Yeah the rain. The sprinkles.
Those Methodists like sprinkling.

Jekelish, Does the SCAC determine final standings by winning percentage?

If so, then McMurry at 15-13 (0.536) looks to finish above someone at 16-14 (0.533) for tournament seeding and would be seeded 4th unless AC or Hendrix sweeps. If AC finishes 15-13, I think they have the head-to-head vs McMurry for 4th.

The AC at Hendrix series is crucial for both teams. It is almost like a play-in series for them

One loss by a team at 13-14 knocks them out. Each has to sweep for any chance.

Here is the announcement last week of the schedule change to permit the McMurry AC DH on 04/21/2026.

https://www.acroos.com/sports/bsb/2025-26/releases/20260414iciufw

Yes, it is Senior Night which is scheduled to be celebrated between games of the DH.

However, we have rain across Texas this week. The current line of showers are scheduled to move past Abilene early tomorrow morning, but not past Sherman TX until 9AM Wednesday. Might we see another postponement, which would give McMurry pitching another day of rest?  (AC is coming off a bye last weekend.)

Whitworth   15-4   
Linfield   12-5   
Lewis and Clark   9-7   L&C has Willamette and Linfield.

Puget Sound   9-8
   
Pacific Lutheran   8-9   Pac Lu and Puget Sound have a pair of DH's on May 2 & 3.
Pacific   9-11   
George Fox   8-10   
Whitman   5-12   
Willamette   4-13   

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps    12-6   
Pomona-Pitzer    12-6   
Redlands    14-7   
La Verne    11-7   
Cal Lutheran    10-8   

Chapman            9-9    at series with La Verne and Cal Tech. 9 losses may be too many to get a bid.
Occidental    7-11   
Whittier    8-13   
Caltech    1-17    (lone win is against Whittier)

ETBU is 8-0 in conference with a 4-game series with HPU (0-7) remaining.

HSU plays (3-4) HPU tomorrow and then has the series with UMHB (4-4) next week.

Gonna play "what-if", in terms of plausibility


CentLa sweeps U Oz to go 16-14.
McM splits the DH with AC to reach 16-14.

If AC splits with McM to go 14-13, then the Hendrix series is the one to watch.
Hendrix 14-13 hosts AC.

St Thomas sweeps CTX. Both are 16-14.
Schreiner sweeps LeTU to reach 16-14. LeTU drops to 17-13.

Saturday's action has finished. On Sunday, we have UDallas at UOz. Both teams are mathematically eliminated. That leaves 9 teams going after 6 slots.


TLU at (19-8) and LeTU (17-10) have clinched.

17 wins clinches a tourney slot.
16 wins gets you to the tie-breaker scenario for a possible slot and then seeding.
15 wins is very tenuous.


Team            Conference record    Remaining opps      Tiebreaker advantage (won the season series)
Texas Lutheran    19-8                    at UDallas
LeTourneau    17-10                    at Schreiner

Concordia (Texas)    16-11            Hosts St Thomas       ----- Schreiner, McM, AC
McMurry    15-13                          AC 2 games 04/21    ------  ST Thomas, Hx, Schreiner   
Austin    13-12                      McM 2 games 04/21, at HX  ----  St Thomas McM (1-0), Schreiner
Hendrix    14-13                        Host AC                -----    Cent LA, Schreiner
Centenary (La.)    13-14                U Oz                   -----   CTX, AC, McM
St. Thomas (Texas)    13-14      at CTX                  -----  HX, Cent LA   
Schreiner    13-14              LeTU                    -----  Cent LA, St Thomas
   
University of Dallas    8-18         TLU           
University of the Ozarks    6-20    at Centenary

As I review Dwayne Hanberry's body of work over the last two decades, I cannot think of a better Commissioner in D3.  With the current configuration of SCAC football, Southwestern would be very competitive every season.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on April 17, 2026, 11:06:01 AM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on April 17, 2026, 10:34:47 AMIMHO, the panache of playing in the SCAC departed with Trinity. I am glad that the return to the ASC means playing fewer contests on Sunday for all sports.
My conjecture... but the money also helped Schreiner fund their nascent football program.

Agree that the money was vital for Schreiner and really helpful for McMurry, who out of the blue announced they will start a gymnastics program for both women and men this week. 

The funny thing is that Colorado College was then and is still now the most academically elite school in the conference; Austin's not that far behind.  And it wouldn't surprise me to see Southwestern (who probably slots between the two) to return.

I like Trinity over Colorado College...

Will the travel budget for Southwestern be the deterrent to continuing in the SAA?

As for Gymnastics, I wonder if that comes from the President who came from Baker University in Kansas. The old Big 8 was a HUGE gymnastics conference. McMurry has tried to be ahead of the game in intercollegiate activities at this D3 level in this part of the country. They added e-sports several years ago. They have had swimming for 30-odd years.  They added Dance and Cheer earlier this year. I believe the push is for admissions to attract the high school grads with those interests from the hundreds of high schools which have affiliated with McMurry across the state.

Also adding Rugby (a club sport) would not surprise me either.

Big weekend!  The SCAC tournament accept 6 teams this year.

1) Texas Lutheran       18-7   0.720   CTX,     at UD
2) Concordia TX(CTX))   15-10   0.600   at TLU,    St Thomas
3) LeTourneau        15-10   0.600   Hendrix,    at Schreiner
4) Hendrix              14-11   0.560   at LeTU,    AC
5) Schreiner        13-11   0.542   at McM,   LeTU
6) Austin                13-12   0.520   McM (2),  at Hendrix
7) Centenary (La.)      12-12   0.500   St Thomas,   UOz
8) McMurry              12-13   0.480   Schreiner,   at AC (2)
9) St. Thomas (TX)      11-13   0.458   at Centenary LA;   CTX
10) U  of Dallas         7-17   0.292   at UOz,       TLU
11 U Ozarks          5-19   0.208   UD,       at CTX


Nine teams chasing 6 spots.

Quote from: Ralph Turner on April 17, 2026, 10:34:47 AM

Quote from: Ron Boerger on April 16, 2026, 04:29:47 PM

Quote from: The Third Division on April 16, 2026, 12:46:13 PMSimply calling a team that's only participating in your championship weekend an affiliate member of your conference for the sole purpose of securing an automatic bid is kind of unfair honestly.

If it's permitted by the NCAA, then it's perfectly fair.  Highly unusual, yes.  And if not for the C2C doing something similar (as Pat mentioned), there would be a number of schools without access to auto bids - such as the recently crowned MBB national champions - in many sports. 

And at least millions of dollars were not involved to make this happen.

Referring to the money that the ASC paid for McMurry and Schreiner to move...
IMHO, the panache of playing in the SCAC departed with Trinity. I am glad that the return to the ASC means playing fewer contests on Sunday for all sports.
My conjecture... but the money also helped Schreiner fund their nascent football program.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on April 16, 2026, 04:29:47 PM

Quote from: The Third Division on April 16, 2026, 12:46:13 PMSimply calling a team that's only participating in your championship weekend an affiliate member of your conference for the sole purpose of securing an automatic bid is kind of unfair honestly.

If it's permitted by the NCAA, then it's perfectly fair.  Highly unusual, yes.  And if not for the C2C doing something similar (as Pat mentioned), there would be a number of schools without access to auto bids - such as the recently crowned MBB national champions - in many sports. 

And at least millions of dollars were not involved to make this happen.

IMHO, the panache of playing in the SCAC departed with Trinity. I am glad that the return to the ASC means playing fewer contests on Sunday for all sports.
My conjecture... but the money also helped Schreiner fund their nascent football program.

Quote from: pillowhands on April 07, 2015, 12:21:39 PMCan anyone tell me why Keuka, Canton, Suny IT, SUNY Morrisville, Medaille, Suny Cobbleskill, Cazenovia, and Wells just don't break away from the NEAC and form there own conference?

Where are they now...

Keuka -> E8
Canton -> SUNYAC
SUNY IT -> E8
Morrisville -> SUNYAC
Medaille -> Closed 2023
Cobleskill -> SUNYAC
Cazenovia -> Closed 2023
Wells -> Closed 2024


Hilbert -> AMCC

AC is coming off an open date and should have fresh pitching.
McM plays Schreiner the weekend before.