NCAA regional rankings

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The first women’s regional rankings of the 2008-09 season have been released, as have the second men’s rankings.

Remember there are three ways a game can be classified as in region.

Through games of Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009.

Men’s regional rankings
Records listed are overall record, followed by in-region record.
Atlantic Region
1. Richard Stockton 21-2 18-2
2. Farmingdale State 19-2 19-2
3. William Paterson 18-4 18-4
4. Baruch 19-4 17-3
5. St. Joseph’s (L.I.) 19-2 18-2

East Region
1. Ithaca 20-1 18-1
2. St. Lawrence 16-4 14-4
3. Hamilton 14-5 12-1
4. Rochester 15-5 15-5
5. Rochester Tech 16-4 12-4

Great Lakes Region
1. Capital 18-3 16-3
2. Carnegie Mellon 16-4 12-3
3. John Carroll 16-4 14-3
4. Calvin 14-6 9-1
5. Wooster 15-6 14-4
6. Ohio Northern 15-6 13-5

Middle Atlantic Region
1. Franklin and Marshall 19-2 18-2
2. DeSales 17-3 16-3
3. St. Mary’s (Md.) 18-4 15-2
4. Wesley 15-6 13-2
5. McDaniel 16-5 14-4
6. Gwynedd-Mercy 15-5 14-4
7. Widener 16-5 14-5
8. Gettysburg 14-6 14-6

Midwest Region
1. Washington U. 19-1 18-1
2. Wheaton (Ill.) 18-3 14-3
3. Transylvania 16-4 13-2
4. Elmhurst 16-5 16-5
5. St. Norbert 17-3 16-3
6. Augustana 16-6 15-6
7. North Central 14-7 12-5
8. Lawrence 14-6 14-6

Northeast Region
1. Middlebury 20-2 18-1
2. Mass-Dartmouth 19-2 17-2
3. Elms 18-1 17-1
4. Worcester Polytechnic 16-4 16-3
5. Rhode Island College 16-4 16-4
6. Bridgewater State 15-5 14-3
7. Salem State 17-4 16-4
8. Amherst 18-4 16-4
9. MIT 16-6 15-4
10. University of New England 18-3 17-3

South Region
1. Trinity (Texas) 19-2 16-2
2. Texas-Dallas 18-3 16-3
3. Guilford 17-4 16-4
4. McMurry 15-6 14-4
5. Randolph-Macon 16-5 14-2
6. DePauw 17-5 13-4
7. Centre 17-4 13-4
8. Mississippi College 15-5 13-5

West Region
1. UW-Stevens Point 19-2 18-2
2. St. Thomas 21-0 20-0
3. UW-Platteville 19-2 14-2
4. Puget Sound 19-2 16-0
5. UW-Whitewater 18-3 17-3
6. Buena Vista 20-2 17-2
7. Whitworth 17-4 15-4
8. Bethel 16-5 14-5

Women’s regional rankings
Records listed are in-region record, followed by overall record.

Atlantic Region
1. York (Pa.) 20-1 20-1
2. Kean 16-3 18-4
3. Mt. St. Mary (N.Y.) 16-3 16-4
4. The College of New Jersey 17-4 18-4
5. Marymount (Va.) 16-3 17-4
6. Staten Island 15-3 17-5

Central Region
1. Ill. Wesleyan 18-0 20-0
2. UW-Stevens Point 18-2 19-2
3. UW-Whitewater 16-3 18-3
4. Washington U. 14-4 16-4
5. UW-Eau Claire 15-3 19-3
6. St. Norbert 15-2 16-4

East Region
1. Rochester 19-1 19-1
2. New York U. 17-3 17-3
3. Stevens 17-3 17-3
4. Union 15-2 15-5
5. Cortland State 16-3 17-3
6. Oneonta State 14-3 16-4

Great Lakes Region
1. DePauw 11-2 19-3
2. Hope 14-1 18-1
3. Washington and Jefferson 15-2 19-2
4. Thomas More 16-2 19-2
5. Capital 15-3 15-4
6. Baldwin-Wallace 13-4 16-5

Mid-Atlantic Region
1. Messiah 18-2 20-2
2. Moravian 16-4 18-4
3. Muhlenberg 18-3 18-3
4. DeSales 17-4 17-4
5. Scranton 16-4 17-4
6. Cabrini 14-4 16-4

Northeast Region
1. Amherst 20-1 21-1
2. Tufts 17-3 17-3
3. Brandeis 12-6 13-6
4. Bowdoin 17-4 18-4
5. Eastern Connecticut State 19-2 19-2
6. Western Connecticut State 16-3 17-3
7. Keene State 15-4 17-4
8. Nichols 19-2 19-2

South Region
1. Oglethorpe 15-2 19-2
2. Texas-Dallas 18-2 18-3
3. Greensboro 17-0 18-1
4. Roanoke 18-2 19-2
5. McMurry 15-3 17-4
6. Mississippi College 17-3 18-3

West Region
1. George Fox 16-0 21-0
2. St. Benedict 18-3 18-3
3. Concordia-Moorhead 14-4 15-6
4. Simpson 15-3 19-3
5. La Verne 14-3 16-4
6. Chapman 13-6 16-7

Hoopsville Podcast: Feburary 8th

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There are just three weeks remaining until the NCAA makes up their mind about who is and out of the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments… so there is a lot “positioning” by teams and plenty of questions from fans. We tried to tackle as much as we could in the Midwest, West, Northeast, and Atlantic Regions this week. Our coverage included regional reports from Bob Quillman, Gordon Mann, and Mark Simon and we chatted with George Fox’s women’s coach about their so-far perfect season.

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What we’re reading

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We at D3hoops.com know we are not the only ones writing interesting stories about Division III men’s and women’s basketball, and even if we had a full-time staff of writers we couldn’t corner the market on everything interesting.

I and Gordon Mann especially come across many stories we could never hope to write or do justice, since we all have “real” jobs and such. But we haven’t had an easy way to bring all of those stories to you. Aside from the occasional blog post about a story, which takes more time than we usually have to devote, most just get filed away in the cobwebs of our brains.

However, we’ve changed all that, thanks to a new Web site for journalists called Publish2. One of the features of the site is a tool we’ve used to create a feed of stories tagged as being of interest. You can always find it on the right-hand rail on the front page.

The feed is labeled “What we’re reading” and contains stories we’ve tagged that are of interest to us, along with a quick summary of why they might be of interest to you. You can see what else is in there beyond the five most recent by clicking on the link at the bottom of the box.

You can also suggest stories by emailing links to me at info@d3sports.com, or post them on the message board. It’s great to see what you’re reading, and we would love to read them ourselves and share them with everyone else.

Enjoy!

Hoopsville podcast, Feb. 5

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I felt pretty good about this show when it was all said and done and I had a pretty good time hosting while Dave was out. Good conversations with coaches whose teams are right there in the heart of conference races, in fact, four of them within a game of first place or leading their league.

Our Thursday night Hoopsville show included:
Guilford men’s coach Tom Palombo
McDaniel men’s coach Kevin Curley
Louisiana College women’s coach Janice Joseph-Richard
John Carroll men’s coach Mike Moran
Oneonta State men’s coach Vince Medici

We also talked more about the East Region with our regional reporter, J.C. DeLass. We covered the Empire 8 and Liberty League in some detail.

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ALERT: Regional rankings released

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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