Comments for D3baseball.com Daily Dose http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball The dish on Division III baseball Wed, 18 May 2011 16:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on NCAA’s third regional rankings by seamus http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/2011/05/12/third-regional-rankings-2011/#comment-2204 seamus Wed, 18 May 2011 16:32:23 +0000 http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/?p=257#comment-2204 alvernia is about 140 on sos list - TexasTyler is 308, and didn't earn much credibility with their opponents either!! somebody got snubbed big time. alvernia is about 140 on sos list – TexasTyler is 308, and didn’t earn much credibility with their opponents either!! somebody got snubbed big time.

]]> Comment on Selection Sunday regional rankings by Ralph Turner http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/2011/05/16/selection-sunday-regional-rankings/#comment-2203 Ralph Turner Tue, 17 May 2011 01:25:56 +0000 http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/?p=264#comment-2203 Just looking at the national bracket... 1) Getting 3 plane flights to Rhodes in the south makes no sense at all. The conspiracy theorists could look at that bracket and hear the voices saying, "No, you don't send Salsibury and/or Shenandoah to my bracket! You cough up the big bucks to send them to them to Mississippi River flood plain, and don't ever put the south regional in western Tennessee again!" 2) Buena Vista getting in a a real plus for the western half of the division. I was glad about that. I thought that BV had the credentials. I just wondered about the "east coast bias" factor that always seems to favor New England. 3) CWRU is another plus. I thought that they did a good job. They were in my list of Pool C bids. I thought that Piedmont and Chapman should be the Pool Bs. 4) Do we call this a down year for the LEC and the NESCAC? 5) I am excited to see the West Regional play out the way that it will. The Region is so good, but so-o-o-o isolated, that no one else in the country knows how good the region is. UT-Tyler's quirky schedule, and down seasons by McMurry and TLU, who are previous "regionally ranked teams" from recent seasons, kept UTT from playing a single Regionally ranked team. Trinity TX played only one game against a regionally ranked team, a 2-1 loss against HSU in San Antonio. Just looking at the national bracket…

1) Getting 3 plane flights to Rhodes in the south makes no sense at all. The conspiracy theorists could look at that bracket and hear the voices saying,

“No, you don’t send Salsibury and/or Shenandoah to my bracket! You cough up the big bucks to send them to them to Mississippi River flood plain, and don’t ever put the south regional in western Tennessee again!”

2) Buena Vista getting in a a real plus for the western half of the division. I was glad about that. I thought that BV had the credentials. I just wondered about the “east coast bias” factor that always seems to favor New England.

3) CWRU is another plus. I thought that they did a good job. They were in my list of Pool C bids. I thought that Piedmont and Chapman should be the Pool Bs.

4) Do we call this a down year for the LEC and the NESCAC?

5) I am excited to see the West Regional play out the way that it will. The Region is so good, but so-o-o-o isolated, that no one else in the country knows how good the region is. UT-Tyler’s quirky schedule, and down seasons by McMurry and TLU, who are previous “regionally ranked teams” from recent seasons, kept UTT from playing a single Regionally ranked team. Trinity TX played only one game against a regionally ranked team, a 2-1 loss against HSU in San Antonio.

]]> Comment on Selection Sunday regional rankings by Rowan University Baseball Makes The NCAA Tournament « Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-fm http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/2011/05/16/selection-sunday-regional-rankings/#comment-2202 Rowan University Baseball Makes The NCAA Tournament « Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-fm Mon, 16 May 2011 19:21:20 +0000 http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/?p=264#comment-2202 [...] University Baseball received a bid to the NCAA tournament on Monday and will play out of the Mid-Atlantic region in Lakewood, NJ beginning on Wednesday at 7:45 versus [...] [...] University Baseball received a bid to the NCAA tournament on Monday and will play out of the Mid-Atlantic region in Lakewood, NJ beginning on Wednesday at 7:45 versus [...]

]]> Comment on NCAA’s third regional rankings by devine http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/2011/05/12/third-regional-rankings-2011/#comment-2201 devine Sat, 14 May 2011 00:55:21 +0000 http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/?p=257#comment-2201 alvernia has a terrible sos 35-7 have not played anyone with any credibility alvernia has a terrible sos 35-7 have not played anyone with any credibility

]]> Comment on NCAA’s third regional rankings by Ralph Turner http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/2011/05/12/third-regional-rankings-2011/#comment-2200 Ralph Turner Fri, 13 May 2011 03:00:58 +0000 http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/?p=257#comment-2200 Good pick-up by Texas BB on the ASC Message board. UTT is only 30-6/33-6. They have been given an extra loss by mistake. Good pick-up by Texas BB on the ASC Message board.

UTT is only 30-6/33-6. They have been given an extra loss by mistake.

]]> Comment on NCAA’s third regional rankings by devine http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/2011/05/12/third-regional-rankings-2011/#comment-2199 devine Fri, 13 May 2011 00:34:52 +0000 http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/?p=257#comment-2199 Pat or Ralph what are your Pool C bid predictions? Pat or Ralph what are your Pool C bid predictions?

]]> Comment on Second 2011 NCAA regional rankings by narch http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/2011/05/05/second-2011-ncaa-regional-rankings/#comment-2198 narch Thu, 12 May 2011 17:58:20 +0000 http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/?p=254#comment-2198 @a163dp - if you're comparing umw vs. rhodes, i agree but record vs. conference champions is not part of the selection criteria (unless those conference champions are regionally ranked at some point) when compared with methodist, emory and maryville (2 of whom are not ranked), i suspect that umw suffered because of their low sos - despite having a solid regional record (.641), their regional owp+oowp (ncaa) was just .532 and they are currently ranked 104th - m'ville (.647) and emory (.649) both have better in region records and substantially stronger sos (m'ville is ranked 58th with a .551 ncaa mark, emory is ranked 70th with a .544 ncaa mark and umw is ranked 104th with a .532 ncaa mark - methodist has a lower winning percentage (.576), but a tougher schedule (43rd/.557) @a163dp – if you’re comparing umw vs. rhodes, i agree but record vs. conference champions is not part of the selection criteria (unless those conference champions are regionally ranked at some point)

when compared with methodist, emory and maryville (2 of whom are not ranked), i suspect that umw suffered because of their low sos – despite having a solid regional record (.641), their regional owp+oowp (ncaa) was just .532 and they are currently ranked 104th – m’ville (.647) and emory (.649) both have better in region records and substantially stronger sos (m’ville is ranked 58th with a .551 ncaa mark, emory is ranked 70th with a .544 ncaa mark and umw is ranked 104th with a .532 ncaa mark – methodist has a lower winning percentage (.576), but a tougher schedule (43rd/.557)

]]> Comment on Second 2011 NCAA regional rankings by a163dp http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/2011/05/05/second-2011-ncaa-regional-rankings/#comment-2197 a163dp Thu, 12 May 2011 13:23:08 +0000 http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/?p=254#comment-2197 I believe UMW should be in the south mix also. Mary Washington is 10-3 vs conference champions. With PSU-Altoona still playing in their conference championship. I believe UMW should be in the south mix also. Mary Washington is 10-3 vs conference champions. With PSU-Altoona still playing in their conference championship.

]]> Comment on Second 2011 NCAA regional rankings by narch http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/2011/05/05/second-2011-ncaa-regional-rankings/#comment-2196 narch Wed, 11 May 2011 17:00:37 +0000 http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/?p=254#comment-2196 @scowbucker - you actually ignored the other primary criteria which i posted...oglethorpe wouldn't be in this discussion because they have a sub .500 winning % of the three schools i compared, rhodes is better than the others only in oowp (which is, in part, a product of having a significantly lower owp) @scowbucker – you actually ignored the other primary criteria which i posted…oglethorpe wouldn’t be in this discussion because they have a sub .500 winning %

of the three schools i compared, rhodes is better than the others only in oowp (which is, in part, a product of having a significantly lower owp)

]]> Comment on Second 2011 NCAA regional rankings by Pat Coleman http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/2011/05/05/second-2011-ncaa-regional-rankings/#comment-2195 Pat Coleman Tue, 10 May 2011 05:08:42 +0000 http://www.d3blogs.com/d3baseball/?p=254#comment-2195 It is counted once for every game the teams play against each other. It is counted once for every game the teams play against each other.

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