2014-2015 Men's Basketball Thread

[bonarae]

Harvard was a bit late in finalizing its schedule for this year, settling with NCAA D-II Saint Rose to finalize their Lavietes schedule.

Harvard's final schedule:


2014-15 Harvard Men's Basketball Schedule


Date Opponent Notes Time

Oct 17, 2014 Crimson Madness TV: ESPN3 6:00 p.m.

Nov 14, 2014 MIT Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Nov 16, 2014 vs. Holy Cross @ at TD Garden TV: NESN | Coaches vs. Cancer Tripleheader 5:30 p.m.

Nov 20, 2014 Florida Atlantic Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Nov 25, 2014 Houston Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Nov 29, 2014 Massachusetts TV: ESPN3 | Ivy League Digital Network 2:00 p.m.

Dec 3, 2014 Northeastern Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Dec 6, 2014 at Vermont
7:00 p.m.

Dec 8, 2014 Boston University Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Dec 21, 2014 at Virginia TV: ESPNU 12:00 p.m.

Dec 28, 2014 at Arizona St. TV: Pac-12 Network 2:00 p.m.

Dec 30, 2014 at Grand Canyon TV: Cox7 | Cox7.com 8:00 p.m.

Jan 5, 2015 Saint Rose Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Jan 10, 2015 at Dartmouth * Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Jan 14, 2015 at Boston College TV: ESPN3 7:00 p.m.

Jan 20, 2015 at Bryant
7:00 p.m.

Jan 24, 2015 Dartmouth * Ivy League Digital Network 2:00 p.m.

Jan 30, 2015 at Princeton * TV: ESPNU 6:00 p.m.

Jan 31, 2015 at Penn * Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Feb 6, 2015 at Brown * Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Feb 7, 2015 at Yale * Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Feb 13, 2015 Columbia * Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Feb 14, 2015 Cornell * Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Feb 20, 2015 Penn * Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Feb 21, 2015 Princeton * Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Feb 27, 2015 at Cornell * Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Feb 28, 2015 at Columbia * Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Mar 6, 2015 Yale * Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.

Mar 7, 2015 Brown * Ivy League Digital Network 7:00 p.m.


Some winnable OOC's here (Houston, Grand Canyon, MIT, Holy Cross, FAU, Northeastern), otherwise it's quite unbalanced.

[darell1976]

University of North Dakota





Date
Opponent
Location
Time (CT)
Results
Media


Sat, Nov 15
Northern Iowa
at Cedar Falls, Iowa
1:00 p.m.

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Tue, Nov 18
Mayville State
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.)
6:00 p.m.

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Fri, Nov 21
South Dakota State
at Brookings, S.D.
TBA

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Utah Multi-Game Event





Wed, Nov 26
Alabama State
at Salt Lake City, Utah
TBA

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Fri, Nov 28
Utah
at Salt Lake City, Utah
TBA

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Sat, Nov 29
Texas-Pan American
at Salt Lake City, Utah
TBA

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Sat, Dec 06
Drake
at Des Moines, Iowa
1:00 p.m.

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Mon, Dec 08
Minnesota
at Minneapolis, Minn.
TBA

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Sat, Dec 13
North Dakota State
at Fargo, N.D.
TBA

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Fri, Dec 19
Dickinson State
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.)
7:00 p.m.

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Mon, Dec 22
Marquette
at Milwaukee, Wis.
TBA

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Thu, Jan 01
Montana State *
at Bozeman, Mont.
TBA

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Sat, Jan 03
Montana *
at Missoula, Mont.
TBA

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Thu, Jan 08
Sacramento State *
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.)
7:00 p.m.

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Sat, Jan 10
Portland State *
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.)
2:00 p.m.

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Sat, Jan 17
Northern Colorado *
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.)
2:00 p.m.

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Thu, Jan 22
Idaho *
at Moscow, Idaho
TBA

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Sat, Jan 24
Eastern Washington *
at Cheney, Wash.
TBA

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Thu, Jan 29
Weber State *
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.)
7:00 p.m.

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Sat, Jan 31
Idaho State *
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.)
2:00 p.m.

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Thu, Feb 05
Southern Utah *
at Cedar City, Utah
TBA

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Sat, Feb 07
Northern Arizona *
at Flagstaff, Ariz.
TBA

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Thu, Feb 12
Montana *
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.)
7:00 p.m.

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Sat, Feb 14
Montana State *
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.)
2:00 p.m.

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Thu, Feb 19
Portland State *
at Portland, Ore.
TBA

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Sat, Feb 21
Sacramento State *
at Sacramento, Calif.
TBA

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Thu, Feb 26
Northern Arizona *
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.)
7:00 p.m.

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Sat, Feb 28
Southern Utah *
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.)
2:00 p.m.

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Tue, Mar 03
Omaha
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (Grand Forks, N.D.)
7:00 p.m.

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Sat, Mar 07
Northern Colorado *
at Greeley, Colo.
TBA

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Big Sky Tournament





Thu, Mar 12 -
Sat, Mar 14
TBA
TBA
TBA







* Conference Games

[superman7515]

Date
Opponent
Location
Time (ET)
Results
Media


Mon, Nov 17
Liberty
at Lynchburg, Va.
7:00 p.m.




Fri, Nov 21
Cal Poly
at San Luis Obispo, Calif.
TBA




Sun, Nov 23
CSU Bakersfield
at Bakersfield, Calif.
TBA




Tue, Nov 25
Stanford
at Stanford, Calif.
11:00 p.m.

Pac-12 Network


Sun, Nov 30
Villanova
at Philadelphia, Pa. (Wells Fargo Center)
4:30 p.m.

Fox Sports 1


Wed, Dec 03
Army
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.




Sun, Dec 07
Delaware State
Bob Carpenter Center
12:00 p.m.




Thu, Dec 18
Temple
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.




Sat, Dec 20
Fairleigh Dickinson
at Hackensack, N.J.
2:00 p.m.




Mon, Dec 22
Robert Morris
at Moon Township, Pa.
7:00 p.m.




Tue, Dec 30
St. Bonaventure
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.




Sat, Jan 03
Northeastern *
Bob Carpenter Center
2:00 p.m.




Mon, Jan 05
Hofstra *
at Hempstead, N.Y.
TBA




Thu, Jan 08
UNCW *
at Wilmington, N.C.
TBA




Sat, Jan 10
College of Charleston *
at Charleston, S.C.
TBA




Wed, Jan 14
Towson *
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.




Sat, Jan 17
Drexel *
Bob Carpenter Center
2:00 p.m.




Wed, Jan 21
William & Mary *
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.




Sat, Jan 24
Elon *
at Elon, N.C.
TBA




Wed, Jan 28
James Madison *
at Harrisonburg, Va.
TBA




Sat, Jan 31
College of Charleston *
Bob Carpenter Center
2:00 p.m.




Wed, Feb 04
Hofstra *
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.




Sat, Feb 07
Northeastern *
at Boston, Mass.
TBA




Wed, Feb 11
James Madison *
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.




Sat, Feb 14
William & Mary *
at Williamsburg, Va.
2:30 p.m.

NBC Sports Network


Thu, Feb 19
UNCW *
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.




Sat, Feb 21
Elon *
Bob Carpenter Center
2:00 p.m.




Wed, Feb 25
Drexel *
at Philadelphia, Pa.
TBA




Sat, Feb 28
Towson *
at Towson, Md.
TBA




Fri, Mar 06 -
Mon, Mar 09
CAA Tournament
at Baltimore, Md.
TBA







* Conference Games

[Twentysix]

NDSU will probably be pretty good this year, we will see how far we fall off with the coaching changes and loss of Taylor Braun and co.

[BisonFan02]

NDSU will probably be pretty good this year, we will see how far we fall off with the coaching changes and loss of Taylor Braun and co.

Disagree....MAJOR rebuild year. Not just Braun....dont forget Bjorkland....don't have the bigs to do much this year....nomad team with no home during BSA renovation. Pretty low expectations right now.

[darell1976]

Has NDSU ever had a game at Scheels Arena?

[BisonFan02]

Has NDSU ever had a game at Scheels Arena?

Not that I know of...outside of club hockey maybe.

[darell1976]

Not that I know of...outside of club hockey maybe.

Before NDSU announced they are playing basketball there I didn't think they could play there (never heard of basketball in Scheels just hockey). I supposed the other choices would be the dome, although logistics could be tough with Bison football, or the Civic Center downtown.

[BisonFan02]

Before NDSU announced they are playing basketball there I didn't think they could play there (never heard of basketball in Scheels just hockey). I supposed the other choices would be the dome, although logistics could be tough with Bison football, or the Civic Center downtown.

I'm sure the Scheels will work just fine....the dome is too cavernous and big for bball...and I think the Civic Center would be the opposite.

[Twentysix]

Disagree....MAJOR rebuild year. Not just Braun....dont forget Bjorkland....don't have the bigs to do much this year....nomad team with no home during BSA renovation. Pretty low expectations right now.

I still expect NDSU to be able to win enough games to finish in the top 4 of the summit.

P.s. "and co" means and company. Which meant Taylor Braun and other departing seniors.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple Basketball 2014-2015...Duke, Kansas and rival Villanova highlight our OOC slate. We finish the year with defending national champion UConn at home....

11/14 American
11/17 Louisiana Tech
11/21 Duke (neutral site)
11/30 LIU-Brooklyn
12/3 @ St. Joe's
12/6 La Salle (Palestra)
12/10 Towson
12/14 @ Villanova
12/18 @ Delaware
12/22 Kansas (@ WFC)
12/28 Delaware State
12/31 @ UConn
1/4 @ UCF
1/7 @ Tulane
1/10 Tulsa
1/14 SMU
1/17 @ Cincinnati
1/22 USF
1/28 @ UCF
1/31 Tulane
2/4 @ USF
2/7 @ Memphis
2/10 Cincinnati
2/14 East Carolina
2/19 @ SMU
2/22 @ Tulsa
2/26 Houston
3/5 @ East Carolina
3/7 UConn

[TribeInTheBurg]

Blue Ribbon pre-season CAA rankings have the Tribe at the top. Not sure if I believe them, but if we put two on the 1st team it's certainly more likely.


https://www.facebook.com/BlueRibbonYearbook/photos/a.222045427320.143859.113870582320/10152396355192321/?type=1&relevant_count=1

[tribeheart]

Blue Ribbon pre-season CAA rankings have the Tribe at the top. Not sure if I believe them, but if we put two on the 1st team it's certainly more likely.


https://www.facebook.com/BlueRibbonYearbook/photos/a.222045427320.143859.113870582320/10152396355192321/?type=1&relevant_count=1
Go Tribe!

[CHIP72]

Temple Basketball 2014-2015...Duke, Kansas and rival Villanova highlight our OOC slate. We finish the year with defending national champion UConn at home....

11/14 American
11/17 Louisiana Tech
11/21 Duke (neutral site)
11/30 LIU-Brooklyn
12/3 @ St. Joe's
12/6 La Salle (Palestra)
12/10 Towson
12/14 @ Villanova
12/18 @ Delaware
12/22 Kansas (@ WFC)
12/28 Delaware State
12/31 @ UConn
1/4 @ UCF
1/7 @ Tulane
1/10 Tulsa
1/14 SMU
1/17 @ Cincinnati
1/22 USF
1/28 @ UCF
1/31 Tulane
2/4 @ USF
2/7 @ Memphis
2/10 Cincinnati
2/14 East Carolina
2/19 @ SMU
2/22 @ Tulsa
2/26 Houston
3/5 @ East Carolina
3/7 UConn

Right now I'm planning on attending that Temple/La Salle game at the Palestra on Saturday 12/6; doing so would allow me to see both teams once this season (something I try to do with both the Owls and Explorers).

Somewhat amazingly (and very annoyingly), the Temple/La Salle game will partially overlap the St. Joe's/Villanova Holy War game being played the same afternoon. (The Owls/Explorers contest starts at 12 PM, while the Hawks and Wildcats tip off at 1 PM.) On the flip side, because SJU/VU is being played at Villanova and will be nationally televised (I forget the channel; I believe it is either NBCSN or CBSSN), I think there is a strong possibility that a potential Villanova football Round of 16 playoff game would be played at Villanova Stadium at 3:30 PM that afternoon, assuming Villanova is a top 5 seed or bids to host a Round of 16 game. Starting the game at that time could potentially encourage some VU fans to stick around after the basketball game and attend the football playoff game being played almost literally next door. (A Villanova football home playoff game on 12/6 at 3:30 PM would also make it convenient for me to attend if I'm already in Philadelphia for the Temple/La Salle basketball game; I'm crossing my fingers.)

[bonarae]

Top 25 is out. Villanova highest ranked (and only) FCS at #12.

[bonarae]

The season is 6 or 7 days away!

We will continue the playing MIT trend next week. But the MIT website counts it as an exhibition game.

[BisonBohl]

Can't wait, love college bball.

[TheDancinMonarch]

The beginning of the hoops season is akin to being reborn again.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I went to a hoops school! This is our season!!! xnodx

Temple starts the season a week from tonight against a pretty good La Tech team. This is a huge year for us after coming off of the program's first 20 loss season. We've been getting good pub all offseason and most pick us to be Top 5 in the AAC. That's good enough to be back in the tourney talk....

[RabidRabbit]

SDSU Jacks are through their two exhibitions

http://www.gojacks.com/SportSelect.dbml?ATCLID=209596064&DB_LANG=C&&DB_OEM_ID=15000&SPID=7143&SPSID=88455

This year will be an interesting season for SDSU basketball, and the Summit League in general. 3 1000 pt Sr starters gone to graduation, so 10 of the 16 players have not played BB for the Jacks yet. But have an All-Summit pick in 2nd year transfer from Florida, Cody Larson (6-9, 235) back as down low threat, and two transfer guards, G. Marshall (U of Wis) and D. Parks (Iowa Lakes CC) that have Jacks fans excited for a solid run at the the Summit League crown. With ORU back in the Summit, along with Denver, it appears to be a wide-open, several loss (12-4?) race for the one auto-bid winner to come out of Sioux Falls with the Summit crown. Lots of early season jelling needed by the Rabbits, but Marshall isn't even able to play until end of 1st semester (transferred mid-year last year).

[SFA 93]

SFA gets a vote xnodx

Baylor
Memphis
Xavier
North Texas
Long Beach State
Cal State Northridge

Going to be a tough season, and playing Sam Houston State and Northwestern State a potential 3 times each.

Next season all SFA basketball games on ESPN 3 Is going to be sweet, not ever missing a game again.

[SFA 93]

Probable Starters

G: #10 Trey Pickney 5-9; 160 Jr.
G: #4 Ty Charles 6-5; 190 Fr. *** Rivals (All-State)
G: #0 Thomas Walkup 6-4; 195 Jr. SLC Tourney MVP; ALL-SLC TEAM
F: #34 Jacob Parker 6-6; 210 Sr. SLC POY; ALL-SLC TEAM; ESPN TOP 100 :#91; All-American; Lou Henson Finalist
F: #30 Tanner Clayton 6-9; 210 Sr.

Starting things off with Mississippi College Nov. 14 at home and then SFA will be the opening act for ESPN 24 Hour College Hoops Tip Off Marathon against Northern Iowa, Nov. 18 at 8:00 A.M. On ESPN 2

Can't wait for some college hoops!!!

[Panther-State]

SFA gets a vote xnodx

Baylor
Memphis
Xavier
North Texas
Long Beach State
Cal State Northridge

Going to be a tough season, and playing Sam Houston State and Northwestern State a potential 3 times each.

Next season all SFA basketball games on ESPN 3 Is going to be sweet, not ever missing a game again.

Do you know how many games they'll have picked up for ESPN3 this year? I'm looking forward to UNI coming down and battling it out with your guys

[SFA 93]

First 3 games on TV

Northern Iowa ESPN 2 Tuesday 8:00 A.M.
Xavier FS2 Friday 7:00 P.M.
Baylor FSSW Monday 7:00 P.M.

Next TV game...
Memphis ESPNEWS Dec. 2 Tues. 6:00 P.M.

After that don't know, but all home games are on-line at SFA-ALL ACCESS. ESPN is on campus to show SFA what to build to facilitie their equipment.

[Panther-State]

Shoot I forgot that was going to be an Tuesday game. Damn

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple starts the season against Patriot League foe American on Friday. I misspoke and said they open the season with La Tech. That's next Monday night....

[bonarae]

Harvard starts its season against MIT at Lavietes on Friday night. Sunday, we'll play Holy Cross at the Celtics' court.

[superman7515]

No home games for Delaware until December. ESPN did a conference preview and commented it was odd to see the defending CAA champ playing so many road games, especially so many road games against conferences perceived to be lower than the CAA. I don't see UD being very good this year, so their status as defending champs doesn't factor in very much to me, but I still think it's odd that they couldn't get a few more home games. At least one in November to get the fans warmed up.

[bonarae]

Wow! Another FCS-FCS game to start the Division I season!

EWU and Texas Southern will start the season at 11 AM EST.

[Twentysix]

NDSU is going to be obliterated by Texas in a few hours.

[bonarae]

EWU wins, 86-62. A full slate of games follows today, with Harvard-MIT at 7 PM EST.

[bonarae]

Harvard beats MIT easily 73-52. On to face Holy Cross at TD Garden on Sunday.

[clenz]

UNI is a 22 point favorite over UND this weekend...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple beats American 40-37 in a game that might have set bball back 75 years. On to La Tech.....

[Twentysix]

NDSU is going to be obliterated by Texas in a few hours.

NDSU falls by 35, with no Texas starters seeing even 30 minutes. As expected.

[SFA 93]

SFA beats Mississippi College 75-49 in their opener.

G: #10 Trey Pinkney 5-9; 160 (Jr.) PTS:4;AST:4;STL:1
G: #12 Dallas Cameron 6-3; 180 (So.) PTS:11;REB:3;AST:1;STL:2
G: #31 Connor Brooks 6-4; 190 (Sr.) PTS:1;AST:1;BLK:1
G: #0 Thomas Walkup 6-4; 195 (Jr.) PTS:13;REB:11;AST:3;STL:3
F: #34 Jacob Parker 6-6; 210 (Sr.) PTS:14;REB:4;AST:3;BLK:1;STL:1

5,000 in attendance, hopefully we can get that up into the 7,000's as the season goes on.

SFA vs. Northern Iowa Nov. 18; Tues; 8:00 A.M. (ESPN2)

The Jacks 34 game home win streak on the line at Williams R. Johnson Coliseum.

Axe'em

[CHIP72]

Games of particular interest to me (no specific order):

*Fairleigh Dickinson 58 St. Joseph's 57 - Ugh. Double Ugh! It could be a long season on Hawk Hill.
*Colorado 68 Drexel 45 - are the Dragons the most snakebit college basketball team in America, AGAIN losing a starter for the year ultra-early in the season?
*Temple 40 American 37 - see Lehigh TU Owl's comment above.
*Villanova 77 Lehigh 66 - this "home" game for the Wildcats played about 5-6 miles from Lehigh's campus (the first-ever college basketball game at the new PPL Center) was close until the last few minutes.
*Lafayette 77 Robert Morris 50 - WOW, great win for the Leopards on the road against one of the preseason favorites in the NEC (still would like Andy Toole coaching at Penn though).

Games today (11/15)
*Colgate at La Salle, 3 PM - hopefully the Explorers can get off on the right foot after a disappointing 2013-2014 season.
*Delaware State at Penn, 4:30 PM - I'll be able to warm up for a couple hours between the Harvard/Penn and Albany/Villanova football games, though I'll make sure I hit the restroom at Franklin Field before heading next door to the Palestra.

[WestCoastAggie]

Darn Murray State loses to Houston by 3, 77-74, at home in the bank. I can't be too mad because Bellmont lost to Wright State so meh...

[WestCoastAggie]

Temple beats American 40-37 in a game that might have set bball back 75 years. On to La Tech.....

Well perhaps the coaches wanted to play some Big 10 ball tonight.

[bonarae]

Harvard will drop out of the top 25 with a loss at Holy Cross 58-57. The Crusaders used a strong second half to kill us.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Harvard will drop out of the top 25 with a loss at Holy Cross 58-57. The Crusaders used a strong second half to kill us.

That's a big win for the Crusaders!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple gets a really nice 82-75 win over La Tech. The Bulldogs were ranked 30th in the AP Poll if your consider ARV.

Up next is Duke on Friday night in Brooklyn. Hmm...Temple in Brooklyn, Lehigh in the Bronx....I like it....xnodx

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

A couple FCS observations.....

- NDSU has lost their first two games by a combined 71 points. I know Texas and Iowa are good but still.....
- Bucknell lost to Michigan 77-53. The Bison are usually among the best teams in the PL...

[TheRevSFA]

SFA vs UNI at 8am as part of the 24 hours college tipoff.

Should be a good one

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

SFA vs UNI at 8am as part of the 24 hours college tipoff.

Should be a good one

What does SFA return from last year? That win over VCU in the tourney was crazy. The UNI-SFA is one of those sneaky good games for a college hoops junkie like myself....

[Panther-State]

Really hope UNI gets the wheels rolling on offense. Defense looked like the Jacobson D of old, but the offense was underwhelming against North Dakota. The Panthers aren't exactly known to be firing on all cylinders right out of the gate. Facing a strong team like the Jacks is a scary task for us Panther fans.

[clenz]

UNI takes down SFA 79-77

SFAs 34 game home win streak...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNLob2E_Q5s

[clenz]

In the month of November UNI football snapped NDSUs 33 game win streak and now UNI basketball snaps SFAs 34 game home win streak


Not a bad month

[Panther-State]

Huge win for UNI and the Valley. It's no wonder now how SFA won 29 straight last year. They have some legitimate talent on that team and will be very strong again this year

[Panther-State]

In the month of November UNI football snapped NDSUs 33 game win streak and now UNI basketball snaps SFAs 34 game home win streak


Not a bad month

20060

(How the heck do you post a pic from the web without a "Failure" notice? Darn URLs work everywhere else)

[clenz]

20060

(How the heck do you post a pic from the web without a "Failure" notice? Darn URLs work everywhere else)
uncheck the host locally option

[Panther-State]

uncheck the host locally option
http://starcasm.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/NorthernIowaMascot.jpg?ggnoads

[BluBengal07]

JSU defeats Jacksonville Univ., 66-57 (11/18)

[bonarae]

Harvard rebounds with a win over FAU, 71-49.

[Panther-State]

UNI looked sluggish to start their 1st game of the Cancun Challenge against Morgan State, following that impressive win Tuesday morning against SFA. Panthers trailed 30-29 at half (outrebounded 23-12, including giving up 12 offensive rebounds!) but bounced back in the 2nd half to win 73-53. They play again in ~40 hrs against North Florida (1-2) who lost 69-67 to Northwestern tonight.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

UNI looked sluggish to start their 1st game of the Cancun Challenge against Morgan State, following that impressive win Tuesday morning against SFA. Panthers trailed 30-29 at half (outrebounded 23-12, including giving up 12 offensive rebounds!) but bounced back in the 2nd half to win 73-53. They play again in ~40 hrs against North Florida (1-2) who lost 69-67 to Northwestern tonight.

Wichita State has to love the Panthers start to the season. Wichita State had very little help last year in the MVC en-route to their undefeated season. Based on the number of returning starters UNI has back and their history, I think the Panthers return to the tournament this year.

Who else is expected to be near the top of the league? Indiana State? The Sycamores were pretty good last year. Any chance the MVC could be a 3 bid league?

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Duke beat Temple 77-54 tonight in Brooklyn in the semi's of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. Kentucky, Duke and Gonzaga are killing it right now so no shame in tonights outcome. We need to bounce back and beat UNLV tomorrow night in the 3rd place game.

[BigDGarciaFan]

UIW wins baby!!!! 79-68 over Princeton. btw check out this pic. of me and a famous Princeton alum.......

20121

sorry his team got eaten up by cardinal kryptonite

[MTfan4life]

Unexpected result I just saw. Eastern Washington just beat previously undefeated Indiana 88-86 in Bloomington.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Unexpected result I just saw. Eastern Washington just beat previously undefeated Indiana 88-86 in Bloomington.

EWU might be pretty legit. They Eagles nearly beat a pretty good SMU team over the weekend...

[Panther-State]

Wichita State has to love the Panthers start to the season. Wichita State had very little help last year in the MVC en-route to their undefeated season. Based on the number of returning starters UNI has back and their history, I think the Panthers return to the tournament this year.

Who else is expected to be near the top of the league? Indiana State? The Sycamores were pretty good last year. Any chance the MVC could be a 3 bid league?

If the MVC even sniffs 3 it probably won't be the Sycs. So far they aren't coping the best in life without Jake Odum. Evansville, Illinois State and Missouri St are the best bets but boy Evansville is the only one doing their part so far but they've essentially been playing high school teams so far. It doesn't look good

[MTfan4life]

EWU might be pretty legit. They Eagles nearly beat a pretty good SMU team over the weekend...

Indiana beat SMU, Eastern Washington lost to SMU.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Indiana beat SMU, Eastern Washington lost to SMU.

I know. But SMU was a preseason Top 25 team. My point was in back to back games EWU nearly beat a, at the time, Top 25 team and then rolled into Bloomington and beat the Hoosiers. Based on what I've seen from BSC hoops, that's pretty darn impressive. The fact that EWU,SMU, IU all played each other is just coincidence...

[clenz]

If the MVC even sniffs 3 it probably won't be the Sycs. So far they aren't coping the best in life without Jake Odum. Evansville, Illinois State and Missouri St are the best bets but boy Evansville is the only one doing their part so far but they've essentially been playing high school teams so far. It doesn't look good
Never trust Evansville and Marty ball...

[Panther-State]

Never trust Evansville and Marty ball...

I absolutely don't. But at this point I'm not going to complain about teams who have avoided crapping in the conferences bed. Its been a rare feat so far.

[clenz]

I absolutely don't. But at this point I'm not going to complain about teams who have avoided crapping in the conferences bed. Its been a rare feat so far.
Just wait.


Evansville will fall apart but manage to beat some combo of UNI, WSU, and the third and fourth place MVC teams to really **** their resumes up.

It's what they, and Bradley, do.

- - - Updated - - -

Oh...BTW

UNI is ranked #31 in the country in the most recent poll

[MTfan4life]

I know. But SMU was a preseason Top 25 team. My point was in back to back games EWU nearly beat a, at the time, Top 25 team and then rolled into Bloomington and beat the Hoosiers. Based on what I've seen from BSC hoops, that's pretty darn impressive. The fact that EWU,SMU, IU all played each other is just coincidence...

Yeah, I think I read your post wrong as saying that EWU beat SMU, haha. Regarding them all playing each other, it wasn't coincidence. Indiana put on this Hoosier classic, where about 5 different teams all played each other. Texas Southern was another team they all played.

[bonarae]

Harvard whacked Houston at Lavietes 84-63.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple beat Big 5 rival Penn 76-67 tonight. We're 3-2 on the year with LIU-Brooklyn up next on Sunday...

[clenz]

UNI cruises past Virginia Tech by 19 tonight in Cancun.

Moves to 5-0

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Lehigh beat DePaul 86-74 in Chicago. The Blue Demons are truly horrific.....xlolx

[clenz]

UNI crudhes Northwestern 61-42 to win the Cancun Challenge title

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[BisonFan02]

Just throwing this out...NDSU is NOT going to be good this year in mens bball....and won't be again for awhile. No bigs and lost WAY too much talent off of last year's team. The mission is to surivive the next two years...move into the new facility and build from there.

[ngineer]

Lehigh beat DePaul 86-74 in Chicago. The Blue Demons are truly horrific.....xlolx

Yes, and they controlled the game all the way. DePaul a very young team like Lehigh, but a win over an 'historical' name b-ball school has to help the confidence level.

[4grz]

Unexpected result I just saw. Eastern Washington just beat previously undefeated Indiana 88-86 in Bloomington.

I never thought I'd see the day where both my Grizzlies football team and Hoosiers basketball team would lose to Eastern in the same season. Are they the Big Sky favorites now? I think they've only won the conference once before.

[bonarae]

Harvard nipped UMass 75-73 using a strong second half. Northeastern is next on Wednesday.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple beat LIU-Brooklyn 70-56 tonight. The Owls improve to 4-2 overall and face Big 5 rival St. Joe's on Wednesday...

[clenz]

UNI took out Richmond today.

First 7-0 start since 1963-64


Might move from 31st to 25th in the AP? Maybe.

[MTfan4life]

Just throwing this out...NDSU is NOT going to be good this year in mens bball....and won't be again for awhile. No bigs and lost WAY too much talent off of last year's team. The mission is to surivive the next two years...move into the new facility and build from there.

I couldn't believe the Crookston score. That same team was slaughtered 90-38 by Seattle Pacific and the NDSU game was an exhibition game for them. Plus, Crookston usually struggles to be top 15 in the 16 team Northern Sun conference. The Dragons might be the top team in town! ;) They're undefeated and just beat a fellow undefeated team by 20 on the road. As a bandwagon supporter for my school that stinks at most sports, I'll be wearing red and black while attending games all winter! xthumbsupx

[MTfan4life]

UNI took out Richmond today.

First 7-0 start since 1963-64


Might move from 31st to 25th in the AP? Maybe.

Amazing start for UNI. If they do become ranked, will Wichita State petition to take UNI off their schedule? Methinks they have a rule against playing ranked teams before the tournament starts. It's rare you see a big time mid-major team with such a junky non-conference schedule year after year.

[mvemjsunpx]

I couldn't believe the Crookston score. That same team was slaughtered 90-38 by Seattle Pacific and the NDSU game was an exhibition game for them. Plus, Crookston usually struggles to be top 15 in the 16 team Northern Sun conference. The Dragons might be the top team in town! ;) They're undefeated and just beat a fellow undefeated team by 20 on the road. As a bandwagon supporter for my school that stinks at most sports, I'll be wearing red and black while attending games all winter! xthumbsupx

So, to paraphrase… "Poor Bobcats."





;)

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

FCS teams ranked this week.

Villanova #10/#9
Butler #23/NR

Northern Iowa almost made the AP Poll. They're 26th in that one and 30th in the coaches poll.....

[Panther-State]

Amazing start for UNI. If they do become ranked, will Wichita State petition to take UNI off their schedule? Methinks they have a rule against playing ranked teams before the tournament starts. It's rare you see a big time mid-major team with such a junky non-conference schedule year after year.

Probably not since they play #25 Utah this week. I wouldn't say they play a junky schedule either. Out of those 9 non-con teams I think I counted 9 NCAA appearances from the last 2 tournaments (Memphis, SLU, NMSU all have 2, Tulsa, Detroit and Bama have 1). Last season their non-con schedule also teams with 9 tournament appearances from that same time span. Hardly what I would call junky.

[clenz]

FCS teams ranked this week.

Villanova #10/#9
Butler #23/NR

Northern Iowa almost made the AP Poll. They're 26th in that one and 30th in the coaches poll.....
UNI has played 7 in 15 days already this season.

5 OOC games left spread through the month of December - v George Mason, @ Denver, @ VCU @/v Iowa (in Des Moines) and v South Dakota State.

I would expect UNI finishes OOC play somewhere between 9-3 and 11-1.

Only 1 game this week - Saturday vs George Mason. Win that one and Wichita State beat #25 Utah and I'd expect UNI to move into the rankings.

[clenz]

Probably not since they play #25 Utah this week. I wouldn't say they play a junky schedule either. Out of those 9 non-con teams I think I counted 9 NCAA appearances from the last 2 tournaments (Memphis, SLU, NMSU all have 2, Tulsa, Detroit and Bama have 1). Last season their non-con schedule also teams with 9 tournament appearances from that same time span. Hardly what I would call junky.
This year's projected SOS for WSU (according to realtimeRPI) is 13
Last year was 98
Year before 91
Year before 52


That's top 1/3 for hardest schedules every year lately. For programs like WSU, UNI, Gonzaga, St Mary's, etc... it's tough to get good OOC games outside of MTEs. Teams don't want to come to Cedar Falls and chance losing to UNI, or go to Wichita and lose to the Shockers....or lose to them at home.

That's a problem that low-major conferences don't understand when it comes to scheduling. They can't get anyone to play them at home because it would lose them tens/hundreds of thousands of dollars. They aren't much of a threat to beat them though so they make night OOC home games.

[BluBengal07]

old now, but big..... 28NOV, Deleware St beats Wake Forest 72-65.
www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/recap/NCAAB_20141128_DELST@WAKE (http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/gametracker/recap/NCAAB_20141128_DELST@WAKE)

[bonarae]

Harvard thumps Northeastern 60-46 to finish its Lavietes/Boston homestand. We're at Vermont on Saturday.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple falls to Big 5 foe St. Joe's 58-56. This is a disappointing loss for the simple fact that SJU is not very good and we should be better than 4-3 right now. With another Big 5 rival up on Saturday, La Salle, Dunphy has his work cut out for him. If we fall to 4-4 and 1-2 in against are city brethren people will get very antsy....

[TheRevSFA]

SFA beat Memphis 64-52

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

SFA beat Memphis 64-52

Good win for SFA!

But...the AAC has not performed well this season. UConn is not ranked in tha AP Poll and #23 in the coaches. They are the only AAC team currently ranked. Both Memphis and SMU have really come out of the gate with a thud. Especially SMU given the amount of the hype Larry's squad received following their near tourney miss last year.

[superman7515]

Delaware is full steam ahead on the First To Worst train.

[Laker]

Weird Science! Drexel is the first team to lose at home to a non-D1 team this season.

Rice lost in Alaska to Anchorage in the Great Alaska Shootout.

http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/12/4/7337737/university-of-the-sciences-beats-drexel-first-non-di-team-to-beat-di

[ngineer]

After a 0-4 start, Lehigh has now run off 4 straight wins with an 80-75 win at LIU-Brooklyn this afternoon, and St. Francis this past Wednesday. Two week break for Finals,now.

[bonarae]

Harvard outlasted Vermont in double OT, 64-52.


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[clenz]

ONE shrugs off George Mason.

Moves to 8-0

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[citdog]

The Citadel Hunleyed the naval academy 67-60 in Charleston......

[Ivytalk]

The Citadel Hunleyed the naval academy 67-60 in Charleston......

So, what was it like to beat a REAL service academy?

[clenz]

UNI ranked 23 in AP and 24 in coaches polls

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[bonarae]

Harvard thrashed Boston U 70-56 using a strong second half.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple beat Towson 76-64 to improve to 6-3 on the year. We play #7/#7 Villanova on Sunday for the Big 5 title and bragging rights for the year.....

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

From the land of "I didn't see that coming" i.e. NJIT over Michigan...

Incarnate World beat Nebraska 74-73....

[clenz]

#23 UNI dusts off Denver and mives to 9-0

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

#23 UNI dusts off Denver and mives to 9-0

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Their next two games, @ VCU and Iowa, will tell test UNI. VCU has struggled a bit to start the year so this will be a really important game for them. Iowa has played well since stumbling out of the gate. If UNI wins those two they could be looking at a really, REALLY special year. Even 1-1 would fine....

[BigDGarciaFan]

From the land of "I didn't see that coming" i.e. NJIT over Michigan...

Incarnate World beat Nebraska 74-73....

my team won BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! turned the huskers into sour rotten corn!!!!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

VCU 93 #23 UNI 87 Final/2OT

This game was great! UNI fought like hell at the end of regulation to force OT. VCU was able to survive. I don't think it's a stretch to say that UNI has played in the two best college bball games this year....

[BisonFan02]

Bison beat Akron 55-46....extremely short bench for NDSU (told they rolled their starting 5 the entire second half).

[SFA 93]

Jacks have won 7 straight, beat Texas State 66-60 last night.

Cal State next

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple crushed Delaware 82-62 to move to 7-4 on the season. Kansas comes to Philly on Monday for our last big OOC game before conference play starts....

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

EKU beat #18 Miami 72-44 tonight! xbowx

[TheRevSFA]

Jacks have won 7 straight, beat Texas State 66-60 last night.

Cal State next

not so fast my friend. We have arky tech first

[bonarae]

Harvard and Virginia are fresh from their finals breaks... The Hoos first play Cleveland State and we play the Hoos on Sunday... another scalp on our way?


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[clenz]

UNI beats Iowa 55-44.


Finish OOC 10-1. Should be back in the top 25 next week

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[BluBengal07]

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/jackson-state/2014/12/19/jackson-state-runs-southern-miss/20626687/

Thursday night, Jackson state dominated USM 66-46.

http://www.jsutigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=670003&SPID=109817&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209818289&DB_OEM_ID=29000
Saturday afternoon, JSU ladies beat Northwestern St. 62-61 OT.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Lehigh beat Arizona State 84-81 in 3OT last night! The Mountain Hawks now own wins over a Big East school (DePaul) and a Pac12 team (ASU) this year. I'm not sure the last time a PL school pulled that off in the OOC.....

[clenz]

Got it wrong. ..uni has one ooc game left vs south dakota state

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[clenz]

Harvard...what the ****?

I know UVa is good...but...wow

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[Ivytalk]

Harvard read its own press clippings. Worst loss of the Tommy Amaker era. 76-27. You read that right.

[clenz]

Harvard read its own press clippings. Worst loss of the Tommy Amaker era. 76-27. You read that right.
Hey...you score 19 second half points. I mean you uppes your first half production by more than double.

Something to build on

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[ngineer]

Lehigh beat Arizona State 84-81 in 3OT last night! The Mountain Hawks now own wins over a Big East school (DePaul) and a Pac12 team (ASU) this year. I'm not sure the last time a PL school pulled that off in the OOC.....

Talk about a stunner! And this is a very young Lehigh team. Great for two of the kids to play near home, too. PL could be a wide open league this year.

[bonarae]

Harvard read its own press clippings. Worst loss of the Tommy Amaker era. 76-27. You read that right.

The margin is similar to that of Harvard's women in their beatdown to the Lady Irish back in November of this year (49 vs. 53). I was so shocked at the margin of the score. xsmhx

[Ivytalk]

Hey...you score 19 second half points. I mean you uppes your first half production by more than double.

Something to build on

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Bite me hard.

[clenz]

Bite me hard.
UVa is a very good team.

Not thw first team they've done that too

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[Twentysix]

Bison beat Akron 55-46....extremely short bench for NDSU (told they rolled their starting 5 the entire second half).

Looks like NDSU will make it out of their OOC 6-5 at worst. They will still compete for one of the top 3 spots in the Summit like I called before the season started.

Miller looks like he could be a real star. Jacobson too.

[BluBengal07]

Texas Southern takes down #25 Michigan State 71-64 OT. Mike Davis needed TSU to beat a team he couldn't beat with Indiana.

i know you saw the details of the game. don't worry, i took care of this post for you. xthumbsupx

[813Jag]

UVa is a very good team.

Not thw first team they've done that too

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Very true, UVA is a team that specializes in making games ugly for their opponent's offense

[813Jag]

Texas Southern takes down #25 Michigan State 71-64 OT. Mike Davis needed TSU to beat a team he couldn't beat with Indiana.

i know you saw the details of the game. don't worry, i took care of this post for you. xthumbsupx
that was a nice win for TSU. Not to mention JSU's win over Southern Miss and UAPB beating Houston a few days ago. Should be an interesting SWAC season.

[citdog]

that was a nice win for TSU. Not to mention JSU's win over Southern Miss and UAPB beating Houston a few days ago. Should be an interesting SWAC season.

thanks TSU. now they'll be ALL pissed off tonight when they play The Citadel.

[clenz]

Current official NCAA RPI... FCS teams bolded




RANK
PREVIOUS
SCHOOL
CONFERENCE
RECORD
ROAD
NEUTRAL
HOME
NON-DI


1
2
Kentucky
Southeastern
12-0
0-0
2-0
10-0
0-0


2
1
Kansas
Big 12
9-1
1-0
3-1
5-0
0-0


3
5
VCU
Atlantic 10
8-3
2-1
2-1
4-1
0-0


4
3
Wichita St.
Missouri Valley
8-1
1-1
1-0
5-0
1-0


5
4
Duke
Atlantic Coast
10-0
1-0
4-0
5-0
0-0


6
11
Villanova
Big East
11-0
1-0
4-0
6-0
0-0


7
8
Virginia
Atlantic Coast
10-0
3-0
2-0
5-0
0-0


8
6
Gonzaga
West Coast
11-1
2-1
2-0
6-0
1-0


9
7
Louisville
Atlantic Coast
10-0
1-0
2-0
7-0
0-0


10
9
Texas
Big 12
10-1
1-1
2-0
7-0
0-0


11
13
Colorado St.
Mountain West
11-0
2-0
3-0
5-0
1-0


12
21
UNI
Missouri Valley
10-1
2-1
3-0
5-0
0-0


13
10
Arizona
Pac-12
12-0
1-0
3-0
8-0
0-0


14
23
Utah
Pac-12
8-2
1-2
1-0
6-0
0-0


15
12
Wisconsin
Big Ten
10-1
2-0
3-0
5-1
0-0


16
19
Old Dominion
Conference USA
9-1
1-0
2-1
6-0
0-0


17
15
Green Bay
Horizon
8-2
1-2
3-0
2-0
1-0


18
25
North Carolina
Atlantic Coast
8-3
2-1
3-1
3-1
0-0


19
18
LSU
Southeastern
8-2
2-0
1-2
5-0
0-0


20
17
Baylor
Big 12
9-1
2-0
1-1
6-0
0-0


21
29
West Virginia
Big 12
10-1
1-0
6-0
3-1
0-0


22
14
Arkansas
Southeastern
8-2
1-2
0-0
7-0
0-0


23
16
Seton Hall
Big East
9-1
1-1
3-0
5-0
0-0


24
40
Washington
Pac-12
10-0
1-0
5-0
4-0
0-0


25
28
Buffalo
Mid-American
7-2
4-2
0-0
3-0
0-0

[BluBengal07]

thanks TSU. now they'll be ALL pissed off tonight when they play The Citadel.

lol. crap! i saw on the evening news here in Michigan Izzo was pretty pissed and trying to get permission from NCAA for additional/longer practices in the coming day. they are going to try to provide a point. good luck to your guys.

[clenz]

Conference RPI...for our NDSU friends that think the Summit is on par with the MVC...



Rank (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conferencerpi)
Conference (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conferencerpi)
RPI (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conferencerpi)


1
Big 12 (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Big%2012)
0.6101


2
Big East (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Big%20East)
0.5787


3
SEC (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/SEC)
0.5735


4
ACC (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/ACC)
0.5675


5
Big Ten (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Big%20Ten)
0.5671


6
Pac 12 (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Pac%2012)
0.5542


7
Atlantic 10 (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Atlantic%2010)
0.5503


8
Missouri Valley (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Missouri%20Valley)
0.5154


9
West Coast (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/West%20Coast)
0.5152


10
American Athletic (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/American%20Athletic)
0.5121


11
Mountain West (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Mountain%20West)
0.5109


12
Horizon League (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Horizon%20League)
0.5072


13
Mid-American (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Mid-American)
0.4986


14
Colonial Athletic (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Colonial%20Athletic)
0.4966


15
Patriot League (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Patriot%20League)
0.4908


16
Ivy League (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Ivy%20League)
0.4898


17
Big West (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Big%20West)
0.4883


18
Conference USA (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Conference%20USA)
0.4802


19
Northeast (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Northeast)
0.4723


20
MAAC (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/MAAC)
0.4707


21
Southland (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Southland)
0.4628


22
Big Sky (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Big%20Sky)
0.4602


23
Independent (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Independent)
0.4582


24
Big South (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Big%20South)
0.4566


25
The Summit League (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/The%20Summit%20League)
0.4539


26
Ohio Valley (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Ohio%20Valley)
0.4531


27
America East (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/America%20East)
0.4526


28
Sun Belt (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Sun%20Belt)
0.4519


29
Atlantic Sun (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Atlantic%20Sun)
0.4495


30
Southern (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Southern)
0.4483


31
SWAC (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/SWAC)
0.4369


32
MEAC (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/MEAC)
0.4262


33
Western Athletic (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Western%20Athletic)
0.4207

[clenz]

Very true, UVA is a team that specializes in making games ugly for their opponent's offense
Held over 1/3 of their opponents to under 40.

Maryland is the only team to score over 57

Giving up only 46 PPG while scoring 69

[bonarae]

Do you guys think Yale or Columbia will grab the Crimson's slot in the Dance this year?


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[clenz]

UNI back into the AP poll at #23

[clenz]

uni 24th in coaches

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple 77 #10 Kansas 52!! We kicked their ass for 40 minutes!! We're back baby!!

[ngineer]

Too bad the game wasn't at the Palestra. Those 'big showdowns' were meant for that venue.

[BluBengal07]

PVAMU 70 / North Texas 67

Texas Southern 60 / Auburn 61
(game came down to the final seconds. TxSU was the better shooting team also; stats. TxSU could be clicking)

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

This is a cool shot of Temple coach Fran Dunphy and a few players riding the subway to the Wells Fargo Center before the Kansas game.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5gTNeuIUAE-scy.jpg

[ngineer]

Gotta set up a game with Lehigh, soon. The Mountain Hawks are very young, but clearly have a bunch of talent and by next year could be a real force!

[NY Crusader 2010]

Gotta set up a game with Lehigh, soon. The Mountain Hawks are very young, but clearly have a bunch of talent and by next year could be a real force!

At least Lehigh fans have SOMETHING to be excited about. Can't say the same for another certain Patriot League school.

[Laker]

Do you guys think Yale or Columbia will grab the Crimson's slot in the Dance this year?

Would the Columbia students care if they did? I know that the Yale fans would- at least when I watched them win the hockey title.

[Laker]

Gotta set up a game with Lehigh, soon. The Mountain Hawks are very young, but clearly have a bunch of talent and by next year could be a real force!

Recently I heard someone on ESPN talking about how they never should have changed the name from Engineers.

I had to agree with him. It was unique. I never figured out why they did.

[ngineer]

Recently I heard someone on ESPN talking about how they never should have changed the name from Engineers.

I had to agree with him. It was unique. I never figured out why they did.

Nothing to figure out. Although the "Engineer" moniker was due to the founder of Lehigh being the founder of the Lehigh Valley Railroad in the late 1800's that was the largest coal hauling RR in the country into the early 20th Century, the administration did 'studies" that showed too many people associated Lehigh only with its engineering curriculum and that using "Engineers" reinforced the perception. So they hired a "Madison Ave." outfit to come up with some candidates. An election was held among the student body in the mid-1990's and "Mountain Hawk" was selected. Due to Lehigh's main campus being on South Mountain, and many hawks in the area (World Famous Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is about 30 minutes west) the new mascot seemed "apropos". From a marketing standpoint, it has become an interest point for many kids (my grandkids fall into that realm) with the usual trinkets to be sold. Hard to have a 'warm and fuzzy' plush doll of an Engineer. The Mountain Hawk is named "Clutch", which carries several definitions which fit a positive image. As a player from the early 1970's, I still consider myself an "Engineer", but cheer for the Mountain Hawks. Several schools have multiple mascots and nicknames, so not a big deal.

Alabama: Crimson Tide/Elephant
Auburn: Plainsmen/War Eagle/Tigers
Yale: The Eli/Bulldogs
Harvard: The Crimson/The Johnnies
Stanford: The Cardinal/Sequoia Tree

[ngineer]

Lehigh plays at UMBC tomorrow. Last OOC game before PL play starts on New Year's Eve afternoon against Colgate. Mountain Hawks on nice run after an 0-4 start with wins over a Big East and PAC 12 opponent.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Nothing to figure out. Although the "Engineer" moniker was due to the founder of Lehigh being the founder of the Lehigh Valley Railroad in the late 1800's that was the largest coal hauling RR in the country into the early 20th Century, the administration did 'studies" that showed too many people associated Lehigh only with its engineering curriculum and that using "Engineers" reinforced the perception. So they hired a "Madison Ave." outfit to come up with some candidates. An election was held among the student body in the mid-1990's and "Mountain Hawk" was selected. Due to Lehigh's main campus being on South Mountain, and many hawks in the area (World Famous Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is about 30 minutes west) the new mascot seemed "apropos". From a marketing standpoint, it has become an interest point for many kids (my grandkids fall into that realm) with the usual trinkets to be sold. Hard to have a 'warm and fuzzy' plush doll of an Engineer. The Mountain Hawk is named "Clutch", which carries several definitions which fit a positive image. As a player from the early 1970's, I still consider myself an "Engineer", but cheer for the Mountain Hawks. Several schools have multiple mascots and nicknames, so not a big deal.

Alabama: Crimson Tide/Elephant
Auburn: Plainsmen/War Eagle/Tigers
Yale: The Eli/Bulldogs
Harvard: The Crimson/The Johnnies
Stanford: The Cardinal/Sequoia Tree

I'm just old enough to remember the pre-Mt Hawk days. For some reason I remember hearing Lehigh being referred to as The Brown and White as much/nearly as much as Engineers in the late 80's, early 90's.

[ngineer]

I'm just old enough to remember the pre-Mt Hawk days. For some reason I remember hearing Lehigh being referred to as The Brown and White as much/nearly as much as Engineers in the late 80's, early 90's.

Yes, just before the 'plebesite' on the mascot there was a time the U was pushing the "Brown & White" as an official nickname (I think a Peter Likins thing since he was a Stanford alum and they are "The Cardinal") but it never got much traction.

[bonarae]

Harvard goes to Arizona to face the Sun Devils today and Grand Canyon for our last game of 2014, on Tuesday.

[ngineer]

Harvard goes to Arizona to face the Sun Devils today and Grand Canyon for our last game of 2014, on Tuesday.

...That's "deep"..

[clenz]

#23 UNI defeats South Dakota State to finish OOC 11-1

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[bonarae]

Harvard continues its slide. The Sun Devils beat us 56-46.


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple improves to 9-4 overall with a 66-56 win over Delaware State. We play UConn on NYE in Hartford next. I'll be there! xnodx

[BluBengal07]

have you beaten two ranked 2014 tournament teams back-to-back recently? xcoffeex
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10888782_388813044623116_6364717359466573869_n.jpg ?oh=0b6e4247fd2c2aa45343ad725cf368a2&oe=55410AE1&__gda__=1425895997_b765280152b84d6ec4648356821b9fb 7


https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/708B5671551161112401199169536_3684a568e54.1.4.2600 667520489008149.mp4?versionId=fWHsKvA8xAMJVRL0AAMA cB5FK5voqqsU

[Panther-State]

have you beaten two ranked 2014 tournament teams back-to-back recently? xcoffeex
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10888782_388813044623116_6364717359466573869_n.jpg ?oh=0b6e4247fd2c2aa45343ad725cf368a2&oe=55410AE1&__gda__=1425895997_b765280152b84d6ec4648356821b9fb 7


Who was the other besides Michigan St? Also how are these guys not showing up for all the other games? Were there injuries to start the season? Ineligibilities? Witch doctors?

[clenz]

Who was the other besides Michigan St? Also how are these guys not showing up for all the other games? Were there injuries to start the season? Ineligibilities? Witch doctors?
Answer:

They aren't good.
Michigan State and KSU were vastly overrated.
TSU managed to catch lightning in the bottle twice

[Twentysix]

Conference RPI...for our NDSU friends that think the Summit is on par with the MVC...



Rank (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conferencerpi)
Conference (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conferencerpi)
RPI (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conferencerpi)


1
Big 12 (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Big%2012)
0.6101


2
Big East (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Big%20East)
0.5787


3
SEC (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/SEC)
0.5735


4
ACC (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/ACC)
0.5675


5
Big Ten (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Big%20Ten)
0.5671


6
Pac 12 (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Pac%2012)
0.5542


7
Atlantic 10 (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Atlantic%2010)
0.5503


8
Missouri Valley (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Missouri%20Valley)
0.5154


9
West Coast (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/West%20Coast)
0.5152


10
American Athletic (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/American%20Athletic)
0.5121


11
Mountain West (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Mountain%20West)
0.5109


12
Horizon League (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Horizon%20League)
0.5072


13
Mid-American (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Mid-American)
0.4986


14
Colonial Athletic (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Colonial%20Athletic)
0.4966


15
Patriot League (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Patriot%20League)
0.4908


16
Ivy League (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Ivy%20League)
0.4898


17
Big West (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Big%20West)
0.4883


18
Conference USA (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Conference%20USA)
0.4802


19
Northeast (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Northeast)
0.4723


20
MAAC (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/MAAC)
0.4707


21
Southland (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Southland)
0.4628


22
Big Sky (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Big%20Sky)
0.4602


23
Independent (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Independent)
0.4582


24
Big South (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Big%20South)
0.4566


25
The Summit League (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/The%20Summit%20League)
0.4539


26
Ohio Valley (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Ohio%20Valley)
0.4531


27
America East (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/America%20East)
0.4526


28
Sun Belt (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Sun%20Belt)
0.4519


29
Atlantic Sun (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Atlantic%20Sun)
0.4495


30
Southern (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Southern)
0.4483


31
SWAC (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/SWAC)
0.4369


32
MEAC (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/MEAC)
0.4262


33
Western Athletic (http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/conference/Western%20Athletic)
0.4207




Idk who would think the summit is on par with the MVC. In the summit's best years and the MVC's worst the leagues are still not even.

This will also be an exceptionally bad year for the Summit, the league is way way down.

In most years NDSU SDSU UNO DU and ORU will pull the Summit to around the 12-15th best DI bball league. Never more than that, but this year we are way down.

[clenz]

Idk who would think the summit is on par with the MVC. In the summit's best years and the MVC's worst the leagues are still not even.

This will also be an exceptionally bad year for the Summit, the league is way way down.

In most years NDSU SDSU UNO DU and ORU will pull the Summit to around the 12-15th best DI bball league. Never more than that, but this year we are way down.I don't feel like tracking the thread down, yet again, but there was a rather long hijacking with NDSU fans trying to say that Summit will be on par with the MVC because Creighton left and Loyola came in...


Well..

Loyola - 10-2 RPI of 76 with an RPI forecast ~85
Creighton - 9-4 RPI of 125 with an RPI forecast ~127...and losses to powerhouses like North Texas, Tulsa, and Ole Miss...and needing double OT to beat giant slayer South Dakota by 2

[BluBengal07]

Who was the other besides Michigan St? Also how are these guys not showing up for all the other games? Were there injuries to start the season? Ineligibilities? Witch doctors?

Lamar Univ.; teams start clicking at different times. it's just the preseason overall so...but they should of had two more wins(Auburn & Norfolk); not sure, haven't really been following like that.


Answer:

They aren't good.
Michigan State and KSU were vastly overrated.
TSU managed to catch lightning in the bottle twice

you're feeling some kind of way with these updates. haven't heard much of anyone else take care of business; Michigan State has been legit for a couple of years. you must not follow college basketballxdontknowx; so what was the one point lost to Auburn in the final 2 mins of the game. wrong size bottle? i see you have a goal to down play progress.

[clenz]

you're feeling some kind of way with these updates. haven't heard much of anyone else take care of business; Michigan State has been legit for a couple of years. you must not follow college basketball; so what was the one point lost to Auburn in the final 2 mins of the game. wrong size bottle? i see you have a goal to down play progress.TSU is 3-8

So many things here.

1. Michigan State has been great for years...what does that have to do with this season? Michigan has been in title game and elite eight the last two years. Where are they this year? Michigan State is 77th in the RPI. 6 of their 9 wins are against teams with RPI's of 200 or over. MSU shot 39% in the game and TSU shot 55%...both are extremes from their season average. The definition of lightning in a bottle


2. Kansas State had an RPI outside of the top 125 coming into today with 6 of their 7 wins coming to teams with RPI's over 200. They would not be considered a "good RPI win" for any team at this point for NCAA resume purposes. It was also a buzzer beater, so it's not like TSU dominated the game. The definition of lightning in a bottle

3. Auburn has an RPI, coming into today, of 160. 4 of their 7 wins came to RPI 250+ wins. TSU comes out on the short end of a last minute W...the definition of not catching lightning in the bottle - or "Wrong side of the bottle" as you would say.

Is it cool to beat big name teams? Sure. Kansas State and Auburn aren't good teams right now though. Michigan State isn't either, actually. By the end of the year, who knows, but it's likely MSU is the only one that will be a top 100 RPI team.

Maybe it's because you don't follow college basketball you don't get what I'm saying.

TSU likely does well in the SWAC...where the combined OOC record of all teams is 21-92 (18%) with an average score of 59-74.

[BluBengal07]

1. just respond to your statement, "Michigan State and KSU were vastly overrated." since this didn't reference a timeline, it was taken in general. this season, they're just good right now.
2. yep. but it helps with a win over MSU and a point under Auburn.
3. TSU could of done something that night, but not sure how that crowd would of responded if TSU got that win...xnonox
no hate on our "don't follows". we just caught each other at different angles.
SWACbb collectively is different and TSU is a outlier with winning bigger games. no point for that go around. however, the tournaments is a third season that gives any one hopexbangx

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

How long until Bruce Weber is run out of Manhattan? Bill Self is the one who built the '04-'05 finalist with Brown, Head and Williams. Weber did have some respectable years following that run but recruiting really dropped off. He seems like a like a good coach to play for, maybe a little too nice. He's basically the polar opposite of Frank Martin. Gottfried at NC State comes across like Weber; good coaches that will run a clean ship, have some great moments but will leave the big dreaming fan bases wanting more...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

have you beaten two ranked 2014 tournament teams back-to-back recently? xcoffeex
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https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/708B5671551161112401199169536_3684a568e54.1.4.2600 667520489008149.mp4?versionId=fWHsKvA8xAMJVRL0AAMA cB5FK5voqqsU

Congrats TSU! You guys beat us last year when La Salle transfer Aaric Murray went off on us!

[Laker]

Stony Brook beats undefeated Washington

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24920706/stony-brook-stuns-washington-with-late-run-beats-huskies-62-57

[3rd Coast Tiger]

We vastly improved once a big man transfer (Jason Carter) became eligible after the fall semester concluded.

[BluBengal07]

Texas Southern RPI right now. As the season progress, they are making strong advancement as a single entity. NMSt is a tournament team. let's see how they close out OOC play.

score / rank:
.5503 / 91 (warrennolan.com; http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/schedule/Texas-Southern)
.5570 / 87 (espn; http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/sort/RPI/groupId/26)
.5315 / 121 (statsheet.com; http://statsheet.com/mcb/rankings/RPI)
na / 140 (realteamrpi.com; http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_396_Men.html)

[clenz]

Texas Southern RPI right now. As the season progress, they are making strong advancement as a single entity. NMSt is a tournament team. let's see how they close out OOC play.

score / rank:
.5503 / 91 (warrennolan.com; http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2015/schedule/Texas-Southern)
.5570 / 87 (espn; http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/sort/RPI/groupId/26)
.5315 / 121 (statsheet.com; http://statsheet.com/mcb/rankings/RPI)
na / 140 (realteamrpi.com; http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_396_Men.html)
RPI is based strongly on who you've played.

The forecasted RPI for Texas Southern isn't good because the SWAC is going to drag it down.

The reality is, RPI isn't going to matter for TSU. There is less than 0 % chance they are even remotely close to the bubble.
By the end of the season Michigan State isn't going to care about Texas Southerns RPI...nor will KSU.

[BluBengal07]

and that's why i speak on TxSU as a single entity, not including SWAC. standing alone, their RPI is stronger than ranked conferences. yes, things are going to change once they get into SWAC play, no questions. their RPI is going to basically plateau after OOC play.

but TxSU did woke Coach Izzo up...

http://youtu.be/5O6xUCcoZM0
http://youtu.be/w0Jmm-Zj5YI

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

Harvard has stopped the bleeding. We beat Grand Canyon 72-59. We return to Lavietes for our first D-II game in a long time, against Saint Rose on Monday.

[Ivytalk]

Meanwhile...

Harvard has stopped the bleeding. We beat Grand Canyon 72-59. We return to Lavietes for our first D-II game in a long time, against Saint Rose on Monday.
Oh, goody! A home cupcake! I really think that Harvard's streak of Ivy titles is over. The Amaker magic has worn off.

- - - Updated - - -

Delaware finally wins one, 82-77 over St. Bonaventure.

[bonarae]

I really think that Harvard's streak of Ivy titles is over. The Amaker magic has worn off.

Sadly, that may be the case now. With Yale and Columbia on the horizon (Yale stomped UConn and Columbia nearly humiliated Kentucky), I also think either of the two non-P's may grab the ticket come March 15.

[clenz]

UNI now has their own TV show on Comcast Sports Net

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[TheRevSFA]

SFA finishes non-conference 10-3. Starts SLC play on jan 3 vs McNeese. 3 losses were to UNI Baylor and Xavier

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple beat UConn 57-53 in OT yesterday! It was an awesome game to attend! We fouled UConn's 3 point attempt while leading by two with 2.8 seconds left in OT but the kid missed all 3 foul shots. This was my first trip to the XL Center and really enjoyed it. Outside of the 45/50/55/65 mph sections of Route 84 and the potholes the size of RI it was a great trip! Hartford has a really nice downtown too!

Temple is 10-4 overall and 1-0 in AAC play. We host UCF on Sunday...


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple beat UCF 84-78 today. We're now 11-4 overall, 2-0 in AAC play. We have a big game this week against Tulane in New Orleans. The Green Wave are 11-3, 2-0 in conference play. They're coming off of their first win over Memphis in 23 years....

[CHIP72]

Temple has to keep up their good play to join Villanova as representing the Philadelphia Big Five/City Six in this year's NCAA Tournament. Kansas doing well would help in that regard.

[813Jag]

Southern hosts Texas Southern tonight on ESPNU at 8 PM CST, hopefully it'll be a good one.

[UIWWildthing]

Not to pile on the SWAC, but did anyone else see Alcorn State lost last week to Concordia College, who play in the USCAA (Non NCAA/NAIA school)? When's the last time a D-I school lost to a school outside the NCAA or NAIA?

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple has to keep up their good play to join Villanova as representing the Philadelphia Big Five/City Six in this year's NCAA Tournament. Kansas doing well would help in that regard.

Temple is in good shape as long as they keep up their current play. Seth Davis said the committee will definitely take into account our team's performance now that Bond and Morgan are eligible. Our ceiling is probably a 4-5 seed if we really kick butt. My guess is we end up in the 7-10 range....

[bonarae]

Harvard whipped NCAA D-II Saint Rose, 84-38. We open Ivy play at Dartmouth on Saturday.

[clenz]

Those of you with access to the Big 10 Network have likely seen their series "The Journey" during basketball and football season that follows the teams day to day activities through the season.

The University of Northern Iowa now has their own televised series called "UNI Basketball All Access". The show is done almost identically to the Big 10 Network and is televised by Comcast Sports Network-Chicago. CSN is available through DTV and Dish and is available on basic cable packages through the following area (more or less)
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Anyway, the first episode was on this past Friday. It seemed to only focus on the day he set the all time win record against his alma mater, North Dakota, on opening day.

The first episode can be seen here: http://www.unipanthers.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=3644397&db_oem_id=26200

I suggest watching it. It is a really neat look behind the scene at a coach that is as respected nationally as any outside of the "big name" coaches like Coach K, Coach Cal, Roy Williams, etc...

[clenz]

Southern hosts Texas Southern tonight on ESPNU at 8 PM CST, hopefully it'll be a good one.
Sounds like it was...

tough to tell though, because I don't think anyone actually saw it...

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[813Jag]

Sounds like it was...

tough to tell though, because I don't think anyone actually saw it...

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That was pretty bad, don't know why folks don't come out for bball

[clenz]

UNI thumps Southern Illinois 55-39 to move to 13-2.

UNI shot as cold as the wind chill the first 10 minutes (windchill is about -40 tonight with air temp at -14). Had just 6 points the first 10 min. Scores 49 in the final 30.

UNI had just 16 wins last debacle...i mean season.



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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple beat Tulane 64-56 down in New Orleans tonight. The win is our 6th straight since Bond and Morgan joined the team. The "W" pushes our overall record to 12-4 and 3-0 in AAC play. We host Tulsa on Saturday afternoon.....

[Ivytalk]

Harvard beats Dartmouth 57-46

[Twentysix]

Not to pile on the SWAC, but did anyone else see Alcorn State lost last week to Concordia College, who play in the USCAA (Non NCAA/NAIA school)? When's the last time a D-I school lost to a school outside the NCAA or NAIA?

I didn't know there were other things other than NCAA/NAIA.

We have a Concordia College in Fargo-Moorhead also, it is a DIII school.

[Twentysix]

Looks like NDSU has a decent shot to win the Summit this year.

We are in a huge rebuilding phase though, so if we do get the Autobid we are going to get blown off the court by a 2-3 seed.

NDSU currently sits atop the summit 3-0 11-5.

The future certainly looks bright though, we have some excellent freshman with pretty big star potential for the summit.

[clenz]

#22/23 UNI picks up another double digit road conference win. Moves to 15-2 on the season

[BisonFan02]

Looks like NDSU has a decent shot to win the Summit this year.

We are in a huge rebuilding phase though, so if we do get the Autobid we are going to get blown off the court by a 2-3 seed.

NDSU currently sits atop the summit 3-0 11-5.

The future certainly looks bright though, we have some excellent freshman with pretty big star potential for the summit.

NDSU to the MVC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xlolx xdrunkyx

[Twentysix]

NDSU to the MVC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xlolx xdrunkyx

Hey, if that doesn't work out, we could always join the Canadian version of the NCAA and win every title ever.

[TheRevSFA]

SFA throttled UCA. 109-58

[bonarae]

Harvard lost to BC, 64-57.

We're missing the Dance with too many OOC losses... the 14-game tournament is our only hope now. xsmhx

[bonarae]

Update:

All of the possible Ivy contenders for the Dance have at least 1 sure bad loss.

Yale: Albany, NJIT
Columbia: St. Francis (NY), Stony Brook?
Harvard: Holy Cross, Boston College

[clenz]

I'm sure it would take a 20 second google search...but...when was the last Ivy at-large?

[bonarae]

I'm sure it would take a 20 second google search...but...when was the last Ivy at-large?

2011 was the last best time for that. There was never a time yet for two Ivies in the Dance.

[Ivytalk]

Good to see a sellout crowd at the Palestra last night for Nova's win over Penn. Quackers kept it close for a half.

[Ivytalk]

Yale thumped Brown in Providence last night. Yale is my pick for Ivy champ this year.

[clenz]

UNI with another double digit conference victory.

16-2

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[clenz]

UNI up to 20 in AP and 19 in coaches.

Interesting note: all 3 state school in Iowa are ranked in the same poll at the same time in history...ISU 9 UNI 20 Iowa 25

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[bonarae]

Harvard closes out its OOC on a positive note, putting Bryant to rest 66-57. We're back at Lavietes for Dartmouth part 2 on Saturday.

[Ivytalk]

Bulldog, I'm pulling for Yale this year!

[bulldog10jw]

Bulldog, I'm pulling for Yale this year!

They're too inconsistent, IT. We'll see what happens over the next month with all the teams playing in league only. Harvard still has to be the favorite.

[clenz]

UNI moves to 17-2 after beating a surging Indiana State team.

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[Ivytalk]

Harvard dropped one at home to Dartmouth, 70-61. First loss to the Green in about 6 years. The Crimson look very mortal this year.

[bonarae]

Harvard dropped one at home to Dartmouth, 70-61. First loss to the Green in about 6 years. The Crimson look very mortal this year.

Going to get uglier now. Another bad loss for the Crimson. xsmhx

Meanwhile, Yale wins against Brown at home, 69-65. Columbia will play at 7 pm.

[TheRevSFA]

SFA beats the convicts in Huntsville 79-68. SFA is 16-3 overall and 6-0 in conference

[ngineer]

Lehigh starting to show some mojo with nice upset win at Laughyette today, 75-71. Third straight win for the Mountain Hawks, now .500 in PL play in a league where no one is dominating and it's an open field. Lehigh very young, but talented, and as the season progresses they should be better with experience. A lot of passion and heart today diving for loose balls and moving the ball to the open man. Really starting to play like a team.

[RabidRabbit]

Sdsu finishes the front half of Summit League play on top with a 6-2 league record, 15-7 overall. Looks like SDSU, NDSU, & Oral Roberts will be tops. still 8 games to go before tourney begins in Sioux Falls.

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[bonarae]

I was unable to update the Columbia outcome yesterday. However, they lost at home to Cornell, 57-47.

Only two Ivies are still without an L in the Ivy standings after this weekend: Yale and Princeton.

[clenz]

UNI comes back from a 12 pt second half deficit to beat Illinois State by 1 on a 3 pointer with 5 seconds left on the clock in Normal, IL.

18-2 overall and 7-1 in MVC play.

Top 20 match up in Cedar Falls between UNI and Wichita State on tap for next weekend

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[Panther-State]

SFA beats the convicts in Huntsville 79-68. SFA is 16-3 overall and 6-0 in conference


Sdsu finishes the front half of Summit League play on top with a 6-2 league record, 15-7 overall. Looks like SDSU, NDSU, & Oral Roberts will be tops. still 8 games to go before tourney begins in Sioux Falls.

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If both of you could keep winning...that'd be awesome. Especially since Virginia Tech managed to blow a lead against #2 UVA and Northwestern has blown leads to both Ohio St and Maryland this week.

Best of luck Jacks...and Jacks.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple had a rough 3 game losing streak after our point guard injured his ankle when a Tulsa player was called for an intentional foul. We were up 11 in the second half on Tulsa when that happened but ultimately lost the game. After the Tulsa game, the Owls lost a heartbreaker to SMU and then proceeded to get curb stomped at Cincinnati. Thankfully, we bounced back by crushing USF last Thursday We're on our mid-season "break" right now which came at the perfect time. The week off is expected to get our PG back to 100%. Temple is 13-7 Overall, 4-3 in the AAC.....

[Panther-State]

UNI now ranked #18 in both polls. Southern Illinois is on Wednesday, making for a potential "trap game" before the first match-up of 2 Top 25 MVC teams since the early 80's in Wichita State @ Northern Iowa

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

UNI now ranked #18 in both polls. Southern Illinois is on Wednesday, making for a potential "trap game" before the first match-up of 2 Top 25 MVC teams since the early 80's in Wichita State @ Northern Iowa

That is stat that I never would have guessed! The MVC had a good run in the mid 2000's where they got 3 bids a few times iirc. It's amazing there wasn't a single Top 25 match-up during that time.....

Will ESPN pick this game up for a national broadcast? As a college hoops junky this is a game I'd love to attend.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

So what FCS hoops teams are capable of winning at least a game in the tournament this year? Villanova, Georgetown, UNI and Dayton are the obvious answers right now.....

Ironically, two schools with dreadful football teams are having really good years. Both Davidson and Valpo could be very dangerous teams come March. The Crusaders lost a heart breaker to Green Bay so they might have to win the auto-bid. Davidson is now in the A10 so they have a great shot at an at large bid. Butler is having a good year too but the Big East is tough. I think they'll make it but their margin for error is pretty small imo at 15-6, 5-3....

All the teams above I believe can advance to the second weekend of the tournament....

SFA is in the mix too again. Their seeding will be interesting...

Rhode Island is sneaking around in the A10.....

EWU, NC Central and Murray State could be the type of 14/15 seed that steals a win.

I know the PL sucks this year. The champ is destined to be a 16 seed....

[clenz]

There have been top 25 coaches match ups but not ap.

It's an ESPN 2 game and I think because of start time it's probably locked there

[bonarae]

The Ivy race is a big question mark right now because Harvard has fallen on hard times since their 49-point beatdown at Virginia, and only Yale and Princeton have no losses in the Ivy race so far. Yale I think will win it all and will go to the Dance for the first time in 54 years.

[bulldog10jw]

The Ivy race is a big question mark right now because Harvard has fallen on hard times since their 49-point beatdown at Virginia, and only Yale and Princeton have no losses in the Ivy race so far. Yale I think will win it all and will go to the Dance for the first time in 54 years.

Too early to tell. There are 12 more league games. Harvard still has the most talent.

[clenz]

UNI wins it's 8th straight MVC game

Sets up a top 18 match up in Cedar Falls Saturday for first place in the MVC

#18 UNI 19-2 (8-1) vs #12 Wichita State 19-2 (9-0)

Hot damn...this is exciting

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

UNI wins it's 8th straight MVC game

Sets up a top 18 match up in Cedar Falls Saturday for first place in the MVC

#18 UNI 19-2 (8-1) vs #12 Wichita State 19-2 (9-0)

Hot damn...this is exciting

UNI did struggle a bit tonight. They do have a habit of playing "C" level first halves. To be fair, Wichita St. didn't exactly blow the doors off of Loyola(IL) tonight....

The game on Saturday will be awesome! I hope it receives the appropriate attention nationally...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

After a week off Temple blew out UCF 86-62 tonight in Orlando. We led by as much as 36 before showing some mercy late in the game. In the last two games the Owls have outscored state of Florida (USF & UCF) by 61 points. It's amazing the impact a quality PG makes. Without Cummings we were a mess....

Temple is 14-7 overall, 5-3 in the AAC. We host Tulane on Saturday....

[344Johnson]

Huge win for Notre Dame tonight over Duke. Left to go to work and Irish were down ten in the second half. Check my phone about 10 minutes later and ND was in the lead.

Grant for ND and Okafor for Duke are both really really really really good.

[clenz]

UNI did struggle a bit tonight. They do have a habit of playing "C" level first halves. To be fair, Wichita St. didn't exactly blow the doors off of Loyola(IL) tonight....

The game on Saturday will be awesome! I hope it receives the appropriate attention nationally...Carbondale is just hell for UNI.

That's only UNI's 4th win in the last 18 games in Carbondale (I think those are the numbers). Last season UNI was up by 17 with 1:38 left in the first half...it was 11 at half. 10 with less than 6 minutes minutes left and lost...that was the only lead change of the game. UNI lead for 39 minutes of that game.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Huge win for Notre Dame tonight over Duke. Left to go to work and Irish were down ten in the second half. Check my phone about 10 minutes later and ND was in the lead.

Grant for ND and Okafor for Duke are both really really really really good.

That was an awesome game to watch! Both teams (minus Duke's FT shooting) played at an extremely high level. It'll be interesting to see how this ND squad performs in March. Brey's guys have a long, long history of choking come tournament time. The team that lost to Florida State in the 2nd round a few year ago I felt was FF worthy......

[344Johnson]

That was an awesome game to watch! Both teams (minus Duke's FT shooting) played at an extremely high level. It'll be interesting to see how this ND squad performs in March. Brey's guys have a long, long history of choking come tournament time. The team that lost to Florida State in the 2nd round a few year ago I felt was FF worthy......

Hope they can pull it off this year.

[bonarae]

Harvard barely wins against a struggling Princeton team, 75-72.

But I won't be posting about any relevant D-I games from February 13-15 (Harvard's games at Lavietes against the C's) because I will be on vacation. Ivytalk, please fill in for me. I am delaying my rooting for Yale until after Harvard's first game with them on February 7.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple has found their mojo again. We crushed Tulane 55-37 this afternoon. The Owls held Tulane to 8(!!) first half points and did not allow a Green Wave starter to score during that time. Next up is a roadie against USF on Wednesday. Temple is 15-7 Overall, 6-3 in the AAC....

[344Johnson]

Hope they can pull it off this year.

And Notre Dame loses. Why am I not surprised

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

And Notre Dame loses. Why am I not surprised

I'm not! This is why I can't help but think they'll break your heart in March yet again. I grew up during the late Phelps years/McCloud era so thankfully my interest in Irish bball is only so much....

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#12 Wichita State @ #18 UNI is currently on ESPN2! This is great game and terrific showcase for Nothern Iowa!

[clenz]

I'm not! This is why I can't help but think they'll break your heart in March yet again. I grew up during the late Phelps years/McCloud era so thankfully my interest in Irish bball is only so much....

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#12 Wichita State @ #18 UNI is currently on ESPN2! This is great game and terrific showcase for Nothern Iowa!
Amazing atmosphere

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

UNI 37-24 at Half...

I'm jealous Clenz! I love games like this! Richmond-VCU (which was right before) was a great watch too...

[clenz]

https://twitter.com/ValleyHoops/status/561656689804316672?s=09

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[clenz]

UNI center Seth Tuttle trending world wide on Twitter

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[clenz]

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

UNI definitely made a statement at home. With Louisville and UNC getting close my attention the last 30 minutes was definitely on that game.

UNI is built to win in March. When you have experience, play defense and posses a difference maker in the post a serious run is possible.

Wichita State is not nearly as good without Early. I've seen them play a few times this year, against Utah, Alabama, GWU and UNI, and it's clear they're at a different level relative to last season.

UNI should move into the Top 15 this week. I'd have them around 11-12. Right now they're probably on the 4 line seed wise. At Indiana State on Tuesday won't be a picnic...

The Panthers travel to Wichita State to close out the regular season.

[clenz]

https://twitter.com/mrfriederich/status/561656898177359872?s=09

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[bonarae]

Meanwhile, Yale survived Columbia's late run yesterday 63-59.

Tonight, Harvard faces the Quackers and Yale is at Cornell, a quite improved team from last season.

[Professor Chaos]

Congrats UNI! Great win, angling their way towards a 5 seed or better in the big dance.

[bonarae]

Yale beat Cornell on the road 65-57. Harvard squished the Quackers 63-38. The P's of today are a far cry from their glory days...


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[melloware13]

CAA glance with one month to go in the regular season:

CAA Standings
1. William & Mary (14-7, 8-2 CAA)
T2. Northeastern (15-8, 7-3 CAA)
T2. UNC Wilmington (12-9, 7-3 CAA)
4. James Madison (13-10, 6-4 CAA)
T5. Hofstra (14-9, 5-5 CAA)
T5. Drexel (7-14, 5-5 CAA)
T7. Towson (11-12, 4-6 CAA)
T7. Delaware (5-16, 4-6 CAA)
9. Elon (11-12, 3-7 CAA)
10. Charleston (6-17, 1-9 CAA)

This week's games:
Wednesday, February 4
Towson @ Northeastern - 7 PM
Hofstra @ Delaware - 7 PM
UNC Wilmington @ James Madison - 7 PM

Thursday, February 5
Drexel @ Elon - 7 PM
William & Mary @ Charleston - 7 PM - WMMP

Saturday, February 7
Delaware @ Northeastern - 12 PM - CSN-MA+, CSN-P, CSN-NE, SNY, CSN-C+, CSN-CA, CSN-NW
James Madison @ Towson - 2 PM - CSN-MA, CSN-P, CSN-NE, SNY, CSN-C+, CSN-BA, CSN-NW
Drexel @ Charleston - 5 PM - WMMP
Elon @ Hofstra - 7 PM
William & Mary @ UNC Wilmington - 8 PM - ASN

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Can W&M finally reach the NCAA tournament? The Tribe, Northwestern and Army are the most notable teams never to go dancing.

I don't understand why the CAA is so bad. They lost some good programs obviously but there's still schools with resources. C of C should be much, much better than they are. Likewise with Delaware. Even Towson has a nice, new arena and great talent in their backyard.

I'm not sure how much longer Bruiser gets at Drexel. He had them on the cusp 5-6 years ago but the Dragons have really fallen off....

[bonarae]

Can W&M finally reach the NCAA tournament? The Tribe, Northwestern and Army are the most notable teams never to go dancing.

Eliminating conference tournaments is one answer to ending some of these schools' futility. March Madness should only belong in the NCAA Tournament, NOT in conference tournaments. Northwestern is a different story altogether, akin to the Cubs' postseason struggles.

Disclaimer: Two of my teams (Harvard and Chicago) are in conferences which do not play postseason conference tournaments in basketball, and are also the only basketball conferences that do not have conference tournaments for the sport in the entire NCAA. (The Ivy League and the UAA have similar structures, though the UAA is multi-regional and its football champion was eligible for the Road to Salem, provided its SOS and record were both high for at-large consideration.)

[Professor Chaos]

Eliminating conference tournaments is one answer to ending some of these schools' futility. March Madness should only belong in the NCAA Tournament, NOT in conference tournaments. Northwestern is a different story altogether, akin to the Cubs' postseason struggles.

Disclaimer: Two of my teams (Harvard and Chicago) are in conferences which do not play postseason conference tournaments in basketball, and are also the only basketball conferences that do not have conference tournaments for the sport in the entire NCAA. (The Ivy League and the UAA have similar structures, though the UAA is multi-regional and its football champion was eligible for the Road to Salem, provided its SOS and record were both high for at-large consideration.)
I disagree. For me championship week is almost as good as the first week of the NCAA tournament. I love watching the mid to low major teams in championship games for the 1 bid leagues playing like they're in the Final 4.

[bonarae]

I disagree. For me championship week is almost as good as the first week of the NCAA tournament. I love watching the mid to low major teams in championship games for the 1 bid leagues playing like they're in the Final 4.

See Green Bay 2013, UC Irvine (several years), Boston U 2014. They lost in their conference tournaments, and then all were plastered in the NIT. I do not like the most deserving of regular season conference champions losing focus in the conference tournaments. I prefer confining the conference tournaments to the major conferences only. xtwocentsx

[clenz]

See Green Bay 2013, UC Irvine (several years), Boston U 2014. They lost in their conference tournaments, and then all were plastered in the NIT. I do not like the most deserving of regular season conference champions losing focus in the conference tournaments. I prefer confining the conference tournaments to the major conferences only. xtwocentsxIf you're a league that has no chance of a second bid...ever...and you have one team dominate the regular season you should absolutely hate conference tournaments.

You're league champion worked their ass off and proved their worthiness over 14-18 conference games.

Last season NDSU won the regular season title by 2 full games, and from what I can tell probably did so with at least 1 full week of games left...maybe 2. Let's say IPFW found a way to pull that title game off ....remember it took NDSU winning the second half by 8 points and they were losing at the last media TO...hell with 1:21 to go in the game they were still losing...

Would you still be okay with the excitement that is championship week? Remember that NDSU would not have gotten into the NCAA tournament....and not a single one of you better actually believe they would have....That means no NCAA games, just NIT. That means no OT upset of Oklahoma.

You'd be okay with giving that up because "championship week"

[clenz]

UNI center Seth Tuttle named CBS and ESPN's Andy Katz's national player of the week

[Professor Chaos]

If you're a league that has no chance of a second bid...ever...and you have one team dominate the regular season you should absolutely hate conference tournaments.

You're league champion worked their ass off and proved their worthiness over 14-18 conference games.

Last season NDSU won the regular season title by 2 full games, and from what I can tell probably did so with at least 1 full week of games left...maybe 2. Let's say IPFW found a way to pull that title game off ....remember it took NDSU winning the second half by 8 points and they were losing at the last media TO...hell with 1:21 to go in the game they were still losing...

Would you still be okay with the excitement that is championship week? Remember that NDSU would not have gotten into the NCAA tournament....and not a single one of you better actually believe they would have....That means no NCAA games, just NIT. That means no OT upset of Oklahoma.

You'd be okay with giving that up because "championship week"
Yeah, I would.

It would no doubt suck for my team if they dominated the regular season but then lost in the conference tournament final and were subsequently left out of the big dance but, like I said, championship week is about more than my team's conference. I enjoy watching the small conference finals from all around the country. Even if it's only the championship game on ESPN or ESPN2 that's exposure those conferences will never get in a regular season game. It's fun to see teams have to play one game with everything on the line, that's also what's great about the NCAA tournament. Championship week is just an extension of March Madness. To be honest on a Tuesday night I'd rather watch the MAAC final between Iona and Rider than watch an ACC opening round game between Florida St and Wake Forest even though I know those mediocre ACC teams are probably much better than the teams in the MAAC final.

[813Jag]

Eliminating conference tournaments is one answer to ending some of these schools' futility. March Madness should only belong in the NCAA Tournament, NOT in conference tournaments. Northwestern is a different story altogether, akin to the Cubs' postseason struggles.

Disclaimer: Two of my teams (Harvard and Chicago) are in conferences which do not play postseason conference tournaments in basketball, and are also the only basketball conferences that do not have conference tournaments for the sport in the entire NCAA. (The Ivy League and the UAA have similar structures, though the UAA is multi-regional and its football champion was eligible for the Road to Salem, provided its SOS and record were both high for at-large consideration.)
I'm on both sides of the fence, I've seen 8 seeds win a conference tourney that had no business being in the tournament. But without a conference tourney, I wouldn't have been able to see Southern win a tourney game waaaayyyyy back in '93 (won SWAC as a 3 seed).

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

UNI is ranked #14 in both polls this week. All things considered that's a fair ranking. UNI has proven worthy of a Top 15 ranking....

Other FCS teams....
Villanova #7/#7
Butler #22/#22
Georgetown #24/#24

[bonarae]

If you're a league that has no chance of a second bid...ever...and you have one team dominate the regular season you should absolutely hate conference tournaments.

You'd be okay with giving that up because "championship week" ...

I hate conference tournaments for the reasons specified in the UAA/Ivy post and in the "NIT undeserving" post as well. Notice that the UAA and the NESCAC (and some other conferences I am not quite familiar with) send as many teams in the D-III Big Dance as the major conferences do in D-I. Out of the eight UAA teams, 2 or even 3 teams go dancing. (Unfortunately, Chicago isn't one of the two or three most years.)

As for "championship week" in basketball, I am not a fan of such conferences having that kind in their selection for their Big Dance bid. In most cases, it's usually not the top 2 seeds or teams playing for the Dance bid in the conference, and I'm not happy with it at all.

The Ivy Presidents have tried putting up the idea of a postseason conference tournament in basketball but that was defeated some years back.

[clenz]

Quick turnaround for UNI..

10 point road win at Indiana State.

21-2 and 10-1 in conference

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