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Dave 'd-mac' McHugh

Wait... what?! Who won? Hold on, who lost?!

How did... but they... so... wow... okay.

Another crazy week(end) of Division III basketball leaves us more questions to answer, heads to scratch, and what-ifs to contemplate.

Sunday night's episode of Hoopsville promises to ... hmm, maybe we shouldn't promise too much if this season is a lesson in anything. Nothing is guaranteed.

Tune in LIVE starting at 7pm ET as Dave is joined by a few guests from around the country, but more importantly takes the time to look at some of the more interesting conference races and upcoming tournaments. There is plenty to dissect just two weeks away from the close of the regular season.

There will be plenty of questions from fans, so don't forget to interact with the show (more information is n the right) and be sure to email your questions and comments to hoopsville@d3hoops.com to have them answerer or featured show.

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Guests include (in order of appearance):
- Lauren Johnson, Ripon women's coach
- Kelly Thompson, Roger Williams women's coach
- Clif Carroll, Sul Ross State men's coach
- Ryan Scott, "Top 25 Double-take"

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Dave 'd-mac' McHugh

As the regular season draws ever closer to the end, the intensity of conference races increases. There are very few teams in both the men's and women's side of Division III basketball that seem comfortable at the top. With conference tournaments starting, being at the top is important, but it also comes with a big target.

This Thursday's Hoopsville is a special podcast edition - not live.

On the show, Dave talks to several coaches who teams seem like they have wrapped up their conferences races and one who may not be able to take the top spot, but is in great position to win it all their first time in the league.

We also talk to a coach who has more time than it seems anyone else. How she is using that time to help her school's SAAC in many ways and how that help is allowing the student-athletes at Southern Maine to give back to the school, the community, and many more.

Hoopsville is presented by D3hoops.com and airs from the WBCA/NABC Studio. You can listen to this week's podcast here: http://bit.ly/2EtvKH0

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A reminder, Hoopsville will return to live shows on Sunday, February 18, starting at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Guests include (in order of appearance):
- Pete Moran, No. 18 John Carroll men's coach
- Allison Coleman, Sage women's coach
- Samantha Allen, Southern Maine women's coach (WBCA Center Court)
- Trevor Woodruff, No. 13 Scranton women's coach

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Dave 'd-mac' McHugh

The final week of the 2017-18 season is upon us. In a week's time, the topic will be who has punched their tickets to the NCAA tournaments and who is hoping to get selected. This week... we don't know many of the answers and some questions have yet to be considered.

url=http://www.d3hoopsville.com]Hoopsville[/url] returns to the air LIVE this Sunday night with a jam-packed, and super-sized, edition. Dave welcomes guests from around the country and looks at a lot of the conference tournaments which are getting underway. Can some of the top teams take advantage of home-court advantage? Who may surprise? Who do some NOT want to see lose if they hope to make the tournament themselves?

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Guests include (in order of appearance):
- Tom Glynn, Nichols men's coach
- Anne Crutchfield, Emory & Henry women's coach
- Kevin Broderick, Nazareth men's coach
- Zach Otto-Fisher, UW-Superior interim women's coach
- Jon Prevo, No. 24 Rose-Hulman women's coach
- Brendan Gulick, Baldwin Wallace broadcaster (Great Lakes recap)
- Ryan Scott, "Top 25 Double-take"

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Dave 'd-mac' McHugh

The NCAA released the third set of women's basketball regional rankings with few changes from last week's version. This is the final set that we'll see before the Tournament bracket is released on Monday. Full list here: http://d3hoops.com/notables/2018/02/women-regional-rankings-third

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deiscanton

#470
There is an error in the d3 women's conference tournament tracker for the Skyline Conference.

SUNY-Old Westbury should be listed as the AQ from the Skyline, but your tracker, even though it got the final score correct, accidentally lists Mt St Mary as having received the AQ.

Mt St Mary is both a Pool C and an ECAC candidate.

Update-- Tourney tracker has the Skyline AQ corrected as of Sunday morning.

deiscanton

#471
I would like to hear why people think that Albright is on the wrong side of the Pool C bubble as of now.

Albright has a decent winning pct and a very strong SOS.

Albright comes into the week with 3 wins vs RRO.-- Tufts, Messiah, and Stockton.  Tufts is a common opponent with Pool C candidate Roger Williams, who lost to Tufts this season.  RWU has 3 wins v RRO-- UMass-Dartmouth (another Pool C candidate), Univ of New England, and Conn College. 

By comparison, last year, Carnegie Mellon only had 1 win vs a RRO and did not get a Pool C despite a very strong schedule number.

I don't think that Juniata and Christopher Newport will block Albright from getting to the table for discussion.

Any thoughts on this?

Update-- Info for discussion

Albright

#7 Mid Atlantic in Feb. 21 rankings-- currently third to table in Mid Atlantic behind Juniata and Christopher Newport

W/L Pct is currently .741 (20-7)

SOS is currently .604

Albright is currently 3-5 vs teams ranked in Feb. 21 rankings-- these 3 wins count as ranked wins for selection purposes.

Albright vs

Marymount (#4 Mid-Atlantic). 0-1
Lynchburg (#4 South)-- 0-1
Stockton (#7 Atlantic)-- 1-0
Tufts-- (#3 Northeast)-- 1-0
Montclair St (#1 Atlantic)-- 0-1
Messiah (#2 Mid-Atlantic)-- 1-2

I do not share the belief that Albright is on the wrong side of the Pool C bubble given this resume.

Update-- on the Hoopsville mock selections, d-mac and crew took Albright as the 13th Pool C pick of 20.  That does mean that Albright is on the bubble-- but I do share their belief that Albright has a better shot at a Pool C than UMass-Dartmouth.  I would also take Albright as a Pool C before Roger Williams due to the common opponent of Tufts, which Albright beat, while RWU and UMass Dartmouth did not.

deiscanton

#472
I honestly think that UMass Dartmouth  may be on the wrong side of the deep Pool C bubble because the Corsairs did not defeat a regionally ranked opponent going into the Little East tournament.  Even if UMass Boston gets regionally ranked, UMass Dartmouth's 2 resulting wins would still be against a team lowly ranked in the regional rankings.

Update-- d-mac and crew took Roger Williams and UMass-Dartmouth as mock Pool C picks 18 and 19, respectively.  In real life, it is going to be a nailbiter with these two teams getting in.  Deep Pool C bubble with 3 #1 ranked teams in their respective regions needing Pool C bids.

BTW, d-mac and crew did put UMass-Boston into their mock final regional rankings. 

We will find out who the national committee selected at 2:30 PM Eastern Monday on NCAA.com.

deiscanton

#473
Recreating Haverford's path to a Pool C bid--

1.). Haverford was ranked #7 in Mid-Atlantic in week 2, with Gettysburg ranked at #6 in Mid-Atlantic.

2.). In Feb. 21 rankings, Gettysburg was #5 in Mid-Atlantic, Mulhlenberg was #8 in Mid-Atlantic, and Haverford dropped out.

On Feb. 21 rankings, Haverford was 20-5 (.800) with an SOS of .508, and was 1-1 v RRO in Feb. 14 rankings (Gettysburg).

When Muhlenberg got into the regional rankings, Haverford got their results against Muhlenberg counted as results v RRO for selection purposes.

Haverford is now carrying a 2-2 v RRO in the Feb. 21 rankings into the conference tournament.

In the Centennial tournament, Haverford defeated Muhlenberg and lost to Gettysburg.

Haverford now goes to the selection table with:

1.) A 21-6 record (W/L pct of .778)
2.). SOS improved to .521 according to d3hoops.com/PrestoSports calculations.
3.). Haverford is now 3-3 v RRO in Feb. 21 rankings (2-1 v Muhlenberg --#8 Mid-Atlantic), (1-2 v Gettysburg -- #5 in Mid-Atlantic).

Very simple now to move Haverford into the final regional rankings in Mid-Atlantic.

Haverford keeps their 2-1 results vs Muhlenberg as results v RRO for selection purposes.

Haverford becomes regionally ranked once again and is on good side of Pool C bubble and gets Pool C bid to NCAAs.

Hopefully the final regional rankings get released by the women today-- it should confirm my theory.

mailsy

Is the women's committee actually going to release the final regional rankings?
Cabrini Cavaliers 2012 National Runner-Up.
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Dave 'd-mac' McHugh

Quote from: mailsy on February 27, 2018, 11:22:27 AM
Is the women's committee actually going to release the final regional rankings?

I have inquired. Last year we had to remind them as well.
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Dave 'd-mac' McHugh

We forgot to post this yesterday... or more realistically, didn't have time...



The NCAA Division III tournaments are set. We know which 128 teams will be playing for the national championship. But there were some surprises, maybe some controversy, and certainly a lot of questions.

On a special edition of Hoopsville, Dave McHugh was joined by Ryan Scott as they answered questions, tried to understand some of the decisions made, and pointed to some of the more interesting games to watch.

Dave also had a chance to talk more in depth about one of the big stories in the men's bracket, Yeshiva. Men's coach Elliot Steinmetz discussed the team's first ever conference title, NCAA tournament berth, and some of the scheduling changes that will take place to accommodate the school's religious background.

Dave will also talked to the men's committee chairs, Tim Fitzpatrick (Coast Guard Athletics Director), later in the show.

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deiscanton

#477
The women released their final regional rankings.  They are available on NCAA.com and I expect d3hoops.com to post them shortly.

Some things of note:

1.). UMass-Boston did enter the final regional rankings, but only at #12 in the Northeast.  Univ of New England moved up to #5 in the Northeast, dropping Roger Williams to #6 and UMass-Dartmouth to #7.  Tufts moved to #2, while Bowdoin moved to #3.  After UMass-Dartmouth, the final order in the Northeast was MIT at #8, WPI at #9, Smith at #10, and Middlebury at #11.

2.). Haverford finished at #8 in the Mid-Atlantic.  Juniata was #6 in that region, while Albright ended at #7.

3.). In the West, Whitman was #6 in the final regional rankings, while Claremont Mudd Scripps dropped out and was replaced by Chapman at #7.  Bethel (MN) was #8.

4.). In the Central, UW-Eau Claire, UW-Oshkosh, and UW-La Crosse remained at #7, #8, and #9 respectively.

gordonmann

Guess that gives me something to do at lunch tomorrow. :)

deiscanton

Left at the table when the bubble popped--

Atlantic-- Staten Island (23-3, SOS of .500, 1-3 v RRO)
Central-- UW-Eau Claire (18-9, SOS of .594, 3-6 v RRO)
East-- St Lawrence (17-9, SOS of .537, 4-6 v RRO)
Great Lakes-- Transylvania (21-6, SOS of .538, 1-5 v RRO)
Mid-Atlantic-- Muhlenberg (22-4, SOS of .517, 1-4 v RRO)
Northeast-- UMass-Dartmouth (24-4, SOS of .547, 2-4 v RRO)
South-- Lynchburg (20-6, SOS of .535, 2-3 v RRO)
West-- Bethel (MN)-- (18-8, SOS of .555, 2-5 v RRO)

Resumes of 2 Pool C teams that were missed by mock selections:

Haverford (#8 Mid-Atlantic)-- (21-6, SOS of .530, 3-3 v RRO)
Whitman (#6 West)-- (19-3, SOS of .513, 2-1 v RRO)

UW-Oshkosh never got to the table, but their resume was 20-6, SOS of .546, 3-5 v RRO.