Daily Archives: February 22, 2006

Third regional rankings

Posted on by

The NCAA Division III men’s and women’s basketball committees released the third regional rankings of the 2005-06 season Wednesday afternoon. The first record listed is the record in regional games, followed by overall record, through Sunday, Feb. 19.

The number of teams ranked in the men’s poll is relative to the number of teams in each region.

This is the last regional ranking we’ll see. The final one is generated after next Sunday’s games and is the one used in selecting and seeding teams.
Previous rankings: Through Feb. 12, Feb. 5

Atlantic
1 Baruch 20-2 22-4
2 William Paterson 17-6 18-7
3 New Jersey City 16-7 17-8
4 SUNY-Farmingdale 16-5 19-5
5 Richard Stockton 15-7 17-8

East
1 St. John Fisher 20-1 22-3
2 Cortland State 21-2 22-3
3 New York University 17-6 18-6
4 Utica 18-5 19-5
5 Hamilton 16-4 20-4

Great Lakes
1 Wooster 19-2 23-2
2 Calvin 11-1 20-5
3 Hope 15-2 23-2
4 Wittenberg 17-3 22-3
5 Baldwin-Wallace 19-4 21-4
6 Carnegie Mellon 15-4 19-5

Mid-Atlantic
1 York (Pa.) 21-2 23-2
2 Lincoln 12-4 20-4
3 Alvernia 19-3 21-4
4 Widener 19-4 20-4
5 Ursinus 18-5 19-6
6 Catholic 16-5 18-6
7 Scranton 17-6 19-6
8 Albright 14-7 16-8

Midwest
1 Lawrence 20-0 22-0
2 Augustana 19-3 21-4
3 Transylvania 21-4 21-4
4 Carroll 18-3 20-3
5 Illinois Wesleyan 14-5 19-5
6 North Central 14-5 20-5
7 Washington U. 14-5 17-7
8 Lakeland 17-3 21-5

Northeast
1 Amherst 23-1 24-2
2 Worcester Polytech 19-3 20-3
3 Tufts 19-4 19-5
4 Gordon 21-2 22-3
5 Trinity (Conn.) 15-4 18-5
6 Bates 15-5 19-5
7 Keene State 15-6 18-6
8 Rhode Island College 16-8 16-8
9 Salem State 18-6 18-7
10 Williams 16-8 17-8

South
1 Mississippi College 22-1 24-1
2 Trinity (Texas) 16-2 20-5
3 Virginia Wesleyan 23-3 24-3
4 Randolph-Macon 19-5 22-5
T5. Fisk 9-4 14-10
T5. Maryville (Tenn.) 14-6 19-6
7 Howard Payne 17-6 18-6
8 Mary Hardin-Baylor 17-6 17-8

West
1 UW-Stout 16-4 19-5
2 Puget Sound 15-2 20-4
3 Carleton 17-4 20-5
4 Occidental 11-3 18-4
5 UW-Whitewater 15-5 19-5
6 UW-La Crosse 17-6 19-6
7 Wartburg 17-4 19-5
8 St. Thomas 18-5 20-5

Women
Atlantic
1 Mary Washington 21-0 25-0
2 Richard Stockton 20-3 21-4
3 Mount St. Mary 20-3 22-3
4 Baruch 17-4 19-6
5 Stevens 18-7 18-7
6 Catholic 16-7 18-7

Central
1 Washington U. 16-2 22-2
2 Wheaton (Ill.) 15-3 20-4
3 Maryville (Mo.) 14-0 20-4
4 Carroll 16-4 19-4
5 Illinois Wesleyan 15-5 18-7
6 Lawrence 15-4 19-4

East
1 Medaille 21-1 23-1
2 Rochester 17-6 17-7
3 St. John Fisher 21-2 22-2
4 Cortland State 20-3 21-3
5 New York University 18-6 18-6
6 William Smith 17-4 19-5

Great Lakes
1 DePauw 18-0 24-1
2 Hope 20-1 24-1
3 Baldwin-Wallace 20-1 22-3
4 Capital 18-3 22-3
5 Calvin 13-2 21-3
6 Franklin 17-3 22-3

Mid-Atlantic
1 Scranton 18-0 24-1
2 Messiah 20-1 23-2
3 Muhlenberg 23-2 23-2
4 Gwynedd-Mercy 21-3 22-3
5 Moravian 19-5 20-5
6 Johns Hopkins 16-4 19-6

Northeast
1 Southern Maine 23-1 24-1
2 Bowdoin 19-2 22-2
3 Brandeis 18-4 18-4
4 Williams 17-4 20-4
5 Bates 17-5 18-7
6 Wesleyan 17-4 18-6
7 Salem State 18-4 21-4
8 Maine Maritime 20-4 21-4

South
1 Randolph-Macon 20-1 22-2
2 McMurry 21-2 23-2
3 Howard Payne 20-3 22-3
4 Hardin-Simmons 19-4 20-4
5 Oglethorpe 18-4 20-5
6 Bridgewater (Va.) 20-5 20-5

West
1 Pacific Lutheran 16-2 21-3
2 Puget Sound 18-3 21-4
3 St. Benedict 19-3 21-4
4 Simpson 16-1 21-4
5 Concordia-Moorhead 18-5 19-6
6 Chapman 11-3 17-7

12 Days: Have a CLU

Posted on by

CLU Stroot
Before we tackle tonight’s games, congratulations to the Cal Lutheran women who became the second team to clinch an automatic bid last night. Lauren Stroot (pictured) and her Regal teammates wrapped up the SCIAC title with a 69-67 win over Redlands. Keep an eye on Stroot who averages more than 20 points per contest.

Looking at the Wednesday slate, there should be electricity in the air when King’s hosts Wilkes in the first round of the MAC-Freedom men’s tournament tonight. And while there’s less suspense involved in the Scranton-King’s women’s tilt (audio from WUSR), maybe the Monarchs can give the Royals a scare like DeSales did on Saturday.

In other interesting Wednesday night games…

Blue-sing Streak: One way or another John Carroll is going to end their losing streak tonight. They are either going to upset No. 22 Ohio Northern or their season will be over. Can JCU avoid the same fate as 2005 NCAA tournament teams Hanover and NJCU who went one-and-out last night?

So much for unpredictability: The top four teams in the WIAC women’s tournament advanced setting up tonight’s Stout/La Crosse and Oshkosh/Stevens Point showdowns.

Please feel free to add your own thoughts below.