Prediction Report Card

I’ve been holding off on this review because I didn’t think the results would be that favorable. Then, as I started on it, I struggled with how exactly to grade my preseason picks. Let’s go down the conferences and then the West Region predictions and maybe it will become clear to me. Starting with the……

CoSIDA Academic All-District

I’m about 10 days late on this, but we’ve got three very special ladies in the West Region that deserve their props. The 2017 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Volleyball Team recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. In December, these players……

2017 NCAA Bracket Redux

We all complain about the inadequacies of the NCAA brackets. We are told the NCAA only has 6 or 7 flights so the moment you have a West Region, you’ve used more than half of your flights. At that point, it’s impossible to equal out the brackets. I will say that the NCAA has done……

The NE, NY and M-A Unfair Advantage

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The June (2017) Report of the NCAA Division III Championship Committee details that they decided NOT to act on a rule change that would have limited the regional rankings to 10 schools. This would have impacted the Mid-Atlantic, New York and New England regions. The pertinent section is pasted here: i. Women’s……

Case Study – Outside the West

For my next case study I wanted to branch out and look at some curious rankings in other regions. When I did my mock NCAA at-large selection exercise, I had to identify the teams in each region that would be up for selection. This meant I essentially had to guess at the rankings for each……

AVCA Top 25 (Final 2017)

The final AVCA Top 25 coaches poll is out and there should be no surprise that Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is in the top spot claiming all first place votes. Wittenberg claims the second spot followed by Calvin, Colorado College and Emory. Some previously unranked teams also jumped into the poll on the strength of their NCAA tournament……

Case Study – UMHB 2017

As I continue my case studies I wanted to look at the reasons why the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (UMHB) didn’t get an at-large selection. My previous case study brought up the point that perhaps the ordering wasn’t correct but for the purposes of this study, we will go by the final rankings across all……

Case Study – West RAC Rankings

With the championship over, I’d like to start using some of this free time to do case studies that look into the final RAC rankings and the NCAA selections. I’m not doing this to be critical and frankly if there was an oversight I don’t think it would have had any impact into the final……

Athenas – 2017 NCAA DIII Champions

I have absolutely no affiliation with CMS. In fact they were the only school I didn’t talk to at the Georgetown Regional. But, I’m so happy for the schools, players, staff, parents and friends. I can now honestly say that for as long as I’ve been doing this blog, we’ve always had a West Region……

Championship! (11/18/2017)

Update: Still really early but if Horner doesn’t show up this is going to be a sweep. CMS up 1-0. Stein and Arnston show for CMS. “Hi, I’d like to set for CMS.” – “Well, can you set behind you?” – “Sure.” – “We have a place for you.” Wittenberg is going at the CMS……