2013 Division III NCAA Tournament

[Ralph Turner]

Gaffe alert from the NCAA.com broadcast.

Centre was Pool B. The SAA did not have the AQ this year!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Gaffe alert from the NCAA.com broadcast.

Centre was Pool B. The SAA did not have the AQ this year!

Yeah, that was funny.  I wonder if was Freudian - the SAA winner was defacto Pool B champ anyway.

[Ralph Turner]

Shades of Jerod...

"That lower right corner bracket"  from the old Hoopsville intro...

Is Cortland State the weakest link in that lower right projected field of 32?

[hopefan]

Who does host 2nd round games?   Top team in the bracket?  or to be determined?

[Just Bill]

TBD after the first round is played. Same goes for round 3.

[SevenTen]

Who does host 2nd round games?   Top team in the bracket?  or to be determined?

Officially it hasn't been determined... but looking at the bracket it seems maybe there's a trend towards the top team in the bracket being the "higher rated" team.  Not sure if that plays out throughout since I don't know all the teams from various regions.  Just a quick look assumption.

[SevenTen]

Wow.  WashU, Whitewater, North Central, and Illinois Wesleyan all in the same 8 team grouping... yeesh.  Only the #2, #3, #6 and #12 teams in the nation per Massey's ratings:  http://masseyratings.com/rate.php?lg=cb&yr=2013&sub=11620

Basically what I was concerned about.  Not having the ability to create "central hosting sites" means compressing the tournament into 8 little geographic tournaments which doesn't spread the top teams across the nation all that well.

Who the heck hosts the second and third round games of that group if the first round is chalk?

[wally_wabash]

Most brackets built by civilized nations have top seeds planted in the corners.  In this case: RHIT, Amherst, Rhode Island, and Cortland State (the latter two assumed as the highest seeds because they are hosting those bottom most pairings).  Sometimes in 64 entry brackets, the top seeds on the bottom half sit at the top of the bottom half, in this case UMHB and Washington U.  You might be able to assume that as long as those teams keep winning, they'll keep hosting.  But then again, you really never know what kind of polish the NCAA is going to give to a D-III event (it has unfortunately seemed to be less and less recently). 

[sac]

Wow.  WashU, Whitewater, North Central, and Illinois Wesleyan all in the same 8 team grouping... yeesh.  Only the #2, #3, #6 and #12 teams in the nation per Massey's ratings:  http://masseyratings.com/rate.php?lg=cb&yr=2013&sub=11620

Basically what I was concerned about.  Not having the ability to create "central hosting sites" means compressing the tournament into 8 little geographic tournaments which doesn't spread the top teams across the nation all that well.

Who the heck hosts the second and third round games of that group if the first round is chalk?

This really isn't different from past years.  There just isn't a good way to separate teams in this area of the country because there are always so many.  The options to separate the WIAC/CCIW/UAA teams like the  NESCAC/ODAC teams just isn't there in the midwest.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Wow.  WashU, Whitewater, North Central, and Illinois Wesleyan all in the same 8 team grouping... yeesh.  Only the #2, #3, #6 and #12 teams in the nation per Massey's ratings:  http://masseyratings.com/rate.php?lg=cb&yr=2013&sub=11620

Basically what I was concerned about.  Not having the ability to create "central hosting sites" means compressing the tournament into 8 little geographic tournaments which doesn't spread the top teams across the nation all that well.

Who the heck hosts the second and third round games of that group if the first round is chalk?

This really isn't different from past years.  There just isn't a good way to separate teams in this area of the country because there are always so many.  The options to separate the WIAC/CCIW/UAA teams like the  NESCAC/ODAC teams just isn't there in the midwest.

Yeah, pretty much every year the (geographical) upper midwest produces a 'bracket of death'.

With the change coming next year of ALL d3 games counting as regional (as long as at least 70 are current in-region), does anyone know if that will change the in-region RRO calculation.  Sac was bemoaning the near impossibility of Hope getting many RROs due to their dearth most years in the MIAA; it would certainly help the situation if they could pick up RROs in Chicagoland (this year they would already add Wheaton, NCC, and IWU (and Aurora?)

[(509)Rat]

I keep checking the bracket to make sure it isn't some cruel joke. The one where they give Whitworth the most favorable draw I've ever seen and then release the "real" bracket that sends them to UST in the second round...

They've already beaten Redlands and UMHB. Hope they get out of the first round so we can see them against a team from a very strong (and far away) conference.

[KnightSlappy]

Wow.  WashU, Whitewater, North Central, and Illinois Wesleyan all in the same 8 team grouping... yeesh.  Only the #2, #3, #6 and #12 teams in the nation per Massey's ratings:  http://masseyratings.com/rate.php?lg=cb&yr=2013&sub=11620

Basically what I was concerned about.  Not having the ability to create "central hosting sites" means compressing the tournament into 8 little geographic tournaments which doesn't spread the top teams across the nation all that well.

Who the heck hosts the second and third round games of that group if the first round is chalk?

And then there's the group with St. Thomas, UW-Stevens Point, Calvin, and Wheaton. They're Massey's #1, #4, #8, and #10. Also appearing in that group are Rose-Hulman (Massey #23) and St. Norbert (Massey #28).

[ronk]

I keep checking the bracket to make sure it isn't some cruel joke. The one where they give Whitworth the most favorable draw I've ever seen and then release the "real" bracket that sends them to UST in the second round...

They've already beaten Redlands and UMHB. Hope they get out of the first round so we can see them against a team from a very strong (and far away) conference.

It's ur pick on the fantasy MB.

[njachoopsfan]

Does anyone have a copy of the 2011 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship Handbook.  I need to check the order the introductions, anthem etc.  for my game on Saturday.   I was able to google it in 2011, but can't find it this year

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

I assume you meant 2013? And your school should have access to that information. Usually it is a countdown on the clock to five minutes left... national anthem... then starting lineups (and I have been told they have gone away from alternating starting lineups to more traditional ones) all to be done for tip off which is to happen at the scheduled time.