According to the Manual, here are the dates for the Regional Rankings.

Thursday, April 26 Regional Ranking No. 1.
Thursday, May 3 Regional Ranking No. 2.
Thursday, May 10 Regional Ranking No. 3.
Sunday, May 13 Regional Ranking No. 4
Championship Selections

http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/2018DIIIMBA_PreChampsManual_20180302.pdf

The Selection Criteria are found on page 22.


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.
● Win-loss percentage — last 25% of the season (if applicable).

Contests versus provisional and reclassifying members in their third and fourth 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-Division III strength of schedule.

2017 Division III National Baseball Championship at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton WI.

Sauget IL (Central):  #5 seed North Central (CCIW)

Harwich MA (New England): #1 seed U Mass-Boston (Little East)

Syracuse NY (New York): #1 seed Oswego St (SUNYAC)

Danville VA (South):  #6 seed  Roanoke (ODAC)

Tyler TX (West):  #2 seed  California Lutheran (SCIAC)

http://www.d3baseball.com/playoffs/2017/2017-playoffs

There were 6 triple plays in D-3 this season.

One poster on another board wondered if one player has ever hit for the infamous "Cycle", i.e., a triple play, a double play, a single out. One might add a strikeout to make it a "quadricycle".  Two players hit for the "tri-cycle".  I don't know what other name we can give it, but please make suggestions.

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In the first game of the DH with North Central IL on March 21, 2014, St Norbert 3B Derek Klegin hit into the triple play plus 2 K's and a single. 

http://www.d3baseball.com/seasons/2014/boxscores/20140321_fghr.xml

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On April 2, 2014, Plymouth State catcher Dan Armstrong went 2 for 4 against Babson but hit into a triple play and a double play.  (He came close to the "cycle".)

http://www.d3baseball.com/seasons/2014/boxscores/20140402_sayr.xml?view=plays

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Baldwin-Wallace 2B Mark Zimmerman went 2 for 5 scoring 2 runs and 5 RBI.  He hit into a double play in the first, 6-4-3. Zimmerman grounded to second in the 3rd.  He walked and scored in the 4th. He hit a 2-RBI single to right in the 5th.  He hit a 3-run homer in the 6th. The 5-4-3 triple play occurred in the 8th.  Final score Baldwin-Wallace 16, Wooster 12.

http://www.woosterathletics.com/sports/bsb/2013-14/files/woob410.htm#GAME.PLY

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On April 27th, Piedmont dh Patrick Lyons went 0 for 3 with an RBI in the Piedmont 5-4 victory. He walked in the 2nd inning and was out on a SAC bunt. He struck out looking in the 4th. He was given an RBI on a 1-6-3 double play in the 6th. He hit into a 6-4-3 triple play in the 8th.

http://www.d3baseball.com/seasons/2014/boxscores/20140427_6oum.xml?view=plays

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UW-Stout C Jared Francois went 0-3 against UW-Stevens Point on May 9th.  He flied to CF in the 2nd.  He had the 5-4-3 triple play in the 4th.  He was out 6-3 in the top of the 7th, in the 13-3 loss in the WIAC Tourney.

http://www.d3baseball.com/seasons/2014/boxscores/20140509_9j1d.xml?view=plays

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On May 9th, LeTourneau DH David Perkins went 1 for 4, including  home run, hitting into a 6-4-3 triple play, ground out to SS, and  struck out looking.

http://www.d3boards.com/index.php?action=post;board=1563.0

Time to start a new thread (and pull the Pool C talk off the Pool B board.)

The D3baseball.com mock bracket will be posted on the home page by sunrise.

The D3baseball.com mock bracket will be out by sunrise.

Mock D3 brackets will be out by sunrise.

Middlebury wins the 2011-12 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup.

Once again, I wish that the scoring involved the concept of the Participant Ratio (PR), the number or participating schools in a sport versus the number of full members in good standing in D-III.

RIT gets 100 pts for beating 48 other women's Ice Hockey teams. 

UWW gets 100 points for beatin 410+ other women's teams in women's basketball.

A PR would multiply the awarded Directors' Cup point total per sport by the participant ratio in that sport to make scoring more representative of how many opponents you defeated to win the national championship.

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