BB: General New England Discussion

[KSCfan]

I went over to the NY regional and checked on how castleton was doing.  I discovered that they only have 6 teams in their regional.  Am i missing something here?? Why?  Number 1 isnt that an advantage to have only 6 teams, as you have to win less games to win the regional then you would in a traditional 8 team, thats two less teams you have to worry about. 

Also more importantly, why not give another NE or Mid-Atlantic team a shot and fill up the regional?  There were plenty of teams from NE that were on the fence and would of loved to go over and play in that regional.  I know that only a certain amount of pool c bids exist, but why not stack up 8... 8 team regionals for 64 total?  Whats the worst that is going to happen, two teams are going to get to extend their season for another week?

[wildthngvaughn]

I went over to the NY regional and checked on how castleton was doing.  I discovered that they only have 6 teams in their regional.  Am i missing something here?? Why?  Number 1 isnt that an advantage to have only 6 teams, as you have to win less games to win the regional then you would in a traditional 8 team, thats two less teams you have to worry about. 

Also more importantly, why not give another NE or Mid-Atlantic team a shot and fill up the regional?  There were plenty of teams from NE that were on the fence and would of loved to go over and play in that regional.  I know that only a certain amount of pool c bids exist, but why not stack up 8... 8 team regionals for 64 total?  Whats the worst that is going to happen, two teams are going to get to extend their season for another week?

The NCAA doesn't want to pay for 10 more teams.  They have already expanded the DIII tournament  big time over the last 6 or so years.  It used to be that there were only 6 teams in the New England Regional and only 4 teams in the New York Regional.

[ECSUalum]

NCAA, thats really pathetic!!!  Take 1/2 of 1 % away from D-I, (which they would not miss), and give it to D-III to make a 64 team regional.  Money hungry twits!!  I am sure the NCAA admin. is taken care of well!!!

[kscer]

I believe the number of teams in a regional is based on the number of teams in a region. There is a math formula for it. I would suspect the cost of transporting teams to fill out the 6 team regionals to 8 teams would be prohibitive without some revenue source to offset it. Maybe have D-i basketball or football pay for it?

[OshDude]

I believe the number of teams in a regional is based on the number of teams in a region. There is a math formula for it. I would suspect the cost of transporting teams to fill out the 6 team regionals to 8 teams would be prohibitive without some revenue source to offset it. Maybe have D-i basketball or football pay for it?

D-I basketball TV contracts already pay for D-III postseasons.

[Ralph Turner]

I believe the number of teams in a regional is based on the number of teams in a region. There is a math formula for it. I would suspect the cost of transporting teams to fill out the 6 team regionals to 8 teams would be prohibitive without some revenue source to offset it. Maybe have D-i basketball or football pay for it?

The number of teams in the D-III Playoffs for almost all team sports is 1 bid for every 6.5 participants. That is how we moved from about 3 Pool C bids to the 16 that we have now.  And yes, it is due to the NCAA Money for the March Madness contract.

NCAA, thats really pathetic!!!  Take 1/2 of 1 % away from D-I, (which they would not miss), and give it to D-III to make a 64 team regional.  Money hungry twits!!  I am sure the NCAA admin. is taken care of well!!!

The real fear that I have for D-III sports is that the BCS schools will take their teams out of the NCAA to have their own TV contracts for intercollegiate athletics.

How much money would a football contract for a BCS 16-team national football playoff bring to an exclusive organization of the 130 big BCS schools bring?

The 8-team brackets were placed in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, and Midwest Regionals.

[kscer]

Good start for Wheakton getting that first one.

[ECSUalum]

What a beautiful facility Fox Cities Stadium is!!!!!  BTW really nice job by NCAA on High def broadcast.  Announcers excellent, anyone know who they are? Color guy is a former MLB player I think.

[Old Man]

Congrats to WHEATON on todays win - Eric Podbelski his staff and his team are a "TRUE CLASS ACT" as I have seen them MANY times over the last 10 years,  and will represent NE D3 Baseball Well -

GO WHEATIES -

Bring the Walnut and Bronze back to New England !!!!

OM

[Old Man]

Also,

Great Job on the Video by NCAA - Almost as good as LEC TV - That is me showing my New England bias,

OM

[wordsmith]

ePod & the Wheaties inch a little closer to immortality with a fantastic effort by Frank Holbrook.

Go Wheaton....(time 4 a shower

[kscer]

Another big win for Wheaton, pulling it out in the 9th inning. Go Wheaton, Go New England.

[KSCfan]

good luck to wheaton in national title game

[Wally]

Good luck to Coach Pod and The Boy's wednesday. Let's bring a D3 National Championship back to New England!

[kscer]

Tough way to lose yesterday! One win today and the walnut and bronze comes back to New England. Go Wheaton. Good Luck, and may Bucky Dent and Bill Bruckner play for the other team.