BB: Top Teams in West Region

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tigerfan_2001

I will be interested to see how they seed the teams.  Assuming the seeding is like the rankings, I hope the committee seeds #4,5,6 in the region to provide new matchups.  If there is a Pool C from NWC, I hope they dont play Linfield game 1, same with the ASC winner and Trinity, etc.

108 Stitches

The only place you don't want to be is the 6th seed to face Linfield out of the gate. That said you have to beat them to get through the Regional so bring it on.

Ralph Turner

Quote from: 108 Stitches on May 05, 2014, 10:20:42 AM
The only place you don't want to be is the 6th seed to face Linfield out of the gate. That said you have to beat them to get through the Regional so bring it on.
Unless you think that your #1 (even against their #1) is the best pitcher to face Linfield!

Whatagame

After speculation last season, it now indeed looks like the NWC will join the rest of the region with a conference tournament for the upcoming season.  PLU has the dates for the tourney up on their 2015 schedule - April 25th and 26th, which given that's only two days of games, indicates the top four teams in conference standings will qualify?

Overall, I'm happy to see this.

wildcat11

Quote from: Whatagame on September 29, 2014, 01:09:30 PM
After speculation last season, it now indeed looks like the NWC will join the rest of the region with a conference tournament for the upcoming season.  PLU has the dates for the tourney up on their 2015 schedule - April 25th and 26th, which given that's only two days of games, indicates the top four teams in conference standings will qualify?

Overall, I'm happy to see this.

Crying shame, IMO.

Westside

Quote from: wildcat11 on December 23, 2014, 01:37:33 AM
Quote from: Whatagame on September 29, 2014, 01:09:30 PM
After speculation last season, it now indeed looks like the NWC will join the rest of the region with a conference tournament for the upcoming season.  PLU has the dates for the tourney up on their 2015 schedule - April 25th and 26th, which given that's only two days of games, indicates the top four teams in conference standings will qualify?

Overall, I'm happy to see this.

Crying shame, IMO.

Does this mean we get to start talking about baseball?!

I am a fan of the conference tourney. It gives the top teams a chance to boost their resume against other top teams (even though the NWC is an underrated conference and they shouldn't need to pander :'() And I think it increases the chance of getting two teams into the regionals. For example, if PLU wins the conference regular season and Linfield wins the conference tournament, ideally they would both get in. (Yes, I think those are the teams to beat in the NWC this year.)

I just hope this helps keep 6 teams in the West this year.
NWC Baseball

108 Stitches

Here are the West teams in the Collegiate Baseball's list

NCAA Div. III Pre-Season Poll
  Rank School (2014 Record)   Points

  1. Wisconsin-Whitewater (44-7)   273
  2. Emory, GA (38-13)   270
  3. St. Thomas, MN (39-9)   268
4. Linfield, OR (37-9)   265
  5. Cortland St., NY (36-10)   261
  6. Salisbury, MD (37-9)   258
  7. Southern Maine (37-15)   255
8. California Lutheran (36-10)   253
  9. Concordia-Chicago, IL (39-7)   250
10. Marietta, OH (30-16)   248
11. Webster, MO (37-7)   245
12. Trinity, TX (33-10)   243
13. Rowan, NJ (31-12)   241
14. Wisc.-Stevens Point (32-13)   238
15. Kean, NJ (35-14)   235
16. Case Western Reserve, OH (34-12)   231
17. Eastern Connecticut St. (32-9)   229
18. Buena Vista, IA (37-9)   226
19. Birmingham-Southern, AL (35-12)   224
20. Shenandoah, VA (33-11)   220
21. Tufts, MA (34-9)   218
22. Baldwin Wallace, OH (30-20)   216
23. Amherst, MA (30-11)   213
24. Bridgewater, VA (36-14)   210
25. Adrian, MI (33-15)   208
26. Wesleyan, CT (31-12)   206
27. Endicott, MA (34-16)   202
28. Moravian, PA (32-12)   200
29. George Fox, OR (28-12)   196
30. Heidelberg, OH (31-13)   193
  Also Receiving Votes: St. John Fisher, NY (31-11), Rhodes, TN (33-17), Gettysburg, PA (33-8), Widener, PA (33-13), Ithaca, NY (26-10), MIT (27-15), Rutgers-Camden, NJ (30-13), Chapman, CA (30-13), Washington-St. Louis, MO (28-16), La Roche, PA (31-15), Rose-Hulman, IN (29-18), Worcester State, MA (25-17), Johns Hopkins, MD (22-18), SUNY-Old Westbury, NY (20-22), Oswego State, NY (21-13), Manchester, IN (26-17), Saint Joseph's, ME (30-15), Union, NY (26-12-1), Bethel, MN (23-12), Concordia, TX (31-14), Montclair St. (22-18), DeSales, PA (27-16), Haverford, PA (23-20), Wheaton, MA (27-16-1), Penn State Erie Behrend, PA (30-14), Redlands, CA (15-23), Keystone , PA (27-14), Misericordia, PA (31-15-1), Piedmont, GA (25-14), Rochester, NY (25-16), Anderson, IN (26-15). 
xxxxxxxxxSource: Collegiate Baseball

SoCalSoxFan

Looking forward for the upcoming D3-West Region season.  Once we see final rosters and who stayed or transferred in, I'll have better idea of SCIAC.   It's good to see Cal Lu so high up in pre-season polls.  I know they lost two top starters and Roth out of bullpen, but should return most their offense. 

Looking forward to 2015!

CrashDavisD3

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Quote from: 108 Stitches on December 24, 2014, 03:10:01 PM
Here are the West teams in the Collegiate Baseball's list

NCAA Div. III Pre-Season Poll
  Rank School (2014 Record)   Points

  1. Wisconsin-Whitewater (44-7)   273
  2. Emory, GA (38-13)   270
  3. St. Thomas, MN (39-9)   268
4. Linfield, OR (37-9)   265
  5. Cortland St., NY (36-10)   261
  6. Salisbury, MD (37-9)   258
  7. Southern Maine (37-15)   255
8. California Lutheran (36-10)   253
  9. Concordia-Chicago, IL (39-7)   250
10. Marietta, OH (30-16)   248
11. Webster, MO (37-7)   245
12. Trinity, TX (33-10)   243
13. Rowan, NJ (31-12)   241
14. Wisc.-Stevens Point (32-13)   238
15. Kean, NJ (35-14)   235
16. Case Western Reserve, OH (34-12)   231
17. Eastern Connecticut St. (32-9)   229
18. Buena Vista, IA (37-9)   226
19. Birmingham-Southern, AL (35-12)   224
20. Shenandoah, VA (33-11)   220
21. Tufts, MA (34-9)   218
22. Baldwin Wallace, OH (30-20)   216
23. Amherst, MA (30-11)   213
24. Bridgewater, VA (36-14)   210
25. Adrian, MI (33-15)   208
26. Wesleyan, CT (31-12)   206
27. Endicott, MA (34-16)   202
28. Moravian, PA (32-12)   200
29. George Fox, OR (28-12)   196
30. Heidelberg, OH (31-13)   193
  Also Receiving Votes: St. John Fisher, NY (31-11), Rhodes, TN (33-17), Gettysburg, PA (33-8), Widener, PA (33-13), Ithaca, NY (26-10), MIT (27-15), Rutgers-Camden, NJ (30-13), Chapman, CA (30-13), Washington-St. Louis, MO (28-16), La Roche, PA (31-15), Rose-Hulman, IN (29-18), Worcester State, MA (25-17), Johns Hopkins, MD (22-18), SUNY-Old Westbury, NY (20-22), Oswego State, NY (21-13), Manchester, IN (26-17), Saint Joseph's, ME (30-15), Union, NY (26-12-1), Bethel, MN (23-12), Concordia, TX (31-14), Montclair St. (22-18), DeSales, PA (27-16), Haverford, PA (23-20), Wheaton, MA (27-16-1), Penn State Erie Behrend, PA (30-14), Redlands, CA (15-23), Keystone , PA (27-14), Misericordia, PA (31-15-1), Piedmont, GA (25-14), Rochester, NY (25-16), Anderson, IN (26-15). 
xxxxxxxxxSource: Collegiate Baseball

West only got 4 teams into the 2014 west regional playoffs last year. Will they get 6 in 2015? Has been tough over the past few years for the West to get the Post season Pool C bids. Will Chapman ever get back into the playoffs. The Post-Tereschuk era has not produced any trips to the regionals or to Appleton for Chapman. NWC conference now has a conference tournament to determine their Pool A bid just like the SCIAC, ASC, and SCAC.

Based upon the 2014 roster, Chapman returns 6 of the 9 top hitters but lose 4 of 6 their top pitchers based on innings pitched.
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I have not looked over rosters in detail, but I know Linfield lost a lot of bats, programs like them always retool and I believe they have three solid pitchers returning. I think CLU lost a lot of pitching and hitting so I doubt they will stay a top ten team. I am not sure about the rest of the SCIAC and NWest. In the SCAC, TLU lost a lot, Southwestern and Centenary were young last year and should be greatly improved. TU only lost one significant pitcher, but he had the highest ERA on the team so they should be very strong pitching wise, they lost some big bats and need to retool up the middle, however they should be a Regional team just with their pitching. UTT was young last year and LeT looks like they could emerge. Concordia was also young and could come back also. The NWest tournament gives them the opportunity to place two teams, and I think the ASC could place two teams but I am not sure about the SCAC and SCIAC. A lot will depend on how the second place teams in each division develop and what happens in the conference tournaments.

CrashDavisD3

I believe the NWC has deserved 2 teams over the past few years but a weak SOS kills them sometimes. Cal Tech kills the SOS for SCIAC teams. Maybe a new team will rise to appear in the West Regional outside the normal teams that just seem to reload. In recent years Linfield has dominated the NWC. Cal Lu, Pomona and Chapman have been the teams in recent years out of the SCIAC. Trinity seems to have dominated the SCAC over the past few years. Different teams seem to come out of the ASC.

I would really like to see 6 teams from the WEST make the West Regional BUT I doubt it will happen again in 2015. It is difficult for West Teams to have high enough SOS to get the Pool C bids.
This... is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball.  "There are three types of baseball players: those who make things happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened."
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West Teams.

#   School (1st votes)   Rec   Pts   Prev.
1   UW-Whitewater (22)   44-7   620   1
2   St. Thomas (3)   39-9   564   3
3   Emory   38-13   556   2
4   Linfield   37-9   527   6
5   Cortland State   36-10   501   5
6   Salisbury   37-9   446   7
7   Southern Maine   37-15   391   4
8   Webster   37-7   375   9
9   Concordia-Chicago   39-7   350   10
10   Cal Lutheran   36-10   343   14
11   Kean   35-14   343   12
12   UW-Stevens Point   32-13   329   11
13   Marietta   30-16   279   25
14   Rowan   33-12   271   15
15   Case Western Reserve   34-12   269   13
16   Trinity (Texas)   33-10   235   17
17   Shenandoah   33-11   226   16
18   Birmingham-Southern   35-12   209   20
19   Eastern Connecticut   32-9   189   18
20   Baldwin Wallace   30-20   188   8
21   Bridgewater (Va.)   36-14   96   19
22   Tufts   34-9   80   24
23   Adrian   33-15   72   22
24   Buena Vista   37-9   69   21
25   Misericordia   31-15-1   59    -


Others receiving votes: Endicott 53, Wesleyan (Conn.) 33, Rhodes 22, Widener 21, La Roche 20, Heidelberg 19, Ithaca 16, Moravian 14, Amherst 12, Saint Joseph's (Me.) 10, Rose-Hulman 9, Johns Hopkins 9, St. Scholastica 7, Concordia (TX) 5, Covenant 4, Washington and Jefferson 4, Huntingdon 3, Pacific Lutheran 3, St. John Fisher 3, Millsaps 2, Castleton 2, Washington (Mo.) 2, Worcester State 2, Gettysburg 1, Manchester 1, Piedmont 1, Pomona-Pitzer 1, Salem State 1.

Bishopleftiesdad

Milsaps are actually in the South. When they were part of the SCAC, the conference was considered multi-region.

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Bishopleftiesdad

I did a breakdown of the top 25 by region. (I did not include ORV) and it breaks down as follows. (if I did not make any mistakes)
1. South - 5
2. Mid East - 4
2. Midwest - 4
3. West - 3
3. Mid Atlantic - 3
3. New England - 3
4. Central - 2
5. New York - 1

Of coarse this will change through out the year.