BB: Regionals (New England) Harwich '08, '11, ECSU '09, '10

[gap to gap]

Tufts
WNEC
Wheaton
MIT/Amherst
St Joes
RIC
Bridgewater
Mitchell

Eastern to NY

[Hobbesy]

Tufts
WNEC
Wheaton
Eastern
St. Joes
Bridgewater
Husson
Mitchell

RIC to New York like in 2005

[JustAFan]

Gapper I like your picks but i'd substitute Bowdoin for Amherst.  Bowdoin is an incredibly gutty team that played the #1 toughest schedule this year according to the SOS rankings, and that, coupled with Bowdoin's performance this weekend, deserves to be recognized.  Amherst had home field advantage for the league playoffs this weekend and didn't get it done. What I like about your picks is that they recognize that the fact that the NESCAC and the NEWMAC were the 2 best conferences in New England this year and that merits at least one of them getting an at-large bid.  Eastern played in a weaker than normal LEC this year and went 7-7 down the stretch, with no signature wins and losses to Amherst, Tufts and WNEC.  That performance does not justify an at-large bid this year even though I would prefer that Eastern was hosting the regionals rather than Harwich since no one does it better than Eastern on all fronts.

[KSCfan]

I looked on the d3 baseball website this morning and they had the Little East getting in not 1 not 2 but 3 teams!!!!!!  They had keene and Ric going to Harwich with Keene getting the 4 seed!!!.  I was surprised and impressed and i hope its true.  They had Eastern going to the Mid-Atlantic. 

SHould be interesting to see what happens

[LEC Fan]

Any idea when the teams will be announced?

[KSCfan]

its up on d3baseball....

Eastern and Mitchell shipped out

Keene not in

[GBearsAlum15]

Looking at the seedings and matchups, who does everyone think is the early favorite to come out of this NE regional? What lower seed has the potential to make some noise and surprise people?

I like all of the higher seeds in the opening round games, with the exception of RIC over MIT.

[forheavendial4999]

Looking at the seedings and matchups, who does everyone think is the early favorite to come out of this NE regional? What lower seed has the potential to make some noise and surprise people?

I like all of the higher seeds in the opening round games, with the exception of RIC over MIT.

I think there could be a lot of upsets. It's hard to know if some of these lower-seeded aces are for real but there are some really good numbers among them. Bridgewater State's ace looks on paper like a tough matchup for Tufts, but hard to say how good he really is against their schedule. Tufts and WNEC don't really have any overpowering arms, so IMO there could be some upsets. St. Joes has a couple of guys with very solid numbers as well, and we know MIT is a good pitching team.

I think Wheaton is the best offensive club and if they can stay around are more of a threat later in the tournament when most teams are on second-rate arms.

[wildthngvaughn]

Not too many gripes this year about the selections but here are a few.

1.  RIC getting a 5 seed.  Yes they got hot and and ran the LE tournament, but they are still only 21-18.

2. SOS.  The NESCAC (mostly Tufts) has found a way to really manipulate the system.  They play 3 or at the most 4 games a week, while their New England region foes play 6 or 7.  They also play almost all their games against medium level competition.  They rarely play really bad teams but they also rarely play the top tier teams.  Thus their SOS is high but in reality their schedule is very ordinary at best.

3.  MIT.  Not really a gripe here Amherst and Keene played themselves out of the tournament.

4.  7 teams in the Mideast.  Make it 6 or 8. 7 is just stupid and gives too much of an advantage to the #1 seed.  New England did it one year and it was awful.

5.  Farmingdale St. 26-15 and gets a 2 seed in New York, huh???

[D3Cast]

Running out of time for fanfare today while I try to remember where all my rain gear is, but...

D3Cast, with production help from our friends at Pack Network, will have complete coverage of the New England Regional, beginning at... well, um, beginning whenever the rain stops this week (but theoretically at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday). It's been three years since we've done the regional -- the folks from Bridgewater cable access have done an outstanding job for the last two years, and the bar is still very, very high. But we're looking forward to the week, and the weekend, and maybe even Monday, who knows?

Steve Clay
D3Cast

[EttaFan1]

They changed the format of the seven team format. It isn't a three game ride for the top seed any longer. If you are the top seed and go undefeated you must win four games just like a six team or eight team region.

Seven still adds unneeded complications and scheduling scenarios.

[KSCfan]

Anyone find it interesting that the NCAA doesnt seem to think to much of St Joes and thier schedule.  The fighting monks were seeded 6th.  They come in as a conference champion, they record is 30-13, and they where seeded behind at large MIT.  I think it was on the general new england discussion early in march we talked about St Joes and thier program.  Apparently the NCAA seems to think that St Joes plays a weak schedule, and or are not as good as advertised.  They get Wheaton in thier first game which is no easy task.  I would of thought that they would of ended up in the 4/5 game. 

[wordsmith]

Anyone find it interesting that the NCAA doesnt seem to think to much of St Joes and thier schedule.  The fighting monks were seeded 6th.  They come in as a conference champion, they record is 30-13, and they where seeded behind at large MIT.  I think it was on the general new england discussion early in march we talked about St Joes and thier program.  Apparently the NCAA seems to think that St Joes plays a weak schedule, and or are not as good as advertised.  They get Wheaton in thier first game which is no easy task.  I would of thought that they would of ended up in the 4/5 game. 

Coach Will will have the boys stoked for the Wheaties....Beware this is a tough match-up for Wheaton. An upset would not surprise me.

[KSCfan]

My predictions for the first round of games

1. Tufts over Bridgewater in a close game.  I think Tufts is a little overrated and Bridgewater a little underrated.  Tufts squeks by in close one
2. WNEC over Husson- Golden Bears are tough team, showed that by winning 4 games in two days to get to the regionals to much for Husson
3. Wheaton over St Joes- Wheaton looks strong going into tournament, would not be surprised to see them get to championship sat
4. RIC over MIT- RIC was red hot in the LEC tournament and i see them keeping the train rolling

[wildthngvaughn]

What happens if the New England, New York, and Mid-Atlantic Regionals only gets through the first round or second round?  All are expecting rain throughout the week.  Would they delay the World Series or just go with the, "well there are four 1-0 teams, but this one is the highest seed so they win".