2023 NCAA Tournament

[Gregory Sager]

... while, on the other hand, Mary Hardin-Baylor's Mayborn Campus Center seats 2,500 fans and is a really beautiful modern facility. Sara Quatrocky made a point of saying that, as long as the four Texas schools had to be stuck together in a single pod, the committee figured it might as well make lemons out of lemonade by holding the pod in a place that can handle a good turnout from all four schools.

[Greek Tragedy]

It really is a pain in the butt to clear out the gym between games. I went to the Lawrence 1st weekend games many moons ago. We watched the 1st game and had good seats. Then we had to pack up and go to the end of the line outside for the 2nd game. The line was literally a half mile long. Standing outside in March in Wisconsin waiting to get back in. I can't imagine how long those Lawrence fans were standing out there waiting for the 1st game to end.

[Ralph Turner]

... while, on the other hand, Mary Hardin-Baylor's Mayborn Campus Center seats 2,500 fans and is a really beautiful modern facility. Sara Quatrocky made a point of saying that, as long as the four Texas schools had to be stuck together in a single pod, the committee figured it might as well make lemons out of lemonade by holding the pod in a place that can handle a good turnout from all four schools.

If tickets are distributed equally to all 4 teams and one ticket lets you see two games, then 2500 fans would make for an exciting environment.

[TheOsprey]

Neumann 82 Manhattanville 75

Neumann plays Alvernia @ Alfred in the ECAC Semifinals this weekend.  Also, Allegheny will play the host in the other semi.

[y_jack_lok]

... while, on the other hand, Mary Hardin-Baylor's Mayborn Campus Center seats 2,500 fans and is a really beautiful modern facility. Sara Quatrocky made a point of saying that, as long as the four Texas schools had to be stuck together in a single pod, the committee figured it might as well make lemons out of lemonade by holding the pod in a place that can handle a good turnout from all four schools.

Nice turn of phrase there.

[SpringSt7]

In D1 basketball, all but 1 of the national champions since 2002 have had a combined KenPom adjusted offensive and adjusted defensive efficiency that adds up to less than 50, i.e, the 1st ranked offense and the 48th ranked defense, or the 24th ranked offense and the 25th ranked defense.

I took Matt Snyder's rankings and applied the same thing to this year's field---offense is listed first, followed by defense, and then sorted by the total:

1. Oswego St. 3-6-9
2. Randolph Macon 8-2-10
3. St. Joseph's CT 13-1-14
4. Christopher Newport 4-18-22
5. Keene St. 18-11-29
6. Hampden-Sydney 10-21-31
7. Johns Hopkins 32-3-35
8. Williams 16-20-36
9. Swarthmore 7-42-49
10. UW Oshkosh 37-12-49
11. Mount Union 17-33-50

Note: Guilford (45-4-49) would have met the criteria if they made the tournament.

[Pat Coleman]

What if you included teams that were less than 60? Division III is about 20% larger than D-I.

[SpringSt7]

Ironically enough I was originally going to do top 60 for the exact same reason but with 11 teams in the top 50 it seemed like that was plenty. The only tournament team that would be added would be Wheaton (22-37). Roanoke (41-17) missed the dance.

As an aside, I would've loved to have done this and gone back through the archives to see where each D3 champion fell instead of D1, but they aren't sortable.

[thebear]

Looking at various ratings/rankings etc.

On paper games of the day are:

Emory at Hampden-Sydney
ETBU vs. St. Thomas (TX) at MHB
UW-Whitewater vs. Wabash at CWRU

I have to stay chained to my home office and get a mid-term exam written as next week is the last week before Spring Break.

[NEPAFAN]

isn't there normally bracket previews and predictions from d3hoops? Does that come later today?

[Pat Coleman]

isn't there normally bracket previews and predictions from d3hoops? Does that come later today?

There sure are. They came on Wednesday:
https://d3hoops.com/playoffs/men/2023/tournament-preview

[NEPAFAN]

isn't there normally bracket previews and predictions from d3hoops? Does that come later today?

There sure are. They came on Wednesday:
https://d3hoops.com/playoffs/men/2023/tournament-preview

Thank you!

[Gregory Sager]

... while, on the other hand, Mary Hardin-Baylor's Mayborn Campus Center seats 2,500 fans and is a really beautiful modern facility. Sara Quatrocky made a point of saying that, as long as the four Texas schools had to be stuck together in a single pod, the committee figured it might as well make lemons out of lemonade by holding the pod in a place that can handle a good turnout from all four schools.

Nice turn of phrase there.

Thanks! Just wanted to see who is paying attention.

Cliches are boring,  and should be subverted wherever possible. 

[CNU85]

... while, on the other hand, Mary Hardin-Baylor's Mayborn Campus Center seats 2,500 fans and is a really beautiful modern facility. Sara Quatrocky made a point of saying that, as long as the four Texas schools had to be stuck together in a single pod, the committee figured it might as well make lemons out of lemonade by holding the pod in a place that can handle a good turnout from all four schools.

Nice turn of phrase there.

Thanks! Just wanted to see who is paying attention.

Cliches are boring,  and should be subverted wherever possible. 

I didn't catch it and I was paying attention.  I guess I'm not the brightest knife in the cookie jar!

[y_jack_lok]

... while, on the other hand, Mary Hardin-Baylor's Mayborn Campus Center seats 2,500 fans and is a really beautiful modern facility. Sara Quatrocky made a point of saying that, as long as the four Texas schools had to be stuck together in a single pod, the committee figured it might as well make lemons out of lemonade by holding the pod in a place that can handle a good turnout from all four schools.

Nice turn of phrase there.

Thanks! Just wanted to see who is paying attention.

Cliches are boring,  and should be subverted wherever possible. 

At first I thought someone had simply gotten the phrase backwards, then I noticed it was your post and knew it had to be intentional.