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Ralph Turner

Quote from: Jim Dixon on May 06, 2017, 01:33:09 PM
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

Quote from: Jim Dixon on May 06, 2017, 01:33:09 PM
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?
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Ralph Turner

Quote from: ADL70 on May 07, 2017, 12:38:44 AM
Quote from: Jim Dixon on May 06, 2017, 01:33:09 PM
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

Quote from: ADL70 on May 07, 2017, 12:38:44 AM
Quote from: Jim Dixon on May 06, 2017, 01:33:09 PM
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?
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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

Quote from: Jim Dixon on May 08, 2017, 01:19:00 PM
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.
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POOL B and POOL C bids should just merge in my opinion.


SoCalBaseballfan

Quote from: Jim Dixon on May 06, 2017, 07:53:19 PM
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

Quote from: Jim Dixon on May 06, 2017, 07:53:19 PM
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.
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Ralph Turner

2017 Pool B:

Wash U StL and Emory

cubs

Quote from: cubs on May 08, 2017, 01:53:24 PM
Quote from: Jim Dixon on May 08, 2017, 01:19:00 PM
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!!!
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Ralph Turner

Quote from: cubs on June 21, 2017, 03:39:06 PM
Quote from: cubs on May 08, 2017, 01:53:24 PM
Quote from: Jim Dixon on May 08, 2017, 01:19:00 PM
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

Quote from: cubs on June 21, 2017, 03:39:06 PM
Quote from: cubs on May 08, 2017, 01:53:24 PM
Quote from: Jim Dixon on May 08, 2017, 01:19:00 PM
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.