So...… if Wooster and Marrieta win tonight, how does NCAA determine who among the 4 Ohio/NY schools would host?
Both schools along with B/W and Oswego State are all under 500 miles of each other. If Augie advances, and has to travel, do they put them in the gym of the next highest seed? (Marietta or Oswego State) or do they give it to the lowest seed (#4-Wooster) to give less advantage to the other higher seeds? Or is it the most centrally located of the 3 schools?
https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/basketball/d3/men/2018-19DIIIMBB_PreChampManual.pdfThe Championships Committee has prioritized the following site-selection criteria for all championships:
1. Complete bid;
2. Quality and availability of the facility and other necessary accommodations;
3. Geographical location (which may include such factors as rotation of sites, weather, accessibility and transportation costs);
4. Seeding; and
5. Attendance history, hosting history and revenue potential, which shall be considered necessary to assure fiscal responsibility.------------
If it's:
- Augustana
- Wooster
- Marietta
- Oswego
The reality here, as Ryan Scott was alluding to on the CCIW board, is that even though Augustana to Wooster is 500.0 miles (or 501.0 whatever), Augie wouldn't actually fly to Wooster, OH...they would choose to bus. It's just the easier way to go, all things considered. So it seems like Wooster is the location where there are, in reality, zero flights.
Picking Wooster in this hypothetical scenario would purely be a geographic decision. Because, as I see it, Wooster is the lowest seed of these four teams. I think they stack up this way:
1. Augustana: .889/.544/8-3 (Central #1)
2. Oswego State: .815/.532/8-4 (East #1)
3. Marietta: .769/.549/6-4 (Great Lakes #2)
4. Wooster: .821/.543/3-4 (Great Lakes #3)
I'm confident that order is correct...the only question is between Oswego State and Marietta. (That order could be flipped.)
In this scenario, do they:
A) Protect Augustana's overall top four seed status and pay for two flights (Oswego State, Marietta)?
B) Give it to the higher seed between Marietta and Oswego State? (Assuming one flight - Augustana.)
C) Give it to Wooster, assuming it is probably a zero flight option?
I think the answer is almost certainly B or C...and I guess I'd lean towards C (Wooster).
(Oh and by the way, if I'm Augie and they did that Wooster thing - assuming Augie would bus instead of fly - I'd stick it to the NCAA by flying.)
https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/2019/02/men-regional-rankings-final
