The teams have been announced, and we'll know the brackets shortly.
Let the chatter begin!
*snipped* from
http://www.d3hoops.com/dailydose/2008/03/02/womens-at-large-teams
Automatic Bids
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Medaille
American Southwest Conference Howard Payne
Capital Athletic Conference Mary Washington
Centennial Conference Muhlenberg
City University of New York Athletic Conference Baruch
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Ill. Wesleyan
Commonwealth Conference Messiah
Commonwealth Coast Conference Colby-Sawyer
Empire 8 Utica
Freedom Conference DeSales
Great Northeast Athletic Conference Emmanuel (Mass.)
Great South Athletic Conference Piedmont
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Manchester
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Simpson
Liberty League St. Lawrence
Little East Conference Eastern Conn. St.
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference Bridgewater St.
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Hope
Midwest Conference St. Norbert
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Carleton
New England Small College Athletic Conference Amherst
New England Women's and Men's Athletics Conference Wheaton (Mass.)
New Jersey Athletic Conference Kean
North Atlantic Conference Becker
North Coast Athletic Conference Denison
North Eastern Athletic Conference D'Youville
Northwest Conference Puget Sound
Ohio Athletic Conference Baldwin-Wallace
Old Dominion Athletic Conference Bridgewater (Va.)
Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Cabrini
Presidents' Athletic Conference Thomas More
Skyline Conference Mount St. Mary (N.Y.)
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Maryville (Mo.)
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference La Verne
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference DePauw
State University of New York Athletic Conference Brockport St.
University Athletic Association Chicago
USA South Athletic Conference Greensboro
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Wis.-Stevens Point
Pool B Berths (3):
Chapman
Juniata
Scranton
Pool C Berths (21):
Albright
Bowdoin
Brandeis
George Fox
Gust. Adolphus
Marymount (Va.)
McMurry
Oglethorpe
Rochester
Salem St.
Southern Me.
St. Thomas (Minn.)
TCNJ
Trinity (Texas)
Tufts
UW-Eau Claire
UW-Whitewater
Washington U.
Wilmington (Ohio)
William Paterson
William Smith
My goodness. It's a poster affiliated with D'Youville.
Welcome aboard and congrats. :)
DYC is tickled pink that it gets the first ever automatic bid ever from the NEAC, as well as the first appearance from any of its sporting teams in an NCAA tournament (save for Men's Volleyball which is a whole 'nother ball of wax with NECVA...).
Of course, I can't help but have a chill run down my spine looking at the predicted brackets on D3hoops.com and the potential first round match-up against Hope. Here's to "hope-ing" that the predictions don't prove accurate!
The brackets have been announced:
download pdf at:
http://www.d3sports.com/playoffs/wbbbracket08.pdf
Top Left Bracket
Messiah
Cabrini vs. Messiah
William Patterson vs. St. Lawrence
U of Rochester
Eastern Connecticut vs. Rochester
Medaille vs. Scranton
Mount St. Mary
Wheaton vs. Tufts
Albright vs. Mount St. Mary
Mary Washington
Bridgewater St. vs. TCNJ
Baruch vs. Mary Washington
Bottom Left Bracket
Kean
Brandeis vs. Southern Maine
Utica vs. Kean
UW Stevens Point
St. Thomas vs. Chicago
St. Norbert vs. UW Stevens Point
William Smith
Colby-Sawyer vs. William Smith
Emmanuel vs. Brockport
Thomas More
Piedmont vs. Oglethorpe
Greensboro vs. Thomas More
Top Right Bracket
McMurry
Trinity vs. McMurry
Howard Payne (bye)
Muhlenberg
Muhlenberg vs. DeSales
Salem State vs. Marymount
Puget Sound
La Verne vs. Puget Sound
Chapman vs. George Fox
Baldwin-Wallace
D'Youville vs. Baldwin-Wallace
Juniata vs. Hope
Bottom Right Bracket
Simpson
Gustavus Adolphus vs. Simpson
Carleton vs. UW Eau Clare
Ill. Wesleyan
Manchester vs. UW Whitewater
Maryville vs. Ill. Wesleyan
Amherst
Becker vs. Amherst
Bowdoin vs. Bridgewater State
DePauw
UW St. Louis vs. Wilmington
Denison vs. DePauw
Is anybody else suprised that Hope and HPU were put in the same sectional bracket? Oh and for clarification I know the NCAA doesn't have seeds but I would think they would try to keep undefeated teams away from each other.
They talked about this on the radio broadcast following the announcement of the bracket pairings, and tried to explain that the selection committee always gets its hands tied up every year because of the regional and geographic restrictions, as well as the alternate-year gender prioritization of regional/sectional hosting sites.
I don't think that 100% of the population will ever be satisfied with all of the match-ups, but without seeding, it makes it that much easier for spectators to pick away at and question those match-ups...
I think basically the NCAA didn't agree that Hope was as highly ranked as we would have you believe.
Well that would make sense considering they were second in regional rankings.
Third in the last one, even.
Well here's betting on d3hoops over the NCAA - I've got Hope all the way in the pick ems! ;)
And, Pat, don't have a heart attack - I'm still enough of a homer to have IWU in the Final Four! ;D
Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 05, 2008, 12:22:33 AM
Third in the last one, even.
That's very suprising...guess they get to prove 'em wrong in the tournament!
Congrats to B-W Yellow Jackets on beating the DYC Lady Spartans 83-53. D'Youville has nothing to be ashamed of - they played with a lot of heart, but just lacked the big-game experience to respond to B-W's tenacious defense, and recover from an early 17-0 run. B-W couldn't miss a shot in the first half and led 47-21 at the break.
DYC tried to rebound in the second stanza, but struggled to make shots. The Yellow Jacket's lead ballooned out to nearly 40 at one point but D'Youville was able to reel that back to 30 by the time the final whistle blew.
Best wishes against Hope tomorrow, ladies! If you play as well as you did tonight, it will be a closely contested match!
I'm not quite sure what the hold-up is in reporting the Medaille/Scranton score, but according to Medaille's website:
http://www.medaille.edu/mavericks/
Lady Mavs Continue Hunt for Title
(Scranton, PA) - For the second time in three years the Medaille College women's basketball team has advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament. They did so by holding off a stubborn University of Scranton team (56-54). It was a sloppy game for both squads as they managed only (38) points in the first half of play as Medaille headed to the locker room with a (22-17) advantage. The second half would see both teams enjoying leads with Scranton holding the advantage late by six. Senior, guard, Marisa Clark (Hilton, NY/Hilton) was terrific down the stretch as she scored (12) of her team high (14) points in the second stanza. The Lady Mavs will face the University of Rochester in round number two. Those two teams faced each other in the same round of the 2006 tournament with the Yellowjackets advancing. Earlier this year Medaille pasted Rochester on their home floor (67-51). With their win over Scranton the Lady Mavs match their best record ever at (26-2). Their game against Rochester will be tomorrow (3/8) at 7:00pm in Scranton, PA. The winner of that game will head to the Sweet 16.
Update from Berea, OH:
Hope topples Baldwin-Wallace 68-48 to advance to the sweet 16.
DeSales, Hope and HPU advance, and the winner of GFU-UPS cannot be bused either.
Center Valley PA to Holland MI is 700 miles.
There are three flights involved here and it appears that HPU is the highest seeded team from the respective regions in that Sectional.
Please NCAA. Fly the teams to Brownwood.
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 08, 2008, 11:10:33 PM
DeSales, Hope and HPU advance, and the winner of GFU-UPS cannot be bused either.
Center Valley PA to Holland MI is 700 miles.
There are three flights involved here and it appears that HPU is the highest seeded team from the respective regions in that Sectional.
Please NCAA. Fly the teams to Brownwood.
I strongly suspect that will be the case. Not only would it be a long-overdue payback to Texas, it would save a problem on the men's side by allowing Hope's men to host a sectional that would otherwise be at Wheaton (probably the last C selected) or OWU (who would not have even been in contention for a C, had they not won their AQ) - the fourth team is Whitworth, and they AIN'T gonna fly 3 teams to the Northwest! Besides, with the Final Four in Holland, they may be a bit reluctant to let them host a sectional.
I believe that Brownwood has an executive Jetport that can handle the commuter planes out of DFW, SAT, Austin or Houston (IAH).
Or it is just a 3-hour bus ride from DFW to Brownwood.
Abilene and San Angelo both have airports with daily flights to DFW.
Brownwood does have an executive type airport.
Quote from: sac on March 09, 2008, 01:04:21 AM
Abilene and San Angelo both have airports with daily flights to DFW.
Brownwood does have an executive type airport.
Sac, it is still 1:20 to Brownwood from Abilene and about 1:45 from San Angelo to Brownwood. :)
Altho' that is God's country, it makes the most sense to bus from DFW to Brownwood, instead of the connections.
(I love the "sky" and the horizon and the sunsets of west Texas.)
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 09, 2008, 01:09:57 AM
Quote from: sac on March 09, 2008, 01:04:21 AM
Abilene and San Angelo both have airports with daily flights to DFW.
Brownwood does have an executive type airport.
Sac, it is still 1:20 to Brownwood from Abilene and about 1:45 from San Angelo to Brownwood. :)
Altho' that is God's country, it makes the most sense to bus from DFW to Brownwood, instead of the connections.
(I love the "sky" and the horizon and the sunsets of west Texas.)
Some might Charter
Quote from: sac on March 09, 2008, 01:10:45 AM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on March 09, 2008, 01:09:57 AM
Quote from: sac on March 09, 2008, 01:04:21 AM
Abilene and San Angelo both have airports with daily flights to DFW.
Brownwood does have an executive type airport.
Sac, it is still 1:20 to Brownwood from Abilene and about 1:45 from San Angelo to Brownwood. :)
Altho' that is God's country, it makes the most sense to bus from DFW to Brownwood, instead of the connections.
(I love the "sky" and the horizon and the sunsets of west Texas.)
Some might Charter
Yes, Charter direct to Brownwood. A 50-seater can land at Brownwood, I think.
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