This is my fifth and final installment of my roster analysis series. I know I didn’t do all of the teams but I think I hit the contenders and some of the pretenders going into 2019. Here were my previous installments: Southwestern, Trinity and UT-Dallas CMS, Concordia and Pomona-Pitzer La Verne, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Whittier…… Continue reading Roster Analysis – Part 5
ASC Preseason Poll
The ASC has come out with their preseason poll, which you can find here. My ASC preview post was released earlier and exactly matches the ASC poll with the exception of the placement of McMurry and Concordia (we have them swapped). In the ASC poll, both the coaches and SID vote on the ordering so…… Continue reading ASC Preseason Poll
SCAC Preseason Poll
The SCAC has released their preseason coaches poll, which you can find here. This is the first conference preseason poll to be release and there are some differences with my predictions. No differences with the top 3, however, as we exactly match. Colorado College received 8 of the possible 10 first place votes with Trinity…… Continue reading SCAC Preseason Poll
2018/2019 Retention Numbers
Last year at this time I looked at “early retirement” or as I’m going to call it moving forward, “Retention”. Retention means the number of non-seniors that a school keeps going into the new season. At first blush, we may think everyone coming into a program stays their 4-years but often more leave the program…… Continue reading 2018/2019 Retention Numbers
West Region Tournaments – Week 1
I dropped a podcast that goes over where the top teams in the nation are playing week 1 and then ranks those tournaments based on the quality of the teams. I also looked at where possible upsets could occur. You can find links on my Podcast Page. This post deals with where the West Region…… Continue reading West Region Tournaments – Week 1
Monday Musing
11 days until real matches. Saw that Division I Gardner-Webb named an interim head coach this week. That’s significant in our little DIII world because that was the school UMHB Rob Frost left to go coach earlier this summer. Information on why this change was made is scarce but I’m told the fit ended up…… Continue reading Monday Musing
Roster Analysis – Part 4
This is the fourth installment of my roster analysis series. The following teams were covered in the previous installments: Southwestern, Trinity and UT-Dallas CMS, Concordia and Pomona-Pitzer La Verne, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Whittier The point of this series is to look a little more in-depth at the 2019 rosters of teams that I think have…… Continue reading Roster Analysis – Part 4
