MBB: NESCAC

[nescac1]

Wow, surprised re Civello.  Definitely would be a blow but of course easier to make that call when the coach who recruited you is fired.  Will he interesting to see what sort of offers he gets - he easily has D1 size and skills at the 5, but not the typical D1 athleticism.  But I assume he has reason to believe there will be Patriot / Ivy type interest if he's putting his name out there.

[ccd494]

NPI is not the NESCAC Protection Index. This is part of the deal if you're getting a lot of teams in under the current system.

That's funny, like that.

When you say current system are you talking the new NPI sytems?

Either way as I said in another post, if it was the top 3 UAA teams all in the same bracket, I would say the same thing. I not complaining because it is NESCAC, it just a bad way to feature all the best teams in the country. UAA could have 4 teams in the final 4, all top 25 teams. NESCAC with 3 top 10 teams in NPI can only get 1 of those 3 to the final 4.

New system, yes.  I get the argument, but the UAA is so geographically spread out as is. I don't really have an issue with the new system, at least for basketball.  It is way worse in soccer, no conference should be getting 8 teams in hence the NESCAC Protection Index.  I just think that this kind of bracket is a bit of an equalizer.  If you're going to benefit from NPI in getting at large selections I don't think you can quibble about where you get placed in the bracket.

If the rest of the country doesn't want 8 NESCAC soccer teams to make the tournament, the rest of the country should get better at soccer.

[stlawus]

The dials in soccer are different.  You had a team that was 7-6-3 and lost in the NESCAC quarterfinal make the tournament.  The rest of the country was better at soccer.