(We are on the road to Salem. The combination of driving and mid-terms has delayed our preview, and we apologize.) North Central (27-3), ranked #3 in the nation in the latest D3hoops.com poll, has emerged from the “Bracket of Death” (an 8-team pod that included Washington U., Illinois Wesleyan, UW-Whitewater, and North Central) and [...]
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A conversation on D3boards sparked the following research, which supports the notion we already knew: Joey Kizel is one of the best players in the country in close games/big games/”the moment.” 2011-12 Kizel in one-possession games: 20 pts, 6-11 FG, 2-4 3FG, 6-6 FT 16 pts, 5-8 FG, 2-4 3FG, 4-4 FT 15 pts, 5-10 [...]
Middlebury plays in Cortland, New York at 3:00 pm Saturday. The Red Dragons (21-4) are undefeated on their home court (13-0) and have won all but one of those games by double-digits. Cortland relies heavily on the perimeter play of its guards, which as a collective group are among the best in the country. Four [...]
Middlebury in the NCAA Tournament 2:00 NESCAC tournament recap 13:55 NESCAC Awards recap/critique 25:00 Region-by-region bracket breakdown 45:40
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Tomorrow at 12:30 PM, the NCAA Selection Committee will announce the 62-team field for this year’s 2013 D3 Championship Tournament. There are 42 teams automatically-qualified based on conference championships (Pool A), 1 non-automatic-qualifying conference championship (Pool B), and 19 at-large bids. The first 42 teams will be known to everyone by tonight as conference tournaments [...]
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference: Penn State-Behrend (20-8) American Southwest Conference: Texas-Dallas (23-5) Capital Athletic Conference: St. Mary’s (24-3) Centennial Conference: Dickinson (20-7) City University of New York Athletic Conference: Staten Island (22-5) College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin: North Central (Ill.) (24-3) Colonial States Athletic Conference: Cabrini (22-5) Commonwealth Coast Conference: Curry (21-7) Empire 8: [...]
Saturday, February 23, 2013
We host a weekly radio, this semester running from 2-3:30 PM on Thursdays. We were lucky enough to have Coach Alex Popp, Joey Kizel, and James Jensen in the studio this past week. We spent the rest of the time talking about the last few games and the games ahead this weekend. Amherst 3OT highlights: [...]
Saturday, February 16, 2013
The NESCAC Player of the Year talk is heating up, and with coaches voting on awards this week and announcements coming out at the end of the tournament, we wanted to make our nomination today, before postseason play starts. While most NESCAC observes are prognosticating a three-way race between Aaron Toomey, Willy Workman, and Michael [...]
