2019 NCAA Tournament

[7express]

I did this on the men's board, so may as well do it here to.

So, I did something different this year.  Not only did I fill out the bracket, but once I got to the final 16, I predicted where I thought the host for the sectionals would be based on who I had left standing.  Let me know what you think.  3 of the 4 were actually relatively straight forward, actually only had trouble with 1.

Upper Left (the Thomas More bracket): I had Thomas More, Texas-Dallas, and Wash U all winning at home with Chicago winning @ Transy.  Obviously Texas-Dallas is flying, and the other 3 teams are all within driving distance of Thomas More, and no matter who the 4 teams left standing are, the only way this is NOT at Thomas More is if Thomas More loses the first weekend.

Bottom left (The Scranton?? bracket): I have Scranton, Messiah & Tufts winning at home, and Chris Newport winning the Gettysburg pod.  Now if everything held to form (Gettysburg winning) I think Scranton is higher ranked, so they would get the sectional anyway, but Newport winning makes it easier for the NCAA....they can drive to Scranton, they can't drive to Medford.  Scranton hosts, but I think they host anyways even if Gettysburg gets out of that.

Upper right (the St. Thomas bracket): St. Thomas & Amherst winning at home, with DePauw winning @ Oshkosh, and Hope winning @ Wartburg.  St. Thomas & Amherst both have to fly to DePauw & Hope so take them both out of the running for sectional duties.  I have it @ DePauw because they were higher ranked in the region than Hope was.

Bottom right (the Bowdoin??  bracket): I have DeSales, Ithaca, and Bowdoin all winning at home, and Hartwick getting the win @ New Paltz.  This is the only one I had trouble with because this could go to either DeSales or Bowdoin.  All 4 teams can drive to both Bowdoin or DeSales, with I believe all 16 teams being within driving distance of DeSales, and only John Carroll and Shenandoah being a flight to Bowdoin.  I have this @ Bowdoin because I think they are the higher seeded team in the NCAA's eyes, but if the NCAA thinks DeSales is higher it will be there.

[ronk]

 By bracketing, the NCAA has Tufts and Bowdoin as #1 seeds in their brackets.
If it's chalk in the bottom left, then Tufts will host; however If CNU wins @ Gettysburg as I expect, then Scranton will host by geography.
Bowdoin would host in the bottom right.

[Rofrog]

You cant go by that theory if that's the case what would Amherst be in their bracket?

[ronk]

Rofrog,
  You're right; good catch; Amherst should be #2 in their Quad, down where Wartburg is. A couple of anomalies in the bracket: Trine shouldn't be playing Thomas More in the 2nd round. Hope, at least, should have been there instead of Trine.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Rofrog,
  You're right; good catch; Amherst should be #2 in their Quad, down where Wartburg is. A couple of anomalies in the bracket: Trine shouldn't be playing Thomas More in the 2nd round. Hope, at least, should have been there instead of Trine.

As we've discussed, that is a tough match up. And as much as I would like to put Hope there, it comes back to this question ... where do you then put Trine.

Remember, they finished third in the regional rankings, so hosting shouldn't be the first choice.

When we pull someone out, we have to put them somewhere. That's where I start to run into issues .. because Trine at Wartburg is just as brutal.

[ronk]

Wartburg is good but they're not Thomas More; I'm confident that Trine would prefer to exchange bracket spots with Hope.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Wartburg is good but they're not Thomas More; I'm confident that Trine would prefer to exchange bracket spots with Hope.

As a Hope fan I would completely agree - prefer our draw (as tough as it is) to what Trine got. 

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

Get ready!

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[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

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[ronk]

 The Mid-Atlantic almost ran out of NCAA reps at their hosting sites tonight; there are 5 members but 3 are playing in the tourney. If the 4th was also playing or the region had a 3rd host, then they would have had to get a rep from another region.

[Pat Coleman]

The Mid-Atlantic almost ran out of NCAA reps at their hosting sites tonight; there are 5 members but 3 are playing in the tourney. If the 4th was also playing or the region had a 3rd host, then they would have had to get a rep from another region.

That's funny! But they can and do have a rep from another region, and sometimes (often, perhaps) former committee members or even committee members from other sports can rep these events. It just has to be someone who knows the procedures and how to manage the NCAA aspects of the event (aka, read the handbook).

[Pat Coleman]

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[ronk]

The Mid-Atlantic almost ran out of NCAA reps at their hosting sites tonight; there are 5 members but 3 are playing in the tourney. If the 4th was also playing or the region had a 3rd host, then they would have had to get a rep from another region.

That's funny! But they can and do have a rep from another region, and sometimes (often, perhaps) former committee members or even committee members from other sports can rep these events. It just has to be someone who knows the procedures and how to manage the NCAA aspects of the event (aka, read the handbook).

I forgot that there are actually 3 M/A hosts tonight(Messiah,Gettysburg, Scranton), so they will need to draft someone.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

It is actually pretty common that non-committee members rep at sites in all sports. I can think of a half a dozen individuals who have been reps at sites this past academic year who were not on any committees. As Pat indicated, as long as they understand the rules and what needs to be accomplished, they can serve as an admin. There are several committee members who seem to be tied up with other things these weekends. It doesn't mean RAC members aren't the ones at events, but I have gotten used to non RAC members being at things these days.

Heck, in men's lacrosse D1 coaches have repped many games I've attended in DIII.

[Caz Bombers]

Ithaca to the Sweet 16, woooooooo!