Quote from: Ron Boerger on June 10, 2025, 02:07:33 PMThe final NACDA Directors Cup standings were released today:

T71.  HSU 164
T139. ETBU 75
T148.  UMHB 73

HPU did not score any points.  Future ASC members:

89.  McMurry 133.75
206. Schreiner 40

Those appear to be winter.

Please don't absent yourself.
Most of us enjoy commenting on all of Region 3.

A genuine question asking for insight on the dynamics of the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) and Regions 1 and 2. Losing SUNY Cobleskill and SUNY Delhi really hurts.

Does the NAC consolidate back to a "one division" conference with 8 teams?

(The conference will have a smaller footprint.)

Congrats Warhawks!

I see three dynamics in the ASC/SCAC...

The panache of getting to be in the same conference as Trinity.

The futility of a conference-competitive football program in the ASC with the UMHB-HSU behemoth.

Faith-based issues aligning with its mission and vision.

CNU85, your portal comment for athletic departments is insightful.

As with Jackson Teer from TUTx and the portal in 2024, one wonders about the surprises in Region X from the portal.

Congrats to Scott Winterburn at La Verne on Region X COTY. My choice was Josh Lee at McM for sweeping its Regional in only his 3rd season as Head Coach. He went from 14-26 & a last place 8-19 in the 2023 ASC standings to 35-13 & 22-8 and 3rd place in the SCAC.

Messiah has been fun to watch.

50 degree weather for baseball on May 31 is like Feb 7th for Trinity!

All-Region teams are nominated & voted by the SIDs. That is the 1st thing I consider.

I prefer All-Star teams that look like a line-up, 8 position players a DH, and a utility. I want 4-5 starting pitchers and 1 reliever. If the majority of teams are also using a set-up reliever in most games, then okay.

Quote from: badgerwarhawk on May 27, 2025, 03:44:45 PMI remember one year in Appleton when we played the last game and it didn't end until after midnight.

In 2016, I remember getting back to the hotel at 1:30 AM one night!

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.

Quote from: Ron Boerger on May 24, 2025, 10:03:51 PMHelluva run by your War Hawks, Ralph - you never would have known they hadn't won a post-season game in team history.

Trinity does what it's done all season - hope the starter can keep things close for the first few innings, then turn the game over to the bullpen until the hitters figure things out.

Yes, McMurry was 0-4 in two previous trips to the NCAA post-season.

Go Region X. CMS did better in game #2 versus Endicott but the NPI seems to be holding true-to-form. Rowan over Lynchburg makes sense since I believe that the NJAC is a much tougher conference.  Rowan and Kean and the other 3 play-off teams from the NJAC are more battle tested.

Messiah is the real Cinderella. Let's see how they do. Unless something really unusual happens, and Messiah wins one game in East Lake, then Phill Sallenberger is my National Coach of the Year. Josh Lee is my Region X Coach of the Year. TUTx's Coach Scannell getting his second ring would deserve consideration nationally.

(When TUTx defects to the SAA, can we still consider them Region X? Maybe give them Ambassadorial status...)