D3 vs. D1/D2/NAIA/NCCAA

[LogShow]

LogShow -- we occasionally have teams in the NCCAA tournaments as well, which would basically all be against non-Division III teams.

I am not familiar with those tournaments.  I am guessing the NCCAA stands for the National Christian College Athletic Association?  How do D3 teams get invited to those tournaments?

[David Collinge]

LogShow -- we occasionally have teams in the NCCAA tournaments as well, which would basically all be against non-Division III teams.

I am familiar with those tournaments.  I am guessing the NCCAA stands for the National Christian College Athletic Association?  How do D3 teams get invited to those tournaments?

By being members.

[LogShow]

So they are dually associated with the NCAA-D3 and the NCCAA?

[Mr. Ypsi]

So they are dually associated with the NCAA-D3 and the NCCAA?

Yes.  While not the norm, dual memberships (including w/ NAIA, etc.) are not uncommon.

[smedindy]

They just have to declare which tourney they wish to be in, which is normally the NCCAA (or NAIA).

[LogShow]

They just have to declare which tourney they wish to be in, which is normally the NCCAA (or NAIA).

That's something they have to do before the year starts?

[Gregory Sager]

They just have to declare which tourney they wish to be in, which is normally the NCCAA (or NAIA).

That's something they have to do before the year starts?

In the case of the NAIA, a dual-member school needs to declare at the start of the season whether it will compete for the NAIA tournament or for the NCAA-D3 tournament. In the case of the NCCAA, this is not necessary, since the NCCAA does not have a preseason deadline. In other words, a school that is a dual member of D3 and the NCCAA can aspire to make the D3 tourney and then choose to participate in the NCCAA tourney as a consolation prize if it does not qualify for the D3 tourney.

[LogShow]

Thanks for the info Sager!

[Rhodes Scholar]

Score from 2/27

Davis (NCCAA 2) 87, Philadelphia Biblical 74

[Rhodes Scholar]

Score from 2/28

Crown 113, Trinity Bible (NCCAA 2) 111

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Score from 2/29

North Central, MN 77, Pillsbury Baptist Bible (NCCAA 2) 45

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Score from 3/7

Trinity Christian (NCCAA 2) 82, Greenville 53

[Rhodes Scholar]

Score from 3/8

Trinity Christian (NCCAA 2) 76, Northwestern, MN 52

[Rhodes Scholar]

Final Totals for 2008*

D3 vs.

D1....1-32
D2....16-56
NAIA 1....18-34
NAIA 2....121-98
NCCAA 1....9-2
NCCAA 2....53-22
USCAA....59-23
Other....51-14

*Subject to revision

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