BB: Pool B

[Ralph Turner]

Empire 8 has an automatic bid this year.  This was an error is a older version of the handbook.

New version:  http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/2017DIIIMBA_PreChampsManual_20170426.pdf

FYI - it might be possible for the number of Pool B bids to move from 2 to 1.  There is a dispute about the math.

Thanks, Jim.  (I wondered why the E8 was not listed as Pool A. Houghton and SUNY Canton had come through provisional status in the usual fashion, and I had forgotten the press release last summer.)

http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2016/07/empire-8-receives-conference-bid)

As for the number of bids, the usual calculation is 361 Pool A teams divided by 41 Pool A conferences = Access ratio of 1:8.83

16 Pool B teams by 8.83 = 1.81 bids truncated to 1 bid.

[Jim Dixon]

If they allow a minimum 7 team conference to get a automatic bid, the factor should be 7 not 8.83.  Using 8.83, you have essentially a 16 game conference with one dedicated bid. 

[ADL70]

Empire 8 has an automatic bid this year.  This was an error is a older version of the handbook.

New version:  http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/2017DIIIMBA_PreChampsManual_20170426.pdf

FYI - it might be possible for the number of Pool B bids to move from 2 to 1.  There is a dispute about the math.

Didn't they leave out NYU?

[Ralph Turner]

Empire 8 has an automatic bid this year.  This was an error is a older version of the handbook.

New version:  http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/2017DIIIMBA_PreChampsManual_20170426.pdf

FYI - it might be possible for the number of Pool B bids to move from 2 to 1.  There is a dispute about the math.

Didn't they leave out NYU?

+1!  Good catch!

[Ralph Turner]

Empire 8 has an automatic bid this year.  This was an error is a older version of the handbook.

New version:  http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/2017DIIIMBA_PreChampsManual_20170426.pdf

FYI - it might be possible for the number of Pool B bids to move from 2 to 1.  There is a dispute about the math.

Didn't they leave out NYU?

I have often wondered why the NCAA doesn't offer their Handbooks to a volunteer committee of D3sports.com fans, led by Pat, Dave, Gordon and Jim to proofread the Handbooks before they go out. There are plenty of fans who would love to volunteer services, just to get it right, the first time! 

[Jim Dixon]

All they need to do is get Ricky Nelson to put together the manual and it gets done right from the start.  The reason there is a new draft is due to his input.

[cubs]

All they need to do is get Ricky Nelson to put together the manual and it gets done right from the start.  The reason there is a new draft is due to his input.

There is a name I haven't heard in awhile....  I really miss his contributions on these boards!!!!

[SoCalBaseballfan]

POOL B and POOL C bids should just merge in my opinion.

[SoCalBaseballfan]

If they allow a minimum 7 team conference to get a automatic bid, the factor should be 7 not 8.83.  Using 8.83, you have essentially a 16 game conference with one dedicated bid.

NCAA officials can they do math???

[Pat Coleman]

If they allow a minimum 7 team conference to get a automatic bid, the factor should be 7 not 8.83.  Using 8.83, you have essentially a 16 game conference with one dedicated bid.

But then Pool B bids would be more prevalent than Pool A bids. The numbers are tied together for a reason, so that teams in Pool B have no more or fewer bids available to them, on average, than teams in AQ conferences.

[Pat Coleman]

Here's our projected playoff field:
http://www.d3baseball.com/playoffs/2017/2017-playoff-projections

[Ralph Turner]

2017 Pool B:

Wash U StL and Emory

[cubs]

All they need to do is get Ricky Nelson to put together the manual and it gets done right from the start.  The reason there is a new draft is due to his input.

There is a name I haven't heard in awhile....  I really miss his contributions on these boards!!!!

Speaking of Ricky Nelson.....

http://www.uwoshkoshtitans.com/news/2016-17/NelsonGrantBurgerAward

Congrats on a well-deserved honor!!!

[Ralph Turner]

All they need to do is get Ricky Nelson to put together the manual and it gets done right from the start.  The reason there is a new draft is due to his input.

There is a name I haven't heard in awhile....  I really miss his contributions on these boards!!!!

Speaking of Ricky Nelson.....

http://www.uwoshkoshtitans.com/news/2016-17/NelsonGrantBurgerAward

Congrats on a well-deserved honor!!!

+1! to Ricky!

[Jim Dixon]

All they need to do is get Ricky Nelson to put together the manual and it gets done right from the start.  The reason there is a new draft is due to his input.

There is a name I haven't heard in awhile....  I really miss his contributions on these boards!!!!

Speaking of Ricky Nelson.....

http://www.uwoshkoshtitans.com/news/2016-17/NelsonGrantBurgerAward

Congrats on a well-deserved honor!!!

Indeed.