Regional Realignment

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Are they splitting up the MAC-Commonwealth into two regions?  Albright and Eastern (region 4) look to be in different regions compared to the rest of the Commonwealth in Region 5.

I believe the list came out before some of these conferences changed. We'll get it straightened out eventually.

[KnightSlappy]

Looks like maybe Lynchburg is missing from Region 6.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

The realignment means, I assume, that you will be renaming the regions on these boards as well???

I'm sure there are other odd regional placements, but some that stuck out to me are Hendrix, Rhodes, and Finlandia in Region 6. Seems like the first two could go in Region 8 and Finlandia in Region 9.

Not really criticizing, as I'm sure this was challenging for the NCAA.

They're primarily organized by conference. I think the UAA is the only exception.

[Pat Coleman]

The realignment means, I assume, that you will be renaming the regions on these boards as well???

I'm sure there are other odd regional placements, but some that stuck out to me are Hendrix, Rhodes, and Finlandia in Region 6. Seems like the first two could go in Region 8 and Finlandia in Region 9.

Not really criticizing, as I'm sure this was challenging for the NCAA.

They're primarily organized by conference. I think the UAA is the only exception.

Think of Region 6 as the South Atlantic and the SAA fits.

[y_jack_lok]

Thanks, Pat amd Ryan.

[Greek Tragedy]

Are the boards changing to coincide the new regional alignments?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Are the boards changing to coincide the new regional alignments?

I assume so. I'd do it now, but I don't have the permissions.

[Greek Tragedy]

Are the boards changing to coincide the new regional alignments?

I assume so. I'd do it now, but I don't have the permissions.

And I thought you were special.

[ronk]

Are the boards changing to coincide the new regional alignments?

I assume so. I'd do it now, but I don't have the permissions.

You mean you're still on probation?   

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Are the boards changing to coincide the new regional alignments?

I assume so. I'd do it now, but I don't have the permissions.

You mean you're still on probation?   

I never made it to Hall of Famer. I hear they have magical powers.

[Gregory Sager]

[TheOsprey]

Are the boards changing to coincide the new regional alignments?

Hope not. They make more sense as they are now.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Regional rankings are out or coming ! Yes, we know not for basketball season, but the fall sports especially football are already dealing with some changes that are more than a little confusing. These sorts of things are handled in the same manner across all Division III team sports, so in this bonus podcast, we are talking about the upcoming changes with Pat Coleman, the host of D3football.com Around the Nation Podcaswt, which is the podcast for Division III football. It's a little bit of D3hoops.com/D3football.com crossover!

What's coming? Why are they changing? Whose bright idea was it, and what did they hope would come out of it? Pat and Dave talk about it all in this bonus podcast.

https://www.d3hoops.com/hoopsville/archives/2020-21/bonus-reg-rankings

[ronk]

 So, is the only difference in the 1st basketball ranking(this season vs past seasons): that it will be done alphabetically instead of numerically? In either case, done without results vs regionally ranked opponents.

[deiscanton]

So, is the only difference in the 1st basketball ranking(this season vs past seasons): that it will be done alphabetically instead of numerically? In either case, done without results vs regionally ranked opponents.

Correct. However, as a result, I agree with "D-Mac" that an extra week of regional rankings should be added for the 2022-2023 academic year in all DIII sports to compensate for the perceived "loss" of a regional ranking where teams are released in numerical rank order.  For basketball season, fans may not get an accurate picture of who may be in or who may be out of NCAAs based on just 2 weeks of public regional rankings before selection where teams are ranked in numerical rank order.  I listened to the podcast on Friday where "D-Mac" was livid at the DIII Men's Basketball Committee for making this proposal to the Championships Committee and having it accepted-- he thought that it violated the obligation of transparency that DIII fans deserve.

Of course, with more evaluation regions this year,  it is a possibility that Pool C bids may not be awarded to any team below a #3 line in any evaluation region this year thanks to having more games counting as results vs DIII ranked teams.  Or it is also possible, depending on the strength of the evaluation region, that we could have a team ranked first in an evaluation region lose their conference tournament AQ and not make it in as a Pool C at large bid, depending on what the schedule of the team ranked first in the Week 3 rankings for that region revealed about which opponents that team played.