Conference tournament went to the full 7 games with Denison coming through the losers bracket to win the automatic bid. It was clear that the two best teams are Wooster and Denison. The big questions is does Wooster, in Coach Pettorini's last season, get an at-large bid regionals? Their strength of schedule is now #6 in the country and they are 26-12. For the first time in many years, Wooster did get in their full 40 games during the regular season, playing only 34 prior to the conference tournament, due to the weather. They most likely would have won at least 4 of those 6 games and the 30 wins would have looked much better on their final record. It is amazing that a bid to the post-season could come down to just 1 victory or loss during the year. If they had beaten CWRU then I think they would be a shoo in, but even though their record is better than Case's (Woo 26-12 vs Case 22-13) and their strength of schedule is just 2 slots behind Case's, the fact that Case beat them during the regular season could be the deciding factor. I honestly hope there is room for both teams.
