2012 Division III NCAA Tournament

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Just a question about NCAA policy.  If underclassmen players who were already at the Final Four played in the All-star game, would that violate any rules?  Their season is over - it's not a sanctioned event and they wouldn't have had any extra expenses paid or anything.

[Just Bill]

Just a question about NCAA policy.  If underclassmen players who were already at the Final Four played in the All-star game, would that violate any rules?  Their season is over - it's not a sanctioned event and they wouldn't have had any extra expenses paid or anything.

Players with eligibility left cannot compete in All-Star games (unless they wish to forfeit said eligibility).  That's a blanket rule across every NCAA sport and Division.  I can find you an NCAA rule citation if you'd like.

[Greek Tragedy]

Home teams were 26-10.  

Randolph-Macon never played a home game or an away game.

Williams, Guilford and Point, the other Final Four teams were 11-0 at home.

First round home teams were 11-5

TEAM	CON	HOME	AWAY	NEUTRAL
Medaille	AMCC			1-1
Mary Hardin-Baylor	ASC	0-1
Texas-Dallas	ASC	1-0	0-1
Wesley	CAC		0-1
St. Mary's (Md)	CAC	2-1
Gordon	CCC		0-1
Illinois Wesleyan	CCIW		1-1	2-0
Wheaton	CCIW		1-1
Carthage	CCIW	2-0		0-1
Frank & Marsh	Centennial		2-0	1-1
Cabrini	CSAC			0-1
Brooklyn	CUNYAC		0-1
Nazareth	Empire 8			0-1
St. John Fisher	Empire 8	1-1
Albertus Magnus	GNAC		1-0	0-1
Maryville	GSAC			0-1
Anderson	HCAC		0-1	1-0
Defiance	HCAC			0-1
Central	IIAC			0-1
Chapman	IND	1-0	0-1
Merchant Marine	LAND	1-1
Rhode Island C.	LEC		1-0	1-1
St. Lawrence	Liberty			0-1
Albright	MACC	0-1
Lycoming	MACC			0-1
DeSales	MACF			2-1
Bridgewater St.	MASCAC	0-1
Hope	MIAA			0-1
Carleton	MIAC		0-1
St. Thomas	MIAC			0-1
St. Norbert	MWC		0-1	1-0
Maine-Farmington	NAC		1-1
Aurora	NathCon		0-1
Wooster	NCAC	2-0	0-1
SUNYIT	NEAC		1-1	1-0
Williams	NESCAC	3-0		1-1
Middlebury	NESCAC	1-1
Clark	NEWMAC		1-0	0-1
MIT	NEWMAC			0-1
Richard Stockton	NJAC			0-1
Rutgers-Newark	NJAC			0-1
William Paterson	NJAC	0-1
Whitworth	NWC	1-0		0-1
John Carroll	OAC		0-1	1-0
Wilmington	OAC		0-1	1-0
Guilford	ODAC	4-0		0-1
Eastern Menn.	ODAC	2-0	0-1	1-0
Randolph-Macon	ODAC			4-1
Virginia Wesleyan	ODAC		0-1	1-0
Grove City	PrAC		0-1
Centre	SCAC		0-1
CMS	SCIAC		0-1
SUNY-Purchase	SKY		0-1
Westminster	SLIAC		0-1
Oneonta State	SUNYAC			0-1
Plattsburgh St.	SUNYAC	0-1
Brandeis	UAA		1-1	2-0
Washington U.	UAA	1-1
Chris. Newport	USAC		0-1
UW-Stevens Point	WIAC	4-0		2-0
UW-Whitewater	WIAC		0-1	1-0

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks Old School. I have added the team's post-season record to your table. [Corrections made.   ]

Home teams were 26-10.  

Randolph-Macon never played a home game or an away game.

Williams, Guilford and Point, the other Final Four teams were 11-0 at home.

First round home teams were 11-5

TEAM	CONF	RECORD	HOME	AWAY	NEUTRAL
Medaille	AMCC	1-1			1-1
Mary Hardin-Baylor	ASC	0-1	0-1
Texas-Dallas	ASC	1-1 +Bye	1-0	0-1
Wesley	CAC	0-1		0-1
St. Mary's (Md)	CAC	2-1	2-1
Gordon	CCC	0-1		0-1
Illinois Wesleyan	CCIW	3-1		1-1	2-0
Wheaton	CCIW	1-1		1-1
Carthage	CCIW	2-1	2-0		0-1
Frank & Marsh	Centennial	3-1		2-0	1-1
Cabrini	CSAC	0-1			0-1
Brooklyn	CUNYAC	0-1		0-1
Nazareth	Empire 8	0-1			0-1
St. John Fisher	Empire 8	1-1	1-1
Albertus Magnus	GNAC	1-1		1-0	0-1
Maryville	GSAC	0-1			0-1
Anderson	HCAC	1-1		0-1	1-0
Defiance	HCAC	0-1			0-1
Central	IIAC	0-1			0-1
Chapman	IND	1-1	1-0	0-1
Merchant Marine	LAND	1-1	1-1
Rhode Island C.	LEC	2-1		1-0	1-1
St. Lawrence	Liberty	0-1			0-1
Albright	MACC	0-1	0-1
Lycoming	MACC	0-1			0-1
DeSales	MACF	2-1			2-1
Bridgewater St.	MASCAC	0-1	0-1
Hope	MIAA	0-1			0-1
Carleton	MIAC	0-1		0-1
St. Thomas	MIAC	0-1			0-1
St. Norbert	MWC	1-1		0-1	1-0
Maine-Farmington	NAC	1-1		1-1
Aurora	NathCon	0-1		0-1
Wooster	NCAC	2-1	2-0	0-1
SUNYIT	NEAC	2-1		1-1	1-0
Williams	NESCAC	4-1 + Bye	3-0		1-1
Middlebury	NESCAC	1-1	1-1
Clark	NEWMAC	1-1		1-0	0-1
MIT	NEWMAC	0-1			0-1
Richard Stockton	NJAC	0-1			0-1
Rutgers-Newark	NJAC	0-1			0-1
William Paterson	NJAC	0-1	0-1
Whitworth	NWC	1-1 + Bye	1-0		0-1
John Carroll	OAC	1-1		0-1	1-0
Wilmington	OAC	1-1		0-1	1-0
Guilford	ODAC	4-1	4-0		0-1
Eastern Menn.	ODAC	3-1	2-0	0-1	1-0
Randolph-Macon	ODAC	4-1			4-1
Virginia Wesleyan	ODAC	1-1		0-1	1-0
Grove City	PrAC	0-1		0-1
Centre	SCAC	0-1		0-1
CMS	SCIAC	0-1		0-1
SUNY-Purchase	SKY	0-1		0-1
Westminster	SLIAC	0-1		0-1
Oneonta State	SUNYAC	0-1			0-1
Plattsburgh St.	SUNYAC	0-1	0-1
Brandeis	UAA	3-1		1-1	2-0
Washington U.	UAA	1-1	1-1
Chris. Newport	USAC	0-1		0-1
UW-Stevens Point	WIAC	6-0	4-0		2-0
UW-Whitewater	WIAC	1-1		0-1	1-0

[Greek Tragedy]

Just a note, I changed it in my table.  MIT was 0-1 on a nuetral court, not 0-1 at home.

Home teams were 11-5 in the 1st round.

9-4 in the 2nd round.

3-1 in the Sweet 16.

3-0 in the Elite 8.

Eastern Mennonite was the only team to play at least one home game, one away game and one nuetral site game.

Prior to the Final Four (where obviously everyone is on a nuetral court), these teams never left home.

Mary Hardin-Baylor (0-1)
St. Mary's (2-1)
St. John Fisher (1-1)
Merchant Marine (1-1)
Albright (0-1)
Bridgewater State (0-1)
Middlebury (1-1)
Williams (3-0)
William Paterson (0-1)
Guilford (4-0)
Plattsburgh State (0-1)
Washington U. (1-1)
Stevens Point (4-0)


The best away/nuetral court record was Randolph-Macon at 4-1.  They never played an away or home game.

Illinois Wesleyan, Franklin and Marshall and Brandeis went 3-1 in such games.

Rhode Island College and DeSales went 2-1 in away/nuetral court games.

Franklin and Marshall was the only team to go 2-0 on the road (not including nuetral court).  Albertus Magnus, Rhode Island College and Clark also went undefeated on the road, albeit, 1-0.   

[Titan Q]

Illinois Wesleyan, Franklin and Marshall and Brandeis went 3-1 in such games.

Before facing Stevens Point at Stevens Point, IWU beat the IIAC champ (Central) on a neutral court, the UAA champ (Wash U) on their floor, and the CCIW champ (Carthage) on a neutral court. 

A tough road and a nice run by the Titans.

[Greek Tragedy]

CON	REC	TEAMS
ODAC	12-4	RMC, Virginia Wes, E. Men., Guilford
WIAC	7-1	Stevens Point, Whitewater
CCIW	6-3	Carthage, Ill. Wes., Wheaton
NESCAC	5-2	Williams, Middlebury
UAA	4-2	Washington U, Brandeis
Centennial	3-1	Franklin and Marshall
CAC	2-2	Wesley, St. Mary's
OAC	2-2	John Carroll, Wilmington
LEC	2-1	Rhode Island College
MACF	2-1	DeSales
NCAC	2-1	Wooster
NEAC	2-1	SUNYIT
ASC	1-2	Mary Hardin-Baylor, Texas-Dallas
Empire 8	1-2	Nazareth, St. John Fisher
HCAC	1-2	Anderson, Defiance
NEWMAC	1-2	Clark, MIT
AMCC	1-1	Medaille
GNAC	1-1	Albertus Magnus
IND	1-1	Chapman
LAND	1-1	Merchant Marine
MWC	1-1	St. Norbert
NAC	1-1	Maine-Farmington
NWC	1-1	Whitworth
NJAC	0-3	Rich Stock, Will Pat, Rutgers-Newark
MACC	0-2	Albright, Lycoming
MIAC	0-2	Carleton, St. Thomas
SUNYAC	0-2	Oneonta State, Plattsburgh State
CCC	0-1	Gordon
CSAC	0-1	Cabrini
CUNYAC	0-1	Brooklyn
GSAC	0-1	Maryville
IIAC	0-1	Central
Liberty	0-1	St. Lawrence
MASCAC	0-1	Bridgewater State
MIAA	0-1	Hope
NathCon	0-1	Aurora
PrAC	0-1	Grove City
SCAC	0-1	Centre
SCIAC	0-1	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
SKY	0-1	SUNY-Purchase
SLIAC	0-1	Westminster
USAC	0-1	Christopher Newport

[Titan Q]

In the last 10 seasons (2000-01 through 2009-10), Illinois Wesleyan has a 17-6 (.739) record in the NCAA tournament (6 appearances).  In that span, the Titans have only played 3 home games (all 3 were in Round 1).

That 17-win mark is very impressive considering IWU's roads the last 10 years.   I guess also impressive in that the Titans have had 3 head coaches in the last 10 seasons (and had to go through 2 coaching changes).   

[Greek Tragedy]

Yeah, that 2006 run was pretty impressive with wins over Whitewater on the road and then over #1 and undefeated Lawrence in Appleton.  Then, they lost by 2 in the semis to Virg. Wes., if I'm correct.  It's too bad they weren't able to come home with any hardware.

[Titan Q]

Yeah, that 2006 run was pretty impressive with wins over Whitewater on the road and then over #1 and undefeated Lawrence in Appleton.  Then, they lost by 2 in the semis to Virg. Wes., if I'm correct.  It's too bad they weren't able to come home with any hardware.

The 2001 run was similar.  IWU won @ IIAC champ Wartburg in Round 2, vs CCIW champ Elmhurst in Round 3 on a neutral court, and then beat #1-ranked Chicago in the Elite 8, on Chicago's floor.

In the last 10 seasons, IWU has knocked off 5 #1 or #2-ranked teams (all on the road)...

* March 6, 2010 - IWU 75 (#1) Wash U 70 (@ Wash U) - Round 2
* March 10, 2006 - IWU 63 (#1) Lawrence 59 (@ Lawrence) - Round 3
* March 6, 2004 - IWU 77 (#2) Hanover 67 (@ Hanover) - Round 2
* March 8, 2003 - IWU 85 (#2) Wash U 73 (@ Wash U) - Round 2
* March 10, 2001 - IWU 77 (#1) Chicago 68 (@ Chicago) - Round 4

Some great games there.

[Titan Q]

How good of a high school backcourt was Sean Wallis and Jon Scheyer?!

[nescac1]

I didn't know Wallis and Scheyer played together ... not to mention Zach Kelly!  Wallis had more assists and shot a better percentage from three than Scheyer, recently named a second team all-American ... not too shabby.  That is a heck of a high school team:

http://www.ihsa.org/activity/bkb/2004-05/2info5.htm

[nwhoops1903]

Time for the annual subject name change!  The best 3 weeks of the year.

Who are the current A's?

[Pat Coleman]

http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2011/02/25/whos-in-the-mens-tournament-2/

[nwhoops1903]

http://www.d3blogs.com/d3hoops/2011/02/25/whos-in-the-mens-tournament-2/

Oh yeah!  THX Pat. Use your super powers to rename subject next or is that Ralph's job?