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Just as a reference, Massey currently has the Atlantic Region ranked as follows (men's):
Top 20 (thru games played 3/1)
1. IUP
2. West Liberty
3. Charleston
4. Shippensburg
5. Mercyhurst
6. East Stroudsburg
7. Fairmont State
8. Virginia State
9. Johnson C. Smith
10. Fayetteville State
11. UPJ
12. California
13. Winston-Salem State (*) - Clinched NCAA spot
14. Virginia Union
15. Gannon
16. West Chester
17. West Virginia State
18. Slippery Rock
19. Bowie State
20. Clafflin
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I think the top 5 probably stays the same this week:
1. Indiana
2. West Liberty
3. Fairmont State
4. Shippensburg
5. Charleston
None of the five lost this week, so I expect the committee will follow the same rationales that led to this ordering last week.
6. Mercyhurst
Virginia State's loss to Claflin should allow the Lakers to pass them.
7. Virginia State
The 7-10 teams are pretty close together numerically. I think VSU's wins over Shippensburg and East Stroudsburg will be the deciding factor for this spot.
8. East Stroudsburg
ESU, for their part, has a win over Meryhurst and a split with Shippensburg, which sets them clearly above the next two teams. Due to WSSU's bid-thievery, the Warriors might need to reach the PSAC final to make the regional.
9. Fayetteville State
10. Johnson C. Smith
Can't argue with a three-game sweep, all else being equal. Of course, any CIAA team ranked outside the top 7 this week is done for.
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Originally posted by jrshooter View PostI think Fite & Co. might sweat out a few days if they get knocked off Wednesday night. If the shooting is off ...
I wouldn't worry too much about tomorrow. Shippensburg has the easiest game on the schedule.
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
Starting to sound like another fan base we know with this 'shooting is off' stuff. Find another way.
I wouldn't worry too much about tomorrow. Shippensburg has the easiest game on the schedule.
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Originally posted by jrshooter View PostI think Fite & Co. might sweat out a few days if they get knocked off Wednesday night. If the shooting is off ...
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Originally posted by Inkblot View PostI think the top 5 probably stays the same this week:
1. Indiana
2. West Liberty
3. Fairmont State
4. Shippensburg
5. Charleston
None of the five lost this week, so I expect the committee will follow the same rationales that led to this ordering last week.
6. Mercyhurst
Virginia State's loss to Claflin should allow the Lakers to pass them.
7. Virginia State
The 7-10 teams are pretty close together numerically. I think VSU's wins over Shippensburg and East Stroudsburg will be the deciding factor for this spot.
8. East Stroudsburg
ESU, for their part, has a win over Meryhurst and a split with Shippensburg, which sets them clearly above the next two teams. Due to WSSU's bid-thievery, the Warriors might need to reach the PSAC final to make the regional.
9. Fayetteville State
10. Johnson C. Smith
Can't argue with a three-game sweep, all else being equal. Of course, any CIAA team ranked outside the top 7 this week is done for.
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Originally posted by Scrub View Post
Make that 3-0. Sounds like it must be one of those bad match-up situations for FSU.
When it comes to tournament time, conference or regional, you can usually throw the seeds out the window if a team draws an unfavorable schematic matchup. See: #3 Glenville losing to #7 Cal in the second round of the 2013 women's Atlantic Regional tourney at Gannon. Cal's defense shut down Glenville in a November regular season showdown at the Angelo Dome and repeated the feat at Hammermill.Cal U (Pa.) Class of 2014
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Originally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
ESU may pay the price. Unfortunate as they are playing very well.Cal U (Pa.) Class of 2014
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Originally posted by ctrabs74 View Post
Never fails...
When it comes to tournament time, conference or regional, you can usually throw the seeds out the window if a team draws an unfavorable schematic matchup. See: #3 Glenville losing to #7 Cal in the second round of the 2013 women's Atlantic Regional tourney at Gannon. Cal's defense shut down Glenville in a November regular season showdown at the Angelo Dome and repeated the feat at Hammermill.
1. The match-up - Bad match-ups 100 percent exist in basketball.
2. The mind-set - As Scrub posted the other day, he thinks West Liberty's so-so history in the MEC Tournament is due to the fact they've almost always already clinched their NCAA spot. The PSAC has a long, documented history of a bubble team -- like this year's ESU or Cal -- winning the tournament. They are typically the most hungry in the field. They don't have a choice.
And, in the PSAC Tournament, (3.) the venue. We have a unique tournament compared to our brother conferences being that ours is played on campus and not a neutral site. We rotate the home host (East/West) for the Final Four on a yearly basis regardless of the true No. 1 overall seed. Being the road team in front of 3,500 in the KCAC or a packed house at ESU or Ship certainly has its disadvantages.
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New regional rankings:Rank School Overall DII Record In-Region Record 1 Indiana (Pennsylvania) 24-2 24-2 2 West Liberty 24-4 24-3 3 Charleston (West Virginia) 23-5 23-5 4 Fairmont State 21-6 21-6 5 Shippensburg 21-6 21-6 6 Mercyhurst 18-7 18-7 7 Virginia State 19-9 19-9 8 Fayetteville State 22-8 22-8 9 East Stroudsburg 18-8 18-8 10 Johnson C. Smith 20-8 20-8
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