Quote from: saratoga on Yesterday at 11:03:15 AMWow...
Other than all that, how did you enjoy the play Mrs. Lincoln? 

Great comeback for Rochester but certainly appears Brandeis grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory.

True that. I guess, though, that the Brandeis home victory over the Emory women on Friday will still be a highlight of the season.  Not only was it a victory over a top 25 team and a victory over a top 50 Massey ranked team, it also snapped a 14 game losing streak to the Eagles.  I certainly wasn't expecting the Brandeis women to end up getting Top 25 votes anytime this season either-- that was a bonus.   I should be grateful as a fan for what I did get this weekend.   

For now, I am looking forward to seeing if the NYU women break WashU's 81 game consecutive winning streak, and if so, if NYU become the first DIII women's basketball team to break John Wooden's UCLA men's basketball 88 game consecutive winning streak.  In my Brandeis student days from 1987 to 1991, 88 was the magic number in college basketball to break.  If that happens, then I will see about the UConn women's basketball winning streaks of 90 and 111. 

Anyway, that was me letting out some steam.  Let's see what happens this weekend.     

I will be watching this weekend's action on FloCollege-- I may watch the NYU at WashU game live on the bedroom Roku TV, and put the Brandeis women at UChicago on the computer. 

It has been a while since I posted last time, but I wanted to vent about the final 2 minutes of the Rochester at Brandeis women's game on Sunday.  I should have posted this on Monday, but as a Brandeis fan, I watched this frenzied finish in person and ended up mentally very sick at the outcome of the game- to the point that I did not sit in the stands to watch the men's game, which the Brandeis men fortunately won.   Brandeis women were up 10 points with 2 minutes to go,-- score was 60-50,  but not only did the Brandeis players not handle Rochester's pressure well in the final 2 minutes, but the Brandeis coaching staff also screwed up the timeout situation, not realizing that the UAA is operating under media timeouts this year.

Before the FloCollege contract took effect this year, UAA basketball games had no media timeouts, and each team got 3 30's and 2 60's to use.  Beginning this year, the UAA is operating under media timeouts, with the length of the media timeouts the same as a regular 60 second full timeout.  However, that means that each team gets 3 30 second timeouts and 1 60 second timeout to use.   Moreover, in women's college basketball, there is no "use it or lose it" timeout rule for the first half, so if no team burns a timeout in the first or second quarters, all 4 timeouts for each team carry over to the second half.

As the game went on, neither team burned any timeouts in the first 3 quarters, so we were down to the final 5:26 of the game with both teams having all of their timeouts remaining.

Brandeis called their first 30 second timeout with 5:26 left in the game-- As that was the first called timeout of the second half, it automatically extended to a full timeout, and since that was also the first called timeout of the second half, it did not replace the under 5 media timeout of the fourth quarter.

The final media timeout of the game came with 4:56 remaining in regulation.  At that point, Brandeis had 3 timeouts remaining, while Rochester had all 4 of their timeouts remaining.

With 2:12 left in the game, Brandeis was up 58-50, and a technical foul is called on the Rochester bench.  Abby Kennedy goes 1-2 from the line to make it Brandeis up 59-50.   Another Rochester foul with 2:09 left in the game sends Abby Kennedy to the line again.   Kennedy makes 1-2 from the charity stripe to make it Brandeis 60, Rochester 50 with 2:09 left.   Enough time for Rochester to start their final 17-4 run to win the game.

With 1:45 left, Brandeis takes their 2nd 30 second timeout.   Brandeis now has 1 30 second and 1 60 second timeout remaining.  Brandeis still leading 60-50 over Rochester.  Brandeis ball coming out of the timeout, but  5 second violation is called on the point guard, and Rochester immediately gets the ball and scores a quick layup to cut the UR deficit to 8 points. 

With 44.7 seconds remaining in the game, Brandeis ball, Brandeis is up 62-56, and Brandeis calls their third timeout (final 30 second timeout) to advance the ball.   Brandeis has 1 60 second timeout remaining-- Rochester has all 4 of their timeouts remaining.

Coming out of the timeout, Brandeis still cannot get the ball back in, and another 5 second violation is called.  Rochester quickly scores to make it Brandeis up, 62-58, and with 35.7 seconds remaining in regulation, Brandeis calls their last timeout.  A 60 second timeout.   The scoreboard is now showing that Brandeis has no timeouts left, but for some reason, the final called timeout for Brandeis is not recorded in the play by play sheet.   However, now that I have rewatch the video replay on FloCollege, it clearly indicates that Brandeis now has no timeouts left, while Rochester has all 4 timeouts remaining once the timeout is called with 35.7 seconds left.

Rochester fouls Katherine Vaughan, and Katherine Vaughan sinks both free throws to extend the Brandeis lead to 6 points at 64-58 with 31.5 seconds left.   Rochester takes their first timeout to advance the ball.

Rochester hits a quick 3 pointer to make it Brandeis 64, Rochester 61, and immediately fouls the Brandeis point guard, Shabazz.    Shabazz goes 0-2 from the charity stripe with 26.9 seconds remaining, and Rochester takes their 2nd timeout to advance the ball with the game clock now at 26.0 seconds remaining.  Brandeis still with 0 timeouts remaining, while Rochester has 2 timeouts left.

A quick layup by Rochester makes it Brandeis 64, Rochester 63 with 22.5 seconds left.

At that point, Brandeis cannot handle the inbound pass, turns it over, and attempts to call another timeout.   WAIT A MINUTE!  BRANDEIS HAS NO TIMEOUTS LEFT! TOO MANY TIMEOUTS CALLED BY BRANDEIS!  TECHNICAL FOUL ON THE BRANDEIS BENCH!

Rochester gets 2 free throws and the ball.   Frankie Gomez hits the 2 free throws to give Rochester the lead at 65-64.   Another 2 more free throws by Rochester makes the final Rochester 67, Brandeis 64. 

The Rochester alumni and family members in attendance celebrated Rochester coach Jim Scheible's 600th career victory, achieved in this incredible fashion.   As for me, the Brandeis women still haven't swept a home Friday/Sunday weekend in the UAA since the 2017-18 season, but still has 2 more opportunities left this season.  Next chance comes with the Carnegie Mellon/CWRU home weekend on Friday, January 30, and Sunday, February 1. 

On another note, the game tipped off at 12:15 PM ET on Sunday due to logistics issues with the laundry situation involving the Rochester women's basketball game jerseys which forced a late Sunday morning wash of all of the Rochester women's game jerseys due to failure to take care of the issue either on Friday night or Saturday.  The game jerseys didn't come out of the dryer until after 11:30 AM.  The Rochester women did initial warmups in the practice jerseys, and was able to start their final 20 minute warmup with the game jerseys starting at 11:55 AM.   





 

Quote from: maineman on November 10, 2025, 12:30:33 PM

Quote from: maineman on November 10, 2025, 10:57:34 AMTufts needs to be reassigned to the UAA!

This is "tongue in cheek."  It has been said for years that Tufts would be better suited to the UAA because of their size and graduate schools.  I am sure they won't do it because of transportation costs and hockey.  There is no hockey in the UAA and I am sure they are very happy being in the NESCAC.

Somehow, maineman, when you wrote that post, I had the feeling that you knew that Tufts was going to be the #1 seed at the Brandeis site this weekend-- more than a half hour before the bracket got revealed!

As for me, I adopt Curry as my "Home" D3 men's ice hockey team.  Curry plays their home games in Canton, MA, after all!  (I will probably be in my grave before Brandeis gets a varsity ice hockey team!)

Selections were revealed a few hours ago on the final DIII Men's Soccer NPI summary report of the season.
 

The report is available at http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46698

NESCAC teams nationally ranked by NPI as of this report

1.) Tufts (#1 in NPI)-- 62.667 NESCAC Champions-- NESCAC AQ
2.) Connecticut College (#7 in NPI)-- 59.386 (At large pick #4)
3.) Bowdoin (#9 in NPI)-- 58.796 (At large pick #6)
4.) Wesleyan (#13 in NPI)-- 58.604 (At large pick #8)
5.) Middlebury (#15 in NPI)-- 58.135 (At large pick #9)
6.) Williams (#17 in NPI)-- 57.892 (At large pick #10)
7.) Amherst (#28 in NPI)-- 56.877 (At large pick #18)
8.) Hamilton (#36 in NPI)-- 56.179
9.) Colby (#48 in NPI)-- 55.335
10.) Bates (#54 in NPI)-- 55.182

10 of the 11 NESCAC men's soccer teams currently carry quality win bonuses, as their NPIs are above 54.

11.)  Trinity (CT)  (#144 in NPI)-- 51.770

The final DIII Men's Soccer NPI summary report for the season has been released.  This is the official one used to select teams into the NCAA DIII Men's Soccer Tournament.

The report is located at http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46698

Emory, U.Chicago, and Brandeis got at-large bids into the field.

Here is how the UAA men's soccer teams are ranked nationally by NPI as of this updated run of the numbers--
1.) Emory (#5 nationally in NPI)-- 59.508 (At large pick #3)
2.) U.Chicago (#8 nationally in NPI)-- 59.129 (At large pick #5)
3.) Wash U (#9 nationally in NPI)-- 58.765 UAA Champions-- UAA AQ
4.) Brandeis (#26 nationally in NPI)-- 57.078 (At large pick #16)
5.) Carnegie Mellon (#45 nationally in NPI)-- 55.475
6.) Rochester (#46 nationally in NPI)-- 55.392
7.) CWRU (#81 nationally in NPI)-- 54.176

7 of the 8 UAA men's soccer teams currently carry a quality win bonus,as their NPI values are above 54.

8.) NYU (#121 nationally in NPI)-- 52.452

Quote from: deiscanton on November 09, 2025, 04:27:48 AM

Quote from: deiscanton on November 08, 2025, 03:47:33 PMBrandeis may have entered the day too far down the NPI table to get an at-large bid, but the RV Judges have just defeated #21 NYU today, 1-0, at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium on the NJIT campus in Newark, NJ.  The win today snaps a 27 game UAA winless streak for the Brandeis women's soccer team that spanned almost 4 full seasons.  Before today, the last UAA conference win for the Brandeis women was on November 6, 2021, also at NYU.  However, in 2021, NYU played their home games at Gaelic Park on the Manhattan College campus in the Bronx/Riverdate, NY. 

The Brandeis women went 0-6-1 in UAA play in 2022, 0-7 in UAA play in 2023, 0-6-1 in UAA play in 2024, and will finish UAA play this year with a conference record of 1-5-1. 

Now the question is-- did the Brandeis win over NYU take the NYU women (#31 in the NPI going into today) out of contention for an at-large bid but virtue of NYU being one of the first 7 teams out?  Or will NYU barely hang on to be the last or second to last team into the field?

Here are where the UAA women's soccer teams stand in the NPI table through games of Saturday, November 8, 2025

This NPI summary report can be found at http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46670

National ranking according to United Soccer Coaches poll (USC D3) will also be listed.

1.)  Wash U-- #1 in USC D3 poll-- #1 in NPI-- 71.336-- UAA champions-- UAA AQ
2.)  Emory-- #2 in USC D3 poll-- #2 in NPI-- 70.238
3.)  UChicago-- #7 in USC D3 poll-- #4 in NPI-- 66.124
4.)  CWRU-- #6 in USC D3 poll-- #5 in NPI-- 65.506
5.)  Rochester-- #15 in USC D3 poll-- #20 in NPI-- 61.094
6.)  Carnegie Mellon-- #18 in USC D3 poll-- #26 in NPI-- 60.401
7.)  NYU-- #21 in USC D3 poll-- #38 in NPI-- 59.138
8.)  Brandeis-- RV in USC D3 poll-- #45 in NPI-- 58.834

UAA outlook going into this morning.

UAA gets at least 5 at large bids, with NYU on the bubble and currently being one of the last 7 teams in to the field with an at-large bid.  NYU currently at the at-large pick #20 line right now, but a few major upsets in conference tournament play today will knock out the Violets.

However, if NYU holds on, then the UAA will get 7 of their 8 women's soccer teams into the NCAA DIII women's soccer tournament for the third season in a row.

Brandeis will not make it into the NCAA DIII women's soccer tournament-- Judges are currently one of the first 7 teams out of the dance.

Here is the official NCAA DIII women's soccer Selections NPI report-- End of regular season--

It can be found at http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46696

For the third year in a row, the UAA hit the jackpot-- 7 out of the 8 women's soccer teams in the UAA made it into the field, while the bubble did indeed burst for Brandeis.

NYU was one of the last 7 in-- officially getting at-large bid #19.

Brandeis was one of the first 7 out-- had the at-large field consisted of 25 teams rather than 21, Brandeis would have been the 25th at-large pick.  Brandeis's NPI fell about a quarter point below the cut line.

Here is where the UAA women's teams stood in the final report, and the order in which they were picked for at-large bids if the team wasn't the AQ.

1.)  Wash U-- #1 in NPI-- 71.255 UAA Champions-- UAA AQ
2.)  Emory-- #2 in NPI-- 70.222 (At large pick #1)
3.)  UChicago-- #4 in NPI-- 66.144 (At large pick #2)
4.)  CWRU-- #5 in NPI-- 65.535 (At large pick #3)
5.)  Rochester-- #19 in NPI-- 61.046 (At large pick #7)
6.)  Carnegie Mellon-- #27 in NPI-- 60.323 (At large pick #13)
7.)  NYU-- #38 in NPI-- 59.157 (At large pick #19)
8.)  Brandeis-- #46 in NPI-- 58.382

Cut-line was Rhodes at #41 in NPI with an NPI value of 58.623

We are now in the final day of the regular season.  This is the daily NPI run going into the NESCAC finals. 

This most recent daily NPI run covers games through Saturday, November 8, 2025.

The report is available at http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46672

NESCAC teams nationally ranked by NPI as of this report

1.) Tufts (#1 in NPI)-- 62.030
2.) Connecticut College (#5 in NPI)-- 59.690
3.) Bowdoin (#11 in NPI)-- 58.708
4.) Wesleyan (#13 in NPI)-- 58.533
5.) Middlebury (#15 in NPI)-- 58.033
6.) Williams (#17 in NPI)-- 57.810
7.) Amherst (#28 in NPI)-- 56.822
8.) Hamilton (#38 in NPI)-- 56.115
9.) Colby (#52 in NPI)-- 55.266
10.) Bates (#57 in NPI)-- 55.087

10 of the 11 NESCAC men's soccer teams currently carry quality win bonuses, as their NPIs are above 54.

11.)  Trinity (CT)  (#144 in NPI)-- 51.754

We are now in the final day of the NCAA DIII regular season.  After all game play for Sunday concludes, the final NPI summary report-- the one that will be used for at-large selections will be released.

Here is the NCAA DIII Men's Soccer NPI summary report covering games through Saturday,November 8, 2025.

The report is located at http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46672

Here is how the UAA men's soccer teams are ranked nationally by NPI as of this updated run of the numbers--
1.) Emory (#7 nationally in NPI)-- 59.403
2.) U.Chicago (#8 nationally in NPI)-- 59.136
3.) Wash U (#9 nationally in NPI)-- 58.765 UAA Champions-- UAA AQ
4.) Brandeis (#26 nationally in NPI)-- 57.019
5.) Carnegie Mellon (#47 nationally in NPI)-- 55.469
6.) Rochester (#48 nationally in NPI)-- 55.356
7.) CWRU (#78 nationally in NPI)-- 54.164

7 of the 8 UAA men's soccer teams currently carry a quality win bonus,as their NPI values are above 54.

8.) NYU (#120 nationally in NPI)-- 52.459

Quote from: deiscanton on November 08, 2025, 03:47:33 PMBrandeis may have entered the day too far down the NPI table to get an at-large bid, but the RV Judges have just defeated #21 NYU today, 1-0, at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium on the NJIT campus in Newark, NJ.  The win today snaps a 27 game UAA winless streak for the Brandeis women's soccer team that spanned almost 4 full seasons.  Before today, the last UAA conference win for the Brandeis women was on November 6, 2021, also at NYU.  However, in 2021, NYU played their home games at Gaelic Park on the Manhattan College campus in the Bronx/Riverdate, NY. 

The Brandeis women went 0-6-1 in UAA play in 2022, 0-7 in UAA play in 2023, 0-6-1 in UAA play in 2024, and will finish UAA play this year with a conference record of 1-5-1. 

Now the question is-- did the Brandeis win over NYU take the NYU women (#31 in the NPI going into today) out of contention for an at-large bid but virtue of NYU being one of the first 7 teams out?  Or will NYU barely hang on to be the last or second to last team into the field?

Here are where the UAA women's soccer teams stand in the NPI table through games of Saturday, November 8, 2025

This NPI summary report can be found at http://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/46670

National ranking according to United Soccer Coaches poll (USC D3) will also be listed.

1.)  Wash U-- #1 in USC D3 poll-- #1 in NPI-- 71.336-- UAA champions-- UAA AQ
2.)  Emory-- #2 in USC D3 poll-- #2 in NPI-- 70.238
3.)  UChicago-- #7 in USC D3 poll-- #4 in NPI-- 66.124
4.)  CWRU-- #6 in USC D3 poll-- #5 in NPI-- 65.506
5.)  Rochester-- #15 in USC D3 poll-- #20 in NPI-- 61.094
6.)  Carnegie Mellon-- #18 in USC D3 poll-- #26 in NPI-- 60.401
7.)  NYU-- #21 in USC D3 poll-- #38 in NPI-- 59.138
8.)  Brandeis-- RV in USC D3 poll-- #45 in NPI-- 58.834

UAA outlook going into this morning.

UAA gets at least 5 at large bids, with NYU on the bubble and currently being one of the last 7 teams in to the field with an at-large bid.  NYU currently at the at-large pick #20 line right now, but a few major upsets in conference tournament play today will knock out the Violets.

However, if NYU holds on, then the UAA will get 7 of their 8 women's soccer teams into the NCAA DIII women's soccer tournament for the third season in a row.

Brandeis will not make it into the NCAA DIII women's soccer tournament-- Judges are currently one of the first 7 teams out of the dance.

Final from Rochester-- Emory 2, Rochester 1.

Final UAA standings--

1.)  Wash U-- 5-2-0 in UAA play (15 points)-- 13-3-0 overall.  UAA Champions, UAA AQ
2.)  UChicago-- 4-1-2 in UAA play (14 points)-- 11-2-5 overall.
3.)  Emory-- 3-1-3 in UAA play (12 points)-- 13-1-3 overall.
4.)  Rochester-- 3-3-1 in UAA play (10 points)-- 9-5-4 overall.
5.)  Carnegie Mellon-- 2-3-2 in UAA play (8 points)-- 9-4-5 overall.
6.)  NYU-- 2-4-1 in UAA play (7 points)-- 4-9-2 overall.
7.)  Brandeis-- 1-3-3 in UAA play (6 points)-- 9-3-5 overall.
8.)  CWRU-- 1-4-2 in UAA play (5 points)-- 7-5-5 overall.

Live match table as of 6:59 PM ET November 8, 2025

1.)  Wash U-- 5-2-0 in UAA play (15 points)-- 13-3-0 overall.  UAA Champions, UAA AQ
2.)  UChicago-- 4-1-2 in UAA play (14 points)-- 11-2-5 overall.
3.)  Rochester-- 3-2-1 in UAA play (10 points)-- 9-4-4 overall.
4.)  Emory-- 2-1-3 in UAA play (9 points)-- 12-1-3 overall.
5.)  Carnegie Mellon-- 2-3-2 in UAA play (8 points)-- 9-4-5 overall.
6.)  NYU-- 2-4-1 in UAA play (7 points)-- 4-9-2 overall.
7.)  Brandeis-- 1-3-3 in UAA play (6 points)-- 9-3-5 overall.
8.)  CWRU-- 1-4-2 in UAA play (5 points)-- 7-5-5 overall.

Final

Wash U 1, U.Chicago 0

Congratulations to Wash U-- 2024-2025 UAA Men's Soccer Champions.   Wash U wins AQ to NCAA DIII Men's Soccer Tournament.

Live match table as of 6:34 PM ET November 8, 2025

UChicago will win the UAA title with at least a draw at WashU today.
WashU needs to defeat UChicago next Saturday to win the UAA title.


1.)  UChicago-- 4-0-2 in UAA play (14 points)-- 11-1-5 overall.
2.)  WashU-- 4-2-0 in UAA play (12 points)-- 12-3-0 overall.
3.)  Rochester-- 3-2-1 in UAA play (10 points)-- 9-4-4 overall.
4.)  Emory-- 2-1-3 in UAA play (9 points)-- 12-1-3 overall.
5.)  Carnegie Mellon-- 2-3-2 in UAA play (8 points)-- 9-4-5 overall.
6.)  NYU-- 2-4-1 in UAA play (7 points)-- 4-9-2 overall.
7.)  Brandeis-- 1-3-3 in UAA play (6 points)-- 9-3-5 overall.
8.)  CWRU-- 1-4-2 in UAA play (5 points)-- 7-5-5 overall.

Final from Pittsburgh--

Carnegie Mellon 1, CWRU 0

Brandeis may have entered the day too far down the NPI table to get an at-large bid, but the RV Judges have just defeated #21 NYU today, 1-0, at Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium on the NJIT campus in Newark, NJ.   The win today snaps a 27 game UAA winless streak for the Brandeis women's soccer team that spanned almost 4 full seasons.   Before today, the last UAA conference win for the Brandeis women was on November 6, 2021, also at NYU.   However, in 2021, NYU played their home games at Gaelic Park on the Manhattan College campus in the Bronx/Riverdate, NY.   

The Brandeis women went 0-6-1 in UAA play in 2022, 0-7 in UAA play in 2023, 0-6-1 in UAA play in 2024, and will finish UAA play this year with a conference record of 1-5-1. 

Now the question is-- did the Brandeis win over NYU take the NYU women (#31 in the NPI going into today) out of contention for an at-large bid but virtue of NYU being one of the first 7 teams out?  Or will NYU barely hang on to be the last or second to last team into the field?