Regional Realignment

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

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[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I ran across this today.  Not sure if it was public before or even if this is final.  Obviously it's already out of date with some association changes since the summer.  It gives us a good look at how they're thinking, though:

[Inkblot]

...Did they forget Maranatha Baptist exists? (Not that that's a hard thing to do.)

Here's how each region would change this year and be projected to change next year (which I assume is the earliest this could be implemented):

I – Lost Suffolk; gained Cazenovia, Dean, SUNY Cobleskill, and SUNY Poly – will gain SUNY Delhi – 42
II – Lost Pine Manor, gained Suffolk – 34
III – Gained Keuka – 42
IV – Lost Cazenovia, Eastern, Keuka, SUNY Cobleskill, and SUNY Poly; gained Arcadia and Lycoming – will gain St. Mary's (MD) – 38
V – Lost Arcadia and Lycoming; gained Eastern and York (PA) – 43
VI – Lost York (PA); gained Brevard and Pfeiffer – will lose St. Mary's (MD) and gain Mary Baldwin – 40
VII – Lost D'Youville – 49
VIII – Lost MacMurray – will lose Iowa Wesleyan and gain St. Norbert – 42
IX – Will lose St. Norbert and St. Thomas (MN) – 46
X – Will lose Louisiana College – 38

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I'd like them to move Skyline to 2, CUNYAC to 3, and CSAC to 4.  I think that evens things out a bit better, but this is fine.  I'm sure things will still get changed a bit before it's implemented.

[Caz Bombers]

...Did they forget Maranatha Baptist exists? (Not that that's a hard thing to do.)

Here's how each region would change this year and be projected to change next year (which I assume is the earliest this could be implemented):

I – Lost Suffolk; gained Cazenovia, Dean, SUNY Cobleskill, and SUNY Poly – will gain SUNY Delhi – 42
II – Lost Pine Manor, gained Suffolk – 34
III – Gained Keuka – 42
IV – Lost Cazenovia, Eastern, Keuka, SUNY Cobleskill, and SUNY Poly; gained Arcadia and Lycoming – will gain St. Mary's (MD) – 38
V – Lost Arcadia and Lycoming; gained Eastern and York (PA) – 43
VI – Lost York (PA); gained Brevard and Pfeiffer – will lose St. Mary's (MD) and gain Mary Baldwin – 40
VII – Lost D'Youville – 49
VIII – Lost MacMurray – will lose Iowa Wesleyan and gain St. Norbert – 42
IX – Will lose St. Norbert and St. Thomas (MN) – 46
X – Will lose Louisiana College – 38

Maranatha is on restricted membership due to various violations and I think they're just going to leave the division/NCAA completely.

[Gregory Sager]

Oh, those wacky Maranatha Baptist kids and their freewheeling, anything-goes lifestyle!

[PauldingLightUP]

I have not seen this posted anywhere else or for any other sport, but Cross Country posted regional realignment and names today. I have not done all the double checking, but it seems consistent with the regions Ryan posted just with different numbers.

Names: East, Mideast, Niagara, Mid-Atlantic, Metro, Great Lakes, South, North, Midwest, and West.

http://www.ustfccca.org/2021/07/featured/ncaa-division-iii-approves-10-region-realignment-model-cross-country

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/crosstrack/d3/crosscountry/2021-22D3XCC_RegionalRealignment.pdf

[hickory_cornhusker]

I have not seen this posted anywhere else or for any other sport, but Cross Country posted regional realignment and names today. I have not done all the double checking, but it seems consistent with the regions Ryan posted just with different numbers.

Names: East, Mideast, Niagara, Mid-Atlantic, Metro, Great Lakes, South, North, Midwest, and West.

http://www.ustfccca.org/2021/07/featured/ncaa-division-iii-approves-10-region-realignment-model-cross-country

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/crosstrack/d3/crosscountry/2021-22D3XCC_RegionalRealignment.pdf

The PDF has St. Thomas (MN) in the North Region. Are they still competing in D3 this year?

[Greek Tragedy]

New regions announced yet?

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

New regions announced yet?

Pat set up the pages on the site last night.

[Baldini]

New regions announced yet?

Pat set up the pages on the site last night.

Ripon needs to be added to the Region 9 list.

[sac]

Finlandia needs a home too, I assume region 9.

[Pat Coleman]

Finlandia needs a home too, I assume region 9.

Finlandia is in the C2C, in Region 6.

(Ripon fixed, thanks for the catch, Baldini.)

[y_jack_lok]

The realignment means, I assume, that you will be renaming the regions on these boards as well???

I'm sure there are other odd regional placements, but some that stuck out to me are Hendrix, Rhodes, and Finlandia in Region 6. Seems like the first two could go in Region 8 and Finlandia in Region 9.

Not really criticizing, as I'm sure this was challenging for the NCAA.

[D3RetiredHooper]

Are they splitting up the MAC-Commonwealth into two regions?  Albright and Eastern (region 4) look to be in different regions compared to the rest of the Commonwealth in Region 5.