BB: SCAC: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

Ralph Turner · May 05, 2025, 10:45:26 AM

I did a quick-and-dirty run of the NPI as of this AM.

I see Pool C bid #4 going to CMS at #20. Bid #23 goes to #44 Mary Washington.

Only ETBU at #41 has an AQ among those 25 teams ranked.
The seasons have ended for UAA's Emory #23/bid #6, WashUStL #30/bid #11 and Chicago #5/bid #15, the SCAC's CTX #25/bid #8 and McM #43/bid #21, and Mary Washington #44/ bid #23. Talking about a bubble, Mary Washington beat Salisbury yesterday.

Maryville ##26/bid#9 has been eliminated in the CCS tourney.

I believe everyone else has games this week.

DickWhitman · May 05, 2025, 11:33:31 AM

La Verne does get CLU/Redlands winner. Redlands should win the play-in and give La Verne a tough game. Pomona is certainly a team that could go 0-2, but they could also win the whole thing.

CLU plays a similar style to La Verne, but a little less hitting. The other three teams will just pound you into a mercy rule. However, if the bats go cold for those three teams they are in trouble.

AAFES · May 05, 2025, 01:36:08 PM

Quote from: Ron Boerger on May 04, 2025, 10:15:23 PM
Quote from: DickWhitman on May 04, 2025, 10:11:17 PMFirst conference upset, NPI 129 Huntingdon wins the CCS.

BTW, which conference is Trinity heading to?

The SAA. Most of the SAA members were part of the SCAC before splitting off in 2011, so it'll be a renewal of some old rivalries. Only Berry is "new" though they've seen each other in football and occasionally in the post-season.

Southwestern is also coming along, same applies to them.

Bmo · May 05, 2025, 01:47:40 PM

Pool C just likely lost 2 bids with Huntington winning the CCS. Belhaven and Maryville are in the low 20's in NPI and should be in good shape.

Ralph Turner · May 05, 2025, 02:12:29 PM

Quote from: Bmo on May 05, 2025, 01:47:40 PMPool C just likely lost 2 bids with Huntington winning the CCS. Belhaven and Maryville are in the low 20's in NPI and should be in good shape.

Respectfully, the CCS got their Pool A bid plus TWO Pool C bids. Mary Washington may have fallen off the list.

Bmo · May 05, 2025, 02:31:30 PM

Correct, CCS is now a 3 bid league. With 2 bids likely in the SAA and ODAC, one for Emory and one for the USAC, you are trending towards 9 teams in region 6, with only 8 regional slots available. Someone will have to get shipped out likely via flight.

Ralph Turner · May 05, 2025, 03:19:30 PM

I am thinking that there will be a regional in Jackson MS with Millsaps and Belhaven playing Huntingdon and ETBU.

Then Murvul and Emory and be sent someplace. Emory and Murvul can drive to Lynchburg. (I am given to understand that the locals pronounce Maryville, Murvul.)

Or keep ETBU to fill out a regional at Trinity and bring Emory to Jackson to play Belhaven and Huntingdon to play Millsaps. Murvul can be sent to Centre.

Lots of options that do not incur a flight.

DickWhitman · May 05, 2025, 03:28:36 PM

The Trinity regional will likely need room for a SCIAC team, especially if 3+ teams make it out of the SCIAC. Last year all 4 SCIAC teams were in different regionals. As mentioned a couple weeks ago in one of these threads, last year two SCIAC teams were in 2 team regionals, so the travel was somewhat limited.

Ralph Turner · May 05, 2025, 03:42:23 PM

I posted this on 04/28. It still looks plausible with one SCIAC coming to Texas and one SCAC (McMurry?) going west.
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Copy-and-pasted from Ron Boerger on the Playoffs board

NPI updated thru 4/27:

6. La Verne (was 5) Pool A
12. Trinity (15) Pool A
21. CMS (16)
25. Concordia (32)
33. McMurry (42)
38. P-P (50)
The bubble begins at #45.
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50. CLU (45)
51. ETBU (34) Pool A
57. Redlands (56)
78. UMHB (113)
91. UPS (88) Pool A

I see UPS and McMurry being flown to SoCal and P-P being flown to San Antonio.

My best guess at the brackets would be UPS vs LaVerne and McM at CMS

ETBU at Trinity and P-P versus CTX.

DickWhitman · May 05, 2025, 04:07:29 PM

Would I be correct in saying teams will know if they are in Sunday night, but most won't know where they are playing until Monday morning?

Ron Boerger · May 05, 2025, 04:27:35 PM

Quote from: DickWhitman on May 05, 2025, 04:07:29 PMWould I be correct in saying teams will know if they are in Sunday night, but most won't know where they are playing until Monday morning?

They'll know for sure after the last NCAA NPI run which probably won't happen until early Monday morning. There may be someone out there doing NPI simulations - the formula is documented and reproducible - but I haven't seen it for baseball unlike football and basketball. Heck, I saw someone doing softball so there must be someone doing baseball.