2025 NCAA Tournament

[HoopsDad34]

And I would note that 12 of GAC's 21 wins were against teams ranked 200+ in Massey whereas UMW only played 5 teams ranked 200+.  So if by "beating each up other in conference play" you mean beating up on bad teams, then I guess you have a point.

It always sucks for the last teams out and arguments can be made to change the system but this is the one for this year.

[Greek Tragedy]

My point is that they shouldn't even have an AQ if they can't even have a conference schedule.

You have an end-of-season conference tournament with no regular season conference schedule, yet the winner gets an AQ? Where does that make sense?

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

While they don't have a mandatory conference slate, it's not like they didn't play each other at all. The standings headed into the tournament would have been:
Chris Newport 5-0
Mary Washington 3-2
Salisbury 1-4
UC Santa Cruz 0-3
Warren Wilson 0-0

Chris Newport, Mary Washington, and Salisbury all played each other twice while Santa Cruz played each of them once. Warren Wilson played quite a few non D3 teams and didn't play in the tournament.

[ziggy]

Upsets are part of the fun of tournament time but that an understanding of who the favorites are and how much they might be favored by. Our big first round preview episode of The D3 Datacast is out now and we go through all the matchups and take a look at our computer ratings-based projections for win probabilities and point spreads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnLmHtEVjNU

Stay tuned for another tournament preview episode dropping Wednesday morning as we take a zoomed out look at overall bracket odds for each team to advance through each round.

[Inkblot]

My annual tournament map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1ItNjVj0RbEhTGVDrkEJ7IJdz0HDQ8BE&usp=sharing

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

15 schools had both men and women make the tournament

                                                              Seed and quadrant
School                                                    Men    Women
Cal Lutheran          7UR  13UL
Calvin                9DR  14DL
Christopher Newport   3DL   5UR
Cortland             14UR   6UL
Gettysburg            9UL   2UR
Illinois Wesleyan     3DR   2DL
Montclair State       4DL  12UR 
New York University   1UR   1UR
Randolph-Macon        2DL   3UR
Trinity (Conn.)       1DL   9UR
Tufts                 2UR  10UR
UW-La Crosse          2DR  12DR
Western New England  10DL   7UR
Wisconsin Lutheran    8DR  11UL

[Tigerfan]

How about them UMW Eagles?

[HoopsDad34]

You read my mind...Sweet 16.

[CNU85]

Did I mention that UMW winning the C2C tournament was not a fluke?

They are going to be scary good for a few years. So many freshmen and sophomores!

[OUVan59]

15 schools had both men and women make the tournament

                                                              Seed and quadrant
School                                                    Men    Women
Cal Lutheran          7UR  13UL
Calvin                9DR  14DL
Christopher Newport  3DL  5UR
Cortland            14UR  6UL
Gettysburg            9UL  2UR
Illinois Wesleyan    3DR  2DL
Montclair State      4DL  12UR
New York University  1UR  1UR
Randolph-Macon        2DL  3UR
Trinity (Conn.)      1DL  9UR
Tufts                2UR  10UR
UW-La Crosse          2DR  12DR
Western New England  10DL  7UR
Wisconsin Lutheran    8DR  11UL

Catholic had both men and women in the tourney as well.

[CNU85]

You read my mind...Sweet 16.

I'm trying to figure which UMW players to dislike for the next few years! 

[HoopsDad34]

They're all great kids!

[CNU85]

I will like them off the court.
Dislike them while playing CNU

[GusD]

My annual tournament map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1ItNjVj0RbEhTGVDrkEJ7IJdz0HDQ8BE&usp=sharing

Very nice Ink. But , Gulf of AMERICA? 

[Brian Hamilton]

Not his fault.  Google Maps made the change and the user cannot do anything about it.