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#31
Hope, CNU, Tufts and Trinity would make a really good national final four.
#32
Yeah, you can find our SOS calculations here, with the caveat that these calculations update every day and the NCAA's don't include results from games this week.

16 Marietta
24 Ohio Northern
35 Baldwin Wallace
80 Trine
93 Hope
122 Calvin
236 W&J

Otterbein (49), Mount Union (82) and Muskingum (97) are also in the Top 100.

At a glance, it looks like the next highest MIAA team after the three above is Alma at 212. Albion is close behind at 215.

#33
Region 4 women's basketball / Re: WBB: MAC Freedom
February 14, 2023, 11:40:58 AM
Thanks, Saratoga. :)
#34
Region 4 women's basketball / Re: WBB: MAC Freedom
February 11, 2023, 05:38:21 PM
Fun day here at DelVal! Very nice win for the Aggies.
#35
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: Top 25 discussion
February 07, 2023, 02:05:00 PM
QuoteCant do nothing when it comes to league play

I think DeSales is having this translated into Latin and added to their team logo.

Look at their conference and then look at the Bulldogs' SOS. It's 111 positions -- almost one quarter of the Division! -- lower than Transylvania.
#36
QuoteAlternatively, I could see enough of the voters giving the #1 votes to CNU and having them leapfrog Transy in the top spot.  There's only a 3 point different between the two in last week's poll.  I could also see Trinity possibly squeaking ahead of Smith for the 4th spot.

Good guess, Mr. Enchanter!
#37
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: Top 25 discussion
February 06, 2023, 10:17:53 PM
In recognition of our new No. 1, here are some notes on this week's Top 25 ranking.

Christopher Newport hops over Transylvania and takes the top spot in our rankings. This is CNU's second time as our No. 1 team, following last season when the Captains entered the NCAA Tournament with the top ranking.

CNU's achievement is unusual because the Captains didn't garner the most No. 1 votes. Transylvania had 13 top nods, two more than the Captains. But voters were a little more divided on Transylvania. For voters who use the "whom have you beaten/whom have you lost to" criteria, the Pioneers have a lighter resume. Their best win is Berea (ARV) and their next best win is probably Concordia (Texas) or Texas-Dallas, which are middle of the ASC.

The last time a team was No. 1 but did not have the most No. 1 votes was the preseason poll for 2019-20 when Amherst had the top spot and Scranton had more No. 1 votes. You can see why that would happen in the preseason, especially in a year where there's not a clear favorite and voters have widely varying opinions of teams that haven't played a game yet.

But it's very rare that this happens during the season. This is just the fifth time in the history of the poll, and it has never happened this late in the season:

* Week 4 of the 2005-06 season: Southern Maine was No. 1, but WashU had the most No. 1 votes
* Week 5 of the 2005-06 season involving those same two teams. Southern Maine eventually consolidated most of the No. 1 votes, entered the Tournament as the favorite, and then lost to Hope in the Final.
* Week 9 of the 2004-05 season: Bowdoin was No. 1 but Messiah had the most No. 1 votes.
* Week 1 of the 2001-02 season: Messiah was No. 1 but WashU had the most No. 1 votes. WashU had beaten the Falcons in the title game the year before

CNU is our fourth different No. 1 this season following Hope, NYU and Trinity (Texas). This is the first time we've had four No. 1s in the same season since 2013-14 when the top spot changed hands from DePauw to Whitman to Thomas More to FDU-Florham after the Devils won the title. Those switches happened over the course of four consecutive rankings.

Wash U. also accomplished a relatively rare feat, jumping from 0 votes last week all the way into the Top 25. As I've mentioned before, when I distribute the information to our voters each week, I include all results from any team that received a vote in the prior poll and then tack on a couple more teams for voters to consider. This week's additions were WashU and SUNY New Paltz.

This is the Bears' 260th appearance in our poll, third most behind Hope and DePauw.

At the other end of the spectrum, La Verne makes its Top 25 debut. The Leopards are spotless against Division III opponents, with their only loss coming to Division I Utah State. La Verne is just the fourth SCIAC team to appear in our rankings, joining Cal Lutheran, Chapman and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.

One last fun note for you.

Q: What would be the perfect number of votes for Trinity to receive?

A: See how many points the Bantams had at No. 12.
#38
I didn't think it had been that long either.
#39
Elizabethtown ranked in our poll for the first time since 2001:

https://www.d3hoops.com/top25/women/2022-23/week9
#41
QuoteYou're right. I forgot that the men's and women's polls don't drop simultaneously.

I'll post the new one once it's up.

I could blame it on time zones but Pat handles the men's, he's always done first and he's in the central time zone. So I can't use that excuse. :)
#42
Region 1 women's basketball / Re: WBB: NESCAC
January 23, 2023, 12:34:41 PM
Makes sense to me.

Someone asked me why the NESCAC was down this season, relative to its very high standards. My initial thought was COVID and the impact that the "lost season" had on programs. If that's true, it's perhaps not surprising that Trinity (Conn.) has weathered the storm with its influx of Division I transfers.

Big week for the Bants, starting with Babson tonight and then Hamilton and Amherst over the weekend.
#43
Yes, I remember that game!

Mark Simon, Ray Martel and I had the call from Terre Haute, Indiana! We sat right in the middle of the Eastern Connecticut family section.

Good times. :)
#44
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: Top 25 discussion
January 18, 2023, 10:35:44 AM
Correct, Alix Stuart is 6'6"
#45
Multi-Regional Topics / Re: Top 25 discussion
January 16, 2023, 08:38:32 PM
Here are a few notes on this week's Top 25.

Trinity (Texas) ascends to the top spot in our poll for the first time since the Tigers were defending national champions back in the 2003-2004 season. That season Trinity opened the season ranked No. 2 behind the Eastern Connecticut team they beat for the national title the season before; got to the top spot before the semester break; and finished 12th.

Smith reaches its highest ranking ever, checking in at No. 5. DeSales is just one spot off its highest ranking ever at No. 6. Trinity (Conn.) stays at No. 17, which is the Bantams' highest ranking ever.

Washington & Jefferson is ranked for the first time since the 2009-10 season. The Presidents are the first PAC team not named Thomas More to reach the rankings since St. Vincent was ranked during the 2011-12 season.

Amherst drops out of the poll, ending a 208-ranking streak that goes back to January 14, 2008. The longest consecutive ranking streak now belongs to Hope (137 weeks and counting).