Congrats to ETBU who take 2 of 3 from Lynchburg and head to the National Championships.

ETBU was eliminated in 2023 at the Championships by Lynchburg, so this is poetic.

The only other ASC team to win a National title was the 2018 UT-Tyler team, who BTW are headed to the D2 National tourney.

Final score, Game 1 at the Super-Regional in Lynchburg VA,

ETBU 8 Lynchburg 2.

Impressive record by the conference.
Thx

When was the last time that the WIAC did not make it out of the Regionals, in either the super-regional format or the old format? Thx

Almost a magical season for Denison!

ETBU vs Concordia Tx for the Texas state championship! ETBU is 1 game away from SuperRegionals.

Fun day to be a Region 10 fan. Only Whitworth fell to Montclair St, and they play Husson in the Elimination bracket.

ETBU over CTX 9-6. ETBU will play Rhodes and CTX will play Belhaven.
PP beat Mary Washington  6-3 and play JHU tomorrow
CMS beat Kean  8-6 and will play Tufts.

I believe that Centenary LA has done a respectful job in D3 since leaving D1 15 years ago. Centenary's best sport has been baseball. They have made the baseball playoffs in 2018, 2022, 2024 and 2025 since coming to D3 in 2012. Birmingham Southern made the right choice when it moved down (regardless of its administration and Board.)

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on May 14, 2026, 08:12:29 AMThe PSAC is huge.  I wonder what d3 would do with a request to bring 17 schools into the division all at once? I think that 8-12 might move out of this group.

I'm not sure the procedure for a whole conference changing affiliation.  Would they be considered individually? Yes

Certainly a conference of this size joining en masse is unprecedented.

Is there a possibility that D3 can prohibit NIL amongst its athletes? That athlete can compete in other organizations of a sport, either amateur or pro. If D3 decides that NIL is not part of its structure, I would hope that the government would not compel D3 to adopt something it did not wish to have.

It makes sense to me for whole conferences to move from D2 to D3.

Quote from: WUPHF on May 12, 2026, 01:11:18 PM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on May 12, 2026, 12:51:13 PMNot a wise strategic choice for the growth of a university...

https://rewskidotcom.substack.com/p/ai-will-displace-physicians-the-only

That may be true, though I am not sure that the future of medicine and AI has been written.  Medicine is so highly regulated and the American Medical Association and other lobbying groups are highly influential...

In a world in which even the doctors are displaced by AI, is there any reason to go to Dubuque to study anything?  Rhetorical question...

The access to the databases, such as Open Evidence, and close adherence to protocols of "best practice" in the hands of experienced NP's and CNM's makes access to care more accessible across underserved communities.

You are right that the human aspect of the care delivery cannot be replicated, but one may not always need 7-13 years of post-bacclaureate credentialling to handle most clinical problems.

Quote from: Patrick Coleman on May 12, 2026, 10:25:43 AMHere's my conversation with NCAA committee chair Ben Cooprider from last night, where we tackled all sorts of questions about matchups and who didn't file to host.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXc1-N3ktPg

Great 32 minute interview!

Quote from: WUPHF on May 11, 2026, 11:45:29 PMDubuque is starting a medical school, no way!

https://www.kcrg.com/2026/04/30/iowas-first-new-medical-school-century-takes-shape-dubuque-targets-2028-opening/

Not a wise strategic choice for the growth of a university...

https://rewskidotcom.substack.com/p/ai-will-displace-physicians-the-only

Errata: Ny bad! I forget that Concordia TX (CTX) won the SCAC AQ in the post-season tourney.
Nevertheless, they create a "no-flight" bracket around NPI #18 ETBU.

The nice thing about that is that is a drive-able trip for all 3 opponents. The travel hassle for a cross-country plane flight is avoided at this round of the playoffs.

I like it.

The  D3 baseball.com gurus are deferring to the Championship Committee chair and going with the top 16 teams by NPI. That means that there will be 7 flights, the 5 Region 10 teams plus Bridgewater VA and Salisbury.

https://d3baseball.com/playoffs/2026/projected-playoff-bracket

By the numbers, no Region 10 team will make it to Super Regionals.