The NCAA Division III men’s and women’s basketball committee released their second regional rankings of the 2006-07 season Wednesday evening.
The number of teams ranked is relative to the number of teams in each region.
Men’s Basketball
The first record listed is the overall record, followed by record in regional games, through Sunday, Feb. 11.
We have added our calculated QOWI through Sunday to this list. Some adjustments have been made to our database since, but these should be a ballpark:
Atlantic
1. Ramapo 18-5 17-3, 11.050
2. Stevens 19-4 19-4, 10.000
3. Manhattanville 19-5 18-5, 9.957
4. Richard Stockton 17-7 14-5, 10.158
5. New Jersey City 16-7 15-6, 9.1714
East Region
1. Brockport State 18-4 17-4, 10.286
2. St. Lawrence 18-5 17-5, 10.364
3. Rochester 16-6 16-5, 10.286
4 Hamilton 16-5 13-5, 10.000
5. Utica 18-4 17-4, 9.857
Great Lakes Region
1. Lake Erie 22-1 18-0, 10.889
2. John Carroll 16-7 15-5, 10.350
3. Wooster 20-3 15-2, 9.941
4. Wittenberg 20-3 15-3, 10.000
5. Hope 19-3 12-3, 9.929
6. Ohio Northern 17-6 12-6, 10.111
Middle Atlantic Region
1. Johns Hopkins 20-3 19-2, 10.429
2. Messiah 17-5 14-3, 10.412
3. Catholic 17-5 16-5, 10.286
4. Alvernia 19-4 18-2, 9.600
5. Hood 17-6 16-5, 10.048
6. King’s 16-7 15-6, 9.864
7. Scranton 18-5 16-5, 9.619
8. Lincoln 15-7 9-3, 9.769
Midwest Region
1. Augustana 19-4 19-3, 10.591
2. Washington U. 18-4 16-3, 10.556
3. Chicago 18-4 17-4, 10.350
4. Aurora 21-2 20-2, 10.476
5. Elmhurst 18-4 14-4, 9.889
6. Wheaton (Ill.) 15-7 11-6, 9.706
7. Carthage 14-8 11-7, 9.235
8. Grinnell 15-6 14-6, 9.350
Northeast Region
1. Amherst 23-1 22-1, 11.522
2. Salem State 19-2 19-2, 10.667
3. WPI 19-2 17-2, 10.842
4. Trinity (Conn.) 20-3 16-3, 10.789
5. Rhode Island 19-3 19-3, 10.455
6. Keene State 19-4 16-4, 10.350
7. Brandeis 16-6 16-6, 10.227
8. Bates 18-6 17-6, 10.000
9. Babson 15-8 14-8, 9.545
10. Husson 17-5 17-3, 9.800
South Region
1. Mississippi College 20-2 18-1, 10.316
2. Virginia Wesleyan 21-3 20-3, 10.478
3. Guilford 19-3 18-3, 9.810
4. Mary Hardin-Baylor 20-3 20-3, 9.609
5. Maryville 18-5 18-3, 9.905
6. DePauw 19-4 16-3, 10.389
7. Averett 17-6 15-4, 9.737
8. Centre 18-4 12-4, 9.688
West Region
1. UW-Stevens Point 20-2 19-1, 11.550
2. St. John’s 18-5 18-2, 10.300
3. St. Thomas 21-3 21-3, 10.333
4. Whitworth 20-3 17-3, 10.150
5. UW-Oshkosh 19-4 16-4, 10.100
6. Occidental 15-5 10-3, 9.923
7. Loras 17-6 15-4, 9.947
8. Redlands 14-6 10-3, 9.615
The first record listed is the regional record, followed by overall record, through Sunday, Feb. 11.
Women’s basketball
Atlantic
1. Mary Washington 20-2 21-2, 11.182
2. Mount St. Mary 20-3 20-3, 10.409
3. William Paterson 19-3 20-4, 10.091
4. Kean 19-3 20-3, 10.636
5. Stevens 19-4 19-4, 9.455
6. York (Pa.) 16-8 16-8, 9.667
Central
1. Lake Forest 17-1 19-2, 10.778
2. UW-Stout 18-4 19-5, 11.714
3. Illinois Wesleyan 17-2 19-3, 10.632
4. Carroll 18-3 18-3, 10.650
5. Washington U. 14-4 17-5, 10.167
6. Chicago 15-5 17-5, 10.350
East
1. New York University 20-2 20-2, 11.136
2. Cortland State 19-1 20-1, 11.250
3. Rochester 18-4 18-4, 11.091
4. St. Lawrence 19-1 21-2, 10.850
5. Medaille 17-2 19-4, 10.053
6. Brockport State 15-5 17-5, 10.000
Great Lakes
1. Calvin 15-0 21-1, 10.800
2. DePauw 13-3 20-3, 10.875
3. Denison 17-3 19-4, 10.450
4. Wilmington 17-4 19-4, 10.500
5. Hope 14-3 19-3, 9.825
6. Transylvania 15-5 16-7, 9.895
Mid-Atlantic
1. Messiah 21-1 21-2, 12.136
2. Scranton 19-2 21-2, 11.273
3. McDaniel 20-2 20-2, 11.045
4. Gwynedd-Mercy 21-2 21-2, 10.957
5. Dickinson 18-4 19-4, 9.591
6. Muhlenberg 18-4 19-4, 9.955
Northeast
1. Bowdoin 21-1 23-1, 12.273
2. Fitchburg State 21-1 21-1, 11.818
3. Emmanuel 18-1 20-1, 11.684
4. Southern Maine 21-1 21-1, 11.455
5. Brandeis 16-4 17-4, 10.800
6. Maine Maritime 18-2 20-2, 10.850
7. Norwich 19-2 20-2, 10.286
8. Williams 16-4 19-5, 11.150
South
1. Howard Payne 21-1 22-1, 11.000
2. Oglethorpe 17-3 18-5, 10.450
3. McMurry 19-3 20-3, 10.182
4. Maryville (Tenn.) 16-2 19-3, 10.176
5. Randolph-Macon 17-3 18-4, 10.150
6. Hardin-Simmons 17-4 18-4, 9.857
West Region
1. Luther 14-2 18-4, 11.000
2. Puget Sound 15-2 19-4, 10.588
3. St. Benedict 19-2 19-4, 10.190
4. Gustavus Adolphus 20-3 20-3, 10.262
5. Simpson 14-4 18-5, 10.722
6. George Fox 11-4 15-6, 9.800
King’s and Lincoln each seem to be short a regional win (no idea which games are left out).
Washington’s overall record appears to include their D1 exhibition.
And we have the continuing saga of whether Hope-Carthage should be regional.
Only real question mark in the whole ratings is Hamilton ahead of St John Fisher and NYU. How? They trail both teams on QOWI and RWP.
And now the women are up.
Can anyone explain how John Carrol men jump from 5 to 2 in the GL Region despite 5 losses? I know Hope lost last week by Witt, Woo, and Hope all have at least 2 fewer in region losses.
Is this the final ranking? And are these the 58 teams that go into a post season? Is there only 58 teams for men? Thank you.
No — there are two more weeks of games. 🙂
Check out our NCAA Tournament FAQ for more info:
http://www.d3hoops.com/faq.php?category=NCAA%20Tournament
DCHopeNut — I’ve posted the Quality of Wins index for each team next to the men’s rankings. You might find it useful in understanding the Great Lakes.
I have finally found an instructive exmaple of how the QOWI can demonstrate the quality of a team in a quality conference.
The NESCAC is suspicious, because it has 6 other conferences in the region that with a few exceptions few else fear. However, the Great Lakes Region is full of Final Four veterans.
If JCU has split the season series (Home and Away) with 5 other teams whose in-region records are .667 or better, then JCU has gained 15 for the road win and 6 from the road loss or 14 for the Home win and 7 for the Road loss.
That gives an average of 10.50 points for each of those 10 games.
(In-Region records and QOWI values are in parentheses.) JCU has road losses to Wilmington (12-10, 5 pts), Greensboro (South Region, but same Geographical Region #3, 14-5, 7 pts) Heidelberg (12-9 5 points), Captial (15-7, 7pts) and a home loss to BW (12-6, 6 points).
Going 47-21 like the OAC did certainly helps.
I would hope that that was a coordinated effort by the coaches and AD’s of the conference to use the criteria to boost the conference by selectively scheduling winnable games for all teams, in region and using the new Geographical Regions.
What shirt? I just said I had an idea for a shirt. It is funnier than the original though… 😀
There’s a good chance I’m not coming to Salem. Esp if I can just watch the broadcast of it. You may have to get Jared to bake the cookies or something. But don’t worry, you guys will have fun without me, you always do. 😛
wow… that was definitely on the wrong blog… oops! 😀
I think it’s interesting that Loras is below Oxy despite being below them on the two basic criteria. Why is that?
One more thing… what`do you guys think happens to Elmhurst now that they’ve lost to North Central? Do they fall below Wheaton again?
What, no talk of how dominant LEC is going to be in the tourney today?
LEC’s too busy digging out of the snow to make any comments 🙂
Seriously though, as much as I disagree with the regional rankings in the Great Lakes, it’s setting up to be some great action throughout the first week of the playoffs. It’s really impossible to forecast a winner but I would say that the winner of the region will be battle-tested for future rounds!
It’s kind of easy to say that who ever wins the region will be battle-tested. That is true every year from the Great Lakes and Mid-West.
Missing two starters who avg a combined 26pts a game and 11 rebounds! Going to overtime with Behrend just shows how courageous our team is. We battled with a small lineup the whole night and it was unfortunate to see a questionable three point shot drop from the top of the key. We may get knocked down a couple times but we will always get back up. Good luck to all in the tournament! Gotta get ready for Frostburg. The AMCC is on the line.
“The final word from the NCAA’s travel department…Hope to Carthage (and vice versa) is 199 miles.”
Hope/Carthage is a regional game.
I’ve always wondered what a “nautical mile” is; I guess now I know.
Can Someone explain how Transy is ranked ahead of Manchester in the Great Lakes ? Transy finishes 3rd in the HCAC. Manchester just went in to Rose-Hulman and took another win (64-62)from them inront of 1950 fans… way to go Spartans! HCAC Champions !
First of all, remember, that’s a week old now.
As of last Sunday, Transylvania’s and Manchester’s numbers were comparable (they were next to each other on the QOWI listing) and they had split head-to-head. Don’t really know why they chose one over the other.