Gameday Update: Who’s in?

Here’s an easy reference of the teams who are going to the dance. We’ll update it as time permits throughout the day.

Remember that the previous Dose has a schedule of today’s action along with links to broadcasts where available.

Men

Amherst (NESCAC)
Alvernia (PAC)
Baldwin-Wallace (OAC)
Bridgewater State (MASCAC)
Buena Vista (IIAC)
Carnegie Mellon (UAA)
Catholic (CAC)
Christopher Newport (USAC)
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (SCIAC)
DePauw (SCAC)
Elms (NAC)
Endicott (CCC)
Hamilton (Liberty League)
Hope (MIAA)
Lake Erie (AMCC)
Lawrence (MWC)
Maryville (Mo.) (SLIAC)
Mass-Boston (LEC)
Messiah (MACC)
North Central (CCIW)
Norwich (GNAC)
Plattsburgh State (SUNYAC)
Puget Sound (NWC)
Scranton (MACF)
St. John Fisher (Empire 8 )
St. Thomas (MIAC)
Transylvania (HCAC)
SUNY-Farmingdale (Skyline)
Ursinus (Centennial)
UW-Whitewater (WIAC)
Virginia Wesleyan (ODAC)
William Paterson (NJAC)
Wittenberg (NCAC)
Wisconsin Lutheran (LMC)
WPI (NEWMAC)
York, N.Y. (CUNYAC)

Women
Baruch (CUNYAC)
Bowdoin (NESCAC)
Cal Lutheran (SCIAC)
Capital (OAC)
Carroll (MWC)
Colby-Sawyer (CCC)
Concordia-Moorhead (MIAC)
Denison (NCAC)
Greensboro (USAC)
Gwynedd-Mercy (PAC)
Hood (AWCC)
Hope (MIAA)
Lakeland (LMC)
Maine-Farmington (NAC)
Manchester (HCAC)
Marymount (CAC)
Maryville (Mo.) (SLIAC)
Medaille (AMCC)
Messiah (MACC)
Mount St. Mary (Skyline)
Muhlenberg (Centennial)
New Jersey (NJAC)
Norwich (GNAC)
Oswego State (SUNYAC)
Pacific Lutheran (NWC)
Randolph-Macon (ODAC)
Salem State (MASCAC)
Scranton (MACF)
Simpson (IIAC)
Southern Maine (LEC)
Springfield (NEWMAC)
St. John Fisher (Empire 8 )
UW-Stout (WIAC)
Washington University (UAA)
Wheaton (Ill.) (CCIW)
William Smith (Liberty League)

12 Days: Why I’ll root for B-W

There are way too many interesting stories to pick just a couple so I thought this might be useful instead. Below is a listing of all conference title games with times, participants, seeds and links where we could find them. We’ll try to duplicate this tomorrow when the NESCAC, NEWMAC, Centennial, SCAC and ASC crown their champs.

All listings are Eastern Standard Time. Unless otherwise noted, the first team shown is hosting.

We couldn’t have put this together without the help of Matthew Florjancic, from Baldwin-Wallace. We’re glad to have his assistance. Wherever you are, my Yellow Jacket friend, I salute you and will cheer for your Baldwin buddies today.

As a final note, there is a lot of information here and I’m sure I’ve made mistakes on details. If you see any, please post them below and I’ll make amendments as necessary.

Enjoy the games!

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Tournament

Men: 3 PM – #1 Lake Erie (20-6) vs. Pitt-Greensburg (17-9)
Lake Erie Audio

Women: 3 PM – #1 Medaille (24-1) vs. Pitt-Greensburg (21-5)

Atlantic Women’s Colleges Conference

Women: 7 PM – #1 Hood (14-10) vs. #2 Mary Baldwin (12-14)

Capital Athletic Conference

Men: 4 PM – #2 Catholic (20-6) vs. #5 Salisbury (15-12)

Women: 1:45 PM – #1 Mary Washington (27-0) vs. #3 Marymount (19-8)
D3HOOPSNET BROADCAST

College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

Men: 8:30 PM – #2 North Central (21-5) vs. #4 Illinois Wesleyan (20-5)
Penn Atlantic Video

Women: 3:00 PM – #1 Wheaton (Ill.) (22-4) vs. #2 Illinois Wesleyan (19-7)
Wheaton (Ill.) Audio

Empire 8

Men: 7 PM – #1 St. John Fisher (23-3) vs. #2 Utica (20-5)
St. John Fisher Audio

Women: 4 PM – #1 St. John Fisher (24-2) vs. #3 Utica (19-7)
Utica Audio

Great Northeast Atlantic Conference

Men: 2 PM – #2 Norwich (19-7) vs. #4 Emerson (14-13)

Women: 4 PM – #1 Emmanuel (21-6) vs. #2 Norwich (24-3)

Great South Athletic Conference

Men: 4 PM – #2 Huntingdon (19-7) vs. #1 Maryville (Tenn.) (20-6)
Huntingdon Audio
Maryville (Tenn.) Audio

Women: 2 PM – #1 Maryville (Tenn.) (21-6) vs. #3 Agnes Scott (15-12) @ Huntingdon

Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

Men: 7:30 PM – #1 Transylvania (22-4) #2 Franklin (20-7)

Women: 3 PM – #1 Franklin (24-3) vs. #2 Manchester (20-7)
Manchester Audio

Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Men: 8 PM – #1 Coe (20-6) vs. #3 Buena Vista (14-13)
Buena Vista Audio

Women: 8 PM – #1 Simpson (22-4) vs. #2 Luther (21-4)
Simpson Audio

Lake Michigan Conference

Men: 2:45 PM – #3 Wisconsin Lutheran (13-14) vs. #4 Edgewood (15-10)
Edgewood Audio

Women: 8 PM – #1 Lakeland (20-7) vs. #2 Concordia (Wis.) (19-8)
Concordia (Wis.) Audio

Liberty League

Men: 3 PM – #1 Hamilton (21-4) vs. #3 Union (17-9)
Hamilton Audio

Women: 3 PM – #1 William Smith (20-5) vs. #2 St. Lawrence (19-7)…52-47
William Smith Audio

Little East Conference

Men: 3 PM – #1 Keene State (21-6) vs. #2 UMass-Boston (16-10)
Keene State Audio

Women: 4 PM – #1 Southern Maine (26-1) vs. #3 Eastern Connecticut State (21-6)

Middle Atlantic Commonwealth Conference

Men: 3 PM – #1 Widener (21-4) vs. Messiah (17-9)
D3HOOPSNET BROADCAST

Women: 7 PM – #1 Messiah (24-2) vs. #2 Moravian (21-5)
Messiah Audio

Middle Atlantic Freedom Conference

Men: 3 PM – #1 Scranton (20-6) vs. #3 Wilkes (17-9)
Scranton Audio

Women: 7 PM – #1 Scranton (25-1) vs. #2 DeSales (16-10)
Scranton Audio

Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference

Men: 2 PM – #3 Bridgewater State (16-9) vs. #4 Worcester State (13-13) @ Westfield State

Women: 2 PM – #1 Salem State (22-4) vs. #3 Bridgewater State (19-6)

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Men: 7:30 PM – #1 Calvin (22-5) vs. #2 Hope (25-2)
Women: 3 PM – #1 Hope (26-1) vs. #2 Calvin (23-3)

Hope Audio
Calvin Audio

Midwest Conference

Men: 4 PM – #1 Lawrence (23-0) vs. #2 Carroll (20-3)
Lawrence Audio

Women: 3 PM – #1 Carroll (20-4) vs. #2 St. Norbert (17-7)
Carroll Audio

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Men: 8:30 PM – #1 St. Thomas (21-5) vs. #2 Carleton (21-5)
Carleton Audio

Women: 2 PM – #2 Concordia-Moorhead (20-6) vs. #4 Carleton (18-9)

North Atlantic Conference

Men: 2 PM – #1 Elms (20-6) vs. #5 Maine-Farmington (13-14)

Women: 1 PM – #1 Maine Maritime (23-4) vs. Maine-Farmington (23-4)

New Jersey Athletic Conference

Men: 1:50 PM – #1 William Paterson (19-7) vs. #6 Ramapo (18-9)
D3HOOPSNET BROADCAST

North Coast Athletic Conference

Men: 7 PM – #1 Wooster (25-2) vs. #2 Wittenberg (24-3)
Wooster Audio
Wittenberg Audio

Women: 3 PM – #3 Denison (21-6) vs. #4 Kenyon (21-6)
Wittenberg (Host) Audio

North Eastern Athletic Conference

Men: 2 PM – #1 Keystone (21-6) vs. #3 Villa Julie (18-7)

Women: 2 PM – #1 D’Youville (18-9) vs. Keuka (15-9)

Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference

Men: 8:30 PM – #1 Clarke (16-10) vs. #2 Aurora (16-10)

Women: 2 PM: #1 Rockford (20-6) vs. #4 Concordia (Ill.) (12-15)

Northwest Conference

Men: 10 PM – #1 Puget Sound (20-4) vs. #2 Whitworth (20-6)
Puget Sound Audio

Women: 10 PM – #1 Pacific Lutheran (21-3) vs. #2 Puget Sound (22-4)
PLU Audio

Ohio Athletic Conference

Men: 7:30 PM – #1 Baldwin-Wallace (20-4) vs. #2 Ohio Northern (21-5)
Teamline Video
Baldwin-Wallace Audio

Women: 3 PM – #1 Baldwin-Wallace (24-2) vs. #2 Capital (24-3)
Teamline Video
Baldwin-Wallace Audio

Old Dominion Athletic Conference

Women: 2 PM – #1 Randolph-Macon (24-2) vs. Bridgewater (Va.) (22-5)

Pennsylvania Athletic Conference

Women: 7 PM – #1 Gwynedd-Mercy (23-3) vs. #2 Wesley (19-7)

Presidents’ Athletic Conference

Men: 7:30 PM – #1 Bethany (22-4) vs. #4 Waynesburg (16-10)

Women: 2 PM – #1 Washington & Jefferson (21-4) vs. #2 Thomas More (20-7)
W&J Audio

Skyline Conference

Men: 6:45 PM – #1 SUNY-Farmingdale (21-5) vs. #2 Manhattanville (19-8)
Live Video or Audio

Women: 1 PM – #1 Mount St. Mary (24-3) vs. #3 SUNY-Farmingdale (17-8)

State University of New York Athletic Conference

Men – 1 PM: #4 SUNYIT (16-10) vs. #6 Plattsburgh State (17-10)
Conference Audio

Women – 3 PM: #1 Cortland (23-3) vs. #2 Oswego (20-6)
Conference Audio

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Men: 4 PM – #2 Maryville (Mo.) (17-8) vs. #4 Westminster (Mo.) (13-12) at Blackburn

Women: 8 PM – #1 Maryville (Mo.) (22-4) vs. #3 Fontbonne (13-12)

University Athletic Association

Men: 4 PM – Carnegie Mellon (19-5) vs. Rochester (16-8)
Carnegie Mellon Audio

While the UAA does not have a conference tournament, CMU can clinch the automatic bid with a win or a Washington University loss.

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference-Hosted by St. Scholastica

Men: 8 PM – #1 St. Scholastica (16-10) vs. #3 Bethany Lutheran (13-13)

Women: 7 PM – #2 Northwestern (Minn.) (15-10) vs. #4 Martin Luther (12-14)

USA South Athletic Conference

Men: 2 PM – #1 Christopher Newport (19-7) vs. #2 Averett (20-7)
CNU Audio

Women: 4 PM – #2 Greensboro (20-7) vs. #3 Ferrum (14-12) at CNU
Conference Audio

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Men: 8 PM – #1 UW-Whitewater (21-5) vs. #2 UW-Stout (21-5)
UW-Whitewater Audio
UW-Stout Audio

Women: 4 PM – #1 UW-Stout (21-5) vs. #3 UW-Stevens Point (17-10)
UW-Stout Audio
UW-Stevens Point Audio

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12 Days: Now we’re talkin’

GAC TeBrake

There has been some exciting moments in the 12 Days of Championships so far. But now the real fun starts.

It starts with a blitz of automatic bids given out over the next four days, starting in Reading, Pennsylvania where Alvernia hosts Wesley for the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Men’s Championship. D3hoopsNet carries the action starting at 6:50 PM.

Here are three other games that should get the blood flowing…

Last Chance: In 2003 Adam TeBrake (pictured), John Wippler and Trent Hollerich were just a couple plays away from a national championship. The Golden Gusties had an unbelievable run through the NCAA Tournament, falling just short in the title game to Williams.

Now that trio is in their final push to try to capture what they nearly had four years ago. It’s probably a conference title or else for Gustavus Adolphus, who did not crack this week’s regional rankings. They travel to Carleton for the MIAC semifinals (8:30 PM EST).

One more time: The team who brought home the Walnut and Bronze twice since GAC’s trip to the finals can get a step closer to defending their title tonight. UW-Stevens Point travels to No. 14 UW-Stout in the WIAC Men’s Semifinals (8 PM EST).

Leave No Doubt: Another NWC team in another sport used that catch phrase a couple years ago. But it could also apply to the NWC women who have only received the automatic bid to the tournament the past couple seasons.

With the expanded tournament, would No. 21 Puget Sound make it even without the AQ? Why leave it to chance – they need to take care of business in their rubber match with Whitman.

Third regional rankings

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

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.