BB: Top Teams in West Region

[forheavendial4999]

Let's not write off TLU so quickly.

The West Region has always been known for its balance.

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It has? I thought it was known for Chapman usually roaring through except when they're down.

Last time I checked it has been mostly Chapman and Linfield that has ended up in Appleton more than once in the past 10 years. Not sure you would call that BALANCE....I expect Linfield to make it there again

I thought Linfield made it through another regional one year. I haven't looked at the matchups yet for that region but that's my preliminary guess as well.

[Ralph Turner]

Let's not write off TLU so quickly.

The West Region has always been known for its balance.

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It has? I thought it was known for Chapman usually roaring through except when they're down.

Last time I checked it has been mostly Chapman and Linfield that has ended up in Appleton more than once in the past 10 years. Not sure you would call that BALANCE....I expect Linfield to make it there again

I thought Linfield made it through another regional one year. I haven't looked at the matchups yet for that region but that's my preliminary guess as well.

It did. Linfield won (?) the Central Region about 5 years ago.

[CrashDavisD3]

Could this be the year a team from Texas makes it to Appleton? 3 teams in 6 team regional from Texas.

Has a team ever made it from Texas since the NCAA DIII Championship round was moved to Appleton?

[Texas Leaguer]

Could this be the year a team from Texas makes it to Appleton? 3 teams in 6 team regional from Texas.

Has a team ever made it from Texas since the NCAA DIII Championship round was moved to Appleton?

Concordia beat Trinity in the 2002 West Regional.

[Just_Some_Guy]

Could this be the year a team from Texas makes it to Appleton? 3 teams in 6 team regional from Texas.

Has a team ever made it from Texas since the NCAA DIII Championship round was moved to Appleton?

I believe that Concordia made it to the championship round in 2002. InfieldDad or someone else can help me out here, but they had 3 studs on the bump and Timothy Gardener and David White in the middle of their line-up.

The next year TLU went 37-6, lost the ASC tournament and got left at home.

In '04 Trinity lost to eventual National Champion George Fox in the West region championship. In '05 Chapman won 2 two against TLU out of the loser's bracket to advance. In '06 Chapman edged TLU in the regional championship. In '08 Trinity lost to a 39-3 Chapman team near the end (the championship?) of the West regional. Last year Trinity was eliminated by Whitworth.

I'd say that Trinity and TLU have had some good runs and just ran into, more times than not, really strong Chapman teams, often Chapman teams playing in their back yard (not that they weren't great teams mind you).

And to answer your original question. No, it's doubtful this is the year that a Texas team breaks that streak.

JSG

[Ralph Turner]

I went back thru some of the archives and message boards. Here is a summary of the last 5 regionals.

2008 #1 seed Chapman defeats #5 seed Trinity to win its 4th straight West Regional..

2009 #2 seed Chapman defeats #4 seed GFU in the 10th inning for its 5th straight regional.

2010 -  6 of the Top 17 teams in the country for this (bad weather)  regional.  #2 Linfield beat #5 seed Mississippi College in game 11. Miss Coll had beaten Linfield in Game 2 of the series.

2011 -  #2 Chapman beat #1 seed Linfield.  (#6 Concordia TX beat #1 Linfield in the opener.)

2012 -- #3 Whitworth beat #2 Trinity in Game 11.  St Johns was flown in as a Pool C and was quickly eliminated. 

This tourney is usually very competitive.  (Various fans will recall some really stinko performances, but I anticipate same great games from a balanced field.)

[wildcat11]

or this (bad weather)  regional. 

...Hey Ralph was there some bad weather at that regional?  This HAS to be the 1st time you've ever mentioned it.

[forheavendial4999]

I went back thru some of the archives and message boards. Here is a summary of the last 5 regionals.

2008 #1 seed Chapman defeats #5 seed Trinity to win its 4th straight West Regional..

2009 #2 seed Chapman defeats #4 seed GFU in the 10th inning for its 5th straight regional.

2010 -  6 of the Top 17 teams in the country for this (bad weather)  regional.  #2 Linfield beat #5 seed Mississippi College in game 11. Miss Coll had beaten Linfield in Game 2 of the series.

2011 -  #2 Chapman beat #1 seed Linfield.  (#6 Concordia TX beat #1 Linfield in the opener.)

2012 -- #3 Whitworth beat #2 Trinity in Game 11.  St Johns was flown in as a Pool C and was quickly eliminated. 

This tourney is usually very competitive.  (Various fans will recall some really stinko performances, but I anticipate same great games from a balanced field.)

Same team wins 6 out of 8 = very competitive?

[CrashDavisD3]

I went back thru some of the archives and message boards. Here is a summary of the last 5 regionals.

2008 #1 seed Chapman defeats #5 seed Trinity to win its 4th straight West Regional..

2009 #2 seed Chapman defeats #4 seed GFU in the 10th inning for its 5th straight regional.

2010 -  6 of the Top 17 teams in the country for this (bad weather)  regional.  #2 Linfield beat #5 seed Mississippi College in game 11. Miss Coll had beaten Linfield in Game 2 of the series.

2011 -  #2 Chapman beat #1 seed Linfield.  (#6 Concordia TX beat #1 Linfield in the opener.)

2012 -- #3 Whitworth beat #2 Trinity in Game 11.  St Johns was flown in as a Pool C and was quickly eliminated. 

This tourney is usually very competitive.  (Various fans will recall some really stinko performances, but I anticipate same great games from a balanced field.)

Same team wins 6 out of 8 = very competitive?

Since 1997 Chapman has won 10 regionals....But I would not expect any more in the near future.

[tigerfan_2001]

I went back thru some of the archives and message boards. Here is a summary of the last 5 regionals.

2008 #1 seed Chapman defeats #5 seed Trinity to win its 4th straight West Regional..

2009 #2 seed Chapman defeats #4 seed GFU in the 10th inning for its 5th straight regional.

2010 -  6 of the Top 17 teams in the country for this (bad weather)  regional.  #2 Linfield beat #5 seed Mississippi College in game 11. Miss Coll had beaten Linfield in Game 2 of the series.

2011 -  #2 Chapman beat #1 seed Linfield.  (#6 Concordia TX beat #1 Linfield in the opener.)

2012 -- #3 Whitworth beat #2 Trinity in Game 11.  St Johns was flown in as a Pool C and was quickly eliminated. 

This tourney is usually very competitive.  (Various fans will recall some really stinko performances, but I anticipate same great games from a balanced field.)

Same team wins 6 out of 8 = very competitive?

I would say the ACC basketball tournament is very competitive and the same team has won it 10 of the last 15 years.  I guess the Mid-east Region isn't very competitive since the same team has won 5 of the last 7 regionals as well.

[BamColt]

I followed Concordia in the early 2000's, knew a couple of players from HS on the team so I attended a few games. Concordia made it to Appleton in 2002 beating Trinity in the Georgetown regional.  The Concordia 2002 team hard to believe is the only D3 team from the state of Texas to make it to Appleton.

Interesting they also played Texas at Disch Faulk field that year and lost a double header 7-1, 7-1. The same Texas team that went on to win the World Series in Omaha.

[forheavendial4999]

I would say the ACC basketball tournament is very competitive and the same team has won it 10 of the last 15 years.  I guess the Mid-east Region isn't very competitive since the same team has won 5 of the last 7 regionals as well.

Makes sense except that 3 of those 5 years no one else had any more luck with them. The regional was tougher than the series in 2006 by a mile. I felt bad for Otterbein that year, and Manchester could easily have knocked out Marietta also. Beat Zimmermann in the opener in Wisconsin and then no one had anything for them after that.

2011 Marietta roared through to the championship game, then ran Chapman out of pitching.
2012 the regional and the series were both tough. Lost the second game in both, Wheaton arguably made a mistake not trying to take out Marietta in the throwaway game in Appleton.

[forheavendial4999]

I went back thru some of the archives and message boards. Here is a summary of the last 5 regionals.

2008 #1 seed Chapman defeats #5 seed Trinity to win its 4th straight West Regional..

2009 #2 seed Chapman defeats #4 seed GFU in the 10th inning for its 5th straight regional.

2010 -  6 of the Top 17 teams in the country for this (bad weather)  regional.  #2 Linfield beat #5 seed Mississippi College in game 11. Miss Coll had beaten Linfield in Game 2 of the series.

2011 -  #2 Chapman beat #1 seed Linfield.  (#6 Concordia TX beat #1 Linfield in the opener.)

2012 -- #3 Whitworth beat #2 Trinity in Game 11.  St Johns was flown in as a Pool C and was quickly eliminated. 

This tourney is usually very competitive.  (Various fans will recall some really stinko performances, but I anticipate same great games from a balanced field.)

Same team wins 6 out of 8 = very competitive?

Since 1997 Chapman has won 10 regionals....But I would not expect any more in the near future.

I hope that's not true and I kind of don't think it will be. Chapman should be a very attractive job opening.

[Texas Leaguer]

Let's not write off TLU so quickly.

The West Region has always been known for its balance.

It has? I thought it was known for Chapman usually roaring through except when they're down.

Well there's been George Fox, who actually won it all, and Linfield made a respectable showing in Appleton. CUA has been there as well. So I wouldn't say that no one besides Chapman has shown anything. I don't think it's too much different than how Marietta has dominated the Mideast...other programs have made the series and shown well, but no one else has won a championship.

[tigerfan_2001]

I would say the ACC basketball tournament is very competitive and the same team has won it 10 of the last 15 years.  I guess the Mid-east Region isn't very competitive since the same team has won 5 of the last 7 regionals as well.

Makes sense except that 3 of those 5 years no one else had any more luck with them. The regional was tougher than the series in 2006 by a mile. I felt bad for Otterbein that year, and Manchester could easily have knocked out Marietta also. Beat Zimmermann in the opener in Wisconsin and then no one had anything for them after that.

2011 Marietta roared through to the championship game, then ran Chapman out of pitching.
2012 the regional and the series were both tough. Lost the second game in both, Wheaton arguably made a mistake not trying to take out Marietta in the throwaway game in Appleton.

can we talk about how ridiculously stupid this is.....what the hell is a throwaway game???