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BigPoppa

How'd the committee do? Other than locations, any surprises?
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cubs

Quote from: BigPoppa on May 13, 2018, 03:41:39 PM
So those are 4 Pool C locks... and 4 bubble teams are pushed out. Bye-Bye WashU? Redlands? Carthage? Stevens Point?
Stevens Point was out when they lost 6 of their last 8 games, and that doesn't even include a DH sweep to Stout...  This weekend's results were a non-factor in my opinion.
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Ralph Turner

Quote from: BigPoppa on May 14, 2018, 07:40:11 AM
How'd the committee do? Other than locations, any surprises?
I am ecstatic that the NCAA recognized the strength of the West Region, 3 National Champions in the last 5 years, and the West Regional games have had very few blowouts. UT-Tyler was the surprise for me.

Ralph Turner

D3baseball.com went with Wartburg and Rutgers-Camden.

The NCAA went with UT-Tyler and Virginia Wesleyan.

BigPoppa

It's like Christmas morning for D3 baseball fans.... here we go!
Baseball is not a game that builds character, it is a game that reveals it.

Ralph Turner

Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 14, 2018, 10:18:43 AM
D3baseball.com went with Wartburg and Rutgers-Camden.

The NCAA went with UT-Tyler and Virginia Wesleyan.
#3 seed UTT beat #6 Pool A Aurora in the Central.

#4 seed VWC lost to #5 seed Misericordia in the Mid-Atlantic.

Ralph Turner

#171
Later today I will update Pool C teams as the performed on Day #1. Here is the press release.

http://www.d3baseball.com/playoffs/2018/regional-rankings-final



May 15, 2018
Final regional rankings
These are the final regional rankings, the ones the NCAA committee used to select the at-large teams.

In this presentation, we've bolded the teams picked as at-large selections to the 2018 NCAA Tournament. Automatic qualifiers are noted with asterisks, and Pool B teams with pound signs.

The teams left on the table at the end of the selection process: Wartburg, Rutgers-Camden, Case Western Reserve, St. John's, Salve Regina, St. John Fisher, Methodist and La Verne.

Central   School   vs. D-III   Overall
1.   Webster *   36-8   36-8
2.   North Central (Ill.) *   28-12   28-12
3.   Wartburg   26-13   26-13
4.   Dubuque *   24-15   24-15
5.   Carthage   30-11   31-12
6.   Washington U.    21-14   21-14
7.   Spalding   31-12   31-12
8.   Loras   25-14   25-15
           
   Mid-Atlantic       
1.   Rowan *   33-9   33-9
2.   TCNJ   28-9   28-9   WvC; LvC; LvA (1-2)
3.   Keystone *   32-10   32-10
4.   Ramapo   32-13   32-13  WvA; LvA; WvA; WvA; LvA  (3-2)
5.   Arcadia *   30-14   30-14
6.   Alvernia   28-13   28-13  LvC
7.   Rutgers-Camden   27-16   27-16
8.   Misericordia *   31-12   31-12
9.   Swarthmore *   33-9   33-9
10.   Johns Hopkins   29-14   29-14
11.   DeSales   29-15   29-15
12.   Penn State-Harrisburg   31-14   31-14
           
   Mideast       
1.   Wooster   36-8   36-8   W
2.   Denison   32-10   32-10   LvC
3.   Otterbein   30-14   30-14   L
4.   La Roche *   34-8-1   34-8-1
5.   Baldwin Wallace *   31-12   31-12 
6.   Marietta   27-16   27-16  L
7.   Adrian *   33-10   33-10
8.   Franklin *   38-3   38-3
9.   Case Western Reserve   29-10   29-10
10.   Heidelberg   27-13   27-13
11.   Washington & Jefferson   28-14-1   28-16-1
12.   Wabash *   28-14   28-15
13.   Ohio Northern   27-15   27-15
           
   Midwest       
1.   Concordia-Chicago   33-11   33-12  W
2.   UW-Whitewater #   31-6   31-6  W
3.   UW-Oshkosh #   31-8   31-8        W
4.   Bethel *   32-9   32-9
5.   St. John's    33-8   33-8
6.   UW-Stevens Point   24-14   24-14
7.   UW-La Crosse   24-15   24-15
8.   Aurora *   30-13   30-13
           
   New England       
1.   Mass-Boston *   34-8   34-8
2.   Babson *   32-10   32-10
3.   Southern Maine   27-13   27-13  W
4.   Western New England *   31-13   31-13
5.   Salve Regina   25-15   25-15
6.   Endicott   27-17   27-17
7.   Eastern Connecticut    24-15   25-16
8.   Mass-Dartmouth    25-15   25-15
9.   Wheaton (Mass.)   23-17   23-17
10.   Clark    26-13   26-13
11.   MIT   19-14   19-14
12.   Mitchell *   28-7   30-8
13.   Suffolk *   25-17   25-17
14.   Amherst *   23-12   24-12
           
   New York       
1.   Cortland   32-10   32-10  W
2.   Oswego State *   26-12   26-12
3.   St. John Fisher   29-16   29-16
4.   Ithaca *   28-15   28-15
5.   Stevens   26-17   26-17
6.   Union *   30-11   30-11
7.   St. Joseph's (L.I.) *   26-16   26-16
8.   Farmingdale State   24-14   24-14
9.   Merchant Marine   28-13   28-14
           
   South       
1.   Randolph-Macon   31-7-1   31-7-1  W
2.   Salisbury *   33-10   33-10
3.   Christopher Newport   32-10   32-10   WvC
4.   Virginia Wesleyan   28-14   28-14   L
5.   Methodist   30-11   32-12
6.   Berry   29-13   29-13
7.   Piedmont   28-14   30-14
8.   Rhodes *   27-13   29-14
9.   Shenandoah *   34-10   34-10
           
   West       
1.   Chapman *   34-11   34-11
2.   Redlands   33-11   33-11   L
3.   Concordia (Texas)   29-16   29-16  L
4.   Texas-Tyler   29-16   29-16    W
5.   Texas Lutheran *   34-9   34-9
6.   La Verne   29-14   29-14
7.   Trinity (Texas)   29-9   33-9
8.   Texas-Dallas *   29-14   30-15




WvC  = Win versus a Pool C team
LvC   = Loss versus a Pool C team

Pool C teams went 7-5 against Pool A teams.

Pool C TCNJ beat Pool C Alvernia
Pool C CNU beat Pool C Denison

Overall on Day 1  Pool C went 9-7.
Pool B went 2-0.



Second Round
Pool C CNU beat Pool C TCNJ

Third Round
Pool A LaGrange beat Pool C TCNJ  TCNJ out at 1-2

...more later...

Ralph Turner

#172
The conference tourneys began this week.

We have our first potential 'bubble buster" game in the USA South finals.

Greensboro has come through the consolation bracket to face LaGrange.

LaGrange needs one win to earn the Pool A bid.

https://www.d3baseball.com/playoffs/2019/playoff-central




LaGrange 7 Greensboro 5.  LaGrange gets the Pool A bid and the bubble is preserved.

First Regional Rankings

   South   In-Division Record   Overall Record
1   Salisbury   26-6-1   26-6-1  Capital AC
2   Birmingham Southern   29-11   29-11  SAA  Advanced to the SAA finals on Tyler Wise's 3-run walk-off to left field to beat Oglethorpe 4-3.
3   Christopher Newport   27-4   27-4  Capital AC
4   LaGrange   24-8   26-9   USA South
5   Piedmont   25-7   29-8  USA South   Went 0-2 in USA South tourney
6   Hendrix   28-11   28-12  SAA
7   Rhodes   22-16   23-17  Beats Hendrix to advance to the SAA Finals
8   Berry   27-13   27-13  SAA

Jack Parkman

Quote from: Ralph Turner on April 27, 2019, 09:59:50 PM
The conference tourneys began this week.

We have our first potential 'bubble buster" game in the USA South finals.

Greensboro has come through the consolation bracket to face LaGrange.

LaGrange needs one win to earn the Pool A bid.

https://www.d3baseball.com/playoffs/2019/playoff-central

Piedmont played their way out of a Pool C shot in this tourney.  Rough way to end the year for a good team, but that will happen to plenty of others around the nation.

BigPoppa

Never assume you will get a Pool C. Win your way in or you have no beef with being left out.
Baseball is not a game that builds character, it is a game that reveals it.

Ralph Turner

Quote from: Jack Parkman on April 28, 2019, 02:44:13 PM
Quote from: Ralph Turner on April 27, 2019, 09:59:50 PM
The conference tourneys began this week.

We have our first potential 'bubble buster" game in the USA South finals.

Greensboro has come through the consolation bracket to face LaGrange.

LaGrange needs one win to earn the Pool A bid.

https://www.d3baseball.com/playoffs/2019/playoff-central

Piedmont played their way out of a Pool C shot in this tourney.  Rough way to end the year for a good team, but that will happen to plenty of others around the nation.
Here is Piedmont's record against RRO's from the first week of the season (3-7).

Wins - Berry LaGrange Cortland
Losses - Cal Lu; Chapman, Adrian, LaGrange (2), Berry, B-SC

Jack Parkman

Found this quote to be interesting regarding Swarthmore not making their conference tournament.

"Seventh-year head coach Matt Midkiff is attempting to schedule a few more games for his team with hope that it will get them an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament. Swarthmore's season could be over without making it to the College World Series like last season, but the team won 23 games this year."

Swarthmore was not in the Mid-Atlantic regional rankings last week and I'm not sure why there would be any thought that playing (and having to win) a few more games would vault them high enough to even be considered.

Jim Dixon

Quote from: Jack Parkman on April 29, 2019, 08:47:50 PM
Found this quote to be interesting regarding Swarthmore not making their conference tournament.

"Seventh-year head coach Matt Midkiff is attempting to schedule a few more games for his team with hope that it will get them an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament. Swarthmore's season could be over without making it to the College World Series like last season, but the team won 23 games this year."

Swarthmore was not in the Mid-Atlantic regional rankings last week and I'm not sure why there would be any thought that playing (and having to win) a few more games would vault them high enough to even be considered.

They had a good week and might sneak in.  There are plenty of teams that are free  next week that are regionaly ranked.  If I won the MACC a mid week game with Swarthmore would help keep my kids focused. Playing and winning against 2-3 regionally ranked opponents might just be the thin the Garnet needs.  Also the last 25% of games count more than those at the beginning of the season.

The other option is to shut the program down but I think having tasted post season, Swarthmore wants some more.

Jack Parkman

Quote from: Jim Dixon on April 30, 2019, 01:58:25 PM
Quote from: Jack Parkman on April 29, 2019, 08:47:50 PM
Found this quote to be interesting regarding Swarthmore not making their conference tournament.

"Seventh-year head coach Matt Midkiff is attempting to schedule a few more games for his team with hope that it will get them an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament. Swarthmore's season could be over without making it to the College World Series like last season, but the team won 23 games this year."

Swarthmore was not in the Mid-Atlantic regional rankings last week and I'm not sure why there would be any thought that playing (and having to win) a few more games would vault them high enough to even be considered.

They had a good week and might sneak in.  There are plenty of teams that are free  next week that are regionaly ranked.  If I won the MACC a mid week game with Swarthmore would help keep my kids focused. Playing and winning against 2-3 regionally ranked opponents might just be the thin the Garnet needs.  Also the last 25% of games count more than those at the beginning of the season.

The other option is to shut the program down but I think having tasted post season, Swarthmore wants some more.

I was unaware about the weighted last 25% of the season.  I understand what you are saying, but going from unranked to high in the RR seems like a bit of a stretch to me.  I guess we will see tomorrow.

Ralph Turner

Quote from: Jack Parkman on April 30, 2019, 10:03:56 PM


I was unaware about the weighted last 25% of the season.  I understand what you are saying, but going from unranked to high in the RR seems like a bit of a stretch to me.  I guess we will see tomorrow.

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/baseball/d3/2018-19D3MBA_PreChampsManual.pdf