Nov 19, 2021
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| The Salisbury-Johns Hopkins game should be one of the best of the first round, based on the split decision it gets from our panel. Salisbury athletics photo |
Welcome to Quick Hits: Playoff Edition! We do things a little different in the first two rounds of the playoffs- no games of the week, no upset alerts, no off the radar games. This week, all of the tournament games deserve attention, and our panel will predict scores for each game. This Quick Hits (née Triple Take) tradition gives you an idea of what to expect from this weekend's games. Do we expect a blowout? Low scoring game? Do we agree about who will win? These are all worth looking at in advance.
Our regular crew is Greg Thomas, Pat Coleman, Ryan Tipps, Adam Turer, Frank Rossi, plus a guest. We're excited to have Around The Nation originator and longtime Division III guru Keith McMillan joining us on the Quick Hits panel throughout the playoffs.
— Greg Thomas
| St. John's bracket | |
| Keith’s take: St. John's 50, Lake Forest 10 Ryan’s take: St. John's 44, Lake Forest 7 Pat’s take: St. John's 42, Lake Forest 17 |
Adam’s take: St. John's 40, Lake Forest 13 Frank’s take: St. John's 42, Lake Forest 21 Greg’s take: St. John's 38, Lake Forest 13 |
| Consensus: The top seed should do what top seeds typically do in this tournament. | |
| Keith’s take: Linfield 42, Redlands 17 Ryan’s take: Linfield 38, Redlands 14 Pat’s take: Linfield 42, Redlands 7 |
Adam’s take: Linfield 48, Redlands 12 Frank’s take: Linfield 24, Redlands 14 Greg’s take: Linfield 49, Redlands 10 |
| Consensus: The panel sees Linfield repeating their comfortable win over Redlands from September. | |
| Keith’s take: Mary Hardin-Baylor 45, Trinity (Texas) 21 Ryan’s take: Mary Hardin-Baylor 34, Trinity (Texas) 13 Pat’s take: Mary Hardin-Baylor 28, Trinity (Texas) 13 |
Adam’s take: Mary Hardin-Baylor 31, Trinity (Texas) 21 Frank’s take: Mary Hardin-Baylor 31, Trinity (Texas) 21 Greg’s take: Mary Hardin-Baylor 27, Trinity (Texas) 21 |
| Consensus: A sweep for UMHB, most by double digits. | |
| Keith’s take: Birmingham-Southern 28, Huntingdon 24 Ryan’s take: Huntingdon 24, Birmingham-Southern 23 Pat’s take: Birmingham-Southern 35, Huntingdon 13 |
Adam’s take: Birmingham-Southern 27, Huntingdon 24 Frank’s take: Birmingham-Southern 38, Huntingdon 10 Greg’s take: Birmingham-Southern 38, Huntingdon 20 |
| Consensus: Closer than the Wesley Cup game in September, but five of six panelists predict a season sweep for the Panthers. | |
| UW-Whitewater bracket | |
| Keith’s take: UW-Whitewater 49, Greenville 0 Ryan’s take: UW-Whitewater 51, Greenville 3 Pat’s take: UW-Whitewater 62, Greenville 7 |
Adam’s take: UW-Whitewater 52, Greenville 3 Frank’s take: UW-Whitewater 56, Greenville 7 Greg’s take: UW-Whitewater 62, Greenville 8 (Scorigami!) |
| Consensus: Warhawks cruising to the second round. | |
| Keith’s take: DePauw 21, Rose-Hulman 20 Ryan’s take: DePauw 28, Rose-Hulman 24 Pat’s take: DePauw 24, Rose-Hulman 10 |
Adam’s take: Rose-Hulman 35, DePauw 28 Frank’s take: DePauw 28, Rose-Hulman 20 Greg’s take: DePauw 35, Rose-Hulman 34 |
| Consensus: Majority favor the home team, but one of the closer games of the round. | |
| Keith’s take: Central 16, Bethel 13 (OT) Ryan’s take: Central 31, Bethel 17 Pat’s take: Central 42, Bethel 17 |
Adam’s take: Bethel 23, Central 21 Frank’s take: Central 34, Bethel 21 Greg’s take: Central 31, Bethel 27 |
| Consensus: The panel largely sees a tight game with the Dutch having a slight edge. | |
| Keith’s take: Wheaton 35, Aurora 27 Ryan’s take: Wheaton 45, Aurora 10 Pat’s take: Wheaton 49, Aurora 41 |
Adam’s take: Wheaton 34, Aurora 27 Frank’s take: Wheaton 42, Aurora 24 Greg’s take: Wheaton 55, Aurora 16 |
| Consensus: A sweep for Wheaton, with mostly comfortable margins. | |
| North Central bracket | |
| Keith’s take: North Central 63, Carnegie Mellon 10 Ryan’s take: North Central 48, Carnegie Mellon 14 Pat’s take: North Central 56, Carnegie Mellon 14 |
Adam’s take: North Central 45, Carnegie Mellon 20 Frank’s take: North Central 47, Carnegie Mellon 10 Greg’s take: North Central 61, Carnegie Mellon 7 |
| Consensus: Unanimous picks for North Central running past the Tartans. Note: This game was canceled because of positive COVID tests on the Carnegie Mellon team and North Central advances automatically. |
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| Keith’s take: UW-La Crosse 35, Albion 13 Ryan’s take: UW-La Crosse 34, Albion 31 Pat’s take: UW-La Crosse 31, Albion 14 |
Adam’s take: UW-La Crosse 28, Albion 6 Frank’s take: Albion 24, UW-La Crosse 21 Greg’s take: UW-La Crosse 41, Albion 17 |
| Consensus: One pick for Albion, but the majority see UW-La Crosse moving on comfortably. | |
| Keith’s take: Cortland 45, Springfield 12 Ryan’s take: Cortland 24, Springfield 21 Pat’s take: Cortland 35, Springfield 14 |
Adam’s take: Cortland 24, Springfield 14 Frank’s take: Cortland 28, Springfield 17 Greg’s take: Cortland 31, Springfield 13 |
| Consensus: A Cortland win by varying margins. | |
| Keith’s take: RPI 20, Endicott 7 Ryan’s take: RPI 14, Endicott 13 Pat’s take: RPI 24, Endicott 10 |
Adam’s take: RPI 27, Endicott 9 Frank’s take: RPI 21, Endicott 20 Greg’s take: RPI 20, Endicott 17 |
| Consensus: A sweep for RPI, in a low scoring game. | |
| Mount Union bracket | |
| Keith’s take: Mount Union 42, Washington & Lee 14 Ryan’s take: Mount Union 55, Washington & Lee 7 Pat’s take: Mount Union 56, Washington & Lee 6 |
Adam’s take: Mount Union 52, Washington & Lee 6 Frank’s take: Mount Union 48, Washington & Lee 7 Greg’s take: Mount Union 63, Washington & Lee 6 |
| Consensus: The panel sees Mount Union having little trouble with the Generals. | |
| Keith’s take: Salisbury 49, Johns Hopkins 42 Ryan’s take: Johns Hopkins 42, Salisbury 24 Pat’s take: Johns Hopkins 31, Salisbury 13 |
Adam’s take: Salisbury 38, Johns Hopkins 27 Frank’s take: Salisbury 31, Johns Hopkins 13 Greg’s take: Johns Hopkins 37, Salisbury 20 |
| Consensus: A split decision with most predicting a high scoring affair. | |
| Keith’s take: Delaware Valley 50, Anna Maria 3 Ryan’s take: Delaware Valley 41, Anna Maria 6 Pat’s take: Delaware Valley 42, Anna Maria 0 |
Adam’s take: Delaware Valley 34, Anna Maria 0 Frank’s take: Delaware Valley 35, Anna Maria 10 Greg’s take: Delaware Valley 49, Anna Maria 0 |
| Consensus: The panel agrees that the AMCATs will struggle to find the end zone against the Aggies top rated defense. | |
| Keith’s take: Muhlenberg 26, Framingham State 13 Ryan’s take: Muhlenberg 48, Framingham State 7 Pat’s take: Muhlenberg 41, Framingham State 10 |
Adam’s take: Muhlenberg 31, Framingham State 15 Frank’s take: Muhlenberg 40, Framingham State 17 Greg’s take: Muhlenberg 45, Framingham State 13 |
| Consensus: The panel sees the Mules moving on comfortably. | |
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