D3 bracket

[Vowelguy]

#3 Tufts lost the NESCAC conference title to #1 Amherst, 41-36 over the weekend, but still enters the tournament as one of the top teams. And, they're on the opposite side of the bracket from Amh, so no 3rd matchup unless they make the title game.

D3hoops

 

[Orangutan]

Thanks for posting. Good to see my Chicago Maroons made the tourney. They must have been a bubble team with 7 losses, but a win over perennial rivals and longtime powerhouse Wash U surely helped.

Where I am in the city right now makes it a royal pain to get down to the South Side and check out some games but happy to see that they are in the mix.

They had a rough go of it for a year or two after losing a 5 senior starters plus the coach from the 2011-2012 team that was undefeated in the regular season.

 

[Vowelguy]

#1 Amherst and #4 Tufts both won to advance to the sweet 16, but the Jumbos have a much tougher road to the final 4 coming up.

Next weekend (* = likely host for regionals)

#1 Amherst* (MA) v Babson (MA) / UMass-Dartmouth v SUNY-New Paltz
#5 Ohio Northern* v #20 SUNY-Geneseo / #10 Christopher Newport (VA) v #18 Hope (MI)

#4 Tufts* (MA) v #17 Scranton (PA) / #13 WI-Oshkosh v #6 Washington U (MO)
#2 St Thomas* (MN) v Marymount (VA) / #7 Trinity (TX) v #9 PugetSoundWA -- WhitmanOR winner

 

[Vowelguy]

#1 Amherst* (MA) v Babson (MA) / UMass-Dartmouth v SUNY-New Paltz
#5 Ohio Northern* v #20 SUNY-Geneseo / #10 Christopher Newport (VA) v #18 Hope (MI)

#4 Tufts* (MA) v #17 Scranton (PA) / #13 WI-Oshkosh v #6 Washington U (MO)
#2 St Thomas* (MN) v Marymount (VA) / #7 Trinity (TX) v #16 Whitman (WA)

 

[Vowelguy]

Actually tufts didnt get to host - had to go to St Louis

#1 Amherst* (MA) / Babson (MA) vs UMass-Dartmouth
#5 Ohio Northern* / #20 SUNY-Geneseo vs #10 Christopher Newport (VA)

#4 Tufts (MA) vs #13 WI-Oshkosh/#6 Washington U* (MO)
#2 St Thomas* (MN) / Marymount (VA) vs #16 Whitman (WA)

 

[Vowelguy]

Regional finals:

UMass-Dartmouth @ #1 Amherst (MA)
#10 Christopher Newport (VA) @ #5 Ohio Northern

#4 Tufts (MA) @ #6 Washington U (MO)
#16 Whitman (WA) @ #2 St Thomas (MN)
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[Vowelguy]

fyi Wash U coach Nancy Fahey is kinda the Geno of D3. Her career record is 737-132 (.848), with 5 NCs and 9 F4s.

 

[Vowelguy]

#1 Amherst won the first quarter 22-2, and rolled over UMass-Dartmouth 73-33 to become 1st team to advance to the final 4 -- its 7th in the past 9 years.

Tufts game here:
WashU - Portal

 

[Boreifs]

fyi Wash U coach Nancy Fahey is kinda the Geno of D3. Her career record is 737-132 (.848), with 5 NCs and 9 F4s.

Not really a fair comparison. Washington is one of the very few National Research Universities that participates as a D3school (NYU is another), so they start out with a huge advantage because of the much higher enrollment and national profile that enables them to have an unlimited recruiting territory. That said, she is a very fine coach (my daughter's team at DePauw used to play them every year in a pre-conference tournament).

 

[Vowelguy]

Not really a fair comparison. Washington is one of the very few National Research Universities that participates as a D3school (NYU is another), so they start out with a huge advantage because of the much higher enrollment and national profile that enables them to have an unlimited recruiting territory. That said, she is a very fine coach (my daughter's team at DePauw used to play them every year in a pre-conference tournament).

 

[Vowelguy]

Tufts with an impressive 57-43 win AT #6 Washington, advancing to their 3rd straight final 4

FINAL 4 @ Grand Rapids MI

#10 Christopher Newport (VA) v #1 Amherst (MA)
#4 Tufts (MA) v #2 St Thomas (MN)

 

[Vowelguy]

Tufts trailed 53-41 with 5:30 to go, but came back to beat St Thomas 60-57.

Amherst is up 20+ on Christopher Newport in Q4, so we're headed towards Amherst-Tufts III.

 

[Plebe]

Tufts trailed 53-41 with 5:30 to go, but came back to beat St Thomas 60-57.

Whoa, what a comeback. Was that St. Thomas of Houston?

 

[Vowelguy]

Whoa, what a comeback. Was that St. Thomas of Houston?

#4 Tufts (MA) v #2 St Thomas (MN)

 

[Vowelguy]

Amherst leads at the end of 3: 32-21

 

[Vowelguy]

Amherst leads at the end of 3: 32-21

Ballooned to 40-23 midway thru Q4.

 

[Vowelguy]

Tufts 9/40 from the field (23%).

 

[Vowelguy]

Amherst wins 52-29! 2nd national title

Tufts senior finish with 4 straight final fours - best class in history.

 

[DaddyChoc]

I was wondering what ever happened to the D2 and D3 Championship games so I had to search around...

geesh that was a ugly loss by Tufts

DIII women's basketball: Amherst stifles Tufts to take title game

 

[DaddyChoc]

D2 Championship
Virginia Union vs Ashland - DII Women's Basketball

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

D2 Championship
Virginia Union vs Ashland - DII Women's Basketball

The DII game was on CBSSN. I know who won and I haven't watched it, but still have it on tape.