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
Real quick, because I have to go off to a meeting: Good news there for Randolph-Macon, not good news for Occidental. Although Oxy is sitting at No. 4, that doesn’t include the loss at Pomona-Pitzer.
Also decent news for Wash U. The Bears can be a Pool C candidate even if they win Saturday against Chicago. Carnegie Mellon holds the tiebreaker in the UAA.
Women’s rankings appear to be a little late today.
Those are in now and posted.
The fact that Nebraska Wesleyan hasn’t seen the light of day in the regional rankings is a good sign for a those not wanting a 16-loss team in the tournament.
NYU loses 2 games since the last rankings and doesn’t fall in the rankings while Utica makes an appearance. A good sign for the Pioneers to get recognized, but getting to the E8 finals will provide a stronger case than a loss to Ithaca should that happen. The top 2 in the E8 are, record-wise, significantly better than the rest of the conference, so numbers say that will happen.
I’m more than a bit surprised to see the Carleton men’s team jump from 8th to 3rd in the West Region rankings. Granted, Wartburg and La Crosse both lost, but St. Thomas did win one game and Whtitewater won both games on the road (Eau Claire and Oshkosh), while Carleton beat St. Mary’s at home and Bethel on the road. Carleton’s opponents last week are now 11-11 and 8-14, while Whitewater’s opponents are 13-9 and 7-14. I know the records are slightly different now than they were last week. Oh well, I guess I have to hope for Carleton to win the MIAC tourney since St. Thomas is now last in the region.
NYU was number 2 in the regional rankings last week, right behind Rochester. They fell 3 spots with their 2 losses.
Patcummings is talking about men, arrogantly assuming the rest of the world only follows men’s basketball.
Willamette has just 3 regional losses (Whitworth, Whitworth, and Puget Sound) and doesn’t even find themselves in the rankings. Their regional win percentage is .842, 3rd highest in the region or 2nd highest if you discount Nebraska Wesleyan.
What makes the massive difference between Puget Sound’s 2nd spot and Willamette’s blank? UPS is 41st in the last QOWI, while Willy is 75th. That’s a big gap, but the strong regional win % doesn’t alone get you in the rankings.
Great Lakes Women – FRANKLIN ??????? They aren’t even in the HCAC Tourny…Finished a weak 5th Place. Looks like a mixup with the Mens Team…maybe the men would be seeded 6th in the womens. However the real team from the HCAC is Manchester. How about a little respect ! 21-8 in ’06, 19-6 in ’07. Go wire to wire in 1st Place, as picked in the Preseason Coaches Poll.
Go Spartans !
You’re in 2006. 🙂