The first men’s Division III basketball regional rankings was released this afternoon reflecting results through Sunday, February 1. The team is followed by its overall record and then its regional record. We haven’t checked the accuracy of the regional records yet so feel free to raise questions below but remember there are three ways a game can be classified as in region.
The first women’s regional rankings are expected next Wednesday.
Atlantic
1. Richard Stockton 19-2 16-2
2. Farmingdale State 16-2 16-2
3. William Paterson 15-4 15-4
4. Baruch 17-4 15-3
5. Montclair State 15-5 12-5
East
1. Ithaca 17-1 15-1
2. St. Lawrence 13-4 11-4
3. Hamilton 12-5 10-1
4. Rochester 13-5 13-5
5. Rochester Tech 14-4 11-4
Great Lakes
1. Capital 17-2 15-2
2. Carnegie Mellon 14-4 10-3
3. John Carroll 14-4 12-3
4. Calvin 12-6 7-1
5. Hope 14-5 7-2
6. Ohio Northern 14-5 12-4
Middle Atlantic
1. Franklin & Marshall 17-2 16-2
2. Gwynedd-Mercy 15-2 14-1
3. DeSales 16-3 15-3
4. Wesley 12-5 10-1
5. St. Mary’s (Md.) 15-4 12-2
6. McDaniel 14-5 12-4
7. Widener 14-5 12-5
8. Gettysburg 13-5 13-5
Midwest
1. Washington U. 17-1 16-1
2. Elmhurst 15-4 15-4
3. Wheaton (Ill.) 16-3 12-3
4. St. Norbert 16-1 15-1
5. Transylvania 14-4 11-2
6. Augustana 15-5 14-5
7. North Central (Ill.) 13-6 11-4
8. Carroll 13-5 13-5
Northeast
1. Worcester Polytech 16-3 16-2
2. Middlebury 18-2 16-1
3. Mass-Dartmouth 17-2 15-2
4. Elms 17-1 16-1
5. Salem State 15-4 14-4
6. MIT 14-5 13-3
7. Colby 13-5 10-4
8. Rhode Island College 14-4 14-4
9. Amherst 16-3 14-3
10. Bridgewater State 13-5 12-3
South
1. Trinity (Texas) 17-2 14-2
2. Texas-Dallas 17-2 15-2
3. Guilford 15-4 14-4
4. McMurry 13-5 12-3
5. Randolph-Macon 14-5 12-2
6. DePauw 15-5 12-4
7. Centre 15-4 12-4
8. LeTourneau 13-6 12-4
West
1. UW-Stevens Point 17-2 16-2
2. St. Thomas 19-0 18-0
3. UW-Platteville 18-2 13-2
4. Puget Sound 17-2 14-0
5. UW-Whitewater 17-3 16-3
6. Buena Vista 18-2 15-2
7. Whitworth 15-4 13-4
8. Bethel 15-4 13-4
Interesting to see St. Thomas ranked second in-region. Strength of schedule and results against regionally ranked opponents are certainly on UW-Stevens Point’s side, though.
Good early indications for the WIAC getting three teams in the tournament.
I think that Hamilton and Middlebury should be regional; this is an issue of how you drive to get there and may be a by-product of the NCAA software (which is new and non-public).
Wesley appears to be missing a game; they should be 13-5, 11-1.
LeTourneau beat Texas-Tyler on 1/31, 91-80; this score needs to be fixed on D3Hoops.com.
Whitworth appears with only 2 non-regional losses. Cal State-East Bay is regional this year (they’ve dropped the marker for NAIA that they’ve always had in the championship handbook).
My preview of the rankings (see Pool C page) had 56 out of 58 and it would have been 57 out of 58 without the bad LeTourneau score. I only missed Montclair State (had them as first runner-up). The most that I was off was three spots (both Colby and DeSales were better in the official rankings).
There are at least 5 more losses to be handed out among the 3 WIAC teams. The three teams have their second round games, with UWW hosting SP and UWP and SP hosting UWP in a rematch of last years regular season finale, with the venue swapped and likely conference championship implications, and the two teams that dont win the WIAC tourney will pick up another loss in the tourney by default.
WW may be on the cusp if they drop the two games to UWP and SP and then again in the tourney. That gives them 6 losses and puts their record vs. ranked opponents worse, too. This situation would most certainly solidify UWP and UWSP, even if both would also be upset in the conf tournament, even if UWSP beats UWP.
If WW wins one of these two, I think they probably are in, as long as they don’t drop a game to another WIAC team and UWP or UWSP wins the tourney. Actually, the assumption is that UWW, UWP and UWSP wont drop a game except to each other… if they do, then they might slip out.
The new NCAA mileage calculator is here, and it does say Middlebury-Hamilton is more than 200 miles.
https://web1.ncaa.org/TES/exec/miles
Not sure about East Bay. They also announced they were moving to Division II, so they may not be declaring for Division III playoffs.
Cal State East Bay is listed as one of the 151 participating schools in NAIA-II.
http://graphics.fansonly.com/schools/naia/member-services/championships/Qualifcation_Plans/qual_plans_pdf/qual_MBB_DII.pdf.
For “in-region” sake, so is Maine-Presque Isle. Neb Wesleyan did not declare for NAIA-II.
Here’s an interesting case: Bard and Rivier come out as exactly 200 miles apart. Is that game in-region or out? I’m assuming in.