Week #9 and we are down to 42 teams receiving votes. The voters are winnowing the chaff.

The Top 25 teams received 97.4276 % of the votes. Only 209 votes were not awarded to the Top 25 teams.

In week #8, there were 43 teams which received votes. Only 312 votes did not go to the Top 25 teams. The Top 25 received 96.16% of the vote.

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Quote from: KnightSlappy on Yesterday at 05:48:13 PMPer Ryan Whitnable, Jon VanderWal will leave Marietta to take the Trine job.

VanderWal is a West Michigan native and played his college ball at Albion.

https://x.com/OACBBallShow/status/1917333656126816709?s=19

That's a really good coach that Trine is getting.  I know he's had tons of success at Marietta, getting into the NCAA tournament 9 of his 16 seasons with the Pioneers, including a final 4 berth in 2022.  Curious as to why he would be leaving a great program like Marietta, other than to get back closer to home and compete in the MIAA.

Interesting fun fact, Trine and Marietta will be playing against each other in the Great Lakes Invitational this coming November.

Jon is from Cadillac, played college basketball at Albion. 

Great hire for Trine. 

Great hire for Trine. Welcome back to the MIAA, Jon.

Just saw on the MIAA board that according to Whitnable Trine is hiring VanderWal.  Massive blow to the Pios.  With JCU leaving and VanderWal heading north Fuline is licking his chops moving forward.

Great hire for Trine.  I don't know that you could do better hiring from the D3 ranks.

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.)

Looks like the future of D1 athletics involves cutting or downgrading in status teams in a lot of non-revenue sports.  In some cases, D3 will be the beneficiary.

https://x.com/NILvsNLI/status/1916963013338534071

QuoteGrand Canyon University announced today that it is dropping its Men's Volleyball program to club status.

At least 183 NCAA Olympic sports programs have been slated for elimination or downgrading in just the past 5 months.

https://x.com/NILvsNLI/status/1917352259765314041

QuoteOne NCAA Division 1 non-revenue Olympic sports program has been eliminated or downgraded in status every 4-5 days, on average, since last November...

Quote from: Ralph Turner on Yesterday at 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.

Quote from: KnightSlappy on Yesterday at 05:48:13 PMPer Ryan Whitnable, Jon VanderWal will leave Marietta to take the Trine job.

VanderWal is a West Michigan native and played his college ball at Albion.

https://x.com/OACBBallShow/status/1917333656126816709?s=19

That's a really good coach that Trine is getting.  I know he's had tons of success at Marietta, getting into the NCAA tournament 9 of his 16 seasons with the Pioneers, including a final 4 berth in 2022.  Curious as to why he would be leaving a great program like Marietta, other than to get back closer to home and compete in the MIAA.

Interesting fun fact, Trine and Marietta will be playing against each other in the Great Lakes Invitational this coming November.

Per Ryan Whitnable, Jon VanderWal will leave Marietta to take the Trine job.

VanderWal is a West Michigan native and played his college ball at Albion.

https://x.com/OACBBallShow/status/1917333656126816709?s=19