Women's Basketball

Saint Joseph's Ranked Sixth in NCAA DIII Regional Rankings

Posted: Feb 16, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – The first NCAA DIII Women's Basketball regional rankings were released on Wednesday afternoon and Saint Joseph's College (19-4, 13-2 GNAC) is ranked sixth in Region #1.

The NCAA will release regional rankings again next Wednesday to help provide a clearer picture as to which teams have the best chance to earn their way into the NCAA DIII Tournament. The final regional rankings will be released on Monday, February 28th, which is when the bracket for the 64-team field is announced.

As of February 15th, the Monks are ranked in the top 25 in NCAA DIII in nine statistical categories, including three-point percentage (3rd, 36.0%), fewest fouls per game (15th, 12.7), assists (17th, 398), assists per game (17th, 17.3), free throw percentage (17th, 74.2%), field goal percentage (18th, 44.0%), scoring margin (19th, 19.7), three pointers made (19th, 187), and points (21st, 1,722).

The NCAA's official regional rankings primary criteria are: winning percentage (versus Division III teams), strength of schedule, results versus regionally ranked opponents, head-to-head results, and results versus common opponents.

Sixty-four teams go to the tournament — 43 conference champions, one team from Pool B and 20 at-large teams (Pool C). Pool B has 10 teams that are independent or members of conferences that do not have automatic bids, which is enough for one Pool B bid to be allocated to those teams.

Saint Joseph's has advanced to the NCAA Tournament following four of the last five full seasons after winning the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament in 2016, 2017, and 2018 and earning an at-large berth in 2019.

Saint Joseph's will host Lasell University in the team's regular-season finale on Saturday at 1:00 PM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.