WBB: Commonwealth Coast Conference

[deiscanton]

Feb. 21 rankings have been released

Roger Williams has 3 wins vs RRO to take to the selection table.

Roger Williams remained at #5 in the Northeast in the Feb. 21 regional rankings.

Connecticut College remained ranked today at #12 in the Northeast and is now considered a ranked team for selection purposes.

Univ of New England is #11 in the Northeast.

Roger Williams was 3-2 vs teams ranked in the Feb. 14 rankings, and that record will be taken to the table as Roger Williams remained 3-2 vs teams ranked in today's rankings.

Through Feb. 18, Roger Williams was 21-4 and had a SOS number of .519.

Roger Williams is currently:

0-1 vs Tufts (#3 NE)
1-0 vs UMass-Dartmouth (#6 NE)
1-1 vs Univ of New England (#11 NE)
1-0 vs Conn College (#12 NE)

Roger Williams is on the good side of the Pool C bubble, IMO.

[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

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

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[deiscanton]

Western New England may be regionally ranked this week based on their winning pct of .818 and their SOS of .537.  Both of these are good numbers.

Gordon is currently in fifth place, but could make a run in the conf. tournament.

Western New England has a home game next Sat. vs U. New England.  Golden Bears are favored in the remaining games vs Nichols and Wentworth.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Women's first Regional Rankings released.

https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/women-regional-rankings-first

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The second week Regional Rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/women-regional-rankings-second

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Women's third regional rankings are out: https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2020/02/women-regional-rankings-third

[deiscanton]

I just watched the first half of the 2022 CCC quarterfinal between Roger Williams (#3 in Region 2, #1 seed), and Nichols (#8 seed-- won an opening round game yesterday to advance).

Score at halftime-- Roger Williams 45, Nichols 10

For RWU-- Karli Opalka leading with a double double-- game high 10 points and a game high 10 rebounds.  Kendi Barnard follows with 8 points, and Caroline Elie is next with 6 points for the Hawks.

Kendi Barnard leads RWU with 4 assists.

For Nichols-- Abrianna Vasquez leading with a team high 6 points, Leandra Ortiz with 2 points, and Summer Klein with 2 points to round out the scoring.

Toni Geisel leads the Bison with 5 rebounds.  No Nichols player with an assist.

RWU shot 19-41 from the field (46.3%), 3-6 from 3 pt range (50%), and 4-9 from the FT line (44.4%)

Nichols shot 4-34 from the field (11.8%), 0-10 from 3 pt range, and 2-2 from the FT line.

RWU outrebounding Nichols 34-20, 12-8 on the offensive glass

RWU made 13 assists and committed 7 turnovers-- only 1 of which was a result of a Nichols steal.

Nichols made 0 assists and committed 12 turnovers-- 7 of which were results of RWU steals.

Points off turnovers-- RWU leads 14-0

Points in the paint-- RWU leads 24-6

Second chance points-- RWU leads 14-0

Bench points-- RWU leads 18-0

Blocked shots-- RWU leads 8-1.

No sense in watching this game any further-- Roger Williams looks poised to advance to the CCC semifinals.

7:04 PM Eastern update-- Roger Williams def. Nichols 82-30 to advance to the CCC semifinals.