2012 Division III NCAA Tournament

[Ralph Turner]

Guilford to JCU = 482.
Guilford to Capital ~ 390+

[fcnews]

Marty - Some FU students took Amtrak and loved it.

[sac]

Guilford to JCU = 482.
Guilford to Capital ~ 390+

The bracket and probably final Great Lakes Regional ranking suggest John Carroll is the highest remaining seed.  It appears both Capital and JCU could host the sectional.

[kiltedbryan]

Guilford to JCU = 482.
Guilford to Capital ~ 390+

The bracket and probably final Great Lakes Regional ranking suggest John Carroll is the highest remaining seed.  It appears both Capital and JCU could host the sectional.

You would think that JCU would be the top seed- they beat Capital 2 out of 3 this year, including winning the OAC championship just before that final regional ranking...and JCU was already the top GL team in the regional rankings before winning that game.  No way Capital would have moved ahead of them.

[sac]

Not much talk about the other brackets

Upper right
Farmingdale St vs Bridgewater St.
St. Lawrence vs #6 Richard Stockton

One of those four is in Salem, I have no idea where that sectional might be.

Lower right
Salem State v Franklin and Marshall
DeSales vs #16 Mass-Dartmouth

One of those four is in Salem, I have no idea where that sectional might be.

[Marty Peretz]

FCnews,
I'm no longer in St. Louis, unfortunately. Otherwise, I'd be there without hesitation. For now, I think I'm gonna have to hope we get to Salem before I take a day off work and see the team play again in person.

[Ralph Turner]

UTD's defense and quickness gave Trinity trouble tonight.

UTD held TU to one FG in the last 10 minutes of the game.

Temaine Wright for UTD is worth the price of admission.  We have plenty of players like him in the ASC.

UTD should be a good match-up for Capital.

[Pat Coleman]

Shucks, I have even taken public transportation to Foster and Kedzie! 

Looks like Capital can host UTD, Guilford and JCU.

What did they say about a snowballs chance of UTD hosting the sectionals?

The gym is open this week, I think.

JCU can as well. They'd be higher seeded.

[r.w. mcnickels]

Lower right
Salem State v Franklin and Marshall
DeSales vs #16 Mass-Dartmouth

One of those four is in Salem, I have no idea where that sectional might be.

My guess would be UMass-Dartmouth, based on their record (best of the four teams) and location.  Salem State just traveled to Widener, so maybe the NCAA will make the PA teams go up to New England.  F&M is slightly less than 400 miles away from UMass-Dartmouth, but right around 400 from Salem State.  UMD also has a decent sized gym (3,000), so it looks like a good option.

[usee]

Bummer.
-WU fan

How far is Wheaton from the Chicago airports? Who knows, maybe I'll find a cheap flight.

Perhaps a Chicago poster can chime in, but Wheaton is not far from either.  It's actually closer to O'Hare, but I'm not sure if there is public transportation.  From Midway, the Metra can drop you merely blocks from Wheaton.

I think you can also take rapid rail from O'Hare to Downtown then Metra to Wheaton.  Sager would know

the two airports would take similar time to travel by car. If you are dependent on public transport, Midway's Orange line get to the city faster than Ohare's blue line. Plus, the Orange line gets you closer to the Citibank building on Canal and Madison, where you would pick up the West line Metra rail to College Avenue for Wheaton.

www.metrarail.com

All in all, midway is a bit more convenient via public transport and Ohare is probably better if you are renting a car or taking a taxi.

[njachoopsfan]

What are the chances of Richard Stockton hosting the Sweet 16, they are the only Top 25 team in their brackett and ranked #6 in the poll

[njachoopsfan]

If Salem State is hosting, I hope to God they got rid of that synthetic floor.  Back in 1991 when we (Ramapo) had to travel up there for the Sweet 16 they had a rubberized floor.  The Basketball bounced off it like a super ball.   

I still can't understand how the NCAA would let a school with a rubberized floor host a sectional

[magicman]

Does anybody know if they will be showing any of the remaining tournament games on ESPN? The final four games or the Championship?

Yep!!! Right after hell freezes over

[pabegg]

Who hosts?  Wheaton, WashU, or St. Thomas?

WashU and St. Thomas are over 500 miles, so it would be Wheaton by geography.

There you go.  Probably by seed, as well, I assume.

I would think that it would be St. Thomas by seed, as they are still undefeated. But none of that matters when one team has a clear geographical advantage (like WashU last year).

Funny, but it looks like the exact same issue on the women's side, where St. Benedict is more than 500 from Illinois Wesleyan, so the sectional would seem to be headed to Stevens Point, putting an undefeated team on the road.

[Titan Q]

The Championships Committee has prioritized the following site-selection criteria for all championships:

1. Quality and availability of the facility and other necessary accommodations;

2. Geographical location (which may include such factors as rotation of sites, weather, accessibility, and transportation costs);

3. Seeding, and;

4. Attendance history and revenue potential, which shall be considered necessary to assure fiscal responsibility.

http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/champ_handbooks/basketball/2009/3_mbasketball_handbook.pdf

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