The at-large bids will be determined by the NPI, which used in the other sports this year. Thanks to Bmo who found this link.
Quote from: Bmo on April 11, 2025, 02:20:33 PMLooks like we have the first look at NPI numbers.
https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/43934
LaVerne 2
Claremont 10
Trinity 22
I'm rooting for Claremont to break into the top 8 to see what chaos will ensue in the West Regionals with the protected seeds.
The discussion proceeded to identify the "best" teams from Pool A conferences that were beyond #64, trying to identify how low a Pool C could go and still earn a bid. Bmo posted this, assuming the highest team listed from a Pool A conference would get the bid.
Quote from: Bmo on April 12, 2025, 09:09:10 PMQuick math shows 12:
Alfred St. (67)
Neumann (85)
Carthage (72)
Lasell (98)
Manchester (83)
Westfield St. (89)
Grinnell (128)
Husson (165)
Aurora (129)
Puget Sound (94)
Farmingdale St. (127)
Bethany Lutheran (156)
Ron Boerger posted the link to the Pre-season Championship Manual.
Quote from: Ron Boerger on April 12, 2025, 11:39:18 AMSelection critera are the 41 Pool A conference winners and 23 Pool C teams from those not in Pool A in order of NPI. Regional rankings are basically meaningless as it's straight numerical order that determines those 23. But ... the NCAA will still publish them with the first out April 22.
There will be sixteen four-team regionals beginning May 16. The sixteen winners will meet in eight two-team super regionals. The regionals and super regionals are double-elimination format. The D3CWS will be in Eastlake, Ohio, May 30-June 5. Lots of other detail in the prechampionship manual: https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/baseball/d3/2024-25D3MBA_PreChampionshipManual.pdf
Only 22 Pool C ... there are, if I counted correctly, 8 Pool B teams and thus one Pool B before the Pool Cs: Baruch, CCNY, John Jay, Lehman, Salisbury, CNU, Mary Washington, Marantha Baptist (assuming these are still correct given the egregious errors in the ASC and SCAC conference memberships).
Quote from: Ron Boerger on April 12, 2025, 10:39:06 PMOnly 22 Pool C ... there are, if I counted correctly, 8 Pool B teams and thus one Pool B before the Pool Cs: Baruch, CCNY, John Jay, Lehman, Salisbury, CNU, Mary Washington, Marantha Baptist (assuming these are still correct given the egregious errors in the ASC and SCAC conference memberships).
Since Salisbury at #5 is a virtual lock to get a bid then their bid likely comes from Pool B.
From this, 64 bids minus 12 teams below #64 suggests that #52 in the NPI is the last team in this week.
At #52, Arcadia from the MAC Freedom appears to be that conference's Pool A bid.
So #51 is the threshold this week.
I know the handbook still talks about Pool B, but you'll see there is no number of bids for B or C. It's just 23 at-large teams.
Wow, thanks. Whoever is reponsible for publishing that handbook in its current condition needs to find a new job.
The NPI has been updated to reflect games through Sunday. (https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/43972)
1. Johns Hopkins (27-3) 64.465
2. UW-Whitewater (21-2) 64.255
3. Denison (21-5) 62.821
4. Salibury (25-5) 62.706
5. La Verne (23-5) 62.161
6. Endicott (21-3) 61.918
7. Lynchburg (27-5) 61.091
8. Kean (25-5) 60.962
9. CWRU (20-9) 60.554
10. UW-La Crosse (19-6) 60.396
I ran thru the NPI from 04/13. Here are the at-large. The cut-off on 04/13 is at #48 Mary Washington.
#49 is Rutgers-Camden.
#50 is B'water
1) Salisbury
2) UW-La Crosse
3) Rowan
4) Millsaps
4a) Claremont M-S (error caught on 04/21)
5) UW-Oshkosh
6) Chicago
7) Buena vista
8) Belhaven
9) Emory
10) Montclair St
11) Ramapo
12) Ohio Northern
13) Oswego
14) Gettysburg
15) Cal Lu
16) Rhodes
17) Concordia TX
18) Spaulding
19) TCNJ
20) Bethel
21) McMurry
22) Mary Washington
_______
__________________
23) Rutgers-Camden at #49
24) B'water at #50
The NPI has been updated through games of the 20th (https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/44156?utf8=%E2%9C%93&commit=Submit):
1. Johns Hopkins (32-3) 65.748
2. UW-Whitewater (25-2) 64.203
3. Denison (25-5) 62.739
4. Kean (30-5) 62.630
5. La Verne (26-5) 62.295
6. Endicott (25-3) 62.184
7. Lynchburg (31-5) 61.466
8. Salisbury (26-7) 61.317
9. UW-La Crosse (24-6) 60.611
10. Case Western (22-10-1) 60.160
I ran thru the NPI from 04/20. Here are the at-large bids. The cut-off on 04/13 was at #49overall Rutgers-Camden and
#50 overall was B'water. This week, the cut-off is Randy-Mac at overall #44. Cal Lu is overall #45.
1) Salisbury -- was bid #1
2) UW La Crosse -- was bid #2
3) Rowan -- was bid #3
4) Claremont MS - was #5
5) Millsaps -- was #4
6) Belhaven -- was #9
7) Coe -- was Pool A; jumped by Buena Vista
8) Chicago -- was #7
9) UW Oshkosh -- was #6
10) Emory -- was #10
11) Cortland -- jumped by Brockport
12) Ramapo -- was #12
13) Bethel -- was #21
14) Concordia Texas -- was #18
15) Montclair State -- was #11
16) Babson -- was #58 overall and jumped a bunch of teams
17) Rhodes -- was #17
18) Wash U St L -- was #53 overall and jumped a bunch of teams
19) Ohio Northern -- was #13
20) Mary Washington -- was #23
21) McMurry -- was bid #22
22) Spalding -- was bid #19
23) Randy Mac -- was #59 overall and jumped a bunch of teams
________
24) Cal Lu -- was bid #16
25) Gettysburg -- was bid #15
26) Shenandoah -- was #61 overall
----------------
Corrections are always appreciated
Quote from: Ralph Turner on April 21, 2025, 08:15:24 PMHere are the at-large bids listed by ranking in the NPI
8) Salisbury
9) UW La Crosse
12) Rowan
16) Claremont MS
19) Millsaps
21) Belhaven
24) Coe
26) Chicago
27) UW Oshkosh
28) Emory
29) Cortland
30) Ramapo
31) Bethel
32) Concordia Texas
35) Montclair State
37) Babson
38) Rhodes
39) Wash U St L
40) Ohio Northern
41) Mary Washington
42) McMurry
43) Spalding
44) Randy Mac
________
... and just look at these bubble-busters who are not dark horses in their conference tourneys
45) Cal Lu
47) Gettysburg
48) Shenandoah
49) Piedmont
50) Pomona-Pitzer
51) Rutgers-Camden
52) Wittenberg
53) Oswego State
54) Keystone
56) Redlands
Tip of the hat to D3Follower...
I am away from my database so I am not sure if I failed to detect an error in my working draft.
Brockport is E8.
Cortland is SUNYAC.
That may give us one more Pool C bid.
After a marathon game that lasted 4 hours and 12 minutes today, CWRU has clinched the 2025 UAA Baseball title and the first-ever UAA Baseball AQ to the NCAA DIII Baseball Tournament with a 25-18 win over Brandeis today. Game started at 12:30 PM ET and just ended at approx 4:42 PM ET. No rain delays, although the game was played off campus at Yetten Field at Waltham High School due to rain earlier today and rain in the forecast. The first 2 games of the Brandeis/CWRU series were played yesterday due to forecasted weather conditions.
That win, combined with losses by Chicago today and Emory yesterday, guarantees that CWRU will finish UAA play with the best win/loss percentage in UAA play (Minimum 15 UAA games played).
CWRU is now 13-5-1 in the UAA with 1 game left to play.
Emory is now 11-7 in the UAA with 2 games left to play.
UChicago is now 10-7 in the UAA with 3 games left to play.
Emory, UChicago, and WashU out of the UAA vying for 3 of the 23 at-large bids.
NPI updated thru 4/27 (https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_rankings/nitty_gritties/44396?utf8=%E2%9C%93&commit=Submit):
6. La Verne (was 5)
12. Trinity (15)
21. CMS (16)
25. Concordia (32)
33. McMurry (42)
38. P-P (50)
50. CLU (45)
51. ETBU (34)
57. Redlands (56)
78. UMHB (113)
91. UPS (88)
[edit: oops, I meant to post this in the West Region thread, fairly obviously. Sorry!]
Pool C's thru the 04/27 NPI run
7) Salisbury
9) Rowan
10) UW-Lacrosse
17) Millsaps
21) CMS
22) Maryville
24) Emory
25) Concordia Texas
26) UW Oshkosh
28) Chicago
29) Randy Mac
30) Wash U St L
31) Ramapo
33) McMurry
35) Ohio Northern
36) Oswego
38) Pomona-Pitzer
39) Babson
40) Gettysburg
41) Piedmont
42) Montclair State
43) Keystone
44) Bethel MN
________________
45) Shenandoah
47) Wittenburg
48) Buena Vista
50) Cal Lu
52) Rutgers Camden
53) TCNJ
55) Spalding
Look at that; thru #44, there were 21 Pool A bids and 23 Pool C bids, with 20 Pool A bids to be awarded.
With Post-season conference tourneys, I have no idea how high up the bubble extends. Going 2-and-BBQ in a post-season tourney may destroy your NPI.
Dick, please elaborate. Also please consider the Receiving Votes teams in your comments.
Thx.
Quote from: Ralph Turner on April 29, 2025, 04:28:07 PMDick, please elaborate. Also please consider the Receiving Votes teams in your comments.
Thx.
I deleted my post. After looking through some previous "votes", I'm not positive the source providing the information are part of any official poll.
Thanks Dick.
I appreciate your re-assessment. With 23 at large bids, we are so deep into the pack, that the bubble teams can run the numbers on that game that they should not have lost and moan all off-season or for seniors, the rest of their lives. It was less objective in the Regional Rankings days, and the experts at D3baseball.com would have real disagreements with the final 2-3 selections at large. (They were understandable objections, but nevertheless the committee ruled.)
Pool C's thru the 04/27 NPI run; and then I have added the 04/30 NPI run. (I have skipped the 04/29 run.)
7) Salisbury #7
9) Rowan #9
10) UW-Lacrosse #10
17) Millsaps now #23 after loss to MUW
21) CMS #22
22) Maryville #20
24) Emory #24
25) Concordia Texas #25
26) UW Oshkosh #27 but played no games
28) Chicago Now #34 after the loss to Concordia Chicago
29) Randy Mac #29
30) Wash U St L #30
31) Ramapo now #29
33) McMurry #33
35) Ohio Northern was #38, but played no games
36) Oswego Now # 32 after wins over Oneonta and Hobar
38) Pomona-Pitzer now #42 after loss to ULV on 04/29
39) Babson Now #7
40) Gettysburg now #49 after a loss to McDaniel
41) Piedmont Now #38
42) Montclair State Now #39
43) Keystone Now #46 after loss to Alvernia and win over Neumann, now #52
44) Bethel MN Now #44
________________
45) Shenandoah Now #52 loss to E'town
47) Wittenburg Now #41
48) Buena Vista now #43, but played no games; has 3-game series hosting Coe; must sweep to earn the Pool A[/u]
50) Cal Lu now #45
52) Rutgers Camden Now #48
53) TCNJ Now #51
55) Spalding Now #72 after loss to Hanover and win over Transy
Look at that; thru #44, there were 20 Pool A bids and 23 Pool C bids, with 21 Pool A bids to be awarded. ETBU fell below the threshold, but still is a Pool A going into the ASC tourney
With Post-season conference tourneys, I have no idea how high up the bubble extends. Going 2-and-BBQ in a post-season tourney may destroy your NPI.
Here is my run of the Pool C from last night. There were very few games to impact the standings. (Conference Pool A bid has been awarded. *)
7) Salisbury
8) Rowan (jumped La Verne)
11) UW Lacrosse
19) CMS
20) Belhaven*
21) Millsaps
23) Emory*
24) UW Oshkosh
25) Concordia TX*
26) Maryville*
28) Randy Mac
30) WashU StL*
31) Oswego
32) Ohio Northern
34) Rutgers Camden
35) Chicago*
36) Coe
37) Ramapo
38) Redlands
39) Pomona-Pitzer
40) Wittenberg
41) McMurry*
43) Shenandoah
________________________________
44) Keystone
45) Mary Washington
46) ECSU is leading the LEC
47) Baldwin Wallace
48) Ithaca is leading the Liberty League
49) Cal Lutheran
50) TCNJ
51) Gettysburg
I ran McMurry's numbers comparing the result of 1 win versus the #4 seed (St Thomas) at roughly NPI #180 and 2 losses with Concordia TX, an NPI #25-30.
On 04/30, McM was #33 at 57.423. After the tourney, they were #41-42 with ~56.805. McMurry gained 0.013 points by Huntingdon (whom they had beaten on 02/07) winning the CCS tourney (over Maryville and Belhaven).
We might see teams lose 0.5 to 0.7 points with losses in post-season tourneys. That is what the bubble watchers can use to see how their own team is going to float up and down the standings. For McMurry, poor post-season tourneys by Coe #36 thru Wittenberg #40, may permit McMurry to leap-frog them and escape a "bubble-busting" tidal wave.
Rutgers-Camden at 57.268 may be too high for McMurry to leapfrog. I think that Coe thru Wittenberg will get a bid if they make their conference tourney finals.
It certainly is fun watching this play out. It is definitely transparent.
Platteville knocks off WIAC Regular Season Champion and #1 seed Whitewater in thecopening game of the WIAC Tournament 6-3 this afternoon.
This result means that one of Whitewater, La Crosse or UWO is guaranteed to go "two & BBQ" in the WIAC Tournament this weekend.
It will be interesting to see how that affects that respective team's NPI number? Could it cost Whitewater or La Crosse the chance at hosting a Regional?
Quote from: cubs on May 08, 2025, 03:11:20 PMPlatteville knocks off WIAC Regular Season Champion and #1 seed Whitewater in thecopening game of the WIAC Tournament 6-3 this afternoon.
This result means that one of Whitewater, La Crosse or UWO is guaranteed to go "two & BBQ" in the WIAC Tournament this weekend.
It will be interesting to see how that affects that respective team's NPI number? Could it cost Whitewater or La Crosse the chance at hosting a Regional?
UWO scores 4 in the 7th and 10 in the 8th to turn a 4-1 deficit into a 15-4 mercy rule victory.
Whitewater and La Crosse will square off tomorrow in an elimination game, though I'd guess the loser still earns a Regional berth.
Quote from: cubs on May 08, 2025, 03:11:20 PMPlatteville knocks off WIAC Regular Season Champion and #1 seed Whitewater in thecopening game of the WIAC Tournament 6-3 this afternoon.
This result means that one of Whitewater, La Crosse or UWO is guaranteed to go "two & BBQ" in the WIAC Tournament this weekend.
It will be interesting to see how that affects that respective team's NPI number? Could it cost Whitewater or La Crosse the chance at hosting a Regional?
I am guessing that the most that UW-O can fall would be from #24 on the NPI thru 05/07 at 58.114 to no lower than 57.000 which is good for #39 (Pool C bid #20). This morning I had McMurry at #42 PoolC #23 at 56.807.
Of course the non-WIAC conspiracy theorists are anticipating the WIAC configuring the tourney to allow UW-P to win it all to earn the Pool A and the conference gets a 4th bid. LOL! ::)
As of 05/07, here is the bubble.
38) Ramapo 57.079 (#19)
39) PP 56.989 (#20)
40) Witt 56.951 (#21)
41) TCNJ 56.929 (#22)
42) McMurry 56.807 (#23)
_________________
43) ETBU Pool A 56.780
44) ECSU Highest ranked team in the LEC 56.771
45) Shen 56.738
46) Keystone 56.671
Whitewater gets a 2-run HR in the bottom of the 6th inning to turn a 5-4 deficit into a 6-5 lead, and that margin holds up in an elimination game victory.
The Warhawks move on to play the loser of Platteville vs UWO at 4:00 this afternoon.
Quote from: cubs on May 09, 2025, 01:50:54 PMWhitewater gets a 2-run HR in the bottom of the 6th inning to turn a 5-4 deficit into a 6-5 lead, and that margin holds up in an elimination game victory.
The Warhawks move on to play the loser of Platteville vs UWO at 4:00 this afternoon.
Would appear that UWO is on their way to Championship Saturday as they lead Platteville 10-2 after five innings of play. Platteville with have a rematch with Whitewater today at 4:00 with the winner needing to beat UWO twice tomorrow in order to earn the WIAC Tournament Championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament.
Quote from: cubs on May 09, 2025, 03:35:06 PMQuote from: cubs on May 09, 2025, 01:50:54 PMWhitewater gets a 2-run HR in the bottom of the 6th inning to turn a 5-4 deficit into a 6-5 lead, and that margin holds up in an elimination game victory.
The Warhawks move on to play the loser of Platteville vs UWO at 4:00 this afternoon.
Would appear that UWO is on their way to Championship Saturday as they lead Platteville 10-2 after five innings of play. Platteville with have a rematch with Whitewater today at 4:00 with the winner needing to beat UWO twice tomorrow in order to earn the WIAC Tournament Championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament.
I did not have UW-O as a bubble burster, but congrats.
Whitewater putting the finishing touches on a mercy rule victory over Platteville to advance to Championship Saturday. They'll have to beat UWO twice tomorrow to earn the automatic bid to the D3 Baseball Championship.
Regardless of how tomorrow goes, both teams should still be playing next weekend.
Will be interesting to see if a win by UWO today would be enough to push the Titans ahead of La Crosse when the updated NPI standings come out tomorrow. Going into today, they are separated by just two spots.
The more interesting thing to me would be if all three earned the right to host a four team Regional if they all finished in the Top 16 of the NPI Rankings.
Whitewater was down to their last out but gets a two out single, passed ball, infield single and a RBI single to LF to tie the game 3-3.
UWO will have a chance to walk it off in the 9th inning however...
UWO proceeds to go walk, SAC Bunt (reached on E1) and another SAC Bunt to put runners on 2nd & 3rd with one out. A fielders choice loaded the bases, but Brust got a strikeout and F6 to send the game to extra innings.
What we are watching in Region X
My quick-and-dirty guess at the NPI shuffle. Rank is the NPI rank.
Rank School Bid C # NPI score 05/10 opponent
40) P-Pitzer Bid #21 56.896 Hosts CMS (Rank #20 Bid #8) in elimination game. (La Verne Rank #8 awaits the winner.) McMurry and Redlands root for CMS.
41) ETBU Pool A
42) Rhodes Bid #22 56.873 In the finals and will meet winner of Centre Rank #17 vs Millsaps Rank #24, Bid #8) McMurry and Redlands want Rhodes to lose 2. (but McMurry had win over Rhodes???)
43) Keystone Bid #23 56.898 Playing PSU-Harrisburg (in UEC winner's round 2 games). Finals tomorrow. McMurry and Redlands root from Keystone to be eliminated.
______________________________
44) Coe "Bid #24" 56.845 Plays Nebraska Wesleyan (Rank #151) in elimination game. winner player Buena Vista Rank #22. McMurry and Redlands root for Neb Wes
45) McMurry "bid #25" 56.836
46) Redlands "bid #26" 56.679
47) Wittenberg "bid #27" 56.609; lost 2 games yesterday
WARNING: Bubble buster!
Denison (NCAC) plays Wooster #82 and must win 2 games to win the tourney.
Might a loss to Wooster knock Denison out of hosting a super-Regional down the line.
UWO hoses a Whitewater runner at the plate with nobody out in the 10th and escapes the threat with no damage. The Titans don't score in the 10th however and then the Warhawks start the 11th with four straight singles to take a 6-3 lead. Whitewater is three outs away from forcing the "if necessary" game later today.
Edit-UWO gets the tying run to the plate in the 11th but Eisenbarth gets a pop-up on the infield to escape the threat.
Whitewater finally opening things up on UWO in the 6th inning of the Championship game of the WIAC Tournament. The Warhawks chase Walters from the mound and put up six runs to take a 7-0 lead as they head to the 7th inning.
Whitewater drops the opening game of the WIAC Tournament and then comes back to win four straight to secure the Tournament Championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA D3 Baseball Championship.
The odds are pretty good that Whitewater will host a four team Regional and that La Crosse and UWO will receive at-large bids as well. It sure would be nice to see La Crosse and UWO put in Regionals not located in Whitewater!
Quote from: cubs on May 10, 2025, 05:30:54 PMWhitewater drops the opening game of the WIAC Tournament and then comes back to win four straight to secure the Tournament Championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA D3 Baseball Championship.
The odds are pretty good that Whitewater will host a four team Regional and that La Crosse and UWO will receive at-large bids as well. It sure would be nice to see La Crosse and UWO put in Regionals not located in Whitewater!
I agree. I think the committee will send one of them to Gusty.
Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 10, 2025, 06:17:08 PMQuote from: cubs on May 10, 2025, 05:30:54 PMWhitewater drops the opening game of the WIAC Tournament and then comes back to win four straight to secure the Tournament Championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA D3 Baseball Championship.
The odds are pretty good that Whitewater will host a four team Regional and that La Crosse and UWO will receive at-large bids as well. It sure would be nice to see La Crosse and UWO put in Regionals not located in Whitewater!
I agree. I think the committee will send one of them to Gusty.
Would make sense travel wise to send La Crosse to GAC, unless of course they manage to hang on and get one of the last host sites?
Any chance UWO goes to Webster should tbe Gorlocks end up hosting?
Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 10, 2025, 02:23:16 PMWARNING: Bubble buster!
Denison (NCAC) plays Wooster #82 and must win 2 games to win the tourney.
Might a loss to Wooster knock Denison out of hosting a super-Regional down the line.
Denison "holds serve". Bubble preserved for one more team.
Quote from: cubs on May 10, 2025, 06:41:50 PMQuote from: Ralph Turner on May 10, 2025, 06:17:08 PMQuote from: cubs on May 10, 2025, 05:30:54 PMWhitewater drops the opening game of the WIAC Tournament and then comes back to win four straight to secure the Tournament Championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA D3 Baseball Championship.
The odds are pretty good that Whitewater will host a four team Regional and that La Crosse and UWO will receive at-large bids as well. It sure would be nice to see La Crosse and UWO put in Regionals not located in Whitewater!
I agree. I think the committee will send one of them to Gusty.
Would make sense travel wise to send La Crosse to GAC, unless of course they manage to hang on and get one of the last host sites?
Any chance UWO goes to Webster should tbe Gorlocks end up hosting?
I would love for the WIAC to be dispersed to 3 differnt regionals.
MSOE locks up the NACC Auto-Bid. 1 Bid league out of there considering how much all the teams beat up on each other during league play this season.
Could see Whitewater hosting a Regional that looks like:
#1-Whitewater (#3)
#2-Baldwin Wallace (#33)
#3-Adrian (#74)
#4-Manchester (#85)
Could see Gustavus-Adolphus hosting a Regional that looks like:
#1-GAC (#14)
#2-University of Chicago (#36)
#3-Bethany Lutheran (#81)
#4-North Central (#116)
Could see Webster hosting a Regional that looks like:
#1-Webster (#15)
#2-UWO (#24)
#3-Ohio Northern (#34)
#4-MSOE (#89)
Could see La Crosse hosting a Regional that looks like this:
#1-La Crosse (#16)
#2-Buena Vista (#20)
#3-WashU (#31)
#4-Beloit (#80)
All within 500 miles, so no flights...
Feel like seeding actually makes somewhat decent sense too, though Webster and La Crosse Regionals a bit more top heavy compared to Whitewater and GAC Regionals.
-NPI Ranking through this morning in parentheses, so those will change slightly by end of Sunday's games.
Thoughts Ralph, Jim, or Pat?
Here is how drastic 2 losses can be.
From 05/09 to 05/10, Oswego State lost 2 games and fell from 57.704 to 56.810, 0.094 points, from #30 to #42. I have that fall from bid #14 to bid #23, last one in.
Oneonta was #139, NPI 52.486, as of 05/09 the day before the Oswego game.. That explains the massive drop for Oswego.
Oswego is the last (23rd) Pool C bid.
In 2024, there were 16 Pool C bids. That would be Pomona-Pitzer #33.
The expansion of Pool C allows these teams a bid
34) ONU
35) Chicago
36) PSU-Harrisburg
37) Ramapo
38) TCNJ
41) McMurry
42) Oswego
Thru the 1st 42 bids, 19 are Pool A, 23 are Pool C!
Number of bids by conference, Pool A listed 1st
NJAC (5) - Rugters-Camden (#28), Kean (#8), Rowan (#12), Ramapo (#37), TCNJ (#38)
UAA (4) - CWRU (#13), Emory (#21), WashU StL (#30), Chicago (#35)
CSS (3) - Huntingdon (#93), Centre (#17), Millsaps (#20)
OAC (3) - Baldwin Wallace (#32) Mount Union (#25), Ohio Northern (#34, NPI 57.216)
SAA (3) - Rhodes (#40), Centre (#17), Millsaps (#23)
SCAC (3) - Trinity TX (#9), Concordia TX (#27), McMurry (#41)
SCIAC (3) - La Verne (#6), CMS (#26), Pomona-Pitzer (#33)
WIAC (3) - UW-whitewater (#3), UW-Lacrosse (#16), UW-Oshkosh (#24)
ODAC (2) - Lynchburg (#5), Randolph-Macon (#22)
SUNYAC (2) - Cortland St (#18), Oswego (#42)
UEC (2) - Keystone (#31), PSU-Harrisburg (#36)
C2C (1) - No Pool A; Salisbury (#7)
Bids by Regions
I - (4) - GNAC JWU-Providence (#69); NAC Husson (#174), NESCAC Middlebury (#45); NEWMAC Salve Regina (#10)
II - (3) - CNE Endicott (#4); Little East Keene St (#104); MASCAC Bridgewater St (#100)
III - (5) - E8 Brockport (#11); LL Rensselaer (#63); Skyline Farmingdale (#126); SUNYAC Cortland St (#18), Oswego (#42)
IV - (8) - MACF Arcadia (#60); NJAC Rutgers-Camden (#28), Kean (#8), Rowan (#12), Ramapo (#37), TCNJ (#38); UEC Keystone (#31), PSU-Harrisburg (#36)
V - (5) - AEC Marymount VA (#131); C2C Salisbury (#7); CC JHU (#1); LAND Catholic (#47) MACC Messiah (#48)
VI - (10) - CSS Huntingdon (#93), Belhaven (#19), Maryville (#29); ODAC Lynchburg (#5); Randolph-Macon (#22); SAA Rhodes (#40), Centre (#17), Millsaps (#23); UAA Emory (#21); USAC Methodist (#72)
VII - (8) - AMCC PSU-Behrend (#57); MIAA Adrian (74); NCAC Denison (#2); OAC Baldwin Wallace (#32), Mount Union (#25), Ohio Northern (#34); PAC Grove City (#64); UAA CWRU (#13).
VIII - (6) - CCIW NCC (#117); HCAC Manchester (#84); NACC MSOE (#88); SLIAC Webster (#15); UAA WashU StL (#30), Chicago (#35).
IX - (7) ARC Buena Vista (#20); MIAC GAC (#14); MWC Beloit (#80); UMAC Bethany Lutheran (#81); WIAC UW-Whitewater (#3), UW-Lacrosse (#16); UW-Oshkosh (#24)
X - (8) ASC ETBU (#39); NWC Whitworth (#78); SCAC Trinity TX (#9), Concordia TX (#27), McMurry (#41); SCIAC La Verne (#6), CMS (#26), Pomona-Pitzer (#33)
D3baseball.com projects the Committee moving teams from the same conference to different regionals.
https://www.d3baseball.com/playoffs/2025/projected-playoff-bracket
This projection incurs 9 flights for the regionals.
In the 2025 Women's Basketball championship regional at ETBU, McMurry (SCAC) played Cal Lu (SCIAC) and ETBU (ASC) played Texas Lutheran (SCAC) on Friday. McMurry beat Texas Lutheran in the Regional Finals on Saturday. I haven't seen NCAA official policy to state differently, but my impression is that the policy permitting round meetings of conference opponents, especially to save a flight, is likely still in place.
With that, my projection for Region 10 is Trinity hosting a SCIAC Pool C and ETBU playing Concordia TX.
McMurry and Whitworth (NWC) get flown to SoCal to play SCIAC opponents in the 1st round.
AS for other conferences receiving multiple bids, I will prefer to disperse the teams as widely across the brackets as possible.
The team from the west has won the World Series 5 of the last 15 years. What is interesting is that two of the teams (Linfield - 2013 and UT-Tyler - 2018) did not go through the west regional.
The NCAA will always do what is cheapest. This will lead to 2 SCAC teams in San Antonio and 2 SCIAC teams in La Verne. It isn't 2 flights it is 4 flights that the NCAA will save. Then you look at where the flights would need to go (LA is at minimum a 4 hour flight for almost all D3 teams and San Antonio requires almost all teams to change planes somewhere).
If the NCAA stuck to their stated competitive position you would likely see more years with 2 west teams in the World Series. This would not play well with the core D3 programs. Hence; it is easier for the NCAa to maintain the status quo and keep the LA teams in LA and the Texas teams in Texas.
Oh no, it leads to NO SCAC schools to San Antonio because if there is one thing the NCAA apparently takes special joy in it's figuring out ways to make Trinity travel no matter how much they have done to earn the right to host. And yes, someone at the school did tell me last week that they put in to host.
Edit: my information was incorrect as the decision was changed after that conversation
And if they win, and they should if chalk holds (we know it doesn't always), they get to go to La Verne as the NCAA makes *sure* that the two best teams in the West by their beloved NPI metric will have to face off before the CWS. THAT decision did not have to be made.
Quote from: Ron Boerger on May 12, 2025, 01:07:32 PMOh no, it leads to NO SCAC schools to San Antonio because if there is one thing the NCAA apparently takes special joy in it's figuring out ways to make Trinity travel no matter how much they have done to earn the right to host. And yes, someone at the school did tell me last week that they put in to host.
And if they win, and they should if chalk holds (we know it doesn't always), they get to go to La Verne as the NCAA makes *sure* that the two best teams in the West by their beloved NPI metric will have to face off before the CWS. THAT decision did not have to be made.
But, NPI 6 vs. NPI 9 in the super regionals, should the highest ranked teams win, is not unreasonable as a pairing. It's not like you had to go to Johns Hopkins or something.
Anyone want to share why Whitewater isn't hosting a Regional?
My original thought was that softball might be hosting, but that's not the case... They have a long tradition of hosting so I doubt it's not as simple as not putting in a bid to host but I could be wrong...
Quote from: cubs on May 12, 2025, 01:38:13 PMAnyone want to share why Whitewater isn't hosting a Regional?
My original thought was that softball might be hosting, but that's not the case... They have a long tradition of hosting so I doubt it's not as simple as not putting in a bid to host but I could be wrong...
Not sure here either but we have inquired.
And I was just informed that a decision was made (not by athletics) for Trinity *not* to submit a bid after the conversation I had to the contrary earlier in the week. Apologies to all.
Well Region X fans, we were distributed to 4 regionals and only needed 4 flights to do it.
That is a pretty good bracket. Best wishes to all of my Region X buddies!
Quote from: Pat Coleman on May 12, 2025, 02:18:16 PMQuote from: cubs on May 12, 2025, 01:38:13 PMAnyone want to share why Whitewater isn't hosting a Regional?
My original thought was that softball might be hosting, but that's not the case... They have a long tradition of hosting so I doubt it's not as simple as not putting in a bid to host but I could be wrong...
Not sure here either but we have inquired.
Did you ever get an actual answer?
From the committee: "there were facility restrictions and the committee moved the site to Adrian."
Intersting approach for the University of Chicago this morning against UWO... They give the start to one their primary relievers (who had started just two games on the season) and he gets run off the mound before the first inning is even finished. A pair of singles, three doubles and a Kirchberg HR chases the starter as UWO takes an early 6-1 lead with two outs in the 1st inning.
The reliever doesn't fare much better as he goes single, single, walk, Grand Slam and UWO takes a 10-1 lead into the second inning.
This UAA vs WIAC match-up has turned into a laugher early!
Quote from: cubs on May 16, 2025, 11:31:51 AMIntersting approach for the University of Chicago this morning against UWO... They give the start to one their primary relievers (who had started just two games on the season) and he gets run off the mound before the first inning is even finished.
And before the second inning is even over, Chicago has now used two of their Top 3 starters (in addition to their top reliever) in the first game of Regionals....
UWO 30
Chicago 5
All nine UWO starters score multiple runs, while seven out of their nine starters have multiple hits on their way to separate 10, 11, and 8 run innings. All ten Titan's to bat had at least one hit and one run scored.
This isn't going to help those that think the UAA had too many teams (4) qualify for Regionals based off of the new NPI data. So much for that great matchup that some thought we might see this morning?!?
EDIT-Totally forgot that there isn't a mercy rule in Regional Play.... So of course it's now 34-5 as UWO's Surane hit for the cycle with getting an at-bat in the 7th inning.
McMurry gets its 1st playoff win in school history, 8-7 over Pomona-Pitzer. They had been 0-4.
It was a good day for the SCAC!
Trinity defeated Huntingdon 20-2 while keeping their #1 starter, Jace Clay, in reserve.
Tied at six, Concordia(TX) walked off Oswego State, 7-6, though they did burn their #1 starter Otto Franz (8.1 IP, 5 ER) in the process. Oswego tried to get a complete game out of their #2, Joel Hayner. Dakota Palmer is almost as effective on the mound as Franz and you'd imagine he'll get the start for the Tornadoes tomorrow.
3-0 Day for the WIAC on the first day of Regionals.
UWO beats Chicago 34-8
La Crosse beats Bethany Lutheran 4-2
Whitewater beats host Adrian 8-6
McMurry pulled out to a 7-1 lead but P-P kept chipping away. In the bottom of the 8th, tied 7-7, McM CF Koy Carpenter made a rally-snuffing ESPN-worthy diving catch to end the inning. In the top of the 9th C Michael Smosma led off with a triple and scored on an RBI single by Beckham Paul (sic), for his 3rd RBI of the day.
McMurry got 6 strong innings out of their starter Hunter Poe, who did not get the win (bummer).
The SCAC went 3-0.
Good for McMurry, but not the best look for the tournament as a whole. There shouldn't be 15s and 30s thrown up in a regional, especially with at-large teams on the receiving end.
Quote from: Bmo on May 16, 2025, 07:38:56 PMGood for McMurry, but not the best look for the tournament as a whole. There shouldn't be 15s and 30s thrown up in a regional, especially with at-large teams on the receiving end.
I'd take it a step further and say especially in the first game of a Regional. I've seen some lopsided scores later in Regionals, but those are typically in elimination games when teams are out of pitching.
Quote from: cubs on May 16, 2025, 10:47:47 PMQuote from: Bmo on May 16, 2025, 07:38:56 PMGood for McMurry, but not the best look for the tournament as a whole. There shouldn't be 15s and 30s thrown up in a regional, especially with at-large teams on the receiving end.
I'd take it a step further and say especially in the first game of a Regional. I've seen some lopsided scores later in Regionals, but those are typically in elimination games when teams are out of pitching.
Oh I agree. I believe we see that especially in the teams whose NPI's were in the 60's and lower, the one-bid conferences. They had a strong #1 pitcher who carried the team thru conference play and the tourney. Sometimes that #1 pulls an upset in the first round of the playoffs or holds the higher seed close. The Bethany Lutheran 4-2 loss to UW-L, the 5-2 loss by Bridgewater St to Endicott and 4-2 loss by Husson to Kean were examples for me.
My concern for McMurry is the bullpen and to a lesser degree, defense. I believe that the box score was incorrect. I thought that McMurry deserved a second error in the last innings, leading to an unearned run.
All three SCAC teams will be playing for regional championships tomorrow, with McMurry and Trinity both needing a single win, and Concordia needing two. After defeating top-seeded La Verne 5-4, the War Hawks will face [edit] Pomona-Pitzer. Trinity will either see ETBU, who they defeated 12-10 after falling behind 10-5 after six and one half only to score six in the bottom of the inning, or Huntingdon who are yet to play. Concordia, who won the final elimination game 9-7 with a walkoff over Oswego State for the second straight day courtesy a two out, three-run homer from pinch-hitter Jake Townsend (who wouldn't have been at the plate if not for a Oswego throwing error earlier in the inning), have the daunting task of taking two from Endicott who drilled them 11-0 earlier in the day.
With one win each tomorrow, Trinity and McMurry would face off in a super regional next week (and this time there's no graduation to get in the way of Trinity hosting).
If CMS wins the game that they are currently leading, there will be 4 regions with a west team in the final. It looks like RPI validates the level of competition in the west.
Quote from: cubs on May 16, 2025, 05:10:16 PM3-0 Day for the WIAC on the first day of Regionals.
UWO beats Chicago 34-8
La Crosse beats Bethany Lutheran 4-2
Whitewater beats host Adrian 8-6
A second straight 3-0 Day for the WIAC, which improves their overall Regional record to 6-0 this season.
-Whitewater defeated WashU 4-3
-La Crosse defeated CMS 8-6
-UWO defeated GAC 15-10
All three WIAC teams get two chances to win just a single game tomorrow and advance to Super Regionals.
Whomever comes out of the ETBU-Huntingdon elimination is going to be tired as they have been in a weather delay for at least an hour, if not two, in the bottom of the sixth with one out, Huntingdon up 4-3, and ETBU has runners at first and second with one out. They should be able to get underway pretty soon as the weather has moved east but there was some lightning lingering a little while ago.
ETBU -Huntingdon was back and forth. ETBU ties in the bottom of the 8th on an Hunter Rumachik 2-run HR. HC goes up 8-7 in the 9th and then Rumachik delivers another 2-run HR with 2 outs to win it in the bottom of the 9th.
WIAC improves to 7-0 as Whitewater defeats Adrian 4-1 to advance to Super Regionals.
Ben Lee with a superb start covering seven innings and giving up just one unearned run.
Hagen comes in with the bases loaded and two outs in the 9th and gets a groundball to end the threat.
Quote from: cubs on May 18, 2025, 01:17:44 PMWIAC improves to 7-0 as Whitewater defeats Adrian 4-1 to advance to Super Regionals.
Ben Lee with a superb start covering seven innings and giving up just one unearned run.
Hagen comes in with the bases loaded and two outs in the 9th and gets a groundball to end the threat.
Make that a quick 7-2...
Chicago knocks off UWO 7-3 and CMS defeats La Crosse 11-2 forcing a pair of "winner take all" games to advance to Super Regionals.
McMurry is about to blow past Pitzer and book their trip to the Super Regionals, up 12-3 in the bottom of the eighth.
Concordia(TX) fell again to Endicott to put an end to their fine season 7-3. No shame in losing to Endicott.
Trinity(TX) got two-hit by a combination of three ETBU pitchers, falling 4-0 and will play the rubber game next for the chance to meet McMurry.
UWO gets a CG from Walters and knocks off Chicago 10-2 to advance to Super Regionals.
In the process it guarantees a WIAC team at the World Series again as Whitewater and UWO will square off in Super Regionals next weekend.
La Crosse drops their second game of the day to CMS today, this time 6-2, which ends their 2025 season...
WIAC finishes 8-3 in Regional Play this year, after starting 7-0.
At Game 7, ETBU's Ben Lee hit a HR OVER the 60' screen that protects the scoreboard in left field.
ETBU 2 Trinity TX 1. ETBU batting in the bottom of 5th.
Two great games...
ETBU's Luke Bumpus clears the left field screen. ETBU 3-1, no out, bottom of the 6th.
Top of the 8th
Trinity gets 2 HRs of ETBU pitcher Carson Speegle in 0.2 IP.
TU goes up 4-3.
All 7 runs in the game scored on HRs.
Going to the bottom of the 8th.
Trinity up 7-4, ETBU batting with two outs B10, routine grounder to SS but 1B drops the low throw (edit: error charged to the SS). Tying runner comes to the plate with runners at the corner.
ETBU ends up loading the bases but the PH ended up striking out swinging. The SCAC is also assured a representative in the D3CWS as McMurry will travel to San Antonio.
Here are the 16 teams that went 0-2. The legend is NPI ranking for loss #1, then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference
#4; #42; Bridgewater St A #100 MASCAC
#3; #20; Bethany Lutheran A #81 UMAC
#5; #29; Marymount A #131 AEC
#8; #25; Grove City A #64 Pres AC
#24; #35; Beloit A #80 MWC
#30; #74; Ohio Northern C #34 OAC
#12; #18; Husson A #174 NAC
#10; #38; Keene St A #107 LEC
#2; #57; Manchester A #107 HCAC
#19; #80; Rhodes A* #40 SAA
#7; #37; JWU Providence A #69 GNAC
#72; #5; Brockport A #11 Empire 8
#1; #63; Farmington St A #126 Skyline
#60; #17; North Central A #117 CCIW
#39; #93; Millsaps C #23 SAA
#6; #33; Whitworth A #78 NWC
A* Rhodes won the Pool A bid due to Rain outs which canceled the completion of the SAA tourney
Emboldened NPI rankings are lower than the team's NPI, a nominal upset.
Here are the 8 teams that went 1-2, W, L, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win and for loss #1, then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference
#80, #28, #35 Gustavus Adolphus A #14 MIAC
#34, #3, #74 WashU StL C #30 UAA
#18, #8, #18 Middlebury A #45 NESCAC
#38, #8, #38 PSU-Harrisburg C #36 UEC
#88, #19, #88 Webster A #15 SLIAC
#63, #1, #63 Rutgers Camden A #28 NJAC
#17, #13, #17 Arcadia A #60 MACF
#78, #41, #33 La Verne A #6 SCIAC
Here are the 8 teams that went 1-2, L, W, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win and for loss #1, then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference
#27, #100, #27 Oswego C #42 SUNYAC
#26, #81, #26 Buena Vista A #20 ARC
#21, #131, #21 Maryville C #29 CSS
#47, #64, #47 Mount Union C #25 OAC
#31, #84 #31 PSU-Behrend A #57 AMC
#32, #69, #32 Ramapo C #37 NJAC
#48, #11, #72 Randy Mac C #22 ODAC
#9, #23, #39 Huntingdon A #93 CSS
Here are the 6 teams that went 2-2, W, L, W, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win and for loss #1, then win #2, then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference
#42, #4, #42, #4 Concordia Texas C #27 SCAC
#29, #5, #29, #5 Emory C #21 UAA
#25, #12, #25, #12 Catholic A #47 LAND
#57, #2, #57, #2 Keystone A #13 UEC
#37, #7, #37, #7 Baldwin Wallace A #32 OAC
#11, #48, #22, #48 Methodist A #72 USAC
Here is the 1 team that went 2-2, W, W, L, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win, and win #2, for loss #1, then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference
#81, #26, #26, #26 UW-Lacrosse C #16 WIAC
Here are the 7 teams that went 2-2, L, W, W, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening loss win and for win #1, win #2 then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference
#3, #34, #30, #3 Adrian A #74 MIAA
#41, #78, #6, #41 Pomona-Pitzer C #33 SCIAC
#60, #117, #60, #13 Centre C #17 SAA
#28, #126, #28, #1 RPI A #63 LL
#36, #107, #36, #10 TCNJ C #38 NJAC
#45, #174, #45, #8 Cortland A #18 SUNYAC
#15, #40, #15, #19 Belhaven A #88 NACC
Here is the team that went 3-2, W, L, W, W, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win and for loss #1, then Win #2, win #3 and then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference
#23, #9, #93, #9, #9 ETBU A #29, ASC
Here is the team that went 3-2, L, W, W, W, L. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening loss and then wins #1, #2, #3 , then loss #2; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference
#24, #80, #14, #24, #24 Chicago C #35 UAA
Regional winners tomorrow
Impressive, Dr. T. Thanks!
#19; #80; Rhodes A* #40 SAA
Rhodes had won 2 games in the SAA tourney and had beaten both Millsaps and Centre. Thus, they won a "single elimination" tourney. I honestly believe that 2 losses in a double elimination tourney would have dropped them below Redlands at #43. Millsaps at #23 and Centre at #13 could have sustained another loss and still earned a Pool C bid.
Teams making the playoffs and their NPIs
1) JHU A Centennial
2) Denison A NCAC
3) UW-Whitewater A WIAC
4) Endicott A Conf of New England
5) Lynchburg A ODAC
6) La Verne A SCIAC
7) Salisbury C1 C2C
8) Kean C2 NJAC
9) Trinity TX A SCAC
10) Salve Regina A NEWMAC
11) SUNY Brockport A Empire 8
12) Rowan C3 NJAC
13) CWRU A UAA
14) Gustavus Adolphus A MIAC
15) Webster A SLIAC
16) UW La Crosse C4 WIAC
17) Centre C5 SAA
18) Cortland A SUNYAC
19) Belhaven C6 CSS
20) Buena Vista A American Rivers (ARC)
21) Emory C7 UAA
22) Randolph-Macon C8 ODAC
23) Millsaps C9 SAA
24) UW-Oshkosh C10 WIAC
25) Mount Union C11 OAC
26) Claremont-M-S C12 SCIAC
27) Concordia TX C13 SCAC
28) Rutgers-Camden A NJAC
29) Maryville TN C14 CSS
30) Wash U StL C15 UAA
31) Keystone A UEC
32) Baldwin-Wallace A OAC
33) Pomona-Pitzer C16 SCIAC
34) Ohio Northern C17 OAC
35) U Chicago C18 UAA
36) PSU-Harrisburg C19 UEC
37) Ramapo C20 NJAC
38) TCNJ C21 NJAC
39) ETBU A ASC
40) Rhodes A SAA
41) McMurry C22 SCAC
42) Oswego The last C) C23 SUNYAC
45) Middlebury A NESCAC
47) Catholic A Landmark
48) Messiah A MAC Commonwealth
57) PSU-Behrend A AMC
60) Arcadia A MAC Freedom
63) Rensselaer (RPI) A LL
64) Grove City A Pres AC
69) JWU Providence A Great Northeast (GNAC)
72) Methodist A USAC
74) Adrian A MIAA
78) Whitworth A NWC
80) Beloit A MWC
81) Bethany Lutheran A UMAC
84) Manchester A HCAC
88) MSOE A NACC
93) Huntingdon A CSS
100) Bridgewater St A MASCAC
107) Keene St A Little East (LEC)
117) North Central A CCIW
126) Farmingdale ST A Skyline
131) Marymount VA A Atlantic East (AEC)
174) Husson A North Atlantic (NAC)
Regional Winners
Here are the 2 teams that went 3-1, W, W, L, W. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win, and win #2, for loss #1, then win #3; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference
#93, #39, #39, #39 Trinity A #9 SCAC
#35, #14, #35, #35 UW Oshkosh C #24 WIAC
Here is the 1 team that went 4-1, W, L, W, W, W. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win, for loss #1, then wins #2, #3 and #4; Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference
#20, #16, #20, #16, #16 CMS C #26 SCIAC
Here are the 13 teams that went 3-0, W, W, W. The legend is NPI ranking of the opponent in the opening win, and for win #2, for win #3. Team; Pool bid; Team NPI Ranking; Conference
#126, #28, #63 JHU A #1 Centennial
#84, #31, #31 Denison A #2 NCAC
#74, #30, #74 UWW A #3 WIAC
#10, #27, #27 Endicott A #4 CNE
#131, #21, #21 Lynchburg A #5 ODAC
#69, #32, #32 Salisbury C #7 C2C
#174, #45, #18 Kean C #8 NJAC
#107, #36, #38 Salve Regina A #10 NEWMAC
#64, #47, #47 Rowan C #12 NJAC
#117, #60, #17 CWRU A #13 UAA
#40, #15, #88 Belhaven C #19 CSS
#33, #6, #33 McMurry C #42 SCAC
#22, #72, #72 Messiah A #48 MACC
I looked at the Pool C teams from bids #19 -23 and then the next 5 "on the table". The record versus D-3 includes regular season and conference tourney games.
Legend: Record against D-3 with percentage, NPI ranking; Team; NPI; Losses to teams with losing records in parentheses
33-11-1 (.744) #36 PSU-Harrisburg 57.020 PSU-Abingdon (17-20)
27-14 (.659) #37 Ramapo 56.968 Centenary NJ (19-22-1)
26-17-1 (.602) #38 TCNJ 56.923 Dickinson (16-19)
32-11 (.744) #41 McMurry 56.842 UDallas (8-27) Hendrix (19-23) St Thomas (19-23)
27-13 (.680) #42 Oswego 56.827 Wash Coll (19-21) Fredonia (11-23)
___________________________________________________________________________________________
27-15 (.642) #43 Redlands 56.749 Whittier (17-23) Cal Tech (6-30)
29-12 (.707) #44 Wittenberg 56.604 Bethany (12-24-1)
28-12 (.700) #46 Wilkes 56.487 Drew (19-21) Susquehanna (18-22) Susquehanna (18-22)
28-13 (.682) #49 Coe 56.399 Dubuque 19-20
27-15 (.642) #50 Piedmont 56.337 Hanover 15-27; LaGrange 19-23; Asbury 7-28
TCNJ played 17 games (6-11) against tourney teams! What a boost to the NPI.
They beat MSOE, Rutgers-Camden, Arcadia, Ramapo, Rowan and Kean.
They lost to Salisbury, JHU, Endicott, Denison, Rutgers Camden; Rowan x3, Kean x3, Ramapo.
That is 12 games against teams with the Top 12 NPI's.
In that Mid-Atlantic corridor, you can get 15 games against high quality opponents to boost the NPI.
For those on the islands of Regions 6, 8, 9, and 10.I think that one needs at least a .700 winning percentage and no losses to sub .500 teams to be above the bubble. The McMurry loss to 8-27 U Dallas may have been too much.
I hope someone can run the computer numbers of the Cal Tech loss by Redlands and flip that result.
Whitewater with an early 5-1 lead over UWO after just two innings of play... Cootway with a "bat flip warning" after hitting a two out 3-run HR in the second inning.
Quote from: cubs on May 23, 2025, 01:39:08 PMWhitewater with an early 5-1 lead over UWO after just two innings of play... Cootway with a "bat flip warning" after hitting a two out 3-run HR in the second inning.
Whitewater chases Brinkman two batters into the 5th inning and has opened up an 11-1 lead...
UWO on their way to falling to 1-6 on the season against Whitewater.
Quote from: cubs on May 23, 2025, 02:43:23 PMQuote from: cubs on May 23, 2025, 01:39:08 PMWhitewater with an early 5-1 lead over UWO after just two innings of play... Cootway with a "bat flip warning" after hitting a two out 3-run HR in the second inning.
Whitewater chases Brinkman two batters into the 5th inning and has opened up an 11-1 lead...
UWO on their way to falling to 1-6 on the season against Whitewater.
Whitewater takes Game #1 14-1...
Hansen with a 103 Pitch CG, retiring each of the last 12 UWO hitters.
UWO three outs away from forcing the "if necessary" game as they lead Whitewater 4-2 in the Bottom of the 8th inning.
Quote from: cubs on May 24, 2025, 01:48:46 PMUWO three outs away from forcing the "if necessary" game as they lead Whitewater 4-2 in the Bottom of the 8th inning.
UWO tacks on another run in the 8th inning and defeats Whitewater 5-2.
One game, "winner take all," for a trip to the World Series.
Whitewater starting to run away from UWO just like they did yesterday in Game #1... Warhawks with a 7-0 lead after five innings of play.
Quote from: cubs on May 24, 2025, 04:05:58 PMWhitewater starting to run away from UWO just like they did yesterday in Game #1... Warhawks with a 7-0 lead after five innings of play.
Whitewater three outs away from a shutout victory and a World Series berth as they lead UWO 9-0 after 8 innings.
Quote from: cubs on May 24, 2025, 05:00:43 PMQuote from: cubs on May 24, 2025, 04:05:58 PMWhitewater starting to run away from UWO just like they did yesterday in Game #1... Warhawks with a 7-0 lead after five innings of play.
Whitewater three outs away from a shutout victory and a World Series berth as they lead UWO 9-0 after 8 innings.
Eisenbarth and Hagen combine to give up just four hits and Whitewater wins in a laugher, 10-0, to advance to the World Series.
Whitewater went 7-2 against UWO this season as they squared off four times in WIAC Play, twice in the WIAC Tournament, and now three times in Super Regionals.
Appears that six out of the eight Super Regionals will be decided after just two games. Whitewater vs UWO and Kean vs Salve Regina are the only two Super Regionals to go the full three games.
Seeding/Pools for the World Series have been announced:
Pool #1
#1-Johns Hopkins
#4-Endicott
#5-Kean
#8-Messiah
Pool #2
#2-Dennison
#3-Whitewater
#6-Trinity
#7-Rowan
Quote from: cubs on May 25, 2025, 10:14:42 PMSeeding/Pools for the World Series have been announced:
Pool #1
#1-Johns Hopkins #1
#4-Endicott #4
#5-Kean #8
#8-Messiah #48
Pool #2
#2-Denison #2
#3-Whitewater #3
#6-Trinity #9
#7-Rowan #12
NPI at the end of the season is in italics.
Rowan defeated #5 Lynchburg.
#6 La Verne went 0-2 in the Regionals, losing to #41 McMurry (who lost to Trinity) and #33 Pomona-Pitzer
Messiah knocked off #7 Salisbury.
The NPI was very instructive over a 40-game season.
Messiah has been fun to watch.
It seems Rowan(#7 seed) and Messiah(#8) were underrated, having gone 4-1 so far in the Finals.
Whitewater is going with Ben Lee, who hasn't thrown since he started in the Regional "clincher" against Adrian, where he went seven innings and gave up just one run...
Messiah going with junior Daniel Knight, who has thrown just one inning this Postseason....
Cootway running away with the Most Outstanding Player of the World Series this year. He's gone yard again today as Whitewater leads Messiah 7-1 after five innings of play.
Quote from: cubs on June 03, 2025, 04:30:43 PMCootway running away with the Most Outstanding Player of the World Series this year. He's gone yard again today as Whitewater leads Messiah 7-1 after five innings of play.
Add a RBI double to the tally for Cootway... Whitewater on their way to a Game #1 victory as they lead 16-2 after seven innings of play as Eli Frank hits a Grand Slam off of the fourth Messiah pitcher of the day in a nine run 7th inning for the Warhawks.
18-3 Final.... Whitewater a win away from their first Baseball National Championship since 2016.
Side note.... Neither broadcaster picked up on the fact that the infield pop-up was never touched by anyone before m bouncing off the rubber, making it a foul ball.... (Not a "do over" as one surmised.)
Quote from: cubs on June 03, 2025, 05:48:02 PM18-3 Final.... Whitewater a win away from their first Baseball National Championship since 2016.
Side note.... Neither broadcaster picked up on the fact that the infield pop-up was never touched by anyone before m bouncing off the rubber, making it a foul ball.... (Not a "do over" as one surmised.)
Really, it seemed like nobody picked up on it except Vodenlich. Kudos to him.
Quote from: Pat Coleman on June 03, 2025, 07:31:43 PMQuote from: cubs on June 03, 2025, 05:48:02 PM18-3 Final.... Whitewater a win away from their first Baseball National Championship since 2016.
Side note.... Neither broadcaster picked up on the fact that the infield pop-up was never touched by anyone before m bouncing off the rubber, making it a foul ball.... (Not a "do over" as one surmised.)
Really, it seemed like nobody picked up on it except Vodenlich. Kudos to him.
Watching the stream, I was trying to figure out how the ball kicked behind home plate if a fielder had dropped it... Once they showed the replay and you could see nobody got a glove on it, I said foul ball right away. (It was a question on an old Umpire's Test I took.)
Lets go boys! Bring it home today!!
Just like that 3-0 Hawks in the first.
Wasted no time
Whitewater picking up right where they left off yesterday with crooked numbers in both the 1st and 2nd innings and the Warhawks are up early, 5-0...
Messiah's pitcher is losing it. 4 straight free passes.
7-0 Hawks
2nd hit batsman of the inning. 5 straight free passes. Merry-go-round on the basepath.
8-0
Hawks are on their way. Messiah is imploding on the mound
Throw the da** towel!! (https://tenor.com/view/rocky-iv-gif-25745426)
21-5 Final
Hawks are champs again
What as season, these guys were a force.
21-5 Final...
If Cootway isn't the Most Outstanding Player, I'd be shocked... Two doubles, two triples, and four HR's in five games at the World Series.
Congrats Warhawks! You could tell they had some unfinished business from last year and were on a mission once the Postseason rolled around. One could argue that Whitewater was challenged more in the WIAC Tournament and Regionals than they were in Ohio this week?!?
Quote from: cubs on June 04, 2025, 02:10:26 PM21-5 Final...
If Cootway isn't the Most Outstanding Player, I'd be shocked... Two doubles, two triples, and four HR's in five games at the World Series.
Congrats Warhawks! You could tell they had some unfinished business from last year and were on a mission once the Postseason rolled around. One could argue that Whitewater was challenged more in the WIAC Tournament and Regionals than they were in Ohio this week?!?
Cootway was indeed the Most Outstanding Player as Whitewater puts eight players on the All Tournament team.
As always, we did our own All-Tournament team.
https://www.d3baseball.com/playoffs/2025/all-tournament/index