And that's where its tough to gauge where a team will be each year-you have ideas but never truly know until the season gets going, and these games are scheduled a year in advance (sometimes longer if it is a long term agreement between teams to switch home and away each year)...you have PSU-Harrisburg for example - 14-6-1 in 2014, league runner up and returned most of the team. Unfortunately in 2015 - they greatly under-achieved and had a nightmare of a season, but how is Etown supposed to know that they were going to be that way in 2015 after the year they had in 2014?
And when other teams won't schedule E'town, it makes it tougher for E'town to schedule tough games...example - LVC and Lyco won't play Etown now that Etown is out of the MAC. So E'town needs to schedule whoever they can get within a certain distance due to budgets and travel time and who is willing to play them.

Shooter - If Etown had gone 19-1 with the only loss being in the conference final...because of their SOS being so low - do they not get a bid?

And JSPTB - Etown can't control how good the teams are in their conference each year...many teams in the Landmark under-performed greatly this year...Catholic (preseason favorite) Scranton, USMM all did not perform as expected...Drew had a good run til they played Etown. Unfortunately, Etown's conference SOS was under .500 which killed them. Then having the nscaa regional committee chair being from their league and the guy doesn't back Etown is just a slap in the face - but I guess he got intimidated by the other coaches on the committee.

And are you saying if Etown had gone 19-1 (loss being in the conference finals) that they would not be good enough to be in the NCAA tournament?

Good to see Etown get the recognition they deserve with Jilly and Martin going first team All-American...maybe the coaches who snubbed Etown felt this was a way to make up for what they did.

As for people complaining about who got on where and such...blame the COACHES who did vote and more importantly didnt vote. It's a point system that coaches vote for players and the points get added up...then based on those points - the players are placed on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, nothing for all-region and all-american.
Far too many coaches do not vote due to not having any players up for the awards, which then hurts players who are on the ballot as their point total is not as high as it could have/should have been. Its a shame really that coaches can't take the time to vote for players, but that's their choice.

People always give the NSCAA crap for having a bad system...however the people who "control" the rankings are the COACHES who vote, not some group of people who sit back and don't know anything. So when you complain about this kind of stuff all the time - you are basically saying you know more then the coaches...

Congrats to all who got selected!

And yet Etown wasn't good enough to make the tournament...makes sense.

Trying to get a video besides what Etown has on their instagram account but Jilly's (Gilbert Waso) goal against Messiah

Etown got screwed...plan and simple. Committee ignored criteria and decided to allow politics to determine selection rather then doing their job properly - from what I was able to find out, Etown was in before final decisions were made and then decision was made to switch at last second based on a unknown request...not confirmed but that is the info I am being told from my sources. Only criteria Etown lacked was SOS (which was low because teams who normally have good records had nightmares this season and you can't predict that)...that alone should have not omitted them from the tournament...they beat everyone who was put in front of them (including Dickinson and Messiah) with their only losses being v F&M early in the season and then the conference final. I know it sounds like someone just complaining because their team didn't get in, but this was down right criminal to leave Etown out...especially when they took other teams who did not deserve to be in ahead of Etown (Tufts/Dickinson)

Good luck to all the teams who were selected, will be an interesting and fun tournament to follow

Unfortunately for them - some teams had down years that werent expected - nor could have been predicted when making the schedule - plus can only schedule games against people who can make their schedule work...but still played F&M, dickinson, Messiah and went 2-1 in those games. Would love to know the committees reasoning for not taking them - had to be another reason besides SOS...

Absolutely shocking for Etown to not get in...2 losses all year - 1 @ F&M and other in conference final after running the table all year...yet they take other teams who were worse.

I have to say I'm shocked Etown didn't get in...yet they take Dickinson...who ETOWN BEAT, and even beyond that there are other teams that got taken who have worse records then Etown and worse stats. Granted their SOS was low but every other stat was solid. Guess the Mid Atlantic committee of coaches were out to make sure Etown didn't get in - and can figure that based on who is on that committee. You go 17-2-1 and your only losses are to F&M and then the conference final 3-2 after running the table all year - guess that isn't a good enough season to qualify for the NCAA tourney.
Good luck to everyone who got selected. 

FW, appreciate the reminder of all the criteria, even though I don't need it - been around this long enough...I was just making a comment that the committee could use recent performance for deciding selections/seeding/whether to take a team or not (which they have done in the past in various years)...didn't say to what level they use that info, but I said it could be considered. Never know what the committee is thinking as every year there are teams selected/teams left home for unknown reasons when you look at criteria that they are SUPPOSED to follow.

I understand F&M's SOS is higher then Etown and Lyco but one criteria that is to be considered when they do their selections is recent performance - in which case F&M is not in a good place. Either way these rankings are pretty useless until we know who the AQ teams are and who drops into Pool C - then the rankings will matter for hosting/who makes it/etc. Until then its a good conversation topic to keep us occupied.

Curious what peoples thoughts are - what if Etown doesn't win the Landmark? I think they will win it, but what if they have a slip up like F&M did against Dickinson? Does Etown still get in? My opinion is yes they still get in but will not be playing at home...I think if they win their conference then they will/should host first rounds - just my thoughts!

I think we will see F&M drop this week to the 4 spot with the rankings looking like this:
1. Haverford
2. Lycoming - can see them losing semi-final
3. Etown - should cruise through the week
4. F&M
5. Dickinson (great win over F&M but not enough to put ahead of F&M)

Will be interesting to see how the game plays out on Sat when F&M and Dickinson face off again (game at Haverford from what I saw which will make it interesting too) I think F&M will come out on top 2 or 3-0 this time around.

Love conference playoff time - all the crazy stuff happens where people don't expect certain teams to be in Pool C and throws everyone's ideas out the window!
My thoughts on conference winners: Commonwealth - Messiah (not sure they play Lyco in the final...) , Freedom - FDU, Centennial - Haverford, Landmark - Etown.

It does drain pretty well and they don't practice on that field so that will help keep it in good shape going into the weekend. Field has held up great all year so I don't see this time being any different! There is a local turf field they have played on before but that is a worst case scenario to go that route. 

FYI - the Etown game is at home v Scranton with a 1pm kick off - not @ Scranton. Should be an interesting game but one that Etown should come out on top in.

I understand your reasoning and what not. In the end, I don't see it really being an issue as they are all going to the dance anyway. Besides F&M and Haverford will meet again in the CC Final, so one of them will have another loss on their record and the rankings will change, but for now its fun to talk about trying to predict who goes where.