BB: SCAC: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

Ralph Turner · April 17, 2026, 10:56:23 AM

Big weekend! The SCAC tournament accept 6 teams this year.

1) Texas Lutheran     18-7   0.720   CTX, at UD
2) Concordia TX(CTX)) 15-10   0.600   at TLU, St Thomas
3) LeTourneau     15-10   0.600   Hendrix, at Schreiner
4) Hendrix     14-11   0.560 at LeTU, AC
5) Schreiner     13-11   0.542   at McM, LeTU
6) Austin     13-12   0.520   McM (2), at Hendrix
7) Centenary (La.)     12-12   0.500 St Thomas, UOz
8) McMurry     12-13   0.480   Schreiner, at AC (2)
9) St. Thomas (TX)     11-13   0.458   at Centenary LA; CTX
10) U of Dallas     7-17   0.292   at UOz, TLU
11 U Ozarks     5-19   0.208   UD, at CTX

Nine teams chasing 6 spots.

Ralph Turner · April 18, 2026, 08:46:19 PM

Saturday's action has finished. On Sunday, we have UDallas at UOz. Both teams are mathematically eliminated. That leaves 9 teams going after 6 slots.

TLU at (19-8) and LeTU (17-10) have clinched.

17 wins clinches a tourney slot.
16 wins gets you to the tie-breaker scenario for a possible slot and then seeding.
15 wins is very tenuous.

Team Conference record Remaining opps Tiebreaker advantage (won the season series)
Texas Lutheran 19-8 at UDallas
LeTourneau 17-10 at Schreiner

Concordia (Texas) 16-11 Hosts St Thomas ----- Schreiner, McM, AC
McMurry 15-13 AC 2 games 04/21 ------ ST Thomas, Hx, Schreiner
Austin 13-12 McM 2 games 04/21, at HX ---- St Thomas McM (1-0), Schreiner
Hendrix 14-13 Host AC ----- Cent LA, Schreiner
Centenary (La.) 13-14 U Oz ----- CTX, AC, McM
St. Thomas (Texas) 13-14 at CTX ----- HX, Cent LA
Schreiner 13-14 LeTU ----- Cent LA, St Thomas

University of Dallas 8-18 TLU
University of the Ozarks 6-20 at Centenary

Ralph Turner · April 18, 2026, 08:55:44 PM

Gonna play "what-if", in terms of plausibility

CentLa sweeps U Oz to go 16-14.
McM splits the DH with AC to reach 16-14.

If AC splits with McM to go 14-13, then the Hendrix series is the one to watch.
Hendrix 14-13 hosts AC.

St Thomas sweeps CTX. Both are 16-14.
Schreiner sweeps LeTU to reach 16-14. LeTU drops to 17-13.

Ralph Turner · April 20, 2026, 07:35:13 PM

Here is the announcement last week of the schedule change to permit the McMurry AC DH on 04/21/2026.

https://www.acroos.com/sports/bsb/2025-26/releases/20260414iciufw

Yes, it is Senior Night which is scheduled to be celebrated between games of the DH.

However, we have rain across Texas this week. The current line of showers are scheduled to move past Abilene early tomorrow morning, but not past Sherman TX until 9AM Wednesday. Might we see another postponement, which would give McMurry pitching another day of rest? (AC is coming off a bye last weekend.)

jekelish · **Yesterday** at 03:29:11 PM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on April 20, 2026, 07:35:13 PMHere is the announcement last week of the schedule change to permit the McMurry AC DH on 04/21/2026.

https://www.acroos.com/sports/bsb/2025-26/releases/20260414iciufw

Yes, it is Senior Night which is scheduled to be celebrated between games of the DH.

However, we have rain across Texas this week. The current line of showers are scheduled to move past Abilene early tomorrow morning, but not past Sherman TX until 9AM Wednesday. Might we see another postponement, which would give McMurry pitching another day of rest? (AC is coming off a bye last weekend.)

The games have been canceled. Can't see any path to making them up at this point, with AC leaving for Conway later this week and not enough time early next week to get them in, so McMurry's regular season appears to be done.

Ralph Turner · **Yesterday** at 06:11:16 PM

Jekelish, Does the SCAC determine final standings by winning percentage?

If so, then McMurry at 15-13 (0.536) looks to finish above someone at 16-14 (0.533) for tournament seeding and would be seeded 4th unless AC or Hendrix sweeps. If AC finishes 15-13, I think they have the head-to-head vs McMurry for 4th.

The AC at Hendrix series is crucial for both teams. It is almost like a play-in series for them

One loss by a team at 13-14 knocks them out. Each has to sweep for any chance.

jekelish · **Yesterday** at 08:20:59 PM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on Yesterday at 06:11:16 PMJekelish, Does the SCAC determine final standings by winning percentage?

If so, then McMurry at 15-13 (0.536) looks to finish above someone at 16-14 (0.533) for tournament seeding and would be seeded 4th unless AC or Hendrix sweeps. If AC finishes 15-13, I think they have the head-to-head vs McMurry for 4th.

The AC at Hendrix series is crucial for both teams. It is almost like a play-in series for them

One loss by a team at 13-14 knocks them out. Each has to sweep for any chance.

Yep - McMurry, after these games are canceled, is in. My math tells me there's no way they can be bumped at this point, because conference winning percentage is the next metric. I spent waaaaaaay too much time this weekend breaking down scenarios. And you're dead on: AC vs HC really is pretty much a play-in. I feel like we can probably expect Centenary to sweep Ozarks, which would put the Gents in. But if Ozarks takes a game, that's makes things very interesting and confusing. Looking at the forecast, it looks like there's a very good chance the HC/AC games don't end up being played, either. If that happens, both McM and AC are almost certainly in based on win percentages.

What a wild season.

Ralph Turner · **Today** at 02:18:53 AM

Yeah the rain. The sprinkles.
Those Methodists like sprinkling.