2012 Playoffs: Bracket Reactions & more

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Captain_Joe08

North Central gets shipped out to Cal Lutheran for the first round.The left side of the bracket looks to be a bit more rugged than the right side.
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emma17

I sure wish MHB and Mt were on opposite sides of bracket.

HScoach

 If there is one constant in life beyond death & taxes, it's not being able to figure out the NCAA.  Weird bracketing of teams.
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HScoach

Quote from: emma17 on November 11, 2012, 06:22:38 PM
I sure wish MHB and Mt were on opposite sides of bracket.

Me too.  I'm still trying to figure out which one of the two is hosting the semi?
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MonroviaCat

Quote from: HScoach on November 11, 2012, 06:23:28 PM
Quote from: emma17 on November 11, 2012, 06:22:38 PM
I sure wish MHB and Mt were on opposite sides of bracket.

Me too.  I'm still trying to figure out which one of the two is hosting the semi?
It might be a TBA thing--I think the semi's have to be appopriate for possible ESPN broadcasts this year so facilities may have more strict requirements.....
Go Cats!

MonroviaCat

Quote from: Captain_Joe08 on November 11, 2012, 06:22:19 PM
North Central gets shipped out to Cal Lutheran for the first round.The left side of the bracket looks to be a bit more rugged than the right side.
Yes, but the top 2 teams in the country are both on the right side.....
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Ron Boerger

Quote from: MonroviaCat on November 11, 2012, 06:25:38 PM
Quote from: Captain_Joe08 on November 11, 2012, 06:22:19 PM
North Central gets shipped out to Cal Lutheran for the first round.The left side of the bracket looks to be a bit more rugged than the right side.
Yes, but the top 2 teams in the country are both on the right side.....

Apparently the AA braintrust thinks Linfield is the second-best team.

smedindy

Quote from: MonroviaCat on November 11, 2012, 06:25:38 PM
Quote from: Captain_Joe08 on November 11, 2012, 06:22:19 PM
North Central gets shipped out to Cal Lutheran for the first round.The left side of the bracket looks to be a bit more rugged than the right side.
Yes, but the top 2 teams in the country are both on the right side.....

Well, they're not the Top 2 according to the NCAA.

Captain_Joe08

Quote from: Ron Boerger on November 11, 2012, 06:26:24 PM
Quote from: MonroviaCat on November 11, 2012, 06:25:38 PM
Quote from: Captain_Joe08 on November 11, 2012, 06:22:19 PM
North Central gets shipped out to Cal Lutheran for the first round.The left side of the bracket looks to be a bit more rugged than the right side.
Yes, but the top 2 teams in the country are both on the right side.....

Apparently the AA braintrust thinks Linfield is the second-best team.

Or maybe that's either St. Thomas or UW-Oshkosh....
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hazzben

Big winners are Linfield/UWO/UST. The best unbeatens not named Mount and UMHB and they don't have to worry about facing them until the Stagg...

SUADC

Quote from: HScoach on November 11, 2012, 06:23:28 PM
Quote from: emma17 on November 11, 2012, 06:22:38 PM
I sure wish MHB and Mt were on opposite sides of bracket.

Me too.  I'm still trying to figure out which one of the two is hosting the semi?

Top-down approach.

smedindy

Quote from: MonroviaCat on November 11, 2012, 06:18:58 PM
Quote from: smedindy on November 11, 2012, 06:16:35 PM
I swapped out Lycoming for Waynesburg but still...

The puzzler is taking PLU and then leaving Concordia - Moorhead, unless PLU was the last one taken.
Actually--I would think PLU went before Bethel which left CM on the table....

Yeah, that's probably right, maybe. At any rate, two loss teams got in before one loss teams and I bet it was how the regions did their RRs.

pg04

Quote from: Ron Boerger on November 11, 2012, 06:26:24 PM
Quote from: MonroviaCat on November 11, 2012, 06:25:38 PM
Quote from: Captain_Joe08 on November 11, 2012, 06:22:19 PM
North Central gets shipped out to Cal Lutheran for the first round.The left side of the bracket looks to be a bit more rugged than the right side.
Yes, but the top 2 teams in the country are both on the right side.....

Apparently the AA braintrust thinks Linfield is the second-best team.

It's more likely that 2-3 is UMU/MHB and Linfield is 1 with St. Thomas 4?

smedindy

Quote from: AO on November 11, 2012, 06:20:48 PM
Does the Committee know how horrible the NEFC is (24th ranked by D3football)?  9-1 in the NEFC is equal to 5-5 in the MIAC, and still Bridgewater's SOS couldn't compete with Concordia.  A regionally ranked win over Endicott means far less than wins by Concordia over unranked Augsburg or St. Olaf.

Not according to the NCAA, obviously. RR wins are RR wins to them. Period. Paragraph.

I think it all comes down to how the various committees did their final RRs.


Mr. Ypsi

Tough draw for the CCIW.  Just hours after Pat & Company projected NCC to have won the bracketing lottery (playing CUC, surely one of the worst #2s in d3 history)), they go TO Cal Lu, and if they survive go TO Linfield!  Meanwhile, Elmhurst not only doesn't host, they travel TO a 10-0 Coe!

OUCH! :P