Not much change at the top of the rankings except for that loser Wooster team falling out of the top five.
Last Night
#22 Stillman 88 #1 Trinity 92
This one was extremely close until the home team went on a run about five minutes into the second half to open up the first double digit lead of the game. Stillman was able to stop the bleeding however and eventually mounted a comeback with a run of their own, going so far as to take an 83-80 lead with four minutes left to play. The teams traded a couple baskets and then Trinity went ahead by 1 with a minute and a half to go. The home team got two clutch stops in Stillman's final three possessions and made their free throws to seal the win. Trinity and bobmeyer defend their top ranking with the win while Stillman drops a few places in the rankings with their first loss.
Also considered: #5 Louisiana stayed perfect with a solid home win over #10 Ozarks 84-72, #9 Emory traveled with the ball with the game tied and two seconds left in regulation but they escaped regret with a game-winning bucket with five seconds left in OT to upend Dallas 59-57, Grove City upset formerly ranked Allegheny 70-58, #16 Rivier got past Suffolk 65-59, #18 W. New England cruised at home over Newbury 97-61, and #12 Wittenberg handled #8 Wooster 66-56. See, everyone gets "handled" occasionally, it's ok. Nothing to be embarrassed about.
Sim blowout watch: Washington (MD) covered with plenty of room to spare against #15 Ursinus 60-74.
ITaLRbHAGotN: E. Oregon started to pull away right before halftime and went into the break with a 42-33 lead over George Fox. The visitors were unable to regroup and E. Oregon built up the lead the rest of the way, finishing with a 88-69 home victory.
GotN
#18 W. New England (11-1)(rednu) at #6 S. Vermont (11-1)(funngun10)
We move over to the Great Northeast conference for a divisional battle of 11-1 directionally named schools. S. Vermont has split their first two conference games so a win here would help them keep pace for the divisional race. W. New England is 2-0 so far, a big road win here would be a nice early boost in the standings. funngun leads the all-time series and his team is favored by a point at home.
Also considered: #24 Howard Payne at #14 Hardin-Simmons, #5 Louisiana at Southwestern, #8 Wooster at Grove City, #10 Ozarks at Dallas, #12 Wittenberg at Ohio Wesleyan, and Rhodes at #25 Millsaps
Sim blowout watch: Washington and Lee is a 55 point home dog against #13 Lynchburg while Sul Ross St. is getting 54 points as they visit #2 Texas Lutheran.
ITaLRbHAGotN
Gordon (9-2)(SimAI) at Wentworth Tech (5-7)(chewchad)
I don't have a lot of rules but one of them is this: if a request comes in with xx-large font size, chances are good I'm going to respond positively. The giant of the Commonwealth Coast conference is actually getting points at home in a conference matchup. I have a feeling that they won't have the slightest difficulty covering the spread.