2024 Playoffs

[Ralph Turner]

The D3baseball.com mock committee has posted its projected bracket including the Pool B and Pool C teams.

https://www.d3baseball.com/playoffs/2024/projected-playoff-bracket

[Ralph Turner]

Out in Region 10, the mock committee flew some teams around.  If the committee wanted to save 2 flights, they could have placed the Pool A's Centenary LA (Shreveport LA), the SCAC Champ and Concordia TX (Austin), the ASC champion in the bracket, with projected Pool C's, ETBU and Trinity. ETBU would likely be hosting this.

To break up this "Texas" log jam, Centenary is sent to Louisville and Spalding, and Concordia TX is flown to Pomona-Pitzer.

Willamette (NWC) would fly down the coast for a best-of-5 at Pomona-Pitzer. Instead, the committee projects flying to  ETBU, Marshall, TX which is 20 miles west of the Louisiana border.

Some goals in bracketing are:
1) break apart conference rivals and try to postpone rematches as long as possible.
2) try to balance the bracket with a perceived #1 playing a perceived #4 seed, and perceived #2 and #3 teams playing in the first round.
3) cut down on miles that parents and fans have to travel.

[Ralph Turner]

Selection criteria from the 2024 Baseball Championship Manual

Section 2•4  Selection Criteria


PRIMARY CRITERIA The primary criteria emphasize regional competition (all contests leading up to NCAA championships); all criteria listed will be evaluated (not listed in priority order).

● Win-loss percentage against Division III opponents.
● Division III head-to-head competition.
● Results versus common Division III opponents.
● Results versus ranked Division III opponents as established by the rankings at the time of selection.
● Division III strength of schedule. Contests versus provisional and reclassifying members in their second and third years shall count in the primary criteria.

Provisional and reclassifying members shall remain ineligible for rankings and selection.

Weighted Scale. Once the OWP and OOWP are calculated, they are to be combined on a weighted scale (e.g., 2/3 weight for OWP and 1/3 weight for OOWP) and this combined number becomes the strength of schedule.

SECONDARY CRITERIA If the evaluation of the primary criteria does not result in a decision, the secondary criteria will be reviewed. All the criteria listed will be evaluated (not listed in priority order).

The secondary criteria introduce results against out-of-region Division III and all other opponents, including those contests versus opponents from other classifications (i.e., provisionals, NAIA, NCAA Divisions I and II).
● Non-Division III win-loss percentage.
● Results versus common non-Division III opponents.
● Non-Conference strength of schedule.

[Ron Boerger]

Region 10:  Birmingham-Southern gets a Pool C and is sent to the Transylvania regional where they will face the hosts in the opening game.

La Verne ends up being sent to Trinity for a best three-of-five.  That winner goes to the super regional at CWRU.

P-P hosts Willamette in another best three-of-five, and that winner heads to Marshall to face the winner of the ETBU regional (ETBU, Centenary LA, CMS, Concordia TX). 

Bracket

[Ralph Turner]

Wow! All that respect to Region 10!
Of course I believe it is deserved, but it is nice to see it in tournament selections.

[Ralph Turner]

How about a bracket game!

One point for each first game winner.
Two points for each Regional Winner
Four points for each Super Regional Winner
Eight points for the Finalists
Fifteen points for the Champion.

UWW
Cal Lu

UWL
Coe

Denison
Rowan

Spaulding
B-SC

Trinity TX

CWRU
Lynchburg

P-P

ETBU
Claremont

Salisbury
Babson

Salve
Cortland

CNU
NCWC

Miseri
Middlebury

JHU
SUNY New Paltz

Endicott
ECSU

PSU-H
Randy Mac

BWC
Catholic

Regionals
UWW
UWL

Denison
BSC

Trinity
CWRU

P-P
ETBU

Salisbury
Salve

CNU
Miseri

JHU
Endi

PSU-H
BWC

Super Regionals

UWW
Denison

Trinity TX
ETBU

Salisbury
CNU

Endi
BWC

Championship

UWW
Denison
Trinity
ETBU
Salisbury
CNU
Endicott
BWC

When the brackets are set in Eastlake, we will take the teams each of have standing and predict the finalists and the champion.

[PauldingLightUP]

So, something must have happened to Salisbury and Endicott. The teams in their regional are within 500 miles, yet they aren't hosting and the 2's are.

Wonder why they didn't bid and/or can't host?

[Ralph Turner]

My 1st thought... Are they hosting another activity this weekend?

[CNU85]

My 1st thought... Are they hosting another activity this weekend?

Salisbury is hosting Softball, MLAX and WLAX this weekend.
That's a full weekend. But I believe they could have handled baseball as well. I was wondering the reason for the road trip. Commencement is May 22-23 (Wed-Thu), so that's not an issue.

Last weekend CNU hosted MLAX and WLAX in the NCAA and hosted C2C conference Tournament for baseball and softball and it was commencement weekend. It was crazy but manageable.

[Great Day to be a Royal]

Could be hotels this time of the year. Graduations going on. Rates jump.

[Ron Boerger]

The NCAA probably thinks one school hosting three sets of championship play (even early rounds) is plenty.

[Ralph Turner]

The NCAA probably thinks one school hosting three sets of championship play (even early rounds) is plenty.

Spread the love!

[CNU85]

Could be hotels this time of the year. Graduations going on. Rates jump.

True. This weekend, as CNU hosts Softball and Baseball, there is also Commencement for William & Mary, a Boo Williams AAU basketball event and some sort of major Gymnastics Competition. Hotels are at a premium in this area this weekend.

[doodlesdad]

They couldn't have gotten the SCIAC more wrong if they'd tried. Guess the committee realized how powerful the top four teams are.

[Pat Coleman]

What do you mean by that first sentence?