NE Region General Questions

[7express]

7Express.....do not really know where you are going to be....know you are a traveler but not a time traveler....basically did not understand your last post....stated with a smile on my face.

I think WPI or Nerd stated something about whether people stay for the second game or vice versa.  Basically I was saying I'm staying for both games regardless of whether were playing the first or second or won/lost the first.

I.e. If I was a Mid fan, I'm going to the first game even though they won't play until the 2nd game, and likewise if I'm a Bates fan I'm staying for game 2 even if they lose game 1.

[Hugenerd]

Nice info being provided by the posters.
Free food at the MIT game....that must be a new thing?  Thanks HugeNerd.
ECSU is providing dining info for tourney goers to the LEC in Willi.
7Express.....do not really know where you are going to be....know you are a traveler but not a time traveler....basically did not understand your last post....stated with a smile on my face.
Me......still kicking sand, looking at art, and watching my wife shop...in the Sunshine state.....watching online and missing the action....live for now.

Hot dogs will be served from 12:30-01:00 and at halftime of any game MIT plays this weekend.

[Pat Coleman]

Nerd is right - there are no seedings in the Division III basketball tournaments.

Wow -- I would really try to nip this in the bud. There IS seeding, but the NCAA doesn't announce the seeds to anyone anymore.

[Hugenerd]

Nerd is right - there are no seedings in the Division III basketball tournaments.

Wow -- I would really try to nip this in the bud. There IS seeding, but the NCAA doesn't announce the seeds to anyone anymore.

So there is seeding, however it is not announced and it can be outweighed by other factors such as geography and hosting restrictions?

[ECSUalum]

Nice info being provided by the posters.
Free food at the MIT game....that must be a new thing?  Thanks HugeNerd.
ECSU is providing dining info for tourney goers to the LEC in Willi.
7Express.....do not really know where you are going to be....know you are a traveler but not a time traveler....basically did not understand your last post....stated with a smile on my face.
Me......still kicking sand, looking at art, and watching my wife shop...in the Sunshine state.....watching online and missing the action....live for now.

Aaaah South Florida, and the weather has been nice and hot as well.  I will be visiting my daughter in LA and going up tp Santa Barbara for some wine sipping, (in April).  amh63, have great time and make sure to put the sun block on. Jeffs will prevail!!!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Nerd is right - there are no seedings in the Division III basketball tournaments.

Wow -- I would really try to nip this in the bud. There IS seeding, but the NCAA doesn't announce the seeds to anyone anymore.

So there is seeding, however it is not announced and it can be outweighed by other factors such as geography and hosting restrictions?

Yup.
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[mass_d3fan]

Pjunto

  I don't believe AM is being punished as much as other teams are being rewarded.  If you are in an extremely weak conference, you can't help that (To make is worse, it eats up 18 games.)  But, then agian, if you are in that weak a conference, then you should be putting up 18-0 or 17-1. The advantage however is that if you are that good, you actually have a much easier path to getting an AQ.  Especially now that they only real competition for them lost tonight.

[pjunito]

Mass, sometimes a computer and 3 hours of free time at work isn't a great thing... At least, I choose to send my time on d3hoops....

Again, I am learning the process and appreciate everyone's insight. Albertus, can receive the AQ if they win on Saturday. Then, the discussion or debates never have to happen.

[mass_d3fan]

LOL, its ongoing process that just keeps evolving and morphing.  I am not sure anyone ever fully understands it and how these commitees are actually performing their duties.  We hear how it should go, or how someone who "knows" explained to too someone and now they post it, etc...

Truth is only the people who really know in any one year are those commitee members.  The next year it can go in a completely different way.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

LOL, its ongoing process that just keeps evolving and morphing.  I am not sure anyone ever fully understands it and how these commitees are actually performing their duties.  We hear how it should go, or how someone who "knows" explained to too someone and now they post it, etc...

Truth is only the people who really know in any one year are those commitee members.  The next year it can go in a completely different way.

The National Committee is pretty open.  The National Committee chair will likely do a video interview after the bracket is released and is usually quite open about the process.  It's not a mystery.  There is some subjectivity involved, but it's always subjectivity around numbers, not around team play or quality.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The chair will be on Hoopsville Monday night... where you can get a lot of your questions answered.

[Hugenerd]

Dave, I don't know if I'll be able to tune in or not, but could you please ask him the justification for home/away weight factors (.75/1.25) and if they actually did a study to come up with those numbers or were they just 'guessed.' I believe it was knightslappy who actually did a study on this on the Pool C board and found numbers of 0.85/1.15 to be more appropriate for winning teams.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Dave, I don't know if I'll be able to tune in or not, but could you please ask him the justification for home/away weight factors (.75/1.25) and if they actually did a study to come up with those numbers or were they just 'guessed.' I believe it was knightslappy who actually did a study on this on the Pool C board and found numbers of 0.85/1.15 to be more appropriate for winning teams.

Does the committee pick those or does that come from some other committee at the NCAA?

[Hugenerd]

Dave, I don't know if I'll be able to tune in or not, but could you please ask him the justification for home/away weight factors (.75/1.25) and if they actually did a study to come up with those numbers or were they just 'guessed.' I believe it was knightslappy who actually did a study on this on the Pool C board and found numbers of 0.85/1.15 to be more appropriate for winning teams.

Does the committee pick those or does that come from some other committee at the NCAA?

I believe its the committee on random number generation.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

The numbers have been a work in progress... this year's numbers have actually be adjusted from the previous which I think where 1.4 and .6 (memory not serving right now).

Remember, the key seems to have been they want to stop rewarding teams who pack their schedules with home games... in a sense giving them an unfair advantage. The previous set-up seemed a bit heavy-handed... I haven't made up my mind on this year's version... though I don't have any negative feelings toward it. As far as knightslappy's numbers... I worry that the closer we get to 1.0... the further away we are from the purpose of the numbers in the first place.