That information could have been helpful a couple days ago! Congrats and good luck taz.

norm, if you had scoured the Upstate CC, you'd have known... also, unrelated note, congrats to barjaz for his d3 championship in Naismith.

yes, b/c even an unpracticed zone has busted me up this season (hello Brandeis)Congrats as well to fello Big 5 alum jjboogie for winning his 1st HD title, in his last HD game for a while, perhaps forever.

nah. he'll be back. he is claiming fall now, my money says he is back pre-Labor Day. but yeah, congrats.

I've been up against both Chicago and St. Norbs this season, and I'd say that's going to be one heck of a game. Chicago probably has better top players, but St. Norbs has a deadly combination of REB and DEF. And, of course, there is that zone-press kryptonite! Good luck to both, but I'm rooting for my conference mate, dirtyjerk.

Quote: Originally Posted By xulapaul on 5/04/2009Beloit survived a tough test against a slowdown offense, -5 defense last night. Feeling a little lucky today.

I failed that same test with flying colors. Not because my big man couldn't do well, but because my team hit no three-pointers. Always fun.

thank goodness for NT time. woke up this board. always my favorite to read.

first time I've really looked around, wow there are some solid teams and players in the final 4. I thought for sure Zeiler would have been the highest rated player in D3 wooden, but just discovered he's only the 3rd highest rated player in the final 4. Its pretty much a crap shot from here on out

Actually, Neumann might be the most talented team out there, but they are starting their 3rd best PG, and I believe the roster is being mismanaged in general.

I'm sticking with Chicago in the last pre-potential Final 4 ever.

Beloit's gone, but it was a fun ride, and we should have a solid team next season. All four remaining teams look very good to me, and it will be an interesting couple of days.

My money's on John Hopkins, only because I have a reputation to uphold. If they win it all, I will have played (and lost, obviously) to the eventual national champion in the NT 6 out of the 8 times I've been in it at Calvin. The other 2 of 8 times I've lost to the champ during the regular season, courtesy of norm and his MBB powerhouses.Your eyes should light up when I'm in your bracket!

I'm also very impressed at how many truly excellent teams there were in DIII this season - wow.

Fun tournament for Amherst, although Chicago dismantled us pretty completely in the semis.

Good luck to both teams in the championship - looks like a great matchup!

Wow! The Neuman-Hopkins game was a cl***ic. Down the stretch it was one three ball after another as the teams traded leads, and then the winning basket came with time expiring. Where can I order a video replay of that game?!

Great run bluespruce!

Championship game breakdown:Perhaps I'm doing some of dkreutner's work for him/her, but what the hell. Lets take a look at this thing position by position (or since they play a 2-3, position vs position group)When Neuman has the ball:White (52/61/43/90/43) vs Pastore (51/77/45)
Yoo (50/91/89/96/90) vs Lindsley (75/46/91)
Simmons (64/71/28/92/61/60) vs Bradley (53/55/22)
Sauve (63/62/80/27/20/19) vs Zeiler (60/74/38/57)
Huling (62/22/92/2/14/37) vs Hurt (61/46/21/58)When Chicago has the ball (using averages for Neuman's 2-3 defense):Pastore (51/77/69/85/91) vs 51/76/26
Lindsley (75/46/65/52/94) vs 51/76/26
Bradley (53/55/45/53/63/55) vs 58/61/32
Zeiler (60/74/86/55/22/29) vs 63/52/36/31
Hurt (61/46/85/10/19/5) vs 63/52/36/31Battle of the boards:Neuman: 41/67/14 - 62/50/41 - 56/44/84
Chicago: 67/57/07 - 64/49/39 - 63/57/80Free Throws:Neuman: About a C w/ their starting 5
Chicago: About a B+ w/ their starting 5Bench:Neuman doesn't use their bench nearly as much. I think Chicago's bench is stronger, however Chicago's bench player's are not as good as Neuman's starters, so its really a battle of how can Chicago's fresher legs fair vs Neuman's more talented, but more tired legs when my bench comes into playCoaching:It appears that we've eached lost a couple of games we shouldn't have, but have found our stride late in the year and have things rolling. I'll call it a draw as I really don't know their coach well enough to give it an honest evaluation (if I was even capable in the first place). You get to the finals, and odds are you can coach a bit, however Neuman was built by the previous coach (perhaps one in the same, don't know him either) so its tough to tell. Current coach had mixed results at Baruach in prior seasons, so its definently not begginers luck.