Quote from: lmitzel on Yesterday at 06:04:31 PM... they'd still be cleaning pieces of me from the rafters of the hangar after the Greatest Back Door Cut of All Time.

You were at the 1999 D-III men's basketball title game?

https://www.d3hoops.com/archives/men/1999

Wow - a couple of teams left in the playoffs and it's crickets here. Kind of surprised.

I smoked pot with Johnny Hopkins.

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on Yesterday at 12:02:26 PMIt seems there were more upsets in years past. 15 out of 16 seems really high. You are obviously right, hosting means you're supposed to be favored, so it's no surprise the winning % is usually pretty high for hosts. Well deserved too. 

You are right about fewer upsets, and it wasn't just among hosts.

This last weekend saw favorites out-perform expectation according to D3 Datacast efficiency ratings win probabilities by about 2.5 wins each day. This was a flip from the first weekend last year when underdogs out-performed by about 3.5 wins each day.

Interesting that while upsets were down this year, it brings things pretty well in line with expectations over a two year span.

Quote from: D3BBALL on Yesterday at 09:41:45 AM

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on Yesterday at 09:03:28 AMIt helps to host. Hosts went 30-1 the 1st weekend.

That is just a huge advantage, wonder what it has been like the first weekend the past 5 years.

I went back just to last year's, and hosts went 22-8 if I counted right. I'd have to do more digging to see how stuff was pre-NPI.

... and Hood hit their FTs down the stretch.

Quote from: Patrick Coleman on Yesterday at 03:21:26 PM

Quote from: GusD on Yesterday at 03:16:52 PMIf the object is to "make it as neutral an event as possible" why is every other game going to be played on the higher ranked team's home court?
If a school IS hosting a national meet/event or didn't file the necessary papers then it's unavoidable.

You answered your question.

But even on a team's home floor, yes, things such as PA announcements and fan placement can be made more neutral.

Can confirm from personal experience.

Which is also probably fair because if I had been let loose for the couple NCAA Tournament weekends NCC has hosted they'd still be cleaning pieces of me from the rafters of the hangar after the Greatest Back Door Cut of All Time.

Quote from: nescac1 on Yesterday at 04:39:49 PMI mean, Emory has the best backcourt in the country, so I think safe to say it's the best backcourt Yeshiva has faced all year!  Some other great ones left in the tourney for sure, RMC, Trinity, Wesleyan, Hood, UChicago, Mary Washington ... but Emory has to be the best. 

I'm surprised you don't have Bowdoin on this list, lol.

Seriously I still think of Vetter as a guard, I know he plays the small forward, but I will be a NESCAC Conference fare weather fan and choose Vetter and Lazarre as best backcourt in the country. They both shoot it better than Emory and Vetter and Lazarre, in close games, just find a way to get it done. If they ever play against each other, whoever Lazarre guards, it is going to be a great match up to watch.

Quote from: NEhoops on Yesterday at 04:06:53 PMYeshiva is only real outlier remaining from an NPI standpoint (#64). They had an impressive win against Maine-Farmington and Samet only scored 16 points (on 5-17 from the field).

However, containing the guards of Emory, particularly Knight and Pearce, will be a tall task. It is arguably the best backcourt they have faced all year.

Yeshiva will need their front court to shoot the ball well to take pressure off Samet. Zakheim will need to protect the ball as well for them to have a shot on the road against a top 4 team.

Willamette (Oregon) is looking for both home and road games for 2026-27 season.  Would prefer home and home agreements but open to providing guarantee for home games or receiving guarantee for road games.  Several other conference schools close to us so if travel to us would be easy to get multiple games.


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