NCAA Tournament

[Captain_Joe08]

Here is the current list of Pool A Qualifiers with overall record and their seeding within their conference Tournament in parentheses.

Automatic Qualifiers

AMCC:
ASC: Texas-Tyler 27-1 (#1)
CAC: Mary Washington 24-4 (#3)
Centennial: Muhlenburg 24-2 (#1)
CUNYAC: Lehman 20-7 (#1)
CCIW: Wheaton 22-5 (#1)
CSAC: Cabrini 19-9 (#3)
CCC: University of New England 25-3 (#1)
Empire 8: Stevens (NJ) 21-6 (#1)
GNAC: St. Joseph's (ME) 23-5 (#1)
GSAC:
HCAC: Bluffton 25-2 (#1)
IIAC: Loras 19-8 (#2)
Landmark: Scranton 27-0 (#1)
Liberty: Clarkson 22-5 (#1)
LEC: Eastern Connecticut 22-6 (#1)
MASCAC: Westfield State 20-7 (#1)
MIAA: Hope 26-1 (#1)
MAC Commonwealth: Albright 25-2 (#1)
MAC Freedom: FDU-Florham 21-6 (#2)
Midwest: St. Norbert 21-4 (#1)
MIAC: St. Thomas (MN) 24-3 (#1)
NECC: Regis (MA) 24-3 (#1)
NESCAC:
NEWMAC:
NJAC: Montclair State 21-6 (#1)
NAC: Husson 21-6 (#1)
NCAC: DePauw 22-6 (#2)
NEAC:
NACC: Wisconsin Lutheran 20-7 (#2)
NWC: George Fox 27-0 (#1)
OAC: Mount Union 19-7 (#2)
ODAC:
PAC: Thomas More 27-0 (#1)
Skyline: SUNY-Old Westbury 23-5 (#3)
SAA:
SCIAC: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 22-5 (#1)
SCAC: Trinity TX
SLIAC: Greenville 20-7 (#2)
SUNYAC: SUNY New Paltz 21-6 (#1)
UAA: Washington (MO) 20-5 (No Conference Tournament)
UMAC: UW-Superior 24-3 (#1)
USAC: Maryville (TN) 24-3 (#1)
WIAC: UW-Oshkosh 22-5 (#2)


Oops, sorry. I hit modify instead of quote.  +1!

[BruinFan]

+k Captain Joe - thanks for the start of the list.

West region:  I took a closer look today trying to justify a 2nd team from the Northwest Conference. I will be disappointed if Luther AND G. Adolphus get in and Puget Sound is left out.

Assuming Puget Sound needs an at-large bid, here is the data from the most recent regional ranking.

Luther (17-6); 2-3 against ranked opponents; .530 SOS; #1 seed in IIAC and lost in conference final
G. Adolphus (19-6); 0-4 against ranked opponents; .526 SOS; #3 seed in IIAC and lost in conference semi-final
Puget Sound (16-7); 1-3 against ranked opponents; .553 SOS; #2 seed in NWC and playing tonight in final

I guess it will be that one additional loss that will leave UPS out. I of course believe the NWC is strong enough to support a 2nd team in the NCAA tournament.  I will get my wish if the Loggers get the upset win. 

[ronk]

 I humbly help the NCAA committee by suggesting 2 Scranton pod alternatives:

Ronk's former prospects(2 on each team):                I get to see how they're doing in person
    Muhlenberg, Montclair St, Carnegie-Mellon

or repeat last year's:
    Eastern Connecticut, Stevens, CUNY rep-Lehman     they know the way to Scranton

[Captain_Joe08]

The times on these games are throwing me off. Keep forgetting they are EST.

[Captain_Joe08]

With George Fox having the Northwest Conference Title Game well in hand, all the Saturday tournament finals are in the books.

[Ralph Turner]

The George Fox bracket has 4 former champs in the 21st Century.

UW-SP in 2002
Trinity Tx in 2003
DePauw in 2007 and 2013
George Fox 2009.

What a bracket!  Proud programs with great traditions.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Tough, yes. But as Pat pointed out, not necessarily as fearsome as in the past.

DePauw wouldn't have made the tournament this year if they hadn't won the AQ.
Trinity TX, as much as I like them as a semi-sleeper, isn't the same without their key player.
UWSP: I love Shirley Egner, but are they as good as those championship days?

But historically... damn amazing bracket and even opening pod for George Fox.

[David Collinge]

DePauw wouldn't have made the tournament this year if they hadn't won the AQ.

And they wouldn't have won the AQ without an amazing buzzer-beating three by Emily Budde in the semifinal. I hope everyone saw that shot, but in case anyone missed it...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK2T0Wjgkq0

[Ralph Turner]

A great game to watch.

GFU 62 UWSP 59. I guess that UT-Tyler gets to fly to GFU for the Sweet 16.

[BruinFan]

I so wish that were true. But the NCAA saves a flight by sending UT-Tyler and GFU to St. Thomas.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Yeah... GFU and Tyler are not hosting... St. Thomas is my guess as well.

[ronk]

Dave,
Why did you say(tweet) that Tufts should host the sectional over Scranton?

[Ralph Turner]

Yeah... GFU and Tyler are not hosting... St. Thomas is my guess as well.

So GFU and UTT get to play at a "neutral site" for their game.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

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[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Dave,
Why did you say(tweet) that Tufts should host the sectional over Scranton?

At first I felt Tufts criteria was better despite being a #2... but then I realized CNU couldn't get to Tufts anyway and a future tweet showed I changed that prediction.