The final weekend of the regular season (for everyone except the UAA) was a phenomenal way to close out the conference schedules for some of the top teams across the country.
Riley, great work! I am a former D3hoops,.com regional reporter. I am completely baffled as to why BW and Ohio Northern were ranked ahead of the defending national champions in both the regional poll and the top-16 seeding that was announced last week. I get that BW and ONU have a better strength of schedule than Hope and that the OAC is probably a better league overall top-to-bottom than the MIAA. Did everyone forget that the MIAA had two teams in the Final Four last year and that you could have made an argument that Trine was probably the second-best team in the country behind Hope? I just scratch my head. Can't wait for the tournament and we'll see for ourselves how good everyone is!
I would completely agree. OAC has been highly valued by voters for some reason as compared to MIAA. Hope's SOS isn't phenomenal but I have to think that (after this week's results, ONU and BW each took a loss) Hope will slide ahead of both of them. Last year I definitely think Trine could have been considered #2 behind Hope. They were very consistent throughout the year. BW and ONU being in the Top 20 has been where my poll has differentiated from the rest of the voters the most. I didn't have ONU ranked and had BW at #25 this week. They were also my "dubious" picks on Hoopsville the last 2 shows haha.
Riley, great work! I am a former D3hoops,.com regional reporter. I am completely baffled as to why BW and Ohio Northern were ranked ahead of the defending national champions in both the regional poll and the top-16 seeding that was announced last week. I get that BW and ONU have a better strength of schedule than Hope and that the OAC is probably a better league overall top-to-bottom than the MIAA. Did everyone forget that the MIAA had two teams in the Final Four last year and that you could have made an argument that Trine was probably the second-best team in the country behind Hope? I just scratch my head. Can't wait for the tournament and we'll see for ourselves how good everyone is!
I would completely agree. OAC has been highly valued by voters for some reason as compared to MIAA. Hope's SOS isn't phenomenal but I have to think that (after this week's results, ONU and BW each took a loss) Hope will slide ahead of both of them. Last year I definitely think Trine could have been considered #2 behind Hope. They were very consistent throughout the year. BW and ONU being in the Top 20 has been where my poll has differentiated from the rest of the voters the most. I didn't have ONU ranked and had BW at #25 this week. They were also my "dubious" picks on Hoopsville the last 2 shows haha.