NCAA Tournament

[Ralph Turner]

Another name close to the Bubble would be Howard Payne, winner of the ASC-West but lost the UT-D in the tourney.

[ronk]

 My projected pods 4 the Mid-Atlantic area:

@ Catholic, Marymount, Widener, Lanc Bible

@ Messiah, Gettysburg, Scranton, FDU

@ Lebanon Valley, Montclair, Moravian, Cabrini

[7express]

I missed like 7 teams, that was terrible.

[sac]

I missed like 7 teams, that was terrible.

On the other hand, 5 out of 12 makes you the greatest hitter to ever live in baseball.

[northb]

I missed like 7 teams, that was terrible.

On the other hand, 5 out of 12 makes you the greatest hitter to ever live in baseball.

Actually, Hugh Duffy hit .440 in 1894

[sac]

I missed like 7 teams, that was terrible.

On the other hand, 5 out of 12 makes you the greatest hitter to ever live in baseball.

Actually, Hugh Duffy hit .440 in 1894

Ok then modern history

[WLCALUM83]

I missed like 7 teams, that was terrible.

On the other hand, 5 out of 12 makes you the greatest hitter to ever live in baseball.

Actually, Hugh Duffy hit .440 in 1894

Ok then modern history

Carl Yastrzemski, George Brett--

[Captain_Joe08]

Do we do a bracket challenge sort of thing for the women? I'll put one up if need be.

[7express]

So looking at the bottom right (Rochester, USM, Emory, Whitman, L&C) who would get hosting privalges in the sectionals should the 4 teams be: Rochester, USM, Emory and L&C??  I doubt Lewis & Clark/Emory get it because that would involve flying 3 teams in compared to just 2, while USM to Rochester barely gets below the 500 mile mark (496 according to that NCAA milage counter) so it's likely to be USM/Rochester.  Who knows how the final regional rankings are with Rochester losing to Emory and USM winning the LEC (I said on the LEC board USM likely jumped Babson in the East up to 3) but does the NCAA reward Rochester for probably having a better profile, or does it go to USM who will have a better record and possibly higher RR??  Also, do they take any consideration on regular season results like Emory sweeping Rochester during the season or is that out the window come tournament time??

[7express]

Do we do a bracket challenge sort of thing for the women? I'll put one up if need be.

I thought we would've seen the bracket challenge up on d3hoops.com by now.  I know there's no Thursday games now so we get an extra 22 hours or so, but still.  Are they not doing it this year??

[ronk]

So looking at the bottom right (Rochester, USM, Emory, Whitman, L&C) who would get hosting privalges in the sectionals should the 4 teams be: Rochester, USM, Emory and L&C??  I doubt Lewis & Clark/Emory get it because that would involve flying 3 teams in compared to just 2, while USM to Rochester barely gets below the 500 mile mark (496 according to that NCAA milage counter) so it's likely to be USM/Rochester.  Who knows how the final regional rankings are with Rochester losing to Emory and USM winning the LEC (I said on the LEC board USM likely jumped Babson in the East up to 3) but does the NCAA reward Rochester for probably having a better profile, or does it go to USM who will have a better record and possibly higher RR??  Also, do they take any consideration on regular season results like Emory sweeping Rochester during the season or is that out the window come tournament time??

Probably some consideration but not primary since Scranton was 2-0 vs. Rochester and Emmanuel and Williams and didn't get to host. For the sectional hosting, hoping for Scranton to win 2, Ithaca to win its pod, and then Scranton looks like the host because Ithaca can't(gym renovation).

[Pat Coleman]

Do we do a bracket challenge sort of thing for the women? I'll put one up if need be.

I thought we would've seen the bracket challenge up on d3hoops.com by now.  I know there's no Thursday games now so we get an extra 22 hours or so, but still.  Are they not doing it this year??

It's up -- thanks for your patience.

[ronk]

From the D3hoops women's preview concerning sectional hosting;

Predicted champion: If Southern Maine advances past Saturday, the Huskies probably host next weekend.   They have the best overall record of all teams in this bracket.  If Rochester advances, it is within driving distance of Scranton as defined by the NCAA (498 miles). And if Rochester loses, the other three teams in Rochester's pod are even closer to Maine. The southern and west coast teams should start looking at flights to Portland. When they get there, they'll find cold weather, a loud gym and a tough opponent. So Southern Maine is the favorite.

  If Scranton and Ferrum win their regionals, then 1 plane trip is saved by having Scranton host instead of USM; the same if USM doesn't win their regional. Just planting the idea!

[gordonmann]

Good point. I hadn't thought about that combination.

[mark_reichert]

Nice preview writeup Mr. Mann, except that Lady Bears will have to shoot the ball a lot better than they have been to get anywhere in the tournament, and I say that as a confirmed fan.

OTOH, the only reason Depauw won the game in November was the enormous difference in free throw attempts granted.  Perhaps Depauw was just that much better at not being called for a foul, but they got a hell of a lot from their free throws in a 1 point game.