2015 NCAA Tournament

[Mr. Ypsi]

So why are we talking D1? LOL :-)

We're just putting d1 teams into a d3 style bracket.  I'm not sure what that bracket would mean for sectionals, though.

Better yet - how about redoing the d3 bracket into d1 style!  Straight seeds - 500-mile limit be damned!

[Greek Tragedy]

So why are we talking D1? LOL :-)

We're just putting d1 teams into a d3 style bracket.  I'm not sure what that bracket would mean for sectionals, though.

Better yet - how about redoing the d3 bracket into d1 style!  Straight seeds - 500-mile limit be damned!

That would great!

[Greek Tragedy]

Earlier this week I saw articles featuring Augustana, Babson and VWC. Did I miss a Pointers article or wasn't there one?

[AndOne]

So why are we talking D1? LOL :-)

We're just putting d1 teams into a d3 style bracket.  I'm not sure what that bracket would mean for sectionals, though.t

Better yet - how about redoing the d3 bracket into d1 style!  Straight seeds - 500-mile limit be damned!

Shame on you Ypsi. You are making entirely too much sense.
Having a true DIII national championship tournament is something the NCAA has demonstrated they are not really interested in by virtue of:
A. Their insistence on allowing a team to have four home games thus affording those teams a tremendous advantage as opposed to either allowing 2 home games at most or holding all games at neutral sites.
B. Their refusal to spend more than a very small percentage of their immense funds on the D3 tournament. And yes, I know D3 contributes only a minute percentage of the NCAA's fortune, but they could have a true national tournament and still have more than enough to spend on the D1 tournament and they would still rake in millions and millions in TV revenue.
This category includes the no flight rule unless the distance is over 500 miles. Instead, the powers that be at the NCAA insist that a team spend up to approximately 7 1/2 hours riding on a bus to reach their game site. This is a tremendous advantage to the home team. If its not, it should be.

In summary I know this is asking a lot, isn't realistic, and isn't ever gonna happen. However, if the NCAA wants to have a true national championship it would be nice to include the best 62 or whatever number of teams, and to give all of the teams as much of an equal chance as possible to be the true national champion.

[Mr. Ypsi]

The first finalist is Augustana, 68-48, over Babson.  Do not be fooled by the final score into thinking it was a 'no contest' - Augie closed out the game on a 22-1 run!

[Gregory Sager]

Augustana 68
Babson 48

Augie ended the game on a 22-1 run.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Babson went down big early and fought all the way back to take a lead with six minutes to go.  Really proud of that outing for Babson.  D3 represented well by both teams tonight.

[John Gleich]

Earlier this week I saw articles featuring Augustana, Babson and VWC. Did I miss a Pointers article or wasn't there one?

I didn't see one

[magicman]

And Stevens Point will take on Augustana in tomorrow's Championship Game as the Pointers defeat Virginia Wesleyan by a final score of 68-59.

[Gregory Sager]

UWSP vs. Augie = WIAC vs. CCIW.

The midwest represents again!

[Mr. Ypsi]

UWSP vs. Augie = WIAC vs. CCIW.

The midwest represents again!

With all the titles won by the two conferences, this is amazingly enough the first time ever that they have met in the title game.

And, Greg, it is no longer just the 'midwest' - it is specifically the Central Region.

[sac]

Point is "down" this year.

[SgtPaul]

Amazing team effort by this Pointers squad.  No All-American candidates but they play really well together.  I am sure that I am not the only fan that did not see this coming.  This team was motivated by last years loss at home to Emory, and this group of seniors deserve a ton of credit.  Great job by Coach Semling.  40 more minutes to go.  BTW, the local high school team plays for a state championship tomorrow as well.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

Amazing team effort by this Pointers squad.  No All-American candidates but they play really well together.  I am sure that I am not the only fan that did not see this coming.  This team was motivated by last years loss at home to Emory, and this group of seniors deserve a ton of credit.  Great job by Coach Semling.  40 more minutes to go.  BTW, the local high school team plays for a state championship tomorrow as well.

Win or lose, he's got to be National Coach of the Year, right?

[Gregory Sager]

UWSP vs. Augie = WIAC vs. CCIW.

The midwest represents again!

With all the titles won by the two conferences, this is amazingly enough the first time ever that they have met in the title game.

As I said in CCIW Chat, Chuck, it's not amazing at all. D3 tourney brackets have been geographically constructed going right back to the very first one in 1975.

And, Greg, it is no longer just the 'midwest' - it is specifically the Central Region.

Lots of other good midwestern teams that have repped well over the last twenty years aren't Central Region members: St. Thomas, Calvin, Otterbein, etc. That's why I was more inclusive.

Point is "down" this year.

Blame Tom for getting that so Greek-Tragically wrong.