At-large bids (formerly Pool C)

[Greek Tragedy]

Since Pool A is AQ, Pool C is At Large... what would we call Pool B were it to ever be needed again?

It doesn't exist anymore.  With conference membership now a requirement to get into D3, we're unlikely to ever have a critical mass calling for it - if a new conference forms, their members will just be in the at-large pool with everyone else until their two years are up.

What about Maranatha Baptist?

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Since Pool A is AQ, Pool C is At Large... what would we call Pool B were it to ever be needed again?

It doesn't exist anymore.  With conference membership now a requirement to get into D3, we're unlikely to ever have a critical mass calling for it - if a new conference forms, their members will just be in the at-large pool with everyone else until their two years are up.

What about Maranatha Baptist?

It's unlikely, but not impossible. If the ASC wasn't getting back to the minimum next year they'd have lost their AQ and if a new conference formed elsewhere you would end up with about a dozen teams in Pool B which was enough for a bid in the past.

[ziggy]

Since Pool A is AQ, Pool C is At Large... what would we call Pool B were it to ever be needed again?

It doesn't exist anymore.  With conference membership now a requirement to get into D3, we're unlikely to ever have a critical mass calling for it - if a new conference forms, their members will just be in the at-large pool with everyone else until their two years are up.

What about Maranatha Baptist?

It's unlikely, but not impossible. If the ASC wasn't getting back to the minimum next year they'd have lost their AQ and if a new conference formed elsewhere you would end up with about a dozen teams in Pool B which was enough for a bid in the past.

Pool B was formally eliminated and that's why the pool nomenclature has changed. It's not just a matter of not having enough teams with that status to trigger a bid.

[Gregory Sager]

Should this board be renamed "At-Large (formerly Pool C)"?

Interesting ...

That is rather "Musk-ian".   

I'm not sure I'd check on this board much if it was renamed "X".