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| Early returns say split decision for Grove City and Susquehanna in the first round. Grove City athletics photo by John Hake |
Welcome to Quick Hits: Playoff Edition! Quick Hits operates a little differently in the postseason. Gone are games of the week, upset alerts, and 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 Triiple Take) tradition gives you an idea of what to expect from this weekend's game. Do we expect a blowout? Low scoring game? Do we agree about who will win? These are all worth looking at in advance.
Our playoff panel will be our regular crew of Greg Thomas, Pat Coleman, Ryan Tipps, Frank Rossi, Logan Hansen, and Riley Zayas. We're excited to have Around The Nation originator and longtime Division III guru Keith McMillan joining us again this season on the Quick Hits panel throughout the playoffs.
— Greg Thomas
UW-La Crosse bracket
Minnesota-Morris at UW-La Crosse
Greg’s take: UW-La Crosse 59, Minnesota-Morris 7
Patrick’s take: UW-La Crosse 56, Minnesota-Morris 6
Ryan’s take: UW-La Crosse 54, Minnesota-Morris 7
Frank's take: UW-La Crosse 44, Minnesota-Morris 7
Logan's take: UW-La Crosse 59, Minnesota-Morris 3
Riley's take: UW-La Crosse 56, Minnesota-Morris 0
Keith’s take: UW-La Crosse 45, Minnesota-Morris 7
Consensus: No surprises: expect a comfortable La Crosse win.
Coe at Aurora
Greg’s take: Aurora 41, Coe 24
Patrick’s take: Coe 28, Aurora 26
Ryan’s take: Coe 28, Aurora 24
Frank's take: Aurora 37, Coe 21
Logan's take: Aurora 31, Coe 28
Riley's take: Aurora 37, Coe 31
Keith’s take: Aurora 23, Coe 14
Consensus: Couple people willing to take a flier on Coe.
Hardin-Simmons at Trinity (Texas)
Greg’s take: Trinity (Texas) 28, Hardin-Simmons 24
Patrick’s take: Trinity (Texas) 28, Hardin-Simmons 17
Ryan’s take: Trinity (Texas) 37, Hardin-Simmons 23
Frank's take: Trinity (Texas) 27, Hardin-Simmons 17
Logan's take: Trinity (Texas) 35, Hardin-Simmons 21
Riley's take: Trinity (Texas) 20, Hardin-Simmons 14
Keith’s take: Trinity (Texas) 21, Hardin-Simmons 17
Consensus: Whether it's one score or two scores might hinge on a late score or a pick-six.
Belhaven at North Central
Greg’s take: North Central 68, Belhaven 13
Patrick’s take: North Central 63, Belhaven 13
Ryan’s take: North Central 52, Belhaven 10
Frank's take: North Central 52, Belhaven 10
Logan's take: North Central 63, Belhaven 10
Riley's take: North Central 45, Belhaven 7
Keith’s take: North Central 56, Belhaven 14
Consensus: Our panel sees no reason for North Central's 2022-2023 run of dominance to stop now.
Wartburg bracket
Illinois College at Wartburg
Greg’s take: Wartburg 58, Illinois College 30
Patrick’s take: Wartburg 56, Illinois College 6
Ryan’s take: Wartburg 42, Illinois College 20
Frank's take: Wartburg 27, Illinois College 7
Logan's take: Wartburg 42, Illinois College 14
Riley's take: Wartburg 42, Illinois College 3
Keith’s take: Wartburg 35, Illinois College 10
Consensus: Clean sweep for Wartburg, probably by a sizeable margin.
Chapman at Whitworth
Greg’s take: Chapman 21, Whitworth 20
Patrick’s take: Chapman 34, Whitworth 31
Ryan’s take: Whitworth 37, Chapman 13
Frank's take: Whitworth 21, Chapman 10
Logan's take: Whitworth 31, Chapman 17
Riley's take: Whitworth 28, Chapman 20
Keith’s take: Whitworth 28, Chapman 20
Consensus: It's not nearly the clean sweep you'd expect to see in a NWC-SCIAC matchup.
Mount St. Joseph at Wheaton
Greg’s take: Wheaton 42, Mount St. Joseph 38
Patrick’s take: Wheaton 45, Mount St. Joseph 23
Ryan’s take: Wheaton 45, Mount St. Joseph 17
Frank's take: Wheaton 30, Mount St. Joseph 13
Logan's take: Wheaton 49, Mount St. Joseph 35
Riley's take: Wheaton 27, Mount St. Joseph 17
Keith’s take: Wheaton 33, Mount St. Joseph 13
Consensus: Wheaton with the W, but Mount St. Joseph gets its points.
Bethel at UW-Whitewater
Greg’s take: UW-Whitewater 31, Bethel 10
Patrick’s take: UW-Whitewater 38, Bethel 13
Ryan’s take: UW-Whitewater 34, Bethel 14
Frank's take: UW-Whitewater 37, Bethel 17
Logan's take: UW-Whitewater 27, Bethel 7
Riley's take: UW-Whitewater 27, Bethel 13
Keith’s take: UW-Whitewater 24, Bethel 14
Consensus: UW-Whitewater just too much for the strong Bethel defense.
Mount Union bracket
Alfred State at Mount Union
Greg’s take: Mount Union 64, Alfred State 0
Patrick’s take: Mount Union 62, Alfred State 0
Ryan’s take: Mount Union 63, Alfred State 3
Frank's take: Mount Union 50, Alfred State 3
Logan's take: Mount Union 63, Alfred State 0
Riley's take: Mount Union 42, Alfred State 0
Keith’s take: Mount Union 63, Alfred State 0
Consensus: Mount Union will do what they always do in the first round.
DePauw at Alma
Greg’s take: Alma 45, DePauw 18
Patrick’s take: Alma 45, DePauw 21
Ryan’s take: Alma 41, DePauw 20
Frank's take: Alma 34, DePauw 20
Logan's take: Alma 42, DePauw 28
Riley's take: Alma 33, DePauw 23
Keith’s take: Alma 35, DePauw 31
Consensus: Alma scores 33-45, DePauw mostly scores 18-28.
Cortland at Endicott
Greg’s take: Cortland 33, Endicott 20
Patrick’s take: Cortland 35, Endioott 21
Ryan’s take: Cortland 35, Endicott 27
Frank's take: Cortland 30, Endicott 20
Logan's take: Cortland 35, Endicott 27
Riley's take: Cortland 27, Endicott 17
Keith’s take: Cortland 38, Endicott 31
Consensus: Our committee is quite convinced that Cortland should be ahead of Endicott.
Grove City at Susquehanna
Greg’s take: Susquehanna 34, Grove City 18
Patrick’s take: Susquehanna 31, Grove City 27
Ryan’s take: Grove City 31, Susquehanna 28
Frank's take: Grove City 21, Susquehanna 20
Logan's take: Susquehanna 28, Grove City 24
Riley's take: Grove City 26, Susquehanna 24
Keith’s take: Susquehanna 24, Grove City 23
Consensus: The biggest toss-up of the bracket, and a fun one to boot.
Johns Hopkins bracket
Western Connecticut at Johns Hopkins
Greg’s take: Johns Hopkins 31, Western Connecticut 17
Patrick’s take: Johns Hopkins 55, Western Connecticut 13
Ryan’s take: Johns Hopkins 42, Western Connecticut 17
Frank's take: Johns Hopkins 37, Western Connecticut 10
Logan's take: Johns Hopkins 49, Western Connecticut 24
Riley's take: Johns Hopkins 34, Western Connecticut 6
Keith’s take: Johns Hopkins 35, Western Connecticut 9
Consensus: A multi-score victory for the top-seeded Blue Jays.
Union at Delaware Valley
Greg’s take: Union 11, Delaware Valley 7
Patrick’s take: Union 24, Delaware Valley 12
Ryan’s take: Union 17, Delaware Valley 14
Frank's take: Union 21, Delaware Valley 14
Logan's take: Union 14, Delaware Valley 10
Riley's take: Delaware Valley 16, Union 13
Keith’s take: Union 21, Delaware Valley 20
Consensus: Almost exclusively Union in a low-scoring affair.
Ithaca at Springfield
Greg’s take: Springfield 21, Ithaca 20
Patrick’s take: Ithaca 38, Springfield 10
Ryan’s take: Ithaca 28, Springfield 10
Frank's take: Ithaca 27, Springfield 17
Logan's take: Ithaca 27, Springfield 17
Riley's take: Springfield 24, Ithaca 20
Keith’s take: Ithaca 23, Springfield 16
Consensus: A bit of a toss-up, with a couple of people seeing a close upset.
Christopher Newport at Randolph-Macon
Greg’s take: Randolph-Macon 35, Christopher Newport 17
Patrick’s take: Randolph-Macon 54, Christopher Newport 10
Ryan’s take: Randolph-Macon 34, Christopher Newport 14
Frank's take: Randolph-Macon 34, Christopher Newport 17
Logan's take: Randolph-Macon 49, Christopher Newport 14
Riley's take: Randolph-Macon 42, Christopher Newport 9
Keith’s take: Randolph-Macon 45, Christopher Newport 14
Consensus: The Yellow Jacket offense continues its high-scoring ways in a comfortable win.
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