BB: Pool B

[OLDC]

 Millsaps did beat Huntington two out of three times this season

[OLDC]

  Millsaps has also beaten Birmingham Southern 4 times this Season

[BigPoppa]

I keep waiting for Chicago to kick it into gear, but maybe their perceieved snub last year (and I know very few in-the-know people who don't agree with that) was their one big chance to break through.

Things should really start to take shape by the end of the weekend as some contenders will show themselves as pretenders.

[Ralph Turner]

Pool B teams and their seedings.  (Asterisk denotes a 6-team regional.)

Case Western Reserve       Midwest*  #4
Huntingdon                        South* #1
Ithaca                                New York #1
Millsaps                              South* #3

[Teddy_Ballgame]

Pool B teams and their seedings.  (Asterisk denotes a 6-team regional.)

Case Western Reserve       Midwest*  #4
Huntingdon                        South* #1
Ithaca                                New York #1
Millsaps                              South* #3

Pool B schools go 2-2 on the opening day of regional play. Huntingdon upset by Methodist, the rest of the games featured the higher seed winning.

[Ralph Turner]

Pool B teams and their seedings.  (Asterisk denotes a 6-team regional.)

Case Western Reserve       Midwest*  #4        Midwest Region Finalist         (2-2)
Huntingdon                        South* #1            South Region "Semi-finalist"  (2-2)
Ithaca                                New York #1        New York Winner                   (4-0)
Millsaps                              South* #3           South Region Winner              (4-1)

Pool B schools go 2-2 on the opening day of regional play. Huntingdon upset by Methodist, the rest of the games featured the higher seed winning.

Final results of the Regionals

[Pat Coleman]

Yeah. Clearly it was stupid to put another Pool B team in the field via Pool C. 

[OshDude]

Yeah. Clearly it was stupid to put another Pool B team in the field via Pool C. 

Or two (WUSTL. SJF), if it pleases the court of public opinion.

[Pat Coleman]

Well, right, but to put two in, you have to start by putting one in.

[CrashDavisD3]

Pool B teams and their seedings.  (Asterisk denotes a 6-team regional.)

Case Western Reserve       Midwest*  #4
Huntingdon                        South* #1
Ithaca                                New York #1
Millsaps                              South* #3

Pool B did better than Pool C sending 2 to Appleton.

[Ralph Turner]

Pool B teams and their seedings.  (Asterisk denotes a 6-team regional.)

Case Western Reserve       Midwest*  #4
Huntingdon                        South* #1
Ithaca                                New York #1
Millsaps                              South* #3

Pool B did better than Pool C sending 2 to Appleton.

Actually, the SAA (Millsaps) is just a Pool A bid in waiting.

Ithaca and the E8 are only a couple of teams shy of a Pool A bid by 2017.  By 2015, the SAA and the North Atlantic Conference will have their Pool A bids. When we get down to 2 bids for Pool B in about 2015, I suggest that the E8 and the CUNYAC hold a post-season tournament for a Pool A bid.

St Joseph's Brooklyn needs to find a conference.

[Pat Coleman]

Pool B had two No. 1 seeds and has two teams in Appleton. Pool C had one No. 1 seed and has one team in Appleton.

[CrashDavisD3]

Thanks !!

[Ralph Turner]

Pool B talk will be starting up soon.  I haven't looked at Pool B  for baseball closely this season, so here goes.

SAA is still Pool B for 2014, 8 teams.  (I think that they take a Pool B bid with them to Pool A next season.)

The UAA-4 plus Chicago make 5.

The CUNYAC has 5 teams plus affiliate Stevens.

The E-8 has 4 (plus provisional Houghton).

We have independents:  St Joe's Brooklyn, Rust, Maranatha Baptist, Finlandia, and Maine-Presque Isle.  (Bard moved to the Liberty League. Huntingdon and Covenant are in the USA South.)

My first count is (8 + 5 + 6 + 4 + 5 = ) 28.

We might have 3 Pool B bids. I am awaiting the Publication of the Handbook.

[Spence]

So then right now you're looking at Fisher, Birmingham Southern and Case Western leading the pack with Emory, Rhodes and Berry next in line. SAA looks pretty decent, especially with mid-table Hendrix getting at least 2 of 3 from suddenly reeling Trinity.