04:02 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on February 09, 2012, 01:36:57 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2012, 02:25:23 AM
An Aaron Van Klaveren free-throw with 2 seconds left has given Cal Lutheran The BeltTM 47-46.

We should all rejoice as The BeltTM in its infinite greatness has chose this moment to take itself to our most sought after moment.  A moment that has eluded the populace for the past month.


The BeltTM will travel with Cal Lutheran to Saturdays game against.....Cal Tech!!!!


Feb 11   @ Cal Tech
Feb 15    Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Only a Caltech BeltTM challenge could possibly overshadow Saturday's Calvin-Hope game. Touche BeltTM, touche.

Which leaves me with the every growing desire to have the ultimate occur at some point in my lifetime: 

The Rivalry be a battle for The BeltTM

Should that ever occur, I would fear a cataclysmic event on the level of  "imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light."

I think that could be outdone if there was a return to D3 by the Undefeated/Winless board's favorite school, Maine-Presque Isle, and they were to battle Caltech for the BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 09, 2012, 04:15:10 PM
Oh, dear God. That would be the most infintely ultimate thing ever.  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on February 09, 2012, 04:41:22 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on February 09, 2012, 03:04:02 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on February 09, 2012, 01:36:57 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2012, 02:25:23 AM
An Aaron Van Klaveren free-throw with 2 seconds left has given Cal Lutheran The BeltTM 47-46.

We should all rejoice as The BeltTM in its infinite greatness has chose this moment to take itself to our most sought after moment.  A moment that has eluded the populace for the past month.


The BeltTM will travel with Cal Lutheran to Saturdays game against.....Cal Tech!!!!


Feb 11   @ Cal Tech
Feb 15    Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

Only a Caltech BeltTM challenge could possibly overshadow Saturday's Calvin-Hope game. Touche BeltTM, touche.

Which leaves me with the every growing desire to have the ultimate occur at some point in my lifetime: 

The Rivalry be a battle for The BeltTM

Should that ever occur, I would fear a cataclysmic event on the level of  "imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light."

A Rivalry battle for The BeltTM in Salem giving Calvin the opportunity to hang ANOTHER NC banner and Hope to hang ANOTHER runner up banner? I like the way you think.  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2012, 07:57:23 PM
The BeltTM in its infinite superiority does not recognize something as inferior as your banners.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on February 09, 2012, 08:06:10 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2012, 07:57:23 PM
The BeltTM in its infinite superiority does not recognize something as inferior as your banners.

Absolutely fabulous!!!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on February 09, 2012, 09:17:57 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on February 09, 2012, 08:06:10 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2012, 07:57:23 PM
The BeltTM in its infinite superiority does not recognize something as inferior as your banners.

Absolutely fabulous!!!!

And yet, ya'll are left dreaming about such inferiority.

Reminds me of a conversation I had with a Patriots fan the other day. I gave my condolences for their Super Bowl loss, yet reminded him that us Lions fans long for that type of heartbreak.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 10, 2012, 08:11:36 AM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on February 09, 2012, 09:17:57 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on February 09, 2012, 08:06:10 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2012, 07:57:23 PM
The BeltTM in its infinite superiority does not recognize something as inferior as your banners.

Absolutely fabulous!!!!

And yet, ya'll are left dreaming about such inferiority.

Reminds me of a conversation I had with a Patriots fan the other day. I gave my condolences for their Super Bowl loss, yet reminded him that us Lions fans long for that type of heartbreak.
We Cowboy fans just long for a new owner.  :'(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 10, 2012, 10:52:29 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 10, 2012, 08:11:36 AM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on February 09, 2012, 09:17:57 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on February 09, 2012, 08:06:10 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2012, 07:57:23 PM
The BeltTM in its infinite superiority does not recognize something as inferior as your banners.

Absolutely fabulous!!!!

And yet, ya'll are left dreaming about such inferiority.

Reminds me of a conversation I had with a Patriots fan the other day. I gave my condolences for their Super Bowl loss, yet reminded him that us Lions fans long for that type of heartbreak.
We Cowboy fans just long for a new owner.  :'(

And I thought it was just us New Yorkers that considered JJ a bad excuse for an owner. ;D Nice to see he doesn't play well in Texas either. :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 10, 2012, 10:42:05 PM
I rarely make predictions in BeltTM games. But I can feel this one. CalTech gets the BeltTM tomorrow. Fire up your bunson burners and wax your slide rules. It's going to be a wild night in Pasadena.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 11, 2012, 06:17:40 AM
At least The BeltTM made it as far as Thousand Oaks, which is as close to Pismo Beach as you can get in D3.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 11, 2012, 10:28:24 PM
If the internet can handle the demand, tonight's BeltTM encounter from Cal Tech

http://livestats.prestosports.com/caltech/mbkb/?e=0eckfh0119c6cieu
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 11, 2012, 10:54:13 PM
omg omg omg omg

Lutheran 30 Tech 28 at halftime
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 11, 2012, 10:55:19 PM
Easy....settle down. Breathe!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 11, 2012, 11:46:14 PM
This is the most I've ever cared about who wins a Cal Lutheran/Cal Tech game.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 11, 2012, 11:49:34 PM
So close

Cal Lutheran 54 Cal Tech 49

up next the big bad Staggs of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps travel to Cal Lutheran.

I so wanted to use this.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OFk7-obg0w
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 12, 2012, 12:02:24 AM
Quote from: sac on February 11, 2012, 11:49:34 PM

up next the big bad Staggs of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps travel to Cal Lutheran.


The Amos Alonzo's???  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 16, 2012, 12:10:31 AM
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps regains The BeltTM as they defeat Cal-Lutheran 57-46.

If CMS defeats Oxy on Friday night, the National Champion will be guaranteed the exhilarating feeling of walking off the Salem Civic Center Court holding The BeltTM up high, for all those assembled to behold.   
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 16, 2012, 12:53:05 AM
Quote from: magicman on February 16, 2012, 12:10:31 AM
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps regains The BeltTM as they defeat Cal-Lutheran 57-46.

If CMS defeats Oxy on Friday night, the National Champion will be guaranteed the exhilarating feeling of walking off the Salem Civic Center Court holding The BeltTM up high, for all those assembled to behold.

There can be no other way.

It seems logical The BeltTM should have a cross country journey to its ceremonial home of Salem, Va.  Small children across America will smile with delight on roadsides everywhere as The BeltTM procession slowly passes by.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 16, 2012, 09:52:05 AM

The Belt is getting passed around so much it's starting to lose its luster.

We need playoffs, quick!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 16, 2012, 05:28:58 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 16, 2012, 09:52:05 AM
The Belt is getting passed around so much it's starting to lose its luster.

You misspelled "trademark."

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 16, 2012, 10:10:33 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 16, 2012, 09:52:05 AM

The Belt is getting passed around so much it's starting to lose its luster.

We need playoffs, quick!

Its impossible for The BeltTM to lose its luster.  It only grows more lustrous with age.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on February 16, 2012, 10:19:00 PM
Quote from: sac on February 16, 2012, 10:10:33 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 16, 2012, 09:52:05 AM

The Belt is getting passed around so much it's starting to lose its luster.

We need playoffs, quick!

Its impossible for The BeltTM to lose its luster.  It only grows more lustrous with age.

We will soon get to the point where The BeltTM will be too bright for any human eyes to behold. Sunglasses will become mandatory at that point. In a few years the shadow box for viewing solar eclipses will be necessary. In a decade or so it will be an Arc of the Covenant situation where viewing it will melt your face.

I hope to be privileged to view The BeltTM with my own eyes before this takes place. Though dying at the hands of The BeltTM would be an honor.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 18, 2012, 11:17:36 PM
That was beautiful. *sniff*
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 19, 2012, 02:03:38 AM
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps retains The BeltTM  after a 55-47 win over Occidental.


Pomona-Pitzer gets yet another crack at The BeltTM when they travel to CMS on Monday.  Tonights CMS win guarantees The BeltTM and all its lustrous glory will be in Salem, Va. in just 4 short weeks.



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 19, 2012, 03:07:44 AM
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps has defended The BeltTM by defeating Occidental 55-47 Saturday evening. The entire Division 3 world is rejoicing as The BeltTM will now travel cross country and be displayed at the Salem Civic Center to await the destination of it's annual off season vacation home.

First things first however, as the Sagehens of Pomona-Pitzer, will look to acquire The BeltTM for the 4th time in 41 days. This could quite possibly be a record, for The BeltTM to end up in the hands of one school, on so many occasions, in such a short period of time, and be defended so miserably.

So who will it be that brings forth The BeltTM, in all its wondrous glory, to participate in the Big Dance festivities? The Stags, the Bulldogs, the Poets or the Sagehens? Can any of these teams hold onto The BeltTM for more than one title defense? With their lofty ranking and near perfect record the Stags seem like they are best suited to carry The BeltTM into the Dance hall and hang around for a while. The BeltTM of course, already knows the answers to these questions, but it's not telling, preferring to sit by and let the story unfold as it happens. One thing we do know is that The BeltTM will ultimately end up in the hands of the most deserving team in all of D3 and that is, as it should be.         
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 22, 2012, 12:30:12 AM
And there it goes again....

Pomona-Pitzer loses the hyphenated name contest to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3-2, but wins the basketball game 51-50. Just another lackluster BeltTM defense.

If someone would care to type out this season's BeltTM winners list, I'd sure appreciate it. I can't type that much in one sitting.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 22, 2012, 12:47:17 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 22, 2012, 12:30:12 AM
And there it goes again....

Pomona-Pitzer loses the hyphenated name contest to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3-2, but wins the basketball game 51-50. Just another lackluster BeltTM defense.

If someone would care to type out this season's BeltTM winners list, I'd sure appreciate it. I can't type that much in one sitting.


Until further notice The BeltTM shall be referred to as The-BeltTM.  On Friday night The-BeltTM will choose between Pomona-Pitzer and Whittier.

I think we've passed 3rd date territory here, so might want to leave the kids at home this time.


Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 22, 2012, 01:02:33 AM
St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer

6 of the 8 SCIAC schools have held The-BeltTM and wilted under its lustrous glory.   Only La Verne did not get a chance to play for The-BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 22, 2012, 02:00:57 AM
Quote from: sac on February 22, 2012, 12:47:17 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 22, 2012, 12:30:12 AM
And there it goes again....

Pomona-Pitzer loses the hyphenated name contest to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3-2, but wins the basketball game 51-50. Just another lackluster BeltTM defense.

If someone would care to type out this season's BeltTM winners list, I'd sure appreciate it. I can't type that much in one sitting.


Until further notice The BeltTM shall be referred to as The-BeltTM.  On Friday night The-BeltTM will choose between Pomona-Pitzer and Whittier.

I think we've passed 3rd date territory here, so might want to leave the kids at home this time.

Agreed.  And The-BeltTM appears to have moved beyond Just Bill management, into it's own realm.

If it deigns to fall upon any of us, may we prove worthy.

[It is probably NOT worthy to go 'here, belty, belty' :P]
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 22, 2012, 09:36:03 AM
If you love something you have to set it free. It was never really mine to own.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 22, 2012, 09:51:46 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 22, 2012, 09:36:03 AM
If you love something you have to set it free. It was never really mine to own.

I just now noticed your signature.  I'm not sure if it's new or I'm just un-observant.  I was a little taken aback since I didn't remember being anti-belt at any point.  I went back 57 pages on this thread to see that indeed, despite my quote, I was not.

Thanks for memorializing my words.  I appreciate it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: monsoon on February 22, 2012, 03:12:27 PM
I enjoy this board.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 22, 2012, 03:59:12 PM
Quote from: sac on February 22, 2012, 12:47:17 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 22, 2012, 12:30:12 AM
And there it goes again....

Pomona-Pitzer loses the hyphenated name contest to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 3-2, but wins the basketball game 51-50. Just another lackluster BeltTM defense.

If someone would care to type out this season's BeltTM winners list, I'd sure appreciate it. I can't type that much in one sitting.


Until further notice The BeltTM shall be referred to as The-BeltTM.  On Friday night The-BeltTM will choose between Pomona-Pitzer and Whittier.

I think we've passed 3rd date territory here, so might want to leave the kids at home this time.

Hide the kids, hide the wife...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: cmsme on February 22, 2012, 05:51:23 PM
I also enjoy this board and can tell you that there was no lackluster defense last night. C-M-S lost hard. I am still trying to recover from just watching the game.
On Saturday, if all goes well, C-M-S will again play P-P for The-BeltTM (no insult intended--I just am not technically capable of doing an upper case TM).
thank you.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 22, 2012, 06:46:14 PM
Quote from: cmsme on February 22, 2012, 05:51:23 PM
I also enjoy this board and can tell you that there was no lackluster defense last night. C-M-S lost hard. I am still trying to recover from just watching the game.
On Saturday, if all goes well, C-M-S will again play P-P for The-BeltTM (no insult intended--I just am not technically capable of doing an upper case TM).
thank you.

You'd better learn how, cmsme. Just Bill has a lawyer hiding behind every rock:

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiltedsnowweasels.com%2Fimages%2Flt_weasel_frontal.jpg&hash=35089940325eed016b35f35a9879f77615f919dd)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 22, 2012, 07:48:41 PM
Keep your 401(k). Trademark infringement litigation is the sole basis of my retirement plan. Looking good so far. The best part is I pay my legal team with nothing but field mice.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: cmsme on February 23, 2012, 12:56:57 PM
Are you threatening me (a mother!) with that animal thing?

I just want Claremont to hold onto that Magical Mystical Championship The-BeltTM. For just one month, or even two weeks.

On Saturday, if things work out as expected, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps will play Pomona-Pitzer in a historic battle for The-BeltTM. I am almost catatonic with the tension. If they win, I will send you a picture of the team holding the belt.  If they loose,.....
And yes--that animal is very effective.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 23, 2012, 01:19:21 PM
It's the Legal Weasel...not just any ol' animal thing.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 23, 2012, 01:41:15 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 23, 2012, 01:19:21 PM
It's the Legal Weasel...not just any ol' animal thing.

At this point its probably the Legal WeaselTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 23, 2012, 04:59:56 PM
Sounds like something out of Ron Popeil's workshop...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 23, 2012, 06:34:25 PM
Quote from: sac on February 23, 2012, 01:41:15 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 23, 2012, 01:19:21 PM
It's the Legal Weasel...not just any ol' animal thing.

At this point its probably the Legal WeaselTM

AKA The Animal ThingTM

Quote from: smedindy on February 23, 2012, 04:59:56 PM
Sounds like something out of Ron Popeil's workshop...

It slices! It dices! It even makes julienne fries!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 25, 2012, 12:15:58 AM
Pomona-Pitzer 60 Whittier 53

P-P will carry The-BeltTM across the street for their game with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Saturday evening.  The winner will carry The-BeltTM into the NCAA tournament as the SCIAC representative.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 25, 2012, 12:32:59 AM
Pomona-Pitzer successfully defends The-BeltTM as they defeat Whittier 60-53 to advance to the Championship game of the SCIAC. They will now defend The-BeltTM against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in what turns out to be the rubber match between these schools, not only because they split their season series but on January 18th CMS took The-BeltTM away from PP. On February 21st PP returned the favor and took The-BeltTM from CMS. The winner of this double rubber match will not only gain yearlong bragging rights in their city and league, but will carry The-BeltTM onto the Dance Floor for all to see, behold, and dream the ultimate dream.     
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 26, 2012, 12:53:04 AM
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps wins the rubber match against Pomona-Pitzer 60-54 and takes possession of The-BeltTM for the third time since January 18th. The Stags will now bring The-BeltTM to the NCAA tournament and hope that on March 17th they will be the team walking off the Salem Civic Center Court holding it aloft for alll those assembled to see. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on February 26, 2012, 04:29:44 PM
So....why doesn't the board's name have the trademark sign?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 26, 2012, 04:36:13 PM
Quote from: northb on February 26, 2012, 04:29:44 PM
So....why doesn't the board's name have the trademark sign?

Because Pat Coleman's got some kind of weasel repellent.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 26, 2012, 08:57:13 PM
In my wildest dreams,

CMS plays in Belton in the first round to give McMurry a chance to play for The-BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 26, 2012, 09:14:12 PM
You know, if McMurry somehow wins the national title and, thus, The BeltTM, we may never see ItTM again.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on February 26, 2012, 09:20:53 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 26, 2012, 09:14:12 PM
You know, if McMurry somehow wins the national title and, thus, The BeltTM, we may never see ItTM again.

Holy crap. Ralph's evil plot has been discovered!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 26, 2012, 09:23:50 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 26, 2012, 09:14:12 PM
You know, if McMurry somehow wins the national title and, thus, The BeltTM, we may never see ItTM again.
If McMurry wins the National Championship, I will a new "The-BeltTM"!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: cmsme on February 26, 2012, 11:42:13 PM
Well, I was going to send you guys a picture of CMS with The-BeltTM, but I can't figure how to attach a picture.
Anyways, it is pretty special--but very slippery.
Too bad the Legal Weasel is not on the team.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 26, 2012, 11:56:16 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 26, 2012, 09:23:50 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 26, 2012, 09:14:12 PM
You know, if McMurry somehow wins the national title and, thus, The BeltTM, we may never see ItTM again.
If McMurry wins the National Championship, I will a new "The-BeltTM"!

I'm not sure this is appropriate for the D3 landscape Ralph.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bucklesofestes.com%2Fimages%2FStates%2Freplace%2FTexas-H179-Texas-Seal.jpg&hash=89d0bcf5b9c913afa364718121dca60cb2058e64)

Our Legal WeaselTM probably has an objection or two.
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 01:11:52 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 26, 2012, 08:57:13 PM
In my wildest dreams,

CMS plays in Belton in the first round to give McMurry a chance to play for The-BeltTM.
The Committee must have been reading this message board.  CMS is on the opposite side of Right Lower Bracket from McMurry.  We will have to get to the Elite 8 to see The-BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 01:25:07 PM
Of course, as always, The-BeltTM has guided the hand of the NCAA committee, and has said, "Lo! Bring me back to Wisconsin, so I may show St. Thomas and the others in the Midwest what they have forsaken. And so it was written. And so it shall be done."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2012, 02:08:18 PM

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiltedsnowweasels.com%2Fimages%2Flt_weasel_frontal.jpg&hash=35089940325eed016b35f35a9879f77615f919dd)
The Legal WeaselTM has hired a private security firm to be in charge of transporting The-BeltTM

These guys are a serious bunch, this is not a laughing matter.
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-u4k473j7EnU%2FTjVUxojjP8I%2FAAAAAAAABMQ%2FR1kbzZpgHyM%2Fs1600%2FWeasels_by_silver_sehkmet.jpg&hash=80267e21fde5305a72b7f2f773f6aaaabde498c3)


Here's an exclusive image as they prepare to ship The-BeltTM to Whitewater.  They wanted a little extra space just to haul The-Belt'sTM lustrous glory.
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com%2FWings%2BLoaded%2BBeluga%2BAircraft%2BAhead%2BTanker%2B28FoLSGQLItl.jpg&hash=a8c14942abf6d6b493000d54419f076265c3d9f5)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on February 27, 2012, 03:03:59 PM
Is it really safe to have The BeltTM being protected by a group that can be defeated if they a) laugh too much or b) be erased from existence with a mixture of acetone, benzene, and turpentine?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: cmsme on February 27, 2012, 03:35:06 PM
Before you guys get too excited, CMS wll be providing all necessary security (in consulation with the Legal WeaselTM.  8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 04:03:31 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 01:11:52 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 26, 2012, 08:57:13 PM
In my wildest dreams,

CMS plays in Belton in the first round to give McMurry a chance to play for The-BeltTM.
The Committee must have been reading this message board.  CMS is on the opposite side of Right Lower Bracket from McMurry.  We will have to get to the Elite 8 to see The-BeltTM.

Ralph's evil plot thwarted! Film at eleven!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiltedbryan on February 27, 2012, 05:17:16 PM
It's amazing to me that this board has turned into some of my favorite reading on this entire site. Never would've guessed that when this thread got started.
:)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 05:28:42 PM
You should go back to page one and start from there, Bryan. It's insidiously addictive reading.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: (509)Rat on February 27, 2012, 06:12:44 PM
At least Whitworth still has a shot at The BeltTM! Gonna have to knock off some heavy hitters first though...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 06:53:27 PM
Quote from: (509)Rat on February 27, 2012, 06:12:44 PM
At least Whitworth still has a shot at The BeltTM! Gonna have to knock off some heavy hitters first though...

61 others have a 'chance' to possess what CMS has. It is up to them to take advantage of it and see if The-BeltTM deems them worthy.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2012, 07:25:50 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 05:28:42 PM
You should go back to page one and start from there, Bryan. It's insidiously addictive reading.

I think it ranks right up there with the quote pyramid.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 08:46:32 PM
It's a little less hard on the eyes than the quote pyramid, though.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 27, 2012, 08:47:46 PM

You know, someone is now going to have to quote the quote pyramid so everyone else knows what we're talking about.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:05:01 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 08:47:46 PM

You know, someone is now going to have to quote the quote pyramid so everyone else knows what we're talking about.
Has the quote pyramid been deleted?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 27, 2012, 09:15:37 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:05:01 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 08:47:46 PM

You know, someone is now going to have to quote the quote pyramid so everyone else knows what we're talking about.
Has the quote pyramid been deleted?
I don't even remember what thread it was on.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SKOT on February 27, 2012, 09:20:48 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 09:15:37 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:05:01 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 08:47:46 PM

You know, someone is now going to have to quote the quote pyramid so everyone else knows what we're talking about.
Has the quote pyramid been deleted?
I don't even remember what thread it was on.

Is this what you speak of? Its so shiny, I cant take my eyes off of it...

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 04, 2009, 06:37:19 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 04, 2009, 06:32:38 PM
Quote from: kiltedbryan on March 04, 2009, 02:55:15 PM
Quote from: sac on March 04, 2009, 02:01:09 PM
Quote from: iwumichigander on March 04, 2009, 11:44:11 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 11:55:13 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on March 03, 2009, 04:06:00 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 03, 2009, 10:05:12 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 01:24:56 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2009, 12:48:30 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:45:51 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:32:27 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 03, 2009, 12:14:00 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2009, 12:11:21 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:07:01 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2009, 11:51:15 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 02, 2009, 11:48:34 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 11:36:20 PM
Quote from: nwhoops1903 on March 02, 2009, 11:19:57 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 02, 2009, 11:15:30 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 11:05:25 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:53:26 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 10:50:02 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:49:04 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:28:53 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:26:09 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:13:44 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 09:08:08 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2009, 02:09:30 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 02, 2009, 01:48:39 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 01, 2009, 04:45:18 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 01, 2009, 04:29:39 PM
Quote from: sac on March 01, 2009, 04:27:05 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 01, 2009, 04:24:00 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 01, 2009, 01:01:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2009, 06:45:32 PM
Everyone's a smart aleck today. Too much time spent in front of the computer, boys! Go out and get some fresh air! ;) :D

Quote from: magicman on February 28, 2009, 01:03:11 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2009, 11:54:09 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 11:32:33 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2009, 11:29:46 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2009, 11:18:29 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 11:13:22 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2009, 11:01:24 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 10:45:17 PM
Wheaton beats North Central 77-66 behind Kent Raymonds 36 pts.

#4 Wheaton takes on #20 Elmhurst tomorrow night for the CCIW championship.

No ... Wheaton takes on Elmhurst tomorrow night for the CCIW tournament championship.

Wheaton is already the 2008-09 CCIW champion.

I knew soon as I posted that statement that someone would call me on it. Just wanted to see who it would be. ;)

Aw, c'mon - if you've been paying attention at all, you knew it would be Greg! :D

Sager's my name, nitpicking is my game. ;)

Mr. Y,
You're right of course. Greg was high on the list. But you were a close 2nd!! ;D

Greg did recently call me Sancho Panza (for a slam on the "It's tough to beat a team three times" cliche'); I rebuff the role unless I can replace the donkey with a real horse. ::)

If he called you Sancho Panza then  he's going to call me the donkey because I used that cliche tonight (actually 12:44 AM this morning) over on the SUNYAC board. I should be granted some leeway though as I was responding to a poster who used it in his post.

The donkey is a noble and intelligent animal that gets a lot of bad press, but where would civilization be without him? He's the distributing point guard of the family Equidae.

Greg, How did you know that I was a point guard? It was over 40 years ago. ;D

I have nothing to say here, I just wanted to get in on what might be a record multi-quote.

I don't think this is near the record

Not yet, but I sense promise.
This is just starting by LLPP standards!   :D

Ok Ralph, you got me. Pardon my lack of knowledge but what is LLPP. My best guess would be LIberty League Poster's Poll, but that doesn't exist.
LLPP = Liberty League Post Patterns,  the football message board for the Liberty League. You must 18 years of age to go there.   ;)

... and absolutely no one will be seated during the shocking final five minutes of whatever video they've linked to last in there. ;)

P.S. Thanks, Darryl, for all of the fine work you've done by picking up the reins from DC and charting the Top 25 this season! It's been greatly appreciated.

Since I'm a one sport poster, I don't count the football boards.
This makes 18 quotes

Now you're just being silly.
Just now?   I somehow don't feel alone. ;)

It's like an overhead shot of a Babylonian ziggurat.

You know full well they were never this tall.

OK, then ... an Assyrian ziggurat.

While the jagged steps don't fit, the dimensions strike me more as North American 'Mound Builders'.
Perhaps you are all just "Building a Mystery"...Sarah McLachlan, 1997

Mound Builders? Nah. Mayan pyramid, maybe.

Would that mean that magicman would be our human sacrifice, way up at the very top level?
Greg, please, This is my 5th reincarnation. I was already sacrificed when Cortez came over in the 16th century. It didn't work then and won't work now. :D 
So that is your problem.  If you had done it "right", you would have ended up as a CCIW fan in this incarnation!  ::)
I could handle that. But I was the stabbee not the stabber. Not my fault Montezuma II got it wrong.

Don't sweat it. In his next reincarnation I'm sure that Montezuma II came back as someone who drank the local water and got violently ill.

Now we're gonna have to continue this.  I want to test the theory that if the vertical bars ever meet, the internet will suffer a clot and stroke out. ;)
And speaking of problems--How does a post in this grouping completely disappear? When Ralph explained what the LLPP was I responded, "2 1/2 out of 4 ain't bad" on page 306 reply #4576. It's nowhere to be found in the quotes. I notice Greg responded right after I did. I think he used his "special powers" to delete it  just to mess with my mind.   

PointSpecial, I just discovered that fact. When I posted my last post it didn't show a couple of replies so I deleted it and reposted, but you had already replied with your explanation. So now your explanation is before my question. Whew! If you can follow that.   

That makes my head hurt even more than looking at the ziggurat does.
That was my goal! After all it was your self professed nitpicking that started all this in response to 1 teensy tiny error(uh check that, deliberate error) on my part. And you did leave off a quote that did mess with my mind. :) ;) ;D

If we keep this up we can just call it Egyptian.
... hey, I think I got skipped!  Oh well.

I'm going to dare to go back on topic... (sorry...) but is there another top 25 before the end of the tournament, or is there just one more, after the NCAA tournament is over?

PointSpecial, it's my fault you got skipped. You ended up in the aether :D
And since my post started all this. I'm going to be the one to end it. Sure did make long pages though.
End what?

Sorry, I couldn't let it stop at 39 quotes, this makes 40.

Do you have something against numbers divisible by 13?

Yeah, I'm petty sure saying you're going to end it will only ensure it's continued life.

Hey, we've come this far - we have GOT to find out what happens when the vertical lines meet in the center!  Can they actually cross?  Will the internet implode? :o

Enquiring minds want to know! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 09:29:51 PM
I think I need to listen to my Jefferson Airplane and Iron Butterfly albums when I read that thread...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 27, 2012, 09:32:13 PM
Thank you SKOT for bringing that back +1.  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:34:56 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 09:29:51 PM
I think I need to listen to my Jefferson Airplane and Iron Butterfly albums when I read that thread...
Ahhh...songs you cannot forget from times you cannot remember!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2012, 09:36:29 PM
Quote from: SKOT on February 27, 2012, 09:20:48 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 09:15:37 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:05:01 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 08:47:46 PM

You know, someone is now going to have to quote the quote pyramid so everyone else knows what we're talking about.
Has the quote pyramid been deleted?
I don't even remember what thread it was on.

Is this what you speak of? Its so shiny, I cant take my eyes off of it...

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 04, 2009, 06:37:19 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 04, 2009, 06:32:38 PM
Quote from: kiltedbryan on March 04, 2009, 02:55:15 PM
Quote from: sac on March 04, 2009, 02:01:09 PM
Quote from: iwumichigander on March 04, 2009, 11:44:11 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 11:55:13 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on March 03, 2009, 04:06:00 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 03, 2009, 10:05:12 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 01:24:56 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2009, 12:48:30 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:45:51 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:32:27 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 03, 2009, 12:14:00 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2009, 12:11:21 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:07:01 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2009, 11:51:15 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 02, 2009, 11:48:34 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 11:36:20 PM
Quote from: nwhoops1903 on March 02, 2009, 11:19:57 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 02, 2009, 11:15:30 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 11:05:25 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:53:26 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 10:50:02 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:49:04 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:28:53 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:26:09 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:13:44 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 09:08:08 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2009, 02:09:30 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 02, 2009, 01:48:39 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 01, 2009, 04:45:18 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 01, 2009, 04:29:39 PM
Quote from: sac on March 01, 2009, 04:27:05 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 01, 2009, 04:24:00 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 01, 2009, 01:01:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2009, 06:45:32 PM
Everyone's a smart aleck today. Too much time spent in front of the computer, boys! Go out and get some fresh air! ;) :D

Quote from: magicman on February 28, 2009, 01:03:11 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2009, 11:54:09 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 11:32:33 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2009, 11:29:46 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2009, 11:18:29 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 11:13:22 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2009, 11:01:24 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 10:45:17 PM
Wheaton beats North Central 77-66 behind Kent Raymonds 36 pts.

#4 Wheaton takes on #20 Elmhurst tomorrow night for the CCIW championship.

No ... Wheaton takes on Elmhurst tomorrow night for the CCIW tournament championship.

Wheaton is already the 2008-09 CCIW champion.

I knew soon as I posted that statement that someone would call me on it. Just wanted to see who it would be. ;)

Aw, c'mon - if you've been paying attention at all, you knew it would be Greg! :D

Sager's my name, nitpicking is my game. ;)

Mr. Y,
You're right of course. Greg was high on the list. But you were a close 2nd!! ;D

Greg did recently call me Sancho Panza (for a slam on the "It's tough to beat a team three times" cliche'); I rebuff the role unless I can replace the donkey with a real horse. ::)

If he called you Sancho Panza then  he's going to call me the donkey because I used that cliche tonight (actually 12:44 AM this morning) over on the SUNYAC board. I should be granted some leeway though as I was responding to a poster who used it in his post.

The donkey is a noble and intelligent animal that gets a lot of bad press, but where would civilization be without him? He's the distributing point guard of the family Equidae.

Greg, How did you know that I was a point guard? It was over 40 years ago. ;D

I have nothing to say here, I just wanted to get in on what might be a record multi-quote.

I don't think this is near the record

Not yet, but I sense promise.
This is just starting by LLPP standards!   :D

Ok Ralph, you got me. Pardon my lack of knowledge but what is LLPP. My best guess would be LIberty League Poster's Poll, but that doesn't exist.
LLPP = Liberty League Post Patterns,  the football message board for the Liberty League. You must 18 years of age to go there.   ;)

... and absolutely no one will be seated during the shocking final five minutes of whatever video they've linked to last in there. ;)

P.S. Thanks, Darryl, for all of the fine work you've done by picking up the reins from DC and charting the Top 25 this season! It's been greatly appreciated.

Since I'm a one sport poster, I don't count the football boards.
This makes 18 quotes

Now you're just being silly.
Just now?   I somehow don't feel alone. ;)

It's like an overhead shot of a Babylonian ziggurat.

You know full well they were never this tall.

OK, then ... an Assyrian ziggurat.

While the jagged steps don't fit, the dimensions strike me more as North American 'Mound Builders'.
Perhaps you are all just "Building a Mystery"...Sarah McLachlan, 1997

Mound Builders? Nah. Mayan pyramid, maybe.

Would that mean that magicman would be our human sacrifice, way up at the very top level?
Greg, please, This is my 5th reincarnation. I was already sacrificed when Cortez came over in the 16th century. It didn't work then and won't work now. :D 
So that is your problem.  If you had done it "right", you would have ended up as a CCIW fan in this incarnation!  ::)
I could handle that. But I was the stabbee not the stabber. Not my fault Montezuma II got it wrong.

Don't sweat it. In his next reincarnation I'm sure that Montezuma II came back as someone who drank the local water and got violently ill.

Now we're gonna have to continue this.  I want to test the theory that if the vertical bars ever meet, the internet will suffer a clot and stroke out. ;)
And speaking of problems--How does a post in this grouping completely disappear? When Ralph explained what the LLPP was I responded, "2 1/2 out of 4 ain't bad" on page 306 reply #4576. It's nowhere to be found in the quotes. I notice Greg responded right after I did. I think he used his "special powers" to delete it  just to mess with my mind.   

PointSpecial, I just discovered that fact. When I posted my last post it didn't show a couple of replies so I deleted it and reposted, but you had already replied with your explanation. So now your explanation is before my question. Whew! If you can follow that.   

That makes my head hurt even more than looking at the ziggurat does.
That was my goal! After all it was your self professed nitpicking that started all this in response to 1 teensy tiny error(uh check that, deliberate error) on my part. And you did leave off a quote that did mess with my mind. :) ;) ;D

If we keep this up we can just call it Egyptian.
... hey, I think I got skipped!  Oh well.

I'm going to dare to go back on topic... (sorry...) but is there another top 25 before the end of the tournament, or is there just one more, after the NCAA tournament is over?

PointSpecial, it's my fault you got skipped. You ended up in the aether :D
And since my post started all this. I'm going to be the one to end it. Sure did make long pages though.
End what?

Sorry, I couldn't let it stop at 39 quotes, this makes 40.

Do you have something against numbers divisible by 13?

Yeah, I'm petty sure saying you're going to end it will only ensure it's continued life.

Hey, we've come this far - we have GOT to find out what happens when the vertical lines meet in the center!  Can they actually cross?  Will the internet implode? :o

Enquiring minds want to know! ;D

Great find!

I can't recall why I had the very last entry - did Pat lock it after that?  Fearing, perhaps, that if THAT 'belt' ever reached a dot, his servers might explode? ;D

Now that I think of it, did THAT belt give spawn to The BeltTM?? 8-)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:38:18 PM
I think that the thread was locked.  I remember the "hourglass" almost converging.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 09:49:51 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:38:18 PM
I think that the thread was locked.  I remember the "hourglass" almost converging.

... which means that, once Pat finds out that we've unlocked his locked thread, we're all going to be put on double secret probation.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 09:56:09 PM
I don't think there's a problem with copying a locked thread. It also looks like it's been truncated from what I recall. Or that may just be the Blue Cheer record I just listened ('sittin' over hear on the parchman farm', Mose Allison turned to volume level 15).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 27, 2012, 10:02:02 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 09:49:51 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:38:18 PM
I think that the thread was locked.  I remember the "hourglass" almost converging.

... which means that, once Pat finds out that we've unlocked his locked thread, we're all going to be put on double secret probation.

Luckily Pat hates the belt thread so much he refuses to acknowledge it exists.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 27, 2012, 10:03:02 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2012, 09:36:29 PM
Quote from: SKOT on February 27, 2012, 09:20:48 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 09:15:37 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:05:01 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 08:47:46 PM

You know, someone is now going to have to quote the quote pyramid so everyone else knows what we're talking about.
Has the quote pyramid been deleted?
I don't even remember what thread it was on.

Is this what you speak of? Its so shiny, I cant take my eyes off of it...

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 04, 2009, 06:37:19 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 04, 2009, 06:32:38 PM
Quote from: kiltedbryan on March 04, 2009, 02:55:15 PM
Quote from: sac on March 04, 2009, 02:01:09 PM
Quote from: iwumichigander on March 04, 2009, 11:44:11 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 11:55:13 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on March 03, 2009, 04:06:00 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 03, 2009, 10:05:12 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 01:24:56 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2009, 12:48:30 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:45:51 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:32:27 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 03, 2009, 12:14:00 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2009, 12:11:21 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:07:01 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2009, 11:51:15 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 02, 2009, 11:48:34 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 11:36:20 PM
Quote from: nwhoops1903 on March 02, 2009, 11:19:57 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 02, 2009, 11:15:30 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 11:05:25 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:53:26 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 10:50:02 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:49:04 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:28:53 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:26:09 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:13:44 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 09:08:08 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2009, 02:09:30 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 02, 2009, 01:48:39 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 01, 2009, 04:45:18 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 01, 2009, 04:29:39 PM
Quote from: sac on March 01, 2009, 04:27:05 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 01, 2009, 04:24:00 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 01, 2009, 01:01:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2009, 06:45:32 PM
Everyone's a smart aleck today. Too much time spent in front of the computer, boys! Go out and get some fresh air! ;) :D

Quote from: magicman on February 28, 2009, 01:03:11 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2009, 11:54:09 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 11:32:33 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2009, 11:29:46 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2009, 11:18:29 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 11:13:22 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2009, 11:01:24 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 10:45:17 PM
Wheaton beats North Central 77-66 behind Kent Raymonds 36 pts.

#4 Wheaton takes on #20 Elmhurst tomorrow night for the CCIW championship.

No ... Wheaton takes on Elmhurst tomorrow night for the CCIW tournament championship.

Wheaton is already the 2008-09 CCIW champion.

I knew soon as I posted that statement that someone would call me on it. Just wanted to see who it would be. ;)

Aw, c'mon - if you've been paying attention at all, you knew it would be Greg! :D

Sager's my name, nitpicking is my game. ;)

Mr. Y,
You're right of course. Greg was high on the list. But you were a close 2nd!! ;D

Greg did recently call me Sancho Panza (for a slam on the "It's tough to beat a team three times" cliche'); I rebuff the role unless I can replace the donkey with a real horse. ::)

If he called you Sancho Panza then  he's going to call me the donkey because I used that cliche tonight (actually 12:44 AM this morning) over on the SUNYAC board. I should be granted some leeway though as I was responding to a poster who used it in his post.

The donkey is a noble and intelligent animal that gets a lot of bad press, but where would civilization be without him? He's the distributing point guard of the family Equidae.

Greg, How did you know that I was a point guard? It was over 40 years ago. ;D

I have nothing to say here, I just wanted to get in on what might be a record multi-quote.

I don't think this is near the record

Not yet, but I sense promise.
This is just starting by LLPP standards!   :D

Ok Ralph, you got me. Pardon my lack of knowledge but what is LLPP. My best guess would be LIberty League Poster's Poll, but that doesn't exist.
LLPP = Liberty League Post Patterns,  the football message board for the Liberty League. You must 18 years of age to go there.   ;)

... and absolutely no one will be seated during the shocking final five minutes of whatever video they've linked to last in there. ;)

P.S. Thanks, Darryl, for all of the fine work you've done by picking up the reins from DC and charting the Top 25 this season! It's been greatly appreciated.

Since I'm a one sport poster, I don't count the football boards.
This makes 18 quotes

Now you're just being silly.
Just now?   I somehow don't feel alone. ;)

It's like an overhead shot of a Babylonian ziggurat.

You know full well they were never this tall.

OK, then ... an Assyrian ziggurat.

While the jagged steps don't fit, the dimensions strike me more as North American 'Mound Builders'.
Perhaps you are all just "Building a Mystery"...Sarah McLachlan, 1997

Mound Builders? Nah. Mayan pyramid, maybe.

Would that mean that magicman would be our human sacrifice, way up at the very top level?
Greg, please, This is my 5th reincarnation. I was already sacrificed when Cortez came over in the 16th century. It didn't work then and won't work now. :D 
So that is your problem.  If you had done it "right", you would have ended up as a CCIW fan in this incarnation!  ::)
I could handle that. But I was the stabbee not the stabber. Not my fault Montezuma II got it wrong.

Don't sweat it. In his next reincarnation I'm sure that Montezuma II came back as someone who drank the local water and got violently ill.

Now we're gonna have to continue this.  I want to test the theory that if the vertical bars ever meet, the internet will suffer a clot and stroke out. ;)
And speaking of problems--How does a post in this grouping completely disappear? When Ralph explained what the LLPP was I responded, "2 1/2 out of 4 ain't bad" on page 306 reply #4576. It's nowhere to be found in the quotes. I notice Greg responded right after I did. I think he used his "special powers" to delete it  just to mess with my mind.   

PointSpecial, I just discovered that fact. When I posted my last post it didn't show a couple of replies so I deleted it and reposted, but you had already replied with your explanation. So now your explanation is before my question. Whew! If you can follow that.   

That makes my head hurt even more than looking at the ziggurat does.
That was my goal! After all it was your self professed nitpicking that started all this in response to 1 teensy tiny error(uh check that, deliberate error) on my part. And you did leave off a quote that did mess with my mind. :) ;) ;D

If we keep this up we can just call it Egyptian.
... hey, I think I got skipped!  Oh well.

I'm going to dare to go back on topic... (sorry...) but is there another top 25 before the end of the tournament, or is there just one more, after the NCAA tournament is over?

PointSpecial, it's my fault you got skipped. You ended up in the aether :D
And since my post started all this. I'm going to be the one to end it. Sure did make long pages though.
End what?

Sorry, I couldn't let it stop at 39 quotes, this makes 40.

Do you have something against numbers divisible by 13?

Yeah, I'm petty sure saying you're going to end it will only ensure it's continued life.

Hey, we've come this far - we have GOT to find out what happens when the vertical lines meet in the center!  Can they actually cross?  Will the internet implode? :o

Enquiring minds want to know! ;D

Great find!

I can't recall why I had the very last entry - did Pat lock it after that?  Fearing, perhaps, that if THAT 'belt' ever reached a dot, his servers might explode? ;D

Now that I think of it, did THAT belt give spawn to The BeltTM?? 8-)
This is absolutely one of the greatest things I've ever been a part of.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 10:13:36 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 10:03:02 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2012, 09:36:29 PM
Quote from: SKOT on February 27, 2012, 09:20:48 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 09:15:37 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:05:01 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 08:47:46 PM

You know, someone is now going to have to quote the quote pyramid so everyone else knows what we're talking about.
Has the quote pyramid been deleted?
I don't even remember what thread it was on.

Is this what you speak of? Its so shiny, I cant take my eyes off of it...

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 04, 2009, 06:37:19 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 04, 2009, 06:32:38 PM
Quote from: kiltedbryan on March 04, 2009, 02:55:15 PM
Quote from: sac on March 04, 2009, 02:01:09 PM
Quote from: iwumichigander on March 04, 2009, 11:44:11 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 11:55:13 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on March 03, 2009, 04:06:00 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 03, 2009, 10:05:12 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 01:24:56 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2009, 12:48:30 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:45:51 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:32:27 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 03, 2009, 12:14:00 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2009, 12:11:21 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:07:01 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2009, 11:51:15 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 02, 2009, 11:48:34 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 11:36:20 PM
Quote from: nwhoops1903 on March 02, 2009, 11:19:57 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 02, 2009, 11:15:30 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 11:05:25 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:53:26 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 10:50:02 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:49:04 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:28:53 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:26:09 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:13:44 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 09:08:08 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2009, 02:09:30 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 02, 2009, 01:48:39 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 01, 2009, 04:45:18 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 01, 2009, 04:29:39 PM
Quote from: sac on March 01, 2009, 04:27:05 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 01, 2009, 04:24:00 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 01, 2009, 01:01:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2009, 06:45:32 PM
Everyone's a smart aleck today. Too much time spent in front of the computer, boys! Go out and get some fresh air! ;) :D

Quote from: magicman on February 28, 2009, 01:03:11 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2009, 11:54:09 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 11:32:33 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2009, 11:29:46 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2009, 11:18:29 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 11:13:22 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2009, 11:01:24 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 10:45:17 PM
Wheaton beats North Central 77-66 behind Kent Raymonds 36 pts.

#4 Wheaton takes on #20 Elmhurst tomorrow night for the CCIW championship.

No ... Wheaton takes on Elmhurst tomorrow night for the CCIW tournament championship.

Wheaton is already the 2008-09 CCIW champion.

I knew soon as I posted that statement that someone would call me on it. Just wanted to see who it would be. ;)

Aw, c'mon - if you've been paying attention at all, you knew it would be Greg! :D

Sager's my name, nitpicking is my game. ;)

Mr. Y,
You're right of course. Greg was high on the list. But you were a close 2nd!! ;D

Greg did recently call me Sancho Panza (for a slam on the "It's tough to beat a team three times" cliche'); I rebuff the role unless I can replace the donkey with a real horse. ::)

If he called you Sancho Panza then  he's going to call me the donkey because I used that cliche tonight (actually 12:44 AM this morning) over on the SUNYAC board. I should be granted some leeway though as I was responding to a poster who used it in his post.

The donkey is a noble and intelligent animal that gets a lot of bad press, but where would civilization be without him? He's the distributing point guard of the family Equidae.

Greg, How did you know that I was a point guard? It was over 40 years ago. ;D

I have nothing to say here, I just wanted to get in on what might be a record multi-quote.

I don't think this is near the record

Not yet, but I sense promise.
This is just starting by LLPP standards!   :D

Ok Ralph, you got me. Pardon my lack of knowledge but what is LLPP. My best guess would be LIberty League Poster's Poll, but that doesn't exist.
LLPP = Liberty League Post Patterns,  the football message board for the Liberty League. You must 18 years of age to go there.   ;)

... and absolutely no one will be seated during the shocking final five minutes of whatever video they've linked to last in there. ;)

P.S. Thanks, Darryl, for all of the fine work you've done by picking up the reins from DC and charting the Top 25 this season! It's been greatly appreciated.

Since I'm a one sport poster, I don't count the football boards.
This makes 18 quotes

Now you're just being silly.
Just now?   I somehow don't feel alone. ;)

It's like an overhead shot of a Babylonian ziggurat.

You know full well they were never this tall.

OK, then ... an Assyrian ziggurat.

While the jagged steps don't fit, the dimensions strike me more as North American 'Mound Builders'.
Perhaps you are all just "Building a Mystery"...Sarah McLachlan, 1997

Mound Builders? Nah. Mayan pyramid, maybe.

Would that mean that magicman would be our human sacrifice, way up at the very top level?
Greg, please, This is my 5th reincarnation. I was already sacrificed when Cortez came over in the 16th century. It didn't work then and won't work now. :D 
So that is your problem.  If you had done it "right", you would have ended up as a CCIW fan in this incarnation!  ::)
I could handle that. But I was the stabbee not the stabber. Not my fault Montezuma II got it wrong.

Don't sweat it. In his next reincarnation I'm sure that Montezuma II came back as someone who drank the local water and got violently ill.

Now we're gonna have to continue this.  I want to test the theory that if the vertical bars ever meet, the internet will suffer a clot and stroke out. ;)
And speaking of problems--How does a post in this grouping completely disappear? When Ralph explained what the LLPP was I responded, "2 1/2 out of 4 ain't bad" on page 306 reply #4576. It's nowhere to be found in the quotes. I notice Greg responded right after I did. I think he used his "special powers" to delete it  just to mess with my mind.   

PointSpecial, I just discovered that fact. When I posted my last post it didn't show a couple of replies so I deleted it and reposted, but you had already replied with your explanation. So now your explanation is before my question. Whew! If you can follow that.   

That makes my head hurt even more than looking at the ziggurat does.
That was my goal! After all it was your self professed nitpicking that started all this in response to 1 teensy tiny error(uh check that, deliberate error) on my part. And you did leave off a quote that did mess with my mind. :) ;) ;D

If we keep this up we can just call it Egyptian.
... hey, I think I got skipped!  Oh well.

I'm going to dare to go back on topic... (sorry...) but is there another top 25 before the end of the tournament, or is there just one more, after the NCAA tournament is over?

PointSpecial, it's my fault you got skipped. You ended up in the aether :D
And since my post started all this. I'm going to be the one to end it. Sure did make long pages though.
End what?

Sorry, I couldn't let it stop at 39 quotes, this makes 40.

Do you have something against numbers divisible by 13?

Yeah, I'm petty sure saying you're going to end it will only ensure it's continued life.

Hey, we've come this far - we have GOT to find out what happens when the vertical lines meet in the center!  Can they actually cross?  Will the internet implode? :o

Enquiring minds want to know! ;D

Great find!

I can't recall why I had the very last entry - did Pat lock it after that?  Fearing, perhaps, that if THAT 'belt' ever reached a dot, his servers might explode? ;D

Now that I think of it, did THAT belt give spawn to The BeltTM?? 8-)
This is absolutely one of the greatest things I've ever been a part of.

I still can't believe that I kept the pyramid going by referring to the donkey as "the distributing point guard of the family Equidae."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiltedbryan on February 27, 2012, 10:16:19 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 10:13:36 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 10:03:02 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2012, 09:36:29 PM
Quote from: SKOT on February 27, 2012, 09:20:48 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 09:15:37 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:05:01 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 08:47:46 PM

You know, someone is now going to have to quote the quote pyramid so everyone else knows what we're talking about.
Has the quote pyramid been deleted?
I don't even remember what thread it was on.

Is this what you speak of? Its so shiny, I cant take my eyes off of it...

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 04, 2009, 06:37:19 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 04, 2009, 06:32:38 PM
Quote from: kiltedbryan on March 04, 2009, 02:55:15 PM
Quote from: sac on March 04, 2009, 02:01:09 PM
Quote from: iwumichigander on March 04, 2009, 11:44:11 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 11:55:13 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on March 03, 2009, 04:06:00 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 03, 2009, 10:05:12 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 01:24:56 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2009, 12:48:30 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:45:51 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:32:27 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 03, 2009, 12:14:00 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2009, 12:11:21 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:07:01 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2009, 11:51:15 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 02, 2009, 11:48:34 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 11:36:20 PM
Quote from: nwhoops1903 on March 02, 2009, 11:19:57 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 02, 2009, 11:15:30 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 11:05:25 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:53:26 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 10:50:02 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:49:04 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:28:53 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:26:09 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:13:44 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 09:08:08 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2009, 02:09:30 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 02, 2009, 01:48:39 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 01, 2009, 04:45:18 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 01, 2009, 04:29:39 PM
Quote from: sac on March 01, 2009, 04:27:05 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 01, 2009, 04:24:00 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 01, 2009, 01:01:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2009, 06:45:32 PM
Everyone's a smart aleck today. Too much time spent in front of the computer, boys! Go out and get some fresh air! ;) :D

Quote from: magicman on February 28, 2009, 01:03:11 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2009, 11:54:09 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 11:32:33 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2009, 11:29:46 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2009, 11:18:29 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 11:13:22 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2009, 11:01:24 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 10:45:17 PM
Wheaton beats North Central 77-66 behind Kent Raymonds 36 pts.

#4 Wheaton takes on #20 Elmhurst tomorrow night for the CCIW championship.

No ... Wheaton takes on Elmhurst tomorrow night for the CCIW tournament championship.

Wheaton is already the 2008-09 CCIW champion.

I knew soon as I posted that statement that someone would call me on it. Just wanted to see who it would be. ;)

Aw, c'mon - if you've been paying attention at all, you knew it would be Greg! :D

Sager's my name, nitpicking is my game. ;)

Mr. Y,
You're right of course. Greg was high on the list. But you were a close 2nd!! ;D

Greg did recently call me Sancho Panza (for a slam on the "It's tough to beat a team three times" cliche'); I rebuff the role unless I can replace the donkey with a real horse. ::)

If he called you Sancho Panza then  he's going to call me the donkey because I used that cliche tonight (actually 12:44 AM this morning) over on the SUNYAC board. I should be granted some leeway though as I was responding to a poster who used it in his post.

The donkey is a noble and intelligent animal that gets a lot of bad press, but where would civilization be without him? He's the distributing point guard of the family Equidae.

Greg, How did you know that I was a point guard? It was over 40 years ago. ;D

I have nothing to say here, I just wanted to get in on what might be a record multi-quote.

I don't think this is near the record

Not yet, but I sense promise.
This is just starting by LLPP standards!   :D

Ok Ralph, you got me. Pardon my lack of knowledge but what is LLPP. My best guess would be LIberty League Poster's Poll, but that doesn't exist.
LLPP = Liberty League Post Patterns,  the football message board for the Liberty League. You must 18 years of age to go there.   ;)

... and absolutely no one will be seated during the shocking final five minutes of whatever video they've linked to last in there. ;)

P.S. Thanks, Darryl, for all of the fine work you've done by picking up the reins from DC and charting the Top 25 this season! It's been greatly appreciated.

Since I'm a one sport poster, I don't count the football boards.
This makes 18 quotes

Now you're just being silly.
Just now?   I somehow don't feel alone. ;)

It's like an overhead shot of a Babylonian ziggurat.

You know full well they were never this tall.

OK, then ... an Assyrian ziggurat.

While the jagged steps don't fit, the dimensions strike me more as North American 'Mound Builders'.
Perhaps you are all just "Building a Mystery"...Sarah McLachlan, 1997

Mound Builders? Nah. Mayan pyramid, maybe.

Would that mean that magicman would be our human sacrifice, way up at the very top level?
Greg, please, This is my 5th reincarnation. I was already sacrificed when Cortez came over in the 16th century. It didn't work then and won't work now. :D 
So that is your problem.  If you had done it "right", you would have ended up as a CCIW fan in this incarnation!  ::)
I could handle that. But I was the stabbee not the stabber. Not my fault Montezuma II got it wrong.

Don't sweat it. In his next reincarnation I'm sure that Montezuma II came back as someone who drank the local water and got violently ill.

Now we're gonna have to continue this.  I want to test the theory that if the vertical bars ever meet, the internet will suffer a clot and stroke out. ;)
And speaking of problems--How does a post in this grouping completely disappear? When Ralph explained what the LLPP was I responded, "2 1/2 out of 4 ain't bad" on page 306 reply #4576. It's nowhere to be found in the quotes. I notice Greg responded right after I did. I think he used his "special powers" to delete it  just to mess with my mind.   

PointSpecial, I just discovered that fact. When I posted my last post it didn't show a couple of replies so I deleted it and reposted, but you had already replied with your explanation. So now your explanation is before my question. Whew! If you can follow that.   

That makes my head hurt even more than looking at the ziggurat does.
That was my goal! After all it was your self professed nitpicking that started all this in response to 1 teensy tiny error(uh check that, deliberate error) on my part. And you did leave off a quote that did mess with my mind. :) ;) ;D

If we keep this up we can just call it Egyptian.
... hey, I think I got skipped!  Oh well.

I'm going to dare to go back on topic... (sorry...) but is there another top 25 before the end of the tournament, or is there just one more, after the NCAA tournament is over?

PointSpecial, it's my fault you got skipped. You ended up in the aether :D
And since my post started all this. I'm going to be the one to end it. Sure did make long pages though.
End what?

Sorry, I couldn't let it stop at 39 quotes, this makes 40.

Do you have something against numbers divisible by 13?

Yeah, I'm petty sure saying you're going to end it will only ensure it's continued life.

Hey, we've come this far - we have GOT to find out what happens when the vertical lines meet in the center!  Can they actually cross?  Will the internet implode? :o

Enquiring minds want to know! ;D

Great find!

I can't recall why I had the very last entry - did Pat lock it after that?  Fearing, perhaps, that if THAT 'belt' ever reached a dot, his servers might explode? ;D

Now that I think of it, did THAT belt give spawn to The BeltTM?? 8-)
This is absolutely one of the greatest things I've ever been a part of.

I still can't believe that I kept the pyramid going by referring to the donkey as "the distributing point guard of the family Equidae."

Pretty sure you just did it again. Didn't this hit a character limit at some point?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2012, 10:20:43 PM
What have I done. 





Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2012, 10:22:52 PM
The Legal WeasalTM may have to file an injunction to stop the quoting of the quote pyramidTM.   Clearly there cannot be two objects of such lustrous quality in the same thread.  This has to be violation of trademark law........or supersweetness anyway.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: diehardfan on February 27, 2012, 10:23:54 PM
Quote from: sac on February 27, 2012, 10:20:43 PM
What have I done. 
I totally miss my editing privilages. I can't even edit my own posts. :(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 27, 2012, 10:24:46 PM
Quote from: kiltedbryan on February 27, 2012, 10:16:19 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 10:13:36 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 10:03:02 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2012, 09:36:29 PM
Quote from: SKOT on February 27, 2012, 09:20:48 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 09:15:37 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:05:01 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 08:47:46 PM

You know, someone is now going to have to quote the quote pyramid so everyone else knows what we're talking about.
Has the quote pyramid been deleted?
I don't even remember what thread it was on.

Is this what you speak of? Its so shiny, I cant take my eyes off of it...

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 04, 2009, 06:37:19 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 04, 2009, 06:32:38 PM
Quote from: kiltedbryan on March 04, 2009, 02:55:15 PM
Quote from: sac on March 04, 2009, 02:01:09 PM
Quote from: iwumichigander on March 04, 2009, 11:44:11 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 11:55:13 PM
Quote from: PointSpecial on March 03, 2009, 04:06:00 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 03, 2009, 10:05:12 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 01:24:56 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2009, 12:48:30 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:45:51 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:32:27 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 03, 2009, 12:14:00 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2009, 12:11:21 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 03, 2009, 12:07:01 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2009, 11:51:15 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 02, 2009, 11:48:34 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 11:36:20 PM
Quote from: nwhoops1903 on March 02, 2009, 11:19:57 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 02, 2009, 11:15:30 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 11:05:25 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:53:26 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 10:50:02 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:49:04 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:28:53 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2009, 10:26:09 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2009, 10:13:44 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2009, 09:08:08 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2009, 02:09:30 AM
Quote from: magicman on March 02, 2009, 01:48:39 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 01, 2009, 04:45:18 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 01, 2009, 04:29:39 PM
Quote from: sac on March 01, 2009, 04:27:05 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 01, 2009, 04:24:00 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 01, 2009, 01:01:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2009, 06:45:32 PM
Everyone's a smart aleck today. Too much time spent in front of the computer, boys! Go out and get some fresh air! ;) :D

Quote from: magicman on February 28, 2009, 01:03:11 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2009, 11:54:09 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 11:32:33 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2009, 11:29:46 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2009, 11:18:29 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 11:13:22 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2009, 11:01:24 PM
Quote from: magicman on February 27, 2009, 10:45:17 PM
Wheaton beats North Central 77-66 behind Kent Raymonds 36 pts.

#4 Wheaton takes on #20 Elmhurst tomorrow night for the CCIW championship.

No ... Wheaton takes on Elmhurst tomorrow night for the CCIW tournament championship.

Wheaton is already the 2008-09 CCIW champion.

I knew soon as I posted that statement that someone would call me on it. Just wanted to see who it would be. ;)

Aw, c'mon - if you've been paying attention at all, you knew it would be Greg! :D

Sager's my name, nitpicking is my game. ;)

Mr. Y,
You're right of course. Greg was high on the list. But you were a close 2nd!! ;D

Greg did recently call me Sancho Panza (for a slam on the "It's tough to beat a team three times" cliche'); I rebuff the role unless I can replace the donkey with a real horse. ::)

If he called you Sancho Panza then  he's going to call me the donkey because I used that cliche tonight (actually 12:44 AM this morning) over on the SUNYAC board. I should be granted some leeway though as I was responding to a poster who used it in his post.

The donkey is a noble and intelligent animal that gets a lot of bad press, but where would civilization be without him? He's the distributing point guard of the family Equidae.

Greg, How did you know that I was a point guard? It was over 40 years ago. ;D

I have nothing to say here, I just wanted to get in on what might be a record multi-quote.

I don't think this is near the record

Not yet, but I sense promise.
This is just starting by LLPP standards!   :D

Ok Ralph, you got me. Pardon my lack of knowledge but what is LLPP. My best guess would be LIberty League Poster's Poll, but that doesn't exist.
LLPP = Liberty League Post Patterns,  the football message board for the Liberty League. You must 18 years of age to go there.   ;)

... and absolutely no one will be seated during the shocking final five minutes of whatever video they've linked to last in there. ;)

P.S. Thanks, Darryl, for all of the fine work you've done by picking up the reins from DC and charting the Top 25 this season! It's been greatly appreciated.

Since I'm a one sport poster, I don't count the football boards.
This makes 18 quotes

Now you're just being silly.
Just now?   I somehow don't feel alone. ;)

It's like an overhead shot of a Babylonian ziggurat.

You know full well they were never this tall.

OK, then ... an Assyrian ziggurat.

While the jagged steps don't fit, the dimensions strike me more as North American 'Mound Builders'.
Perhaps you are all just "Building a Mystery"...Sarah McLachlan, 1997

Mound Builders? Nah. Mayan pyramid, maybe.

Would that mean that magicman would be our human sacrifice, way up at the very top level?
Greg, please, This is my 5th reincarnation. I was already sacrificed when Cortez came over in the 16th century. It didn't work then and won't work now. :D 
So that is your problem.  If you had done it "right", you would have ended up as a CCIW fan in this incarnation!  ::)
I could handle that. But I was the stabbee not the stabber. Not my fault Montezuma II got it wrong.

Don't sweat it. In his next reincarnation I'm sure that Montezuma II came back as someone who drank the local water and got violently ill.

Now we're gonna have to continue this.  I want to test the theory that if the vertical bars ever meet, the internet will suffer a clot and stroke out. ;)
And speaking of problems--How does a post in this grouping completely disappear? When Ralph explained what the LLPP was I responded, "2 1/2 out of 4 ain't bad" on page 306 reply #4576. It's nowhere to be found in the quotes. I notice Greg responded right after I did. I think he used his "special powers" to delete it  just to mess with my mind.   

PointSpecial, I just discovered that fact. When I posted my last post it didn't show a couple of replies so I deleted it and reposted, but you had already replied with your explanation. So now your explanation is before my question. Whew! If you can follow that.   

That makes my head hurt even more than looking at the ziggurat does.
That was my goal! After all it was your self professed nitpicking that started all this in response to 1 teensy tiny error(uh check that, deliberate error) on my part. And you did leave off a quote that did mess with my mind. :) ;) ;D

If we keep this up we can just call it Egyptian.
... hey, I think I got skipped!  Oh well.

I'm going to dare to go back on topic... (sorry...) but is there another top 25 before the end of the tournament, or is there just one more, after the NCAA tournament is over?

PointSpecial, it's my fault you got skipped. You ended up in the aether :D
And since my post started all this. I'm going to be the one to end it. Sure did make long pages though.
End what?

Sorry, I couldn't let it stop at 39 quotes, this makes 40.

Do you have something against numbers divisible by 13?

Yeah, I'm petty sure saying you're going to end it will only ensure it's continued life.

Hey, we've come this far - we have GOT to find out what happens when the vertical lines meet in the center!  Can they actually cross?  Will the internet implode? :o

Enquiring minds want to know! ;D

Great find!

I can't recall why I had the very last entry - did Pat lock it after that?  Fearing, perhaps, that if THAT 'belt' ever reached a dot, his servers might explode? ;D

Now that I think of it, did THAT belt give spawn to The BeltTM?? 8-)
This is absolutely one of the greatest things I've ever been a part of.

I still can't believe that I kept the pyramid going by referring to the donkey as "the distributing point guard of the family Equidae."

Pretty sure you just did it again. Didn't this hit a character limit at some point?
You'd think so.  I think at some point the system automatically removes posts or something.  I remember the pyramid being much longer.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2012, 10:25:03 PM
Fear not, kb, Pat is not about to let us re-open the 'real' pyramid (something about the 'curse of Tutenkhamun' I believe.) 8-)

Greg, those of us who know and value you were not in the LEAST surprised by your donkey contribution! ;D

sac, rekindled great memories - be proud! :P
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 10:28:16 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 09:49:51 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:38:18 PM
I think that the thread was locked.  I remember the "hourglass" almost converging.

... which means that, once Pat finds out that we've unlocked his locked thread, we're all going to be put on double secret probation.
I am innocent!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2012, 10:28:28 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2012, 10:25:03 PM

sac, rekindled great memories - be proud! :P

We seem to be easy to amuse.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2012, 10:29:05 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 10:28:16 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 09:49:51 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:38:18 PM
I think that the thread was locked.  I remember the "hourglass" almost converging.

... which means that, once Pat finds out that we've unlocked his locked thread, we're all going to be put on double secret probation.
I am innocent!

Doesn't reopening locked threads get you the death penalty in Texas?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 10:29:14 PM
If we don't watch it, this thread will catch on fire like Daytona's track. But The-BeltTM will live on.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 10:29:23 PM
Quote from: sac on February 27, 2012, 10:22:52 PM
The Legal WeasalTM may have to file an injunction to stop the quoting of the quote pyramidTM.   Clearly there cannot be two objects of such lustrous quality in the same thread.  This has to be violation of trademark law........or supersweetness anyway.

I don't think that the Legal WeaselTM is lead counsel on matters concerning the quote pyramidTM. That would be handled by a different Animal ThingTM altogether, namely the Legal QuetzecoatlTM:

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffc07.deviantart.net%2Ffs71%2Ff%2F2010%2F292%2Ff%2F7%2Fquetzalcoatl__teotihuacan_by_genzoman-d31393q.jpg&hash=6860ef96d07b90c22ba1826b17cdaace4311490c)

You need the right Animal ThingTM for the right legal job. And nobody knows pyramids like the Legal QuetzecoatlTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 10:31:45 PM
I was thinking it was the Legal AxolotlTM. Maybe he's in the same firm?

(https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ873mT7OsR0t4Dkp8toQrXeZKGxOeJQMVARsFr2e3lUzTys4-l2g)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 27, 2012, 10:32:11 PM
Quote from: sac on February 27, 2012, 10:22:52 PM
The Legal WeasalTM may have to file an injunction to stop the quoting of the quote pyramidTM.   Clearly there cannot be two objects of such lustrous quality in the same thread.  This has to be violation of trademark law........or supersweetness anyway.

As I asked before, can we be sure that The BeltTM is not in fact the magnificent spawn of the Glorious Quote PyramidTM?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 10:33:05 PM
I think it may be the other way around. My sacred text interpretation shows The-BeltTM has primacy.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 10:34:40 PM
Quote from: diehardfan on February 27, 2012, 10:23:54 PM
Quote from: sac on February 27, 2012, 10:20:43 PM
What have I done. 
I totally miss my editing privileges. I can't even edit my own posts. :(
I would have recommended that you enter the "Witness Protection Program" that is set up for the Security Detail when one of the guards hired by "The-BeltTM", LLC retires.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 10:37:27 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 10:31:45 PM
I was thinking it was the Legal AxolotlTM. Maybe he's in the same firm?

(https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ873mT7OsR0t4Dkp8toQrXeZKGxOeJQMVARsFr2e3lUzTys4-l2g)

The Legal AxolotlTM is the counsel we'll consult when we start a d3boards.com room that debates whether an amputee basketball player who has new limbs grafted on loses his eligibility if the new limbs belonged to the cadaver of a college graduate.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 10:39:41 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 10:29:14 PM
If we don't watch it, this thread will catch on fire like Daytona's track. But The-BeltTM will live on.
Wow!  What multi-tasking...

Listening to Hoopsville, watching Daytona and typing on The-BeltTM thread.  +1!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2012, 10:41:26 PM
Is magnificent luster flammable?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 27, 2012, 10:41:53 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 10:39:41 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 10:29:14 PM
If we don't watch it, this thread will catch on fire like Daytona's track. But The-BeltTM will live on.
Wow!  What multi-tasking...

Listening to Hoopsville, watching Daytona and typing on The-BeltTM thread.  +1!

Actually I think that is a violation of belt rules - you must give full attention to the belt when discussing or even thinking of the belt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 10:48:41 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 10:41:53 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 10:39:41 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 10:29:14 PM
If we don't watch it, this thread will catch on fire like Daytona's track. But The-BeltTM will live on.
Wow!  What multi-tasking...

Listening to Hoopsville, watching Daytona and typing on The-BeltTM thread.  +1!

Actually I think that is a violation of belt rules - you must give full attention to the belt when discussing or even thinking of the belt.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiltedsnowweasels.com%2Fimages%2Flt_weasel_frontal.jpg&hash=35089940325eed016b35f35a9879f77615f919dd)TM

Prepare to be eaten by a copyright-infringement filing, O careless one!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 27, 2012, 10:58:01 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 10:48:41 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 10:41:53 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 10:39:41 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 27, 2012, 10:29:14 PM
If we don't watch it, this thread will catch on fire like Daytona's track. But The-BeltTM will live on.
Wow!  What multi-tasking...

Listening to Hoopsville, watching Daytona and typing on The-BeltTM thread.  +1!

Actually I think that is a violation of belt rules - you must give full attention to the belt when discussing or even thinking of the belt.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kiltedsnowweasels.com%2Fimages%2Flt_weasel_frontal.jpg&hash=35089940325eed016b35f35a9879f77615f919dd)TM

Prepare to be eaten by a copyright-infringement filing, O careless one!

The weasel and I go way back; he's not coming after me.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 28, 2012, 09:53:38 AM
I can confirm the the illustrious D-III Championship BeltTM was not spawned from a pyramid or any other three-dimensional shape. To suggest The BeltTM was begotten by an inanimate 8th grade geometry class object is bordering on blastphemy. The BeltTM was simply a flicker of divine inspiration that occured ro a much younger Just Bill while sitting on a sofa rescued from a curbside dumpster in one of America's great college towns, while surrounded by individuals with similar blood-alcohol content levels.

That said, I have no objection to the Glorious Quote Pyramid as it seems to be a kindred spirit to that essence which The BeltTM possesses. Carry on all ye who have entered here and those who shall come after!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 28, 2012, 10:22:06 AM
Here's the complete history of the 61 pages of the D-III Championship BeltTM, Abridged...

"Hey, here's an idea"
"Sure let's try it"
"This is kind of fun"
"Let's not get carried away" - Pat
"Baubles and Gewgaws"
"What if an NAIA team gets it?"
"They can't"
"Yes, they can"
"No, they can't"
"43-man Squamish"
"Trademarked!"
"A whole summer in Stevens Point doesn't sound like fun"
"How do we transport this thing"
"Photoshopping!"
"Go Crown!"
"Maybe we need an ark"
"Go Caltech!"
"Legal Weasel"

There. That about covers it. Fill in anything I missed.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smorris12 on February 28, 2012, 11:08:32 AM
I can't listen to the USTREAM of Hoopsville last night but am very interested.   I am an Albertus alumni/player/fan and would liek to know what the St Joe's coach discussed on hoopsville, is there anything on youtube?  I would be curious as to his thoughts on the matchup?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 28, 2012, 11:53:02 AM
Quote from: smorris12 on February 28, 2012, 11:08:32 AM
I can't listen to the USTREAM of Hoopsville last night but am very interested.   I am an Albertus alumni/player/fan and would liek to know what the St Joe's coach discussed on hoopsville, is there anything on youtube?  I would be curious as to his thoughts on the matchup?

Bring up Hoopsville on the site and you can click along to find the interview to what you want to listen to.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on February 28, 2012, 12:20:29 PM
Quote from: smorris12 on February 28, 2012, 11:08:32 AM
I can't listen to the USTREAM of Hoopsville last night but am very interested.   I am an Albertus alumni/player/fan and would liek to know what the St Joe's coach discussed on hoopsville, is there anything on youtube?  I would be curious as to his thoughts on the matchup?

The St. Joe coach talked about his team, how excited they were to be in the tournament. He talked about his seniors (he has 7 of them); they are experienced and this is their first tournament. They live and die by the three; that is their game. They are going to try to play their game. He admitted that he didn't know too much about Albertus, other than that they have a star (Askew) and Mitch is a good coach. He will look at film and the kids are excited and ready. They feel as if they can compete if they play their game.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smorris12 on February 28, 2012, 12:42:43 PM
cool, thx pjunit!!!    I played a LONG time ago, before the GNAC, from 1991 to 1993.  i don't know justin morris, i hope they win.   I heard st Joe's has alot of seniors becuase they are all transfers!!  from D2 schools and other d3schools     hope they don;t hit their 3's!!   albertus should take the game to them regardless!!  play their game, it has worked all year against some good teams, especially Western so we will see, st Joe's beat ECONN pretty good I think!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on February 28, 2012, 01:07:35 PM
OK, I thought maybe you were Justin's uncle or something Mr. Morris....

St. Joe's did beat ECSU early this year. The game was tight with 8 mins left and then St. joe's hit a few threes to pull away and Nedwick had a  rare poor shooting performance. St. joe's is small; they are outrebound by an average of 12 per game. Askew averages 11 free throws a game. Albertus does like to run and push the ball. This should be a game that they will enjoy playing in.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 28, 2012, 01:37:32 PM
Quote from: smorris12 on February 28, 2012, 11:08:32 AM
I can't listen to the USTREAM of Hoopsville last night but am very interested.   I am an Albertus alumni/player/fan and would liek to know what the St Joe's coach discussed on hoopsville, is there anything on youtube?  I would be curious as to his thoughts on the matchup?

Look everybody! Dorothy just landed in Oz!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smorris12 on February 28, 2012, 02:50:33 PM
i don't know what the Oz comment means!!  dorothy just landed there?  you win whoever you are, I have firewall that won't allow it at work
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 28, 2012, 05:01:21 PM
Quote from: smorris12 on February 28, 2012, 02:50:33 PM
i don't know what the Oz comment means!!  dorothy just landed there?  you win whoever you are, I have firewall that won't allow it at work

I think Just Bill is just making a comical remark about how your topic and subsequent conversation doesn't quite fit the lustrous contents of this thread.  +k anyway


The total randomness of it actually fits in quite well.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 28, 2012, 05:58:38 PM
Quote from: sac on February 28, 2012, 05:01:21 PM
Quote from: smorris12 on February 28, 2012, 02:50:33 PM
i don't know what the Oz comment means!!  dorothy just landed there?  you win whoever you are, I have firewall that won't allow it at work

I think Just Bill is just making a comical remark about how your topic and subsequent conversation doesn't quite fit the lustrous contents of this thread.  +k anyway


The total randomness of it actually fits in quite well.

Just as random as a race car hitting a jet dryer...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2012, 06:19:33 PM
There's something startling about encountering an actual basketball conversation in this room. It's like walking into a church sanctuary and finding the entire congregation making armpit noises.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2012, 07:37:02 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2012, 06:19:33 PM
There's something startling about encountering an actual basketball conversation in this room. It's like walking into a church sanctuary and finding the entire congregation making armpit noises.

Now you've done it.  There's got to be a youtube video of this somewhere and someone from this board will definitely find and post it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 28, 2012, 09:31:36 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 28, 2012, 07:37:02 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2012, 06:19:33 PM
There's something startling about encountering an actual basketball conversation in this room. It's like walking into a church sanctuary and finding the entire congregation making armpit noises.

Now you've done it.  There's got to be a youtube video of this somewhere and someone from this board will definitely find and post it.

Apparently not everything has made the internet yet.  :-\
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 28, 2012, 09:41:42 PM
Actual basketball (though non D-1) post: I think even The-BeltTM would lose its luster watching tonight's Minnesota / Wisconsin game. Slog city, baby.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 29, 2012, 03:59:53 PM
Quote from: sac on February 28, 2012, 05:01:21 PM
Quote from: smorris12 on February 28, 2012, 02:50:33 PM
i don't know what the Oz comment means!!  dorothy just landed there?  you win whoever you are, I have firewall that won't allow it at work

I think Just Bill is just making a comical remark about how your topic and subsequent conversation doesn't quite fit the lustrous contents of this thread.  +k anyway


The total randomness of it actually fits in quite well.
Yeah +1 smorris12.

Welcome to the boards.  Glad to have you here!  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 29, 2012, 04:33:08 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 27, 2012, 10:02:02 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2012, 09:49:51 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2012, 09:38:18 PM
I think that the thread was locked.  I remember the "hourglass" almost converging.

... which means that, once Pat finds out that we've unlocked his locked thread, we're all going to be put on double secret probation.

Luckily Pat hates the belt thread so much he refuses to acknowledge it exists.

This isn't true. I've posted here before. And even without mocking.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 29, 2012, 04:53:14 PM
You're ruining the meme, Pat. For five years this room has thrived on the notion that you're Principal Skinner and Just Bill is Bart Simpson.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 29, 2012, 05:18:54 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 29, 2012, 04:53:14 PM
You're ruining the meme, Pat. For five years this room has thrived on the notion that you're Principal Skinner and Just Bill is Bart Simpson.
Or History teacher Mr Hand to Jeff Spicoli ... :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 29, 2012, 05:24:36 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 29, 2012, 05:18:54 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 29, 2012, 04:53:14 PM
You're ruining the meme, Pat. For five years this room has thrived on the notion that you're Principal Skinner and Just Bill is Bart Simpson.
Or History teacher Mr Hand to Jeff Spicoli ... :)

I like that analogy even better.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on February 29, 2012, 06:28:36 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 29, 2012, 05:24:36 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 29, 2012, 05:18:54 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 29, 2012, 04:53:14 PM
You're ruining the meme, Pat. For five years this room has thrived on the notion that you're Principal Skinner and Just Bill is Bart Simpson.
Or History teacher Mr Hand to Jeff Spicoli ... :)

I like that analogy even better.

It does seem to fit, given the recent stay of The BeltTM in the land of Ridgemont High
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 29, 2012, 09:51:31 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecitrusreport.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F04%2FPhoebe_Cates_Fast_Times_at_Ridgemont_High_HDTV_21.jpg&hash=0d8a3c71529aa7a57fa099df880e7568a22f6cc3)

Every guy here just envisioned this scene with her wearing The-BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 29, 2012, 10:46:53 PM
... or taking ItTM off.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 29, 2012, 10:58:29 PM
San Dimas High School Football Rules!

/i know, wrong movie...but still...it's the era
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 02, 2012, 10:03:58 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 29, 2012, 05:18:54 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 29, 2012, 04:53:14 PM
You're ruining the meme, Pat. For five years this room has thrived on the notion that you're Principal Skinner and Just Bill is Bart Simpson.
Or History teacher Mr Hand to Jeff Spicoli ... :)

It would be awesome if every so often Pat would pop in here and say. "Will you people knock off this foolishness! I'm in the thread next door trying to compute SOS numbers and I can't hear myself type!"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 02, 2012, 11:32:41 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 02, 2012, 10:03:58 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 29, 2012, 05:18:54 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 29, 2012, 04:53:14 PM
You're ruining the meme, Pat. For five years this room has thrived on the notion that you're Principal Skinner and Just Bill is Bart Simpson.
Or History teacher Mr Hand to Jeff Spicoli ... :)

It would be awesome if every so often Pat would pop in here and say. "Will you people knock off this foolishness! I'm in the thread next door trying to compute SOS numbers and I can't hear myself type!"
I notice the exclamation point instead of the question mark after the first sentence. Yes, the sentence construction is unusual for the use of the imperative voice, but it is a command with which he will expect compliance in the near future, and not a request.   ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on March 02, 2012, 12:51:36 PM
The CIA has just released a photo of the CMS team on it's way to UWW.  Looks like The BeltTM is receiving the proper attention during it's travels.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2Fvar%2Fezflow_site%2Fstorage%2Fimages%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F0516-du%2F7901723-1-eng-US%2F0516-DU_full_600.jpg&hash=dcd6be1b55ee6648d97ad0b968b109370924b9ba)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 02, 2012, 01:04:38 PM
I've heard The-BeltTM has gone green.  That jet and its escort are propelled on lustrous glory alone.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on March 02, 2012, 02:57:28 PM
Quote from: sac on March 02, 2012, 01:04:38 PM
I've heard The-BeltTM has gone green.  That jet and its escort are propelled on lustrous glory alone.
More security leaks here than the Clinton administration.  It is a wonder The-BeltTM doesn't get stolen more often.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 02, 2012, 08:51:37 PM
"It's alright and it's coming along / we're gonna get right back to where we started from..."

At least for the 2011-12 season.

St. Thomas re-takes possession of The BeltTM with a thrilling OT win over C-M-S in the first round of the NCAA tourney. The itinerant ways of The BeltTM continue.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on March 02, 2012, 09:43:31 PM
UW Whitewater has a nice secure trophy display safe where UST can store the BeltTM overnight before the game tomorrow (likely with the hosts, who are up 13 at halftime).

If they choose to store itTM there, and Whitewater should win, does it really change hands...?

And if they don't want to store itTM, can we really trust security enough to keep itTM secure in a hotel...?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 02, 2012, 10:10:16 PM
The BeltTM has its own security. Those who are unworthy to hold it melt like the Nazi's in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 02, 2012, 10:51:59 PM

Seems fitting that whoever gets the belt next will indeed be beating the defending champs.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 03, 2012, 02:22:00 AM
This is a sad day in the history of The BeltTM, it was fun while it lasted hypen, we'll always remember your winter in California.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.villagevoice.com%2Frunninscared%2FHyphen_1209372678.jpg&hash=6b5073cae18fd8c40207fdd2c7966cc1477b85a2)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 03, 2012, 02:53:41 AM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2012, 10:51:59 PM

Seems fitting that whoever gets the belt next will indeed be beating the defending champs.
Don't taunt the weasels.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 03, 2012, 12:00:30 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 03, 2012, 02:53:41 AM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on March 02, 2012, 10:51:59 PM

Seems fitting that whoever gets the belt next will indeed be beating the defending champs.
Don't taunt the weasels.

We've been over this before.  The weasels and I go way back, long before the belt.  They're not coming after me.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2012, 10:49:35 PM
The BeltTM will be staying in southern Wisconsin for a few more days, at least, as UWW knocks off St. Thomas to take official possession of ItTm for the time being.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 04, 2012, 12:49:15 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2012, 10:49:35 PM
The BeltTM will be staying in southern Wisconsin for a few more days, at least, as UWW knocks off St. Thomas to take official possession of ItTm for the time being.

Whether or not UWW holds on, The BeltTM will remain in Whitewater thru the weekend - UWW has just been announce as a sectional host.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 08, 2012, 09:23:55 AM
Solar flare disrupting electrical grids and navigation systems? Convenient excuse to explain the aura of The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 08, 2012, 06:32:42 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 08, 2012, 09:23:55 AM
Solar flare disrupting electrical grids and navigation systems? Convenient excuse to explain the aura of The BeltTM.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aero.org%2Fpublications%2Fcrosslink%2Fsummer2003%2Fimages%2F02_03.gif&hash=7cddb445ed2703e2cdd76fe0447bd6ae5f453ae6)

James Van Allen discovered the two most important belts in terms of sustaining life on Earth. Just Bill discovered the third.

(Incidentally, Van Allen received his bachelor of science degree from future D3 member Iowa Wesleyan College.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on March 08, 2012, 08:29:11 PM
Van Allen's belts are filled with radiation. Just Bill's BeltTM is just rad.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on March 09, 2012, 11:14:39 PM
Whitewater defended The BeltTM.  VWC or UWW will get the opportunity to carry The BeltTM to Salem.  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 11, 2012, 12:45:31 AM
Whitewater carries The BeltTM to Salem.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: BoBo on March 11, 2012, 12:56:05 AM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 11, 2012, 12:45:31 AM
Whitewater carries The BeltTM to Salem.

Any truth to the rumor that they plan to take it to Salem in an Olympic torch-like relay visiting as many D3 cities, towns and villages, as possible, along the way?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 14, 2012, 10:07:48 AM
Funny what you come across on the web sometimes.....


I give you the Indiana High School Boys Basketball  'John Harrell Mythical Traveling Trophy'TM?.
http://indianahsbasketball.homestead.com/files/trophygames.htm


It hasn't been updated in awhile but Eastern Greene carried it to the Indiana 2A 'quarterfinal' and lost it to Providence.   Providence will play Park Tudor in the Semi's on Saturday.
http://indianahsbasketball.homestead.com/files/2Abracket.htm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 14, 2012, 11:04:36 AM
I'm quite pleased that it escaped the big-school clutches and is now in the hands of the 'little guys'. And yes, I'm still totally bitter about the loss of the one-class hoops tourney in Indiana.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: NCF on March 14, 2012, 11:10:29 AM
Quote from: BoBo on March 11, 2012, 12:56:05 AM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 11, 2012, 12:45:31 AM
Whitewater carries The BeltTM to Salem.

Any truth to the rumor that they plan to take it to Salem in an Olympic torch-like relay visiting as many D3 cities, towns and villages, as possible, along the way?

They should :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 16, 2012, 11:19:54 PM
Whitewater put their game faces on and retained The BeltTM with great defense.  Up next is a battle with Cabrini.


(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7038%2F6842661928_f762ae867d.jpg&hash=7f0fffa7735df14f3809d5bf6a5e8820c2e4a14b)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 17, 2012, 02:57:34 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 16, 2012, 11:19:54 PM
Whitewater put their game faces on and retained The BeltTM with great defense.  Up next is a battle with Cabrini.


(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7038%2F6842661928_f762ae867d.jpg&hash=7f0fffa7735df14f3809d5bf6a5e8820c2e4a14b)
The real question is...

"What color is their underwear?  If any..."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 17, 2012, 09:23:39 PM
St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-25-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3-2-12  St. Thomas
3-3-12  UW-Whitewater


It all began in Minnesota.  Brief stops in Wisconsin and Washington and then a glorious winter enjoying some Southern California sunshine.  A quick hook-up with last summers fling and it was back to the land of cheese, beer and brats.

The BeltTM in its infinite lustrous glory has chosen Whitewater, Wisconsin as its summer destination.

What's not to love.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwaynesjerky.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F01%2Fcheesehead1.jpg&hash=3125e149010cd0e4de0bf2571b2696bd0175fac8)
(https://evbdn.eventbrite.com/s3-s3/eventlogos/11441805/beer2.jpg)
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisconsinfood.com%2Fwpblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F05%2FBratwursts.bmp&hash=470352f0d187acea4037474503926e98ccfc35f8)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 18, 2012, 05:22:33 PM
I wonder if this is the first time that The BeltTM has spent the entire season in one region.

I'd be a bit distraught if I was an IIAC fan. That league's the only circuit in the West Region that never got the chance to bask in the bedazzling luster this season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 18, 2012, 06:03:00 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 18, 2012, 05:22:33 PM
I wonder if this is the first time that The BeltTM has spent the entire season in one region.

I'd be a bit distraught if I was an IIAC fan. That league's the only circuit in the West Region that never got the chance to bask in the bedazzling luster this season.
I missed the UMAC team who contended for The BeltTM.  Thanks.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 18, 2012, 06:14:24 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 18, 2012, 06:03:00 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 18, 2012, 05:22:33 PM
I wonder if this is the first time that The BeltTM has spent the entire season in one region.

I'd be a bit distraught if I was an IIAC fan. That league's the only circuit in the West Region that never got the chance to bask in the bedazzling luster this season.
I missed the UMAC team who contended for The BeltTM.  Thanks.

Oh, yeah. I keep forgetting that the UMAC is now a bona-fide member conference of D3. I guess that there is a reason after all for AO to keep posting on d3boards.com. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on September 17, 2012, 10:46:19 AM
Football's belt might move around a little bit now. This could be interesting.

I gave current "belt holder" Buff State the Facebook cover photo slot.

https://www.facebook.com/d3football
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on September 26, 2012, 04:37:52 PM
Now Alfred has the 'football' belt. Since the E8 is a tough league, this could be a case of the football belt not making the playoffs. I long for the day that happens in hoops!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on September 26, 2012, 05:52:50 PM
It's nothing to lose sleep over, because the football belt never survives the winter. In fact, since it's made out of pepperoni pizza, it rarely survives more than a week; the current holders tend to eat it more often than not.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on October 06, 2012, 07:24:56 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on September 26, 2012, 05:52:50 PM
It's nothing to lose sleep over, because the football belt never survives the winter. In fact, since it's made out of pepperoni pizza, it rarely survives more than a week; the current holders tend to eat it more often than not.

You're living in the past.  In the era of Alliance, the football belt was made of pepperoni pizza; now it is a string of cheese curds.  After six weeks of this season, I'm guessing it goes back to pizza; though UMHB looks mighty tough - what then: prairie oysters?! 8-)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on October 06, 2012, 07:30:05 PM
Barbecue. You couldn't make it out of Texas chili, because the beans would slide right off the belt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on October 17, 2012, 04:51:18 PM
25 schools? No thanks. In this realm, there is only one true holder of The BeltTM. There's nothing here for second place. Not a CufflinkTM, not a PendantTM, not a GarterTM, nothing.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on October 17, 2012, 10:22:16 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on October 17, 2012, 04:51:18 PM
25 schools? No thanks. In this realm, there is only one true holder of The BeltTM. There's nothing here for second place. Not a CufflinkTM, not a PendantTM, not a GarterTM, nothing.
C'mon Bill!  If yer gonna TM everything, open up a website and take out a banner ad on D3Boards.com so we can buy the stuff!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on October 17, 2012, 10:24:57 PM
Speaking of banner ads, googleads must have my demographic.

Nothing but Viagra ads for the last 3 days!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on October 18, 2012, 12:39:40 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on October 17, 2012, 10:24:57 PM
Speaking of banner ads, googleads must have my demographic.

Nothing but Viagra ads for the last 3 days!
Think they only have the gender because I've gotten that adTM a lot recently as well. I'm not that old am I? :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: AO on November 08, 2012, 12:11:34 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 18, 2012, 06:14:24 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 18, 2012, 06:03:00 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 18, 2012, 05:22:33 PM
I wonder if this is the first time that The BeltTM has spent the entire season in one region.

I'd be a bit distraught if I was an IIAC fan. That league's the only circuit in the West Region that never got the chance to bask in the bedazzling luster this season.
I missed the UMAC team who contended for The BeltTM.  Thanks.

Oh, yeah. I keep forgetting that the UMAC is now a bona-fide member conference of D3. I guess that there is a reason after all for AO to keep posting on d3boards.com. ;)
oh we're bonafide alright. Fully prepared to show our NCAA ID cards if asked.  If Whitewater can keep a clean sheet until the St. Norbert tourney (which NWC won a couple years ago), we'll get our shot.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 16, 2012, 09:44:06 AM
It's time.

It's been a long summer. The BeltTM has slumbered peacefully in southern Wisconsin. watching Ryan Braun and the Brewers. Pondering and ultimately declining to make a Presidential endorsement (tell me that wouldn't have caused a landslide victory either way.) But too much rest makes even a mythical strap of leather and baubles weary. Work must be done. There is praise and worship and awe from the peasants to be graciously accepted.

Sir, you may open the vault and reveal greatness... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPHN4vHeVeA)

Oh brave Buccaneers of Beloit (pirates are native to Wisconsin, right?) take a moment away from dodging the NFL's legal department (http://www.uni-watch.com/2006/09/27/underbill-update-no-389/#comment-10757). The year's first chance to touch immortality belongs to you.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 23, 2012, 10:44:17 AM

Beloit came close to claiming the belt, but fell just short in Whitewater.  Aurora gets the next opportunity tonight... on neutral turf.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 24, 2012, 12:17:53 AM
Unlike Beloit, Aurora failed to put up much of a fight, going down 107-68.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 24, 2012, 02:24:35 AM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 24, 2012, 12:17:53 AM
Unlike Beloit, Aurora failed to put up much of a fight, going down 107-68.

Even the bright glow of an Aurora can not outshine those who hold the lustrous glory of The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on November 24, 2012, 09:43:04 PM
The BeltTM took a trip to Carthage, but decided to head back with the Warhawks as they hold on to win 74-69. Next stop, another CCIW venue in Illinois Wesleyan
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on November 24, 2012, 09:50:54 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on November 24, 2012, 09:43:04 PM
The BeltTM took a trip to Carthage, but decided to head back with the Warhawks as they hold on to win 74-69. Next stop, another CCIW venue in Illinois Wesleyan

Oh my!  I had been fretting over Tuesday's game just because I (foolishly, as the clock was ticking) chose IWU as my undefeated team in the Survivor Pool; I completely forgot it would be their shot at finally being anointed by The BeltTM!  DOUBLY Go Titans!!  Be worthy of selection!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on November 28, 2012, 06:11:46 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on November 24, 2012, 09:50:54 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on November 24, 2012, 09:43:04 PM
The BeltTM took a trip to Carthage, but decided to head back with the Warhawks as they hold on to win 74-69. Next stop, another CCIW venue in Illinois Wesleyan

Oh my!  I had been fretting over Tuesday's game just because I (foolishly, as the clock was ticking) chose IWU as my undefeated team in the Survivor Pool; I completely forgot it would be their shot at finally being anointed by The BeltTM!  DOUBLY Go Titans!!  Be worthy of selection!

The BeltTM was on display for all to marvel at in the Shirk Center tonight. Alas, all the Green Weenies could do WAS marvel at it because they couldn't claim it, as the Warhawks came back from an early 10 point deficit, to keep their claws on the fabled artifact. Down for the entire first half Whitewater closed to within 3 at the break. It took them 21 seconds of the 2nd half to knot up the score and 28 seconds later to grab a lead from which they would never trail for the rest of the contest. As the Warhawks' bus pulled out of Bloomington The BeltTM could be seen spread across the rear window with a nice, new, shiny, green bauble, smack dab in the center.

Next up for a chance to claim The BeltTM is the UW-Stout Blue Devils as the WIAC members get their chance to possess this wondrous treasure. The BeltTM will be hanging around the state of Wisconsin for the next few weeks and the earliest possibility of a trip to another state would be if UW-Eau Claire defeats Whitewater in their Dec. 8th matchup. Should that happen the Blugolds and The BeltTM will visit Ashford University, an NAIA school on Dec. 15th in Clinton, Iowa.     
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 28, 2012, 08:34:19 AM
Well, we can't let those NAIA punks touch The Belt TM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on November 29, 2012, 07:45:36 AM
I believe that would be classified as a non title bout.....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 29, 2012, 09:06:37 AM
The BeltTM does not deign to acknowledge such entities.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SgtPaul on December 12, 2012, 11:35:48 PM
The Belt TM moves north to the Quandt trophy case after The Dawgs defeat Whitewater 72-61.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on December 13, 2012, 06:00:28 AM
Quote from: SgtPaul on December 12, 2012, 11:35:48 PM
The Belt TM moves north to the Quandt trophy case after The Dawgs defeat Whitewater 72-61.

The BeltTM

I will let Just Bill dish out the punishment.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 13, 2012, 09:30:36 AM
I think I can let the lack of superscript slide just this once. The trademark is still intact.

There's nothing like familiar surroundings and the BeltTM is very comfortable in the heart of Wisconsin potato country. I'm sure the vault was given a proper cleaning before the arrival of the The Great Bejeweled One.

Next challenger for the BeltTM... 2-7 Edgewood College. Unlikely? Certainly. But as I once heard an old man in a wand shop tell a young boy with a scar on his forehead, "The wizard does not choose the BeltTM, the BeltTM chooses the wizard." Or something like that.

And if Edgewood would somehow go all Avada Kedavra on the Pointers and claim the BeltTM, their next opponent....  UW-Whitewater.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 13, 2012, 12:23:47 PM
12-21   UWSP vs St. Thomas, an excellent mid-season The BeltTM showdown


A little known Mayan prophecy located in Appendix B of the Mayan Calender states that the should the calender encounter an object of greater lustrous glory, all cosmic authority shall be granted to that lustrous object.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to enter The BeltTM Age
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 14, 2012, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: sac on December 13, 2012, 12:23:47 PM
12-21   UWSP vs St. Thomas, an excellent mid-season The BeltTM showdown


A little known Mayan prophecy located in Appendix B of the Mayan Calender states that the should the calender encounter an object of greater lustrous glory, all cosmic authority shall be granted to that lustrous object.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to enter The BeltTM Age
+1!   (Nothing more can be said.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 14, 2012, 04:34:51 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 14, 2012, 11:00:22 AM
Quote from: sac on December 13, 2012, 12:23:47 PM
12-21   UWSP vs St. Thomas, an excellent mid-season The BeltTM showdown


A little known Mayan prophecy located in Appendix B of the Mayan Calender states that the should the calender encounter an object of greater lustrous glory, all cosmic authority shall be granted to that lustrous object.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to enter The BeltTM Age
+1!   (Nothing more can be said.)

... but it will be said, anyway, in spite of that. Because that's how we roll in this room.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on December 14, 2012, 04:58:53 PM
And again I say...


Quote from: Hoops Fan on January 24, 2007, 02:51:55 PM

That seems silly and pointless...



But I'm holding high my copy of the miniBeltTM that they issue to alums when their team holds the belt, all the same!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 14, 2012, 05:20:20 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on December 14, 2012, 04:58:53 PM
And again I say...


Quote from: Hoops Fan on January 24, 2007, 02:51:55 PM

That seems silly and pointless...



But I'm holding high my copy of the miniBeltTM that they issue to alums when their team holds the belt, all the same!
You properly attributed the miniBeltTM but forgot to do so for the real thing? The BeltTM might punish that by soon changing hands again ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on December 14, 2012, 05:34:38 PM
I think he was so happy he created this "the miniBeltTM, that he forgot about that "The BeltTM."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on December 14, 2012, 05:42:48 PM
Quote from: magicman on December 14, 2012, 05:34:38 PM
I think he was so happy he created this "the miniBeltTM, that he forgot about that "The BeltTM."

I think you mean I was elated to be holding a miniBeltTM...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 14, 2012, 07:06:07 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimgc.allpostersimages.com%2Fimages%2FP-488-488-90%2F60%2F6079%2F68ND100Z%2Fposters%2Fmini-me-ii-austin-powers-iii.jpg&hash=b5bd79e140133d734a58c0c39efb553dc1e05f53)

You've got to tuck in your shirt, John, so that everybody can see the miniBeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Falcons04 on December 17, 2012, 05:01:32 PM
Even though it has nothing to do with D3 basketball, I thought the following link might be of interest to some of you (1st 7 paragraphs):

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8754276/bill-barnwell-49ers-reigning-football-world-plus-rest-week-15-news



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 17, 2012, 05:32:11 PM
Quote from: Falcons04 on December 17, 2012, 05:01:32 PM
Even though it has nothing to do with D3 basketball, I thought the following link might be of interest to some of you (1st 7 paragraphs):

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8754276/bill-barnwell-49ers-reigning-football-world-plus-rest-week-15-news

Congrats to the author for catching the spirit of this room in one simple quote.

"You can argue that the whole thing's a bit silly, of course, and I might not argue all that much with you. "
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 17, 2012, 05:42:49 PM
Quote from: Falcons04 on December 17, 2012, 05:01:32 PM
Even though it has nothing to do with D3 basketball, I thought the following link might be of interest to some of you (1st 7 paragraphs):

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8754276/bill-barnwell-49ers-reigning-football-world-plus-rest-week-15-news
I cannot imagine the ugly assemblage of baubles, spangles and bling that the NFL will cobble together to exceed the magnificence of The BeltTM when NFL fans finally discover the joy of having a traveling trophy, such as The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 17, 2012, 06:12:45 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 17, 2012, 05:42:49 PM
Quote from: Falcons04 on December 17, 2012, 05:01:32 PM
Even though it has nothing to do with D3 basketball, I thought the following link might be of interest to some of you (1st 7 paragraphs):

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8754276/bill-barnwell-49ers-reigning-football-world-plus-rest-week-15-news
I cannot imagine the ugly assemblage of baubles, spangles and bling that the NFL will cobble together to exceed the magnificence of The BeltTM when NFL fans finally discover the joy of having a traveling trophy, such as The BeltTM.

The magnificence of The BeltTM CANNOT be exceeded. ::)

Bling is just bling - The BeltTM is sui generis.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 18, 2012, 02:10:01 AM
I was trying to go back and trace the path of The BeltTM from the beginning (starting with the champs of the first D3 tourney in 1975) but obviously the d3hoops pages don't go that far back. Massey seems to have the games going back to the 02-03 season so I started with the 2002 champs Otterbein and went from there. I was shocked by 2 facts about that season (assuming all the games are listed and correct)... first that The BeltTM spent most of the season in the HCAC with my Grizzlies holding it on two occasions and second... that The BeltTM did not spend the summer with Williams who won the NCAA tourney. Transylvania managed to get The BeltTM in their penultimate game and held on to it while not making the conference tourney. I haven't proceeded through the following years yet but my guess is that The BeltTM has likely spent the other summers with the NCAA champs.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 18, 2012, 05:18:50 AM
I did go through the 03-04 season and if The BeltTM started with Transy, then ItTM spent the entire year in the WIAC finishing with the champs UWSP
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 18, 2012, 10:57:44 AM
This. Is. Awesome.

http://www.ufwc.co.uk/
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 20, 2012, 12:05:40 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 18, 2012, 10:57:44 AM
This. Is. Awesome.

http://www.ufwc.co.uk/
He takes it all the way back to the beginning of the series.

We tried doing this a few years ago.  Maybe in your spare time, you can post the Chronology of the travels of The BeltTM.

(I cannot remember where I posted some research that I did on the Women's Belt...   ::)  )
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 20, 2012, 03:00:20 PM
When is the starting point? 1974-1975?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 20, 2012, 07:43:12 PM
Quote from: smedindy on December 20, 2012, 03:00:20 PM
When is the starting point? 1974-1975?
I think you have to start with the champion of the first D3 tournament in 1975 which was LeMoyne-Owen
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 20, 2012, 09:12:54 PM
I guess we could start there. I wonder if there's a grandfather from the old College division, though?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on December 20, 2012, 09:20:29 PM
Quote from: smedindy on December 20, 2012, 09:12:54 PM
I guess we could start there. I wonder if there's a grandfather from the old College division, though?

D-II claims that, historically.  Though, FWIW, some current D-III teams did win the College Division (Wheaton comes to mind in.... 1956?)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 20, 2012, 09:23:50 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on December 20, 2012, 09:20:29 PM
Quote from: smedindy on December 20, 2012, 09:12:54 PM
I guess we could start there. I wonder if there's a grandfather from the old College division, though?

D-II claims that, historically.  Though, FWIW, some current D-III teams did win the College Division (Wheaton comes to mind in.... 1956?)

Witt has a couple of those as well.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 20, 2012, 09:27:51 PM
Well, Bill can weigh in on the glorious start of The BeltTM. But the 1974 College Division was Morgan St. over Missouri St., so the beginning of D-3 really makes sense.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 20, 2012, 09:42:34 PM
On the other hand, The BeltTM apparently did not exist until Just Bill went into his garage in January 2007.  Of course, soon after, It took on a life of Its own to transform Itself into the Glorious Entity it has become!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on December 21, 2012, 11:31:16 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on December 20, 2012, 09:42:34 PM
On the other hand, The BeltTM apparently did not exist until Just Bill went into his garage in January 2007.  Of course, soon after, It took on a life of Its own to transform Itself into the Glorious Entity it has become!

Even if Just Bill only discovered it as recently as 2007, I would think The BeltTM is powerful enough to travel back through time alter the time-space continuum so that it was being awarded from the very beginning.

Also, I would say 1975 champion is the first holder of The BeltTM. That year was a season-long battle royale for the right to hold The BeltTM at the end of the year. With no true champion before then there would be no one who was truly worthy to wear The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 21, 2012, 11:47:03 AM
On about page 4 or 5, Sager took The BeltTM back to 2002, the earliest year of d3hoops score archives. 

I don't know the whereabouts of The BeltTM prior to 2002 but I'm sure its travels were legendary.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 21, 2012, 11:50:41 AM
I tried to look for the archived records for LeMoyne - Owen but found no-dice. Sigh. Somewhere, somewhere is the 1975-76 schedule for that team. They don't even mention their National Championship on their site as far as I could see.

Of course, I didn't pry that much. Was too busy watching San Diego State's QB emulate Mark Sanchez and also watching some Larry Sanders and Arrested Development.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on December 21, 2012, 12:11:10 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 18, 2012, 02:10:01 AM
I was trying to go back and trace the path of The BeltTM from the beginning (starting with the champs of the first D3 tourney in 1975) but obviously the d3hoops pages don't go that far back. Massey seems to have the games going back to the 02-03 season so I started with the 2002 champs Otterbein and went from there. I was shocked by 2 facts about that season (assuming all the games are listed and correct)... first that The BeltTM spent most of the season in the HCAC with my Grizzlies holding it on two occasions and second... that The BeltTM did not spend the summer with Williams who won the NCAA tourney. Transylvania managed to get The BeltTM in their penultimate game and held on to it while not making the conference tourney. I haven't proceeded through the following years yet but my guess is that The BeltTM has likely spent the other summers with the NCAA champs.

I don't believe Transy was eligible for the NCAA Tournament that season, so I don't think those games would have The BeltTM on the line.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 21, 2012, 12:50:47 PM
Today's the big BeltTM battle between current holder UW-Stevens Point and St. Thomas.  In honor of such an occasion I've dug up the complete BeltTM history since Just Bill's moment of divine inspiration.

2006-07 Season path
Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Next Season - Amherst

2007-08 Season path
Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to next season - Washington U.

2008-09 Season path
Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27-Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19 - Guilford
Mar. 20-Next season - Washington Univ.

2009-10 Season Path
Start-Dec. 28 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 29-Dec. 29 - Transylvania
Dec. 30-Feb. 12 - Wooster
Feb. 13-Feb. 16 - Wittenberg
Feb. 17-Feb. 25 - Wabash
Feb. 26-Feb. 26 - Wittenberg
Feb. 27-Mar. 11 - Wooster
Mar. 12-Mar. 18 - Guilford
Mar. 19-Mar. 19 - Williams
Mar. 20-Present - UW-Stevens Point

FINAL 2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:

Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Mar. 10 - UW-Stevens Point
Mar. 11-Present - St. Thomas

Final 2011/2012 path
St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-25-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3-2-12  St. Thomas
3-3-12  UW-Whitewater




I believe St. Thomas could have the BeltTM for a third year in a row.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 21, 2012, 04:35:36 PM
Quote from: sac on December 20, 2012, 09:23:50 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on December 20, 2012, 09:20:29 PM
Quote from: smedindy on December 20, 2012, 09:12:54 PM
I guess we could start there. I wonder if there's a grandfather from the old College division, though?

D-II claims that, historically.  Though, FWIW, some current D-III teams did win the College Division (Wheaton comes to mind in.... 1956?)

Witt has a couple of those as well.

Only one, actualy. And Wheaton won the first-ever College Division title in 1957.

Here's the list of appearances in the College Division Final Four by current D3 members:

1957: Wheaton IL (first)
1958: Wheaton IL (fourth)
1960: Chapman (second), Cornell (fourth)
1961: Wittenberg (first)
1962: Nebraska Wesleyan (fourth)
1963: Wittenberg (second), Oglethorpe (third)
1968: Trinity TX (third)
1970: Buffalo State (fourth)
1973: Brockport State (fourth)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: dahlby on December 21, 2012, 04:58:29 PM
Chapman honored that team before a game last year. I sit at the baseball games with a couple of "old-timer" guys  from back then. They tell some really interesting stories. In fact, Chapman still plays in the same  stadium.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 21, 2012, 05:09:43 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 21, 2012, 12:11:10 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 18, 2012, 02:10:01 AM
I was trying to go back and trace the path of The BeltTM from the beginning (starting with the champs of the first D3 tourney in 1975) but obviously the d3hoops pages don't go that far back. Massey seems to have the games going back to the 02-03 season so I started with the 2002 champs Otterbein and went from there. I was shocked by 2 facts about that season (assuming all the games are listed and correct)... first that The BeltTM spent most of the season in the HCAC with my Grizzlies holding it on two occasions and second... that The BeltTM did not spend the summer with Williams who won the NCAA tourney. Transylvania managed to get The BeltTM in their penultimate game and held on to it while not making the conference tourney. I haven't proceeded through the following years yet but my guess is that The BeltTM has likely spent the other summers with the NCAA champs.

I don't believe Transy was eligible for the NCAA Tournament that season, so I don't think those games would have The BeltTM on the line.

So does your participation here signify you've now accepted the Belt as legitimate?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: dahlby on December 21, 2012, 05:16:32 PM
I just checked the Chapman web site
"chapman.edu/athletics/heritage/sixties.htlm"
and saw that it is written that Chapman College won the
1968 National College Division Title held in
Springfield NJ
Maybe someone can enlighten me if the CU website needs correction.
A couple of Chapman oldtimers chronicled the history of CU sports from way back and it is posted on the athletics web site

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 21, 2012, 05:18:33 PM
It ain't true, dahlby. Kentucky Wesleyan won the 1968 College Division title. (http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_champs_records/2011/d2/champs.pdf)

Chapman did win the College Division title in baseball that year, so perhaps that's the cause of the confusion.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: dahlby on December 21, 2012, 06:04:53 PM
D2 vs College Division...no harm no foul. But, thanks for the link. Happy Holidays!
I miss being in downtown Chicago for the holidays. I grew up in that area.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 21, 2012, 06:14:10 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on December 21, 2012, 05:09:43 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 21, 2012, 12:11:10 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 18, 2012, 02:10:01 AM
I was trying to go back and trace the path of The BeltTM from the beginning (starting with the champs of the first D3 tourney in 1975) but obviously the d3hoops pages don't go that far back. Massey seems to have the games going back to the 02-03 season so I started with the 2002 champs Otterbein and went from there. I was shocked by 2 facts about that season (assuming all the games are listed and correct)... first that The BeltTM spent most of the season in the HCAC with my Grizzlies holding it on two occasions and second... that The BeltTM did not spend the summer with Williams who won the NCAA tourney. Transylvania managed to get The BeltTM in their penultimate game and held on to it while not making the conference tourney. I haven't proceeded through the following years yet but my guess is that The BeltTM has likely spent the other summers with the NCAA champs.

I don't believe Transy was eligible for the NCAA Tournament that season, so I don't think those games would have The BeltTM on the line.

So does your participation here signify you've now accepted the Belt as legitimate?

At least Pat tagged The BeltTM properly!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 21, 2012, 10:08:48 PM
St. Thomas takes the BeltTM  68-63

Next BeltTM game comes Jan 2 against Carleton and it looks like it will stay in Minnesoh-tah for the year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 21, 2012, 10:11:49 PM
Quote from: sac on December 21, 2012, 10:08:48 PM
St. Thomas takes the BeltTM  68-63

Next BeltTM game comes Jan 2 against Carleton and it looks like it will stay in Minnesoh-tah for the year.

Hey, guys, hope you find a nice WARM spot for The BeltTM!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on December 23, 2012, 04:51:09 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on December 21, 2012, 05:09:43 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 21, 2012, 12:11:10 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 18, 2012, 02:10:01 AM
I was trying to go back and trace the path of The BeltTM from the beginning (starting with the champs of the first D3 tourney in 1975) but obviously the d3hoops pages don't go that far back. Massey seems to have the games going back to the 02-03 season so I started with the 2002 champs Otterbein and went from there. I was shocked by 2 facts about that season (assuming all the games are listed and correct)... first that The BeltTM spent most of the season in the HCAC with my Grizzlies holding it on two occasions and second... that The BeltTM did not spend the summer with Williams who won the NCAA tourney. Transylvania managed to get The BeltTM in their penultimate game and held on to it while not making the conference tourney. I haven't proceeded through the following years yet but my guess is that The BeltTM has likely spent the other summers with the NCAA champs.

I don't believe Transy was eligible for the NCAA Tournament that season, so I don't think those games would have The BeltTM on the line.

So does your participation here signify you've now accepted the Belt as legitimate?

I've posted here before, and not just to poo-pooh the concept.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on December 23, 2012, 04:53:09 PM
Quote from: dahlby on December 21, 2012, 05:16:32 PM
I just checked the Chapman web site
"chapman.edu/athletics/heritage/sixties.htlm"
and saw that it is written that Chapman College won the
1968 National College Division Title held in
Springfield NJ
Maybe someone can enlighten me if the CU website needs correction.
A couple of Chapman oldtimers chronicled the history of CU sports from way back and it is posted on the athletics web site

The Chapman baseball team climbed to its greatest heights in 1968 as the Panthers Won the N.C.A.A. National College Division Championship at Springfield, Missouri, the first ever held, bringing home the first national championship won by Chapman in any sport. Pitcher Don Richards struck out 134 batters, including 17 in one game, vs U.C.R. he pitched 150 innings, all of which were all-time Chapman records and won 12 games, and was selected to the first team All-American squad. Freshman John Young set the all-time record for stolen bases with 27 and outfielder Tony Spano established the all-time RBI record with 50 and was selected as the most valuable player in the national playoffs. Paul Deese was selected as N.C.A.A. Pacific Coast Coach of the year, as he had been in 1966, and was named as the national Coach of the Year in the N. C.A.A. College Division, the first recipient of that award from the western states.

http://www1.chapman.edu/athletics/heritage/sixties.html
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 23, 2012, 08:14:00 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 23, 2012, 04:51:09 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on December 21, 2012, 05:09:43 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 21, 2012, 12:11:10 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 18, 2012, 02:10:01 AM
I was trying to go back and trace the path of The BeltTM from the beginning (starting with the champs of the first D3 tourney in 1975) but obviously the d3hoops pages don't go that far back. Massey seems to have the games going back to the 02-03 season so I started with the 2002 champs Otterbein and went from there. I was shocked by 2 facts about that season (assuming all the games are listed and correct)... first that The BeltTM spent most of the season in the HCAC with my Grizzlies holding it on two occasions and second... that The BeltTM did not spend the summer with Williams who won the NCAA tourney. Transylvania managed to get The BeltTM in their penultimate game and held on to it while not making the conference tourney. I haven't proceeded through the following years yet but my guess is that The BeltTM has likely spent the other summers with the NCAA champs.

I don't believe Transy was eligible for the NCAA Tournament that season, so I don't think those games would have The BeltTM on the line.

So does your participation here signify you've now accepted the Belt as legitimate?

I've posted here before, and not just to poo-pooh the concept.

He tolerates us! He really tolerates us!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 23, 2012, 10:19:52 PM
The goal now is to get a photo op with Pat and the BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 23, 2012, 11:10:04 PM
Quote from: sac on December 23, 2012, 10:19:52 PM
The goal now is to get a photo op with Pat and the BeltTM

IF The BeltTM deigns to do so! 8-)

(Sorry, Pat, but The BeltTM IS The BeltTM.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 24, 2012, 04:36:13 PM
Has The BeltTM ever made an appearance on Hoopsville?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 24, 2012, 05:02:54 PM
The mere presence of ItTM in D-Mac's studio would probably fry all of his equipment.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on December 25, 2012, 02:16:38 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on December 23, 2012, 11:10:04 PM
Quote from: sac on December 23, 2012, 10:19:52 PM
The goal now is to get a photo op with Pat and the BeltTM

IF The BeltTM deigns to do so! 8-)

(Sorry, Pat, but The BeltTM IS The BeltTM.)

I didn't know it was sentient.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 25, 2012, 10:28:47 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 25, 2012, 02:16:38 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on December 23, 2012, 11:10:04 PM
Quote from: sac on December 23, 2012, 10:19:52 PM
The goal now is to get a photo op with Pat and the BeltTM

IF The BeltTM deigns to do so! 8-)

(Sorry, Pat, but The BeltTM IS The BeltTM.)

I didn't know ItTM was sentient.
The BeltTM is all knowing. Teams don't win ItTM, ItTM deems them worthy of holding ItTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 25, 2012, 11:02:33 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 25, 2012, 02:16:38 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on December 23, 2012, 11:10:04 PM
Quote from: sac on December 23, 2012, 10:19:52 PM
The goal now is to get a photo op with Pat and the BeltTM

IF The BeltTM deigns to do so! 8-)

(Sorry, Pat, but The BeltTM IS The BeltTM.)
I didn't know it was sentient.

The BeltTM gained sentience abut 2010. Fortunately ItTM doesn't come back home very often, because ItTM makes me sleep in the garage.


Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 06, 2013, 08:06:23 PM
St. Thomas 94 Augsburg 52

If this is the best challenge St. Thomas is going to get from the 2nd best team in the MIAC its going to be a long and cold season in St. Paul for The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on January 07, 2013, 12:10:26 PM
Quote from: sac on January 06, 2013, 08:06:23 PM
St. Thomas 94 Augsburg 52

If this is the best challenge St. Thomas is going to get from the 2nd best team in the MIAC its going to be a long and cold season in St. Paul for The BeltTM

ItTM is likely trying to hunt Pat down until he stops hating the idea of ItTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 07, 2013, 12:33:01 PM
I've been at two games this year where it's been on the line and I've survived. :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 07, 2013, 03:24:22 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on January 07, 2013, 12:33:01 PM
I've been at two games this year where it's been on the line and I've survived. :)

Good, good. The best way is to remember to not look directly at the BeltTM. Peripheral vision only. Or put a pin hole through a piece of paper and watch ItTM like a solar eclipse.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 07, 2013, 04:33:29 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 07, 2013, 03:24:22 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on January 07, 2013, 12:33:01 PM
I've been at two games this year where it's been on the line and I've survived. :)

Good, good. The best way is to remember to not look directly at the BeltTM. Peripheral vision only. Or put a pin hole through a piece of paper and watch ItTM like a solar eclipse.
Do you mean mere mortals might catch a glimpse of ItTM?  I thought that it usually sat in the luxury sky box with the school president and the big donors! 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on January 07, 2013, 04:46:00 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 07, 2013, 04:33:29 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 07, 2013, 03:24:22 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on January 07, 2013, 12:33:01 PM
I've been at two games this year where it's been on the line and I've survived. :)

Good, good. The best way is to remember to not look directly at the BeltTM. Peripheral vision only. Or put a pin hole through a piece of paper and watch ItTM like a solar eclipse.
Do you mean mere mortals might catch a glimpse of ItTM?  I thought that it usually sat in the luxury sky box with the school president and the big donors!

Oh, so YOU have seen it then?!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 07, 2013, 04:46:35 PM
I think it's quite the opposite.  I thought ItTM was for the common folk.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 07, 2013, 04:53:20 PM
Quote from: sac on January 06, 2013, 08:06:23 PM
St. Thomas 94 Augsburg 52

If this is the best challenge St. Thomas is going to get from the 2nd best team in the MIAC its going to be a long and cold season in St. Paul for The BeltTM

I heard the Tommies really shredded Augsburg's defense.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.starpulse.com%2FPhotos%2FPreviews%2FFargo-movie-05.jpg&hash=6dd8382e081078c9fbac65737b2e1011d624741f)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 07, 2013, 06:31:56 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 07, 2013, 04:53:20 PM
Quote from: sac on January 06, 2013, 08:06:23 PM
St. Thomas 94 Augsburg 52

If this is the best challenge St. Thomas is going to get from the 2nd best team in the MIAC its going to be a long and cold season in St. Paul for The BeltTM

I heard the Tommies really shredded Augsburg's defense.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.starpulse.com%2FPhotos%2FPreviews%2FFargo-movie-05.jpg&hash=6dd8382e081078c9fbac65737b2e1011d624741f)

I kind of can't believe it took this long for a Fargo reference.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 07, 2013, 06:45:46 PM
It's probably because we've all decided to be Minnesota Nice in honor of The BeltTM's chosen state of residence.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 08, 2013, 12:41:52 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on January 07, 2013, 04:46:00 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 07, 2013, 04:33:29 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 07, 2013, 03:24:22 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on January 07, 2013, 12:33:01 PM
I've been at two games this year where it's been on the line and I've survived. :)

Good, good. The best way is to remember to not look directly at the BeltTM. Peripheral vision only. Or put a pin hole through a piece of paper and watch ItTM like a solar eclipse.
Do you mean mere mortals might catch a glimpse of ItTM?  I thought that it usually sat in the luxury sky box with the school president and the big donors!

Oh, so YOU have seen it then?!
Do you think that The BeltTM would deign come to Texas?  This is football country!  (Howard Payne made special preparations for the The SashTM when they won in 2008, but It-etteTM cringed at the thought of being paraded around Brownwood, TX on horseback by the Queen of the Brown County Rodeo.  It-etteTM hid itself in a closet and never left Holland, Michigan!)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 08, 2013, 02:41:45 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 07, 2013, 04:46:35 PM
I think it's quite the opposite.  I thought ItTM was for the common folk.

It's mere presence makes everyone common folk.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on January 08, 2013, 11:02:38 PM
Quote from: sac on January 07, 2013, 06:31:56 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 07, 2013, 04:53:20 PM
Quote from: sac on January 06, 2013, 08:06:23 PM
St. Thomas 94 Augsburg 52

If this is the best challenge St. Thomas is going to get from the 2nd best team in the MIAC its going to be a long and cold season in St. Paul for The BeltTM

I heard the Tommies really shredded Augsburg's defense.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.starpulse.com%2FPhotos%2FPreviews%2FFargo-movie-05.jpg&hash=6dd8382e081078c9fbac65737b2e1011d624741f)

I kind of can't believe it took this long for a Fargo reference.

I'm surprised that they weren't wearing the BeltTM for the photo op...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 09, 2013, 11:01:24 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on January 08, 2013, 11:02:38 PM
Quote from: sac on January 07, 2013, 06:31:56 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 07, 2013, 04:53:20 PM
Quote from: sac on January 06, 2013, 08:06:23 PM
St. Thomas 94 Augsburg 52

If this is the best challenge St. Thomas is going to get from the 2nd best team in the MIAC its going to be a long and cold season in St. Paul for The BeltTM

I heard the Tommies really shredded Augsburg's defense.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.starpulse.com%2FPhotos%2FPreviews%2FFargo-movie-05.jpg&hash=6dd8382e081078c9fbac65737b2e1011d624741f)

I kind of can't believe it took this long for a Fargo reference.

I'm surprised that they weren't wearing the BeltTM for the photo op...

He didn't want to accidently shred it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 10, 2013, 12:00:05 AM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 09, 2013, 11:01:24 PM
He didn't want to accidently shred it.

The Belt'sTM magnificent luster doesn't shred, it destroys shredders. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 10, 2013, 06:05:11 AM
Last year The BeltTM bounced around all over the place in conference play... I think ItTM might be settling in for a long stay this year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 20, 2013, 08:34:05 PM
St. Thomas retained The BeltTM by winning by 30 and 38 this week

<yawn>
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 20, 2013, 08:36:44 PM
The BeltTM may get bored at this rate...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 21, 2013, 11:00:01 PM
Clearly The BeltTM missed its hyphen as Concordia-Moorehead takes it 54-52

http://concordiamn.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/boxscores/20130121_9by9.xml?view=plays

The BeltTM released a post-game statement stating "the fans were right, this is boring and if people are going to make 'Fargo' jokes at The Belt'sTM expense we might as well get as close to Fargo as we can."

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tommiesports.com%2Fvlbl%2Fnews%2Farchives%2F2008%2FcobberleaningII%255B1%255D.jpg&hash=bf155e59c4ca4c09fe7e1b83548502901ddbd04a)
that is a cobber


It lives and it freaks me out a little
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.11points.com%2Fimages%2Funintimidatingmascots%2Fcorncob.jpg&hash=ba99442ff8880713005fda8e4542eac6e65f26c2)

Moorehead takes its new prize to Northfield, Minnesota (which is for some reason not in the Northern part of Minnesota) on Wednesday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 21, 2013, 11:05:51 PM
That Cobber needs some bling! Get me a photoshop team in here, stat!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: AO on January 22, 2013, 04:10:06 PM
Quote from: sac on January 21, 2013, 11:00:01 PM
Clearly The BeltTM missed its hyphen as Concordia-Moorehead takes it 54-52

http://concordiamn.prestosports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/boxscores/20130121_9by9.xml?view=plays

The BeltTM released a post-game statement stating "the fans were right, this is boring and if people are going to make 'Fargo' jokes at The Belt'sTM expense we might as well get as close to Fargo as we can."

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tommiesports.com%2Fvlbl%2Fnews%2Farchives%2F2008%2FcobberleaningII%255B1%255D.jpg&hash=bf155e59c4ca4c09fe7e1b83548502901ddbd04a)
that is a cobber


It lives and it freaks me out a little
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.11points.com%2Fimages%2Funintimidatingmascots%2Fcorncob.jpg&hash=ba99442ff8880713005fda8e4542eac6e65f26c2)

Moorehead takes its new prize to Northfield, Minnesota (which is for some reason not in the Northern part of Minnesota) on Wednesday.
The spelling you're looking for is "Moorhead", not to be confused with Morehead State in Kentucky, or the other Concordia's in the nation.  Perhaps there ought to be a Concordia title holder, relegating all other Concordias to be referred to by their city first.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 22, 2013, 04:43:08 PM
Quote from: AO on January 22, 2013, 04:10:06 PM
The spelling you're looking for is "Moorhead", not to be confused with Morehead State in Kentucky, or the other Concordia's in the nation.  Perhaps there ought to be a Concordia title holder, relegating all other Concordias to be referred to by their city first.

Considering I've actually had contact with Morehead State in a sports setting it doesn't surprise me.  I hope the good citizens of Moorhead can forgive me.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 22, 2013, 04:53:18 PM
So if one Concordia possesses The BeltTM do all Concordia's possess The BeltTM?  Perhaps we've stumbled upon a paradigm of epic proportions.  Imagine how quickly The BeltTM could reproduce itself if every Condordia held a belt, if just one retains The BeltTM they all retain The BeltTM.  Its not hard to imagine that within weeks we could have dozens and dozens of The BeltTM floating around the college basketball world.

Oh my!  Maybe this has all been part of its evil plan all along, lull the masses into a false sense of security.  Then when the time was right The BeltTM could launch the greatest and most epic plan in world history.   The Concordia Conspiracy.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages3.wikia.nocookie.net%2F__cb20060223160654%2Fmemoryalpha%2Fen%2Fimages%2F2%2F23%2FSpock_dress_uniform.jpg&hash=572e136a8ee32955c9ffa5c09f7cec6988dfb53f)
I find this highly illogical

(https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQArQmX7zYSr8vjrWSZesGrMRIyvPNEFB7g_15z84Kv6j6hkFldLA)
Run! Run! its just like those damn tribbles.  Run!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 22, 2013, 04:54:19 PM
What about the Concordia's that are not D3??? OMG!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 22, 2013, 06:33:00 PM
I like the fact that sac showed Mr. Spock wearing his dress uniform in deference to The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 23, 2013, 12:36:17 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 22, 2013, 06:33:00 PM
I like the fact that sac showed Mr. Spock wearing his dress uniform in deference to The BeltTM.

True story, no team that wears red gets to keep The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 24, 2013, 01:40:30 AM
Carleton 79 Moorhead 72......so The BeltTM stays the next couple nights in Northfield.  Wonder if the St. Olaf kids will head over for a peak?......or try to steal it?

No worries its being guarded.
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Carleton takes The BeltTM on the road Saturday to Arden Hills, MN and Bethel University.  Carleton beat them earlier this year by 2.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 24, 2013, 06:10:33 AM
I think The BeltTM would rather be traveling the warm state of California, like it did this time last year, but I guess visiting various lakes for ice fishing will have to suffice.

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 25, 2013, 05:50:46 PM
If all Concordia's hold The BeltTM, what happens when two Concordia's play each other?

Concordia(MI) at Concordia(WI), tonight


If the lights flicker and things go dark, hold on to your baubles.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 25, 2013, 08:19:13 PM
Well, no Concordia's are in possession...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 26, 2013, 07:14:31 AM
Quote from: sac on January 25, 2013, 05:50:46 PM
If all Concordia's hold The BeltTM, what happens when two Concordia's play each other?

Concordia(MI) at Concordia(WI), tonight


If the lights flicker and things go dark, hold on to your baubles.

Well my lights did flicker several times and they finally went out about 10:45  Friday night. However I don't think it was the Concordia (MI) at Concordia (WI) game that did it. I'm pretty sure it was the effects of the Concordia-Chicago at Concordia (Neb) contest (9 PM EST start) that blew some breakers as it occured just as the nonD3 Nebraska variety was putting the finishing touches on the D3 Chicago variety with a pair of free throws to make the final score 75-71. It must have been a fairly large electical conflagration as the scorekeepers from Concordia-Chicago had all kinds of problems filling out the final stats. They show the final score as 75-71. Yet the line score and play by play show the final as 75-74. Just in case none of those were right they give you a box score showing Concordia (Neb) with 75 points and Concordia-Chicago with 68 points. I'm just glad that none of the 4 Concordias that were on the floor last night actually were in possession of The BeltTM or the shock waves could have been more widespread. As it was I felt the effects all the way over here in Northern New York. Thankfully my lights were only out for several minutes, during which time I yelled at Mrs. magicman to lock her jewelry box in the safe.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 26, 2013, 05:47:21 PM
Bethel 74 Carelton 73

Carleton's 3 at the buzzer to tie just falls off the rim, tip-in for the final points.  Taylor Hall with a legendary The BeltTM performance finishes with 37.


Bethel takes The BeltTM to Collegeville, MN and St. John's on Wed. 

+k forever if someone can get a photo of John Gagliardi with The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: AO on January 26, 2013, 09:43:06 PM
Quote from: sac on January 26, 2013, 05:47:21 PM
Bethel 74 Carelton 73

Carleton's 3 at the buzzer to tie just falls off the rim, tip-in for the final points.  Taylor with a legendary The BeltTM performance finishes with 37.


Bethel takes The BeltTM to Collegeville, MN and St. John's and Wed. 

+k forever if someone can get a photo John Gagliardi with The BeltTM
Gagliardi has belt experience.

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 27, 2013, 12:05:20 AM
I am confused.  That is a good photo of Gagliardi with The BeltTM, but AO craves "smites".

Do I applaud his karma or smite his karma?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 27, 2013, 12:12:21 AM
Ralph, I bet he'd be tickled pink if he could get it to -888 and just have it sort of hover there. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 31, 2013, 01:27:15 AM
Johnnies got The BeltTm, Johnnies got The BeltTm
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Uh...no

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wrong again


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Close enough

St. John's topped Bethel 89-82 they'll take The BeltTm to Minneapolis on Monday and Augsburg College.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 05, 2013, 11:27:54 AM
Augsburg 106 St. John's 87
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&id=11155

In a blatant attempt to capitalize on the euphoria of Baltimore's Super Bowl victory the Augsburg SID declared the Auggies 'shot the lights out' Monday night.

Dan Kornbaum who may possess one of the greatest surnames in The BeltTM history and clearly should be playing for the Cobbers scored 27.

Transportation at Augusburg is a little more advanced than most places, I hear tuition is outrageous.
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Next The BeltTm contest is Wed. when Carleton attempts to take it for a 2nd time.



This is what I get when I google Auggies.......its not what I expected either.
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This is awesome.....
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 05, 2013, 11:34:09 AM
106 might be the highest score ever put up in a BeltTM claiming game. I'll have to check the archives.

TO THE BELTTM CAVE!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 07, 2013, 12:11:33 AM
Well, that didn't last long. The BeltTM returns to familiar territory as Carleton retakes ItTM 63-58.

The Knights travel to Macalester to take on the Scots!


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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SUMMIT!!!!! on February 07, 2013, 01:21:24 AM
out of curiousity...what happnens to The Belt if it ends the regular season in the possession of a team that does not make postseason play?  For example, what if Macalester takes The Belt from Carleton and goes on an EXTREMELY unlikely season-ending win streak to retain posssession at the close of the regular season. Mac can not make the MIAC Playoffs, much less the NCAA field. In this Bizaro univerese hypothetical....does Mac keep The Belt untill November? or are there rules in place to prevent this from happening?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 07, 2013, 01:22:37 AM
Just Bill smiles and laughs maniacally.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 07, 2013, 09:32:52 AM
Quote from: miacmaniac on February 07, 2013, 01:21:24 AM
out of curiousity...what happnens to The Belt if it ends the regular season in the possession of a team that does not make postseason play?  For example, what if Macalester takes The Belt from Carleton and goes on an EXTREMELY unlikely season-ending win streak to retain posssession at the close of the regular season. Mac can not make the MIAC Playoffs, much less the NCAA field. In this Bizaro univerese hypothetical....does Mac keep The Belt untill November? or are there rules in place to prevent this from happening?

The BeltTM has neither to time nor the inclination to worry about the results of some other inferior competition to determine a "champion". The BeltTM stands alone in its glory and is retained only by those who rightly wrest it from the grasp of a fallen enemy. To suggest the BeltTM must comply with the rules laid forth by any other entity is an afront to they very baubles and gewgaws that make the BeltTM the legendary object of desire it has become.

I'm sorry, what was your question?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 07, 2013, 01:06:20 PM
Quote from: miacmaniac on February 07, 2013, 01:21:24 AM
out of curiousity...what happnens to The Belt if it ends the regular season in the possession of a team that does not make postseason play?  For example, what if Macalester takes The Belt from Carleton and goes on an EXTREMELY unlikely season-ending win streak to retain posssession at the close of the regular season. Mac can not make the MIAC Playoffs, much less the NCAA field. In this Bizaro univerese hypothetical....does Mac keep The Belt untill November? or are there rules in place to prevent this from happening?

This is the result we hope for every year.  The Belt has not yet deigned to allow it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 07, 2013, 01:44:26 PM
Send in the weasels.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 07, 2013, 02:33:28 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 07, 2013, 01:06:20 PM
Quote from: miacmaniac on February 07, 2013, 01:21:24 AM
out of curiousity...what happnens to The Belt if it ends the regular season in the possession of a team that does not make postseason play?  For example, what if Macalester takes The Belt from Carleton and goes on an EXTREMELY unlikely season-ending win streak to retain posssession at the close of the regular season. Mac can not make the MIAC Playoffs, much less the NCAA field. In this Bizaro univerese hypothetical....does Mac keep The Belt untill November? or are there rules in place to prevent this from happening?

This is the result we hope for every year.  The Belt has not yet deigned to allow it.

I actually never hope for that.  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 07, 2013, 02:53:49 PM
Seeing the heartbreak on those kids faces in Atlanta when you tell them they won't get The BeltTm is not something any human being should look forward too.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 07, 2013, 02:56:08 PM
I always hope for that because I root for the underdogs. Having a non-conference tourney making team get possession of The BeltTM is the most underdog-rooting experience ever!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on February 07, 2013, 05:58:10 PM
Perhaps The BeltTM will choose to sit this postseason out by landing in the hands of a non-conference tournament qualifying team so it does not tempt Division I and Division II schools to try to make heinous yet ultimately futile attempts to steal The BeltTM for themselves.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 07, 2013, 11:52:11 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 07, 2013, 09:32:52 AM
Quote from: miacmaniac on February 07, 2013, 01:21:24 AM
out of curiousity...what happnens to The Belt if it ends the regular season in the possession of a team that does not make postseason play?  For example, what if Macalester takes The Belt from Carleton and goes on an EXTREMELY unlikely season-ending win streak to retain posssession at the close of the regular season. Mac can not make the MIAC Playoffs, much less the NCAA field. In this Bizaro univerese hypothetical....does Mac keep The Belt untill November? or are there rules in place to prevent this from happening?

The BeltTM has neither to time nor the inclination to worry about the results of some other inferior competition to determine a "champion". The BeltTM stands alone in its glory and is retained only by those who rightly wrest it from the grasp of a fallen enemy. To suggest the BeltTM must comply with the rules laid forth by any other entity is an afront to they very baubles and gewgaws that make the BeltTM the legendary object of desire it has become.

I'm sorry, what was your question?

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 08, 2013, 02:11:37 AM
Site should be working better now. Knock on wood.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 08, 2013, 02:26:07 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 08, 2013, 02:11:37 AM
Site should be working better now. Knock on wood.

It certainly LOOKS better!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 08, 2013, 12:25:16 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 07, 2013, 11:52:11 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 07, 2013, 09:32:52 AM
Quote from: miacmaniac on February 07, 2013, 01:21:24 AM
out of curiousity...what happnens to The Belt if it ends the regular season in the possession of a team that does not make postseason play?  For example, what if Macalester takes The Belt from Carleton and goes on an EXTREMELY unlikely season-ending win streak to retain posssession at the close of the regular season. Mac can not make the MIAC Playoffs, much less the NCAA field. In this Bizaro univerese hypothetical....does Mac keep The Belt untill November? or are there rules in place to prevent this from happening?

The BeltTM has neither to time nor the inclination to worry about the results of some other inferior competition to determine a "champion". The BeltTM stands alone in its glory and is retained only by those who rightly wrest it from the grasp of a fallen enemy. To suggest the BeltTM must comply with the rules laid forth by any other entity is an afront to they very baubles and gewgaws that make the BeltTM the legendary object of desire it has become.

I'm sorry, what was your question?

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That's actually Greg in the front row, right there. No, not there. He's the one in the little strapless number. It was a different era.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 08, 2013, 05:46:46 PM
I remember that night well. Veronica Lake showed up late for the party carrying a rhinestone-studded clutch purse, and Jean Harlow and the rest of the girls and I were gossipping about how it looked like she had had Gucci cut off a piece of The BeltTM to make it for her.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2013, 11:24:56 PM
Carleton retains the BeltTm with its 84-71 win over Macalaster.  Carleton hosts Gustavus Adolphus next Wed.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 14, 2013, 03:31:26 AM
Gustavus Adolphus proclaimed its right to the thro......uh, BeltTm with a 54-52 win over Carleton Monday night.

Gustavus takes the BeltTM almost to Fargo where they'll take on Concordia-Morehead.

This guy
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vs this guy

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Win or lose the BeltTm will be in the MIAC Tournament which means it will be in the NCAA Tournament.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SUMMIT!!!!! on February 16, 2013, 07:40:40 PM
Quote from: sac on February 14, 2013, 03:31:26 AM
Gustavus Adolphus proclaimed its right to the thro......uh, BeltTm with a 54-52 win over Carleton Monday night.

Gustavus takes the BeltTM almost to Fargo where they'll take on Concordia-Morehead.

This guy
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vs this guy

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Win or lose the BeltTm will be in the MIAC Tournament which means it will be in the NCAA Tournament.
Conc ordia defeated GAC 69-62, taking possession of The BeltTm. They next play on Friday at home vs. either Augsburg, Carleton or Bethel.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SUMMIT!!!!! on February 23, 2013, 10:20:27 AM
Augsburg wrestled The BeltTm from the hands of Concordia with a 74-67 win last night. They bring The BeltTm to battle at St. Thomas on Sunday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on February 23, 2013, 01:17:15 PM
Quote from: miacmaniac on February 23, 2013, 10:20:27 AM
Augsburg wrestled The BeltTm from the hands of Concordia with a 74-67 win last night. They bring The BeltTm to battle at St. Thomas on Sunday.
Wrestle/shmestle--The BeltTm decides where ItTMwants to go.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 24, 2013, 05:01:44 PM
St. Thomas trounces Augsburg 92-65 and will carry the belttm into the national tournament.

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Apparently that's a Tommie.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 24, 2013, 05:27:13 PM
The BeltTm  2012-2013 itinerary.

UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas

Congratulations to the MIAC for nearly matching last years BeltTM sharing drama of the SCIAC with the BeltTM being held by someone 11 times.   Last year the SCIAC held the beltTM 12 times.

2011-12
St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-25-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3-2-12  St. Thomas
3-3-12  UW-Whitewater
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SUMMIT!!!!! on February 24, 2013, 10:11:11 PM
Quote from: northb on February 23, 2013, 01:17:15 PM
Quote from: miacmaniac on February 23, 2013, 10:20:27 AM
Augsburg wrestled The BeltTm from the hands of Concordia with a 74-67 win last night. They bring The BeltTm to battle at St. Thomas on Sunday.
Wrestle/shmestle--The BeltTm decides where ItTMwants to go.
Now that The BeltTm is back in Tommie hands (and yes that is Tom E. Kat the mascot), The BeltTm will go where the TommiesTm want it to go! all the way, through Atlanta.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 25, 2013, 01:37:12 AM
I still think it is a shame that itTM didn't decide to visit Caltech last year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 25, 2013, 09:49:31 AM
Quote from: miacmaniac on February 24, 2013, 10:11:11 PM
Quote from: northb on February 23, 2013, 01:17:15 PM
Quote from: miacmaniac on February 23, 2013, 10:20:27 AM
Augsburg wrestled The BeltTm from the hands of Concordia with a 74-67 win last night. They bring The BeltTm to battle at St. Thomas on Sunday.
Wrestle/shmestle--The BeltTm decides where ItTMwants to go.
Now that The BeltTm is back in Tommie hands (and yes that is Tom E. Kat the mascot), The BeltTm will go where the TommiesTm want it to go! all the way, through Atlanta.

The BeltTM has a way of punishing hubris. Beware.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 25, 2013, 10:17:36 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 25, 2013, 09:49:31 AM
Quote from: miacmaniac on February 24, 2013, 10:11:11 PM
Quote from: northb on February 23, 2013, 01:17:15 PM
Quote from: miacmaniac on February 23, 2013, 10:20:27 AM
Augsburg wrestled The BeltTm from the hands of Concordia with a 74-67 win last night. They bring The BeltTm to battle at St. Thomas on Sunday.
Wrestle/shmestle--The BeltTm decides where ItTMwants to go.
Now that The BeltTm is back in Tommie hands (and yes that is Tom E. Kat the mascot), The BeltTm will go where the TommiesTm want it to go! all the way, through Atlanta.

The BeltTM has a way of punishing hubris. Beware.

And to think I thought St. Thomas had repented its sins and asked for absolution...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 25, 2013, 12:40:59 PM
Aurora gets the first chance to take the BeltTM out of Minnesota. Spartans at St. Thomas in the first round of the super, big tournament thingy.

Fitting I think since the Aurora Borealis is visible in many parts of northern Minnesota...
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 10, 2013, 01:57:53 PM
St. Thomas successfully defended The BeltTM against Wheaton.  I would post pictures but you can't take pictures of thunder.

St. Thomas carries the BeltTM to the Sweet 16 against Calvin. 

The best part about this is opportunity for me to post this picture.......
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old mascot 'Cal'......still hilarious

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Sadly Cal was decapitated but not before being given an opportunity to use the tanning beds apparently.

This is actually the mascot now
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Goes by the name Joust, its 'gender neutral'.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2013, 12:41:45 AM
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It would be much cooler if he/she/it rode an ostrich.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 12, 2013, 01:24:17 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2013, 12:41:45 AM
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It would be much cooler if he/she/it rode an ostrich.

30 years later.......all the sound effects just popped back in my head.  Thank you kind sir! >:( ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: gordonmann on March 12, 2013, 03:04:05 PM
Cal is awesome.

Signed, Blowie (Columbia Blowfish)

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on March 17, 2013, 12:28:35 PM
The BeltTM decided it should be carried to Salem by UST.  Calvin tried to fight the will of The BeltTM, but The BeltTM blocked the shot of the guy that had gone off for 31 points in the game, then got the scoreboard in the way of the final in-bounds pass.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SUMMIT!!!!! on March 17, 2013, 04:44:58 PM
Quote from: northb on March 17, 2013, 12:28:35 PM
The BeltTM decided it should be carried to Salem by UST.  Calvin tried to fight the will of The BeltTM, but The BeltTM blocked the shot of the guy that had gone off for 31 points in the game, then got the scoreboard in the way of the final in-bounds pass.

That final pass hit the part of the scoreboard added (to the top of it) in honor of The BeltTM's first stay in St Paul.

WIlliams will be allowed to view The BeltTM on Friday, but no touching!!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 22, 2013, 10:17:59 PM
The BeltTM has decided to pull along St. Thomas into the semi-finals in Salem.  The Tommies will  play newcomer to the festivities Mary Hardin-Baylor......

Allow me to introduce  "CRUnk"

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 24, 2013, 02:59:13 AM
The BeltTM heads to Texas for two weeks as Mary Hardin-Baylor rallies and tops St. Thomas 74-67. CRUnk invites The BeltTM to Belton for some sun, chili, and a visit to the Alamo!

After The BeltTM's mini-vacation, it will travel to Atlanta for the Championship game. 

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 24, 2013, 02:18:47 PM
The BeltTM should also have some Schoepf's BBQ.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 24, 2013, 02:25:24 PM
They say that, in Texas, everything is bigger. Well, for two weeks it can now be BiggerTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 24, 2013, 09:58:42 PM
What did you all expect? Everyone wants to go south for spring break.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 24, 2013, 10:08:32 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 24, 2013, 09:58:42 PM
What did you all expect? Everyone wants to go south for spring break.

Yeah, with a two week layover in March/early April, I can understand The BeltTM preferring Texas to Minnesota! :P

(We may be lucky that there are no d3 teams in Cancun.  Being a winter sport, the rest of us might never see The BeltTM again.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SUMMIT!!!!! on March 25, 2013, 08:43:54 PM
The BeltTM will be back in St Paul soon enough. I hope it gets a good tan in Texas! but given the choice of texas chili and lutefisk, it will be back to MN soon!

Come back The BeltTM!!! we miss you already!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 25, 2013, 09:56:42 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 24, 2013, 09:58:42 PM
What did you all expect? Everyone wants to go south for spring break.

Does everyone want to go south for spring break or to be in the presence of The BeltTM?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 25, 2013, 10:26:06 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 25, 2013, 09:56:42 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 24, 2013, 09:58:42 PM
What did you all expect? Everyone wants to go south for spring break.

Does everyone want to go south for spring break or to be in the presence of The BeltTM?
We had a totally miserable March day today.  The high was only in the mid-50's and the niorth wind was biting!

We may have a freeze in the a.m.  Wow!  Lots of people had tried to put out the tomatoes and other garden plants.

I think that The BeltTM brought the weather with it!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 25, 2013, 10:29:24 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 25, 2013, 09:56:42 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 24, 2013, 09:58:42 PM
What did you all expect? Everyone wants to go south for spring break.

Does everyone want to go south for spring break or to be in the presence of The BeltTM?


The Belt'sTM mere existence keeps me warm at night.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on March 28, 2013, 03:31:09 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 25, 2013, 10:26:06 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 25, 2013, 09:56:42 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 24, 2013, 09:58:42 PM
What did you all expect? Everyone wants to go south for spring break.

Does everyone want to go south for spring break or to be in the presence of The BeltTM?
We had a totally miserable March day today.  The high was only in the mid-50's and the niorth wind was biting!

We may have a freeze in the a.m.  Wow!  Lots of people had tried to put out the tomatoes and other garden plants.

I think that The BeltTM brought the weather with it!
I usually do not correct spelling, but the correct spelling is "north".  Though I am think of making it northTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 28, 2013, 03:53:28 PM
Sorry about the "niorth"...  fat fingers!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on April 02, 2013, 11:25:21 PM
The BieltTm  should be just about ready to make its journey to Atlanta after spending a lazy couple weeks in Belton, Texas.  (It's like they were made for each other)

The BeltTm has decided to honor another special anniversary of sorts by arranging for 'special' transportation to Atlanta.  36 years since this was the rage........

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It's not Texarkana to the "Southern Classic" but its pretty darn close......and its a long way to go just to taste a Coca-Cola.

"East Bound and Down"  y'all.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on April 03, 2013, 12:27:48 AM
Shouldn't that be BeltTMon, Texas?! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on April 07, 2013, 06:20:50 PM
For the first time since Dec 8 of 2007  Amherst is in possession of The BeltTM.  Word filtering out of Atlanta is that several D1 coaches were spotted in the Phillips Arena weeping out of control as The BeltTm was passed in a glorious ceremony of chaos and joy.  They know they'll never have their hands on such a magnificent and lustrous object.

A well traveled Belttm is the best Belttm and this year's journey saw it change hands 14 times before settling on the Lord Jeffs and Massachusetts as its summer home.

UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on April 08, 2013, 09:30:32 AM
Certainly will be a shock to the system to be in New England after spending most of the year in Minnesota. Perhaps The BeltTM will demand to be taken out to summer on the Cape with upper crust.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on April 08, 2013, 04:45:04 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on April 08, 2013, 09:30:32 AM
Certainly will be a shock to the system to be in New England after spending most of the year in Minnesota. Perhaps The BeltTM will demand to be taken out to summer on the Cape with upper crust.
Yeah, The BeltTM goes to Provincetown for the summer, baubles and bangles and all!   ;)

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on April 08, 2013, 11:15:34 PM
It won't be the first time that P-town has seen baubles and bangles. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on April 08, 2013, 11:37:57 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on April 08, 2013, 11:15:34 PM
It won't be the first time that P-town has seen baubles and bangles. ;)
Envy?   ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on April 08, 2013, 11:44:43 PM
Do you mean that the Provincetowners might envy The BeltTM? I think that there could be a concern that the townspeople might become so enamored with the bespangled fabulousness of The BeltTM that Coach Hixon and his Lord Jeffs might never be able to wrest ItTM away from them.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on April 09, 2013, 12:16:15 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on April 08, 2013, 11:44:43 PM
Do you mean that the Provincetowners might envy The BeltTM? I think that there could be a concern that the townspeople might become so enamored with the bespangled fabulousness of The BeltTM that Coach Hixon and his Lord Jeffs might never be able to wrest ItTM away from them.
Inquiring minds want to know... ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on October 29, 2013, 02:47:15 PM
Ahem.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 01, 2013, 11:18:19 PM

So apparently some guys on the reddit NBA board "decided to come up with" an NBA championship belt.  Now they're building it out to record all holders over the history of the league.

Grantland mentioned it today - http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/80696/introducing-the-nba-regular-season-championship-belt.

I feel like there are some royalties due.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on November 02, 2013, 12:00:25 AM
That's just an impostor (it's probably some patchwork job made from the fabric of all those hideous suits players wear after games)... they simply start a season with whoever won the title the previous year which clearly is not the way of The BeltTM. If The BeltTM decides not to partake in postseason play then ItTM will stay with the team and not magically appear in the hands of the playoff winner.
Lebron can only dream of being able to gaze upon the magnificence that is the one and only BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on November 02, 2013, 08:12:04 AM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on November 01, 2013, 11:18:19 PM

So apparently some guys on the reddit NBA board "decided to come up with" an NBA championship belt.  Now they're building it out to record all holders over the history of the league.

Grantland mentioned it today - http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/80696/introducing-the-nba-regular-season-championship-belt.

I feel like there are some royalties due.

Just Bill needs to contact his law firm since this is clearly an infringement on his trademark and a lawsuit should be filed. We have this board to prove that our trademark goes back to January of 2007.

He also needs to break out those weasels as some flesh ripping seems to be in order.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on November 02, 2013, 09:41:39 AM
Quote from: magicman on November 02, 2013, 08:12:04 AM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on November 01, 2013, 11:18:19 PM

So apparently some guys on the reddit NBA board "decided to come up with" an NBA championship belt.  Now they're building it out to record all holders over the history of the league.

Grantland mentioned it today - http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/80696/introducing-the-nba-regular-season-championship-belt.

I feel like there are some royalties due.

Just Bill needs to contact his law firm since this is clearly an infringement on his trademark and a lawsuit should be filed. We have this board to prove that our trademark goes back to January of 2007.

He also needs to break out those weasels as some flesh ripping seems to be in order.

If it's a regular season belt, then why are they awarding it to the previous season's playoff champion?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 02, 2013, 07:36:51 PM
The weasels ARE my lawyers. Justice will be done.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 07, 2013, 03:11:18 PM
Just looked at Amherst's schedule.  We're going to be in Mass for awhile.


One common theme from the off-season was the dejection on some of Boston's professional athletes when finding out the trophy they're playing for cannot compare to the lustrous glory of The BeltTM

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on November 26, 2013, 12:25:22 AM
Three games into the season already...

Is The BeltTM even awake?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on November 26, 2013, 09:28:29 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on November 26, 2013, 12:25:22 AM
Three games into the season already...

Is The BeltTM even awake?

The BeltTM rolled over in its sleep in game 2, when Newbury cut Amherst's lead to 1... with 18:53 left in the first half...

http://d3hoops.com/seasons/men/2013-14/box_scores/20131122_qn97.xml?view=plays

But that's the closest that one of Amherst's opponents has gotten to taking a lead (or even tying the game) after the first points have been scored.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 26, 2013, 09:50:31 AM
The BeltTM has rarely ever been so comfortable. Sitting in it's climate controlled, secured location on the campus of Amherst College, confident in the fact that it may not be travelling for a while. The BeltTM enjoyed the Red Sox run to the World Series and the Patriots big win over the Broncos. Frankly, I'm not even sure The BeltTM has paid attention to an Amherst game, so confident it is in remaining put for some time.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 26, 2013, 02:59:37 PM
The BeltsTM itinerary

12/3     at Westfield State •    7:00 PM    LS V
12/5    vs. Anna Maria •    7:00 PM    
12/7     at Emerson •    1:00 PM    LS V
12/10    at Brandeis •    7:00 PM    LS V A
12/12      at Babson •    7:00 PM    LS V
1/1             at Nova Southeastern    2:00 PM    
1/7            vs. Eastern Connecticut •    7:00 PM    
1/10    vs. Hamilton * •    8:00 PM
1/11         at WILLIAMS

Several of these teams are off to good starts, its possible one of them could sense the glory of The BeltTm and play to a higher level of cosmic consciousness and knock off the Lord Jeffs.

Its a tall, tall order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlQ6svv3_k8
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on November 26, 2013, 03:22:59 PM
I'll assume the match on 1/1 is a nontitle affair?  ::) ::) ::)...   Which leads to a darned good trivia question.. has the holder of the BeltTM ever been defeated in a nontitle event?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on November 26, 2013, 03:55:35 PM
Quote from: sac on November 26, 2013, 02:59:37 PM
The BeltsTM itinerary

12/3     at Westfield State •    7:00 PM    LS V
12/5    vs. Anna Maria •    7:00 PM    
12/7     at Emerson •    1:00 PM    LS V
12/10    at Brandeis •    7:00 PM    LS V A
12/12      at Babson •    7:00 PM    LS V
1/1             at Nova Southeastern    2:00 PM    
1/7            vs. Eastern Connecticut •    7:00 PM    
1/10    vs. Hamilton * •    8:00 PM
1/11         at WILLIAMS

Several of these teams are off to good starts, its possible one of them could sense the glory of The BeltTm and play to a higher level of cosmic consciousness and knock off the Lord Jeffs.

Its a tall, tall order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlQ6svv3_k8

I have question about grammatical propriety in the presence of The BeltTM and how its activities should be written.

Since The BeltTM takes great pride in its communication with the commoners it encounters, how do we correctly spell the possessive case of The BeltTM?

The Belt'sTM
The BeltTM 's
The BeltsTM (and foregoing the apostrophe)

or reverting to the exclusive use of the genitive case as translated into English,

of The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 26, 2013, 04:05:11 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on November 26, 2013, 03:55:35 PM
Quote from: sac on November 26, 2013, 02:59:37 PM
The BeltsTM itinerary

12/3     at Westfield State •    7:00 PM    LS V
12/5    vs. Anna Maria •    7:00 PM    
12/7     at Emerson •    1:00 PM    LS V
12/10    at Brandeis •    7:00 PM    LS V A
12/12      at Babson •    7:00 PM    LS V
1/1             at Nova Southeastern    2:00 PM    
1/7            vs. Eastern Connecticut •    7:00 PM    
1/10    vs. Hamilton * •    8:00 PM
1/11         at WILLIAMS

Several of these teams are off to good starts, its possible one of them could sense the glory of The BeltTm and play to a higher level of cosmic consciousness and knock off the Lord Jeffs.

Its a tall, tall order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlQ6svv3_k8

I have question about grammatical propriety in the presence of The BeltTM and how its activities should be written.

Since The BeltTM takes great pride in its communication with the commoners it encounters, how do we correctly spell the possessive case of The BeltTM?

The Belt'sTM
The BeltTM 's
The BeltsTM (and foregoing the apostrophe)

or reverting to the exclusive use of the genitive case as translated into English,

of The BeltTM

Given who holds The BeltTm and the likely hood they'll retain The BeltTm for an extended period of time, this may in fact be the most important conversation of the year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 26, 2013, 04:08:26 PM
Quote from: hopefan on November 26, 2013, 03:22:59 PM
I'll assume the match on 1/1 is a nontitle affair?  ::) ::) ::)...   Which leads to a darned good trivia question.. has the holder of the BeltTM ever been defeated in a nontitle event?

Nova Southeastern is just part of the 'goodwill' tour.

The holder of The BeltTM is never truly defeated, for once you've grasped its lustrous glory you are always victorious.  The BeltTm simply moves on to the ones it deems worthy.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on November 26, 2013, 04:24:15 PM
Quote from: hopefan on November 26, 2013, 03:22:59 PM
I'll assume the match on 1/1 is a nontitle affair?  ::) ::) ::)...   Which leads to a darned good trivia question.. has the holder of the BeltTM [sic] ever been defeated in a nontitle event?

That's never happened (if memory serves correctly), but not only has it (according to John's brain) never happened, I also don't think that The BeltTM has ever gone up against a non-D-III team...

The possibility was discussed within the first few pages of the thread, but I don't know that it's ever been an actual... potentiality?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 26, 2013, 04:31:08 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on November 26, 2013, 04:24:15 PM
Quote from: hopefan on November 26, 2013, 03:22:59 PM
I'll assume the match on 1/1 is a nontitle affair?  ::) ::) ::)...   Which leads to a darned good trivia question.. has the holder of the BeltTM [sic] ever been defeated in a nontitle event?

That's never happened (if memory serves correctly), but not only has it (according to John's brain) never happened, I also don't think that The BeltTM has ever gone up against a non-D-III team...

The possibility was discussed within the first few pages of the thread, but I don't know that it's ever been an actual... potentiality?
The BeltTM holders have played non-D-III members before. The BeltTM however refuses to acknowledge the existence of non-D-III schools, therefore the results are irrelevant!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on November 26, 2013, 04:57:21 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 26, 2013, 04:31:08 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on November 26, 2013, 04:24:15 PM
Quote from: hopefan on November 26, 2013, 03:22:59 PM
I'll assume the match on 1/1 is a nontitle affair?  ::) ::) ::)...   Which leads to a darned good trivia question.. has the holder of the BeltTM [sic] ever been defeated in a nontitle event?

That's never happened (if memory serves correctly), but not only has it (according to John's brain) never happened, I also don't think that The BeltTM has ever gone up against a non-D-III team...

The possibility was discussed within the first few pages of the thread, but I don't know that it's ever been an actual... potentiality?
The BeltTM holders have played non-D-III members before. The BeltTM however refuses to acknowledge the existence of non-D-III schools, therefore the results are irrelevant!

Again my brain fails.

Or did it...



This is your brain. This is your brain on The BeltTM.

Any questions...?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 07, 2013, 03:43:00 PM
The BeltTM has decided for a change of scenery and so Amherst falls to Emerson 90-79. The Belt TM will now take an extended holiday break in Boston as the Lions don't play again until Jan 4th.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 07, 2013, 04:08:27 PM
Ron Burgundy speaks at Emerson College, 3 days later Emerson beats Amherst.  No coincidence.

$1,000,000 to the first person who can get a picture of The BeltTm around Ron Brugandy's waste as he's drinking a glass of scotch.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 07, 2013, 04:10:25 PM
Bad news, The BeltTM is idle until Jan. 4.  :(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 07, 2013, 08:58:03 PM
Even The BeltTM needs a Holiday break.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 07, 2013, 09:20:11 PM

I'm friends with the head of security at Emerson.  I told him to take the belt home over the break, just to be safe.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on December 07, 2013, 09:20:28 PM
Quote from: smedindy on December 07, 2013, 08:58:03 PM
Even The BeltTM needs a Holiday break.
Will ItTM go home to visit family? Dinner with The SuspendersTM? It's been years since ItTM has seen ItTMs wealthy uncle The CufflinksTM or ItTMs country cousin The RopeTM, and there's still some quiet whispering among family members about The Feather BoaTM that should be quelled.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 09, 2013, 08:36:56 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on December 07, 2013, 09:20:28 PM
Quote from: smedindy on December 07, 2013, 08:58:03 PM
Even The BeltTM needs a Holiday break.
Will ItTM go home to visit family? Dinner with The SuspendersTM? It's been years since ItTM has seen ItTMs wealthy uncle The CufflinksTM or ItTMs country cousin The RopeTM, and there's still some quiet whispering among family members about The Feather BoaTM that should be quelled.

+1
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on December 09, 2013, 12:15:11 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on December 07, 2013, 09:20:11 PM

I'm friends with the head of security at Emerson.  I told him to take the belt home over the break, just to be safe.

Just Bill's attorneys may be paying you a call, Hoops Fan, as you mentioned The BeltTM without the requisite TM.  They are weasels (actually, not figuratively); I was going to suggest some bird of prey to fight against them, but wikianswers tells me that weasels have no actual predators, so I suggest you throw yourself on the mercy of The BeltTM and the weasels may only partially tear you up.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on December 09, 2013, 12:25:53 PM
Quote from: northb on December 09, 2013, 12:15:11 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on December 07, 2013, 09:20:11 PM

I'm friends with the head of security at Emerson.  I told him to take the belt home over the break, just to be safe.

Just Bill's attorneys may be paying you a call, Hoops Fan, as you mentioned The BeltTM without the requisite TM.  They are weasels (actually, not figuratively); I was going to suggest some bird of prey to fight against them, but wikianswers tells me that weasels have no actual predators, so I suggest you throw yourself on the mercy of The BeltTM and the weasels may only partially tear you up.

If Hoops Fan doesn't watch out, he might get suspended... by the aforementioned SuspendersTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 09, 2013, 04:49:13 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on December 09, 2013, 12:25:53 PM
Quote from: northb on December 09, 2013, 12:15:11 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on December 07, 2013, 09:20:11 PM

I'm friends with the head of security at Emerson.  I told him to take the belt home over the break, just to be safe.

Just Bill's attorneys may be paying you a call, Hoops Fan, as you mentioned The BeltTM without the requisite TM.  They are weasels (actually, not figuratively); I was going to suggest some bird of prey to fight against them, but wikianswers tells me that weasels have no actual predators, so I suggest you throw yourself on the mercy of The BeltTM and the weasels may only partially tear you up.

If Hoops Fan doesn't watch out, he might get suspended... by the aforementioned SuspendersTM.

The weasels and I are tight.  The belt knows how I feel about it.  Everything is good.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 09, 2013, 05:06:28 PM
Dear Hoops Fan,  (http://youtu.be/tudtBIvnDq4?t=36s)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 04, 2014, 04:46:41 PM
After a month to mull things over, The BeltTm gave us this today.

Suffolk 85  Emerson 80

The smile on this man...woman......its face says it all.
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Get to know the GNAC  http://www.thegnac.com/sports/mbkb/index

The BeltTm will have the opportunity to visit places like New Haven, CT., Paxton, MA., Providence, RI., Boston, MA., Newton, MA.,  Northfield, VT., Nashua, NH., Standish, ME.,  and West Hartford, CT.


Suffolk hosts its first The BeltTm defense Tuesday night when they host the Amcats of Anna Maria.


just fyi, the GNAC plays an 8 team tournament which means there are two men out at the end. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 04, 2014, 04:53:49 PM
Interesting coaching ties.

Suffolk head coach Adam Nelson once worked for Emerson head coach Jim O'Brien at Boston College.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 06, 2014, 08:55:09 AM

That's a crazy fluke.  Suffolk is terrible.  This has to be the worst team to ever hold the belt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on January 06, 2014, 10:29:05 AM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on January 06, 2014, 08:55:09 AM

That's a crazy fluke.  Suffolk is terrible.  This has to be the worst team to ever hold the belt.

More evidence that The BeltTM decides where ItTM goes, not the players.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 06, 2014, 08:22:29 PM
Quote from: northb on January 06, 2014, 10:29:05 AM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on January 06, 2014, 08:55:09 AM

That's a crazy fluke.  Suffolk is terrible.  This has to be the worst team to ever hold the belt.

More evidence that The BeltTM decides where ItTM goes, not the players.

Those schools are like a mile away from each other.  There's not a lot of reason to switch arbitrarily.  I don't think Emerson has a law school, maybe the Belt is looking to do some graduate work?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on January 06, 2014, 08:27:49 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on January 06, 2014, 08:22:29 PM
Quote from: northb on January 06, 2014, 10:29:05 AM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on January 06, 2014, 08:55:09 AM

That's a crazy fluke.  Suffolk is terrible.  This has to be the worst team to ever hold the belt.

More evidence that The BeltTM decides where ItTM goes, not the players.

Those schools are like a mile away from each other.  There's not a lot of reason to switch arbitrarily.  I don't think Emerson has a law school, maybe the Belt is looking to do some graduate work?

Yes, The BeltTM is looking into suing you for the lack of acknowledgement of ItsTM trademark! ;D

(Usually ItTM just relies on the weasels, but this is personal. >:()
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 08, 2014, 09:36:12 PM
Suffolk retained The BeltTM last night with a dramatic 74-71 win at the buzzer.  It's probably not the first time The BeltTM has been won at the buzzer but its the first this year.

Sophomore forward Jake Meister was the hero as he drained his only 3-point attempt of the game with just 1 tick on the clock.

Through the magic of some kind of internet video wizardry I'm not familiar with this entire game is on youtube.  Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luaJf3osADs#t=2951


Suffolk take The BeltTM and all its lustrous glory on the road to Johnson & Wales on Thursday.  The BeltTM title fights come fast and furious in the GNAC.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 10, 2014, 12:34:58 AM
Johnson & Wales 86  Suffolk  61

The Belt is off to Rhode Island.  Next game Saturday at home against Rivier.


Wildcat selfie I guess
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 10, 2014, 09:55:22 AM
I hope Johnson & Wales don't fight over the BeltTM. Between the two of them there's plenty of BeltTM to go around.

On the plus side, what we expected to be a boring BeltTM year has turned wild and interesting. Visiting new conferences that have never had the privilege of hosting the BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on January 10, 2014, 12:12:09 PM
So the question begging to be asked is whether our smallest state is big enough to host the vast awsomeness of The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 10, 2014, 12:36:16 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on January 10, 2014, 12:12:09 PM
So the question begging to be asked is whether our smallest state is big enough to host the vast awsomeness of The BeltTM

Is any state?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 14, 2014, 08:43:27 PM
Having The BeltTM make the rounds of the GNAC is like carting the atomic bomb around the cobblestone streets of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick for all the peasants to see.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 14, 2014, 08:46:36 PM
... or, for those of you who didn't enjoy the literary reference, it's like a roomful of preschoolers stealing a gassed-up chainsaw from their day-care center's gardening shed.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on January 14, 2014, 10:09:02 PM
The GNAC isn't that bad is it??????  lol..

So JWU will retain the BeltTM, Until JWU plays Albertus on January 29.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on January 14, 2014, 10:10:06 PM
If Emerson would have won, would the Belttm be in the NEWMAC?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on January 14, 2014, 10:31:31 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 14, 2014, 08:43:27 PM
Having The BeltTM make the rounds of the GNAC is like carting the atomic bomb around the cobblestone streets of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick for all the peasants to see.
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Do give my love to your president, will you? And Mrs. Coolidge too.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on January 15, 2014, 09:41:25 PM
The BeltTM stays in Providence. Johnson & Wales 85 Lasell 73.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 16, 2014, 12:03:58 AM
Next up is a a visit from Norwich University for Johnson & Wales.


I got to thinking tonight, its really to bad Johnson & Wales isn't playing Emory & Henry with The BeltTM on the line.

The Norwich Cadets mascot is known as Old Sarge
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Old Sarge is a lot more serious these days as opposed to being the saddest mascot in the history of mascots..........also sorry random dude, blame google.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 16, 2014, 09:44:31 AM
Quote from: sac on January 16, 2014, 12:03:58 AM
I got to thinking tonight, its really to bad Johnson & Wales isn't playing Emory & Henry with The BeltTM on the line.

Sorry, but BeltTM matches are for basketball, not doubles tennis.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 18, 2014, 07:17:21 PM
Apparently The BeltTM wanted no part of the starkness that a military campus like Norwich might exhibit and opted to stay in Providence a while longer. The Cadets fought hard, gave it their best shot (shots) but couldn't win the battle as they fall 65-61 to Johnson and Wales.

The Wildcats are kind of happy with the aura The BeltTM has been emanating while on exhibit at the Harborside Center Arena. The luster and glory of The BeltTM has drawn people from the entire state in such large numbers that the viewing hours had to be increased to a 24/7 operation.

The Belt'sTM next defense will occur on Monday, January 20th when St. Joseph's (Maine) invades Providence. I'm told that the Monks are hoping to gain possession of The BeltTM so that they may use its powers, in conjunction with the mystical powers of the relics of St. Joseph, that they also have acquired through the years. Earth shattering occurrences are quite possible should that pairing take place. This Monday may be awesome!! 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 18, 2014, 08:57:57 PM
Evolution of the Monks
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on January 20, 2014, 01:13:05 PM
Quote from: sac on January 18, 2014, 08:57:57 PM
Evolution of the Monks
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Are we sure that the Monk's could truly appreciate the awesomness that is The BeltTM?  I mean look at them, using rope when a belt is appropriate.  On the other hand, should they win and The BeltTM grace them with ItsTM presence, at least they have hoods to shade their eyes.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 20, 2014, 03:29:51 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on January 20, 2014, 01:13:05 PM
Quote from: sac on January 18, 2014, 08:57:57 PM
Evolution of the Monks
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Are we sure that the Monk's could truly appreciate the awesomness that is The BeltTM?  I mean look at them, using rope when a belt is appropriate.  On the other hand, should they win and The BeltTM grace them with ItsTM presence, at least they have hoods to shade their eyes.

Monk RopeTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on January 20, 2014, 07:25:19 PM
The BeltTM must love shopping at the Providence Place Mall. JWU defeats St. Joe's of Maine.

Next up... at Rivier on Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 23, 2014, 12:50:02 AM
The Raiders are hosting, the Raiders are hosting!!

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 23, 2014, 01:45:32 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 23, 2014, 12:50:02 AM
The Raiders are hosting, the Raiders are hosting!!

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Rivier is a University now, they spent a lot of money to update their logo

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 23, 2014, 03:28:33 PM
Oops. I missed that memo (just got the logo, didn't realize they were different). Must have gotten lost with the TPS Report memo as well.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 23, 2014, 06:21:39 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 23, 2014, 03:28:33 PM
Oops. I missed that memo (just got the logo, didn't realize they were different). Must have gotten lost with the TPS Report memo as well.

As you can see, it was a pretty drastic change.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on January 25, 2014, 09:36:07 PM
The Belttm heads back to Providence after JWU beats Rivier in Nashua today.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on January 26, 2014, 11:08:18 AM
Quote from: pjunito on January 25, 2014, 09:36:07 PM
The Belttm heads back to Providence after JWU beats Rivier in Nashua today.
Time for a new logo.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on January 29, 2014, 11:30:43 AM
The Belttm returns to New Haven for the first time since inventing the hamburger. As JWU visits Albertus tonight at 7pm.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2014, 04:34:06 PM
The BeltTM invented the hamburger? Is there anything that ItTM can't do?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 29, 2014, 04:44:55 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2014, 04:34:06 PM
The BeltTM invented the hamburger? Is there anything that ItTM can't do?
ItTM can't do inferior. Unless ItTM chooses to do so ironically.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: 7express on January 29, 2014, 05:40:56 PM
The BeltTM may be spending some time in New Haven, Connecticut.  If it does, I hope it's brought winter gear with temperatures hovering around 15 degrees tonight.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 29, 2014, 06:15:27 PM
Quote from: 7express on January 29, 2014, 05:40:56 PM
The BeltTM may be spending some time in New Haven, Connecticut.  If it does, I hope it's brought winter gear with temperatures hovering around 15 degrees tonight.
Doesn't The BeltTM alter the environment around ItTM so that the temperature is always what The BeltTM wants?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2014, 06:22:19 PM
Getting back to the hamburger thing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank The BeltTM for not charging royalties for that particular invention.

Thank you, The BeltTM!

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: GnacBballFan on January 29, 2014, 07:52:27 PM
Albertus 43 Johnson and Wales 40 at half. Albertus starting pg questionable for second half after injuring shoulder. Does The Belttm put curses on players too? The Belttm is capable of anything I suppose
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: GnacBballFan on January 29, 2014, 08:53:42 PM
After hearing about New Haven's famous pepe and sallys pizza The Belttm decided it wanted to stay in new haven for a bit. 78-74 albertus
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on January 29, 2014, 10:33:31 PM
For some reason the Belttm didn't want to stay in New Haven.... maybe it's the bad reputation of being an unsafe city, or maybe it's the outrageous parking meters that are active until 9pm, or maybe it is boycotting the education reforms going on in New Haven.... As JWU had a 2 pt lead with under a minute left.. But, the Belttm finally decided that New Haven has a lot going on and hanging for a few days wouldn't be so bad.

On a side note.. with 550 undergrads, Albertus might be the smallest College to hold the Belttm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on January 29, 2014, 10:35:22 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2014, 06:22:19 PM
Getting back to the hamburger thing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank The BeltTM for not charging royalties for that particular invention.

Thank you, The BeltTM!

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk%2Fi%2Fkeep-calm-and-love-hamburger-sv.png&hash=b43e0caf46beb4e9b3ff422787dee7a787c9a287)

Yea, Louis Lunchbox a burger joint in New Haven has been credited as the place where the hamburger was invented.. A place in California states the same claim however.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: GnacBballFan on January 30, 2014, 06:48:55 AM
Will The Belttm factor into Albertus regional ranking when they are released???
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 30, 2014, 06:58:35 AM
Quote from: pjunito on January 29, 2014, 10:35:22 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2014, 06:22:19 PM
Getting back to the hamburger thing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank The BeltTM for not charging royalties for that particular invention.

Thank you, The BeltTM!

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk%2Fi%2Fkeep-calm-and-love-hamburger-sv.png&hash=b43e0caf46beb4e9b3ff422787dee7a787c9a287)

Yea, Louis Lunchbox a burger joint in New Haven has been credited as the place where the hamburger was invented.. A place in California states the same claim however.

What does the History Channel say?  I caught their special on the origin of pizza and the one on hot dogs, but I missed the hamburger episode.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on January 30, 2014, 08:54:08 AM
Quote from: pjunito on January 29, 2014, 10:35:22 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2014, 06:22:19 PM
Getting back to the hamburger thing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank The BeltTM for not charging royalties for that particular invention.

Thank you, The BeltTM!

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk%2Fi%2Fkeep-calm-and-love-hamburger-sv.png&hash=b43e0caf46beb4e9b3ff422787dee7a787c9a287)

Yea, Louis Lunchbox a burger joint in New Haven has been credited as the place where the hamburger was invented.. A place in California states the same claim however.
Well, that appears to have been settled, New Haven it is.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on January 30, 2014, 10:18:24 AM
Quote from: northb on January 30, 2014, 08:54:08 AM
Quote from: pjunito on January 29, 2014, 10:35:22 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2014, 06:22:19 PM
Getting back to the hamburger thing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank The BeltTM for not charging royalties for that particular invention.

Thank you, The BeltTM!

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk%2Fi%2Fkeep-calm-and-love-hamburger-sv.png&hash=b43e0caf46beb4e9b3ff422787dee7a787c9a287)

Yea, Louis Lunchbox a burger joint in New Haven has been credited as the place where the hamburger was invented.. A place in California states the same claim however.
Well, that appears to have been settled, New Haven it is.


Check out this article:  http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2856336
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 30, 2014, 11:38:01 AM
Quote from: GnacBballFan on January 30, 2014, 06:48:55 AM
Will The Belttm factor into Albertus regional ranking when they are released???

Northeast Region
1.  Albertus Magnus--  BeltTm holders
2.  irrelevant
3.  irrelevant
4.  irrelevant
5.  irrelevant
6.  irrelevant
7.  irrelevant
8.  irrelevant
9.  irrelevant
10.  irrelevant
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: GnacBballFan on January 30, 2014, 12:37:25 PM
Quote from: sac on January 30, 2014, 11:38:01 AM
Quote from: GnacBballFan on January 30, 2014, 06:48:55 AM
Will The Belttm factor into Albertus regional ranking when they are released???

Northeast Region
1.  Albertus Magnus--  BeltTm holders
2.  irrelevant
3.  irrelevant
4.  irrelevant
5.  irrelevant
6.  irrelevant
7.  irrelevant
8.  irrelevant
9.  irrelevant
10.  irrelevant

OMG I'm in tears lol

+1
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on February 01, 2014, 04:18:47 PM
The Belttm decides that Maine is the place to watch the "Big" game (don't need the NFL suing me for using the name of the game without permission). St. Joe's dominates Albertus 74-55.

Is this the first time a Maine school has held the Belttm?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 01, 2014, 04:34:10 PM
Quote from: pjunito on February 01, 2014, 04:18:47 PM
The Belttm decides that Maine is the place to watch the "Big" game (don't need the NFL suing me for using the name of the game without permission). St. Joe's dominates Albertus 74-55.

Is this the first time a Maine school has held the Belttm?

Yes!

The pressure of defending The BeltTM is something few can describe.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: 7express on February 01, 2014, 06:19:34 PM
I guess The BeltTM prefers lobster over hamburgers & pizza.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 01, 2014, 07:04:26 PM
Quote from: 7express on February 01, 2014, 06:19:34 PM
I guess The BeltTM prefers lobster over hamburgers & pizza.

Are there lobster's in Sebago Lake?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 01, 2014, 07:19:55 PM
Quote from: sac on February 01, 2014, 07:04:26 PM
Quote from: 7express on February 01, 2014, 06:19:34 PM
I guess The BeltTM prefers lobster over hamburgers & pizza.

Are there lobster's in Sebago Lake?

No, but The BeltTM couldn't wait all the way until Albertus might or might not play Bowdoin!  (And Portland and the coast are only 30-40 miles away.  I've never been to Standish, but I bet you can get decent lobster there somewhere!)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 01, 2014, 07:26:29 PM
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lobster belttm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 01, 2014, 11:27:21 PM
ROCK LOBSTER!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szhJzX0UgDM)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: AO on February 03, 2014, 12:10:56 PM
Seahawks GM and St. Thomas Alum John Schneider celebrating with the belt last night:
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 03, 2014, 12:12:57 PM
Quote from: AO on February 03, 2014, 12:10:56 PM
Seahawks GM and St. Thomas Alum John Schneider celebrating with the belt last night:
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Well, that's a Belt, and a very nice Belt, but of course it's not THE BELTTM. The actual BeltTM is too radiant for current photographic technology.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 03, 2014, 01:08:36 PM
Corrected...

Quote from: Just Bill on February 03, 2014, 12:12:57 PM
Quote from: AO on February 03, 2014, 12:10:56 PM
Seahawks GM and St. Thomas Alum John Schneider celebrating with the a belt last night:
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Well, that's a Belt, and a very nice Belt, but of course it's not THE BELTTM. The actual BeltTM is too radiant for current photographic technology.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 03, 2014, 01:10:20 PM
Quote from: AO on February 03, 2014, 12:10:56 PM
Seahawks GM and St. Thomas Alum John Schneider celebrating with the belt last night:
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.gawkerassets.com%2Fimg%2F19ek7bfdi0b9fpng%2Fku-xlarge.png&hash=46c1972a50dd19477aae1cd7a5d43a9587dc5a1d)

blasphemytm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 07, 2014, 01:11:43 PM

I was just checking out St. Joe's remaining schedule.  They could take this thing right into the conference tournament.  But it's just as likely they lose a random game before the season is out.

If that random game happens to be the last one, against Emmanuel, the belt might be skipping the tournament altogether this year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2014, 03:16:38 PM
St. Joseph's hung on to win a 56-50 thriller to keep The BeltTM

Next week its road trips to Emmanuel and Mt. Ida two teams that haven't won many games this year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 09, 2014, 06:01:24 PM
Gotta root for Mount Ida to nab The BeltTM. You can't help but want the most storied pants-suspension device in all of sports to become the (temporary) property of a mountain that's named after somebody's great-aunt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 11, 2014, 09:16:45 AM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2014, 03:16:38 PM
St. Joseph's hung on to win a 56-50 thriller to keep The BeltTM

Next week its road trips to Emmanuel and Mt. Ida two teams that haven't won many games this year.

Both of those teams hold down the last two spots in the GNAC and neither of those spots get bids to the conference tourney. Of course, assuming either beats St. Joseph's and keep winning to retain the belt, they would qualify for the GNAC tournament, guaranteeing The BeltTM makes the NCAA big dance.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 11, 2014, 01:18:47 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on February 11, 2014, 09:16:45 AM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2014, 03:16:38 PM
St. Joseph's hung on to win a 56-50 thriller to keep The BeltTM

Next week its road trips to Emmanuel and Mt. Ida two teams that haven't won many games this year.

Both of those teams hold down the last two spots in the GNAC and neither of those spots get bids to the conference tourney. Of course, assuming either beats St. Joseph's and keep winning to retain the belt, they would qualify for the GNAC tournament, guaranteeing The BeltTM makes the NCAA big dance.

I just said this three posts ago.

Emmanuel is the last game of the season, they just need one win over a mediocre squad and they get the belt all summer.  This could be big!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 11, 2014, 04:16:27 PM
I'm not following. According to the schedule, St. Joseph's plays Emmanuel tonight and plays Lasell to end the regular season. If Emmanuel wins The BeltTM tonight and holds on to itTM, they play at Albertus Magnus to end the regular season.

I'm guessing you were looking at Albertus Magnus's schedule?  ???
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 11, 2014, 08:18:26 PM
Yeah, it was some other schedule, maybe I clicked on the wrong year or something.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on February 11, 2014, 11:17:19 PM
There is no way St. Joe's losses the Belttm before the palyoffs...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 11, 2014, 11:56:57 PM
The BeltTM traveled to Boston to take on Emmanuel and enjoy some yummy clam chowder. After beating the Saints 78-67, St. Joseph's and The BeltTM returned to Maine realizing lobster is way better than soup. Next up for the Monks is a trip to Newton to battle the Mustangs of Mount Ida.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 12, 2014, 12:10:26 AM
Mt. Ida's coach holds the dual role that's probably more common in D3 than the D1 level, he'd probably like to add "BeltTm wearer"

Benjamin Davis
Head Men's Basketball Coach / Equipment Manager
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 12, 2014, 06:57:10 AM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on February 11, 2014, 11:56:57 PMAfter beating the Saints 78-67, St. Joseph's and The BeltTM returned to Maine realizing lobster is way better than soup. Next up for the Monks is a trip to Newton to battle the Mustangs of Mount Ida.

Impressive win for the Monks, given that, in the presence of 12 or more Saints, they could never get off their knees.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 12, 2014, 06:51:06 PM
I'm impressed that they're able to hang onto The BeltTM while simultaneously playing basketball, chanting "Pie Iesu domine, dona eis requiem", and hitting themselves in the forehead with boards.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 13, 2014, 12:25:41 AM
Feeling threatened that others might believe there to be a higher power than The BeltTM, The BeltTM wasn't up for competing yesterday and deemed last nights game with Mt. Ida to be postponed just to remind everyone who's really in charge. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 13, 2014, 01:16:18 AM
Quote from: sac on February 13, 2014, 12:25:41 AM
Feeling threatened that others might believe there to be a higher power than The BeltTM, The BeltTM wasn't up for competing yesterday and deemed last nights game with Mt. Ida to be postponed just to remind everyone who's really in charge.

Got an e-mail from Mother Nature saying that is BS: "The BeltTM is glorious, but I, Mother Nature, am all powerful.  Even The BeltTM cannot withstand my wrath.  And I just don't like you guys much this year."

Suffering through the worst Michigan winter I've ever suffered through (and this is my 44th), I believe Ma! ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 13, 2014, 09:43:49 PM
Ask yourself Mr Y, how does mother nature hold up her pants?  If you answer belt, you really have all the answers.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 13, 2014, 10:13:28 PM
Quote from: sac on February 13, 2014, 09:43:49 PM
Ask yourself Mr Y, how does mother nature hold up her pants?  If you answer belt, you really have all the answers.

Nah, she uses suspenders. ;D

Actually, she only wears dresses - don't you remember the margarine ads? ;)

And IF the forecast is correct, we have a major thaw coming next week.  Perhaps even too much of a thaw, since too warm, too quick would cause MAJOR flooding.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 13, 2014, 10:59:48 PM
St. Joseph's and Mt. Ida postponed their game again, its cruel fate that Mt. Ida won't get their shot at The BeltTM.   The game has been rescheduled for next Thursday.

Previous holders Suffolk will get a 2nd crack at it on Saturday when they travel to Standish, Maine.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 14, 2014, 12:11:54 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 13, 2014, 10:13:28 PM
Quote from: sac on February 13, 2014, 09:43:49 PM
Ask yourself Mr Y, how does mother nature hold up her pants?  If you answer belt, you really have all the answers.

Nah, she uses suspenders. ;D

Busty women don't wear suspenders, Chuck. It makes them look like walking banjos.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 15, 2014, 11:26:27 PM
St. Joseph's retains The BeltTM 70-63 over Suffolk.  Busy week with Anna Maria at St. Joseph's on Tuesday, possible BeltTM games on Thurday and Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 16, 2014, 06:59:19 PM
Quote from: sac on February 15, 2014, 11:26:27 PM
St. Joseph's retains The BeltTM 70-63 over Suffolk.  Busy week with Anna Maria at St. Joseph's on Tuesday, possible BeltTM games on Thurday and Saturday.

Wait, is Anna Maria one of the busty women Sager was talking about? I'm so confused.

And how does Sager know Mother Nature is busty? That guy is more connected than I ever imagined.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: NCF on February 16, 2014, 07:02:45 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 14, 2014, 12:11:54 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on February 13, 2014, 10:13:28 PM
Quote from: sac on February 13, 2014, 09:43:49 PM
Ask yourself Mr Y, how does mother nature hold up her pants?  If you answer belt, you really have all the answers.

Nah, she uses suspenders. ;D

Busty women don't wear suspenders, Chuck. It makes them look like walking banjos.
Wait.....what???? 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on February 19, 2014, 10:42:29 PM
The Belttm stays in Maine! St. Joe's wins again and plays at Mt. Ida tomorrow night. Should be another win, but then, they play at lasell on Saturday. Will be a tough one.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 19, 2014, 10:43:22 PM
St. Joseph's 78 Anna Maria 66

No word on if the halftime entertainment was banjo playing but that would have been incredible.


Assuming snowmaggedon VII doesn't strike the Northeast tomorrow night, Mt. Ida will finally get their shot at The BeltTM

Mt. Ida Mustang
(https://images.efollett.com/spirit/v4/826/T802-F103.jpg)


We've reached the point where the belttm is assured of making its way into the consolation tournament called the NCAA Championship.  Mt. Ida would have to beat St. Joseph's and then retain the belttm by beating not just Johnson but Wales also.  Those two wins would cause them to make the 8 team GNAC field........because Emmanuel is not beating Albertus Magnus this weekend.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 20, 2014, 09:36:16 PM
St. Joseph's beat Mt. Ida like a rented Mustang 87-56 tonight and will  take the beltTM with them when they travel to the Lasel Lasers on Saturday.  Last regular season contest before we hit the post-season.  Both teams have made the GNAC Tournament so the BeltTM will find its way into someone's worthy hands in Salem Va.

Boomer
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lasell.edu%2FImages%2FBoomer_Cut_Out_smaller_3.jpg&hash=9c6b41a62a101c67c01481a9fe0a979716633fc1)


They have a pretty elaborate(and plausible) explanation for why they are the Lasel Lasers. 
http://www.lasell.edu/athletics-and-recreation/boomer.html
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on February 20, 2014, 10:17:51 PM
What a fun ride the Belttm has had in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference.. As it will visit the greater Boston area, Maine, and possibly New Haven over the next week..

Then off to the NCAAs!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 22, 2014, 05:56:36 PM

The Lasers take down the Monks.  The Belt must have tired of the great white north and decided to stick around Lasell for the weekend.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 22, 2014, 06:03:32 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on February 22, 2014, 05:56:36 PM

The Lasers take down the Monks.  The Belt must have tired of the great white north and decided to stick around Lasell for the weekend.

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 23, 2014, 02:46:50 AM
Lasel 77  St. Joseph's 68

It makes me smile to know Lasel Sr. Rob Roy got a chance to hold the beltTm........also thirsty.  If only I could think of something to quench my thirst.

I hope there is video of him out there handing it off to teammate Logan Liberty and Logan is holding the "light of knowledge". 


Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 23, 2014, 10:14:19 AM
Now that our friends from Newton have been elevated to the exalted heights of BeltTM-holders, it's time we learned to spell their name. It's Lasell.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on February 23, 2014, 10:54:52 AM
The BeltTM doesn't degrade itself worrying about trivial things like spelling.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 23, 2014, 03:57:56 PM
The BeltTM has been known to change spellings to suit It's TM whims.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 23, 2014, 09:54:41 PM
Quote from: sac on February 23, 2014, 02:46:50 AM
Lasel 77  St. Joseph's 68


Quote from: David Collinge on February 23, 2014, 10:14:19 AM
Now that our friends from Newton have been elevated to the exalted heights of BeltTM-holders, it's time we learned to spell their name. It's Lasell.

Vanna White missed a letter, it's not The Belt'sTM fault.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 23, 2014, 10:22:37 PM
maybe its the belltTM this week
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 24, 2014, 08:12:22 AM

The battle for the Bellt in Newton, Mass this week as Rivier comes to town looking for hardware!

I like it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 27, 2014, 09:22:26 PM

Magnus wrests the belt from the llasers.  Reclamation!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 28, 2014, 01:03:03 PM
2013-2014  BeltTM path
4-7-13  Amherst
12-7-13  Emerson
1-4-14  Suffolk
1-9-14  Johnson & Wales
1-29-14  Albertus Magnus
2-1-14  St. Joseph's(Me)
2-22-14  Lasell
2-27-14  Albertus Magnus
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 01, 2014, 01:11:44 AM
I know I don't have anywhere near the influence or status as The BeltTM, but apparently I can effect one of the world's largest and richest soccer clubs and it's millions of global fans.  ???  ;D  >:(  ;)

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/12797426555_6627444f01_o.jpg)

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 09, 2014, 12:59:38 PM
Albertus Magnus successfully defended the BeltTM twice and will carry it into the Sweet 16 against Williams with Va. Wesleyan and Mary Washington next in line.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pjunito on March 14, 2014, 09:04:13 PM
Williams wrestles the Belttm away from the falcons...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 16, 2014, 06:21:21 PM
Quote from: pjunito on March 14, 2014, 09:04:13 PM
Williams wrestles the Belttm away from the falcons...

Udderly amazing Willimas will carry the belttm to Salem when Amherst started the year wearing that leather beauty........or is it Titanium?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 22, 2014, 07:53:01 PM
2013-2014  BeltTM path
4-7-13  Amherst
12-7-13  Emerson
1-4-14  Suffolk
1-9-14  Johnson & Wales
1-29-14  Albertus Magnus
2-1-14  St. Joseph's(Me)
2-22-14  Lasell
2-27-14  Albertus Magnus
3-14-14  Williams
3-22-14  Whitewater


It gives me great pleasure to announce The Belttm chose to grace the world with one of its best the belttm finishes ever and will spend its summer in Wisconsin with the Warhawks and its little bro  The football belttm


It also gives me the chills to think that next Nov 19. the very first the Belttm contest of 2014/15 could very well be played in lovely Holland, Michigan along the shores of Lake Macatawa.

Nov. 19  Wis-Whitewater at Hope

This would be my first live chance to see the belttm.  In preparation I will be spending all summer staring into the sun so as not to burn my retinas with my first glimpse at itstm lustrous glory.


The Belt would look fantastic with a pair of these.

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 16, 2014, 10:21:15 PM
After a summer of ........... oh hell I don't know what they do in Wisconsin.  The BeltTM makes its come back Tuesday night with a trip to lovely Holland, Michigan where it will decide this years path between Whitewater and Hope.

In true Midwestern fashion the Warhawks brought The BeltTm out of storage and shamelessly paraded its lustrous glory in front of NAIA opponent Cardinal Stritch this weekend, virtually taunting them with the knowledge they could not have such a magnificent piece of wardrobe accessory.   The Fighting Cardinal Stritch's were so incensed by this shameless display of lustrous magnificence they went on to defeat the Warhawks 71-66.

As the teams proceeded to handshakes the packed Kachel Gymnasium crowd could be heard chanting "You'll never have the belttm, you'll never have the belttm".  Stritch head coach Drew Diener could be heard muttering "damn it they're right,  get on the bus guys lets get out of here, my eyes can't take this anymore."   He rubbed his eyes as if the object of desire was to bright, but we all knew he was weeping.

And so another group of NAIA misfits is left to ponder for the rest of the their lives #whydidInotgoD3

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 16, 2014, 10:42:47 PM
I think I heard Stritch was trying to take the BeltTM, then...

OH MY GOD! THAT'S PAT COLEMAN'S MUSIC!!!!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 17, 2014, 10:45:12 AM
OUT OF NOWHERE!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 17, 2014, 11:09:02 AM
How does that go? Rocky theme song? Blur's Song #2? Limp Bizkit's Break Stuff? Inquiring minds want to know!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ziggy on November 17, 2014, 02:36:05 PM
Quote from: smedindy on November 16, 2014, 10:42:47 PM
I think I heard Stritch was trying to take the BeltTM, then...

OH MY GOD! THAT'S PAT COLEMAN'S MUSIC!!!!!

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FW9ypIp_H2V8%2F0.jpg&hash=2c08eda204e9d04b6cbf9b6db522647945cfcd5b)

When that comes at you with a folding chair, you drop the belt and run.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 17, 2014, 05:15:33 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 17, 2014, 11:09:02 AM
How does that go? Rocky theme song? Blur's Song #2? Limp Bizkit's Break Stuff? Inquiring minds want to know!

Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries", I believe.

After all, Pat does have a spear and magic helmet (in addition to the metal folding chair).

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjoehaynes98.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F06%2Fspear-and-magic-helmet.jpg&hash=f46272e7a002b14871036fc648c87029ea54f90c)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 17, 2014, 06:53:59 PM
Quote from: sac on November 16, 2014, 10:21:15 PM
After a summer of ........... oh hell I don't know what they do in Wisconsin.

BTW, we have a brat fry about every weekend. We eat lots of fish on Fridays. We attend anything that ends in "fest," "fair," or "days" i.e., Summerfest, Brat Days, Bastille Days, Brady Street Days, German Fest, Italian Fest, State Fair, etc. We boat, camp and fish a lot too. I think every little town has a parade for everything. We try to keep busy here in Wisconsin.  ::) :o ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 17, 2014, 06:56:32 PM
Whitewater has a Belttmfest

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on November 18, 2014, 09:08:58 AM
As I was driving through the blizzard in West Michigan this morning (6-10 inches of snow overnight wiht 10-20MPH winds) I began to wonder if there was a potential for the UWW@Hope game tonight to be cancelled.  But I believe the glory of The BeltTM will overpower the wind and snow to permit UWW to make it safely to Holland.  HOPEfully their trip home will be wihtout The BeltTM, leaving them to deal with the elements on their own.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 18, 2014, 02:25:48 PM
I'm new to this belttm watching stuff, tell me is this adequate protection from its glory?

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 18, 2014, 03:33:53 PM
It didn't work for Mr. Spock when he saw The BeltTM:

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hostpic.org%2Fimages%2F1310290615550109.jpg&hash=18737299eda58cf4a9a3f0a307117d738a1c2dae)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 18, 2014, 05:23:38 PM
"I have been, and always shall be, your friend...", the dying words of sac....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 19, 2014, 12:06:54 AM
Whitewater 82  Hope 80

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DHIqUkmj-o



I took lots of pictures of The Belttm, they're all washed-out from the glory.  Fair thee well, until we meet again.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on November 28, 2014, 11:23:51 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 17, 2014, 05:15:33 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 17, 2014, 11:09:02 AM
How does that go? Rocky theme song? Blur's Song #2? Limp Bizkit's Break Stuff? Inquiring minds want to know!

Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries", I believe.

After all, Pat does have a spear and magic helmet (in addition to the metal folding chair).

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjoehaynes98.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F06%2Fspear-and-magic-helmet.jpg&hash=f46272e7a002b14871036fc648c87029ea54f90c)

Yes ......... magic helmet ............ and I'll give you a sample!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 29, 2014, 09:26:14 PM
God, I love it when Pat jumps into this thread.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on December 01, 2014, 01:49:37 PM
I've made a call to the Oshkosh athletic office to request a reduction or elimination of their admission fee to this week's visit of Whitewater to Kolf. I've explained to them that the glow of The BeltTM should be plenty to light Kolf for the game against the Titans, thus eliminating the use of lighting and saving hundreds of dollars in energy. In addition the hoards of 100s that will come to feel the power of The BeltTM and all it's glory will add to the concession stand sales, if they decide to sell sunglasses.

Their response? "What's The BeltTM?"

I pity you.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 01, 2014, 02:39:27 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on December 01, 2014, 01:49:37 PM
I've made a call to the Oshkosh athletic office to request a reduction or elimination of their admission fee to this week's visit of Whitewater to Kolf. I've explained to them that the glow of The BeltTM should be plenty to light Kolf for the game against the Titans, thus eliminating the use of lighting and saving hundreds of dollars in energy. In addition the hoards of 100s that will come to feel the power of The BeltTM and all it's glory will add to the concession stand sales, if they decide to sell sunglasses.

Their response? "What's The BeltTM?"

I pity you.

Isn't that what people say the minute before their face melts off Raiders-of-the-Lost-Ark-style?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 01, 2014, 02:58:09 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on December 01, 2014, 02:39:27 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on December 01, 2014, 01:49:37 PM
I've made a call to the Oshkosh athletic office to request a reduction or elimination of their admission fee to this week's visit of Whitewater to Kolf. I've explained to them that the glow of The BeltTM should be plenty to light Kolf for the game against the Titans, thus eliminating the use of lighting and saving hundreds of dollars in energy. In addition the hoards of 100s that will come to feel the power of The BeltTM and all it's glory will add to the concession stand sales, if they decide to sell sunglasses.

Their response? "What's The BeltTM?"

I pity you.

Isn't that what people say the minute before their face melts off Raiders-of-the-Lost-Ark-style?

DON'T LOOK AT IT, MARION!

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 01, 2014, 04:30:40 PM
The BeltTM would never do harm to those who seek to grasp its baubles.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 01, 2014, 07:02:41 PM
Yeah, well, that's what the French dude said about the Ark when he lifted the lid.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 08, 2014, 12:22:54 PM
Aw yeah. Wednesday night we got a real Battle for the BeltTM. Current holders UW-Whitewater travel to #1 Augustana. Although you can't truly be #1 without the Baubles and Gewgaws. Let's get it on!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 08, 2014, 09:19:41 PM
I hear the Quad Cities has never been more excited, but that's probably a pretty low bar.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: iwumichigander on December 08, 2014, 10:25:41 PM
Quote from: sac on December 08, 2014, 09:19:41 PM
I hear the Quad Cities has never been more excited, but that's probably a pretty low bar.
might that be one of several bars along the east banks of the Mississippi river?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 08, 2014, 10:28:26 PM
Exactly. Every bar in the QC is a low bar.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 09, 2014, 09:40:19 AM
Be sure to tip your waitress.

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 12, 2014, 09:50:36 AM
Augustana 96  Whitewater 94  2OT


The BeltTM spent a little too much time the past couple days with the Augustana co-eds in those low bars.   This morning the newest holder of The BeltTM Coach Grey Giovanine had a few words to say.


Grey:   It gives me great pleasure to handle these baubles and geegaws of such a fine accessory.  ItTM will look fantastic as my jacket twirls over my head and I toss it over the opposing bench.
<chuckle from the crowd>
Grey:  There is no greater honor in college sports than to capture The BeltTM, not even in D1.  I know because I've coached at 6 of them.
<pause, as if to expect applause>
Grey:  I want the supporters of Augustana to know we will take this belt to Jacksonville, Florida and defend its glor <tapped on shoulder>........excuse me.
Augie assistant:  <whispers>  uh, MacMurray is in Jacksonville, Illinois
Grey:   Illinois?
Augie assistant:  yes Illinois
Grey:   What do I do with my speedo?
Augie assistant:  I told you not to wear it to this press conference
Grey:  Everyone wears speedo's while doing press conferences in D1.  I've coache....
Augie assistant:  yes 5 schools  <rolls eyes>
Grey:  6 schools
Augie assistant:  you can cover your speedo with The BeltTM
Grey:  I don't like how the baubles rub against my thighs
Augie assistant:  well, maybe......wait how do you know that?
Grey:  never mind
Augie assistant:  oh yeah right the low bars, no more Tequilla for awhile
Grey:  agreed.
Augie assistant: anyway, Jacksonville, Illinois
Grey:  right!  Hey do you think they'll call it the Corn BeltTM while we have it?
Augie assistant:  good one.   <points to the crowd>

Grey:  We'll take this beltTm to Jacksonville, Illinoissssss  <winks towards assistant> and defend it with all the honor an Augustana man can muster.  With our schedule of opponents I'm certain we'll be holding The BeltTM into the new year and we'll take it into the greatest conference in the history of conferences the CCIW.  I know because I've coached....

Crowd:  <in unison> at 6 D1 schools.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 12, 2014, 03:50:43 PM
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on December 12, 2014, 06:09:19 PM
Quote from: sac on December 12, 2014, 09:50:36 AM
Augie assistant:  you can cover your speedo with The BeltTM

Uhm, yeah, uh...Just Bill, I think we're gonna need a new BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 12, 2014, 07:39:22 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on December 12, 2014, 06:09:19 PM
Quote from: sac on December 12, 2014, 09:50:36 AM
Augie assistant:  you can cover your speedo with The BeltTM

Uhm, yeah, uh...Just Bill, I think we're gonna need a new BeltTM.

I'd like to see him try. There's far less painful ways to get a vasectomy.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 15, 2014, 11:08:05 AM
The BeltTM in all it's splendor has been passed! Augustana shall parade the BeltTM through each of the Quad Cities, avoiding the worst parts. Which means of course, it will stay locked safely in it's case and not actually go anywhere.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 14, 2015, 01:27:51 AM
It seems The BeltTM has quietly enjoyed ItsTM stay with Augustana the past month. No mention of ItsTM trip to Wisconsin Dells or almost deciding to head to Elmhurst. ItTM will be on full display this evening as #1 ranked (good to see the d3 poll has decided to follow The Belt'sTM lead) Augustana heads to Naperville to take on #9 North Central.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 14, 2015, 08:27:38 AM
What we're really looking for this year is a picture of Sager with the BeltTm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on January 14, 2015, 11:57:55 AM
CCIW is a deep league with only a four-team tournament. Is this the year The BeltTM stays home in March?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 14, 2015, 01:25:02 PM
....visions of a shirtless Greg Sager floating on an innertube in Lake Michigan cackling as he smokes a cigar, sips a Budweiser, wearing his Cubs hat with the BeltTm straining at the waistline, its baugbles and geegaws glistening in the summer sun.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 14, 2015, 01:37:46 PM
Quote from: sac on January 14, 2015, 08:27:38 AM
What we're really looking for this year is a picture of Sager with the BeltTm

I've checked the supply closet at the west end of the crackerbox, so I know that NPU's got the goggles and tongs for handling Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM, as well as the special golden poles for carrying the Ark of The BeltTM, just in case the improbable comes to pass.

Quote from: sac on January 14, 2015, 01:25:02 PM
....visions of a shirtless Greg Sager floating on an innertube in Lake Michigan cackling as he smokes a cigar, sips a Budweiser, wearing his Cubs hat with the BeltTm straining at the waistline, its baubles and geegaws glistening in the summer sun.

Replace the Budweiser with a Fat Tire, and this could be a thing.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on January 14, 2015, 02:34:58 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 14, 2015, 01:37:46 PM
Quote from: sac on January 14, 2015, 08:27:38 AM
What we're really looking for this year is a picture of Sager with the BeltTm

I've checked the supply closet at the west end of the crackerbox, so I know that NPU's got the goggles and tongs for handling Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM, as well as the special golden poles for carrying the Ark of The BeltTM, just in case the improbable comes to pass.

Quote from: sac on January 14, 2015, 01:25:02 PM
....visions of a shirtless Greg Sager floating on an innertube in Lake Michigan cackling as he smokes a cigar, sips a Budweiser, wearing his Cubs hat with the BeltTm straining at the waistline, its baubles and geegaws glistening in the summer sun.

Replace the Budweiser with a Fat Tire, and this could be a thing.

Also, don't forget to replace the Cubs hat with...pretty much anything else.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 14, 2015, 02:40:48 PM
Quote from: northb on January 14, 2015, 02:34:58 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 14, 2015, 01:37:46 PM
Quote from: sac on January 14, 2015, 08:27:38 AM
What we're really looking for this year is a picture of Sager with the BeltTm

I've checked the supply closet at the west end of the crackerbox, so I know that NPU's got the goggles and tongs for handling Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM, as well as the special golden poles for carrying the Ark of The BeltTM, just in case the improbable comes to pass.

Quote from: sac on January 14, 2015, 01:25:02 PM
....visions of a shirtless Greg Sager floating on an innertube in Lake Michigan cackling as he smokes a cigar, sips a Budweiser, wearing his Cubs hat with the BeltTm straining at the waistline, its baubles and geegaws glistening in the summer sun.

Replace the Budweiser with a Fat Tire, and this could be a thing.

Also, don't forget to replace the Cubs hat with...pretty much anything else.

Speak for yourself, northb. If I'm the one who's gonna be on that innertube with The BeltTM around my waist, then I'll be wearing a Cubs cap.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 14, 2015, 03:09:34 PM
There may be no two greater extremes in the natural world than The BeltTM and a Cubs hat.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on January 14, 2015, 03:37:48 PM
Just looking out for you, Greg.  I'd be concerned about spontaneous combustion or something like that.  I think I saw this type of polarity happen on an episode of Lost in Space.  Almost killed Doctor Smith.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 14, 2015, 04:35:58 PM
It's a question of balance, gentlemen. If I'm going to bedeck myself with Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM, I have to pair it with something humble and commonplace. There's nothing more commonplace in this city than a Cubs cap, and heaven knows that there's nothing more humble in American sports than the legacy of the Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 14, 2015, 10:07:25 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 14, 2015, 04:35:58 PM
It's a question of balance, gentlemen. If I'm going to bedeck myself with Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM, I have to pair it with something humble and commonplace. There's nothing more commonplace in this city than a Cubs cap, and heaven knows that there's nothing more humble in American sports than the legacy of the Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc.
You better wear three Cubs caps.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 15, 2015, 03:03:57 PM
I don't see any reason why Mr. Sager can't wear a Cub cap, for a couple of reasons.

For one, the glare from, not only The BeltTM, but from Greg's bare chest, will no doubt shine over any dullness that Cups cap will produce.

Also, no one cares about the Cubs cap! Admittedly,  the whole "bare chest" thing might be a temporary distraction, but everyone will be pasting their eyes on The BeltTM.

It's kind of like when my wife is worried on how she looks in pictures. No one is looking at us, they're looking at our super cute 4-year old kid!  ???  ::)  :P
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 15, 2015, 03:39:25 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on January 15, 2015, 03:03:57 PM
It's kind of like when my wife is worried on how she looks in pictures. No one is looking at us, they're looking at our super cute 4-year old kid!  ???  ::)  :P

Nonsense. You appear to be at least 6 or 7 years old.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 15, 2015, 06:37:03 PM
Ouch! I get carded for R-rated movies at Walmart,  been accused of being my wife's son and always win the "guess my age" game at the fairs/festivals.  They never guess within 2 years! Oh yeah, I can still buy clothes in the kid's section and I can fit a lot more clothes in one load of laundry than most!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 15, 2015, 09:38:09 PM
Tom, I'm so glad that we're picking on you now instead of me. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on January 15, 2015, 09:58:14 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 14, 2015, 03:09:34 PM
There may be no two greater extremes in the natural world than The BeltTM and a Cubs hat.

You should find it as no surprise, but just the mere mention of the Cubs and The BeltTM in the same sentence and the Cubs are talking World Series:

http://m.espn.go.com/mlb/story?storyId=12175720&city=chicago
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 21, 2015, 10:35:44 PM
The BeltTM has finally decided that ItTM wanted a change of scenery and will head back with the Titans after IWU knocks off Augustana 89-84.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on January 21, 2015, 10:42:58 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 21, 2015, 10:35:44 PM
The BeltTM has finally decided that ItTM wanted a change of scenery and will head back with the Titans after IWU knocks off Augustana 89-84.

OMG - I was so excited about beating #1 on their home floor, I totally forgot about The BeltTM! :o  Defense will be difficult as we now travel to Elmhurst, but we shall humbly try to uphold ItsTM glory. ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 21, 2015, 10:47:24 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 21, 2015, 10:35:44 PM
The BeltTM has finally decided that ItTM wanted a change of scenery and will head back with the Titans after IWU knocks off Augustana 89-84.

If its scenery The BeltTm is looking for I'm not sure Bloomington would be my choice.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on January 22, 2015, 05:17:08 PM
Quote from: sac on January 21, 2015, 10:47:24 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 21, 2015, 10:35:44 PM
The BeltTM has finally decided that ItTM wanted a change of scenery and will head back with the Titans after IWU knocks off Augustana 89-84.

If its scenery The BeltTm is looking for I'm not sure Bloomington would be my choice.

Relative to Rock Island, though...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 22, 2015, 05:20:41 PM
Quote from: David Collinge on January 22, 2015, 05:17:08 PM
Quote from: sac on January 21, 2015, 10:47:24 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 21, 2015, 10:35:44 PM
The BeltTM has finally decided that ItTM wanted a change of scenery and will head back with the Titans after IWU knocks off Augustana 89-84.

If its scenery The BeltTm is looking for I'm not sure Bloomington would be my choice.

Relative to Rock Island, though...

Three of one, quarter-dozen of the other.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 24, 2015, 09:33:50 PM
Looks like The BeltTM didn't like Rock Island. Illinois Wesleyan loses their first game and The BeltTM will spend a few days in Elmhurst. Next up will The BeltTM return to Augustana after a week of traveling?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 24, 2015, 10:06:49 PM
Consider it a shopping trip to the suburbs.  The Belttm has to replace some ballghazi's that it lost in Rock Island.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on January 25, 2015, 08:36:26 AM
Quote from: sac on January 24, 2015, 10:06:49 PM
Consider it a shopping trip to the suburbs.  The Belttm has to replace some ballghazi's that ItTM lost in Rock Island.
Fixed it for you; beware the weasels......
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 29, 2015, 10:39:27 AM
Apparently The BeltTM felt Rock Island was a more worthy tourist destination.

Next up is a trip to Chicago to take on North Park. Security for The BeltTM will be tighter than usual as its rumored Sager and his Minions will attempt to high jack ItTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 29, 2015, 10:49:49 AM
It would take a real set of ballghazi's to try and steal the BeltTm.  Even risking such a thing could put such negative karma on your program they spend the next 2 decades in basketball purga........oh wait  that's what happened to North Park.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 29, 2015, 10:51:50 AM
Quote from: sac on January 29, 2015, 10:49:49 AM
It would take a real set of ballghazi's to try and steal the BeltTm.  Even risking such a thing could put such negative karma on your program they spend the next 2 decades in basketball purga........oh wait  that's what happened to North Park.

Now we know...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 29, 2015, 06:51:03 PM
Not sure if the weasel is any match against Sager, his Minions and, gulp, the Fart Blaster!

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8633/16395190002_f878c68406_o.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 29, 2015, 09:23:52 PM
On the CCIW board today I was accused of being able to upset the continuum of the universe, depending upon whom I root for.

On this board I'm a cartoon villain.

I need to hire a PR firm.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 31, 2015, 11:20:48 AM
Many residents of Chicago were awakened this morning to the sounds of wailing sirens and helicopters overhead.   The Eisenhower Expressway was shutdown for addend security measures as The BeltTm, and a smiling Grey Giovonine, made its way to Carlson Gymnasium for tonight's game with North Park University.

BeltTm spokesman Richard Ballghazi was quoted "security will be extra tight for this game, we don't want another beltgateTm". "It was an ugly incident and we won't be repeating that."   When asked if North Park winning the Belt would change his security measures in the future Mr. Ballghazi's would only state "we respect the legitimate ownership of the Belttm.  North Park winning tonight would be great for everyone, except maybe Augustana."   Hundred's of Chicago finest could be seen gathering in the streets surrounding the University many in full riot gear.   Engineers were brought in to make sure Carlson Gym could withstand the aura of such a magnificent object like the Belttm"  "Good to go" was all they were willing to say.

In an unrelated story Chicago police surrounded a North side apartment complex and have detained several characters who looked like minions.  Chicago police would neither confirm nor deny they are holding a man for interrogation but did say local residents have no reason to be alarmed.

In another unrelated story North Park University announced basketball announcer Greg Sager would be unable to fulfill his duties this evening and a replacement is being sought.   A man unwilling to be identified said only "we expect Greg to be available for next Wednesday's contest against Wheaton."


"It's going to be a 'Crazy Night' and we're fully prepared for anything"  said Mr. Ballghazi.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: monsoon on January 31, 2015, 11:18:05 PM
The BeltTM decided to stay in Chicago as North Park downs Augustana.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 31, 2015, 11:35:55 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 14, 2015, 01:37:46 PM
Quote from: sac on January 14, 2015, 08:27:38 AM
What we're really looking for this year is a picture of Sager with the BeltTm

I've checked the supply closet at the west end of the crackerbox, so I know that NPU's got the goggles and tongs for handling Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM, as well as the special golden poles for carrying the Ark of The BeltTM, just in case the improbable comes to pass.

Quote from: sac on January 14, 2015, 01:25:02 PM
....visions of a shirtless Greg Sager floating on an innertube in Lake Michigan cackling as he smokes a cigar, sips a Budweiser, wearing his Cubs hat with the BeltTm straining at the waistline, its baubles and geegaws glistening in the summer sun.

Replace the Budweiser with a Fat Tire, and this could be a thing.

So looking forward to this, I'll even buy the Fat Tire.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on February 01, 2015, 06:52:24 AM
When word got out that Mr Sager had mentioned hijacking The BeltTM the police and National Guard quickly sprang into action and Mr. Sager was brought in for questioning. When he explained to the local constables that his quote of hijacking The BeltTM was simply his way of expressing how a North Park victory over the #4 ranked team in the country would appear to the public, since North Park was such a huge underdog, their fears of criminal activity were put to rest. Mr. Sager was given a ride to the Crackerbox, where he donned his microphone, encouraged his minions to play well, and the rest, as they say, is history.   

The Parkers with their win and possession of The BeltTM has made Sager a millionaire. It was rumored that he put down a 5 spot, back in October, at odds of 500,000 to 1 that North Park would capture Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM this season. We may never see him on the boards again. Forget floating in Lake Michigan on an innertube. He's on his way to Hawaii to do his floating...and I heard it's forever!!!

   
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 01, 2015, 09:24:07 AM
 :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 02, 2015, 09:13:14 AM
Wonder if North Park could finish 8-6 and not make the Top 4 of the CCIW tournament.  Sager could die a happy alum.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 03, 2015, 07:10:43 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on February 02, 2015, 09:13:14 AM
Wonder if North Park could finish 8-6 and not make the Top 4 of the CCIW tournament.  Sager could die a happy alum.

I'm not quite sure how NPU missing the CCIW tourney with an 8-6 mark would make me "die a happy alum." Yes, it would mean that NPU would automatically hang on to The BeltTM for a year, but it's better to risk ItTM and lose ItTM (were that to happen) than to not risk ItTM and keep ItTM because the Vikings fell short of the larger goal.

After all, the ultimate prize is a Salem Civic Center net draped around The BeltTM, n'est ce pas?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 03, 2015, 08:38:03 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 03, 2015, 07:10:43 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on February 02, 2015, 09:13:14 AM
Wonder if North Park could finish 8-6 and not make the Top 4 of the CCIW tournament.  Sager could die a happy alum.

I'm not quite sure how NPU missing the CCIW tourney with an 8-6 mark would make me "die a happy alum." Yes, it would mean that NPU would automatically hang on to The BeltTM for a year, but it's better to risk ItTM and lose ItTM (were that to happen) than to not risk ItTM and keep ItTM because the Vikings fell short of the larger goal.

After all, the ultimate prize is a Salem Civic Center net draped around The BeltTM, n'est ce pas?

You clearly have no understanding of the Belt's true nature.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 03, 2015, 08:49:40 PM
... says the man who keeps inviting weasel unpleasantness by neglecting to use the trademark symbol. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 04, 2015, 01:26:38 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 03, 2015, 07:10:43 PM

I'm not quite sure how NPU missing the CCIW tourney with an 8-6 mark would make me "die a happy alum." Yes, it would mean that NPU would automatically hang on to The BeltTM for a year, but it's better to risk ItTM and lose ItTM (were that to happen) than to not risk ItTM and keep ItTM because the Vikings fell short of the larger goal.

After all, the ultimate prize is a Salem Civic Center net draped around The BeltTM, n'est ce pas?

This kind of blasphemy while in possession of the belttm is like watching a man juggling flaming tennis balls standing in a pool of gasoline while someone sneaks up behind him with an air horn.......on a busy freeway.....where all the drivers are blindfolded....driving Ford Pinto's....loaded with explosives. 

You know whats going to happen, but you want to watch anyway.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 04, 2015, 03:07:18 PM
Quote from: sac on February 04, 2015, 01:26:38 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 03, 2015, 07:10:43 PM

I'm not quite sure how NPU missing the CCIW tourney with an 8-6 mark would make me "die a happy alum." Yes, it would mean that NPU would automatically hang on to The BeltTM for a year, but it's better to risk ItTM and lose ItTM (were that to happen) than to not risk ItTM and keep ItTM because the Vikings fell short of the larger goal.

After all, the ultimate prize is a Salem Civic Center net draped around The BeltTM, n'est ce pas?

This kind of blasphemy while in possession of the belttm is like watching a man juggling flaming tennis balls standing in a pool of gasoline while someone sneaks up behind him with an air horn.......on a busy freeway.....where all the drivers are blindfolded....driving Ford Pinto's....loaded with explosives. 

You know whats going to happen, but you want to watch anyway.

Wasn't that an episode of Jackass?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 04, 2015, 06:08:45 PM
Quote from: sac on February 04, 2015, 01:26:38 PM
This kind of blasphemy while in possession of the belttm is like watching a man juggling flaming tennis balls standing in a pool of gasoline while someone sneaks up behind him with an air horn.......on a busy freeway.....where all the drivers are blindfolded....driving Ford Pinto's....loaded with explosives. 

You know whats going to happen, but you want to watch anyway.

Post of the year, and it's only February.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 08, 2015, 10:12:04 AM
Apparently,  The BeltTM likes Chicago. North Park has defended The BeltTM twice! I hope they have a chance to go to Greektown for some tasty eats!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 08, 2015, 10:37:15 AM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.westword.com%2Fcafesociety%2Fathenian%2520saganaki.jpg&hash=741b63eca435c0e928067e6529572f8e35e3423c)

Opaa!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2015, 04:01:30 PM
2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary

3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park
2-11-15  Elmhurst

With the way the CCIWtm finishes I believe we're locked into the Belttm being in the CCIW Tournament and thus the NCAA Tournament.  No Sager on an innertube in Lake Michigan which is disappointing.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hickory_cornhusker on February 10, 2015, 01:02:05 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2015, 04:01:30 PM
2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary

3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park

With the way the CCIWtm finishes I believe we're locked into the Belttm being in the CCIW Tournament and thus the NCAA Tournament.  No Sager on an innertube in Lake Michigan which is disappointing.

...Unless the Vikings from the Northside can take the Walnut and Bronze from Salem.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 12, 2015, 10:00:14 AM
Like many generations from days past, Olde SparklyTM has spent some carefree time in the city but has decided it is time to settle down and move to to suburbs.  Perhaps the schools are better for the little BuckleTM.

Elmhurst 89, North Park 49.  The BeltTM is now nesting in West Suburban Chicago.

Gregory, hope you enjoyed the Good Timestm while they lasted. :)


Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on February 12, 2015, 10:06:04 AM
Quote from: kiko on February 12, 2015, 10:00:14 AM
Gregory, hope you enjoyed the Good Timestm while they lasted. :)

He must also now update his signature of North Park national championships. 2015 baby.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 12, 2015, 10:08:22 AM
We're overdue for a mascot photo

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beckstextbooks.com%2Fstore19%2FStoreImages%2F285-979020-1.jpg&hash=039de4831365ef5a8052642ea33ecbc7f6552a8e)

The Belttm in true The Belttm fashion has potentially stumbled on the one path that could result in a floating, smiling, Cub hat wearing Greg Sager.

The next contest is North Central at Elmhurst, should North Central win the Cardinals would not only capture The BeltTm but as a secondary prize would clinch the final spot in the CCIW Tournament.

North Central's last game is home vs................ NORTH PARK!!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 12, 2015, 03:21:52 PM
So let me get this straight.  If North Central wins, North Park has a shot at The BeltTM but no shot at the CCIW tournament. If North Central loses (and North Park wins their game), North Park has a shot at the CCIW tournament but no shot at The BeltTM...

So it's obvious Sager will be cheering for North Central this weekend.

I suppose he can hope for an Elmhurst win and North Park winning out and getting their hands on The BeltTM via conference tournament championship.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 15, 2015, 11:40:56 AM
Elmhurst beat North Central, clinching a CCIW tournament spot.  Elmhurst next plays at IWU who has also clinched a tournament spot, which means The BeltTm will make the NCAA Tournament.


As an aside, our dream of a floating Greg Sager is still alive with North Park able to clinch a CCIW tournament spot with a win over North Central and thus they would be this summers The BeltTm holders by winning the CCIW Tournament and the most improbable of National Championships.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 24, 2015, 12:17:29 AM
So The BeltTM is now in Bloomington after Illinois Wesleyan dispatched Elmhurst 96-66 over the weekend, and given the vacuum of news from downstate Illinois, there are all kinds of rumors about what went down.  IWU was dedicating Denny Bridges court on Sunday, and many Titans from days of yore were in attendance.

It seems there was an unfortunate incident in which the Titan legacies passed The BeltTM from person to person, and things got out of hand when Coach Bridges was photographed standing in the center circle, using ItTM as a sort of hula hoop as old school Michael Jackson from circa The Wall pulsated through the arena.  Mercifully, JackTM SikmaTM was in attendance, and he helped to restore order, though not before foolheartedly trying to match The Belt'sTM power by brandishing his NBA championship ring.  The BeltTM was unimpressed and simply incorporated this simple bauble into ItsTM design.

The same two teams meet in Rock Island for the first round of the CCIW tournament on Friday, which I am thinking of as a sort of Ali-Frazier II given WhatTM is at stake.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 24, 2015, 12:50:52 AM
The NBA is a mere minor championship compared to The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 24, 2015, 10:11:32 AM
Quote from: smedindy on February 24, 2015, 12:50:52 AM
The NBA is a mere minor championship compared to The BeltTM

IWU was still going to the NAIA tourney in Jack's day.  He should not be blamed for underestimating The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 24, 2015, 01:52:23 PM
Blame always lies with the individual for not understanding The BeltsTm tremendous aura and luster. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 24, 2015, 07:59:55 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 24, 2015, 12:17:29 AMthings got out of hand when Coach Bridges was photographed standing in the center circle, using ItTM as a sort of hula hoop as old school Michael Jackson from circa The Wall pulsated through the arena.

Wow, this mental image can really cause some brain damage. Look away, imagination! Look away!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 25, 2015, 10:15:28 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 24, 2015, 07:59:55 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 24, 2015, 12:17:29 AMthings got out of hand when Coach Bridges was photographed standing in the center circle, using ItTM as a sort of hula hoop as old school Michael Jackson from circa The Wall pulsated through the arena.

Wow, this mental image can really cause some brain damage. Look away, imagination! Look away!

Little known fact that we learned as part of this celebration:  Coach Bridges has "dunk" tattooed on the knuckles of his right hand, and "2pts" on his left.  ::)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 01, 2015, 11:19:04 AM
2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary

3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park
2-11-15  Elmhurst
2-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
2-28-15  Augustana

Grey Giovonine and his Augustana Vikings will carry The BeltTm into the NCAA Tournament.  Once again a worthy holder will be selected in the hills of Salem, Virginia.  Best of luck to everyone.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2015, 11:46:38 PM
What's the record for the biggest number of separate BeltTM possessions in one season? Can anybody beat Augie's three?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 03, 2015, 09:59:15 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2015, 11:46:38 PM
What's the record for the biggest number of separate BeltTM possessions in one season? Can anybody beat Augie's three?

There's only 1,342 posts on this thread. I'm sure it's in there somewhere. We really need to get ourselves a BeltTM intern to do that kind of stuff. I'm taking applications now.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 03, 2015, 10:25:59 AM
Third hit for "belt intern", maybe I should have included the trademark.

(https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608036763943832836&pid=15.1&P=0)

Seems about right.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 03, 2015, 10:40:30 AM
2006-07 Season path
Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Next Season - Amherst

2007-08 Season path
Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to next season - Washington U.

2008-09 Season path
Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27-Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19 - Guilford
Mar. 20-Next season - Washington Univ.

2009-10 Season Path
Start-Dec. 28 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 29-Dec. 29 - Transylvania
Dec. 30-Feb. 12 - Wooster
Feb. 13-Feb. 16 - Wittenberg
Feb. 17-Feb. 25 - Wabash
Feb. 26-Feb. 26 - Wittenberg
Feb. 27-Mar. 11 - Wooster
Mar. 12-Mar. 18 - Guilford
Mar. 19-Mar. 19 - Williams
Mar. 20-Present - UW-Stevens Point




FINAL 2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:

Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Mar. 10 - UW-Stevens Point
Mar. 11-Present - St. Thomas


2011-2012
St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-25-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3-2-12  St. Thomas
3-3-12  UW-Whitewater


2012-2013
UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst

2013-2014  BeltTM path
4-7-13  Amherst
12-7-13  Emerson
1-4-14  Suffolk
1-9-14  Johnson & Wales
1-29-14  Albertus Magnus
2-1-14  St. Joseph's(Me)
2-22-14  Lasell
2-27-14  Albertus Magnus
3-14-14  Williams
3-22-14  Whitewater

2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary

3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park
2-11-15  Elmhurst
2-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
2-28-15  Augustana


4 years ago The Belttm seemed to have a hyphen fetish and spent several weeks passing itselftm around between Pomona-Pitzer and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.  Pomona-Pitzer held The Belttm four separate times.  Twice the Thingtm was basically walked across the street as ittm changed hands.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 03, 2015, 11:02:47 AM

So, since we've been keeping track, there's never been a season in which one team didn't have it at least twice.  Interesting.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 03, 2015, 01:19:25 PM
Nice work, sac. You must have been real bored.  :P
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 03, 2015, 02:26:25 PM
I hereby officially dub sac the "D-III Championships BeltTM Intern"

Now go get me a cappuccino and shape the foam into a profile of Greg Sager. And my dry cleaning. Don't forget my dry cleaning.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on March 03, 2015, 03:36:35 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 03, 2015, 02:26:25 PM
I hereby officially dub sac the "D-III Championships BeltTM InternTM"

Now go get me a cappuccino and shape the foam into a profile of Greg Sager. And my dry cleaning. Don't forget my dry cleaning.
Fixed it for you
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 03, 2015, 05:36:00 PM
The reality is I just cut and pasted what was already done.  As JustBill said, its in there somewhere.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on March 03, 2015, 06:11:58 PM
Quote from: sac on March 03, 2015, 05:36:00 PM
The reality is I just cut and pasted what was already done.  As JustBill said, its in there somewhere.
Just what do you think interns do, anyway?

I take mine black, by the way.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2015, 06:27:01 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 03, 2015, 09:59:15 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2015, 11:46:38 PM
What's the record for the biggest number of separate BeltTM possessions in one season? Can anybody beat Augie's three?

There's only 1,342 posts on this thread. I'm sure it's in there somewhere. We really need to get ourselves a BeltTM intern to do that kind of stuff. I'm taking applications now.

Fortunately, I was able to ypsi somebody into doing the homework for me.

Finally, after all these years of being ypsied, I was able to turn the tables and ypsi somebody else -- in this case, sac. An historic day!

Quote from: sac on March 03, 2015, 10:25:59 AM
Third hit for "belt intern", maybe I should have included the trademark.

(https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608036763943832836&pid=15.1&P=0)

Seems about right.

The words "belt intern" made me think that an image search would've brought up nothing but pictures of Monica Lewinsky and blue dresses. I have to say that sac's pic is far more suitable for our purposes, and has "meme" written all over it.

No doubt the WeaselsTM are busy trademarking the image of those two white-clad gentlemen even as I type.

Quote from: David Collinge on March 03, 2015, 06:11:58 PM
Quote from: sac on March 03, 2015, 05:36:00 PM
The reality is I just cut and pasted what was already done.  As JustBill said, its in there somewhere.
Just what do you think interns do, anyway?

I take mine black, by the way.

And see if you can rustle up some cookies, too, while you're at it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 03, 2015, 07:06:01 PM
The title of this thread does not have a TM logo, yet the weaselsTM have not come after it.  Is The Guru even more powerful than The BeltTM??!! :o

(And was it legal to write The Guru rather than The GuruTM?)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 03, 2015, 07:50:28 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.womansday.com%2Fcm%2Fwomansday%2Fimages%2FED%2Fpanda-3.jpg&hash=e730692a5fabb156d0f72454fc2c2c0d36b3590c)
(https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608004444309489670&pid=15.1&P=0)
(https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608014915443755732&pid=15.1&P=0)

sorry about the Santa belts but the internet is a little short of geegaw and baubled belttm cookies.

(https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608010899644026334&pid=15.1&P=0)

...someone else can get Justbill's pants.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on March 03, 2015, 07:52:34 PM
Good work. Keep it up and we'll think about maybe paying you something in a year or two.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on March 03, 2015, 09:11:12 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 03, 2015, 02:26:25 PM
I hereby officially dub sac the "D-III Championships BeltTM Intern"

Now go get me a cappuccino and shape the foam into a profile of Greg Sager. And my dry cleaning. Don't forget my dry cleaning.

Why does he need his dry cleaning shaped into a profile of Greg Sager? Not sure. But never question the boss.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on March 03, 2015, 09:28:18 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on March 03, 2015, 09:11:12 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 03, 2015, 02:26:25 PM
I hereby officially dub sac the "D-III Championships BeltTM Intern"

Now go get me a cappuccino and shape the foam into a profile of Greg Sager. And my dry cleaning. Don't forget my dry cleaning.

Why does he need his dry cleaning shaped into a profile of Greg Sager? Not sure. But never question the boss.

Anxiously awaiting sac googling up a photo of that.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 03, 2015, 09:45:35 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia-cache-ec0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F09%2Fbe%2Fc1%2F09bec1893eae83c277fe253bc26b714b.jpg&hash=5a981506fffd0cfeee7b52c27edac3396d1adb58)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on March 04, 2015, 07:24:01 AM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on March 03, 2015, 09:11:12 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 03, 2015, 02:26:25 PM
I hereby officially dub sac the "D-III Championships BeltTM Intern"

Now go get me a cappuccino and shape the foam into a profile of Greg Sager. And my dry cleaning. Don't forget my dry cleaning.

Why does he need his dry cleaning shaped into a profile of Greg Sager? Not sure. But never question the boss.
Doesn't everyone?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 05, 2015, 03:52:28 PM
I could do without it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on March 05, 2015, 04:06:46 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 05, 2015, 03:52:28 PM
I could do without it.

Yes, but all of your mirrors bear a striking resemblance to you, especially when you walk by.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 05, 2015, 04:14:37 PM
Nothing I can do about that, John, short of wearing one of these all the time:

(https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608036763943832836&pid=15.1&P=0)

(The mask, not the singlet or the belt.)

I'd just rather not subject myself to dry-cleaning mimicry. Too spooky.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on March 05, 2015, 05:48:42 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 05, 2015, 04:14:37 PM
Nothing I can do about that, John, short of wearing one of these all the time:

(https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608036763943832836&pid=15.1&P=0)

(The mask, not the singlet or the belt.)

I'd just rather not subject myself to dry-cleaning mimicry. Too spooky.

Here are my shirts. Done by noon tomorrow? And don't forget the starch. Or the Sager!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 07, 2015, 09:12:20 PM
The BeltTM has never been held by a Texas team.  Well, we Texans are waiting for itTM.

(https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/kwuOqi6_wfOmBNyHoRCzcw--/YXBwaWQ9c3JjaGRkO2g9MjA4O3E9OTU7dz0yNzU-/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/images/halloffame/veboys1.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 10, 2015, 12:08:18 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 07, 2015, 09:12:20 PM
The BeltTM has never been held by a Texas team.  Well, we Texans are waiting for itTM.

(https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/kwuOqi6_wfOmBNyHoRCzcw--/YXBwaWQ9c3JjaGRkO2g9MjA4O3E9OTU7dz0yNzU-/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/images/halloffame/veboys1.jpg)

You ain't gonna win the belt by playin' UT-Permian Basin and Huston-Tillotson.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on March 10, 2015, 05:14:27 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 10, 2015, 12:08:18 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 07, 2015, 09:12:20 PM
The BeltTM has never been held by a Texas team.  Well, we Texans are waiting for itTM.

(https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/kwuOqi6_wfOmBNyHoRCzcw--/YXBwaWQ9c3JjaGRkO2g9MjA4O3E9OTU7dz0yNzU-/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/images/halloffame/veboys1.jpg)

You ain't gonna win the belt The BeltTM by playin' UT-Permian Basin and Huston-Tillotson.

Fixed it for you. We wouldn't want Just Bill to have to call out the weasels on the Guru.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 10, 2015, 02:47:58 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 10, 2015, 05:14:27 AM
Fixed it for you. We wouldn't want Just Bill to have to call out the weasels on the Guru.

Did you say Gru? Oh, Nevermind.

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8633/16395190002_f878c68406_o.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 10, 2015, 10:40:37 PM
Quote from: magicman on March 10, 2015, 05:14:27 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 10, 2015, 12:08:18 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 07, 2015, 09:12:20 PM
The BeltTM has never been held by a Texas team.  Well, we Texans are waiting for itTM.

(https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/kwuOqi6_wfOmBNyHoRCzcw--/YXBwaWQ9c3JjaGRkO2g9MjA4O3E9OTU7dz0yNzU-/http://www.wrestlingmuseum.com/images/halloffame/veboys1.jpg)

You ain't gonna win the belt The BeltTM by playin' UT-Permian Basin and Huston-Tillotson.

Fixed it for you. We wouldn't want Just Bill to have to call out the weasels on the Guru.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fvignette3.wikia.nocookie.net%2Funcyclopedia%2Fimages%2F5%2F5e%2FWeasels_ripped_my_flesh.jpg%2Frevision%2F20091027224945&hash=c2596d13824ad41e53ce524f30c98a2e23a3bdd2)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 11, 2015, 09:19:03 PM
I wouldn't want my guitar to kill Pat's mama, either...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Oj-eZqpHE
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 12, 2015, 02:40:58 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 07, 2015, 09:12:20 PM
The BeltTM has never been held by a Texas team.  Well, we Texans are waiting for itTM.

2012-2013
UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst


It was Mary Hardin-Baylor that carried The BeltTM from the appropriately name Belton, Texas to Atlanta a couple years ago.  Along with some beer and a pregnant elephant.....and Dom Deluise.

I'm sure you were at the barbeque it got pretty crazy.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themoviescene.co.uk%2Freviews%2F_img%2F2637-3.jpg&hash=3d3e012b16d3ea7f74edc372c47947d14bd42834)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 13, 2015, 07:24:59 PM
Quote from: sac on March 12, 2015, 02:40:58 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 07, 2015, 09:12:20 PM
The BeltTM has never been held by a Texas team.  Well, we Texans are waiting for itTM.

2012-2013
UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst


It was Mary Hardin-Baylor that carried The BeltTM from the appropriately name Belton, Texas to Atlanta a couple years ago.  Along with some beer and a pregnant elephant.....and Dom Deluise.

I'm sure you were at the barbeque it got pretty crazy.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themoviescene.co.uk%2Freviews%2F_img%2F2637-3.jpg&hash=3d3e012b16d3ea7f74edc372c47947d14bd42834)
I forgot!  Sorry. For 2 weeks.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 14, 2015, 09:48:12 PM
The BeltTM heads to Salem with Augustana.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 22, 2015, 12:40:07 AM
Quote from: sac on March 14, 2015, 09:48:12 PM
The BeltTM heads to Salem with Augustana.


... and now ItTM is the world's blingiest collar as the Pointers trot, tails head high, back to Wisconsin after winning Best in Show in Salem.

The BeltTM apparently did not take kindly to GreyTM GiovanineTM repeatedly wearing ItTM for the opening tipoff, then angrily removing and chucking ItTM three rows deep into the crowd at the first moment that piqued his ire.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 22, 2015, 12:51:13 AM
Quote from: kiko on March 22, 2015, 12:40:07 AM
Quote from: sac on March 14, 2015, 09:48:12 PM
The BeltTM heads to Salem with Augustana.


... and now ItTM is the world's blingiest collar as the Pointers trot, tails head high, back to Wisconsin after winning Best in Show in Salem.

The BeltTM apparently did not take kindly to GreyTM GiovanineTM repeatedly wearing ItTM for the opening tipoff, then angrily removing and chucking ItTM three rows deep into the crowd at the first moment that piqued his ire.

Coach Giovanine is well-known for flinging his sports coat into the bleachers when things don't go as he wished.  But he is NOT crazy!  Even he would never risk 'chucking' The BeltTM.  He (and The BeltTM) demand a retraction of these scurrilous allegations, at risk of meeting up with The WeaselsTM.  (And, Kiko, you do NOT want to confront The WeaselsTM. :o)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 22, 2015, 01:01:27 AM
ItTM started the season in Wisconsin and ItTM finishes the season in Wisconsin. The BeltTM might need a belt of ItsTM own if ItTM keeps spending the summers eating deep fried cheese and brats.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 22, 2015, 04:07:55 PM
Congratulations to this years BeltTM holders from Stevens Point.  I was searching for something witty to say but for some reason all my beltTm and Wisconsin search references turned up links to Pink Floyd songs.  I gave up early if I'm honest.

I suspect our resident Pointer brothers John Gleich and OldSchool will likely have a BeltTm meet and greet lined up at the Hilltop Bar not far from campus very soon.


Looking back on this season The BeltTm didn't stray too far from last summers home in Whitewater and  wound through The Greatest Conference in AmericaTM a little before settling on a location near its apparent preferred summer home in Wisconsin.  This was probably the fewest miles we've put on The BeltTm since the great Swedish Bikini Ski Team incident of the late 90'sTM

2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary
3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park
2-11-15  Elmhurst
2-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
2-28-15  Augustana
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point


Before we know it the leaves will change, the harvest will come in and the days will grow shorter and darker and only the echo's of balls bouncing off wood floors will lift our collective spirits and it will be BeltTm time again.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 26, 2015, 01:52:37 AM
See The BeltTM at Stevens Point's famous ice cream spot, Belt's?

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8737/16311126864_17acf62ecf_b.jpg")
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 26, 2015, 03:36:05 PM
Is that a tell-tale sign (literally) that UWSP ranks below the local high school in the pecking order, Tom?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 26, 2015, 03:40:16 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 26, 2015, 03:36:05 PM
Is that a tell-tale sign (literally) that UWSP ranks below the local high school in the pecking order, Tom?

Alphabetical?  ???  ;D ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 26, 2015, 03:47:32 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 22, 2015, 01:01:27 AM
ItTM started the season in Wisconsin and ItTM finishes the season in Wisconsin. The BeltTM might need a belt of ItsTM own if ItTM keeps spending the summers eating deep fried cheese and brats.

And Point Beer.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 26, 2015, 06:01:19 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 26, 2015, 03:40:16 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 26, 2015, 03:36:05 PM
Is that a tell-tale sign (literally) that UWSP ranks below the local high school in the pecking order, Tom?

Alphabetical?  ???  ;D ;D

Right. Like "Puppet show" being listed above Spinal Tap was alphabetical. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lku6S24pWSU) ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on April 04, 2015, 01:51:13 PM
In shocking news The BeltTM was recently highjacked on the way to Stevens Point. Security forces targeted the man below, a Canadian extremist, with stealing The BeltTM.


(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8751/16846095519_ddb8d4e11e_o.jpg)

After a heated argument with my wife, it was decided that a one-on-one fight would determine the rightful owner of said BeltTM

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7652/16844359828_800339c92c_o.jpg)

King Midget took the responsibility of taking on the Canadian extremist

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8717/16844780900_78421657e8_o.jpg)

After a long, hard-fought battle, the good guys reclaimed what was rightfully theirs.

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8751/16846096309_2d7a078aaf_o.jpg)

The BeltTM security forces, with the help from my wife, King Midget, Fabio, Little Joe, Little Stevie-O and The Little Show, returned The BeltTM back to the campus of UWSP.

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on April 04, 2015, 05:08:38 PM
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They lost the BeltTM?

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They lost the BeltTM?  C'mon man.

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They lost the BeltTM?

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How do you lose a BeltTM?



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on April 04, 2015, 09:00:09 PM
We hardly lost The BeltTM. It was taken from us and we took it back...

Despite the security's best efforts protecting The BeltTM using an armored convoy...

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and The BeltTM secured in a small safe pulled behind two cars driven by professional drivers...

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8799/16415686143_eae0e9d78c_o.jpg)

The BeltTM's security detail did not anticipate being hijacked by a tank...

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on October 05, 2015, 11:56:56 AM
I noticed this weekend that The University of Alabama football team has what they call a "ball out belt".  A real belt they pass around on the sideline to any player who recovers a fumble or intercepts a pass.

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I think we all know where this idea came from and I trust Just Bill and his army of weasels are on the case to recover all monetary residuals The BeltTM may be entitled to.   
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on October 12, 2015, 09:35:30 AM
Cha-ching
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 13, 2015, 09:08:40 AM
Well, it was a busy off-season for The BeltTM in Stevens Point. After returning from Salem, The BeltTM celebrated with the local high school boy's basketball team as they won the State Championship. Later ITTM visited Stevens Point's men's hockey team and consoled them for just missing out on their own championship, losing 5-2 to Trinity ( Conn.) in the Final. In April, The BeltTM participated in the World's Largest Trivia Contest in Stevens Point, a 54-hour marathon of questions. When summer came, ItTM lost plenty of golf balls at Sentry World Golf Club, enjoyed plenty of flurries at Belt's soft serve and many drinks and tours through Stevens Point's own brewery. The BeltTM also attended Iola's Old Car Show and Swap Meet, and danced with Here Come the Mummies at Stevens Point's 4th of July celebration, Riverfront Rendezvous.

Well, it's time to get back to business. The BeltTM is currently updating its passport as it's headed to Canada to start it's title defense vs ex-WIACer UW-Superior tomorrow night. The BeltTM is exhausted,  and possibly  still drunk, but will do it's best not too cause too many problems for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 18, 2015, 12:59:43 PM
After a slight delay at the border, The BeltTM returned from Superior safely arriving in Stevens Point after their first title defense. Up next is a visit from St. Olaf. The Oles knocked off the Pointers last year in Minnesota, so the home team will be extra motivated to keep The BeltTM in central Wisconsin.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 21, 2015, 09:49:52 PM
  Hope 68 Stevens Point 56

<ahem>
THE BELT IS COMING TO HOLLAND!!!!   WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!   OMG!!!!   OMG!!!! OMG!!!!   



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Dutch
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on November 21, 2015, 10:11:05 PM
Quote from: sac on November 21, 2015, 09:49:52 PM
  Hope 68 Stevens Point 56

<ahem>
THE BELT IS COMING TO HOLLAND!!!!   WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!   OMG!!!!   OMG!!!! OMG!!!!   



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Dutch

If you can hang onto it for a while, the city can save a lot of energy on its heated sidewalks - The BeltTM will melt the snow! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on November 21, 2015, 10:59:46 PM
Quote from: sac on November 21, 2015, 09:49:52 PM
  Hope 68 Stevens Point 56

<ahem>
THE BELT IS COMING TO HOLLAND!!!!   WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!   OMG!!!!   OMG!!!! OMG!!!!   



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Dutch

Just watched the Dutchmen load The BeltTM onto the Hope bus for the trip to Holland.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 22, 2015, 12:55:13 AM
But The Belt TM would like to know if the condiment situation has cleared up at Hope?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on November 22, 2015, 12:58:36 AM
Oh man, how I wish I still had that photo.

Bravo and +1 smeds, that was brilliant.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on November 22, 2015, 09:55:23 AM
Quote from: smedindy on November 22, 2015, 12:55:13 AM
But The Belt TM would like to know if the condiment situation has cleared up at Hope?

While the condiment controversy has been ongoing for years, I have great confidence that wth the arrival of The BeltTM this will immediately be cleared up. Not that The BeltTM cares about such nonsense, but ItsTM mere presence will cause both factions to immediately agree.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 22, 2015, 12:25:59 PM
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 22, 2015, 12:38:33 PM
Pretty sure The Belttm will be spending a lot of time at Russ' and Village Inn the next couple weeks.   Next couple weeks you say?  Hope plays its annual Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame 'Tournament' with NAIA's Aquinas and Cornerstone this weekend.  No matter what happens Hope will leave the winner because they'll have The Belttm

It will be especially nice to haul the most glorious of accessories into Cornerstone's Mol Arena and when their fans point to their neat shiny new banner in the rafters we'll have the trump card.........and they know it.  Also, LOL Calvin!!!


The next The Belttm title defense won't happen until Friday Dec. 4th when Wheaton comes to DeVos Fieldhouse.


Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 22, 2015, 05:51:36 PM
Break out the wooden dancing shoes!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 23, 2015, 10:12:25 PM
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 05, 2015, 12:14:53 PM
In its first real  defense of The BeltTm Hope pulled out a thrilling double OT win in front of the home fans 88-83 over Wheaton.   The BeltTm bounced around the CCIW last year and Wheaton was one of 4 teams that didn't possess The BeltTm

Wheaton had 2 shots at The BeltTm last year losing 78-74 to Augustana and 71-68 to North Park, add this one to their tragic pursuit of The BeltTm history.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on December 05, 2015, 03:59:28 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 25, 2007, 08:55:19 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 25, 2007, 04:10:21 AM
This would be even cooler if there actually was a giant leather belt with shiny baubles and gewgaws all over it, as in boxing and professional wrestling.

Just Bill's To Do List:
1. Visit Leather shop (not that I know where it is  ;))
2. Visit Michael's Arts and Crafts
3. Construct Belt in garage
4. Write letter to NCAA

I know a patent lawyer.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 08, 2015, 09:55:32 AM
Over on the often neglected NACC board, Ryan Stoppable pointed out we passed the 10-year anniversary of The BeltTM passing through the (properly protected, gloved) hands of some current NACC members. At the time they were part of the Lake Michigan Conference which doesn't even exist anymore.

Quote from: Ryan Stoppable on December 07, 2015, 11:23:05 PM
As a reminder, this month we celebrate the 10th anniversary of The BeltTM's (most recent?) foray into NACC country, as Lakeland, Wisconsin Lutheran and Dominican got their hands on the glorious prize between November 26 and December 29 of 2005.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 08, 2015, 01:11:59 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on December 05, 2015, 03:59:28 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 25, 2007, 08:55:19 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 25, 2007, 04:10:21 AM
This would be even cooler if there actually was a giant leather belt with shiny baubles and gewgaws all over it, as in boxing and professional wrestling.

Just Bill's To Do List:
1. Visit Leather shop (not that I know where it is  ;))
2. Visit Michael's Arts and Crafts
3. Construct Belt in garage
4. Write letter to NCAA

I know a patent lawyer.

Do you mean patent weasel?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 08, 2015, 07:48:57 PM
Bill, the Lake Michigan Conference clearly met its demise because it couldn't deal with the radiation given off by Thee Most Glorious CinctureTM.

Not every league has the lead-lined wardrobe to be able to cope with The BeltTM. If you can't handle the baubles, get out of the kitchen.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on December 10, 2015, 11:34:19 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 08, 2015, 09:55:32 AM
Over on the often neglected NACC board, Ryan Stoppable pointed out we passed the 10-year anniversary of The BeltTM passing through the (properly protected, gloved) hands of some current NACC members. At the time they were part of the Lake Michigan Conference which doesn't even exist anymore.

Quote from: Ryan Stoppable on December 07, 2015, 11:23:05 PM
As a reminder, this month we celebrate the 10th anniversary of The BeltTM's (most recent?) foray into NACC country, as Lakeland, Wisconsin Lutheran and Dominican got their hands on the glorious prize between November 26 and December 29 of 2005.

Those may have been gloved hands back in the day, but the present BeltTM caretakers clearly wear mittens.  ::)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on December 11, 2015, 08:21:39 AM
Quote from: kiko on December 10, 2015, 11:34:19 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 08, 2015, 09:55:32 AM
Over on the often neglected NACC board, Ryan Stoppable pointed out we passed the 10-year anniversary of The BeltTM passing through the (properly protected, gloved) hands of some current NACC members. At the time they were part of the Lake Michigan Conference which doesn't even exist anymore.

Quote from: Ryan Stoppable on December 07, 2015, 11:23:05 PM
As a reminder, this month we celebrate the 10th anniversary of The BeltTM's (most recent?) foray into NACC country, as Lakeland, Wisconsin Lutheran and Dominican got their hands on the glorious prize between November 26 and December 29 of 2005.

Those may have been gloved hands back in the day, but the present BeltTM caretakers clearly wear mittens.  ::)

Yes, yes they do - but not only do mittens make sense for the cold (should it ever arrive here) but it also offers some protection regarding The BeltTM.  Not that ItTM needs protection - as nothing could affect ItsTM gloriousness - but rather protects the hands of the handlers as The BeltTM enjoys some of the local seasonal acitivites - most recently joining the SinterKlaas parade.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 11, 2015, 11:34:46 AM
America's high five.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 11, 2015, 05:18:26 PM
Quote from: kiko on December 10, 2015, 11:34:19 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 08, 2015, 09:55:32 AM
Over on the often neglected NACC board, Ryan Stoppable pointed out we passed the 10-year anniversary of The BeltTM passing through the (properly protected, gloved) hands of some current NACC members. At the time they were part of the Lake Michigan Conference which doesn't even exist anymore.

Quote from: Ryan Stoppable on December 07, 2015, 11:23:05 PM
As a reminder, this month we celebrate the 10th anniversary of The BeltTM's (most recent?) foray into NACC country, as Lakeland, Wisconsin Lutheran and Dominican got their hands on the glorious prize between November 26 and December 29 of 2005.

Those may have been gloved hands back in the day, but the present BeltTM caretakers clearly wear mittens.  ::)

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 12, 2015, 10:55:59 PM
Hope defends The BeltTm for the third time with a 79-69 win over UW-Platteville.    The Hanover Panthers will get the next crack on Monday Dec 21 in Holland.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on December 18, 2015, 12:25:27 PM
Unless a 3 win team (Hanover, Messiah, or Beloit) can take down the #4 ranked Dutchmen, the Belt will be touring the great state of Michigan for the months of January and February (with stops in Angola, IN)

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 18, 2015, 01:24:31 PM
Quote from: HOPEful on December 18, 2015, 12:25:27 PM
Unless a 3 win team (Hanover, Messiah, or Beloit) can take down the #4 ranked Dutchmen, the Belt will be touring the great state of Michigan for the months of January and February (with stops in Angola, IN)

Have we ever talked about jinxes in here, I don't think we have.  Don't temp The BeltTm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 18, 2015, 02:37:37 PM
Quote from: sac on December 18, 2015, 01:24:31 PM
Quote from: HOPEful on December 18, 2015, 12:25:27 PM
Unless a 3 win team (Hanover, Messiah, or Beloit) can take down the #4 ranked Dutchmen, the Belt will be touring the great state of Michigan for the months of January and February (with stops in Angola, IN)

Have we ever talked about jinxes in here, I don't think we have.  Don't temp The BeltTm

I'm confident in the 94 pages of this thread, there is absolutely nothing we haven't talked about.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 22, 2015, 01:36:58 PM
Hope hangs on to The BeltTm after another razor close overtime victory over Hanover.

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True story, this made a baby cry last week.


With the win Hope will get another chance to gloriously flaunt that most magnificent of objectsTm in front of the non-D3 Grace Bible TigersTm tonight before packing that thingTm up in its crate and taking it South to Florida.  Which I'm sure is the first time The BeltTM will be making a trip to the Sunshine StateTm.

Hope will play Messiah and Beloit.  The thought of The BeltTm and the messiah sharing the same floor is quite terrifying.




Quote from: HOPEful on December 18, 2015, 12:25:27 PM
Unless a 3 win team (Hanover, Messiah, or Beloit) can take down the #4 ranked Dutchmen, the Belt will be touring the great state of Michigan for the months of January and February (with stops in Angola, IN)


Did you feel the ground rumbling beneath your feet last night? 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 30, 2015, 11:37:06 AM
The BeltTm remains in good hands as Hope overcomes MessiahTM down in Florida by a score that has been reported three different ways.  Take my word for it Hope won.


So today The BeltTm will choose between spending January and February floating around the MIAA with Hope or with Beloit in the MWC.  I know which way I'd go but I can't make these kinds of executivetm decisions.






Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 31, 2015, 10:42:00 AM
The remainder of this regular season The BeltTm has chosen to spend the El Nino Winter in Pure MichiganTm and possibly Angola, Michigan Indiana.  Hope beat Beloit last night 86-66 to finish its week in Florida.


First crack at The BeltTm comes on Jan 6. to Albion, because of course it does.

(https://www.nationalreview.com/sites/default/files/Brits.pdf%20-%20Adobe%20Acrobat.jpg)




In BeltTm history news, this is the first time in 9 seasons The BeltTm has not exchanged hands in the month of December.  I'm sorry this is so boring and frankly I kind of hope it remains boring....very, very boring. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on January 04, 2016, 09:28:26 AM
Quote from: sac on December 22, 2015, 01:36:58 PM
Did you feel the ground rumbling beneath your feet last night?

It's quite pathetic that as i was exiting the stadium, one of my first thoughts was how glad I was that I wouldn't have to hear about how I was the jinx.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on January 06, 2016, 11:54:05 PM
Quote from: sac on December 31, 2015, 10:42:00 AM
The remainder of this regular season The BeltTm has chosen to spend the El Nino Winter in Pure MichiganTm and possibly Angola, Michigan Indiana.  Hope beat Beloit last night 86-66 to finish its week in Florida.


First crack at The BeltTm comes on Jan 6. to Albion, because of course it does.

(https://www.nationalreview.com/sites/default/files/Brits.pdf%20-%20Adobe%20Acrobat.jpg)




In BeltTm history news, this is the first time in 9 seasons The BeltTm has not exchanged hands in the month of December.  I'm sorry this is so boring and frankly I kind of hope it remains boring....very, very boring.

This looks like Buzz Lightyear dressed up in some sort of Medieval Man Halloween costume...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 07, 2016, 01:41:38 AM
Hope 68  Albion 65

These BeltTm games are.... "fun".

Next up:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVJJYQSVAAAvgyY.jpg)
Clyde the Comet
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on January 07, 2016, 11:38:36 AM
Quote from: sac on January 07, 2016, 01:41:38 AM
Hope 68  Albion 65

These BeltTm games are.... "fun".

Next up:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVJJYQSVAAAvgyY.jpg)
Clyde the Comet

Evidence suggests that Clyde is actually a rip off from Grand Ledge H.S.'s Winke.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fvnn-aws-sites%2F93%2Ffiles%2F2013%2F12%2FComet-Logo-winking-comet-right.jpg&hash=2d98a96a6faed0aa395cae307a5d7f68ada4790a) vs. (https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scoutforceathlete.com%2Fmedia%2Fcollege%2Folivet-college-a55d45d877e47b.png&hash=8a06f2bc3e8763258e5798dc69d2b04cefafb89c)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 07, 2016, 07:49:43 PM
(https://ferrebeekeeper.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/6a00d8341c83bd53ef01348810fb13970c-800wi.jpg)  Grand Ledge
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 07, 2016, 08:59:21 PM
1. If the mascot's name is Winke, why isn't he winking? After all, the logo version winks.
2. Comets wink? I know that stars twinkle, but ... perhaps comets have more of a come-hither thing going on among stellar phenomena.
3. How does Winke stay upright with all the weight in that costume presumably positioned behind his head?
4. Is Winke poised to jump in that photo, or is it a matter of the costume simply being too heavy for him to stand upright?

OK, that's more thought that I've given to a mascot's costume than I have in years.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on January 07, 2016, 09:48:22 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 07, 2016, 08:59:21 PM
1. If the mascot's name is Winke, why isn't he winking? After all, the logo version winks.
2. Comets wink? I know that stars twinkle, but ... perhaps comets have more of a come-hither thing going on among stellar phenomena.
3. How does Winke stay upright with all the weight in that costume presumably positioned behind his head?
4. Is Winke poised to jump in that photo, or is it a matter of the costume simply being too heavy for him to stand upright?

OK, that's more thought that I've given to a mascot's costume than I have in years.

Well you got me LMAO. Plus K. And it's the big 1900.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pg04 on January 07, 2016, 09:52:18 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 07, 2016, 08:59:21 PM
1. If the mascot's name is Winke, why isn't he winking? After all, the logo version winks.
2. Comets wink? I know that stars twinkle, but ... perhaps comets have more of a come-hither thing going on among stellar phenomena.
3. How does Winke stay upright with all the weight in that costume presumably positioned behind his head?
4. Is Winke poised to jump in that photo, or is it a matter of the costume simply being too heavy for him to stand upright?

OK, that's more thought that I've given to a mascot's costume than I have in years.

Maybe it's not a costume.  :o :o ;D ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on January 08, 2016, 01:08:12 AM
Winke's got the mullet to end all mullets. Clyde by comparison is totally in touch with his inner Danny Zuko.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 08, 2016, 02:15:28 PM
Quote from: pg04 on January 07, 2016, 09:52:18 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 07, 2016, 08:59:21 PM
1. If the mascot's name is Winke, why isn't he winking? After all, the logo version winks.
2. Comets wink? I know that stars twinkle, but ... perhaps comets have more of a come-hither thing going on among stellar phenomena.
3. How does Winke stay upright with all the weight in that costume presumably positioned behind his head?
4. Is Winke poised to jump in that photo, or is it a matter of the costume simply being too heavy for him to stand upright?

OK, that's more thought that I've given to a mascot's costume than I have in years.

Maybe it's not a costume.  :o :o ;D ;D

We're through the looking glass here, people. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__HBBf_eDLM)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 09, 2016, 10:46:29 PM
Hope 79  Olivet 64

The BeltTm can't hear anything you say to it, but it did survive its trip to rural Eaton County and the assault on the ears.  Hope made quick work of the Comets.  Sadly Clyde the Comet was nowhere to be found and who can blame him with the score somewhere around 41-12.

The BeltTm  will likely be filing for an herbal remedies card to deal with the likely PTSD it has suffered from this traumatic assault on the ears.

Strong The BeltTm test next Wednesday as Hope travels to Alma to take on the Scots.


There seems to be a couple versions of the Scots mascot and both will probably encourage a weird thought or two.....
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falma-college-alma-michigan.runnerspace.com%2Fmembers%2Fimages%2F4%2F92005_full.jpg&hash=7ba9145397e5f6053dc030aca4c99bedc8af3938)This is definitely a drawing,  Scotty? I guess
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/26/59/47/265947eba60cf4ee2468d229be554c2c.jpg)This just creeps me out
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.alma.edu%2FKiltieConfidential%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F11%2FScreen-Shot-2013-11-06-at-11.19.33-PM.png&hash=13fbcd66c0af8fedec0e1a374ea0334e178fd670)This is clearly............
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/6d53d049adf520f6ec15b95d7e3d3834/tumblr_n03lnwFU8A1t5ztabo1_500.png).....former NHL and Calgary Flames star Lanny McDonald in retirement.

(https://www.alma.edu/live/image/gid/167/width/900/height/800/3931_xis.jpg)

Alma's a pretty rough place, here's a whole roomful of Alpha Xi Delta's throwing up gang symbols and wearing anchors on their orange and blue shirts.......should I tell them about their rivals schools colors and logo?



Right now Vegas is putting the odds on the home Scots to take The BeltTm, the only question is does it go over or under the kilt.  That folks is something I don't want to know.


Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 10, 2016, 04:18:42 PM
Quote from: sac on January 09, 2016, 10:46:29 PMRight now Vegas is putting the odds on the home Scots to take The BeltTm, the only question is does it go over or under the kilt.  That folks is something I don't want to know.

I think that if Alma wins Just Bill is going to have to get out the baubles and gewgaws and glue again to construct a D3 Championship SporranTM to go with the D3 Championship BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 11, 2016, 09:47:20 AM
I'm a little rusty, but I've still got the leather-making tools in the garage!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 11, 2016, 02:55:55 PM
Aye, laddie.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on January 13, 2016, 09:42:59 PM
The Alma Scots win The BeltTM by beating Hope 86-75!

Alma travels to Calvin on Saturday for their first defense of The BeltTM. I'll be sure to don my sunglasses lest I burn my retinas at the sight of ItsTM brilliance.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on January 13, 2016, 09:54:18 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on January 13, 2016, 09:42:59 PM
The Alma Scots win The BeltTM by beating Hope 86-75!

Alma travels to Calvin on Saturday for their first defense of The BeltTM. I'll be sure to don my sunglasses lest I burn my retinas at the sight of ItsTM brilliance.

And don't forget that The BeltTM will be accompanied by his new brother, The SporranTM - you might need welder's goggles rather than just sunglasses! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 13, 2016, 11:31:24 PM
As previously mentioned, The BeltTm so liked the MIAA equivalent of Siberia that itTm has chosen to reside in the very deserving hands of the Alma Scots.  All hail William Wallace and such.

Hope held The BeltTm for 58 calendar days which is right up there near a record in number of in-season days holding The BeltTm.  I hope my friends from Holland were good hosts if nothing more than boring.

The Belt's next action will be Saturday in Grand Rapids and that other cute arena in West Michigan where the Scots will take on the Calvin Knights.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.calvin.edu%2Fnews%2F2008-09%2Fmascot%2Fnew-mascot-240px.jpg&hash=ea1b524b9d238c202450c71806330c4287e0ca50)  "Joust" Its gender neutral, no need for a SporranTm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 14, 2016, 03:43:10 PM
If you're a little strapped for time, Bill, you can always order a nice pre-made sporran from sportkilt.com (https://sportkilt.com/category/220/Sporrans.html), and then do that voodoo that you do so well with the baubles, bangles, gewgaws, bling, etc., in order to transform it into The SporranTM. Och, it's gonnae be stoatin', lad!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on January 14, 2016, 05:28:36 PM
Now perhaps we'll get the answer to the age-old question, What does a Scotsman wear under his D3 Championship BeltTM?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 17, 2016, 02:12:47 AM
Alma 86  Calvin 64   It was a pleasureTM to be there.

In a not so shocking result it appears The BeltTm has given us its opinion of gender neutrality, a sporranTm it is.  However in a quite shocking development, Alma has fans.....a somewhat a lot of them.......who get in cars.......and drive to games......and watch basketball......without talking too much about football.   The BeltTm has turned this old conference upside down.


The Scots carry The BeltTm proudly across our Southern border to Angola, Indiana where the Thunder of Trine await.


(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trinethunder.com%2Finformation%2Fstorm%2FStorm.jpg&hash=ee7f29950eac2d7adb1364085c9a66b6c2c1a733)  Storm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 21, 2016, 08:18:51 PM
Alma 96  Trine 91 OT

Alma got its first true taste of Belttm drama when they nearly blew a 23 point lead last night in Angola, Indiana and rescued their precious Sporran covered private bits in overtime.

The Scots renew their own version of Ye Olde Rivals as the Britons from Albion invade the Art Smith Arena on Saturday.  No doubt this will be the biggest battle between these two since the Raid of the Redeswire and I'm not just saying that because I looked it up.

I say winner gets to rule all of Brittania for a fortnight.



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 24, 2016, 12:39:00 AM
Alma 75  Albion 64


Scots beat the Brits

(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTzBwRLX-LuTlAhsdsNJOkqJ4F9fxE5BhxYfG5w77_0jV-F2mbYkg)



Up next, the Scots host the Olivet Comets.  I would probably go watch them if a certain game of importance to me personally was not taking place on the same night.  I suspect there will be a lot of points scored.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pg04 on January 25, 2016, 11:54:10 AM
I think I may have asked this before, but is there a log of the title history with dates of reign and teams. That would be interesting to look at.  :P
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 25, 2016, 03:08:15 PM

2006-07 Season path
Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Next Season - Amherst

2007-08 Season path
Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to next season - Washington U.

2008-09 Season path
Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27-Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19 - Guilford
Mar. 20-Next season - Washington Univ.

2009-10 Season Path
Start-Dec. 28 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 29-Dec. 29 - Transylvania
Dec. 30-Feb. 12 - Wooster
Feb. 13-Feb. 16 - Wittenberg
Feb. 17-Feb. 25 - Wabash
Feb. 26-Feb. 26 - Wittenberg
Feb. 27-Mar. 11 - Wooster
Mar. 12-Mar. 18 - Guilford
Mar. 19-Mar. 19 - Williams
Mar. 20-Present - UW-Stevens Point




FINAL 2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:

Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Mar. 10 - UW-Stevens Point
Mar. 11-Present - St. Thomas


2011-2012
St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-25-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3-2-12  St. Thomas
3-3-12  UW-Whitewater


2012-2013
UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst

2013-2014  BeltTM path
4-7-13  Amherst
12-7-13  Emerson
1-4-14  Suffolk
1-9-14  Johnson & Wales
1-29-14  Albertus Magnus
2-1-14  St. Joseph's(Me)
2-22-14  Lasell
2-27-14  Albertus Magnus
3-14-14  Williams
3-22-14  Whitewater

2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary
3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park
2-11-15  Elmhurst
2-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
2-28-15  Augustana
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point


2015-2016 The BeltTm  with SporranTm
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point
11-21-15  Hope
1-13-16  Alma
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 25, 2016, 03:13:11 PM
Sometimes I go back and read the first 4-5 pages of this thread and I think... what a ridiculous waste of time I created for all these people.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 25, 2016, 03:19:17 PM

I feel like I might stop following if we ever end up with that magic year where the belt doesn't make the NCAA tournament.  I'm hoping for that every February.  One day it will happen.  Keep the faith.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 25, 2016, 03:26:08 PM
Quote from: Hoops Fan on January 25, 2016, 03:19:17 PM

I feel like I might stop following if we ever end up with that magic year where the belt doesn't make the NCAA tournament.  I'm hoping for that every February.  One day it will happen.  Keep the faith.

I try to leave but...
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.pandawhale.com%2F66354-Al-Pacino-they-pull-me-back-in-0v9d.gif&hash=043082294a790052f22c7401fa5e474a485a51ec)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pg04 on January 25, 2016, 03:48:42 PM
Wow, Thanks Sac! I am awaiting (for a long time) for the Belt to be housed in the SUNYAC. The Closest was the brief stay in Rochester! We're going to need some big upsets in the NCAAs for this to ever happen.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 28, 2016, 02:57:35 AM
Alma 91 Olivet ...not very many


The Scots host Kalmazoo on Saturday, there will also be a lot of points scored.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwearetheindependents.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F12%2FHornet.jpg&hash=dd1922a01a7b32acf089effad4717e15f686dc71)

"Buzz"

If only you knew how much that name and the look on the mascots face.........(better stop here)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on January 28, 2016, 10:58:50 AM
Quote from: sac on January 28, 2016, 02:57:35 AM
If only you knew how much that name and the look on the mascots face.........(better stop here)

Buzz is getting excited! (https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kzoo.edu%2Fgiving%2Ffiles%2F2013%2F03%2FBuzz-Hornet-TFD.jpg&hash=77a7dd433c5c4f5af76ef1c1573d5b1242d8c65d)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on January 28, 2016, 11:04:00 AM
Below The Belt TM?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 28, 2016, 11:44:18 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 25, 2016, 03:13:11 PM
Sometimes I go back and read the first 4-5 pages of this thread and I think... what a ridiculous waste of time I created for all these people.

I can think of more expensive and illegal wastes of time. So, you've probably saved me money and possible jail time. For that, I thank you.  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 28, 2016, 05:26:01 PM
Quote from: sac on January 28, 2016, 02:57:35 AM
Alma 91 Olivet ...not very many


The Scots host Kalmazoo on Saturday, there will also be a lot of points scored.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwearetheindependents.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F12%2FHornet.jpg&hash=dd1922a01a7b32acf089effad4717e15f686dc71)

"Buzz"

If only you knew how much that name and the look on the mascots face.........(better stop here)

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/animals-angry_drunk-drunk-drunkard-hornet-bee-nfkn648_low.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 28, 2016, 07:32:12 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 25, 2016, 03:13:11 PM
Sometimes I go back and read the first 4-5 pages of this thread and I think... what a ridiculous waste of time I created for all these people.

I think Marshall Crenshaw said it best:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLH6U4tv-l4
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 28, 2016, 09:00:12 PM
Any day's a good day when I hear a Marshall Crenshaw song, smeds!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 31, 2016, 01:07:16 AM
Alma 85  Kalamazoo 80

For the third time the now 1-18 Kalamazoo Hornets push one of the 2 best teams in the MIAA right to the brink.  I don't know, its just the way it is up here this year.  Alma will take The Belt TM on the road for the first time in two weeks as they travel to Adrian on Wednesday night to meet the Bulldogs.


(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwearetheindependents.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F12%2FBruiser.jpg&hash=3431fcc8ee839b117aa7318cb135a3adb2752a7f)
"Bruiser"

Bruiser is the only live mascot in the MIAA1 even though I've never actually seen him, but I'm told he does exist.

He also comes in the more traditional mascot form...
(https://joshemington.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/12_09bruiser.jpg)


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......also in stone.




1   Unless you count that one guy who shows up at Hope games and is a dead ringer for "Dutch", complete with beard and hat from the last century no one wears except him.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 01, 2016, 02:16:12 PM
Let's not pretend all colleges don't have a mascot stoned.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 01, 2016, 07:24:39 PM
Yes, colleges call this the Bob Dylan Rule for Mascots. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Zxd5jp-lI)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 04, 2016, 01:07:56 AM
Alma 68  Adrian 63

The gist of last nights The BeltTm showdown in Adrian was, Alma had bus problems which forced them to cancel their JV game and arrive in Adrian later than normal.  Then they had opponent problems and had to fight hard to retain this glorious and lustrous of trophies.  On top of that the Scots have a pretty important game waiting for them on Saturday night the likes of which a couple of generations of Hope and Alma fans have never seen.....or dreamed of really.

The Scots sneak out of Adrian winners, grateful and humble The BeltTm wasn't more punishing to their fate.


Hello again Scotty....
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhope.edu%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fhope_today_article%2Fpublic%2Fdsc_2615.jpg&hash=d21da7acee37c98036c70e37ed812225c343c504)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 04, 2016, 02:02:24 AM
Quote from: sac on February 04, 2016, 01:07:56 AM
Alma 68  Adrian 63

The gist of last nights The BeltTm showdown in Adrian was, Alma had bus problems which forced them to cancel their JV game and arrive in Adrian later than normal.  Then they had opponent problems and had to fight hard to retain this glorious and lustrous of trophies.  On top of that the Scots have a pretty important game waiting for them on Saturday night the likes of which a couple of generations of Hope and Alma fans have never seen.....or dreamed of really.

The Scots sneak out of Adrian winners, grateful and humble The BeltTm wasn't more punishing to their fate.


Hello again Scotty....
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhope.edu%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fhope_today_article%2Fpublic%2Fdsc_2615.jpg&hash=d21da7acee37c98036c70e37ed812225c343c504)
At first glance I thought the mascot's shirt said 'beat Hope' rather than 'be at Hope'. :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on February 04, 2016, 09:34:42 AM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 04, 2016, 02:02:24 AM
At first glance I thought the mascot's shirt said 'beat Hope' rather than 'be at Hope'. :o
It was intentional.

A certain nearby school that will remain nameless wears shirts that read "Beat Hope"...
Hope students don't wear "Beat (said school)" for a list of reasons, so the (in my opinion clever) response has been "BE_AT HOPE"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on February 04, 2016, 12:07:21 PM
Quote from: HOPEful on February 04, 2016, 09:34:42 AM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 04, 2016, 02:02:24 AM
At first glance I thought the mascot's shirt said 'beat Hope' rather than 'be at Hope'. :o
It was intentional.

A certain nearby school that will remain nameless wears shirts that read "Beat Hope"...
Hope students don't wear "Beat (said school)" for a list of reasons, so the (in my opinion clever) response has been "BE_AT HOPE"

Or as some of us say "Be Anchored At Hope"

Always thought it strange for students to want to wear a shirt with their opponents name on it
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on February 04, 2016, 01:51:11 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on February 04, 2016, 12:07:21 PM
Always thought it strange for students to want to wear a shirt with their opponents name on it

Agreed. I don't understand why you would ever willingly let your opponent know how much space they take up in your head.

On that lovely note, an email sent to Hope faculty, staff, and students today regarding the Alma game on Saturday labeled the match-up "The new Rivalry Perhaps"...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 04, 2016, 02:29:21 PM
A few years ago Alma were selling Beat HopeTm T-shirts in the lobby outside their old gym.  They had maybe 20 students at the game, mostly women wearing Beat HopeTm shirts and 3 dudes dressed as ballerina's(still hilarious).

FDF asked one of the co-eds about the t-shirts and she said its because Hope is our rival.  To which FDF and I have had many, many good and snarky comments to each other over the years as we watched Hope rack up a winning streak that reached into the 40's.


8 or 9 years later I'm about to witness an MIAA program not named Calvin bring an actual bus load of students on the road to DeVos Fieldhouse which follows Hope doing the same 3 weeks ago.

It all seems very plausible now.  Beat AlmaTm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 04, 2016, 02:35:06 PM
Quote from: HOPEful on February 04, 2016, 01:51:11 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on February 04, 2016, 12:07:21 PM
Always thought it strange for students to want to wear a shirt with their opponents name on it

Agreed. I don't understand why you would ever willingly let your opponent know how much space they take up in your head.


Your nation's military academies disagree wholeheartedly.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51NvghTsEWL._SY355_.jpg&hash=3a81e75f6072317abe58a19e911415a19a54c1fb)(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51gzx%252BRTKHL._SY355_.jpg&hash=9fca2b291c2bdd3a6d6b31610a99fd6e6d952ba3)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on February 04, 2016, 03:20:28 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 04, 2016, 02:35:06 PM
Quote from: HOPEful on February 04, 2016, 01:51:11 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on February 04, 2016, 12:07:21 PM
Always thought it strange for students to want to wear a shirt with their opponents name on it

Agreed. I don't understand why you would ever willingly let your opponent know how much space they take up in your head.


Your nation's military academies disagree wholeheartedly.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51NvghTsEWL._SY355_.jpg&hash=3a81e75f6072317abe58a19e911415a19a54c1fb)(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F51gzx%252BRTKHL._SY355_.jpg&hash=9fca2b291c2bdd3a6d6b31610a99fd6e6d952ba3)

Ah yes, but they don't exclude their own name from those banners.  In the case of the Alma shirts referenced by sac, and the "other school" who wore them, their own school name was not present.  In fact the Alma shirts were even in Hope's colors
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on February 05, 2016, 05:53:55 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 04, 2016, 02:35:06 PM
Your nation's military academies disagree wholeheartedly.

My nation's military academies, and the student athletes attending said academies, have earned my, and most likely, each others respect. The Army Navy game is the only game allowed to be played after every other team has finished their season. To compare a Grand Rapids based CRC college playing a Holland based RCA college to the Black Knights of West Point vs. the Midshipmen of Annapolis is a very big leap.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on February 05, 2016, 11:23:33 AM
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/fc18989ae822867d00db519c2b9340a4/tumblr_inline_mi32zuHWHh1qz4rgp.gif)

Shirts like that happen in just about every rivalry everywhere. Even for lots of games that aren't rivalries.

(https://image.spreadshirtmedia.com/image-server/v1/products/108928107/views/1,width=378,height=378,appearanceId=4,version=1440417743/OHIO-WORST-STATE-EVER-T-Shirts.png)
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ebayimg.com%2Fimages%2Fg%2FPiIAAOxyLm9TC3ID%2Fs-l300.jpg&hash=13f7dd5709e66c44ccee434e2d4b251b90651c5f)
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theheismanwinners.com%2Fsitebuilder%2Fimages%2FthumbCA1AB9J9-231x231.jpg&hash=4cf581e89ae63812b57d6167303196fbe1f6bc81)

Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 04, 2016, 02:02:24 AM
At first glance I thought the mascot's shirt said 'beat Hope' rather than 'be at Hope'. :o

+K. I love those shirts because it does look like 'beat Hope'.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 05, 2016, 11:50:57 AM
I need to get some shirts made for the big 43-man squamish game this weekend.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on February 05, 2016, 12:35:12 PM
Well, since everyone's doing it...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FwdOhfy8.png&hash=dd9f7d0aa28b1fe38cdb6ef5b5ceb20786c05a83)

Nope, still think it looks stupid  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 05, 2016, 01:00:20 PM
I think Lawrence has shirts that say "Better Dead than Red" referring to Ripon.

I also have a Grinnell shirt. The front asks, "Where (hell) is Grinnell?" (Not sure if Hell is in there, I can check when I get home). And the back answers, "Who the Hell Cares!"

I don't really understand the shirt and phrases because it sounds like they are taking shots at themselves.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 05, 2016, 02:30:53 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on February 05, 2016, 01:00:20 PMI don't really understand the shirt and phrases because it sounds like they are taking shots at themselves.

This is my favorite in that vein. It's a very popular shirt at the University of Chicago. (https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3321/3573418663_bb829384ce.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 05, 2016, 07:57:35 PM
My favorite rivalry shirt we had at Franklin was one that simply said
Huck
Fanover
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pg04 on February 06, 2016, 09:35:28 PM
Hope regains The BeltTM . Oh what a time to be alive  :P
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 06, 2016, 10:34:38 PM
Quote from: HOPEful on February 05, 2016, 12:35:12 PM
Well, since everyone's doing it...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FwdOhfy8.png&hash=dd9f7d0aa28b1fe38cdb6ef5b5ceb20786c05a83)

Nope, still think it looks stupid  ;D

For this particular instance, might I suggest "Go Alma Mater"?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 07, 2016, 01:35:49 AM
Hope 71  Alma 57


......I may be dating myself a bit here

Welcome back,
Your dreams were your ticket out.

Welcome back,
To that same old place that you laughed about.

Well the names have all changed since you hung around,
But those dreams have remained and they're turned around.

Who'd have thought they'd lead ya (Who'd have thought they'd lead ya)
Back here where we need ya (Back here where we need ya)

Yeah we tease him a lot cause we've got him on the spot, welcome back,
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.



Wednesday, Hope and The BeltTm travel to Angola, Indiana and Trine University, the second visit to the Hoosier StateTm in a matter of a few weeks.

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b1iJJRYUua4/hqdefault.jpg)

"Storm" has a lot to say.



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on February 07, 2016, 03:14:43 PM
Storm is a pretty awesome mascot... But I'm thinking Storm may have to lose the Thunderbolt if The Belt TM comes into his/her possession. White tiger + thunderbolt + The Belt TM = way too much awesome for one mascot to handle.
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 08, 2016, 03:07:54 AM
I hope Just Bill is planning something special as we approach 100 pages of silly and pointless time-wasting nonsense bespangled BeltTM coverage...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 11, 2016, 01:03:15 AM
Hope 57  Trine  50

A true tooth and nail battle for The BeltTm.  Hope and The BeltTm return home Saturday to host the Adrian Bulldogs.  It was a close one last time.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdogcrazybooks.com%2Fpage10%2Fpage38%2Ffiles%2Fstacks_image_4661_1.png&hash=9eb969080c8acd71c38636ba4f73ac6ada9f0c06)


2015-2016 The BeltTm  with SporranTm
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point
11-21-15  Hope
1-13-16  Alma
2-6-16  Hope
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on February 12, 2016, 06:07:23 AM
Think he'll start wearing pants if Adrian comes in to possession of The Belt TM? What's the point of a belt with no pants, right?

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fadrianbulldogs.com%2Finformation%2FsportsInformation%2FA_Color_Dog_155K.jpg&hash=34201aa7e85e1c8ffe286d27b860ea5eb2c8ba9d)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 14, 2016, 02:21:09 AM
Hope 94  Adrian 71

This title fight was over on the scorecard pretty early but both fighters put on a good show for the pay per view audience.  The result though was never in doubt.


The BeltTm and the Dutchmen head to Kalamazoo on Wednesday night.  For those who root for such preposterous things as The BeltTm not making it to Salem you actually have potentially two chances for that to happen next week if results go the right-wrong way.

Stay tuned.


(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhornets.kzoo.edu%2Finformation%2Fbuzz%2Fphotos%2FBuzz_CMM_20121019_0739_rotator.jpg&hash=d946d5f8e6853cb71898cdaf67271252b2cbafbc)
"buzz" with an arrogant Hope grin
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 14, 2016, 12:18:40 PM
If Kalamazoo wins possession of the BeltTM, can they take ItTM to the men's tennis tournament instead of Salem?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pg04 on February 14, 2016, 12:31:22 PM
The thing is, if Kalamazoo somehow pulled off the extreme upset, they'd probably lose it right back to Adrian and we'd all be disappointed! Kalamazoo would be a "transitional champion"  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 14, 2016, 01:57:02 PM
Before post-season play begins, with the unthinkable tragedy of Hope losing before the conference tournament, The BeltTm can end up in the hands of Kalamazoo, Adrian or Calvin and there is no guarantee Adrian or Calvin make the MIAA tournament at this point.

Spending a summer in Michigan would be wonderful for The BeltTm, though I certainly prefer the more traditional way of ItTm doing so
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on February 18, 2016, 10:49:26 AM
I believe that the results from last night's games ensured that The Belt TM will be heading to Salem this season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 18, 2016, 11:31:04 AM
Quote from: HOPEful on February 18, 2016, 10:49:26 AM
I believe that the results from last night's games ensured that The Belt TM will be heading to Salem this season.

Not to worry. Already had the Presidential Suite at the Roanoke Super 8 booked. Continental breakfast included.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on February 18, 2016, 11:39:39 AM
Quote from: HOPEful on February 18, 2016, 10:49:26 AM
I believe that the results from last night's games ensured that The Belt TM will be heading to Salem this season.

If Calvin beats Hope and Trine beats Albion, The Belt TM will summer in Grand Rapids as the Calvin Knights would fail to qualify for the MIAA tournament.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 18, 2016, 11:52:01 AM
Hope 90  Kzoo 79
 
Hope "stole" this one with a second half rally, don't believe me?   This says they stole it http://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/mbkb/2015-16/releases/20160217xlre9y

Saturday

(https://www.calvin.edu/publications/spark/2003/summer/images/mascot.jpg)

oops, sorry, sorry, wrong era

(https://www.calvin.edu/publications/spark/2009/fall/images/joust-200px.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on February 18, 2016, 11:58:25 AM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on February 18, 2016, 11:39:39 AM
Quote from: HOPEful on February 18, 2016, 10:49:26 AM
I believe that the results from last night's games ensured that The Belt TM will be heading to Salem this season.

If Calvin beats Hope and Trine beats Albion, The Belt TM will summer in Grand Rapids as the Calvin Knights would fail to qualify for the MIAA tournament.

I stand corrected.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 18, 2016, 02:47:54 PM
That may be Predestined.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 20, 2016, 11:45:31 PM
Hope 65  Calvin 61

I like Holland, The BeltTm likes Holland.  The BeltTm also likes the NCAA Tournament and will be there, baubles, geegaws and sporan shined and ready for its journey to the Super 8 Motel in Roanoke, Virginia.


The Belt'sTm first post-season title tilt will be next Friday at DeVos Fieldhouse in the prestigious MIAA Tournament, fitting its the 25th annual tournament.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trine.edu%2Fimages%2Fstorm.rows.jpg&hash=9848c5a3fe7e887d1372e3a10773942feeb10ebb)
"Storm" up a creek
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 21, 2016, 12:18:41 AM
Quote from: sac on February 20, 2016, 11:45:31 PM
Hope 65  Calvin 61

I like Holland, The BeltTm likes Holland.  The BeltTm also likes the NCAA Tournament and will be there, baubles, geegaws and sporan shined and ready for its journey to the Super 8 Motel in Roanoke, Virginia.


The Belt'sTm first post-season title tilt will be next Friday at DeVos Fieldhouse in the prestigious MIAA Tournament, fitting its the 25th annual tournament.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trine.edu%2Fimages%2Fstorm.rows.jpg&hash=9848c5a3fe7e887d1372e3a10773942feeb10ebb)
"Storm" up a creek

Memo to The BeltTM: the Comfort Inn in Salem is MUCH nicer, and only 4-5 blocks from the Salem Civic Center. ;D

They also include a quite good breakfast, unless you are looking to tighten the belt on The BeltTM.  (Just kidding, your exultancy, but you probably do get tempted with awfully fattening extravaganzas.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 21, 2016, 10:23:42 AM
Has the HolderTM at the end of the regular season ever successfully defended throughout the postseason?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 21, 2016, 11:10:50 AM
Quote from: David Collinge on February 21, 2016, 10:23:42 AM
Has the HolderTM at the end of the regular season ever successfully defended throughout the postseason?

Lets casually change the subject shall we.......


(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hope.edu%2Fimg%2Ffieldhouse%2F05ddevosconstruct145.jpg&hash=d1a934c96f39212bbf00b06760cef80c404fa8f5)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2016, 12:27:19 AM
Trine 82  Hope 77

With that the Thunder capture The BeltTm after 3 tries.  They'll take the Alma Scots on Saturday in front of about 2500 or more empty seats at DeVos Fieldhouse.  Winner carries The BeltTm into the NCAA Tournament.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbkstr.scene7.com%2Fis%2Fimage%2FBkstr%2F300-PLUSH-300-10-White%3F%24PDPMain%24&hash=f4c0ae7249eb74cee4f9b2c9f9b0f9cad127db80)



This one's for DaveCollinge, straight from Hope's campus student center
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CcLOxdkXIAAYoSw.jpg)

PS as a Hope fan it was a lot of fun to have The BeltTm at Hope so much this year.  Hope to see it Holland again sometime.

PS  also gratifying we didn't lose it to Calvin. :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: David Collinge on February 27, 2016, 07:37:48 AM
Nirvana!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2016, 07:29:08 PM
Hope should change its motto from Spera in Deo to Condimenta Nimia.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: pg04 on February 27, 2016, 09:55:59 PM
Trine, the definition of a transitional champion, loses to Alma tonight.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2016, 10:07:37 PM
... and, once again, The SporranTM takes its place at the front of The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 28, 2016, 01:38:46 AM
Alma 62  Trine 54

That's right folks, Alma!!! will be carrying The BeltTm into the NCAA Tournament.  Looks like Trine is the first one day holder of the The BeltTm since Augsburg in 2013.


2015-2016 The BeltTm  with SporranTm
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point
11-21-15  Hope
1-13-16  Alma
2-6-16  Hope
2-26-16  Trine
2-27-16  Alma
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 06, 2016, 10:18:52 PM
The Scots of Alma won both of their first two NCAA tournament games and will continue to possess The BeltTm into the Sweet 16.  Alma will take on St. Norbert in a rematch of a December game that had no The BeltTm implications whatsoever at the time.



(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.snc.edu%2Fmagazine%2Fimages%2F2013summer%2Fbackstory_callout210.jpg&hash=5f4f8604b8c7e1bd684a357f17513dcb1d0a0280)
A Green Knight
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 11, 2016, 11:28:36 PM
Alma continues to hold The BeltTm and will play Benedictine for the honor of lugging it to Salem.

Google thinks this is the Benedictine mascot
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecircuitonline.com%2Fbccircuit%2Fimages%2Fstories%2FFeb26%2Fmascot1.jpg&hash=878a0992f182ce280ec1941d1a657979ffe3b6cb)

......that is a Raven from the other Benedictine in Kansas, which is also news to me.

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wg05BmYDSLA/maxresdefault.jpg)

This is actually the Benedictine mascot, an apparently wayward Eagle


Google also gave me this tonight, so Google might be drunk......
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.gettyimages.com%2Fphotos%2Fchicago-bandits-mascot-katy-dammer-poses-prior-to-the-bandits-opening-picture-id121013502&hash=353022671fe5e0c31840c1e6d38c130c9912bca9)

That is a well placed belt buckle ...........did I say that out loud?

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 12, 2016, 10:04:03 PM
Inspired by the presence of The BeltTM  the Benedictine Ravens Eagles shoot 1042% from the 3 point line to capture the most sought after accessory in the history of mankind.  They'll carry that puppy all the way to Salem, Va.


The BeltTm spent what will be all but two weeks of this season floating around the great State of Michigan and this nations oldest athletics conference between Hope and Alma with a brief over night'er in the hands of our Trine friends from Angola, Indiana.  Until we meet again oh great one, thanks for spending the Winter with us.

2015-2016 The BeltTm  with SporranTm
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point
11-21-15  Hope
1-13-16  Alma
2-6-16  Hope
2-26-16  Trine
2-27-16  Alma
3-12-16  Benedictine

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: magicman on March 12, 2016, 10:06:53 PM
The Benedictine Eagles take hold of The BeltTM for the first time in their history and will parade ItTM in all the pomp and circumstance The BeltTM deserves when they march into the Salem Civic Center next weekend.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2016, 10:20:12 PM
Is this the first time that The BeltTM has been placed into the hands of a NACC team?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 12, 2016, 10:34:58 PM
The minions say yes.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on March 12, 2016, 10:39:06 PM
Quote from: sac on January 25, 2016, 03:08:15 PM

2006-07 Season path
Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Next Season - Amherst

2007-08 Season path
Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to next season - Washington U.

2008-09 Season path
Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27-Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19 - Guilford
Mar. 20-Next season - Washington Univ.

2009-10 Season Path
Start-Dec. 28 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 29-Dec. 29 - Transylvania
Dec. 30-Feb. 12 - Wooster
Feb. 13-Feb. 16 - Wittenberg
Feb. 17-Feb. 25 - Wabash
Feb. 26-Feb. 26 - Wittenberg
Feb. 27-Mar. 11 - Wooster
Mar. 12-Mar. 18 - Guilford
Mar. 19-Mar. 19 - Williams
Mar. 20-Present - UW-Stevens Point




FINAL 2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:

Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Mar. 10 - UW-Stevens Point
Mar. 11-Present - St. Thomas


2011-2012
St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-25-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3-2-12  St. Thomas
3-3-12  UW-Whitewater


2012-2013
UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst

2013-2014  BeltTM path
4-7-13  Amherst
12-7-13  Emerson
1-4-14  Suffolk
1-9-14  Johnson & Wales
1-29-14  Albertus Magnus
2-1-14  St. Joseph's(Me)
2-22-14  Lasell
2-27-14  Albertus Magnus
3-14-14  Williams
3-22-14  Whitewater

2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary
3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park
2-11-15  Elmhurst
2-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
2-28-15  Augustana
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point


2015-2016 The BeltTm  with SporranTm
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point
11-21-15  Hope
1-13-16  Alma

Yep
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 14, 2016, 10:02:35 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2016, 10:20:12 PM
Is this the first time that The BeltTM has been placed into the hands of a NACC team?

Officially, yes. But we did a retroactive BeltTM projection going back a season or two before we started this nonsense. In that, Wis. Lutheran and Lakeland (then members of the Lake Michigan Conference) would have held the BeltTM has such glory existed to mere mortals at the time.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on March 14, 2016, 10:25:50 AM
With this year's updates...

Quote from: sac on January 25, 2016, 03:08:15 PM

2006-07 Season path
Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Next Season - Amherst

2007-08 Season path
Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to next season - Washington U.

2008-09 Season path
Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27-Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19 - Guilford
Mar. 20-Next season - Washington Univ.

2009-10 Season Path
Start-Dec. 28 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 29-Dec. 29 - Transylvania
Dec. 30-Feb. 12 - Wooster
Feb. 13-Feb. 16 - Wittenberg
Feb. 17-Feb. 25 - Wabash
Feb. 26-Feb. 26 - Wittenberg
Feb. 27-Mar. 11 - Wooster
Mar. 12-Mar. 18 - Guilford
Mar. 19-Mar. 19 - Williams
Mar. 20-Present - UW-Stevens Point

FINAL 2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:

Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Mar. 10 - UW-Stevens Point
Mar. 11-Present - St. Thomas

2011-2012
St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-25-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3-2-12  St. Thomas
3-3-12  UW-Whitewater

2012-2013
UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst

2013-2014  BeltTM path
4-7-13  Amherst
12-7-13  Emerson
1-4-14  Suffolk
1-9-14  Johnson & Wales
1-29-14  Albertus Magnus
2-1-14  St. Joseph's(Me)
2-22-14  Lasell
2-27-14  Albertus Magnus
3-14-14  Williams
3-22-14  Whitewater

2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary
3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park
2-11-15  Elmhurst
2-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
2-28-15  Augustana
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point

2015-2016 The BeltTm  with SporranTm
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point
11-21-15  Hope
1-13-16  Alma
2-6-16  Hope
2-26-16  Trine
2-27-16  Alma
3-12-16  Benedictine
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Stoppable on March 17, 2016, 10:33:20 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 14, 2016, 10:02:35 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2016, 10:20:12 PM
Is this the first time that The BeltTM has been placed into the hands of a NACC team?

Officially, yes. But we did a retroactive BeltTM projection going back a season or two before we started this nonsense. In that, Wis. Lutheran and Lakeland (then members of the Lake Michigan Conference) would have held the BeltTM has such glory existed to mere mortals at the time.
Though it was not properly chronicled until the 2006-07 season, The BeltTM predates us all.

And after waiting ten long years for a glimpse of itsTM dazzling glory, the NACC has no plans of giving itTM back any time soon.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Stoppable on March 19, 2016, 10:56:25 AM
Benedictine successfully defends The BeltTM for the first time with a 63-60 victory over Amherst.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 19, 2016, 09:53:53 PM
St. Thomas captures The BeltTm and will hold it in the great State of Minnesota for the summer.  I'm all out of funny, clever or annoying.  So congratulations to the Tommies for capturing The BeltTm in its intended way.


2006-07 Season path
Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Next Season - Amherst

2007-08 Season path
Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to next season - Washington U.

2008-09 Season path
Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27-Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19 - Guilford
Mar. 20-Next season - Washington Univ.

2009-10 Season Path
Start-Dec. 28 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 29-Dec. 29 - Transylvania
Dec. 30-Feb. 12 - Wooster
Feb. 13-Feb. 16 - Wittenberg
Feb. 17-Feb. 25 - Wabash
Feb. 26-Feb. 26 - Wittenberg
Feb. 27-Mar. 11 - Wooster
Mar. 12-Mar. 18 - Guilford
Mar. 19-Mar. 19 - Williams
Mar. 20-Present - UW-Stevens Point

FINAL 2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:

Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Mar. 10 - UW-Stevens Point
Mar. 11-Present - St. Thomas

2011-2012
St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-25-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3-2-12  St. Thomas
3-3-12  UW-Whitewater

2012-2013
UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst

2013-2014  BeltTM path
4-7-13  Amherst
12-7-13  Emerson
1-4-14  Suffolk
1-9-14  Johnson & Wales
1-29-14  Albertus Magnus
2-1-14  St. Joseph's(Me)
2-22-14  Lasell
2-27-14  Albertus Magnus
3-14-14  Williams
3-22-14  Whitewater

2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary
3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park
2-11-15  Elmhurst
2-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
2-28-15  Augustana
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point

2015-2016 The BeltTm  with SporranTm
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point
11-21-15  Hope
1-13-16  Alma
2-6-16  Hope
2-26-16  Trine
2-27-16  Alma
3-12-16  Benedictine
3-19-16  St. Thomas
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 20, 2016, 01:27:42 PM
What does a Tommie do with a SporranTM?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 20, 2016, 05:44:38 PM
He and another Tommie torment a Macalester Scot by playing keepaway with ItTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on March 22, 2016, 10:23:19 AM
I hope the Tommies go undefeated through the non-conference so The BeltTm will stay in the great MIAC during the regular season!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SUMMIT!!!!! on March 23, 2016, 11:37:41 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 20, 2016, 05:44:38 PM
He and another Tommie torment a Macalester Scot by playing keepaway with ItTM.
why would we waste energy on Mac?  :)  Bethel GAC or SJU would make sense
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 24, 2016, 12:38:13 AM
Quote from: miacmaniac on March 23, 2016, 11:37:41 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 20, 2016, 05:44:38 PM
He and another Tommie torment a Macalester Scot by playing keepaway with ItTM.
why would we waste energy on Mac?  :)  Bethel GAC or SJU would make sense

Because Bethel, GAC, and SJU aren't Scots, 'maniac. The sporran is a Scottish item of apparel (it's the baglike thing at the front of a kilt that functions as the wallet or purse of a Scotsman in traditional Highland clothing), so The SporranTM only truly matters to players from schools such as Alma, Wooster, MacMurray, Covenant, Gordon ... and Macalester.

For those who do not hail from a school that honors the land of the thistle (and deep-fried Mars bars (http://fxcuisine.com/default.asp?language=2&Display=103&resolution=high)), and whose hearts do not stir to the sound of bagpipes (and endlessly repeated viewings of Braveheart), which is to say everybody who doesn't play for one of the schools I mentioned (if I forgot any Scots-monikered D3 schools, please accept my apologies), The SporranTM is nothing more than a bedazzled curiosity that comes separately with the true item of importance, Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM, aka The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 16, 2016, 01:10:15 AM
UW-River Falls 74  St. Thomas 65

That....did not take long.  UWRF will taunt an NAIA foe with The BeltTm this Friday before playing Hope on Saturday.  (I think I've heard of them)  The game will be played at UW-Stout, a rare regular season The BeltTm match-up on neutral hard wood.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuwrfvoice.com%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F05%2Ftschneider_freddyfalcon1online.jpg&hash=d755e79010713cf7391c21b2ff8e2fd90652702c) Freddy Falcon, I give it 9/10

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 16, 2016, 08:32:47 AM
Reports from St. Paul said that, before the hosts could hand over The BeltTM, the rude visitors ripped The BeltTM out of their cold (shooting) dead hands,  then ran across the border, before getting tacos.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 16, 2016, 10:18:39 AM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 16, 2016, 08:32:47 AM
Reports from St. Paul said that, before the hosts could hand over The BeltTM, the rude visitors ripped The BeltTM out of their cold (shooting) dead hands,  then ran across the border, before getting tacos.
I've been advocating a wall along the St. Croix/Mississippi boundary for years.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 16, 2016, 10:27:28 AM
... and Bill says that he's going to make Minnesota pay for it, too.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 16, 2016, 10:50:08 AM
Taco BeltTm

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on November 16, 2016, 11:06:19 AM
As I ponder the opportunity Hope has to get The BeltTM back (they held it for many a week last season) I wonder...

Which team has held The BeltTM the longest without keeping it for the summer? (Or, which school that has never won the D3 National Championship has held The BeltTM the longest?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 16, 2016, 01:06:04 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.science20.com%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fyo_quiero_taco_bell.jpg&hash=cc4d8ffb8bc2e1227b70bf017ac3e3d45a613bae)

¡Yo quiero Taco BeltTM!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on November 16, 2016, 01:20:28 PM
Quote from: sac on November 16, 2016, 01:10:15 AM
UW-River Falls 74  St. Thomas 65

That....did not take long.  UWRF will taunt an NAIA foe with The BeltTm this Friday before playing Hope on Saturday.  (I think I've heard of them)  The game will be played at UW-Stout, a rare regular season The BeltTm match-up on neutral hard wood.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuwrfvoice.com%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F05%2Ftschneider_freddyfalcon1online.jpg&hash=d755e79010713cf7391c21b2ff8e2fd90652702c) Freddy Falcon, I give it 9/10

Have we ever had a time where The BeltTm went into the hands of a NAIA or DII team? What are the "rules" on that? ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 16, 2016, 01:36:43 PM
D3 only.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 16, 2016, 02:05:21 PM
Rumor has it that NAIA people melt like Raiders Of the Lost Ark Nazis if they catch a glimpse of The BeltTM.

(https://i.makeagif.com/media/9-07-2015/tzehJ7.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 16, 2016, 02:27:14 PM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on November 16, 2016, 01:20:28 PM
Have we ever had a time where The BeltTm went into the hands of a NAIA or DII team? What are the "rules" on that? ;)

Heresy. Say three Our Sagers and repent your wicked ways.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 16, 2016, 03:20:34 PM
I love this tread.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 16, 2016, 04:49:54 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 16, 2016, 03:20:34 PM
I love this tread.

It's bringing out NY accents in us now, too.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 16, 2016, 06:25:14 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fearnthis.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F04%2FMyCousinVinny.jpg&hash=82f15cf2bfee1c0d454c194726958fe31f328896)

Da BeltTM brings out da yute in alla us.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 16, 2016, 07:10:36 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 16, 2016, 04:49:54 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 16, 2016, 03:20:34 PM
I love this tread.

It's bringing out NY accents in us now, too.

;D nice catch.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on November 17, 2016, 02:06:15 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 16, 2016, 07:10:36 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 16, 2016, 04:49:54 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 16, 2016, 03:20:34 PM
I love this tread.

It's bringing out NY accents in us now, too.

;D nice catch.

That was a yuge catch, YUGE!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 17, 2016, 03:07:25 PM
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Gonna be a long year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 17, 2016, 05:11:28 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.science20.com%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fyo_quiero_taco_bell.jpg&hash=cc4d8ffb8bc2e1227b70bf017ac3e3d45a613bae)

¡Yo quiero "long year"!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 17, 2016, 05:33:15 PM
I don't know what the hell I just stumbled on, but I laughed way harder than I should have.

And because I'm a nerd with too much time on my hands and a desire to cross "Game For The BeltTM" off my Announcer Bucket List after adding it 27 seconds ago...


The fatal drawback here being that both Hope will play for ItTM and Calvin would have a hypothetical shot in this scenario, neither option of which appeals to me, and likely puts this on my list between "Announce an NCAA Tournament Game" and "Announce a 100 Point Margin of Victory game," which freaking Hope fell TWO POINTS SHORT OF.

I'm way too excited about discovering this.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 17, 2016, 05:39:28 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on November 17, 2016, 05:33:15 PM
I don't know what the hell I just stumbled on, but I laughed way harder than I should have.

If you have a couple of hours to spare, you should go back to Just Bill's post on page one that starts this board and then read from there.

I suspect that Just Bill does that every now and then and asks himself, "Why the heck did I do that?"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 17, 2016, 07:18:48 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 17, 2016, 05:39:28 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on November 17, 2016, 05:33:15 PM
I don't know what the hell I just stumbled on, but I laughed way harder than I should have.

If you have a couple of hours to spare, you should go back to Just Bill's post on page one that starts this board and then read from there.

I suspect that Just Bill does that every now and then and asks himself, "Why the heck did I do that?"

I've often wondered how many people have read post #2 and just closed their window.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 17, 2016, 08:32:37 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 17, 2016, 05:39:28 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on November 17, 2016, 05:33:15 PM
I don't know what the hell I just stumbled on, but I laughed way harder than I should have.

If you have a couple of hours to spare, you should go back to Just Bill's post on page one that starts this board and then read from there.

I suspect that Just Bill does that every now and then and asks himself, "Why the heck did I do that?"

Some helpful quotes from along the way


Quote from: Just Bill on January 25, 2016, 03:13:11 PM
Sometimes I go back and read the first 4-5 pages of this thread and I think... what a ridiculous waste of time I created for all these people.

Quote from: Just Bill on February 28, 2012, 10:22:06 AM
Here's the complete history of the 61 pages of the D-III Championship BeltTM, Abridged...

"Hey, here's an idea"
"Sure let's try it"
"This is kind of fun"
"Let's not get carried away" - Pat
"Baubles and Gewgaws"
"What if an NAIA team gets it?"
"They can't"
"Yes, they can"
"No, they can't"
"43-man Squamish"
"Trademarked!"
"A whole summer in Stevens Point doesn't sound like fun"
"How do we transport this thing"
"Photoshopping!"
"Go Crown!"
"Maybe we need an ark"
"Go Caltech!"
"Legal Weasel"

There. That about covers it. Fill in anything I missed.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 17, 2016, 08:41:16 PM
"A whole summer in Stevens Point doesn't sound like fun."

Yeah, I resent that!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 18, 2016, 10:50:49 AM
There's a weird point on the early pages where the BeltTM goes from being a concept to a living, breathing, tangible beacon of hope for the world. It's beautiful and terrifying all at the same time.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 18, 2016, 10:55:55 AM
January 24th will be the 10th anniversary of the illustrious Division III Championship BeltTM. Might need to plan something special. They grow up so fast.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 18, 2016, 11:29:39 AM
It got you a gift
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1a/a6/59/1aa6592f4755ce1f0c3ce8e0c06ea2e7.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 18, 2016, 11:33:37 AM
Quote from: sac on November 18, 2016, 11:29:39 AM
It got you a gift
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/1a/a6/59/1aa6592f4755ce1f0c3ce8e0c06ea2e7.jpg)
(https://giant.gfycat.com/PerkyScentedBlackwidowspider.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 18, 2016, 11:48:18 AM
I hope that there will be BeltTM cupcakes at the birthday party on January 24.

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on November 18, 2016, 01:03:03 PM
Legend has it that The Belt'sTM origins can be traced back to "Mr. Magic", Dick Williams, the former television and radio presenter and magician who holds the Guinness World Record for hosting the longest-running television magic show. Magicland was a weekly half-hour live-audience magic series for children and first aired on WMC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Memphis, in 1966. In the first ever show, little Robby Newman was asked to come to the stage to assist with a disappearing act. "Mr. Magic" tied a magic belt around Robbie, and much to the amazement of those in the crowd, Robbie disappeared. What happened after that is still a bit of a mystery, but rumor has it that the magic belt stayed in Robbie's possession. As Robbie grew older, he started to believe that the belt itself had magical powers and that whenever he wore it, he excelled in his endeavors. Several years later, and ironically enough, he found himself playing for the Magicians of Memphis' LeMoyne-Owen College. In 1975, with the help of the belt's magical powers, Bob Newman carried the Magicians to the first ever DIII Basketball National Championship and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. However, a sophomore on the Wittenberg team that the Magician's beat in the quarterfinals seemed to sense the power emanating from Newman's prized possession and during the post game celebration, stole the belt for himself. Two years later, Rick White brought the D3 title to Springfield, Ohio, with the help of the belt... In the years to come, this very same belt would switch hands many, many more times and would eventually become The BeltTM...

If you don't believe me, check Wikipedia.

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on November 18, 2016, 01:26:39 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 28, 2012, 10:22:06 AM
Here's the complete history of the 61 pages of the D-III Championship BeltTM, Abridged...

"Hey, here's an idea"
"Sure let's try it"
"This is kind of fun"
"Let's not get carried away" - Pat
"Baubles and Gewgaws"
"What if an NAIA team gets it?"
"They can't"
"Yes, they can"
"No, they can't"
"43-man Squamish"
"Trademarked!"
"A whole summer in Stevens Point doesn't sound like fun"
"How do we transport this thing"
"Photoshopping!"
"Go Crown!"
"Maybe we need an ark"
"Go Caltech!"
"Legal Weasel"

There. That about covers it. Fill in anything I missed.

Don't miss out on the quote pyramid either!  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: augie77 on November 18, 2016, 01:30:40 PM
As a sophomore at Augustana in 1975 I attended the first ever DIII Final Four in Reading Pennsylvania.  Robert Newman and Lemoyne-Owen beat the Vikings in the semi-final, and Newman absolutely couldn't miss down the stretch-both free throws and baskets (threes weren't yet conceived).  His run seemed magical, or horrific, depending on one's allegiance  Thanks for telling "the rest of the story", as Paul Harvey would put it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on November 18, 2016, 04:02:42 PM
Quote from: augie77 on November 18, 2016, 01:30:40 PM
As a sophomore at Augustana in 1975 I attended the first ever DIII Final Four in Reading Pennsylvania.  Robert Newman and Lemoyne-Owen beat the Vikings in the semi-final, and Newman absolutely couldn't miss down the stretch-both free throws and baskets (threes weren't yet conceived).  His run seemed magical, or horrific, depending on one's allegiance  Thanks for telling "the rest of the story", as Paul Harvey would put it.

Did u go to the Final 4 the next year? I was at that semi(Augustana-Scranton) and the 1st of our 2 national titles.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: augie77 on November 18, 2016, 04:22:04 PM
I was indeed.  The Royals student section's incessant chants still ring in my ears.  Good times! As an Augustana fan, I'm still awaiting a basketball championship.  Close calls, but no cigars!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: augie77 on November 18, 2016, 04:25:26 PM
In 1975 it was Newman's magic belt that did us in.  I've always figured against Scranton in 1976, it was the priest on the bench!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on November 18, 2016, 04:45:59 PM
Quote from: augie77 on November 18, 2016, 04:22:04 PM
I was indeed.  The Royals student section's incessant chants still ring in my ears.  Good times! As an Augustana fan, I'm still awaiting a basketball championship.  Close calls, but no cigars!

Well, we got a 2nd in '83, but a drought since then, with only 1 Final 4 in '88. Augustana usually has that much tougher Midwest sectional to work their way through.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 18, 2016, 05:29:17 PM
Wabash beat Augie in the quarterfinals in 1982 on our way to the title.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: augie77 on November 18, 2016, 06:13:33 PM
Thee is a LONG list of teams who doused Augie's championship dream on their own successful run to the championship.  Augie conquerers that won it all...

1975: Lemoyne-Owen
1976: Scranton
1981: Potsdam State
1982: Wabash
1993: Ohio Northern
2008: Washington U
2011: Saint Thomas
2014: UW-Whitewater
2015: UW-Stevens Point
2016: Saint Thomas

Not to mention six other times when the CCIW champion won it all, after leaving the Vikings behind.

I guess this means if you draw Augustana in the playoffs, your odds of winning it all are pretty strong. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 18, 2016, 07:19:39 PM
Quote from: augie77 on November 18, 2016, 06:13:33 PM
Thee is a LONG list of teams who doused Augie's championship dream on their own successful run to the championship.  Augie conquerers that won it all...

1975: Lemoyne-Owen
1976: Scranton
1980: North Park
1981: Potsdam State
1982: Wabash
1993: Ohio Northern
2008: Washington U
2011: Saint Thomas
2014: UW-Whitewater
2015: UW-Stevens Point
2016: Saint Thomas

Not to mention six other times when the CCIW champion won it all, after leaving the Vikings behind.

I guess this means if you draw Augustana in the playoffs, your odds of winning it all are pretty strong.

Fixed it for you, Steve. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: augie77 on November 18, 2016, 11:19:03 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 18, 2016, 07:19:39 PM
Quote from: augie77 on November 18, 2016, 06:13:33 PM
Thee is a LONG list of teams who doused Augie's championship dream on their own successful run to the championship.  Augie conquerers that won it all...

1975: Lemoyne-Owen
1976: Scranton
1980: North Park
1981: Potsdam State
1982: Wabash
1993: Ohio Northern
2008: Washington U
2011: Saint Thomas
2014: UW-Whitewater
2015: UW-Stevens Point
2016: Saint Thomas

Not to mention Five other times when the CCIW champion won it all, after leaving the Vikings behind.

I guess this means if you draw Augustana in the playoffs, your odds of winning it all are pretty strong.

Fixed it for you, Steve. ;)
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 18, 2016, 07:19:39 PM
Quote from: augie77 on November 18, 2016, 06:13:33 PM
Thee is a LONG list of teams who doused Augie's championship dream on their own successful run to the championship.  Augie conquerers that won it all...

1975: Lemoyne-Owen
1976: Scranton
1980: North Park
1981: Potsdam State
1982: Wabash
1993: Ohio Northern
2008: Washington U
2011: Saint Thomas
2014: UW-Whitewater
2015: UW-Stevens Point
2016: Saint Thomas

Not to mention FIVE other times when the CCIW champion won it all, after leaving the Vikings behind.

I guess this means if you draw Augustana in the playoffs, your odds of winning it all are pretty strong.

Fixed it for you, Steve. ;)

Fixed the fix...

(modified by GS, who fixed the fix of the fix by adding the necessary close-bracket of the quote close.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 19, 2016, 09:03:27 PM
Hope 90  UW-River Falls 81

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Here we go again!!!

The BeltTm takes a pause this week as Hope taunts its NAIA neighbors a bit.  The next game with BeltTm implications is a juicy Tue. Nov. 29 game between Hope and John Carroll in University Heights, Ohio.

2016-17  BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 19, 2016, 11:49:15 PM
The BeltTM is on ItsTM third league and third state of the season, and we haven't even hit Thanksgiving yet.

This could be a really wild and wooly year for Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM, which apparently thinks that those of us who monitor ItsTM travels are growing complacent.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on November 20, 2016, 05:06:45 PM
Quote from: sac on November 16, 2016, 10:50:08 AM
Taco BeltTm

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecx.images-amazon.com%2Fimages%2FI%2F81UlwKiiiML._UL1500_.jpg&hash=c39dcde907515eae5395434ce82296dc753406f7)
You poor folks.  It is not available in most of the country.

Nothing beats Taco Bueno.  If the BeltTM gets back to Texas, then I hope it will take the opportunity to taste really good Tex-Mex.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftacobueno.com%2Fmedia%2F1578%2Famericasfavmexicanqsr.jpg&hash=00f0b6829eae9496ba1589f2f510880c8206e053)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on November 20, 2016, 05:27:08 PM
Quote from: keith45 on February 01, 2007, 02:04:30 PM
This chat is HILLARIOUS :D ;D :D ;D
I actually read all three pages...does that make me a loser too..but still funny

101 pages to go!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: monsoon on November 29, 2016, 08:48:37 PM
Hope            85
John Carroll  72

The BeltTM still likes Holland.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 30, 2016, 02:32:21 AM
... or ItTM hates Cleveland. I tend to lean towards the latter explanation. The BeltTM is a highly-refined and discriminating entity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT6Q6XRqu5I
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on November 30, 2016, 07:14:57 AM
Up next... UW La Crosse travels to Devos Fieldhouse for a crack at The BeltTM.

The question is will Stryker and/or the Maroon Platoon make the 430 mile drive, as well?

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 30, 2016, 11:59:45 AM
Quote from: HOPEful on November 30, 2016, 07:14:57 AM
Up next... UW La Crosse travels to Devos Fieldhouse for a crack at The BeltTM.

The question is will Stryker and/or the Maroon Platoon make the 430 mile drive, as well?

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flantern.uwlax.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F10%2F20120901_Maroon__Platoon_0434.jpg&hash=94b58a661fddb1711d3876255768a7b7a30b08c4)

Is that 430 miles with the ferry or without?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on November 30, 2016, 12:10:52 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 30, 2016, 11:59:45 AM
Is that 430 miles with the ferry or without?
Alas, both the SS Badger (Manatowoc to Ludington) and the Lake Express (Milwaukee to Muskegon) are done for the season and will resume operation in the spring...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 30, 2016, 01:00:01 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 30, 2016, 11:59:45 AM
Quote from: HOPEful on November 30, 2016, 07:14:57 AM
Up next... UW La Crosse travels to Devos Fieldhouse for a crack at The BeltTM.

The question is will Stryker and/or the Maroon Platoon make the 430 mile drive, as well?

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flantern.uwlax.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F10%2F20120901_Maroon__Platoon_0434.jpg&hash=94b58a661fddb1711d3876255768a7b7a30b08c4)

Is that 430 miles with the ferry or without?

If this is a super old reference to a post of mine about a magic ferry from over 10 years ago, God bless.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 30, 2016, 04:23:25 PM
Quote from: sac on November 30, 2016, 01:00:01 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 30, 2016, 11:59:45 AM
Quote from: HOPEful on November 30, 2016, 07:14:57 AM
Up next... UW La Crosse travels to Devos Fieldhouse for a crack at The BeltTM.

The question is will Stryker and/or the Maroon Platoon make the 430 mile drive, as well?

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flantern.uwlax.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F10%2F20120901_Maroon__Platoon_0434.jpg&hash=94b58a661fddb1711d3876255768a7b7a30b08c4)

Is that 430 miles with the ferry or without?

If this is a super old reference to a post of mine about a magic ferry from over 10 years ago, God bless.

Those magic ferry references have an honored place in the MIAA Hall of Supersweetness.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 30, 2016, 04:33:52 PM
Quote from: HOPEful on November 30, 2016, 12:10:52 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on November 30, 2016, 11:59:45 AM
Is that 430 miles with the ferry or without?
Alas, both the SS Badger (Manatowoc to Ludington) and the Lake Express (Milwaukee to Muskegon) are done for the season and will resume operation in the spring...

This is why the ferry became lore.  If only they'd run in the winter, things would've been a lot different back in the day.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on November 30, 2016, 05:33:09 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 30, 2016, 02:32:21 AM
... or ItTM hates Cleveland. I tend to lean towards the latter explanation. The BeltTM is a highly-refined and discriminating entity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT6Q6XRqu5I
+1!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 05, 2016, 11:47:10 PM
From Saturday:  Hope 80 UW-LaCrosse 75

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The Flying Dutchmen still have The BeltTm

Up Next:  Hope host UW-Stevens Point Saturday night.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on December 06, 2016, 08:12:47 AM
(https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/group-people-pointing-25078294.jpg)

The Pointers...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 11, 2016, 12:15:02 AM
UW-Stevens Point 74  Hope 72

The Pointers will return to Wisconsin with their favorite accessory.  I think this makes the 6th time in their history that Stevens Point has captured the BeltTM  Its also the 7th year and 3rd year in a row the Pointers have had the BeltTm at some point during the year.

In four days UWSP travels to St. Thomas where the Tommies will get their shot at reclaiming The BeltTm they started the year with.  More than likely The Belt will be staying in the Central Region this year if the Tommies don't win it back.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fkccollegegameday.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F02%2F45436224_png.jpg&hash=e1fbd31a0ac4963d80e9f05597e792fc05aef3e9)


2016-17  BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 11, 2016, 10:10:43 AM
It's interesting how thus far in this still-young season The BeltTM has gone into the WIAC, come back out again, and now has gone back in yet again. The BeltTM is clearly doing the hokey-pokey with the state of Wisconsin.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on December 12, 2016, 08:25:22 AM
The Tommies?

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftalksport.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ftscouk_old_image%2Fblog%2Ftom-hanks-tom-cruise.jpg&hash=f48cb134edaaf4228769ab8364b19039b55aa876)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 12, 2016, 11:24:56 AM
Completing the starting lineup ...

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/cf/e2/da/cfe2da8c67ec94c1068d13a8d8d758f5.jpg)
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Tommy_Hilfiger_portrait_2009_-_Tommy_Hilfiger.jpg)
(https://northendwriters.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/wwi_tommy.jpg)

Not a lot of height for this year's Tommies.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 13, 2016, 08:12:25 AM
Okay, I actually took the time to read through this entire thread over the last couple of days. This is "silly and pointless"... but damn it if I didn't have to contain my laughter reading through some of the stuff about The BeltTM.

I also discovered that I can retroactively cross "Announce a game for The BeltTM" off my Announcer Bucket List, because apparently I already did. (http://northcentralcardinals.com/news/2015/1/14/MBB_0114151150.aspx?path=mbball) After reading through the lore of The BeltTM I can only conclude that my feeble mind was not ready to grasp the concept of such glorious baubles and gewgaws, and ItTM refused to reveal ItselfTM to me. But considering the sheer number of teams in D-III that have never even had a chance to play for ItTM I'm honored to have been in ItsTM presence, even unknowingly.

*crosses fingers that UWSP still has The BeltTM when NCC plays them on 12/28 so the Cardinals can take ItTM*

Edited to avoid the wrath of the Legal Weasels.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 13, 2016, 09:58:10 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on December 13, 2016, 08:12:25 AM
Okay, I actually took the time to read through this entire thread over the last couple of days.

I think this is the saddest sentence I have ever read.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on December 13, 2016, 10:29:05 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 13, 2016, 09:58:10 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on December 13, 2016, 08:12:25 AM
Okay, I actually took the time to read through this entire thread over the last couple of days.

I think this is the saddest sentence I have ever read.

Actually it would be much sadder if said in the Top 25 thread - this one is about somethingTM truly entertaining
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: AO on December 13, 2016, 10:45:17 AM
Is it too early to note that if St. Thomas beats Stevens Point and the regular season ended tomorrow night, the Tommies would miss the MIAC playoffs and the belt™ would not go to the national champs?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 13, 2016, 10:48:26 AM
Quote from: AO on December 13, 2016, 10:45:17 AM
Is it too early to note that if St. Thomas beats Stevens Point and the regular season ended tomorrow night, the Tommies would miss the MIAC playoffs and the belt would not go to the national champs?

Never too early. Always looking for that scenario.

Also, TRADEMARK!

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maggiesnotebook.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F09%2FWeasel_6.jpg&hash=b9e618d21986b6636cf6001382d2a4e3e0ef2350)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on December 13, 2016, 11:21:47 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on December 13, 2016, 08:12:25 AM
Okay, I actually took the time to read through this entire thread over the last couple of days. This is "silly and pointless"... but damn it if I didn't have to contain my laughter reading through some of the stuff about The BeltTM.

I also discovered that I can retroactively cross "Announce a game for The BeltTM" off my Announcer Bucket List, because apparently I already did. (http://northcentralcardinals.com/news/2015/1/14/MBB_0114151150.aspx?path=mbball) After reading through the lore of The BeltTM I can only conclude that my feeble mind was not ready to grasp the concept of such glorious baubles and gewgaws, and ItTM refused to reveal ItselfTM to me. But considering the sheer number of teams in D-III that have never even had a chance to play for ItTM I'm honored to have been in ItsTM presence, even unknowingly.

*crosses fingers that UWSP still has The BeltTM when NCC plays them on 12/28 so the Cardinals can take ItTM*

Edited to avoid the wrath of the Legal Weasels.

I've got to give you credit. I came to this board when The BeltTM was discussed on page 15. I only had to read thru 15 pages in a shorter period of time. You went thru the 105 pages in a couple of days. I've "invested" 8+ years reading the additional 90 pages. +1K
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 13, 2016, 12:41:15 PM
Quote from: AO on December 13, 2016, 10:45:17 AM
Is it too early to note that if St. Thomas beats Stevens Point and the regular season ended tomorrow night, the Tommies would miss the MIAC playoffs and the belt™ would not go to the national champs?

This is the dream scenario and can't be hyped too often.  We've been close before.  If only...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 13, 2016, 01:50:48 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 12, 2016, 11:24:56 AM
Not a lot of height for this year's Tommies.

Comprising a lineup of only MIAC players named Tom, Thomas, Tommy or Tommie, St. Thomas would also be .........not great.

Thomas Schyma  6-2  G  Fr.  (Concordia-Moorhead)
Tommy Anderson 6-4 F  Fr.  (St. Thomas)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on December 13, 2016, 02:11:38 PM
Quote from: sac on December 13, 2016, 01:50:48 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 12, 2016, 11:24:56 AM
Not a lot of height for this year's Tommies.

Comprising a lineup of only MIAC players named Tom, Thomas, Tommy or Tommie, St. Thomas would also be .........not great.

Thomas Schyma  6-2  G  Fr.  (Concordia-Moorhead)
Tommy Anderson 6-4 F  Fr.  (St. Thomas)

Well, better than the WIAC. Scrolling through a boxscore or two of each WIAC team, I didn't find anyone named a variation of Tom.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 13, 2016, 02:29:20 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on December 13, 2016, 02:11:38 PM
Quote from: sac on December 13, 2016, 01:50:48 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 12, 2016, 11:24:56 AM
Not a lot of height for this year's Tommies.

Comprising a lineup of only MIAC players named Tom, Thomas, Tommy or Tommie, St. Thomas would also be .........not great.

Thomas Schyma  6-2  G  Fr.  (Concordia-Moorhead)
Tommy Anderson 6-4 F  Fr.  (St. Thomas)

Well, better than the WIAC. Scrolling through a boxscore or two of each WIAC team, I didn't find anyone named a variation of Tom.
You can try the all school team... you'd have St Thomas, Thomas More, and Thomas (ME)

Looking through statistical leaders you could have:
Thomas Brown - Green Mountain - 21.4 ppg
Thomas Bonacum - Ramapo - 18.6 ppg
Tom Kromka - St Vincent - 8.4 rpg
Tom Palleschi - Tufts - 3.11 bpg
Caleb Thomasson - Sul Ross St - 17.2 ppg and 8.7 rpg
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 13, 2016, 03:09:49 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on December 13, 2016, 10:29:05 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 13, 2016, 09:58:10 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on December 13, 2016, 08:12:25 AM
Okay, I actually took the time to read through this entire thread over the last couple of days.

I think this is the saddest sentence I have ever read.

Actually it would be much sadder if said in the Top 25 thread - this one is about somethingTM truly entertaining

The BeltTM thread: 50% more baubles, 50% less paranoia than the Top 25 thread.

Quote from: Just Bill on December 13, 2016, 10:48:26 AM
Quote from: AO on December 13, 2016, 10:45:17 AM
Is it too early to note that if St. Thomas beats Stevens Point and the regular season ended tomorrow night, the Tommies would miss the MIAC playoffs and the belt would not go to the national champs?

Never too early. Always looking for that scenario.

Also, TRADEMARK!

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maggiesnotebook.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F09%2FWeasel_6.jpg&hash=b9e618d21986b6636cf6001382d2a4e3e0ef2350)

This guy looks like he's ready to make partner, Bill.

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 13, 2016, 12:41:15 PM
Quote from: AO on December 13, 2016, 10:45:17 AM
Is it too early to note that if St. Thomas beats Stevens Point and the regular season ended tomorrow night, the Tommies would miss the MIAC playoffs and the belt™ would not go to the national champs?

This is the dream scenario and can't be hyped too often.  We've been close before.  If only...

Fingers crossed for The ScenarioTM to finally occur in 2016-17 ...

Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 13, 2016, 02:29:20 PM
Looking through statistical leaders you could have:
Thomas Brown - Green Mountain - 21.4 ppg
Thomas Bonacum - Ramapo - 18.6 ppg
Tom Kromka - St Vincent - 8.4 rpg
Tom Palleschi - Tufts - 3.11 bpg
Caleb Thomasson - Sul Ross St - 17.2 ppg and 8.7 rpg

... and Jordan Thomas of Carthage, who's averaging 11.0 ppg.

This could actually be a pretty nice team. I imagine that there'd be a lot of chaos involved in trying to communicate with each other on the floor, though. "Tom, I'm open!" "Your man, Tom!" "Tommy! Over here!" "Yo! T!"

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on December 13, 2016, 02:11:38 PM
Quote from: sac on December 13, 2016, 01:50:48 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 12, 2016, 11:24:56 AM
Not a lot of height for this year's Tommies.

Comprising a lineup of only MIAC players named Tom, Thomas, Tommy or Tommie, St. Thomas would also be .........not great.

Thomas Schyma  6-2  G  Fr.  (Concordia-Moorhead)
Tommy Anderson 6-4 F  Fr.  (St. Thomas)

Well, better than the WIAC. Scrolling through a boxscore or two of each WIAC team, I didn't find anyone named a variation of Tom.

Well, if we extend it to WIAC fandom we could include you, of course. And you'd fit right in, height-wise, on a team that also has Tom Cruise and Roger "Tommy" Daltrey. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 14, 2016, 09:44:27 PM
St. Thomas 73  Stevens Point 64      We're gonna need to find more Tom's


2016-17  BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas


We'll be dimming the lights in here for the next 19 days as the Tommies will next put The BeltTm on the line at Gustavus Adolpus in Jan. 2.  I believe we are now locked in to the MIAC for the remainder of the regular season.



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 14, 2016, 10:18:32 PM
Quote from: sac on December 14, 2016, 09:44:27 PM
St. Thomas 73  Stevens Point 64      We're gonna need to find more Tom's


2016-17  BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas


We'll be dimming the lights in here for the next 19 days as the Tommies will next put The BeltTm on the line at Gustavus Adolpus in Jan. 2.  I believe we are now locked in to the MIAC for the remainder of the regular season.

It would have been nice if Hope could hold on to The BeltTM, but that is one against the world.  I primarily blame the "best D3 conference God ever created" - the WIAC had ItTM TWICE and booted ItTM away almost immediately each time. >:(

Now ItTM is probably trapped in the frozen wastes of Minnesota.  Well, MIAC, do your duty to the mighty Spangled OneTM - if ItTM is fated to spend a winter on the frozen tundra, keep U$T out of the MIAC tourney so ItTM can at least spend a summer in "The Land of 10,000 (unfrozen) Lakes".
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 14, 2016, 10:45:17 PM
In 2013 The BeltTm was passed around the MIAC 11 times.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 04:11:32 AM
This would be so much cooler if there was an actual belt that got passed around.

That would be pretty much the coolest thing in college sports, actually.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on December 15, 2016, 05:49:38 AM
Quote from: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 04:11:32 AM
This would be so much cooler if there was an actual belt that got passed around.

That would be pretty much the coolest thing in college sports, actually.

I agree 100%... the kids would love it, as I'm sure many read these pages... someone just needs to take the bull... er, the belt... by the horns....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 07:07:53 AM
Quote from: hopefan on December 15, 2016, 05:49:38 AM
Quote from: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 04:11:32 AM
This would be so much cooler if there was an actual belt that got passed around.

That would be pretty much the coolest thing in college sports, actually.

I agree 100%... the kids would love it, as I'm sure many read these pages... someone just needs to take the bull... er, the belt... by the horns....

You can get them made for like 150 bucks. I would think certain providers of D3 basketball information might find it worthwhile for the marketing value alone.

I don't know if you could call it a championship belt though. NCAA probably wouldn't like that. Maybe either just "The Belt" or sometihng ironic like "The Belt of Supremacy" (which clearly it's not that).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 15, 2016, 07:50:44 AM
You couldn't make a belt that would in any capacity be able to duplicate the splendor and magnificence of The BeltTM... it could only at best be a poor facsimile as there is no material on Earth that could replicate that which is The BeltTM

Also. I think the Legal WeaselsTM are having a time figuring out whether someone is talking about a belt or The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 15, 2016, 09:39:56 AM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 15, 2016, 07:50:44 AM
You couldn't make a belt that would in any capacity be able to duplicate the splendor and magnificence of The BeltTM... it could only at best be a poor facsimile as there is no material on Earth that could replicate that which is The BeltTM

Also. I think the Legal WeaselsTM are having a time figuring out whether someone is talking about a belt or The BeltTM

They're just going to go after everybody. A cease and desist letter here, a bite to the ankles there...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maggiesnotebook.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F09%2FWeasel_6.jpg&hash=b9e618d21986b6636cf6001382d2a4e3e0ef2350)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 09:57:54 AM
Quote from: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 07:07:53 AMI would think certain providers of D3 basketball information might find it worthwhile for the marketing value alone.

If you're referring to Pat, you're way off on that. Pat is legendary here for his ambivalent (at best) attitude towards this board in general and The BeltTM as a concept. He's like a teacher who sits at his desk grading papers and pretending not to notice while we shoot spitwads and make armpit noises in the back row of his classroom.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: AO on December 15, 2016, 10:24:29 AM
Quote from: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 04:11:32 AM
This would be so much cooler if there was an actual belt that got passed around.

That would be pretty much the coolest thing in college sports, actually.
Oh, It's™ Real.
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F8utvLSA.jpg&hash=f9d53fc2580318060f56052cd1bbdc46ed7b7ac5)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on December 15, 2016, 11:07:20 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 09:57:54 AM
If you're referring to Pat, you're way off on that. Pat is legendary here for his ambivalent (at best) attitude towards this board in general and The BeltTM as a concept. He's like a teacher who sits at his desk grading papers and pretending not to notice while we shoot spitwads and make armpit noises in the back row of his classroom.

What's the next step up from ambivalence? I think I'm there. I find it amusing. :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on December 15, 2016, 11:11:16 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 14, 2010, 12:11:32 AM
Oh, I read. I made my peace with the concept of the Belt last season sometime. :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on December 15, 2016, 11:15:20 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 09:57:54 AM
Quote from: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 07:07:53 AMI would think certain providers of D3 basketball information might find it worthwhile for the marketing value alone.

If you're referring to Pat, you're way off on that. Pat is legendary here for his ambivalent (at best) attitude towards this board in general and The BeltTM as a concept. He's like a teacher who sits at his desk grading papers and pretending not to notice while we shoot spitwads and make armpit noises in the back row of his classroom.

Even more than that, Pat has been trying to shut this board down for years!  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 11:20:07 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 15, 2016, 11:07:20 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 09:57:54 AM
If you're referring to Pat, you're way off on that. Pat is legendary here for his ambivalent (at best) attitude towards this board in general and The BeltTM as a concept. He's like a teacher who sits at his desk grading papers and pretending not to notice while we shoot spitwads and make armpit noises in the back row of his classroom.

What's the next step up from ambivalence?

Um ... the mildly-entertained interest of an adult watching a three-year-old pull his pants on backwards? The detached observation of someone sitting on a park bench looking at ants swarm over a popsicle dropped in the grass? Help me out here, Bill.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on December 15, 2016, 11:20:35 AM
Quote from: hopefan on December 15, 2016, 05:49:38 AM
Quote from: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 04:11:32 AM
This would be so much cooler if there was an actual belt that got passed around.

That would be pretty much the coolest thing in college sports, actually.

I agree 100%... the kids would love it, as I'm sure many read these pages... someone just needs to take the bull... er, the belt... by the horns....

As a very recent graduate of a MIAC school I am proud to say I never read these forums until after I played my last minute on the court. With that being said, I would have totally made this BeltTM and passed ItTM around the MIAC teams if they beat us, as I knew enough of the other players where it would be a cool bit. I love this thread and continue to follow it. This idea would also make a great news story for those d3 players trying to get their 15 minutes of fame on ESPN! Anyways, I am glad the Tommies were able to snag The BeltTM back from the lowly WIAC for the remainder of the season! Here is hoping ItTM travels well this winter around the great state of MN!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 11:34:21 AM
I can still remember former Wash U All-American Sean Wallis talking about winning The BeltTM during a postgame interview. That felt like a truly subversive triumph of sorts for us idiots who've spent so much time constructing the elaborate mythology of Thee Most Glorious Bespangled CinctureTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 15, 2016, 04:59:34 PM
A more creative me might have given it a shot last year when Hope had ItTm.  But I have no idea how you'd present it to the opposing team.  "Here, here's this... thing I made, go cherish it and pass it on to your next vanquisher"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 15, 2016, 05:04:25 PM
Quote from: sac on December 15, 2016, 04:59:34 PM
A more creative me might have given it a shot last year when Hope had ItTm.  But I have no idea how you'd present it to the opposing team.  "Here, here's this... thing I made, go cherish it and pass it on to your next vanquisher"

Hey, that could be a new requirement for winning The BeltTM: if the team is not familiar with this thread, then no BeltTM for them! :o

Bill, think that would pass muster with the Weasels?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 07:31:08 PM
Quote from: sac on December 15, 2016, 04:59:34 PM
A more creative me might have given it a shot last year when Hope had ItTm.  But I have no idea how you'd present it to the opposing team.  "Here, here's this... thing I made, go cherish it and pass it on to your next vanquisher"

I think it would be like a trophy game in football. There are lots of ways those get stored/presented (The Little Brown Jug is in a box, Paul Bunyan's Axe just gets carried out. My suggestion would be for the holding team captain to wear it out during pre-game intros, then hand it over to the school AD. If there's a new champion, the AD gives it over to the opposing team in some way (coach, captain, AD, assistant, just someone that isn't going to do something stupid with it or steal it). But there are probably other ways.

I just think it would be good food, good publicity for the provider/sponsor, and make for shareable moments suitable for social media. People making the belt around the waist sign, belt celebrations, and I'm sure things I haven't thought of (belt tours around the winning campus or something).

It's ridiculous, and that's the point. It's not opera, it's basketball -- it's supposed to be fun, especially in D3 because no one is getting rich off it here. Plus, it's no more ridiculous than Minnesota and Iowa annually playing for a 98.3 pound bronze pig and grown men sprinting to the sideline to raise it.

To sac's point, this is why I think it would be tailor made for Pat or Dave to provide/sponsor (because inevitably someone will break it). Then it's not like some clownface just made it for his team.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 15, 2016, 09:13:40 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 11:20:07 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 15, 2016, 11:07:20 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 09:57:54 AM
If you're referring to Pat, you're way off on that. Pat is legendary here for his ambivalent (at best) attitude towards this board in general and The BeltTM as a concept. He's like a teacher who sits at his desk grading papers and pretending not to notice while we shoot spitwads and make armpit noises in the back row of his classroom.

What's the next step up from ambivalence?

Um ... the mildly-entertained interest of an adult watching a three-year-old pull his pants on backwards? The detached observation of someone sitting on a park bench looking at ants swarm over a popsicle dropped in the grass? Help me out here, Bill.

Anyone west of the Hudson river watching a Red Sox-Yankees game?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 09:16:31 PM
Quote from: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 07:31:08 PM
To sac's point, this is why I think it would be tailor made for Pat or Dave to provide/sponsor (because inevitably someone will break it). Then it's not like some clownface just made it for his team.

I think that the social awkwardness involved in sac or some other fan just walking out of the stands with a strange bespangled object, approaching the coach or captain of the victorious opponent, and saying:

Quote from: sac on December 15, 2016, 04:59:34 PM"Here, here's this... thing I made, go cherish it and pass it on to your next vanquisher"

... has a goofy, bizarre charm all to itself that makes it rather appropriate for such an object.

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 15, 2016, 09:13:40 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 11:20:07 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on December 15, 2016, 11:07:20 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 09:57:54 AM
If you're referring to Pat, you're way off on that. Pat is legendary here for his ambivalent (at best) attitude towards this board in general and The BeltTM as a concept. He's like a teacher who sits at his desk grading papers and pretending not to notice while we shoot spitwads and make armpit noises in the back row of his classroom.

What's the next step up from ambivalence?

Um ... the mildly-entertained interest of an adult watching a three-year-old pull his pants on backwards? The detached observation of someone sitting on a park bench looking at ants swarm over a popsicle dropped in the grass? Help me out here, Bill.

Anyone west of the Hudson river watching a Red Sox-Yankees game?

That's actually not a bad analogy.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 15, 2016, 09:21:26 PM

I think the captain of the losing team should meet the captain of the winning team at midcourt and kneel, with head bowed, to preset the belt above his head to the victors.  It feels like the only proper way to pass it along.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 15, 2016, 09:25:20 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 09:16:31 PM
Quote from: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 07:31:08 PM
To sac's point, this is why I think it would be tailor made for Pat or Dave to provide/sponsor (because inevitably someone will break it). Then it's not like some clownface just made it for his team.

I think that the social awkwardness involved in sac or some other fan just walking out of the stands with a strange bespangled object, approaching the coach or captain of the victorious opponent, and saying:

Quote from: sac on December 15, 2016, 04:59:34 PM"Here, here's this... thing I made, go cherish it and pass it on to your next vanquisher"

... has a goofy, bizarre charm all to itself that makes it rather appropriate for such an object.
I was daydreaming about something like this as a PA guy, making an announcement postgame after losing The BeltTM about a transfer ceremony (like mentioned above) at center court while 90 percent of the crowd looks on going, "Huh?" Might be worth it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 11:15:50 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 15, 2016, 09:21:26 PM

I think the captain of the losing team should meet the captain of the winning team at midcourt and kneel, with head bowed, to preset the belt above his head to the victors.  It feels like the only proper way to pass it along.

What, followed by a lament about dishonoring his family and committing seppuku?

I'm thinking more like a slightly fearful AD quickly passing off The BeltTM into a crowd of collegians engaged in rowdy celebration. Can you imagine the players' celebration if someone like Macalester or Gallaudet won The BeltTM? Would be the highlight of their career.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 16, 2016, 12:02:59 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on December 15, 2016, 09:25:20 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 09:16:31 PM
Quote from: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 07:31:08 PM
To sac's point, this is why I think it would be tailor made for Pat or Dave to provide/sponsor (because inevitably someone will break it). Then it's not like some clownface just made it for his team.

I think that the social awkwardness involved in sac or some other fan just walking out of the stands with a strange bespangled object, approaching the coach or captain of the victorious opponent, and saying:

Quote from: sac on December 15, 2016, 04:59:34 PM"Here, here's this... thing I made, go cherish it and pass it on to your next vanquisher"

... has a goofy, bizarre charm all to itself that makes it rather appropriate for such an object.
I was daydreaming about something like this as a PA guy, making an announcement postgame after losing The BeltTM about a transfer ceremony (like mentioned above) at center court while 90 percent of the crowd looks on going, "Huh?" Might be worth it.

You wouldn't build it up in pre-game? I guess maybe it's my frame of reference, but I'm envisioning the student sections being clued into it (4 OAC teams were top 30 in attendance last year). I would think the CCIW would be similar in that regard.

Interestingly (probably not, actually), a number of the professional wrestlers and personalities from the early TV era of the sport were from Robbinsdale, MN in the Twin Cities.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 16, 2016, 12:06:13 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 15, 2016, 09:16:31 PM
Quote from: ElRetornodelEspencio on December 15, 2016, 07:31:08 PM
To sac's point, this is why I think it would be tailor made for Pat or Dave to provide/sponsor (because inevitably someone will break it). Then it's not like some clownface just made it for his team.

I think that the social awkwardness involved in sac or some other fan just walking out of the stands with a strange bespangled object, approaching the coach or captain of the victorious opponent, and saying:

Quote from: sac on December 15, 2016, 04:59:34 PM"Here, here's this... thing I made, go cherish it and pass it on to your next vanquisher"

... has a goofy, bizarre charm all to itself that makes it rather appropriate for such an object.

You'll never get on SportsCenter like that.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on December 16, 2016, 09:06:01 AM
I think Public Enemy's S1W would be appropriate security for The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 16, 2016, 09:44:34 AM

So maybe we go with "crowd rushing the floor, whilst a ladder is erected at midcourt for the winning captain to climb and hold aloft the freshly won belt."  It could even be a Werner ladder - or maybe the belt goes out and gets its own sponsorship.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 16, 2016, 10:04:12 AM
The BeltTM is already beautiful. You can't improve it by crossing it with reality.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on December 16, 2016, 10:33:40 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 16, 2016, 10:04:12 AM
The BeltTM is already beautiful. You can't improve it by crossing it with reality.

Might be time for the weasels to pursue defamation charges as none of these suggestions can do anything but degrade ItsTM gloriousness
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on December 16, 2016, 10:44:06 AM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on December 16, 2016, 10:33:40 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 16, 2016, 10:04:12 AM
The BeltTM is already beautiful. You can't improve it by crossing it with reality.

Might be time for the weasels to pursue defamation charges as none of these suggestions can do anything but degrade ItsTM gloriousness

These suggestions are also stripping The BeltTM of its agency in the matter. It is the BeltTM who chooses the winner, after all, not the other way around.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 16, 2016, 11:42:02 AM
Sorry, but I'm just fixated on the idea of sac hesitantly sidling into the postgame huddle of some team that's just beaten Hope and saying to them, "Here, here's this... thing I made, go cherish it and pass it on to your next vanquisher." It sounds like something out of an Albert Brooks movie.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 16, 2016, 01:40:52 PM
Quote from: sac on December 14, 2016, 10:45:17 PM
In 2013 The BeltTm was passed around the MIAC 11 times.
I'm not sure, but there's gotta be Country-Western song about that...

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 16, 2016, 02:49:05 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 16, 2016, 01:40:52 PM
Quote from: sac on December 14, 2016, 10:45:17 PM
In 2013 The BeltTm was passed around the MIAC 11 times.
I'm not sure, but there's gotta be Country-Western song about that...

I've got the perfect title: "Bartender, I Need a Belt".
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 16, 2016, 03:44:46 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 16, 2016, 02:49:05 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 16, 2016, 01:40:52 PM
Quote from: sac on December 14, 2016, 10:45:17 PM
In 2013 The BeltTm was passed around the MIAC 11 times.
I'm not sure, but there's gotta be Country-Western song about that...

I've got the perfect title: "Bartender, I Need a Belt".

"A Grain Belt!"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 16, 2016, 03:45:52 PM
The BeltTM does not go to Sportscenter. Sportscenter asks to go to the BeltTM and itTM decides thumbs up or thumbs down to those charlatans.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 16, 2016, 03:51:48 PM
(https://preservationinpink.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_4830.jpg)

The official beer of The BeltTM. Kid-tested, weasel-approved.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 17, 2016, 01:00:04 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 16, 2016, 02:49:05 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 16, 2016, 01:40:52 PM
Quote from: sac on December 14, 2016, 10:45:17 PM
In 2013 The BeltTm was passed around the MIAC 11 times.
I'm not sure, but there's gotta be Country-Western song about that...

I've got the perfect title: "Bartender, I Need a BeltTM".
Just thought that I would correct that for you...   ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 17, 2016, 01:02:15 PM
The trademark ruins the pun, though.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 18, 2016, 08:42:12 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 17, 2016, 01:02:15 PM
The trademark ruins the pun, though.
:-)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 19, 2016, 11:48:48 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 16, 2016, 03:51:48 PM
(https://preservationinpink.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_4830.jpg)

The official beer of The BeltTM. Kid-tested, weasel-approved.
Not until I get a check, it's not.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 19, 2016, 01:16:05 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 19, 2016, 11:48:48 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 16, 2016, 03:51:48 PM
(https://preservationinpink.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_4830.jpg)

The official beer of The BeltTM. Kid-tested, weasel-approved.
Not until I get a check, it's not.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcheck.fm%2Fimg%2FlogoRedCheck.png&hash=1d5b0c5f865df2661476420bfa443261d53d21e8)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on December 24, 2016, 08:45:49 AM
As if the BeltTM works for us and not the other way around.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 02, 2017, 10:27:34 PM
St. Thomas 83  Gustavus Adophus 65

Tommies nip the Swedish Kings and maintain possession of The BeltTm.  St. Thomas heads to Bethel Wednesday with the added bonus of it being an important MIAC game.  Esp. for St. Thomas


Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 05, 2017, 09:12:29 AM
St. Thomas 83  Bethel 74

St. Thomas takes The BeltTm to Northfield, MN and Carleton College Saturday.  I ran across an old pickup truck sitting in a field somewhere in the U.P. of Michigan this fall with the faded letters "Carleton College" on the side and wondered what kind of stories it could tell to end up in such a place.

Maybe it was a premonition.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on January 05, 2017, 12:32:52 PM
Who would have thunk that the Tommies would relinquish the possession of The BeltTM, only to regain ItTM and all its beauty a month later and probably bring ItTM into the national tourney come March!

Sac, it will be an ugly battle in Northfield, I will be watching to see if you had a premonition this fall!  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 05, 2017, 03:29:08 PM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on January 05, 2017, 12:32:52 PM
Who would have thunk that the Tommies would relinquish the possession of The BeltTM, only to regain ItTM and all its beauty a month later and probably bring ItTM into the national tourney come March!

Sac, it will be an ugly battle in Northfield, I will be watching to see if you had a premonition this fall!  ;D

You think they'll run the table or lose and regain it in the conference tourney?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on January 05, 2017, 05:22:27 PM
It is so tough to run the table in the MIAC with 20 conference games and most of the teams being solid. With that being said, the toughest game of the Tommies season was last night at Bethel without their stud PG you all remember from the natty tournament last year, Grant Schaeffer (sprained ankle). But I bet they slip up one or two times in the regular season but they will regain The BeltTM and all its glory in the conference tourney.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 08, 2017, 03:16:39 AM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on January 05, 2017, 05:22:27 PM
the toughest game of the Tommies season was last night at Bethel
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4010/4311986522_2a2f1d58db_b.jpg)
Tommie the Tomcat:  "Challenge accepted.  Hold my beer, watch this"


St. Thomas 62  Carleton 61  OT

Tommies needed a 'Furious' overtime rally to maintain The BeltTm, coming from 8 point down with 3:11 in overtime to play and not allowing a single Carleton ballplayer to put the ball in the peach basket again.  Conner Bair's tip-in with 2 seconds left wins the day, and The BeltTm

As a consolation a Carleton player was allowed to accumulate 25 rebounds in a school record effort.

St. Thomas is home Wed. night as they host St. Olaf


Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 09, 2017, 11:46:06 AM
A thought occurred with regards to The BeltTM and the sanctions Stevens Point is facing. Would having to vacate any wins mean the vacate The BeltTM? Or is ItTM beyond the silly rules the mortals at the NCAA have created, and thus ItTM will not be retroactively removed from the presence of the Pointers back in their national title season? My inclination would be the latter, but I'm curious what those of you who have followed the legendary journey of this wonderful bespangled accessory.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 09, 2017, 12:10:16 PM
All eyes turn to Bill as we await his ruling on UWSP and The BeltTM's history.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 09, 2017, 12:13:19 PM
I'll be in my chambers.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 09, 2017, 12:29:42 PM
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/16/c5/1a/16c51a12219013a87781e406154cbf1e.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 09, 2017, 12:31:35 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 09, 2017, 12:29:42 PM
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/16/c5/1a/16c51a12219013a87781e406154cbf1e.jpg)
Where is the icon of a child or a person in a wheelchair?    :o

Can they not "think"?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 09, 2017, 01:23:55 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 09, 2017, 12:31:35 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 09, 2017, 12:29:42 PM
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/16/c5/1a/16c51a12219013a87781e406154cbf1e.jpg)
Where is the icon of a child or a person in a wheelchair?    :o

Can they not "think"?

None of those people are depicted with chairs of any kind -- why assume they are not all in wheelchairs? :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 09, 2017, 01:58:39 PM
Making UWSP ineligible for The BeltTm this year results in The BeltTm currently residing on the East Coast at Amherst.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 09, 2017, 02:13:20 PM
That depends on when you make them ineligible for The BeltTM. If we're retroactively removing ItTM from the Pointers, that means Augustana kept ItTM over the 2015 summer, which would be our first instance of The BeltTM holder not being the national champion (unless the NCAA takes that away). That then results in The BeltTM not spending last winter in lovely Michigan and instead means ItTM spent another winter gallivanting around the CCIW.

Department of Temporal Investigations (http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Department_of_Temporal_Investigations) Alternate Reality of The BeltTM
End of 2014-15 Season
2-28-15: Augustana (UWSP would hypothetically vacate its win and thus its ownership of The BeltTM)

2015-16 Season
2-28-15: Augustana
1-6-16: Elmhurst
1-23-16: North Central (IL)
2-3-16: Augustana
3-12-16: St. Thomas (MN)

...and the timeline returns to normal in the D-III title game of last season when the Tommies beat Benedictine and claimed The BeltTM as happened in reality.

This is the part where I admit bias/a conflict of interest on my part that I didn't know I had when I posed the original question, and it was only when I started realizing the ramifications that my alma mater/team I yell things for would have in fact held The BeltTM for a week and a half. But then it would beg the question of why I wouldn't remember this timeline being the case...

I took the mild throbbing in my head as a sign that I should stop.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 09, 2017, 02:47:39 PM
Actually, given that UWSP's rules violations allegedly began in 2011-12, the possession by the Pointers of The BeltTM during the 2012-13 season would have to be vacated as well, creating a completely new path from December 12, 2012 onward. Here's the 2012-13 path as it's currently constituted:

2012-2013
UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 09, 2017, 03:14:29 PM
I believe ItTM only looks forward, not backward.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Stoppable on January 09, 2017, 06:13:03 PM
I don't feel like any adjustments should be made. If you retroactively strip Stevens Point of The BeltTM, as mentioned above you end up retroactively stripping a bunch of other teams who did nothing wrong.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 09, 2017, 06:56:14 PM
Quote from: Ryan Stoppable on January 09, 2017, 06:13:03 PM
I don't feel like any adjustments should be made. If you retroactively strip Stevens Point of The BeltTM, as mentioned above you end up retroactively stripping a bunch of other teams who did nothing wrong.

Not to mention a lot of hilarious posts would now be very confusing.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on January 09, 2017, 07:11:35 PM
Quote from: Ryan Stoppable on January 09, 2017, 06:13:03 PM
I don't feel like any adjustments should be made. If you retroactively strip Stevens Point of The BeltTM, as mentioned above you end up retroactively stripping a bunch of other teams who did nothing wrong.

Maybe, multiple suspenders would be appropriate for those denied. :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: iwumichigander on January 09, 2017, 07:29:45 PM
Quote from: sac on January 09, 2017, 06:56:14 PM
Quote from: Ryan Stoppable on January 09, 2017, 06:13:03 PM
I don't feel like any adjustments should be made. If you retroactively strip Stevens Point of The BeltTM, as mentioned above you end up retroactively stripping a bunch of other teams who did nothing wrong.

Not to mention a lot of hilarious posts would now be very confusing.
well, would we have to delete the posts?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 09, 2017, 07:55:24 PM
Quote from: sac on January 09, 2017, 06:56:14 PM
Quote from: Ryan Stoppable on January 09, 2017, 06:13:03 PM
I don't feel like any adjustments should be made. If you retroactively strip Stevens Point of The BeltTM, as mentioned above you end up retroactively stripping a bunch of other teams who did nothing wrong.

Not to mention a lot of hilarious posts would now be very confusing.

I don't think so. The idea that they were all part of an alternative timeline that somehow got wiped out retroactively, like what happened to the ninth season of Dallas in the mid-'80s (or to the entire series runs of Newhart and St. Elsewhere for that matter), is actually both understandable and familiar. "Wait! Didn't Such-And-Such College have The BeltTH for a couple of weeks back in 2013-14?" "No, man, it was all just a dream."

After all, if The BeltTM has risen to the level of myth rather than just being the in-joke of a handful of d3boards.com posters with too much time on their hands, then this retroactive stripping due to UWSP's sanctions might be exactly what The BeltTM needs. After all, what's a good myth without the occasional retcon? Just ask the people who follow Star Trek, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Greek mythology, etc.

All we'd need to reference a post from The BeltTM (The Lost Years) whenever the subject comes up is a Wayne's World flashback dissolve:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_76RK_5bBs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_76RK_5bBs)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 09, 2017, 11:31:05 PM
Is this all because Abed didn't stop Jeff Winger from rolling the die?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 10, 2017, 01:10:27 AM
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WjiOsRfVUVU/maxresdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 10, 2017, 10:26:02 AM
I hereby decree...

Whereas the NCAA and their championship hath no purview over the D-III Championship BeltTM, it so follows that NCAA rules, regulations and violation also hold no sway over the Great Bespangled Cincture.

Whereas the spirit of D-III Championship BeltTM calls back to the traditions of professional wrestling and boxing, it follows that rules are for losers. The BeltTM doesn't mind a little underhandedness, a steel chair to the head while the referees back is turned, or a sudden face turn betraying your tag-team partner.

Therefore, regardless of any future vacancies declared by the NCAA, the past paths of the D-III Championship BeltTM through the hands of all those worthy shall not be changed or altered.

It is written.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on January 10, 2017, 10:59:47 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 10, 2017, 10:26:02 AM
I hereby decree...

Whereas the NCAA and their championship hath no purview over the D-III Championship BeltTM, it so follows that NCAA rules, regulations and violation also hold no sway over the Great Bespangled Cincture.

Whereas the spirit of D-III Championship BeltTM calls back to the traditions of professional wrestling and boxing, it follows that rules are for losers. The BeltTM doesn't mind a little underhandedness, a steel chair to the head while the referees back is turned, or a sudden face turn betraying your tag-team partner.

Therefore, regardless of any future vacancies declared by the NCAA, the past paths of the D-III Championship BeltTM through the hands of all those worthy shall not be changed or altered.

It is written.

Thank you for the ruling. +1k I was getting concerned about what we were to do.  :o ;D Whew.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 10, 2017, 11:26:01 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 10, 2017, 10:26:02 AM
I hereby decree...

Whereas the NCAA and their championship hath no purview over the D-III Championship BeltTM, it so follows that NCAA rules, regulations and violation also hold no sway over the Great Bespangled Cincture.

Whereas the spirit of D-III Championship BeltTM calls back to the traditions of professional wrestling and boxing, it follows that rules are for losers. The BeltTM doesn't mind a little underhandedness, a steel chair to the head while the referees back is turned, or a sudden face turn betraying your tag-team partner.

Therefore, regardless of any future vacancies declared by the NCAA, the past paths of the D-III Championship BeltTM through the hands of all those worthy shall not be changed or altered.

It is written.

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: TheOsprey on January 10, 2017, 01:20:06 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 10, 2017, 10:26:02 AM
I hereby decree...

Whereas the NCAA and their championship hath no purview over the D-III Championship BeltTM, it so follows that NCAA rules, regulations and violation also hold no sway over the Great Bespangled Cincture.

Whereas the spirit of D-III Championship BeltTM calls back to the traditions of professional wrestling and boxing, it follows that rules are for losers. The BeltTM doesn't mind a little underhandedness, a steel chair to the head while the referees back is turned, or a sudden face turn betraying your tag-team partner.

Therefore, regardless of any future vacancies declared by the NCAA, the past paths of the D-III Championship BeltTM through the hands of all those worthy shall not be changed or altered.

It is written.

As an avid lurker to this forum,  I am truly overwhelmed by this unprecedented decision.  My elation from this decree, might only be eclipsed by the emotion felt from those within the SC foothills of Clemson on this historic date.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on January 10, 2017, 04:10:39 PM
Any striking of the record would have implied that The BeltTM made an incorrect pick when it chose the winner for itself.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 11, 2017, 12:33:30 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on January 10, 2017, 10:26:02 AM
I hereby decree...

Whereas the NCAA and their championship hath no purview over the D-III Championship BeltTM, it so follows that NCAA rules, regulations and violation also hold no sway over the Great Bespangled Cincture.

Thank you. That makes the most sense.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 12, 2017, 12:42:13 AM
St. Olaf 64  St. Thomas 56

The Ollie's roared back from 13 down at halftime to stun the Tommies and take home the illustrious BeltTm for the first time.  Its a great day for American descendants of Norway everywhere.  St. Olaf is at Augsburg on Saturday.

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Not the happiest Daschound I've ever seen.



2016-17  BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 12, 2017, 01:27:24 AM
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oNnABF4s-VI/hqdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 12, 2017, 08:33:15 AM
Quote from: sac on January 12, 2017, 12:42:13 AM
St. Olaf 64  St. Thomas 56

The Ollie's roared back from 13 down at halftime to stun the Tommies and take home the illustrious BeltTm for the first time.  Its a great day for American descendants of Norway everywhere.  St. Olaf is at Augsburg on Saturday.

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Not the happiest Daschound I've ever seen.



2016-17  BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf

Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 12, 2017, 01:27:24 AM
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oNnABF4s-VI/hqdefault.jpg)

25 percent of me is pleased. Break out the celebratory lefse!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 12, 2017, 12:45:53 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 12, 2017, 08:33:15 AMBreak out the celebratory lefse!

LOL! Two words that, while not funny in and of themselves, are hilarious when put together.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 12, 2017, 03:23:28 PM
How many teams make the MIAC tournament? This could lead to the BeltTM staying in Minnesota even during the D-3 finals!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 12, 2017, 04:14:45 PM
Six teams make the MIAC tournament.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on January 13, 2017, 11:38:02 AM
Quote from: smedindy on January 12, 2017, 03:23:28 PM
How many teams make the MIAC tournament? This could lead to the BeltTM staying in Minnesota even during the D-3 finals!

LOTS of basketball to be played. And it seems, to me, more likely that the best chance of  the BeltTM not making it to the MIAC tournament would be for itTM to be held by a more perfect fallible team (like UST, or Augsburg, or Concordia-Moorhead) rather than a fallible imperfect team like the Ollies.   (I also realize that those three teams are only a game ahead of the Ollies... but I'm looking at wider trends... .500+ teams vs sub-.500 teams)

The Ollies are liable to just cough itTM to a bad team as to a good one...and sooner rather than later... but it's far more likely that a more perfect fallible team would hold on to itTM for longer (before coughing itTM up at the appropriate time).

Let's just keep itTM out of Bethel's hands. They hadn't gotten the message that this isn't the Tommie's year, when they played them last time... but they might have gotten the hint now... and could run the table.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on January 14, 2017, 07:33:12 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on January 13, 2017, 11:38:02 AM
Quote from: smedindy on January 12, 2017, 03:23:28 PM
How many teams make the MIAC tournament? This could lead to the BeltTM staying in Minnesota even during the D-3 finals!

LOTS of basketball to be played. And it seems, to me, more likely that the best chance of  the BeltTM not making it to the MIAC tournament would be for itTM to be held by a more perfect fallible team (like UST, or Augsburg, or Concordia-Moorhead) rather than a fallible imperfect team like the Ollies.   (I also realize that those three teams are only a game ahead of the Ollies... but I'm looking at wider trends... .500+ teams vs sub-.500 teams)

The Ollies are liable to just cough itTM to a bad team as to a good one...and sooner rather than later... but it's far more likely that a more perfect fallible team would hold on to itTM for longer (before coughing itTM up at the appropriate time).

Let's just keep itTM out of Bethel's hands. They hadn't gotten the message that this isn't the Tommie's year, when they played them last time... but they might have gotten the hint now... and could run the table.

Oles have started playing better basketball this week and pull out road wins against the Tommies to gain possession and then Augsburg to keep possession of The BeltTM. I would say they have been motivated to turn their season around to hold onto The BeltTM but lets not forget that ItTM chooses the path, not the other way around.

As a MIAC fan and a BeltTM fan (who isn't), I would love to see the Macalester Scots take The BeltTM at the end of the season and hold onto it throughout the offseason. I mean doesn't it make sense for the Scots to wear this beautiful BeltTM to hold up their kilts in the summer? When was the last time the team to cut down the nets in Salem didn't so in style, showcasing The BeltTM?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 15, 2017, 10:21:03 AM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on January 14, 2017, 07:33:12 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on January 13, 2017, 11:38:02 AM
Quote from: smedindy on January 12, 2017, 03:23:28 PM
How many teams make the MIAC tournament? This could lead to the BeltTM staying in Minnesota even during the D-3 finals!

LOTS of basketball to be played. And it seems, to me, more likely that the best chance of  the BeltTM not making it to the MIAC tournament would be for itTM to be held by a more perfect fallible team (like UST, or Augsburg, or Concordia-Moorhead) rather than a fallible imperfect team like the Ollies.   (I also realize that those three teams are only a game ahead of the Ollies... but I'm looking at wider trends... .500+ teams vs sub-.500 teams)

The Ollies are liable to just cough itTM to a bad team as to a good one...and sooner rather than later... but it's far more likely that a more perfect fallible team would hold on to itTM for longer (before coughing itTM up at the appropriate time).

Let's just keep itTM out of Bethel's hands. They hadn't gotten the message that this isn't the Tommie's year, when they played them last time... but they might have gotten the hint now... and could run the table.

Oles have started playing better basketball this week and pull out road wins against the Tommies to gain possession and then Augsburg to keep possession of The BeltTM. I would say they have been motivated to turn their season around to hold onto The BeltTM but lets not forget that ItTM chooses the path, not the other way around.

As a MIAC fan and a BeltTM fan (who isn't), I would love to see the Macalester Scots take The BeltTM at the end of the season and hold onto it throughout the offseason. I mean doesn't it make sense for the Scots to wear this beautiful BeltTM to hold up their kilts in the summer? When was the last time the team to cut down the nets in Salem didn't so in style, showcasing The BeltTM?

As far back as has been tracked, at least, it hasn't happened. It's the thing we all keep rooting for (and who can blame us?) It'd be like finding a four leaf clover, only with more baubles and gewgaws. And supernatural powers beyond what any of us can fathom.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 15, 2017, 02:58:36 PM
Our current holder of The BeltTM, St. Olaf, eked out a road win at Augsburg last night, 70-68.

Yay! Celebratory lefse for everyone!

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 15, 2017, 03:58:32 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 15, 2017, 02:58:36 PM
Our current holder of The BeltTM, St. Olaf, eked out a road win at Augsburg last night, 70-68.

Yay! Celebratory lefse for everyone!

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmissiontimescourier.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F08%2FUSE-FOR-SURE-lefse-at-lille-buttikenwebtop.jpg&hash=9b767cf25fac0e3cc90d4d1a144eeb7251e30253)

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.minnesotamonthly.com%2Fimg_2015-12_Lefse.jpg&hash=7141fd006ce8b9b6f64490a5548b01ccb5fd10fa)

To all honorary Norwegians, please note that lefse, especially celebratory lefse, is best served with butter and sugar. (Yes, sugar. Just trust me on this one.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 15, 2017, 07:03:31 PM
A Monday evening BeltTm treat as the Skoglund Center at St. Olaf host the Big Red Cardinal of St. Mary's. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: AO on January 15, 2017, 08:08:43 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 15, 2017, 03:58:32 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 15, 2017, 02:58:36 PM
Our current holder of The BeltTM, St. Olaf, eked out a road win at Augsburg last night, 70-68.

Yay! Celebratory lefse for everyone!

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmissiontimescourier.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F08%2FUSE-FOR-SURE-lefse-at-lille-buttikenwebtop.jpg&hash=9b767cf25fac0e3cc90d4d1a144eeb7251e30253)

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.minnesotamonthly.com%2Fimg_2015-12_Lefse.jpg&hash=7141fd006ce8b9b6f64490a5548b01ccb5fd10fa)

To all honorary Norwegians, please note that lefse, especially celebratory lefse, is best served with butter and sugar. (Yes, sugar. Just trust me on this one.)
My Ole alum Grandmother would serve it with brown sugar.  White sugar was an unacceptable substitute.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 16, 2017, 10:05:10 PM
St. Olaf  79  St. Mary's 71

St. Olaf rallies from 11 down midway through the 2nd half to retain The BeltTm.   Wednesday night they'll take The BeltTm across Northfield, Minnesota to Carleton College.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ac/6e/14/ac6e14e7ec339f638b58b05ec96df7c6.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 19, 2017, 03:54:05 PM
Carleton 75  St. Olaf 61

The Belt moves from one side of Northfield, Minnesota to the other as the Knights take down St. Olaf.  Saturday night Carleton hosts St. John's

(https://apps.carleton.edu/reason_package/reason_4.0/www/images/1193524.jpg)
There appear to be many appropriate versions of the Carleton Knights logo

2016-17  BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 19, 2017, 05:49:02 PM
Kind of an Andy Warhol thing, huh?

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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 21, 2017, 11:44:14 PM
Carleton 73  St. John's 58

In a story as old as time dating back to the first post on this thread Carleton summons powerful inspiration to retain The BeltTm defeating the MIAC's first place team forcing another 3-way tie at the top.

Carleton next hosts St. John's sister St. Mary's on Wednesday

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 22, 2017, 12:17:28 AM
St. Benedict's is St. John's sister college. My wife used to work as a residence hall director there.

Unless you were making a Catholic joke...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 22, 2017, 01:00:47 AM
It was indeed an attempt at a poor joke, I see I succeeded.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on January 25, 2017, 09:57:31 PM
Quote from: sac on January 22, 2017, 01:00:47 AM
It was indeed an attempt at a poor joke, I see I succeeded.

St. Mary's Cardinals 55 @ Carleton Knights 86

Sister St. Mary's are unable to beat the suddenly hot Knights! The BeltTM has given Carleton resurgence back to MIAC playoff contention. What great powers ItTM has.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 26, 2017, 11:46:37 AM
Carleton travels with The BeltTm to Hamline Saturday.

They are the Pipers .....which is this guy
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hamlineoracle.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F05%2F10.8.13.jpg&hash=d48140e3057278f5e23963fb528bd8d1d99c2c4b)


and reminds me of
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fassets.nydailynews.com%2Fpolopoly_fs%2F1.968084.1319855101%21%2Fimg%2FhttpImage%2Fimage.jpg_gen%2Fderivatives%2Farticle_750%2Falg-puss-boots-jpg.jpg&hash=3d394f429e1a908e76a5c63e2c2c02f415a347da)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on January 30, 2017, 12:23:49 AM
Carleton tops Puss in Boots Pipers and continues to hold on to The BeltTM!! They have their off day on Monday as the rest of the MIAC plays in a grueling week of M-W-S conference play. Meanwhile, Carleton will be shining and polishing ItTM and getting it ready for the final 7 games of the regular season.

Wednesday the Knights bring The BeltTM to a very majestic game against the Royals of Bethel University, who has been a very solid team this year. The first meeting Carleton lost in OT in a home game against Bethel. But that game the Knights were not armored with their BaldricTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on January 30, 2017, 02:43:47 PM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on January 30, 2017, 12:23:49 AM
Carleton tops Puss in Boots Pipers and continues to hold on to The BeltTM!! They have their off day on Monday as the rest of the MIAC plays in a grueling week of M-W-S conference play. Meanwhile, Carleton will be shining and polishing ItTM and getting it  ItTM ready for the final 7 games of the regular season.

Wednesday the Knights bring The BeltTM to a very majestic game against the Royals of Bethel University, who has been a very solid team this year. The first meeting Carleton lost in OT in a home game against Bethel. But that game the Knights were not armored with their BaldricTM

Fixed it for you
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on January 30, 2017, 07:35:55 PM
How dare I not use proper grammar when speaking of The BeltTM. Thanks so much for the correction!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 31, 2017, 07:51:44 AM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on January 30, 2017, 07:35:55 PM
How dare I not use proper grammar when speaking of The BeltTM. Thanks so much for the correction!

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maggiesnotebook.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F09%2FWeasel_6.jpg&hash=b9e618d21986b6636cf6001382d2a4e3e0ef2350)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 02, 2017, 01:06:17 AM
Carleton 69  Bethel 51

Carleton's really taking ownership of this thingTM to heart and since taking control of The BeltTm against St. Olaf by 14 they've rolled off 4 wins by 15, 31, 15 and 18. 

Next up is a home game with Augsburg.

(https://thecollegegrind.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/auggie-eagle.jpg)
I have used this before and it is still awesome!

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 02, 2017, 07:22:49 AM

Have we finally found a worthy belt holder?  A good team raised to greatness by possession.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on February 04, 2017, 10:42:18 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 02, 2017, 07:22:49 AM

Have we finally found a worthy belt holder?  A good team raised to greatness by possession.

It appears so...

Augsburg Auggies 71 @ Carleton Knights 76

The Knights have now won 8 games in a row and make that 5 in a row with possession of The BeltTM! I love to see a run like this propelled by The BeltTM. Before they had possession of ItTM, they were sitting at 1-6 in the MIAC, with little to no shot at making the 6 team league playoff. But now, sitting at 9-6 and bringing The BeltTM home to Northfield after each battle, it seems all but certain they will have a chance to win the MIAC AQ come early March. The run continues on Wednesday as the Knights make the trip up to face the Macalester College Scots.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 04, 2017, 11:31:55 PM
Sac seems to be our resident historian. What's the longest BeltTM defense in the regular season?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 04, 2017, 11:42:02 PM
Quote from: sac on March 19, 2016, 09:53:53 PM
St. Thomas captures The BeltTm and will hold it in the great State of Minnesota for the summer.  I'm all out of funny, clever or annoying.  So congratulations to the Tommies for capturing The BeltTm in its intended way.


2006-07 Season path
Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Next Season - Amherst

2007-08 Season path
Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to next season - Washington U.

2008-09 Season path
Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27-Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19 - Guilford
Mar. 20-Next season - Washington Univ.

2009-10 Season Path
Start-Dec. 28 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 29-Dec. 29 - Transylvania
Dec. 30-Feb. 12 - Wooster
Feb. 13-Feb. 16 - Wittenberg
Feb. 17-Feb. 25 - Wabash
Feb. 26-Feb. 26 - Wittenberg
Feb. 27-Mar. 11 - Wooster
Mar. 12-Mar. 18 - Guilford
Mar. 19-Mar. 19 - Williams
Mar. 20-Present - UW-Stevens Point

FINAL 2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:

Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Mar. 10 - UW-Stevens Point
Mar. 11-Present - St. Thomas

2011-2012
St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-25-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3-2-12  St. Thomas
3-3-12  UW-Whitewater

2012-2013
UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst

2013-2014  BeltTM path
4-7-13  Amherst
12-7-13  Emerson
1-4-14  Suffolk
1-9-14  Johnson & Wales
1-29-14  Albertus Magnus
2-1-14  St. Joseph's(Me)
2-22-14  Lasell
2-27-14  Albertus Magnus
3-14-14  Williams
3-22-14  Whitewater

2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary
3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park
2-11-15  Elmhurst
2-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
2-28-15  Augustana
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point

2015-2016 The BeltTm  with SporranTm
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point
11-21-15  Hope
1-13-16  Alma
2-6-16  Hope
2-26-16  Trine
2-27-16  Alma
3-12-16  Benedictine
3-19-16  St. Thomas
With just a quick look... it might be UW-River Falls in 2010-11. After taking possession of ItTM they defended ItTM 13 times before falling in the 14th attempt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 05, 2017, 01:37:28 AM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on February 04, 2017, 10:42:18 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 02, 2017, 07:22:49 AM

Have we finally found a worthy belt holder?  A good team raised to greatness by possession.

It appears so...

Augsburg Auggies 71 @ Carleton Knights 76

The Knights have now won 8 games in a row and make that 5 in a row with possession of The BeltTM! I love to see a run like this propelled by The BeltTM. Before they had possession of ItTM, they were sitting at 1-6 in the MIAC, with little to no shot at making the 6 team league playoff. But now, sitting at 9-6 and bringing The BeltTM home to Northfield after each battle, it seems all but certain they will have a chance to win the MIAC AQ come early March. The run continues on Wednesday as the Knights make the trip up to face the Macalester College Scots.

Its this kind of hubris that puts The BeltTm in places like Macalester.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 05, 2017, 01:43:14 AM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on February 04, 2017, 11:31:55 PM
Sac seems to be our resident historian. What's the longest BeltTM defense in the regular season?

Indeed River Falls had it for two glorious months. 

Incidentally a school called Hope has the record for most number of days holding The BeltTm during the course of season not including summers at 73.  I know that's not what was asked but I think its important for the public to know these things.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 06, 2017, 12:58:20 PM
I failed to acknowledge the 10th Anniversary of the BeltTM back on January 20. My shame knows no limit.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2017, 01:14:00 PM
Did The BeltTM have a birthday party with cupcakes?

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos.catchmyparty-cdn.com%2FPL%2Fphotos%2F0067%2F7298%2Fbelt_3.jpg&hash=46190ba116fcda8fddada7c718e6f2396654d8d3)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 06, 2017, 02:19:45 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2017, 01:14:00 PM
Did The BeltTM have a birthday party with cupcakes?

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos.catchmyparty-cdn.com%2FPL%2Fphotos%2F0067%2F7298%2Fbelt_3.jpg&hash=46190ba116fcda8fddada7c718e6f2396654d8d3)

ALL the cupcakes in Northfield.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 06, 2017, 02:37:00 PM
Quote from: sac on February 06, 2017, 02:19:45 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2017, 01:14:00 PM
Did The BeltTM have a birthday party with cupcakes?

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos.catchmyparty-cdn.com%2FPL%2Fphotos%2F0067%2F7298%2Fbelt_3.jpg&hash=46190ba116fcda8fddada7c718e6f2396654d8d3)

ALL the cupcakes in Northfield.

I understand it was yuuuge but the National Park Service said only eight people showed up.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: HOPEful on February 06, 2017, 03:02:32 PM
Quote from: sac on February 05, 2017, 01:43:14 AM
Incidentally a school called Hope has the record for most number of days holding The BeltTm during the course of season not including summers at 73.  I know that's not what was asked but I think its important for the public to know these things.

Someone should inform The BeltTM that if it enjoyed the 73 days it spent in Holland during the dreary winter months, most would agree that best time to visit is April - October...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on February 06, 2017, 04:07:13 PM
Quote from: HOPEful on February 06, 2017, 03:02:32 PM
Quote from: sac on February 05, 2017, 01:43:14 AM
Incidentally a school called Hope has the record for most number of days holding The BeltTm during the course of season not including summers at 73.  I know that's not what was asked but I think its important for the public to know these things.

Someone should inform The BeltTM that if it enjoyed the 73 days it spent in Holland during the dreary winter months, most would agree that best time to visit is April - October...

I heard tell (and might have even witnessed) that while The BeltTM was in Holland, they turned off the snow melt system, since ItsTM gloriousness was enough to keep the streets and sidewalks clear of snow - not by melting it, but ItsTM mere presence stopped the snow from arriving at all .
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: iwumichigander on February 07, 2017, 01:17:20 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 06, 2017, 02:37:00 PM
Quote from: sac on February 06, 2017, 02:19:45 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 06, 2017, 01:14:00 PM
Did The BeltTM have a birthday party with cupcakes?

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos.catchmyparty-cdn.com%2FPL%2Fphotos%2F0067%2F7298%2Fbelt_3.jpg&hash=46190ba116fcda8fddada7c718e6f2396654d8d3)

ALL the cupcakes in Northfield.
Do we have photos?  Can we get a recount? Inquiring mindless wants to no

I understand it was yuuuge but the National Park Service said only eight people showed up.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on February 08, 2017, 11:00:37 PM
Quote from: sac on February 05, 2017, 01:37:28 AM
Its this kind of hubris that puts The BeltTm in places like Macalester.

Not so fast sac. The Knights and The BeltTM are on an absolute tear!

Carleton Knights 80 @ Macalester Scots 46

All the cupcakes may have been in Northfield for the birthday of The BeltTM, but they sure didn't play slow tonight. A full team effort was turned in tonight in St. Paul, but they were sparked by Fy Kent Hanson who had 30 points tonight for a career high. Carleton has been one of the best defensive teams this year (http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d3/current/team/146), as they rank 9th in the country in scoring defense... before this game! Make that 9 straight wins for Carleton and 6 in a row as they wear their new BeltTM.

After their dismal start, a Pool C birth is just a dream right now for the Knights, but a quick look at how hot they are right now makes them one of the scarier teams to be a bid thief come tourney time. The last four losses are... (all in a row, from Dec. 14th to Jan. 11th)

In other words, a couple bounces go their way during this stretch and we might be looking at Carleton College, not only the owner of The BeltTM, but also a Pool C candidate.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2017, 02:53:30 AM
Carleton travels to defending National Champion, 2 times The BeltTm holder this year and current MIAC leader St. Thomas on Saturday.


I'm sure it will go fine.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on February 11, 2017, 04:43:51 PM
Quote from: sac on February 09, 2017, 02:53:30 AM
Carleton travels to defending National Champion, 2 times The BeltTm holder this year and current MIAC leader St. Thomas on Saturday.


I'm sure it will go fine.

HALFTIME
Carleton Knights 30 @ St. Thomas Tommies 23

If any of you may want to tune in to see where The BeltTM will end up...
Live Video. (http://miacathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2016-17/boxscores/20170211_0omi.xml)

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 11, 2017, 08:13:50 PM

Carleton won.  Amazing.  They are on an incredible run since receiving the belt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 11, 2017, 09:09:50 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 11, 2017, 08:13:50 PM

Carleton won.  Amazing.  They are on an incredible run since receiving the belt.

Never underestimate the power of The BeltTM

And, Ryan, lower case and no TM?  You are really risking the wrath of the weasels! :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 12, 2017, 04:13:34 AM
Carleton 79  St. Thomas 63

Impressive!

Up Next home vs Concordia-Morehead on Monday night... fear the Cobbers
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.espncdn.com%2Ftravel%2F080129%2Ftravel_corn_800.jpg&hash=11efdbaea6604c8db2a5d77d98a5ee59dc9d8123)
I know I do.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on February 12, 2017, 12:57:04 PM
Quote from: sac on February 12, 2017, 04:13:34 AM
Carleton 79  St. Thomas 63

Impressive!

Up Next home vs Concordia-Morehead on Monday night... fear the Cobbers
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.espncdn.com%2Ftravel%2F080129%2Ftravel_corn_800.jpg&hash=11efdbaea6604c8db2a5d77d98a5ee59dc9d8123)
I know I do.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2145%2F1519119338_035a87904c.jpg%3Fv%3D0&hash=16fc85f7a2d01cf2a5ab8c9436091d20d6c0fbd4)

Fear the Ear!!! (of Corn)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 12, 2017, 01:02:51 PM
must..........have
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: KnightSlappy on February 12, 2017, 01:55:04 PM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on February 12, 2017, 12:57:04 PM
Quote from: sac on February 12, 2017, 04:13:34 AM
Carleton 79  St. Thomas 63

Impressive!

Up Next home vs Concordia-Morehead on Monday night... fear the Cobbers
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.espncdn.com%2Ftravel%2F080129%2Ftravel_corn_800.jpg&hash=11efdbaea6604c8db2a5d77d98a5ee59dc9d8123)
I know I do.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2145%2F1519119338_035a87904c.jpg%3Fv%3D0&hash=16fc85f7a2d01cf2a5ab8c9436091d20d6c0fbd4)

Fear the Ear!!! (of Corn)

what an incredibly corny t-shirt slogan
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 12, 2017, 09:47:44 PM
Maintaining school colors integrity in a t-shirt design is a positive.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 13, 2017, 12:20:15 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on February 12, 2017, 01:55:04 PM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on February 12, 2017, 12:57:04 PM
Quote from: sac on February 12, 2017, 04:13:34 AM
Carleton 79  St. Thomas 63

Impressive!

Up Next home vs Concordia-Morehead on Monday night... fear the Cobbers
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.espncdn.com%2Ftravel%2F080129%2Ftravel_corn_800.jpg&hash=11efdbaea6604c8db2a5d77d98a5ee59dc9d8123)
I know I do.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2145%2F1519119338_035a87904c.jpg%3Fv%3D0&hash=16fc85f7a2d01cf2a5ab8c9436091d20d6c0fbd4)

Fear the Ear!!! (of Corn)

what an incredibly corny t-shirt slogan

Actually, I think it's pretty amaizeing.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 13, 2017, 02:33:23 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 13, 2017, 12:20:15 PM
Quote from: KnightSlappy on February 12, 2017, 01:55:04 PM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on February 12, 2017, 12:57:04 PM
Quote from: sac on February 12, 2017, 04:13:34 AM
Carleton 79  St. Thomas 63

Impressive!

Up Next home vs Concordia-Morehead on Monday night... fear the Cobbers
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.espncdn.com%2Ftravel%2F080129%2Ftravel_corn_800.jpg&hash=11efdbaea6604c8db2a5d77d98a5ee59dc9d8123)
I know I do.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2145%2F1519119338_035a87904c.jpg%3Fv%3D0&hash=16fc85f7a2d01cf2a5ab8c9436091d20d6c0fbd4)

Fear the Ear!!! (of Corn)

what an incredibly corny t-shirt slogan

Actually, I think it's pretty amaizeing.

Shucks.  That praise is flattering.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 13, 2017, 03:59:41 PM
Quote from: sac on February 12, 2017, 04:13:34 AM
Carleton 79  St. Thomas 63

Impressive!

Up Next home vs Concordia-Morehead on Monday night... fear the Cobbers
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.espncdn.com%2Ftravel%2F080129%2Ftravel_corn_800.jpg&hash=11efdbaea6604c8db2a5d77d98a5ee59dc9d8123)
I know I do.

That would scare the crap out of my 6-year old.

"Hey Philip, go stand next to him and get your picture taken"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on February 13, 2017, 05:52:01 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on February 13, 2017, 03:59:41 PM
Quote from: sac on February 12, 2017, 04:13:34 AM
Carleton 79  St. Thomas 63

Impressive!

Up Next home vs Concordia-Morehead on Monday night... fear the Cobbers
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.espncdn.com%2Ftravel%2F080129%2Ftravel_corn_800.jpg&hash=11efdbaea6604c8db2a5d77d98a5ee59dc9d8123)
I know I do.

That would scare the crap out of my 6-year old.

"Hey Philip, go stand next to him and get your picture taken"

He isn't that scary when you get to know him Greg, just a normal ear of corn trying to find his way in this wild world.

http://blogs.mprnews.org/oncampus/2011/05/concordias-kernel-cobb-9th-strangest-mascot-in-the-u-s/ (http://blogs.mprnews.org/oncampus/2011/05/concordias-kernel-cobb-9th-strangest-mascot-in-the-u-s/)

The video at the bottom is the epitome of the CORNINESS of the Concordia-Moorhead campus. A good watch before the big BeltTM game tonight.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 13, 2017, 05:59:52 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on February 13, 2017, 03:59:41 PM
Quote from: sac on February 12, 2017, 04:13:34 AM
Carleton 79  St. Thomas 63

Impressive!

Up Next home vs Concordia-Morehead on Monday night... fear the Cobbers
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.espncdn.com%2Ftravel%2F080129%2Ftravel_corn_800.jpg&hash=11efdbaea6604c8db2a5d77d98a5ee59dc9d8123)
I know I do.

That would scare the crap out of my 6-year old.

"Hey Philip, go stand next to him and get your picture taken"

I find Hope's mascot far more disconcerting.  The grin is downright eerie.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 13, 2017, 09:41:57 PM
Carleton 84  Corn 58

The Carleton train rolls on.  I believe Carleton has clinched a spot in the MIAC tournament if they already hadn't.  With two games to go the scenarios are getting clear.

Carleton wins their next two they carry The BeltTm into the MIAC Tournament

Carleton travels across town to St. Olaf on Wed.  If St. Olaf wins the Oles would just about qualify for the playoff but would have a game with Augsburg who is technically still alive for a playoff spot.

Carleton travels to Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday , Gustavus has been eliminated from playoff contention.


There was also mention of a goat on the broadcast.  I....have no idea.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 13, 2017, 09:51:26 PM
Quote from: sac on February 13, 2017, 09:41:57 PM
Carleton 84  Corn 58

The Carleton train rolls on.  I believe Carleton has clinched a spot in the MIAC tournament if they already hadn't.  With two games to go the scenarios are getting clear.

Carleton wins their next two they carry The BeltTm into the MIAC Tournament

Carleton travels across town to St. Olaf on Wed.  If St. Olaf wins the Oles would just about qualify for the playoff but would have a game with Augsburg who is technically still alive for a playoff spot.

Carleton travels to Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday , Gustavus has been eliminated from playoff contention.


There was also mention of a goat on the broadcast.  I....have no idea.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic1.squarespace.com%2Fstatic%2F57360c06cf80a1b5becb72e5%2F57360c82554f011dfd4bdc25%2F57360c93554f011dfd4bdcfc%2F1463159955667%2Fted.jpg%3Fformat%3Doriginal&hash=4e714d2264a09f686ff93cae7fb6048d44219aec)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 13, 2017, 09:58:44 PM
That's 9 wins in a row with the BeltTM. Impressive!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 13, 2017, 10:22:49 PM
Quote from: sac on February 13, 2017, 09:41:57 PM
Carleton 84  Corn 58

The Carleton train rolls on.  I believe Carleton has clinched a spot in the MIAC tournament if they already hadn't.  With two games to go the scenarios are getting clear.

Carleton wins their next two they carry The BeltTm into the MIAC Tournament

Carleton travels across town to St. Olaf on Wed.  If St. Olaf wins the Oles would just about qualify for the playoff but would have a game with Augsburg who is technically still alive for a playoff spot.

Carleton travels to Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday , Gustavus has been eliminated from playoff contention.


There was also mention of a goat on the broadcast.  I....have no idea.

That game against the Golden Gusties could be the golden opportunity for The Dream ScenarioTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on February 13, 2017, 10:52:00 PM
Quote from: sac on February 13, 2017, 09:41:57 PM
Carleton 84  Corn 58

The Carleton train rolls on.  I believe Carleton has clinched a spot in the MIAC tournament if they already hadn't.  With two games to go the scenarios are getting clear.

Carleton wins their next two they carry The BeltTm into the MIAC Tournament

Carleton travels across town to St. Olaf on Wed.  If St. Olaf wins the Oles would just about qualify for the playoff but would have a game with Augsburg who is technically still alive for a playoff spot.

Carleton travels to Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday , Gustavus has been eliminated from playoff contention.


There was also mention of a goat on the broadcast.  I....have no idea.

The cross town rivalry in the D3 hotbed of Northfield, MN is home to this beautiful trophy for the two basketball teams. The Goat! (https://apps.carleton.edu/150/stories/?story_id=1420325)

(https://apps.carleton.edu/reason_package/reason_4.0/www/images_local/1420342.jpg?cb=1463765883)

Coach Guy Kalland defeated his alma mater today (Yes he is a fellow Cobb!) as the Knights shoot it crazy from deep, for a team not known for its 3-pt shooting. That coupled with the great defense Coach Kalland hangs his hat they are tough to beat...

Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 13, 2017, 10:22:49 PM

That game against the Golden Gusties could be the golden opportunity for The Dream ScenarioTM.

Yes Gustavus is just bad enough at being good that they could swipe The BeltTM from the Knigts who are rolling... What a game that would be if Carleton holds on to it Wednesday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 14, 2017, 01:37:27 AM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on February 13, 2017, 10:52:00 PM
The cross town rivalry in the D3 hotbed of Northfield, MN is home to this beautiful trophy for the two basketball teams. The Goat! (https://apps.carleton.edu/150/stories/?story_id=1420325)

(https://apps.carleton.edu/reason_package/reason_4.0/www/images_local/1420342.jpg?cb=1463765883)

This.....is....the coolest.......thing......ever. 

Next to The BeltTm of course.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: AO on February 15, 2017, 11:02:28 PM
I can confirm the goat has been taken by the Carls for the first time in 6 years and the Belt™ has been defended.
  (https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F3n2MdLV.jpg&hash=ad14f169690a653ff6d6393ef9b8db496542437c)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on February 15, 2017, 11:17:50 PM
Quote from: AO on February 15, 2017, 11:02:28 PM
I can confirm the goat has been taken by the Carls for the first time in 6 years and the Belt™ has been defended.
  (https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F3n2MdLV.jpg&hash=ad14f169690a653ff6d6393ef9b8db496542437c)

Not pictured is Coach Guy Kalland off in the corner of the gym shinning The BeltTM and preparing it for the game against the MIAC Playoff eliminated Gustavus Gusties... Could The Dream ScenarioTM happen on Saturday? Personally I came into this season excited for the possibility, but I don't want to see this Carleton streak end!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: txg on February 16, 2017, 12:03:35 AM
Gustavus is not beating Carleton.  The Knights are ridiculously good on defense.  If they make the tournament they look to me like a team that can make a run.

Twelve straight wins and only one of those was closer than 14 points.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 16, 2017, 01:54:37 PM
Quote from: txg on February 16, 2017, 12:03:35 AM
Gustavus is not beating Carleton.  The Knights are ridiculously good on defense.  If they make the tournament they look to me like a team that can make a run.

Twelve straight wins and only one of those was closer than 14 points.

This is tempting BeltTM fate


Carleton has but one more hurdle in a trip to Gustavus Adolphus Saturday.  A win locks The BeltTm into the MIAC and ultimately the NCAA tournaments.  A loss and we can all go home for awhile.

(https://apps.carleton.edu/reason_package/reason_4.0/www/images_local/1420342.jpg?cb=1463765883)
It really should be the Goat BeltTm this week in deference to this magnificent creature.







Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 16, 2017, 03:38:49 PM
I decree the D-III Championship BeltTM will in fact be called the Goat BeltTM until such time that Carleton no longer possesses ItTM. Please comply in all future posts. Or else, you know...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flanguagelog.ldc.upenn.edu%2Fmyl%2FSavannahWeasel.jpg&hash=6b6b74ec77b80a3bd43e426d4ff73ac43e651ca3)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on February 16, 2017, 04:18:46 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 16, 2017, 03:38:49 PM
I decree the D-III Championship BeltTM will in fact be called the Goat BeltTM until such time that Carleton no longer possesses ItTM. Please comply in all future posts. Or else, you know...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flanguagelog.ldc.upenn.edu%2Fmyl%2FSavannahWeasel.jpg&hash=6b6b74ec77b80a3bd43e426d4ff73ac43e651ca3)

It's always been the G.O.A.T. BeltTM, right?  So is it now the GOAT Goat BeltTM?  OR is the GOAT part really just redundant with BeltTM??
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 19, 2017, 12:50:57 AM
Carleton 63 Gustavus Adolphus 60

Carleton holds Gustavus scoreless for the final 5:23 and survives a couple 3-point tosses to carry the Goat BeltTm into the post-season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 19, 2017, 12:55:57 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 16, 2017, 03:38:49 PM
I decree the D-III Championship BeltTM will in fact be called the Goat BeltTM until such time that Carleton no longer possesses ItTM. Please comply in all future posts. Or else, you know...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flanguagelog.ldc.upenn.edu%2Fmyl%2FSavannahWeasel.jpg&hash=6b6b74ec77b80a3bd43e426d4ff73ac43e651ca3)

Your new weasel looks a lot less threatening than your old weasel.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 19, 2017, 01:29:44 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 19, 2017, 12:55:57 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 16, 2017, 03:38:49 PM
I decree the D-III Championship BeltTM will in fact be called the Goat BeltTM until such time that Carleton no longer possesses ItTM. Please comply in all future posts. Or else, you know...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flanguagelog.ldc.upenn.edu%2Fmyl%2FSavannahWeasel.jpg&hash=6b6b74ec77b80a3bd43e426d4ff73ac43e651ca3)

Your new weasel looks a lot less threatening than your old weasel.

I pin it on one of two things: either the Goat is a peaceful mammal who doesn't want to come across as threatening, or they're so new to the business of legal defense of The BeltTM that they haven't devolved to the state of the old Legal WeaselsTM. I mean, they probably haven't gone back through all 115 pages of this thread yet...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 20, 2017, 09:42:24 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 19, 2017, 12:55:57 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 16, 2017, 03:38:49 PM
I decree the D-III Championship BeltTM will in fact be called the Goat BeltTM until such time that Carleton no longer possesses ItTM. Please comply in all future posts. Or else, you know...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flanguagelog.ldc.upenn.edu%2Fmyl%2FSavannahWeasel.jpg&hash=6b6b74ec77b80a3bd43e426d4ff73ac43e651ca3)

Your new weasel looks a lot less threatening than your old weasel.

Don't let looks deceive you. He'll tear out your larynx.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 20, 2017, 11:52:30 AM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 20, 2017, 09:42:24 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 19, 2017, 12:55:57 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 16, 2017, 03:38:49 PM
I decree the D-III Championship BeltTM will in fact be called the Goat BeltTM until such time that Carleton no longer possesses ItTM. Please comply in all future posts. Or else, you know...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flanguagelog.ldc.upenn.edu%2Fmyl%2FSavannahWeasel.jpg&hash=6b6b74ec77b80a3bd43e426d4ff73ac43e651ca3)

Your new weasel looks a lot less threatening than your old weasel.

Don't let looks deceive you. He'll tear out your larynx.

Wouldn't be the first time.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 20, 2017, 05:02:06 PM
Goat Weasel.......also I love the internet sometimes.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b7/2e/79/b72e791bb2144d95adb27e0137e41656.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 20, 2017, 05:06:29 PM
LOL!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on February 20, 2017, 10:23:34 PM
Despite rattling off 13 straight wins, the Knights and The Goat BeltTM could only manage a 3rd place finish in the competitive and balanced MIAC this year. Actually quite the impressive run considering they started 1-6 in the conference, but most of those loses can be contributed to the Knights not wielding The Goat BaldricTM! The MIAC playoffs start tomorrow night when the #6 Augsburg Auggies come to Northfield in a third attempt to take The Goat BeltTM away from the #3 Carleton Knights.

Since the MIAC champ will be taking The Goat BeltTM to the NCAA's here is the MIAC Playoff Website (http://miacathletics.com/general/2016-17/releases/021817_MBB_Playoffs), that contains a preview of the tournament.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 21, 2017, 10:41:32 PM
Carleton 66  Augsburg 63

If I'm not mistaken, Carleton will play Bethel in the MIAC semi-final Thursday night.  Goat BeltTM

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 21, 2017, 11:06:13 PM
Quote from: sac on February 21, 2017, 10:41:32 PM
Carleton 66  Augsburg 63

If I'm not mistaken, Carleton will play Bethel in the MIAC semi-final Thursday night.  Goat BeltTM

12 wins in a row and 11 defenses of The Goat BeltTM. Truly impressive!!  8-)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on February 21, 2017, 11:19:23 PM
Quote from: mailsy on February 21, 2017, 11:06:13 PM
Quote from: sac on February 21, 2017, 10:41:32 PM
Carleton 66  Augsburg 63

If I'm not mistaken, Carleton will play Bethel in the MIAC semi-final Thursday night.  Goat BeltTM

12 wins in a row and 11 defenses of The Goat BeltTM. Truly impressive!!  8-)

Sorry, I don't like correcting too much on these boards but this run deserves all the credit it can get... 14 straight wins and 11 with possession of The Goat BeltTM!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on February 21, 2017, 11:21:22 PM
Quote from: sac on February 21, 2017, 10:41:32 PM
Carleton 66  Augsburg 63

If I'm not mistaken, Carleton will play Bethel in the MIAC semi-final Thursday night.  Goat BeltTM

Correct, Carleton will travel to Bethel for the Semi-finals and more importantly an attempt at a 12th defense of The Goat BeltTM!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 22, 2017, 01:44:44 AM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on February 21, 2017, 11:19:23 PM
Quote from: mailsy on February 21, 2017, 11:06:13 PM
Quote from: sac on February 21, 2017, 10:41:32 PM
Carleton 66  Augsburg 63

If I'm not mistaken, Carleton will play Bethel in the MIAC semi-final Thursday night.  Goat BeltTM

12 wins in a row and 11 defenses of The Goat BeltTM. Truly impressive!!  8-)

Sorry, I don't like correcting too much on these boards but this run deserves all the credit it can get... 14 straight wins and 11 with possession of The Goat BeltTM!!

My apologies. I was not trying to take anything away from Carleton. I was thinking the 12 with The Goat BeltTM.
I guess I'd better be careful or the weasels will be after me.  :(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 23, 2017, 10:03:10 PM
Bethel 57  Carelton 53

The run is over and it was a great one for the Goat BeltTm.  Bethel will carry The BeltTm to the MIAC Championship game against St. John's who upset St. Thomas.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 26, 2017, 01:34:38 AM
Bethel  79  St. John's  75

Bethel will carry The BeltTM into the national tournament.

2016-17  Goat BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 26, 2017, 02:49:21 PM
Its not the Goat BeltTM anymore, is it?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 26, 2017, 03:58:31 PM
Nope. It's The Degoated BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 27, 2017, 11:26:33 AM
Quote from: sac on February 26, 2017, 01:34:38 AM
Bethel  79  St. John's  75

Bethel will carry The BeltTM into the national tournament.

2016-17  Goat BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel

Five weeks for Carleton though. What a run!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: redman822 on February 28, 2017, 01:58:34 PM
Well - I am hoping for Benedictine to win Friday to play for the Sweet 16 DeGoated Belttm on Saturday night and have it for the second time in two seasons...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: redman822 on March 03, 2017, 08:22:08 PM
Well, Benedictine played horribly tonight against Wartburg.  Normally they are a good 3 point shooting and rebounding team.  I haven't seen the stat sheet and I don't think I will since it would be too depressing.  They lost huge 92-66.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 03, 2017, 11:22:49 PM
UW-River Falls steals The BeltTM from Bethel in double overtime.

Interested to see how a predatory bird would wear such a glorious cincture.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2017, 11:49:18 PM
It's UWRF's second tango with The BeltTm this season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 04, 2017, 12:35:37 PM
River Falls wins back The BeltTm in an epic double-overtime thriller.

2016-17  Goat BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel
3-3-17   UW-River Falls
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 05, 2017, 11:19:38 AM
Wartburg 76  River Falls 43

Wartburg scored 44 first half points and even though they could have quit and still won the game, the Knights did come out and play the 2nd half.


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Fantastic!

I believe the Knights are our first IIAC team to grasp ItsTm luster

2016-17  Goat BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel
3-3-17   UW-River Falls
3-4-17   Wartburg
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 05, 2017, 03:24:26 PM
Quote from: sac on March 05, 2017, 11:19:38 AM
Wartburg 76  River Falls 43

Wartburg scored 44 first half points and even though they could have quit and still won the game, the Knights did come out and play the 2nd half.


(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Finfo.wartburg.edu%2FPortals%2F0%2FNews%2520Pics%2FSirVictor.jpg&hash=fdb40d060b7b9c23d3e4645d32b17876a8928566)
Fantastic!

I believe the Knights are our first IIAC team to grasp ItsTm luster

Almost. Wartburg's actually the second IIAC team to grab hold of Thee Most Bespangled CinctureTM. Buena Vista held The BeltTM from March 8 thru March 14 of the 2007-08 season, also after wresting it from a WIAC foe in a second-round game (in BVU's case it was UWSP who was de-BeltTMed). If history repeats itself, it will be extra fortune to whichever team manages to take down the Knights, since the team that defeated the Beavers in the 2008 tourney, Wash U, ended up winning the national championship.

That's assuming, of course, that Wartburg does not proceed over the course of the next two weekends to become the biggest underdog ever to win the D3 title.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 05, 2017, 03:26:36 PM
Two demerits for not checking the history I constructed.  :-[
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 11, 2017, 04:12:06 AM
Augustana 80  Wartburg  69

2016-17  Goat BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel
3-3-17   UW-River Falls
3-4-17   Wartburg
3-10-17  Augustana

Augustana vs Hanover Saturday night for the privilege of taking The BeltTm to Salem, Va.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 11, 2017, 08:37:56 AM
Quote from: sac on March 11, 2017, 04:12:06 AM
Augustana 80  Wartburg  69

2016-17  Goat BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel
3-3-17   UW-River Falls
3-4-17   Wartburg
3-10-17  Augustana

Augustana vs Hanover Saturday night for the privilege of taking The BeltTm to Salem, Va.

Forget the Grey Giovanine Jacket Watch; we're now on Grey Giovanine BeltTM Watch, which is like 30 percent more exciting.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 11, 2017, 11:24:40 AM
I just hope that Just Bill has the insurance premiums fully paid up on The BeltTM, because there's no telling what Grey Giovanine will do to ItTM in all of his madcap fury whenever something goes wrong for Augie.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 11, 2017, 11:26:52 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 11, 2017, 11:24:40 AM
I just hope that Just Bill has the insurance premiums fully paid up on The BeltTM, because there's no telling what Grey Giovanine will do to ItTM in all of his madcap fury whenever something goes wrong for Augie.

If last night is any indication, he'll probably grab it by the baubles and yell at it incoherently.


(fyi, overall I thought Grey had impeccable on court demeanor.  For Grey that is.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 11, 2017, 05:19:33 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 11, 2017, 11:24:40 AM
I just hope that Just Bill has the insurance premiums fully paid up on The BeltTM, because there's no telling what Grey Giovanine will do to ItTM in all of his madcap fury whenever something goes wrong for Augie.
Hell hath no fury like the BeltTM swung overhead and thrown.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 12, 2017, 12:09:23 AM
Augustana will tote The BeltTm to Salem where they will take on Williams Friday evening.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 13, 2017, 12:08:21 AM
So, if Grey wears the BeltTM -- I know this behavior is not recommended, but Grey's gonna Grey -- when he inevitably moves to chuck his jacket into the fourth row, does the Belt serve as a drag on the jacket's flight path, or does it add propulsion to the extent that spectators in the nether regions of the facility should also be paying attention?

And can you put your eye out with that thingTM?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 13, 2017, 11:59:29 AM
Quote from: kiko on March 13, 2017, 12:08:21 AM
So, if Grey wears the BeltTM -- I know this behavior is not recommended, but Grey's gonna Grey -- when he inevitably moves to chuck his jacket into the fourth row, does the Belt serve as a drag on the jacket's flight path, or does it add propulsion to the extent that spectators in the nether regions of the facility should also be paying attention?

And can you put your eye out with that thingTM?

He should hope the BeltTM doesn't throw him.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2017, 02:20:58 PM
Boy, I'd pay good money to see ThatTM happen.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on March 13, 2017, 02:50:23 PM
Gotta believe many of us would also be willing to pay to see this:  Should GG disrespect The BeltTM in any way, a battle between he and the weasels - epic!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: redman822 on March 16, 2017, 09:31:46 AM
Well no matter how the final four goes, for the second consecutive season, the D3 champ will also have possession of The BeltTM.  It's just a question as to what region it will go to spend the offseason. 

Just based on school locations, in theory, it has a 50% chance of going to Massachusetts for the summer.

But my prognostications have both Massachusetts schools losing tomorrow night and The BeltTM Championship will, also for the second year in a row, will have a first time Final Four school - who also is undefeated, vying for the title.   While I think Whitman will be hard to stop, I thought that of (my) Benedictine Eagles last year, part of me hopes that Augustana brings it home to the Quad Cities...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 16, 2017, 04:11:26 PM
Quote from: redman822 on March 16, 2017, 09:31:46 AM
Well no matter how the final four goes, for the second consecutive season, the D3 champ will also have possession of The BeltTM.  It's just a question as to what region it will go to spend the offseason. 

Just based on school locations, in theory, it has a 50% chance of going to Massachusetts for the summer.

But my prognostications have both Massachusetts schools losing tomorrow night and The BeltTM Championship will, also for the second year in a row, will have a first time Final Four school - who also is undefeated, vying for the title.   While I think Whitman will be hard to stop, I thought that of (my) Benedictine Eagles last year, part of me hopes that Augustana brings it home to the Quad Cities...

The Belt, I believe, has always gone to the NCAA champ.  We've been rooting for the scenario where that's not the case, but I think it has been for as far back as we've tracked it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 16, 2017, 04:35:55 PM
True. The BeltTM and the Walnut & Bronze have always ended up in the same hands on the last day of the season. As much as we all root for the Dream ScenarioTM, it's never happened. It requires a strategically-placed upset at the end of the regular season in which a team that's already been mathematically eliminated from post-season consideration upsets the current holder of The BeltTM, and that's inevitably a longshot.

This season we actually came about as close to the Dream ScenarioTM as we ever have. Gustavus Adolphus, which ended the season with a 5-20 record, hosted the holder of The BeltTM, Carleton (for whom Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM was redubbed "The Goat BeltTM" for as long as the Carlies held onto it), on February 18, GAC's Senior Day and the season finale for the Gusties. GAC had the lead with a little over two minutes left in that game, but the Gusties couldn't manage to score over the course of the game's final 5:23, and they ended up losing, 63-60. They were two missed treys in the final ten seconds away from sending the game into overtime and possibly pulling off the upset that would've brought about the Dream ScenarioTM for the first time ever.

Alas, we're once again stuck with the spectacle of The BeltTM being treated like an afterthought in Salem while all of the focus is upon the hoopla of the net-cutting and the handing over of the Walnut & Bronze national championship trophy. Bo-ring. When's the last time that somebody did a diving crossbody or a moonsault senton or a frankensteiner off of the top of the backboard onto an opponent, or hit an opponent over the head with a metal folding chair, in order to claim the Walnut & Bronze?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: redman822 on March 16, 2017, 05:55:06 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 16, 2017, 04:11:26 PM
Quote from: redman822 on March 16, 2017, 09:31:46 AM
Well no matter how the final four goes, for the second consecutive season, the D3 champ will also have possession of The BeltTM.  It's just a question as to what region it will go to spend the offseason. 

Just based on school locations, in theory, it has a 50% chance of going to Massachusetts for the summer.

But my prognostications have both Massachusetts schools losing tomorrow night and The BeltTM Championship will, also for the second year in a row, will have a first time Final Four school - who also is undefeated, vying for the title.   While I think Whitman will be hard to stop, I thought that of (my) Benedictine Eagles last year, part of me hopes that Augustana brings it home to the Quad Cities...

The Belt, I believe, has always gone to the NCAA champ.  We've been rooting for the scenario where that's not the case, but I think it has been for as far back as we've tracked it.

Ah...I've only followed since the middle of last season ('16)...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 17, 2017, 12:57:50 AM
Quote from: redman822 on March 16, 2017, 05:55:06 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 16, 2017, 04:11:26 PM
Quote from: redman822 on March 16, 2017, 09:31:46 AM
Well no matter how the final four goes, for the second consecutive season, the D3 champ will also have possession of The BeltTM.  It's just a question as to what region it will go to spend the offseason. 

Just based on school locations, in theory, it has a 50% chance of going to Massachusetts for the summer.

But my prognostications have both Massachusetts schools losing tomorrow night and The BeltTM Championship will, also for the second year in a row, will have a first time Final Four school - who also is undefeated, vying for the title.   While I think Whitman will be hard to stop, I thought that of (my) Benedictine Eagles last year, part of me hopes that Augustana brings it home to the Quad Cities...

The Belt, I believe, has always gone to the NCAA champ.  We've been rooting for the scenario where that's not the case, but I think it has been for as far back as we've tracked it.

Ah...I've only followed since the middle of last season ('16)...

Then you have quite a bit of reading to catch up on.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 19, 2017, 03:10:48 PM
Congrats to Babson on attaining the highest level of accomplishment life has to offer by acquiring The BeltTm by defeating Augustana 79-78.

2016-17  Goat BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel
3-3-17   UW-River Falls
3-4-17   Wartburg
3-10-17  Augustana
3-18-17  Babson

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ad/8a/9b/ad8a9b8d4b85a0772bc18664ebc8969b.jpg)

Next year it will obviously be the Beaver BeltTm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 19, 2017, 03:13:47 PM
2006-07 Season path
Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Next Season - Amherst

2007-08 Season path
Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to next season - Washington U.

2008-09 Season path
Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27-Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19 - Guilford
Mar. 20-Next season - Washington Univ.

2009-10 Season Path
Start-Dec. 28 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 29-Dec. 29 - Transylvania
Dec. 30-Feb. 12 - Wooster
Feb. 13-Feb. 16 - Wittenberg
Feb. 17-Feb. 25 - Wabash
Feb. 26-Feb. 26 - Wittenberg
Feb. 27-Mar. 11 - Wooster
Mar. 12-Mar. 18 - Guilford
Mar. 19-Mar. 19 - Williams
Mar. 20-Present - UW-Stevens Point

FINAL 2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:

Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Mar. 10 - UW-Stevens Point
Mar. 11-Present - St. Thomas

2011-2012
St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-25-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3-2-12  St. Thomas
3-3-12  UW-Whitewater

2012-2013
UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst

2013-2014  BeltTM path
4-7-13  Amherst
12-7-13  Emerson
1-4-14  Suffolk
1-9-14  Johnson & Wales
1-29-14  Albertus Magnus
2-1-14  St. Joseph's(Me)
2-22-14  Lasell
2-27-14  Albertus Magnus
3-14-14  Williams
3-22-14  Whitewater

2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary
3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park
2-11-15  Elmhurst
2-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
2-28-15  Augustana
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point

2015-2016 The BeltTm  with SporranTm
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point
11-21-15  Hope
1-13-16  Alma
2-6-16  Hope
2-26-16  Trine
2-27-16  Alma
3-12-16  Benedictine
3-19-16  St. Thomas


2016-17  Goat BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel
3-3-17   UW-River Falls
3-4-17   Wartburg
3-10-17  Augustana
3-18-17  Babson
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 19, 2017, 04:00:52 PM
This is the first time that the Beavers have had possession of The BeltTM. I hope that they don't use ItTM to help build a dam or something.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 19, 2017, 04:23:29 PM
Nice work, Sac +1
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on March 23, 2017, 10:43:45 AM
Quote from: sac on March 19, 2017, 03:10:48 PM
Congrats to Babson on attaining the highest level of accomplishment life has to offer by acquiring The BeltTm by defeating Augustana 79-78.

2016-17  Goat BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel
3-3-17   UW-River Falls
3-4-17   Wartburg
3-10-17  Augustana
3-18-17  Babson

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ad/8a/9b/ad8a9b8d4b85a0772bc18664ebc8969b.jpg)

Next year it will obviously be the Beaver BeltTm

How about the Pelt BeltTm? Simply offered for consideration
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 23, 2017, 02:11:09 PM
I like it!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 24, 2017, 09:36:40 AM
I kind of like the Dam BeltTM. So easy to use in a sentence.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: PeterEscobar on April 01, 2017, 11:30:48 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 24, 2017, 09:36:40 AM
I kind of like the Dam BeltTM. So easy to use in a sentence.
Seconded
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on April 02, 2017, 04:00:55 PM
I was looking through the history of The BeltTM today, just out of curiosity. Since The Dream ScenarioTM hasn't happened yet, The BeltTM always enters the NCAA Tournament, but I wanted to see how the team who brought it in has fared. Assuming I looked everything up correctly (brackets were tricky):

One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '15 Augustana
Champion: None
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on April 02, 2017, 07:56:17 PM
Good research! So if The Dream ScenarioTM is where the team in possession of The BeltTM is not in the NCAA tournament, what is the name of the event where the team holding onto ItTM goes wire to wire? Both have been elusive thus far in the storied history of The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on April 03, 2017, 11:16:45 AM
I'd suggest it could or should be named after Platteville or Bo Ryan.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: TheOsprey on April 03, 2017, 12:34:48 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on April 03, 2017, 11:16:45 AM
I'd suggest it could or should be named after Platteville or Bo Ryan.

Could the latter choice be nicknamed the O'Ryan? ::) ;D ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on April 03, 2017, 01:03:09 PM
BO'Ryan's BeltTM

I'm a fan.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on April 04, 2017, 12:00:39 AM
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6AyGjKVAAA4TFs.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on April 10, 2017, 12:54:11 PM
So, can you make Bo'Ryan's BeltTM with only three stars?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on August 28, 2017, 12:26:00 PM
Who are these people who think can simply create a championship belt out of thin air?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2017/08/27/mayweather-beats-mcgregor-win-money-belt-much-worth/
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on August 28, 2017, 03:21:50 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on August 28, 2017, 12:26:00 PM
Who are these people who think can simply create a championship belt out of thin air?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2017/08/27/mayweather-beats-mcgregor-win-money-belt-much-worth/
It lacks sufficient "baubbles" and "gee-gaws" to be considered in the same breath as The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on August 29, 2017, 11:14:12 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on August 28, 2017, 12:26:00 PM
Who are these people who think can simply create a championship belt out of thin air?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/boxing/2017/08/27/mayweather-beats-mcgregor-win-money-belt-much-worth/

(https://media.giphy.com/media/vWDrezW0rMjmM/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on August 30, 2017, 01:05:56 PM
Quote from: northb on April 10, 2017, 12:54:11 PM
So, can you make Bo'Ryan's BeltTM with only three stars?

It'll need a buzz cut as well - and it will set hard screens like no other...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 14, 2017, 10:36:11 PM
The Dam BeltTm makes its celebrated debut tomorrow night after spending the summer doing whatever it is a beaver would do with a fictional The BeltTm.  Babson will host the Lasell Lightning.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Faicum.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Flasell-college%2Fboomer-cropped.jpg&hash=d78af350c61124cd655e8b0a95c8159ed1edc2cf)

"Boomer".... or a Pokemon, I'm not sure which


In other news, this gem exists on the Babson campus
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.babson.edu%2Fnews-events%2Fbabson-magazine%2Fspring-2013%2FPublishingImages%2Ftour-through-history%2Fbeaver-statue.jpg&hash=e29f5578ecb881d0b1b80a9b3766ff5c6bbc384a)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 15, 2017, 09:49:42 AM
If you are new to this board, reading all previous 119 pages of this thread is required before going forward. OK, it's not required, but you probably won't understand a dam thing unless you do. (See what I did there?)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 15, 2017, 10:43:14 AM
Quote from: sac on November 14, 2017, 10:36:11 PM
The Dam BeltTm makes its celebrated debut tomorrow night after spending the summer doing whatever it is a beaver would do with a fictional The BeltTm.  Babson will host the Lasell Lightning.

Apparently Babson is having a ring ceremony (https://twitter.com/BabsonAthletics/status/930788578296303617) pregame. No word on if The Dam BeltTM will make an appearance, though I feel like they're missing a great opportunity if they don't.

Quote from: sac on November 14, 2017, 10:36:11 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Faicum.org%2Fwp-content%2Fgallery%2Flasell-college%2Fboomer-cropped.jpg&hash=d78af350c61124cd655e8b0a95c8159ed1edc2cf)

"Boomer".... or a Pokemon, I'm not sure which

Only one way to find out.
(https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/3/37/Master_Ball_anime.png/200px-Master_Ball_anime.png)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 15, 2017, 09:11:13 PM
Babson might be dam good at retaining The BeltTm for awhile  Babson 95  Lasell  64



Next up a Saturday afternoon date with Worcester State, which isn't pronounced how it looks.


Allow me to introduce  Chandler H. Lancer....... (for real)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgrztbgWMAAs5Kl.jpg)
"party lancer"

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsulancers.com%2Fnews%2Ffeatures%2FMascot.jpg%3Fmax_width%3D650&hash=a3e891f2b8358bf40a2c8511010e9ec315802842)
"serious lancer"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 15, 2017, 11:03:25 PM
Quote from: sac on November 15, 2017, 09:11:13 PM
Babson might be dam good at retaining The BeltTm for awhile  Babson 95  Lasell  64



Next up a Saturday afternoon date with Worcester State, which isn't pronounced how it looks.


If you live there, it's "Wusta."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 19, 2017, 12:31:35 AM
Babson 101  Worcester St.  52

Dam!


Up next a Sunday afternoon drubb....  I mean game with Endicott


They are the Gulls
(https://assets.rbl.ms/10645511/980x.jpg)

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themachinejessegreen.com%2FTMJGGallery%2Fplog-content%2Fthumbs%2Fmy-personal-favorites...%2Fpower-gullendicott-college%2Flarge%2F85-1-icon.jpg&hash=c8bd3c458e4c8b3cb5653531b168e8482b0554eb)
Gaining a new appreciation for Northeastern mascot wood carvings.


Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 19, 2017, 03:25:44 PM
Endicott up 12 with 4 to play in the 1st half.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 19, 2017, 06:29:56 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 19, 2017, 03:25:44 PM
Endicott up 12 with 4 to play in the 1st half.
Indeed! Endicott says, "Mine! Mine! Mine!"

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/disneyvillains/images/8/8d/Nemo-seagulls.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20100410000140)

http://www.babsonathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/2017-18/boxscores/20171119_aoqf.xml?view=boxscore

The D-III Championship BeltTM changes hands, er, wings!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 19, 2017, 06:58:38 PM
Perfect, I mean dam it. 

Keith Brown puts his name among other legendary The BeltTm performers as ............. and .............   Brown lit up the Beavers with 45 points on 10-15 3-points shots.   We'll never probably never forget this great individual performance.


With Endicott now in possession of The BeltTm it seems appropriate to show the full mascot with capeTm
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPiKho6WIAABX9f.jpg)

Its a nice belt but not as nice as the real thingTm.


Endicott's next game is a week from today as they host the Panthers of Middlebury.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.addisonindependent.com%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fpantherskiing8487.standalone.jpg&hash=605b04795282375487ac7792e0faee7231f84384)
I recently learned Middlebury has its own ski hill.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 19, 2017, 08:05:52 PM

I don't think they've officially changed it.  Endicott only ever calls themselves the "Gulls" anymore, but I think it's still technically the "Powergulls."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on November 19, 2017, 09:22:50 PM
Why can't you be like Endicott???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s0onZaiL4Q
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on November 20, 2017, 11:02:15 PM
Quote from: sac on November 19, 2017, 06:58:38 PM
Perfect, I mean dam it. 

Keith Brown puts his name among other legendary The BeltTm performers as ............. and .............   Brown lit up the Beavers with 45 points on 10-15 3-points shots.   We'll never probably never forget this great individual performance.


With Endicott now in possession of The BeltTm it seems appropriate to show the full mascot with capeTm
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPiKho6WIAABX9f.jpg)

Its a nice belt but not as nice as the real thingTm.


Endicott's next game is a week from today as they host the Panthers of Middlebury.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.addisonindependent.com%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2Fpantherskiing8487.standalone.jpg&hash=605b04795282375487ac7792e0faee7231f84384)
I recently learned Middlebury has its own ski hill.

But isn't that true of EVERY school in Vermont?! ;D

Better root for Endicott over Middlebury.  As of this morning, the NESCAC is a ridiculous 19-1 against OOC D3 teams.  If The BeltTM ever goes in there, we may never see it again until March (if then). :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 26, 2017, 07:55:41 PM
Endicott 78  Middlebury 67


The dam Belt stays in.....<checks internet>...Beverly, Mass.  Endicott will travel to another NE school location I don't know, Nichols, on Wednesday.  I bet they play hockey though

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nicholsathletics.com/images/2014/9/30/Thunder.JPG)
"Thunder"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on November 26, 2017, 08:25:00 PM
sac, you read that backwards - Middlebury won 78-67.  I'm afraid no one outside of NESCAC will see The BeltTM until March, if then.  NESCAC is currently 35-7 in OOC play.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 26, 2017, 09:20:46 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on November 26, 2017, 08:25:00 PM
sac, you read that backwards - Middlebury won 78-67.  I'm afraid no one outside of NESCAC will see The BeltTM until March, if then.  NESCAC is currently 35-7 in OOC play.

I wouldn't be so sure.  They won't get into conference play until January and before then Middlebury has Skidmore - no slouch - York (PA), who's been playing great, and Swarthmore, a really well-balance, well-coached team.  If the Panthers can run that gauntlet, maybe there really is some supernatural mojo in the belt.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 26, 2017, 11:18:12 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on November 26, 2017, 08:25:00 PM
sac, you read that backwards - Middlebury won 78-67.  I'm afraid no one outside of NESCAC will see The BeltTM until March, if then.  NESCAC is currently 35-7 in OOC play.

The Dam Belt committee will hold a disciplinary hearing for this heinous and egregious act against the Dam Belt and all its world wide fans.   God have mercy on my soul and may I rest in peace.......probably.


As I was saying...

Middlebury 78  Endicott 67      I'm positive Middlebury is not located in <checks internet>  Beverly, Mass.  Middlebury gains possession of the Dam Belt for the first time in its history  <checks internet>  <twice>  yes, yes it is.

An interesting tidbit of Belt history, other than the defending national champions no NESCAC team had gained possession of The Belt during the regular season until Middlebury


Middlebury will host Plattsburgh on Tuesday night.  I have recently learned Plattsburgh no longer goes by Plattsburgh State but then I forget things.  Anyway they're the Cardinals.

"Berghy"
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.suny.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F06%2Fplattsburgh-burghy.jpg&hash=9b747f2fb23e4928525a5361bfbe1871dd686b3d)


The old Berghy is better and more wired
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.suny.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F03%2FPlattsburgh-Burghy-photo.jpg&hash=a46292f8d5ad234a398aad9b10bdc6550c513d39)


2017-18  Dam BeltTm Path
3-18-17  Babson
11-19-17  Endicott
11-26-17 Endicott  Middlebury
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 27, 2017, 11:10:31 AM
Weasels on line 2.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 05, 2017, 11:10:52 PM
Middlebury 92  Plattsburgh 68

Middlebury travels to Skidmore on Friday night

Skidmore is (and I know this one) the Thoroughbreds
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skidmore.edu%2Fldp_gallery%2F.private_ldp%2Fa21331%2Fproduction%2Fthumb%2F8cfec811-76af-4636-b7e8-fe24aba41f79.jpeg&hash=af4e44854eab75e75beafeaf0d97d53c3544fadf)

Not only is this a BeltTm match-up but both teams are undefeated and ranked   Middlebury 5-0 #2,  Skidmore 6-0 #16
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 09, 2017, 06:05:32 PM
Middlebury 91  Skidmore 76

The Panthers will hold The BeltTm through Christmas.  They'll travel to Washington & Lee on December 29 where they will play York(Pa.) on the first night of a now much more important Holiday Tournament.

York Pa. is the Spartans (......which, ew.)  Their mascot is, well, see for yourself.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj64LG3PStY

"Screamer" ..... its as if the Philly Fanatic had a child no one new about.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: TheOsprey on December 30, 2017, 08:59:11 AM
More like a child nobody wanted.  Too funny.  +k
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 30, 2017, 09:22:23 AM
YorkpaTm 90 Middlebury 87  OT

The BeltTm heads to Eastern Pa. for the .....<checks internetz> first time.  (Well technically as they're playing in a tournament in Virginia this weekend, The BeltTm hasn't actually been in Pa yet.)

Yorkpa play the hosts Washington and Lee today in Lexington, Va and a whole lot of Civil War History thoughts just flowed through my brain.

Washington and Lee are not so shockingly the Generals.  I have no name for this mascot but its obviously "Lee"
(https://tirecovers.com/media/wysiwyg/College_Mascots/Washington-and-Lee-Generals-Mascot.jpg)

This is also not a gang symbol
(https://www.wlu.edu/Images/communications/publications/graphic-identity/web-trident-border.jpg)


2017-18  Dam BeltTm Path
3-18-17  Babson
11-19-17  Endicott
11-26-17 Endicott Middlebury
12-29-17  York(Pa)

After today we're either locked into the ODAC if Wash & Lee win or the CAC if Yorkpa wins......to be honest I will never get tired of typing it Yorkpa so I'm kind of pulling for them and the potential for new belt holding blood.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on December 30, 2017, 10:14:02 AM
Quote from: sac on December 30, 2017, 09:22:23 AM
YorkpaTm 90 Middlebury 87  OT

The BeltTm heads to Eastern Pa. for the .....<checks internetz> first time. HappiLee.  (Well technically as they're playing in a tournament in Virginia this weekend, The BeltTm hasn't actually been in Pa yet.)

Yorkpa play the hosts Washington and Lee today in Lexington, Va and a whole lot of Civil War History thoughts just flowed through my brain.

Washington and Lee are not so shockingly the Generals.  I have no name for this mascot but its obviously "Lee"
(https://tirecovers.com/media/wysiwyg/College_Mascots/Washington-and-Lee-Generals-Mascot.jpg)

This is also not a gang symbol
(https://www.wlu.edu/Images/communications/publications/graphic-identity/web-trident-border.jpg)


2017-18  Dam BeltTm Path
3-18-17  Babson
11-19-17  Endicott
11-26-17 Endicott Middlebury
12-29-17  York(Pa)

After today we're either locked into the ODAC if Wash & Lee win or the CAC if Yorkpa wins......to be honest I will never get tired of typing it Yorkpa so I'm kind of pulling for them and the potential for new belt holding blood.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 30, 2017, 08:00:02 PM
Yorkpa 118  Washington and Lee 110  OT

Only 3 guys scored more than 35 points in this game, no biggy.

Another The BeltTm classic as Yorkpa defends The BeltTm and will haul that sucker back to Yorkpa.  True story, I once knew some people who lived in York, the Miles, say hello if you get a chance..........or rather don't bother because they live in Chattanooga now.

The BeltTm is tied into the CAC  (that's Capital Area Conference for you newbies) for the rest of the year, and I think a typically different path to Salem than usual for the The BeltTm

Yorkpa travels to Salisbury on Wed. night.  Salisbury is coached by Andrew Sachs.........another true story I saw Andrew coach a game at Olivet with Bethany a few years ago, I like him.

Salisbury is the Gulls, our 2nd one of the 2017-18 Belt adventure.

Sammy the Seagull
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salisbury.edu%2Fabout%2Fimages%2Fsammy2.gif&hash=bfbd89f6d370a3837b5ad22328813aa38499c9b0)

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on December 30, 2017, 08:06:11 PM
Quote from: sac on December 30, 2017, 08:00:02 PM
Yorkpa 118  Washington and Lee 110  OT

Only 3 guys scored more than 35 points in this game, no biggy.

Another The BeltTm classic as Yorkpa defends The BeltTm and will haul that sucker back to Yorkpa.  True story, I once knew some people who lived in York, the Miles, say hello if you get a chance..........or rather don't bother because they live in Chattanooga now.

The BeltTm is tied into the CAC  (that's Capital Area Conference for you newbies) for the rest of the year, and I think a typically different path to Salem than usual for the The BeltTm

Yorkpa travels to Salisbury on Wed. night.  Salisbury is coached by Andrew Sachs.........another true story I saw Andrew coach a game at Olivet with Bethany a few years ago, I like him.

Salisbury is the Gulls, our 2nd one of the 2017-18 Belt adventure.

Sammy the Seagull
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salisbury.edu%2Fabout%2Fimages%2Fsammy2.gif&hash=bfbd89f6d370a3837b5ad22328813aa38499c9b0)

2 of my past prospects start for Salisbury now, but I don't think they'll be able to wrest the Belt from the Spartans.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on December 31, 2017, 03:17:12 AM
Quote from: sac on December 30, 2017, 08:00:02 PM
Yorkpa 118  Washington and Lee 110  OT
The BeltTm is tied into the CAC  (that's Capital Area Conference for you newbies) for the rest of the year, and I think a typically different path to Salem than usual for the The BeltTm

I'm pretty sure that's the Capital Athletic Conference, unless I'm missing some kind of joke in there...but I digress.  ??? :P ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 31, 2017, 06:43:26 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on December 31, 2017, 03:17:12 AM
Quote from: sac on December 30, 2017, 08:00:02 PM
Yorkpa 118  Washington and Lee 110  OT
The BeltTm is tied into the CAC  (that's Capital Area Conference for you newbies) for the rest of the year, and I think a typically different path to Salem than usual for the The BeltTm

I'm pretty sure that's the Capital Athletic Conference, unless I'm missing some kind of joke in there...but I digress.  ??? :P ;D


Ahahaha  yes that's it inside joke(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/79/30/96/7930960c6cd25835bd1d14eb489abee0--jim-carey-jim-orourke.jpg)

It's certainly not because the poster is nearing senility and confusing the name of a D3 conference with a local high school conference.. ....(https://i.pinimg.com/474x/79/30/96/7930960c6cd25835bd1d14eb489abee0--jim-carey-jim-orourke.jpg)

that doesn't even exist anymore (https://i.pinimg.com/236x/46/ef/bb/46efbb87ca8e53af56b0020444012335--jim-carrey-jim-orourke.jpg)

hahahahah

yes, inside, joke (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/4c/b5/5d/4cb55d8ca30481d0ec45c11225b9a68d--jim-carrey-jimbo.jpg)


(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhairstyles.thehairstyler.com%2Fhairstyle_views%2Ffront_view_images%2F7663%2Foriginal%2FJim-Carrey.jpg&hash=1c75dcbc1cefa56b1ef119096c5900aefbfb6847)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 31, 2017, 09:15:29 PM
(https://m.popkey.co/19ecb7/gpjxR_s-200x150.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 01, 2018, 09:35:34 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 26, 2017, 09:20:46 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on November 26, 2017, 08:25:00 PM
sac, you read that backwards - Middlebury won 78-67.  I'm afraid no one outside of NESCAC will see The BeltTM until March, if then.  NESCAC is currently 35-7 in OOC play.

I wouldn't be so sure.  They won't get into conference play until January and before then Middlebury has Skidmore - no slouch - York (PA), who's been playing great, and Swarthmore, a really well-balance, well-coached team.  If the Panthers can run that gauntlet, maybe there really is some supernatural mojo in the belt.
Prescient, Hoops Fan!

I am glad to get it out of the NESCAC, because I could imagine The BeltTM spending more than 52 weeks in that conference.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 04, 2018, 03:25:43 AM
Yorkpa 84  Salisbury 81

Yorkpa retains The BeltTm in another classic and celebrated with....(wait for it)......salisbury steak I'm sure.  The Spartans head down to Southern Virginia on Saturday afternoon.  Yorkpa is undefeated.

Southern Virginia is relatively new to D3 and I have a couple questions:  One is how you get away with calling yourselves Southern Virginia when your campus is in Buena Vista and that's actually a touch North of Richmond and Richmond is not in Southern Virginia.    Two, why and how is there a kid from Shelby, MI on your roster   http://athletics.svu.edu/sports/mbkb/2017-18/bios/brown_spencer_okta    He has nine siblings so I'm guess you'll be recruiting Shelby, MI a lot in the future. 

Here's a neat tidbit.  I can now think of 5 current college basketball players from the town of Shelby, MI pop 2,065.  Four in D3.

When you search Southern Virginia mascot, google comes up with Knights and this picture..........
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Armored_Knight_Mounted_on_Cloaked_Horse.JPG)

Knights is a nickname I'm not particularly very fond of, and their school colors of maroon and yellow have been done before. 

However, google also says that Southern Virgina students are known as the "motivational elite".......you have my attention.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 04, 2018, 07:28:41 AM

You missed the most interesting tidbit, Southern Virginia is a mormon school with the goal of becoming the BYU of the east.

Also, Salisbury has what might be the northernmost Cook Out - for sure, if they stopped anywhere, it was there.  Of course, I was wondering if the York players even got to shower - with the impending snow, I'm guessing they were back on the bus ASAP.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 04, 2018, 10:25:19 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 04, 2018, 07:28:41 AM

You missed the most interesting tidbit, Southern Virginia is a mormon school with the goal of becoming the BYU of the east.

BYU was founded in 1875.  Let's give Southern Virginia 50 years (a couple of lifetimes of successful achievements by their recent grads and then their children) to see how they are progressing.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 07, 2018, 12:53:19 AM
Yorkpa 85  Southern Virginia fighting motivational elite 69

Yorkpa finally gets to take The BeltTm home, they'll host Penn State-Harrisburg Wednesday night. I don't even have to look it up to know they're the Nittany Lions and their colors are blue and white.  That is boring, because all Penn State branch campuses are boring and unoriginal.

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Sq40OeFswW4/maxresdefault.jpg)
Its the same lion for all branch campuses he/she/it just holds up a different sign for each campus in front of a green screen.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 07, 2018, 01:43:03 PM
Buena Vista is north of Richmond by a little bit as the crow flies, but of course, it's also two hours west.

Meanwhile, both Richmond and Buena Vista are clearly not Northern Virginia, which is that string of blue and purple counties around the D.C. area.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: gordonmann on January 07, 2018, 10:31:48 PM
Sac:

An effort to save taxpayers money! We buy our Division III sports team jerseys in bulk here.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: me on January 07, 2018, 11:23:58 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 04, 2018, 07:28:41 AM

You missed the most interesting tidbit, Southern Virginia is a mormon school with the goal of becoming the BYU of the east.

Well this would explain recruiting the kid with 9 siblings...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 11, 2018, 03:28:35 AM
Yorkpa 88  Penn State-Harrisburg Boring Copycats 78


Yorkpa host Christopher Newport Saturday afternoon.  Yorkpa is riding a 14 game winning streak that includes capturing the greatest fictional trophy of all time which automatically increases the winning streak to like 28 games, CNU comes in 11-3 and boasting perhaps the best metal work mascot seen to date:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/CaptChristopherNewportStatue01.jpg/300px-CaptChristopherNewportStatue01.jpg)

a fascinating statue with the small problem that the real Christopher Newport had only one arm.

Christopher Newport are not an upscale suit store but are the Captains and once upon a time I watched them play, well sorta, Hope in an NCAA tournament game that didn't go well for them.


Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: monsoon on January 11, 2018, 05:52:04 PM
Quote from: sac on January 11, 2018, 03:28:35 AM

Christopher Newport are not an upscale suit store but are the Captains and once upon a time I watched them play, well sorta, Hope in an NCAA tournament game that didn't go well for them.

"Didn't go well for them."  ;D   That sure was a fun game to watch in the Dow; Dan Van Hekken was on fire in the first half.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 11, 2018, 07:13:28 PM
Quote from: sac on January 11, 2018, 03:28:35 AM
Yorkpa 88  Penn State-Harrisburg Boring Copycats 78


Yorkpa host Christopher Newport Saturday afternoon.  Yorkpa is riding a 14 game winning streak that includes capturing the greatest fictional trophy of all time which automatically increases the winning streak to like 28 games, CNU comes in 11-3 and boasting perhaps the best metal work mascot seen to date:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/CaptChristopherNewportStatue01.jpg/300px-CaptChristopherNewportStatue01.jpg)

a fascinating statue with the small problem that the real Christopher Newport had only one arm.

Christopher Newport are not an upscale suit store but are the Captains and once upon a time I watched them play, well sorta, Hope in an NCAA tournament game that didn't go well for them.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/The_Coronation_of_Powhatan_John_Gadsby_Chapman.jpeg/1024px-The_Coronation_of_Powhatan_John_Gadsby_Chapman.jpeg)

This painting also showed him with two arms. Details, shmetails....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 11, 2018, 07:17:25 PM
QuoteChristopher Newport are not an upscale suit store but are the Captains

I though they'd be more of a insurance salesman - "In Hampton, see Christopher Newport for all of your auto and home insurance needs..."


Quote...once upon a time I watched them play, well sorta, Hope in an NCAA tournament game that didn't go well for them.

I'm your captain, I'm your captain, though I'm feeling might sick....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F2T_xG_W4U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F2T_xG_W4U)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 12, 2018, 12:34:52 AM
Works for a lot of things

Christopher Newport Steakhouse
Christopher Newport Attorney's LLC
Christopher Newport Cadillac
Christopher Newport BeltsTm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 13, 2018, 11:15:58 PM
Yorkpa 79  Christopher Newport 69

It was as if Christopher Newport was playing with one arm tied behind his back.........<crickets>

It feels like longer but Yorkpa has only had The BeltTm for a shade over two weeks.  Wednesday they'll hike that sucker (not literally hike it, thats against The BeltTm security protocols) down to St. Mary's somewhere near Dave, but not really near Dave, in Maryland.

St. Mary's is the Seahawks, this fellow joins our ever growing list of bird victims in this years BeltTm quest.
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smcmathletics.com%2Fimages%2Fgeneral%2FSolomonThumbsUp.jpg&hash=5f361043f290d9e642bd1498ddb61ab8828ca6a2)

Solomon



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 14, 2018, 12:45:45 PM

St. Mary's isn't near anything.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 17, 2018, 06:11:34 PM
Quote from: smedindy on January 11, 2018, 07:17:25 PM
I'm your captain, I'm your captain, though I'm feeling might sick....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F2T_xG_W4U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F2T_xG_W4U)

Smeds old-schools it with a Grand Funk Railroad link FTW!

Quote from: sac on January 13, 2018, 11:15:58 PM
Yorkpa 79  Christopher Newport 69

I wonder if Yorkpa is attempting to bedazzle Thee Most Exalted CinctureTM with homemade bling:

(https://279173f3.nuajik.io/225-large_default/hersheys-york-peppermint-patties-big.jpg)

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 14, 2018, 12:45:45 PM

St. Mary's isn't near anything.

... unless you're a blue crab.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 17, 2018, 06:15:24 PM
I think I made two trips to St. Mary's when I was in the CAC. Seemed like a really long trip. I was surprised once I saw it on a map how it's not super far from everything, other than from major thoroughfares. 76 miles, but 2 hours.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 18, 2018, 01:40:28 AM
Yorkpa 88  St. Mary's 74


Yorkpa continues to leave all challengers in a smoldering heap as they rampage through their schedule holding The dam BeltTm


Saturday they'll play at Mary Washington which is neither in Washington or Maryland but Virgnia.

Me:   So mascot
inner me:  um hey did you see that ......I don't know thing sitting on your desk
Me:   mascot please
inner me:   ya know, are mascots really that important
Me:   its another bird isn't it
inner me:  <sigh>

(https://i2.wp.com/eagleeye.umw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NS-Being-an-Eagle-011.jpg?resize=197%2C300&ssl=1)

Me:   <sigh>  name?
inner me:    <sigh>  Sammy D. Eagle
Me:   yup

Mary Washington is the Eagles
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 18, 2018, 11:01:33 AM
Quote from: sac on January 18, 2018, 01:40:28 AM
Me:   So mascot
inner me:  um hey did you see that ......I don't know thing sitting on your desk
Me:   mascot please
inner me:   ya know, are mascots really that important
Me:   its another bird isn't it
inner me:  <sigh>

(https://i2.wp.com/eagleeye.umw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NS-Being-an-Eagle-011.jpg?resize=197%2C300&ssl=1)

Me:   <sigh>  name?
inner me:    <sigh>  Sammy D. Eagle
Me:   yup

Mary Washington is the Eagles

This season's Dam BeltTM Path is brought to you by Alfred Hitchcock?
(https://i0.wp.com/nicolecaldwell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/362872-120102-alfred-hitchcock.jpg?resize=650%2C366&ssl=1)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on January 20, 2018, 05:09:18 PM
No. 4 York (Pa.)    57    Mary Washington    59    Final   :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 21, 2018, 01:42:06 AM
It was a good run Yorkpa

Mary Washington 59  Yorkpa 57

Sammy D. Eagle has D BeltTm.  Mary Washington is our first new The BeltTm holder of the new year.  They'll host the Fighting Motivational Elite of Southern Virginia on Wednesday who get their second crack at glory.   



2017-18  Dam BeltTm Path
3-18-17  Babson
11-19-17  Endicott
11-26-17  Endicott  Middlebury
12-29-17  York(Pa)
1-20-18  Mary Washington
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on January 21, 2018, 12:25:49 PM
 Hope this is a good omen for the Philly Eagles today.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on January 21, 2018, 01:14:30 PM
Quote from: ronk on January 21, 2018, 12:25:49 PM
Hope this is a good omen for the Philly Eagles today.

Yeah. Me too.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 25, 2018, 12:30:22 AM
Mary Washington 65  So. Virginia 45

Not motivated or elite enough apparently.


Mary Washington plays away Saturday at Salisbury who get another crack at The BeltTm and are still mascotted(is that a word?) by a bird.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 25, 2018, 01:58:46 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbNYElGZ5qE
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 27, 2018, 11:55:31 PM
Mary Washington 88  Salisbury 82

The BeltTm has an affinity for being in the hands of teams with multiple road games.  Another roadie Wednesday as The BeltTm and its entire security team head to Nowheresville, Maryland and St. Mary's.

As we've already learned.   Sammy D. Eagle and Solomon
(https://i2.wp.com/eagleeye.umw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NS-Being-an-Eagle-011.jpg?resize=197%2C300&ssl=1)(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smcmathletics.com%2Fimages%2Fgeneral%2FSolomonThumbsUp.jpg&hash=5f361043f290d9e642bd1498ddb61ab8828ca6a2)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 28, 2018, 12:18:48 PM

I'd attribute a road in at Salisbury in this scenario almost entirely to holding the belt.  It's easily worth 7 point in context.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 28, 2018, 01:38:34 PM
Quote from: smedindy on January 25, 2018, 01:58:46 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbNYElGZ5qE
LOL!  I haven't seen Easy Rider since it came out!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 31, 2018, 02:15:21 PM
For anyone so inclined, rereading through this thread again made me want to check up on The Diva BeltTM thread (http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=7233.0), and update its history. It was significantly easier to put together than trying to do a retroactive history for The BeltTM thanks in large part to Thomas More and to a slightly lesser extent Amherst.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 01, 2018, 01:28:49 AM
Mary Washington 68  St. Mary's 54

Mary Washington host Penn State-Harrisburg on Saturday........they are the Lions, because all Penn State's are the Lions

We've done this already and seem to be repeating opponents.  I believe we are stuck in some kind of BeltTm loop.................................<pause>.................nothing?


5 yr old me:  you have to say lion to everything I ask
5 yr old friend:  ok
5 yr old me:  what are you eating now?
5 yr old friend:  lion
5 yr old me:  what are you doing now?
5 yr old friend:  lion

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi0.kym-cdn.com%2Fentries%2Ficons%2Foriginal%2F000%2F019%2F601%2Fsmilelaugh.jpg&hash=4eddc49db9d271339e620c09814c0661d02c4454)  it was funny then
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 03, 2018, 10:04:25 PM
Mary Washington 91  Penn State-Harrisburg 70

I ain't lion.

Mary Washington heads to Frostburg State on  Wednesday.  Frostburg State once upon a time was considered to be in the Great Lakes Region, I laugh at this now but Maryland is in the Big Ten, which has 14 teams.  So yeah

Frostburg State is the Bobcats, his/her name is Bob E. Cat and its ...........
(https://www.frostburg.edu/fsu/assets/Image/home/bobcat.png)
.......adorable


Two please
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffrostburg.collegestoreonline.com%2Fwebitemimages%2F326%2FW46017-t.jpg&hash=b88ae795faa2cde40dd0188f0133cb5e76851685)


There's also the small matter that this game is a mascot match-up of Sammy D. Eagle and  Bob E. Cat   That is just so so Dam Belt'ishTm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 08, 2018, 02:49:31 AM
Either a game was snowed out or I can't read a schedule.   Sammy D. Eagle and Bob E. Cat square off tomorrow.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 08, 2018, 09:55:11 PM
Mary Washington 81  Frostburg St. 68

I watched a little of this one.  There was a commercial involving Smurfs.


Mary Washington goes on the road Saturday.........<checks schedule>, yes Saturday to Wesley College in Dover, Deleware.  Pretty sure this is The Belt'sTm first trip to Deleware.     How can it not be.


Wesley is the Wolverines, this is Wally

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-UPIc2k047bs%2FVJRIxywaOnI%2FAAAAAAAACI0%2FGAn_dJxGxQ8%2Fw288-h279-no%2F8.jpg&hash=820ab00e6e87c3a2a8e795eb2e35de2cad7fd4fa)


He's relatively new and replaced their previous mascot, also Wally, it kind of looks like a really happy Wile E. Coyote
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgowesleyathletics.com%2Fimages%2Fcheer%2FJennine_Wally_Taylor.jpg&hash=b06d7c51bdc53642fc3cad0976cf71a52e11ad5c)


Between  Wally Wolverine, Sammy  D. Eagle, Bob E. Cat the CAC is decently strong in the mascot category.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 09, 2018, 10:15:41 AM
I'm pro-smurf in commercials. Anywhere else they make me feel blue.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 09, 2018, 03:11:53 PM
Quote from: sac on February 08, 2018, 09:55:11 PM
Mary Washington 81  Frostburg St. 68

I watched a little of this one.  There was a commercial involving Smurfs.


Mary Washington goes on the road Saturday.........<checks schedule>, yes Saturday to Wesley College in Dover, Deleware.  Pretty sure this is The Belt'sTm first trip to Deleware.     How can it not be.


Wesley is the Wolverines, this is Wally

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-UPIc2k047bs%2FVJRIxywaOnI%2FAAAAAAAACI0%2FGAn_dJxGxQ8%2Fw288-h279-no%2F8.jpg&hash=820ab00e6e87c3a2a8e795eb2e35de2cad7fd4fa)


He's relatively new and replaced their previous mascot, also Wally, it kind of looks like a really happy Wile E. Coyote
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgowesleyathletics.com%2Fimages%2Fcheer%2FJennine_Wally_Taylor.jpg&hash=b06d7c51bdc53642fc3cad0976cf71a52e11ad5c)


Between  Wally Wolverine, Sammy  D. Eagle, Bob E. Cat the CAC is decently strong in the mascot category.

I might have to go.  It would be my first in-person belt sighting.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 09, 2018, 03:31:13 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 09, 2018, 03:11:53 PM
I might have to go.  It would be my first in-person belt sighting.
Take appropriate safety precautions in viewing...
(https://www.northerntool.com/images/product/2000x2000/164/1648512_2000x2000.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on February 09, 2018, 03:53:48 PM
 I can see a future movie - Indiana(Ft. Wayne) Jones and the Quest for The Belt. Quick, while we still have Sean Connery and Harrison Ford.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 09, 2018, 04:07:37 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/XOTIUXW.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 09, 2018, 05:04:22 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 09, 2018, 03:31:13 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 09, 2018, 03:11:53 PM
I might have to go.  It would be my first in-person belt sighting.
Take appropriate safety precautions in viewing...
(https://www.northerntool.com/images/product/2000x2000/164/1648512_2000x2000.jpg)
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 09, 2018, 04:07:37 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/XOTIUXW.gif)

Hey, the one time I saw ItTM in all ItsTM glory the only thing that happened to me was ItTM made me completely unaware of ItsTM existence. Though that would explain what was happening to the guy in the parking lot I saw as I was leaving the game that night...
(https://media.giphy.com/media/L4caiF7GTkgJa/200.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 10, 2018, 05:04:43 PM

So, I decided not to go.  Guess what?  Wesley wins the belt on a buzzer beater 3 from sophomore Brian Cameron.  I very much regret staying home.  But the Belt lives in Delaware!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 10, 2018, 05:08:16 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 10, 2018, 05:04:43 PM

So, I decided not to go.  Guess what?  Wesley wins the belt on a buzzer beater 3 from sophomore Brian Cameron.  I very much regret staying home.  But the Belt lives in Delaware!
The WeaselsTM are on line 1
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 10, 2018, 08:28:28 PM

For the Belt:

https://twitter.com/WesleyAthletics/status/962466430313811968
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 10, 2018, 08:29:09 PM

Wesley defends at home vs Salisbury on Wednesday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 10, 2018, 09:11:44 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 10, 2018, 08:28:28 PM

For the Belt The BeltTM:

https://twitter.com/WesleyAthletics/status/962466430313811968

Very nice!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 10, 2018, 10:09:29 PM
The possibility that the BeltTM could actually not make the tournament. If Wesley loses to Salisbury on 2/14, Salisbury would play Southern Virginia on 2/17. If So.VA happens to upset Salisbury, the BeltTM would spend the off-season in Buena Vista, VA.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 10, 2018, 11:26:08 PM
Quote from: mailsy on February 10, 2018, 10:09:29 PM
The possibility that the BeltTM could actually not make the tournament. If Wesley loses to Salisbury on 2/14, Salisbury would play Southern Virginia on 2/17. If So.VA happens to upset Salisbury, the BeltTM would spend the off-season in Buena Vista, VA.

Salisbury did beat Wesley 84-68 in mid-January. Salisbury also beat Southern Virginia on the road, but only 83-75.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 11, 2018, 01:07:22 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 10, 2018, 08:28:28 PM

For the Belt:

https://twitter.com/WesleyAthletics/status/962466430313811968

Those screams are those who made the terrible mistake of looking directly into the aura of The BeltTm without the proper protection, may the lord have mercy upon them.


Wesley 68  Mary Washington 66

Drama!

Wesley hosts the Salisbury Gulls on Wed.  The Gulls are getting a second crack at The BeltTm


2017-18  Dam BeltTm Path
3-18-17  Babson
11-19-17  Endicott
11-26-17  Endicott  Middlebury
12-29-17  York(Pa)
1-20-18  Mary Washington
2-10-18  Wesley


Shoutout to Ryan who gave The BeltTm a real world twitter shoutout.  Being twitter I'm not sure its really the real world but we'll go with it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 11, 2018, 11:52:37 AM

I wanted to make sure the Wesley team was aware of the Belt, because they seem like the kind of program who would embrace it, especially without much to play for down the stretch.  Good young team, though, they've got a future.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 11, 2018, 03:31:32 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 11, 2018, 11:52:37 AM

I wanted to make sure the Wesley team was aware of the Belt, because they seem like the kind of program who would embrace it, especially without much to play for down the stretch.  Good young team, though, they've got a future.
I thought it was The BeltTM.

Quote from: mailsy on February 10, 2018, 10:09:29 PM
The possibility that the BeltTM could actually not make the tournament. If Wesley loses to Salisbury on 2/14, Salisbury would play Southern Virginia on 2/17. If So.VA happens to upset Salisbury, the BeltTM would spend the off-season in Buena Vista, VA.
As for going to the off-season early, the The Diva BeltTM has not gone to The Dance several years. 

Her "avoiding" or "not-going" or "not receiving an invitation" has enough intrigue for her on reality show on Cable or YouTube.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 12, 2018, 10:34:50 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 11, 2018, 03:31:32 PM
As for going to the off-season early, the The Diva BeltTM has not gone to The Dance several years. 

Her "avoiding" or "not-going" or "not receiving an invitation" has enough intrigue for her on reality show on Cable or YouTube.

In fairness, The Diva Dream ScenarioTM hasn't happened since 2005. Too much Thomas More/Amherst dominance, among other things (http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=7233.45).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 12, 2018, 11:02:15 AM
Quote from: mailsy on February 10, 2018, 10:09:29 PM
The possibility that the BeltTM could actually not make the tournament. If Wesley loses to Salisbury on 2/14, Salisbury would play Southern Virginia on 2/17. If So.VA happens to upset Salisbury, the BeltTM would spend the off-season in Buena Vista, VA.

This would be magic. Can you imagine how entertaining it would be if this Dream ScenarioTM came true and The BeltTM spent the Final Four weekend not in Salem, but on the SVU campus in Buena Vista, which is only a 55-mile drive north of Salem on I-81? That's close enough for the Final Four teams to look out of the windows of their hotel rooms and longingly view the gleaming rays emanating from Thee Most Exalted CinctureTM silhouetting the Blue Ridge Mountains off in the distance.

That wouldn't simply be the Dream ScenarioTM finally coming to pass. We, the loyal followers of The BeltTM, would achieve BeltvanaTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 12, 2018, 12:04:56 PM
It would look something like this...

(https://drlej.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/sunrise4.jpg?w=450&h=299)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 12, 2018, 12:14:44 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 12, 2018, 11:02:15 AM
Quote from: mailsy on February 10, 2018, 10:09:29 PM
The possibility that the BeltTM could actually not make the tournament. If Wesley loses to Salisbury on 2/14, Salisbury would play Southern Virginia on 2/17. If So.VA happens to upset Salisbury, the BeltTM would spend the off-season in Buena Vista, VA.

This would be magic. Can you imagine how entertaining it would be if this Dream ScenarioTM came true and The BeltTM spent the Final Four weekend not in Salem, but on the SVU campus in Buena Vista, which is only a 55-mile drive north of Salem on I-81? That's close enough for the Final Four teams to look out of the windows of their hotel rooms and longingly view the gleaming rays emanating from Thee Most Exalted CinctureTM silhouetting the Blue Ridge Mountains off in the distance.

That wouldn't simply be the Dream ScenarioTM finally coming to pass. We, the loyal followers of The BeltTM, would achieve BeltvanaTM.
Quote from: Just Bill on February 12, 2018, 12:04:56 PM
It would look something like this...

(https://drlej.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/sunrise4.jpg?w=450&h=299)

55 miles is far enough away to avoid face-melting without proper safety gear, right?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 12, 2018, 12:41:04 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 12, 2018, 12:14:44 PM
55 miles is far enough away to avoid face-melting without proper safety gear, right?

Borderline.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on February 12, 2018, 05:01:10 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 12, 2018, 12:41:04 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 12, 2018, 12:14:44 PM
55 miles is far enough away to avoid face-melting without proper safety gear, right?

Borderline.

"Are you feeling lucky?"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 14, 2018, 11:58:25 PM
The BeltTM is going to the dance. Wesley defends the BeltTM defeating Salisbury. Up next Frostburg State. Both teams will be in the CAC tournament. Oh well maybe next year it will happen.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 15, 2018, 12:06:28 AM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frs302.pbsrc.com%2Falbums%2Fnn91%2FRoxyGrl034%2FGIFS%2Ftumblr_ljo65loSa51qeoqde.gif%3Fw%3D280%26amp%3Bh%3D210%26amp%3Bfit%3Dcrop&hash=838b3287379863ef85ab140b4384aceb4b556a05)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 15, 2018, 12:27:16 AM
Crying Jordan is mandatory.......he cries because he never had The BeltTm

(https://media.golfdigest.com/photos/59c3ae97d879884a19cb3799/master/w_768,c_limit/170921-jordan-crying.png)
(the best part about that photo link is it comes from golf digest)

Wesley 67  Salisbury 57

Wesley finishes out the regular beltTm season at Frostburg State on Saturday.

Their mascot is still cute
(https://www.frostburg.edu/fsu/assets/Image/Administration/Alumni/Homecoming/2012pic/hc13.jpg)



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 15, 2018, 09:26:44 AM

That means the Belt makes the CAC tourney no matter what. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 15, 2018, 10:52:12 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 15, 2018, 09:26:44 AM

That means the Belt makes the CAC tourney no matter what.

Yep. I'll try to fend off the weasels for you too...

Quote from: mailsy on February 14, 2018, 11:58:25 PM
The BeltTM is going to the dance. Wesley defends the BeltTM defeating Salisbury. Up next Frostburg State. Both teams will be in the CAC tournament. Oh well maybe next year it will happen.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 17, 2018, 08:45:54 PM
Frostburg wrestles The BeltTM from Wesley. Frostburg will carry it to previous BeltTM holder Mary Washington on Tuesday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2018, 08:53:53 PM
Quote from: mailsy on February 17, 2018, 08:45:54 PM
Frostburg [MD] wrestles The BeltTM from Wesley [DE]. Frostburg will carry it to previous BeltTM holder Mary Washington [VA] on Tuesday.
Just got to wondering, just how many states has The BeltTM visited?

I do not think that a school that wins The BeltTM on the road, not in its home state counts for this exercise.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 18, 2018, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2018, 08:53:53 PM
Quote from: mailsy on February 17, 2018, 08:45:54 PM
Frostburg [MD] wrestles The BeltTM from Wesley [DE]. Frostburg will carry it to previous BeltTM holder Mary Washington [VA] on Tuesday.
Just got to wondering, just how many states has The BeltTM visited?

I do not think that a school that wins The BeltTM on the road, not in its home state counts for this exercise.

So if someone wins ItTM on the road, doesn't that mean that team was already in possession of The BeltTM? Unless they won ItTM in Vegas, then Nevada wouldn't count?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 18, 2018, 02:33:39 PM
Frostburg State 91  Wesley 74

Bob E. Cat is in possession of the The E. BeltTm


Frostburg State has the high honor of toting The BeltTm into the post-season.  We'll hit it hard this week with three BeltTm title match-ups in the now infinitely more prestigious CAC tournament.

Frostburg State travels to Mary Washington on Tuesday night to get things started.

Sammy D. Eagle makes another appearance, riding a fake bull that may or may night have originated in the MIAC
(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2448556173/sammy_d.jpg)


2017-18  Dam BeltTm Path
3-18-17  Babson
11-19-17  Endicott
11-26-17  Endicott  Middlebury
12-29-17  York(Pa)
1-20-18  Mary Washington
2-10-18  Wesley
2-17-18  Frostburg State



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 18, 2018, 03:44:04 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on February 18, 2018, 11:39:15 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 17, 2018, 08:53:53 PM
Quote from: mailsy on February 17, 2018, 08:45:54 PM
Frostburg [MD] wrestles The BeltTM from Wesley [DE]. Frostburg will carry it to previous BeltTM holder Mary Washington [VA] on Tuesday.
Just got to wondering, just how many states has The BeltTM visited?

I do not think that a school that wins The BeltTM on the road, not in its home state counts for this exercise.

So if someone wins ItTM on the road, doesn't that mean that team was already in possession of The BeltTM? Unless they won ItTM in Vegas, then Nevada wouldn't count?
Oh my!  The BeltTM in Vegas?  That is more than I can imagine. That is more luminescence and grandeur than Vegas has ever experienced. I am at a loss for words to describe that.

We would need to draft a corollary that the state hosting The BeltTM as a neutral site would get to claim credit for a state that The BeltTM has visited.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 19, 2018, 04:13:12 PM
I look at the argument of "States The BeltTM Has Been In" from the lens of, "If you won ItTM, it went back home with you barring a situation like either winning ItTM in Vegas or on the first day of an NCAA Tournament weekend before handing ItTM over."

Based solely on that and actually not factoring in losses over a weekend, this is a map of states whose schools have won The BeltTM (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NuORkJK_0em-ZJYemD9zFpfKpFem_hIx/view?usp=sharing). I didn't post the map directly in here because it would have broken the webpage.

This also doesn't factor in potential road trips to schools in states where The BeltTM hasn't taken up residence with a victor, which would require a little deeper research. It also doesn't count excursions taken by BeltTM holders, such as Concordia-Moorhead hypothetically crossing the Red River over into Fargo, which had I been aware of The Belt'sTM existence when it was there I would have sent my cousin who lives there to try and take it on pain of Raiders of the Lost Ark face melting... though he or my uncle may have welding equipment to help protect from this.

Anyway, I like how most of the territory covered is contiguous, with exception of a few of the outposts (Washington, California, Texas, and Maine because as far as I could tell no New Hampshire schools have held The BeltTM.

But yeah, that Vegas scenario fascinates me.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 19, 2018, 04:30:50 PM
I only brought up Vegas in the chance The BeltTM holder was part of the D3hoops.com Invite/Classic that's played out there over Christmas/New Year's. ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 19, 2018, 05:08:17 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 19, 2018, 04:13:12 PM
I look at the argument of "States The BeltTM Has Been In" from the lens of, "If you won ItTM, it went back home with you barring a situation like either winning ItTM in Vegas or on the first day of an NCAA Tournament weekend before handing ItTM over."

Based solely on that and actually not factoring in losses over a weekend, this is a map of states whose schools have won The BeltTM (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NuORkJK_0em-ZJYemD9zFpfKpFem_hIx/view?usp=sharing). I didn't post the map directly in here because it would have broken the webpage.

This also doesn't factor in potential road trips to schools in states where The BeltTM hasn't taken up residence with a victor, which would require a little deeper research. It also doesn't count excursions taken by BeltTM holders, such as Concordia-Moorhead hypothetically crossing the Red River over into Fargo, which had I been aware of The Belt'sTM existence when it was there I would have sent my cousin who lives there to try and take it on pain of Raiders of the Lost Ark face melting... though he or my uncle may have welding equipment to help protect from this.

Anyway, I like how most of the territory covered is contiguous, with exception of a few of the outposts (Washington, California, Texas, and Maine because as far as I could tell no New Hampshire schools have held The BeltTM.

But yeah, that Vegas scenario fascinates me.
That trip across the Red River of the North would have made an interesting season for the series "Fargo".

...A dossier appears on the virtual doorstep of this web page making allegations of what The BeltTM did on its recent trip Concordia-Moorhead. ...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on February 19, 2018, 07:09:30 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 19, 2018, 05:08:17 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 19, 2018, 04:13:12 PM
I look at the argument of "States The BeltTM Has Been In" from the lens of, "If you won ItTM, it went back home with you barring a situation like either winning ItTM in Vegas or on the first day of an NCAA Tournament weekend before handing ItTM over."

Based solely on that and actually not factoring in losses over a weekend, this is a map of states whose schools have won The BeltTM (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NuORkJK_0em-ZJYemD9zFpfKpFem_hIx/view?usp=sharing). I didn't post the map directly in here because it would have broken the webpage.

This also doesn't factor in potential road trips to schools in states where The BeltTM hasn't taken up residence with a victor, which would require a little deeper research. It also doesn't count excursions taken by BeltTM holders, such as Concordia-Moorhead hypothetically crossing the Red River over into Fargo, which had I been aware of The Belt'sTM existence when it was there I would have sent my cousin who lives there to try and take it on pain of Raiders of the Lost Ark face melting... though he or my uncle may have welding equipment to help protect from this.

Anyway, I like how most of the territory covered is contiguous, with exception of a few of the outposts (Washington, California, Texas, and Maine because as far as I could tell no New Hampshire schools have held The BeltTM.

But yeah, that Vegas scenario fascinates me.
That trip across the Red River of the North would have made an interesting season for the series "Fargo".

...A dossier appears on the virtual doorstep of this web page making allegations of what The BeltTM did on its recent trip Concordia-Moorhead. ...

I might be sharing some CompanyTM secrets here, but as a member of a team who held The BeltTM on two separate occasions in 2013, I can assure you The BeltTM made its away across the Red River for a night on the town in Fargo, ND!  ;D :D :) ;) :o To be fair, we didn't know how well dressed and fashionable we were, but I assure you we had an extra bounce in our step!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 19, 2018, 08:09:20 PM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on February 19, 2018, 07:09:30 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 19, 2018, 05:08:17 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 19, 2018, 04:13:12 PM
I look at the argument of "States The BeltTM Has Been In" from the lens of, "If you won ItTM, it went back home with you barring a situation like either winning ItTM in Vegas or on the first day of an NCAA Tournament weekend before handing ItTM over."

Based solely on that and actually not factoring in losses over a weekend, this is a map of states whose schools have won The BeltTM (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NuORkJK_0em-ZJYemD9zFpfKpFem_hIx/view?usp=sharing). I didn't post the map directly in here because it would have broken the webpage.

This also doesn't factor in potential road trips to schools in states where The BeltTM hasn't taken up residence with a victor, which would require a little deeper research. It also doesn't count excursions taken by BeltTM holders, such as Concordia-Moorhead hypothetically crossing the Red River over into Fargo, which had I been aware of The Belt'sTM existence when it was there I would have sent my cousin who lives there to try and take it on pain of Raiders of the Lost Ark face melting... though he or my uncle may have welding equipment to help protect from this.

Anyway, I like how most of the territory covered is contiguous, with exception of a few of the outposts (Washington, California, Texas, and Maine because as far as I could tell no New Hampshire schools have held The BeltTM.

But yeah, that Vegas scenario fascinates me.
That trip across the Red River of the North would have made an interesting season for the series "Fargo".

...A dossier appears on the virtual doorstep of this web page making allegations of what The BeltTM did on its recent trip Concordia-Moorhead. ...

I might be sharing some CompanyTM secrets here, but as a member of a team who held The BeltTM on two separate occasions in 2013, I can assure you The BeltTM made its away across the Red River for a night on the town in Fargo, ND!  ;D :D :) ;) :o To be fair, we didn't know how well dressed and fashionable we were, but I assure you we had an extra bounce in our step!

Hey, now!  Despite what the movie and TV series may want people to think, "What happens in Fargo, stays in Fargo!"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 20, 2018, 01:43:23 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 19, 2018, 04:13:12 PM
I look at the argument of "States The BeltTM Has Been In" from the lens of, "If you won ItTM, it went back home with you barring a situation like either winning ItTM in Vegas or on the first day of an NCAA Tournament weekend before handing ItTM over."

Based solely on that and actually not factoring in losses over a weekend, this is a map of states whose schools have won The BeltTM (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NuORkJK_0em-ZJYemD9zFpfKpFem_hIx/view?usp=sharing). I didn't post the map directly in here because it would have broken the webpage.

This also doesn't factor in potential road trips to schools in states where The BeltTM hasn't taken up residence with a victor, which would require a little deeper research. It also doesn't count excursions taken by BeltTM holders, such as Concordia-Moorhead hypothetically crossing the Red River over into Fargo, which had I been aware of The Belt'sTM existence when it was there I would have sent my cousin who lives there to try and take it on pain of Raiders of the Lost Ark face melting... though he or my uncle may have welding equipment to help protect from this.

Anyway, I like how most of the territory covered is contiguous, with exception of a few of the outposts (Washington, California, Texas, and Maine because as far as I could tell no New Hampshire schools have held The BeltTM.

But yeah, that Vegas scenario fascinates me.

I hereby declare lmitzel the "Official D-III Championship BeltTM Cartographer" and grant all rights and privileges inherent to  the title. Which is none.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 20, 2018, 03:19:27 PM
Beats being the guy who wipes the sweat of The BeltTm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 20, 2018, 03:42:03 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 20, 2018, 01:43:23 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 19, 2018, 04:13:12 PM
I look at the argument of "States The BeltTM Has Been In" from the lens of, "If you won ItTM, it went back home with you barring a situation like either winning ItTM in Vegas or on the first day of an NCAA Tournament weekend before handing ItTM over."

Based solely on that and actually not factoring in losses over a weekend, this is a map of states whose schools have won The BeltTM (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NuORkJK_0em-ZJYemD9zFpfKpFem_hIx/view?usp=sharing). I didn't post the map directly in here because it would have broken the webpage.

This also doesn't factor in potential road trips to schools in states where The BeltTM hasn't taken up residence with a victor, which would require a little deeper research. It also doesn't count excursions taken by BeltTM holders, such as Concordia-Moorhead hypothetically crossing the Red River over into Fargo, which had I been aware of The Belt'sTM existence when it was there I would have sent my cousin who lives there to try and take it on pain of Raiders of the Lost Ark face melting... though he or my uncle may have welding equipment to help protect from this.

Anyway, I like how most of the territory covered is contiguous, with exception of a few of the outposts (Washington, California, Texas, and Maine because as far as I could tell no New Hampshire schools have held The BeltTM.

But yeah, that Vegas scenario fascinates me.

I hereby declare lmitzel the "Official D-III Championship BeltTM Cartographer" and grant all rights and privileges inherent to  the title. Which is none.

:D

Quote from: sac on February 20, 2018, 03:19:27 PM
Beats being the guy who wipes the sweat of The BeltTm

Thank God. I don't want to get yelled at by Paul Combs. (http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=4592.msg1788765#msg1788765)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 21, 2018, 05:10:56 PM
Quote from: sac on February 20, 2018, 03:19:27 PM
Beats being the guy who wipes the sweat of The BeltTm
You should be so fortunate.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 22, 2018, 11:05:43 PM
Catching up on some The BeltTm results in the most important tournament of them all......until next week.


Mary Washington 82  Frostburg State 78

Mary Washington takes  The BeltTm back only 12 days after having lost it.


Christopher Newport 90  Mary Washington 74    (that might set a record for most letters in a belt title fight)

That's CNU's 2nd crack at The BeltTm this Winter, they'll get to host YorkpaTm on Saturday where the winner will have the prestige of taking it into the NCAA Tournment.  Also they'll be CAC champs or something.

A small reminder Christopher Newport is the Captains
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecaptainslog.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F01%2FZipCar-CNU-Jan2010_003.jpg&hash=d124bd7694827b32ab44540c0cb2b68a94ee77dd)
I don't know how I missed it before but "Captain Chris" (of course)  also travels economically.

Yorkpa is the Spartans, and this thing they call Spartan Screamer is their mascot
(https://cdn2.hercampus.com/styles/full_width_embed/s3/2015/02/20/screamer12.jpg)


2017-18  Dam BeltTm Path
3-18-17  Babson
11-19-17  Endicott
11-26-17  Endicott Middlebury
12-29-17  York(Pa)
1-20-18  Mary Washington
2-10-18  Wesley
2-17-18  Frostburg State
2-20-18  Mary Washington
2-22-18  Christopher Newport
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 23, 2018, 10:07:09 PM
Quote from: sac on February 22, 2018, 11:05:43 PM
11-26-17  Endicott Middlebury

For reasons I really can't explain, the fact that Middlebury's reign as BeltTM holder will be recorded like this for all of history is my favorite part of BeltTMtropolis this year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 25, 2018, 01:54:49 AM
Yorkpa 82 Christopher Newport 73

Yorkpa gets the second highest honor in The BeltTm yearly saga of carrying it into the NCAA Tournament, otherwise known as The BeltTm Tournament among those in the know.   BTW the highest honor is obviously holding it all summer.

......and Yorkpa is the CAC Champions


We'll find out Monday who Yorkpa will face next Friday somewhere on the East Coast.   Mostly likely a team with a bird mascot if things go the way I've exaggerated them this year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 25, 2018, 08:58:27 AM
Beware, YorkPa: history has not been kind to those who hold The BeltTM going into the NCAA Tournament.

Quote from: lmitzel on April 02, 2017, 04:00:55 PM
One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '15 Augustana
Champion: None
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 26, 2018, 02:03:04 PM
YorkPa will defend The BeltTM this weekend against the Yeshiva Maccabees.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyumacs.com%2Fimages%2Fresponsive%2Fmain_logo.png&hash=dcc12dea376119d5158cfdc4b8e432f166163203)

No animals, at least not in round one, but how will these supernatural powers fare against Jewish freedom fighters (http://yumacs.com/sports/2009/10/8/GEN_1008094202.aspx)?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 26, 2018, 02:07:28 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 26, 2018, 02:03:04 PM
YorkPa will defend The BeltTM this weekend against the Yeshiva Maccabees.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyumacs.com%2Fimages%2Fresponsive%2Fmain_logo.png&hash=dcc12dea376119d5158cfdc4b8e432f166163203)

No animals, at least not in round one, but how will these supernatural powers fare against Jewish freedom fighters (http://yumacs.com/sports/2009/10/8/GEN_1008094202.aspx)?

I'm probably not the best equipped to answer that question.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on February 26, 2018, 02:26:08 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 26, 2018, 02:03:04 PM
YorkPa will defend The BeltTM this weekend against the Yeshiva Maccabees.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyumacs.com%2Fimages%2Fresponsive%2Fmain_logo.png&hash=dcc12dea376119d5158cfdc4b8e432f166163203)

No animals, at least not in round one, but how will these supernatural powers fare against Jewish freedom fighters (http://yumacs.com/sports/2009/10/8/GEN_1008094202.aspx)?

I'm hearing of the "Masada" defense being employed by Yeshiva; if that's the case, the Romans(Spartans) will have to "ramp" up their offense.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 26, 2018, 02:46:19 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 26, 2018, 02:26:08 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 26, 2018, 02:03:04 PM
YorkPa will defend The BeltTM this weekend against the Yeshiva Maccabees.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyumacs.com%2Fimages%2Fresponsive%2Fmain_logo.png&hash=dcc12dea376119d5158cfdc4b8e432f166163203)

No animals, at least not in round one, but how will these supernatural powers fare against Jewish freedom fighters (http://yumacs.com/sports/2009/10/8/GEN_1008094202.aspx)?

I'm hearing of the "Masada" defense being employed by Yeshiva; if that's the case, the Romans(Spartans) will have to "ramp" up their offense.

Spartans were Greek I believe.  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 26, 2018, 02:56:11 PM
Anyone know where I can get a bespangled yarmulke? Just in case.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: (509)Rat on February 26, 2018, 02:58:49 PM
Quote from: mailsy on February 26, 2018, 02:46:19 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 26, 2018, 02:26:08 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 26, 2018, 02:03:04 PM
YorkPa will defend The BeltTM this weekend against the Yeshiva Maccabees.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyumacs.com%2Fimages%2Fresponsive%2Fmain_logo.png&hash=dcc12dea376119d5158cfdc4b8e432f166163203)

No animals, at least not in round one, but how will these supernatural powers fare against Jewish freedom fighters (http://yumacs.com/sports/2009/10/8/GEN_1008094202.aspx)?

I'm hearing of the "Masada" defense being employed by Yeshiva; if that's the case, the Romans(Spartans) will have to "ramp" up their offense.

Spartans were Greek I believe.  ;D

Who can say for sure?
(https://media.giphy.com/media/Ll2fajzk9DgaY/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on February 26, 2018, 03:45:30 PM
As I watched the selection show I was mesmerized by the possibility of a 2nd round game of Biblical proportion for The BeltTM between Yeshiva and Nazareth.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 26, 2018, 03:59:32 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on February 26, 2018, 03:45:30 PM
As I watched the selection show I was mesmerized by the possibility of a 2nd round game of Biblical proportion for The BeltTM between Yeshiva and Nazareth.

I'm pretty sure I remember from early on in the chronicles of The BeltTM that there was a Quaker-Mennonite Battle For The BeltTM, but that might top it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 26, 2018, 04:27:27 PM
Nazareth is the Golden Flyers, its a bird of course.

(https://www2.naz.edu/files/9014/5410/0812/NAZRS167066_Swoop_with_Cape_012916_010-scr.jpg)

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 26, 2018, 04:47:07 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 26, 2018, 02:03:04 PM
YorkPa will defend The BeltTM this weekend against the Yeshiva Maccabees.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyumacs.com%2Fimages%2Fresponsive%2Fmain_logo.png&hash=dcc12dea376119d5158cfdc4b8e432f166163203)

No animals, at least not in round one, but how will these supernatural powers fare against Jewish freedom fighters (http://yumacs.com/sports/2009/10/8/GEN_1008094202.aspx)?

Will the Holiday Armadillo show up?

(https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-64897ebfade231292271324e1ef82a8c-c)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 26, 2018, 07:15:14 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 26, 2018, 02:03:04 PM
YorkPa will defend The BeltTM this weekend against the Yeshiva Maccabees.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fyumacs.com%2Fimages%2Fresponsive%2Fmain_logo.png&hash=dcc12dea376119d5158cfdc4b8e432f166163203)

No animals, at least not in round one, but how will these supernatural powers fare against Jewish freedom fighters (http://yumacs.com/sports/2009/10/8/GEN_1008094202.aspx)?
The Maccabees defeated the Greeks, or rather the Hellenizers, occupying Israel!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 26, 2018, 09:37:54 PM
I wonder if the Yorkpa cheerleaders will name-drop Antiochus Epiphanes in one of their cheers when their Laconian heroes take on the heirs of Judas Maccabeus & brothers on Friday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on February 26, 2018, 09:45:35 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 26, 2018, 09:37:54 PM
I wonder if the Yorkpa cheerleaders will name-drop Antiochus Epiphanes in one of their cheers when their Laconian heroes take on the heirs of Judas Maccabeus & brothers on Friday.

Too bad the Susquehanna Crusaders(now the River Hawks) aren't part of this regional; talk about your Holy Wars.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 27, 2018, 09:34:06 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 26, 2018, 09:37:54 PM
I wonder if the Yorkpa cheerleaders will name-drop Antiochus Epiphanes in one of their cheers when their Laconian heroes take on the heirs of Judas Maccabeus & brothers on Friday.

Damn it, Sager. I don't want to have to do three separate Google searches to decipher one sentence on a Tuesday morning.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2018, 10:19:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 26, 2018, 09:37:54 PM
I wonder if the Yorkpa cheerleaders will name-drop Antiochus Epiphanes in one of their cheers when their Laconian heroes take on the heirs of Judas Maccabeus & brothers on Friday.
+1!  I thought the Sagacious Sager would know the back story on that one.   ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2018, 10:28:57 AM
Yeshiva might not be impressed with The BeltTM, especially if they have a beautiful EphodTM which was woven out of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet threads, was made of fine linen, and was embroidered with skillful work in gold thread.   ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on February 27, 2018, 02:08:30 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 26, 2018, 09:45:35 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 26, 2018, 09:37:54 PM
I wonder if the Yorkpa cheerleaders will name-drop Antiochus Epiphanes in one of their cheers when their Laconian heroes take on the heirs of Judas Maccabeus & brothers on Friday.

Too bad the Susquehanna Crusaders(now the River Hawks) aren't part of this regional; talk about your Holy Wars.

Oh, man, there's a high school in Indiana (Pendleton Heights) whose nickname is Arabians. (It's in regards to the horse, but still....)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2018, 03:45:55 PM
There's also one named after hotdogs though, Frankfort.

...and another named after a popular 1920's saying "that's the berries", though more likely after actual berries from farms.
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They use Felix the cat as their mascot and its everywhere, it has been added to my bucket list of must see gyms.
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 27, 2018, 04:14:45 PM
Quote from: sac on February 27, 2018, 03:45:55 PM
There's also one named after hotdogs though, Frankfort.

...and another named after a popular 1920's saying "that's the berries", though more likely after actual berries from farms.
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They use Felix the cat as their mascot and its everywhere, it has been added to my bucket list of must see gyms.
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Comcast owns the copyright for Felix the Cat, and I've gotta think that they have an entire phalanx of weasels lined up to devour Logansport High if they ever find out about this.

Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 27, 2018, 10:28:57 AM
Yeshiva might not be impressed with The BeltTM, especially if they have a beautiful EphodTM which was woven out of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet threads, was made of fine linen, and was embroidered with skillful work in gold thread.   ;)

Yes! Now we need The EphodTM to go with The BeltTM, should Yeshiva pull off a reprise of David vs. Goliath on Friday!

The SporranTM was child's play. Now this thread is tap-dancing on the line of sacrilege. We may have more than the WeaselsTM to worry about if this comes to pass. (Cue the picture of the melting Nazis ...)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on February 27, 2018, 10:01:27 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on February 27, 2018, 09:34:06 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 26, 2018, 09:37:54 PM
I wonder if the Yorkpa cheerleaders will name-drop Antiochus Epiphanes in one of their cheers when their Laconian heroes take on the heirs of Judas Maccabeus & brothers on Friday.

Damn it, Sager. I don't want to have to do three separate Google searches to decipher one sentence on a Tuesday morning.

I hovered over the applaud link for a few seconds, waiting for Haha to come up. Stupid Facebook!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2018, 10:46:31 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 27, 2018, 02:08:30 PM

Oh, man, there's a high school in Indiana (Pendleton Heights) whose nickname is Arabians. (It's in regards to the horse, but still....)

Score I came across from boys high school Sectional play in Indiana tonight

New Palestine 71, Pendleton Heights 56
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2018, 12:16:09 AM
Quote from: sac on February 27, 2018, 10:46:31 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 27, 2018, 02:08:30 PM

Oh, man, there's a high school in Indiana (Pendleton Heights) whose nickname is Arabians. (It's in regards to the horse, but still....)

Score I came across from boys high school Sectional play in Indiana tonight

New Palestine 71, Pendleton Heights 56

IIRC, New Palestine was Kent Raymond's high school.

Seriously.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 06:42:48 AM

I'll be in attendance for two Belt games this weekend!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 28, 2018, 09:51:10 AM
I'm hoping Cabrini gets to the sweet 16. If they do there's a chance I may get close again to The BeltTM. I haven't been this close to it'sTM magnificence since March 2012 in Salem.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 10:27:27 AM
Quote from: mailsy on February 28, 2018, 09:51:10 AM
I'm hoping Cabrini gets to the sweet 16. If they do there's a chance I may get close again to The BeltTM. I haven't been this close to it'sTM magnificence since March 2012 in Salem.

Right, Salem.  I guess I have seen a few Belt games before.  As magnificent as is the Belt, it does occasionally get overshadowed by the Walnut & Bronze, also the confetti cannons.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 28, 2018, 10:40:07 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 10:27:27 AM
Quote from: mailsy on February 28, 2018, 09:51:10 AM
I'm hoping Cabrini gets to the sweet 16. If they do there's a chance I may get close again to The BeltTM. I haven't been this close to it'sTM magnificence since March 2012 in Salem.

Right, Salem.  I guess I have seen a few Belt games before.  As magnificent as is the Belt, it does occasionally get overshadowed by the Walnut & Bronze, also the confetti cannons.

You can't overshadow The BeltTm, The BeltTm overshadows all.


Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2018, 12:16:09 AM
Quote from: sac on February 27, 2018, 10:46:31 PM
Quote from: smedindy on February 27, 2018, 02:08:30 PM

Oh, man, there's a high school in Indiana (Pendleton Heights) whose nickname is Arabians. (It's in regards to the horse, but still....)

Score I came across from boys high school Sectional play in Indiana tonight

New Palestine 71, Pendleton Heights 56

IIRC, New Palestine was Kent Raymond's high school.

Seriously.

Yes
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 28, 2018, 11:56:42 AM
So after putting in several painstaking hours to live up to my billing as the Official BeltTM CartographerTM (I'm getting this before the Weasels can :P ), I have charted every gym where The BeltTM has either been played for or taken up residence in. The finished product can be seen here (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14).

For full disclosure: I'm not 100 percent satisfied with this. I only marked each location down once and just tried to put a ton of detail in on each of those schools where The BeltTM changed hands. National champions got the brown marker for national champions even if other criteria were fulfilled. This meant a ton of details in places like St. Thomas and UWSP. Maybe after the season is over I'll go through and do multiple markers in places to show every category that was fulfilled in each gym.

I didn't count the number of games in each facility so I can't be sure where The BeltTM has been the most, though the most likely answer is Salem (22 NCAA Tournament games, plus 3 ODAC Tournament games back in 2007 when this was first getting charted and I had no idea what I was getting into as a senior in high school preparing to go to a D3 school).

By my count, assuming I didn't miss anything, 114 colleges have either held The BeltTM or hosted a game where The BeltTM, not counting one non-D3 institution that hosted a competition, plus five other neutral site venues.

I also discovered that I've announced two games for The BeltTM, one of which I didn't know about before when UW-Whitewater held ItTM following their 2014 national championship when they came to North Central for their old Tipoff Tournament. NCC was originally supposed to play Whitewater on the second day, but instead we played Trinity International and likely crippled our NCAA Tournament chances by doing so while also missing out on The BeltTM. Alas.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2018, 12:23:09 PM
Magnificent work, Lucas!

You should be awarded a monogrammed welder's visor for BeltTM viewing for all that attention to detail.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 28, 2018, 12:30:41 PM
Very impressive! +1
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 12:30:47 PM
I feel like we've reached the point where someone needs to take the summer and track down the entire Belt lineage from the moment LeMoyne-Owen won in 1975.  I know not every team's schedule is available online, but the schools themselves must have records of wins and losses.  A few phone calls, etc.

It's time.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 28, 2018, 12:38:54 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 12:30:47 PM
I feel like we've reached the point where someone needs to take the summer and track down the entire Belt lineage from the moment LeMoyne-Owen won in 1975.  I know not every team's schedule is available online, but the schools themselves must have records of wins and losses.  A few phone calls, etc.

It's time.

The part I worry about with this is that someone, somewhere along the line, would have had to achieve The Dream ScenarioTM and it could potentially throw the path of The BeltTM out of whack. Though once you get to widespread conference tournaments it might still end up getting to the established timeline.

We're looking at some J.J. Abrams alternate Star Trek timeline-type shenanigan potential here. The Department of Temporal Investigations wouldn't be happy with that...
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2018, 12:45:30 PM
Dulmer and Lucsley were never happy with anything.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 01:02:18 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 28, 2018, 12:38:54 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 12:30:47 PM
I feel like we've reached the point where someone needs to take the summer and track down the entire Belt lineage from the moment LeMoyne-Owen won in 1975.  I know not every team's schedule is available online, but the schools themselves must have records of wins and losses.  A few phone calls, etc.

It's time.

The part I worry about with this is that someone, somewhere along the line, would have had to achieve The Dream ScenarioTM and it could potentially throw the path of The BeltTM out of whack. Though once you get to widespread conference tournaments it might still end up getting to the established timeline.

We're looking at some J.J. Abrams alternate Star Trek timeline-type shenanigan potential here. The Department of Temporal Investigations wouldn't be happy with that...
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I imagine it would have happened a lot more in the past, when the tournament was smaller and access to it less direct.

I think the biggest problem would be knowing which teams were d3 schools in the 70's and early 80's.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on February 28, 2018, 01:35:46 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 28, 2018, 11:56:42 AM
So after putting in several painstaking hours to live up to my billing as the Official BeltTM CartographerTM (I'm getting this before the Weasels can :P ), I have charted every gym where The BeltTM has either been played for or taken up residence in. The finished product can be seen here (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14).

For full disclosure: I'm not 100 percent satisfied with this. I only marked each location down once and just tried to put a ton of detail in on each of those schools where The BeltTM changed hands. National champions got the brown marker for national champions even if other criteria were fulfilled. This meant a ton of details in places like St. Thomas and UWSP. Maybe after the season is over I'll go through and do multiple markers in places to show every category that was fulfilled in each gym.

I didn't count the number of games in each facility so I can't be sure where The BeltTM has been the most, though the most likely answer is Salem (22 NCAA Tournament games, plus 3 ODAC Tournament games back in 2007 when this was first getting charted and I had no idea what I was getting into as a senior in high school preparing to go to a D3 school).

By my count, assuming I didn't miss anything, 114 colleges have either held The BeltTM or hosted a game where The BeltTM, not counting one non-D3 institution that hosted a competition, plus five other neutral site venues.

I also discovered that I've announced two games for The BeltTM, one of which I didn't know about before when UW-Whitewater held ItTM following their 2014 national championship when they came to North Central for their old Tipoff Tournament. NCC was originally supposed to play Whitewater on the second day, but instead we played Trinity International and likely crippled our NCAA Tournament chances by doing so while also missing out on The BeltTM. Alas.

Interestingly, Stevens Point doesn't have as much activity as Whitewater or Augustana.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on February 28, 2018, 01:40:13 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 12:30:47 PM
I feel like we've reached the point where someone needs to take the summer and track down the entire Belt lineage from the moment LeMoyne-Owen won in 1975.  I know not every team's schedule is available online, but the schools themselves must have records of wins and losses.  A few phone calls, etc.

It's time.

There's not much historically on the Lemoyne-Owen basketball page except they were the only HBCU team to win the D3 title; at some point they left D3( to D2?). I know Scranton won the title in '76 but don't know where the Belt was during that year(if it entered the NCAA tourney).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2018, 01:52:51 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 28, 2018, 01:40:13 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 12:30:47 PM
I feel like we've reached the point where someone needs to take the summer and track down the entire Belt lineage from the moment LeMoyne-Owen won in 1975.  I know not every team's schedule is available online, but the schools themselves must have records of wins and losses.  A few phone calls, etc.

It's time.

There's not much historically on the Lemoyne-Owen basketball page except they were the only HBCU team to win the D3 title; at some point they left D3( to D2?).

I think that 1987-88 was the year that LeMoyne-Owen moved to D2.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2018, 01:54:10 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 12:30:47 PM
I feel like we've reached the point where someone needs to take the summer and track down the entire Belt lineage from the moment LeMoyne-Owen won in 1975.  I know not every team's schedule is available online, but the schools themselves must have records of wins and losses.  A few phone calls, etc.

It's time.

I tried this before, a few years ago when this thread was just getting started. I ran into so many dead ends that eventually I just gave up on the project.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 02:35:14 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2018, 01:52:51 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 28, 2018, 01:40:13 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 12:30:47 PM
I feel like we've reached the point where someone needs to take the summer and track down the entire Belt lineage from the moment LeMoyne-Owen won in 1975.  I know not every team's schedule is available online, but the schools themselves must have records of wins and losses.  A few phone calls, etc.

It's time.

There's not much historically on the Lemoyne-Owen basketball page except they were the only HBCU team to win the D3 title; at some point they left D3( to D2?).

I think that 1987-88 was the year that LeMoyne-Owen moved to D2.

I found the L-O 1975-76 schedule - the problem is I don't know which teams on that schedule were D3 at the time, so I don't know what contests were Belt contests.  I reached out to the NCAA to see if they have an archive of membership data somewhere, but who knows?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on February 28, 2018, 02:48:49 PM
'75 was the 1st D3 championship, so it's at least proper that the Belt came into existence then; guess it has to be determined who they lost to in '76 and if those were D3 schools to find the trail.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2018, 08:54:01 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 02:35:14 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2018, 01:52:51 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 28, 2018, 01:40:13 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 12:30:47 PM
I feel like we've reached the point where someone needs to take the summer and track down the entire Belt lineage from the moment LeMoyne-Owen won in 1975.  I know not every team's schedule is available online, but the schools themselves must have records of wins and losses.  A few phone calls, etc.

It's time.

There's not much historically on the Lemoyne-Owen basketball page except they were the only HBCU team to win the D3 title; at some point they left D3( to D2?).

I think that 1987-88 was the year that LeMoyne-Owen moved to D2.

I found the L-O 1975-76 schedule - the problem is I don't know which teams on that schedule were D3 at the time, so I don't know what contests were Belt contests.  I reached out to the NCAA to see if they have an archive of membership data somewhere, but who knows?

I could probably tell you who was D3 at that point and who wasn't.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 11:35:05 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2018, 08:54:01 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 02:35:14 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 28, 2018, 01:52:51 PM
Quote from: ronk on February 28, 2018, 01:40:13 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 28, 2018, 12:30:47 PM
I feel like we've reached the point where someone needs to take the summer and track down the entire Belt lineage from the moment LeMoyne-Owen won in 1975.  I know not every team's schedule is available online, but the schools themselves must have records of wins and losses.  A few phone calls, etc.

It's time.

There's not much historically on the Lemoyne-Owen basketball page except they were the only HBCU team to win the D3 title; at some point they left D3( to D2?).

I think that 1987-88 was the year that LeMoyne-Owen moved to D2.

I found the L-O 1975-76 schedule - the problem is I don't know which teams on that schedule were D3 at the time, so I don't know what contests were Belt contests.  I reached out to the NCAA to see if they have an archive of membership data somewhere, but who knows?

I could probably tell you who was D3 at that point and who wasn't.

Have at it - http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/E/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1976_350_Le%20Moyne%20College.pdf
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 12:02:30 AM
LeMoyne-Owen only played two games against D3 opponents that season -- interestingly enough, they were the last two games of the season. The Magicians lost to Transylvania, 112-92, and beat Sewanee, 87-86. (Transylvania was a D3 program into the mid-'80s, switched over to NAIA, and then came back into the D3 fold about a decade and a half ago.)

Almost all of the rest of LeMoyne-Owen's schedule was played against NAIA opponents, although I think that a couple of those opponents may have been NCAA D2 already at that point. Most of them belonged to the Volunteer State Athletic Conference, of which LeMoyne-Owen was the only member that held NCAA D3 affiliation; all of the rest of the VSAC schools were NAIA at the time.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 12:23:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 12:02:30 AM
LeMoyne-Owen only played two games against D3 opponents that season -- interestingly enough, they were the last two games of the season. The Magicians lost to Transylvania, 112-92, and beat Sewanee, 87-86. (Transylvania was a D3 program into the mid-'80s, switched over to NAIA, and then came back into the D3 fold about a decade and a half ago.)

Almost all of the rest of LeMoyne-Owen's schedule was played against NAIA opponents, although I think that a couple of those opponents may have been NCAA D2 already at that point. Most of them belonged to the Volunteer State Athletic Conference, of which LeMoyne-Owen was the only member that held NCAA D3 affiliation; all of the rest of the VSAC schools were NAIA at the time.

Alright, so here we go, LeMoyne-Owen had the belt through most of 1976, then lost it to Transy in the NCAA Tournament.  They lost it the next game to Miles, who lost it to Wittenberg, who lost it to Scranton in the NCAA Final.

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton


Greg's got to redo his magic here - Scranton lost to St. Francis (NY), Bucknell, Army, and Philadelphia Textile, before dropping a game to Kings - from cross checking, I discovered this is, in fact, King's NY and not the current d3 Kings's (in PA).  Not confident any of those schools were d3.  What do you have for us, Sager? - http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/E/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1977_633_University%20of%20Scranton.pdf
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 12:38:12 AM
I may be the only D3 Hoops poster to have actually witnessed the birthing of The Belttm in 1975. Augustana had lost to Lemoyne-Owen on Friday night at the Albright College gym.  The next night the Magicians won the title and with it The Belttm.   
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 01, 2018, 12:44:28 AM
Quote from: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 12:38:12 AM
I may be the only D3 Hoops poster to have actually witnessed the birthing of The Belttm, Augustana had lost to Lemoyne-Owen on Friday night at the Albright College gym.  The next night the Magicians won the title and with it the Belttm.

So u had 2 consecutive disappointments @ Albright, cuz I remember we were both there in '76, Augie.   :(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 01, 2018, 01:18:29 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 12:23:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 12:02:30 AM
LeMoyne-Owen only played two games against D3 opponents that season -- interestingly enough, they were the last two games of the season. The Magicians lost to Transylvania, 112-92, and beat Sewanee, 87-86. (Transylvania was a D3 program into the mid-'80s, switched over to NAIA, and then came back into the D3 fold about a decade and a half ago.)

Almost all of the rest of LeMoyne-Owen's schedule was played against NAIA opponents, although I think that a couple of those opponents may have been NCAA D2 already at that point. Most of them belonged to the Volunteer State Athletic Conference, of which LeMoyne-Owen was the only member that held NCAA D3 affiliation; all of the rest of the VSAC schools were NAIA at the time.


Alright, so here we go, LeMoyne-Owen had the belt through most of 1976, then lost it to Transy in the NCAA Tournament.  They lost it the next game to Miles, who lost it to Wittenberg, who lost it to Scranton in the NCAA Final.

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton


Greg's got to redo his magic here - Scranton lost to St. Francis (NY), Bucknell, Army, and Philadelphia Textile, before dropping a game to Kings - from cross checking, I discovered this is, in fact, King's NY and not the current d3 Kings's (in PA).  Not confident any of those schools were d3.  What do you have for us, Sager? - http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/E/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1977_633_University%20of%20Scranton.pdf

No, it was Kings of PA; the archive for both teams has Kings over Scranton 61-58 on 1/29/77, so we just have to find out whom Kings lost to after that date.
Phil Textile was D2 and the others, D1. Incidentally, that '77 Army team was coached by Coach K and he won only in OT after losing the year before. So, Coach K was only 1-1 against Scranton and we're probably the only team that he doesn't have a winning record against in his career.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 01:25:40 AM
Quote from: ronk on March 01, 2018, 12:44:28 AM
Quote from: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 12:38:12 AM
I may be the only D3 Hoops poster to have actually witnessed the birthing of The Belttm, Augustana had lost to Lemoyne-Owen on Friday night at the Albright College gym.  The next night the Magicians won the title and with it the Belttm.

So u had 2 consecutive disappointments @ Albright, cuz I remember we were both there in '76, Augie.   :(

Close but no cigar... 
1975--third place
1976--third place
1981--second place
1993--second place
2015--second place
2017--second place

One of these years....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 06:44:04 AM
Quote from: ronk on March 01, 2018, 01:18:29 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 12:23:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 12:02:30 AM
LeMoyne-Owen only played two games against D3 opponents that season -- interestingly enough, they were the last two games of the season. The Magicians lost to Transylvania, 112-92, and beat Sewanee, 87-86. (Transylvania was a D3 program into the mid-'80s, switched over to NAIA, and then came back into the D3 fold about a decade and a half ago.)

Almost all of the rest of LeMoyne-Owen's schedule was played against NAIA opponents, although I think that a couple of those opponents may have been NCAA D2 already at that point. Most of them belonged to the Volunteer State Athletic Conference, of which LeMoyne-Owen was the only member that held NCAA D3 affiliation; all of the rest of the VSAC schools were NAIA at the time.


Alright, so here we go, LeMoyne-Owen had the belt through most of 1976, then lost it to Transy in the NCAA Tournament.  They lost it the next game to Miles, who lost it to Wittenberg, who lost it to Scranton in the NCAA Final.

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton


Greg's got to redo his magic here - Scranton lost to St. Francis (NY), Bucknell, Army, and Philadelphia Textile, before dropping a game to Kings - from cross checking, I discovered this is, in fact, King's NY and not the current d3 Kings's (in PA).  Not confident any of those schools were d3.  What do you have for us, Sager? - http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/E/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1977_633_University%20of%20Scranton.pdf

No, it was Kings of PA; the archive for both teams has Kings over Scranton 61-58 on 1/29/77, so we just have to find out whom Kings lost to after that date.
Phil Textile was D2 and the others, D1. Incidentally, that '77 Army team was coached by Coach K and he won only in OT after losing the year before. So, Coach K was only 1-1 against Scranton and we're probably the only team that he doesn't have a winning record against in his career.

The NCAA has the whole season categorized under the wrong name, then - which, as well know, is not too surprising.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 07:22:33 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 06:44:04 AM
Quote from: ronk on March 01, 2018, 01:18:29 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 12:23:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 12:02:30 AM
LeMoyne-Owen only played two games against D3 opponents that season -- interestingly enough, they were the last two games of the season. The Magicians lost to Transylvania, 112-92, and beat Sewanee, 87-86. (Transylvania was a D3 program into the mid-'80s, switched over to NAIA, and then came back into the D3 fold about a decade and a half ago.)

Almost all of the rest of LeMoyne-Owen's schedule was played against NAIA opponents, although I think that a couple of those opponents may have been NCAA D2 already at that point. Most of them belonged to the Volunteer State Athletic Conference, of which LeMoyne-Owen was the only member that held NCAA D3 affiliation; all of the rest of the VSAC schools were NAIA at the time.


Alright, so here we go, LeMoyne-Owen had the belt through most of 1976, then lost it to Transy in the NCAA Tournament.  They lost it the next game to Miles, who lost it to Wittenberg, who lost it to Scranton in the NCAA Final.

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton


Greg's got to redo his magic here - Scranton lost to St. Francis (NY), Bucknell, Army, and Philadelphia Textile, before dropping a game to Kings - from cross checking, I discovered this is, in fact, King's NY and not the current d3 Kings's (in PA).  Not confident any of those schools were d3.  What do you have for us, Sager? - http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/E/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1977_633_University%20of%20Scranton.pdf

No, it was Kings of PA; the archive for both teams has Kings over Scranton 61-58 on 1/29/77, so we just have to find out whom Kings lost to after that date.
Phil Textile was D2 and the others, D1. Incidentally, that '77 Army team was coached by Coach K and he won only in OT after losing the year before. So, Coach K was only 1-1 against Scranton and we're probably the only team that he doesn't have a winning record against in his career.

The NCAA has the whole season categorized under the wrong name, then - which, as well know, is not too surprising.

I double checked, it is filed under the wrong school.  It's definitely King's PA.  They lost, the rest of the year, to E Stroudsburg, St. Joe's, Niagra, Textile, and Trenton.  Trenton is now TCNJ and d3, but I want to double check that none of the others were back then. thoughts?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 07:46:39 AM
Assuming TCNJ was the one to take it, here's the updated path:

Belt Path

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton
          King's
          TCNJ (non-champion)
1978 - TCNJ
          Upsala


This is where we might be in trouble (unless Rider of Sacred Heart were d3 then).  The NCAA doesn't have Upsala's schedule for 1977-78 and Upsala doesn't exist anymore.  I know they were definitely d3 shortly after this, so I assume they were d3 that year.

However, it appears that Augustana, in Rock Island, Il, retains all physical records of Upsala College (unless it's an entirely different Upsala, which is also possible). So if someone nearby wants to go to the Upsala "college history records," Box 1a, folder 3, there may be schedules there (according to the online table of contents).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 09:56:22 AM
Augustana has a historic partnership with Upsala University--in Sweden.   ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 10:01:12 AM
Quote from: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 09:56:22 AM
Augustana has a historic partnership with Upsala University--in Sweden.   

I actually found an article about it - apparently there's also a connection with Upsala from NJ - maybe the same denominational sponsor?  Anyway, I believe those archives are, in fact, from Upsala College.  Not sure if the 1977-78 men's basketball schedule is there, but if it exists, that's where it'd be.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 10:07:28 AM
The connection would be Swedish Lutheranism.  Makes sense!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 10:09:39 AM
Quote from: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 10:07:28 AM
The connection would be Swedish Lutheranism.  Makes sense!

I reached out to the MAC office, to see if they have the info - after that, someone in Illinois is going to have to make a trip to the library.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 10:19:14 AM
I'm headed to Rock Island for some hoops this week-end.  No promises, but I'll see if I can fit in a trip to the Swedish-American research center on campus (within the library), where this would likely be housed.

I do have plans with friends, so we'll seed how this works out....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 10:20:10 AM
Quote from: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 10:19:14 AM
I'm headed to Rock Island for some hoops this week-end.  No promises, but I'll see if I can fit in a trip to the Swedish-American research center on campus (within the library), where this would likely be housed.

I do have plans with friends, so we'll seed how this works out....

Hopefully the MAC will have the info, but if not:

Upsala "College History Records," Box 1a, folder 3.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 01, 2018, 10:28:10 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 07:22:33 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 06:44:04 AM
Quote from: ronk on March 01, 2018, 01:18:29 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 12:23:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 12:02:30 AM
LeMoyne-Owen only played two games against D3 opponents that season -- interestingly enough, they were the last two games of the season. The Magicians lost to Transylvania, 112-92, and beat Sewanee, 87-86. (Transylvania was a D3 program into the mid-'80s, switched over to NAIA, and then came back into the D3 fold about a decade and a half ago.)

Almost all of the rest of LeMoyne-Owen's schedule was played against NAIA opponents, although I think that a couple of those opponents may have been NCAA D2 already at that point. Most of them belonged to the Volunteer State Athletic Conference, of which LeMoyne-Owen was the only member that held NCAA D3 affiliation; all of the rest of the VSAC schools were NAIA at the time.


Alright, so here we go, LeMoyne-Owen had the belt through most of 1976, then lost it to Transy in the NCAA Tournament.  They lost it the next game to Miles, who lost it to Wittenberg, who lost it to Scranton in the NCAA Final.

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton


Greg's got to redo his magic here - Scranton lost to St. Francis (NY), Bucknell, Army, and Philadelphia Textile, before dropping a game to Kings - from cross checking, I discovered this is, in fact, King's NY and not the current d3 Kings's (in PA).  Not confident any of those schools were d3.  What do you have for us, Sager? - http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/E/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1977_633_University%20of%20Scranton.pdf

No, it was Kings of PA; the archive for both teams has Kings over Scranton 61-58 on 1/29/77, so we just have to find out whom Kings lost to after that date.
Phil Textile was D2 and the others, D1. Incidentally, that '77 Army team was coached by Coach K and he won only in OT after losing the year before. So, Coach K was only 1-1 against Scranton and we're probably the only team that he doesn't have a winning record against in his career.

The NCAA has the whole season categorized under the wrong name, then - which, as well know, is not too surprising.

I double checked, it is filed under the wrong school.  It's definitely King's PA.  They lost, the rest of the year, to E Stroudsburg, St. Joe's, Niagra, Textile, and Trenton.  Trenton is now TCNJ and d3, but I want to double check that none of the others were back then. thoughts?

E Stroudsburg and textile were D2, St. Joe and Niagara, D1; don't know about Trenton.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 01, 2018, 10:32:58 AM
Upsala was definitely D3; they were in Scranton's conference, the MAC and we played them 2 weeks after that loss to Kings..
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 01, 2018, 10:46:52 AM
Upsala was the Vikings, but most of you could probably have guessed that.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 10:50:21 AM
With blue and gold colors?  Like both Augustana Vikings (Illinois and South Dakota), and the North Park Vikings--all patterned after the Swedish flag?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 01, 2018, 10:59:06 AM
Quote from: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 10:50:21 AM
With blue and gold colors?  Like both Augustana Vikings (Illinois and South Dakota), and the North Park Vikings--all patterned after the Swedish flag?

Looks like blue and white, maybe some grey or silver
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 11:53:41 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 07:22:33 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 06:44:04 AM
Quote from: ronk on March 01, 2018, 01:18:29 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 12:23:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 12:02:30 AM
LeMoyne-Owen only played two games against D3 opponents that season -- interestingly enough, they were the last two games of the season. The Magicians lost to Transylvania, 112-92, and beat Sewanee, 87-86. (Transylvania was a D3 program into the mid-'80s, switched over to NAIA, and then came back into the D3 fold about a decade and a half ago.)

Almost all of the rest of LeMoyne-Owen's schedule was played against NAIA opponents, although I think that a couple of those opponents may have been NCAA D2 already at that point. Most of them belonged to the Volunteer State Athletic Conference, of which LeMoyne-Owen was the only member that held NCAA D3 affiliation; all of the rest of the VSAC schools were NAIA at the time.


Alright, so here we go, LeMoyne-Owen had the belt through most of 1976, then lost it to Transy in the NCAA Tournament.  They lost it the next game to Miles, who lost it to Wittenberg, who lost it to Scranton in the NCAA Final.

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton


Greg's got to redo his magic here - Scranton lost to St. Francis (NY), Bucknell, Army, and Philadelphia Textile, before dropping a game to Kings - from cross checking, I discovered this is, in fact, King's NY and not the current d3 Kings's (in PA).  Not confident any of those schools were d3.  What do you have for us, Sager? - http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/E/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1977_633_University%20of%20Scranton.pdf

No, it was Kings of PA; the archive for both teams has Kings over Scranton 61-58 on 1/29/77, so we just have to find out whom Kings lost to after that date.
Phil Textile was D2 and the others, D1. Incidentally, that '77 Army team was coached by Coach K and he won only in OT after losing the year before. So, Coach K was only 1-1 against Scranton and we're probably the only team that he doesn't have a winning record against in his career.

The NCAA has the whole season categorized under the wrong name, then - which, as well know, is not too surprising.

I double checked, it is filed under the wrong school.  It's definitely King's PA.  They lost, the rest of the year, to E Stroudsburg, St. Joe's, Niagra, Textile, and Trenton.  Trenton is now TCNJ and d3, but I want to double check that none of the others were back then. thoughts?

Niagara and St. Joe's were, and are, D1. Philadelphia Textile (now Thomas Jefferson University) was and is D2, and, as you pointed out, Trenton State College is now TCNJ and is a charter member of D3.

But this is where I lost the thread the first time that I tried this exercise, lo, all those seasons ago, because of East Stroudsburg State College (now East Stroudsburg University). The problem here is that the PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) didn't mandate a specific NCAA divisional membership for its members until 1980, when the league voted to classify the entire membership as D2. I know for a fact that at least five PSAC schools (Lock Haven, Slippery Rock, Millersville, Kutztown, and Mansfield) were D3 in at least some sports until 1980, and possibly more of them were as well -- including, for all I know, East Stroudsburg. And I was unable to track down any info on East Stroudsburg's late-'70s affiliation anywhere on the Internet. Ronk, you say that East Stroudsburg was D2 in the late '70s. Do you know that for certain? That would clear a lot of things up, but neither the school nor the PSAC (nor anyone else online) has anything definitive about the Warriors' affiliation during the Carter Administration.

If East Stroudsburg was a D3 member in 1976-77, then it lost to Mansfield immediately after beating King's (PA), which would've shifted The BeltTM over to Mansfield. The Mounties would've given it back to East Stroudsburg the next season, which in turn would've turned it back over to King's (PA) in the middle of the 1977-78 season. In other words, that puts us on a completely different BeltTM track than the track that has TCNJ possessing Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM the previous season after taking it from King's (PA).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 12:33:54 PM
There's the BeltTM and possibly an Anti-BeltTM!

Who goes to Ravenna and who goes to Avignon? Or is this like Rome and Constantinople.


/yes, I'm reading a history of the Papacy
//great movies could be made
///John XII FTW!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 12:52:20 PM
I couldn't find any information leading me to believe E Stroudsburg was anything other than d2.



The MAC office came through with a mostly complete Upsala schedule.  They have the Trenton game and the score, but the result is reversed.  I think Upsala got it wrong (because the same season record for Trenton is on the NJAC website, too).  So we'll assume Upsala won that game.

Upsala's next losses were to Mt St Mary's (not the d3 version), Lafayette, and Virginia Tech - so I think we're safe d3-wise.  The next game was against FDU-Florham with no score, but Florham only won 4 games that year, so I think it's safe to assume Upsala won.  The regular season record ends without them losing and they did play in the NCAA tournament.  I could find no evidence they played in the MAC tournament (none of the four semifinalists played Upsala in the post-season).

So, I'm going to assume they took the Belt into the NCAA tournament, thus leaving us at:

Belt Path

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton
          King's
          TCNJ (non-champion)
1978 - TCNJ
          Upsala
          Widener
          North Park
1979 - North Park
          Augustana
          Carthage
          Millikin (non-champion)
1980 - Millikin
          Eureka

Here, I need some help again - Eureka next lost to Lakeland.  Not sure if Lakeland was d3 back then. They were independent and the NCAA doesn't have a record for them that year, so I assume they weren't in yet.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 01, 2018, 01:08:08 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 12:52:20 PM
1980 - Millikin
          Eureka

Here, I need some help again - Eureka next lost to Lakeland.  Not sure if Lakeland was d3 back then. They were independent and the NCAA doesn't have a record for them that year, so I assume they weren't in yet.

For what it's worth, I pulled up Lakeland's website and they're listed as making the NAIA Tournament in 1994. I'd be inclined to think then that they weren't D3 in 1980.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 01:14:25 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 07:46:39 AM
Assuming TCNJ was the one to take it, here's the updated path:

Belt Path

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton
          King's
          TCNJ (non-champion)
1978 - TCNJ
          Upsala


This is where we might be in trouble (unless Rider of Sacred Heart were d3 then).  The NCAA doesn't have Upsala's schedule for 1977-78 and Upsala doesn't exist anymore.  I know they were definitely d3 shortly after this, so I assume they were d3 that year.

Rider was never D3. Upsala was a charter member of D3, and remained a D3 school until the institution folded in '95.

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 07:46:39 AMHowever, it appears that Augustana, in Rock Island, Il, retains all physical records of Upsala College (unless it's an entirely different Upsala, which is also possible). So if someone nearby wants to go to the Upsala "college history records," Box 1a, folder 3, there may be schedules there (according to the online table of contents).

It's the same Upsala. As augie77 noted, both Augustana and Upsala were affiliate institutions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (Augie is still affiliated with ELCA to this day) and were among the five colleges founded by Swedish immigrants that were still in existence in the late 20th century (the others being North Park, Gustavus Adolphus, and Bethany (KS)).

Quote from: ronk on March 01, 2018, 10:32:58 AM
Upsala was definitely D3; they were in Scranton's conference, the MAC and we played them 2 weeks after that loss to Kings..

Upsala had a very good men's basketball program; the Vikings went 13-10 in eight D3 tourney appearances between 1978 and 1986. The Vikings were the national runner-up to North Park in 1980, the last year of North Park's threepeat national championship dynasty. I saw that championship game, and Upsala had a couple of really outstanding players in forward Steve Keenan and diminutive PG Elonya "Tiny" Green. (Dick Vitale was the color commentator on ESPN for that game, and he spent about 90% of his airtime talking about Upsala, to the chagrin of North Park fans, because Vitale's a Jersey guy and he knew pretty much each and every high-school coach who had an alumnus that played for Upsala.) Upsala got back to the Final Four again in 1984, finishing fourth in the nation.

Upsala was sanctioned by the NCAA in 1990 for having men's basketball players who didn't pay tuition; the program was put on probation for five years, and the school closed just before the Vikings would've been restored to postseason eligibility.

Quote from: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 10:50:21 AM
With blue and gold colors?  Like both Augustana Vikings (Illinois and South Dakota), and the North Park Vikings--all patterned after the Swedish flag?

Only two of the Swedish-immigrant colleges, North Park and Bethany (KS), actually use the colors of the Swedish flag (royal blue and gold) as their school colors. Augustana is navy blue and gold, Gustavus Adolphus is black and gold, and if I recall correctly, Upsala was royal blue and white.

The D2 school in South Dakota called Augustana University is Norwegian in heritage, not Swedish, in spite of the fact that the school's colors are Swedish (royal blue and gold). It was formed when the Swedish and Norwegian Lutheran immigrants who founded the original Augustana College decided that they couldn't get along and split the school, with the Swedes staying in Rock Island and the Norwegians moving first to Marshall, WI and then to Minneapolis and to Canton, SD before finally planting the campus in Sioux Falls, where it remains to this day.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 01:24:20 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 01, 2018, 01:08:08 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 12:52:20 PM
1980 - Millikin
          Eureka

Here, I need some help again - Eureka next lost to Lakeland.  Not sure if Lakeland was d3 back then. They were independent and the NCAA doesn't have a record for them that year, so I assume they weren't in yet.

For what it's worth, I pulled up Lakeland's website and they're listed as making the NAIA Tournament in 1994. I'd be inclined to think then that they weren't D3 in 1980.

Lakeland was NAIA back then. So was Eureka, though, so Eureka should not be on The BeltTM's path through the 1979-80 season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 01:35:15 PM
Eureka was listed as a d3 independent in multiple locations during that period.  I'm pretty confident in that.  They had stats on the ncaa site and everything.

Ok, so we're up to:

Belt Path

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton
          King's
          TCNJ (non-champion)
1978 - TCNJ
          Upsala
          Widener
          North Park
1979 - North Park
          Augustana
          Carthage
          Millikin (non-champion)
1980 - Millikin
          Eureka (non-champion)
1981 - Eureka
          Millikin
          Illinois Wesleyan
          Augustana
          North Park
          Augustana
          Potsdam State
1982 - Potsdam State
          Clarkson
          St. Lawrence
          Widener
          Franklin & Marshall
          Dickinson
          McDaniel
          Muhlenberg
          Dickinson
          Franklin & Marshall
          Widener
          Ursinus
          Potsdam State
          Wabash
1983 - Wabash

I'll take some help here, too - lots of familiar schools on this list, not sure which is the first loss to a d3 school. I don't believe Earlham was d3 then.

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/C/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1983_747_Wabash%20College.pdf

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 01, 2018, 01:58:57 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 01:35:15 PM
Ok, so we're up to:

Belt Path

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton
          King's
          TCNJ (non-champion)
1978 - TCNJ
          Upsala
          Widener
          North Park
1979 - North Park
          Augustana
          Carthage
          Millikin (non-champion)
1980 - Millikin
          Eureka (non-champion)
1981 - Eureka
          Millikin
          Illinois Wesleyan
          Augustana
          North Park
          Augustana
          Potsdam State
1982 - Potsdam State
          Clarkson
          St. Lawrence
          Widener
          Franklin & Marshall
          Dickinson
          McDaniel
          Muhlenberg
          Dickinson
          Franklin & Marshall
          Widener
          Ursinus
          Potsdam State
          Wabash
1983 - Wabash

I'll take some help here, too - lots of familiar schools on this list, not sure which is the first loss to a d3 school. I don't believe Earlham was d3 then.

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/C/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1983_747_Wabash%20College.pdf

From what I'm able to gather, Earlham was part of the Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference in 1983, which from what I can tell was an NCAA conference (I think the ancestor of the HCAC).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 02:03:45 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 01:35:15 PM
Eureka was listed as a d3 independent in multiple locations during that period.  I'm pretty confident in that.  They had stats on the ncaa site and everything.

The Red Devils may have had dual affiliation back then (a la Nebraska Wesleyan until a couple of years ago), but they declared for NAIA. They regularly appeared in the NAIA District 20 playoffs during that era. In 1978-79, for instance, the Red Devils lost to St. Xavier in the District 20 playoffs, in 1980-81 and 1981-82 their season was ended in the district playoffs by Quincy, and in 1982-83 it was Illinois Wesleyan (likewise a dual D3/NAIA member) that ousted Eureka from the District 20 playoffs. Eureka did finally break through and win the NAIA District 20 title in 1986-87, moving on to the NAIA national tourney (where they lost in the first round by 31 points to Auburn-Montgomery), and the Red Devils would win two more NAIA District 20 titles after the NAIA split into two divisions, winning the NAIA-D2 district title in 1991-92 (and then losing to George Fox in the national tourney opener) and in 1992-93 (beating Tarleton State and losing to Northwest Nazarene in the national tourney).

The district qualification era of NAIA then ended, and Eureka won the 1993-94 NAIA-D2 national championship, beating Northern State in the national title game, 98-95, and finishing the season with a 27-4 record.  Then head coach Dave Darnall left, the program went into decline, and two years later the school joined the NIIC (one of the two precursor leagues to what is now the NACC).

For some reason, Eureka didn't play in the postseason in 1979-80, in spite of the fact that the Red Devils posted a very good 21-5 record. Perhaps the school elected not to send the team to the playoffs that year for some reason (schools had to pay their own way in the NAIA playoffs, so that might've had something to do with it).  But I am certain that if Eureka was indeed a dual member, that the Red Devils declared for NAIA that year -- because, as I indicated, they were a mainstay of NAIA District 20 play back then.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 02:16:58 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 01, 2018, 01:58:57 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 01:35:15 PM
Ok, so we're up to:

Belt Path

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton
          King's
          TCNJ (non-champion)
1978 - TCNJ
          Upsala
          Widener
          North Park
1979 - North Park
          Augustana
          Carthage
          Millikin (non-champion)
1980 - Millikin
          Eureka (non-champion)
1981 - Eureka
          Millikin
          Illinois Wesleyan
          Augustana
          North Park
          Augustana
          Potsdam State
1982 - Potsdam State
          Clarkson
          St. Lawrence
          Widener
          Franklin & Marshall
          Dickinson
          McDaniel
          Muhlenberg
          Dickinson
          Franklin & Marshall
          Widener
          Ursinus
          Potsdam State
          Wabash
1983 - Wabash

I'll take some help here, too - lots of familiar schools on this list, not sure which is the first loss to a d3 school. I don't believe Earlham was d3 then.

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/C/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1983_747_Wabash%20College.pdf

From what I'm able to gather, Earlham was part of the Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference in 1983, which from what I can tell was an NCAA conference (I think the ancestor of the HCAC).

the Hoosier - Buckeye was NAIA. The last champs were Findlay. Wilmington, Anderson, and Hanover were part of it and they were NAIA in that era.

I started at Wabash in fall 1984 and lived in C'ville.

Of those losses for Wabash (in order):

Earlham - NAIA
Marian - NAIA
Belmont - NAIA
Lipscomb - NAIA
Indiana Central - Either NAIA or D2 then
Rose Hulman - NCAA

So I think Rose Hulman is next up.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 02:21:19 PM
So, modified to correct my Eureka mistake.

Ok, so we're up to:

Belt Path

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton
          King's
          TCNJ (non-champion)
1978 - TCNJ
          Upsala
          Widener
          North Park
1979 - North Park
          Augustana
          Carthage
          Millikin (non-champion)
1980 - Millikin
          Carthage
          Beloit
          Monmouth
          Cornell
          Luther
          Dubuque
          Simpson

Unfortunately, Simpson's 1979-80 season stats are missing - both from the NCAA and their own site.  We'll have to do some digging and I've wasted way too much time on it today.  I'm going to keep the Potsdam State stuff below, since I did that work already, but we'll have to fill in the end of 1980 and most of 1981, if we can.


1982 - Potsdam State
          Clarkson
          St. Lawrence
          Widener
          Franklin & Marshall
          Dickinson
          McDaniel
          Muhlenberg
          Dickinson
          Franklin & Marshall
          Widener
          Ursinus
          Potsdam State
          Wabash
1983 - Wabash

I'll take some help here, too - lots of familiar schools on this list, not sure which is the first loss to a d3 school. I don't believe Earlham was d3 then.

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/C/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1983_747_Wabash%20College.pdf
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 01, 2018, 02:30:14 PM
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Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 02:37:54 PM
Earlham jumped back into the NCAA in 1983-84.

I found the RHIT site that had the 1982-83 schedule.

After beating Wabash, their next loss was to Southwestern (TN) - which is now Rhodes. They were NAIA then.

Then they lost to DePauw, which was D3

So the next branch is DePauw in 1983.

DePauw did not lose again in 1983.

In 1983-84 - DePauw lost to Butler (NO), Valpo (NO), IUPUI (NO), then Wabash. So it went back to the Little Giants.

In 1984-85 (my freshman year, hooray!) - We lost to Taylor (NO), Mesa (NO), Abilene Christian (NO), Regis (NO), then DePauw again.

Back to DePauw - their next loss was to Washington U, but their 1984-85 records are missing from the  NCAA site. So...that's where I end.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 01, 2018, 02:41:24 PM
Wow. And I thought I spent too much time on D3hoops related stuff! Although, this is The BeltTM we're talking about.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 02:41:41 PM
1982 - Potsdam State
          Clarkson
          St. Lawrence
          Widener
          Franklin & Marshall
          Dickinson
          McDaniel
          Muhlenberg
          Dickinson
          Franklin & Marshall
          Widener
          Ursinus
          Potsdam State
          Wabash
1983 - Wabash
          Rose Hulman
          DePauw (non champ)
1984 - DePauw
          Wabash (non champ)
1985 - Wabash
            DePauw
           Wash U
     
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 02:43:59 PM

We probably shouldn't go too far with the end of the run until we've got the Simpsons part worked out.  If the Belt ended up not heading to the tournament, none of the rest of those will matter much.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 02:47:55 PM
I'm sussing out Simpson by using the other conference members. That was game 15 for Dubuque.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 02:50:26 PM
Quote from: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 02:47:55 PM
I'm sussing out Simpson by using the other conference members. That was game 15 for Dubuque.

That was my strategy, but it felt daunting after all the other work today.  Good on you.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 03:00:20 PM
My best guess:

Wartburg beat Simpson on game 16 of Wartburg's season - I'm assuming that's right after the Simpson / Dubuque game

So:

1980 - Millikin
          Carthage
          Beloit
          Monmouth
          Cornell
          Luther
          Dubuque
          Simpson
         Wartburg
         Buena Vista
         Upper Iowa
         Wartburg
         Central
         Luther (Non Champ)

1981 Luther

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 03:06:06 PM
Quote from: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 03:00:20 PM
My best guess:

Wartburg beat Simpson on game 16 of Wartburg's season - I'm assuming that's right after the Simpson / Dubuque game

So:

1980 - Millikin
          Carthage
          Beloit
          Monmouth
          Cornell
          Luther
          Dubuque
          Simpson
         Wartburg
         Buena Vista
         Upper Iowa
         Wartburg
         Central
         Luther (Non Champ)

1981 Luther

Are you filling in 1981, or should I?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 03:40:51 PM
Belt Path

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton
          King's
          TCNJ (non-champion)
1978 - TCNJ
          Upsala
          Widener
          North Park
1979 - North Park
          Augustana
          Carthage
          Millikin (non-champion)
1980 - Millikin
          Carthage
          Beloit
          Monmouth
          Cornell
          Luther
          Dubuque
          Simpson
          Wartburg
          Buena Vista
          Upper Iowa
          Wartburg
          Central
          Luther (non-champion)
1981 - Luther
          Augustana
          North Park
          Augustana
          Potsdam State
1982 - Potsdam State
          Clarkson
          St. Lawrence
          Widener
          Franklin & Marshall
          Dickinson
          McDaniel
          Muhlenberg
          Dickinson
          Franklin & Marshall
          Widener
          Ursinus
          Potsdam State
          Wabash
1983 - Wabash
          Rose Hulman
          DePauw (non-champion)
1984 - DePauw
          Wabash (non-champion)
1985 - Wabash
            DePauw
           Wash U

I can't immediately find the WashU schedule from that year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 03:55:53 PM
1985
Wabash
DePauw
Washington (MO)
Rose-Hulman
Sewanee
Centre
Earlham (non-champion)

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 03:57:21 PM

Not to throw a wrench in, but McKendree was never a d3 school, right?  Or did I screw that up somewhere?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 04:08:39 PM
1986
Earlham
Rhodes
Centre
LeMoyne-Owen
SUNY Potsdam

1987
SUNY Potsdam
Clark
North Park

1988
North Park
Aurora
Augustana
Central
Loras
Simpson
Dubuque
Nebraska Wesleyan
Ohio Wesleyan
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 04:08:57 PM
Sorry, my wife and I had to go to lunch!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 04:09:27 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 03:57:21 PM

Not to throw a wrench in, but McKendree was never a d3 school, right?  Or did I screw that up somewhere?

McKendree's never been a D3 school. It was NAIA for generations, then moved to D2 within the past ten years.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 04:09:56 PM
Quote from: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 04:08:57 PM
Sorry, my wife and I had to go to lunch!

No prob. I can take it from here, I think. Slow day at work.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 04:11:54 PM

Wow, I really thought this would take longer.  Pretty cool.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 04:13:33 PM
The NCAA stat archive is great. I've found a new rabbit hole.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: hopefan on March 01, 2018, 04:14:49 PM
FUN RESEARCH!!!!   I kinda wish there had been a little more to each line... ie date, score.... but will be fun to summarize all the data when completed  ie multiple time schools etc...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 01, 2018, 04:41:25 PM
I'm gonna have to seriously update the map when all this is said and done...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 04:56:36 PM
1989
Ohio Wesleyan
Grove City
Mount Union
Otterbein
Capital
Wittenberg
Otterbein
UW-Whitewater

1990
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

1991
UW-Whitewater
UW-Oshkosh
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

1992
UW-Whitewater
UW-Platteville
Rochester
Calvin

1993
Calvin
Albion
Kalamazoo
Hope
Calvin
Ohio Northern

1994
Ohio Northern
Baldwin Wallace
John Carroll
Ohio Northern
Heidelberg
John Carroll
Mount Union
Muskingum
Otterbein
John Carroll
Heidelberg
Otterbein
Washington & Jefferson
Wittenberg
Lebanon Valley

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 01, 2018, 05:07:58 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 11:53:41 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 07:22:33 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 06:44:04 AM
Quote from: ronk on March 01, 2018, 01:18:29 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 12:23:36 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 12:02:30 AM
LeMoyne-Owen only played two games against D3 opponents that season -- interestingly enough, they were the last two games of the season. The Magicians lost to Transylvania, 112-92, and beat Sewanee, 87-86. (Transylvania was a D3 program into the mid-'80s, switched over to NAIA, and then came back into the D3 fold about a decade and a half ago.)

Almost all of the rest of LeMoyne-Owen's schedule was played against NAIA opponents, although I think that a couple of those opponents may have been NCAA D2 already at that point. Most of them belonged to the Volunteer State Athletic Conference, of which LeMoyne-Owen was the only member that held NCAA D3 affiliation; all of the rest of the VSAC schools were NAIA at the time.


Alright, so here we go, LeMoyne-Owen had the belt through most of 1976, then lost it to Transy in the NCAA Tournament.  They lost it the next game to Miles, who lost it to Wittenberg, who lost it to Scranton in the NCAA Final.

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton


Greg's got to redo his magic here - Scranton lost to St. Francis (NY), Bucknell, Army, and Philadelphia Textile, before dropping a game to Kings - from cross checking, I discovered this is, in fact, King's NY and not the current d3 Kings's (in PA).  Not confident any of those schools were d3.  What do you have for us, Sager? - http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/E/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1977_633_University%20of%20Scranton.pdf

No, it was Kings of PA; the archive for both teams has Kings over Scranton 61-58 on 1/29/77, so we just have to find out whom Kings lost to after that date.
Phil Textile was D2 and the others, D1. Incidentally, that '77 Army team was coached by Coach K and he won only in OT after losing the year before. So, Coach K was only 1-1 against Scranton and we're probably the only team that he doesn't have a winning record against in his career.

The NCAA has the whole season categorized under the wrong name, then - which, as well know, is not too surprising.

I double checked, it is filed under the wrong school.  It's definitely King's PA.  They lost, the rest of the year, to E Stroudsburg, St. Joe's, Niagra, Textile, and Trenton.  Trenton is now TCNJ and d3, but I want to double check that none of the others were back then. thoughts?

Niagara and St. Joe's were, and are, D1. Philadelphia Textile (now Thomas Jefferson University) was and is D2, and, as you pointed out, Trenton State College is now TCNJ and is a charter member of D3.

But this is where I lost the thread the first time that I tried this exercise, lo, all those seasons ago, because of East Stroudsburg State College (now East Stroudsburg University). The problem here is that the PSAC (Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference) didn't mandate a specific NCAA divisional membership for its members until 1980, when the league voted to classify the entire membership as D2. I know for a fact that at least five PSAC schools (Lock Haven, Slippery Rock, Millersville, Kutztown, and Mansfield) were D3 in at least some sports until 1980, and possibly more of them were as well -- including, for all I know, East Stroudsburg. And I was unable to track down any info on East Stroudsburg's late-'70s affiliation anywhere on the Internet. Ronk, you say that East Stroudsburg was D2 in the late '70s. Do you know that for certain? That would clear a lot of things up, but neither the school nor the PSAC (nor anyone else online) has anything definitive about the Warriors' affiliation during the Carter Administration.

If East Stroudsburg was a D3 member in 1976-77, then it lost to Mansfield immediately after beating King's (PA), which would've shifted The BeltTM over to Mansfield. The Mounties would've given it back to East Stroudsburg the next season, which in turn would've turned it back over to King's (PA) in the middle of the 1977-78 season. In other words, that puts us on a completely different BeltTM track than the track that has TCNJ possessing Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM the previous season after taking it from King's (PA).

No, I don't know for certain that they were D2 then. Scranton used to play them in the regular season for convenience(only 40 mins away), so that doesn't definitively say D2 or D3. Scranton did play Mansfield('75) and Slippery Rock('78)(the same conference as East Stroudsburg) in the NCAA tourney, so that part of your statement about being D3 at that time is true. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 01, 2018, 05:08:13 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 04:56:36 PM
1990
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

1991
UW-Whitewater
UW-Oshkosh
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

I guess the part that confuses me is looking at Whitewater's record from those years and seeing them still hold The BeltTM. The '89-'90 Warhawks went 8-8 in their own conference that year, so was the rest of the Division all non-D3? The '91 records don't make a ton of sense either, since according to both Whitewater and the WIAC, they lost both of their games to Oshkosh that season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 01, 2018, 05:19:46 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 01:14:25 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 07:46:39 AM
Assuming TCNJ was the one to take it, here's the updated path:

Belt Path

1975 - LeMoyne-Owen
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen
          Transylvania
          Miles
          Wittenberg
          Scranton
1977 - Scranton
          King's
          TCNJ (non-champion)
1978 - TCNJ
          Upsala


This is where we might be in trouble (unless Rider of Sacred Heart were d3 then).  The NCAA doesn't have Upsala's schedule for 1977-78 and Upsala doesn't exist anymore.  I know they were definitely d3 shortly after this, so I assume they were d3 that year.

Rider was never D3. Upsala was a charter member of D3, and remained a D3 school until the institution folded in '95.

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 07:46:39 AMHowever, it appears that Augustana, in Rock Island, Il, retains all physical records of Upsala College (unless it's an entirely different Upsala, which is also possible). So if someone nearby wants to go to the Upsala "college history records," Box 1a, folder 3, there may be schedules there (according to the online table of contents).

It's the same Upsala. As augie77 noted, both Augustana and Upsala were affiliate institutions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (Augie is still affiliated with ELCA to this day) and were among the five colleges founded by Swedish immigrants that were still in existence in the late 20th century (the others being North Park, Gustavus Adolphus, and Bethany (KS)).

Quote from: ronk on March 01, 2018, 10:32:58 AM
Upsala was definitely D3; they were in Scranton's conference, the MAC and we played them 2 weeks after that loss to Kings..

Upsala had a very good men's basketball program; the Vikings went 13-10 in eight D3 tourney appearances between 1978 and 1986. The Vikings were the national runner-up to North Park in 1980, the last year of North Park's threepeat national championship dynasty. I saw that championship game, and Upsala had a couple of really outstanding players in forward Steve Keenan and diminutive PG Elonya "Tiny" Green. (Dick Vitale was the color commentator on ESPN for that game, and he spent about 90% of his airtime talking about Upsala, to the chagrin of North Park fans, because Vitale's a Jersey guy and he knew pretty much each and every high-school coach who had an alumnus that played for Upsala.) Upsala got back to the Final Four again in 1984, finishing fourth in the nation.

Upsala was sanctioned by the NCAA in 1990 for having men's basketball players who didn't pay tuition; the program was put on probation for five years, and the school closed just before the Vikings would've been restored to postseason eligibility.

Quote from: augie77 on March 01, 2018, 10:50:21 AM
With blue and gold colors?  Like both Augustana Vikings (Illinois and South Dakota), and the North Park Vikings--all patterned after the Swedish flag?

Only two of the Swedish-immigrant colleges, North Park and Bethany (KS), actually use the colors of the Swedish flag (royal blue and gold) as their school colors. Augustana is navy blue and gold, Gustavus Adolphus is black and gold, and if I recall correctly, Upsala was royal blue and white.

The D2 school in South Dakota called Augustana University is Norwegian in heritage, not Swedish, in spite of the fact that the school's colors are Swedish (royal blue and gold). It was formed when the Swedish and Norwegian Lutheran immigrants who founded the original Augustana College decided that they couldn't get along and split the school, with the Swedes staying in Rock Island and the Norwegians moving first to Marshall, WI and then to Minneapolis and to Canton, SD before finally planting the campus in Sioux Falls, where it remains to this day.

Tiny Green is currently a basketball skills trainer in the Jersey Shore area of NJ and very knowledgeable of the high school girls talent there, having worked with a lot of the D1 players from there.
  The father of one of my current prospects from that area was wearing an Upsala shirt 2 summers ago at a high school tourney. Talked with him about the old days(he played in the '80s, I think); could probably contact him indirectly about Upsala info. His daughter just announced for Muhlenberg a week ago.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 01, 2018, 05:23:24 PM
Quote from: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 02:37:54 PM
Earlham jumped back into the NCAA in 1983-84.

I found the RHIT site that had the 1982-83 schedule.

After beating Wabash, their next loss was to Southwestern (TN) - which is now Rhodes. They were NAIA then.

Then they lost to DePauw, which was D3

So the next branch is DePauw in 1983.

DePauw did not lose again in 1983.

In 1983-84 - DePauw lost to Butler (NO), Valpo (NO), IUPUI (NO), then Wabash. So it went back to the Little Giants.

In 1984-85 (my freshman year, hooray!) - We lost to Taylor (NO), Mesa (NO), Abilene Christian (NO), Regis (NO), then DePauw again.

Back to DePauw - their next loss was to Washington U, but their 1984-85 records are missing from the  NCAA site. So...that's where I end.

Depauw must not have made it to the tourney in '83 because Scranton won it again in '83.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 01, 2018, 05:29:21 PM
Quote from: ronk on March 01, 2018, 05:23:24 PM
Quote from: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 02:37:54 PM
Earlham jumped back into the NCAA in 1983-84.

I found the RHIT site that had the 1982-83 schedule.

After beating Wabash, their next loss was to Southwestern (TN) - which is now Rhodes. They were NAIA then.

Then they lost to DePauw, which was D3

So the next branch is DePauw in 1983.

DePauw did not lose again in 1983.

In 1983-84 - DePauw lost to Butler (NO), Valpo (NO), IUPUI (NO), then Wabash. So it went back to the Little Giants.

In 1984-85 (my freshman year, hooray!) - We lost to Taylor (NO), Mesa (NO), Abilene Christian (NO), Regis (NO), then DePauw again.

Back to DePauw - their next loss was to Washington U, but their 1984-85 records are missing from the  NCAA site. So...that's where I end.

Depauw must not have made it to the tourney in '83 because Scranton won it again in '83.

There's a lot of that when your tournament is 40 teams.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 05:46:15 PM
1995
Lebanon Valley
Widener
Moravian
Widener
Wilkes
Lebanon Valley
Goucher
Wilkes
Trinity (CT)
UW-Platteville

1996
UW-Platteville
UW-Oshkosh
Gustavus Adolphus
Wittenberg
Hope
Rowan

1997
Rowan
William Paterson
Richard Stockton
Williams
Nebraska Wesleyan
Illinois Wesleyan

1998
Illinois Wesleyan
DePauw
Franklin
Eureka
Rose-Hulman
Buffalo State
Widener
Wilkes
Scranton
Delaware Valley
Lycoming
Drew
Albright
Elizabethtown
Juniata
Susquehanna
Wilkes
Hope
UW-Platteville
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 05:49:11 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 01, 2018, 05:08:13 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 04:56:36 PM
1990
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

1991
UW-Whitewater
UW-Oshkosh
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

I guess the part that confuses me is looking at Whitewater's record from those years and seeing them still hold The BeltTM. The '89-'90 Warhawks went 8-8 in their own conference that year, so was the rest of the Division all non-D3? The '91 records don't make a ton of sense either, since according to both Whitewater and the WIAC, they lost both of their games to Oshkosh that season.
Quote from: lmitzel on March 01, 2018, 05:08:13 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 04:56:36 PM
1990
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

1991
UW-Whitewater
UW-Oshkosh
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

I guess the part that confuses me is looking at Whitewater's record from those years and seeing them still hold The BeltTM. The '89-'90 Warhawks went 8-8 in their own conference that year, so was the rest of the Division all non-D3? The '91 records don't make a ton of sense either, since according to both Whitewater and the WIAC, they lost both of their games to Oshkosh that season.

(Sigh.) You're right. I'll go back and correct the path. I hope that it converges pretty quickly with the one I've already laid out.

UWW was for quite some time the only WSUC (that's what the WIAC used to call itself on the men's side) program that was D3. The rest were dual affilaites that annually declared for NAIA. A couple of the schools joined UWW in D3 (UW-Oshkosh and UW-Platteville) before the league as a whole moved over to D3 in 1993-94.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 06:04:23 PM
It didn't turn out to be too bad of a detour. And my alma mater got another turn with The BeltTM, which was nice.

1989
Ohio Wesleyan
Grove City
Mount Union
Otterbein
Capital
Wittenberg
Otterbein
UW-Whitewater

1990
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

1991
UW-Whitewater
UW-Oshkosh (non-champion)

1992
UW-Oshkosh
St. Norbert
Wheaton
North Park
Augustana
Illinois Wesleyan
Elmhurst
Illinois Wesleyan
Maryville
UW-Platteville
Rochester
Calvin

1993
Calvin
Albion
Kalamazoo
Hope
Calvin
Ohio Northern

1994
Ohio Northern
Baldwin Wallace
John Carroll
Ohio Northern
Heidelberg
John Carroll
Mount Union
Muskingum
Otterbein
John Carroll
Heidelberg
Otterbein
Washington & Jefferson
Wittenberg
Lebanon Valley

1995
Lebanon Valley
Widener
Moravian
Widener
Wilkes
Lebanon Valley
Goucher
Wilkes
Trinity (CT)
UW-Platteville

1996
UW-Platteville
UW-Oshkosh
Gustavus Adolphus
Wittenberg
Hope
Rowan

1997
Rowan
William Paterson
Richard Stockton
Williams
Nebraska Wesleyan
Illinois Wesleyan

1998
Illinois Wesleyan
DePauw
Franklin
Eureka
Rose-Hulman
Buffalo State
Widener
Wilkes
Scranton
Delaware Valley
Lycoming
Drew
Albright
Elizabethtown
Juniata
Susquehanna
Wilkes
Hope
UW-Platteville
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 06:29:06 PM
1999
UW-Platteville
UW-Eau Claire
UW-Oshkosh
UW-Stout
UW-Platteville

2000
UW-Platteville
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Superior
UW-Whitewater
UW-Eau Claire
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Eau Claire
Calvin
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 06:51:15 PM
Quote from: hopefan on March 01, 2018, 04:14:49 PM
FUN RESEARCH!!!!   I kinda wish there had been a little more to each line... ie date, score.... but will be fun to summarize all the data when completed  ie multiple time schools etc...

Date may be a tough one. I had to use game numbers to reconstruct the IIAC path out of Simpson in 1979-80.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 07:04:33 PM

Quote
1990
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

1991
UW-Whitewater
UW-Oshkosh (non-champion)


I thought we may have had a detour but I saw that Oshkosh declared NAIA in 1990 and lost to Viterbo in the District.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 01, 2018, 08:12:29 PM
I have to go back 6 or 7 pages to find mention of this years BeltTm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 01, 2018, 08:14:01 PM
(https://karlamclaren.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/weasel-295x300.jpg)

Excuse me but did anyone bother to file the 10 year extension for the trademark?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 08:36:30 PM
Quote from: sac on March 01, 2018, 08:12:29 PM
I have to go back 6 or 7 pages to find mention of this years BeltTm

York has it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 09:23:02 PM
Quote from: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 06:51:15 PM
Quote from: hopefan on March 01, 2018, 04:14:49 PM
FUN RESEARCH!!!!   I kinda wish there had been a little more to each line... ie date, score.... but will be fun to summarize all the data when completed  ie multiple time schools etc...

Date may be a tough one. I had to use game numbers to reconstruct the IIAC path out of Simpson in 1979-80.

I had to do the same thing with Moravian in 1994-95. The coach or SID who was supposed to fill out the sheets only filled out the stat sheet; he didn't fill out the schedule sheet as well. I had to print out all of the rest of the MAC Commonwealth's schedule sheets and then reconstruct the path via game numbers.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 09:27:44 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 09:23:02 PM
Quote from: smedindy on March 01, 2018, 06:51:15 PM
Quote from: hopefan on March 01, 2018, 04:14:49 PM
FUN RESEARCH!!!!   I kinda wish there had been a little more to each line... ie date, score.... but will be fun to summarize all the data when completed  ie multiple time schools etc...

Date may be a tough one. I had to use game numbers to reconstruct the IIAC path out of Simpson in 1979-80.

I had to do the same thing with Moravian in 1994-95. The coach or SID who was supposed to fill out the sheets only filled out the stat sheet; he didn't fill out the schedule sheet as well. I had to print out all of the rest of the MAC Commonwealth's schedule sheets and then reconstruct the path via game numbers.

The Upsala stuff was a mess, but luckily the MAC media relations guy is as much of a research nerd as the rest of us.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 10:09:55 PM
2001
Calvin
Chicago
Wooster
Savannah Art & Design
Methodist
Lincoln (PA)
St. John Fisher
Nazareth
Rochester
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY Potsdam
SUNY Brockport
SUNY Poly
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY New Paltz
SUNY Brockport
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY Oswego (non-champion)

2002
SUNY Oswego
St. Lawrence
Christopher Newport
Randolph-Macon
Emory & Henry
Virginia Wesleyan
Emory & Henry
Hampden-Sydney
Catholic
Clark
Elizabethtown
Otterbein

2003
Otterbein
Savannah Art & Design
Methodist
Defiance
Mt. St. Joseph
Manchester
Anderson
Bluffton
Franklin
Anderson
Hanover
Gustavus Adolphus
Williams

2004
Williams
Amherst
Williams
UW-Stevens Point

2005
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Whitewater
UW-Eau Claire
UW-Stout
UW-Platteville
UW-River Falls
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Oshkosh
UW-Stevens Point

2006
UW-Stevens Point
Lakeland
Wisconsin Lutheran
Dominican
Southwestern
Trinity (TX)
Rhodes
DePauw
UW-Whitewater
Illinois Wesleyan
Virginia Wesleyan

... and that will bring us back to 'Do'.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 10:14:43 PM

We did it!!! Full Belt path complete.



Tomorrow, the women.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 01, 2018, 10:16:18 PM
Warms my heart to know Cazzie Russell achieved the highest honor in basketball by holding The BeltTm

Quote2001
Wooster
Savannah Art & Design
Methodist

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbentley.umich.edu%2Fathdept%2Fimages%2Fcazzier.jpg&hash=bc039a0c3218af977cb80e76723257f4a75a508d)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 01, 2018, 10:19:44 PM
Also, well done everyone.  Bravo.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpixel.nymag.com%2Fimgs%2Fdaily%2Fvulture%2F2015%2Fgifs%2Fleo-toast-9.w529.h352.gif&hash=034bad44caa49b576397162e004bee218d65cdc3)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on March 01, 2018, 11:05:16 PM
Good job guys. That was fun. Two thumbs up. 👍👍
I started following this board at page 19(10 years ago). It took 5 pages today to get 20 years updated.  :) Dilly Dilly!!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 01, 2018, 11:37:31 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 06:29:06 PM


2000
UW-Platteville
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Superior
UW-Whitewater
UW-Eau Claire
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Eau Claire
Calvin
Oh shucks!  I did not know that McMurry was playing for The BeltTM in the Elite 8 Game in the 2000 Playoffs!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 01, 2018, 11:53:37 PM
With apologies to Winston Churchill:  Never in the field of D3 trivia has so much been owed by so many to so few.

You guys may not be the RAF, but good on ya. ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 02, 2018, 12:59:00 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 01, 2018, 11:37:31 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 06:29:06 PM


2000
UW-Platteville
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Superior
UW-Whitewater
UW-Eau Claire
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Eau Claire
Calvin
Oh shucks!  I did not know that McMurry was playing for The BeltTM in the Elite 8 Game in the 2000 Playoffs!

No one should be subjected to such pressure, Ralph.  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 02, 2018, 01:06:29 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 10:09:55 PM
2001
Calvin
Chicago
Wooster
Savannah Art & Design
Methodist
Lincoln (PA)
St. John Fisher
Nazareth
Rochester
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY Potsdam
SUNY Brockport
SUNY Poly
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY New Paltz
SUNY Brockport
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY Oswego (non-champion)

2002
SUNY Oswego
St. Lawrence
Christopher Newport
Randolph-Macon
Emory & Henry
Virginia Wesleyan
Emory & Henry
Hampden-Sydney
Catholic
Clark
Elizabethtown
Otterbein

2003
Otterbein
Savannah Art & Design
Methodist
Defiance
Mt. St. Joseph
Manchester
Anderson
Bluffton
Franklin
Anderson
Hanover
Gustavus Adolphus
Williams

2004
Williams
Amherst
Williams
UW-Stevens Point

2005
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Whitewater
UW-Eau Claire
UW-Stout
UW-Platteville
UW-River Falls
UW-Stevens Point
UW-Oshkosh
UW-Stevens Point

2006
UW-Stevens Point
Lakeland
Wisconsin Lutheran
Dominican
Southwestern
Trinity (TX)
Rhodes
DePauw
UW-Whitewater
Illinois Wesleyan
Virginia Wesleyan

... and that will bring us back to 'Do'.


Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 06:04:23 PM
It didn't turn out to be too bad of a detour. And my alma mater got another turn with The BeltTM, which was nice.

1989
Ohio Wesleyan
Grove City
Mount Union
Otterbein
Capital
Wittenberg
Otterbein
UW-Whitewater

1990
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

1991
UW-Whitewater
UW-Oshkosh (non-champion)

1992
UW-Oshkosh
St. Norbert
Wheaton
North Park
Augustana
Illinois Wesleyan
Elmhurst
Illinois Wesleyan
Maryville
UW-Platteville
Rochester
Calvin

1993
Calvin
Albion
Kalamazoo
Hope
Calvin
Ohio Northern

1994
Ohio Northern
Baldwin Wallace
John Carroll
Ohio Northern
Heidelberg
John Carroll
Mount Union
Muskingum
Otterbein
John Carroll
Heidelberg
Otterbein
Washington & Jefferson
Wittenberg
Lebanon Valley

1995
Lebanon Valley
Widener
Moravian
Widener
Wilkes
Lebanon Valley
Goucher
Wilkes
Trinity (CT)
UW-Platteville

1996
UW-Platteville
UW-Oshkosh
Gustavus Adolphus
Wittenberg
Hope
Rowan

1997
Rowan
William Paterson
Richard Stockton
Williams
Nebraska Wesleyan
Illinois Wesleyan

1998
Illinois Wesleyan
DePauw
Franklin
Eureka
Rose-Hulman
Buffalo State
Widener
Wilkes
Scranton
Delaware Valley
Lycoming
Drew
Albright
Elizabethtown
Juniata
Susquehanna

Wilkes
Hope
UW-Platteville

It looks like every member of the current Landmark Conference has been a holder of The Belt; can any other conference make that claim?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 02, 2018, 01:22:45 AM
I've called a lot of belt games, but wasn't aware the Catholic/Hampden-Sydney second-round game was one of them!  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 02, 2018, 07:44:01 AM

I've got the whole Belt path copied into one document now.  I have a little formatting to do, but I'll post it later - at least through 2017.  I'll add each year at the end of the season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 02, 2018, 09:14:07 AM
+K's all around! Once the full list gets posted, I'll update the map.

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 01, 2018, 10:14:43 PM
Tomorrow, the women.

We should be up to date from whenever the Diva BeltTM thread started to now. I'm just hoping that 1983 will give NCC some love in that department.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 02, 2018, 10:38:16 AM
I'm not sure if these are tears of joy or sadness.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2018, 11:06:41 AM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 02, 2018, 01:22:45 AM
I've called a lot of belt games, but wasn't aware the Catholic/Hampden-Sydney second-round game was one of them!  ;D

Turns out in retrospect that there was a whole pile of BeltTM games that I've attended over the years, games at which I had no idea that possession of a traveling totem of supernatural powers was on the line.

I think that we can look back across the decades and call yesterday's completed chain "The BeltTM -- The Stealth Years".

Quote from: sac on March 01, 2018, 10:16:18 PM
Warms my heart to know Cazzie Russell achieved the highest honor in basketball by holding The BeltTm

Quote2001
Wooster
Savannah Art & Design
Methodist

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbentley.umich.edu%2Fathdept%2Fimages%2Fcazzier.jpg&hash=bc039a0c3218af977cb80e76723257f4a75a508d)

Had we only known at the time, we could've had The TowelTM made for Cazzie to go with The BeltTM. (When Cazzie coached, he used to drape a towel across his shoulders during games, a la John Thompson.) Sadly, although SCAD still offers 22 sports at the NAIA level, men's basketball is no longer among them.

Quote from: Just Bill on March 02, 2018, 10:38:16 AM
I'm not sure if these are tears of joy or sadness.

For me, they're tears of frustration, because we still haven't resolved the East Stroudsburg issue that kept me from finishing this project back when I first started it several years ago. But at least now we have one plausible timeline for The BeltTM laid out, so this is something that people can enjoy (weird people like you and me, that is).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on March 02, 2018, 01:48:33 PM
East Stroudsburg '78-'79... here's what I was able to find (not sure if this gets us anywhere)...


https://static.psacsports.org/custompages/mbball/Year-by-Year%20Men's%20Basketball%20PSAC%20Champions.pdf?path=mbball

They were 4-8 in the league, 12-15 Overall


Don Bones was included in the NCAA ranking history sheet at ESU:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/PSAC%20individual%20rankings%20-%20MBB.pdf

1978-79 Scoring Don Bones t-39 19.8 points/game
FT % Don Bones 17 .854 (76 for 89)


Don Bones was Honorable Mention NABC KODAK All-America in both 1980 and 1981:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/Postseason%20Honors.pdf

Confirmed this is D-II

http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20140325/Sports/403250303


So in '79-'80 and '80-'81, they were D-II and in the NCAA (in some way shape or form) in '78-'79.  Is that close enough?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 02, 2018, 02:50:23 PM
Back to the 2018 BeltTM Path, YorkPa just knocked off Yeshiva 81-67 and retains possession of The BeltTM.

YorkPa also avoids some not so great company in BeltTM history:

Quote from: lmitzel on April 02, 2017, 04:00:55 PM
One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '15 Augustana
Champion: None
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2018, 02:56:13 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on March 02, 2018, 01:48:33 PM
East Stroudsburg '78-'79... here's what I was able to find (not sure if this gets us anywhere)...


https://static.psacsports.org/custompages/mbball/Year-by-Year%20Men's%20Basketball%20PSAC%20Champions.pdf?path=mbball

They were 4-8 in the league, 12-15 Overall


Don Bones was included in the NCAA ranking history sheet at ESU:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/PSAC%20individual%20rankings%20-%20MBB.pdf

1978-79 Scoring Don Bones t-39 19.8 points/game
FT % Don Bones 17 .854 (76 for 89)


Don Bones was Honorable Mention NABC KODAK All-America in both 1980 and 1981:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/Postseason%20Honors.pdf

Confirmed this is D-II

http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20140325/Sports/403250303


So in '79-'80 and '80-'81, they were D-II and in the NCAA (in some way shape or form) in '78-'79.  Is that close enough?

No, not really, since we're looking for the 1976-77 season. If we had an indication of D2 status for East Stroudsburg prior to that, as well as the info that we have that the Warriors were D2 subsequent to '76-'77, then we'd have pretty solid circumstantial evidence. Thanks, anyway.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: John Gleich on March 02, 2018, 04:25:35 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2018, 02:56:13 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on March 02, 2018, 01:48:33 PM
East Stroudsburg '78-'79... here's what I was able to find (not sure if this gets us anywhere)...


https://static.psacsports.org/custompages/mbball/Year-by-Year%20Men's%20Basketball%20PSAC%20Champions.pdf?path=mbball

They were 4-8 in the league, 12-15 Overall


Don Bones was included in the NCAA ranking history sheet at ESU:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/PSAC%20individual%20rankings%20-%20MBB.pdf

1978-79 Scoring Don Bones t-39 19.8 points/game
FT % Don Bones 17 .854 (76 for 89)


Don Bones was Honorable Mention NABC KODAK All-America in both 1980 and 1981:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/Postseason%20Honors.pdf

Confirmed this is D-II

http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20140325/Sports/403250303


So in '79-'80 and '80-'81, they were D-II and in the NCAA (in some way shape or form) in '78-'79.  Is that close enough?

No, not really, since we're looking for the 1976-77 season. If we had an indication of D2 status for East Stroudsburg prior to that, as well as the info that we have that the Warriors were D2 subsequent to '76-'77, then we'd have pretty solid circumstantial evidence. Thanks, anyway.

Crumb. I thought I was close.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 02, 2018, 04:26:56 PM

Yeshiva made a valiant effort, but York retains the Belt for tomorrow's matchup (challenger TBD).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 02, 2018, 05:30:34 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 02, 2018, 04:26:56 PM

Yeshiva made a valiant effort, but York retains the Belt for tomorrow's matchup (challenger TBD).

It'll be Hamilton, who beat Nazareth 86-72.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 03, 2018, 08:10:29 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2018, 02:56:13 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on March 02, 2018, 01:48:33 PM
East Stroudsburg '78-'79... here's what I was able to find (not sure if this gets us anywhere)...


https://static.psacsports.org/custompages/mbball/Year-by-Year%20Men's%20Basketball%20PSAC%20Champions.pdf?path=mbball

They were 4-8 in the league, 12-15 Overall


Don Bones was included in the NCAA ranking history sheet at ESU:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/PSAC%20individual%20rankings%20-%20MBB.pdf

1978-79 Scoring Don Bones t-39 19.8 points/game
FT % Don Bones 17 .854 (76 for 89)


Don Bones was Honorable Mention NABC KODAK All-America in both 1980 and 1981:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/Postseason%20Honors.pdf

Confirmed this is D-II

http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20140325/Sports/403250303


So in '79-'80 and '80-'81, they were D-II and in the NCAA (in some way shape or form) in '78-'79.  Is that close enough?

No, not really, since we're looking for the 1976-77 season. If we had an indication of D2 status for East Stroudsburg prior to that, as well as the info that we have that the Warriors were D2 subsequent to '76-'77, then we'd have pretty solid circumstantial evidence. Thanks, anyway.

All of these sparkly things are distracting me so I am not fully following this conversation... I have access to the Pocono Record (Stroudsburg newspaper) from 1962 through 1977.  What exactly are we looking to understand?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 03, 2018, 08:29:36 PM
Quote from: kiko on March 03, 2018, 08:10:29 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2018, 02:56:13 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on March 02, 2018, 01:48:33 PM
East Stroudsburg '78-'79... here's what I was able to find (not sure if this gets us anywhere)...


https://static.psacsports.org/custompages/mbball/Year-by-Year%20Men's%20Basketball%20PSAC%20Champions.pdf?path=mbball

They were 4-8 in the league, 12-15 Overall


Don Bones was included in the NCAA ranking history sheet at ESU:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/PSAC%20individual%20rankings%20-%20MBB.pdf

1978-79 Scoring Don Bones t-39 19.8 points/game
FT % Don Bones 17 .854 (76 for 89)


Don Bones was Honorable Mention NABC KODAK All-America in both 1980 and 1981:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/Postseason%20Honors.pdf

Confirmed this is D-II

http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20140325/Sports/403250303


So in '79-'80 and '80-'81, they were D-II and in the NCAA (in some way shape or form) in '78-'79.  Is that close enough?

No, not really, since we're looking for the 1976-77 season. If we had an indication of D2 status for East Stroudsburg prior to that, as well as the info that we have that the Warriors were D2 subsequent to '76-'77, then we'd have pretty solid circumstantial evidence. Thanks, anyway.

All of these sparkly things are distracting me so I am not fully following this conversation... I have access to the Pocono Record (Stroudsburg newspaper) from 1962 through 1977.  What exactly are we looking to understand?

We're looking to see if East Stroudsburg was a D3 school in 1977(or ever). All the PSAC schools were D2 starting in 1980, but some were D3 in the 1970s.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Caz Bombers on March 03, 2018, 08:56:30 PM
Lin Manuel Miranda claims The Belt!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 03, 2018, 10:22:32 PM
Quote from: ronk on March 03, 2018, 08:29:36 PM
Quote from: kiko on March 03, 2018, 08:10:29 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2018, 02:56:13 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on March 02, 2018, 01:48:33 PM
East Stroudsburg '78-'79... here's what I was able to find (not sure if this gets us anywhere)...


https://static.psacsports.org/custompages/mbball/Year-by-Year%20Men's%20Basketball%20PSAC%20Champions.pdf?path=mbball

They were 4-8 in the league, 12-15 Overall


Don Bones was included in the NCAA ranking history sheet at ESU:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/PSAC%20individual%20rankings%20-%20MBB.pdf

1978-79 Scoring Don Bones t-39 19.8 points/game
FT % Don Bones 17 .854 (76 for 89)


Don Bones was Honorable Mention NABC KODAK All-America in both 1980 and 1981:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/Postseason%20Honors.pdf

Confirmed this is D-II

http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20140325/Sports/403250303


So in '79-'80 and '80-'81, they were D-II and in the NCAA (in some way shape or form) in '78-'79.  Is that close enough?

No, not really, since we're looking for the 1976-77 season. If we had an indication of D2 status for East Stroudsburg prior to that, as well as the info that we have that the Warriors were D2 subsequent to '76-'77, then we'd have pretty solid circumstantial evidence. Thanks, anyway.

All of these sparkly things are distracting me so I am not fully following this conversation... I have access to the Pocono Record (Stroudsburg newspaper) from 1962 through 1977.  What exactly are we looking to understand?

We're looking to see if East Stroudsburg was a D3 school in 1977(or ever). All the PSAC schools were D2 starting in 1980, but some were D3 in the 1970s.

I did a cursory search -- they were D2 in football in 1976.  I'll see if I can find a basketball reference.

"Halfback Pete Radocha of East Stroudsburg State College still ranks in the top ten in the nation in scoring, according to the weekly NCAA Division II football statistics released Friday."

(This is what life was like before d3everything.com...)


Edit:
D2 in Cross Country as well...
Moved up from D2 to D1 in Wrestling in 1976.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 03, 2018, 10:40:26 PM
Quote from: ronk on March 03, 2018, 08:29:36 PM
Quote from: kiko on March 03, 2018, 08:10:29 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2018, 02:56:13 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on March 02, 2018, 01:48:33 PM
East Stroudsburg '78-'79... here's what I was able to find (not sure if this gets us anywhere)...


https://static.psacsports.org/custompages/mbball/Year-by-Year%20Men's%20Basketball%20PSAC%20Champions.pdf?path=mbball

They were 4-8 in the league, 12-15 Overall


Don Bones was included in the NCAA ranking history sheet at ESU:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/PSAC%20individual%20rankings%20-%20MBB.pdf

1978-79 Scoring Don Bones t-39 19.8 points/game
FT % Don Bones 17 .854 (76 for 89)


Don Bones was Honorable Mention NABC KODAK All-America in both 1980 and 1981:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/Postseason%20Honors.pdf

Confirmed this is D-II

http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20140325/Sports/403250303


So in '79-'80 and '80-'81, they were D-II and in the NCAA (in some way shape or form) in '78-'79.  Is that close enough?

No, not really, since we're looking for the 1976-77 season. If we had an indication of D2 status for East Stroudsburg prior to that, as well as the info that we have that the Warriors were D2 subsequent to '76-'77, then we'd have pretty solid circumstantial evidence. Thanks, anyway.

All of these sparkly things are distracting me so I am not fully following this conversation... I have access to the Pocono Record (Stroudsburg newspaper) from 1962 through 1977.  What exactly are we looking to understand?

We're looking to see if East Stroudsburg was a D3 school in 1977(or ever). All the PSAC schools were D2 starting in 1980, but some were D3 in the 1970s.

From the Pocono Record on January 11, 1977:

(blah blah blah)...

ESSC which dropped its eighth straight, was only 36 percent from the floor, 24 for 66.  Charlie Sapp was the team's best with six for 13 in a 13 point performance.

Sapp, a 6-3 freshman, was the nation's leader in free throw shooting in this week's NCAA Division II statistics with a 95.2 per cent mark on 20 free throws in 21 attempts.  His average will fall, however, as he was one for two from the line Monday night."


Do we need anything from an earlier carbon dating, or does this give us what we need?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 03, 2018, 10:42:23 PM
Quote from: kiko on March 03, 2018, 10:40:26 PM
Quote from: ronk on March 03, 2018, 08:29:36 PM
Quote from: kiko on March 03, 2018, 08:10:29 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2018, 02:56:13 PM
Quote from: John Gleich on March 02, 2018, 01:48:33 PM
East Stroudsburg '78-'79... here's what I was able to find (not sure if this gets us anywhere)...


https://static.psacsports.org/custompages/mbball/Year-by-Year%20Men's%20Basketball%20PSAC%20Champions.pdf?path=mbball

They were 4-8 in the league, 12-15 Overall


Don Bones was included in the NCAA ranking history sheet at ESU:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/PSAC%20individual%20rankings%20-%20MBB.pdf

1978-79 Scoring Don Bones t-39 19.8 points/game
FT % Don Bones 17 .854 (76 for 89)


Don Bones was Honorable Mention NABC KODAK All-America in both 1980 and 1981:

https://static.esuwarriors.com/custompages/MBB/Postseason%20Honors.pdf

Confirmed this is D-II

http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20140325/Sports/403250303


So in '79-'80 and '80-'81, they were D-II and in the NCAA (in some way shape or form) in '78-'79.  Is that close enough?

No, not really, since we're looking for the 1976-77 season. If we had an indication of D2 status for East Stroudsburg prior to that, as well as the info that we have that the Warriors were D2 subsequent to '76-'77, then we'd have pretty solid circumstantial evidence. Thanks, anyway.

All of these sparkly things are distracting me so I am not fully following this conversation... I have access to the Pocono Record (Stroudsburg newspaper) from 1962 through 1977.  What exactly are we looking to understand?

We're looking to see if East Stroudsburg was a D3 school in 1977(or ever). All the PSAC schools were D2 starting in 1980, but some were D3 in the 1970s.

From the Pocono Record on January 11, 1977:

(blah blah blah)...

ESSC which dropped its eighth straight, was only 36 percent from the floor, 24 for 66.  Charlie Sapp was the team's best with six for 13 in a 13 point performance.

Sapp, a 6-3 freshman, was the nation's leader in free throw shooting in this week's NCAA Division II statistics with a 95.2 per cent mark on 20 free throws in 21 attempts.  His average will fall, however, as he was one for two from the line Monday night."


Looks good enough for me; thanks for the effort.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2018, 10:42:52 PM
Thanks for verifying all of my hard work, kiko. :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 03, 2018, 10:46:22 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2018, 10:42:52 PM
Thanks for verifying all of my hard work, kiko. :D

Did I just get Ypsi'ed?  I don't think so, but now I'm not so sure...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2018, 11:04:23 PM
No, definitely not a Ypsi. Way too obscure to be a Ypsi, because, believe me, I've hunted high and low for that East Stroudsburg info.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 03, 2018, 11:39:19 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2018, 11:04:23 PM
No, definitely not a Ypsi. Way too obscure to be a Ypsi, because, believe me, I've hunted high and low for that East Stroudsburg info.

Oh, good.

Now I want Charlie Sapp to google himself and discover this room...  ::)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 04, 2018, 09:06:18 AM

Hamilton with the Belt!  A really tremendous defensive performance from the Continentals (I wonder if the mascot is a joke about prominent historical figures).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 05, 2018, 09:40:44 AM
So here's what we're up to for the current season:

2017-18  Dam BeltTM Path
3-18-17  Babson
11-19-17  Endicott
11-26-17  Endicott Middlebury
12-29-17  York(Pa)
1-20-18  Mary Washington
2-10-18  Wesley
2-17-18  Frostburg State
2-20-18  Mary Washington
2-22-18  Christopher Newport
2-24-18  York(Pa)
3-3-18  Hamilton

The map has been updated (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14) to include both Hamilton's possession of The BeltTM and Swarthmore's hosting of the pod where ItTM will be. I'll try and take some time this week to carve out the Stealth Era on there as well.

Updated mark of how teams carrying The BeltTM into the NCAA Tournament have fared:
One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '15 Augustana
Champion: None
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 05, 2018, 10:22:48 AM

I'm following the Belt to Swarthmore - that means I'll have been present for every Belt game of this NCAA Tournament.  I might need some extra strength sunscreen to avoid the deleterious effects of it's shining visage.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: iwumichigander on March 05, 2018, 11:30:47 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 05, 2018, 10:22:48 AM

I'm following the Belt to Swarthmore - that means I'll have been present for every Belt game of this NCAA Tournament.  I might need some extra strength sunscreen to avoid the deleterious effects of it's shining visage.
Don't forget your sun glasses!   ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 05, 2018, 11:36:20 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 05, 2018, 10:22:48 AM

I'm following The BeltTM to Swarthmore - that means I'll have been present for every The BeltTM game of this NCAA Tournament.  I might need some extra strength sunscreen to avoid the deleterious effects of ItsTM shining visage.
Proofreading...   ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 05, 2018, 11:46:32 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 05, 2018, 10:22:48 AM

I'm following the Belt to Swarthmore - that means I'll have been present for every Belt game of this NCAA Tournament.  I might need some extra strength sunscreen to avoid the deleterious effects of it's shining visage.

This is even better than following the Dead on tour!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 05, 2018, 12:09:07 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 04, 2018, 09:06:18 AM

Hamilton with the Belt!  A really tremendous defensive performance from the Continentals (I wonder if the mascot is a joke about prominent historical figures).

Yes.......this is Alex
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F78.media.tumblr.com%2F5179eb07e3983f459c3846acc8d0b439%2Ftumblr_inline_ndnrczYpHB1rvy39o.jpg&hash=05bda8651c803982f65925cf20c751da617f8c52)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 05, 2018, 12:41:42 PM
Okay, I've been going back to work on the Stealth Era of The BeltTM on the map (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14). I'm taking a break through the 1988 season. If anyone notices any errors (looking primarily at Ryan, Greg, or anyone else who did major digging into the history of The BeltTM) let me know and I can make changes. But in the meantime, all that's missing is just shy of 20 years' worth of history between where I left off and the beginning of when everyone started tracking.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 06, 2018, 01:39:42 PM
Quote from: sac on March 05, 2018, 12:09:07 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 04, 2018, 09:06:18 AM

Hamilton with the Belt!  A really tremendous defensive performance from the Continentals (I wonder if the mascot is a joke about prominent historical figures).

Yes.......this is Alex
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F78.media.tumblr.com%2F5179eb07e3983f459c3846acc8d0b439%2Ftumblr_inline_ndnrczYpHB1rvy39o.jpg&hash=05bda8651c803982f65925cf20c751da617f8c52)

No, I meant that Continental is a model of Lincoln.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 06, 2018, 02:29:49 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 05, 2018, 12:41:42 PM
Okay, I've been going back to work on the Stealth Era of The BeltTM on the map (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14). I'm taking a break through the 1988 season. If anyone notices any errors (looking primarily at Ryan, Greg, or anyone else who did major digging into the history of The BeltTM) let me know and I can make changes. But in the meantime, all that's missing is just shy of 20 years' worth of history between where I left off and the beginning of when everyone started tracking.

Again, great work, Lucas. But there's a couple of mistakes with the 1980-81 season. You have Milliikin and Illinois Wesleyan holding the Stealth BeltTM during that season, when neither school actually possessed ItTM. (Illinois Wesleyan couldn't have held ItTM at that point, anyway, since the Titans were still declaring for NAIA during that season.) This is the Stealth BeltTM's path for that season, as laid out by Ryan in his post #1964 on page 131 (http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=5070.1950):

1981 - Luther
          Augustana
          North Park
          Augustana
          Potsdam State
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 06, 2018, 02:52:58 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 06, 2018, 02:29:49 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 05, 2018, 12:41:42 PM
Okay, I've been going back to work on the Stealth Era of The BeltTM on the map (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14). I'm taking a break through the 1988 season. If anyone notices any errors (looking primarily at Ryan, Greg, or anyone else who did major digging into the history of The BeltTM) let me know and I can make changes. But in the meantime, all that's missing is just shy of 20 years' worth of history between where I left off and the beginning of when everyone started tracking.

Again, great work, Lucas. But there's a couple of mistakes with the 1980-81 season. You have Milliikin and Illinois Wesleyan holding the Stealth BeltTM during that season, when neither school actually possessed ItTM. (Illinois Wesleyan couldn't have held ItTM at that point, anyway, since the Titans were still declaring for NAIA during that season.) This is the Stealth BeltTM's path for that season, as laid out by Ryan in his post #1964 on page 131 (http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=5070.1950):

1981 - Luther
          Augustana
          North Park
          Augustana
          Potsdam State

Thanks Greg! I took the IWU and Millikin credits for '80-'81 out. I was probably looking at the wrong set of things, which I think happened at least one other time before I stopped myself and realized changes got made to the path to correct for membership issues or whatever the case was.

So with that, I'm through the 1999-2000 season (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14). Based on my count to this point, we have 179 schools that have either taken possession of The BeltTM (in both the Stealth and modern eras) or have hosted a game with The BeltTM up for grabs, plus one non D-III school that hosted a match early in the modern era and five other venues where ItTM has been fought for.

At some point too I plan to go back through the modern era and plant additional markers on schools that satisfied all the different criteria. In most cases, when I encountered a BeltTM holder that took it from a visiting team I ignored their subsequent home games as BeltTM holders just to make it easier, and that's something I want to rectify. It will also significantly clean up the mess in entries for schools like Hope and Augie (I think those are two of the worst I've put together so far).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 06, 2018, 07:16:22 PM

I forgot to load it.  Here's the entire Belt Path through this passed weekend.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 06, 2018, 08:46:42 PM
Nice! Thanks, Ryan.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 07, 2018, 04:57:09 PM
And barring any mistakes on my end... the map is complete (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 07, 2018, 05:32:00 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 07, 2018, 04:57:09 PM
And barring any mistakes on my end... the map is complete (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14).
Is it ever really complete though. #DeepThoughts
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 07, 2018, 05:37:48 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 07, 2018, 04:57:09 PM
And barring any mistakes on my end... the map is complete (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14).

I've never heard of Clarkson College in Omaha, but the Clarkson that held the Stealth BeltTM in 1981-82 was Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY. The Golden Knights of Clarkson U. ripped Thee Most Exalted Bespangled Stealth CinctureTM out of the greedy hands of SUNY Potsdam head coach Jerry Welsh and his Bears and carted ItTM across town to their own campus before losing it in turn to fellow North Country outpost St. Lawrence University.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 07, 2018, 05:48:13 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 07, 2018, 05:37:48 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 07, 2018, 04:57:09 PM
And barring any mistakes on my end... the map is complete (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14).

I've never heard of Clarkson College in Omaha, but the Clarkson that held the Stealth BeltTM in 1981-82 was Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY. The Golden Knights of Clarkson U. ripped Thee Most Exalted Bespangled Stealth CinctureTM out of the greedy hands of SUNY Potsdam head coach Jerry Welsh and his Bears and carted ItTM across town to their own campus before losing it in turn to fellow North Country outpost St. Lawrence University.

So there is a Clarkson College in Nebraska, but double checking it looked like they didn't even have a basketball team... so yeah, I goofed. I've moved the marker to its proper place across the Raquette from SUNY Potsdam. Hopefully that's it, but I can fairly easily make changes as the need arises.

Quote from: Just Bill on March 07, 2018, 05:32:00 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 07, 2018, 04:57:09 PM
And barring any mistakes on my end... the map is complete (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14).
Is it ever really complete though. #DeepThoughts

Not a Monday, but close enough...
(https://pics.me.me/rollinto-work-on-mondaylike-you-just-dont-get-it-do-you-3110979.png)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 07, 2018, 11:32:11 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 07, 2018, 05:32:00 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 07, 2018, 04:57:09 PM
And barring any mistakes on my end... the map is complete (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14).
Is it ever really complete though. #DeepThoughts
Is the BeltTm ever really won.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 08, 2018, 12:42:55 PM
Quote from: sac on March 07, 2018, 11:32:11 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 07, 2018, 05:32:00 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 07, 2018, 04:57:09 PM
And barring any mistakes on my end... the map is complete (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-93.114773&y=40.540988&z=14).
Is it ever really complete though. #DeepThoughts
Is the BeltTm ever really won.

The BeltTM allows a team to create a home for ItTM. ItTM can never be possessed.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Caz Bombers on March 09, 2018, 07:35:31 PM
The Belt will now reside for the next 24 hours at least at 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, USA
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 09, 2018, 09:00:16 PM
Quote from: Caz Bombers on March 09, 2018, 07:35:31 PM
The Belt will now reside for the next 24 hours at least at 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, USA

(https://i.imgur.com/p099l9p_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 09, 2018, 09:13:16 PM
Springfield 92  Hamilton 90  OT        I thought the play would be better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfNJD0eZE_o   ........tactical pants retaining system.

Springfield Pride....which is lame, but the mascot is nice.  "Spirit" 
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.d3vb.org%2Fimages%2FSchool_Logos%2FSpirit_430.jpg%3Fmax_width%3D450&hash=22cb91f77e573787c1096073ef40415a6b997c7c)

If there is a divine power in charge of all of this (other than The BeltTm) please may Swarthmore win tonight so Phineas the Phoenix gets a shot at The BeltTm

(https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/main_page_image/public/assets/images/phoenix/570_IMG_9931.jpg?itok=iup-B-9z)

2017-18  Dam BeltTM Path

3-18-17  Babson
11-19-17  Endicott
11-26-17  Endicott Middlebury
12-29-17  York(Pa)
1-20-18  Mary Washington
2-10-18  Wesley
2-17-18  Frostburg State
2-20-18  Mary Washington
2-22-18  Christopher Newport
2-24-18  York(Pa)
3-3-18  Hamilton
3-9-18  Springfield
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on March 10, 2018, 10:25:46 PM
Springfield takes The BeltTM to Salem for the last time.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 12, 2018, 10:00:48 AM
The map is updated (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059). I tried to put a pin on 742 Evergreen Terrace in a Springfield somewhere in the US, but sadly as far as I can tell, none exist. :(

Quote from: mailsy on March 10, 2018, 10:25:46 PM
Springfield takes The BeltTM to Salem for the last time.

Barring The BeltTM going to the ODAC and ending up in their conference tournament (unless Salem is losing that too).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mike Rejniak on March 12, 2018, 11:35:23 AM
​Dear D3 Faithful ;D,
     I have read many of your posts throughout the years and even met some of you in person, but for those who I haven't met, let me introduce myself: my name is Michael Rejniak and I have spent over 14 years coaching Division 3 basketball and love what our division has done and continues to do for  the sport of basketball. One of the greatest things about Division 3 basketball is the brotherhood that we all have with one another (coaches and players alike). My wish is to showcase the talents of D3 on a national stage in The Basketball Tournament (TBT).  You may have heard me speak about this on the Hoopsville Marathon with Dave McHugh of D3hoops.com (at the 6:11 mark). The TBT is a national tournament that is televised in July/August on ESPN after the NBA season is over. My goal is to put forth an all-star D3 team (current players are ineligible) and have them compete in this tournament to take on Former D1 / semi-pro's to prove that D3 deserves the same respect as other NCAA divisions. The team is mostly complete with former student-athletes from all over the country competing. Once the roster is complete we will be sure to release it through d3hoops. Former Babson College National Champion Matthew Droney '17 will also be assisting me on this journey.

How YOU can help our former elite D3 basketball players

While the end prize of this tournament is a monetary prize, being a D3-lifer, the goal is not the money (we all know that's not why we get into coaching), the goal is to bring an end to the stigma of Division 3 basketball, an awareness of how talented our student-athletes are and that we can compete (and win) against the best. We do need to raise funds for an entry fee, travel, meal and housing expenses for the athletes. In order to do this, we are conducting a crowd-funding campaign through GoFundMe to help make this a reality. These athletes need your support! Just think -- if every Division 3 school donated just $10, we will have raised over $4,000!!!! The link to the GoFundMe Page is below and please SPREAD THE WORD and email me with any questions/concerns at WeAreD3TBT@gmail.com. Thank you in advance for your support and Dave and I look forward to this "D3 Dream Team" taking the court this summer.-Mike Rejniak

Support "We Are D3" In The TBT
https://www.gofundme.com/WeAreD3TBT (https://www.gofundme.com/WeAreD3TBT)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2018, 12:03:48 PM
Bill, how does The BeltTM react to spam in ItsTM thread?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on March 12, 2018, 03:21:56 PM
Surely the weasels will be demanding their cut - and probably some significant penalties as well for trying to use the glory of The BeltTM for nefarious means
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 12, 2018, 05:02:24 PM
I got news for him. There ain't any former elite basketball players on this board.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 12, 2018, 07:24:36 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 12, 2018, 05:02:24 PM
I got news for him. There ain't any former elite basketball players on this board.

Hey! Wait a minute!   ::)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 12, 2018, 09:57:23 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 12, 2018, 10:00:48 AM
The map is updated (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059). I tried to put a pin on 742 Evergreen Terrace in a Springfield somewhere in the US, but sadly as far as I can tell, none exist. :(

Quote from: mailsy on March 10, 2018, 10:25:46 PM
Springfield takes The BeltTM to Salem for the last time.

Barring The BeltTM going to the ODAC and ending up in their conference tournament (unless Salem is losing that too).

Nope... not losing that tournament. Also remember, the women's final four is going to Roanoke College next year.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2018, 12:03:48 PM
Bill, how does The BeltTM react to spam in ItsTM thread?

Let's give this a little bit more just due. I support the idea of an entire DIII team being put together for the TBT. Best way to let people know and try and drive support is these boards along with social media. Do you complain when I post updates about Hoopsville or in the past our fundraising efforts on the boards? :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 12, 2018, 10:14:00 PM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 12, 2018, 09:57:23 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 12, 2018, 10:00:48 AM
The map is updated (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059). I tried to put a pin on 742 Evergreen Terrace in a Springfield somewhere in the US, but sadly as far as I can tell, none exist. :(

Quote from: mailsy on March 10, 2018, 10:25:46 PM
Springfield takes The BeltTM to Salem for the last time.

Barring The BeltTM going to the ODAC and ending up in their conference tournament (unless Salem is losing that too).

Nope... not losing that tournament. Also remember, the women's final four is going to Roanoke College next year.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2018, 12:03:48 PM
Bill, how does The BeltTM react to spam in ItsTM thread?

Let's give this a little bit more just due. I support the idea of an entire DIII team being put together for the TBT. Best way to let people know and try and drive support is these boards along with social media. Do you complain when I post updates about Hoopsville or in the past our fundraising efforts on the boards? :)
Hoopsville is a "pull down" across the top of the D3Hoops.com website. So is the ATN Podcast.  If TBT were given the same "imprimatur" that Hoopsville and ATN podcast have, then it might be more readily received.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 03:22:17 AM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 12, 2018, 09:57:23 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 12, 2018, 10:00:48 AM
The map is updated (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059). I tried to put a pin on 742 Evergreen Terrace in a Springfield somewhere in the US, but sadly as far as I can tell, none exist. :(

Quote from: mailsy on March 10, 2018, 10:25:46 PM
Springfield takes The BeltTM to Salem for the last time.

Barring The BeltTM going to the ODAC and ending up in their conference tournament (unless Salem is losing that too).

Nope... not losing that tournament. Also remember, the women's final four is going to Roanoke College next year.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2018, 12:03:48 PM
Bill, how does The BeltTM react to spam in ItsTM thread?

Let's give this a little bit more just due. I support the idea of an entire DIII team being put together for the TBT. Best way to let people know and try and drive support is these boards along with social media. Do you complain when I post updates about Hoopsville or in the past our fundraising efforts on the boards? :)

I didn't mind his posting it in all of the conference rooms. But this room? Really?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 13, 2018, 08:24:30 AM

I imagine it's because there's steady and consistent traffic here.  It's all about eyeballs.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 13, 2018, 10:51:14 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 03:22:17 AM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 12, 2018, 09:57:23 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 12, 2018, 10:00:48 AM
The map is updated (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059). I tried to put a pin on 742 Evergreen Terrace in a Springfield somewhere in the US, but sadly as far as I can tell, none exist. :(

Quote from: mailsy on March 10, 2018, 10:25:46 PM
Springfield takes The BeltTM to Salem for the last time.

Barring The BeltTM going to the ODAC and ending up in their conference tournament (unless Salem is losing that too).

Nope... not losing that tournament. Also remember, the women's final four is going to Roanoke College next year.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2018, 12:03:48 PM
Bill, how does The BeltTM react to spam in ItsTM thread?

Let's give this a little bit more just due. I support the idea of an entire DIII team being put together for the TBT. Best way to let people know and try and drive support is these boards along with social media. Do you complain when I post updates about Hoopsville or in the past our fundraising efforts on the boards? :)

I didn't mind his posting it in all of the conference rooms. But this room? Really?

This is why I've tried to impose the "Must Read from Page 1 before posting rule" for all first time posters.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 11:29:21 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 13, 2018, 08:24:30 AM

I imagine it's because there's steady and consistent traffic here.  It's all about eyeballs.

Yes, but they're the eyeballs of crazy people.

The only GoFundMe projects to which we'd be likely to donate are sac's Help Me Start A Mascot Picture Archive fund; the fund that's helping us locate the AWOL Wash U fan who used to do such a nice job of photoshopping The BeltTM onto pictures of players whose teams were BeltTM holders; and, of course, defraying Bill's annual glue gun and baubles expenses.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 13, 2018, 11:59:10 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 11:29:21 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 13, 2018, 08:24:30 AM

I imagine it's because there's steady and consistent traffic here.  It's all about eyeballs.

Yes, but they're the eyeballs of crazy people.

I was going to go with "cultists," but I'm not sure whether that would be an insult to us or not. :P

Quote from: Just Bill on March 13, 2018, 10:51:14 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 03:22:17 AM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 12, 2018, 09:57:23 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 12, 2018, 10:00:48 AM
The map is updated (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059). I tried to put a pin on 742 Evergreen Terrace in a Springfield somewhere in the US, but sadly as far as I can tell, none exist. :(

Quote from: mailsy on March 10, 2018, 10:25:46 PM
Springfield takes The BeltTM to Salem for the last time.

Barring The BeltTM going to the ODAC and ending up in their conference tournament (unless Salem is losing that too).

Nope... not losing that tournament. Also remember, the women's final four is going to Roanoke College next year.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2018, 12:03:48 PM
Bill, how does The BeltTM react to spam in ItsTM thread?

Let's give this a little bit more just due. I support the idea of an entire DIII team being put together for the TBT. Best way to let people know and try and drive support is these boards along with social media. Do you complain when I post updates about Hoopsville or in the past our fundraising efforts on the boards? :)

I didn't mind his posting it in all of the conference rooms. But this room? Really?

This is why I've tried to impose the "Must Read from Page 1 before posting rule" for all first time posters.

I appreciate that you didn't impose that rule even though I did retroactively go back to get up to date (which was about 110 pages worth at the time)... though that was probably an enforcement of the rule in its own way. :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on March 13, 2018, 12:28:47 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 13, 2018, 10:51:14 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 03:22:17 AM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 12, 2018, 09:57:23 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 12, 2018, 10:00:48 AM
The map is updated (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059). I tried to put a pin on 742 Evergreen Terrace in a Springfield somewhere in the US, but sadly as far as I can tell, none exist. :(

Quote from: mailsy on March 10, 2018, 10:25:46 PM
Springfield takes The BeltTM to Salem for the last time.

Barring The BeltTM going to the ODAC and ending up in their conference tournament (unless Salem is losing that too).

Nope... not losing that tournament. Also remember, the women's final four is going to Roanoke College next year.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2018, 12:03:48 PM
Bill, how does The BeltTM react to spam in ItsTM thread?

Let's give this a little bit more just due. I support the idea of an entire DIII team being put together for the TBT. Best way to let people know and try and drive support is these boards along with social media. Do you complain when I post updates about Hoopsville or in the past our fundraising efforts on the boards? :)

I didn't mind his posting it in all of the conference rooms. But this room? Really?

This is why I've tried to impose the "Must Read from Page 1 before posting rule" for all first time posters.

That's a WHOLE lot of reading!  :o But I agree. It should be a requirement. We should get it in the frequently asked questions and terms of service agreement.  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on March 13, 2018, 02:29:43 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 13, 2018, 11:59:10 AM
I appreciate that you didn't impose that rule even though I did retroactively go back to get up to date (which was about 110 pages worth at the time)... though that was probably an enforcement of the rule in its own way. :)

I believe the rule is truly unnecessary.  A single glimpse at this page and the shear glory of The BeltTM instills a thirst in the human soul that can only be quenched by consuming every available iota of ItsTM history.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 13, 2018, 03:58:31 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 13, 2018, 11:59:10 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 11:29:21 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 13, 2018, 08:24:30 AM

I imagine it's because there's steady and consistent traffic here.  It's all about eyeballs.

Yes, but they're the eyeballs of crazy people.

I was going to go with "cultists," but I'm not sure whether that would be an insult to us or not. :P


I lean more toward "enthusiasts".  It's basically a way of saying "cultish, crazy people" in mixed company.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 05:19:50 PM
Quote from: mailsy on March 13, 2018, 12:28:47 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 13, 2018, 10:51:14 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 03:22:17 AM
Quote from: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 12, 2018, 09:57:23 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 12, 2018, 10:00:48 AM
The map is updated (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059). I tried to put a pin on 742 Evergreen Terrace in a Springfield somewhere in the US, but sadly as far as I can tell, none exist. :(

Quote from: mailsy on March 10, 2018, 10:25:46 PM
Springfield takes The BeltTM to Salem for the last time.

Barring The BeltTM going to the ODAC and ending up in their conference tournament (unless Salem is losing that too).

Nope... not losing that tournament. Also remember, the women's final four is going to Roanoke College next year.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2018, 12:03:48 PM
Bill, how does The BeltTM react to spam in ItsTM thread?

Let's give this a little bit more just due. I support the idea of an entire DIII team being put together for the TBT. Best way to let people know and try and drive support is these boards along with social media. Do you complain when I post updates about Hoopsville or in the past our fundraising efforts on the boards? :)

I didn't mind his posting it in all of the conference rooms. But this room? Really?

This is why I've tried to impose the "Must Read from Page 1 before posting rule" for all first time posters.

That's a WHOLE lot of reading!  :o But I agree. It should be a requirement. We should get it in the frequently asked questions and terms of service agreement.  ;D

Better yet, we could go beyond that by creating this room's own FAQ and TAS, getting the Legal WeaselsTM to copyright the term "Terms of Service", and then we could force Pat to pay royalties on his own website.

Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on March 13, 2018, 02:29:43 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 13, 2018, 11:59:10 AM
I appreciate that you didn't impose that rule even though I did retroactively go back to get up to date (which was about 110 pages worth at the time)... though that was probably an enforcement of the rule in its own way. :)

I believe the rule is truly unnecessary.  A single glimpse at this page and the shear glory of The BeltTM instills a thirst in the human soul that can only be quenched by consuming every available iota of ItsTM history.

Dilly, dilly!

Quote from: kiko on March 13, 2018, 03:58:31 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 13, 2018, 11:59:10 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 11:29:21 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 13, 2018, 08:24:30 AM

I imagine it's because there's steady and consistent traffic here.  It's all about eyeballs.

Yes, but they're the eyeballs of crazy people.

I was going to go with "cultists," but I'm not sure whether that would be an insult to us or not. :P


I lean more toward "enthusiasts".  It's basically a way of saying "cultish, crazy people" in mixed company.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-sV-O2-jCY
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 13, 2018, 09:52:42 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 05:19:50 PM

Quote from: kiko on March 13, 2018, 03:58:31 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 13, 2018, 11:59:10 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 11:29:21 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 13, 2018, 08:24:30 AM

I imagine it's because there's steady and consistent traffic here.  It's all about eyeballs.

Yes, but they're the eyeballs of crazy people.

I was going to go with "cultists," but I'm not sure whether that would be an insult to us or not. :P


I lean more toward "enthusiasts".  It's basically a way of saying "cultish, crazy people" in mixed company.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-sV-O2-jCY

I suddenly feel as if it may be difficult for me to walk away from this board.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 13, 2018, 11:14:42 PM
Quote from: sac on March 13, 2018, 09:52:42 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 05:19:50 PM

Quote from: kiko on March 13, 2018, 03:58:31 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 13, 2018, 11:59:10 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 11:29:21 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 13, 2018, 08:24:30 AM

I imagine it's because there's steady and consistent traffic here.  It's all about eyeballs.

Yes, but they're the eyeballs of crazy people.

I was going to go with "cultists," but I'm not sure whether that would be an insult to us or not. :P


I lean more toward "enthusiasts".  It's basically a way of saying "cultish, crazy people" in mixed company.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-sV-O2-jCY

I suddenly feel as if it may be difficult for me to walk away from this board.
It's ok Michael...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw-3e_pzqU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw-3e_pzqU)
Wait... does anyone actually know what The BeltTM gets up to when It'sTM not deciding what team It'd TM like to hang out with? *imagines a scene in which some other trophy wakes up to find a silver handle in it's bed*
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 14, 2018, 01:44:40 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 05:19:50 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-sV-O2-jCY


Serves that guy right for not using a TM designation when mentioning the BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 14, 2018, 07:57:28 AM
Quote from: sac on March 13, 2018, 09:52:42 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 05:19:50 PM

Quote from: kiko on March 13, 2018, 03:58:31 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 13, 2018, 11:59:10 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2018, 11:29:21 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 13, 2018, 08:24:30 AM

I imagine it's because there's steady and consistent traffic here.  It's all about eyeballs.

Yes, but they're the eyeballs of crazy people.

I was going to go with "cultists," but I'm not sure whether that would be an insult to us or not. :P


I lean more toward "enthusiasts".  It's basically a way of saying "cultish, crazy people" in mixed company.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-sV-O2-jCY

I suddenly feel as if it may be difficult for me to walk away from this board.

You're free to go whenever you like, of course, but first, one question: why would you want to?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 17, 2018, 02:58:32 PM
It basically only meant being moved from one Salem, VA hotel room to another -- or, I'd like to think, one Salem, VA armored car to another -- but Nebraska Wesleyan's win over Springfield in yesterday's semifinal means that the Prairie Wolves get to carry The BeltTM into the Salem Civic Center tonight as they put ItTM on the line (as well as the chance to possess that other, lesser object made of wood and metal) against UW-Oshkosh in today's national championship game.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 17, 2018, 11:51:41 PM
Nebraska Wesleyan  78  UW-Oshkosh 72

All the Glory!!!!
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSVIJD8WZBJr4hpxNEz5CLpoaSGMBM2s8NffAMEj1iOnNBRoZTszw)

2017-18  Dam BeltTM Path
3-18-17  Babson
11-19-17  Endicott
11-26-17  Endicott Middlebury
12-29-17  York(Pa)
1-20-18  Mary Washington
2-10-18  Wesley
2-17-18  Frostburg State
2-20-18  Mary Washington
2-22-18  Christopher Newport
2-24-18  York(Pa)
3-3-18  Hamilton
3-9-18  Springfield
3-16-18  Nebraska Wesleyan
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 19, 2018, 09:31:30 AM
Map is up to date (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059), which really only involved switching the color under Nebraska Wesleyan from light blue to that... shade of brown I intended to have be close to walnut but I feel like isn't the greatest approximation, but oh well.

Sometime this offseason I'll try to go through all of this and put markers for each category that applies to each individual school. In the meantime, may The BeltTM enjoy its summer in eastern Nebraska and a fall spent at Memorial Stadium taunting the Nebraska-Lincoln football team with a prize they could never hope to capture.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on November 09, 2018, 10:36:24 AM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/10/18/honestly-its-not-for-everyone-says-nebraskas-self-deprecating-new-tourism-campaign/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6826c8781338

BTW, how was the off-season for The BeltTM?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on November 09, 2018, 12:52:22 PM
The greatness and glory of The BeltTM shunned the Grinell system into nothingness.  ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 12, 2018, 09:42:39 AM
The BeltTM clearly frowns on such notions as mathematical analysis. Or something.

Should probably get this started for the 2018-19 season:

2018-19 Pilgrimage of The BeltTM
3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan

They continue their title defense tonight at Bethany Lutheran. At least in the modern era, this will be The BeltTM's first trip to Mankato.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 14, 2018, 12:55:56 PM
And after a 104-85 win at Bethany Lutheran on Monday, Nebraska Wesleyan keeps The BeltTM.

Up next, a weekend trip to Waukesha, Wisconsin for the Carroll Classic. The Prairie Wolves get a shot at host Carroll on Friday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 14, 2018, 02:53:18 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on November 14, 2018, 12:55:56 PM
And after a 104-85 win at Bethany Lutheran on Monday, Nebraska Wesleyan keeps The BeltTM.

Up next, a weekend trip to Waukesha, Wisconsin for the Carroll Classic. The Prairie Wolves get a shot at host Carroll on Friday.

Waukesha is just an hour south of me. I'm not sure if I can smuggle the proper PPE from my place of employment to properly protect myself...I burn easily.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 14, 2018, 03:23:18 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 14, 2018, 02:53:18 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on November 14, 2018, 12:55:56 PM
And after a 104-85 win at Bethany Lutheran on Monday, Nebraska Wesleyan keeps The BeltTM.

Up next, a weekend trip to Waukesha, Wisconsin for the Carroll Classic. The Prairie Wolves get a shot at host Carroll on Friday.

Waukesha is just an hour south of me. I'm not sure if I can smuggle the proper PPE from my place of employment to properly protect myself...I burn easily.

I'm hoping for a changing of hands on Friday, followed by a Pio winning streak until December 5th. IT'S BEEN ALMOST FOUR YEARS, I NEED TO ANNOUNCE ANOTHER BELTTM GAME.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/yr7n0u3qzO9nG/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 19, 2018, 10:47:18 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on November 14, 2018, 03:23:18 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on November 14, 2018, 02:53:18 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on November 14, 2018, 12:55:56 PM
And after a 104-85 win at Bethany Lutheran on Monday, Nebraska Wesleyan keeps The BeltTM.

Up next, a weekend trip to Waukesha, Wisconsin for the Carroll Classic. The Prairie Wolves get a shot at host Carroll on Friday.

Waukesha is just an hour south of me. I'm not sure if I can smuggle the proper PPE from my place of employment to properly protect myself...I burn easily.

I'm hoping for a changing of hands on Friday, followed by a Pio winning streak until December 5th. IT'S BEEN ALMOST FOUR YEARS, I NEED TO ANNOUNCE ANOTHER BELTTM GAME.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/yr7n0u3qzO9nG/giphy.gif)

And sadly, another BeltTM game for me is not on the horizon, with Nebraska Wesleyan beating host Carroll 70-64 on Friday and St. Norbert 77-67 on Saturday to maintain the presence of The BeltTM for a little longer. They'll take ItTM into a Black Friday date with Redlands.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 06, 2018, 11:58:27 AM
(https://2fvqxa3fxpfi2sm7tt1oe5ln-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bored.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 06, 2018, 01:54:34 PM

1990 was the only year The Belt didn't change hands at all.  Odds are it'll get passed around at least a little bit this year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on December 07, 2018, 11:45:50 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 06, 2018, 01:54:34 PM

1990 was the only year The Belt didn't change hands at all.  Odds are it'll get passed around at least a little bit this year.

I don't know if anyone has enough horses in the ARC to take it. Even Loras.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 09, 2018, 02:53:38 AM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffaircitynews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F08%2Fbored-fan.jpg&hash=a3827f22feace4644ae345bb8d13915a8fef07d3)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 16, 2018, 06:15:33 PM
Neb. Wesleyan 92 George Fox 81

George Fox Bruins and my gosh this is an amazing rendering......

(https://www.georgefox.edu/library/archives/exhibits/bruin_jr/images/GFU%20mascot%202.jpg)


The Pioneers play Linfield tomorrow afternoon its the last chance for The BeltTm to avoid spending the rest of the year in Lincoln and/or traveling around Iowa.

Linfield Wildcats

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1ON6D_UoAAFcRL.jpg)(https://golinfieldwildcats.com/images/logos/site/site.png)
His name is Mack for ....reasons.



If Bill the Cat were a Linfield mascot
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linfield.edu%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fsports%2Foldwildcat.jpg&hash=ba2cf35c27a2bc90825cccfb3c86b381eddb0ef1)



2018-19 Corn BeltTM  (obvious)
3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 17, 2018, 10:43:35 PM
We're 20 minutes and an upset of Neb. Wesleyan from the UC-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs getting a shot at The BeltTm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 17, 2018, 11:26:09 PM
Quote from: sac on December 17, 2018, 10:43:35 PM
We're 20 minutes and an upset of Neb. Wesleyan from the UC-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs getting a shot at The BeltTm.
Seriously?

California, with all of the pakalolo out there?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 17, 2018, 11:43:42 PM
Nebraska Wesleyan 90  Linfield 79

That will do it for 2018
The Prarie Wolves next game is Jan 2. at "Good View" University.

2018-19 Corn BeltTM
(obvious)
3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Caz Bombers on December 17, 2018, 11:44:51 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffilmgarb.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Ffilm-pulp_fiction-1994-vincent_vega-john_travolta-tshirts-uc_santa_cruz_banana_slugs_shirt-595x335.jpg&hash=83ea1c55c6c2db4aaedb37f8e25f533258c84b33)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on January 02, 2019, 03:44:47 PM
I have been very neglectful of my BeltTM duties this year. Of course, there hasn't been much to do. Thanks to all of you who continue to update the great, unwashed masses.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 02, 2019, 09:38:43 PM
Nebraska Wesleyan 83 Buena Vista 59

Prarie Wolves defend for the  13th(?) time going back to last March.



Saturday the Plainsmen host the Duhawks of Loras.  I'm sure this is the one everyone has been waiting for.

(https://www.loras.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Dewey.jpg)
Dewey the Duhawk



(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3499/3277363851_5e4252e4f0_z.jpg?zz=1)

This brings up a decent childhood memory when for the Bicentennial my hometown decided it would be a great idea to let the townfolk paint the fire hydrants in patriotic colors.  It was.....  interesting.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 06, 2019, 09:42:45 PM
Neb. Wesleyan 89 Loras 71


Wed NWU travel to Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa which is a pretty sweet name for a town in Iowa.  Simpson doesn't have a mascot other than the vague "storm" but their logo marketing suggests they're trying to trick the people of the corn that they're USC.



2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 07, 2019, 09:15:43 AM

We should also not the holders are currently down two starters and don't seem to be phased at all.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 07, 2019, 02:31:11 PM
Or fazed...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 07, 2019, 07:55:38 PM
Quote from: smedindy on January 07, 2019, 02:31:11 PM
Or fazed...

True.  They don't seem to be bothered or show any signs at all of becoming liquid or gas.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 08, 2019, 01:05:09 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 07, 2019, 07:55:38 PM
Quote from: smedindy on January 07, 2019, 02:31:11 PM
Or fazed...

True.  They don't seem to be bothered or show any signs at all of becoming liquid or gas.

Not even plasma.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 08, 2019, 06:38:05 AM
Quote from: smedindy on January 08, 2019, 01:05:09 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 07, 2019, 07:55:38 PM
Quote from: smedindy on January 07, 2019, 02:31:11 PM
Or fazed...

True.  They don't seem to be bothered or show any signs at all of becoming liquid or gas.

Not even plasma.

They save that for March.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 10, 2019, 02:29:52 AM
Neb. Wesleyan 96  Simpson 84

NWU had 2 losses by Jan 10 last year, they had one loss, in overtime at Simpson the rest of the season.  They've now won 27 straight games and come midnight today they'll have gone a calendar year with a 33-1 record.


Wartburg travels to Lincoln on Saturday.  They are the Knights.
(https://static.hudl.com/users/temp/391243_82c79123226e4e2c841c896c5da6ff15.jpg)
Sir Victor
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 13, 2019, 09:20:24 AM
Neb Wesleyan 89  Wartburg 73  F

NWU travels to Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Wednesday they are the Kohawks.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coeathletics.com%2Fimages%2F2016-17%2FMarvLevyMYM.jpg&hash=6a999eef1fcb494b7db4a7a6b406463fb4d14dbe)
That's Charlie Kohawk and........Marv Levy.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 17, 2019, 02:35:48 PM
Neb Wesleyan  80  Coe 72

They're just toying with teams now making them think they have a shot at The BeltTM only to laugh maniacally at the end ...."nope"


NWU host Luther on Saturday, they are the Norse and don't appear to have a mascot so here's a pic of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
(https://www.thesouthafrican.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-1-1024x570.jpg)

Luther came within 52 of beating NWU in Lincoln last year.  So yeah.



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on January 17, 2019, 03:18:38 PM
Does Luther have any baby-faced assassins or are they all on Nebraska Wesleyan?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 18, 2019, 01:14:33 PM
Quote from: sac on January 17, 2019, 02:35:48 PM
Luther came within 52 of beating NWU in Lincoln last year.  So yeah.

But they were a Stealth Era Dream ScenarioTM BeltTM Holder in 1980, so there's that. And I only remember that because I went back to catch up on the map (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-91.807262&y=43.484515&z=9). We are up to date; only really new thing was adding in all of NWU's games since late November. I did get to add a few new schools to the map though, bringing us to 207 venues where The BeltTM has either been contended for or a BeltTM Holder has resided.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 18, 2019, 01:35:16 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 18, 2019, 01:14:33 PM
Quote from: sac on January 17, 2019, 02:35:48 PM
Luther came within 52 of beating NWU in Lincoln last year.  So yeah.

But they were a Stealth Era Dream ScenarioTM BeltTM Holder in 1980, so there's that. And I only remember that because I went back to catch up on the map (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-91.807262&y=43.484515&z=9). We are up to date; only really new thing was adding in all of NWU's games since late November. I did get to add a few new schools to the map though, bringing us to 207 venues where The BeltTM has either been contended for or a BeltTM Holder has resided.

This is a good year to deal with BeltTM archival and housekeeping issues.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 19, 2019, 08:46:59 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 18, 2019, 01:35:16 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 18, 2019, 01:14:33 PM
Quote from: sac on January 17, 2019, 02:35:48 PM
Luther came within 52 of beating NWU in Lincoln last year.  So yeah.

But they were a Stealth Era Dream ScenarioTM BeltTM Holder in 1980, so there's that. And I only remember that because I went back to catch up on the map (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059&x=-91.807262&y=43.484515&z=9). We are up to date; only really new thing was adding in all of NWU's games since late November. I did get to add a few new schools to the map though, bringing us to 207 venues where The BeltTM has either been contended for or a BeltTM Holder has resided.

This is a good year to deal with BeltTM archival and housekeeping issues.

It's been easy to keep the list updated.  I haven't touched it since March.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: CollegeGolf18 on January 19, 2019, 05:38:17 PM
Indiana HS basketball does this. It's completely meaningless and not many people know about it, but it is neat.

http://indianahsbasketball.homestead.com/files/trophygames.htm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 19, 2019, 11:19:11 PM
Quote from: CollegeGolf18 on January 19, 2019, 05:38:17 PM
Indiana HS basketball does this. It's completely meaningless and not many people know about it, but it is neat.

http://indianahsbasketball.homestead.com/files/trophygames.htm

That's cute
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on January 19, 2019, 11:23:03 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 18, 2019, 01:35:16 PM

This is a good year to deal with BeltTM archival and housekeeping issues.

Is this letting the BeltTM out a notch because of the dearth of newsTM, or tightening it because things will be more buttoned up administratively?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 19, 2019, 11:35:27 PM
Neb. Wesleyan 94  Luther 61

Luther closed the gap 18 points this year, good on you Luther dudes.

Rare Monday night Belttm tilt in prime time when Dubuque travels to Lincoln.  Dubuque is the Spartans, I can only assume its Sparty.
(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/scorestream-team-profile-pictures/274292/20181010232756_530_mascot300Near.jpg)

Whenever I hear someone say Dubuque I see this guy and it makes me chuckle.
(https://scontent.fdet1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/22154506_1858578220824635_5585422571775625425_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ht=scontent.fdet1-2.fna&oh=847ba7796b32c373f95af2fea427c726&oe=5CBCF6CE)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 20, 2019, 10:46:02 AM
Quote from: sac on January 19, 2019, 11:19:11 PM
Quote from: CollegeGolf18 on January 19, 2019, 05:38:17 PM
Indiana HS basketball does this. It's completely meaningless and not many people know about it, but it is neat.

http://indianahsbasketball.homestead.com/files/trophygames.htm

That's cute

Yeah, I saw that and was going to ask if this traveling trophy possessed the supernatural powers and legal backing of The BeltTM because my assumption is no.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on January 20, 2019, 07:28:55 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 20, 2019, 10:46:02 AM
Quote from: sac on January 19, 2019, 11:19:11 PM
Quote from: CollegeGolf18 on January 19, 2019, 05:38:17 PM
Indiana HS basketball does this. It's completely meaningless and not many people know about it, but it is neat.

http://indianahsbasketball.homestead.com/files/trophygames.htm

That's cute

Yeah, I saw that and was going to ask if this traveling trophy possessed the supernatural powers and legal backing of The BeltTM because my assumption is no.

It's an Easy Bake Oven compared to the Belt'sTM Viking stove.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 21, 2019, 11:18:41 PM
Neb Wesleyan 69  Dubuque 54 F

That's title defense number.......alot.  Saturday NWU travels to Loras and even though there are some theoretical minefields ahead for NWU, this kind of feels like "it", ya know.  Also they can open up a 3 game lead in that American Rivers thingy.  Maybe we should keep track of the number of river crossings The BeltTm makes this year.  See if this American Rivers Conference holds water.  (ba dum bum)


Loras is also in Dubuque, like Dubuque.  So they hosted a team from Dubuque today and will travel to Dubuque on Saturday.  There seems like a more efficient way to play games vs schools from Dubuque.  Maybe throw in Clarke and Emmaus, also in Dubuque and make it a four day weekend.



Since nothing else is happening here I thought it might be cool to take a look at what might be the best named football stadium in all of D3.

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3350/3278185058_6efd9eec46_z.jpg?zz=1)
Loras College's Bierie Field, otherwise known as The Rock Bowl.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on January 21, 2019, 11:57:03 PM
Quote from: sac on January 21, 2019, 11:18:41 PM
[Loras is also in Dubuque, like Dubuque.  So they hosted a team from Dubuque today and will travel to Dubuque on Saturday.  There seems like a more efficient way to play games vs schools from Dubuque.  Maybe throw in Clarke and Emmaus, also in Dubuque and make it a four day weekend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPAbuEpGhII (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPAbuEpGhII)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 22, 2019, 12:51:54 AM
Quote from: sac on January 21, 2019, 11:18:41 PM
Since nothing else is happening here I thought it might be cool to take a look at what might be the best named football stadium in all of D3.

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3350/3278185058_6efd9eec46_z.jpg?zz=1)
Loras College's Bierie Field, otherwise known as The Rock Bowl.

To be accurate with regard to who actually enjoys success in that facility, the Rock Bowl is really a soccer stadium where Loras also plays football.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 26, 2019, 10:51:58 PM
Well, well, well

Loras 84 Neb. Wesleyan 76

For the first time in nearly 10 months The BeltTm has a new home.  Lets see who the Duhawks play Wednesday night.

Me:  Its Dubuque right?

Also me:  It is Dubuque.

Me:  In Dubuque?

Also me:  Because both schools are in Dubuque.

Me:     HAHAHAHAHA  Dubuque, Dubuque, Dubuque, Dubuque, Dubuque.


2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-18:  Loras
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 26, 2019, 10:59:47 PM
If I counted correctly, it was 19 successful title defenses for the Prairie Wolves. I don't know if that's a record or not, but I feel like it has to be, at least in the modern era.

Loras gains possession of The BeltTM for the first time in the modern era; they'd previously been a Stealth EraTM holder in the 1987-88 season. Map is once again up to date (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 27, 2019, 12:10:30 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 26, 2019, 10:59:47 PM
If I counted correctly, it was 19 successful title defenses for the Prairie Wolves. I don't know if that's a record or not, but I feel like it has to be, at least in the modern era.

Loras gains possession of The BeltTM for the first time in the modern era; they'd previously been a Stealth EraTM holder in the 1987-88 season. Map is once again up to date (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059).

I think its amazing we have a "modern era" of BeltologyTm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 27, 2019, 12:27:18 AM
Quote from: sac on January 26, 2019, 10:51:58 PMMe:  Its Dubuque right?

Also me:  It is Dubuque.

Me:  In Dubuque?

Also me:  Because both schools are in Dubuque.

Me:     HAHAHAHAHA  Dubuque, Dubuque, Dubuque, Dubuque, Dubuque.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPAbuEpGhII
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on January 27, 2019, 12:39:03 AM
Quote from: kiko on January 21, 2019, 11:57:03 PM
Quote from: sac on January 21, 2019, 11:18:41 PM
[Loras is also in Dubuque, like Dubuque.  So they hosted a team from Dubuque today and will travel to Dubuque on Saturday.  There seems like a more efficient way to play games vs schools from Dubuque.  Maybe throw in Clarke and Emmaus, also in Dubuque and make it a four day weekend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPAbuEpGhII (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPAbuEpGhII)


Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 27, 2019, 12:27:18 AM
Quote from: sac on January 26, 2019, 10:51:58 PMMe:  Its Dubuque right?

Also me:  It is Dubuque.

Me:  In Dubuque?

Also me:  Because both schools are in Dubuque.

Me:     HAHAHAHAHA  Dubuque, Dubuque, Dubuque, Dubuque, Dubuque.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPAbuEpGhII

I demand royalties...  ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 27, 2019, 12:57:22 AM
Holy cow! Didn't even notice your earlier post, kiko. Sorry about that.

Let me make it up to you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qII5vwqrGUo
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 27, 2019, 08:20:57 AM

I had to open the Belt Path file for the first time all year.  I have a feeling it won't be the last.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 30, 2019, 12:44:56 PM
They're playing basketball in Dubuque, Iowa today.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 30, 2019, 01:03:11 PM
Quote from: sac on January 30, 2019, 12:44:56 PM
They're playing basketball in Dubuque, Iowa today.

4:00 tipoff, forecasted temperature of -15 degrees?

They have the glory of The BeltTM to help keep them warm.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 30, 2019, 06:47:39 PM
If anybody has an explanation for the team turnover on Dubuque with :12 seconds left in regulation trying to run a fancy in-bounds play I'd love to hear it.


The BeltTm deemed that no one should have to go outside in this weather so they're getting free basketball and a few more minutes of warmth in Dubuque.  As if just being in Dubuque didn't warm your heart enough.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 30, 2019, 07:14:29 PM
Dubuque 96  Loras 94  OT

BeltTm classic.  Dubuque completes the regular season sweep of their crosstown rival, noted they won the most important one. 


Dubuque will host the Dutch of Central College on Saturday.

(https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pellachronicle.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/64/164aa292-6910-11e5-9a74-b7684d5e981a/560e91d13fa87.image.jpg?resize=400%2C533)
"Big Red"   ......Cincinnati Reds on line one.


2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on January 30, 2019, 08:07:31 PM
The trek is on!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SaintPaulite on January 30, 2019, 09:09:42 PM
This seems like it opens the real possibility of The Belt holder not making postseason and thus ending the season with The Belt!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on January 30, 2019, 11:49:33 PM
Quote from: SaintPaulite on January 30, 2019, 09:09:42 PM
This seems like it opens the real possibility of The Belt holder not making postseason and thus ending the season with The Belt!

Top six of the nine teams in the ARC make their conference tournament.  Dubuque currently sits in the #6 position with a 5-7 conference record, and their remaining opponents are:
Central 4-7 / currently 7th
Coe 5-5 / currently 5th
Buena Vista 3-8 / currently 8th
Wartburg / 8-3 / currently 2nd

It seems to me that the only real risk is if they beat Coe and Central but lose to Buena Vista.  Or, if Central beats them but still ultimately finishes below the Ham Fighters in the regular season standings.


Also, the polar vortex won't protect you from the weasels if you insist on infringing the BeltTM's trademark...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 31, 2019, 11:18:42 AM
He's ready to sue your pants off in all kinds of weather:

(https://feelsliketime.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/weaselfrontal.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SaintPaulite on January 31, 2019, 02:09:22 PM
Quote from: kiko on January 30, 2019, 11:49:33 PM
Quote from: SaintPaulite on January 30, 2019, 09:09:42 PM
This seems like it opens the real possibility of The Belt holder not making postseason and thus ending the season with The Belt!

Top six of the nine teams in the ARC make their conference tournament.  Dubuque currently sits in the #6 position with a 5-7 conference record, and their remaining opponents are:
Central 4-7 / currently 7th
Coe 5-5 / currently 5th
Buena Vista 3-8 / currently 8th
Wartburg / 8-3 / currently 2nd

It seems to me that the only real risk is if they beat Coe and Central but lose to Buena Vista.  Or, if Central beats them but still ultimately finishes below the Ham Fighters in the regular season standings.


Also, the polar vortex won't protect you from the weasels if you insist on infringing the BeltTM's trademark...

Sincerest apologies. I didn't know how to make the TM. Fortunately for some reason your reply has showed me the coding for it.

Is Ham Fighters really their name? I thought that was only in Japan (and their nickname isn't actually the Ham Fighters).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 31, 2019, 02:57:20 PM
That's correct. Japanese pro baseball teams are named after the corporations that own them, and the team that's nicknamed the Fighters and is based in the city of Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaido is owned by Nippon Meat Packers, Inc., more commonly known in Japan as Nippon Ham. That makes them the Nippon Ham Fighters. But to Americans it's humorous to knowingly connect "Ham" as an adjective to the nickname "Fighters" instead of using it properly as the second element of the team's actual (corporate) name. Let's face it, "Ham Fighters' is a pretty amusing non sequitur, and not just to kiko, either. I've known plenty of baseball nerds (myself included) who've made jokes about the "Ham Fighters" over the years. It's been especially topical here in the Chicago area recently, since current Cubs starter Yu Darvish used to pitch for the Nippon Ham Fighters.

Here on d3boards.com, the MIAA folks do something similar to the basketball team of the Bible school in Grand Rapids, which has frequently played Calvin over the years. The school is Grace Bible College, commonly referred to in western Michigan as just "Grace Bible", and the GBC sports teams are nicknamed the Tigers. "Grace Bible Tigers" is thus set up for the same sort of humorous non sequitur; KnightSlappy and Ziggy and a few other MIAA posters make references now and then to the Knights having to play the Bible Tigers. (It's even funnier when you're aware, as a lot of Calvin fans are, that there are no tigers in the Bible.)

The linguistic process behind this is called rebracketing. It's been a source of wordplay humor for generations; i.e., "psychotherapist" becomes "psycho the rapist" and "together in trouble" becomes "to get her in trouble". The most popular use of rebracketing humor was in the old Saturday Night Live skit "Celebrity Jeopardy", in which Darrell Hammond's dimwitted Sean Connery would unintentionally rebracket Jeopardy! categories, frequently with a sexual or scatalogical twist.

Personally, I think that kiko made one of those wish-I-had-thought-of-that connections when he alluded to the University of Dubuque Spartans as being called the "Dubuque Ham Fighters", in keeping with the thread here of the past few days.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: WUPHF on January 31, 2019, 03:37:28 PM
I said it once, I'll say it again, Greg, you have a book inside you just waiting to get out.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 31, 2019, 09:23:54 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 31, 2019, 02:57:20 PM
That's correct. Japanese pro baseball teams are named after the corporations that own them, and the team that's nicknamed the Fighters and is based in the city of Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaido is owned by Nippon Meat Packers, Inc., more commonly known in Japan as Nippon Ham. That makes them the Nippon Ham Fighters. But to Americans it's humorous to knowingly connect "Ham" as an adjective to the nickname "Fighters" instead of using it properly as the second element of the team's actual (corporate) name. Let's face it, "Ham Fighters' is a pretty amusing non sequitur, and not just to kiko, either. I've known plenty of baseball nerds (myself included) who've made jokes about the "Ham Fighters" over the years. It's been especially topical here in the Chicago area recently, since current Cubs starter Yu Darvish used to pitch for the Nippon Ham Fighters.

Here on d3boards.com, the MIAA folks do something similar to the basketball team of the Bible school in Grand Rapids, which has frequently played Calvin over the years. The school is Grace Bible College, commonly referred to in western Michigan as just "Grace Bible", and the GBC sports teams are nicknamed the Tigers. "Grace Bible Tigers" is thus set up for the same sort of humorous non sequitur; KnightSlappy and Ziggy and a few other MIAA posters make references now and then to the Knights having to play the Bible Tigers. (It's even funnier when you're aware, as a lot of Calvin fans are, that there are no tigers in the Bible.)

The linguistic process behind this is called rebracketing. It's been a source of wordplay humor for generations; i.e., "psychotherapist" becomes "psycho the rapist" and "together in trouble" becomes "to get her in trouble". The most popular use of rebracketing humor was in the old Saturday Night Live skit "Celebrity Jeopardy", in which Darrell Hammond's dimwitted Sean Connery would unintentionally rebracket Jeopardy! categories, frequently with a sexual or scatalogical twist.

Personally, I think that kiko made one of those wish-I-had-thought-of-that connections when he alluded to the University of Dubuque Spartans as being called the "Dubuque Ham Fighters", in keeping with the thread here of the past few days.

Grace Christian Tigers will always be Grace Bible Tigers to me.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on January 31, 2019, 10:23:17 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 31, 2019, 02:57:20 PM
Personally, I think that kiko made one of those wish-I-had-thought-of-that connections when he alluded to the University of Dubuque Spartans as being called the "Dubuque Ham Fighters", in keeping with the thread here of the past few days.

Bingo.  I was too lazy to look up their nickname, that earworm of a commercial jingle won't evacuate the catacombs of my mind now that we've resurrected it, and so I just decided to give them a new nickname.  I envision the mascot as a canned ham with arms, legs, and boxing gloves.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 31, 2019, 10:50:33 PM
Quote from: sac on January 31, 2019, 09:23:54 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 31, 2019, 02:57:20 PM
That's correct. Japanese pro baseball teams are named after the corporations that own them, and the team that's nicknamed the Fighters and is based in the city of Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaido is owned by Nippon Meat Packers, Inc., more commonly known in Japan as Nippon Ham. That makes them the Nippon Ham Fighters. But to Americans it's humorous to knowingly connect "Ham" as an adjective to the nickname "Fighters" instead of using it properly as the second element of the team's actual (corporate) name. Let's face it, "Ham Fighters' is a pretty amusing non sequitur, and not just to kiko, either. I've known plenty of baseball nerds (myself included) who've made jokes about the "Ham Fighters" over the years. It's been especially topical here in the Chicago area recently, since current Cubs starter Yu Darvish used to pitch for the Nippon Ham Fighters.

Here on d3boards.com, the MIAA folks do something similar to the basketball team of the Bible school in Grand Rapids, which has frequently played Calvin over the years. The school is Grace Bible College, commonly referred to in western Michigan as just "Grace Bible", and the GBC sports teams are nicknamed the Tigers. "Grace Bible Tigers" is thus set up for the same sort of humorous non sequitur; KnightSlappy and Ziggy and a few other MIAA posters make references now and then to the Knights having to play the Bible Tigers. (It's even funnier when you're aware, as a lot of Calvin fans are, that there are no tigers in the Bible.)

The linguistic process behind this is called rebracketing. It's been a source of wordplay humor for generations; i.e., "psychotherapist" becomes "psycho the rapist" and "together in trouble" becomes "to get her in trouble". The most popular use of rebracketing humor was in the old Saturday Night Live skit "Celebrity Jeopardy", in which Darrell Hammond's dimwitted Sean Connery would unintentionally rebracket Jeopardy! categories, frequently with a sexual or scatalogical twist.

Personally, I think that kiko made one of those wish-I-had-thought-of-that connections when he alluded to the University of Dubuque Spartans as being called the "Dubuque Ham Fighters", in keeping with the thread here of the past few days.

Grace Christian Tigers will always be Grace Bible Tigers to me.

"Christian Tigers" just doesn't have the same ring to it. Now, if they had changed their nickname to "Soldiers" when they changed the name of the school ...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 02, 2019, 11:39:59 PM
Dubuque 75  Central 72

Dubuque hangs on for the 3-point win and The BeltTm stays in Dubuque a few more days.  Though their webpage hasn't been updated since before polar vortex death week, on Wednesday the Spartans will host Coe College. 

Coe is the Kohawks
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coeathletics.com%2Fimages%2F2012-13%2FCharlieKohawk.jpg&hash=ffcab60fbefbdbc3b8c53bd803a18dc4489648a7)
Charlie


2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 07, 2019, 01:08:58 AM
Coe 74  Dubuque 64

Coe win The BeltTM

Hey guys.....guys....guys guess where the belt can go if Coe loses it Saturday Vs. Loras.

Dubuque 

(https://photos.travellerspoint.com/67020/large_Downtown_Dubuque.jpg)
It's glorious

2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 09, 2019, 11:39:53 PM
Loras 74  Coe 71

The BeltTm could only stand being away from the fine city of Dubuque for 3 days.  Back we go as Loras reclaims The BeltTm.


Loras will travel to Luther on Wednesday


2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)

3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
2-9-19:  Loras
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 14, 2019, 02:21:20 PM
Loras  87  Luther 84

I'll let this paragraph describe how badly The BeltTm wished to stay in Dubuque.

A lay-up by James Kappus gave the Norse an 84-83 lead with four seconds left in the game. The Duhawks moved the ball across half court and called a time-out with two ticks left on the clock. On the in bounds pass, the Norse fouled Josh Ruggles, who walked to the charity stripe and made two free throws, giving the Duhawks an 85-84 lead. Following a Luther attempted length of the court pass that was not touched by any player, Loras took the ball out of bounds under their own basket. The in bounds pass went to Cole Navigato who was fouled. He finished the game with two free throws securing the come-from-behind three point victory.


The fate of The Belt'sTm post-season now rests in the hands of the Duhawks.  A win on Saturday at Central ensures a trip to Ft. Wayne.  Central has been eliminated from the Iow......American Rivers Conference Tournament.  It would be Belt NirvanaTm.  Pella, Iowa is nice, buts its no Dubuque.

What's a Duhawk you ask, well this write-up won't actually answer that question but it is a pretty neat story with a Michigan connection.
https://duhawks.com/sports/2014/6/4/WhatsADuhawk.aspx



2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
2-9-19:  Loras
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 14, 2019, 03:28:15 PM
Quote from: sac on February 14, 2019, 02:21:20 PM
Loras  87  Luther 84

I'll let this paragraph describe how badly The BeltTm wished to stay in Dubuque.

A lay-up by James Kappus gave the Norse an 84-83 lead with four seconds left in the game. The Duhawks moved the ball across half court and called a time-out with two ticks left on the clock. On the in bounds pass, the Norse fouled Josh Ruggles, who walked to the charity stripe and made two free throws, giving the Duhawks an 85-84 lead. Following a Luther attempted length of the court pass that was not touched by any player, Loras took the ball out of bounds under their own basket. The in bounds pass went to Cole Navigato who was fouled. He finished the game with two free throws securing the come-from-behind three point victory.

The BeltTM clearly has no desire to navigato its way out of the City of Dancing Hams.

Quote from: sac on February 14, 2019, 02:21:20 PMThe fate of The Belt'sTm post-season now rests in the hands of the Duhawks.  A win on Saturday at Central ensures a trip to Ft. Wayne.  Central has been eliminated from the Iow......American Rivers Conference Tournament.  It would be Belt NirvanaTm.

Also known as The Dream ScenarioTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 14, 2019, 03:41:47 PM
If Central wins, I may have to cancel my hotel reservation in Ft. Wayne and head to Pella. I mean, will anyone go to the Final Four if The BeltTM isn't there? Will they even have a Final Four?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 14, 2019, 07:19:02 PM

I think The Belt missing the tournament is less a "dream scenario" now that we know it's happened a few times before.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 14, 2019, 09:02:33 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 14, 2019, 07:19:02 PM

I think The Belt missing the tournament is less a "dream scenario" now that we know it's happened a few times before.

To an extent, but that was before we were enlightened to the existence of The BeltTM. It hasn't happened since we started keeping track in real time. Getting to actually celebrate The Dream ScenarioTM as it happens has to mean something.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 14, 2019, 10:01:00 PM
Exactly. We missed The Dream ScenarioTM in past years because we slept right through it, as it were.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 14, 2019, 11:36:19 PM
January 24, 2007 the day Just Bill provided us with BeltTm enlightenment
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 15, 2019, 12:36:49 AM
Quote from: sac on February 14, 2019, 11:36:19 PM
January 24, 2007 the day Just Bill provided us with BeltTm enlightenment
Does that begin as year 0 or does 1BE begin on that date?

BBE - Before BeltTM Era
BE - BeltTM Era
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 15, 2019, 01:31:10 AM
Quote from: sac on February 14, 2019, 11:36:19 PM
January 24, 2007 the day Just Bill provided us with BeltTm enlightenment

Why hasn't Congress designated January 24 as National BeltTM Day yet? I'd very much like to know.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 15, 2019, 01:59:49 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 15, 2019, 01:31:10 AM
Quote from: sac on February 14, 2019, 11:36:19 PM
January 24, 2007 the day Just Bill provided us with BeltTm enlightenment

Why hasn't Congress designated January 24 as National BeltTM Day yet? I'd very much like to know.

Congress would not dare presume it has authority to regulate the BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 17, 2019, 12:10:59 AM
Loras 111 Central  80

So close.

The BeltTm moves on with Loras to the first ever American Rivers Conference Tournament which is really just the IIAC Tournament with a longer more confusing name.   Loras as the 2 seed get the bye and will play Thursday night in Dubuque against the winner of #3Wartburg and #6Dubuque who play Tuesday.  Judging by this years BeltTm path Wartburg has no chance.

2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
2-9-19:  Loras

Also The BeltTm makes that NCAA thingy.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 17, 2019, 12:23:06 AM
Quote from: sac on February 17, 2019, 12:10:59 AM
lso The BeltTm makes that NCAA thingy.

Sigh.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on February 17, 2019, 01:32:35 AM
Quote from: sac on February 17, 2019, 12:10:59 AM
Loras 111 Central  80

So close.

The BeltTm moves on with Loras to the first ever American Rivers Conference Tournament which is really just the IIAC Tournament with a longer more confusing name.   Loras as the 2 seed get the bye and will play Thursday night in Dubuque against the winner of #3Wartburg and #6Dubuque who play Tuesday.  Judging by this years BeltTm path Wartburg has no chance.

2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
2-9-19:  Loras

Also The BeltTm makes that NCAA thingy.

Vegas agrees; the game has been taken off the board.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 18, 2019, 03:12:37 AM
Quote from: sac on February 14, 2019, 11:36:19 PM
January 24, 2007 the day Just Bill provided us with BeltTm enlightenment
... and this thought came to mind...

"...and I became aware this year."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogHtl6UFSSI
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 18, 2019, 07:09:45 AM
And The BeltTM enlightenment brought this quote immediately.  ;D :)

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 24, 2007, 02:51:55 PM

That seems silly and pointless...






...which means it fits in nicely with half of the other boards on the site.  Cheerio.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 19, 2019, 10:07:51 PM
Quote from: sac on February 17, 2019, 12:10:59 AM
Judging by this years BeltTm path Wartburg has no chance.

Dubuque 83 Loras 80
I'm not going to say I told you so but I told you so. 

Dubuque will play Loras Thursday night in Dubuque.  Oh yeah and Dubuque has already beaten Loras twice, both times in Dubuque.  Because both schools are in Dubuque.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 19, 2019, 10:16:23 PM
Quote from: sac on February 19, 2019, 10:07:51 PM
Quote from: sac on February 17, 2019, 12:10:59 AM
Judging by this years BeltTm path Wartburg has no chance.

Dubuque 83 Loras Wartburg 80
I'm not going to say I told you so but I told you so. 

Dubuque will play Loras Thursday night in Dubuque.  Oh yeah and Dubuque has already beaten Loras twice, both times in Dubuque.  Because both schools are in Dubuque.

FTFY
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 19, 2019, 10:33:39 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 19, 2019, 10:16:23 PM
Quote from: sac on February 19, 2019, 10:07:51 PM
Quote from: sac on February 17, 2019, 12:10:59 AM
Judging by this years BeltTm path Wartburg has no chance.

Dubuque 83 Loras Wartburg 80
I'm not going to say I told you so but I told you so. 

Dubuque will play Loras Thursday night in Dubuque.  Oh yeah and Dubuque has already beaten Loras twice, both times in Dubuque.  Because both schools are in Dubuque.

FTFY

premonition
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 19, 2019, 10:42:03 PM
(https://cdn.kapwing.com/final_5c6ccbe91e6ebd0014fbb449_807321.jpg)

(Couldn't get rid of the watermark, but oh well.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 19, 2019, 11:00:57 PM
Cue the dancing hams!

(https://media1.tenor.com/images/fee53907dac65ce9cda7c4a002839fe6/tenor.gif?itemid=4613653)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 21, 2019, 11:28:48 PM
Loras 93  Dubuque 78

Third times a charm because its hard to beat a team 3 times in one season, just ask Sager.  With this win Loras carries The BeltTm from Dubuque alllllllllllllll......llllllllllllllllllll the way across Iowa into the land of Cornhuskers (and Prarie Wolves) for a Saturday evening American Rivers Conference Tournament Championship which is neat.

Winner carries The BeltTm into the NCAA tournament and immediately guarantees they will not win it this year.

2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18: Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
2-9-19:  Loras

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 24, 2019, 12:50:26 PM
Nebraska Wesleyan 97  Loras 79

Fairwell Dubuque, Iowa.

After a year that required a bit of patience we end up where we began with The BeltTm heading to the NCAA Tournament in the hands of the defending champions.

2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18:  Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
2-9-19:  Loras
2-23-19:  Nebraska Wesleyan

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 24, 2019, 01:56:49 PM
Bumping this again since it's relevant.

Quote from: lmitzel on March 05, 2018, 09:40:44 AM
Updated mark of how teams carrying The BeltTM into the NCAA Tournament have fared:
One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '15 Augustana
Champion: None
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 26, 2019, 01:24:13 PM
Also resharing the map (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059) now that we're up to date through the ARC Tournament. I've got placeholder text in place for this weekend and we'll see where ItTM goes the following weekend before heading to Fort Wayne.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 26, 2019, 01:35:23 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 24, 2019, 01:56:49 PM
Bumping this again since it's relevant.

Quote from: lmitzel on March 05, 2018, 09:40:44 AM
Updated mark of how teams carrying The BeltTM into the NCAA Tournament have fared:
One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '15 Augustana
Champion: None

The BeltTM is a jealous mistress. If cutting down the net on the last night of the season is your goal, and the Big Doorstop is really your ultimate prize instead of The BeltTM, then it's clear that carrying Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM into the tournament turns it into Thee Most Jinxed Albatross CummerbundTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Wooster Booster on February 26, 2019, 02:14:59 PM
Quote from: sac on February 19, 2019, 10:07:51 PM
Quote from: sac on February 17, 2019, 12:10:59 AM
Judging by this years BeltTm path Wartburg has no chance.

Dubuque 83 Loras 80
I'm not going to say I told you so but I told you so. 

Dubuque will play Loras Thursday night in Dubuque.  Oh yeah and Dubuque has already beaten Loras twice, both times in Dubuque.  Because both schools are in Dubuque.

I was sure Loras was in Rivendell.  Has to be.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Caz Bombers on February 26, 2019, 05:46:53 PM
Quote from: Wooster Booster on February 26, 2019, 02:14:59 PM
Quote from: sac on February 19, 2019, 10:07:51 PM
Quote from: sac on February 17, 2019, 12:10:59 AM
Judging by this years BeltTm path Wartburg has no chance.

Dubuque 83 Loras 80
I'm not going to say I told you so but I told you so. 

Dubuque will play Loras Thursday night in Dubuque.  Oh yeah and Dubuque has already beaten Loras twice, both times in Dubuque.  Because both schools are in Dubuque.

I was sure Loras was in Rivendell.  Has to be.

Rivendell, no. King's Landing, yes.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 02, 2019, 09:59:05 PM
St Thomas 70 Nebraska Wesleyan 58

The BeltTM as always chooses to leave the team that brought ItTM during the tournament. St Thomas will face Guilford next but a potential opponent in the Elite 8? Loras. Who if you're unaware, is from Dubuque.

2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18:  Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
2-9-19:  Loras
2-23-19:  Nebraska Wesleyan
3-2-19:   St Thomas
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 02, 2019, 10:03:01 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 02, 2019, 09:59:05 PM
St Thomas 70 Nebraska Wesleyan 58

The BeltTM as always chooses to leave the team that brought ItTM during the tournament.

Yep. It's:

Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 26, 2019, 01:35:23 PMThee Most Jinxed Albatross CummerbundTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 02, 2019, 10:56:08 PM
Then I suppose it's time I updated this thing:

One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '19 Nebraska Wesleyan, '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '15 Augustana
Champion: None

That's three years in a row the team bringing ItTM to the Dance has lost during the opening weekend. Weird, considering how the few years before that the teams blessed with possession of The BeltTM had carried it fairly deep.

I'm just sad; with North Central losing tonight I lost out on an opportunity to announce two more BeltTM matches. Alas.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SUMMIT!!!!! on March 02, 2019, 11:28:07 PM
And so The BeltTM is on its way back to Summit & Cretin in St Paul.... i think it has spent as much time there over the past 8+ seasons as it has anywhere. Coach Tauer will dutifully hand the sacred relic to retiring AD Fritz. The former coach, wearing white gloves as he solemnly lifts the BeltTM  much like a chalice of consecrated wine, will address the BeltTM  simply: "Welcome home. You are now where you belong" as the Tommie player cheer loudly and pledge to keep The BeltTM  in St Paul forever.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 04, 2019, 02:00:29 PM
It's been a couple years, but yeah, St. Thomas has a pretty extensive history with The BeltTM. But it's their first time holding ItTM in a couple years.

Meanwhile, The BeltTM returns to Oshkosh for the first time since 2014, when Oshkosh lost to then-BeltTM holder Whitewater. The Titans have been in possession before, but all were in the Stealth Era, including being Stealth Era Dream ScenarioTM Holders in 1991.

Map is updated; I also threw Fort Wayne on there for next weekend. Only real changes I'll need to make will be if someone other than St. Thomas takes The BeltTM to Fort Wayne.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 04, 2019, 03:11:05 PM
Quote from: sac on February 14, 2019, 11:36:19 PM
January 24, 2007 the day Just Bill provided us with BeltTm enlightenment

A day that will live in infamy.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 04, 2019, 03:14:14 PM
Also, could someone please clarify where Loras is located?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 04, 2019, 03:30:47 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 04, 2019, 03:14:14 PM
Also, could someone please clarify where Loras is located?
Dubuque. Loras is from Dubuque Iowa. Dubuque is located in eastern Iowa right beside the Mississippi River and across from the small town of East Dubuque, Illinois. Loras appears to be pretty centrally located in Dubuque. Dubuque is about equidistant from Des Moines and Chicago.
;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 04, 2019, 04:29:22 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 04, 2019, 03:30:47 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 04, 2019, 03:14:14 PM
Also, could someone please clarify where Loras is located?
Dubuque. Loras is from Dubuque Iowa. Dubuque is located in eastern Iowa right beside the Mississippi River and across from the small town of East Dubuque, Illinois. Loras appears to be pretty centrally located in Dubuque. Dubuque is about equidistant from Des Moines and Chicago.
;D

I'm going way out on a limb here, of course, but I think that there's just an eensy-teensy chance that Bill's question was not quite of serious intent. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 04, 2019, 04:52:56 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 04, 2019, 04:29:22 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 04, 2019, 03:30:47 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 04, 2019, 03:14:14 PM
Also, could someone please clarify where Loras is located?
Dubuque. Loras is from Dubuque Iowa. Dubuque is located in eastern Iowa right beside the Mississippi River and across from the small town of East Dubuque, Illinois. Loras appears to be pretty centrally located in Dubuque. Dubuque is about equidistant from Des Moines and Chicago.
;D

I'm going way out on a limb here, of course, but I think that there's just an eensy-teensy chance that Bill's question was not quite of serious intent. ;)

To also go way out on a limb, I think the same applies to FCGG's reply! ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 04, 2019, 05:28:05 PM
Hold up, there is an East Dubuque?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 04, 2019, 05:46:41 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on March 04, 2019, 04:52:56 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 04, 2019, 04:29:22 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 04, 2019, 03:30:47 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 04, 2019, 03:14:14 PM
Also, could someone please clarify where Loras is located?
Dubuque. Loras is from Dubuque Iowa. Dubuque is located in eastern Iowa right beside the Mississippi River and across from the small town of East Dubuque, Illinois. Loras appears to be pretty centrally located in Dubuque. Dubuque is about equidistant from Des Moines and Chicago.
;D

I'm going way out on a limb here, of course, but I think that there's just an eensy-teensy chance that Bill's question was not quite of serious intent. ;)

To also go way out on a limb, I think the same applies to FCGG's reply! ;)

Ya think? ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on March 05, 2019, 12:14:27 PM
Quote from: sac on March 04, 2019, 05:28:05 PM
Hold up, there is an East Dubuque?

It's in Illinois - it doesn't count :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 05, 2019, 03:51:55 PM
Of course it doesn't count. There's no dancing-ham commercial with a snappy jingle for East Dubuque.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 06, 2019, 01:59:16 AM
East Dubuque has a Family Beer and Liquor Store though.

https://www.familybeer.com/
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 06, 2019, 11:05:21 AM
Sixteen-year-old steps up to the counter with a six-pack, hands the cashier his father's driver's license:

"This six-pack is for my dad. This is called 'Family Beer & Liquor', isn't it?"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: thebear on March 06, 2019, 01:34:06 PM
I'm old, but I can remember there used to be no problem for a kid going to the local corner store [where the parents had an account] I remember picking up beer for my dad and cigs for my mom, without a problem back in the '50's.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on March 06, 2019, 06:35:41 PM
Quote from: thebear on March 06, 2019, 01:34:06 PM
I'm old, but I can remember there used to be no problem for a kid going to the local corner store [where the parents had an account] I remember picking up beer for my dad and cigs for my mom, without a problem back in the '50's.

I can remember some time in the late 70's my brother(who was about 10) went to the local pharmacy(in PA)to get cigars for my uncle. The women behind the counter  asked if they were for him. He told her no that they were for our uncle. Women said ok, took the money and gave him the cigars. Never would happen today.

Though I run a liquor store and I can't count how many parents try and use their minor children's cards to buy booze. Of course we have to deny them.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 06, 2019, 08:35:20 PM
I remember a time getting carded...at Wal-Mart...to buy...a Rated-R movie...I'm in my mid-40s.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on March 07, 2019, 04:56:02 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 06, 2019, 08:35:20 PM
I remember a time getting carded...at Wal-Mart...to buy...a Rated-R movie...I'm in my mid-40s.

Literally never been carded for anything - the blessing/curse of my hair starting to turn gray at 16
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 07, 2019, 05:59:22 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on March 07, 2019, 04:56:02 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 06, 2019, 08:35:20 PM
I remember a time getting carded...at Wal-Mart...to buy...a Rated-R movie...I'm in my mid-40s.

Literally never been carded for anything - the blessing/curse of my hair starting to turn gray at 16

I got carded for a bag of ice once. That was fun.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 07, 2019, 06:39:34 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 06, 2019, 08:35:20 PM
I remember a time getting carded...at Wal-Mart...to buy...a Rated-R movie...I'm in my mid-40s.

They probably didn't think you would take the 'be kind, rewind' edict seriously...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 07, 2019, 06:47:39 PM
My favorite 'carding' story is a grocery store #2 son cashiered at.  He got reprimanded for not carding his mother! ::)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: NCF on March 07, 2019, 08:44:30 PM
I got carded when I was pregnant. No, I wasn't buying anything for me.  ::) ::) I was on my way to a graduation party and was picking up something to bring to the party. I didn't bring my license into the store with me. The old guy behind the counter made me go back to my car to get it.  :o :o ;D ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 07, 2019, 10:33:47 PM
The best is when the waiter/waitress/clerk has that brief moment when you can see the wheels spin on whether they need to card you or not.......and then they look at your hair.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on March 08, 2019, 11:13:52 AM
Quote from: sac on March 07, 2019, 10:33:47 PM
The best is when the waiter/waitress/clerk has that brief moment when you can see the wheels spin on whether they need to card you or not.......and then they look at your hair.

For me believe it or not you can tell a lot about age from a person's hands. Not always easy, especially with gloves on because of winter, but that's a way you can judge.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 08, 2019, 01:05:00 PM

They've gotten rid of those "We card everyone under 39" signs that used to be prevalent.  I wonder if they realized someone could just claim to be 40 and their whole system falls apart?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 08, 2019, 01:11:58 PM
My father has had white hair basically since his 30s (he is in his early 80s now). He was in Florida about thirty years ago late in his father's life visiting/handling medical items. He was in a store picking up some food and a six pack for his stay. He got up to pay at the grocery store and noticed there was some police in an office, but didn't think anything of it. The young lady (probably early 20s) was scanning his items and asked for his ID. He says, he told her "I could kiss you!" and laughed. Her reply, "we just had someone try and use a fake ID to buy alcohol and the police are here because of it. While they are here, EVERYONE gets IDed."

LOL My dad clearly had that boost to his self esteem immediately run over by a truck.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: northb on March 08, 2019, 05:50:37 PM
When I was in college, I lived with my brother for a year.  He was 22 and I was 19, age to buy alcohol was 21.  He misplaced his license, and when he went to Spike and Mike's, the party store where he had been buying alcohol for a couple years, they carded him.  He looked younger than his actual age.  When he had no ID, they would not sell to him.  He had to come get his younger, underage brother to go to the beer store for him.  I wouldn't let him live it down for a while until I realized that in our middle age, he's got the better end of that stick.  Spike and Mike's has not aged as well as we did. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: monsoon on March 09, 2019, 08:25:06 AM

2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18:  Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
2-9-19:  Loras
2-23-19:  Nebraska Wesleyan
3-2-19:   St Thomas
3-8-19:  Guilford
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 09, 2019, 09:42:02 AM
Quote from: monsoon on March 09, 2019, 08:25:06 AM

2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18:  Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
2-9-19:  Loras
2-23-19:  Nebraska Wesleyan
3-2-19:   St Thomas
3-8-19:  Guilford
Hmmm  2018-19 Corn BeltTM

We all know what they use corn for in the hills of North Carolina...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 09, 2019, 11:20:11 PM
Oshkosh 82  Guilford 79

B'gosh The BeltTm will head to Ft. Wayne in the hands of the Oshkosh Titans.


2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18:  Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
2-9-19:  Loras
2-23-19:  Nebraska Wesleyan
3-2-19:   St Thomas
3-8-19:  Guilford
3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh

I won't mention the holder of The BeltTm has lost 3 tournament games in a row.  Oh, hi Aston Francis.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 10, 2019, 12:40:43 AM
You know, I've tracked how the initial holder has fared in the tournament, but not the overall record of BeltTM holders for the tournament. Questions for later.

Quote from: sac on March 09, 2019, 11:20:11 PM
Oh, hi Aston Francis.

I wonder how Francis would be impacted by The BeltTM's supernatural powers. I'm... a little terrified.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 10, 2019, 12:45:33 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 10, 2019, 12:40:43 AM
You know, I've tracked how the initial holder has fared in the tournament, but not the overall record of BeltTM holders for the tournament. Questions for later.

Quote from: sac on March 09, 2019, 11:20:11 PM
Oh, hi Aston Francis.

I wonder how Francis would be impacted by The BeltTM's supernatural powers. I'm... a little terrified.
Either The BeltTM will be the only one to stop him, or by their powers combined Francis will top Jack Taylor's triple figure games.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiltedbryan on March 12, 2019, 09:54:19 AM
Have all the Final Four participants held The BeltTM before? Or could someone receive Thy Most Revered and Bespangled Corn Belt TM for the first time while also receiving the far inferior Big Doorstop?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2019, 11:05:45 AM
No to the first question, yes to the second question. UW-Oshkosh has been a frequent holder of The BeltTM ever since UWO moved from NAIA to D3 back in the Nineties. Christopher Newport held ItTM in 2001-02 and again last season. Wheaton's held ItTM once, back in 1991-92; ironically, that was when Wheaton was still a chronic second-division program in the CCIW, and, doubly ironically, current Wheaton head coach Mike Schauer was a Wheaton player at the time when Thy Most Revered and Bespangled Corn BeltTM was on campus. The BeltTM was kept in a vault in Wheaton's Billy Graham Center, where ItTM was guarded by an angel holding a flaming sword.

The only BeltTM Virgin in the Final Four is Swarthmore. The Garnet had ItTM in their own building last year, as ItTM was present at the 2018 sectional in Tarble Pavilion. But the Garnet were never able to take in hand the Super Special Chromium Steel TongsTM in order to grasp and raise The BeltTM on high before the hometown crowd; BeltTM holder Springfield defeated the Garnet and kept Thee Most Exalted and Bespangled CinctureTM in their possession.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 12, 2019, 01:49:20 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2019, 11:05:45 AM
No to the first question, yes to the second question. UW-Oshkosh has been a frequent holder of The BeltTM ever since UWO moved from NAIA to D3 back in the Nineties. Christopher Newport held ItTM in 2001-02 and again last season. Wheaton's held ItTM once, back in 1991-92; ironically, that was when Wheaton was still a chronic second-division program in the CCIW, and, doubly ironically, current Wheaton head coach Mike Schauer was a Wheaton player at the time when Thy Most Revered and Bespangled Corn BeltTM was on campus. The BeltTM was kept in a vault in Wheaton's Billy Graham Center, where ItTM was guarded by an angel holding a flaming sword.

The only BeltTM Virgin in the Final Four is Swarthmore. The Garnet had ItTM in their own building last year, as ItTM was present at the 2018 sectional in Tarble Pavilion. But the Garnet were never able to take in hand the Super Special Chromium Steel TongsTM in order to grasp and raise The BeltTM on high before the hometown crowd; BeltTM holder Springfield defeated the Garnet and kept Thee Most Exalted and Bespangled CinctureTM in their possession.
ROTFL
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 16, 2019, 11:21:58 PM
Congrats to the Titans of Oshkosh.  We've now arrived at that moment every good available and cheap trademark lawyer hopes never comes.  When we pack up The BeltTm and send it off on its summer of usual shenanigans with its rightful owner.  We'll wait with great anticipation for our gathering next November when we'll dust off the luster and lubricate the baubles for another exciting year of tracking this completely fictional yet oh so real greatest of the great traveling trophies.


2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18:  Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
2-9-19:  Loras
2-23-19:  Nebraska Wesleyan
3-2-19:   St Thomas
3-8-19:  Guilford
3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh


(https://uwosh.edu/today/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/CLash-Dancing-1080x675.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 17, 2019, 12:01:24 AM
Does The BeltTM float? There's been a lot of flooding in central Wisconsin.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 17, 2019, 09:29:30 AM

By the way, defending national champion coach Matt Lewis mentioned last night he's still got three games to fill for next season, so if you want a shot at the belt, pick up the phone.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 19, 2019, 02:54:50 PM
Map is once again up to date (https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2909059). Really, this was a fairly simple change some text around and changing UW-Oshkosh's marker around since they are now a simultaneous champion/BeltTM Holder in the modern era and not just the Stealth Era.

I didn't update Guilford's entry even though they held The BeltTM for about 24 hours since ItTM technically never left Wisconsin that weekend.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 20, 2019, 11:18:26 AM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 17, 2019, 09:29:30 AM

By the way, defending national champion coach Matt Lewis mentioned last night he's still got three games to fill for next season, so if you want a shot at the belt, pick up the phone.

There's a little part of me that desperately wants to believe a random coach saw this post, squealed "OMG The BeltTm" and ran to the phone to set up a date with UW-Oshkosh.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 20, 2019, 12:21:34 PM
Thanks, sac. That image of a D3 men's basketball head coach reacting like a teenage girl to this board has made my week. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 20, 2019, 01:13:02 PM
I'm sure Silver Lake College would be more than happy to take a beating from Oshkosh just so they can be in the same building as The BeltTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Pat Coleman on March 20, 2019, 01:45:16 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 20, 2019, 01:13:02 PM
I'm sure Silver Lake College would be more than happy to take a beating from Oshkosh just so they can be in the same building as The BeltTM

The Belt is not on the line in a game vs. Silver Lake. I wouldn't even bring The Belt into The Building in that case.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 20, 2019, 04:00:56 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 20, 2019, 01:45:16 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 20, 2019, 01:13:02 PM
I'm sure Silver Lake College would be more than happy to take a beating from Oshkosh just so they can be in the same building as The BeltTM

The Belt is not on the line in a game vs. Silver Lake. I wouldn't even bring The Belt into The Building in that case.
Once again, the Moderator of the message boards has to remind us of the Terms of Service for participation on these message boards.

The fact that it happened today with the respect to The BeltTM should be sufficient warning for lesser infractions.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on March 20, 2019, 04:34:22 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 20, 2019, 04:00:56 PM
Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 20, 2019, 01:45:16 PM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 20, 2019, 01:13:02 PM
I'm sure Silver Lake College would be more than happy to take a beating from Oshkosh just so they can be in the same building as The BeltTM

The Belt is not on the line in a game vs. Silver Lake. I wouldn't even bring The Belt into The Building in that case.
Once again, the Moderator of the message boards has to remind us of the Terms of Service for participation on these message boards.

The fact that it happened today with the respect to The BeltTM should be sufficient warning for lesser infractions.

True - but he is much less frightening than The WeaselsTM, who may not be terribly happy regarding his lack of proper homage in writing ItsTM name
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 20, 2019, 05:09:18 PM
Pat's convinced that he's found the antidote to Just Bill's law firm:

(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1166/2338/products/lenon-weasel-nature-call-lure-powerfull-weasel-lure-4oz_grande.jpg?v=1457214713)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 20, 2019, 06:46:46 PM
Wishing everyone a Happy Spring!  (The Vernal Equinox occurred a 5:58 EDT.)  Now if it would only feel more spring-like outside - or have The WeaselsTM gotten a restraining order against spring weather?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 21, 2019, 01:40:29 AM
I'll bet Stevens Point has already started practicing in mouthwatering anticipation of a potential BeltTM matchup next season...

(Too soon?)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 21, 2019, 05:48:40 AM
Quote from: kiko on March 21, 2019, 01:40:29 AM
I'll bet Stevens Point has already started practicing in mouthwatering anticipation of a potential BeltTM matchup next season...

(Too soon?)

Really? Is that necessary? They started last week! LOL :P ;D :D ;)

edited to show my sarcasm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 21, 2019, 08:54:43 AM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on March 21, 2019, 05:48:40 AM
Quote from: kiko on March 21, 2019, 01:40:29 AM
I'll bet Stevens Point has already started practicing in mouthwatering anticipation of a potential BeltTM matchup next season...

(Too soon?)

Really? Is that necessary? They started last week.

Today's the day, by the way.  It's the deadline for UWSP to submit their plan for accommodating Semling's show-cause order.  If he survives the day, he's definitely staying for the long haul.  The show-cause isn't super odious, so I always expected he'd be fine, but the doubters won't have much evidence by tomorrow.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Dave 'd-mac' McHugh on March 21, 2019, 02:05:17 PM
I am dying with laughter right now.

BTW - UWSP may have the deadline as now, but they are also hosting the Men's Ice Hockey final four ... bad timing! HAHA
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 30, 2019, 02:11:12 AM
It's behind a paywall, so I will only quote the first bit.  The BeltTM is an urban legend?!? I beg to differ.  And, these guys are terrible with trademark enforcement...

https://theathletic.com/888513/2019/03/29/ready-to-strike-tomorrow-how-one-20-trinket-captures-the-strife-within-a-10-billion-industry/ (https://theathletic.com/888513/2019/03/29/ready-to-strike-tomorrow-how-one-20-trinket-captures-the-strife-within-a-10-billion-industry/)

'Ready to strike tomorrow': How one $20 toy belt captures the strife within a $10 billion industry

By Marc Carig
Mar 29, 2019
 
The​ Belt​ changes hands​ shortly after season's end,​ in​ a crowded​ conference​ room​ at​ a luxury​ resort,​ where delegates​​ from every MLB team have been summoned for a symposium on arbitration. For three hours, they will work together at the direction of the league to set recommendations, which teams will use in negotiations with their players. It's a thankless job. So before the meeting adjourns, they'll celebrate an unsung hero in this battle over dollars. The ceremony ends with the presentation of a replica championship belt, awarded by the league to the team that did most to "achieve the goals set by the industry." In other words: The team that did the most to keep salaries down in arbitration.

For the last few years, The Belt has been an urban legend of sorts, known mostly by player agents and the small circle of mid-level team officials tasked with the tedious process of arbitration. But its existence, confirmed to The Athletic by multiple sources, has emerged as a tangible example of the animosity that could plunge the sport into a bruising labor conflict.

To its creators, it is nothing more than a morale booster, a nod for a job well done in the unglamorous arena of arbitration. But to others within the industry, it is emblematic of a climate in which the livelihoods of players can be turned into a parlor game.

In a statement, Major League Baseball acknowledged The Belt as "an informal recognition of those club's salary arbitration departments that did the best."

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 30, 2019, 02:00:45 PM
I asked for an Athletic subscription for my birthday more so because a bunch of writers I like are on there... but little did I know there'd be potential WeasalTM bait within that subscription.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 30, 2019, 04:22:17 PM
Quote from: kiko on March 30, 2019, 02:11:12 AM
It's behind a paywall, so I will only quote the first bit.  The BeltTM is an urban legend?!? I beg to differ.  And, these guys are terrible with trademark enforcement...

https://theathletic.com/888513/2019/03/29/ready-to-strike-tomorrow-how-one-20-trinket-captures-the-strife-within-a-10-billion-industry/ (https://theathletic.com/888513/2019/03/29/ready-to-strike-tomorrow-how-one-20-trinket-captures-the-strife-within-a-10-billion-industry/)

'Ready to strike tomorrow': How one $20 toy belt captures the strife within a $10 billion industry

By Marc Carig
Mar 29, 2019
 
The​ Belt​ changes hands​ shortly after season's end,​ in​ a crowded​ conference​ room​ at​ a luxury​ resort,​ where delegates​​ from every MLB team have been summoned for a symposium on arbitration. For three hours, they will work together at the direction of the league to set recommendations, which teams will use in negotiations with their players. It's a thankless job. So before the meeting adjourns, they'll celebrate an unsung hero in this battle over dollars. The ceremony ends with the presentation of a replica championship belt, awarded by the league to the team that did most to "achieve the goals set by the industry." In other words: The team that did the most to keep salaries down in arbitration.

For the last few years, The Belt has been an urban legend of sorts, known mostly by player agents and the small circle of mid-level team officials tasked with the tedious process of arbitration. But its existence, confirmed to The Athletic by multiple sources, has emerged as a tangible example of the animosity that could plunge the sport into a bruising labor conflict.

To its creators, it is nothing more than a morale booster, a nod for a job well done in the unglamorous arena of arbitration. But to others within the industry, it is emblematic of a climate in which the livelihoods of players can be turned into a parlor game.

In a statement, Major League Baseball acknowledged The Belt as "an informal recognition of those club's salary arbitration departments that did the best."


Go get 'em weasels. Daddy needs an overwater bungalow in the Maldives.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 01, 2019, 05:27:25 PM
Well, we're just over a week out from the return of The BeltTM... (https://uwoshkoshtitans.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/schedule)

And honestly, never have I rooted against Augustana in a non-conference game so hard.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 11, 2019, 10:35:43 AM
From Saturday...

UW-Oshkosh 74, Augustana 67

Oshkosh keeps The BeltTM and next takes it on the road to face... North Central.

I've been waiting to post this GIF for like four months.

(https://en.bloggif.com/output/8/7/872af719b14f3bf03b3bc3be54c0ed8c.gif?1573486457)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 11, 2019, 10:43:04 AM
A GIF selfie? Once again, The BeltTM board breaks new ground.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 11, 2019, 02:24:52 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 11, 2019, 10:43:04 AM
A GIF selfie? Once again, The BeltTM board breaks new ground.

And unfortunately the site I did this on only keeps the link active for like an hour after I make it, so alas... it is lost to the sands of time. And my hard drive, but the GIF is a little over the maximum allowed file size.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 11, 2019, 02:25:41 PM
Well, Lucas, I am your witness that it actually existed here.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on November 19, 2019, 11:27:09 PM
Mordecai Brown could probably count on one hand the number of active D3 coaches who could plausibly WEAR the BeltTM without suffering consequences from more powerful forces.  The Serbian Prince would be one of them.

Carthage 64, UW-Oshkosh 57
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 20, 2019, 06:24:05 AM

Does the Belt need an extender to fit around Brad Perry's waist?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 20, 2019, 05:52:47 PM
I would figure The BeltTM would use ItsTM supernatural powers to fit the waist of whoever it deems worthy to bless with ItsTM presence, but I wouldn't know for sure. I spent all of two hours in ItsTM presence like a week ago and just like that... it was gone.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on November 20, 2019, 06:33:59 PM
Finlandia gets the next shot at itTM... what a story that would be if the Lions get their first win since January of 2018 and take The BeltTM in the process.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 20, 2019, 07:12:49 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on November 20, 2019, 06:33:59 PM
Finlandia gets the next shot at itTM... what a story that would be if the Lions get their first win since January of 2018 and take The BeltTM in the process.

Even moreso because they've been historically bad so far this year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on November 25, 2019, 09:08:48 PM
Weird little BeltTM quirk this season...

After edging Finlandia by 58, Carthage's next game was against Rose-Hulman.  The Red. Men. engineered a victory, but irrespective of the outcome, North Central was going to get another shot at the bling.

Rose-Hulman's next game was in Naperville, where they are currently losing by roughly .45 Finlandias.  Carthage's next game after Rose-Hulman is against those same Cardinals.  Sadly for Lucas, this one is in Kenosha, and if the Cardinals manage to end the greatest two weeks of Bosco's coaching career, they would have to run the table in December before he would get to see the BeltTM in all of its bespangled glory, as North Central's next home game after meeting Carthage is in January.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 25, 2019, 09:29:15 PM
Quote from: kiko on November 25, 2019, 09:08:48 PMSadly for Lucas, this one is in Kenosha, and if the Cardinals manage to end the greatest two weeks of Bosco's coaching career, they would have to run the table in December before he would get to see the BeltTM in all of its bespangled glory, as North Central's next home game after meeting Carthage is in January.

"The greatest two weeks" of his coaching career? Need I remind you that Bosko (with a 'k', not a 'c'; he's not a chocolate drink) has had his mitts on The BeltTM on at least two occasions in the past, as per our back-dating research from a couple of years ago, when the Serbian Prince was the head coach at North Park and the Vikings won two national championships?

Remember, The BeltTM is not held prisoner by the space-time continuum like the rest of us, but was retroactively present before Just Bill started this board.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on November 25, 2019, 10:34:02 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 25, 2019, 09:29:15 PM
Quote from: kiko on November 25, 2019, 09:08:48 PMSadly for Lucas, this one is in Kenosha, and if the Cardinals manage to end the greatest two weeks of Bosco's coaching career, they would have to run the table in December before he would get to see the BeltTM in all of its bespangled glory, as North Central's next home game after meeting Carthage is in January.

"The greatest two weeks" of his coaching career? Need I remind you that Bosko (with a 'k', not a 'c'; he's not a chocolate drink) has had his mitts on The BeltTM on at least two occasions in the past, as per our back-dating research from a couple of years ago, when the Serbian Prince was the head coach at North Park and the Vikings won two national championships?

Remember, The BeltTM is not held prisoner by the space-time continuum like the rest of us, but was retroactively present before Just Bill started this board.

Well sure, the BeltTM is timeless, but can we be sure Bosko knew just how much glory he was in the presence of during that time?  The BeltTM is otherworldly, but Bosko is merely Serbian royalty.  (Although perhaps North Park elected to build a stage into the Crackerbox blueprints so they could properly display the BeltTM... it is all starting to make sense now.)

And remember... the best championship is the next championship.  By that logic, this early-season CCIW matchup with North Central represents the pinnacle of Bosko's coaching career.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 25, 2019, 10:45:38 PM
Quote from: kiko on November 25, 2019, 10:34:02 PMWell sure, the BeltTM is timeless, but can we be sure Bosko knew just how much glory he was in the presence of during that time?  The BeltTM is otherworldly, but Bosko is merely Serbian royalty.  (Although perhaps North Park elected to build a stage into the Crackerbox blueprints so they could properly display the BeltTM... it is all starting to make sense now.)

If only. Half the reason why us NPU types want to win back The BeltTM is so that we can leave ItTM unshielded on the stage overnight in order to reduce that %$*&^! stage to rubble.

Quote from: kiko on November 25, 2019, 10:34:02 PMAnd remember... the best championship is the next championship.  By that logic, this early-season CCIW matchup with North Central represents the pinnacle of Bosko's coaching career.

Bosko's got five national championship rings tucked away in his sock drawer, so I think I'll leave it to him to decide which championship is the best championship.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on November 26, 2019, 09:07:10 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 25, 2019, 10:45:38 PM
Bosko's got five national championship rings tucked away in his sock drawer, so I think I'll leave it to him to decide which championship is the best championship.

Assuming that is true, then I guess The BeltTM was not impressed with the way Bosko treats his bling, albeit significantly lesser bling than ItselfTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 26, 2019, 12:19:35 PM
Actually, I don't know where he keeps them. He doesn't wear them, though.

It's just fun to speculate that he keeps them in his sock drawer. Perhaps it's because the term "sock drawer" is strangely amusing.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 27, 2019, 10:16:07 AM
Quote from: kiko on November 25, 2019, 09:08:48 PM
Weird little BeltTM quirk this season...

After edging Finlandia by 58, Carthage's next game was against Rose-Hulman.  The Red. Men. engineered a victory, but irrespective of the outcome, North Central was going to get another shot at the bling.

Rose-Hulman's next game was in Naperville, where they are currently losing by roughly .45 Finlandias.  Carthage's next game after Rose-Hulman is against those same Cardinals.  Sadly for Lucas, this one is in Kenosha, and if the Cardinals manage to end the greatest two weeks of Bosco's coaching career, they would have to run the table in December before he would get to see the BeltTM in all of its bespangled glory, as North Central's next home game after meeting Carthage is in January.

I can dream, right? There's also the matter of if North Central gets possession of The BeltTM during the long home game drought I may sneak over to Merner and see if I can get a day with ItTM like NHL players do with the Stanley Cup. Maybe It'llTM help my daughter sleep at night. :)

Besides, as long as we make it to 2020 with The BeltTM still firmly in CCIW hands I may get other cracks at announcing another BeltTM game.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 01, 2019, 12:59:14 PM
2019-20  The BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19   Carthage


barring something weird, I see The BeltTm being kicked around the CCIW the rest of the year.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 08, 2019, 03:42:32 PM
And after a 95-91 result...

2019-20  The BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan

I still have to update the map for this season yet. Hopefully I can do that this week.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 08, 2019, 05:51:48 PM
Quote from: sac on December 01, 2019, 12:59:14 PM
barring something weird, I see The BeltTm being kicked around the CCIW the rest of the year.

I'm going to have to pump the brakes on this thought, there are still a lot of different directions The BeltTm can go now that IWU has seized this amazing opportunity.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on December 08, 2019, 08:42:16 PM
Quote from: sac on December 08, 2019, 05:51:48 PM
Quote from: sac on December 01, 2019, 12:59:14 PM
barring something weird, I see The BeltTm being kicked around the CCIW the rest of the year.

I'm going to have to pump the brakes on this thought, there are still a lot of different directions The BeltTm can go now that IWU has seized this amazing opportunity.

Yeah, if IWU loses to WashU, the only chance to get it back into the CCIW is 1-8 Millikin in WashU's next game. :P  If IWU can step up and beat the Bears (the game IS in B'town), we SHOULD beat both teams in Texas over the break, and the Titans have no more games outside the conference after that.

Now, before IWU plays WashU on the 19th, they have to go to Rock Island, so if we fall there it will be Augie's responsibility to protect The BeltTM, and I haven't checked on their schedule.  It's good that possessing This Most Glorious Bauble is so rewarding, because the burden of protection is almost unbearable. :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 08, 2019, 08:53:23 PM
Augie has a couple games with Stevens Point and LaCrosse after IWU.

There was less risk of The BeltTm leaving the CCIW if Carthage had retained it, but then Alma beat Oshkosh and everything went haywire.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 30, 2019, 09:18:35 AM
Dust off those boots and get yourself a 10 gallon hat, we're staying in Texas.

2019-20  The BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-29-19  Concordia, Tx

(https://www.concordia.edu/blog/images/2019/vortex_hero.jpg)
Vortex


I believe that's our first mascot with a photo shopped hat
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on December 30, 2019, 10:28:38 AM
Quote from: sac on December 30, 2019, 09:18:35 AM
Dust off those boots and get yourself a 10 gallon hat, we're staying in Texas.

2019-20  The BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-29-19  Concordia, Tx

(https://www.concordia.edu/blog/images/2019/vortex_hero.jpg)
Vortex


I believe that's our first mascot with a photo shopped hat

Sorry-- I thought Wash U got the Belt Tm on December 19 when Jack Nolan helped the Bears get the pinfall in Bloomington, IL. 97-88.  The Bears have a title defense tomorrow against Millikin.

Holy Ric Flair vs Tatsumi Fujinami!!! 


(edited by GS for formatting)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on December 30, 2019, 10:37:31 AM
It seems that we have a problem with the path of the Belt Tm .

I recognize a title change on December 19 with Wash U beating Illinois Wesleyan, 97-88, so the Belt Tm is actually in St. Louis now. Sac seems not to recognize it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 30, 2019, 10:38:35 AM
....my account was hacked......no?

2019-20  The BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19:  Washington U

You can still wear boots and a ten gallon hat if you want.


One of the most awkward conversations I've ever had watching a D3 game was with the WashU bear at the Salem Civic Center in 2008.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 30, 2019, 11:04:49 AM
I can't imagine a discussion with a bear being particularly edifying ... although I might make an exception for a UAA-educated ursine.

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kappit.com%2Fimg%2Fpics%2F201512_2103_ahaci_sm.jpg&hash=aa9faadbad7f318f1bc84565cf5657e4bedbb843)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 30, 2019, 06:00:06 PM
So it looks like barring an upset tomorrow in Decatur, The BeltTM will be spend its January and February racking up frequent flyer miles in the UAA for the first time since 2008.

You had one job, IWU.

Random side note: I was dismayed to log onto my map website a week or two ago and find that I got locked out because I only got a certain number of free views and now all my work is stuck behind a paywall. Looks like I'll have to rebuild in Google Maps.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 30, 2019, 09:30:46 PM
Quote from: sac on December 30, 2019, 09:18:35 AM
Dust off those boots and get yourself a 10 gallon hat, we're staying in Texas.

2019-20  The BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-29-19  Concordia, Tx

(https://www.concordia.edu/blog/images/2019/vortex_hero.jpg)
Vortex


I believe that's our first mascot with a photo shopped hat

Shucks. I was hoping that The BeltTM could spend some time in Texas!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on December 31, 2019, 03:03:45 PM
Quote from: sac on December 30, 2019, 10:38:35 AM
....my account was hacked......no?


This explains why the BeltTM holder was listed as Lomonosov Moscow State University for a while.

They don't seem to have a mascot, but they do have a coat of arms, which may be more intimidating in the grand scheme of things...

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_State_University#/media/File:Moscow_State_University_CoA.png)

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Titan Q on December 31, 2019, 04:49:01 PM
Millikin 63
#10-Wash U 61

IWU plays for The Belt this Saturday!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: deiscanton on December 31, 2019, 07:33:56 PM
The gold is back in the hands of the CCIW.

What a time for Wash U to have to play short-handed.

I was so looking to have Brandeis get a few cracks at it this season, but alas, that will not be the case.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 31, 2019, 08:26:30 PM
2019-20  The BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19:  Washington U
12-31-19:  Millikin


If you had Millikin in the "Who will carry The BeltTm into the year 2020" pool, congratulations, you're insane.

I get the feeling Millikin has tried a few different things to represent "Big Blue" as a living breathing mascot, this was as good as any idea.
(https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/herald-review.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/62/9622291c-3fed-5646-b2f7-5597bcf3e01a/5b7b6cd7a6944.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C812)


What a night in Decatur, ain't no party like a Decatur party.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 31, 2019, 08:43:06 PM
Quote from: sac on December 31, 2019, 08:26:30 PM
2019-20  The BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19:  Washington U
12-31-19:  Millikin


If you had Millikin in the "Who will carry The BeltTm into the year 2020" pool, congratulations, you're insane.

I get the feeling Millikin has tried a few different things to represent "Big Blue" as a living breathing mascot, this was as good as any idea.
(https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/herald-review.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/62/9622291c-3fed-5646-b2f7-5597bcf3e01a/5b7b6cd7a6944.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C812)

Well, it got Lori Kerans involved, which is cool.

"Big Blue" is a fun mascot as a PA guy. I always announce dead ball turnovers with a "[team nickname] ball," which for Millikin, you can imagine the fun there. Clark Teuscher once followed that up, without skipping a beat, with a joke about it that I still laugh about today.

Quote from: Titan Q on December 31, 2019, 04:49:01 PM
Millikin 63
#10-Wash U 61

IWU plays for The Belt this Saturday!

I hope they get ItTM back, though if they do I need to find a new image hosting site that doesn't delete stuff after an hour.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 31, 2019, 08:58:57 PM

I went back to the archives, assuming this was the first time Millikin has held The Belt, but no.  The Big Blue defeated Carthage, but didn't make the post-season and this finished the 1979 season holding The Belt - they carried it through the offseason and gave it back to Carthage during the 1980 season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 31, 2019, 09:13:46 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 31, 2019, 08:58:57 PM

I went back to the archives, assuming this was the first time Millikin has held The Belt, but no.  The Big Blue defeated Carthage, but didn't make the post-season and this finished the 1979 season holding The Belt - they carried it through the offseason and gave it back to Carthage during the 1980 season.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure between the Stealth Era and the Modern Era every CCIW school has had possession at least once... except NCC. :(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Titan Q on December 31, 2019, 09:59:58 PM
Pretty great strategy by IWU.  The Titans, knowing they'd drop a game in TX and see The Belt disappear in the ASC, loan The Belt to Wash U...certain they'd get a chance to earn it back via a Big Blue win over the Bears.

That was gutsy.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 31, 2019, 11:23:06 PM
Quote from: Titan Q on December 31, 2019, 09:59:58 PM
Pretty great strategy by IWU.  The Titans, knowing they'd drop a game in TX and see The Belt disappear in the ASC, loan The Belt to Wash U...certain they'd get a chance to earn it back via a Big Blue win over the Bears.

That was gutsy.
... or prescient.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on January 01, 2020, 12:41:10 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on December 31, 2019, 11:23:06 PM
Quote from: Titan Q on December 31, 2019, 09:59:58 PM
Pretty great strategy by IWU.  The Titans, knowing they'd drop a game in TX and see The Belt disappear in the ASC, loan The Belt to Wash U...certain they'd get a chance to earn it back via a Big Blue win over the Bears.

That was gutsy.
... or prescient.

...or totally insane - but it worked! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Titan Q on January 03, 2020, 07:49:49 PM
The Belt hits the media...

https://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/illinois-wesleyan/illinois-wesleyan-basketball-welcomes-millikin-to-shirk-center-for-saturday/article_08d78771-a3c5-5149-9ada-8b1f297fb4b8.html
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 03, 2020, 10:47:17 PM
Quote from: Titan Q on January 03, 2020, 07:49:49 PM
The Belt hits the media...

https://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/illinois-wesleyan/illinois-wesleyan-basketball-welcomes-millikin-to-shirk-center-for-saturday/article_08d78771-a3c5-5149-9ada-8b1f297fb4b8.html

Its glorious
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on January 03, 2020, 10:59:38 PM
Quote from: Titan Q on January 03, 2020, 07:49:49 PM
The Belt hits the media...

https://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/illinois-wesleyan/illinois-wesleyan-basketball-welcomes-millikin-to-shirk-center-for-saturday/article_08d78771-a3c5-5149-9ada-8b1f297fb4b8.html

The Pantagraph needs some lessons on the etiquette of The BeltTM before the weasels get unleashed on them!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 04, 2020, 12:02:04 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on January 03, 2020, 10:59:38 PM
Quote from: Titan Q on January 03, 2020, 07:49:49 PM
The Belt hits the media...

https://www.pantagraph.com/sports/college/illinois-wesleyan/illinois-wesleyan-basketball-welcomes-millikin-to-shirk-center-for-saturday/article_08d78771-a3c5-5149-9ada-8b1f297fb4b8.html

The Pantagraph needs some lessons on the etiquette of The BeltTM before the weasels get unleashed on them!

I might need to brush up on my Comm Law, but I feel like there was something about Fair Use, and news falling into that category. At least, that's what the radio mafia taught me.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on January 04, 2020, 07:10:40 PM
Much thanks to Millikin for gaining back The BeltTM in arguably the biggest upset in D3 this season.  When IWU lost to WashU, I thought The BeltTM would rotate around the UAA the rest of the season.  But now (80-71) IWU has won ItTM back, and the CCIW will almost certainly retain possession for AT LEAST the rest of the regular season.  The earth is now back on it's axis. ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 04, 2020, 07:34:06 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on January 04, 2020, 07:10:40 PM, and the CCIW will almost certainly retain possession for AT LEAST the rest of the regular season.

"Almost certainly"? Uh, Chuck, non-conference play is over. Dunno why you put the "almost" in there.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 04, 2020, 09:40:45 PM
2019-20  The BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19:  Washington U
12-31-19:  Millikin
1-4-20:  Illinois Wesleyan

Remember that time Nebraska Wesleyan held The BeltTm forever?    This is fun.  Only 6 more CCIW's to go.


Tommy the Titan
(https://www.iwu.edu/magazine/2015/Winter/images/tommy-double.jpg)
Why has no one shared this before.  Old and new, left and right.

North Central hosts IWU next Wednesday night.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on January 04, 2020, 09:52:55 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 04, 2020, 07:34:06 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on January 04, 2020, 07:10:40 PM, and the CCIW will almost certainly retain possession for AT LEAST the rest of the regular season.

"Almost certainly"? Uh, Chuck, non-conference play is over. Dunno why you put the "almost" in there.

Because I hadn't checked the composite schedule.  I assumed someone must still have a non-con game or two.  Glad to see that The BeltTM is safely where it belongs for the remainder of the regular season.  It would be great if ItTM chose to remain in CCIW territory for the summer! ;D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 04, 2020, 10:30:59 PM
Quote from: sac on January 04, 2020, 09:40:45 PM
2019-20  The BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19:  Washington U
12-31-19:  Millikin
1-4-20:  Illinois Wesleyan

Remember that time Nebraska Wesleyan held The BeltTm forever?    This is fun.  Only 6 more CCIW's to go.

Five. This ain't football. ;)

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on January 04, 2020, 09:52:55 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 04, 2020, 07:34:06 PM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on January 04, 2020, 07:10:40 PM, and the CCIW will almost certainly retain possession for AT LEAST the rest of the regular season.

"Almost certainly"? Uh, Chuck, non-conference play is over. Dunno why you put the "almost" in there.

Because I hadn't checked the composite schedule.  I assumed someone must still have a non-con game or two.

After the league schedule has resumed again post-New-Year's? That very rarely happens. NPU's game early this afternoon closed it out.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 04, 2020, 10:53:40 PM
Quote from: sac on January 04, 2020, 09:40:45 PM
2019-20  The BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19:  Washington U
12-31-19:  Millikin
1-4-20:  Illinois Wesleyan

Remember that time Nebraska Wesleyan held The BeltTm forever?    This is fun.  Only 6 more CCIW's to go.


Tommy the Titan
(https://www.iwu.edu/magazine/2015/Winter/images/tommy-double.jpg)
Why has no one shared this before.  Old and new, left and right.

North Central hosts IWU next Wednesday night.

(https://i.imgur.com/u6PAFZG.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 05, 2020, 12:53:27 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 04, 2020, 10:30:59 PM
Quote from: sac on January 04, 2020, 09:40:45 PM
2019-20  The BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19:  Washington U
12-31-19:  Millikin
1-4-20:  Illinois Wesleyan

Remember that time Nebraska Wesleyan held The BeltTm forever?    This is fun.  Only 6 more CCIW's to go.

Five. This ain't football. ;)


9  Minus  3 (Carthage, IWU, Milliken)  =   6 (Augustana, Carroll, Elmhurst, North Central, North Park, Wheaton)   :)

You're right, it ain't football.   ;)

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 05, 2020, 01:21:04 AM
Yep. I miscounted.

On the other hand, you misspelled Millikin, so let's call it even. ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Titan Q on January 05, 2020, 08:14:07 AM
It seems legitimately plausible that 8 of 9 CCIW teams could hold The Belt by the end of the season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 05, 2020, 12:02:42 PM
2-12 North Park beat North Central and Wheaton last year, if The BeltTm deems all 9 teams worthy it will happen.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on January 08, 2020, 09:48:53 PM
Congratulations LucasTM!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 08, 2020, 09:51:16 PM
I don't know what the normal yearly naming conventions are, but if the Weasels are willing to let it go after NCC's 82-69 win tonight...

2019-20  #THREEEEEEEEE BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19:  Washington U
12-31-19:  Millikin
1-4-20:  Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20:  North Central
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 08, 2020, 11:58:51 PM
There aren't many better moments than when you get to temporarily lose your vision because your team has won The BeltTm

Enjoy ImitzelTm

"Chippy"
(https://www.northcentralcollege.edu/sites/default/files/styles/full_image_large_scale/public/2019-03/32360634647_c8e51c52ee_k.jpg?itok=3Fuqsaz_)
Hey kids, go hug the terrifying bird


North Central hosts Carroll Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 09, 2020, 09:28:46 AM
Quote from: sac on January 08, 2020, 11:58:51 PM
"Chippy"
(https://www.northcentralcollege.edu/sites/default/files/styles/full_image_large_scale/public/2019-03/32360634647_c8e51c52ee_k.jpg?itok=3Fuqsaz_)
Hey kids, go hug the terrifying bird

Hey, I love that terrifying bird. I've got a couple pictures of him up in my basement, and my two and a half year old knows who he is, so he'll point at the pictures and go, "That's Chippy!" Hopefully Chippy's in attendance on Saturday, though whether he'll actually want to go high-five Chippy or something is up in the air (we're at the age where Santa was scary.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 09, 2020, 01:57:43 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 09, 2020, 09:28:46 AM
Quote from: sac on January 08, 2020, 11:58:51 PM
"Chippy"
(https://www.northcentralcollege.edu/sites/default/files/styles/full_image_large_scale/public/2019-03/32360634647_c8e51c52ee_k.jpg?itok=3Fuqsaz_)
Hey kids, go hug the terrifying bird

Hey, I love that terrifying bird. I've got a couple pictures of him up in my basement, and my two and a half year old knows who he is, so he'll point at the pictures and go, "That's Chippy!" Hopefully Chippy's in attendance on Saturday, though whether he'll actually want to go high-five Chippy or something is up in the air (we're at the age where Santa was scary.)

And Chippy doesn't even give presents.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 09, 2020, 05:46:03 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 09, 2020, 01:57:43 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 09, 2020, 09:28:46 AM
Quote from: sac on January 08, 2020, 11:58:51 PM
"Chippy"
(https://www.northcentralcollege.edu/sites/default/files/styles/full_image_large_scale/public/2019-03/32360634647_c8e51c52ee_k.jpg?itok=3Fuqsaz_)
Hey kids, go hug the terrifying bird

Hey, I love that terrifying bird. I've got a couple pictures of him up in my basement, and my two and a half year old knows who he is, so he'll point at the pictures and go, "That's Chippy!" Hopefully Chippy's in attendance on Saturday, though whether he'll actually want to go high-five Chippy or something is up in the air (we're at the age where Santa was scary.)

And Chippy doesn't even give presents.

We had to convince him that Santa made an arrangement to have one of my cats bring his presents into the house, so it's debatable whether Santa gives presents either. :P

Anyway, I spent roughly the past week running through Ryan's old PDF from 2018 of The BeltTM Path, then using D3Hoops' archive of old schedules to rebuild... The MapTM (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JLVjudoJZ1exOZGxGL7DlHGD3nfyUugc&usp=sharing). Some schools will have multiple entries on here between the Stealth Era and the Modern Era (you can select/deselect each era to declutter it a little bit). I still need to tweak a couple things from the Modern Era, but every school that has had possession or has played for ItTM in its home gym is represented, plus any neutral sites.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 11, 2020, 06:54:47 PM
Valiant effort from the Pios... but not quite enough.

NCC 63, Carroll 55

The BeltTM can enjoy a Saturday night in downtown Naperville. Next up, North Central travels to Millikin on Wednesday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on January 12, 2020, 01:01:12 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 11, 2020, 06:54:47 PM
The BeltTM can enjoy a Saturday night in downtown Naperville. Next up, North Central travels to Millikin on Wednesday.

And so that, children, is how the BeltTM came to disappear, Hoffa-like, behind a blue curtain, never to be heard from again.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 16, 2020, 12:03:02 PM
Could explain how North Central managed another BeltTM defense, winning 76-66 at Millikin.

The Cardinals are off on Saturday, so their next defense will come on Wednesday the 22nd when they welcome Augie to Naperville.

(Illinois needs to hurry up and legalize sports betting; I want to open a book that specializes in Grey Giovanine Jacket Watch prop bets.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Fifth and Putnam on January 16, 2020, 12:17:56 PM
I'll admit to being very new to this belt topic....but has anyone devised an idea where some of us D3 fans could pool some money together, get a nicely made belt with a D3hoops logo on it and actually make this a tangible fun thing teams carry around with them that passes from team to team?

Would teams buy into it?

Just throwing something at the wall here.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 16, 2020, 01:54:21 PM
The BeltTM IS tangible. ItTM hasn't decided to reveal itself to you!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 16, 2020, 01:58:04 PM
(https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/forrestgumpfeature.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200)

Tangible is as tangible does.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 16, 2020, 03:47:44 PM
Tangibauble
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 16, 2020, 05:25:36 PM
Tangewgawbauble?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 16, 2020, 07:11:10 PM
TangiTGHIJGSTO!!ble
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on January 17, 2020, 12:31:05 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on January 16, 2020, 07:11:10 PM
TangiTGHIJGSTO!!ble

We have a winner!


Quote from: Fifth and Putnam on January 16, 2020, 12:17:56 PM
I'll admit to being very new to this belt topic....but has anyone devised an idea where some of us D3 fans could pool some money together, get a nicely made belt with a D3hoops logo on it and actually make this a tangible fun thing teams carry around with them that passes from team to team?

Would teams buy into it?

Just throwing something at the wall here.

You must be new to this topic if you are being all lower casey and not trademarkymarky.  If Just Bill invites you to come admire the weasels in the petting zoo at stately Just Bill Manor, your Spidey sense should start tingling...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 17, 2020, 12:10:50 PM
Quote from: kiko on January 17, 2020, 12:31:05 AM
Quote from: Fifth and Putnam on January 16, 2020, 12:17:56 PM
I'll admit to being very new to this belt topic....but has anyone devised an idea where some of us D3 fans could pool some money together, get a nicely made belt with a D3hoops logo on it and actually make this a tangible fun thing teams carry around with them that passes from team to team?

Would teams buy into it?

Just throwing something at the wall here.

You must be new to this topic if you are being all lower casey and not trademarkymarky.  If Just Bill invites you to come admire the weasels in the petting zoo at stately Just Bill Manor, your Spidey sense should start tingling...

To answer his question though, I feel like really early on, there was player who held The BeltTM who acknowledged ItTM in an interview. Since then, other than that Pantagraph article a couple weeks ago, I feel like the attention has been a little more sparse.

I did say something to a couple of the NCC assistant coaches before the season, only because the Oshkosh game was lined up to be (and did end up being) a game for The BeltTM. They probably thought I was being an idiot, because I haven't seen really any talk about ItTM internally in the past week. Really, NCC got The BeltTM like two years too late, because I know Alex Sorenson is a wrestling fan, and he probably would have gotten into the hoopla.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 17, 2020, 01:10:39 PM

If there was an actual wrestling-style belt, the players would 100% be into it.  The question is how the coaches would feel and whether it would always get handed off appropriately when it changes hands.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 17, 2020, 02:28:34 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 17, 2020, 01:10:39 PM

If there was an actual wrestling-style belt, the players would 100% be into it.  The question is how the coaches would feel and whether it would always get handed off appropriately when it changes hands.

The potential drama surrounding a handover might actually make fans linger rather than leave immediately after the final buzzer. Nothing attracts people more than the possibility of a fracas or some sort of unseemly public behavior.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 17, 2020, 03:08:38 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 17, 2020, 02:28:34 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 17, 2020, 01:10:39 PM

If there was an actual wrestling-style belt, the players would 100% be into it.  The question is how the coaches would feel and whether it would always get handed off appropriately when it changes hands.

The potential drama surrounding a handover might actually make fans linger rather than leave immediately after the final buzzer. Nothing attracts people more than the possibility of a fracas or some sort of unseemly public behavior.

Which is why I'm not sure the coaches would be down with it.  They try to limit distractions during the season.  Maybe we could concoct a Belt that moves among the fans of each team?  That might be doable.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 17, 2020, 03:10:31 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 17, 2020, 02:28:34 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 17, 2020, 01:10:39 PM

If there was an actual wrestling-style belt, the players would 100% be into it.  The question is how the coaches would feel and whether it would always get handed off appropriately when it changes hands.

The potential drama surrounding a handover might actually make fans linger rather than leave immediately after the final buzzer. Nothing attracts people more than the possibility of a fracas or some sort of unseemly public behavior.

I'm still partial to this old idea from when I was first enlightened:
Quote from: sac on December 15, 2016, 04:59:34 PM
"Here, here's this... thing I made, go cherish it and pass it on to your next vanquisher"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on January 17, 2020, 04:32:47 PM
The BeltTM demands respect, always. I assume that if there was a fracas, a set-to, or a throw down, then ItTM would deem both teams unworthy until adequate penance was performed.

You know, fatted calves an all....
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 18, 2020, 12:21:53 AM
Quote from: smedindy on January 17, 2020, 04:32:47 PM
The BeltTM demands respect, always. I assume that if there was a fracas, a set-to, or a throw down, then ItTM would deem both teams unworthy until adequate penance was performed.

This is an ObjectTM that is based upon a professional wrestling belt, smeds. Look back through the history of this board, and you'll see constant references to sleeper holds on coaches, leaping off of a rim to do a suplex or a camel clutch on an opponent like it was a turnbuckle, and, of course, the much-beloved slam to the chops with a metal folding chair.

The BeltTM doesn't want penance in the wake of a fracas. It wants more fracas. In fact, it wants you to turn your opponent into fracassée.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 18, 2020, 10:55:58 AM
A real BeltTm would almost with certainty end up in the basement of some fraternity and be lost for years.


....we must do this
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 18, 2020, 01:11:05 PM

The question is:

Do we engrave the entire 45 year history of The Belt onto The Belt?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 18, 2020, 02:47:38 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 18, 2020, 01:11:05 PM

The question is:

Do we engrave the entire 45 year history of The Belt onto The Belt?

Two QR code's: one linked to your most updated PDF of The BeltTM Path, and one to the map.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 18, 2020, 03:27:11 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 18, 2020, 02:47:38 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 18, 2020, 01:11:05 PM

The question is:

Do we engrave the entire 45 year history of The Belt onto The Belt?

Two QR code's: one linked to your most updated PDF of The BeltTM Path, and one to the map.

Does an engraved QR code work?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on January 18, 2020, 05:35:21 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 18, 2020, 12:21:53 AM
Quote from: smedindy on January 17, 2020, 04:32:47 PM
The BeltTM demands respect, always. I assume that if there was a fracas, a set-to, or a throw down, then ItTM would deem both teams unworthy until adequate penance was performed.

This is an ObjectTM that is based upon a professional wrestling belt, smeds. Look back through the history of this board, and you'll see constant references to sleeper holds on coaches, leaping off of a rim to do a suplex or a camel clutch on an opponent like it was a turnbuckle, and, of course, the much-beloved slam to the chops with a metal folding chair.

The BeltTM doesn't want penance in the wake of a fracas. It wants more fracas. In fact, it wants you to turn your opponent into fracassée.
Like Chicken Fracassee sp
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Chicken_fricassee.jpg/240px-Chicken_fricassee.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 23, 2020, 11:51:51 AM
You could argue last night proved the sovereignty of The BeltTM:

Augie's Austin Elledge let loose a three at the buzzer with his team down one in Naperville, and anyone with a good angle knew the shot had a chance.

But The BeltTM invoked the Demon Rim, the shot went in and out, and North Central hangs on for its third consecutive successful defense, 54-53.

Millikin gets its second chance in ten days to reclaim The BeltTM on Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 26, 2020, 01:08:41 AM
North Central rolls 90-55 over Millikin.


The fighting angry Cardinals head to Illinois Wesleyan on Wednesday night.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 29, 2020, 10:09:20 PM
I believe it was one of the great philosophers who said, "Only things that (expletive) suck never end."

IWU 77, NCC 71

2019-20  #THREEEEEEEEE BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19:  Washington U
12-31-19:  Millikin
1-4-20:  Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20:  North Central
1-29-20:  Illinois Wesleyan
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on January 29, 2020, 11:06:53 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 29, 2020, 10:09:20 PM
I believe it was one of the great philosophers who said, "Only things that (expletive) suck never end."

IWU 77, NCC 71

2019-20  #THREEEEEEEEE BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19:  Washington U
12-31-19:  Millikin
1-4-20:  Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20:  North Central
1-29-20:  Illinois Wesleyan

Is IWU the first team to be bestowed The BeltTM on three separate occasions in the same season?  And from three different teams?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 30, 2020, 10:00:47 AM
Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on January 29, 2020, 11:06:53 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 29, 2020, 10:09:20 PM
I believe it was one of the great philosophers who said, "Only things that (expletive) suck never end."

IWU 77, NCC 71

2019-20  #THREEEEEEEEE BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19:  Washington U
12-31-19:  Millikin
1-4-20:  Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20:  North Central
1-29-20:  Illinois Wesleyan

Is IWU the first team to be bestowed The BeltTM on three separate occasions in the same season?  And from three different teams?

Doesn't look like it. Augie won The BeltTM from three different teams back in 2014-15, topped only by Pomona-Pitzer, who won The BeltTM on four separate occasions from three different teams back in 2012.

I've updated the map (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JLVjudoJZ1exOZGxGL7DlHGD3nfyUugc&usp=sharing) to reflect Illinois Wesleyan gaining possession. This is the fourth time in the Modern Era (third this season) that the Titans have defeated a visiting BeltTM holder, the most since we started keeping track.

The Titans will begin their defense at home on Saturday against Carroll.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 01, 2020, 09:36:09 PM
I think the mere presence of The BeltTm melted the Carroll basketball team into a pile of goo.  Could have been Jack Sikma or maybe TitanQ being in the building.

IWU 88 Carroll  ...half that, like exactly half that.



IWU takes The BeltTm to the magnificent city of Decatur to face Millikin on Wednesday.


Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 02, 2020, 09:13:37 AM
Quote from: sac on February 01, 2020, 09:36:09 PM
I think the mere presence of The BeltTm melted the Carroll basketball team into a pile of goo.  Could have been Jack Sikma or maybe TitanQ being in the building.

IWU 88 Carroll  ...half that, like exactly half that.



IWU takes The BeltTm to the magnificent city of Decatur to face Millikin on Wednesday.

I'm convinced IWU hanging #44 from the rafters, then holding Carroll to that and winning by that much is not a coincidence. The BeltTM works in mysterious ways.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 03, 2020, 10:39:40 AM
Proofreading.


Is it more grammatically correct to say The MapTM?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 03, 2020, 10:53:47 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 03, 2020, 10:39:40 AM
Proofreading.


Is it more grammatically correct to say The MapTM?

...probably? I'm just not sure who owns the trademark, because I built the map, but it was in my capacity as the Official Cartographer, which might give the trademark to the Weasels. I just don't know how much of a fight Google would put up.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on February 03, 2020, 11:02:26 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 03, 2020, 10:53:47 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 03, 2020, 10:39:40 AM
Proofreading.


Is it more grammatically correct to say The MapTM?

...probably? I'm just not sure who owns the trademark, because I built the map, but it was in my capacity as the Official Cartographer, which might give the trademark to the Weasels. I just don't know how much of a fight Google would put up.

Google wishes it could put a fight, but this is The BeltTM we're talking about here - Google is no match for ItsTM awesomeness
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on February 07, 2020, 02:44:47 PM
I've been away for a while collecting BeltTM royalty checks. Everyone behaving themselves? If so, knock it off.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: monsoon on February 08, 2020, 10:47:09 PM
Augustana           78
Illinois Wesleyan  64
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 08, 2020, 10:48:32 PM
Careful now, everyone. We're on Grey Giovanine BeltTM Watch.

2019-20  #THREEEEEEEEE BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19:  Washington U
12-31-19:  Millikin
1-4-20:  Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20:  North Central
1-29-20:  Illinois Wesleyan
2-8-20:  Augustana

They take The BeltTM back to Rock Island, and will now prepare for their first defense against... North Central.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 12, 2020, 10:19:28 PM
And just like that, Grey Giovanine BeltTM Watch is over.

NCC 70, Augie 55

2019-20 #THREEEEEEEEE BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19: Washington U
12-31-19: Millikin
1-4-20: Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20: North Central
1-29-20: Illinois Wesleyan
2-8-20: Augustana
2-12-20: North Central
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 12, 2020, 10:59:04 PM
Also, for those of you scoring at home, the chances of The Dream ScenarioTM are fairly slim. If the Cardinals win at Carroll on Saturday, The BeltTM is guaranteed to go to the CCIW, and thus NCAA Tournament, where that lesser wood and metal object is up for grabs.

I have to check exact tiebreaker scenarios to see if Carroll could make the CCIW Tournament at 7-9, which would be one possibility if tiebreakers go against the Pioneers. The other is for Carroll to beat NCC to take possession on Saturday, beat Elmhurst a week from tonight, then lose ItTM to Millikin the final night of the regular season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 13, 2020, 12:33:44 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 12, 2020, 10:59:04 PM
Also, for those of you scoring at home, the chances of The Dream ScenarioTM are fairly slim. If the Cardinals win at Carroll on Saturday, The BeltTM is guaranteed to go to the CCIW, and thus NCAA Tournament, where that lesser wood and metal object is up for grabs.

I have to check exact tiebreaker scenarios to see if Carroll could make the CCIW Tournament at 7-9, which would be one possibility if tiebreakers go against the Pioneers. The other is for Carroll to beat NCC to take possession on Saturday, beat Elmhurst a week from tonight, then lose ItTM to Millikin the final night of the regular season.

Spending the summer in Decatur just sounds..... awful.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 13, 2020, 01:10:56 AM
Quote from: kiko on February 13, 2020, 12:33:44 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 12, 2020, 10:59:04 PM
Also, for those of you scoring at home, the chances of The Dream ScenarioTM are fairly slim. If the Cardinals win at Carroll on Saturday, The BeltTM is guaranteed to go to the CCIW, and thus NCAA Tournament, where that lesser wood and metal object is up for grabs.

I have to check exact tiebreaker scenarios to see if Carroll could make the CCIW Tournament at 7-9, which would be one possibility if tiebreakers go against the Pioneers. The other is for Carroll to beat NCC to take possession on Saturday, beat Elmhurst a week from tonight, then lose ItTM to Millikin the final night of the regular season.

Spending the summer in Decatur just sounds..... awful.


FTFY ;)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 13, 2020, 09:30:39 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 12, 2020, 10:19:28 PM
And just like that, Grey Giovanine BeltTM Watch is over.

NCC 70, Augie 55

2019-20 #THREEEEEEEEE BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19: Washington U
12-31-19: Millikin
1-4-20: Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20: North Central
1-29-20: Illinois Wesleyan
2-8-20: Augustana
2-12-20: North Central

Was The BeltTM too much for Coach Giovanine to handle? It looks like they didn't even make an effort to defend ItTM
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 13, 2020, 10:38:30 AM
Quote from: Greek Tragedy on February 13, 2020, 09:30:39 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 12, 2020, 10:19:28 PM
And just like that, Grey Giovanine BeltTM Watch is over.

NCC 70, Augie 55

2019-20 #THREEEEEEEEE BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19: Washington U
12-31-19: Millikin
1-4-20: Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20: North Central
1-29-20: Illinois Wesleyan
2-8-20: Augustana
2-12-20: North Central

Was The BeltTM too much for Coach Giovanine to handle? It looks like they didn't even make an effort to defend ItTM

He probably caught a gewgaw or a bauble from ItTM on his sportcoat, which meant that The BeltTM would've gone flying along with the sportcoat when Giovanine enacted his game-night ritual of flinging his outer apparel hither and yon during whichever first-half moment of Augustana downturn required the extra visual punctuation.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 13, 2020, 11:19:52 AM
The sportcoat was not on long last night.  And if a bauble or geegaw got caught in it, well... that thingTM could put an eye out pretty easily.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on February 14, 2020, 10:25:21 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 13, 2020, 12:33:44 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 12, 2020, 10:59:04 PM
Also, for those of you scoring at home, the chances of The Dream ScenarioTM are fairly slim. If the Cardinals win at Carroll on Saturday, The BeltTM is guaranteed to go to the CCIW, and thus NCAA Tournament, where that lesser wood and metal object is up for grabs.

I have to check exact tiebreaker scenarios to see if Carroll could make the CCIW Tournament at 7-9, which would be one possibility if tiebreakers go against the Pioneers. The other is for Carroll to beat NCC to take possession on Saturday, beat Elmhurst a week from tonight, then lose ItTM to Millikin the final night of the regular season.

Spending the summer in Decatur just sounds..... awful.
The BeltTM already did that.  Way back in 1979.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 14, 2020, 10:32:18 PM
Quote from: Veni Vidi Vici on February 14, 2020, 10:25:21 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 13, 2020, 12:33:44 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 12, 2020, 10:59:04 PM
Also, for those of you scoring at home, the chances of The Dream ScenarioTM are fairly slim. If the Cardinals win at Carroll on Saturday, The BeltTM is guaranteed to go to the CCIW, and thus NCAA Tournament, where that lesser wood and metal object is up for grabs.

I have to check exact tiebreaker scenarios to see if Carroll could make the CCIW Tournament at 7-9, which would be one possibility if tiebreakers go against the Pioneers. The other is for Carroll to beat NCC to take possession on Saturday, beat Elmhurst a week from tonight, then lose ItTM to Millikin the final night of the regular season.

Spending the summer in Decatur just sounds..... awful.
The BeltTM already did that.  Way back in 1979.

Yes, but that was during the Stealth Era. We didn't know. :P

The BeltTM has probably blocked all memory of that summer anyway.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on February 14, 2020, 10:43:09 PM
I have found an error that changes the path of The Belt TM in this thread's recorded history back in the stealth era.

It's previously been reported:
1980
Millikin
Carthage
Beloit
Monmouth
Cornell
Luther
Dubuque
Simpson
Wartburg
Buena Vista
Upper Iowa
Wartburg
Central
Luther (non-champion)
1981
Luther
Augustana
North Park
Augustana
Potsdam State

The error I've found was The BeltTM travelling from Monmouth to Cornell.  The reason it was recorded this way is because Monmouth reported losing to Cornell in the NCAA archives (http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/C/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1980_438_Monmouth%20College%20(Illinois).pdf) (game 14).  However, this is incorrect.  You'll notice that the reported score is the same as Game #5.

Cornell itself reported (http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/C/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_1980_166_Cornell%20College.pdf) that Monmouth won the second game 90-82.  This matches what Monmouth has in the archives on their website (https://monmouthscots.com/documents/2012/5/11/Men_Basketball_records.pdf) and the report in Monmouth's student newspaper (https://monmouth.newspaperarchive.com/monmouth-college-newspaper-oracle/1980-02-13/page-7/).

So now, thecorrected path of The Belt TM would be
1980
Millikin
Carthage
Beloit
Monmouth
Ripon
North Park
1981
North Park
Millikin
Illinois Wesleyan
Augustana
North Park
Augustana
Potsdam State
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 14, 2020, 11:04:14 PM
Yay! We had The BeltTM on campus throughout the summer after my freshman year!

(And nobody knew about it.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on February 14, 2020, 11:10:42 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 14, 2020, 11:04:14 PM
Yay! We had The BeltTM on campus throughout the summer after my freshman year!

(And nobody knew about it.)

OMG.  Is The BeltTM that shy, or are you all that oblivious to greatness?! :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 14, 2020, 11:29:51 PM
Hey, you read what the man said. It was the Stealth Era. The BeltTM likely was encased in faceted carbon composite with LPOI active-emitter radar, radar-warning receivers, and infrared baffles. ItTM was practically invisible.

It wasn't until Just Bill came along that the decision was made for The BeltTM to cease hiding ItsTM light under a bushel, so to speak.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 15, 2020, 12:28:54 AM
Looks like I have to update The MapTM. Shouldn't be too bad though; looks like adding one school and removing a bunch of others.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 15, 2020, 10:51:30 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 14, 2020, 11:29:51 PM
Hey, you read what the man said. It was the Stealth Era. The BeltTM likely was encased in faceted carbon composite with LPOI active-emitter radar, radar-warning receivers, and infrared baffles. ItTM was practically invisible.

It wasn't until Just Bill came along that the decision was made for The BeltTM to cease hiding ItsTM light under a bushel, so to speak.

More likely ItTM was camped out at Charcoal Delights for the summer, and, by November, had to let a notch out of itselfTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 15, 2020, 11:05:27 PM
So with NCC's win this afternoon, we wait one more year for a shot at the Dream ScenarioTM as we're guaranteed to see The BeltTM go into the CCIW, and thus NCAA, Tournament.

Means I get to announce three more BeltTM games though regardless of what happens, which is neat. I wasn't sure I'd get more than the one to open the season. I'll have eight for the year by the end of the month.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Smitty Oom on February 16, 2020, 11:39:42 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 15, 2020, 11:05:27 PM
So with NCC's win this afternoon, we wait one more year for a shot at the Dream ScenarioTM as we're guaranteed to see The BeltTM go into the CCIW, and thus NCAA, Tournament.

Means I get to announce three more BeltTM games though regardless of what happens, which is neat. I wasn't sure I'd get more than the one to open the season. I'll have eight for the year by the end of the month.

I know it is not THE Dream ScenarioTM, but what you just describes sounds like Imitzels Dream TM?!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 16, 2020, 12:19:03 PM
Do you approach things differently when calling a BeltTM game?  Dress more formally, apply a stronger spf of sunblock, remain conscious not look directly into the BeltTM, etc.?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 16, 2020, 12:56:28 PM
I picture him staring into a mirror saying "baubles and geegaws" over and over.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 16, 2020, 02:26:51 PM
Quote from: Smitty Oom on February 16, 2020, 11:39:42 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 15, 2020, 11:05:27 PM
So with NCC's win this afternoon, we wait one more year for a shot at the Dream ScenarioTM as we're guaranteed to see The BeltTM go into the CCIW, and thus NCAA, Tournament.

Means I get to announce three more BeltTM games though regardless of what happens, which is neat. I wasn't sure I'd get more than the one to open the season. I'll have eight for the year by the end of the month.

I know it is not THE Dream ScenarioTM, but what you just describes sounds like Imitzels Dream TM?!

You could call it that. :D

Quote from: kiko on February 16, 2020, 12:19:03 PM
Do you approach things differently when calling a BeltTM game?  Dress more formally, apply a stronger spf of sunblock, remain conscious not look directly into the BeltTM, etc.?

Definitely the latter, though I'd like to believe the blue light protective lenses help. :P

Quote from: sac on February 16, 2020, 12:56:28 PM

Shh; don't give away the trade secret!
I picture him staring into a mirror saying "baubles and geegaws" over and over.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 16, 2020, 02:56:10 PM
Quote from: sac on February 16, 2020, 12:56:28 PM
I picture him staring into a mirror saying "baubles and geegaws" over and over.

I'd like to hear Lucas holler "Baubles and gewwwwwwwgaws!" into the P.A. mic at the airplane hangar using his "Threeeeee!" voice.

"Geeeeeeeegaws!" is also acceptable.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 16, 2020, 04:04:01 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 16, 2020, 02:56:10 PM
Quote from: sac on February 16, 2020, 12:56:28 PM
I picture him staring into a mirror saying "baubles and geegaws" over and over.

I'd like to hear Lucas holler "Baubles and gewwwwwwwgaws!" into the P.A. mic at the airplane hangar using his "Threeeeee!" voice.

"Geeeeeeeegaws!" is also acceptable.

That should be my mic check on Wednesday. :D
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on February 18, 2020, 03:52:03 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 05:49:11 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 01, 2018, 05:08:13 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 04:56:36 PM
1990
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

1991
UW-Whitewater
UW-Oshkosh
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

I guess the part that confuses me is looking at Whitewater's record from those years and seeing them still hold The BeltTM. The '89-'90 Warhawks went 8-8 in their own conference that year, so was the rest of the Division all non-D3? The '91 records don't make a ton of sense either, since according to both Whitewater and the WIAC, they lost both of their games to Oshkosh that season.
Quote from: lmitzel on March 01, 2018, 05:08:13 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2018, 04:56:36 PM
1990
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

1991
UW-Whitewater
UW-Oshkosh
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

I guess the part that confuses me is looking at Whitewater's record from those years and seeing them still hold The BeltTM. The '89-'90 Warhawks went 8-8 in their own conference that year, so was the rest of the Division all non-D3? The '91 records don't make a ton of sense either, since according to both Whitewater and the WIAC, they lost both of their games to Oshkosh that season.

(Sigh.) You're right. I'll go back and correct the path. I hope that it converges pretty quickly with the one I've already laid out.

UWW was for quite some time the only WSUC (that's what the WIAC used to call itself on the men's side) program that was D3. The rest were dual affilaites that annually declared for NAIA. A couple of the schools joined UWW in D3 (UW-Oshkosh and UW-Platteville) before the league as a whole moved over to D3 in 1993-94.

As I'm retracing The BeltTM path, I'm up to this part in the early 1990s.  There was some confusion about what happened in 1991.  However, I believe that the wrong error was corrected.  Greg Sager missed a UW-Oshkosh loss to UW-Platteville... and UW-Platteville later lost to UW-Whitewater.  So the path is

1991
UW-Whitewater
UW-Oshkosh
UW-Platteville
UW-Whitewater (non-champion)

1992
UW-Whitewater
UW-Platteville
Rochester
Calvin
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on February 18, 2020, 03:54:58 PM
Oh and Platteville definitely was D3 in 1991 (https://www.d3hoops.com/archives/men/1991).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 18, 2020, 04:40:05 PM
Yeah, those MapTM changes weren't too bad (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JLVjudoJZ1exOZGxGL7DlHGD3nfyUugc&usp=sharing). Took a few things out of Iowa and just added a couple dates; nothing too major.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 18, 2020, 11:39:05 PM
Quote from: Veni Vidi Vici on February 18, 2020, 03:54:58 PM
Oh and Platteville definitely was D3 in 1991 (https://www.d3hoops.com/archives/men/1991).

Hoo boy, that link.....James Bradley, Otterbein.  Ohio State transfer.
https://hallofchampions.otterbein.edu/node/54
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on February 19, 2020, 10:54:49 PM
Next one...

Recorded as:

1995
Lebanon Valley
Widener
Moravian
Widener
Wilkes
Lebanon Valley
Goucher
Wilkes
Trinity (CT)
UW-Platteville

Moravian's schedule in 1994-95 isn't easy to find.  They beat Widener 53-48.  I found this news article (https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1995-01-26-3024100-story.html) account of the game with a date of 1/26/1995.

Lebanon Valley has good records on their website.  They have recorded that they beat Moravian on 1/28/1995.  Feels pretty likely that that was Moravian's next game and that they passed The BeltTM to Lebanon Valley instead of back to Widener as was recorded.

Now, that leads to a question... The next game that Lebanon Valley had was 1/30/1995 against Franklin & Marshall.  On NCAA website, it's recorded that F&M won the game 72-59.  However, the records on Lebanon Valley's website say that F&M had to forfeit the game and they record the game as a LV win. 

So does The BeltTM pass on to F&M, or remain in the hands of Lebanon Valley?  Does this fall under this ruling by Just Bill?
Quote from: Just Bill on January 10, 2017, 10:26:02 AM
I hereby decree...

Whereas the NCAA and their championship hath no purview over the D-III Championship BeltTM, it so follows that NCAA rules, regulations and violation also hold no sway over the Great Bespangled Cincture.

Whereas the spirit of D-III Championship BeltTM calls back to the traditions of professional wrestling and boxing, it follows that rules are for losers. The BeltTM doesn't mind a little underhandedness, a steel chair to the head while the referees back is turned, or a sudden face turn betraying your tag-team partner.

Therefore, regardless of any future vacancies declared by the NCAA, the past paths of the D-III Championship BeltTM through the hands of all those worthy shall not be changed or altered.

It is written.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 20, 2020, 12:53:16 AM
From the Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster PA)
October 7, 1995, Page C-1

NCAA Forces F&M to forfeit three men's hoops games

Mike Mehaffey, who will sit out three games this season, played while ineligible

Gordie Jones
Intelligencer Journal Sports Writer

The Franklin & Marshall men's basketball program has gotten a black eye.

And it was apparently inflicted in part by someone on campus.

The NCAA has informed the school that the team must forfeit three of its 1994-95 games because it used an ineligible player -- namely, forward Mike Mehaffey.  Mehaffey must also sit out the first three games of this coming season.

Dr. William Marshall, F&M's athletic director, said at a news conference Friday that the school was guilty of a "technical violation", and that it was the result of an administrative foul-up.

"Nobody could have anticipated this," Marshall said.  "Nobody planned or knew about it.  But it happened."

The 29-year-old Mehaffey, a 1984 Conestoga Valley graduate, did not begin his career until 1991, at Millersville.  He transferred to F&M a year later, and has played there ever since.

The 6-foot-6 senior was second on the team in scoring (14.1) and rebounding (7.3) a year ago, and led it in field goal percentage (59.4) and free-throw percentage (84.7).  One of two returning starters this year, he is projected as an All-America by several preseason publications.

Mehaffey will be eligible to practice with the team when preseason drills begin, but he will not be able to play either of the games in the S. Woodrow Sponaugle Classic, Nov. 17-18, nor in a Nov. 26 non-conference game at FDU-Madison.  He will return on Nov. 30 against Albright at home.

The Dips, 27-2 a year ago, will also be forced to forfeit its victories over Gettysburg, Dickinson, and Lebanon Valley at the beginning of the spring semester a year ago.  A news release quoting policies established by the NCAA Statistics Service said the team's final record will still be recorded as 27-2, but an asterisk will be added to establish that the games were later forfeited.

"I'm very disappointed," Mehaffey said.  "I knew there was going to be a reprimand, but I never expected it to be handed down in this manner."

Neither did coach Glenn Robinson.

"If we had any knowledge of it, it wouldn't have happened," he said.  "There was no intent.  I'm concerned for Mike.  I don't want him to feel badly, or like he did anything wrong.  And I'm concerned about getting ready for the season."

At issue is Mehaffey's registration for last year's second semester.  He could not do that initially because of a debt he owed the college -- his records were on "financial hold", he was told -- even though he had not been previously aware of that debt.

A dean later intervened and allowed him to register, and the debt was eventually satisfied.  In the meantime, Mehaffey was practicing and playing, meaning he was technically ineligible since he wasn't a full-time student.

The NCAA was informed of the situation by letter, and Marshall believes that the letter came from someone on campus.  He believes this because it contains the phrase "financial hold", a term then in vogue in F&M's business office.

But he knows nothing else, and the NCAA is not obligated to reveal its source.

"I'm sad they didn't come to us," Marshall said.  "I've been in this business quite a while.  If they had come at the time it was happening and alerted us we would have dealt with it then and stopped the whole thing.  For whatever reason, they didn't do that."

Marshall also said that "10 or 12 other students" faced a situation similar to that of Mehaffey, and that measures have since been taken to prevent it from happening again.

The NCAA informed F&M of a possible violation in April.

"We were somewhat taken aback," Marshall said.

He launched a month-long in-house investigation, and informed the NCAA of his findings.  They handed down a penalty in late August or early September, by Marshall's recollection.

At first, it was ruled that Mehaffey could not play for F&M again.  But F&M appealed, and the sentence was reduced to three games.

Still, Robinson said, "I really thought the whole thing was too severe.  The NCAA has a very difficult time with grey.  They're good with black and white... I don't think any of us like it, but we understand it."

Said Marshall, "At no time last year was Mehaffey considered anything other than a full-time student.  It was a technicality.  Mike wasn't culpable.  The coach wasn't culpable.  Nobody knew about it until it was reported."

"In the 25 years since I've been here, this is the first time I can remember having any sanctions imposed, and I hope it's the last."

- 30 -



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 20, 2020, 01:03:48 AM
Quote from: Veni Vidi Vici on February 19, 2020, 10:54:49 PM
Lebanon Valley has good records on their website.  They have recorded that they beat Moravian on 1/28/1995.  Feels pretty likely that that was Moravian's next game and that they passed The BeltTM to Lebanon Valley instead of back to Widener as was recorded.


I can confirm from perusing archives of the Morning Call that this was Moravian's next game.  1/28 (Lebanon Valley-Moravian) was a Saturday, and 1/30 (F&M-Lebanon Valley) was a Monday.

The existential question to me is: F&M had already surrendered the BeltTM when it was taken away from them by the forfeitures.  Can an alternate path exist if the BeltTM was no longer in their possession when this happened?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 20, 2020, 01:16:01 AM
In more recent times, North Central won again, boring finish no need to recap.

Final regular BeltTm season game at Wheaton Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 20, 2020, 07:21:28 AM
Quote from: sac on February 20, 2020, 01:16:01 AM
In more recent times, North Central won again, boring finish no need to recap.

Final regular BeltTm season game at Wheaton Saturday.

Let's just say if you don't believe that The BeltTM is in fact a living, breathing entity with supernatural powers... last night should make you a believer.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on February 20, 2020, 09:28:57 AM
Quote from: kiko on February 20, 2020, 01:03:48 AM

The existential question to me is: F&M had already surrendered the BeltTM when it was taken away from them by the forfeitures.  Can an alternate path exist if the BeltTM was no longer in their possession when this happened?

Thank you very much for your research on this kiko.

Knowing that the forfeiture did not occur until several months after the game, I am of the opinion that fits exactly into the scenario in which Just Bill made his ruling.  (I quoted his post on the previous page).  If my interpretation is correct, The BeltTM path is:
1995
Lebanon Valley
Widener
Moravian
Lebanon Valley
Franklin & Marshall
Muhlenberg
Franklin & Marshall
Trinity (CT)
UW-Platteville
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 20, 2020, 04:37:22 PM

Did we just eliminate Goucher's only Belt time?  Dave's not going to be happy about that.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 20, 2020, 04:47:41 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 20, 2020, 04:37:22 PM

Did we just eliminate Goucher's only Belt time?  Dave's not going to be happy about that.

Yeah we did. Sorry Dave.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 20, 2020, 05:03:27 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 20, 2020, 01:03:48 AM
Quote from: Veni Vidi Vici on February 19, 2020, 10:54:49 PM
Lebanon Valley has good records on their website.  They have recorded that they beat Moravian on 1/28/1995.  Feels pretty likely that that was Moravian's next game and that they passed The BeltTM to Lebanon Valley instead of back to Widener as was recorded.


I can confirm from perusing archives of the Morning Call that this was Moravian's next game.  1/28 (Lebanon Valley-Moravian) was a Saturday, and 1/30 (F&M-Lebanon Valley) was a Monday.

The existential question to me is: F&M had already surrendered the BeltTM when it was taken away from them by the forfeitures.  Can an alternate path exist if the BeltTM was no longer in their possession when this happened?

Quote from: lmitzel on February 20, 2020, 04:47:41 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 20, 2020, 04:37:22 PM

Did we just eliminate Goucher's only Belt time?  Dave's not going to be happy about that.

Yeah we did. Sorry Dave.
Or does this mean that F&M retroactively "vacated" holding The BeltTM and it does not impact those teams who competed on the court for ItTM?  Goucher could still lay claim to holding ItTM during those games in Goucher's history.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on February 20, 2020, 07:33:05 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 20, 2020, 05:03:27 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 20, 2020, 01:03:48 AM
Quote from: Veni Vidi Vici on February 19, 2020, 10:54:49 PM
Lebanon Valley has good records on their website.  They have recorded that they beat Moravian on 1/28/1995.  Feels pretty likely that that was Moravian's next game and that they passed The BeltTM to Lebanon Valley instead of back to Widener as was recorded.


I can confirm from perusing archives of the Morning Call that this was Moravian's next game.  1/28 (Lebanon Valley-Moravian) was a Saturday, and 1/30 (F&M-Lebanon Valley) was a Monday.

The existential question to me is: F&M had already surrendered the BeltTM when it was taken away from them by the forfeitures.  Can an alternate path exist if the BeltTM was no longer in their possession when this happened?

Quote from: lmitzel on February 20, 2020, 04:47:41 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 20, 2020, 04:37:22 PM

Did we just eliminate Goucher's only Belt time?  Dave's not going to be happy about that.

Yeah we did. Sorry Dave.
Or does this mean that F&M retroactively "vacated" holding The BeltTM and it does not impact those teams who competed on the court for ItTM?  Goucher could still lay claim to holding ItTM during those games in Goucher's history.

Actually Goucher's not holding The BeltTM has nothing to do with the F&M scandal.  The path was found to be different when it was discovered that Moravian played and lost to Lebanon Valley before they lost to Widener.  The newly discovered BeltTM path led away from Goucher and instead led into the F&M forfeit game.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on February 21, 2020, 02:42:24 PM
Quote from: Veni Vidi Vici on February 20, 2020, 07:33:05 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on February 20, 2020, 05:03:27 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 20, 2020, 01:03:48 AM
Quote from: Veni Vidi Vici on February 19, 2020, 10:54:49 PM
Lebanon Valley has good records on their website.  They have recorded that they beat Moravian on 1/28/1995.  Feels pretty likely that that was Moravian's next game and that they passed The BeltTM to Lebanon Valley instead of back to Widener as was recorded.


I can confirm from perusing archives of the Morning Call that this was Moravian's next game.  1/28 (Lebanon Valley-Moravian) was a Saturday, and 1/30 (F&M-Lebanon Valley) was a Monday.

The existential question to me is: F&M had already surrendered the BeltTM when it was taken away from them by the forfeitures.  Can an alternate path exist if the BeltTM was no longer in their possession when this happened?

Quote from: lmitzel on February 20, 2020, 04:47:41 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 20, 2020, 04:37:22 PM

Did we just eliminate Goucher's only Belt time?  Dave's not going to be happy about that.

Yeah we did. Sorry Dave.
Or does this mean that F&M retroactively "vacated" holding The BeltTM and it does not impact those teams who competed on the court for ItTM?  Goucher could still lay claim to holding ItTM during those games in Goucher's history.

Actually Goucher's not holding The BeltTM has nothing to do with the F&M scandal.  The path was found to be different when it was discovered that Moravian played and lost to Lebanon Valley before they lost to Widener.  The newly discovered BeltTM path led away from Goucher and instead led into the F&M forfeit game.
Thanks for clarifying!  +1!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 22, 2020, 10:11:40 PM
I'm a little surprised by this, but tonight was the first visit in the Modern Era by The BeltTM to King Arena in Wheaton, but It'sTM not staying.

NCC 78, Wheaton 71

The Cardinals will carry The BeltTM into the CCIW Tournament, Friday's challenger TBD.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: iwumichigander on February 22, 2020, 10:44:08 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 22, 2020, 10:11:40 PM
I'm a little surprised by this, but tonight was the first visit in the Modern Era by The BeltTM to King Arena in Wheaton, but It'sTM not staying.

NCC 78, Wheaton 71

The Cardinals will carry The BeltTM into the CCIW Tournament, Friday's challenger TBD.
So, dependent upon the outcome of the CCIW tournament The Belt could stay in the CCIW at least until NCAA tournament.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on February 22, 2020, 11:13:18 PM
Unless a team outside the CCIW wins the CCIW conference tournament.  ::) ???
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 23, 2020, 01:50:27 PM
Never say never!


...but yeah, the chances a CCIW wins the CCIW tournament are pretty high.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on February 27, 2020, 05:10:54 PM
Can anybody tell me if Chowan was DIII in 2000-01? 

Wikipedia says that the USA South (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_South_Athletic_Conference) (then called Dixie Conference) accepted Chowan in 2000.  Not sure how much to trust Wikipedia.

USA South's website clearly shows 7 teams in 2000-01 (https://www.usasouth.net/sports/mbkb/2000-01/files/confstat.htm), with Chowan entering the following year.

Perhaps were they a D3 Independent that year?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 27, 2020, 06:37:55 PM
Quote from: Veni Vidi Vici on February 27, 2020, 05:10:54 PM
Can anybody tell me if Chowan was DIII in 2000-01? 

Wikipedia says that the USA South (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_South_Athletic_Conference) (then called Dixie Conference) accepted Chowan in 2000.  Not sure how much to trust Wikipedia.

USA South's website clearly shows 7 teams in 2000-01 (https://www.usasouth.net/sports/mbkb/2000-01/files/confstat.htm), with Chowan entering the following year.

Perhaps were they a D3 Independent that year?

NCAA stats has them listed as a DIII school in the 2000-01 season.

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/B/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_2001_8875_Chowan%20University.pdf
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 28, 2020, 11:31:47 PM
Well, I get one more BeltTM game for the year, and that'll be it.

Elmhurst 71, NCC 60

2019-20 #THREEEEEEEEE BeltTm path

3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19: Washington U
12-31-19: Millikin
1-4-20: Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20: North Central
1-29-20: Illinois Wesleyan
2-8-20: Augustana
2-12-20: North Central
2-28-20: Elmhurst

First time since 2014-15 the Blue Jays have taken possession. They will try to defend it against... Illinois Wesleyan tomorrow night.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: iwumichigander on February 28, 2020, 11:49:45 PM
IWU will do our best to try and get it back.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 29, 2020, 12:43:56 AM
Happy for Elmhurst grad asst Ben Gardner former Hope guard and something like three time wearer of The BeltTm
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 01, 2020, 12:28:06 PM
With their 78-72 win over Illinois Wesleyan last night, Elmhurst carries The BeltTM into the NCAA Tournament, where they will also play for that other, lesser object of wood and metal.

But the Blue Jays will not have history on their side. Here's how, in the Modern Era, holders going into the tournament have fared:

One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '19 Nebraska Wesleyan, '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '15 Augustana
Champion: None
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on March 02, 2020, 09:35:36 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 01, 2020, 12:28:06 PM
With their 78-72 win over Illinois Wesleyan last night, Elmhurst carries The BeltTM into the NCAA Tournament, where they will also play for that other, lesser object of wood and metal.

But the Blue Jays will not have history on their side. Here's how, in the Modern Era, holders going into the tournament have fared:

One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '19 Nebraska Wesleyan, '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '15 Augustana
Champion: None

In the Stealth Era:
1976 - LeMoyne-Owen - One and done (also Round of 32)
1977 - Trenton State (TCNJ) - Not in the tournament
1978 - Upsala - One and done (also Round of 32)
1979 - Millikin - Not in tournament
1980 - Ripon - One and done (also Round of 32)
1981 - North Park - One and done (also Round of 32)
1982 - Widener - Sweet 16
1983 - DePauw - Not in tournament
1984 - Wabash - Not in tournament
1985 - Earlham - Not in tournament
1986 - Centre - Sweet 16
1987 - Potsdam St (SUNY Potsdam) - Elite 8
1988 - Dubuque - Sweet 16
1989 - Otterbein - Elite 8
1990 - UW-Whitewater - Not in tournament
1991 - UW-Whitewater - Not in tournament
1992 - UW-Platteville - Final 4
1993 - Calvin - Elite 8
1994 - Otterbein - One and done
1995 - Muhlenberg - One and done
1996 - UW-Oshkosh - Round of 32
1997 - Richard Stockton - Sweet 16
1998 - Wilkes - Final 4
1999 - UW-Platteville - CHAMPION
2000 - UW-Stevens Point - Elite 8
2001 - Chowan - Not in tournament
2002 - Gettysburg - One and done
2003 - Hanover - Sweet 16
2004 - Williams - Title Game
2005 - UW-Stevens Point - CHAMPION
2006 - DePauw - One and done
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on March 02, 2020, 09:44:10 AM
Quote from: Veni Vidi Vici on March 02, 2020, 09:35:36 AM
2001 - Chowan - Not in tournament

I should explain this one because it's different than what Ryan has in The BeltTM path:

2001
Calvin
Chicago
Wooster
Savannah Art & Design
Methodist
Lincoln (PA)
St. John Fisher
Nazareth
Rochester
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY Potsdam
SUNY Brockport
SUNY Poly
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY New Paltz
SUNY Brockport
SUNY Geneseo
SUNY Oswego (non-champion)
2002
SUNY Oswego
St. Lawrence
Christopher Newport
Randolph-Macon
Emory & Henry
Virginia Wesleyan
Emory & Henry
Hampden-Sydney
Catholic
Clark
Elizabethtown

Otterbein

Instead it is:
2001
Calvin
Chicago
Wooster
Savannah Art & Design
Chowan (non-champion)
2002
Chowan
Lycoming
Alvernia
Gettysburg
Muhlenberg
Ursinus
Johns Hopkins
Gettysburg
Franklin & Marshall
Gettysburg
Lycoming
Randolph-Macon
Otterbein

SCAD's loss to Methodist came before they beat Wooster.  So instead The BeltTM was passed from SCAD to Chowan and spent the summer in North Carolina.  This was the last time that a non-champion held The BeltTM through the summer.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on March 02, 2020, 09:45:35 AM
Here's a link to SCAD's schedule and results as reported to the NCAA.
http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/statsPDFArchive/MBB2/B/Men's%20Basketball_Men's_Division%20III_2001_16006_Savannah%20College%20of%20Art%20and%20Design.pdf
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 02, 2020, 09:48:47 AM

Yeah, I clearly got confused by their two games against Wooster that season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 02, 2020, 10:27:05 AM
MapTM updates weren't too bad here, though a bunch of upstate New York and some of Pennsylvania got markers removed. I only had to go find gyms for I think four schools, which was pretty straightforward.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on March 03, 2020, 08:48:03 PM
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Did someone invoke the BeltTM without proper capitalization, trademark and most importantly ROYALTIES. Get me the Weasels on Line 2, stat!

https://thatd3guy.wixsite.com/thatd3guy/post/bursted-bubble-invitational
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on March 03, 2020, 09:54:10 PM
A strongly worded letter should suffice, as this lower-case piece of leather is not the true and actual belt. This would be an exhibition, much like pre-season, and the BeltTM would not deign to show itselfTM at such an event.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 03, 2020, 09:56:34 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on March 03, 2020, 08:48:03 PM
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Did someone invoke the BeltTM without proper capitalization, trademark and most importantly ROYALTIES. Get me the Weasels on Line 2, stat!

https://thatd3guy.wixsite.com/thatd3guy/post/bursted-bubble-invitational

(https://i.imgur.com/cAFOwQ3.gif)

(https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ky76jbbu1qihmkko1_500.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 03, 2020, 10:18:12 PM
I dunno... I think that someone should petition the landlord to amend the name of this chat room so that the title reflects proper trademark protection.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on March 05, 2020, 05:10:31 PM
I've completed my project and will now share the fruits of my labor.  I've created this spreadsheet (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I4NeslL91VoMXM-xVFC1qkfpeXPj2bzW/view?usp=sharing) which logs all 1,107 games  where The Belt™ has been up for grabs (both Stealth Era and Modern Era).  Not surprisingly, there are many games that I have incomplete information.  (And probably some mistakes I made along the way).  If anyone is able to find information that I'm missing - I'd love to be able to add it into the spreadsheet.

A few interesting tidbits:








Modern Era (434 games)Stealth Era (672 games)Combined
Most Points
(Individual)
1) 45 pts - Nov 19,2017: Keith Brown (Endicott)
2t) 44 pts - Dec 30, 2017: Blayde Reich (York (PA))
2t) 44 pts - Mar 15, 2019: Aston Francis (Wheaton)
4t) 41 pts - Dec 10, 2014: Hunter Hill (Augustana)
4t) 41 pts - Dec 7, 2019: Kienan Baltimore (Carthage)
1) 45 pts - Mar 20,1982: Pete Metzalaars (Wabash)
2) 40 pts - Nov 1978: Michael Harper (North Park)
3) 39 pts - Mar 16, 1996: Joel Holstege (Hope)
4) 37 pts - Mar 19, 2002: Jeff Gibbs (Otterbein)
5) 36 pts - Mar 18, 2000:Sherman Carstersen (UW-Eau Claire)

Individual scoring is known for approximately 98% (426 of 434) games from the modern era

Individual scoring is known for approximately 40% (270 of 672) games from the stealth era
--------------------------------
Most Games
as Defender of The Belt™
1) 26 games - St. Thomas (MN)
2) 23 games - Washington (St Louis)
3) 22 games - Nebraska Wesleyan
4t) 19 games - UW-Whitewater
4t) 19 games - Augustana (IL)
1) 61 games - UW-Platteville
2) 30 games - Potsdam State (SUNY Potsdam)
3t) 28 games - North Park
3t) 28 games - Williams
5) 26 games - UW-Stevens Point
1) 63 games - UW-Platteville
2) 44 games - UW-Stevens Point
3) 32 games - Williams
4t) 31 games - North Park
4t) 31 games - Augustana (IL)
--------------------------------
Most Wins as a
Challenger to The Belt™

(Separate occasions of winning The Belt™)
1) 7 wins - St. Thomas (MN)
2) 6 wins - UW-Stevens Point
3t) 5 wins - Guilford
3t) 5 wins - Illinois Wesleyan
3t) 5 wins - Augustana (IL)
1) 6 wins - UW-Platteville
2t) 5 wins - 6 teams tied.  Widener, Franklin & Marshall, Otterbein, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Eau Claire, UW-Oshkosh
1) 11 wins - UW-Stevens Point
2) 9 wins - Augustana (IL)
3) 8 wins - Illinois Wesleyan
4t) 7 wins - Three teams tied.  St Thomas (MN), UW-Platteville, UW-Whitewater

The following conferences have never won The Belt™:
Some of these conferences' current members have held The Belt™ when they were members of other conferences.  For instance, Scranton is currently in the Landmark conference.  They held The Belt™ when they won the championship in 1976, but they were a member of the MAC back then.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 05, 2020, 09:17:45 PM
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I_JfV0yf4lM/hqdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 05, 2020, 09:20:58 PM
Can you unlock the Stealth EraTM so that when I scroll the spreadsheet I can see the rows?  My excel-fu is weak today.

I have access to a ton of old newspapers and can spend a little time trying to fill in gaps in the time ahead.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on March 05, 2020, 09:44:50 PM
Quote from: kiko on March 05, 2020, 09:20:58 PM
Can you unlock the Stealth EraTM so that when I scroll the spreadsheet I can see the rows?  My excel-fu is weak today.

I have access to a ton of old newspapers and can spend a little time trying to fill in gaps in the time ahead.

I attempted to give you read/write access, but you may need to have a google account for me to give you that access.  If it is more helpful for me to attach the excel file in an email, I can do that.  I appreciate your willingness to help fill in some of these gaps.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 06, 2020, 01:28:41 AM
I downloaded the sheet as an excel file, but can't scroll to see the Stealth EraTM rows (even after unfreezing panes and turning off filters).  It's probably a user deficiency, but since that's where most of the holes are, that's probably the section I will want to see.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on March 06, 2020, 09:20:04 AM
Quote from: kiko on March 06, 2020, 01:28:41 AM
I downloaded the sheet as an excel file, but can't scroll to see the Stealth EraTM rows (even after unfreezing panes and turning off filters).  It's probably a user deficiency, but since that's where most of the holes are, that's probably the section I will want to see.

I guess "Stealth Era" is living up to it's name.

Just making sure you see...The Stealth Era is on a separate worksheet tab.

If that's not the problem, I'm not exactly sure why you can't scroll.  You are able to scroll on the Modern Era, but not the Stealth Era?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 07, 2020, 01:07:46 PM
Worked it out and the issue was User ErrorTM.  Now lemme take a look at what is missing...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 12, 2020, 06:37:26 PM

Elmhurst gets to keep the Belt for the summer and bring it back sparkly fresh in November.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: voxelmhurst on March 12, 2020, 06:46:31 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on March 12, 2020, 06:37:26 PM

Elmhurst gets to keep the Belt for the summer and bring it back sparkly fresh in November.

When play resumes, Elmhurst will be defending The BeltTM as Elmhurst University.

2019/20 is the final season in which the Bluejays competed as Elmhurst College.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 12, 2020, 08:36:00 PM
This begs the question... does this count as The Dream ScenarioTM?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2020, 09:01:48 PM
Nightmare Scenario is more like it, I'd say.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 13, 2020, 09:37:51 AM
Congrats(?) to the Blue Jays of Elmurst College University.   I can think of a lot of weird endings to seasons but this one is right up there. 

2019-20 #MarchSadness  BeltTM path
3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19: Washington U
12-31-19: Millikin
1-4-20: Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20: North Central
1-29-20: Illinois Wesleyan
2-8-20: Augustana
2-12-20: North Central
2-28-20: Elmhurst

Victory E. Blue Jay  (for real folks) and the saddest mascot ever (we are it)
(https://www.dupage88.net/site/public/agoraimages/;jsessionid=80E125C1ED8F10C1F70B5E4FC6A8A297?item=6635&v=11&pfdrid_c=true)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 13, 2020, 10:00:09 AM
BeltTm Path since Just Bill enlightenment

2006-07 Season path
Nov. 17-Nov. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Nov. 27-Jan. 2 - Averett
Jan. 2-Jan. 7 - Guilford
Jan. 7-Jan. 27 - Virginia Wesleyan
Jan. 27-Jan. 28 - Emory & Henry
Jan. 28-Feb. 7 - Randolph-Macon
Feb. 7-Feb. 10 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 10-Feb. 22 - Guilford
Feb. 22-Feb. 24 - Bridgewater (Va.)
Feb. 24-Feb. 25 - Roanoke
Feb. 25-March 3 - Hampden-Sydney
March 3-March 17 - Virginia Wesleyan
March 17-Next Season - Amherst

2007-08 Season path

Start of season to 12/8/07 - Amherst
12/8/07 to 1/20/08 - Brandeis
1/20/08 to 1/25/08 - Rochester
1/25/08 to 2/1/08 - Emory
2/1/08 to 2/15/08 - NYU
2/15/08 to 2/17/08 - Carnegie Mellon
2/17/08 to 2/24/08 - Brandeis
2/24/08 to 3/7/08 - Chicago
3/7/08 to 3/8/08 - UW-Stevens Point
3/8/08 to 3/14/08 - Buena Vista
3/14/08 to next season - Washington U.

2008-09 Season path

Start-Dec. 19 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 20-Jan. 2 - Elmhurst
Jan. 3-Jan. 17 - Anderson
Jan. 17-Feb. 10 - Transylvania
Feb. 11-Feb. 20 - Franklin
Feb. 21-Feb. 26 - Defiance
Feb. 27-Feb. 27 - Franklin
Feb. 28-Mar. 5 - Transylvania
Mar. 6-Mar. 19 - Guilford
Mar. 20-Next season - Washington Univ.

2009-10 Season Path

Start-Dec. 28 - Washington Univ.
Dec. 29-Dec. 29 - Transylvania
Dec. 30-Feb. 12 - Wooster
Feb. 13-Feb. 16 - Wittenberg
Feb. 17-Feb. 25 - Wabash
Feb. 26-Feb. 26 - Wittenberg
Feb. 27-Mar. 11 - Wooster
Mar. 12-Mar. 18 - Guilford
Mar. 19-Mar. 19 - Williams
Mar. 20-Present - UW-Stevens Point

FINAL 2010-11 D-III Championship BeltTM path:


Start-Dec. 3 - UW-Stevens Point
Dec. 4-Feb. 4 - UW-River Falls
Feb. 5-Feb. 8 - UW-Whitewater
Feb. 9-Feb. 15 - UW-Platteville
Feb. 16-Mar. 10 - UW-Stevens Point
Mar. 11-Present - St. Thomas

2011-2012

St. Thomas
11-22-11  UW-River Falls
11-26-11  Puget Sound
12-22-11  Redlands
1-11-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-18-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
1-21-12  Whittier
1-25-12  Pomona-Pitzer
1-28-12  Occidental
2-1-12   Redlands
2-4-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-8-12  Cal Lutheran
2-15-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
2-21-12  Pomona-Pitzer
2-25-12  Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
3-2-12  St. Thomas
3-3-12  UW-Whitewater

2012-2013
UW-Whitewater
12-12-12 UW-Stevens Point
12-21-12 St. Thomas
1-21-13 Concordia-Moorhead
1-23-13 Carleton
1-26-13 Bethel
1-30-13 St. John's
2-4-13 Augsburg
2-6-13 Carleton
2-13-13 Gustavus Adolphus
2-16-13 Concordia-Moorhead
2-22-13 Augsburg
2-23-13 St. Thomas
3-23-13 Mary Hardin-Baylor
4-7-13   Amherst

2013-2014  BeltTM path
4-7-13  Amherst
12-7-13  Emerson
1-4-14  Suffolk
1-9-14  Johnson & Wales
1-29-14  Albertus Magnus
2-1-14  St. Joseph's(Me)
2-22-14  Lasell
2-27-14  Albertus Magnus
3-14-14  Williams
3-22-14  Whitewater

2014-2015 Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM itinerary
3-22-14  UW-Whitewater
12-10-15  Augustana
1-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
1-24-15  Elmhurst
1-28-15  Augustana
1-31-15  North Park
2-11-15  Elmhurst
2-21-15  Illinois Wesleyan
2-28-15  Augustana
3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point

2015-2016 The BeltTm  with SporranTm

3-21-15  UW-Stevens Point
11-21-15  Hope
1-13-16  Alma
2-6-16  Hope
2-26-16  Trine
2-27-16  Alma
3-12-16  Benedictine
3-19-16  St. Thomas


2016-17  Goat BeltTm Path
3-19-16  St. Thomas
11-15-16  UW-River Falls
11-19-16  Hope
12-10-16  UW-Stevens Point
12-14-16  St. Thomas
1-11-17  St. Olaf
1-18-17  Carleton
2-25-17  Bethel
3-3-17   UW-River Falls
3-4-17   Wartburg
3-10-17  Augustana
3-18-17  Babson

2017-18  Dam BeltTM Path
3-18-17  Babson
11-19-17  Endicott
11-26-17  Endicott Middlebury
12-29-17  York(Pa)
1-20-18  Mary Washington
2-10-18  Wesley
2-17-18  Frostburg State
2-20-18  Mary Washington
2-22-18  Christopher Newport
2-24-18  York(Pa)
3-3-18  Hamilton
3-9-18  Springfield
3-16-18  Nebraska Wesleyan


2018-19 Corn BeltTM (obvious)
3-16-18:  Nebraska Wesleyan
1-26-19:  Loras
1-30-19:  Dubuque
2-6-19:   Coe
2-9-19:  Loras
2-23-19:  Nebraska Wesleyan
3-2-19:   St Thomas
3-8-19:  Guilford
3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh

2019-20 #MarchSadness  BeltTM path
3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19: Washington U
12-31-19: Millikin
1-4-20: Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20: North Central
1-29-20: Illinois Wesleyan
2-8-20: Augustana
2-12-20: North Central
2-28-20: Elmhurst
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2020, 10:05:33 AM
Quote from: sac on March 13, 2020, 09:37:51 AM
Congrats(?) to the Blue Jays of Elmurst College University.   I can think of a lot of weird endings to seasons but this one is right up there. 

2019-20 #MarchSadness  BeltTM path
3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19: Washington U
12-31-19: Millikin
1-4-20: Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20: North Central
1-29-20: Illinois Wesleyan
2-8-20: Augustana
2-12-20: North Central
2-28-20: Elmhurst

Victory E. Blue Jay  (for real folks) and the saddest mascot ever (we are it)
(https://www.dupage88.net/site/public/agoraimages/;jsessionid=80E125C1ED8F10C1F70B5E4FC6A8A297?item=6635&v=11&pfdrid_c=true)

Long-time d3boards.com poster 79jaybird used to wear the Victor E. Bluejay costume when he was an Elmhurst undergraduate.

Incidentally, the "saddest mascot ever" standing next to Victor is Bucky the Blazer, the mascot of the Addison Trail High School Blazers. Addison Trail HS is in the suburb of Addison, located just to the northwest of Elmhurst.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on March 13, 2020, 11:12:31 AM
He does look very sad.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 13, 2020, 12:05:00 PM
Quote from: sac on March 13, 2020, 09:37:51 AM
Congrats(?) to the Blue Jays of Elmurst College University.   I can think of a lot of weird endings to seasons but this one is right up there. 

2019-20 #MarchSadness  BeltTM path
3-9-19:  UW-Oshkosh
11-19-19: Carthage
12-7-19: Illinois Wesleyan
12-19-19: Washington U
12-31-19: Millikin
1-4-20: Illinois Wesleyan
1-8-20: North Central
1-29-20: Illinois Wesleyan
2-8-20: Augustana
2-12-20: North Central
2-28-20: Elmhurst

Victory E. Blue Jay  (for real folks) and the saddest mascot ever (we are it)
(https://www.dupage88.net/site/public/agoraimages/;jsessionid=80E125C1ED8F10C1F70B5E4FC6A8A297?item=6635&v=11&pfdrid_c=true)

I'd normally be upset about the path name change for this season, but given the circumstances it feels right. :(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 13, 2020, 07:46:13 PM
Quote from: sac on March 13, 2020, 10:00:09 AM
2017-18  Dam BeltTM Path
3-18-17  Babson
11-19-17  Endicott
11-26-17  Endicott Middlebury
12-29-17  York(Pa)
1-20-18  Mary Washington

For reasons I can't really articulate, this remains my favorite span in the Just Bill Enlightenment BeltTM era.  I'm so happy that this Dewey-defeats-Truman moment is preserved as part of the OfficialTM BeltTM scrolls.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 11, 2021, 10:00:25 PM
Hey guys... we had a BeltTM game tonight.

Carroll 72, Elmhurst 70

2021 BeltTM Path
2/28/20: Elmhurst
2/11/21: Carroll

...I have a map to update.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 12, 2021, 11:06:29 AM
Lucas, is this the first time ever for Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM to log time in Waukesha? Perhaps ItTM might want to ensconce itself for awhile in the hometown of department store founder Richard Sears, the BoDeans, guitarist/inventor Les Paul, and Carroll alumnus Donald Goerke, the man who invented Spaghetti-Os.

(https://www.noozhawk.com/images/uploads/630-Donald_Goerke.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 12, 2021, 12:41:57 PM

It hasn't left the Central region since Guilford had it briefly during the 2019 tournament.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 12, 2021, 01:02:15 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on February 12, 2021, 11:06:29 AM
Lucas, is this the first time ever for Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM to log time in Waukesha? Perhaps ItTM might want to ensconce itself for awhile in the hometown of department store founder Richard Sears, the BoDeans, guitarist/inventor Les Paul, and Carroll alumnus Donald Goerke, the man who invented Spaghetti-Os.

(https://www.noozhawk.com/images/uploads/630-Donald_Goerke.jpg)

Yep, first time ever. I thought they'd had possession in the Stealth Era, but no dice. Van Male has been site of three prior BeltTM games though.

Now I'm upset I don't have Spaghetti-O's to have for lunch. :(
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 13, 2021, 01:28:57 AM
"There was a BeltTm game tonight"
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6f/f4/ac/6ff4ac98b9cc03c91728e4407f1a2aba.gif)


Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 12, 2021, 12:41:57 PM

It hasn't left the Central region since Guilford had it briefly during the 2019 tournament.

You mean...... will not leave the Central region.



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 13, 2021, 11:45:46 AM
Quote from: sac on February 13, 2021, 01:28:57 AM
"There was a BeltTm game tonight"
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6f/f4/ac/6ff4ac98b9cc03c91728e4407f1a2aba.gif)


Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 12, 2021, 12:41:57 PM

It hasn't left the Central region since Guilford had it briefly during the 2019 tournament.

You mean...... will not leave the Central region.

Well, the regions all change next year, I believe with different names, so that's both true and not true, I guess.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 14, 2021, 03:39:21 AM
Yes, we're still not quite sure yet whether Carroll will wind up in the Clarence Campbell Region or the Prince of Wales Region.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 15, 2021, 01:23:45 PM
Doesn't really matter either way, since Elmhurst avenged its season opening loss with an 81-72 victory up at Van Male over Carroll. Short lived time as Holder for the Pios.

2021 BeltTM Path
2/28/20: Elmhurst
2/11/21: Carroll
2/13/21: Elmhurst

Greg gets to call a BeltTM game Thursday night as the Blue Jays begin a new defense against North Park in Chicago.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on February 15, 2021, 06:42:57 PM
It's actually tomorrow night, not Thursday. And I'm all aquiver. The BeltTM will be in the crackerbox!

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffreakedoutnomore.info%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F05%2FFO-man.jpg&hash=6575df987918caf275e6eefadc8eaab76e185e5b)

Let's see, now ... it's been so long ... where did I put my special goggles for The BeltTM viewing?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2021, 08:18:49 PM
Carthage 81 Elmhurst 70

There can be only one mascot for the newly minted Firebirds
(https://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/202004/everything-you-shoul-8_1600x0w.jpg)

2021 BeltTM Path
2/28/20: Elmhurst
2/11/21: Carroll
2/13/21: Elmhurst
2/27/21: Carthage
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 08, 2021, 04:37:53 AM
The BeltTM was a bit unsure which team to give the honor to, so it took 3OT before Augustana beat Carthage 109-107.
The Vikings will carry The BeltTM to Wheaton on Tuesday in the CCIW semifinals.

2021 BeltTM Path
2/28/20: Elmhurst
2/11/21: Carroll
2/13/21: Elmhurst
2/27/21: Carthage
3/6/21: Augustana
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 09, 2021, 06:16:28 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 08, 2021, 04:37:53 AM
The BeltTM was a bit unsure which team to give the honor to, so it took 3OT before Augustana beat Carthage 109-107.
The Vikings will carry The BeltTM to Wheaton on Tuesday in the CCIW semifinals.

2021 BeltTM Path
2/28/20: Elmhurst
2/11/21: Carroll
2/13/21: Elmhurst
2/27/21: Carthage
3/6/21: Augustana

I fell way behind on this, but I went ahead and updated the map with the changes from this season (https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1JLVjudoJZ1exOZGxGL7DlHGD3nfyUugc&usp=sharing). Easy changes this time for the most part; I think a color update for Carroll since they failed to defend The BeltTM at home, moving the house logo to current holder Augie, and then just recording successful defenses/victories over visiting holders, etc.

As for tonight, this will be just the second time The BeltTM has made a trip to King Arena in the Modern Era. Wheaton has not held ItTM since the Stealth Era (1992).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 09, 2021, 11:55:46 PM
2021 BeltTM Path
2/28/20: Elmhurst
2/11/21: Carroll
2/13/21: Elmhurst
2/27/21: Carthage
3/6/21: Augustana
3/9/21:  Wheaton

So basically our BeltTm is either going to spend the summer in the suburbs of Chicago near fine dining, art, museums, good baseball, many many bars and literally thousands of other things to do or see...

or......Bloomington.


Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Mr. Ypsi on March 10, 2021, 12:11:29 AM
Quote from: sac on March 09, 2021, 11:55:46 PM
2021 BeltTM Path
2/28/20: Elmhurst
2/11/21: Carroll
2/13/21: Elmhurst
2/27/21: Carthage
3/6/21: Augustana
3/9/21:  Wheaton

So basically our BeltTm is either going to spend the summer in the suburbs of Chicago near fine dining, art, museums, good baseball, many many bars and literally thousands of other things to do or see...

or......Bloomington.

Yeah, yeah. ...  But if The BeltTM chooses to spend the summer in Bloomington it will henceforth be known as BLOOMINGTON!!   The BeltTM knows what it knows. 8-)

And I would HOPE you are not foolish enough to second-guess The BeltTM! :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 10, 2021, 11:57:49 AM
Quote from: sac on March 09, 2021, 11:55:46 PM
2021 BeltTM Path
2/28/20: Elmhurst
2/11/21: Carroll
2/13/21: Elmhurst
2/27/21: Carthage
3/6/21: Augustana
3/9/21:  Wheaton

So basically our BeltTm is either going to spend the summer in the suburbs of Chicago near fine dining, art, museums, good baseball, many many bars and literally thousands of other things to do or see...

Only if The BeltTM has a Metra ticket, because you sure ain't gonna find any of that stuff in Wheaton -- and you won't find much of it in adjacent Glen Ellyn, Warrenville, Carol Stream, etc., either.

Quote from: sac on March 09, 2021, 11:55:46 PMor......Bloomington.

... where The BeltTM can enjoy the local Burger King, check out the livestock stalls at the McLean County Fair, order a Bud Light and listen to thirty-year-old Garth Brooks songs on the jukebox at a country bar, or visit the Beer Nuts company store and watch a video tour of the Beer Nuts factory.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 10, 2021, 01:24:12 PM
I'm pretty sure the baubles are universally accepted as payment on any mass transit system.   
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: iwumichigander on March 13, 2021, 01:16:50 AM
The Belt Tm makes the trip to Bloomington.  It is just a short drive to All the Corn in Manito this the summer. It can attend the Manito Popcorn Festival celebrating its 43rd year in 2021.

  And, of course, enjoy the corn fields surrounding Bloomington on the farms owned by Illinois Wesleyan University, ISU and the State Farm families of companies.  Bear Nuts will be available while at the Shirk Center
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on November 05, 2021, 08:27:47 PM
2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan


First game is at home against Lake Forest on Sunday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 07, 2021, 06:13:10 PM
First title defense is a good one: 81-61 over Lake Forest.

Amazingly, that's only the second successful BeltTM defense at the Shirk.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on November 22, 2021, 06:19:28 PM
Illinois Wesleyan is now 5-0 and will hold The BeltTM until December with their next game being Chicago next Wednesday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 22, 2021, 11:03:36 PM
I don't want to say I'm rooting for the team in green, but I may or may not have their December 15th game circled on my calendar.

Don't eff it up, Greenies.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 06, 2021, 11:19:31 AM
Warms my heart to see the nonsense carried on. Stay safe out there, BeltTM Dividians.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 06, 2021, 05:54:55 PM
I finally got around to updating the MapTM with this year's results so far. Five successful home defenses so far for Illinois Wesleyan (six total in the Modern Era), plus a win at Alma (the first time the Scots have lost a BeltTM game at home) and at Calvin (0-3 at home against BeltTM holders).

This next Saturday will be just the fourth time The BeltTM has been up for grabs at King Arena when the Titans go play Wheaton.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 11, 2021, 10:09:21 PM
Wheaton 67
IWU 62

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton

That makes my Wednesday night mean a little less.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 16, 2021, 11:11:26 PM
Meet Perry Mastadon

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftriblocal.com%2Fwheaton%2Ffiles%2Fcache%2F2011%2F08%2FWC-TOR-2.057.jpg%2F460_345_resize.jpg&hash=98885b2eeef4b04eaf6d9c7865839603cb0807f2)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 17, 2021, 10:07:25 AM
I honestly don't think that that absurd mascot has made an appearance since his debut a couple of decades ago.

Or, if he has, Wheaton folks are keeping it on the down-low.

Can't blame 'em for that.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 30, 2021, 01:36:09 AM
Major shakeup in Nashville...

Berry 78
Wheaton 72

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton
12/29/21: Berry

I'll need to look over The MapTM, but I think it's the first time as a Holder for Berry, at least in the Modern Era.

The CCIW can get The BeltTM back later today (12:30am technicality) when the Vikings take on Carthage. Otherwise ItTM will spend the next two months gallivanting about the SAA.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 30, 2021, 06:53:52 PM
Thanks Firebirds!

Carthage 62
Berry 58

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton
12/29/21: Berry
12/30/21: Carthage

The BeltTM returns to the CCIW, and keeps alive my hope of getting to announce another BeltTM game.

Carthage's first defense will come at Carroll on Wednesday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 01, 2022, 02:18:03 AM
We knew you ever so briefly Victor Viking
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bp8YAgZIcAAdves?format=jpg&name=900x900)


Just when you thought The BeltTm was going to wander away from the CCIW.......
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 15, 2022, 07:25:55 PM
And after a long layoff, Carthage managed one successful defense on Wednesday (78-73 at Carroll) before...

Millikin 79, Carthage 76

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton
12/29/21: Berry
12/30/21: Carthage
1/15/22: Millikin

The Big Blue welcome Wheaton on Wednesday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 22, 2022, 10:34:45 PM
Well, one successful defense for the Big Blue when they knocked off Wheaton on Wednesday, but tonight...

Augustana 76
Millikin 64

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton
12/29/21: Berry
12/30/21: Carthage
1/15/22: Millikin
1/22/22: Augustana

Next one for The BeltTM would appear to be *checks notes*

...at North Central.

(https://i.imgur.com/u6PAFZG.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 22, 2022, 10:46:53 PM
5/9 of the CCIW have been BeltedTM

After Wed, only North Park and Elmhurst haven't been in itsTM presence.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 24, 2022, 05:24:19 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 22, 2022, 10:34:45 PM
Well, one successful defense for the Big Blue when they knocked off Wheaton on Wednesday, but tonight...

Augustana 76
Millikin 64

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton
12/29/21: Berry
12/30/21: Carthage
1/15/22: Millikin
1/22/22: Augustana

Next one for The BeltTM would appear to be *checks notes*

...at North Central.

(https://i.imgur.com/u6PAFZG.gif)

Naperville is on a fault line? Who knew?

(https://i.redd.it/eapljt23c5nz.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 26, 2022, 05:00:12 PM

Belt on the line with Augustana at North Central tonight!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 26, 2022, 09:42:21 PM
Well, no earthquakes, but there will be a party, at least somewhere in Naperville.

NCC 73
Augie 68

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton
12/29/21: Berry
12/30/21: Carthage
1/15/22: Millikin
1/22/22: Augustana
1/26/22: North Central

Welcome back, old friend.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 27, 2022, 11:56:08 AM
Finally got around to getting the map updated (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JLVjudoJZ1exOZGxGL7DlHGD3nfyUugc&usp=sharing). Got to add a couple pins thanks to that chaotic 24 hour period of the CCIW losing, then regaining The BeltTM and had to dig to figure out what my precedent was for "Team that held The BeltTM for 24 hours and losing it immediately without returning home" since I assume Berry wouldn't have made the trek to and from between their games. Turned out there wasn't one, but I figured since they were ever so briefly blessed, they deserved a tack on the map.

Getting to change the map icon to a house (representing the current holder) on Merner just hits different.

The Cardinals host Wheaton on Saturday. NCC is 4-1 all time in home BeltTM defenses, and this will be the 12th game for The BeltTM played at the Hangar. At a quick glance, the only places with more are UW-River Falls (13), St. Thomas (14 before they jumped to D-I), Illinois Wesleyan (14), Hope (14), and Augustana (19).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 29, 2022, 11:32:55 PM
Well that was a fun few days.

Wheaton 75
NCC 71

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton
12/29/21: Berry
12/30/21: Carthage
1/15/22: Millikin
1/22/22: Augustana
1/26/22: North Central
1/29/22: Wheaton

It's too bad, because I referenced coming out of the women's game before the BeltTM match that this was a game for ItTM and our SID immediately expressed support for getting  an actual belt and making sure that it was passed along. Now if we can get everyone else on board with that...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 30, 2022, 12:58:14 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 29, 2022, 11:32:55 PM
It's too bad, because I referenced coming out of the women's game before the BeltTM match that this was a game for ItTM and our SID immediately expressed support for getting  an actual belt and making sure that it was passed along. Now if we can get everyone else on board with that...
No man-made belt could ever come close to matching the glory that is The BeltTM. Even if you spent millions of dollars it would just be a cheap facsimile
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 30, 2022, 01:08:53 PM

We talked about making belts and handing them out last year to the teams that finished #1 in the poll, as some consolation for not having a tournament, but, clearly, that never happened.  I wouldn't rule it out forever, though.

The big impediment is simply a fear that not every belt holder would respect it enough to pass it along or even want it in the first place.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on January 30, 2022, 01:20:20 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 30, 2022, 01:08:53 PM

We talked about making belts and handing them out last year to the teams that finished #1 in the poll, as some consolation for not having a tournament, but, clearly, that never happened.  I wouldn't rule it out forever, though.

The big impediment is simply a fear that not every belt holder would respect it enough to pass it along or even want it in the first place.

With all of the publicized powers of the belt, I would think the holders would fear disrespecting, instead - thinking Indiana Jones!   :o
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 31, 2022, 11:30:41 AM
Quote from: ronk on January 30, 2022, 01:20:20 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 30, 2022, 01:08:53 PM

We talked about making belts and handing them out last year to the teams that finished #1 in the poll, as some consolation for not having a tournament, but, clearly, that never happened.  I wouldn't rule it out forever, though.

The big impediment is simply a fear that not every belt holder would respect it enough to pass it along or even want it in the first place.

With all of the publicized powers of the belt, I would think the holders would fear disrespecting, instead - thinking Indiana Jones!   :o

Come to think of it, I think it has been a while since someone got their face melted off...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 31, 2022, 12:40:37 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on January 30, 2022, 12:58:14 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on January 29, 2022, 11:32:55 PM
It's too bad, because I referenced coming out of the women's game before the BeltTM match that this was a game for ItTM and our SID immediately expressed support for getting  an actual belt and making sure that it was passed along. Now if we can get everyone else on board with that...
No man-made belt could ever come close to matching the glory that is The BeltTM. Even if you spent millions of dollars it would just be a cheap facsimile

In the interest of cheap thrills, I 100% endorse North Central SID Clark Teuscher creating an actual belt, just so that I can feel the frisson that I would no doubt experience from making reference to The Cheap FascimileTM and then hitting the POST button.

(https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/65477346/ooh-yeah-.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 31, 2022, 12:44:03 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 30, 2022, 01:08:53 PM

We talked about making belts and handing them out last year to the teams that finished #1 in the poll, as some consolation for not having a tournament, but, clearly, that never happened.  I wouldn't rule it out forever, though.

The big impediment is simply a fear that not every belt holder would respect it enough to pass it along or even want it in the first place.

(https://cdn.quotesgram.com/img/44/29/1434966214-5c1b38b8a1da64be13a190a36e962fa0.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 31, 2022, 02:25:19 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 30, 2022, 01:08:53 PM

We talked about making belts and handing them out last year to the teams that finished #1 in the poll, as some consolation for not having a tournament, but, clearly, that never happened.  I wouldn't rule it out forever, though.

The big impediment is simply a fear that not every belt holder would respect it enough to pass it along or even want it in the first place.

That was the point both Clark and I raised when we were talking about creating The Cheap FacsimileTM. He said he's all for another trophy, the trick was getting other teams on board and making sure handoffs actually happen. And... ya know...

Quote from: Gregory Sager on January 31, 2022, 12:44:03 PM
(https://cdn.quotesgram.com/img/44/29/1434966214-5c1b38b8a1da64be13a190a36e962fa0.jpg)

There's a reason this hangs at my desk at work. Biggest shame is that I only got like two, two and a half months of true mileage out of it before working from home hit and now I'm only in the office once every like six weeks.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHTsUieXMAgCIA3?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 12, 2022, 10:40:28 PM
Haven't updated in a while, but after a few successful defenses, we circle back to where we started the year.

IWU 79
Wheaton 71

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton
12/29/21: Berry
12/30/21: Carthage
1/15/22: Millikin
1/22/22: Augustana
1/26/22: North Central
1/29/22: Wheaton
2/12/22: Illinois Wesleyan

I think at this point we have a 99.9 percent chance of The BeltTM going into the CCIW and thus NCAA Tournament. For now, the Titans will try to defend ItTM against North Central on Wednesday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 12, 2022, 10:44:41 PM
IF Carleton and St. Olaf can play for a goat....
(https://dbukjj6eu5tsf.cloudfront.net/athletics.carleton.edu/images/2020/2/15/Goat_Trophy.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 16, 2022, 11:08:57 PM
With the Titans' successful defense tonight, they carry The BeltTM into their regular season finale against Augustana. This means no matter what, The BeltTM will go into the CCIW and thus NCAA Tournament.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 22, 2022, 11:03:06 PM
Oh hey, NCC gets to play for The BeltTM again on Friday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 25, 2022, 10:26:21 PM
NCC 81
IWU 74

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton
12/29/21: Berry
12/30/21: Carthage
1/15/22: Millikin
1/22/22: Augustana
1/26/22: North Central
1/29/22: Wheaton
2/12/22: Illinois Wesleyan
2/25/22: North Central

The Cardinals take on Elmhurst tomorrow at the Shirk Center for the right to carry The BeltTM into the NCAA Tournament.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 26, 2022, 01:43:08 AM
I'm just hoping this isn't the actual Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM they are lunching over...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mybirdoftheday.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FBlue-Jay-Cardinal-1024x768.jpg&hash=cd800737aca03086a47248e82c91afe76ed917eb)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 26, 2022, 01:44:04 AM
Also, I know North Central has been size-challenged against most opponents this season, but this is a bit ridiculous...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 01, 2022, 02:26:41 PM
Should probably update before tournament time.

Elmhurst 82
NCC 65

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton
12/29/21: Berry
12/30/21: Carthage
1/15/22: Millikin
1/22/22: Augustana
1/26/22: North Central
1/29/22: Wheaton
2/12/22: Illinois Wesleyan
2/25/22: North Central
2/26/22: Elmhurst

We actually end up circling back to where we were before the world went to crap, as for the second straight NCAA Tournament, the Blue Jays carry The BeltTM into it.

Here's how every team that took ItTM into the tourney fared.

One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '19 Nebraska Wesleyan, '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '20 Elmhurst*, '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '15 Augustana
Champion: None
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2022, 02:57:20 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 26, 2022, 01:43:08 AM
I'm just hoping this isn't the actual Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM they are lunching over...

(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mybirdoftheday.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FBlue-Jay-Cardinal-1024x768.jpg&hash=cd800737aca03086a47248e82c91afe76ed917eb)

What, no firebird as well?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2022, 03:03:40 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 01, 2022, 02:26:41 PM
Should probably update before tournament time.

Elmhurst 82
NCC 65

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton
12/29/21: Berry
12/30/21: Carthage
1/15/22: Millikin
1/22/22: Augustana
1/26/22: North Central
1/29/22: Wheaton
2/12/22: Illinois Wesleyan
2/25/22: North Central
2/26/22: Elmhurst

We actually end up circling back to where we were before the world went to crap, as for the second straight NCAA Tournament, the Blue Jays carry The BeltTM into it.

Here's how every team that took ItTM into the tourney fared.

One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '19 Nebraska Wesleyan, '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '20 Elmhurst*, '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '15 Augustana
Champion: None

The BeltTM is clearly not happy with you if you have the temerity to attempt to win lesser honors (such as a hunk of Walnut & Bronze, which in The BeltTM's honor we should probably now start denigrating as Walnut & Bronze & Plexiglass) while you are holding Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 01, 2022, 09:10:15 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2022, 02:57:20 PM

What, no firebird as well?

Well, it's been a hot minute, so I assumed Carthage had probably changed their nickname/mascot/school location again...  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 01, 2022, 10:45:56 PM
I hear it's down to a runoff between Flamekeepers and Crimson Humans.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2022, 11:45:52 PM
And so Elmhurst joins '13 St. Thomas (MN) and '15 Augustana as only the third team to carry The BeltTM with them into the Final Four.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 13, 2022, 04:16:58 PM
The BeltTM almost made it back to Texas. The bluebonnets are beginning to bloom. The redbuds are budding. Belton is on the northeast edge of the Hill Country.  It is beautiful this time of year. Shucks!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 13, 2022, 04:21:39 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 13, 2022, 04:16:58 PM
The BeltTM almost made it back to Texas. The bluebonnets are beginning to bloom. The redbuds are budding.

The BeltTM obviously has allergies. AFAIK, there are no antihistamines that work on supernatural inanimate objects.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 14, 2022, 11:10:27 AM
Finally got around to getting the map (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JLVjudoJZ1exOZGxGL7DlHGD3nfyUugc&usp=sharing) fully updated again (I hadn't touched it since North Central lost possession the first time this season).

Fun fact: Case Western Reserve got to host more BeltTM games in two days this past weekend than it has in the entire rest of the Modern Era combined (one game way back in 2007-08).

Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 13, 2022, 04:16:58 PM
The BeltTM almost made it back to Texas. The bluebonnets are beginning to bloom. The redbuds are budding. Belton is on the northeast edge of the Hill Country.  It is beautiful this time of year. Shucks!

It's been a while. We've actually only had two BeltTM games in the state of Texas (both at Trinity), plus the brief time ItTM deemed the Cru worthy in the 2013 Tournament, when they brought ItTM but didn't play a game in Belton as the holder.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 14, 2022, 02:00:41 PM
I should add that, in light of the question as to whether or not The BeltTM is allergic to Texas wildflowers, we really ought to get some sort of a long-term medical report regarding Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM from Just Bill.

Do the handlers of The BeltTM need to clip an epipen amidst the gewgaws and baubles?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 20, 2022, 10:27:16 AM
Well, the last couple years of having a supernatural entity in pretty close proximity (and sometimes in house) has been fun.

Randolph-Macon 75
Elmhurst 45

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/12/21: Illinois Wesleyan
12/11/21: Wheaton
12/29/21: Berry
12/30/21: Carthage
1/15/22: Millikin
1/22/22: Augustana
1/26/22: North Central
1/29/22: Wheaton
2/12/22: Illinois Wesleyan
2/25/22: North Central
2/26/22: Elmhurst
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon

One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '19 Nebraska Wesleyan, '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '20 Elmhurst*, '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '22 Elmhurst, '15 Augustana
Champion: None
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on April 22, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 14, 2022, 02:00:41 PM
I should add that, in light of the question as to whether or not The BeltTM is allergic to Texas wildflowers, we really ought to get some sort of a long-term medical report regarding Thee Most Exalted Bespangled CinctureTM from Just Bill.

Do the handlers of The BeltTM need to clip an epipen amidst the gewgaws and baubles?

You suggest The BeltTM can be waylaid by something as insignificant as an airborne allergen? I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on November 06, 2022, 07:14:36 PM
Testing. Testing. Is this thing on?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 06, 2022, 10:00:46 PM
The BeltTM is always on.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 15, 2022, 05:41:53 PM
I got to add a new marker to the map (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JLVjudoJZ1exOZGxGL7DlHGD3nfyUugc&usp=sharing) from this past weekend when Randolph-Macon successfully defended The BeltTM twice at Hood College.

Their game at Mary Washington Wednesday will be the 7th game for The BeltTM played there and first since the 2017-18 season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Caz Bombers on November 16, 2022, 09:31:31 PM
and NNNNNNNEEEEEEEEWWWWW The Belt TM champions...

the Mary Washington Eagles!!

UMW will defend Tuesday November 22 at home against Hampden-Sydney.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 17, 2022, 12:29:05 PM
2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington

This marks the third successful taking of The BeltTM by the Eagles in the modern era and first since the 2017-18 season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 17, 2022, 02:44:56 PM


I went and looked it up, just because I was curious.  Potsdam successfully defended the Belt 28 times during their record 60 game winning streak.  A couple other teams did it 27 times, but Potsdam remains the record to beat.

For comparison, RMC only defended the Belt twice since they took it off Elmhurst in the title game.  They had a 29 game win streak, but most of it without the Belt.  Heavy is the waist that wears the Belt!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 17, 2022, 03:59:19 PM
(https://www.memesmonkey.com/images/memesmonkey/51/51f0ca754f06587ccea84c884bbcebbe.jpeg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 21, 2022, 11:42:48 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on November 17, 2022, 12:29:05 PM
2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington

This marks the third successful taking of The BeltTM by the Eagles in the modern era and first since the 2017-18 season.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1186628659060367362/5Act-o8F_400x400.jpg)

Who can ever forget  Sammy D. Eagle
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 21, 2022, 12:48:32 PM
Boy, Mary Washington is riding high today. The BeltTM is securely under lock and key in the campus vault, and the Eagles men's soccer team is going to the Final Four for the first time in 25 years.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 23, 2022, 12:33:01 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 21, 2022, 12:48:32 PM
Boy, Mary Washington is riding high today. The BeltTM is securely under lock and key in the campus vault, and the Eagles men's soccer team is going to the Final Four for the first time in 25 years.

And they successfully defended The BeltTM with a 79-66 win over Hampden-Sydney at home.

The Eagles will mount their next defense in Baltimore with a trip to Johns Hopkins on Sunday. The Jays were a Stealth Era holder in 2002, but this will be the first time in the modern era that The BeltTM will be played for at Goldfarb Gymnasium.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Greek Tragedy on November 23, 2022, 09:24:45 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 21, 2022, 12:48:32 PM
Boy, Mary Washington is riding high today. The BeltTM is securely under lock and key in the campus vault, and the Eagles men's soccer team is going to the Final Four for the first time in 25 years.

The BeltTM is it's own vault.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 27, 2022, 04:38:38 PM
Well then.

Johns Hopkins 92
Mary Washington 58

2021-22 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 28, 2022, 01:13:49 PM
Johns Hopkins at Washington on Tuesday.  Potentially bad week for Washington's.

Washington College are known as the Shoremen and they've chosen a goose as their mascot.
(https://mdstories.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/gus-the-goose-washington-college-horizontal.jpg?w=400)  Gus the Goose


JHU has Muhlenberg on Saturday then a long break until late December.  JHU capturing The BeltTm has significantly reduced the potential conferences The BeltTm may spend the Winter if they can retain it this week. 

JHU only has Denison(NCAC) and Coe(ARC) remaining.  Muhlenberg winning would increase those conferences 2 fold.  A Winter in the CC is looking pretty good.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 28, 2022, 03:56:08 PM
That's a goose?

"Goose" would've been well down my list of guesses as to what that mascot is supposed to represent. In fact, none of my top guesses involved an animal at all. My first thought was, "Why does Washington College have a giant slice of blueberry pie as its mascot?"
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 28, 2022, 11:01:58 PM

That's the closest d3 school to my house.  I suppose I could pop over for a Belt clash!  (Probably not, though.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Inkblot on November 28, 2022, 11:35:20 PM
If you mirror the logo, it's agonizingly close to being a state outline but it's not.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on November 29, 2022, 12:47:45 AM
Mirror this logo?
(https://dbukjj6eu5tsf.cloudfront.net/washingtoncollegesports.com/images/responsive_2022/svgs/on-light-theme.svg)

I'm pretty sure that's intentionally a goose dressed up as Maryland......or vice versa.   Also possibly a goose runover by West Virginia

It appears on their floor at center court.
(https://washcollsports.com/images/2022/11/9/mbbteam_23_web.jpg?width=1600)

Turns out its pretty difficult to get a good picture of a purple goose but here's a better one of Gus
(https://www.washcoll.edu/_images/3.0_campus_community/3.2_campus/gus.jpg)


You can watch all The BeltTm action on Goose Nation TV
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on November 29, 2022, 07:15:41 AM

The empty space between the two wings is ALSO the outline of a goose head.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 03, 2022, 04:40:19 PM
Muhlenberg 84
Johns Hopkins 77

2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 04, 2022, 01:54:56 AM
I cannot tell you how many times I miss a game on a teams schedule and wham The BeltTm goes to that team.

(https://www.muhlenbergconnect.com/s/1570/images/gid2/editor/1617_mule_madness/marti_the_mule.jpg)
Muhlenberg Mules



I don't know about you but I suppose if you squint hard this doesn't look like a giant rat instead of a mule
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTJaEF_ECXZR75vYkX_dMq-jz29mcKQDUC7yg&usqp=CAU)


Muhlenberg hosts Drew on Dec 7.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on December 04, 2022, 11:06:00 AM
Quote from: sac on December 04, 2022, 01:54:56 AM
I cannot tell you how many times I miss a game on a teams schedule and wham The BeltTm goes to that team.

(https://www.muhlenbergconnect.com/s/1570/images/gid2/editor/1617_mule_madness/marti_the_mule.jpg)
Muhlenberg Mules



I don't know about you but I suppose if you squint hard this doesn't look like a giant rat instead of a mule
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTJaEF_ECXZR75vYkX_dMq-jz29mcKQDUC7yg&usqp=CAU)


Muhlenberg hosts Drew on Dec 7.

Chance to move it into the Landmark but Muhlenberg should be able to defend it.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on December 05, 2022, 04:49:23 PM
Quote from: sac on December 04, 2022, 01:54:56 AM

I don't know about you but I suppose if you squint hard this doesn't look like a giant rat instead of a mule
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTJaEF_ECXZR75vYkX_dMq-jz29mcKQDUC7yg&usqp=CAU)


Muhlenberg hosts Drew on Dec 7.

That's definitely a rat.  And I'm puzzled at the way the rat is walking arm in arm with that gentleman.  They must do senior day ceremonies with a different kind of senior than I'm used to.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 05, 2022, 05:27:27 PM
That's either a rat, or a kangaroo that really let himself go.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 07, 2022, 09:41:07 PM
Muhlenberg 84 Drew 61

Pretty good The BeltTm tilt in 12 days as the 6-1 Mules travel to 6-2 DeSales.


DeSales has Frankie the Bulldog
(https://scontent.fdet1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/46456124_10157255779677223_5433479378602295296_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_eui2=AeGu16TlQK44GIfZ2htepDilhz0ctZPG_rSHPRy1k8b-tNHJfqUSFDGcZbc82gO8QYk&_nc_ohc=fT1B_e0IMHIAX90nb6G&_nc_ht=scontent.fdet1-1.fna&oh=00_AfD6HFUUXub95qreqnQsNDAzN_lLh1ahtYI0WNjLR5DqMw&oe=63B8D836)



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 19, 2022, 06:39:45 PM
DeSales 68 Muhlenberg 67 F

The Bulldogs will keep The BeltTm through Christmas with their final seconds win over the Mules.


DeSales next game is home on Dec 29 to Ursinas, which is neither a planet or a very bad sinus infection.  They are the Bears or specifically a grizzly bear, which are very much not native to  Eastern Pennsyvania.  But they once had a live black bear as a mascot, which totally explains the Grizzlies part.

Anyway....here's Zachie
(https://scontent.fdet1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/22539831_10155924816014309_4606034662107439487_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=973b4a&_nc_ohc=qf5WSIBowi8AX9eZOJY&_nc_ht=scontent.fdet1-1.fna&oh=00_AfBJsPyUglrBvyxMPNg2neiI3bYOl7QjVFaH7t7HaSBm_Q&oe=63C85783)

It escaped from Chuck E Cheese right?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 19, 2022, 08:32:49 PM
Quote from: sac on December 19, 2022, 06:39:45 PM
DeSales 68 Muhlenberg 67 F

The Bulldogs will keep The BeltTm through Christmas with their final seconds win over the Mules.


DeSales next game is home on Dec 29 to Ursinas, which is neither a planet or a very bad sinus infection.  They are the Bears or specifically a grizzly bear, which are very much not native to  Eastern Pennsyvania.  But they once had a live black bear as a mascot, which totally explains the Grizzlies part.

Anyway....here's Zachie
(https://scontent.fdet1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.18169-9/22539831_10155924816014309_4606034662107439487_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=973b4a&_nc_ohc=qf5WSIBowi8AX9eZOJY&_nc_ht=scontent.fdet1-1.fna&oh=00_AfBJsPyUglrBvyxMPNg2neiI3bYOl7QjVFaH7t7HaSBm_Q&oe=63C85783)

It escaped from Chuck E Cheese right?
Did somebody say Grizzlies? 8-)
The bear puts the ursine in Ursinus
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 19, 2022, 11:09:19 PM
One of my side reasons for doing way more than I ever should with The BeltTm stuff is that I try to learn something about each school as they come up.   For instance Ursinas was founded by members of the German Reformed Church who apparently had a real beef with the Lancaster Seminary accusing them of being heretical and thus wanted to create their own school.  Once founded they named the school after Zacharias Ursinas who I'm sure as a noted German theologian of his time almost 400 years ago would be thrilled to learn a stuffed bear is whimsically named after him.


But with my age I'll forget most of this by Thursday. 
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 19, 2022, 11:53:37 PM
The bear is a logical mascot for Ursinus, since, as FCGriz alluded, the Latin word for "bear" is ursus, and the English adjective for things relating to bears is "ursine" (just as dog-related stuff is "canine", cat-related stuff is "feline", pig-related stuff is "porcine", with cattle it's "bovine", etc.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 20, 2022, 12:49:01 PM
2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
12/19/22: DeSales

In updating the map, I learned that yesterday's victory for DeSales was the first time The BeltTM had graced their campus. They're guaranteed to get at least one more BeltTM game regardless of the result against Ursinus due to the fact that that game is part of the Al Senavitis Memorial Tournament. I'm not sure who the other two participants are though.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on December 20, 2022, 11:09:51 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on December 20, 2022, 12:49:01 PM
2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
12/19/22: DeSales

In updating the map, I learned that yesterday's victory for DeSales was the first time The BeltTM had graced their campus. They're guaranteed to get at least one more BeltTM game regardless of the result against Ursinus due to the fact that that game is part of the Al Senavitis Memorial Tournament. I'm not sure who the other two participants are though.
Alvernia vs Montclair St
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 21, 2022, 03:17:12 AM
We've really narrowed down the directions The BeltTm can go. 

DeSales  --MAC Freedom   
Ursinas  --Centennial
Alvernia  --MAC  Commonwealth
Montclair St  --NJAC

After this tournament.   DeSales has one non-conference game with Shenandoah (ODAC),  Ursinas has all Centenial Conference games remaining,  Alvernia has a game with Arcadia of the MAC Freedom,   Montclair St has all NJAC games remaining.






Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 30, 2022, 12:37:38 AM
DeSales 83 Ursinas 69

The BeltTm remains in Eastern Pa.   Tomorrow Montclair State will get a shot.

(https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*7iNkAQgiMOhcdt6YhyATRQ.jpeg)

Meet Rocky the Red Hawk.   I would have thought Monty the Red Hawk but to each his own.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on December 30, 2022, 10:32:52 PM
DeSales 96 Montclair St. 94 3OT

Epic, The BeltTm tilt this evening. 


DeSales will travel to Lycoming next Wed night.   Lycoming are the Warriors this is their mascot Lycos.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FF8vYprXEAAmTea.jpg:large)

Lycos means wolf in greek, which explains the Greek clothing.  Clever folks there in the Pennsylvania.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 05, 2023, 01:32:03 AM
DeSales 66  Lycoming 63 F

Bulldogs survive a late 3pt attempt and will carry The BeltTm to Winchester, Va on Monday night where they'll play Shenandoah University.  Its the final chance for The BeltTm to escape the MAC Freedom Conference before that little consolation tournament at the end of the year.  Should 2-9 Shenandoah prevail we'll spent the next two months bouncing the ODAC.


Shenandoah refer to themselves as the Hornets and I am not kidding you when I introduce ....Buzzy D. Hornet
(https://www.su.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/buzzy-su-300x300.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 05, 2023, 06:01:46 PM
I guess last night was the first time in the Modern Era that The BeltTM made the trek to Williamsport. Lycoming had The BeltTM during the Stealth Era at least a couple times.

I don't know if Shenandoah ever played for ItTM before off the top of my head, but Monday will be the first time ItTM has made the trek to Winchester, VA. Part of me hopes the Hornets pull off the upset if only because the Salem Civic Center can add to its illustrious history of BeltTM games (27 in the Modern Era).
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 09, 2023, 08:19:24 PM

Shenandoah gets the Belt with a win over DeSales tonight!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 09, 2023, 08:40:03 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 09, 2023, 08:19:24 PM

Shenandoah gets the Belt with a win over DeSales tonight!

Malik Jordan's jumper with 5 seconds left and two icing free throws led to a 61-58 victory for the Hornets.

2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
12/19/22: DeSales
1/9/23: Shenandoah

Shenandoah's first defense attempt comes on Wednesday at Washington & Lee.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on January 09, 2023, 09:39:07 PM
Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on January 09, 2023, 08:19:24 PM

Shenandoah gets the Belt with a win over DeSales tonight!

Away, you rolling river!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 10, 2023, 01:41:39 AM
Shenandoah 61 DeSales 58 F

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this is the latest in the season anyone has ever acquired The BeltTm and won their first game against D3 competition.  Sounds real anyway.


So to the ODAC we go.  Fun pool, guess the date Randolph-Macon acquires The BeltTm


As mentioned above Shenandoah's first opportunity to defend this thingTm comes Wednesday at the Washington and Lee Generals,   W&L has appeared here before as an opponent 6 years ago and cool story I pulled the mascot picture from that post.  I was hilarious then.

(https://tirecovers.com/media/wysiwyg/College_Mascots/Washington-and-Lee-Generals-Mascot.jpg)
He has no name, but its obviously the "Lee" in Washington and Lee.   


I don't get to bummed when teams lose The BeltTm but I am about this because I was looking forward to bumping around the MAC Freedom which seemed like a real "survivor" kind of quest.   

It breaks my heart I will be unable to introduce this board to Stevens University and Attila the Duck
(https://stevensducks.com/images/2012/10/19/Meet_Attila.jpg?width=1600&height=900&mode=max)

He's come a long way
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.stevens.edu%2Fnews%2Fnewspoints%2F2016-09%2Fthm-history.jpg&hash=0772c868444a90c84e944e824d3bd6353e3c32b8)
(https://stevensducks.com/common/controls/image_handler.aspx?thumb_prefix=headshot_2&image_path=/images/2012/10/19/1988_Duck_248.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 11, 2023, 04:40:00 PM
Quote from: sac on January 10, 2023, 01:41:39 AM
As mentioned above Shenandoah's first opportunity to defend this thingTm comes Wednesday at the Washington and Lee Generals,   W&L has appeared here before as an opponent 6 years ago and cool story I pulled the mascot picture from that post.  I was hilarious then.

(https://tirecovers.com/media/wysiwyg/College_Mascots/Washington-and-Lee-Generals-Mascot.jpg)
He has no name, but it's obviously the "Lee" in Washington and Lee.   

To your point, this is the 4th time The BeltTM has made the trek to Lexington, VA. The Generals are 0-2 in games at their place, plus this was a neutral site for a game in the 2017-18 season.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 12, 2023, 01:27:43 AM
Washington & Lee 82, Shenandoah 50

2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
12/19/22: DeSales
1/9/23: Shenandoah
1/11/23: Washington & Lee

I think this is the first time the Generals have had The BeltTM. They will try to defend ItTM Saturday at Virginia Wesleyan.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 12, 2023, 02:04:36 AM
Washington & Lee 82  Shenandoah 50 F

A comfortable swiping of The BeltTm for the Generals.

W&L will head to Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday.  They are the Marlins, Bob Marlin to be specific
(https://www.vwu.edu/news-a-events/news-releases/images/stories/news/2019_March/BobBeach-web.jpg)

Sometimes the older photos are the best
(https://www.vwu.edu/news-a-events/news-releases/images/stories/news/2019_March/oldbobs-web.jpg)

Also kudos to schools that have whole webpages dedicated to mascot history.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 12, 2023, 02:12:04 PM
Quote from: sac on January 12, 2023, 02:04:36 AM
Washington & Lee 82  Shenandoah 50 F

A comfortable swiping of The BeltTm for the Generals.

W&L will head to Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday.  They are the Marlins, Bob Marlin to be specific
(https://www.vwu.edu/news-a-events/news-releases/images/stories/news/2019_March/BobBeach-web.jpg)

Sometimes the older photos are the best
(https://www.vwu.edu/news-a-events/news-releases/images/stories/news/2019_March/oldbobs-web.jpg)

Also kudos to schools that have whole webpages dedicated to mascot history.

Fun fact in updating the map: Virginia Wesleyan is 7-0 at home in games involving The BeltTM. I counted about a dozen teams that have not lost a home BeltTM game, but the only team that can match that 7-0 mark is Amherst.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on January 13, 2023, 05:49:59 PM
Quote from: sac on January 12, 2023, 02:04:36 AM

W&L will head to Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday.  They are the Marlins, Bob Marlin to be specific
(https://www.vwu.edu/news-a-events/news-releases/images/stories/news/2019_March/BobBeach-web.jpg)


ISWYDT, Virginia Wesleyan...  :)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 15, 2023, 01:19:32 AM
Washington & Lee 65 Virginia Wesleyan 48 F

W&L retains The BeltTm, they'll next play Ferrum in Ferrum, Virginia


I have always imagined Ferrum would be the Ferrum Ferrets, but alas, Ferrum is the Ferrum Panthers.

(https://www.ferrum.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FCPanther-300x225.webp)
He/she doesn't appear to have a name, we could name it Ferret the Ferrum Panther but that probably isn't right.




Also relevant, one man's opinion on fighting ODAC mascots
https://www.kollegesports.com/post/what-odac-mascots-could-i-beat-up
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 18, 2023, 10:33:33 PM
Washington & Lee 90, Ferrum 89

I might have to go back and watch the end of this, as Ferrum led 89-81 with 54 seconds to go before The BeltTM activated ItsTM divine powers to aid the visitors to a furious rally to win on a pair of Sam Wise free throws with 18 ticks left.

W&L will return home to defend The BeltTM against Lynchburg on Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 19, 2023, 01:52:20 AM
W&L 90 Ferrum 89 F

I am devastated for the Fightin' Ferrets.  Live by the 3, die by the 3.  ClassicTm


Washington and Lee will host Lynchburg on Saturday, Lynchburg are the Hornets they have not won since before Christmas.

Their current mascot is named Dell the Hornet, this one was cooler I thought.  "Elsie"
(https://wset.com/resources/media/04d5cd57-4e76-424e-8b76-4f455e25fece-17117115_BG2.jpg?1452846137388)

This is Dell, I'm sorry if this breaks d3boards.com or causes you the reader any other physical or mental trauma
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/TimelyLeftAsianlion-max-1mb.gif)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 19, 2023, 02:16:59 AM
I am even more devastated for the Ferrum Fightin' Ferrets, they led by 21.

video of W&L and Ferrum
https://odacsn.com/ferrumpanthers/?B=476948

Lets just say, Ferrum will be practicing baseline inbounds plays.  And the video producer will be working on switching cameras for potential game winning shots.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 22, 2023, 01:50:42 AM
W&L 104  Lynchburg 62 F

In good news, no camera operators will be criticized this week and baseline inbounds passes probably weren't an issue........probably.  The Generals are loving life with this thingTm.

Wednesday they'll host the Bridgewater Eagles.  In the unlikely event you've paid attention or remember much of my drivel you may have noted we have  a lot of bird mascots, like so many.   Most are quite angry or fearsome, or as fearsome as you can make a Cardinal.  So its with incredible pleasure I introduce Ernie the Eagle
(https://www.bridgewater.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ernie-large.jpg)

This is how to do mascots. 

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: monsoon on January 22, 2023, 05:04:32 PM
Ernie is a fabulous looking mascot indeed.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 25, 2023, 10:28:58 PM
Ernie unfortunately doesn't get the glory.

Washington & Lee 87, Bridgewater 82

The Generals' next defense comes in a week at Randolph.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on January 26, 2023, 01:53:12 AM
W&L 87 Bridgewater 82 F

I have to admit I expected The BeltTm to shift around the ODAC a little more than this.  But the Generals have proven to be worthy its glory.   The BeltTm takes a bit of a breather as the Generals have the weekend off.  They'll host the WildCats of Randolph Collge next Wednesday night.    And folks I have to tell you Randolph is pretty specific about randomly capitalizing the C in WildCats a homage to their days as a Women's College.

Wanda WildCat everybody.
(https://scontent.fdet1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/301427000_10159684960074230_7036783828261438712_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=F0n7B9FmHJsAX-Zbp9K&_nc_oc=AQmAuheLq8ZqsFTag8BG-Rp4iM_e2jZARVN_hEabsKaSp9jBgBTXfgmCVEQEIT81gqvelNwbmFRPF8Y5kOrSSS_U&_nc_ht=scontent.fdet1-2.fna&oh=00_AfCnKtBv73ShvMfp-vHc_0HnyS-gUenviwehuThI7W4J4Q&oe=63D62FE1)

On the mascot scale of 1-10 that doesn't exist, its a pretty good one.


Can we also discuss how W&L has to travel to Lynchburg to play Randolph, when they just hosted Lynchburg 7 days ago.  I'm getting Dubuque vibes.   Isn't there a better way to do this.



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on January 26, 2023, 10:21:15 AM
Quote from: sac on January 26, 2023, 01:53:12 AM
W&L 87 Bridgewater 82 F

I have to admit I expected The BeltTm to shift around the ODAC a little more than this.  But the Generals have proven to be worthy its glory.   The BeltTm takes a bit of a breather as the Generals have the weekend off.  They'll host the WildCats of Randolph Collge next Wednesday night.    And folks I have to tell you Randolph is pretty specific about randomly capitalizing the C in WildCats a homage to their days as a Women's College.

Wanda WildCat everybody.
(https://scontent.fdet1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/301427000_10159684960074230_7036783828261438712_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=F0n7B9FmHJsAX-Zbp9K&_nc_oc=AQmAuheLq8ZqsFTag8BG-Rp4iM_e2jZARVN_hEabsKaSp9jBgBTXfgmCVEQEIT81gqvelNwbmFRPF8Y5kOrSSS_U&_nc_ht=scontent.fdet1-2.fna&oh=00_AfCnKtBv73ShvMfp-vHc_0HnyS-gUenviwehuThI7W4J4Q&oe=63D62FE1)

On the mascot scale of 1-10 that doesn't exist, its a pretty good one.


Can we also discuss how W&L has to travel to Lynchburg to play Randolph, when they just hosted Lynchburg 7 days ago.  I'm getting Dubuque vibes.   Isn't there a better way to do this.

We're not quite to the level of Dubuque yet; wouldn't Randolph have to play Lynchburg for The BeltTM to truly get us to that level?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 01, 2023, 10:26:00 PM
The BeltTM must really like Lexington, Virginia.

Washington & Lee 92, Randolph 81

Three of the Generals' last four are at home, with the only remaining road game at Bridgewater.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 01, 2023, 11:16:45 PM
Washington and Lee 92  Randolph 81  F

I feel like we've reached "rampaging with The BeltTm level here.   In an unrelated thought bubble you can't see, Randolph should change its name to Randolph and Mortimer College, see if anyone notices, or gets it.


Saturday the Generals host Virginia Wesleyan.  We've already met Bob Marlin.

And I know its not D3 but from time to time I run across a mascot that has to be shared, most times the better part of my mind steps in and says "nah man these D3 dudes aren't into that"

This is the West Virginia Wesleyan mascot, I don't know its name but it has some "old man of the hills who hates people" vibes going on.
(https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/wvnews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/44/144c4db5-4b97-55b4-a96d-92f0e816a559/59dfc7c9a9756.image.jpg?resize=331%2C500)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: monsoon on February 01, 2023, 11:22:00 PM
Quote from: sac on February 01, 2023, 11:16:45 PM

And I know its not D3 but from time to time I run across a mascot that has to be shared, most times the better part of my mind steps in and says "nah man these D3 dudes aren't into that"

This is the West Virginia Wesleyan mascot, I don't know its name but it has some "old man of the hills who hates people" vibes going on.
(https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/wvnews.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/44/144c4db5-4b97-55b4-a96d-92f0e816a559/59dfc7c9a9756.image.jpg?resize=331%2C500)

I'm always game for a good mascot picture/story from you. Share away!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 03, 2023, 08:42:41 PM
Quote from: sac on February 01, 2023, 11:16:45 PM
Washington and Lee 92  Randolph 81  F

I feel like we've reached "rampaging with The BeltTm level here.

I'm super confused, as I thought it was a different general in a different century who went rampaging below the Mason-Dixon line.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 04, 2023, 12:31:36 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 03, 2023, 08:42:41 PM
Quote from: sac on February 01, 2023, 11:16:45 PM
Washington and Lee 92  Randolph 81  F

I feel like we've reached "rampaging with The BeltTm level here.

I'm super confused, as I thought it was a different general in a different century who went rampaging below the Mason-Dixon line.

I've been down more Civil War rabbit holes in the last week researching ODAC colleges than I had in my previous 35 years of living.

Fun facts.  The 'Lee' in Washington and Lee appeared after he was President of Washington College following the war.  He and Stonewall Jackson are buried in Lexington near the college along with Lee's horse Traveler, (or maybe on it, I've forgotten now).   Lexington is also the home of Virginia Military Institute and it was burned to the ground during the Shenandoah Valley campaign, which led to the revenge burning of places in Pennsylvania I've now forgotten and ultimately that led to Sherman's march.

Which leads us directly to modern day BeltTM dominance obviously.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 04, 2023, 07:23:41 PM
Virginia Wesleyan 84, Washington & Lee 72

2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
12/19/22: DeSales
1/9/23: Shenandoah
1/11/23: Washington & Lee
2/4/23: Virginia Wesleyan
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 04, 2023, 09:49:15 PM
Virginia Wesleyan 84 Washington and Lee 72 F

Great run by the Generals, we must all ponder the vision of a fish with a BeltTm

Sometimes you look for things you just want to be so true.  Va Wesleyan has a Lee and two Jackson's on the roster, but no Washington.  Even a Davis as a bonus and a Curry is ok.  The Fish might not have the Civil War history of the Generals but they do have past experience with The BeltTm and a cute NCAA doorstop and hosted our little trinket all summer long.

Wesleyan will host Shenandoah on Saturday for Senior Day you might remember from a month ago, but probably not, that Shenandoah held The BeltTm for two whole days.

Lets meet Buzzy D. Hornet again
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fkclproductions.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F05%2FHornet1.jpg&hash=77de6f9d0c3beab2f2c95b24a35b59301865be87)

...menacing
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 10, 2023, 12:33:15 AM
Buzzy has 'could be a mascot, could be a Marvel superhero with a movie coming out this spring, could be a fixture in the commercials of your local car dealership/grocery store chain' vibes.  He's a walking, costumed Rorschach test.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 11, 2023, 12:41:55 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 10, 2023, 12:33:15 AM
Buzzy has 'could be a mascot, could be a Marvel superhero with a movie coming out this spring, could be a fixture in the commercials of your local car dealership/grocery store chain' vibes.  He's a walking, costumed Rorschach test.

Well, if he's a superhero, then his power is invisibility, given that the photo upstream has <poof>...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 11, 2023, 11:18:07 PM
Va Wesleyan 77 Shenandoah 60  F

We're getting closer
The Marlins will host Eastern Mennonite University on Wed night.  A couple of things of note, EMU has always interested me mostly because I've always wondered why there is no Western Mennonite University.  Seems like a rivalry for the ages.  Secondly the current President of Somalia is an Eastern Mennonite graduate....yeah let that sink in a minute.

So its important to note the ODAC only takes 10 teams for its post-season tournament and EMU is not one of those 10 at the moment and neither is EMU's next opponent Lynchburg, so you can kind of see where I'm going here.  This one is BIG for "the scenario" if catch my drift.


Let's meet Herm, short for His/Her Royal Majesty  (nice!)
(https://emu.edu/images/.private_ldp/a229479/production/master/efac20d7-15fb-4172-83c7-4f32b970cf47.jpg)

"Herm is a warm, fuzzy guy who embodies welcoming friendliness, a trait that many visitors and new students use to describe the EMU community."

How can we not like this guy.

A not so brief history of "Herm"
https://emu.edu/now/news/2020/the-unofficial-history-of-herm-emus-mascot/


The old Herm hung out with Ernie the Eagle
(https://scontent.fdet1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.18172-8/29354619_10156505666974274_3475674395986363585_o.jpg?stp=cp0_dst-jpg_e15_p110x80_q65&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=1KZjwi52cowAX_TWUSc&_nc_ht=scontent.fdet1-1.fna&oh=00_AfDUCJ7z8vscglFnXHmEdItY6uv7BTO0vmkKOO6AimIkwg&oe=640FEBC2)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 16, 2023, 01:12:45 AM
Va Wesleyan 59 Eastern Mennonite 54 F

That close to a code red "scenario".  The Marlins hold on and take The BeltTm to Roanoke on Saturday in the regular season finale.  Both Roanoke and Va Wesleyan are comfortably into the ODAC tournament so our little gift to the basketball world will once again glorify the post-season.

Roanoke are the Maroons which makes mascotting difficult you'd think but Roanoke found a maroon tailed hawk they claim is native only to the immediate Roanoke College campus area.  I'm a bit skeptical of this story, however here is Rooney.....
(https://scontent.fdet1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.18172-8/887196_10151489968909244_1027500858_o.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=174925&_nc_ohc=hxn3ZZbDK78AX8WylId&_nc_ht=scontent.fdet1-1.fna&oh=00_AfClI0muIdtBrSgPHAJvFWreCvSvtUucpVFcGMvdF8ko_A&oe=641551B0)
Oh lord, a very angry bird.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 18, 2023, 09:48:54 PM
Roanoke 80, VA Wesleyan 74

2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
12/19/22: DeSales
1/9/23: Shenandoah
1/11/23: Washington & Lee
2/4/23: Virginia Wesleyan
2/18/23: Roanoke

The Maroons carry The BeltTM into the ODAC Tournament as the 4 seed. 5th seeded Washington and Lee awaits on Friday at the Salem Civic Center.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 19, 2023, 12:30:37 AM
Roanoke 80 Va Wesleyan 74  F

Post season time and in D3 for 20+ years that meant Salem, Va.  So we are back because Roanoke College is in Salem, Virginia and because the ODAC chooses to play its tournament in the greatest D3 BeltTm venue of all-time the Salem Civic Center.

Roanoke will play Washington and Lee on Friday at 3pm.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 20, 2023, 02:35:16 PM
So in updating The MapTM, this is Roanoke's first time in possession of The BeltTM; they had previously lost at home to a holder way back in '07-'08. Not sure about any road games.

I also updated the count at the Salem Civic Center. With the conclusion of this weekend's ODAC Tournament, there will have been 30 BeltTM games played there in the Modern Era.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on February 20, 2023, 04:53:59 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 20, 2023, 02:35:16 PM
So in updating The MapTM, this is Roanoke's first time in possession of The BeltTM; they had previously lost at home to a holder way back in '07-'08. Not sure about any road games.

I also updated the count at the Salem Civic Center. With the conclusion of this weekend's ODAC Tournament, there will have been 30 BeltTM games played there in the Modern Era.

Roanoke previously held The BeltTM for one day in 2007 (http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?topic=5070.msg685616#msg685616).  They won the 2007 ODAC semifinal on 2/24/2007, but lost in the ODAC championship the next day.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: SpringSt7 on February 20, 2023, 08:03:15 PM
Has The Belt ever missed the NCAA tournament? Unless there is another scenario I'm not considering, it would have to end the season with a team that misses its conference tournament, which would be very hard.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on February 20, 2023, 10:08:27 PM
Quote from: SpringSt7 on February 20, 2023, 08:03:15 PM
Has The Belt ever missed the NCAA tournament? Unless there is another scenario I'm not considering, it would have to end the season with a team that misses its conference tournament, which would be very hard.

It's happened more than once. Access to the tournament was a little sketchy in the 70s and 80s. It hasn't missed the tournament since the current format was adopted.

Here's the full path, as best we can tell.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K1zZi4KpHclVH4HwMovjt73df9nTJeEL/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=104084392362677817686&rtpof=true&sd=true
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 22, 2023, 09:04:30 PM
Quote from: SpringSt7 on February 20, 2023, 08:03:15 PM
Has The Belt ever missed the NCAA tournament? Unless there is another scenario I'm not considering, it would have to end the season with a team that misses its conference tournament, which would be very hard.

You've got it backward.  The BeltTM doesn't miss the tournament.  The tournament misses the BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 22, 2023, 11:01:30 PM
Quote from: SpringSt7 on February 20, 2023, 08:03:15 PM
Has The Belt ever missed the NCAA tournament? Unless there is another scenario I'm not considering, it would have to end the season with a team that misses its conference tournament, which would be very hard.
First, someone is just asking for some small, sleek, carnivorous mammals to show up :o
Second, The Belt TM could be in the UAA which has no tournament.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 23, 2023, 09:14:27 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 22, 2023, 09:04:30 PM
The BeltTM doesn't miss the tournament.  The tournament misses the BeltTM.

2nd best quote about The BeltTM ever.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 23, 2023, 09:21:34 PM
Quote from: sac on February 23, 2023, 09:14:27 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 22, 2023, 09:04:30 PM
The BeltTM doesn't miss the tournament.  The tournament misses the BeltTM.

2nd best quote about The BeltTM

Yeah, The BeltTM is the true prize. Definitely not that other, lesser, object made of wood and metal.

Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 22, 2023, 11:01:30 PM
Quote from: SpringSt7 on February 20, 2023, 08:03:15 PM
Has The Belt ever missed the NCAA tournament? Unless there is another scenario I'm not considering, it would have to end the season with a team that misses its conference tournament, which would be very hard.
First, someone is just asking for some small, sleek, carnivorous mammals to show up :o
I'm partial to the classic, but didn't want to dig through the thread on mobile and this one made me laugh.
(https://i.imgur.com/zyu0EME.png)
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on February 22, 2023, 11:01:30 PM
Second, The Belt TM could be in the UAA which has no tournament.
Happened in 2008. Don't remember how close we came to the Dream ScenarioTM but that might be the closest.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 24, 2023, 11:29:51 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 23, 2023, 09:21:34 PM
I'm partial to the classic, but didn't want to dig through the thread on mobile and this one made me laugh.
(https://i.imgur.com/zyu0EME.png)

I suspect if you run a DNA test on that fella, we'll find that due to some scandalous behavior at lookout point back in the 1950s, he is a distant relative of Bucky Badger.

(https://www.uwalumni.com/static/d6ef0fd30c42a77ad19dec2750ae74c8/3adc8/Hero-BuckysBirthday.webp)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on February 24, 2023, 11:58:12 AM
Quote from: kiko on February 24, 2023, 11:29:51 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 23, 2023, 09:21:34 PM
I'm partial to the classic, but didn't want to dig through the thread on mobile and this one made me laugh.
(https://i.imgur.com/zyu0EME.png)

I suspect if you run a DNA test on that fella, we'll find that due to some scandalous behavior at lookout point back in the 1950s, he is a distant relative of Bucky Badger.

(https://www.uwalumni.com/static/d6ef0fd30c42a77ad19dec2750ae74c8/3adc8/Hero-BuckysBirthday.webp)

But Bucky has that cheesy grin!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 24, 2023, 02:14:17 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on February 24, 2023, 11:58:12 AM
But Bucky has that cheesy grin!

ISWYDT. :)

But consider the circumstances:  Your dad refuses to acknowledge your existence, and is living the carefree lifestyle of the rich and famous in a bachelor pad overlooking Lake Mendota.  Of course he's smiling.

Meanwhile, Lucas' friend is living in a field behind a hardware store in Rhinelander.  No wonder he's scowling.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 24, 2023, 06:37:48 PM
Boy, The BeltTM was not messing around today.

Roanoke 117, W&L 103 (4OT)

The Maroons get Randolph-Macon tomorrow.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 24, 2023, 11:22:36 PM
I got nothing for a 4 OT BeltTm/tournament game.  Tip of the cap and a boxscore.

https://d3hoops.com/seasons/men/2022-23/boxscores/20230224_ol8p.xml?view=boxscore

Roanoke vs Randolph-Macon tomorrow
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 25, 2023, 08:47:32 PM
Well, we're back where we started the year.

R-MC 62, Roanoke 50

2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
12/19/22: DeSales
1/9/23: Shenandoah
1/11/23: Washington & Lee
2/4/23: Virginia Wesleyan
2/18/23: Roanoke
2/25/23: Randolph-Macon

Jackets get the winner of Guilford/Hampden-Sydney tomorrow.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on February 26, 2023, 12:10:53 PM
Has The BeltTM ever entered the NCAA tournament with the same team ItTM graced at the end of the previous NCAA tournment - specifcially after ItTM took a nice tour across several other conferences during the regular season?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on February 27, 2023, 10:42:32 AM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on February 26, 2023, 12:10:53 PM
Has The BeltTM ever entered the NCAA tournament with the same team ItTM graced at the end of the previous NCAA tournment - specifcially after ItTM took a nice tour across several other conferences during the regular season?

Nothing that fits the "nice tour across several other conferences during the regular season".
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2023, 11:05:32 AM
Cleaning up some tardiness

Randolph-Macon 62 Roanoke 50
Randolph-Macon 61 Guilford 48

Back where we started.


RMC's mascot is Buzz the Yellow Jacket, we probably already knew that
(https://scontent.fdet1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/211772689_10222293119131303_7104264826172010381_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=b9115d&_nc_ohc=6elFCro0WtkAX8FxSFM&_nc_ht=scontent.fdet1-2.fna&oh=00_AfDhdIglsN3hoJRDdTiprKMRMCp7RWNHrqHMqBj7cE0xvQ&oe=6402B3BB)

Also this.....forever
(https://scontent.fdet1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/211877129_10222293126451486_8171698936690992248_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=b9115d&_nc_ohc=T7v2o6Oc8m0AX8Zr-xT&_nc_ht=scontent.fdet1-1.fna&oh=00_AfCWY8RgmeqeM5Z8lBDyIvRRXkit3VEcU26owo9XEGLB4Q&oe=640204B0)

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: mailsy on February 27, 2023, 04:51:21 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on February 24, 2023, 11:58:12 AM
Quote from: kiko on February 24, 2023, 11:29:51 AM
Quote from: lmitzel on February 23, 2023, 09:21:34 PM
I'm partial to the classic, but didn't want to dig through the thread on mobile and this one made me laugh.
(https://i.imgur.com/zyu0EME.png)

I suspect if you run a DNA test on that fella, we'll find that due to some scandalous behavior at lookout point back in the 1950s, he is a distant relative of Bucky Badger.


(https://www.uwalumni.com/static/d6ef0fd30c42a77ad19dec2750ae74c8/3adc8/Hero-BuckysBirthday.webp)

But Bucky has that cheesy grin!

I remember when this boardTM was only a few pages long and it was easy to catch up. It's now 169 pages and 3300+ postings. The BeltTM in all its glory has created this.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 27, 2023, 05:28:16 PM
Obligatory repost.

One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '19 Nebraska Wesleyan, '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '20 Elmhurst*, '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '22 Elmhurst, '15 Augustana
Champion: None
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 27, 2023, 06:33:27 PM
The BeltTm is hosting Randolph-Macon and Wilson on Friday.


Wilson are The Phoenix and they have a spectacular mascot

he/she appears to be nameless
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmag.wilson.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F11%2FDSC_0217-768x509.jpg&hash=8eb6132e923624f91f4264593c79f7c654f85419)
The absolute most amazing thing about this mascot is that Wilson's school colors are blue and white.  This guy is neither blue nor white

You can get pumpkin carving templates too
(https://www.wilson.edu/sites/default/files/inline-images/Blaze-pumpkin-carving-300_1.png)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on February 27, 2023, 06:58:05 PM
Quote from: sac on February 27, 2023, 06:33:27 PM
The BeltTm is hosting Randolph-Macon and Wilson on Friday.


Wilson are The Phoenix and they have a spectacular mascot

he/she appears to be nameless
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmag.wilson.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F11%2FDSC_0217-768x509.jpg&hash=8eb6132e923624f91f4264593c79f7c654f85419)
The absolute most amazing thing about this mascot is that Wilson's school colors are blue and white.  This guy is neither blue nor white

You can get pumpkin carving templates too
(https://www.wilson.edu/sites/default/files/inline-images/Blaze-pumpkin-carving-300_1.png)

Hoping that my Scranton Royals will be contesting for The Belt on Saturday.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 27, 2023, 07:52:23 PM
Quote from: sac on February 27, 2023, 06:33:27 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmag.wilson.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F11%2FDSC_0217-768x509.jpg&hash=8eb6132e923624f91f4264593c79f7c654f85419)

It's like the popup Halloween store had a closeout sale on off-brand Foghorn Leghorn costumes, and the deal was too good to pass up...
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 28, 2023, 12:52:46 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starsonstuff.com%2F20175-large%2Flooney-tunes-foghorn-leghorn-belt-buckle.jpg&hash=313c4f3013cb8bd84389b2eacac89c916f08c454)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on February 28, 2023, 09:45:24 PM
Quote from: sac on February 28, 2023, 12:52:46 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starsonstuff.com%2F20175-large%2Flooney-tunes-foghorn-leghorn-belt-buckle.jpg&hash=313c4f3013cb8bd84389b2eacac89c916f08c454)

The lyrics to Wilson's fight song do not appear to be online, which is really too bad because I say, I say, I say I was contemplating making a few edits.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: monsoon on February 28, 2023, 10:28:48 PM
Quote from: kiko on February 28, 2023, 09:45:24 PM
Quote from: sac on February 28, 2023, 12:52:46 PM
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starsonstuff.com%2F20175-large%2Flooney-tunes-foghorn-leghorn-belt-buckle.jpg&hash=313c4f3013cb8bd84389b2eacac89c916f08c454)

The lyrics to Wilson's fight song do not appear to be online, which is really too bad because I say, I say, I say I was contemplating making a few edits.

This is amazing.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 04, 2023, 12:38:45 AM
Randolph-Macon 73  Wilson 36 F

I mean, they almost scored half as many right?

RMC host Scranton tomorrow night.  Scranton are the Royals.  Whats a Royal you ask, well thats a good question

(https://www.scranton.edu/development/royalfund/Day%20of%20Giving%20Folder/2020-506/iggy.jpg)

That's Iggy, he's pretty clearly a wolf and not just any wolf, he's a pretty bad ass skateboarding, thats for sure not soda in that can, playing pranks on you kind of wolf.  However, Iggy seems to have grown up recently and lost the mohawk

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS2OCO27hN3Y0eMnyGyy8WC29SWHJUCYu3wMg&usqp=CAU)

I think we need to demand old Iggy.


Anyway a Royal is apparently a wolf of some kind, think they missed a chance to use Prince Charles, he was basically a mascot for 50+ years wasn't he?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 04, 2023, 01:58:39 AM
Quote from: sac on March 04, 2023, 12:38:45 AM
Scranton are the Royals.

Well at least their their fight song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlcIKh6sBtc) is online.  Not sure this pumps up the crowd, but they're in the tournament and I'm not, so what do I know?  Maybe they sing the chorus at opponents who make the walk of shame after fouling out.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: NEPAFAN on March 04, 2023, 10:24:15 AM
Fun fact, before Iggy ...was the Royal Rooster.


https://digitalservices.scranton.edu/digital/collection/aquinas/id/7559/


If i could do a side by side with Foghorn Leghorn, I would.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 11, 2023, 01:30:24 AM
Oswego State 74
Randolph-Macon 63

2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
12/19/22: DeSales
1/9/23: Shenandoah
1/11/23: Washington & Lee
2/4/23: Virginia Wesleyan
2/18/23: Roanoke
2/25/23: Randolph-Macon
3/10/23: Oswego State

At quick check on mobile, this is the first time the Lakers have been blessed with The BeltTM.

And once again, the holder of The BeltTM does not run the table in March.

One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '19 Nebraska Wesleyan, '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '23 Randolph-Macon, '20 Elmhurst*, '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '22 Elmhurst, '15 Augustana
Champion: None
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 11, 2023, 10:45:52 AM
Oswego St  74 Randolph-Macon 63  F

I tried I really did but a search for Oswego's mascot turned up nothing but 404 file not found errors.  The good news is Whitewater being the D3 power they are in football and apparently basketball must surely have a fearsome mascot, especially being known as the Warhawks.

Meet Willy?
(https://royalpurplenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Willie-WarhawkWEB.jpg)

Willy the Warhawk, not what I was expecting, I mean it is what I was expecting but Willy?.

now, THIS is something named Willy
(https://www.d3boards.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.uww.edu%2Fucinfo%2Ffiles%2F2018%2F02%2FPicture5.png&hash=0ebaac816af4dd9edd74538da1ad6f072967dc35)


Final step to Ft. Wayne.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 11, 2023, 12:53:03 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on March 11, 2023, 01:30:24 AM
Oswego State 74
Randolph-Macon 63

2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
12/19/22: DeSales
1/9/23: Shenandoah
1/11/23: Washington & Lee
2/4/23: Virginia Wesleyan
2/18/23: Roanoke
2/25/23: Randolph-Macon
3/10/23: Oswego State

The BeltTM does come with its own snowblower, doesn't it? That's a must if ItTM is going to reside in Oswego, NY for any length of time.

Also, since The BeltTM has never taken up residence on the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario, and has spent most of the season lounging around Virginia, ItTM may need a translator (or Siri at a minimum), based upon the inability of the RMC play-by-play man last night to pronounce "Oswego" properly.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 11, 2023, 10:01:00 PM
Whitewater 77 Oswego St. 74  F

The BeltTm has elected to bring the Warhawks along to the Final Four in Ft. Wayne.  Whitewater will play Mt. Union in a match-up I'm sure has never taken place in any sport for either school ever.

Mt. Union are known as the Purple Raiders, being a D3 school with such a generic sounding nickname they've chose to go with a bird as their official mascotc because why not everyone else is a bird.  Ladies and gentlemen I give you the hilariously named  MUcaw

(https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/students/2415397/original/1406306534-4?1406307561)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 11, 2023, 10:01:49 PM
2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
12/19/22: DeSales
1/9/23: Shenandoah
1/11/23: Washington & Lee
2/4/23: Virginia Wesleyan
2/18/23: Roanoke
2/25/23: Randolph-Macon
3/10/23: Oswego State
3/11/23:  Whitewater
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: thebear on March 12, 2023, 08:35:14 AM
Quote from: sac on March 11, 2023, 10:45:52 AM
Oswego St  74 Randolph-Macon 63  F

I tried I really did but a search for Oswego's mascot turned up nothing but 404 file not found errors. 


Although they came up short tonight, Oswego's team name is the [Great] Lakers. 

I guess they've tried - but kind of hard to have a mascot that bears any resemblance to a 1,000 foot long ship.

BTW LA Lakers do not have a mascot either. Laker name came from their days in Minnesota.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2023, 09:28:10 AM
The mascot for any Oswego team should be a snow shovel.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: thebear on March 12, 2023, 11:11:44 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2023, 09:28:10 AM
The mascot for any Oswego team should be a snow shovel.

+k
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: TheOsprey on March 12, 2023, 01:34:25 PM
Quote from: thebear on March 12, 2023, 11:11:44 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2023, 09:28:10 AM
The mascot for any Oswego team should be a snow shovel.

+k
Second that.  Come on Greg, I'm sure you have upgraded to snow blower by now.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2023, 03:03:10 PM
Quote from: TheOsprey on March 12, 2023, 01:34:25 PM
Quote from: thebear on March 12, 2023, 11:11:44 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on March 12, 2023, 09:28:10 AM
The mascot for any Oswego team should be a snow shovel.

+k
Second that.  Come on Greg, I'm sure you have upgraded to snow blower by now.

As we say in Chicago whenever there's yardwork or handyman labor to be done, "I gotta guy."
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 16, 2023, 10:11:40 PM
Mt. Union 83 Whitewater 79 F

Mt. Union with a huge comeback to snatch The BeltTm away from Whitewater.  The Purple Raiders will face the very impressive Captains of Christopher-Newport and The Belt Tm will spend its Summer with a new D3 National Champion or at least a new basketball National Champion.


This is Captain Chris, because of course right.

(https://scontent.fdet1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/83498902_10162894421145181_5645168743140032512_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=973b4a&_nc_ohc=H-CVjqCllEkAX-fYXmr&_nc_ht=scontent.fdet1-2.fna&oh=00_AfBIFsPssW4J3ApC7swr53G2Qu7ZmSZ8VoIu2yPCeQ8X4g&oe=643B4CED)

10 gajillion D3 bucks to the person who can name the actor this mascot is apparently modeled after.


This is Old Captain Chris who's a little to Wii game character for my taste
(https://scontent.fdet1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/83300160_10162894420645181_4133850127695609856_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=973b4a&_nc_ohc=EPaKtqNZAe4AX8APhFL&_nc_ht=scontent.fdet1-2.fna&oh=00_AfDso2hS_pLd67G_wc9OhIMUDWzwJvEgmjW7MVgan_GGjQ&oe=643B532C)


Its good for a laugh so I'll tell the story how about 12 years ago or so my neice and nephew were visiting and they dragged out the Wii.  This required the creation of a character for Uncle Sac and I sat there patiently watching them change clothes, skin tone, move my body shape about, give me glasses etc.  Then came the hair and they both simultaneously turned around to look at me, then back at each other, giggled and made my hair all gray.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 16, 2023, 10:12:30 PM
2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
12/19/22: DeSales
1/9/23: Shenandoah
1/11/23: Washington & Lee
2/4/23: Virginia Wesleyan
2/18/23: Roanoke
2/25/23: Randolph-Macon
3/10/23: Oswego State
3/11/23:  Whitewater
3/16/23:  Mt. Union
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 18, 2023, 03:07:18 AM
Quote from: sac on March 16, 2023, 10:11:40 PM

This is Captain Chris, because of course right.


(https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vxiiGq6M1qcb58yo2_400.gifv)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 19, 2023, 03:30:30 PM
Christopher Newport  74 Mt. Union 72 F

With a breathless finish and the most competitive D3 championship games since leaving Salem,  Christopher Newport will take home The BeltTm for the summer.  Newport News is nice this time of year, or pretty much all year.

Congrats to the Captains.

2022-23 BeltTM Path
3/19/22: Randolph-Macon
11/16/22: Mary Washington
11/27/22: Johns Hopkins
12/3/22: Muhlenberg
12/19/22: DeSales
1/9/23: Shenandoah
1/11/23: Washington & Lee
2/4/23: Virginia Wesleyan
2/18/23: Roanoke
2/25/23: Randolph-Macon
3/10/23: Oswego State
3/11/23:  Whitewater
3/16/23:  Mt. Union
3/18/23:  Christopher Newport
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 20, 2023, 02:00:09 PM
I'm trying to figure out a way for Finlandia to somehow wrest the BeltTM from the Captains in a C2C donnybrook before it shutters its doors as that would be the ultimate Ultimate ScenarioTM.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on March 20, 2023, 03:06:10 PM
Has The BeltTM ever been in the same location as The Women's BeltTM? Transylvania is carrying ItTM to the women's title game against CNU on April 1st. TheyTM could have a family reunion all summer in Newport News.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on March 20, 2023, 04:09:09 PM
Should that happen, do we have to worry about the potential for OffspringTM??
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 20, 2023, 05:32:00 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on March 20, 2023, 04:09:09 PM
Should that happen, do we have to worry about the potential for OffspringTM??
Oh my! Heavens!

I calculate a due date (9 months) into the middle of next season. Who knows? The DIVA Belt TM might end up with an obstetric complication and require prolonged bedrest. What if the Cesarean section incision knocked off a bauble?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on March 20, 2023, 05:34:55 PM
Quote from: kiko on March 20, 2023, 02:00:09 PM
I'm trying to figure out a way for Finlandia to somehow wrest the BeltTM from the Captains in a C2C donnybrook before it shutters its doors as that would be the ultimate Ultimate ScenarioTM.
That thought is more cataclysmic than the Kobayashi Maru scenario
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Veni Vidi Vici on March 20, 2023, 09:55:00 PM
A few appearances in the records that The Belt™ decided to grace us with this year:

* - I do not have player scoring for about half of the Stealth Era games.  DiSibio is the highest scoring player among the games that I have player scoring.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on March 20, 2023, 10:01:27 PM
Quote from: Veni Vidi Vici on March 20, 2023, 09:55:00 PM
A few appearances in the records that The Belt™ decided to grace us with this year:

  • Robert DiSibio of Washington & Lee scored 46 points in a Belt™ bout on 2/24/2023.  That's the most points from a single player! *
  • In the same game, Roanoke scored 117 points.  (It was a 4OT game vs. Washington & Lee).  That is the fifth most points by a team in a Belt™ bout.
  • The Belt™ changed hands 13 times during 2022-23.  That's the third most in the Modern Era and fifth most of all-time.

And I witnessed consecutive Belt bouts @ Randolph-Macon vs Wilson, then Scranton.   8-)

* - I do not have player scoring for about half of the Stealth Era games.  DiSibio is the highest scoring player among the games that I have player scoring.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 21, 2023, 12:32:34 AM
Quote from: kiko on March 20, 2023, 02:00:09 PM
I'm trying to figure out a way for Finlandia to somehow wrest the BeltTM from the Captains in a C2C donnybrook before it shutters its doors as that would be the ultimate Ultimate ScenarioTM.

Its impossible as Finlandia is closing this Spring and has ceased athletic operations as of the close of Winter athletics.  One last big FU to The BeltTm dreamers I guess.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on March 21, 2023, 12:36:51 AM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on March 20, 2023, 04:09:09 PM
Should that happen, do we have to worry about the potential for OffspringTM??

Right brain:  <don't say it, don't even suggest it>
Left brain:  <come on man, someone might do it>
Right brain:  <I know but c'mon man its sadistic>
Left brain:  <you know one of these suckers would research it>
Right brain:  <<sigh> we're gonna say it aren't we
Left brain:  <<giggles> Yep


Has anyone ever looked into a Losers BeltTm



Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: kiko on March 22, 2023, 08:53:26 PM
Quote from: sac on March 21, 2023, 12:32:34 AM
Quote from: kiko on March 20, 2023, 02:00:09 PM
I'm trying to figure out a way for Finlandia to somehow wrest the BeltTM from the Captains in a C2C donnybrook before it shutters its doors as that would be the ultimate Ultimate ScenarioTM.

Its impossible as Finlandia is closing this Spring and has ceased athletic operations as of the close of Winter athletics.  One last big FU to The BeltTm dreamers I guess.

Yup.  I know it's impossible but am still looking for a loophole.


Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on March 20, 2023, 04:09:09 PM
Should that happen, do we have to worry about the potential for OffspringTM??

Well, if you want to avoid OffspringTM, then, um, you gotta keep them separated.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 22, 2023, 11:18:55 PM
Quote from: kiko on March 22, 2023, 08:53:26 PM
Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on March 20, 2023, 04:09:09 PM
Should that happen, do we have to worry about the potential for OffspringTM??

Well, if you want to avoid OffspringTM, then, um, you gotta keep them separated.

You're gonna go far, kid.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: FCGrizzliesGrad on April 01, 2023, 02:08:46 PM
The good (or bad) news, there will be no OffspringTM. The Transylvania women hold off CNU 57-52 and The BeltsTM will not spend the summer together.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on April 01, 2023, 03:32:14 PM
Quote from: FCGrizzliesGrad on April 01, 2023, 02:08:46 PM
The good (or bad) news, there will be no OffspringTM. The Transylvania women hold off CNU 57-52 and The BeltsTM will not spend the summer together.

There better be chaperones in Dallas; the CNU MBB may have taken The BeltTM there in support of the WBB for today's contest.  ::)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 08, 2023, 02:00:12 PM
Hey all... BeltTM game tonight.

2023-24 BeltTM Path
3/18/23: Christopher Newport
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 08, 2023, 02:09:54 PM
The question is: Does Hampden-Sydney really want ItTM? The BeltTM probably smells like fish after hanging out at Buckroe Beach all summer.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 09, 2023, 10:45:11 AM
Apparently they did.

Hampden-Sydney 74
Christopher Newport 53

2023-24 BeltTM Path
3/18/23: Christopher Newport
11/8/23: Hampden-Sydney

Far as I can tell unless I screwed up the map somewhere along the line, this is the first time Hampden-Sydney has been blessed by The BeltTM.

The Tigers host Greensboro on Sunday for their first defense.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 09, 2023, 11:27:32 AM
Perhaps The Fish SmellTM is now part of the allure of The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Flying Dutch Fan on November 09, 2023, 11:52:30 AM
I'm quite certain that the fish now smell like The BeltTM.  Surely we can't be expecting ItTM to lower istelf and be affected by ItsTM surroundings
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: CNU85 on November 10, 2023, 08:48:31 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 08, 2023, 02:09:54 PM
The question is: Does Hampden-Sydney really want ItTM? The BeltTM probably smells like fish after hanging out at Buckroe Beach all summer.

Hahaha! Nobody in Newport News goes to Buckroe Beach. That's a Hampton hangout.

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 10, 2023, 11:32:46 AM
Quote from: CNU85 on November 10, 2023, 08:48:31 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 08, 2023, 02:09:54 PM
The question is: Does Hampden-Sydney really want ItTM? The BeltTM probably smells like fish after hanging out at Buckroe Beach all summer.

Hahaha! Nobody in Newport News goes to Buckroe Beach. That's a Hampton hangout.

Well, maybe if they did The BeltTM would've chosen to remain in Hampton Roads, rather than hie itself off to the middle of the Piedmont with the HSC Tigers. If you want to keep The BeltTM, you must indulge The BeltTM.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 10, 2023, 01:59:24 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 10, 2023, 11:32:46 AM
Quote from: CNU85 on November 10, 2023, 08:48:31 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 08, 2023, 02:09:54 PM
The question is: Does Hampden-Sydney really want ItTM? The BeltTM probably smells like fish after hanging out at Buckroe Beach all summer.

Hahaha! Nobody in Newport News goes to Buckroe Beach. That's a Hampton hangout.

Well, maybe if they did The BeltTM would've chosen to remain in Hampton Roads, rather than hie itself off to the middle of the Piedmont with the HSC Tigers. If you want to keep The BeltTM, you must indulge The BeltTM.

The BeltTM probably got sick of jet noise (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2799190627037653).

(Don't mid the niche humor, I don't find many occasions to make jokes related to commercials my agency has worked on.)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on November 10, 2023, 03:19:20 PM
Niche humor is pretty much the raison d'etre of this board.

Besides, you should get bonus points for linking to a joke-relevant video.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: CNU85 on November 10, 2023, 09:18:43 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 10, 2023, 11:32:46 AM
Quote from: CNU85 on November 10, 2023, 08:48:31 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 08, 2023, 02:09:54 PM
The question is: Does Hampden-Sydney really want ItTM? The BeltTM probably smells like fish after hanging out at Buckroe Beach all summer.

Hahaha! Nobody in Newport News goes to Buckroe Beach. That's a Hampton hangout.

Well, maybe if they did The BeltTM would've chosen to remain in Hampton Roads, rather than hie itself off to the middle of the Piedmont with the HSC Tigers. If you want to keep The BeltTM, you must indulge The BeltTM.

Aha! The belt was tired of The Peninsula. The belt should have gone with me to Florida for a quick trip. I would have indulged The Belt at the Crooked Can.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: CNU85 on November 10, 2023, 09:21:21 PM
Quote from: lmitzel on November 10, 2023, 01:59:24 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 10, 2023, 11:32:46 AM
Quote from: CNU85 on November 10, 2023, 08:48:31 AM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on November 08, 2023, 02:09:54 PM
The question is: Does Hampden-Sydney really want ItTM? The BeltTM probably smells like fish after hanging out at Buckroe Beach all summer.

Hahaha! Nobody in Newport News goes to Buckroe Beach. That's a Hampton hangout.

Well, maybe if they did The BeltTM would've chosen to remain in Hampton Roads, rather than hie itself off to the middle of the Piedmont with the HSC Tigers. If you want to keep The BeltTM, you must indulge The BeltTM.

The BeltTM probably got sick of jet noise (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2799190627037653).

(Don't mid the niche humor, I don't find many occasions to make jokes related to commercials my agency has worked on.)

Nice video. I hear the F-22 Raptors every day at work. I'm in the flight path. In fact you can't see them looking out either side of the building. They are directly overhead. Love jet noise!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 12, 2023, 07:50:53 PM
Hampden-Sydney has a successful first defense, 74-48 over Greensboro.

Next up is Widener at Wooster's tip off Tournament. If memory serves, this will be The BeltTM's first trip there since March of 2020.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 19, 2023, 10:55:14 AM
Hampden-Sydney had a pair of successful defenses in Ohio.

72-63 over Widener Friday
80-66 over Rose-Hulman Saturday

The BeltTM will spend the holiday with the Tigers; their next defense comes in a week and a half at home against Averett.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on November 29, 2023, 11:20:17 PM
Another successful defense, 88-60 over Averett.

Hampden-Sydney's next defense comes Saturday afternoon at Guilford. The Quakers last had possession of The BeltTM during the 2009-10 season; this will be the fourth game for The BeltTM at Guilford.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 04, 2023, 02:20:51 PM
We had a changing of the guard over the weekend!

Guilford 80
Hampden-Sydney 71

2023-24 BeltTM Path
3/18/23: Christopher Newport
11/8/23: Hampden-Sydney
12/2/23: Guilford

The BeltTM last spent time in Greensboro in 2010, but they'll be road warriors for the next while. The Quakers' first defense will be Wednesday at Roanoke.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Just Bill on December 06, 2023, 01:59:14 PM
Just me checking in to see if this nonsense carries on. And it does.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 06, 2023, 02:26:00 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 06, 2023, 01:59:14 PM
Just me checking in to see if this nonsense carries on. And it does.

You just wanted to see what condition this condition was in.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: ronk on December 06, 2023, 02:43:13 PM
 The traditionalists carry on! How long will it last?
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ralph Turner on December 06, 2023, 02:47:25 PM
Quote from: smedindy on December 06, 2023, 02:26:00 PM
Quote from: Just Bill on December 06, 2023, 01:59:14 PM
Just me checking in to see if this nonsense carries on. And it does.

You just wanted to see what condition this condition was in.

https://youtu.be/AULOC--qUOI
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 06, 2023, 03:18:24 PM
Quote from: ronk on December 06, 2023, 02:43:13 PM
The traditionalists carry on! How long will it last?

Until it's time for the New Traditionalists to take over.

(https://img1.etsystatic.com/101/0/5782851/il_fullxfull.1005833041_ag4r.jpg)
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: smedindy on December 06, 2023, 04:11:24 PM
Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 06, 2023, 03:18:24 PM
Quote from: ronk on December 06, 2023, 02:43:13 PM
The traditionalists carry on! How long will it last?

Until it's time for the New Traditionalists to take over.

(https://img1.etsystatic.com/101/0/5782851/il_fullxfull.1005833041_ag4r.jpg)

Duty Now for the Future!
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Gregory Sager on December 06, 2023, 05:53:30 PM
D3 Championship BeltTM board participants: Through being cool since 2007.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 11, 2023, 01:32:28 PM
A little behind, but three consecutive BeltTM defenses for the Quakers.

Wednesday
Guilford 65
Roanoke 53

Roanoke had had The BeltTM last year and won a home defense, but this was just their 3rd BeltTM game at the Cregger Center (they also had one back at the very beginning of the Modern Era).

Friday
Guilford 65
Mary Washington 62

UMW's had a handful of games in the past, including last year. This was the 9th game at the Anderson Center for The BeltTM.

Sunday
Guilford 60
Greensboro 45

I had a fun time with this one. Greensboro has never been in possession of The BeltTM before, but they don't even get to have a marker put on the map for their campus. While this is listed as a road game on Guilford's schedule, the game was played at the Greensboro Coliseum instead of Hanes Gymnasium.

Guilford has the next week or so off before one more ODAC contest against Shenandoah, also on the road.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on December 20, 2023, 03:07:16 PM
I need to pay closer attention to things.

Shenandoah 65
Guilford 58

For the second straight year, the Hornets welcomed in a BeltTM holder and won. The BeltTM will spend the holiday in Winchester, Virginia, with the Hornets' first defense coming against Elizabethtown on 12/30.

2023-24 BeltTM Path
3/18/23: Christopher Newport
11/8/23: Hampden-Sydney
12/2/23: Guilford
12/19/23: Shenandoah
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on December 20, 2023, 05:45:39 PM

This will now likely stay in the ODAC.  Shenandoah has one more non-con game, but it's unlikely they lose to Elizabethtown at home.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: sac on February 20, 2024, 10:36:13 AM
2023-24 "The Dark Era" BeltTM Path
3/18/23: Christopher Newport
11/8/23: Hampden-Sydney
12/2/23: Guilford
12/19/23: Shenandoah
Darkness descends upon The BeltTM World
1/3/24:  Virginia Wesleyan
1/6/24:  Ferrum
1/10/24:  Washington & Lee
1/17/24:  Roanoke
1/27/24:  Hampden-Sydney
2/3/24:  Randolph-Macon
Rejoice for we have entered The BeltTM  re-enlightenment 2/20/24


During this tumultuous time The BeltTM exchanged hands a few times but has landed in the safety and comfort of a familiar friend.

Next game Thursday Feb 22 at the Salem Civic Center vs Shenandoah

Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 20, 2024, 03:13:33 PM
Quote from: sac on February 20, 2024, 10:36:13 AM2023-24 "The Dark Era" BeltTM Path
3/18/23: Christopher Newport
11/8/23: Hampden-Sydney
12/2/23: Guilford
12/19/23: Shenandoah
Darkness descends upon The BeltTM World
1/3/24:  Virginia Wesleyan
1/6/24:  Ferrum
1/10/24:  Washington & Lee
1/17/24:  Roanoke
1/27/24:  Hampden-Sydney
2/3/24:  Randolph-Macon
Rejoice for we have entered The BeltTM  re-enlightenment 2/20/24


During this tumultuous time The BeltTM exchanged hands a few times but has landed in the safety and comfort of a familiar friend.

Next game Thursday Feb 22 at the Salem Civic Center vs Shenandoah



Beat me to it!

I've had a dedicated tab on my phone open for the past month and a half keeping tabs on what's been going on and have at the same time been keeping The MapTM up to date.

With the ODAC Tournament, The BeltTM will have been played for 33 times at the Salem Civic Center in the Modern Era, easily the most out of any venue.
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 22, 2024, 03:07:43 PM
RMC came back from down 5 late in regulation and survives a late three in overtime to maintain possession of The BeltTM.

Randolph-Macon 71
Shenandoah 68
OT
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on February 25, 2024, 03:53:19 PM
Couple results from Salem the past couple days.

From yesterday:
Washington & Lee 74
Randolph-Macon 71

From today:
Hampden-Sydney 81
Washington & Lee 56

2023-24 "The Dark Era" BeltTM Path
3/18/23: Christopher Newport
11/8/23: Hampden-Sydney
12/2/23: Guilford
12/19/23: Shenandoah
Darkness descends upon The BeltTM World
1/3/24:  Virginia Wesleyan
1/6/24:  Ferrum
1/10/24:  Washington & Lee
1/17/24:  Roanoke
1/27/24:  Hampden-Sydney
2/3/24:  Randolph-Macon
Rejoice for we have entered The BeltTM  re-enlightenment 2/20/24
2/24/24: Washington & Lee
2/25/24: Hampden-Sydney

H-S will carry The BeltTM into the NCAA Tournament. While most such teams have had good success once in (only twice since 2010 has the holder going in gone one-and-done), none of the prior teams in the Modern Era have proceeded to then go on to claim that other, lesser, object made of wood and metal.

One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '19 Nebraska Wesleyan, '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '23 Randolph-Macon, '20 Elmhurst*, '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '22 Elmhurst, '15 Augustana
Champion: None
Title: Re: D3 Championship Belt
Post by: lmitzel on March 16, 2024, 08:13:17 PM
And once again, the team that carries The BeltTM into the tournament does not leave with ItTM.

Trine 69
Hampden-Sydney 61

2023-24 "The Dark Era" BeltTM Path
3/18/23: Christopher Newport
11/8/23: Hampden-Sydney
12/2/23: Guilford
12/19/23: Shenandoah
Darkness descends upon The BeltTM World
1/3/24:  Virginia Wesleyan
1/6/24:  Ferrum
1/10/24:  Washington & Lee
1/17/24:  Roanoke
1/27/24:  Hampden-Sydney
2/3/24:  Randolph-Macon
Rejoice for we have entered The BeltTM  re-enlightenment 2/20/24
2/24/24: Washington & Lee
2/25/24: Hampden-Sydney
3/16/24: Trine

One and done: '17 Bethel, 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, '09 Transylvania, '08 Chicago
Round of 32: '19 Nebraska Wesleyan, '18 York (PA), '07 Hampden-Sydney
Sweet 16: '23 Randolph-Macon, '20 Elmhurst*, '14 Albertus Magnus, '11 UWSP, '10 Wooster
Elite 8: '16 Alma
Final 4: '13 St. Thomas
Title Game: '24 Hampden-Sydney, '22 Elmhurst, '15 Augustana
Champion: None